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From Gridlock To Green Light: 3 Focus Points for Hydrogen Energy Success (Maria)
The author writes, “The next decade will determine whether hydrogen becomes a niche fuel or the backbone of a truly resilient clean energy economy. For the latter to happen, policy, infrastructure and business models must evolve in lockstep. Three forces make 2025, in particular, a pivotal year for the energy sector: creative solutions to address data center demand, policy fluctuations and strategic partnerships. … Hydrogen is no longer a moonshot proposition. It is a viable, market-driven solution, propelled by data center demand, targeted policy and cross‑sector coalitions.”
On Social Media, Trump Targets the Press on Average Once a Day — For 10 Years and Counting (Dana)
The author writes, “To better understand the scope and impact of Trump’s anti-press rhetoric, we have systematically cataloged his posts attacking the news media. This dataset spans from June 16, 2015, the day he launched his winning campaign, through his removal from Twitter in January 2021 in the wake of the Jan. 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol. It picks back up on Nov. 15, 2022, when Trump officially launched his latest campaign, and will continue through his tenure in the White House. With 10 years since Trump descended the golden escalator in his eponymous tower in New York City, the collection of now nearly 3,500 social posts provides not just a historical archive but also an urgent warning. These posts form a revealing portrait of a political figure whose polarizing messaging has undermined press freedom and endangered journalists.”
‘Wildly Underprepared’: National Guard Troops Seen Sleeping on Floors in Exclusive Photos (Reader Steve)
From the San Francisco Chronicle: “The state troops federalized by the Trump administration over the weekend to confront immigration protesters, without the approval of Gov. Gavin Newsom, were ‘wildly underprepared,’ said a person directly involved with the deployment, who asked to remain anonymous because they were not authorized to speak on the issue. The troops — whose makeshift quarters are shown in photographs exclusively obtained by the Chronicle — arrived without federal funding for food, water, fuel, equipment or lodging, said the source, who was granted confidentiality under Chronicle policies. This person said state officials and the California National Guard were not to blame.”
Hitler Used a Bogus Crisis of ‘Public Order’ to Make Himself Dictator (Dana)
The author writes, The country’s federated states, Hitler had said then, were the ‘historic building blocks of the German nation.’ He insisted that he had no intention of intruding on state sovereignty. He would assert Reich control only ‘where absolutely necessary.’ Three weeks later, on February 27, the Reichstag fire provided Hitler with the ‘absolutely necessary’ excuse he needed. Hitler claimed that an arson attack on the Reichstag by a lone perpetrator—who was caught in the act— was the start of an attempted Bolshevik revolution, using that false claim to suspend civil liberties and suppress the voting rights of the German Communist Party, thereby enabling his supporters in the Reichstag to pass legislation granting him authoritarian power.”
Get Your Parents Off the Meta AI App Right Now (Sean)
From Gizmodo: “There were a lot of tweaks when Meta crossed over from the Meta View app to the Meta AI app back in late April, and it seems not all of them have been registered by the people using it. Arguably one of the biggest shifts, as you can see from the tweet above, is the addition of a ‘Discover’ feed, which in this case means that you can see publicly what kinds of prompts people are funneling into Meta’s ChatGPT competitor. That might be fine if those people knew that what they were asking Meta AI would be displayed in a public feed that’s prominently featured in the app, but based on the prompts highlighted by one tech investor, Justine Moore, on X, it doesn’t really look like people do know that, and it’s bad.”
A Journalist Was Killed While Writing a Book on the Amazon. Here’s How Friends Completed His Work (Laura)
The author writes, “After British journalist Dom Phillips was shot and killed while researching an ambitious book on how to protect the world’s largest rainforest, friends vowed to finish the project. Three years later, their task is complete. ‘How to Save the Amazon,’ published Tuesday in Brazil and the United Kingdom ahead of its US release, was pieced together by fellow journalists who immersed themselves in Phillips’ notes, outlines and the handful of chapters he’d already written. The resulting book, scheduled to be published in the US on June 10, pairs Phillips’ own writing with others’ contributions in a powerful examination of the cause for which he gave his life.”
