The Gist:

• Donald Trump has railed against windmills regularly on the campaign trail for years.
• His hatred of windmills seems to come from the birds they kill and because they are ugly.
• They’re also a useful proxy for Trump as he rails against efforts designed to combat climate change, whether they involve windmills or not.

Few politicians in American history are more improvisational and freewheeling than Donald Trump, which has naturally meant that his rallies contain a wide array of different topics and ideas. Sometimes, if you’re just watching those rallies, it can be hard to follow his train of thought or keep up with the various conspiracies and ideas that pepper his speeches.

For almost as long as Trump has been holding rallies, though, he has had a pretty popular target that wasn’t a Democratic politician. Instead, Trump has spent a seemingly inordinate amount of time railing against windmills, which has naturally led many to wonder where this hatred of windmills comes from.

As this compilation shows, Trump has been going after windmills for years, and often does so at least in part by calling them “bird killers.” While it’s true that windmills do kill at least 100,000 birds every year, they are far from the only man-made structures responsible for bird deaths. Power lines, for example, are responsible for a far larger number of bird deaths, and it’s not like Trump is known for being an avid conservationist.

So, while windmills do kill lots of birds, that may not totally explain why Trump hates them. Clips of him talking about them also seem to suggest that he thinks they’re a blight on the landscapes they inhabit. This is a pretty common knock on windmills, but not one that should overwhelm their potential benefits in moving us toward a cleaner grid that’s less reliant on fossil fuels.

As is so often the case with Trump, it seems like he has chosen windmills as a proxy for the broader issue of environmentalism. Windmills are something that many people don’t like, so when talking about the transition to a green economy, he discusses windmills like they’re a menace in order to convince people that transitioning to a greener economy is a bad idea.

The Gist:

• Facebook updated its logo on Sept. 20, 2023, with a deeper blue and some small changes to the “f” in the logo.
• The changes were designed to make the logo more “electrifying” and “everlasting,” but they definitely aren’t major shifts.
• The company also made slight updates to its wordmark to align it with the new logo.

Although it may not be as popular with younger generations as it once was, Facebook remains the most widely used social media service on the planet. As such, Facebook has remained remarkably consistent over the years, doing very little rock the boat or change up its platform so that users feel uncomfortable or confused.

On Sept. 20, 2023, Facebook made a change that many people may have overlooked. Now, as they open the app or look at it on their browser, though, they have realized that something seems different. The blue in the logo seems different, and many people want to know why.

Facebook did make a slight update to its logo, and the blue in the logo is now a bit darker. Additionally, they made a few minor changes to the “f” that are almost imperceptible unless you know where they are.

Meta, the company behind Facebook, explained the change by saying that they wanted to make a new logo that seemed “everlasting.”

“Our intention was to create a refreshed design of the Facebook logo that was bolder, electric, and everlasting,” the company said in a blog post. “Each of the distinctive, new refinements drive greater harmony across the entire design as a key element of the app’s identity. We’ve done this by incorporating a more confident expression of Facebook’s core blue color that is built to be more visually accessible in our app and provides stronger contrast for the ‘f’ to stand apart.”

The logo is certainly different, but it isn’t a radical change, which makes sense. According to Meta’s own statistics, Facebook is visited by a staggering 2 billion people every day, so a radical overhaul of the logo would likely cause a pretty significant disruption. They’ve updated the logo, but hopefully they haven’t made it any harder for all of their regular users to find the app on their phones.

The Gist:

• Jade Cargill is an American professional wrestler.
• In September 2023, Jade left AEW and signed a multi-year contract with WWE.
• Jade said she left AEW to “create a legacy” and “wrestle with the best women in the world.”

After nearly three years, Jade Cargill said goodbye to AEW. The professional wrestler’s last match with the promotion took place during the Sept. 15 episode of Rampage, losing to Kris Statlander in a title rematch.

Following her departure, Jade reported to the WWE Performance Center, and on Sept. 26, WWE officially announced that she signed a multi-year contract with the promotion. Although we’re excited to see her in the WWE, we can’t help but wonder: Why did Jade Cargill leave AEW?

On Sept. 26, 2023, WWE officials confirmed the rumors and told ESPN’s Marc Raimondi that they signed former AEW champion Jade Cargill. The superstar officially started training with WWE at its Performance Center that same day.

It’s unclear if she will perform on the main roster or its developmental brand, NXT, but we know she’ll make an instant impact wherever she goes. Despite her first professional wrestling match taking place a little over two years ago, Jade has already proven to be a generational talent with the drive to be the best.