Lightnews — Scholar-powered news

Reposted by Ben

Jesse Duquette @jesseduquette.bsky.social · 5h

Antifa, like any good bogeyman, takes many forms

Ben @liquidgelcaps.bsky.social · 7h

Rushing to defend a billionaire politician from righteous criticism is embarrassing. Just cannot imagine the mindset. "I must protect my helpless governor from internet lefties!" Pathetic and absurd.

Ben @liquidgelcaps.bsky.social · 11h

Oh, must've been on the Tariff Shelf.

7

Ben @liquidgelcaps.bsky.social · 14h

Trial balloon for not seating any Democrat that wins in 26. If they can get away with never seating this one, what stops them from refusing to seat all Dems?

1

Reposted by Ben

The Daily Tism @thedailytism.com · 15h

Frankenstein said: “I suppose I’d pulled off the tricky bit, but I was really hoping I’d create someone a bit more… like me. As it goes, I’ve just got this bloke who won’t stop talking to me about World of Warcraft and won’t let me give him a haircut.”

Scientist’s attempt at creating sentient life backfires: “Oh, crap, I made him autistic”

A scientist’s attempt at playing God has gone awry after the man he reanimated turned out to be autistic, it has been revealed. Victor Frankenstein, 40, had managed to create life in the form of a…

thedailytism.com

8 56

Ben @liquidgelcaps.bsky.social · 1d

National Lampoon's Christmas Recession.

Reposted by Ben

Senate Gabe @senategabe.bsky.social · 1d

It is a serious problem that I first heard about this from reports on here and not from members of congress.

You know...the ones who claim to be shutting down the government for "health care".

Angie Rasmussen @angierasmussen.bsky.social · 1d

I don’t know who needs to hear this but the CDC is being eviscerated right now. America is not going to have any kind of outbreak response capacity after tonight. Americans’ health data is no longer secure. Say goodbye to federal public health in any capacity. It’s a disaster. We won’t recover.

2 20 61

Reposted by Ben

Elliot 🥕 @nameoftheyear.bsky.social · 1d

LOSING MY MIND AT THE PHONE NUMBER ON THIS BUS IN FRONT OF ME

50 1.4K 4.3K

Ben @liquidgelcaps.bsky.social · 1d

I need somebody to bring one of those 12 foot skeletons to one of these protests. America needs footage of inflatable animals dancing around 12 foot skeletons.

Reposted by Ben

Cats with Jobs ⚒️ @catworkers.bsky.social · 1d

Guarding the eggs.

A black cat sitting in a shop window with many eggs.

1 33 330

Ben @liquidgelcaps.bsky.social · 1d

If you're in Anchorage and haven't heard the good news yet, International House of Hot Dogs is back open.

Reposted by Ben

Eric Reinhart @eric-reinhart.com · 1d

The real massacres that will result from these firings are yet to come, but they will come—and they may well maim and kill people in your family. They will certainly kill poor people elsewhere, adding to the already-massive international death toll amassed by the Trump regime.

Sheryl Gay Stolberg @sherylnyt.bsky.social · 1d

BREAKING: Friday night massacre underway at CDC. Doznes of "disease detectives," high-level scientists, entire Washington staff and editors of the MMWR (Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report) have all been RIFed and received the following notice:

3 20 57

Reposted by Ben

Memento (Spooky) Morty 🌙 @mementomorty.bsky.social · 1d

Never in my life have I ever read a medical report that lists "cardiac age" in it. That isn't a thing.

Reuters @reuters.com · 1d

Trump, 79, has "cardiac age" of 65-year-old, doctor says reut.rs/4mZNZbu

Trump, 79, has "cardiac age" of 65-year-old, doctor says

Donald Trump was found to be in "exceptional health" in a medical evaluation, the U.S. president's doctor said in a memo released by the White House on Friday, with his "cardiac age" 14 years younger than in "chronological age."

reut.rs

99 160 1.2K

Ben @liquidgelcaps.bsky.social · 1d

"Cardiac age". What the fuck man. Even North Korean propagandists are stunned.

Reposted by Ben

Amanda Katz @katzish.bsky.social · 1d

This man is a hero. Many of us know or knew people who survived WWII thanks to others who risked their own safety to hide them — impossible not to think of this today

Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 1d

My first thought was “wow I hope this guy didn’t give out his name because he could absolutely be charged” and yup, he is correct to stay anonymous.

This man’s account is shocking. His neighbors’ situation is shocking. The entire Chicago raid is shocking.

On the other side was a mom and her 7-year-old daughter, pleading for his help.
"I wasn't planning on letting her stay, but I didn't know what the hell was going on," the man said of his Venezuelan migrant neighbors. But he quickly relented. The little girl was inconsolable and hid under his bed.
"I didn't want them to take her," said the man, who didn't want to be named because he fears he'll be targeted by federal authorities for his actions.
"I gave her my bedroom, and I just told her,
'Just stay there. Don't open, don't, shh, just stay quiet," he recalled telling the mom and daughter as he choked back tears.

4 34 160

Ben @liquidgelcaps.bsky.social · 2d

Freedom Frogs

Kelly @broadwaybabyto.bsky.social · 2d

Tonight in “war ravaged” Portland… a frog brigade standing guard outside the ICE facility.

Trump says there’s “nowhere worse than Portland”… and the frogs magically multiply.

They’re showing that he’s not only a liar, but Portland is still safe, still weird and still full of people resisting.

Three people in frog costumes stand outside the Portland ice facility at night. They’re holding a sign that says frog brigade

Reposted by Ben

mtsw @mtsw.bsky.social · 2d

the administration is laser-focused on making sure Americans don't get clean energy, so Saudi Arabia (Trump's paymaster) has someone to sell their oil to in 10 years when the rest of the world has moved on to solar+batteries

Costa Samaras @costasamaras.com · 2d

Picture how big the Hoover Dam is. An absolute unit. The Hoover Dam has a power capacity of 2 gigawatts (GW).

The solar farm that the Admin just cancelled could have produces 6.2 GW of power. That's more than 3 Hoover Dams.

jael holzman @jael.bsky.social · 2d

SCOOP: The Bureau of Land Management says the largest solar project in Nevada — the Esmeralda 7 mega-farm — has been canceled

The news was quietly dropped via a sudden website update with no public word from any of the companies involved or a statement from the agency

@heatmap.news

29 680 2.5K

Reposted by Ben

Gabe Ortíz @tusk81.bsky.social · 2d

$20 BILLION.

Remember that we’re being lied to whenever we’re told that we can’t afford something that helps American families.

The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 2d

The Trump administration confirmed that the U.S. bailed out Argentina.

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said he had directly bought Argentine pesos in global currency markets in a bid to relieve pressure on the nation’s embattled President Javier Milei, a supporter of President Trump.

The U.S. just bailed out Argentina, Treasury Secretary confirms

The US Treasury has finalized a $20 billion financial rescue of Argentina, including a currency swap arrangement with the country's central bank.

www.washingtonpost.com

45 530 1.2K

Reposted by Ben

Jesse Duquette @jesseduquette.bsky.social · 2d

The leather upholstery in a meth dealer’s Kia Sport has big thoughts about public health

7 53 190

Reposted by Ben

Julia Métraux @juliametraux.bsky.social · 2d

"To make the proof" shows how absurd this all is from a scientific standpoint.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2d

RFK Jr on Tylenol and autism: "It is not proof. We're doing the studies to make the proof."

6 37 100

Ben @liquidgelcaps.bsky.social · 2d

Lmao not CNN and Wolf sucking up and trying to rehab fucking MTG's image this goddamn early in the day. This is gonna be an extra absurd day isn't it?

Ben @liquidgelcaps.bsky.social · 2d

Pain has been rather elevated last day or so, hip especially just did not wanna let me sleep. I anticipate imminent napping.

Ben @liquidgelcaps.bsky.social · 3d

An ignorant populace is easier to control.

Adam Keiper @adamkeiper.com · 3d

The Bureau of Labor Statistics. The Census Bureau. The CDC. The FDA. Now NOAA. There's seemingly no source of government data that Trump doesn't want to be able to corrupt.

Dave Levitan @davelevitan.bsky.social · 3d

Hey cool the NOAA guy who was found to have violated the agency's code of ethics for his role in Sharpiegate has been confirmed as the head of NOAA.

Reposted by Ben

Mattslew Batberg-Mothfit (any/all) @mbrobergmoffitt.bsky.social · 3d

Crumb Shot 🍞🍽️🍜

(Extremely soft)

A loaf of sandwich bread cut open to expose the crumb, it is a very fine soft sponge.

4 8 93

Ben @liquidgelcaps.bsky.social · 3d

Restaurants should publicize some sales figures to refute this bullshit.

1