Bill Corcoran
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Ran a thing called Beyond Coal Campaign, consultant for creating climate good trouble, Zen student. Just my opinions, man.
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Look today is already a DAY so maybe it's best to just read Kara-Lis Coverdale talking about dirt and berries and subwoofers and piano decay and empty spaces.
FR 149: Kara-Lis Coverdale on Dirt, Heat, and Otherworldly Sounds
After a long break, the Canadian musician is back—and more productive than ever.
futurismrestated.substack.com
January 6, 2026 at 4:37 PM
Look today is already a DAY so maybe it's best to just read Kara-Lis Coverdale talking about dirt and berries and subwoofers and piano decay and empty spaces.
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Undivided activity
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January 5, 2026 at 8:22 PM
Undivided activity
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Would you get a pie barm pey wet?
We ate a Wigan kebab - the weirdest meal in the north?
YouTube video by JOE
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January 6, 2026 at 3:28 AM
Would you get a pie barm pey wet?
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Credit to WaPo for doing this story, when the NYT and WSJ haven't.
The only mention of Melissa Hortman over the last day or so is in stories today about Waltz not running for re-election.
Our national media is still, incredibly, after a fucking decade, not ready or capable to meet the moment.
The only mention of Melissa Hortman over the last day or so is in stories today about Waltz not running for re-election.
Our national media is still, incredibly, after a fucking decade, not ready or capable to meet the moment.
January 6, 2026 at 12:09 AM
Credit to WaPo for doing this story, when the NYT and WSJ haven't.
The only mention of Melissa Hortman over the last day or so is in stories today about Waltz not running for re-election.
Our national media is still, incredibly, after a fucking decade, not ready or capable to meet the moment.
The only mention of Melissa Hortman over the last day or so is in stories today about Waltz not running for re-election.
Our national media is still, incredibly, after a fucking decade, not ready or capable to meet the moment.
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this is small comfort given he has state power and i don’t but i am struck by what an obviously weak and fragile man miller is. a blubbering piss baby whose entire affect and personality is an attempt to make up for his profound feelings of inadequacy
MILLER: The US is using its military to secure our interests unapologetically in our hemisphere. We're a superpower. It's absurd we'd allow a nation in our backyard to become a supplier of resources to our adversaries
TAPPER: Sovereign countries shouldn't be able to do what they want?
M: *yells*
TAPPER: Sovereign countries shouldn't be able to do what they want?
M: *yells*
January 5, 2026 at 11:52 PM
this is small comfort given he has state power and i don’t but i am struck by what an obviously weak and fragile man miller is. a blubbering piss baby whose entire affect and personality is an attempt to make up for his profound feelings of inadequacy
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This is one of the wildest deep-sea mining stories to me.
Paleodictyon is a 500-million-year-old trace fossil from an unknown organism. In the last 50 years, we've found their honeycomb traces on the seafloor. There is a living organism that has been doing its thing for half a billion years.
Paleodictyon is a 500-million-year-old trace fossil from an unknown organism. In the last 50 years, we've found their honeycomb traces on the seafloor. There is a living organism that has been doing its thing for half a billion years.
Recovery of Paleodictyon patterns after simulated mining activity on Pacific nodule fields - Marine Biodiversity
Since the late 1980s, various experiments have been conducted in polymetallic nodule fields of the Pacific Ocean to assess the potential environmental impacts of future mining, specifically in two are...
link.springer.com
January 5, 2026 at 5:21 PM
This is one of the wildest deep-sea mining stories to me.
Paleodictyon is a 500-million-year-old trace fossil from an unknown organism. In the last 50 years, we've found their honeycomb traces on the seafloor. There is a living organism that has been doing its thing for half a billion years.
Paleodictyon is a 500-million-year-old trace fossil from an unknown organism. In the last 50 years, we've found their honeycomb traces on the seafloor. There is a living organism that has been doing its thing for half a billion years.
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hate it when my elite pedophilia related government cover up gets in the way of my domestic ethnic cleansing and starvation campaigns while I’m trying to invade other countries
January 5, 2026 at 5:17 PM
hate it when my elite pedophilia related government cover up gets in the way of my domestic ethnic cleansing and starvation campaigns while I’m trying to invade other countries
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The speed and manner with which Trump's campaign to expel all LatAm immigrants from the US became a claim of US sovereignty over the entire region shows that the problem was one of status, not presence.
Trump II has no problem with a two-tier caste system, whether inside or outside US borders.
Trump II has no problem with a two-tier caste system, whether inside or outside US borders.
January 5, 2026 at 1:06 PM
The speed and manner with which Trump's campaign to expel all LatAm immigrants from the US became a claim of US sovereignty over the entire region shows that the problem was one of status, not presence.
Trump II has no problem with a two-tier caste system, whether inside or outside US borders.
Trump II has no problem with a two-tier caste system, whether inside or outside US borders.
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yep. i can identify any number of structural issues but at the end of the day the basic problem is the republican party. this has been apparent for at least 20 years. it is also an incredibly unpopular observation to make among “serious” people.
Right.
If you want a good explanation of why the American system of government worked well enough for 200 years and then suddenly stopped, it's because Republicans in Congress suddenly started letting their partisan interests COMPLETELY override their institutional interests
If you want a good explanation of why the American system of government worked well enough for 200 years and then suddenly stopped, it's because Republicans in Congress suddenly started letting their partisan interests COMPLETELY override their institutional interests
a lot of problems wouldn't exist if we had a congress with even an ounce of self interest
January 4, 2026 at 11:52 PM
yep. i can identify any number of structural issues but at the end of the day the basic problem is the republican party. this has been apparent for at least 20 years. it is also an incredibly unpopular observation to make among “serious” people.
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The end goal of Grok sexual harassment is to make women afraid to be visible. It’s a punishment for daring to exist in a way the perpetrators can’t control. There’s no one solution to this, because the problem isn’t just technological. It’s cultural. It’s misogyny. This is just one expression of it.
January 5, 2026 at 1:10 AM
The end goal of Grok sexual harassment is to make women afraid to be visible. It’s a punishment for daring to exist in a way the perpetrators can’t control. There’s no one solution to this, because the problem isn’t just technological. It’s cultural. It’s misogyny. This is just one expression of it.
“Unusual” = deadly
In a highly unusual move, the EPA is revising an assessment of the health dangers posed by formaldehyde, a widespread pollutant that causes far more cancer than any other chemical in the air.
(Published Dec. 2025)
(Published Dec. 2025)
Under Former Chemical Industry Insiders, Trump EPA Nearly Doubles Amount of Formaldehyde Considered Safe to Inhale
Chemical industry lobbyists have long pushed the government to adopt a less stringent approach to gauging the cancer risk from chemicals, one that would help ease regulations on companies that make or...
www.propublica.org
January 5, 2026 at 2:36 AM
“Unusual” = deadly
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Non sequitur Sunday: one of the more interesting figures in modern Mexican art and history is Dr Atl. An intellectual, Painter, historian and much more.
I have tried to convince my friend @gustavoarellano.bsky.social to write a bio but so far have not had any luck.
I have tried to convince my friend @gustavoarellano.bsky.social to write a bio but so far have not had any luck.
January 4, 2026 at 7:45 PM
Non sequitur Sunday: one of the more interesting figures in modern Mexican art and history is Dr Atl. An intellectual, Painter, historian and much more.
I have tried to convince my friend @gustavoarellano.bsky.social to write a bio but so far have not had any luck.
I have tried to convince my friend @gustavoarellano.bsky.social to write a bio but so far have not had any luck.
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There's significant evidence from state legislative term limits that they do, in fact, empower both lobbyists and state executive branches.
"Disagreeing" without offering any counter-evidence is just vibes.
"Disagreeing" without offering any counter-evidence is just vibes.
I disagree with the suggestion that term limits would further empower lobbyists and therefore we shouldn't consider them as a viable path forward. The current system of federal elected officials who are financially incentivized to become insider traders until they choose to retire isn't working.
January 4, 2026 at 1:56 PM
There's significant evidence from state legislative term limits that they do, in fact, empower both lobbyists and state executive branches.
"Disagreeing" without offering any counter-evidence is just vibes.
"Disagreeing" without offering any counter-evidence is just vibes.
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It's more than a little disconcerting that invading another country to steal its resources is now less controversial and more acceptable to my government and much of this country than me using the bathroom
January 4, 2026 at 4:01 PM
It's more than a little disconcerting that invading another country to steal its resources is now less controversial and more acceptable to my government and much of this country than me using the bathroom
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They did. And someone else won. And that person is still not in power.
WELKER: How soon will elections be held in Venezuela? Within 30 days?
MARCO RUBIO: Elections? Look -- this is a country that's been governed by this regime for 15 years. The elections should've happened a long time ago.
MARCO RUBIO: Elections? Look -- this is a country that's been governed by this regime for 15 years. The elections should've happened a long time ago.
January 4, 2026 at 4:26 PM
They did. And someone else won. And that person is still not in power.
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You've probably been following the story about fraud in MN. I wrote about the people who provide services who are being driven into bankruptcy, thanks to the Walz' administration decision to hire Optum AI to screen all payments. It's a disaster.
Perry: Trusted providers are being unfairly swept up in Minnesota’s fraud crackdown
As the state's new anti-fraud screening system went into effect, the Holland Center expected to receive $212,000 in payments. It instead received $22,000, David M. Perry writes. If nothing changes soo...
www.startribune.com
January 2, 2026 at 4:53 AM
You've probably been following the story about fraud in MN. I wrote about the people who provide services who are being driven into bankruptcy, thanks to the Walz' administration decision to hire Optum AI to screen all payments. It's a disaster.
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NYT:
At least 40 people were killed in the US attack on Venezuela, including military personnel and civilians.
At least 40 people were killed in the US attack on Venezuela, including military personnel and civilians.
January 3, 2026 at 11:25 PM
NYT:
At least 40 people were killed in the US attack on Venezuela, including military personnel and civilians.
At least 40 people were killed in the US attack on Venezuela, including military personnel and civilians.
Not so fun fact: aluminum smelting anodes made from sulfurous Venezuelan crude-derived petcoke from Louisiana refining was a driver of SO2 pollution at the now-shuttered Mag 7 aluminum smelter in Missouri.
Petcoke is a less well known and terrible pollution source from oil refining.
Petcoke is a less well known and terrible pollution source from oil refining.
January 3, 2026 at 10:41 PM
Not so fun fact: aluminum smelting anodes made from sulfurous Venezuelan crude-derived petcoke from Louisiana refining was a driver of SO2 pollution at the now-shuttered Mag 7 aluminum smelter in Missouri.
Petcoke is a less well known and terrible pollution source from oil refining.
Petcoke is a less well known and terrible pollution source from oil refining.
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The kidnapping of Maduro inaugurates a highly dangerous era of U.S. empire that for perhaps the first time in an era of mass media is not pretending to be anything other than a violent, extractive enterprise of domination.
A Criminal Empire
The United States launches a conquest and occupation of Venezuela to extract its oil wealth. The neocon dream is the America First dream
www.forever-wars.com
January 3, 2026 at 7:50 PM
The kidnapping of Maduro inaugurates a highly dangerous era of U.S. empire that for perhaps the first time in an era of mass media is not pretending to be anything other than a violent, extractive enterprise of domination.
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So much of American history is just impulsive and extremely stupid elites, who don't believe in consequences because they have never personally experienced them, doing highly consequential stuff because they're bored or believe it might make them richer. I guess a lot of our culture, too.
January 3, 2026 at 7:22 PM
So much of American history is just impulsive and extremely stupid elites, who don't believe in consequences because they have never personally experienced them, doing highly consequential stuff because they're bored or believe it might make them richer. I guess a lot of our culture, too.
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Congress, Now More Than Ever, Our Nation Needs Your Cowardice https://theonion.com/letter-to-congress/
Congress, Now More Than Ever, Our Nation Needs Your Cowardice
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January 3, 2026 at 8:31 PM
Congress, Now More Than Ever, Our Nation Needs Your Cowardice https://theonion.com/letter-to-congress/
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That one person can drag us into a war without consulting or even notifying Congress, or our allies, or fully explaining to the American people why this is necessary, is absolutely bonkers.
Reminder that Congress has the power to stop all of this. Where the hell are they?
Reminder that Congress has the power to stop all of this. Where the hell are they?
January 3, 2026 at 8:01 PM
That one person can drag us into a war without consulting or even notifying Congress, or our allies, or fully explaining to the American people why this is necessary, is absolutely bonkers.
Reminder that Congress has the power to stop all of this. Where the hell are they?
Reminder that Congress has the power to stop all of this. Where the hell are they?
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Oil, conflict, and climate change – there is a direct connection.
The real kicker here is that if US companies do succeed in ramping up Venezuela’s oil, it’s some of the dirtiest and most carbon intensive in the world. And it’s cheap to produce (PdVSA says $5/barrel, probably closer to $25).
ociplus.rmi.org/supply-chain
ociplus.rmi.org/supply-chain
January 3, 2026 at 6:58 PM
Oil, conflict, and climate change – there is a direct connection.
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Bought a new National Park pass to replace my expired one from last year, and… FUCK!
January 3, 2026 at 7:16 PM
Bought a new National Park pass to replace my expired one from last year, and… FUCK!
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Trump and his cronies can try to dress this up, but it is an illegal act of war to replace Maduro and grab Venezuela's oil for his billionaire buddies.
Full statement below:
Full statement below:
January 3, 2026 at 3:56 PM
Trump and his cronies can try to dress this up, but it is an illegal act of war to replace Maduro and grab Venezuela's oil for his billionaire buddies.
Full statement below:
Full statement below: