Underwater Beach
@binami.bsky.social
Trying to get my head above water. Science trained. Small business owner. Have lived internationally (can’t unsee that gov health care can work when done right).
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Underwater Beach
@binami.bsky.social
· Sep 12
The real issue isn’t left vs right.
It’s not white vs black.
It’s not citizen vs immigrant.
It’s not gay vs straight.
The real issue is that a lot of powerful people have a vested interest — and a lot of money invested — in dividing us, and it’s working.
It’s not white vs black.
It’s not citizen vs immigrant.
It’s not gay vs straight.
The real issue is that a lot of powerful people have a vested interest — and a lot of money invested — in dividing us, and it’s working.
I wanted to pin this
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I went to Texas to write about the sudden end of one of America's most successful experiments: the six decades of welcoming India's most educated and ambitious citizens. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/29/o...
Opinion | One of America’s Most Successful Experiments Is Coming to a Shuddering Halt
www.nytimes.com
December 29, 2025 at 7:25 PM
I went to Texas to write about the sudden end of one of America's most successful experiments: the six decades of welcoming India's most educated and ambitious citizens. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/29/o...
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Just need to outrun it for three more days.
December 29, 2025 at 3:20 AM
Just need to outrun it for three more days.
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Hard work used to mean getting ahead. Not anymore.
I’m running for Senate to take on corporate price gouging, break up monopolies, tax the rich, and fight for Medicare for All.
I’m running for Senate to take on corporate price gouging, break up monopolies, tax the rich, and fight for Medicare for All.
December 28, 2025 at 10:42 PM
Hard work used to mean getting ahead. Not anymore.
I’m running for Senate to take on corporate price gouging, break up monopolies, tax the rich, and fight for Medicare for All.
I’m running for Senate to take on corporate price gouging, break up monopolies, tax the rich, and fight for Medicare for All.
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A significant amount of safety research has existed for decades on Human Machine Interfaces proving exactly this. It's exhausting to watch money and effort wasted in a tech hype cycle to constantly undo and redo what we already know in safety engineering.
Amazingly, reaction times using screens while driving are worse than being drunk or high—no wonder 90 percent of drivers hate using touchscreens in cars. Finally the auto industry is coming to its senses.
Rejoice! Carmakers Are Embracing Physical Buttons Again
Amazingly, reaction times using screens while driving are worse than being drunk or high—no wonder 90 percent of drivers hate using touchscreens in cars. Finally the auto industry is coming to its…
wrd.cm
December 28, 2025 at 10:44 AM
A significant amount of safety research has existed for decades on Human Machine Interfaces proving exactly this. It's exhausting to watch money and effort wasted in a tech hype cycle to constantly undo and redo what we already know in safety engineering.
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Agree 💯 With Bernie.......
December 28, 2025 at 11:14 AM
Agree 💯 With Bernie.......
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It should be a massive scandal. It’s also wildly illegal, but as we’ve seen, Trump’s DOJ exists entirely to protect him - not to actually uphold the law.
December 28, 2025 at 3:55 AM
It should be a massive scandal. It’s also wildly illegal, but as we’ve seen, Trump’s DOJ exists entirely to protect him - not to actually uphold the law.
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Cool. 17 million Americans are slated to lose their health care beginning next year because of Trump’s “Big Beautiful Betrayal.”
December 27, 2025 at 4:09 AM
Cool. 17 million Americans are slated to lose their health care beginning next year because of Trump’s “Big Beautiful Betrayal.”
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Context you rarely hear: global stocks are up about 30% over the past year. U.S. stocks? Around 18%. That means American investors underperformed the world by about 12 percentage points, even while headlines called it a “fantastic year.”
December 27, 2025 at 12:52 PM
Context you rarely hear: global stocks are up about 30% over the past year. U.S. stocks? Around 18%. That means American investors underperformed the world by about 12 percentage points, even while headlines called it a “fantastic year.”
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In case you need a positive reminder:
How effective is protesting? According to historians and political scientists: very www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
How effective is protesting? According to historians and political scientists: very www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
How effective is protesting? According to historians and political scientists: very
From emancipation to women’s suffrage, civil rights and BLM, mass movement has shaped the arc of US history
www.theguardian.com
December 26, 2025 at 2:51 AM
In case you need a positive reminder:
How effective is protesting? According to historians and political scientists: very www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
How effective is protesting? According to historians and political scientists: very www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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I love the smell of panic in the evening. Smells like…victory
December 27, 2025 at 12:16 AM
I love the smell of panic in the evening. Smells like…victory
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Good article, but I think we could add that many of the current government officials & influencers spreading political point-scoring falsehoods during crisis events HAVE BECOME gov officials & influencers BECAUSE of their bullshit-spreading talents. System effects of rotten attention dynamics.
Government Officials Once Stopped False Accusations After Violence. Now, Some Join In.
www.nytimes.com
December 27, 2025 at 12:46 AM
Good article, but I think we could add that many of the current government officials & influencers spreading political point-scoring falsehoods during crisis events HAVE BECOME gov officials & influencers BECAUSE of their bullshit-spreading talents. System effects of rotten attention dynamics.
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Japan’s military aid program is likely to expand from eight to at least 12 recipient countries in the next fiscal year after the Cabinet of Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi approved a record budget for the framework.
Japan to expand military aid as OSA budget more than doubles
The Cabinet agreed on a 125% — or ¥10 billion — year-on-year increase in military aid funding, raising the budget to ¥18.1 billion ($116 million) for fiscal 2026.
ebx.sh
December 26, 2025 at 11:20 PM
Japan’s military aid program is likely to expand from eight to at least 12 recipient countries in the next fiscal year after the Cabinet of Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi approved a record budget for the framework.
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it's crazy that 500 years ago, you would see the ruler of your country maybe once in your life and hear whispers that they're the Sun God, but now with social media, you get to see on a daily basis that they're the most unhinged, idiotic, and unhappy person you know
December 25, 2025 at 7:31 AM
it's crazy that 500 years ago, you would see the ruler of your country maybe once in your life and hear whispers that they're the Sun God, but now with social media, you get to see on a daily basis that they're the most unhinged, idiotic, and unhappy person you know
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It remains unbelievably funny that somehow the church picked the one possible American cardinal for pope that the right absolutely fucking loathes
Pope Leo said in a Christmas Eve sermon that the story of Jesus being born in a stable because there was no room at an inn should remind Christians that refusing to help the poor and strangers today is tantamount to rejecting God himself. For @reuters.com
Pope Leo, on Christmas Eve, says denying help to poor is rejecting God
Pope Leo said in a Christmas Eve sermon on Wednesday that the story of Jesus being born in a stable because there was no room at an inn should remind Christians that refusing to help the poor and stra...
www.reuters.com
December 25, 2025 at 3:59 AM
It remains unbelievably funny that somehow the church picked the one possible American cardinal for pope that the right absolutely fucking loathes
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I don’t know why we’d trust the federal government again.
This is evil for the sake of it.
www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
This is evil for the sake of it.
www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
ICE documents reveal plan to hold 80,000 immigrants in warehouses
The Trump administration wants to build seven large-scale deportation hubs to speed up deportations, internal ICE documents show.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 24, 2025 at 12:44 PM
I don’t know why we’d trust the federal government again.
This is evil for the sake of it.
www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
This is evil for the sake of it.
www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
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So, did Trump slap tariffs on Santa’s toys since they’re made at the North Pole & not in the U.S.?
December 24, 2025 at 12:48 PM
So, did Trump slap tariffs on Santa’s toys since they’re made at the North Pole & not in the U.S.?
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Seems like a good day to remind everyone that Trump has sued over jokes, tweets, interviews, and news articles but not once over any of the countless accusations of child rape. — That silence says everything.
December 23, 2025 at 8:46 PM
Seems like a good day to remind everyone that Trump has sued over jokes, tweets, interviews, and news articles but not once over any of the countless accusations of child rape. — That silence says everything.
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Annexing another country?? You know who annexed neighbors? Nazi Germany. They annexed Austria first followed by the Sudetenland (part of Czechoslovakia) then Bohemia and Moravia.
When will the Senate and House of Representatives stop this? How many people will die from a completely needless war?
When will the Senate and House of Representatives stop this? How many people will die from a completely needless war?
December 23, 2025 at 3:39 AM
Annexing another country?? You know who annexed neighbors? Nazi Germany. They annexed Austria first followed by the Sudetenland (part of Czechoslovakia) then Bohemia and Moravia.
When will the Senate and House of Representatives stop this? How many people will die from a completely needless war?
When will the Senate and House of Representatives stop this? How many people will die from a completely needless war?
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I’m sure Trump is innocent of this Epstein stuff because he isn’t on video bragging about grabbing women & hasn’t had 27 different women accuse him of sex assault or bragged about going into beauty pageant dressing rooms when they’re naked or talked about how hot his daughter is.
December 23, 2025 at 1:28 PM
I’m sure Trump is innocent of this Epstein stuff because he isn’t on video bragging about grabbing women & hasn’t had 27 different women accuse him of sex assault or bragged about going into beauty pageant dressing rooms when they’re naked or talked about how hot his daughter is.
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All I’m saying is that if Kamala Harris had won, we could afford groceries and health insurance, we wouldn’t be arresting people simply because they’re Black or Brown, and we wouldn’t be doing batcrap crazy stuff like threatening Greenland
December 23, 2025 at 1:29 PM
All I’m saying is that if Kamala Harris had won, we could afford groceries and health insurance, we wouldn’t be arresting people simply because they’re Black or Brown, and we wouldn’t be doing batcrap crazy stuff like threatening Greenland
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Never thought that Americans would have to resort to the digital equivalent of Radio Free Canada, but here we fucking are
December 23, 2025 at 4:11 AM
Never thought that Americans would have to resort to the digital equivalent of Radio Free Canada, but here we fucking are
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Bill Clinton releasing a statement saying 'release the Epstein files, you cowards' was not on my bingo list.
December 22, 2025 at 10:22 PM
Bill Clinton releasing a statement saying 'release the Epstein files, you cowards' was not on my bingo list.
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"were expected to power more than 2.5 million homes and businesses across the Eastern United States" and "create together about 10,000 jobs"
The Trump admin just halted five additional wind farms off the East Coast, jeopardizing billions of dollars of investments. Gift link: www.nytimes.com/2025/12/22/c...
Trump Halts Five Wind Farms Off the East Coast
www.nytimes.com
December 23, 2025 at 2:45 AM
"were expected to power more than 2.5 million homes and businesses across the Eastern United States" and "create together about 10,000 jobs"
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