Bret Wolfe
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We saw it with big tobacco, we saw it with the fossil fuels industry. When their own internal research showed the harm from their product, the defunded the research and attacked independent researchers coming to the very same conclusions.
#ScienceUnderSiege
#ScienceUnderSiege
Meta halted internal research that purportedly showed (young) people who stopped using Facebook became less depressed and anxious, according to an unredacted legal filing released on Friday. www.cnbc.com/2025/11/23/m...
Meta halted internal research suggesting social media harm, court filing alleges
Meta is alleged to have halted internal research suggesting social media harm, according to court documents.
www.cnbc.com
November 24, 2025 at 1:59 AM
We saw it with big tobacco, we saw it with the fossil fuels industry. When their own internal research showed the harm from their product, the defunded the research and attacked independent researchers coming to the very same conclusions.
#ScienceUnderSiege
#ScienceUnderSiege
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This headline is journalistic malpractice. This isn't Epstein "alleging" that Trump knew. This is Epstein and Maxwell discussing - in 2011, long before Trump had political salience - how the FACT that Trump knew might play out
Both of them took as a given that this was a fact in a private email
Both of them took as a given that this was a fact in a private email
November 12, 2025 at 2:08 PM
This headline is journalistic malpractice. This isn't Epstein "alleging" that Trump knew. This is Epstein and Maxwell discussing - in 2011, long before Trump had political salience - how the FACT that Trump knew might play out
Both of them took as a given that this was a fact in a private email
Both of them took as a given that this was a fact in a private email
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Well they blew up the chicken man in Philly last night
November 1, 2025 at 1:58 AM
Well they blew up the chicken man in Philly last night
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Late last night I mapped crime rates for cities in OH, SC and WV to show how often they exceeded the rate in DC — where those states’ governors are sending National Guard troops to “combat crime.” www.pbump.net/o/more-peopl...
More people in Ohio need protection from violent crime than there are people in D.C.
Governors of three states — Ohio, South Carolina and West Virginia — are sending members of their state National Guards to D.C. to … well, theoretically to combat crime but, if the past week is any in...
www.pbump.net
August 17, 2025 at 12:30 PM
Late last night I mapped crime rates for cities in OH, SC and WV to show how often they exceeded the rate in DC — where those states’ governors are sending National Guard troops to “combat crime.” www.pbump.net/o/more-peopl...
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“The United States, with its enormous highways, sprawling suburbs and neglected public transport systems, is one of the most car-dependent countries in the world. But this arrangement of obligatory driving is making many Americans actively unhappy, new research has found.”
Via @theguardian.com.
Via @theguardian.com.
How extreme car dependency is driving Americans to unhappiness
A car is often essential in the US but while owning a vehicle is better than not for life satisfaction, a study has found, having to drive too much sends happiness plummeting
www.theguardian.com
July 13, 2025 at 5:41 AM
“The United States, with its enormous highways, sprawling suburbs and neglected public transport systems, is one of the most car-dependent countries in the world. But this arrangement of obligatory driving is making many Americans actively unhappy, new research has found.”
Via @theguardian.com.
Via @theguardian.com.
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There’s nothing you can be that’s cooler than kind.
If you’re over 30, quote this with some life advice 🤌🏼
May 10, 2025 at 2:51 AM
There’s nothing you can be that’s cooler than kind.
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I don’t know man, what could it possibly be?
May 5, 2025 at 1:01 PM
I don’t know man, what could it possibly be?
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not saying anyone should, but I bet you could convince Trump to re-open Alcatraz in under 20 minutes
January 24, 2025 at 8:15 AM
not saying anyone should, but I bet you could convince Trump to re-open Alcatraz in under 20 minutes
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This UCLA psychiatrist's expert evaluation of ex-sheriff Alex Villanueva is ... really something.
(The county hired Cohen to do this eval to determine whether Villanueva had really suffered emotional distress as a result of being put on a "Do Not Rehire" list, as he alleged in his lawsuit.)
(The county hired Cohen to do this eval to determine whether Villanueva had really suffered emotional distress as a result of being put on a "Do Not Rehire" list, as he alleged in his lawsuit.)
April 29, 2025 at 1:47 AM
This UCLA psychiatrist's expert evaluation of ex-sheriff Alex Villanueva is ... really something.
(The county hired Cohen to do this eval to determine whether Villanueva had really suffered emotional distress as a result of being put on a "Do Not Rehire" list, as he alleged in his lawsuit.)
(The county hired Cohen to do this eval to determine whether Villanueva had really suffered emotional distress as a result of being put on a "Do Not Rehire" list, as he alleged in his lawsuit.)
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there's so many of them lol
April 28, 2025 at 6:53 PM
there's so many of them lol
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Students in the US are under deportation orders for saying much less than this. Worth remembering there is significant disagreement within Israel about the war.
Ex-Shin Bet chief calls for nonviolent revolt at weekly anti-government rally www.timesofisrael.com/ex-shin-bet-...
Ex-Shin Bet chief calls for nonviolent revolt at weekly anti-government rally
Thousands gather in Tel Aviv as families of hostages make impassioned plea to bring their loved ones home ahead of upcoming Memorial Day, slam apathy of coalition lawmakers
www.timesofisrael.com
April 28, 2025 at 6:39 PM
Students in the US are under deportation orders for saying much less than this. Worth remembering there is significant disagreement within Israel about the war.
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Ex-Shin Bet chief calls for nonviolent revolt at weekly anti-government rally www.timesofisrael.com/ex-shin-bet-...
Ex-Shin Bet chief calls for nonviolent revolt at weekly anti-government rally
Thousands gather in Tel Aviv as families of hostages make impassioned plea to bring their loved ones home ahead of upcoming Memorial Day, slam apathy of coalition lawmakers
www.timesofisrael.com
April 27, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Ex-Shin Bet chief calls for nonviolent revolt at weekly anti-government rally www.timesofisrael.com/ex-shin-bet-...
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Providence City Councilor Justin Roias: “Yesterday, ICE tased & detained a Providence resident with a pregnant U.S. citizen wife & a green card interview that same day.”
April 26, 2025 at 11:43 PM
Providence City Councilor Justin Roias: “Yesterday, ICE tased & detained a Providence resident with a pregnant U.S. citizen wife & a green card interview that same day.”
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“In interviews and depositions, Ms. Giuffre said she was recruited to the sex ring in 2000 while working as a locker room attendant in President Trump’s Mar-a-Lago resort in Palm Beach, Fla. “
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/25/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/25/u...
Virginia Giuffre, Voice in Epstein Sex-Trafficking Scandal, Dies at 41
She accused Jeffrey Epstein and his co-conspirator, Ghislaine Maxwell, of recruiting her to join their sex-trafficking ring and sued Prince Andrew for sexual assault.
www.nytimes.com
April 26, 2025 at 4:05 AM
“In interviews and depositions, Ms. Giuffre said she was recruited to the sex ring in 2000 while working as a locker room attendant in President Trump’s Mar-a-Lago resort in Palm Beach, Fla. “
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/25/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/25/u...
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That Giuffre’s name is not forever linked to Trump and Mar a Lago is another piece of evidence for how broken our media is, how feckless the Democrats are, and how Teflon Trump is.
“In interviews and depositions, Ms. Giuffre said she was recruited to the sex ring in 2000 while working as a locker room attendant in President Trump’s Mar-a-Lago resort in Palm Beach, Fla. “
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/25/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/25/u...
Virginia Giuffre, Voice in Epstein Sex-Trafficking Scandal, Dies at 41
She accused Jeffrey Epstein and his co-conspirator, Ghislaine Maxwell, of recruiting her to join their sex-trafficking ring and sued Prince Andrew for sexual assault.
www.nytimes.com
April 26, 2025 at 3:47 PM
That Giuffre’s name is not forever linked to Trump and Mar a Lago is another piece of evidence for how broken our media is, how feckless the Democrats are, and how Teflon Trump is.
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This is exceptionally well reported: in case after case Trump has surrendered long time US interests to favor Russia and gained nothing in return. When you put it all together it a staggering surrender.
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/26/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/26/u...
How Trump Plays Into Putin’s Hands, From Ukraine to Slashing U.S. Institutions (Gift Article)
Many of President Trump’s actions have been seen as benefiting Russia either directly or indirectly, so much so that Russian officials have celebrated some of his moves.
www.nytimes.com
April 26, 2025 at 2:05 PM
This is exceptionally well reported: in case after case Trump has surrendered long time US interests to favor Russia and gained nothing in return. When you put it all together it a staggering surrender.
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/26/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/26/u...
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“Black Press USA has learned that Trump officials are sending back exhibit items to their rightful owners and dismantling them—starting with the 1960 Woolworth’s lunch counter sit-in exhibit.”
blackpressusa.com/the-smithson...
blackpressusa.com/the-smithson...
The Smithsonian PURGE: Trump Team Removes Artifacts of Black Resistance
Critics warn: it’s not just history being erased—it’s identity.
blackpressusa.com
April 25, 2025 at 2:44 PM
“Black Press USA has learned that Trump officials are sending back exhibit items to their rightful owners and dismantling them—starting with the 1960 Woolworth’s lunch counter sit-in exhibit.”
blackpressusa.com/the-smithson...
blackpressusa.com/the-smithson...
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Brinkema's response to ICE's affidavit trying to prove TdA membership.
"This is a terrible, terrible affidavit. If this were before me in a criminal case and you were asking to get a warrant issued on this, I'd throw you out of my chambers."
At the end of the rant, he grants the habeas petition!
"This is a terrible, terrible affidavit. If this were before me in a criminal case and you were asking to get a warrant issued on this, I'd throw you out of my chambers."
At the end of the rant, he grants the habeas petition!
March 28, 2025 at 9:57 PM
Brinkema's response to ICE's affidavit trying to prove TdA membership.
"This is a terrible, terrible affidavit. If this were before me in a criminal case and you were asking to get a warrant issued on this, I'd throw you out of my chambers."
At the end of the rant, he grants the habeas petition!
"This is a terrible, terrible affidavit. If this were before me in a criminal case and you were asking to get a warrant issued on this, I'd throw you out of my chambers."
At the end of the rant, he grants the habeas petition!
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Gasparino's been right a lot and wrong a lot, but if he's right, he's unwittingly saying that the White House leaks information to friendly investors who can front-run the markets
April 24, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Gasparino's been right a lot and wrong a lot, but if he's right, he's unwittingly saying that the White House leaks information to friendly investors who can front-run the markets
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Breaking: Tesla’s net income sank 71% in the first quarter, hurt by competitive pressure and a reputational hit from Elon Musk’s polarizing role in the Trump administration
Tesla Profit Sinks, Hurt by Political Backlash
The auto maker’s net income fell 71% in the first quarter.
www.wsj.com
April 22, 2025 at 8:16 PM
Breaking: Tesla’s net income sank 71% in the first quarter, hurt by competitive pressure and a reputational hit from Elon Musk’s polarizing role in the Trump administration
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Very very important read. A startup backed by the paypal mafia and the Kushner is set to get a contract to privatize the entire internal govt credit card system. No compete sweetheart deal. Justified by bogus claims abt fraud. Pure corruption. www.propublica.org/article/trum...
Trump Team Eyes Politically Connected Startup to Overhaul $700 Billion Government Payments Program
A little-known firm with investors linked to JD Vance, Elon Musk and Trump could get a piece of the federal expense card system — and its hundreds of millions in fees. “This goes against all the norma...
www.propublica.org
April 18, 2025 at 12:59 AM
Very very important read. A startup backed by the paypal mafia and the Kushner is set to get a contract to privatize the entire internal govt credit card system. No compete sweetheart deal. Justified by bogus claims abt fraud. Pure corruption. www.propublica.org/article/trum...
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