Daniel Farina
@danfarina.bsky.social
Was just listening to a @lawfaremedia.org episode that was discussing the Ukrainian domestic politics about this guy: it seems a good thing he’s left the government.
Top Zelenskyy aide quits amid corruption probe on.ft.com/3XjxFbb
Top Zelenskyy aide quits amid corruption probe
Andriy Yermak’s resignation adds to trouble for beleaguered Ukrainian president
on.ft.com
November 28, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Was just listening to a @lawfaremedia.org episode that was discussing the Ukrainian domestic politics about this guy: it seems a good thing he’s left the government.
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seen on WT Harris in E Charlotte
November 23, 2025 at 3:35 AM
seen on WT Harris in E Charlotte
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i have never been nostalgic for the past before i was born and reading history only reinforces this. running water is good. not losing children to preventable diseases is good. human beings not being property is good.
November 28, 2025 at 3:43 AM
i have never been nostalgic for the past before i was born and reading history only reinforces this. running water is good. not losing children to preventable diseases is good. human beings not being property is good.
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Thread. As the Trump administration seems intent on betraying Ukraine, it is end also to be moving toward war with Venezuela. @joshtpm.bsky.social tries, with limited success, to work out what the Trumpers want to do and why.
I’ve not had much success with this myself. But here’s my guess….
I’ve not had much success with this myself. But here’s my guess….
I do wonder if this is it. WTF is Donald Trump doing w Venezuela? Like we've had US presidents do crazy things. I mean we invaded Iraq and toppled its government more or less for no reason. But as someone who covered that story very closely they DID have reasons. They were bad ...
November 26, 2025 at 1:30 AM
Thread. As the Trump administration seems intent on betraying Ukraine, it is end also to be moving toward war with Venezuela. @joshtpm.bsky.social tries, with limited success, to work out what the Trumpers want to do and why.
I’ve not had much success with this myself. But here’s my guess….
I’ve not had much success with this myself. But here’s my guess….
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The (obvious in advance) limits of the government's strategy since it took office: a budget in which the majority of individual items poll well, yet people think it is the most unfair budget since YouGov started polling on this question.
% who say each 2025 Budget policy was the 'right thing to do' (1/3)
Increase gambling taxes: 82%
Freeze rail fares: 82%
Reducing energy bills by £150 a year by reducing green levies: 75%
Increasing minimum wage: 71%
Mansion tax: 67%
Decreasing biz rates for retail/hospitality/leisure: 64%
Increase gambling taxes: 82%
Freeze rail fares: 82%
Reducing energy bills by £150 a year by reducing green levies: 75%
Increasing minimum wage: 71%
Mansion tax: 67%
Decreasing biz rates for retail/hospitality/leisure: 64%
November 27, 2025 at 11:12 PM
The (obvious in advance) limits of the government's strategy since it took office: a budget in which the majority of individual items poll well, yet people think it is the most unfair budget since YouGov started polling on this question.
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I feel much safer today knowing that we deported a Babson College student back to a country where she hasn't lived since childhood.
She wasn't even flying internationally. She was flying to Texas.
She wasn't even flying internationally. She was flying to Texas.
A Babson College student wanted to surprise her family for Thanksgiving. She was deported instead. - The Boston Globe
Any Lucia Lopez Belloza was at Logan to catch a flight to Texas when immigration authorities detained her as she was about to board the plane.
www.bostonglobe.com
November 27, 2025 at 10:47 AM
I feel much safer today knowing that we deported a Babson College student back to a country where she hasn't lived since childhood.
She wasn't even flying internationally. She was flying to Texas.
She wasn't even flying internationally. She was flying to Texas.
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China closed off Japanese seafood imports after Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi of Japan declared strong support for Taiwan.
Suddenly, sushi is everywhere on Taiwanese social media.
Suddenly, sushi is everywhere on Taiwanese social media.
Warmed by Japan’s Support, Taiwan Takes Up Sushi Diplomacy
China closed off Japanese seafood imports after Japan’s new leader declared strong support for Taiwan. Suddenly, sushi is everywhere on Taiwanese social media.
nyti.ms
November 25, 2025 at 2:25 PM
China closed off Japanese seafood imports after Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi of Japan declared strong support for Taiwan.
Suddenly, sushi is everywhere on Taiwanese social media.
Suddenly, sushi is everywhere on Taiwanese social media.
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Shooting incident near the White House today, via @joshuajfriedman.com. Neither the President or the Vice President are in Washington today.
NEW: DC's Metropolitan Police Dept says it has one suspect in custody after a shooting at 17th and I, near the White House.
AP reports that two members of the National Guard were shot, which DHS sec Kristi Noem confirms in a tweet.
Jeff Mason of Reuters reports that the White House is on lockdown.
AP reports that two members of the National Guard were shot, which DHS sec Kristi Noem confirms in a tweet.
Jeff Mason of Reuters reports that the White House is on lockdown.
November 26, 2025 at 8:28 PM
Shooting incident near the White House today, via @joshuajfriedman.com. Neither the President or the Vice President are in Washington today.
Really seems like there ought to be backup systems for this. I suppose in principle a couple of LTE broadband cards would do the trick, but it’s asking a lot of a cafe owner to also know telecom. www.sfchronicle.com/food/restaur...
S.F. neighborhood’s restaurants frustrated as AT&T outage cuts into orders, sales
The inability to take phone orders or process card payments has cut into sales for 10 days, an Inner Sunset restaurateur said.
www.sfchronicle.com
November 26, 2025 at 6:01 PM
Really seems like there ought to be backup systems for this. I suppose in principle a couple of LTE broadband cards would do the trick, but it’s asking a lot of a cafe owner to also know telecom. www.sfchronicle.com/food/restaur...
Lawless. www.sfchronicle.com/sf/article/j...
November 26, 2025 at 3:40 PM
Lawless. www.sfchronicle.com/sf/article/j...
November 25, 2025 at 4:49 AM
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I can tell you what's polluting and parching the eastern farmland of Oregon.
(It's the farms)
(It's the farms)
How Oregon’s Data Center Boom Is Supercharging a Water Crisis
Amazon has come to the state’s eastern farmland, worsening a water pollution problem that’s been linked to cancer and miscarriages.
Rolling Stone reports in collaboration with @thefern.org: www.rollingstone.com/culture/cult...
Amazon has come to the state’s eastern farmland, worsening a water pollution problem that’s been linked to cancer and miscarriages.
Rolling Stone reports in collaboration with @thefern.org: www.rollingstone.com/culture/cult...
November 25, 2025 at 2:16 AM
I can tell you what's polluting and parching the eastern farmland of Oregon.
(It's the farms)
(It's the farms)
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One sign of a bubble is when the major players do gimmicks to hide the cost of the bubble.
If the thing was clearly a good value, they'd just say "look at us investing in this valuable thing," rather than this obvious shell game to avoid booking the cost of building a data center.
If the thing was clearly a good value, they'd just say "look at us investing in this valuable thing," rather than this obvious shell game to avoid booking the cost of building a data center.
Meta’s data-center accounting gets the Jon Weil treatment:
It’s “financed with debt, and neither the data center nor the debt will be on its own balance sheet. That outcome looks too good to be true, and it probably is.”
@wsj.com $META
www.wsj.com/tech/meta-ai...
It’s “financed with debt, and neither the data center nor the debt will be on its own balance sheet. That outcome looks too good to be true, and it probably is.”
@wsj.com $META
www.wsj.com/tech/meta-ai...
November 24, 2025 at 12:02 PM
One sign of a bubble is when the major players do gimmicks to hide the cost of the bubble.
If the thing was clearly a good value, they'd just say "look at us investing in this valuable thing," rather than this obvious shell game to avoid booking the cost of building a data center.
If the thing was clearly a good value, they'd just say "look at us investing in this valuable thing," rather than this obvious shell game to avoid booking the cost of building a data center.
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"While other universities report that the humanities are shrinking, at Berkeley, the opposite is true. The music major is the fastest-growing major on campus. We are finding bigger classrooms because film is exploding. English is back to the numbers we saw 15 years ago. We are hiring" bit.ly/4ohKuOe
"The humanities really are a resource — a confidence for living in our times.” Dean Sara Guyer on the modern utility of humanities degrees
This interview originally appeared on the Division of Arts
bit.ly
November 23, 2025 at 3:38 PM
"While other universities report that the humanities are shrinking, at Berkeley, the opposite is true. The music major is the fastest-growing major on campus. We are finding bigger classrooms because film is exploding. English is back to the numbers we saw 15 years ago. We are hiring" bit.ly/4ohKuOe
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Ventilation was one of the original public health measures featured in early building codes in London and New York City. While contaminated water supplies were the real cause of cholera and typhoid outbreaks, airborne disease spread and high CO2 levels continue to plague modern buildings today.
November 23, 2025 at 2:49 AM
Ventilation was one of the original public health measures featured in early building codes in London and New York City. While contaminated water supplies were the real cause of cholera and typhoid outbreaks, airborne disease spread and high CO2 levels continue to plague modern buildings today.
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Since X pays for engagement and it’s now a right wing cesspool, posting racist rage bait is a great way to earn money if you’re in a developing country.
It’s also how Fox News and right wing podcasters make money as well. Sadly, pandering to racists sells.
It’s also how Fox News and right wing podcasters make money as well. Sadly, pandering to racists sells.
Twitter pays people based on engagement (views, retweets, comments, etc). It appears that many MAGA accounts are based abroad and they use AI technology to generate low-effort rage bait.
My guess is that this will get worse as AI tech improves. For instance, fake videos of minorities doing crime.
My guess is that this will get worse as AI tech improves. For instance, fake videos of minorities doing crime.
November 23, 2025 at 2:23 PM
Since X pays for engagement and it’s now a right wing cesspool, posting racist rage bait is a great way to earn money if you’re in a developing country.
It’s also how Fox News and right wing podcasters make money as well. Sadly, pandering to racists sells.
It’s also how Fox News and right wing podcasters make money as well. Sadly, pandering to racists sells.
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Guy has been detained for 8-9 weeks.
He came here as a baby.
He has been here 50 years!
katu.com/news/local/l...
He came here as a baby.
He has been here 50 years!
katu.com/news/local/l...
Lake Oswego rallies for detained man facing deportation to Vietnam
A community in Lake Oswego is rallying behind Danny Quach, a local man and business owner who faces deportation to Vietnam after 50 years in the U.S.
katu.com
November 23, 2025 at 6:30 AM
Guy has been detained for 8-9 weeks.
He came here as a baby.
He has been here 50 years!
katu.com/news/local/l...
He came here as a baby.
He has been here 50 years!
katu.com/news/local/l...
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Air filters don’t even solve ventilation … how bad are high CO2 levels for alertness and rigor? Studies suggest: pretty bad.
One of the unlearned lessons from the pandemic was getting a handle on indoor air quality for Americans generally.
One of the unlearned lessons from the pandemic was getting a handle on indoor air quality for Americans generally.
Should we focus on charter schools or just install air filters in every classroom?
www.vox.com/2020/1/8/210...
www.vox.com/2020/1/8/210...
Installing air filters in classrooms has surprisingly large educational benefits
$1,000 can raise a class’s test scores by as much as cutting class size by a third.
www.vox.com
November 18, 2025 at 4:24 PM
Air filters don’t even solve ventilation … how bad are high CO2 levels for alertness and rigor? Studies suggest: pretty bad.
One of the unlearned lessons from the pandemic was getting a handle on indoor air quality for Americans generally.
One of the unlearned lessons from the pandemic was getting a handle on indoor air quality for Americans generally.
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Should we focus on charter schools or just install air filters in every classroom?
www.vox.com/2020/1/8/210...
www.vox.com/2020/1/8/210...
Installing air filters in classrooms has surprisingly large educational benefits
$1,000 can raise a class’s test scores by as much as cutting class size by a third.
www.vox.com
November 18, 2025 at 3:04 PM
Should we focus on charter schools or just install air filters in every classroom?
www.vox.com/2020/1/8/210...
www.vox.com/2020/1/8/210...
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I spent yesterday in Korma with survivors of El Fasher atrocities. So many halting, harrowing conversations in Arabic, or translated from Zaghawa, about horror and misery.
Then Haseena pushed through crowd. Speaking in perfect English, she wanted the world to hear her story. #Sudan
Then Haseena pushed through crowd. Speaking in perfect English, she wanted the world to hear her story. #Sudan
November 17, 2025 at 7:06 PM
I spent yesterday in Korma with survivors of El Fasher atrocities. So many halting, harrowing conversations in Arabic, or translated from Zaghawa, about horror and misery.
Then Haseena pushed through crowd. Speaking in perfect English, she wanted the world to hear her story. #Sudan
Then Haseena pushed through crowd. Speaking in perfect English, she wanted the world to hear her story. #Sudan
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Jamaica more or less out of the news entirely just a few weeks after Melissa hit. It shouldn't be.
"Hurricane Melissa changed the life of every Jamaican in less than 24 hours."
"Hurricane Melissa changed the life of every Jamaican in less than 24 hours."
‘This is survival’: Jamaica leads calls from vulnerable nations at Cop30
Countries including Mauritius and Cuba reiterate life-or-death nature of cutting emissions, calling it ‘a moral duty’
www.theguardian.com
November 17, 2025 at 11:01 PM
Jamaica more or less out of the news entirely just a few weeks after Melissa hit. It shouldn't be.
"Hurricane Melissa changed the life of every Jamaican in less than 24 hours."
"Hurricane Melissa changed the life of every Jamaican in less than 24 hours."
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What is really going on in this society that elected Donald Trump president a second time?
I wrote about three stubborn myths about Trump’s support – and why America has experienced a de-alignment rather than a rightward realignment.
My new piece for @zeit.de – and some thoughts in English:
I wrote about three stubborn myths about Trump’s support – and why America has experienced a de-alignment rather than a rightward realignment.
My new piece for @zeit.de – and some thoughts in English:
Unterstützung von Donald Trump: Die Irrtümer über Donald Trumps Rückhalt
Rechtsruck, multiethnische Koalition, Held einfacher Leute: Trump gilt als fest verankert. Doch diese Überzeugung beruht auf drei großen Missverständnissen.
www.zeit.de
November 17, 2025 at 2:46 PM
What is really going on in this society that elected Donald Trump president a second time?
I wrote about three stubborn myths about Trump’s support – and why America has experienced a de-alignment rather than a rightward realignment.
My new piece for @zeit.de – and some thoughts in English:
I wrote about three stubborn myths about Trump’s support – and why America has experienced a de-alignment rather than a rightward realignment.
My new piece for @zeit.de – and some thoughts in English:
I was reading about brain worms to refresh my memory, and did you know our most famous brain worm guy also had mercury poisoning? How does one guy end up like this?
![WHITE: No, it usually doesn't directly cause much in the way of memory loss.
If you do careful psychological tests, you may see some minor [memory] problems, but [this] wouldn't be a common symptom. If someone has had frequent seizures, however, they can end up with memory loss. People wouldn't describe brain fog or memory problems.
As an aside, those are more typical of mercury poisoning. [Editor's Note:
According to the New York Times, Kennedy has said he also experienced mercury poisoning around the time he had learned of his parasitic infection.
Mercury exposure has been linked to central nervous system damage that can cause memory loss and Alzheimer's disease.]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:qvroxt7q6m7wynqswbksotpg/bafkreieryxjth2gj5ateybo3lzjqduledi4a6vm245d5i2r2lilgz6tjzy@jpeg)
November 17, 2025 at 3:14 PM
I was reading about brain worms to refresh my memory, and did you know our most famous brain worm guy also had mercury poisoning? How does one guy end up like this?
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Senator Menendez is sitting in his cell at Allenwood right now because he took a 1kg gold bar from the Egyptians, among other forms of “lobbying.”
"It was tough to beat Apple, but the Swiss did it." said one administration official.
How the Swiss convinced Trump to drop tariffs with gifts of a Rolex desk clock and a 1 kg gold bar.
www.axios.com/2025/11/14/t...
How the Swiss convinced Trump to drop tariffs with gifts of a Rolex desk clock and a 1 kg gold bar.
www.axios.com/2025/11/14/t...
How to lobby Trump with Swiss precision: gifts, gold and gab
How the Swiss broke a diplomatic logjam on tariffs by arriving with tributes fit for a king.
www.axios.com
November 15, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Senator Menendez is sitting in his cell at Allenwood right now because he took a 1kg gold bar from the Egyptians, among other forms of “lobbying.”