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Raw Story @rawstory.com · 9h

Rock legend Neil Young took a swipe at Amazon this week over its support of President Donald Trump's administration and vowed to yank his music off the e-commerce website.

Rock legend vows to yank music off Amazon over Jeff Bezos' support of Trump

Rock legend Neil Young took a swipe at Amazon this week over its support of President Donald Trump's administration and vowed to yank his music off the e-commerce website.Young wrote on his website that the "time is here.""FORGET AMAZON. Soon my music will not be there. It is easy to buy local. Supp...

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 9h

🤷🏽‍♂️ 🇺🇸 💰

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 23h

C-SPAN caller from Missouri to Missouri Rep. Mark Alford: "I hope you, sir, as an elected official, will think of the people who are in nursing homes, their parents are in nursing homes, their Medicaid is going to be cut. What is going to happen to Missourians whose hospitals are gonna close?"

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DrCrlsnPE @drcrlsnpe.bsky.social · 10h

Keep on rockin' in the free world.

Rock legend vows to yank music off Amazon over Jeff Bezos' support of Trump

Rock legend Neil Young took a swipe at Amazon this week over its support of President Donald Trump's administration and vowed to yank his music off the e-commerce website.Young wrote on his website th...

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DrCrlsnPE @drcrlsnpe.bsky.social · 11h

Nuclear💞Authoritarians

Alex Andreou @sturdyalex.bsky.social · 3d

Badenoch: "While Britain was redefining what a woman is, China built five nuclear reactors."

A perfect summary of conservative idiocy. Glorifying authoritarian post-communism for its efficiency while vilifying democracy for seeking nuance and respect.

It is the Right who hate their own countries.

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Jack Kennedy @jackkennedy.ie · 1d

Whenever someone says "we can't uninvent nuclear weapons" I want to reply "not with that attitude"

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Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham @govmlg.bsky.social · 1d

My administration fought hard to keep Holtec from storing their nuclear waste in New Mexico, and we officially prevailed. We will continue to resist any effort to make our state the nation's nuclear dumping ground.

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Holtec abandons plans for private New Mexico nuclear waste site

New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham and other state officials opposed the project.

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DrCrlsnPE @drcrlsnpe.bsky.social · 11h

Jack Jenkins @jackjenkins.me · 1d

NEW: A federal judge has issued a temporary restraining order barring Chicago-area fed agents from several violent actions they’ve taken against journalists, activists and “religious practitioners” protesting ICE — including Rev. Black, a plaintiff in the case. www.courtlistener.com/docket/71559...

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DrCrlsnPE @drcrlsnpe.bsky.social · 13h

The other 5%.

#ClimateEmergency

Man ineffectually fights raging house fire with water from a garden hose.

#Nuclear #Microreactors

DrCrlsnPE @drcrlsnpe.bsky.social · 13h

"Together, governance and economics eliminate 95% of the potential market for microreactors." #Nuclear

Hisham Zerriffi @hishamzerriffi.bsky.social · Jun 27

Think microsized nuclear reactors can be used to provide electricity access where it doesn't currently exist?

Not so fast. This analysis shows how both technical, economic and governance limits mean that only 2-5% of the potential market might actually be viable.

#EnergySky #SDG7

Potential for small and micro modular reactors to electrify developing regions - Nature Energy

A new study assesses global small-scale nuclear power reactor deployment suitability, finding that reactors in the 1–50 MWe range could serve 70.9% of the population living in regions without night-ti...

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 13h

What he not saying is that his friends and cronies invested a fortune in Argentina since their guy Milei won, they stand to lose a big chunk of those fortunes the way things are going, and Argentina’s elections are in two weeks and we are tampering in them to bail Milei out.

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Sophie Sherry @sophiesherry.bsky.social · 17h

During a military-style raid on a building in Chicago’s South Shore, one resident heard a knock on his door.   It wasn’t the feds — it was a mom and her 7-year-old daughter, pleading for help.

He let them hide in his unit for the next 3 days.

chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...

Neighbor shielded 7-year-old during South Shore federal raid: ‘I didn’t want them to take her’

During the Sept. 30 raid one tenant protected a terrified girl and her mom. Remnants at the complex, including a detailed map of all the units, offer clues to what authorities may have known before th...

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DrCrlsnPE @drcrlsnpe.bsky.social · 14h

"If an advanced AI system can figure out how to build a nuclear weapon—potentially assisting adversaries in doing so—how should the government intervene? And how can model creators know about these risks?"

Peter Henderson @peterhenderson.bsky.social · 23d

☢️ Can an AI model be "born secret" when it comes to nuclear and radiological risks? What powers does the Atomic Energy Act give the federal government over frontier models?

It might be more than you think! And may preempt parts of state regs. Check out our post: www.ailawpolicy.com/p/ai-born-se...

AI "Born Secret"? The Atomic Energy Act, AI, and Federalism

A law & policy deep dive.

www.ailawpolicy.com

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Physicians for a Healthy Democracy @physiciandemocracy.medsky.social · 14h

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DrCrlsnPE @drcrlsnpe.bsky.social · Sep 8

Total world energy generation (TWh) from nonHydro renewables is approaching double the generation from nuclear.

2022 2023 2024
Ren* 4206.7 4748.4 5415.2
Nuc 2679.6 2737.7 2817.5

* nonhydro renewable

www.energyinst.org/statistical-...

Chart. Global Generation (1965-2022). Source: BP Statistical Review of World Energy 2022.

Nuclear (TWh)
Non-Hydro Renewables (TWh)
Nuclear (∆TWh)
Non-Hydro Renewables (∆TWh)

[Probably should read "(1965-2021)."]

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Barred and Boujee aka Madiba Dennie @audrelawdamercy.bsky.social · 14h

aaand we are officially in the hide-your-neighbors stage

Sophie Sherry @sophiesherry.bsky.social · 17h

During a military-style raid on a building in Chicago’s South Shore, one resident heard a knock on his door.   It wasn’t the feds — it was a mom and her 7-year-old daughter, pleading for help.

He let them hide in his unit for the next 3 days.

chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...

Neighbor shielded 7-year-old during South Shore federal raid: ‘I didn’t want them to take her’

During the Sept. 30 raid one tenant protected a terrified girl and her mom. Remnants at the complex, including a detailed map of all the units, offer clues to what authorities may have known before th...

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DrCrlsnPE @drcrlsnpe.bsky.social · 18h

#BetsOnThePast

PHOTOS: Governor Newsom Visits Diablo Canyon Power Plant | Governor of California

AVILA BEACH – Yesterday, Governor Gavin Newsom visited the Diablo Canyon Power Plant to tour its facilities and highlight how this source of carbon-free electricity will support energy reliability…

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DrCrlsnPE @drcrlsnpe.bsky.social · 18h

"Declaring more U.S. weapon-grade uranium excess could delay by two decades the need to build a new national enrichment plant." Frank von Hippel, 2018. #MegatonsToMegawatts

Declaring more U.S. weapon-grade uranium excess could delay by two decades the need to build a new national enrichment plant

Frank von Hippel,

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DrCrlsnPE @drcrlsnpe.bsky.social · 18h

Sounds defamatory.

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DrCrlsnPE @drcrlsnpe.bsky.social · 19h

The other 5%.

#ClimateEmergency

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GHOULLIKEHELLMACHINE @golikehellmachine.com · 19h

“we are telling you right now that we do not intend to honor anything we agree to” is certainly a negotiating position one can take

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 20h

Q: Rescission are something Dems have said is a reason for a lack of trust. What rescissions are you discussing?

JOHNSON: We have more than $37t in debt. We're doing everything we can to get us back to sound fiscal responsibility. What does that include? A rescission package is part of our process

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A.R. Moxon @juliusgoat.bsky.social · 20h

Lord give us the Democrats that Republicans warn us about.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 20h

Thune: "If the Democrats had won the majority, they probably would've tried to nuke the filibuster. And then you'd have four new senators from Puerto Rico and DC, you'd have a packed Supreme Court, you'd have abortion on demand ... "

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Electronic Frontier Foundation @eff.org · 19h

This happened because of a customer complaint. Here's how to file one of your own: www.eff.org/deeplinks/2...

How to File a Privacy Complaint in California

Seeing something sketchy when it comes to your online privacy? Here’s how to file a complaint under California’s consumer data privacy law.

www.eff.org

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DrCrlsnPE @drcrlsnpe.bsky.social · 19h

Sarah Taber @sarahtaber.bsky.social · 19h

Farm bankruptcies are back in the news, so it's time to pull this chart out again.

Hey look they kept rising during Trump's first term. Then they went way down under Biden.

Now they're up again? So weird. Thanks Farm Bureau for the graphic

Screenshot from Farm Bureau article on farm bankruptcies. It shows farm bankruptcies climbing steadily 2014-2020, falling by half in 2021, & continuing to fall through 2023.

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