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Time in Cork is always relative. #AboutNine
November 24, 2025 at 9:06 AM
Time in Cork is always relative. #AboutNine
I very much enjoyed my conversation with the brilliant @bradlisti.bsky.social
@josephoneill.bsky.social's novel GODWIN is available now in trade paperback from @vintagebooks.bsky.social.
A finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award for Fiction, GODWIN is an absorbing and richly imagined novel about a man named Mark Wolfe, a very bright technical writer... 1/
A finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award for Fiction, GODWIN is an absorbing and richly imagined novel about a man named Mark Wolfe, a very bright technical writer... 1/
November 24, 2025 at 1:05 PM
I very much enjoyed my conversation with the brilliant @bradlisti.bsky.social
A housing insurance collapse entails a mortgage-lending collapse. Lenders will not secure a 30-year loan on an uninsurable property.
This is The Great Climate Insurance Collapse coming at us. Republicans look away because it’s what their fossil fuel industry donors demand.
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
A Climate ‘Shock’ Is Eroding Some Home Values. New Data Shows How Much.
Changes in the insurance market have started to affect home prices in the most disaster-prone areas, new research finds, pushing some homeowners’ finances to the breaking point.
www.nytimes.com
November 21, 2025 at 3:03 PM
A housing insurance collapse entails a mortgage-lending collapse. Lenders will not secure a 30-year loan on an uninsurable property.
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Honoring THE REMEMBERED SOLDIER author Anjet Daanje and translator David McKay as finalists for the @nationalbook.bsky.social Award in NY ahead of the awards ceremony on Wednesday. In Daanje's stead, novelist @josephoneill.bsky.social read an excerpt of her work. newvesselpress.com/books/the-re...
November 19, 2025 at 3:43 AM
Honoring THE REMEMBERED SOLDIER author Anjet Daanje and translator David McKay as finalists for the @nationalbook.bsky.social Award in NY ahead of the awards ceremony on Wednesday. In Daanje's stead, novelist @josephoneill.bsky.social read an excerpt of her work. newvesselpress.com/books/the-re...
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Superb take on geothermal. Especially good: no coy question in the title. Just a convincing explainer of "Why the Time Has Finally Come for Geothermal Energy" by one Rivka Galchen in @newyorker.com
www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
Why the Time Has Finally Come for Geothermal Energy
It used to be that drawing heat from deep in the Earth was practical only in geyser-filled places such as Iceland. But new approaches may have us on the cusp of an energy revolution.
www.newyorker.com
November 17, 2025 at 5:26 PM
Superb take on geothermal. Especially good: no coy question in the title. Just a convincing explainer of "Why the Time Has Finally Come for Geothermal Energy" by one Rivka Galchen in @newyorker.com
www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
"Affordability" has become the new identity politics refuge of the Dem powers-that-be.
The usual suspects are telling Dems that Epstein won’t win elections, get back to “affordability” and I think my head might explode. www.offmessage.net/p/force-a-re...
Force A Referendum On The Epstein Coverup
It divides Republicans much more than "affordability" or any other economic issue.
www.offmessage.net
November 15, 2025 at 9:54 PM
"Affordability" has become the new identity politics refuge of the Dem powers-that-be.
Publication day (paperback @pantheonbooks.bsky.social):
November 12, 2025 at 4:08 AM
Publication day (paperback @pantheonbooks.bsky.social):
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So, this crucially important state race in Georgia that I told you about? Let me offer you a frustrating update. (cc @hankgreen.bsky.social)
With 14 days to go, Dems are up by a decent margin in early voting, but Kemp -- GA's loathsome governor -- has just dumped *$500K* into TV ads on the race.
With 14 days to go, Dems are up by a decent margin in early voting, but Kemp -- GA's loathsome governor -- has just dumped *$500K* into TV ads on the race.
Today on Volts: hey listen up! The most important election of the year is happening in Georgia next month. Two seats on the (currently all-GOP) Public Service Commission are up & rising electricity prices are on everyone's mind. This is a bellwether for next year's governor & midterm elections!
Pay attention to the most important political race of 2025
With energy affordability set to dominate national politics, Peter Hubbard and Brionté McCorkle explain why a down-ballot Georgia race is ground zero for the fight.
www.volts.wtf
October 22, 2025 at 7:35 PM
So, this crucially important state race in Georgia that I told you about? Let me offer you a frustrating update. (cc @hankgreen.bsky.social)
With 14 days to go, Dems are up by a decent margin in early voting, but Kemp -- GA's loathsome governor -- has just dumped *$500K* into TV ads on the race.
With 14 days to go, Dems are up by a decent margin in early voting, but Kemp -- GA's loathsome governor -- has just dumped *$500K* into TV ads on the race.
The NYT covered the No Kings rally at p. 23.
The Pentagon announces they are replacing The New York Times’ press credentials with the MyPillow guy’s media outlet.
October 22, 2025 at 9:30 PM
The NYT covered the No Kings rally at p. 23.
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Retired Army Sgt. Brian Wofford spoke to me this morning at the Oklahoma City #NoKings protest. Didn’t expect him to be carrying his DD214 so I asked some warmup questions like when he got out and whether his injury was service-related.
He paused while describing the car bomb in Iraq to say this:
He paused while describing the car bomb in Iraq to say this:
October 19, 2025 at 12:42 AM
Retired Army Sgt. Brian Wofford spoke to me this morning at the Oklahoma City #NoKings protest. Didn’t expect him to be carrying his DD214 so I asked some warmup questions like when he got out and whether his injury was service-related.
He paused while describing the car bomb in Iraq to say this:
He paused while describing the car bomb in Iraq to say this:
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Instead of "This is inappropriate!" Democrats - especially those who might run for president - should say right now "Anyone who participates in this should know: You are committing a crime, and in the next administration you will be prosecuted."
That will change the frame of the story.
That will change the frame of the story.
Again, it is a full-blown federal felony crime for anyone in the White House or Executive Office of the President to order tax investigations into anyone.
And it's not just a crime to DO it, it's even a federal crime for an employee not to REPORT such an order to the Treasury Inspector General.
And it's not just a crime to DO it, it's even a federal crime for an employee not to REPORT such an order to the Treasury Inspector General.
October 16, 2025 at 1:11 PM
Instead of "This is inappropriate!" Democrats - especially those who might run for president - should say right now "Anyone who participates in this should know: You are committing a crime, and in the next administration you will be prosecuted."
That will change the frame of the story.
That will change the frame of the story.
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I will not back down.
Trump is now calling for the arrest of elected representatives checking his power.
What else is left on the path to full-blown authoritarianism?
Trump is now calling for the arrest of elected representatives checking his power.
What else is left on the path to full-blown authoritarianism?
October 8, 2025 at 1:44 PM
I will not back down.
Trump is now calling for the arrest of elected representatives checking his power.
What else is left on the path to full-blown authoritarianism?
Trump is now calling for the arrest of elected representatives checking his power.
What else is left on the path to full-blown authoritarianism?
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Here's where we are:
Republicans have shut down the government.
Why?
They won't negotiate. They want to pass a bill that will allow the Trump administration to throw 15 million Americans off their health care & double premiums for 20 million Americans.
We won't let them.
Republicans have shut down the government.
Why?
They won't negotiate. They want to pass a bill that will allow the Trump administration to throw 15 million Americans off their health care & double premiums for 20 million Americans.
We won't let them.
Where We Are With The Government Shutdown | Sen. Bernie Sanders
YouTube video by Senator Bernie Sanders
youtu.be
October 1, 2025 at 9:08 PM
Here's where we are:
Republicans have shut down the government.
Why?
They won't negotiate. They want to pass a bill that will allow the Trump administration to throw 15 million Americans off their health care & double premiums for 20 million Americans.
We won't let them.
Republicans have shut down the government.
Why?
They won't negotiate. They want to pass a bill that will allow the Trump administration to throw 15 million Americans off their health care & double premiums for 20 million Americans.
We won't let them.
Democratic Party messaging about the need to take on the Trump Court is NOWHERE near strong enough.
Supreme Court rules 6-3 that congressional appropriations are optional: www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/24p...
September 26, 2025 at 10:26 PM
Democratic Party messaging about the need to take on the Trump Court is NOWHERE near strong enough.
Whoa--a surprise September flower riot
September 25, 2025 at 8:47 PM
Whoa--a surprise September flower riot
This never happened. Dems cowered, appeased, waited for it to blow over. Now hysterical Nazi rallies are part of the U.S. political culture.
Persons identified as the 'left' and held responsible for the Kirk shooting have every right to be outraged that they have been defamed and endangered by the false statements made by the president. Democratic leaders should demand a retraction and an apology.
September 22, 2025 at 2:40 PM
This never happened. Dems cowered, appeased, waited for it to blow over. Now hysterical Nazi rallies are part of the U.S. political culture.
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If anyone in the Democratic Party had a brain they’d be pulling out all the stops to spin up some offensive litigation to blow up or delay any sale. Everything Trump has done here is egregiously illegal, and TikTok has major US competitors who would surely like to see it die. What are you doing??
I'd start informing your friends and loved ones they're going to need to get off of TikTok
it's indisputably going to be converted into yet another right wing surveillance and propaganda machine
it's indisputably going to be converted into yet another right wing surveillance and propaganda machine
Trump says Murdochs are potential TikTok deal partners
President Donald Trump also said that Larry Ellison and Michael Dell are also likely to be involved in the TikTok deal.
www.cnbc.com
September 22, 2025 at 2:33 PM
If anyone in the Democratic Party had a brain they’d be pulling out all the stops to spin up some offensive litigation to blow up or delay any sale. Everything Trump has done here is egregiously illegal, and TikTok has major US competitors who would surely like to see it die. What are you doing??
The truly, truly strange thing about Kirk is that I have not seen his supporters quote one statement by him that illustrates his supposed nobility of character.
September 14, 2025 at 1:52 AM
The truly, truly strange thing about Kirk is that I have not seen his supporters quote one statement by him that illustrates his supposed nobility of character.
Persons identified as the 'left' and held responsible for the Kirk shooting have every right to be outraged that they have been defamed and endangered by the false statements made by the president. Democratic leaders should demand a retraction and an apology.
September 12, 2025 at 2:36 PM
Persons identified as the 'left' and held responsible for the Kirk shooting have every right to be outraged that they have been defamed and endangered by the false statements made by the president. Democratic leaders should demand a retraction and an apology.
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X, the political violence app
Law enforcement should shut down Twitter, which has become a hub for extremely frightening incitement of violence. Huge, explicitly violent neo-Nazi accounts are posting the information of prominent liberals in an attempt to get folks killed by their large, violent followings
Sorry to hear this. I cannot help by contrast this with the cynical calls to censor Bluesky as a website encouraging political violence while Twitter is flooded with major accounts trying to whip up threats and violence and minor ones actively organizing it. Real up is down black is white situation.
September 12, 2025 at 2:03 PM
X, the political violence app
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UPDATE: JeffCo Sheriff's Office says three students have been shot at Evergreen High School. St A's Hospital says all are in critical condition. Our live coverage here: www.9news.com/article/news...
www.9news.com
September 10, 2025 at 8:02 PM
UPDATE: JeffCo Sheriff's Office says three students have been shot at Evergreen High School. St A's Hospital says all are in critical condition. Our live coverage here: www.9news.com/article/news...
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Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker (D) on the shooting of Charlie Kirk:
"Political violence, unfortunately, has ramped up in this country ... I think there are people who are fomenting it in this country. I think the president's rhetoric often foments it."
"Political violence, unfortunately, has ramped up in this country ... I think there are people who are fomenting it in this country. I think the president's rhetoric often foments it."
September 10, 2025 at 7:35 PM
Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker (D) on the shooting of Charlie Kirk:
"Political violence, unfortunately, has ramped up in this country ... I think there are people who are fomenting it in this country. I think the president's rhetoric often foments it."
"Political violence, unfortunately, has ramped up in this country ... I think there are people who are fomenting it in this country. I think the president's rhetoric often foments it."