LuciSkyDyme
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NC Progressive: You may say I'm a dreamer... I'm not the only one. A reader of books, a fan of common sense and a good education. One of these days, I'll post some music. Raleigh, North Carolina
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"Can the World Address Climate Change Without the US?" by Jackie Flynn Mogensen & Henry Carnell for @motherjones.com:
www.motherjones.com/environment/...
www.motherjones.com/environment/...
Can the world address climate change without the US?
Even with Trump's America absent, COP30 ended in a weak deal—and a win for petrostates.
www.motherjones.com
November 25, 2025 at 11:01 PM
"Can the World Address Climate Change Without the US?" by Jackie Flynn Mogensen & Henry Carnell for @motherjones.com:
www.motherjones.com/environment/...
www.motherjones.com/environment/...
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New North Carolina Laws that take effect on Monday, Dec 1st #ncpol
New North Carolina laws take effect Dec. 1 • NC Newsline
Packages of changes to criminal punishments and the state’s pretrial release process are set to take effect on Dec. 1.
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November 28, 2025 at 3:10 PM
New North Carolina Laws that take effect on Monday, Dec 1st #ncpol
Peace Through Bungling
By its own efforts, despite the bungles and cowardice of its friends, Ukraine may have at least bought a chance for the freedom it is due. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
By its own efforts, despite the bungles and cowardice of its friends, Ukraine may have at least bought a chance for the freedom it is due. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
Peace Through Bungling
By its own efforts, despite the bungles and cowardice of its friends, Ukraine may have at least bought a chance for the freedom it is due.
www.theatlantic.com
November 28, 2025 at 3:45 PM
Peace Through Bungling
By its own efforts, despite the bungles and cowardice of its friends, Ukraine may have at least bought a chance for the freedom it is due. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
By its own efforts, despite the bungles and cowardice of its friends, Ukraine may have at least bought a chance for the freedom it is due. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
He incapable of anything else...
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Even now, thinking about himself
November 28, 2025 at 1:30 AM
He incapable of anything else...
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'Pluribus' is not 'Breaking Bad' and that's a good thing
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Pluribus isn't the new Breaking Bad - and that's a good thing
Vince Gilligan made lightning strike twice with Breaking Bad and Better Call Saul. For his third act, he's flipped the script
inews.co.uk
November 27, 2025 at 10:11 PM
'Pluribus' is not 'Breaking Bad' and that's a good thing
inews.co.uk/culture/tele...
inews.co.uk/culture/tele...
Top Trolls on X revealed to be foreign accounts
X's Top MAGA Trolls Revealed to Be Foreign Accounts
Elon Musk's X hosts large troll accounts that purport to be American voters who back Trump, but many of them are living in Asia, Africa, and Europe.
www.rollingstone.com
November 27, 2025 at 4:47 PM
Top Trolls on X revealed to be foreign accounts
For many, the cost of a Thanksgiving meal today is up 9% over last year.
www.rawstory.com/trump-thanks...
www.rawstory.com/trump-thanks...
'Trump's golden era': Gavin Newsom press office mocks president's Thanksgiving shortcoming
California governor Gavin Newsom's press office has mocked the Trump administration in a scathing post to social media.A screenshot of the Drudge Report front page was posted to X by the Governor News...
www.rawstory.com
November 27, 2025 at 3:09 PM
For many, the cost of a Thanksgiving meal today is up 9% over last year.
www.rawstory.com/trump-thanks...
www.rawstory.com/trump-thanks...
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November 27, 2025 at 2:21 AM
The big parade...
November 26, 2025 at 10:15 PM
The big parade...
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A staggering new observation of Hurricane Melissa was confirmed this week: As the powerful storm was preparing to hit Jamaica in late October, a dropsonde — a probe launched out of the belly of a Hurricane Hunters aircraft — logged a 252 mph wind gust.
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November 25, 2025 at 11:40 PM
A staggering new observation of Hurricane Melissa was confirmed this week: As the powerful storm was preparing to hit Jamaica in late October, a dropsonde — a probe launched out of the belly of a Hurricane Hunters aircraft — logged a 252 mph wind gust.
archive.ph/0h0R8
archive.ph/0h0R8
A serious security problem: Musk’s AI supercomputer, used by U.S. military, secretly relies on Chinese hardware
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Musk’s AI supercomputer, used by U.S. military, secretly relies on Chinese hardware
Records obtained by Oligarch Watch reveal that the facility relies on Chinese transformers, creating a major security vulnerability.
popular.info
November 26, 2025 at 6:43 PM
A serious security problem: Musk’s AI supercomputer, used by U.S. military, secretly relies on Chinese hardware
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America has become a rogue nation. U.S. allies are looking elsewhere.
Europeans and Canadians are talking about making their own security arrangements.
Europeans and Canadians are talking about making their own security arrangements.
archive.ph
November 26, 2025 at 2:17 PM
America has become a rogue nation. U.S. allies are looking elsewhere.
Europeans and Canadians are talking about making their own security arrangements.
Europeans and Canadians are talking about making their own security arrangements.
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NC agrees to push back job-creation deadlines for Apple as RTP buildout remains on hold. State Commerce Department officials adjusted a key job-creation deadline for the consumer electronics giant, which paused plans last year for a new RTP campus. www.wral.com/news/local/n...
NC agrees to push back job-creation deadlines for Apple as RTP buildout remains on hold
State Commerce Department officials adjusted a key job-creation deadline for the consumer electronics giant, which paused plans last year for a new RTP campus.
www.wral.com
November 25, 2025 at 7:21 PM
NC agrees to push back job-creation deadlines for Apple as RTP buildout remains on hold. State Commerce Department officials adjusted a key job-creation deadline for the consumer electronics giant, which paused plans last year for a new RTP campus. www.wral.com/news/local/n...
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Up until now North Carolina's Research Triangle Park has been zoned only for research related industry. That is changing. The City of Durham will rezone it to allow for non-research development. www.wral.com/news/local/r...
RTP to transform as businesses receive green light for non-research development
Durham leaders have approved a rezoning request that will allow Research Triangle Park to become more of a destination hub.
www.wral.com
November 25, 2025 at 9:20 PM
Up until now North Carolina's Research Triangle Park has been zoned only for research related industry. That is changing. The City of Durham will rezone it to allow for non-research development. www.wral.com/news/local/r...
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Landlords could no longer rely on rent-pricing software to quietly track each other's moves and push rents higher using confidential data, under a settlement between RealPage Inc. and federal prosecutors. n.pr/3XiBDAJ
New limits for rent algorithm that prosecutors say lets landlords drive up prices
Landlords could no longer rely on rent-pricing software to quietly track each other's moves and push rents higher using confidential data, under a settlement between RealPage Inc. and federal prosecutors.
n.pr
November 25, 2025 at 10:15 PM
Landlords could no longer rely on rent-pricing software to quietly track each other's moves and push rents higher using confidential data, under a settlement between RealPage Inc. and federal prosecutors. n.pr/3XiBDAJ
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Future Paleontologists will likely find a marker from this era when chemicals of all kinds became woven into human bodies and probably the genome. PFAS is a big one, plastics and fossil fuels as well. #environment
www.dailykos.com/stories/2025...
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Get ready to consume more forever chemicals
The Make America Healthy Again movement has quite a few hurdles to jump through with this one.�
The Environmental Protection Agency is moving toward approving two new pesticides that ...
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November 25, 2025 at 6:03 PM
Future Paleontologists will likely find a marker from this era when chemicals of all kinds became woven into human bodies and probably the genome. PFAS is a big one, plastics and fossil fuels as well. #environment
www.dailykos.com/stories/2025...
www.dailykos.com/stories/2025...
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November 25, 2025 at 6:04 PM
The Murky Plan That Ensures a Future European War
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
The Murky Plan That Ensures a Future War
Who will benefit from the White House’s 28-point proposal for Ukraine?
www.theatlantic.com
November 25, 2025 at 3:35 PM
The Murky Plan That Ensures a Future European War
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
Nothing is true and everything is possible: Elon Musk’s Worthless, Poisoned Hall of Mirrors
www.theatlantic.com/technology/2...
www.theatlantic.com/technology/2...
Elon Musk’s Worthless, Poisoned Hall of Mirrors
How X blew up its own platform with a new location feature
www.theatlantic.com
November 25, 2025 at 2:41 PM
Nothing is true and everything is possible: Elon Musk’s Worthless, Poisoned Hall of Mirrors
www.theatlantic.com/technology/2...
www.theatlantic.com/technology/2...
Free Speech: Protect it...
November 24, 2025 at 10:15 PM
Free Speech: Protect it...
Pentagon committee 'investigating' Mark Kelley. Stupidity unending in Hegseth's military
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Pentagon says it's investigating Sen. Mark Kelly over video urging troops to defy 'illegal orders'
The Pentagon says it's investigating Democratic Sen. Mark Kelly of Arizona over possible breaches of military law after the former Navy pilot joined a handful of other lawmakers in a video that called...
apnews.com
November 24, 2025 at 8:14 PM
Pentagon committee 'investigating' Mark Kelley. Stupidity unending in Hegseth's military
apnews.com/article/pent...
apnews.com/article/pent...
Marjorie Taylor Greene is waiting to resign until Jan. 5. That’s two days after she crosses the five-year threshold to qualify for a lifetime congressional pension. Maybe she’s not so different from the politicians she detests.
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...?
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...?
www.washingtonpost.com
November 24, 2025 at 4:47 PM
Marjorie Taylor Greene is waiting to resign until Jan. 5. That’s two days after she crosses the five-year threshold to qualify for a lifetime congressional pension. Maybe she’s not so different from the politicians she detests.
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...?
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...?