Lightnews — Scholar-powered news

Reposted by Senior Botanist at Antifa Botanic Garden

Dannagal Goldthwaite Young @dannagal.bsky.social · 5h

If you’re wondering why all of us are being compelled to “integrate AI” into our classrooms, our workflow, and our kitchen appliances…

It’s because the market is all in on tech and they put us in another “too big to fail“ predicament.

NightMar on Hicks Street, Part 4: The Rabbit’s Revenge @histoftech.bsky.social · 1d

“Concerns over an AI bubble bursting have grown lately, with analysts recently finding that it’s 17 times the size of the dotcom-era bubble and four times bigger than the 2008 financial crisis.”

Hang onto your butts. This “correction” is gonna hurt.
futurism.com/artificial-i...

Bank of England Warns of Impending AI Disaster

The Bank of England has sounded the alarm, warning of an intensifying risk of a "sudden correction" due to an AI spending frenzy.

futurism.com

3 15 46

Reposted by Senior Botanist at Antifa Botanic Garden

Schooley @schooley.bsky.social · 3h

Pretty sure "heart of a 65 year old" was bait to lure the press away from vaccine denial enabler got his shots.

24 81 440

Reposted by Senior Botanist at Antifa Botanic Garden

Sam @samd.bsky.social · 17h

gotta say it’s just fascinating how normie libs have reacted to Trump with “this man is destroying the very fabric of our nation; we will need to pack the courts and hold truth and reconciliation commissions”

while billionaire libs have been like “ya know what this guy actually seems cool”

Heather Knight @heatherknightsf.bsky.social · 18h

For years, San Franciscans considered him the rare big-hearted billionaire. But days before his Dreamforce conference begins, Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff said he would support President Trump sending the National Guard to SF and that Trump is doing “a great job.”

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/10/u...

Marc Benioff Says Trump Should Send Guard Troops to San Francisco

www.nytimes.com

35 96 690

Reposted by Senior Botanist at Antifa Botanic Garden

Albert Pinto @70sbachchan.bsky.social · 1d

20 billion dollar US Treasury + Fed bailout for Argentina's Javier Milei. Cui Bono? "Funds at investment firms including BlackRock, Fidelity and Pimco are heavily invested in Argentina, as are investors such as Stanley Druckenmiller and Robert Citrone, both of whom worked with Mr. Bessent."

2 46 80

Reposted by Senior Botanist at Antifa Botanic Garden

Erin Fogg says Free Link @criminalerin.bsky.social · 3h

Future historians: As their computers ate and destroyed all their languages we can only assume that what happened was magic became real and that's how they defeated global genocidal fascism

On the left, the German Mud Wizard in their druid cloak pushes a German riot cops who is already stuck in the mud. On the left are 3 Portland Antifa frogs in green inflatable cartoonish costumes and one black frog with white frog bones on him like the antifa frog skeleton.

11 72 370

Senior Botanist at Antifa Botanic Garden @newsprintmafia.bsky.social · 15m

Fact: a maga cultist killed them and had a list of other Dems to kill.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 20h

Bondi: "We've been living through a horrific cycle of political violence in this country ... night after night antifa wrecks havoc on the streets of our cities. In Minnesota, a gunman murdered a state lawmaker and her husband."

Reposted by Senior Botanist at Antifa Botanic Garden

John Rogers @johnrogers.bsky.social · 2h

Abolish. Fire. Prosecute.

Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 19h

This is not a border crossing.
There’s no law that any of us have to show our papers on the interior.

This is a blatant civil rights violation. How is anyone supposed to know whether this man is a real ICE agent or just pretending to be one?!

5 38 110

Reposted by Senior Botanist at Antifa Botanic Garden

The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 21h

Amazing what happens when you give the guy a plane

1.3K 7.8K 20K

Reposted by Senior Botanist at Antifa Botanic Garden

Tyler King @tyleraking.com · 2h

The leadership of the measles outbreak response was fired in the RIF spree while RFK JR attempts to completely dismantle measles vaccine access for children.

Measles (Rubeola)
MENU V
As of October 7, 2025, a total of 1,563 confirmed* measles cases were reported in the United States. Among these, 1,542
measles cases were reported by 42 jurisdictions: Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, lowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York City, New York State, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, Wisconsin, and Wyoming. A total of 21 measles cases were reported among international visitors to the U.S.
There have been 44 outbreaks** reported in 2025, and 87% of confirmed cases (1,355 of 1,563) are outbreak-associated. For comparison, 16 outbreaks were reported during 2024 and 69% of cases (198 of 285) were outbreak-associated.

4 110 160

Reposted by Senior Botanist at Antifa Botanic Garden

Ken Parille @kenparille.bsky.social · 2h

1 2 12

Reposted by Senior Botanist at Antifa Botanic Garden

🍁🇨🇦Team Canada Forever🇨🇦🍁 @teamcanadaforever.bsky.social · 1d

Jimmy Kimmel plays a montage of Donald Trump pathetically begging for a Nobel Peace Prize. Sorry Donnie, NEVER 🤣🤣

11 45 100

Reposted by Senior Botanist at Antifa Botanic Garden

Brandon Friedman @brandonfriedman.bsky.social · 2h

1. This is illegal as it makes enforcement of the Fair Housing Act of 1968 effectively impossible.

2. Congress appropriates more than $300M each year for enforcement because housing discrimination has one of the ugliest legacies in American history after slavery and Native American genocide.

◥◤Kriston Capps @kristoncapps.bsky.social · 2h

HUD laid off so many fair housing investigators on Friday that it shuttered the regional offices that oversee discrimination cases in 9 states: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

HUD Issues Layoff Notices, Targeting Fair Housing Staff With Deep Cuts

Fair housing staffers who investigate claims of housing discrimination at field offices nationwide were among the hundreds of HUD staffers who received layoff notices.

www.bloomberg.com

1 55 98

Reposted by Senior Botanist at Antifa Botanic Garden

Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 17h

Trump launched the TrumpRX website today.

It has a photo of Trump and an AI-generated family with too many fingers and mangled toes.

TrumpRx Is a Narcissistic, AI-Generated Nightmare

AI art really has become the aesthetic of grifters and fascists.

gizmodo.com

21 110 370

Reposted by Senior Botanist at Antifa Botanic Garden

-C-M-F- @chrispps.bsky.social · 1h

the fish rots from the head, as it were

Pat Inverted Vibe Curve Blanchfield @patblanchfield.bsky.social · 6h

people online are constantly saying shit like "the average person is now post-literate and returning to medieval peasant mindset" while neglecting the corollary, namely that our elite aristos are once again scrying for angels, summoning demons, distilling elixirs of eternal life, etc.

1 2 6

Reposted by Senior Botanist at Antifa Botanic Garden

Will Stancil @whstancil.bsky.social · 1h

This is insane. I feel like I’m going insane when I’m watching this. Not just the fact that it’s clearly their fault, but the way a heavily-armed squad of masked thugs immediately jumps into the street and brutalizes the woman they just hit, despite having no idea who she is.

Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 16h

ICE GOONS crash into car and then point weapons to kidnap man.

51 360 910

Reposted by Senior Botanist at Antifa Botanic Garden

Dr. Samantha Hancox-Li @sjshancoxli.liberalcurrents.com · 1h

look i'm just gonna say: everyone involved in this shit needs to go to jail

Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 16h

ICE GOONS crash into car and then point weapons to kidnap man.

14 72 300

Senior Botanist at Antifa Botanic Garden @newsprintmafia.bsky.social · 36m

Donald Trump and the Republican Party are attempting to kill as many Americans as fast as possible, and there is no opposition to this.

Gregg Gonsalves @gregggonsalves.bsky.social · 7h

This is beyond bad. All of our disease defenses are down now. We are sitting ducks. This is #RussellVought #DonaldTrump #RFKJr. They are endangering American lives with their insane crusade. These men are hazardous to your health and dangerous to the republic. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/11/u...

Trump Administration Lays Off Dozens of C.D.C. Officials

www.nytimes.com

Reposted by Senior Botanist at Antifa Botanic Garden

Gregg Gonsalves @gregggonsalves.bsky.social · 7h

This is beyond bad. All of our disease defenses are down now. We are sitting ducks. This is #RussellVought #DonaldTrump #RFKJr. They are endangering American lives with their insane crusade. These men are hazardous to your health and dangerous to the republic. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/11/u...

Trump Administration Lays Off Dozens of C.D.C. Officials

www.nytimes.com

18 180 370

Reposted by Senior Botanist at Antifa Botanic Garden

Schooley @schooley.bsky.social · 15h

If an entire large city was on fire I’d think the president would be expected to go there to tour the damage.

100 340 2.2K

Reposted by Senior Botanist at Antifa Botanic Garden

Schooley @schooley.bsky.social · 16h

I wonder how many ICE dudes read Anne Frank’s diary in high school and thought, “I’d have gotten her sooner.”

72 410 2.2K

Senior Botanist at Antifa Botanic Garden @newsprintmafia.bsky.social · 38m

Reposted by Senior Botanist at Antifa Botanic Garden

Schooley @schooley.bsky.social · 3h

Does the administration ever attempt to justify its pro-epidemic policies? Or is this just Trump's "if you hide the numbers, it's not a crisis" theory of public health taken to the most dangerous extreme?

10 25 200

Reposted by Senior Botanist at Antifa Botanic Garden

Schooley @schooley.bsky.social · 2h

A lot of exciting data center jobs coming down the pike.

8 49 330

Reposted by Senior Botanist at Antifa Botanic Garden

jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 1h

an incontestable fact of the second trump administration is it is actively trying to sicken and kill as many americans as it can

Lena Sun @lenasun.bsky.social · 4h

NEW: @CDCgov hit hard by massive firings that several staff describe to me as a “bloodbath.”
Among those RIFd:
—leadership of the center for immunization and respiratory diseases;
—leadership of global health center
—leadership of the measles outbreak response; 1/4

110 1K 3.3K

Reposted by Senior Botanist at Antifa Botanic Garden

Sexy CHOAM Nomsky costume @samthielman.com · 1h

Metaphorical Bloodbath Leads to Real Bloodbath

Lena Sun @lenasun.bsky.social · 4h

NEW: @CDCgov hit hard by massive firings that several staff describe to me as a “bloodbath.”
Among those RIFd:
—leadership of the center for immunization and respiratory diseases;
—leadership of global health center
—leadership of the measles outbreak response; 1/4

1 11 49