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The US continues to lose manufacturing jobs—payrolls are down 81k over the last year, & another 5k jobs were lost in November
Transportation (especially auto manufacturing), wood & electronics/electrical manufacturing are the biggest losers, but few subsectors are doing well
Transportation (especially auto manufacturing), wood & electronics/electrical manufacturing are the biggest losers, but few subsectors are doing well
December 16, 2025 at 1:39 PM
The US continues to lose manufacturing jobs—payrolls are down 81k over the last year, & another 5k jobs were lost in November
Transportation (especially auto manufacturing), wood & electronics/electrical manufacturing are the biggest losers, but few subsectors are doing well
Transportation (especially auto manufacturing), wood & electronics/electrical manufacturing are the biggest losers, but few subsectors are doing well
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A new "crash clock" says Earth orbit is three days from disaster.
If all satellite lost the ability to maneuver (eg in a solar storm), it says collisions would be imminent.
Really interesting study this. Story by me in @newscientist.com
www.newscientist.com/article/2508...
If all satellite lost the ability to maneuver (eg in a solar storm), it says collisions would be imminent.
Really interesting study this. Story by me in @newscientist.com
www.newscientist.com/article/2508...
Crash clock says satellites in orbit are three days from disaster
Satellites in orbit would begin to collide in a matter of days if they lost manoeuvrability during a solar storm or other outage
www.newscientist.com
December 16, 2025 at 12:29 PM
A new "crash clock" says Earth orbit is three days from disaster.
If all satellite lost the ability to maneuver (eg in a solar storm), it says collisions would be imminent.
Really interesting study this. Story by me in @newscientist.com
www.newscientist.com/article/2508...
If all satellite lost the ability to maneuver (eg in a solar storm), it says collisions would be imminent.
Really interesting study this. Story by me in @newscientist.com
www.newscientist.com/article/2508...
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Tech Bro: "There are no new ideas left. Our only choice is to build a machine to think for us."
Women, PoC, Queer community, the disabled, non-Christian traditions: [Shouting outside intensifies]
Tech Bro, ears covered: "Nope! All is lost. Nothing new under the sun."
Women, PoC, Queer community, the disabled, non-Christian traditions: [Shouting outside intensifies]
Tech Bro, ears covered: "Nope! All is lost. Nothing new under the sun."
December 16, 2025 at 1:15 AM
Tech Bro: "There are no new ideas left. Our only choice is to build a machine to think for us."
Women, PoC, Queer community, the disabled, non-Christian traditions: [Shouting outside intensifies]
Tech Bro, ears covered: "Nope! All is lost. Nothing new under the sun."
Women, PoC, Queer community, the disabled, non-Christian traditions: [Shouting outside intensifies]
Tech Bro, ears covered: "Nope! All is lost. Nothing new under the sun."
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It's one of the most widely used drugs in medical procedures today.
If you've been put under for routine testing, you've likely taken fentanyl and as a result you're a terrible person and probably a terrorist. Remain where you are and ICE will come for you shortly.
If you've been put under for routine testing, you've likely taken fentanyl and as a result you're a terrible person and probably a terrorist. Remain where you are and ICE will come for you shortly.
Breaking: President Trump signs executive order classifying fentanyl as a "weapon of mass destruction."
Trump signs order classifying fentanyl as 'weapon of mass destruction'
The executive order comes as the president has signed off on unprecedented airstrikes on alleged drug-carrying boats in the Caribbean.
bit.ly
December 15, 2025 at 10:30 PM
It's one of the most widely used drugs in medical procedures today.
If you've been put under for routine testing, you've likely taken fentanyl and as a result you're a terrible person and probably a terrorist. Remain where you are and ICE will come for you shortly.
If you've been put under for routine testing, you've likely taken fentanyl and as a result you're a terrible person and probably a terrorist. Remain where you are and ICE will come for you shortly.
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My 7th grader’s English language arts teacher just told her that she had chatGPT grade her paper.
When kiddo pointed out chatGPT docked her for not having a comma in a sentence where she did have a comma, the teacher conceded she was right but said that was no reason to review the grade.
😒
When kiddo pointed out chatGPT docked her for not having a comma in a sentence where she did have a comma, the teacher conceded she was right but said that was no reason to review the grade.
😒
December 16, 2025 at 1:22 AM
My 7th grader’s English language arts teacher just told her that she had chatGPT grade her paper.
When kiddo pointed out chatGPT docked her for not having a comma in a sentence where she did have a comma, the teacher conceded she was right but said that was no reason to review the grade.
😒
When kiddo pointed out chatGPT docked her for not having a comma in a sentence where she did have a comma, the teacher conceded she was right but said that was no reason to review the grade.
😒
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Amazon wasn't letting people evacuate during a flash flood GO NOW evacuation up around Tukwila, WA. The state had to step in and say "fuck you, let these people go".
More recent updates:
> The police are literally at the warehouse forcing them to evacuate.
> The police are literally at the warehouse forcing them to evacuate.
December 16, 2025 at 2:05 AM
Amazon wasn't letting people evacuate during a flash flood GO NOW evacuation up around Tukwila, WA. The state had to step in and say "fuck you, let these people go".
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NEW JERSEY — bonkers… the husband of an ICE agent uses her marked car to pretend to be Homeland Security and respond to a call HE MADE HIMSELF… with a gun and sirens and everything.
December 15, 2025 at 1:18 PM
NEW JERSEY — bonkers… the husband of an ICE agent uses her marked car to pretend to be Homeland Security and respond to a call HE MADE HIMSELF… with a gun and sirens and everything.
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WATCH — CBS News(max) host Marg Brennan asks a clearly planted question to sew doubt about the abortion drug Mifepristone, sounding every bit like a right-wing anti-abortion mouthpiece under the new Bari Weiss regime
December 15, 2025 at 1:19 PM
WATCH — CBS News(max) host Marg Brennan asks a clearly planted question to sew doubt about the abortion drug Mifepristone, sounding every bit like a right-wing anti-abortion mouthpiece under the new Bari Weiss regime
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This is fucking grim. Somebody invented a white guy, an "IT professional" named Edward Crabtree, who stopped the Bondi shooting and spread it all over the internet, which was picked up by AI agents and slop aggregation sites.
The real hero is a fruit stand owner named Ahmed el Ahmed.
The real hero is a fruit stand owner named Ahmed el Ahmed.
December 14, 2025 at 8:02 PM
This is fucking grim. Somebody invented a white guy, an "IT professional" named Edward Crabtree, who stopped the Bondi shooting and spread it all over the internet, which was picked up by AI agents and slop aggregation sites.
The real hero is a fruit stand owner named Ahmed el Ahmed.
The real hero is a fruit stand owner named Ahmed el Ahmed.
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It's always gangs and turf, always always always
5. Another example involves Food Lion. Pepsi sees Food Lion as the "worst offender," because it prices Pepsi products below Walmart. So Pepsi creates a multi-year roadmap to force Food Lion to raise its prices.
December 14, 2025 at 6:33 PM
It's always gangs and turf, always always always
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Everyone should have the right to speak up against injustice without ending up in a database. www.eff.org/deeplinks/2...
How Cops Are Using Flock Safety's ALPR Network to Surveil Protesters
Through an analysis of 10 months of nationwide searches on Flock Safety's servers, we discovered that more than 50 federal, state, and local agencies ran hundreds of searches through Flock's national
www.eff.org
December 14, 2025 at 7:01 PM
Everyone should have the right to speak up against injustice without ending up in a database. www.eff.org/deeplinks/2...
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Would you like to know how to make a zine? Here's easy step-by-step instructions on how to make your own without the use of a computer by @thorazos.bsky.social
December 14, 2025 at 1:57 AM
Would you like to know how to make a zine? Here's easy step-by-step instructions on how to make your own without the use of a computer by @thorazos.bsky.social
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Trying to arrest the people who literally keep a roof over our heads. Also one of the most dangerous jobs in America www.bls.gov/charts/censu...
December 14, 2025 at 7:18 PM
Trying to arrest the people who literally keep a roof over our heads. Also one of the most dangerous jobs in America www.bls.gov/charts/censu...
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Learned today that “Galápagos” comes from a Spanish word for tortoise, meaning that “Galápagos Tortoise” is,
in fact,
a tortology
in fact,
a tortology
December 13, 2025 at 9:49 PM
Learned today that “Galápagos” comes from a Spanish word for tortoise, meaning that “Galápagos Tortoise” is,
in fact,
a tortology
in fact,
a tortology
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If you enjoyed a book(s), here are 10 things you can do to exercise your enormous power as a reader and radically help the author. And every action here is free:
1. Post about the book on your socials, even if you think your following is small. Every single voice matters.
2. Review on... (cont.)
1. Post about the book on your socials, even if you think your following is small. Every single voice matters.
2. Review on... (cont.)
November 12, 2025 at 9:33 PM
If you enjoyed a book(s), here are 10 things you can do to exercise your enormous power as a reader and radically help the author. And every action here is free:
1. Post about the book on your socials, even if you think your following is small. Every single voice matters.
2. Review on... (cont.)
1. Post about the book on your socials, even if you think your following is small. Every single voice matters.
2. Review on... (cont.)
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The A.I. oligarch takeover of 🇺🇸 continues:
“Google paid state lawmakers upwards of $2,000 as “gifts” to cover their attendance at a secret all-inclusive summit with “educational” sessions extolling the benefits of A.I. & other issues they’ll vote on…” jacobin.com/2025/12/goog...
“Google paid state lawmakers upwards of $2,000 as “gifts” to cover their attendance at a secret all-inclusive summit with “educational” sessions extolling the benefits of A.I. & other issues they’ll vote on…” jacobin.com/2025/12/goog...
December 14, 2025 at 12:52 PM
The A.I. oligarch takeover of 🇺🇸 continues:
“Google paid state lawmakers upwards of $2,000 as “gifts” to cover their attendance at a secret all-inclusive summit with “educational” sessions extolling the benefits of A.I. & other issues they’ll vote on…” jacobin.com/2025/12/goog...
“Google paid state lawmakers upwards of $2,000 as “gifts” to cover their attendance at a secret all-inclusive summit with “educational” sessions extolling the benefits of A.I. & other issues they’ll vote on…” jacobin.com/2025/12/goog...
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From @jhollymc.bsky.social on TN-7: “All the Dems were likely too liberal for Republicans… I’ve found no data to support the assumption Republican voters cross over to vote for what Dems perceive as moderate…. infighting Democrats could use a dose of reality…” tennesseelookout.com/2025/12/11/d...
December 14, 2025 at 1:28 PM
From @jhollymc.bsky.social on TN-7: “All the Dems were likely too liberal for Republicans… I’ve found no data to support the assumption Republican voters cross over to vote for what Dems perceive as moderate…. infighting Democrats could use a dose of reality…” tennesseelookout.com/2025/12/11/d...
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This should be the biggest story in the country right now. The sitting US President was extorting state lawmakers from his own party by threatening to withhold public money if they didn’t gerrymander for him.
I don’t know how else to say it…
I don’t know how else to say it…
December 12, 2025 at 4:21 AM
This should be the biggest story in the country right now. The sitting US President was extorting state lawmakers from his own party by threatening to withhold public money if they didn’t gerrymander for him.
I don’t know how else to say it…
I don’t know how else to say it…
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New analysis from a WHO global expert committee on vaccine safety has found that, based on available evidence, no causal link exists between vaccines and autism spectrum disorders (ASD). The conclusion reaffirms WHO’s position that childhood vaccines do not cause autism. www.who.int/news/item/11...
WHO expert group’s new analysis reaffirms there is no link between vaccines and autism
New analysis from a WHO global expert committee on vaccine safety has found that, based on available evidence, no causal link exists between vaccines and autism spectrum disorders (ASD). The conclusio...
www.who.int
December 11, 2025 at 3:56 PM
New analysis from a WHO global expert committee on vaccine safety has found that, based on available evidence, no causal link exists between vaccines and autism spectrum disorders (ASD). The conclusion reaffirms WHO’s position that childhood vaccines do not cause autism. www.who.int/news/item/11...
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Repost if you're tired
December 10, 2025 at 10:46 PM
Repost if you're tired
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Trump now openly threatening Indiana and saying if they don’t steal seats for him he’ll strip federal funds from them and not pave their roads.
A mob boss president.
A mob boss president.
December 11, 2025 at 6:44 PM
Trump now openly threatening Indiana and saying if they don’t steal seats for him he’ll strip federal funds from them and not pave their roads.
A mob boss president.
A mob boss president.
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What's especially crazy about this is that it's an unbelievably cheap intervention. It costs approximately zero dollars and saves lives. There is essentially no material elements to compete over. There's nothing left but animus.
More research showing a thing the GC movement wishes to deny trans people, in this case respecting their name and pronouns, is a thing that improves mental health and could prevent a death by suicide, yet still they persist.
“Transgender and nonbinary youth (ages 13 to 24) whose pronouns are respected were 31 percent less likely to attempt suicide in the past year than those whose pronouns are not respected, according to a new report from The Trevor Project”
www.advocate.com/exclusives/p...
www.advocate.com/exclusives/p...
December 11, 2025 at 12:47 PM
What's especially crazy about this is that it's an unbelievably cheap intervention. It costs approximately zero dollars and saves lives. There is essentially no material elements to compete over. There's nothing left but animus.
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Remember that guy who argued with me for half a day that poor people in food deserts would be fine just using Walmart delivery?
Anyway.
Anyway.
Instacart got caught running real-time price experiments on shoppers — same groceries, different prices.
Workers know this game well: Instacart’s algorithm does the same thing to their pay.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/09/b...
Workers know this game well: Instacart’s algorithm does the same thing to their pay.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/09/b...
Same Product, Same Store, but on Instacart, Prices Might Differ
www.nytimes.com
December 11, 2025 at 1:39 PM
Remember that guy who argued with me for half a day that poor people in food deserts would be fine just using Walmart delivery?
Anyway.
Anyway.
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Importantly, this wouldn't have passed without Dem support. There was enough of a split within Republican ranks that if Dems had voted against the bill it would've been doa. Giving Trump a blank check to warmonger *and* passing an anti-trans measure was a choice.
115 Democrats just voted to codify the first federal trans segregation law.
December 11, 2025 at 2:43 AM
Importantly, this wouldn't have passed without Dem support. There was enough of a split within Republican ranks that if Dems had voted against the bill it would've been doa. Giving Trump a blank check to warmonger *and* passing an anti-trans measure was a choice.
It’s been here, but, well, you know.
JUST NOW: Trump now openly says he is trying to force CNN into the hands of his allies to stop the network from criticizing him.
🇺🇸 Welcome to authoritarianism. ‘1984’ is here. (Imagine Biden saying this about Fox)
🇺🇸 Welcome to authoritarianism. ‘1984’ is here. (Imagine Biden saying this about Fox)
December 10, 2025 at 9:37 PM
It’s been here, but, well, you know.