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I have not seen enough discussion on Bluesky of this insane clip where Scott Bessent claims that migrants are bringing their cattle into the US with them and it’s infecting US cattle with screwworm.
I feel the need to remind people that this guy is the actual and real Treasury Secretary (also IRS Commissioner!) and will be the Very Serious White Man We Are Supposed to Trust if/when his boss gets us into a financial crisis
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Covers of the day (Peter Mendelsund for Schocken)
November 17, 2025 at 11:32 PM
Covers of the day (Peter Mendelsund for Schocken)
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www.nytimes.com/2025/11/17/o...
Gift article no paywall
They followed all the rules ICE detained them anyway
Gift article no paywall
They followed all the rules ICE detained them anyway
Opinion | We Followed the Rules. ICE Jailed Us Anyway.
www.nytimes.com
November 17, 2025 at 11:46 PM
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/17/o...
Gift article no paywall
They followed all the rules ICE detained them anyway
Gift article no paywall
They followed all the rules ICE detained them anyway
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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...
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And to be clear, the six reported injuries were nosebleeds, which is what happens when you have barotrauma.
I’ve been asking since June, if a passenger is handcuffed and the handcuffs are attached to a chain around their waists, can they even reach up to grab their masks? Seems like no.
I’ve been asking since June, if a passenger is handcuffed and the handcuffs are attached to a chain around their waists, can they even reach up to grab their masks? Seems like no.
😲 CONFIRMED: “an Avelo ICE flight declared an emergency when the cabin lost pressure, according to air traffic control transmissions. The plane made a rapid descent and landed safely. Of 88 people on board, six were injured…”
From: @gbrockell.bsky.social
prospect.org/2025/11/17/i...
From: @gbrockell.bsky.social
prospect.org/2025/11/17/i...
ICE Air’s Sloppy, Dangerous Deportation Flights - The American Prospect
Poor planning, mechanical issues, serious safety lapses, and the shutdown are taking a toll on Avelo, America’s most famous deportation airline, internal documents show.
prospect.org
November 17, 2025 at 1:28 PM
And to be clear, the six reported injuries were nosebleeds, which is what happens when you have barotrauma.
I’ve been asking since June, if a passenger is handcuffed and the handcuffs are attached to a chain around their waists, can they even reach up to grab their masks? Seems like no.
I’ve been asking since June, if a passenger is handcuffed and the handcuffs are attached to a chain around their waists, can they even reach up to grab their masks? Seems like no.
I feel the need to remind people that this guy is the actual and real Treasury Secretary (also IRS Commissioner!) and will be the Very Serious White Man We Are Supposed to Trust if/when his boss gets us into a financial crisis
I have not seen enough discussion on Bluesky of this insane clip where Scott Bessent claims that migrants are bringing their cattle into the US with them and it’s infecting US cattle with screwworm.
November 17, 2025 at 4:28 PM
I feel the need to remind people that this guy is the actual and real Treasury Secretary (also IRS Commissioner!) and will be the Very Serious White Man We Are Supposed to Trust if/when his boss gets us into a financial crisis
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Father Teaches Son How To Fly Into Rage Over Completely Inconsequential Bullshit https://theonion.com/father-teaches-son-how-to-fly-into-rage-over-completely-1819575391/
November 17, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Father Teaches Son How To Fly Into Rage Over Completely Inconsequential Bullshit https://theonion.com/father-teaches-son-how-to-fly-into-rage-over-completely-1819575391/
A reminder that there are still smart people out there doing good things that may benefit all of us
#ResistanceEarth
What if you could take a waste product and make a biodegradable material with the qualities of plastic? That's what MIT senior Jacqueline Prawira has done with fish scales. She also helped develop a low-carbon process for making cement.
news.mit.edu/2025/mit-sen...
What if you could take a waste product and make a biodegradable material with the qualities of plastic? That's what MIT senior Jacqueline Prawira has done with fish scales. She also helped develop a low-carbon process for making cement.
news.mit.edu/2025/mit-sen...
MIT senior turns waste from the fishing industry into biodegradable plastic
MIT student Jacqueline Prawira’s invention, a biodegradable plastic made from fishing industry waste, tackles one of the world’s most pressing environmental challenges and was recently featured on CBS...
news.mit.edu
November 17, 2025 at 12:00 AM
A reminder that there are still smart people out there doing good things that may benefit all of us
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Language awareness brings about smiles.
November 16, 2025 at 9:57 PM
Language awareness brings about smiles.
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DHS agents investigating sexual crimes against children have been redeployed to the immigrant crackdown.
A probe into the black market for Iranian oil sold to finance terrorism has been slowed down because of the shift.
And efforts to combat human smuggling have languished.
A probe into the black market for Iranian oil sold to finance terrorism has been slowed down because of the shift.
And efforts to combat human smuggling have languished.
Homeland Security Missions Falter Amid Focus on Deportations
www.nytimes.com
November 16, 2025 at 8:56 PM
DHS agents investigating sexual crimes against children have been redeployed to the immigrant crackdown.
A probe into the black market for Iranian oil sold to finance terrorism has been slowed down because of the shift.
And efforts to combat human smuggling have languished.
A probe into the black market for Iranian oil sold to finance terrorism has been slowed down because of the shift.
And efforts to combat human smuggling have languished.
this is the person given carte blanche by our government to terrorize people based on their skin color
Border Patrol chief Greg Bovino responds “roger that” to a tweet reading “big or small, deport them all.”
November 16, 2025 at 9:53 PM
this is the person given carte blanche by our government to terrorize people based on their skin color
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We had three ultra-reliable exports. Soybeans, STEM PhDs, and Treasury paper.
Trump before he's done will have f•cked up all three.
Trump before he's done will have f•cked up all three.
November 16, 2025 at 7:48 PM
We had three ultra-reliable exports. Soybeans, STEM PhDs, and Treasury paper.
Trump before he's done will have f•cked up all three.
Trump before he's done will have f•cked up all three.
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The only thing cheaper under Trump is human life.
November 16, 2025 at 7:42 PM
The only thing cheaper under Trump is human life.
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Finally, may I just say?
Sometimes I cannot believe this is all happening.
It’s like living in a horror movie where scientists and their trusty sidekicks are the only ones who know that everyone else seems normal but has been possessed by aliens, or something.
Fossil capitalism is that surreal.
Sometimes I cannot believe this is all happening.
It’s like living in a horror movie where scientists and their trusty sidekicks are the only ones who know that everyone else seems normal but has been possessed by aliens, or something.
Fossil capitalism is that surreal.
November 16, 2025 at 8:09 PM
Finally, may I just say?
Sometimes I cannot believe this is all happening.
It’s like living in a horror movie where scientists and their trusty sidekicks are the only ones who know that everyone else seems normal but has been possessed by aliens, or something.
Fossil capitalism is that surreal.
Sometimes I cannot believe this is all happening.
It’s like living in a horror movie where scientists and their trusty sidekicks are the only ones who know that everyone else seems normal but has been possessed by aliens, or something.
Fossil capitalism is that surreal.
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From a reddit post discussing ICE moving into Charlotte
November 16, 2025 at 2:57 PM
From a reddit post discussing ICE moving into Charlotte
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Americans really have no idea how badly things are going or much of what is actually happening outside of the increasingly sealed American unreality state. The increasingly clear collapse of collective sense making is breaking containment fully.
JD Vance's steady assertion of hostile claims against Greenland, which rarely ever rate a mention in US newspapers, are front page news across northern Europe.
November 16, 2025 at 4:16 AM
Americans really have no idea how badly things are going or much of what is actually happening outside of the increasingly sealed American unreality state. The increasingly clear collapse of collective sense making is breaking containment fully.
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Narrative that bind every day together: TRUMP IS ABSURDLY CORRUPT, HE IS SELLING EVERYTHING THAT MAKES US GREAT FOR CASH & POWER & PROTECTION.
November 16, 2025 at 3:45 PM
Narrative that bind every day together: TRUMP IS ABSURDLY CORRUPT, HE IS SELLING EVERYTHING THAT MAKES US GREAT FOR CASH & POWER & PROTECTION.
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What Epstein Files and Mueller Report do is take the myriad shocking stories already out there and centrifuge all the outrage into one mystery box that supposedly will bring him down. The already proven scandals are forgotten while we breathlessly await the reveal.
November 16, 2025 at 2:51 PM
What Epstein Files and Mueller Report do is take the myriad shocking stories already out there and centrifuge all the outrage into one mystery box that supposedly will bring him down. The already proven scandals are forgotten while we breathlessly await the reveal.
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Well, I feel safer knowing that a 79 year old optician who was a refugee because of the Nazis got held in DeSantis' concentration camp.
How about you?
www.sun-sentinel.com/2025/11/16/s...
How about you?
www.sun-sentinel.com/2025/11/16/s...
Florida grandfather, born in refugee camp, nabbed by ICE after 70 years in U.S.
Paul Bojerski never gained official residency, but he checked in regularly with ICE for years. Then in July, at age 79, he was detained and sent to Alligator Alcatraz.
www.sun-sentinel.com
November 16, 2025 at 1:58 PM
Well, I feel safer knowing that a 79 year old optician who was a refugee because of the Nazis got held in DeSantis' concentration camp.
How about you?
www.sun-sentinel.com/2025/11/16/s...
How about you?
www.sun-sentinel.com/2025/11/16/s...
meanwhile
America’s climate catastrophe will leave many parts of the country uninhabitable. Vann R. Newkirk II reports on what life will be like for residents of these climate “dead zones,” which have already begun to reveal themselves: https://theatln.tc/CD8bgA0X
November 16, 2025 at 1:46 PM
meanwhile
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“After the gringa left, the guards came in to beat us,” said one detainee of what occurred after a visit from DHS Secretary Kristi Noem.
Trump sent men to torture in El Salvador, report confirms
Human Rights Watch found that Venezuelans shipped to El Salvador by the United States were beaten almost every day.
www.motherjones.com
November 16, 2025 at 2:00 AM
“After the gringa left, the guards came in to beat us,” said one detainee of what occurred after a visit from DHS Secretary Kristi Noem.
meanwhile
New research shows Earth has tilted 31.5 inches in under 20 years driven largely by groundwater pumping. This shift is already adding to sea-level rise. A stark reminder: human activity is reshaping the planet’s physics.
tinyurl.com/549pph4w #ClimateScience #WaterCrisis #SeaLevelRise #Groundwater
tinyurl.com/549pph4w #ClimateScience #WaterCrisis #SeaLevelRise #Groundwater
Earth Has Tilted 31.5 Inches. That Shouldn’t Happen.
Can we fix it back?
tinyurl.com
November 16, 2025 at 2:12 AM
meanwhile
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A reminder that most of these facilities are “private prisons” and every company should be shut down, audited, and prosecuted
November 16, 2025 at 1:56 AM
A reminder that most of these facilities are “private prisons” and every company should be shut down, audited, and prosecuted
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please don't do this. MAGA hats are made from an acrylic blend, which will release toxic chemicals when set on fire, potentially harming you and downwind woodland creatures
November 16, 2025 at 1:37 AM
please don't do this. MAGA hats are made from an acrylic blend, which will release toxic chemicals when set on fire, potentially harming you and downwind woodland creatures
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This is so so disturbing. Trump is now pardoning January 6th rioters for unrelated crimes, just to reward them for their violence to keep him in power.
The Republican Party is in the full time business of endorsing and incentivizing political violence. So scary.
The Republican Party is in the full time business of endorsing and incentivizing political violence. So scary.
Trump re-pardons a Jan. 6 defendant to erase unrelated gun conviction
Trump re-pardons a Jan. 6 defendant to erase unrelated gun conviction
The new pardon ends a legal clash over the limits of Trump’s sweeping Day One clemency for those who stormed the Capitol.
dlvr.it
November 15, 2025 at 7:19 PM
This is so so disturbing. Trump is now pardoning January 6th rioters for unrelated crimes, just to reward them for their violence to keep him in power.
The Republican Party is in the full time business of endorsing and incentivizing political violence. So scary.
The Republican Party is in the full time business of endorsing and incentivizing political violence. So scary.
The most interesting thing in here is her reference to attacks from 'radical internet trolls' who are being paid. I bet Marjorie knows a lot about how that works and who's paying them.
"I never thought leopards would eat MY face,” sobs woman who voted for the Leopards Eating People's Faces Party.
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Marjorie Taylor Greene edition
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Marjorie Taylor Greene edition
November 15, 2025 at 8:21 PM
The most interesting thing in here is her reference to attacks from 'radical internet trolls' who are being paid. I bet Marjorie knows a lot about how that works and who's paying them.