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Biochemist, protein structure function, organizational engineer, futurist. A Schumpeterian who believes that Carlota Perez' model for Techno-economic Revolutions works best to describe today's world.
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I gave this to ChatGPT. Someone should read it from the floor of the House or Senate: "Modernize the Declaration of Independence of July 4 1776 by substituting President Donald Trump's actions for the British government's. Create a list of abuses based on what he has done since January 20, 2025."
So hard to keep track.
November 29, 2025 at 6:18 AM
So hard to keep track.
It does not matter if we are not signatories, Venezuela is. The ICC could investigate and indict those responsible for any war crimes against Venezuela. No pardon will prevent that.
1. The men and women of the US military are honorable people and didn't ask for this shitshow.
2. Pretty sure they're not eager to be sent to Venezuela.
3. We are not signatories to the Rome Treaty and the ICC.
2. Pretty sure they're not eager to be sent to Venezuela.
3. We are not signatories to the Rome Treaty and the ICC.
The United States military has been reduced to a group of war criminals. Stop the nonsense of thanking them for their service. They're simply a bunch of cheap thugs armed by American taxpayers and out to steal the resources of Venezuela. The International Criminal Court is watching.
November 29, 2025 at 4:44 AM
It does not matter if we are not signatories, Venezuela is. The ICC could investigate and indict those responsible for any war crimes against Venezuela. No pardon will prevent that.
Venezuela is a signatory to the ICC. The ICC cannot indict Americans who commit crimes on US soil. IANAL but it should be able to investigate charge them for international crimes or crimes against signatories, even if Trump pardons them. Including Hegseth and Trump himself.
However much you hate Bezos, this is a story that needed a whole newsroom and corporate infrastructure to produce.
Textbook war crime/extrajudicial killing
"Two survivors were clinging to the smoldering wreck. The Special Operations commander overseeing the Sept. 2 attack ... ordered a second strike to comply with Hegseth’s instructions."
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"Two survivors were clinging to the smoldering wreck. The Special Operations commander overseeing the Sept. 2 attack ... ordered a second strike to comply with Hegseth’s instructions."
Report by @alexhorton.bsky.social @ellenwapo.bsky.social o.bsky.social
November 29, 2025 at 3:06 AM
Venezuela is a signatory to the ICC. The ICC cannot indict Americans who commit crimes on US soil. IANAL but it should be able to investigate charge them for international crimes or crimes against signatories, even if Trump pardons them. Including Hegseth and Trump himself.
Admiral Frank Bradley’s Wikipedia page at 2:40 PM PST, in charge of the Carribbean Special Operations
"On September 2, 2025, Admiral Bradley carried out an illegal command given by Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth to “kill them all” in relation to the bombing of a boat suspected of carrying drugs."
"On September 2, 2025, Admiral Bradley carried out an illegal command given by Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth to “kill them all” in relation to the bombing of a boat suspected of carrying drugs."
Frank M. Bradley - Wikipedia
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November 28, 2025 at 10:57 PM
Admiral Frank Bradley’s Wikipedia page at 2:40 PM PST, in charge of the Carribbean Special Operations
"On September 2, 2025, Admiral Bradley carried out an illegal command given by Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth to “kill them all” in relation to the bombing of a boat suspected of carrying drugs."
"On September 2, 2025, Admiral Bradley carried out an illegal command given by Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth to “kill them all” in relation to the bombing of a boat suspected of carrying drugs."
As always well worth the time. Around 8 minutes Max gets into Nvidia, Enron and worrisome financials. Also some great graphs and quotes. You will learn a lot from Max. He is on the Meidas Network also.
Americans loading up on 1/3 their usual groceries, Marco Rubio pushing us toward war with Venezuela, MTG bails on Congress, Scott Bessent can't stop lying, and Trump found a new crush. Your weekly reality check is here. On The Record for 11/24/25.
Watch the full video: youtu.be/nhGqPvWIJ3Q
Watch the full video: youtu.be/nhGqPvWIJ3Q
November 25, 2025 at 9:29 AM
As always well worth the time. Around 8 minutes Max gets into Nvidia, Enron and worrisome financials. Also some great graphs and quotes. You will learn a lot from Max. He is on the Meidas Network also.
The problem in a nutshellll -- committing fraud as a positive way to get to $1 billion.
Founders on LinkedIn still seem to be struggling with the difference between telling people about their humble beginnings and admitting to straight up committing fraud.
November 25, 2025 at 2:40 AM
The problem in a nutshellll -- committing fraud as a positive way to get to $1 billion.
Where is Orson Welles when we need him? Who is Orson Welles? The Third Man? Remember? Oh, yeah it is in B&W. Does that matter? But it has an incredible theme song. Oh. What? It is played on a zither. What is a zither? Ummm... Nevermind.
At this point X is like 1950s Vienna, a whole place made up entirely of spies, running ops against other spies, with no non-spy people. Or maybe like a 1971 Black Panthers convention where 3/4 of the attendees are conintelrpo.
November 25, 2025 at 2:34 AM
Where is Orson Welles when we need him? Who is Orson Welles? The Third Man? Remember? Oh, yeah it is in B&W. Does that matter? But it has an incredible theme song. Oh. What? It is played on a zither. What is a zither? Ummm... Nevermind.
Still the best web comic ever, even when it is being incredibly personal.
i’m not crying you’re crying
xkcd: Fifteen Years
xkcd: Fifteen Years
Fifteen Years
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November 25, 2025 at 2:28 AM
Still the best web comic ever, even when it is being incredibly personal.
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Senator Patty Murray, Vice Chair of the Senate Appropriations Committee, condemns Traitor Trump’s social media post calling for members of Congress to be arrested for stating that the President is not above the law, and his later repost of a call to hang members of Congress.
Murray Slams Trump for Calling for Members of Congress to Be Arrested and Hanged
YouTube video by Senator Patty Murray
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November 21, 2025 at 3:03 AM
Senator Patty Murray, Vice Chair of the Senate Appropriations Committee, condemns Traitor Trump’s social media post calling for members of Congress to be arrested for stating that the President is not above the law, and his later repost of a call to hang members of Congress.
This is very true. Particularly the cranks part, who often use debating tricks like the Gish Gallop. Communication is not what the cranks and their supporters want. 'Winning' is more important than truth. They use lawyers against science. We need to do the same against them
Getting legacy media to give air time to actual scientists who can communicate - and there are plenty out there - is incredibly difficult; and they are then set up against cranks whose opinions are supposedly the same value as years of scholarship
Scientists are partly to blame by not learning to effectively communicate in lay language on modern communication channels. That information void is then ripe for disinformation to fill.
Embed lay comms & accessibility skills into academia.
Embed lay comms & accessibility skills into academia.
November 20, 2025 at 3:44 AM
This is very true. Particularly the cranks part, who often use debating tricks like the Gish Gallop. Communication is not what the cranks and their supporters want. 'Winning' is more important than truth. They use lawyers against science. We need to do the same against them
This is the net step and we need to push this hard. There is no reason NOT to get them now, right. Heck, subpoena the banks themselves for the records.
Still waiting on Treasury to release Epstein's bank records...
November 19, 2025 at 5:55 AM
This is the net step and we need to push this hard. There is no reason NOT to get them now, right. Heck, subpoena the banks themselves for the records.
A couple of thousand dollars is not help much at all. Not for any kind of insurance. And many people will use the money for food or housing.
Trump is saying he won’t sign ANY extension of the Affordable Care Act tax credits.
He is basically ensuring premiums will double or even quadruple for millions of Americans.
And the worst price hikes will be in states Trump won!
He is basically ensuring premiums will double or even quadruple for millions of Americans.
And the worst price hikes will be in states Trump won!
Trump Tells Congress to Not ‘Waste’ Time on Obamacare Subsidies
President Donald Trump said he will not support legislation to extend expanded Affordable Care Act subsidies even as senators are preparing to tee up a vote on the issue, complicating his party’s effo...
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November 19, 2025 at 5:21 AM
A couple of thousand dollars is not help much at all. Not for any kind of insurance. And many people will use the money for food or housing.
And then stopped because the DOJ will say that it cannot release anyhting during an investigation or for national security reasons. But it is a start. Now subpoena the financial records from the banks.
You might not have caught what just happened on the Senate floor, but the Senate just “deemed as passed” the Epstein resolution.
That means as soon as it arrives from the House, it automatically passes the Senate (with no amendments) and heads to the President’s desk.
Wow.
That means as soon as it arrives from the House, it automatically passes the Senate (with no amendments) and heads to the President’s desk.
Wow.
November 19, 2025 at 5:02 AM
And then stopped because the DOJ will say that it cannot release anyhting during an investigation or for national security reasons. But it is a start. Now subpoena the financial records from the banks.
Contact your Senator. Ask them to support the efforts of Dems on the Senate Finance Committee to subpoena the financial records of Epstein. We already know of 100s of millions that transited his accounts but we need to know where they went. There is no reason now for the GOP majority to refuse.
Congress sent a clear message to the White House: Release the Epstein Files.
It should have never taken this long. Why did Trump fight this for months?
It should have never taken this long. Why did Trump fight this for months?
November 19, 2025 at 4:36 AM
Contact your Senator. Ask them to support the efforts of Dems on the Senate Finance Committee to subpoena the financial records of Epstein. We already know of 100s of millions that transited his accounts but we need to know where they went. There is no reason now for the GOP majority to refuse.
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Whoever came up with these tariffs in the first place should be fired.
November 17, 2025 at 11:59 PM
Whoever came up with these tariffs in the first place should be fired.
CBS has done great reporting on the many questions from Epstein’s death. The destruction of evidence. Moving the body. Unknown phone calls. Multiple access to the room. His roommate being moved out on the day of his death.
Why would Jeffrey Epstein kill himself in jail if he had this much leverage of the one person who could give him a full pardon?
November 18, 2025 at 2:52 AM
CBS has done great reporting on the many questions from Epstein’s death. The destruction of evidence. Moving the body. Unknown phone calls. Multiple access to the room. His roommate being moved out on the day of his death.
History repeats. First as tragedy. Then as farce — Karl Marx
Because basically, underneath all the cosplay and bravado and very real violence, these people are idiots, recruited for this task for that exact reason.
Greg Bovino is leading a rebel cavalry terrorizing America—and it's important to recognize that it's in retreat. While the trauma and terror Bovino’s raiders instill is real and damaging, it’s remarkable to note how ineffective the force has turned out to be. www.doomsdayscenario.co/p/trump-bord...
November 18, 2025 at 2:48 AM
History repeats. First as tragedy. Then as farce — Karl Marx
Omg. One of the best I have ever read. And the twist at the end. I both hate the story and need to read part 2. Excellent writer.
oh my god you have to read this until the end www.telos.news/p/part-1-how...
Part 1: How I Found Out
Olivia had just returned from a reporting trip—at least that’s what she told me it was—and her Herschel backpack, the one with the flap that never quite closed properly, was tossed beside our bed, its...
www.telos.news
November 18, 2025 at 2:37 AM
Omg. One of the best I have ever read. And the twist at the end. I both hate the story and need to read part 2. Excellent writer.
Nice to finally see. Still so many more.
Breaking news: Former Democratic treasury secretary Larry Summers is “deeply ashamed” of his years-long communication with Jeffrey Epstein and will be “stepping back from public commitments,” he said in a statement Monday night.
Larry Summers stepping back from ‘public commitments’ over Epstein emails
A longtime Democratic adviser, Summers has had significant influence over economic policymaking for decades.
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November 18, 2025 at 2:11 AM
Nice to finally see. Still so many more.
Great when capitalism makes it easy to boycott two companies at the same time😀
Beginning Monday, a Frozen Peppermint Hot Chocolate drink will be available exclusively at Starbucks cafés inside Target stores.
The chains are hoping the drink can drum up excitement from customers this holiday season.
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The chains are hoping the drink can drum up excitement from customers this holiday season.
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November 18, 2025 at 2:10 AM
Great when capitalism makes it easy to boycott two companies at the same time😀
A metaphor for America?
November 18, 2025 at 1:14 AM
A metaphor for America?
Why he did not do this 3 months ago? Maybe because of the investigation, DOJ will refuse to release anything. But the Oversight Committee could still subpoena financial records, if the GOP there agrees. That would be fun. We may get to the money laundering faster this way. Oligarchs gona panic then.
November 17, 2025 at 4:04 AM
Why he did not do this 3 months ago? Maybe because of the investigation, DOJ will refuse to release anything. But the Oversight Committee could still subpoena financial records, if the GOP there agrees. That would be fun. We may get to the money laundering faster this way. Oligarchs gona panic then.
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Best introduction to progressive at its best before it collapsed under its own seriousness.
Best introduction to progressive at its best before it collapsed under its own seriousness.
November 17, 2025 at 2:52 AM
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Close_t...
Best introduction to progressive at its best before it collapsed under its own seriousness.
Best introduction to progressive at its best before it collapsed under its own seriousness.
I'm sure the people of Colorado are counting the days until he leaves. I have found that so many times these people whine and complain, saying they are leaving. But they seldom do because complaining is who they are.
Sat on the chairlift with a dude who just complained about California the whole ride up, says Colorado is going straight to shit and his next move is Idaho. Just reeked of "stupid white asshole."
November 17, 2025 at 12:28 AM
I'm sure the people of Colorado are counting the days until he leaves. I have found that so many times these people whine and complain, saying they are leaving. But they seldom do because complaining is who they are.
Gotta love fact checking in real time. Especially when they know the GOP only has one memorized response.
Gotta love how Jon Karl and ABC News had this graphic ready to go *the very moment* that Hassett rolled out his Walmart anecdote.
November 16, 2025 at 9:35 PM
Gotta love fact checking in real time. Especially when they know the GOP only has one memorized response.