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NPR @npr.org · 15h

For the first time on record, renewable energy generated more electricity for the planet than coal, a new report says. n.pr/47hcegr

Renewable energy outpaces coal for electricity generation in historic first, report says

For the first time on record, renewable energy generated more electricity for the planet than coal, a new report says.

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Martin Calladine @uglygame.bsky.social · 19h

Extraordinary that the government is going to go into the next election having spent tens of billions of pounds on an ID card system that will be unpopular *and* produce no noticeable improvements to everyday life instead of renationalising the water industry.
www.theguardian.com/business/202...

Millions of households face jump in water bills after regulator backs more price rises

Competition watchdog agrees requests from Anglian, Northumbrian, Southern, Wessex and South East to raise household bills

www.theguardian.com

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josh (oldfriend99) @oldfriend99.bsky.social · 10h

Franz kafka ruined waking up as a giant bug. now if you wake up as a bug it's automatically "kafkaesque"

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Dr. Jack Brown @drjackbrown.bsky.social · 1d

Most of Dem Senators did not attack Bondi yesterday as they should have. Among other things they should have said, "You're lying again, Ms. Bondi" and "That's a bald-faced lie, Ms. Bondi."

The rapid rise of authoritarianism is no place for etiquette.

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Riley Black 🦕 🏳️‍⚧️ @restingdinoface.bsky.social · 7h

Would you care to see a contended cat?

Hobbes the orange and white tabby cat curled up on a rug in a sunbeam, looking peaceful and content in his sleep. He is 19.

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Mark Joseph Stern @mjsdc.bsky.social · 13h

It is pretty galling that the Supreme Court spent four years telling Biden "you can't do that without Congress" then allowed Trump to seize a once-unthinkable amount of power from Congress within nine months and concentrate law-making authority almost entirely in the executive branch.

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Rob Leblanc - BrokenOptics @brokenoptics.bsky.social · 23h

If theft is the only way, it should die. Plain and simple. You are not entitled to the sweat from my brow much less the blood pumping through my broken body.

The Verge @theverge.com · May 26

Nick Clegg says asking artists for use permission would ‘kill’ the AI industry

Paul McCartne, Elton John and others signed an open letter.

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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 1d

No one is covering the GOP's scheme to rig congressional maps for 2026 as closely as Democracy Docket. It is providing gavel to gavel coverage of the ongoing hearing over whether the Texas gerrymander will be in place for the midterms.

Support its work by subscribing now. hubs.ly/Q03M8rql0

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ouinne @ouinne.bsky.social · 1d

The only correct take on a fundamentally anti-human technology.

Screenshot of David Simon interview
SHAPIRO: OK, so you've spent your career creating television without Al, and I could imagine today you thinking, boy, I wish I had had that tool to solve those thorny problems...
SIMON: What?
SHAPIRO: ...Or saying...
SIMON: You imagine that?
SHAPIRO: ...Boy, if that had existed, it would have screwed me over.
SIMON: I don't think Al can remotely challenge what writers do at a fundamentally creative level.
SHAPIRO: But if you're trying to transition from scene five to scene six, and you're stuck with that transition, you could imagine plugging that portion of the script into an Al and say, give me 10 ideas for how to transition this.
SIMON: I'd rather put a gun in my mouth.

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Ian @ianagp.bsky.social · 16h

"Americans would use “salami tactics.” Taking slices Canadian sovereignty and independence at a time. The first steps would not be tanks rolling across the border, but the Canadian government allowing, or being forced to allow organizations like the US Marshalls or the FBI to operate inside Canada."

Ian @ianagp.bsky.social · Apr 24

New from Avant Garde Press: Canadian Salami

"Recently, an article was published by ‘The Conversation’ about the potential of an American invasion and Canadian insurgency....It’s time to examine the issue of the Canadian resistance to American invasion."

avantgardepress.substack.com/p/canadian-s...

Canadian Salami

Insurgency in Canada

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Victor Ray @victorerikray.bsky.social · 13h

When I see this, I wonder if people realize that Jim Crow racism in the American south was a type home-grown fascism. It was not (just) a superficially genteel system of social deference. Refusing to defer was often met with incredible violence designed to terrorize the entire Black community.

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Nate O @nateo.bsky.social · 15h

The discredited fraud responsible for modern anti-vax conspiracy theories, Andrew Wakefield, first called for splitting MMR under the pretence that it allegedly ‘overloaded’ a child’s immune system. He then patented his own three-dose vaccine regimen for MMR

HELLody SchreiBOO @melodyschreiber.com · 15h

The acting director of the CDC called for new, separate MMR shots. That would be "remarkably complicated, time-consuming, costly, but more importantly unnecessary," @jasonlschwartz.bsky.social told me:
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Alarm as CDC calls for separate MMR vaccines despite measles outbreak

Concerns that three separate shots would be more costly and time-consuming, and keep kids from being vaccinated

www.theguardian.com

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Jennie Jacques @jenniejacques1.bsky.social · 16h

Thank you 🙏 @georgemonbiot.bsky.social

Here’s an interview with George and @davetuller1.bsky.social to learn more…!

m.youtube.com/watch?v=SpLM...

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Karl Bode @karlbode.com · 13h

when I came into the media industry sideways via DSLReports dot com I'd get no shortage of snootiness from establishment journos who'd sneer dismissively at anybody that didn't rise through the ranks via Columbia

now those very folks are the pinnacle of embarrassment when it really matters

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Karl Bode @karlbode.com · 13h

papers like the New York Times actively help right wing propagandists by introducing false claims as something that's open to debate and interpretation, instead of clearly framing them up front as lies pushed by unreliable operators

Turning Point USA is a right wing propaganda op aimed at kids

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Karl Bode @karlbode.com · 13h

The New York Times also just kind of introduces Turning Point USA as this ambiguous entity without explaining what it is, or detailing any of its dodgy behaviors as a super shady right wing propaganda organization

this kind of generous framing isn't done by accident

NYT: "In the weeks after the assassination of Charlie Kirk, founder of Turning Point USA, he has become a target of right-wing hate, accused of being a part of the movement he studied. Jack Posobiec, a right-wing influencer, called Dr. Bray a “domestic terrorist professor” on X. The Rutgers chapter of Turning Point USA then circulated a petition accusing Dr. Bray of being an “outspoken, well-known antifa member” and called for him to be fired.

The petition referred to him as “Dr. Antifa.”

“My role in this is as a professor,” Dr. Bray, an assistant teaching professor at Rutgers, said in an interview on Wednesday, hours before his planned departure. “I’ve never been part of an antifa group, and I’m not currently. There’s an effort underway to paint me as someone who is doing the things that I’ve researched, but that couldn’t be further from the truth."

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Karl Bode @karlbode.com · 13h

you'd think a prominent news outlet like the New York Times might mention that "antifa" isn't an actual organization in a long story about antifa, but nope!

and the subhead helps props up a false claim this professor was up to something seedy as something up for debate

NYT headline: "Rutgers Expert on Antifa Tries to Flee to Spain After Death Threats"

subheadline: "Mark Bray was teaching courses on antifascism. Turning Point USA accused him of belonging to antifa, which he denies. His flight to Spain was canceled abruptly on Wednesday night."

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David Doel @daviddoel.bsky.social · 1d

Absolutely Insane Doug Ford Scandals Pile Up While No One Is Paying Attention youtu.be/6JO1SDqgLrc?...

Absolutely Insane Doug Ford Scandals Pile Up While No One Is Paying Attention

YouTube video by The Rational National

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Melissa Bowman @dtkmelissa.bsky.social · 1d

Oh, maybe this is Ford's plan to stop speeding in Ontario...just ask each person who speeds to promise it will 'never happen again'. That should fix it! globalnews.ca/news/1146702...

Text: Ontario Premier Doug Ford’s office appears to have forgiven a staffer for repeatedly violating Ontario’s stunt driving laws, Global News has learned, after the government was told it would “never happen again.”

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Aparna Nair @disabilitystor1.bsky.social · 12h

I dont think I have actually ever encountered more Bond villain like figures in real life like the lot of these technofascists hoping AI will eradicate the "unworthy" from the planet--Musk, Andreessen, Thiel, Zuckerberg, the lot of them, and all the acolytes licking their boots in Silicon Valley

Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 1d

ANDREESSEN: Even if AI ends up destroying all the jobs, “the result would be hyper-deflation of prices, which is the thing that people miss. .. Things that today cost a lot of money will all of a sudden be cheap or free.”

@fortune.com
fortune.com/2025/10/08/b...

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EC Hamilton (Siobhan O'Leary) @siobhanftb.bsky.social · 13h

damn right

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Her little chocolate syrup nose!

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Natacha @natacha.bsky.social · 15h

Wes Streeting extended the puberty-blocker ban on 6 November 2024.

Leia died by suicide on 11 November 2024.

17-year-old trans girl's suicide over NHS wait times was preventable says coroner

A 17-year-old trans girl's death by suicide over NHS wait times could have been prevented with swift intervention, a coroner has ruled.

www.thepinknews.com

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Ryan Marino, MD @ryanmarino.bsky.social · 15h

The MMR vaccine is one of the most stunningly effective medical therapeutics in existence. It’s also safer than most of your everyday activities. This is simply an attempt to stop people from vaccinating.

HELLody SchreiBOO @melodyschreiber.com · 15h

The acting director of the CDC called for new, separate MMR shots. That would be "remarkably complicated, time-consuming, costly, but more importantly unnecessary," @jasonlschwartz.bsky.social told me:
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Alarm as CDC calls for separate MMR vaccines despite measles outbreak

Concerns that three separate shots would be more costly and time-consuming, and keep kids from being vaccinated

www.theguardian.com

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Jared Holt @jaredlholt.bsky.social · 1d

Here’s an angle for a journalist looking for a fresh take on the White House “Antifa” roundtable — most of the people who participated are employed by or have a direct financial connection to Turning Point USA. I think that’s pretty telling, no?

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