BernardoVerda 🤔
@bernardoverda.bsky.social
Retired. Into science, environment, climate, literature, Proportional Representation, Esperanto, science fiction & fantasy...
More interested in "policy" than "politics"
-- but nonetheless prefers "woke" over "zombie".
"Live & learn, or die an idiot."
More interested in "policy" than "politics"
-- but nonetheless prefers "woke" over "zombie".
"Live & learn, or die an idiot."
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If you really want your mind blown watch this at minute 5:00 when they talk about a show called track down. Makes Simpsons predictions look mild.
youtu.be/6NGmrb112xs?...
youtu.be/6NGmrb112xs?...
'DON'T BE A SUCKER': 1943 Film Predicted Donald Trump | The Kyle Kulinski Show
YouTube video by Secular Talk
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December 13, 2025 at 3:21 AM
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Gerald Kersh's novel The secret masters (1953) has to do with a plot by a cabal of billionaires to melt the ice caps and flood all the lower elevations while they buy up high-altitude real estate on which they build fortresses from which they will rule what is left of the world. Seems apt today.
December 13, 2025 at 3:30 AM
Gerald Kersh's novel The secret masters (1953) has to do with a plot by a cabal of billionaires to melt the ice caps and flood all the lower elevations while they buy up high-altitude real estate on which they build fortresses from which they will rule what is left of the world. Seems apt today.
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A View To A Kill: Silicon Valley billionaire is on Nazi horse drugs and wants to destroy Silicon Valley on behalf of Russians.
December 13, 2025 at 3:31 AM
A View To A Kill: Silicon Valley billionaire is on Nazi horse drugs and wants to destroy Silicon Valley on behalf of Russians.
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Now that Amazon has total creative control over the James Bond movie franchise I imagine the next Bond super-villain we'll see is some guy who is trying to organize a labor union at an Amazon fulfillment center.
December 13, 2025 at 3:31 AM
Now that Amazon has total creative control over the James Bond movie franchise I imagine the next Bond super-villain we'll see is some guy who is trying to organize a labor union at an Amazon fulfillment center.
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The Measles Outbreak In South Carolina Is Growing
https://www.techdirt.com/2025/12/12/the-measles-outbreak-in-south-carolina-is-growing/
https://www.techdirt.com/2025/12/12/the-measles-outbreak-in-south-carolina-is-growing/
The Measles Outbreak In South Carolina Is Growing
I’m certain some people are getting tired of this refrain, but I’m going to keep repeating it to make the point: we shouldn’t have to talk about measles in this country in 2025. T…
www.techdirt.com
December 13, 2025 at 4:03 AM
The Measles Outbreak In South Carolina Is Growing
https://www.techdirt.com/2025/12/12/the-measles-outbreak-in-south-carolina-is-growing/
https://www.techdirt.com/2025/12/12/the-measles-outbreak-in-south-carolina-is-growing/
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Epic Games’ Tim Sweeney says the decision will likely spur more app developers to adopt outside payment processors, and predicts these kinds of web payments for iOS apps “will just become the norm” in the coming years.
Apple loses its appeal of a scathing contempt ruling in iOS payments case
But Sweeney warns iOS devs are still afraid of “totally illegal” retaliation by Apple.
arstechnica.com
December 12, 2025 at 8:06 PM
Epic Games’ Tim Sweeney says the decision will likely spur more app developers to adopt outside payment processors, and predicts these kinds of web payments for iOS apps “will just become the norm” in the coming years.
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Trump Pretends To Block State AI Laws; Media Pretends That’s Legal
https://www.techdirt.com/2025/12/12/trump-pretends-to-block-state-ai-laws-media-pretends-thats-legal/
https://www.techdirt.com/2025/12/12/trump-pretends-to-block-state-ai-laws-media-pretends-thats-legal/
Trump Pretends To Block State AI Laws; Media Pretends That’s Legal
The mainstream media just failed a basic civics test so badly that you’d think their brains have been pickled by the kinds of folks who spend all their time on X (oh, wait…). Headlines across…
www.techdirt.com
December 12, 2025 at 9:03 PM
Trump Pretends To Block State AI Laws; Media Pretends That’s Legal
https://www.techdirt.com/2025/12/12/trump-pretends-to-block-state-ai-laws-media-pretends-thats-legal/
https://www.techdirt.com/2025/12/12/trump-pretends-to-block-state-ai-laws-media-pretends-thats-legal/
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How Cops Are Using Flock Safety’s ALPR Network To Surveil Protesters And Activists
https://www.techdirt.com/2025/12/12/how-cops-are-using-flock-safetys-alpr-network-to-surveil-protesters-and-activists/
https://www.techdirt.com/2025/12/12/how-cops-are-using-flock-safetys-alpr-network-to-surveil-protesters-and-activists/
How Cops Are Using Flock Safety’s ALPR Network To Surveil Protesters And Activists
It’s no secret that 2025 has given Americans plenty to protest about. But as news cameras showed protesters filling streets of cities across the country, law enf…
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December 13, 2025 at 12:03 AM
How Cops Are Using Flock Safety’s ALPR Network To Surveil Protesters And Activists
https://www.techdirt.com/2025/12/12/how-cops-are-using-flock-safetys-alpr-network-to-surveil-protesters-and-activists/
https://www.techdirt.com/2025/12/12/how-cops-are-using-flock-safetys-alpr-network-to-surveil-protesters-and-activists/
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Karoline Leavitt embodies the majority of US Christianity in 2025: performative BS to justify the policies they support to stay wealthy and in power. They should rebrand all of this as "Republican Christianity" because it is a sect that is highly divorced from the teachings of Jesus.
December 13, 2025 at 12:45 AM
Karoline Leavitt embodies the majority of US Christianity in 2025: performative BS to justify the policies they support to stay wealthy and in power. They should rebrand all of this as "Republican Christianity" because it is a sect that is highly divorced from the teachings of Jesus.
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Karoline Leavitt lacks empathy. She's evil.
December 13, 2025 at 12:46 AM
Karoline Leavitt lacks empathy. She's evil.
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Mother of Karoline Leavitt’s Nephew speaks out after ICE arrest: I think what I would have to say to Karoline is just because you went to a catholic school doesn't make you a good catholic.
December 13, 2025 at 12:38 AM
Mother of Karoline Leavitt’s Nephew speaks out after ICE arrest: I think what I would have to say to Karoline is just because you went to a catholic school doesn't make you a good catholic.
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ICE goon brutally assaulted a woman in Washington, D.C., for filming an abduction incident on December 9, 2025.
December 11, 2025 at 8:46 PM
ICE goon brutally assaulted a woman in Washington, D.C., for filming an abduction incident on December 9, 2025.
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Join us this coming Tuesday for our next #ArsLive, where we'll chat with three former CDC officials about what they saw (and are seeing) at the agency under RFK Jr’s rule, and what it means for the country’s health.
Find out more on what to expect: arstechnica.com/health/2025/...
Find out more on what to expect: arstechnica.com/health/2025/...
December 12, 2025 at 4:54 PM
Join us this coming Tuesday for our next #ArsLive, where we'll chat with three former CDC officials about what they saw (and are seeing) at the agency under RFK Jr’s rule, and what it means for the country’s health.
Find out more on what to expect: arstechnica.com/health/2025/...
Find out more on what to expect: arstechnica.com/health/2025/...
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Our guide unpacks the range of options suitable for various budgets, different experience levels, and different rooms in your home.
How to break free from smart TV ads and tracking
Sick of smart TVs? Here are your best options.
arstechnica.com
December 12, 2025 at 7:22 PM
Our guide unpacks the range of options suitable for various budgets, different experience levels, and different rooms in your home.
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Sen. Ron Johnson recently endorsed a book promoting chlorine dioxide, a chemical used for disinfecting and bleaching, as a treatment for a host of ailments.
Senator endorses discredited doctor’s book that claims chemical treats autism, cancer
Safety experts advise those who handle chlorine dioxide to work in well-ventilated spaces, wear gloves.
arstechnica.com
December 12, 2025 at 7:58 PM
Sen. Ron Johnson recently endorsed a book promoting chlorine dioxide, a chemical used for disinfecting and bleaching, as a treatment for a host of ailments.
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December 13, 2025 at 12:12 AM
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For a much needed change of pace and a bit of a laugh...
Some lighter "political analysis":
www.youtube.com/shorts/o6ikZ...
Some lighter "political analysis":
www.youtube.com/shorts/o6ikZ...
Sleeping Beauty/Slumber Secrecy
YouTube video by Pat Mandziy
www.youtube.com
December 13, 2025 at 12:35 AM
For a much needed change of pace and a bit of a laugh...
Some lighter "political analysis":
www.youtube.com/shorts/o6ikZ...
Some lighter "political analysis":
www.youtube.com/shorts/o6ikZ...
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