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Trump disclosed the strike of Friday, Dec 26. I don't think I've seen any action by Congress over this
The US is at war with Venezuela.
No Congressional authorization, no public debate, no clearly stated goal, no casus belli, and a gradual ramp up rather than big opening, so many haven’t noticed (or deny it). But this attack removes the ambiguity.
US is at war with Venezuela. With no end in sight.
No Congressional authorization, no public debate, no clearly stated goal, no casus belli, and a gradual ramp up rather than big opening, so many haven’t noticed (or deny it). But this attack removes the ambiguity.
US is at war with Venezuela. With no end in sight.
Exclusive: CIA carried out drone strike on port facility on Venezuelan coast | CNN Politics
The CIA carried out a drone strike earlier this month on a port facility on the coast of Venezuela, sources familiar with the matter told CNN, marking the first known US attack on a target inside that...
www.cnn.com
December 30, 2025 at 3:46 AM
Trump disclosed the strike of Friday, Dec 26. I don't think I've seen any action by Congress over this
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China drafts world’s strictest rules to end AI-encouraged suicide, violence arstechnica.com/tech-policy/...
China drafts world’s strictest rules to end AI-encouraged suicide, violence
China wants a human to intervene and notify guardians if suicide is ever mentioned.
arstechnica.com
December 29, 2025 at 7:03 PM
China drafts world’s strictest rules to end AI-encouraged suicide, violence arstechnica.com/tech-policy/...
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Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has stated that the 1918 flu pandemic was caused by a lab virus from vaccine research, a defective influenza vaccine. Let’s analyze what a lie this is. First, in 1918, 107 years ago, virology was in its infancy
December 27, 2025 at 11:42 PM
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has stated that the 1918 flu pandemic was caused by a lab virus from vaccine research, a defective influenza vaccine. Let’s analyze what a lie this is. First, in 1918, 107 years ago, virology was in its infancy
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Let me be explicit. If you hear anyone say replacing fossil fuels with renewables is going to be expensive, they're either misinformed, uninformed, or lying to you.
Even leaving out the massive economic costs of #climate changes caused by burning fossil fuels, #renewables are cheaper now.
Even leaving out the massive economic costs of #climate changes caused by burning fossil fuels, #renewables are cheaper now.
December 28, 2025 at 9:11 PM
Let me be explicit. If you hear anyone say replacing fossil fuels with renewables is going to be expensive, they're either misinformed, uninformed, or lying to you.
Even leaving out the massive economic costs of #climate changes caused by burning fossil fuels, #renewables are cheaper now.
Even leaving out the massive economic costs of #climate changes caused by burning fossil fuels, #renewables are cheaper now.
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GOOD NEWS! Researchers have shown Alzheimer’s disease can be REVERSED- not just prevented. Using a potent neuroprotective compound called P7C3-A20, they found RESTORING balance to a central cellular energy molecule (NAD+) not only PREVENTED disease features but REVERSED them, EVEN at late stages.
December 28, 2025 at 5:00 PM
GOOD NEWS! Researchers have shown Alzheimer’s disease can be REVERSED- not just prevented. Using a potent neuroprotective compound called P7C3-A20, they found RESTORING balance to a central cellular energy molecule (NAD+) not only PREVENTED disease features but REVERSED them, EVEN at late stages.
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George Retes is an American citizen and veteran who was unjustly pepper-sprayed, arrested, and imprisoned for three days by ICE.
Yet he won't be intimidated by this lawless administration. He's speaking up and telling his story as part of a new $250k @ofthebraveusa.bsky.social campaign. 👇
Yet he won't be intimidated by this lawless administration. He's speaking up and telling his story as part of a new $250k @ofthebraveusa.bsky.social campaign. 👇
December 3, 2025 at 12:01 PM
George Retes is an American citizen and veteran who was unjustly pepper-sprayed, arrested, and imprisoned for three days by ICE.
Yet he won't be intimidated by this lawless administration. He's speaking up and telling his story as part of a new $250k @ofthebraveusa.bsky.social campaign. 👇
Yet he won't be intimidated by this lawless administration. He's speaking up and telling his story as part of a new $250k @ofthebraveusa.bsky.social campaign. 👇
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I am utterly disgusted & disheartened by what 47 is celebrating this holiday weekend. When DOGE utterly failed to save money, because if I heard it right, the gov't spent some $450B *more* than it did the previous year.
My husband's whole career was as a gov't scientist. This is personal for us.
My husband's whole career was as a gov't scientist. This is personal for us.
December 28, 2025 at 5:00 PM
I am utterly disgusted & disheartened by what 47 is celebrating this holiday weekend. When DOGE utterly failed to save money, because if I heard it right, the gov't spent some $450B *more* than it did the previous year.
My husband's whole career was as a gov't scientist. This is personal for us.
My husband's whole career was as a gov't scientist. This is personal for us.
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Via Richard Tofel: "What it’s like getting comments these days from the regime in Washington."
"Comments" in this context means giving the people involved in a news story the chance to respond before publication.
link.propublica.net/view/5f0a0ac...
Here's a case I found particularly creepy:
"Comments" in this context means giving the people involved in a news story the chance to respond before publication.
link.propublica.net/view/5f0a0ac...
Here's a case I found particularly creepy:
December 28, 2025 at 1:30 AM
Via Richard Tofel: "What it’s like getting comments these days from the regime in Washington."
"Comments" in this context means giving the people involved in a news story the chance to respond before publication.
link.propublica.net/view/5f0a0ac...
Here's a case I found particularly creepy:
"Comments" in this context means giving the people involved in a news story the chance to respond before publication.
link.propublica.net/view/5f0a0ac...
Here's a case I found particularly creepy:
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Google is hosting a CBP app that uses facial recognition to identify immigrants, while simultaneously removing apps that report the location of ICE officials because Google sees ICE as a vulnerable group. “Big tech has made their choice.”
www.404media.co/google-has-c...
www.404media.co/google-has-c...
Google Has Chosen a Side in Trump's Mass Deportation Effort
Google is hosting a CBP app that uses facial recognition to identify immigrants, while simultaneously removing apps that report the location of ICE officials because Google sees ICE as a vulnerable…
www.404media.co
December 28, 2025 at 2:30 AM
Google is hosting a CBP app that uses facial recognition to identify immigrants, while simultaneously removing apps that report the location of ICE officials because Google sees ICE as a vulnerable group. “Big tech has made their choice.”
www.404media.co/google-has-c...
www.404media.co/google-has-c...
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Of all the examples of people dying because somebody inexperienced was in charge, the biggest, most horrifying was Elon Musk and DOGE. No idea what AID did, didn’t care, blew it up and at least 600,000 people died unnecessarily as a consequence. Mass murder out of ignorance and bias. Thanks, Elon.
the very last person who should be prattling on about the dangers of inexperience is the grifting troglodyte who killed millions when he was put in charge of “efficiency”
Best Twitter riposte of the day
December 28, 2025 at 3:26 AM
Of all the examples of people dying because somebody inexperienced was in charge, the biggest, most horrifying was Elon Musk and DOGE. No idea what AID did, didn’t care, blew it up and at least 600,000 people died unnecessarily as a consequence. Mass murder out of ignorance and bias. Thanks, Elon.
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Requested a correction from @princetonupress.bsky.social. Let's see what happens.
December 27, 2025 at 11:45 PM
Requested a correction from @princetonupress.bsky.social. Let's see what happens.
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Super low hanging safety fruit. US regulators have had a decade plus to get manufacturers to make safe door handles and still they haven’t.
www.autoblog.com/news/china-i...
www.autoblog.com/news/china-i...
China Is Banning Tesla-Style Retractable Door Handles Over Safety Concerns
From 2027, cars sold in China must have manual door releases after electronic handles failing during crashes. Tesla and other brands will need design changes.
www.autoblog.com
December 27, 2025 at 11:57 PM
Super low hanging safety fruit. US regulators have had a decade plus to get manufacturers to make safe door handles and still they haven’t.
www.autoblog.com/news/china-i...
www.autoblog.com/news/china-i...
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Amazingly, reaction times using screens while driving are worse than being drunk or high—no wonder 90 percent of drivers hate using touchscreens in cars. Finally the auto industry is coming to its senses.
Rejoice! Carmakers Are Embracing Physical Buttons Again
Amazingly, reaction times using screens while driving are worse than being drunk or high—no wonder 90 percent of drivers hate using touchscreens in cars. Finally the auto industry is coming to its…
wrd.cm
December 27, 2025 at 6:44 PM
Amazingly, reaction times using screens while driving are worse than being drunk or high—no wonder 90 percent of drivers hate using touchscreens in cars. Finally the auto industry is coming to its senses.
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my great grandma was widowed in 1934 with three children & worked as a night cleaner walking 3 miles to and from work to save the bus money for her kids
her great grandkids have a PhD, a DVM, and a masters in engineering
these people can get all the way fucked
her great grandkids have a PhD, a DVM, and a masters in engineering
these people can get all the way fucked
Sometimes I recall that my great grandpa was an egg-candler. Held eggs in front of candles to check yolks
Brought double yolks to his family
And I’m a college professor
And I think: the US, land of immigrants, land of hope
It takes a nanosecond to see how out of step this regime is w/that truth
Brought double yolks to his family
And I’m a college professor
And I think: the US, land of immigrants, land of hope
It takes a nanosecond to see how out of step this regime is w/that truth
December 28, 2025 at 1:02 AM
my great grandma was widowed in 1934 with three children & worked as a night cleaner walking 3 miles to and from work to save the bus money for her kids
her great grandkids have a PhD, a DVM, and a masters in engineering
these people can get all the way fucked
her great grandkids have a PhD, a DVM, and a masters in engineering
these people can get all the way fucked
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The Washpost edit board calls Trump’s bombing in Nigeria “a welcome change in a part of the world that has always been little more than an afterthought for the president” — and has zero mention of the thousands in Africa facing starvation because of USAID cuts
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
Opinion | Why West Africa is worth worrying about
Strikes on ISIS targets in Nigeria are welcome but insufficient.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 27, 2025 at 11:52 PM
The Washpost edit board calls Trump’s bombing in Nigeria “a welcome change in a part of the world that has always been little more than an afterthought for the president” — and has zero mention of the thousands in Africa facing starvation because of USAID cuts
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
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another robot highlight for 2025: man wearing humanoid mocap suit kicks himself in the balls
December 27, 2025 at 5:27 PM
another robot highlight for 2025: man wearing humanoid mocap suit kicks himself in the balls
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This administration lied about the people it sent to an overseas torture prison. It lies about the people it’s deporting. It lies every day to gain political advantage. Not a chance in hell they won’t lie about huge swaths of people they suspect might vote for the other party.
December 27, 2025 at 12:31 AM
This administration lied about the people it sent to an overseas torture prison. It lies about the people it’s deporting. It lies every day to gain political advantage. Not a chance in hell they won’t lie about huge swaths of people they suspect might vote for the other party.
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Trump says we just bombed a Nigerian town to go after Islamic State terrorists “who have been targeting and viciously killing, primarily, innocent Christians.”
Here's what a guy in the town saw.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/26/w...
Here's what a guy in the town saw.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/26/w...
December 27, 2025 at 3:34 AM
Trump says we just bombed a Nigerian town to go after Islamic State terrorists “who have been targeting and viciously killing, primarily, innocent Christians.”
Here's what a guy in the town saw.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/26/w...
Here's what a guy in the town saw.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/26/w...
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Thanks to @climatologist49.bsky.social for calculating the stats and generating the maps that tell the incredible story of how Christmas 2025 was - by far - the warmest Christmas on record. Some additional details and rather incredible factoids here: tinyurl.com/amvyycfc
Lower 48 has its warmest Christmas Day on record by a significant margin
Northeast remains the lone holdout and will experience a decent winter storm the next 36 hours.
tinyurl.com
December 26, 2025 at 7:20 PM
Thanks to @climatologist49.bsky.social for calculating the stats and generating the maps that tell the incredible story of how Christmas 2025 was - by far - the warmest Christmas on record. Some additional details and rather incredible factoids here: tinyurl.com/amvyycfc
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A leaked DoJ memo calls for prosecutors to charge people who film ICE with “domestic terrorism”
They don’t want their atrocities documented.
They don’t want a historical record.
They don’t want the world to know.
That’s why we have to keep filming. Keep speaking out.
They don’t want their atrocities documented.
They don’t want a historical record.
They don’t want the world to know.
That’s why we have to keep filming. Keep speaking out.
Justice Department says filming immigration raids is 'domestic terrorism'
A leaked Justice Department memo directs federal prosecutors to press “domestic terrorism” charges against individuals who record immigration operations.
reason.com
December 27, 2025 at 3:39 AM
A leaked DoJ memo calls for prosecutors to charge people who film ICE with “domestic terrorism”
They don’t want their atrocities documented.
They don’t want a historical record.
They don’t want the world to know.
That’s why we have to keep filming. Keep speaking out.
They don’t want their atrocities documented.
They don’t want a historical record.
They don’t want the world to know.
That’s why we have to keep filming. Keep speaking out.
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HHS is trying to force Seattle Children's into doing a Sophie's choice of abandoning trans youth or see kids with cancer or other serious illness have their coverage and care disrupted. That's what this is about.
Hopefully, the courts put a quick stop to this like the subpoenas.
Hopefully, the courts put a quick stop to this like the subpoenas.
December 27, 2025 at 12:40 AM
HHS is trying to force Seattle Children's into doing a Sophie's choice of abandoning trans youth or see kids with cancer or other serious illness have their coverage and care disrupted. That's what this is about.
Hopefully, the courts put a quick stop to this like the subpoenas.
Hopefully, the courts put a quick stop to this like the subpoenas.
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The sheer disregard shown by this regime for the humanity of trans kids and their families is breathtakingly cruel. The Dr. Oz-run Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has proposed two rules that would severely restrict access to gender affirming care for young Americans.
December 26, 2025 at 5:49 PM
The sheer disregard shown by this regime for the humanity of trans kids and their families is breathtakingly cruel. The Dr. Oz-run Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has proposed two rules that would severely restrict access to gender affirming care for young Americans.
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A day after part of a missile fired by the United States hit their village, landing just meters from its only medical facility, the villagers of Jabo in northwest Nigeria are in a state of shock and confusion.
Fear and confusion in Nigerian village hit in US strike, as locals say no history of ISIS in area | CNN
A day after part of a missile fired by the United States hit their village, landing just meters from its only medical facility, the villagers of Jabo in northwest Nigeria are in a state of shock and c...
www.cnn.com
December 27, 2025 at 3:14 AM
A day after part of a missile fired by the United States hit their village, landing just meters from its only medical facility, the villagers of Jabo in northwest Nigeria are in a state of shock and confusion.
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Big shout-out to all the hardworking scientists, technicians and clinical assistants working to rapidly turn around the test results from your samples this festive season. Each sample has a personal story at the end of it, and they know that.
#Pathology #Laboratory #Frontline #Healthcare
#Pathology #Laboratory #Frontline #Healthcare
a woman in a lab coat holds a test tube in front of a bunch of test tubes
ALT: a woman in a lab coat holds a test tube in front of a bunch of test tubes
media.tenor.com
December 26, 2025 at 11:12 PM
Big shout-out to all the hardworking scientists, technicians and clinical assistants working to rapidly turn around the test results from your samples this festive season. Each sample has a personal story at the end of it, and they know that.
#Pathology #Laboratory #Frontline #Healthcare
#Pathology #Laboratory #Frontline #Healthcare