Crossed Crocodiles
@croscrocs.bsky.social
Interests: politics - global and local, agriculture, technology, arts, and following the relationships between the US and the countries of Africa
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While the country's government claims the state-run app—which can track and block lost or stolen phones—is ultimately a tool to help consumers, privacy advocates argue that it could easily be repurposed for surveillance.
India orders device makers to put government-run security app on all phones
Apple will refuse to preload state-run “snooping” app on iPhones, report says.
arstechnica.com
December 3, 2025 at 6:05 PM
While the country's government claims the state-run app—which can track and block lost or stolen phones—is ultimately a tool to help consumers, privacy advocates argue that it could easily be repurposed for surveillance.
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Me: "Here's a loaded gun*. You can use it to stop Trump®!'
Jeffries: [immediately shoots himself in the foot]
(*the gun is metaphorical)
Jeffries: [immediately shoots himself in the foot]
(*the gun is metaphorical)
December 3, 2025 at 5:13 PM
Me: "Here's a loaded gun*. You can use it to stop Trump®!'
Jeffries: [immediately shoots himself in the foot]
(*the gun is metaphorical)
Jeffries: [immediately shoots himself in the foot]
(*the gun is metaphorical)
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Donald Trump fell asleep during a Cabinet meeting, raising new questions about Joe Biden's health.
December 3, 2025 at 2:38 AM
Donald Trump fell asleep during a Cabinet meeting, raising new questions about Joe Biden's health.
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They were 8 and 11 years old
December 2, 2025 at 6:50 AM
They were 8 and 11 years old
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Bad news for Hegseth, it turns out the Pentagon is a big bureaucracy filled with people who got there because they know how to fight bureaucratic battles and they will wait for you to lie about something then leak details about it. Who knew?
A most important question on the Sept. 2 double-tap strike is who had "target engagement authority" (TEA).
Wall Street Journal:
"A Defense Department official ... said Hegseth was the 'target engagement authority,' the key figure who authorized the strike."
www.wsj.com/politics/whi...
Wall Street Journal:
"A Defense Department official ... said Hegseth was the 'target engagement authority,' the key figure who authorized the strike."
www.wsj.com/politics/whi...
December 2, 2025 at 2:28 PM
Bad news for Hegseth, it turns out the Pentagon is a big bureaucracy filled with people who got there because they know how to fight bureaucratic battles and they will wait for you to lie about something then leak details about it. Who knew?
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To recap this week:
•Trump fires 8 immigration judges
•DHS tweets "remigration now,"—an actual Nazi policy
•DHS defies court order & deports a 19-year-old college student
•Trump regime removes report on Missing & Murdered Indigenous women, calling it "DEI"
This is an overt policy of white supremacy
•Trump fires 8 immigration judges
•DHS tweets "remigration now,"—an actual Nazi policy
•DHS defies court order & deports a 19-year-old college student
•Trump regime removes report on Missing & Murdered Indigenous women, calling it "DEI"
This is an overt policy of white supremacy
December 3, 2025 at 12:13 AM
To recap this week:
•Trump fires 8 immigration judges
•DHS tweets "remigration now,"—an actual Nazi policy
•DHS defies court order & deports a 19-year-old college student
•Trump regime removes report on Missing & Murdered Indigenous women, calling it "DEI"
This is an overt policy of white supremacy
•Trump fires 8 immigration judges
•DHS tweets "remigration now,"—an actual Nazi policy
•DHS defies court order & deports a 19-year-old college student
•Trump regime removes report on Missing & Murdered Indigenous women, calling it "DEI"
This is an overt policy of white supremacy
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The American Economic Association banning Larry Summers for life has cemented the future of #economics as we know it.
A thread/
A thread/
December 2, 2025 at 11:52 PM
The American Economic Association banning Larry Summers for life has cemented the future of #economics as we know it.
A thread/
A thread/
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If I had a dime for every time I murdered a friend after taking just one "toke" of weed . . .
November 28, 2025 at 6:46 PM
If I had a dime for every time I murdered a friend after taking just one "toke" of weed . . .
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If you want to read the full @propublica.org investigation into CIA-backed Afghan Zero Units, here's Lynzy Billing's award-winning piece from 2022:
November 28, 2025 at 5:12 PM
If you want to read the full @propublica.org investigation into CIA-backed Afghan Zero Units, here's Lynzy Billing's award-winning piece from 2022:
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Close to 1 full goddamn gigawatt of gas (open-cycle, so the most inefficient kind) for the "Project Jupiter" site in New Mexico.
This whole article is a stunning illustration of how data centres are incentivising new fossil infrastructure:
eastdaley.com/daley-note/p...
This whole article is a stunning illustration of how data centres are incentivising new fossil infrastructure:
eastdaley.com/daley-note/p...
November 28, 2025 at 7:21 PM
Close to 1 full goddamn gigawatt of gas (open-cycle, so the most inefficient kind) for the "Project Jupiter" site in New Mexico.
This whole article is a stunning illustration of how data centres are incentivising new fossil infrastructure:
eastdaley.com/daley-note/p...
This whole article is a stunning illustration of how data centres are incentivising new fossil infrastructure:
eastdaley.com/daley-note/p...
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“Biden Asylum Cases” is NYT’s framing for a story pegged to a man who got asylum 3 months into the Trump administration
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/27/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/27/u...
November 27, 2025 at 10:48 PM
“Biden Asylum Cases” is NYT’s framing for a story pegged to a man who got asylum 3 months into the Trump administration
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/27/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/27/u...
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'Trump has no idea': Nobel winner says MAGA 'cronies' waging 'war on financial stability'
www.rawstory.com
'Trump has no idea': Nobel winner says MAGA 'cronies' waging 'war on financial stability'
twp.ai
November 28, 2025 at 12:33 PM
'Trump has no idea': Nobel winner says MAGA 'cronies' waging 'war on financial stability'
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Nobel economist reveals how Trump is setting up a 'rerun' of the 2008 financial crisis
www.alternet.org
Nobel economist reveals how Trump is setting up a 'rerun' of the 2008 financial crisis
twp.ai
November 28, 2025 at 7:43 PM
Nobel economist reveals how Trump is setting up a 'rerun' of the 2008 financial crisis
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Remember how Trump salivated over the "beachfront property" in Gaza
Well, just like he wanted to take advantage of the conflict there, he's now looking to profit-with Russia-over the people killed in the Ukraine war
Because maybe-he thinks-that'll get him billions AND a Nobel Peace Prize
Well, just like he wanted to take advantage of the conflict there, he's now looking to profit-with Russia-over the people killed in the Ukraine war
Because maybe-he thinks-that'll get him billions AND a Nobel Peace Prize
The Trump administration's corruption has extended to selling out Ukraine—and America's interests—to Russia so that the Trump family and their friends can make a few bucks.
Must-read reporting from @wsj.com this weekend. www.wsj.com/world/russia...
Must-read reporting from @wsj.com this weekend. www.wsj.com/world/russia...
December 1, 2025 at 3:48 PM
Remember how Trump salivated over the "beachfront property" in Gaza
Well, just like he wanted to take advantage of the conflict there, he's now looking to profit-with Russia-over the people killed in the Ukraine war
Because maybe-he thinks-that'll get him billions AND a Nobel Peace Prize
Well, just like he wanted to take advantage of the conflict there, he's now looking to profit-with Russia-over the people killed in the Ukraine war
Because maybe-he thinks-that'll get him billions AND a Nobel Peace Prize
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This smells like outright collusion with Russia to me. Trump shrugs it off as what a dealmaker does: sell the plan to Ukraine, sell the plan to Russia. He says “we must end this war” and thinks he deserves the Nobel Prize??? Not if it's at the cost of Ukraine’s sovereignty.
November 27, 2025 at 4:11 PM
This smells like outright collusion with Russia to me. Trump shrugs it off as what a dealmaker does: sell the plan to Ukraine, sell the plan to Russia. He says “we must end this war” and thinks he deserves the Nobel Prize??? Not if it's at the cost of Ukraine’s sovereignty.
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NYT reporting that Nobel Laureate María Corina Machado lied to Trump about Maduro´s role in the drug trade to prompt a US invasion... welcome back the WMDs
November 27, 2025 at 2:32 PM
NYT reporting that Nobel Laureate María Corina Machado lied to Trump about Maduro´s role in the drug trade to prompt a US invasion... welcome back the WMDs
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4/ Ed Martin is Trump’s pardon attorney. He is close with Roger Stone who—as shown above—previously recommended that Trump pardon Honduran ex-president Juan Orlando Hernandez to facilitate Prospera, a “Tech Bro” colony & aspiring “network state” in Honduras.
December 1, 2025 at 4:36 PM
4/ Ed Martin is Trump’s pardon attorney. He is close with Roger Stone who—as shown above—previously recommended that Trump pardon Honduran ex-president Juan Orlando Hernandez to facilitate Prospera, a “Tech Bro” colony & aspiring “network state” in Honduras.
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3/ Thread. bsky.app/profile/jenn...
Prospera Honduras is a Zone for Employment & Economic Development (ZEDE) backed by Peter Thiel. Trump plans to pardon the former Honduran president who championed ZEDES b4 his drug trafficking conviction. Honduras current outgoing president has tried to eliminate ZEDES, an obstacle for Prospera.
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Prospera: Honduras' Bitcoin City Project
Prospera is Honduras' Bitcoin City project. Located on the island of Roatan in the Caribbean Sea, it faces several challenges.
colombiaone.com
December 1, 2025 at 2:02 AM
3/ Thread. bsky.app/profile/jenn...
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Roger Stone on 1/24/25: “A well-timed pardon of former [Honduran] President Hernandez…cld be the final death blow to Castro w/ national elections set to take place later this year. Castro’s regime cld be upended” in a major “victory for…Próspera” (the network state project backed by Peter Thiel) 1/
How President Trump Can Crush Socialism and Save a Freedom City in Honduras
In the impoverished nation of Honduras, there are geopolitical developments afoot that have major implications for U.S. policy and the future of freedom throughout the world.
www.stonecoldtruth.com
December 1, 2025 at 2:00 AM
Roger Stone on 1/24/25: “A well-timed pardon of former [Honduran] President Hernandez…cld be the final death blow to Castro w/ national elections set to take place later this year. Castro’s regime cld be upended” in a major “victory for…Próspera” (the network state project backed by Peter Thiel) 1/
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it is the worst of all worlds. a "unitary *presidency*" insulated from judicial or congressional power and a weak president unable to do the job of governing
December 1, 2025 at 5:36 PM
it is the worst of all worlds. a "unitary *presidency*" insulated from judicial or congressional power and a weak president unable to do the job of governing
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December 1, 2025 at 6:19 PM
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A fellow unit member describes how the alleged D.C. National Guard shooter felt abandoned by the CIA:
“He’d say, ‘I am working nine years or 10 years with [the] U.S. government. [They] never answer my phone [call].’”
Story: bit.ly/3KzZQzJ
“He’d say, ‘I am working nine years or 10 years with [the] U.S. government. [They] never answer my phone [call].’”
Story: bit.ly/3KzZQzJ
December 1, 2025 at 4:00 PM
A fellow unit member describes how the alleged D.C. National Guard shooter felt abandoned by the CIA:
“He’d say, ‘I am working nine years or 10 years with [the] U.S. government. [They] never answer my phone [call].’”
Story: bit.ly/3KzZQzJ
“He’d say, ‘I am working nine years or 10 years with [the] U.S. government. [They] never answer my phone [call].’”
Story: bit.ly/3KzZQzJ
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Energy transitions can happen faster than we think:
In 2000 almost 90% of Denmark's electricity was from fossil fuels.
In 2024 less than 10% of Danish electricity was from fossil fuels.
In 2000 almost 90% of Denmark's electricity was from fossil fuels.
In 2024 less than 10% of Danish electricity was from fossil fuels.
December 1, 2025 at 4:18 PM
Energy transitions can happen faster than we think:
In 2000 almost 90% of Denmark's electricity was from fossil fuels.
In 2024 less than 10% of Danish electricity was from fossil fuels.
In 2000 almost 90% of Denmark's electricity was from fossil fuels.
In 2024 less than 10% of Danish electricity was from fossil fuels.
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"Trump rarely faces direct consequences for his shameful rhetoric. That’s because in the past Republicans have largely refused to abandon him no matter what he says or does. But there are signs that's now changing."
Trump's ugly Thanksgiving meltdown
It's getting so bad that even Republicans are starting to notice.
www.publicnotice.co
December 1, 2025 at 4:49 PM
"Trump rarely faces direct consequences for his shameful rhetoric. That’s because in the past Republicans have largely refused to abandon him no matter what he says or does. But there are signs that's now changing."