Rico aka Momo
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For all of us who care about science, evidence-based policymaking, our changing climate, and democracy, this has been a sobering year. But thanks to your support, UCS has been monitoring and responding to these attacks with the arsenal of tools at our disposal.
Announcing the Union of Concerned Scientists' 2025 Annual Report
YouTube video by Union of Concerned Scientists
youtu.be
December 24, 2025 at 7:38 PM
For all of us who care about science, evidence-based policymaking, our changing climate, and democracy, this has been a sobering year. But thanks to your support, UCS has been monitoring and responding to these attacks with the arsenal of tools at our disposal.
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What does 1 trillion web pages sound like? 🎶
In the latest Future Knowledge #podcast, composer Sam Reider talks about “Quartet for a Trillion,” a new work written to celebrate 1 trillion web pages archived. Performed by Del Sol Quartet.
🎧 Listen: futureknowledge.transistor.fm/episodes/wha...
In the latest Future Knowledge #podcast, composer Sam Reider talks about “Quartet for a Trillion,” a new work written to celebrate 1 trillion web pages archived. Performed by Del Sol Quartet.
🎧 Listen: futureknowledge.transistor.fm/episodes/wha...
December 24, 2025 at 2:01 PM
What does 1 trillion web pages sound like? 🎶
In the latest Future Knowledge #podcast, composer Sam Reider talks about “Quartet for a Trillion,” a new work written to celebrate 1 trillion web pages archived. Performed by Del Sol Quartet.
🎧 Listen: futureknowledge.transistor.fm/episodes/wha...
In the latest Future Knowledge #podcast, composer Sam Reider talks about “Quartet for a Trillion,” a new work written to celebrate 1 trillion web pages archived. Performed by Del Sol Quartet.
🎧 Listen: futureknowledge.transistor.fm/episodes/wha...
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In today’s Weekend Herald
December 19, 2025 at 7:44 PM
In today’s Weekend Herald
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Learn more about what you can do to counter democratic backsliding with the Anti-Autocracy Handbook: A Scholars' Guide to Navigating Democratic Backsliding, which offers insightful guidance on a range of meaningful actions you can take. ↘️
The Anti-Autocracy Handbook: A Scholars' Guide to Navigating Democratic Backsliding
The Anti-Autocracy Handbook is a call to action, resilience, and collective defence of democracy, truth, and academic freedom in the face of mounting authoritarianism. It tries to provide guidance to ...
zenodo.org
December 11, 2025 at 8:13 PM
Learn more about what you can do to counter democratic backsliding with the Anti-Autocracy Handbook: A Scholars' Guide to Navigating Democratic Backsliding, which offers insightful guidance on a range of meaningful actions you can take. ↘️
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These and other hallmarks of authoritarianism are on full display right now in the United States. See them for what they are – and spread the word.
What Authoritarian Regimes Do
As we speak, the Trump administration is abandoning principles of democracy and dismantling the rule of law. The willful destruction of the federal science apparatus is but one harmful and onerous asp...
blog.ucs.org
December 11, 2025 at 8:13 PM
These and other hallmarks of authoritarianism are on full display right now in the United States. See them for what they are – and spread the word.
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Authoritarianism 101: Punish people and institutions who speak out against the regime. A chilling @reuters.com analysis documents the administration’s ongoing efforts to suppress dissent and identifies at least 470 targets of retribution under Trump’s leadership.
Trump’s campaign of retribution: At least 470 targets and counting
A Reuters investigation documents at least 470 acts of retribution under Trump’s leadership.
www.reuters.com
December 11, 2025 at 8:13 PM
Authoritarianism 101: Punish people and institutions who speak out against the regime. A chilling @reuters.com analysis documents the administration’s ongoing efforts to suppress dissent and identifies at least 470 targets of retribution under Trump’s leadership.
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Brian Eno urges support to get Together for Palestine song to Christmas No 1
Brian Eno urges support to get Together for Palestine song to Christmas No 1
Lullaby features Palestinian singer, lyrics written by Peter Gabriel and artists including Eno and Celeste
The Together for Palestine fund is trying to get a Palestinian lullaby to Christmas No 1 in the UK charts in an effort to help provide aid to the people of Gaza, but also showcase their culture and creativity.
The musician Brian Eno, who performs on the track, said Lullaby, which will be released on Friday, is a chance to support Palestinians over Christmas and potentially stage an unlikely coup by getting to No 1. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
December 11, 2025 at 12:12 PM
Brian Eno urges support to get Together for Palestine song to Christmas No 1
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#AphexTwin has shared two new songs via his user18081971 SoundCloud account
Listen to them here:
buff.ly/DW0hdFz
Listen to them here:
buff.ly/DW0hdFz
November 28, 2025 at 6:00 PM
#AphexTwin has shared two new songs via his user18081971 SoundCloud account
Listen to them here:
buff.ly/DW0hdFz
Listen to them here:
buff.ly/DW0hdFz
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For the newsletter, spoke to the guy who makes the excellent sample visualizations for Tracklib. There's some bleak political stuff in there, too, but let's focus on the fun stuff? www.howtoreadthisch.art/ample-exampl...
Ample examples of chartable samples
In this week's newsletter, we have some music — specifically, the innovative way in which Tracklib illustrates the art of sampling. I also look at new data on ICE detentions (sigh) and the gold rush o...
www.howtoreadthisch.art
November 22, 2025 at 2:52 PM
For the newsletter, spoke to the guy who makes the excellent sample visualizations for Tracklib. There's some bleak political stuff in there, too, but let's focus on the fun stuff? www.howtoreadthisch.art/ample-exampl...
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Mood.
I was asked in 2019 What I would say to Mohammed Bin Salman.
I said it then and I’ll say it again— I hope the spirit of Jamal Khashoggi haunts MBS for the rest of his life.
open.substack.com/pub/karenatt...
I was asked in 2019 What I would say to Mohammed Bin Salman.
I said it then and I’ll say it again— I hope the spirit of Jamal Khashoggi haunts MBS for the rest of his life.
open.substack.com/pub/karenatt...
November 19, 2025 at 5:27 PM
Mood.
I was asked in 2019 What I would say to Mohammed Bin Salman.
I said it then and I’ll say it again— I hope the spirit of Jamal Khashoggi haunts MBS for the rest of his life.
open.substack.com/pub/karenatt...
I was asked in 2019 What I would say to Mohammed Bin Salman.
I said it then and I’ll say it again— I hope the spirit of Jamal Khashoggi haunts MBS for the rest of his life.
open.substack.com/pub/karenatt...
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Those who can make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities
—Voltaire
—Voltaire
I don't mean to be glib or trivializing: Texas A&M's "to end indoctrination you must teach only our doctrine" is some arbeit macht frei obscenity. No, of course it's not genocide. But it's the logic of sadistic erasure, the way in 1984 2+2=5 made even believing the truth impossible.
November 14, 2025 at 10:23 PM
Those who can make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities
—Voltaire
—Voltaire
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One of the best signs so far and those huddled masses that we're fighting for.
No Kings
No Kings
October 18, 2025 at 8:27 PM
One of the best signs so far and those huddled masses that we're fighting for.
No Kings
No Kings
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A golden autumn day is the right day to harvest your crops 😊
Afghani#1 Ladies and a sole Gorilla Glue, Vintage 2025, a good year.
#Gardening #MomosGarden #CannaCulture #Cannabis #GrowIt #420Community
Afghani#1 Ladies and a sole Gorilla Glue, Vintage 2025, a good year.
#Gardening #MomosGarden #CannaCulture #Cannabis #GrowIt #420Community
October 10, 2025 at 8:27 PM
A golden autumn day is the right day to harvest your crops 😊
Afghani#1 Ladies and a sole Gorilla Glue, Vintage 2025, a good year.
#Gardening #MomosGarden #CannaCulture #Cannabis #GrowIt #420Community
Afghani#1 Ladies and a sole Gorilla Glue, Vintage 2025, a good year.
#Gardening #MomosGarden #CannaCulture #Cannabis #GrowIt #420Community
A golden autumn day is the right day to harvest your crops 😊
Afghani#1 Ladies and a sole Gorilla Glue, Vintage 2025, a good year.
#Gardening #MomosGarden #CannaCulture #Cannabis #GrowIt #420Community
Afghani#1 Ladies and a sole Gorilla Glue, Vintage 2025, a good year.
#Gardening #MomosGarden #CannaCulture #Cannabis #GrowIt #420Community
October 10, 2025 at 8:27 PM
A golden autumn day is the right day to harvest your crops 😊
Afghani#1 Ladies and a sole Gorilla Glue, Vintage 2025, a good year.
#Gardening #MomosGarden #CannaCulture #Cannabis #GrowIt #420Community
Afghani#1 Ladies and a sole Gorilla Glue, Vintage 2025, a good year.
#Gardening #MomosGarden #CannaCulture #Cannabis #GrowIt #420Community
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Forget everything you already know about America's most notorious dead person. Jeffrey Epstein: Bad Pedophile is in select theaters October 2.
September 25, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Forget everything you already know about America's most notorious dead person. Jeffrey Epstein: Bad Pedophile is in select theaters October 2.
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Your wish is my command, @stephenking.bsky.social: the King of Kings!
Run, don't walk to see #TheLongWalk now in theaters... EVERYWHERE.
You can thank me later.
Run, don't walk to see #TheLongWalk now in theaters... EVERYWHERE.
You can thank me later.
September 14, 2025 at 6:43 PM
Your wish is my command, @stephenking.bsky.social: the King of Kings!
Run, don't walk to see #TheLongWalk now in theaters... EVERYWHERE.
You can thank me later.
Run, don't walk to see #TheLongWalk now in theaters... EVERYWHERE.
You can thank me later.
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“I can’t stand the word empathy”
—Charlie Kirk
—Charlie Kirk
September 13, 2025 at 4:25 PM
“I can’t stand the word empathy”
—Charlie Kirk
—Charlie Kirk
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‘Booty’ and ‘butt’ are synonyms.
‘Call’ and ‘dial’ are synonyms.
But, a ‘booty call’ and a ‘butt dial’ are VERY different things.
‘Call’ and ‘dial’ are synonyms.
But, a ‘booty call’ and a ‘butt dial’ are VERY different things.
September 12, 2025 at 3:18 PM
‘Booty’ and ‘butt’ are synonyms.
‘Call’ and ‘dial’ are synonyms.
But, a ‘booty call’ and a ‘butt dial’ are VERY different things.
‘Call’ and ‘dial’ are synonyms.
But, a ‘booty call’ and a ‘butt dial’ are VERY different things.
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🧵 So much of today’s art world lives online—artist sites, digital exhibits, small galleries. CARTA is a collaboration of 40+ museums & libraries with #InternetArchive to save the web we built before it disappears.
Learn more on our blog ➡️ blog.archive.org/2025/09/10/c...
#communitywebs
Learn more on our blog ➡️ blog.archive.org/2025/09/10/c...
#communitywebs
September 11, 2025 at 3:05 PM
🧵 So much of today’s art world lives online—artist sites, digital exhibits, small galleries. CARTA is a collaboration of 40+ museums & libraries with #InternetArchive to save the web we built before it disappears.
Learn more on our blog ➡️ blog.archive.org/2025/09/10/c...
#communitywebs
Learn more on our blog ➡️ blog.archive.org/2025/09/10/c...
#communitywebs
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Another day out in the field 😊
Some trimming of the bushes in the lower 3rd to prevent mold. Especially these Afghani ladies grow very dense and are prone to mold. #Gardening
#CannaCultre #MomosGarden #420Grow #GrowIt
Some trimming of the bushes in the lower 3rd to prevent mold. Especially these Afghani ladies grow very dense and are prone to mold. #Gardening
#CannaCultre #MomosGarden #420Grow #GrowIt
August 25, 2025 at 9:48 AM
Another day out in the field 😊
Some trimming of the bushes in the lower 3rd to prevent mold. Especially these Afghani ladies grow very dense and are prone to mold. #Gardening
#CannaCultre #MomosGarden #420Grow #GrowIt
Some trimming of the bushes in the lower 3rd to prevent mold. Especially these Afghani ladies grow very dense and are prone to mold. #Gardening
#CannaCultre #MomosGarden #420Grow #GrowIt
Another day out in the field 😊
Some trimming of the bushes in the lower 3rd to prevent mold. Especially these Afghani ladies grow very dense and are prone to mold. #Gardening
#CannaCultre #MomosGarden #420Grow #GrowIt
Some trimming of the bushes in the lower 3rd to prevent mold. Especially these Afghani ladies grow very dense and are prone to mold. #Gardening
#CannaCultre #MomosGarden #420Grow #GrowIt
August 25, 2025 at 9:48 AM
Another day out in the field 😊
Some trimming of the bushes in the lower 3rd to prevent mold. Especially these Afghani ladies grow very dense and are prone to mold. #Gardening
#CannaCultre #MomosGarden #420Grow #GrowIt
Some trimming of the bushes in the lower 3rd to prevent mold. Especially these Afghani ladies grow very dense and are prone to mold. #Gardening
#CannaCultre #MomosGarden #420Grow #GrowIt
The #FIFA #WorldCup2026 in #AmeriKKKa will feel like ..
the 1936 #Olympics in Nazi Germany!
But that fits well with FIFA being the most corrupted sports org on the planet!
As a historic reminder i dug up this pic of Jesse Owens getting his Gold 4 Long Jump at the 1936 Olympics in Berlin!
the 1936 #Olympics in Nazi Germany!
But that fits well with FIFA being the most corrupted sports org on the planet!
As a historic reminder i dug up this pic of Jesse Owens getting his Gold 4 Long Jump at the 1936 Olympics in Berlin!
August 22, 2025 at 7:14 PM
The #FIFA #WorldCup2026 in #AmeriKKKa will feel like ..
the 1936 #Olympics in Nazi Germany!
But that fits well with FIFA being the most corrupted sports org on the planet!
As a historic reminder i dug up this pic of Jesse Owens getting his Gold 4 Long Jump at the 1936 Olympics in Berlin!
the 1936 #Olympics in Nazi Germany!
But that fits well with FIFA being the most corrupted sports org on the planet!
As a historic reminder i dug up this pic of Jesse Owens getting his Gold 4 Long Jump at the 1936 Olympics in Berlin!