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@figleyquinch.bsky.social
· Oct 28
As the single most important news story this year, I can't wait to see the detailed and central coverage this will get in every media outlet we have
‘Change course now’: humanity has missed 1.5C climate target, says UN head
Exclusive: ‘Devastating consequences’ now inevitable but emissions cuts still vital, says António Guterres in sole interview before Cop30
www.theguardian.com
Welp
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Here it is
December 23, 2025 at 1:37 AM
Here it is
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Ok. Now had a chance to check and, well, at least some docs do appear to be straight up classic redaction fail. And there are some *interesting* bits here.
www.justice.gov/multimedia/C...
www.justice.gov/multimedia/C...
December 23, 2025 at 4:10 AM
Ok. Now had a chance to check and, well, at least some docs do appear to be straight up classic redaction fail. And there are some *interesting* bits here.
www.justice.gov/multimedia/C...
www.justice.gov/multimedia/C...
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One of the reasons why I go so hard on science misinformation/disinformation, is that as a working scientist it is frustrating to see your research misreported to push an agenda.
For example, consider this piece of right-wing propaganda from The Telegraph that was just published
For example, consider this piece of right-wing propaganda from The Telegraph that was just published
December 20, 2025 at 10:49 PM
One of the reasons why I go so hard on science misinformation/disinformation, is that as a working scientist it is frustrating to see your research misreported to push an agenda.
For example, consider this piece of right-wing propaganda from The Telegraph that was just published
For example, consider this piece of right-wing propaganda from The Telegraph that was just published
TIL that @waymo cars shit their robot pants when confronted with a non-functioning stoplight and have to be picked up with a flatbed tow
December 21, 2025 at 7:59 AM
TIL that @waymo cars shit their robot pants when confronted with a non-functioning stoplight and have to be picked up with a flatbed tow
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Solar is quite a solution for Australia!
Australia has so much electricity from solar power that it is going to start offering free electricity to everyone for at least three hours during the day as the wholesale price of power goes negative
electrek.co/2025/11/04/a...
electrek.co/2025/11/04/a...
Australia has so much solar that it's offering everyone free electricity
Australia's extensive solar power penetration makes so much energy that the government wants to offer free electricity at peak hours.
electrek.co
December 21, 2025 at 6:30 AM
Solar is quite a solution for Australia!
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Every few months now I re-read this "Who Goes Nazi?" piece from 1941 and am blown away by how it captures the people we are dealing with 80 years later.
harpers.org/archive/1941...
harpers.org/archive/1941...
Who Goes Nazi?, by Dorothy Thompson
harpers.org
October 1, 2025 at 11:59 PM
Every few months now I re-read this "Who Goes Nazi?" piece from 1941 and am blown away by how it captures the people we are dealing with 80 years later.
harpers.org/archive/1941...
harpers.org/archive/1941...
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You need to read this thread and you need to be calling every representative you have and threatening to literally never vote for them again and donate your time to getting them replaced if they do this.
If you don't, it's basically the end of the internet.
If you don't, it's basically the end of the internet.
It’s very simple. Genuinely very simple. Until Section 230, it was the case that any website that allowed a user to publish any content of any kind could be sued if they said *anything* libelous or bad. That includes web hosts, blogging platforms, social media etc.
December 14, 2025 at 7:25 AM
You need to read this thread and you need to be calling every representative you have and threatening to literally never vote for them again and donate your time to getting them replaced if they do this.
If you don't, it's basically the end of the internet.
If you don't, it's basically the end of the internet.
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For those who don't know what "detach quote" is or how to use it, it's described here:
bsky.social/about/blog/0...
bsky.social/about/blog/0...
New Anti-Toxicity Features on Bluesky - Bluesky
Trust and Safety (T&S) affects everything — from community policy and spam detection, all the way to the order that replies show up on a post. At Bluesky, the product team works hand-in-hand with T&S ...
bsky.social
December 15, 2025 at 3:31 PM
For those who don't know what "detach quote" is or how to use it, it's described here:
bsky.social/about/blog/0...
bsky.social/about/blog/0...
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Green Arrow more than said "Fuck Ice"
#GreenArrow
#NoBorders
#FuckIce
#EmeraldArcher
1. This is how the story "Sanctuary" from Detective Comics #551-552 started.
Back then was INS. The kid showed his passport after this, but his brother is not in the same situation.
#GreenArrow
#NoBorders
#FuckIce
#EmeraldArcher
1. This is how the story "Sanctuary" from Detective Comics #551-552 started.
Back then was INS. The kid showed his passport after this, but his brother is not in the same situation.
December 14, 2025 at 7:42 PM
Green Arrow more than said "Fuck Ice"
#GreenArrow
#NoBorders
#FuckIce
#EmeraldArcher
1. This is how the story "Sanctuary" from Detective Comics #551-552 started.
Back then was INS. The kid showed his passport after this, but his brother is not in the same situation.
#GreenArrow
#NoBorders
#FuckIce
#EmeraldArcher
1. This is how the story "Sanctuary" from Detective Comics #551-552 started.
Back then was INS. The kid showed his passport after this, but his brother is not in the same situation.
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<<In late September 2022, a Ukrainian attack against the Russian fleet was underway... but the submarines never reached their target – not because of Russian countermeasures but because SpaceX and Elon Musk had refused to activate Starlink satellites over Crimea>>
"How ‘sovereignty-as-a-service’ became a pillar of modern warfare. Big Tech has assumed quasi-sovereign state functions: storing state secrets, enabling command-and-control communications, and defending cyberspace" bindinghook.com/how-sovereig...
How ‘sovereignty-as-a-service’ became a pillar of modern warfare
Big Tech has assumed quasi-sovereign state functions: storing state secrets, enabling command-and-control communications, and defending cyberspace
bindinghook.com
December 14, 2025 at 11:09 AM
<<In late September 2022, a Ukrainian attack against the Russian fleet was underway... but the submarines never reached their target – not because of Russian countermeasures but because SpaceX and Elon Musk had refused to activate Starlink satellites over Crimea>>
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“Are these new conservatives in fact our descendants? Were we always secretly like this but were pretending we weren’t? I’m hoping these new conservatives are mutants, but I’m not so sure about that anymore.”
December 13, 2025 at 8:29 PM
“Are these new conservatives in fact our descendants? Were we always secretly like this but were pretending we weren’t? I’m hoping these new conservatives are mutants, but I’m not so sure about that anymore.”
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If Trump tariffs fertilizer, U.S. lacks reserves ‘to meet domestic demand’.
W/out potash, crop yields will crash, as will Trump's remaining support from US farmers. The $12B bailout for farmers is just the beginning. There will be another bigger bailout next year. globalnews.ca/news/1156988...
W/out potash, crop yields will crash, as will Trump's remaining support from US farmers. The $12B bailout for farmers is just the beginning. There will be another bigger bailout next year. globalnews.ca/news/1156988...
December 13, 2025 at 9:06 PM
If Trump tariffs fertilizer, U.S. lacks reserves ‘to meet domestic demand’.
W/out potash, crop yields will crash, as will Trump's remaining support from US farmers. The $12B bailout for farmers is just the beginning. There will be another bigger bailout next year. globalnews.ca/news/1156988...
W/out potash, crop yields will crash, as will Trump's remaining support from US farmers. The $12B bailout for farmers is just the beginning. There will be another bigger bailout next year. globalnews.ca/news/1156988...
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Grok is... grokking again
December 14, 2025 at 12:39 AM
Grok is... grokking again
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From the Oklahoma U student paper: the school is now saying it will automatically suspend faculty (with pay) in response to student complaints
www.oudaily.com/news/ou-poli...
www.oudaily.com/news/ou-poli...
December 13, 2025 at 3:39 PM
From the Oklahoma U student paper: the school is now saying it will automatically suspend faculty (with pay) in response to student complaints
www.oudaily.com/news/ou-poli...
www.oudaily.com/news/ou-poli...
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I hate how much I enjoyed this
BIG NERD DESIGN ENERGY 🫦
BIG NERD DESIGN ENERGY 🫦
December 13, 2025 at 5:47 PM
I hate how much I enjoyed this
BIG NERD DESIGN ENERGY 🫦
BIG NERD DESIGN ENERGY 🫦
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December 13, 2025 at 6:01 PM
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📽️ WATCH: After a bird flu outbreak tore through Midwestern barns, which led to 18 million hens being killed and a spike in egg prices, the Department of Agriculture didn’t investigate whether the virus was airborne.
But ProPublica did.
@natlash.bsky.social breaks it down: propub.li/4iVcYfD
But ProPublica did.
@natlash.bsky.social breaks it down: propub.li/4iVcYfD
December 14, 2025 at 2:43 AM
📽️ WATCH: After a bird flu outbreak tore through Midwestern barns, which led to 18 million hens being killed and a spike in egg prices, the Department of Agriculture didn’t investigate whether the virus was airborne.
But ProPublica did.
@natlash.bsky.social breaks it down: propub.li/4iVcYfD
But ProPublica did.
@natlash.bsky.social breaks it down: propub.li/4iVcYfD
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Our ex-BuzzFeed team has provided a testimonial to the immigration court about the value of Guan's work and his incredible bravery. I hope that this man - who I am in absolute awe of - is granted the asylum he needs and deserves. You can read more here: hrichina.substack.com/p/man-who-fi...
Man who filmed Uyghur concentration camps now fights for his own freedom in the United States
In 2020, Guan Heng embarked on a risky mission to prove the existence of concentration camp facilities used to imprison Uyghurs. Now, he faces the threat of deportation back to China, where he would f...
hrichina.substack.com
December 13, 2025 at 3:43 PM
Our ex-BuzzFeed team has provided a testimonial to the immigration court about the value of Guan's work and his incredible bravery. I hope that this man - who I am in absolute awe of - is granted the asylum he needs and deserves. You can read more here: hrichina.substack.com/p/man-who-fi...
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Handschuhschneeballwerfer [HAND-shoo-SHNAY-bahl-VER-fer]
(n.)
- One who wears gloves to throw snowballs; a coward; someone who criticizes from a safe distance.
- One lacking the courage to endure dangerous or unpleasant things.
(n.)
- One who wears gloves to throw snowballs; a coward; someone who criticizes from a safe distance.
- One lacking the courage to endure dangerous or unpleasant things.
December 14, 2025 at 4:47 AM
Handschuhschneeballwerfer [HAND-shoo-SHNAY-bahl-VER-fer]
(n.)
- One who wears gloves to throw snowballs; a coward; someone who criticizes from a safe distance.
- One lacking the courage to endure dangerous or unpleasant things.
(n.)
- One who wears gloves to throw snowballs; a coward; someone who criticizes from a safe distance.
- One lacking the courage to endure dangerous or unpleasant things.
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Fact-check: true
December 14, 2025 at 5:36 AM
Fact-check: true
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The Destroyer must be stopped.
www.dailykos.com/stories/2025...
www.dailykos.com/stories/2025...
Next target of trump’s wrecking ball: Irreplaceable New Deal murals by Ben Shahn and others
The current president has committed many outrages in his long career. Too many for most of us to recall them all. And that’s just the ones that are publicly known. One particular outrage that many of ...
www.dailykos.com
December 13, 2025 at 4:27 AM
The Destroyer must be stopped.
www.dailykos.com/stories/2025...
www.dailykos.com/stories/2025...
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According to a new court filing, the Trump administration has a six-page list of banned words that Head Start locations are forbidden from using when describing their programs.
Among the censored words: "disability," "race," "women," "trauma," "Gulf of Mexico." Short thread with the full list. 🧵
Among the censored words: "disability," "race," "women," "trauma," "Gulf of Mexico." Short thread with the full list. 🧵
December 10, 2025 at 11:51 PM
According to a new court filing, the Trump administration has a six-page list of banned words that Head Start locations are forbidden from using when describing their programs.
Among the censored words: "disability," "race," "women," "trauma," "Gulf of Mexico." Short thread with the full list. 🧵
Among the censored words: "disability," "race," "women," "trauma," "Gulf of Mexico." Short thread with the full list. 🧵
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“We are targeting Venezuela because of DRUGS, not OIL, which is why we are blowing up boats without any drugs and stealing a tanker full of oil.”
December 10, 2025 at 11:04 PM
“We are targeting Venezuela because of DRUGS, not OIL, which is why we are blowing up boats without any drugs and stealing a tanker full of oil.”
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The titular wokeness being rolled back is the Civil Rights Act of 1964
Washington Post editorial board really speaking truth to power
December 11, 2025 at 2:53 AM
The titular wokeness being rolled back is the Civil Rights Act of 1964