@jeo224.bsky.social
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Here in the Midwest, data centers threaten to suck up fresh water from our Great Lakes. Just one of may examples includes a Microsoft plant now under construction near Racine, WI that is expected to use upwards of 8 MILLION gallons a day. A day! That is not okay.
Bernie Sanders: "We need to be thinking seriously about a moratorium on data centers. You gotta slow this process down. It's not good enough for the oligarchs to tell us 'you adapt.' Are they gonna guarantee healthcare to all people? What are they gonna do when there are no jobs? Make housing free?"
December 28, 2025 at 2:44 PM
Here in the Midwest, data centers threaten to suck up fresh water from our Great Lakes. Just one of may examples includes a Microsoft plant now under construction near Racine, WI that is expected to use upwards of 8 MILLION gallons a day. A day! That is not okay.
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I mean you’ve really gotta wonder why the Trump DOJ was collecting travel information about a reporter who helped blow the lid off the Epstein coverup in Florida.
Or maybe we don’t have to wonder at all.
Or maybe we don’t have to wonder at all.
December 28, 2025 at 11:12 PM
I mean you’ve really gotta wonder why the Trump DOJ was collecting travel information about a reporter who helped blow the lid off the Epstein coverup in Florida.
Or maybe we don’t have to wonder at all.
Or maybe we don’t have to wonder at all.
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Peter Thiel says he’ll leave California if they pass a 1% wealth tax on billionaires for five years. So… how much would it take to make him leave the U.S.?
December 28, 2025 at 11:38 PM
Peter Thiel says he’ll leave California if they pass a 1% wealth tax on billionaires for five years. So… how much would it take to make him leave the U.S.?
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THREAD. @donmoyn.bsky.social’s detailed, multi-thread dismantling of the distorted and deliberately obtuse reporting in the @nytimes.com on the significance of Gov. DeSantis’ takeover of New College is essential reading.
And pls don’t waste time commenting that you don’t read the Times.Millions do.
And pls don’t waste time commenting that you don’t read the Times.Millions do.
New, from me: The NYT reporter who specializes in profiles of beleaguered right-wingers on campus went to New College...and found out that things were going ok!
So let me explain some pretty massive errors of omission: 🧵
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/the-nyt-re...
So let me explain some pretty massive errors of omission: 🧵
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/the-nyt-re...
The NYT Recruiting Brochure for New College
A failing Ron DeSantis higher ed experiment gets a boost
donmoynihan.substack.com
December 29, 2025 at 12:16 AM
THREAD. @donmoyn.bsky.social’s detailed, multi-thread dismantling of the distorted and deliberately obtuse reporting in the @nytimes.com on the significance of Gov. DeSantis’ takeover of New College is essential reading.
And pls don’t waste time commenting that you don’t read the Times.Millions do.
And pls don’t waste time commenting that you don’t read the Times.Millions do.
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There’s a Silicon Valley billionaire freak out happening about a potential wealth tax ballot initiative in California.
I hope everybody understands—the only way to make billionaires pay a similar *income* tax rate as their secretaries is via taxing unrealized cap gains or wealth
I hope everybody understands—the only way to make billionaires pay a similar *income* tax rate as their secretaries is via taxing unrealized cap gains or wealth
December 29, 2025 at 12:07 AM
There’s a Silicon Valley billionaire freak out happening about a potential wealth tax ballot initiative in California.
I hope everybody understands—the only way to make billionaires pay a similar *income* tax rate as their secretaries is via taxing unrealized cap gains or wealth
I hope everybody understands—the only way to make billionaires pay a similar *income* tax rate as their secretaries is via taxing unrealized cap gains or wealth
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Trump won the election by 1 percentage point. And at least 1% of voters were single or "top issue" anti-trans in sports voters. That one issue decided a national election by a small minority.
This is why he keeps repeating "transgender for everyone". It put him in back in the White House.
This is why he keeps repeating "transgender for everyone". It put him in back in the White House.
December 28, 2025 at 10:20 PM
Trump won the election by 1 percentage point. And at least 1% of voters were single or "top issue" anti-trans in sports voters. That one issue decided a national election by a small minority.
This is why he keeps repeating "transgender for everyone". It put him in back in the White House.
This is why he keeps repeating "transgender for everyone". It put him in back in the White House.
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The Trump administration is pushing to expand grazing on public lands while reducing its already low cost, under the false premise that it will fill America’s coffers.
Wealthy ranchers are profiting — at the expense of taxpayers.
With @highcountrynews.org
Wealthy ranchers are profiting — at the expense of taxpayers.
With @highcountrynews.org
Wealthy Ranchers Profit From Public Lands. Taxpayers Pick Up the Tab.
A ProPublica and High Country News investigation found that government programs supporting grazing on public lands prop up a wealthy few while harming the environment. The Trump administration is supe...
www.propublica.org
December 25, 2025 at 11:30 PM
The Trump administration is pushing to expand grazing on public lands while reducing its already low cost, under the false premise that it will fill America’s coffers.
Wealthy ranchers are profiting — at the expense of taxpayers.
With @highcountrynews.org
Wealthy ranchers are profiting — at the expense of taxpayers.
With @highcountrynews.org
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President Trump’s spiteful defamation suit against the Pulitzer Prize Board may backfire, as the latter is now demanding Trump’s psychological records, prescription medication records, and tax returns in the discovery process. trib.al/LUCScTR
December 25, 2025 at 10:39 PM
President Trump’s spiteful defamation suit against the Pulitzer Prize Board may backfire, as the latter is now demanding Trump’s psychological records, prescription medication records, and tax returns in the discovery process. trib.al/LUCScTR
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On the Christmas Eve, celebrating the birth of someone whose family fled persecution and who preached tolerance, I’d like to share this very personal essay I wrote back in 2018, about opening our hearts a homes and getting so much more in return. www.motherjones.com/politics/201...
The refugees who lived with me did more for America than the Trumps ever will
And so did my mom.
www.motherjones.com
December 25, 2025 at 2:19 AM
On the Christmas Eve, celebrating the birth of someone whose family fled persecution and who preached tolerance, I’d like to share this very personal essay I wrote back in 2018, about opening our hearts a homes and getting so much more in return. www.motherjones.com/politics/201...
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Trump has made clear what he thinks of journalists and what should happen to us: Thrown in jail and raped, “sued like never before,” investigated for treason, “taken off the air.”
Luckily, we get to wake up every morning knowing that we’re not accountable to any bully or billionaire.
Luckily, we get to wake up every morning knowing that we’re not accountable to any bully or billionaire.
Good night and good luck
Why corporate media—including CBS owner Paramount—is bending the knee.
www.motherjones.com
December 24, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Trump has made clear what he thinks of journalists and what should happen to us: Thrown in jail and raped, “sued like never before,” investigated for treason, “taken off the air.”
Luckily, we get to wake up every morning knowing that we’re not accountable to any bully or billionaire.
Luckily, we get to wake up every morning knowing that we’re not accountable to any bully or billionaire.
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Axios has learned the White House has begun managing the DOJ's account on X to respond to posts highlighting mentions of Trump in the Epstein files.
In typical administrations, there is a wall between the White House and what is supposed to be an independent Justice Department.
In typical administrations, there is a wall between the White House and what is supposed to be an independent Justice Department.
Scoop: Trump administration expects Epstein files release could last another week
The White House has begun managing the DOJ's account on X, an effort to finish out the year and the Epstein file disclosure requirements set by Congress.
www.axios.com
December 24, 2025 at 3:50 PM
Axios has learned the White House has begun managing the DOJ's account on X to respond to posts highlighting mentions of Trump in the Epstein files.
In typical administrations, there is a wall between the White House and what is supposed to be an independent Justice Department.
In typical administrations, there is a wall between the White House and what is supposed to be an independent Justice Department.
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James Merril’s poem “Christmas Tree,” written while he was dying of AIDS. 1995.
December 24, 2025 at 1:43 PM
James Merril’s poem “Christmas Tree,” written while he was dying of AIDS. 1995.
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The Trump administration has said it is immediately pausing all leases for offshore wind farms already under construction, in the heaviest blow yet to an industry that the administration has relentlessly targeted throughout the year.
Trump’s latest climate attack: Offshore wind farms
The administration halts offshore wind projects, citing dubious “national security risks.”
www.motherjones.com
December 24, 2025 at 3:00 AM
The Trump administration has said it is immediately pausing all leases for offshore wind farms already under construction, in the heaviest blow yet to an industry that the administration has relentlessly targeted throughout the year.
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On today’s episode of “The Daily,” David Enrich, an investigations editor at The New York Times, explains how he worked with a team of reporters to reveal the truth about Jeffrey Epstein’s rise to power and his connections to President Trump.
The Origins of Jeffrey Epstein
A Times investigation revealed the truth of how Mr. Epstein, a college dropout, clawed his way to the pinnacle of American finance and society.
nyti.ms
December 23, 2025 at 3:20 PM
On today’s episode of “The Daily,” David Enrich, an investigations editor at The New York Times, explains how he worked with a team of reporters to reveal the truth about Jeffrey Epstein’s rise to power and his connections to President Trump.
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I am furious that DOJ ignored the new federal law requiring release of the Epstein Files. I am equally angry that so many in legacy media seem not to care.
My latest for Democracy Docket lays out the case. Sign up now to access this and all premium content. hubs.ly/Q03CbHTt0
My latest for Democracy Docket lays out the case. Sign up now to access this and all premium content. hubs.ly/Q03CbHTt0
December 21, 2025 at 8:09 PM
I am furious that DOJ ignored the new federal law requiring release of the Epstein Files. I am equally angry that so many in legacy media seem not to care.
My latest for Democracy Docket lays out the case. Sign up now to access this and all premium content. hubs.ly/Q03CbHTt0
My latest for Democracy Docket lays out the case. Sign up now to access this and all premium content. hubs.ly/Q03CbHTt0
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The actor Michael Sheen used all his money to start a fake debt collecting business, buy 900 people in Wales's debt, and excused it. If Musk bought ALL $194 billion in medical debt in the U.S. and excused it in the same way, he'd still be the world's riches man by hundreds of billions of dollars.
Michael Sheen spent his own money to write off $1.3 million of neighbors’ debts | CNN
Actor Michael Sheen has bought $1.3 million of his neighbors’ debts and written them off using $129,000 of his own money.
www.cnn.com
December 21, 2025 at 3:07 PM
The actor Michael Sheen used all his money to start a fake debt collecting business, buy 900 people in Wales's debt, and excused it. If Musk bought ALL $194 billion in medical debt in the U.S. and excused it in the same way, he'd still be the world's riches man by hundreds of billions of dollars.
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I think this post nails the actual problem, for researchers at least—AI hallucinations would simply not be a problem in academic work if we’d not normalized citation-as-signaling rather than actual engagement—you can only cite a fake paper if you’re not in the habit of reading the papers you cite
Do not cite an academic paper unless you’ve read it
AI Is Inventing Academic Papers That Don't Exist -- And They're Being Cited in Real Journals
Academic articles from authors using large language model are creating an ecosystem of fake research that threatens human knowledge itself.
www.rollingstone.com
December 19, 2025 at 7:01 PM
I think this post nails the actual problem, for researchers at least—AI hallucinations would simply not be a problem in academic work if we’d not normalized citation-as-signaling rather than actual engagement—you can only cite a fake paper if you’re not in the habit of reading the papers you cite
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Soccer Without Borders was launched in 2005 to support newly arrived youth, offering them some semblance of safety and camaraderie.
Now, Trump’s deportations have ratcheted up players’ anxiety.
Now, Trump’s deportations have ratcheted up players’ anxiety.
This young soccer squad has never faced a rival like Donald Trump
Winning is substantially more challenging with ICE running interference.
www.motherjones.com
December 20, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Soccer Without Borders was launched in 2005 to support newly arrived youth, offering them some semblance of safety and camaraderie.
Now, Trump’s deportations have ratcheted up players’ anxiety.
Now, Trump’s deportations have ratcheted up players’ anxiety.
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It must be weird for a guy like Trump to think "grandpa was born in Germany."
My grandfathers were born in Ohio and Arkansas, and their grandfathers were born in Pennsylvania and Virginia and their grandfathers were American born too. So, I get where they're coming from. But, American = American.
My grandfathers were born in Ohio and Arkansas, and their grandfathers were born in Pennsylvania and Virginia and their grandfathers were American born too. So, I get where they're coming from. But, American = American.
December 20, 2025 at 8:08 PM
It must be weird for a guy like Trump to think "grandpa was born in Germany."
My grandfathers were born in Ohio and Arkansas, and their grandfathers were born in Pennsylvania and Virginia and their grandfathers were American born too. So, I get where they're coming from. But, American = American.
My grandfathers were born in Ohio and Arkansas, and their grandfathers were born in Pennsylvania and Virginia and their grandfathers were American born too. So, I get where they're coming from. But, American = American.
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They ignored a lawful subpoena, recycled public records, and conveniently left out Donald Trump. This is not transparency.
December 20, 2025 at 3:02 AM
They ignored a lawful subpoena, recycled public records, and conveniently left out Donald Trump. This is not transparency.
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Much of the cardboard and paper goods strewn about our homes are sold by a single private company, with its name, Uline, stamped on the bottom.
Many may not know that a multibillion-dollar fortune made on those ubiquitous products fuels far-right candidates across the country.
(Published 2022)
Many may not know that a multibillion-dollar fortune made on those ubiquitous products fuels far-right candidates across the country.
(Published 2022)
That Cardboard Box in Your Home Is Fueling Election Denial
A previously unreported boom in profits for the shipping supply giant Uline has provided the funds for a deeply conservative Midwestern family to bankroll anti-democracy causes around the country.
www.propublica.org
December 20, 2025 at 4:00 AM
Much of the cardboard and paper goods strewn about our homes are sold by a single private company, with its name, Uline, stamped on the bottom.
Many may not know that a multibillion-dollar fortune made on those ubiquitous products fuels far-right candidates across the country.
(Published 2022)
Many may not know that a multibillion-dollar fortune made on those ubiquitous products fuels far-right candidates across the country.
(Published 2022)
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The proposed regulations on gender-affirming care for minors are not legally binding and are set to be challenged in court.
RFK Jr. could defund your hospital if he doesn't get his way
The proposed regulations on gender-affirming care for minors are not legally binding and are set to be challenged in court.
www.motherjones.com
December 20, 2025 at 4:00 AM
The proposed regulations on gender-affirming care for minors are not legally binding and are set to be challenged in court.
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it’s for exactly this reason that my library network’s catalog system does not retain patron borrowing data, or even permit the creation of linked “family” library accounts.
the “free” in “free public library” means, among other things, “free from government interference.”
the “free” in “free public library” means, among other things, “free from government interference.”
Officials in Tennessee aren't just banning books, they're now demanding information on who checked out contested (largely LGBTQ+) books, including names, addresses, and "household composition."
A librarian who was given the directive has come forward asking for whistleblower protections.
A librarian who was given the directive has come forward asking for whistleblower protections.
Tennessee whistleblower says library board chair sought private data as part of state's book purge
A First Amendment expert told The Advocate that there are "huge" legal implications stemming from the situation.
www.advocate.com
December 20, 2025 at 3:00 AM
it’s for exactly this reason that my library network’s catalog system does not retain patron borrowing data, or even permit the creation of linked “family” library accounts.
the “free” in “free public library” means, among other things, “free from government interference.”
the “free” in “free public library” means, among other things, “free from government interference.”
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A pair of near-misses between passenger jets and US Air Force aircraft off the coast of Venezuela last weekend raise questions about air travel in the Southern Caribbean.
2 Near-Collisions Involving US Military Aircraft Near Venezuela Raise Concerns
A pair of near-misses between passenger jets and US Air Force aircraft off the coast of Venezuela last weekend raise questions about air travel in the Southern Caribbean.
www.forbes.com
December 18, 2025 at 1:40 PM
A pair of near-misses between passenger jets and US Air Force aircraft off the coast of Venezuela last weekend raise questions about air travel in the Southern Caribbean.
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A private non-profit operates over 200 cameras with live facial recognition in New Orleans. The system raises questions about privacy, legal authority and who should control surveillance technology. n.pr/4iWRMpq
Live cameras are tracking faces in New Orleans. Who should control them?
A private non-profit operates over 200 cameras with live facial recognition in New Orleans. The system raises questions about privacy, legal authority and who should control surveillance technology.
n.pr
December 16, 2025 at 3:42 PM
A private non-profit operates over 200 cameras with live facial recognition in New Orleans. The system raises questions about privacy, legal authority and who should control surveillance technology. n.pr/4iWRMpq