Drew Fox
@knockmacool.bsky.social
Previously…Bonds, Ag, CFP
Dog & Cat Concierge
Dog & Cat Concierge
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Congresswoman Becca Balint on what she heard during the closed door Jack Smith testimony.
December 19, 2025 at 4:35 PM
Congresswoman Becca Balint on what she heard during the closed door Jack Smith testimony.
Publishing the names, ages and broad location of thousands of children effectively destroys their privacy. And more. Why would a parent opt in to this?!
December 14, 2025 at 11:53 AM
Publishing the names, ages and broad location of thousands of children effectively destroys their privacy. And more. Why would a parent opt in to this?!
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Open AI loses copyright case in Germany.
Judge Elke Schwager summarized the case saying that if you want to build something and need components, "then you purchase them and do not use the property of others."
Judge Elke Schwager summarized the case saying that if you want to build something and need components, "then you purchase them and do not use the property of others."
Blow for OpenAI in Germany as court rules song lyrics used illegally
A German court ruled on Tuesday that OpenAI violated copyright on nine popular songs in a lawsuit that marked another attempt to prevent the free use of artists' content online. The Munich Regional Co...
www.yahoo.com
November 14, 2025 at 2:49 PM
Open AI loses copyright case in Germany.
Judge Elke Schwager summarized the case saying that if you want to build something and need components, "then you purchase them and do not use the property of others."
Judge Elke Schwager summarized the case saying that if you want to build something and need components, "then you purchase them and do not use the property of others."
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Hurricane Melissa could be one of the most worst hurricanes on record for Jamaica...and it's a textbook example of how climate change is making hurricanes more dangerous: explosive intensification, slow movement, and massive rainfall.
If you know any there, please make sure they’re prepared 🙏
If you know any there, please make sure they’re prepared 🙏
Did Climate Change Cause This Hurricane?
YouTube video by The YEARS Project
www.youtube.com
October 26, 2025 at 1:13 PM
Hurricane Melissa could be one of the most worst hurricanes on record for Jamaica...and it's a textbook example of how climate change is making hurricanes more dangerous: explosive intensification, slow movement, and massive rainfall.
If you know any there, please make sure they’re prepared 🙏
If you know any there, please make sure they’re prepared 🙏
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A typical AI data center uses as much electricity as 100,000 households, while the largest under development will consume as much power as 2,000,000 homes — according to @npr.org.
Data centers are booming. But there are big energy and environmental risks
How tech companies and government officials handle local impacts will shape the industry's future in the U.S.
www.npr.org
October 14, 2025 at 1:59 PM
A typical AI data center uses as much electricity as 100,000 households, while the largest under development will consume as much power as 2,000,000 homes — according to @npr.org.
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My husband was detained by ICE today
Juan Muñoz, an American citizen, father of 2, and local government official, was peacefully protesting w. other elected officials. He was assaulted and taken away
I have had zero contact or updates since
#SOS
@duckworth.senate.gov @durbin.senate.gov
Juan Muñoz, an American citizen, father of 2, and local government official, was peacefully protesting w. other elected officials. He was assaulted and taken away
I have had zero contact or updates since
#SOS
@duckworth.senate.gov @durbin.senate.gov
October 3, 2025 at 5:12 PM
My husband was detained by ICE today
Juan Muñoz, an American citizen, father of 2, and local government official, was peacefully protesting w. other elected officials. He was assaulted and taken away
I have had zero contact or updates since
#SOS
@duckworth.senate.gov @durbin.senate.gov
Juan Muñoz, an American citizen, father of 2, and local government official, was peacefully protesting w. other elected officials. He was assaulted and taken away
I have had zero contact or updates since
#SOS
@duckworth.senate.gov @durbin.senate.gov
It’s a ploy to get more people to have babies?
And we’re not just talking about Jimmy Kimmel. In part one of a two-part series, nearly a dozen insiders explain how one of comedy’s oldest genres is being strangled—starting with the chilling effect of Trump’s culture wars.
Late-Night TV Isn’t Dying—It’s Being Murdered
And we’re not just talking about Jimmy Kimmel. In part one of a two-part series, nearly a dozen insiders explain how one of comedy’s oldest genres is being strangled—starting with the chilling effect ...
www.vanityfair.com
September 18, 2025 at 4:49 PM
It’s a ploy to get more people to have babies?
River pollution is not accidental!
www.irishexaminer.com/lifestyle/ou...
www.irishexaminer.com/lifestyle/ou...
Societal acceptance of severe pollution and fish kills
Isn't it about time we make deadly nutrient seepages and toxic chemical spills a thing of the past?
www.irishexaminer.com
September 18, 2025 at 10:53 AM
River pollution is not accidental!
www.irishexaminer.com/lifestyle/ou...
www.irishexaminer.com/lifestyle/ou...
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Regulators need to ENSURE these users pay the marginal price, otherwise domestic users and industry will be subsidising AI.
September 15, 2025 at 8:30 AM
Regulators need to ENSURE these users pay the marginal price, otherwise domestic users and industry will be subsidising AI.
Regulators need to ENSURE these users pay the marginal price, otherwise domestic users and industry will be subsidising AI.
September 15, 2025 at 8:30 AM
Regulators need to ENSURE these users pay the marginal price, otherwise domestic users and industry will be subsidising AI.
Great article. These issues affect many Irish water bodies including the Bandon river.
Public records about North Cork Creameries - a company that is a "leading supplier of butter to the internationally renowned Kerrygold brand" - paint a disquieting picture of how regulators are performing
www.irishtimes.com/environment/...
www.irishtimes.com/environment/...
Rules to protect Ireland’s fragile rivers are being repeatedly breached
Public records about North Cork Creameries’ operations paint a disquieting picture of how regulators are performing
www.irishtimes.com
September 14, 2025 at 9:31 PM
Great article. These issues affect many Irish water bodies including the Bandon river.
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In a two week period:
Trump fired 7 of the 8 members who do independent federal oversight on nuclear waste.
Peter Thiel (Palantir) is found to be backing the first privately developed uranium enrichment facility in the US.
Trump fired 7 of the 8 members who do independent federal oversight on nuclear waste.
Peter Thiel (Palantir) is found to be backing the first privately developed uranium enrichment facility in the US.
Billionaire Peter Thiel backing first privately developed US uranium enrichment facility in Paducah
A California-based company with ties to billionaire investor and Trump ally Peter Thiel announced plans Friday to build America’s first U.S.-owned, privately developed facility to enrich uranium in fa...
www.wkms.org
August 1, 2025 at 7:57 PM
In a two week period:
Trump fired 7 of the 8 members who do independent federal oversight on nuclear waste.
Peter Thiel (Palantir) is found to be backing the first privately developed uranium enrichment facility in the US.
Trump fired 7 of the 8 members who do independent federal oversight on nuclear waste.
Peter Thiel (Palantir) is found to be backing the first privately developed uranium enrichment facility in the US.
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Why did I send this letter to the Chief Justice?
So he’d understand the full scenario that just touched the Judicial Conference (the administrative body of judges that oversees the operations of the Judicial Branch), which he convenes and chairs.
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So he’d understand the full scenario that just touched the Judicial Conference (the administrative body of judges that oversees the operations of the Judicial Branch), which he convenes and chairs.
🧵
August 7, 2025 at 4:39 PM
Why did I send this letter to the Chief Justice?
So he’d understand the full scenario that just touched the Judicial Conference (the administrative body of judges that oversees the operations of the Judicial Branch), which he convenes and chairs.
🧵
So he’d understand the full scenario that just touched the Judicial Conference (the administrative body of judges that oversees the operations of the Judicial Branch), which he convenes and chairs.
🧵
Over the preceding three years, as companies exploited a loophole in Medicare billing rules that allowed them to set their own prices for the products, Medicare payments for skin substitutes rose from $256 million in 2021 to $10 billion last year.
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/07/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/07/u...
Trump Delayed a Medicare Change After Health Company Donations
www.nytimes.com
August 7, 2025 at 5:56 PM
Over the preceding three years, as companies exploited a loophole in Medicare billing rules that allowed them to set their own prices for the products, Medicare payments for skin substitutes rose from $256 million in 2021 to $10 billion last year.
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/07/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/07/u...
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Justice Kagan cuts to the chase:
"By means of [its repeated, unexplained grants of emergency relief to the Trump administration], this Court may facilitate the permanent transfer of authority, piece by piece by piece, from one branch of Government to another."
"By means of [its repeated, unexplained grants of emergency relief to the Trump administration], this Court may facilitate the permanent transfer of authority, piece by piece by piece, from one branch of Government to another."
July 23, 2025 at 8:27 PM
Justice Kagan cuts to the chase:
"By means of [its repeated, unexplained grants of emergency relief to the Trump administration], this Court may facilitate the permanent transfer of authority, piece by piece by piece, from one branch of Government to another."
"By means of [its repeated, unexplained grants of emergency relief to the Trump administration], this Court may facilitate the permanent transfer of authority, piece by piece by piece, from one branch of Government to another."
One of the great American minds!
Trump: This is somebody nobody else can do. We will get the drug prices down… 1000% 600% 500% 1500%. Numbers that are not even thought to be achievable.
July 23, 2025 at 11:42 AM
One of the great American minds!
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The Florida Supreme Court concluded that a racial gerrymander designed to DILUTE the voting power of Black Floridians is perfectly legal, while a new map drawn to PROTECT the voting power of Black Floridians would be unconstitutionally racist.
We are fully through the looking glass here.
We are fully through the looking glass here.
Florida's Supreme Court has upheld the GOP's congressional gerrymander, which may have cost Dems 3 seats & a House majority in 2024.
Voters passed a 2010 amendment that explicitly banned partisan & racial gerrymandering. The court enforced it in 2015, but DeSantis appointees now dominate the court
Voters passed a 2010 amendment that explicitly banned partisan & racial gerrymandering. The court enforced it in 2015, but DeSantis appointees now dominate the court
supremecourt.flcourts.gov
July 17, 2025 at 4:22 PM
The Florida Supreme Court concluded that a racial gerrymander designed to DILUTE the voting power of Black Floridians is perfectly legal, while a new map drawn to PROTECT the voting power of Black Floridians would be unconstitutionally racist.
We are fully through the looking glass here.
We are fully through the looking glass here.
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“…he presented his Texas ID, Social Security card and a wallet-sized birth certificate. The agents refused to believe he was a citizen and took him into custody. “I told them we had rights and asked to make a phone call. But they told us, 'You don't have rights to anything'," Galicia told the paper”
July 14, 2025 at 4:14 AM
“…he presented his Texas ID, Social Security card and a wallet-sized birth certificate. The agents refused to believe he was a citizen and took him into custody. “I told them we had rights and asked to make a phone call. But they told us, 'You don't have rights to anything'," Galicia told the paper”
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The Senators that voted 'yes' on this disastrous bill represent more than 30 million FEWER Americans than the Senators that voted 'no.'
July 1, 2025 at 7:10 PM
The Senators that voted 'yes' on this disastrous bill represent more than 30 million FEWER Americans than the Senators that voted 'no.'
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There’s a sinister tax loophole for billionaires hidden in Trump’s “Big, Beautiful Bill” - and it practically pays billionaires to redirect their tax dollars away from the federal government to private schools.
Here's what you need to know about the Educational Choice for Children Act (ECCA).
Here's what you need to know about the Educational Choice for Children Act (ECCA).
June 23, 2025 at 9:35 PM
There’s a sinister tax loophole for billionaires hidden in Trump’s “Big, Beautiful Bill” - and it practically pays billionaires to redirect their tax dollars away from the federal government to private schools.
Here's what you need to know about the Educational Choice for Children Act (ECCA).
Here's what you need to know about the Educational Choice for Children Act (ECCA).
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Good god.
ICE forces U.S. Army Purple Heart veteran to deport—after taking 2 bullets in combat.
Sae Joon Park "miraculously" survived being shot in spine—then given 3 weeks to deport to South Korea.
Will miss dying mother's funeral—then his daughter's wedding.
Was legally in U.S. under deferred action.
Sae Joon Park "miraculously" survived being shot in spine—then given 3 weeks to deport to South Korea.
Will miss dying mother's funeral—then his daughter's wedding.
Was legally in U.S. under deferred action.
June 26, 2025 at 10:37 AM
Good god.
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JUST NOW: In a bicameral panel with state AGs on Donald Trump’s constitutional abuses, Ted Lieu accurately points out that ICE agents are engaging in “mass racial profiling” and reminds Americans it is within their rights to film them
June 23, 2025 at 10:00 PM
JUST NOW: In a bicameral panel with state AGs on Donald Trump’s constitutional abuses, Ted Lieu accurately points out that ICE agents are engaging in “mass racial profiling” and reminds Americans it is within their rights to film them
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DHS is looking for former law enforcement, former military, and former terrorism analysts to track migrants in MD, and not to find gang members or drug dealers.
Migrants they find at or looking for work.
Law-abiding people going to immigration check ins.
Parents at elementary school graduations.
Migrants they find at or looking for work.
Law-abiding people going to immigration check ins.
Parents at elementary school graduations.
June 23, 2025 at 1:53 PM
DHS is looking for former law enforcement, former military, and former terrorism analysts to track migrants in MD, and not to find gang members or drug dealers.
Migrants they find at or looking for work.
Law-abiding people going to immigration check ins.
Parents at elementary school graduations.
Migrants they find at or looking for work.
Law-abiding people going to immigration check ins.
Parents at elementary school graduations.
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Certified first-born, eldest daughter bringing you an update on Covid from the White House-run website and it is BLEAK 🥴
This website looks like it was made by an actual tinfoil hat wearing raw milk-drinking conspiracy loon not the federal government bc WHAT DO YOU MEAN BY THIS??!
This website looks like it was made by an actual tinfoil hat wearing raw milk-drinking conspiracy loon not the federal government bc WHAT DO YOU MEAN BY THIS??!
June 21, 2025 at 3:58 AM
Certified first-born, eldest daughter bringing you an update on Covid from the White House-run website and it is BLEAK 🥴
This website looks like it was made by an actual tinfoil hat wearing raw milk-drinking conspiracy loon not the federal government bc WHAT DO YOU MEAN BY THIS??!
This website looks like it was made by an actual tinfoil hat wearing raw milk-drinking conspiracy loon not the federal government bc WHAT DO YOU MEAN BY THIS??!
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I once almost drowned on a school trip to a wave pool. I remember just being trapped below the surface, far too exhausted to thrash or even swim. A tiny old German lady spotted me, dragged me out and yelled at me while I lay there & choked. Likely she saved my life and I never even said danke schön
Thanks for the reminder @janemunday.bsky.social. Every summer, I repost this article DROWNING DOES NOT LOOK LIKE DROWNING. To date, I know of FOUR kids who were saved after someone who'd clicked on the link learnt how to spot actual drowning. Take time to read and pass on.
slate.com/technology/2...
slate.com/technology/2...
Drowning Doesn’t Look Like Drowning
Drowning is not the violent, splashing call for help that most people expect.
slate.com
June 21, 2025 at 7:47 AM
I once almost drowned on a school trip to a wave pool. I remember just being trapped below the surface, far too exhausted to thrash or even swim. A tiny old German lady spotted me, dragged me out and yelled at me while I lay there & choked. Likely she saved my life and I never even said danke schön