Maicol A. Ochoa
@maicolaochoa.bsky.social
Quantum scientist, applied mathematician, chemist, father, and soccer fan. Opinions are my own.
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Frustrated Trump Struggling To Find Any Infrastructure Left In Indiana To Destroy https://theonion.com/frustrated-trump-struggling-to-find-any-infrastructure-left-in-indiana-to-destroy/
December 12, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Frustrated Trump Struggling To Find Any Infrastructure Left In Indiana To Destroy https://theonion.com/frustrated-trump-struggling-to-find-any-infrastructure-left-in-indiana-to-destroy/
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Breaking News: The Trump administration is sharing all air travelers’ names with ICE officials to find people with deportation orders.
Immigration Agents Are Using Air Passenger Data for Deportation Effort
The Transportation Security Administration is providing passenger lists to Immigrations and Customs Enforcement to identify and detain travelers subject to deportation orders.
nyti.ms
December 12, 2025 at 9:19 PM
Breaking News: The Trump administration is sharing all air travelers’ names with ICE officials to find people with deportation orders.
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News Analysis: President Trump continues to brush off the cost of living, an issue that he said he would solve in his first months in office. He has given ammunition to Democrats in downplaying and sometimes outright denying economic realities.
Trump Doesn’t Want to Talk About Affordability. Democrats Say That’s a Gift.
The president continues to brush off an issue that he said he would solve in his first months in office. Some Democrats say he is making the same mistake as his predecessor.
nyti.ms
December 11, 2025 at 3:25 PM
News Analysis: President Trump continues to brush off the cost of living, an issue that he said he would solve in his first months in office. He has given ammunition to Democrats in downplaying and sometimes outright denying economic realities.
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Venezuela Madness: MCM flies the coop and US seizes ship with 1.6 million barrels of crude
Asked what would happen with the oil, Trump said: “We keep it, I guess,” then proceeded to say Colombia is “next.”
LATEST for PWS www.piratewireservices.com/p/venezuela-...
Asked what would happen with the oil, Trump said: “We keep it, I guess,” then proceeded to say Colombia is “next.”
LATEST for PWS www.piratewireservices.com/p/venezuela-...
December 11, 2025 at 3:43 PM
Venezuela Madness: MCM flies the coop and US seizes ship with 1.6 million barrels of crude
Asked what would happen with the oil, Trump said: “We keep it, I guess,” then proceeded to say Colombia is “next.”
LATEST for PWS www.piratewireservices.com/p/venezuela-...
Asked what would happen with the oil, Trump said: “We keep it, I guess,” then proceeded to say Colombia is “next.”
LATEST for PWS www.piratewireservices.com/p/venezuela-...
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There’s more than one way to trick an AI filter.
Cryptographers Show That AI Protections Will Always Have Holes | Quanta Magazine
Large language models such as ChatGPT come with filters to keep certain info from getting out. A new mathematical argument shows that systems like this can never be completely safe.
www.quantamagazine.org
December 11, 2025 at 4:46 PM
There’s more than one way to trick an AI filter.
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FDA Approves New Drug That Reverses Effects Of Narcan
FDA Approves New Drug That Reverses Effects Of Narcan
SILVER SPRING, MD—Praising the drug’s ability to quickly and effectively increase fatalities amongst the nation’s opioid users, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved a new nasal spray Wednesd...
theonion.com
December 7, 2025 at 5:00 PM
FDA Approves New Drug That Reverses Effects Of Narcan
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🎶 All I want for Christmas are the Epstein files
The Epstein files
Yes, the Epstein files
Gee, if we could only get the Epstein files
Then we’d have a merry Christmas 🎶
The Epstein files
Yes, the Epstein files
Gee, if we could only get the Epstein files
Then we’d have a merry Christmas 🎶
December 7, 2025 at 3:23 AM
🎶 All I want for Christmas are the Epstein files
The Epstein files
Yes, the Epstein files
Gee, if we could only get the Epstein files
Then we’d have a merry Christmas 🎶
The Epstein files
Yes, the Epstein files
Gee, if we could only get the Epstein files
Then we’d have a merry Christmas 🎶
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Musk's DOGE has metastasized into govt agencies.
"DOGE exists to help the extraction class disguise corruption, cronyism,& the brutal dismantling of consumer protection, labor rights, & the social safety net as as "innovative efficiency reforms" @karlbode.com 1/4/25
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"DOGE exists to help the extraction class disguise corruption, cronyism,& the brutal dismantling of consumer protection, labor rights, & the social safety net as as "innovative efficiency reforms" @karlbode.com 1/4/25
www.advocate.com/politics/dog...
DOGE is gone, leaving behind 300,000 fired federal workers, 600,000 USAID deaths, and more
Here's everything DOGE did that affected the LGBTQ+ community at home and abroad.
www.advocate.com
November 28, 2025 at 1:55 PM
Musk's DOGE has metastasized into govt agencies.
"DOGE exists to help the extraction class disguise corruption, cronyism,& the brutal dismantling of consumer protection, labor rights, & the social safety net as as "innovative efficiency reforms" @karlbode.com 1/4/25
www.advocate.com/politics/dog...
"DOGE exists to help the extraction class disguise corruption, cronyism,& the brutal dismantling of consumer protection, labor rights, & the social safety net as as "innovative efficiency reforms" @karlbode.com 1/4/25
www.advocate.com/politics/dog...
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20-year-old West Virginia National Guard member, Sarah Beckstrom, died a day after volunteering to serve in DC so that others could enjoy Thanksgiving with their families. She deserves our gratitude, not political exploitation by a shameless president who scapegoats immigrants to swell his power.
November 28, 2025 at 2:09 PM
20-year-old West Virginia National Guard member, Sarah Beckstrom, died a day after volunteering to serve in DC so that others could enjoy Thanksgiving with their families. She deserves our gratitude, not political exploitation by a shameless president who scapegoats immigrants to swell his power.
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This is why a con man shouldn’t have been allowed to become President!
This 👇
This 👇
November 27, 2025 at 12:33 PM
This is why a con man shouldn’t have been allowed to become President!
This 👇
This 👇
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President Trump has said that the U.S. military is attacking boats in the Caribbean and Eastern Pacific because of the large numbers of fentanyl deaths in the U.S., claiming that those boats come from Venezuela. But experts say that efforts to tie Venezuela to the fentanyl crisis are misleading.
Venezuela Doesn’t Produce Fentanyl. Trump Is Targeting It Anyway.
Lawmakers and narcotics experts say that the Trump administration’s efforts to tie Venezuela to the U.S. fentanyl crisis are misleading.
nyti.ms
November 19, 2025 at 5:40 PM
President Trump has said that the U.S. military is attacking boats in the Caribbean and Eastern Pacific because of the large numbers of fentanyl deaths in the U.S., claiming that those boats come from Venezuela. But experts say that efforts to tie Venezuela to the fentanyl crisis are misleading.
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Beyond Zohran Mamdani’s progressive policies and Instagram dexterity, “it's the slender suit that delineates Mamdani as a member of an age group that has barely broken into politics in America and has until now not crossed the threshold of City Hall," writes our fashion reporter. nyti.ms/4nFISgS
November 5, 2025 at 5:31 PM
Beyond Zohran Mamdani’s progressive policies and Instagram dexterity, “it's the slender suit that delineates Mamdani as a member of an age group that has barely broken into politics in America and has until now not crossed the threshold of City Hall," writes our fashion reporter. nyti.ms/4nFISgS
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I’ve got a measles joke—but if you’re vaccinated I’m near certain you won’t get it.
November 4, 2025 at 12:54 PM
I’ve got a measles joke—but if you’re vaccinated I’m near certain you won’t get it.
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Trump said Nvidia’s most advanced AI chips will not be sold to China, a few days after he signaled he would be willing to discuss export controls on them with Xi Jinping.
Trump Says He’ll Allow China-Nvidia Deals Except For ‘Most Advanced’ Blackwell Chips
Trump said Nvidia’s most advanced AI chips will not be sold to China, a few days after he signaled he would be willing to discuss export controls on them with Xi Jinping.
www.forbes.com
November 3, 2025 at 11:00 AM
Trump said Nvidia’s most advanced AI chips will not be sold to China, a few days after he signaled he would be willing to discuss export controls on them with Xi Jinping.
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At his final rally on Monday, New York mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani vowed to resist US President Donald Trump’s threat to withhold federal funds if he wins, framing the vote as a stand against intimidation and political bullying.
November 4, 2025 at 7:20 AM
At his final rally on Monday, New York mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani vowed to resist US President Donald Trump’s threat to withhold federal funds if he wins, framing the vote as a stand against intimidation and political bullying.
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mamdani is the model for future dem candidates and it can work in all 50 states. not the boring milquetoast candidates who refuse to take a position on hot button issues. they inspire nobody but dnc ad makers.
November 3, 2025 at 2:06 PM
mamdani is the model for future dem candidates and it can work in all 50 states. not the boring milquetoast candidates who refuse to take a position on hot button issues. they inspire nobody but dnc ad makers.
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Heidi Klum transformed into Medusa for her annual Halloween party in New York City this year. nyti.ms/4nBxmmC
November 1, 2025 at 4:25 AM
Heidi Klum transformed into Medusa for her annual Halloween party in New York City this year. nyti.ms/4nBxmmC
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The White House has fired all six members of the U.S. Commission of Fine Arts, the independent federal agency that reviews design plans for monuments, memorials, coins and federal buildings. n.pr/4ntG3PR
White House fires entire commission that reviews designs for federal buildings
The White House has fired all six members of the U.S. Commission of Fine Arts, the independent federal agency that reviews design plans for monuments, memorials, coins and federal buildings.
n.pr
October 29, 2025 at 2:57 PM
The White House has fired all six members of the U.S. Commission of Fine Arts, the independent federal agency that reviews design plans for monuments, memorials, coins and federal buildings. n.pr/4ntG3PR
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EE. UU. continúa atacando presuntas 'narcolanchas' en el Pacífico. El operativo de hoy dejó 14 personas muertas. @hrw_espanol calificó varios de estos hechos como posibles ejecuciones extrajudiciales. Retoma la entrevista con Juanita Goebertus aquí 👇https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ESyhD3TeonI
¿EE. UU. comete ejecuciones extrajudiciales en el mar? Juanita Goebertus responde
#EnVivo | Los ataques de Trump en alta mar: lo que nadie quiere decir. Lead: Entrevista con Juanita Goebertus, directora de la División para las Américas de la ONG Human Rights Watch. La organización…
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October 28, 2025 at 8:40 PM
EE. UU. continúa atacando presuntas 'narcolanchas' en el Pacífico. El operativo de hoy dejó 14 personas muertas. @hrw_espanol calificó varios de estos hechos como posibles ejecuciones extrajudiciales. Retoma la entrevista con Juanita Goebertus aquí 👇https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ESyhD3TeonI
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In one year the US emits on the order of 10 times what Jamaica has emitted... ever.
October 28, 2025 at 8:35 PM
In one year the US emits on the order of 10 times what Jamaica has emitted... ever.