Mark Jacobs
@sixonedude.bsky.social
That Tall Nerd 👓 on TikTok posting about the news, geo-politics 🌐, urbanism 🏙️, economics, and other geeky things (#AvGeek, science, etc.). Former editor working in tech, I’m a #globalcitizen ⭕️ and US-based 🇺🇸 … for now
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Breaking Points with Krystal and Saagar
Politics Podcast · Updated Daily · Breaking Points is a fearless anti-establishment multi-week Youtube and Podcast which holds the powerful to account hosted by Krystal Ball and Saagar Enjeti
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Recommended listening these days if you care about #politics. An independent perspective from the left and the right without the corporate bias
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President Trump participated in calls with kids today to discuss Santa Claus' Christmas Eve travels being tracked through the NORAD tracking program, a tradition that's now in its 70th year. Less traditional were some of Trump's comments.
Trump tells kid in Christmas call he wants to ensure "bad Santa" isn't "infiltrating" U.S.
Another kid told him she didn't want Santa to bring coal, to which Trump replied: "You mean clean, beautiful coal."
www.axios.com
December 25, 2025 at 2:00 AM
President Trump participated in calls with kids today to discuss Santa Claus' Christmas Eve travels being tracked through the NORAD tracking program, a tradition that's now in its 70th year. Less traditional were some of Trump's comments.
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Chuck Redd, a drummer and vibraphone player, has hosted the Kennedy Center's annual holiday “Jazz Jams” since 2006.
Kennedy Center Annual Christmas Eve Concert Canceled Over Trump Name Change
www.newsweek.com
December 25, 2025 at 1:15 AM
Chuck Redd, a drummer and vibraphone player, has hosted the Kennedy Center's annual holiday “Jazz Jams” since 2006.
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Year in a word 2025 ft.trib.al/Y6YWygp | opinion
Year in a word 2025
Editors and correspondents at the Financial Times reflect on the words of the year
ft.trib.al
December 20, 2025 at 5:35 AM
Year in a word 2025 ft.trib.al/Y6YWygp | opinion
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Year in a word: Rare earths ft.trib.al/3i8tO5T | opinion
Year in a word: Rare earths
These metals have become the plaything of the US-China trade war
ft.trib.al
December 24, 2025 at 5:33 AM
Year in a word: Rare earths ft.trib.al/3i8tO5T | opinion
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Year in a Word: Remigration ft.trib.al/7uPI6a9 | opinion
Year in a Word: Remigration
The idea that ethnic diversity is a threat has begun to seep into the mainstream
ft.trib.al
December 22, 2025 at 5:07 AM
Year in a Word: Remigration ft.trib.al/7uPI6a9 | opinion
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The Supreme Court blocked President Trump on Tuesday from deploying National Guard troops in Chicago as part of his campaign to use the military to police the streets of Democratic-led cities.
Supreme Court tells Trump he can’t use the military to police Chicago
The decision affirms lower court rulings that found no evidence of rebellion or unrest justifying military involvement.
www.motherjones.com
December 24, 2025 at 1:00 AM
The Supreme Court blocked President Trump on Tuesday from deploying National Guard troops in Chicago as part of his campaign to use the military to police the streets of Democratic-led cities.
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Donald Trump has played a part. Since returning to office, he has denounced certain charities as wasteful and politicised—but that is far from the whole story
Why fewer Americans are giving than before
The decline of philanthropy is not just about Donald Trump
econ.st
December 23, 2025 at 9:20 PM
Donald Trump has played a part. Since returning to office, he has denounced certain charities as wasteful and politicised—but that is far from the whole story
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I wrote a long feature in @theverge.com earlier this month on the background of this supposed “war on censorship” and how it has been causing havoc for newsrooms around the world already. www.theverge.com/features/839...
The disinformation wars are here
How Joe Biden’s administration caved to the right in the battle for truth.
www.theverge.com
December 23, 2025 at 9:18 PM
I wrote a long feature in @theverge.com earlier this month on the background of this supposed “war on censorship” and how it has been causing havoc for newsrooms around the world already. www.theverge.com/features/839...
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TikTok’s Chinese owner is set to increase capital expenditure next year in its effort to further build AI infrastructure. ft.trib.al/8F2RbfR
December 23, 2025 at 4:54 AM
TikTok’s Chinese owner is set to increase capital expenditure next year in its effort to further build AI infrastructure. ft.trib.al/8F2RbfR
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AI debt boom pushes US corporate bond sales close to record ft.trib.al/6QP9Q9X
AI debt boom pushes US corporate bond sales close to record
Investment-grade borrowers have issued $1.7tn of bonds this year, closing in on 2020s Covid debt rush
ft.trib.al
December 23, 2025 at 5:05 AM
AI debt boom pushes US corporate bond sales close to record ft.trib.al/6QP9Q9X
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Mean temperatures this year approached 1.5°C above the preindustrial average, making it the second hottest year after 2024
2025 is the second-hottest year since records began
Mean temperatures this year approached 1.5°C above the preindustrial average, making it the second hottest year after 2024
www.newscientist.com
December 23, 2025 at 1:39 AM
Mean temperatures this year approached 1.5°C above the preindustrial average, making it the second hottest year after 2024
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The new head of CBS News has been immersed in politics since she started. So of course her call to hold a story will be viewed from a political lens.
We don't know why Bari Weiss pulled a '60 Minutes' story — here's why that matters
The new head of CBS News has been immersed in politics since she started. So of course her call to hold a story will be viewed from a political lens.
www.businessinsider.com
December 22, 2025 at 8:12 PM
The new head of CBS News has been immersed in politics since she started. So of course her call to hold a story will be viewed from a political lens.
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Interesting to find this wrinkle when researching #inequality earlier today: even wealth can’t save the wealthy from the #health effects of a broken economic and political system
We really are all in this together: #inequalitycrisis
arstechnica.com/health/2025/...
www.brown.edu/news/2025-04...
We really are all in this together: #inequalitycrisis
arstechnica.com/health/2025/...
www.brown.edu/news/2025-04...
Wealthy Americans have death rates on par with poor Europeans
Some wealthy Europeans have death rates 35 percent lower than the richest Americans.
arstechnica.com
December 21, 2025 at 8:22 PM
Interesting to find this wrinkle when researching #inequality earlier today: even wealth can’t save the wealthy from the #health effects of a broken economic and political system
We really are all in this together: #inequalitycrisis
arstechnica.com/health/2025/...
www.brown.edu/news/2025-04...
We really are all in this together: #inequalitycrisis
arstechnica.com/health/2025/...
www.brown.edu/news/2025-04...
Lyrics from the 2000s feel prophetic these days living under #latecapitalism:
“Something on the surface it stinks”
youtu.be/BW17WAwMcoQ
“Money don’t grow on trees …ain’t nothing in this world for free”
youtu.be/HKtsdZs9LJo?...
“…they got it made …soon they'll take us down”
youtu.be/W9mhsW5aWJM
“Something on the surface it stinks”
youtu.be/BW17WAwMcoQ
“Money don’t grow on trees …ain’t nothing in this world for free”
youtu.be/HKtsdZs9LJo?...
“…they got it made …soon they'll take us down”
youtu.be/W9mhsW5aWJM
Cage The Elephant - Ain't No Rest For The Wicked (Official Video)
YouTube video by CageTheElephantVEVO
youtu.be
December 22, 2025 at 10:10 AM
Lyrics from the 2000s feel prophetic these days living under #latecapitalism:
“Something on the surface it stinks”
youtu.be/BW17WAwMcoQ
“Money don’t grow on trees …ain’t nothing in this world for free”
youtu.be/HKtsdZs9LJo?...
“…they got it made …soon they'll take us down”
youtu.be/W9mhsW5aWJM
“Something on the surface it stinks”
youtu.be/BW17WAwMcoQ
“Money don’t grow on trees …ain’t nothing in this world for free”
youtu.be/HKtsdZs9LJo?...
“…they got it made …soon they'll take us down”
youtu.be/W9mhsW5aWJM
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A look at the many ways Donald Trump is grabbing unprecedented gobs of presidential power w Victoria Nourse & me on this week’s Checks and Balance @economist.com podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/c...
Power grab: Presidential authority in 2025
Podcast Episode · Checks and Balance from The Economist · 12/19/2025 · Subscribers Only · 50m
podcasts.apple.com
December 21, 2025 at 10:14 PM
A look at the many ways Donald Trump is grabbing unprecedented gobs of presidential power w Victoria Nourse & me on this week’s Checks and Balance @economist.com podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/c...
The world of work has changed completely in recent years. The changes over the next two decades are likely to be even greater.
How the World of Work Will Change Over the Next 20 Years
Five experts look ahead and imagine a future that looks totally different.
on.wsj.com
December 22, 2025 at 1:17 AM
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Users need to revolt against what will very likely be an even more widespread effort to censor voices critical of Israel.
Anti-Palestinian Billionaires Will Now Control What TikTok Users See
Under the TikTok deal, its Chinese owners will sell U.S. operations to a group of pro-Israel billionaires eager to censor critical content.
interc.pt
December 21, 2025 at 9:30 PM
Users need to revolt against what will very likely be an even more widespread effort to censor voices critical of Israel.
Interesting to find this wrinkle when researching #inequality earlier today: even wealth can’t save the wealthy from the #health effects of a broken economic and political system
We really are all in this together: #inequalitycrisis
arstechnica.com/health/2025/...
www.brown.edu/news/2025-04...
We really are all in this together: #inequalitycrisis
arstechnica.com/health/2025/...
www.brown.edu/news/2025-04...
Wealthy Americans have death rates on par with poor Europeans
Some wealthy Europeans have death rates 35 percent lower than the richest Americans.
arstechnica.com
December 21, 2025 at 8:22 PM
Interesting to find this wrinkle when researching #inequality earlier today: even wealth can’t save the wealthy from the #health effects of a broken economic and political system
We really are all in this together: #inequalitycrisis
arstechnica.com/health/2025/...
www.brown.edu/news/2025-04...
We really are all in this together: #inequalitycrisis
arstechnica.com/health/2025/...
www.brown.edu/news/2025-04...
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MAGA’s constant infighting is as hilarious as it is pointless—and yet, unlike their friendships, the true and lasting damage this exhausting group of people have wrought shows no signs of ending.
MAGA is eating itself alive
From TPUSA to the White House, the feuds are spiraling out of control.
www.motherjones.com
December 21, 2025 at 8:00 PM
MAGA’s constant infighting is as hilarious as it is pointless—and yet, unlike their friendships, the true and lasting damage this exhausting group of people have wrought shows no signs of ending.
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In November, we reported on texts showing Epstein presenting himself to a Bill Gates associate as plugged into the Trump White House in 2017, despite Trump’s claims they had broken off contact in 2004. www.wired.com/story/jeffre...
Jeffrey Epstein Claimed Intimate Knowledge of Donald Trump’s Views in Texts With Bill Gates Adviser
In text messages from 2017, Jeffrey Epstein seemingly represented himself as positioned to pass information from the Trump White House to Bill Gates through an intermediary.
www.wired.com
December 19, 2025 at 9:30 PM
In November, we reported on texts showing Epstein presenting himself to a Bill Gates associate as plugged into the Trump White House in 2017, despite Trump’s claims they had broken off contact in 2004. www.wired.com/story/jeffre...
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We previously examined metadata revealing that nearly three minutes of footage were cut from what the DOJ and FBI described as the “full raw” surveillance video from the only functioning camera near Epstein’s cell the night before he died. www.wired.com/story/the-fb...
The FBI's Jeffrey Epstein Prison Video Had Nearly 3 Minutes Cut Out
Metadata from the “raw” Epstein prison video shows approximately 2 minutes and 53 seconds were removed from one of two stitched-together clips. The cut starts right at the “missing minute.”
www.wired.com
December 19, 2025 at 9:30 PM
We previously examined metadata revealing that nearly three minutes of footage were cut from what the DOJ and FBI described as the “full raw” surveillance video from the only functioning camera near Epstein’s cell the night before he died. www.wired.com/story/the-fb...
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The administration’s pro-industry tilt—across three executive agencies—is feeding the MAHA movement’s growing discontent. www.wired.com/story/trumps...
Trump’s Agriculture Bailout Is Alienating His MAHA Base
The administration’s pro-industry tilt—across three executive agencies—is feeding the MAHA movement’s growing discontent.
www.wired.com
December 20, 2025 at 12:05 PM
The administration’s pro-industry tilt—across three executive agencies—is feeding the MAHA movement’s growing discontent. www.wired.com/story/trumps...
In online debates I have been calling the GOP “the party of death,” or a death cult: pick an issue, any issue, and more Americans survive under “Democrat policies,” or democratic ones
Civilization itself is at stake; social Darwinism is unscientific
www.theverge.com/health/66136...
Civilization itself is at stake; social Darwinism is unscientific
www.theverge.com/health/66136...
December 21, 2025 at 6:55 PM
In online debates I have been calling the GOP “the party of death,” or a death cult: pick an issue, any issue, and more Americans survive under “Democrat policies,” or democratic ones
Civilization itself is at stake; social Darwinism is unscientific
www.theverge.com/health/66136...
Civilization itself is at stake; social Darwinism is unscientific
www.theverge.com/health/66136...
America is a country that underinvests in #infrastructure, so @washingtonpost.com has highlighted some cheap ways cities can prevent pedestrian deaths
#urbanism
www.washingtonpost.com/transportati...
www.instagram.com/p/DSgMDnADeCx
#urbanism
www.washingtonpost.com/transportati...
www.instagram.com/p/DSgMDnADeCx
Low-cost steps we can take to stop the surge in pedestrian deaths
Improving road safety is affordable. The Washington Post priced out practical solutions and examined what Albuquerque has pursued to show what is possible.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 21, 2025 at 6:19 PM
America is a country that underinvests in #infrastructure, so @washingtonpost.com has highlighted some cheap ways cities can prevent pedestrian deaths
#urbanism
www.washingtonpost.com/transportati...
www.instagram.com/p/DSgMDnADeCx
#urbanism
www.washingtonpost.com/transportati...
www.instagram.com/p/DSgMDnADeCx