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@solartim.bsky.social
Husband, Dad, wrongfully arrested Navy Vet.
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this is...kind of vastly oversimplified.
eugenics is the effort to use science to select for better genes.
if you're wondering what "better" means there...well, yeah, this is part of the ethical difficulties. 1
eugenics is the effort to use science to select for better genes.
if you're wondering what "better" means there...well, yeah, this is part of the ethical difficulties. 1
Shrug. Eugenics was bad because it involved racist pseudoscience and forced sterilization. If we're using "eugenics" broadly to mean "any effort to produce desired genetic characteristics" then there's nothing wrong with eugenics as such.
His “it’s not a eugenics company” tee is raising questions already answered by his shirt. www.cbsnews.com/news/nucleus...
December 4, 2025 at 5:02 AM
this is...kind of vastly oversimplified.
eugenics is the effort to use science to select for better genes.
if you're wondering what "better" means there...well, yeah, this is part of the ethical difficulties. 1
eugenics is the effort to use science to select for better genes.
if you're wondering what "better" means there...well, yeah, this is part of the ethical difficulties. 1
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Is brain rot real? Researchers warn of emerging risks tied to short-form video
Research on the long-term impacts of short-form video consumption is still lacking, but recent studies show concerning associations with cognition and mental health.
www.nbcnews.com/health/healt...
Research on the long-term impacts of short-form video consumption is still lacking, but recent studies show concerning associations with cognition and mental health.
www.nbcnews.com/health/healt...
Is brain rot real? Researchers warn of emerging risks tied to short-form video
Research on the long-term impacts of short-form video consumption is still lacking, but recent studies show concerning associations with cognition and mental health.
www.nbcnews.com
December 4, 2025 at 4:53 AM
Is brain rot real? Researchers warn of emerging risks tied to short-form video
Research on the long-term impacts of short-form video consumption is still lacking, but recent studies show concerning associations with cognition and mental health.
www.nbcnews.com/health/healt...
Research on the long-term impacts of short-form video consumption is still lacking, but recent studies show concerning associations with cognition and mental health.
www.nbcnews.com/health/healt...
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This is the Witch Trials theory of war: If they try not to drown at sea, they're terrorists.
December 4, 2025 at 4:18 AM
This is the Witch Trials theory of war: If they try not to drown at sea, they're terrorists.
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Jonathan Lemire: "Everyone around 47, & everything he is seeing on TV & on his phone, is telling him he’s right. But poll after poll suggests that Americans believe 47 is now getting it wrong & has lost focus on what got him elected."
The Bubble-Wrapped President
Trump surrounds himself with those who flatter him in places where he is comfortable.
www.theatlantic.com
December 3, 2025 at 9:24 PM
Jonathan Lemire: "Everyone around 47, & everything he is seeing on TV & on his phone, is telling him he’s right. But poll after poll suggests that Americans believe 47 is now getting it wrong & has lost focus on what got him elected."
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5/7 Trump should not even be involved in these talks.
The US pays almost nothing while Europe funds nearly all Ukraine aid.
Trump also has less and less leverage except for the chaos he creates
The US pays almost nothing while Europe funds nearly all Ukraine aid.
Trump also has less and less leverage except for the chaos he creates
December 3, 2025 at 10:10 AM
5/7 Trump should not even be involved in these talks.
The US pays almost nothing while Europe funds nearly all Ukraine aid.
Trump also has less and less leverage except for the chaos he creates
The US pays almost nothing while Europe funds nearly all Ukraine aid.
Trump also has less and less leverage except for the chaos he creates
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4/7 Why?
Epstein emails showed Trump had direct contact with Russian officials. Epstein had compromising material on Trump. Blackmail is likely.
Trump always sides with Russia and pressures Ukraine
Epstein emails showed Trump had direct contact with Russian officials. Epstein had compromising material on Trump. Blackmail is likely.
Trump always sides with Russia and pressures Ukraine
December 3, 2025 at 10:10 AM
4/7 Why?
Epstein emails showed Trump had direct contact with Russian officials. Epstein had compromising material on Trump. Blackmail is likely.
Trump always sides with Russia and pressures Ukraine
Epstein emails showed Trump had direct contact with Russian officials. Epstein had compromising material on Trump. Blackmail is likely.
Trump always sides with Russia and pressures Ukraine
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1/7 Trump Won’t End the War. Europe Must Make Him Irrelevant.
He has been back in the White House for almost a year. Promised peace in 24 hours, then 100 days, then 2 weeks. Nothing happened.
We are further from peace today than a year ago
He has been back in the White House for almost a year. Promised peace in 24 hours, then 100 days, then 2 weeks. Nothing happened.
We are further from peace today than a year ago
December 3, 2025 at 10:10 AM
1/7 Trump Won’t End the War. Europe Must Make Him Irrelevant.
He has been back in the White House for almost a year. Promised peace in 24 hours, then 100 days, then 2 weeks. Nothing happened.
We are further from peace today than a year ago
He has been back in the White House for almost a year. Promised peace in 24 hours, then 100 days, then 2 weeks. Nothing happened.
We are further from peace today than a year ago
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7/7 Europe must act.
Release Russia’s frozen assets to Ukraine. It secures Ukraine, gives leverage, and makes Trump irrelevant.
Helping Ukraine win is the best way to protect Europe
Release Russia’s frozen assets to Ukraine. It secures Ukraine, gives leverage, and makes Trump irrelevant.
Helping Ukraine win is the best way to protect Europe
December 3, 2025 at 10:10 AM
7/7 Europe must act.
Release Russia’s frozen assets to Ukraine. It secures Ukraine, gives leverage, and makes Trump irrelevant.
Helping Ukraine win is the best way to protect Europe
Release Russia’s frozen assets to Ukraine. It secures Ukraine, gives leverage, and makes Trump irrelevant.
Helping Ukraine win is the best way to protect Europe
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‼️Stunning statements by the Belgian Prime Minister at an event in Brussels this week.
🔹It's an illusion that Russia will lose in Ukraine
🔹If they lose, instability is bad because of nuclear weapons
🔹I have been personally threatened by Russia if their assets are seized
Wow.
🔹It's an illusion that Russia will lose in Ukraine
🔹If they lose, instability is bad because of nuclear weapons
🔹I have been personally threatened by Russia if their assets are seized
Wow.
December 3, 2025 at 10:06 PM
‼️Stunning statements by the Belgian Prime Minister at an event in Brussels this week.
🔹It's an illusion that Russia will lose in Ukraine
🔹If they lose, instability is bad because of nuclear weapons
🔹I have been personally threatened by Russia if their assets are seized
Wow.
🔹It's an illusion that Russia will lose in Ukraine
🔹If they lose, instability is bad because of nuclear weapons
🔹I have been personally threatened by Russia if their assets are seized
Wow.
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“Environmentalists said…”
I’m so sick of this dismissive framing by journalists.
In this case the “environmentalist” is Katherine García, who has a master’s (MPA) in policy analysis & program evaluation. Of course she’s 100% correct in her assessment that this will increase consumer prices.
I’m so sick of this dismissive framing by journalists.
In this case the “environmentalist” is Katherine García, who has a master’s (MPA) in policy analysis & program evaluation. Of course she’s 100% correct in her assessment that this will increase consumer prices.
Trump's move to gut fuel-economy standards for automobiles rewards his big oil donors and will “make cars burn more gas and American families burn more cash" Katherine Garcia @sierraclub.org @nytimes.com
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/03/c...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/03/c...
Trump Returns to Gasoline as Fuel of Choice for Cars, Gutting Biden’s Climate Policy
www.nytimes.com
December 3, 2025 at 10:47 PM
“Environmentalists said…”
I’m so sick of this dismissive framing by journalists.
In this case the “environmentalist” is Katherine García, who has a master’s (MPA) in policy analysis & program evaluation. Of course she’s 100% correct in her assessment that this will increase consumer prices.
I’m so sick of this dismissive framing by journalists.
In this case the “environmentalist” is Katherine García, who has a master’s (MPA) in policy analysis & program evaluation. Of course she’s 100% correct in her assessment that this will increase consumer prices.
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Really good read thx. I'm still stunned that Witkoff and Kushner are conducting this negotiation. Common sense alone says they will have way more incentive to enrich themselves and Trump through crypto, real estate and mineral deals than to produce a result that benefits all parties.
December 3, 2025 at 11:04 PM
Really good read thx. I'm still stunned that Witkoff and Kushner are conducting this negotiation. Common sense alone says they will have way more incentive to enrich themselves and Trump through crypto, real estate and mineral deals than to produce a result that benefits all parties.
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A Crime In Plain Sight: State Capture of Ukraine by Trump and Putin
How intercepted calls reveal a $293 billion war profiteering conspiracy orchestrated by a real estate developer, Russian intelligence, and American megadonors thechrissampson.substack.com/p/a-crime-in...
How intercepted calls reveal a $293 billion war profiteering conspiracy orchestrated by a real estate developer, Russian intelligence, and American megadonors thechrissampson.substack.com/p/a-crime-in...
A Crime In Plain Sight: State Capture of Ukraine by Trump and Putin
How intercepted calls reveal a $293 billion war profiteering conspiracy orchestrated by a real estate developer, Russian intelligence, and American megadonors
thechrissampson.substack.com
December 3, 2025 at 10:32 PM
A Crime In Plain Sight: State Capture of Ukraine by Trump and Putin
How intercepted calls reveal a $293 billion war profiteering conspiracy orchestrated by a real estate developer, Russian intelligence, and American megadonors thechrissampson.substack.com/p/a-crime-in...
How intercepted calls reveal a $293 billion war profiteering conspiracy orchestrated by a real estate developer, Russian intelligence, and American megadonors thechrissampson.substack.com/p/a-crime-in...
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Trump complains that Somalians are "taking billions and billions of dollars" from our country, and they should be thrown out.
But hey, it's okay when rich white Floridians do it...
But hey, it's okay when rich white Floridians do it...
If Trump wants to curb Medicare fraud, why did he free this fraudster from prison?
Philip Esformes cost the federal government more than $1.3 billion.
www.motherjones.com
December 3, 2025 at 10:20 PM
Trump complains that Somalians are "taking billions and billions of dollars" from our country, and they should be thrown out.
But hey, it's okay when rich white Floridians do it...
But hey, it's okay when rich white Floridians do it...
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people thought Judith Butler was exaggerating before but she's been proven right, i think
December 3, 2025 at 10:53 PM
people thought Judith Butler was exaggerating before but she's been proven right, i think
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F-16 crash near Trona. Ouch (pilot survived).
https://abc7.com/post/san-bernardino-county-firefighters-respond-reports-crash-possibly-involving-16-aircraft/18246210/
#aviation #military #f16
https://abc7.com/post/san-bernardino-county-firefighters-respond-reports-crash-possibly-involving-16-aircraft/18246210/
#aviation #military #f16
December 3, 2025 at 10:30 PM
F-16 crash near Trona. Ouch (pilot survived).
https://abc7.com/post/san-bernardino-county-firefighters-respond-reports-crash-possibly-involving-16-aircraft/18246210/
#aviation #military #f16
https://abc7.com/post/san-bernardino-county-firefighters-respond-reports-crash-possibly-involving-16-aircraft/18246210/
#aviation #military #f16
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Interesting article in The New Republic about our societal lack of shame. "You cannot shame people who no longer recognize the legitimacy of shared norms." newrepublic.com/article/2015...
Why Shame No Longer Works in American Politics
While it once played a role in binding society, shame has lost its power—and so have the liberal tools that depend on it.
newrepublic.com
December 3, 2025 at 11:10 PM
Interesting article in The New Republic about our societal lack of shame. "You cannot shame people who no longer recognize the legitimacy of shared norms." newrepublic.com/article/2015...
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I don’t want to be pollyannish about the past, but it was basically inconceivable twenty years ago that a president would say this publicly
Trump: "It’s a hellhole right now. And those Somalians should be out of here. They've destroyed our country. And all they do is complain, complain, complain. You have her. She’s always talking about the Constitution provides me with – go back to your own country and figure out your constitution."
December 3, 2025 at 11:01 PM
I don’t want to be pollyannish about the past, but it was basically inconceivable twenty years ago that a president would say this publicly
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i'd go even further and say there is a reason even nixon kept this kind of stuff to himself. you would have to go back quite a bit to find a point at which is acceptable for a president to say anything like this *in public*, to say nothing of in the oval office.
I don’t want to be pollyannish about the past, but it was basically inconceivable twenty years ago that a president would say this publicly
Trump: "It’s a hellhole right now. And those Somalians should be out of here. They've destroyed our country. And all they do is complain, complain, complain. You have her. She’s always talking about the Constitution provides me with – go back to your own country and figure out your constitution."
December 3, 2025 at 11:04 PM
i'd go even further and say there is a reason even nixon kept this kind of stuff to himself. you would have to go back quite a bit to find a point at which is acceptable for a president to say anything like this *in public*, to say nothing of in the oval office.
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Looks like House Minority Leader @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social is too busy participating in a post-Trump-pardon Henry Cuellar campaign fundraiser tonight to stick up for his post-Trump-dehumanization colleague @repilhan.bsky.social
December 3, 2025 at 9:49 PM
Looks like House Minority Leader @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social is too busy participating in a post-Trump-pardon Henry Cuellar campaign fundraiser tonight to stick up for his post-Trump-dehumanization colleague @repilhan.bsky.social
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Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson has proposed disastrous cuts to our city's libraries while setting aside $5M for a ShotSpotter replacement. As library associate Sara Heymann told me, “Libraries embody everything we need to fight back against fascism.” My piece on what’s at stake and how to fight back:
You Can’t Fight Fascism While Defunding Libraries
“Libraries embody everything that we need right now to fight back against fascism," says Sara Heymann.
organizingmythoughts.org
December 3, 2025 at 6:25 PM
Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson has proposed disastrous cuts to our city's libraries while setting aside $5M for a ShotSpotter replacement. As library associate Sara Heymann told me, “Libraries embody everything we need to fight back against fascism.” My piece on what’s at stake and how to fight back:
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Huge army and navy to do an Anti-EU alliance with Ukraine is genuinely such a bonkers idea that I am kinda impressed. No one can accuse Glasman of thinking inside the box.
Not sure - 14 years into project - Blue Labour ever previously set out actual proposals before, so this is new
1. Abolish Treasury
2. Leave ECHR
3. Closr/refound half of unis
4. Double army size for anti-EU alliance with Ukraine
5. PM to lead grooming inquiry with arrest powers + televised trials
1. Abolish Treasury
2. Leave ECHR
3. Closr/refound half of unis
4. Double army size for anti-EU alliance with Ukraine
5. PM to lead grooming inquiry with arrest powers + televised trials
November 30, 2025 at 10:52 AM
Huge army and navy to do an Anti-EU alliance with Ukraine is genuinely such a bonkers idea that I am kinda impressed. No one can accuse Glasman of thinking inside the box.
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'The ability to deport a drug dealer must not depend on the quality of chicken nuggets in Albania' writes Lord Glasman (why UK must leave ECHR)
That sentence should annoy/embarrass anybody who thinks serious 'blue Labour' things should be said about rebalancing lib/cons traditions in soc democracy
That sentence should annoy/embarrass anybody who thinks serious 'blue Labour' things should be said about rebalancing lib/cons traditions in soc democracy
May 3, 2025 at 8:31 PM
'The ability to deport a drug dealer must not depend on the quality of chicken nuggets in Albania' writes Lord Glasman (why UK must leave ECHR)
That sentence should annoy/embarrass anybody who thinks serious 'blue Labour' things should be said about rebalancing lib/cons traditions in soc democracy
That sentence should annoy/embarrass anybody who thinks serious 'blue Labour' things should be said about rebalancing lib/cons traditions in soc democracy
Just flew cross country today. Not the only people in masks, but very few seen.
Personally, he [Dr. Richard Zimmerman, UPMC physician and vice chair for preventive medicine research, UofPittsburgh] will be wearing a mask when he’s on an airplane this week. In addition, he uses an antihistamine nasal spray, which reduces the risk of catching respiratory viruses like the flu.
New strain of flu invades Western Pa. amid concerns over vaccine efficacy
A new flu virus variant has been sweeping across the United States, raising questions about the efficacy of this year’s flu vaccines. Medical professionals in Western Pennsylvania say even thoug...
triblive.com
December 3, 2025 at 11:07 PM
Just flew cross country today. Not the only people in masks, but very few seen.
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Personally, he [Dr. Richard Zimmerman, UPMC physician and vice chair for preventive medicine research, UofPittsburgh] will be wearing a mask when he’s on an airplane this week. In addition, he uses an antihistamine nasal spray, which reduces the risk of catching respiratory viruses like the flu.
New strain of flu invades Western Pa. amid concerns over vaccine efficacy
A new flu virus variant has been sweeping across the United States, raising questions about the efficacy of this year’s flu vaccines. Medical professionals in Western Pennsylvania say even thoug...
triblive.com
November 25, 2025 at 4:22 PM
Personally, he [Dr. Richard Zimmerman, UPMC physician and vice chair for preventive medicine research, UofPittsburgh] will be wearing a mask when he’s on an airplane this week. In addition, he uses an antihistamine nasal spray, which reduces the risk of catching respiratory viruses like the flu.
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Patient came in with sore throat. While waiting for rapid Strep test result we glanced back at the Covid-19 RAT result: positive. Reminder that masking in health care makes sense, if you don’t want everyone in your waiting room to go home sick, your staff to get sick, and physicians to get sick.
November 25, 2025 at 4:35 PM
Patient came in with sore throat. While waiting for rapid Strep test result we glanced back at the Covid-19 RAT result: positive. Reminder that masking in health care makes sense, if you don’t want everyone in your waiting room to go home sick, your staff to get sick, and physicians to get sick.