Eric the Awful
@thatkeysersoze.bsky.social
Freshwater, survival/bushcrafting, and D&D enthusiast. Neutral good with chaotic tendencies. Former nuke sparky bubblehead.
This is exactly what they wanted when they pulled funding. They couldn't use an executive order and they weren't sure there was political will to pass a law to get rid of it, so they just defunded it away.
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Corporation for Public Broadcasting to shut down after being defunded by Congress, targeted by Trump
The Corporation for Public Broadcasting has been a cornerstone of American culture for three generations.
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August 1, 2025 at 10:03 PM
This is exactly what they wanted when they pulled funding. They couldn't use an executive order and they weren't sure there was political will to pass a law to get rid of it, so they just defunded it away.
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The administration wants to just revoke the official status of CO2 as a greenhouse gas. Cool, cool...
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Trump Environmental Protection Agency moves to repeal finding that allows climate regulation
President Donald Trump’s administration has proposed revoking a scientific finding that's long been the central basis for U.S. action to regulate greenhouse gas emissions and fight climate change.
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July 29, 2025 at 4:00 PM
The administration wants to just revoke the official status of CO2 as a greenhouse gas. Cool, cool...
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Click-to-cancel and right-to-repair are crucial to letting consumers claim control of their technological and digital lives, but neither can get any traction in this country.
We can't fix the things we own and we rent everything else
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We can't fix the things we own and we rent everything else
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A 'click-to-cancel' rule, intended to make canceling subscriptions easier, is blocked
A rule which would have required businesses to make it easy for consumers to cancel unwanted subscriptions has been blocked by a court days before it was set to go into effect.
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July 10, 2025 at 2:53 PM
Click-to-cancel and right-to-repair are crucial to letting consumers claim control of their technological and digital lives, but neither can get any traction in this country.
We can't fix the things we own and we rent everything else
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We can't fix the things we own and we rent everything else
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Scavengers provide an essential service in the ecosystem, and they are in danger. The result could be more disease
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Nature's "clean-up crew" is vanishing – and it's bad news for human health
More than a third of large animals that feast on dead animals are struggling to survive, and a new report from scientists warns that their downfall could present a serious risk to human life, with an ...
newatlas.com
June 23, 2025 at 11:52 PM
Scavengers provide an essential service in the ecosystem, and they are in danger. The result could be more disease
newatlas.com/biology/scav...
newatlas.com/biology/scav...
Thanks to @prophiphop.bsky.social for putting out this episode and inspiring something of my own. I believe the shooting in D.C. is showing us how radicalization goes global
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May 30, 2025 at 10:17 PM
Thanks to @prophiphop.bsky.social for putting out this episode and inspiring something of my own. I believe the shooting in D.C. is showing us how radicalization goes global
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“'Overpumping' is the main cause of groundwater losses over the past 20 years, he said. 'There’s nothing illegal about it, it’s just unprotected.'”
Cool and good...
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Cool and good...
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Colorado River basin has lost nearly the equivalent of an underground Lake Mead
Reservoir lost 27.8m acre-feet of groundwater in 20 years, study finds, vanishing ‘twice as fast as surface water’
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May 28, 2025 at 4:41 PM
“'Overpumping' is the main cause of groundwater losses over the past 20 years, he said. 'There’s nothing illegal about it, it’s just unprotected.'”
Cool and good...
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Cool and good...
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Anyone ever read Ministry for the Future? Just wondering how long before we see the inciting event from the first chapter
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Get ready for several years of killer heat, top weather forecasters warn
Top weather agencies warn that the world should get ready for several years of even more record-breaking heat that pushes the globe to more deadly, fiery and uncomfortable extremes.
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May 28, 2025 at 3:56 PM
Anyone ever read Ministry for the Future? Just wondering how long before we see the inciting event from the first chapter
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Honestly this might be her least problematic view. I'm more concerned she was recommended by RFK Jr.
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Trump surgeon general pick praised unproven psychedelic therapy, said mushrooms helped her find love
President Donald Trump’s new pick for surgeon general wrote in a recent book that people should consider using unproven psychedelic drugs as therapy and in a newsletter suggested her use of mushrooms ...
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May 14, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Honestly this might be her least problematic view. I'm more concerned she was recommended by RFK Jr.
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Hell yeah. Someone get Sean Connery and Nicolas Cage on the phone. I have an new movie pitch
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Trump says he will reopen Alcatraz prison
President Donald Trump says he is directing his government to reopen and expand Alcatraz, the notorious former prison on a California island that has been closed for more than 60 years.
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May 5, 2025 at 12:29 AM
Hell yeah. Someone get Sean Connery and Nicolas Cage on the phone. I have an new movie pitch
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Wild that a single unhinged person can play chicken with the livelihood of an entire nation, but here we are...
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Live updates: Stocks surge after Trump announces 90-day pause on tariffs but raises taxes on China
Facing a global market meltdown, President Donald Trump on Wednesday abruptly backed down on his tariffs on most nations for 90 days, but raised his tax rate on Chinese imports to 125%.
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April 9, 2025 at 5:46 PM
Wild that a single unhinged person can play chicken with the livelihood of an entire nation, but here we are...
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One must always be cautious of prognostications. This one isn't any darker than some others I've read, but is backed by some compelling projections.
TLDR; it's bad and getting worse.
Will it get as bad as they say? We'll all find out together
collapseofindustrialcivilization.com/2025/03/27/t...
TLDR; it's bad and getting worse.
Will it get as bad as they say? We'll all find out together
collapseofindustrialcivilization.com/2025/03/27/t...
The Unseen Accelerators of Climate Change and The Final Unraveling
The climate crisis is no longer a distant threat—it is a rapidly unfolding reality, driven by forces that science is only beginning to fully grasp. James Hansen’s groundbreaking 2025 study, Global …
collapseofindustrialcivilization.com
March 28, 2025 at 6:17 PM
One must always be cautious of prognostications. This one isn't any darker than some others I've read, but is backed by some compelling projections.
TLDR; it's bad and getting worse.
Will it get as bad as they say? We'll all find out together
collapseofindustrialcivilization.com/2025/03/27/t...
TLDR; it's bad and getting worse.
Will it get as bad as they say? We'll all find out together
collapseofindustrialcivilization.com/2025/03/27/t...
Drinking water plants don't have ways to remove salt. If the water source gets contaminated, there's no efficient and cost effective way to get rid of it. This is going to be a big problem for a lot of coastal cities as sea levels rise.
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Saltwater contamination in freshwater systems is on the rise
Salt is starting to pollute the freshwater sources people rely on.
arstechnica.com
March 19, 2025 at 11:46 PM
Drinking water plants don't have ways to remove salt. If the water source gets contaminated, there's no efficient and cost effective way to get rid of it. This is going to be a big problem for a lot of coastal cities as sea levels rise.
arstechnica.com/science/2025...
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The news cycle seems overwhelming and exhausting. Is it an elaborate misdirection or was this always the plan?
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The Enemy Diversion You’re Ignoring is Their Main Attack
Why is everything happening all at once?!
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March 3, 2025 at 2:42 AM
The news cycle seems overwhelming and exhausting. Is it an elaborate misdirection or was this always the plan?
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I'll give it a shot with some pics I took while working on my degree, doing freshwater research with @uwmilwaukee.bsky.social
February 24, 2025 at 1:20 AM
I'll give it a shot with some pics I took while working on my degree, doing freshwater research with @uwmilwaukee.bsky.social
Ecosystems are resilient because of diversity and co-evolution. Not everything is about competition and efficiency.
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Complexity - Diversity = Fragility
Complex Systems and Co-evolution
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February 23, 2025 at 11:03 PM
Ecosystems are resilient because of diversity and co-evolution. Not everything is about competition and efficiency.
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Y'all need to stop this performative B.S. He's been impeached... twice. The Senate couldn't convict even when they had control. At this point, the vote would fail in the House, too. Wasting time and failing won't serve to energize anybody.
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House Democrat plans to introduce impeachment measure against Donald Trump
Rep. Al Green cited Trump's comments that the U.S. will "take over" Gaza as the impetus for his efforts.
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February 6, 2025 at 1:31 AM
Y'all need to stop this performative B.S. He's been impeached... twice. The Senate couldn't convict even when they had control. At this point, the vote would fail in the House, too. Wasting time and failing won't serve to energize anybody.
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In addition to tariffs -- which bring a significant amount of out-of-season good items into the country -- this premature release of water in California will not help wildfires, but will impact agriculture in an area already prone to drought
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2.2 billion gallons of water flowed out of California reservoirs because of Trump’s order to open dams | CNN
There are two major problems with Trump’s order, water experts said: The water will not flow to Los Angeles, and it is being wasted by being released during the wet winter season.
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February 4, 2025 at 3:43 PM
In addition to tariffs -- which bring a significant amount of out-of-season good items into the country -- this premature release of water in California will not help wildfires, but will impact agriculture in an area already prone to drought
www.cnn.com/2025/02/03/c...
www.cnn.com/2025/02/03/c...
Never heard of the Annual Threat Assessment but would like a brief intro? I've got you covered
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The US Annual Threat Assessment
What is it and why should you care?
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February 2, 2025 at 5:17 AM
Never heard of the Annual Threat Assessment but would like a brief intro? I've got you covered
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@prophiphop.bsky.social I heard you on your podcast talking about removing the concrete from riverbeds in LA. We have been starting to do that around here and it's greatly helped the local fish population. Plus it turned out to be a bad flood management strategy anyway.
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Menomonee River Concrete Removal
MMSD's Concrete Removal Project from Menomonee River opens 37 miles of river for Lake Michigan fish.
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January 15, 2025 at 7:30 PM
@prophiphop.bsky.social I heard you on your podcast talking about removing the concrete from riverbeds in LA. We have been starting to do that around here and it's greatly helped the local fish population. Plus it turned out to be a bad flood management strategy anyway.
www.mmsd.com/what-we-do/f...
www.mmsd.com/what-we-do/f...
We have to wage war against the thinking machines. The Butlerian Jihad was justified. I get it now
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Man who exploded Tesla Cybertruck outside Trump hotel in Las Vegas used generative AI, police say
Last Vegas police say the soldier who exploded a Tesla Cybertruck outside the Trump hotel in Las Vegas used generative AI including ChatGPT to help plan the attack.
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January 8, 2025 at 12:22 AM
We have to wage war against the thinking machines. The Butlerian Jihad was justified. I get it now
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Reposted by Eric the Awful
the culprits for both the Vegas and New Orleans attacks were GWOT-era veterans. this is a trend that will continue. we have millions of vets from a quarter century of careless war, a media ecosystem designed to break people's brains and an ever-rising cost-of-living. buckle up
January 2, 2025 at 7:34 AM
the culprits for both the Vegas and New Orleans attacks were GWOT-era veterans. this is a trend that will continue. we have millions of vets from a quarter century of careless war, a media ecosystem designed to break people's brains and an ever-rising cost-of-living. buckle up