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Mike Walker @newnarrative.bsky.social · 1d
CNN: Classified Justice Department opinion authorizes strikes on secret list of cartels, sources say

www.cnn.com/2025/10/06/p...
Exclusive: Classified Justice Department opinion authorizes strikes on secret list of cartels, sources say | CNN Politics
The Trump administration has produced a classified legal opinion that justifies lethal strikes against a secret and expansive list of cartels and suspected drug traffickers, according to multiple peop...
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Luca Trenta @lucatrenta.bsky.social · 1d
One for the intelligence accountability crowd. ‘C.I.A. Deputy Director Has Replaced Agency’s Top Legal Official With Himself.’ www.nytimes.com/2025/10/06/u...
C.I.A. Deputy Director Has Replaced Agency’s Top Legal Official With Himself
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by Peter Jacobs

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Saves people the trouble of waiting for a journalist getting added to the Principals Committee group chat or a photog snapping pics of someone's phone.
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by Peter Jacobs

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Hope some enterprising journalist or historian is archiving all of the public posting Gimenez has been doing in advance of the coming infrastructure strikes on / renditions in Caracas.
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President Nicolas Maduro says Venezuela foiled a false flag operation by what he called local terrorists to plant explosives at the US embassy in Caracas and exacerbate a dispute between the two countries over drug trafficking

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CNN: Classified Justice Department opinion authorizes strikes on secret list of cartels, sources say

www.cnn.com/2025/10/06/p...
Exclusive: Classified Justice Department opinion authorizes strikes on secret list of cartels, sources say | CNN Politics
The Trump administration has produced a classified legal opinion that justifies lethal strikes against a secret and expansive list of cartels and suspected drug traffickers, according to multiple peop...
www.cnn.com

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Trump calls off diplomatic outreach to Venezuela, New York Times reports reut.rs/3VSkflO
Trump calls off diplomatic outreach to Venezuela, New York Times reports
U.S. President Donald Trump has called off efforts to reach a diplomatic agreement with Venezuela and told his special envoy Richard Grenell to stop all outreach, the New York Times reported on Monday, citing officials.
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Body-camera video appears to contradict the government’s claim that Marimar Martinez, 30, drove toward officers before one of them opened fire at her late Saturday morning in Brighton Park, her attorney claimed.
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Attorney for woman shot by Border Patrol claims officer said 'Do something b-----' before shooting
Body-camera video appears to contradict the government's claim that Marimar Martinez, 30, drove toward officers before one of them opened fire at her late Saturday morning in Brighton Park, her attorney claimed. A judge ordered Martinez and a co-defendant released pending trial.
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One for the intelligence accountability crowd. ‘C.I.A. Deputy Director Has Replaced Agency’s Top Legal Official With Himself.’ www.nytimes.com/2025/10/06/u...
C.I.A. Deputy Director Has Replaced Agency’s Top Legal Official With Himself
www.nytimes.com
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C.I.A. Deputy Director Has Replaced Agency’s Top Legal Official With Himself

It is not clear what is behind the move by Michael Ellis, a Trump loyalist. A legal ethics specialist said it could raise conflict-of-interest issues.

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/06/u...
C.I.A. Deputy Director Has Replaced Agency’s Top Legal Official With Himself
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We have some fun speakers & activities coming up this month in Geology Club! ⚒️
Flyer for Kelly Weinersmith's talk "A City on Mars: Can We Settle Space, Should We Settle Space, and Have we Really Thought This Through?" Wed. Oct. 8, 12:45pm Flyer for Activity Day, featuring games like Quartetnary, new lab samples, and socializing. Wed. Oct. 15, 12:45pm Flyer for Edith Rojas's talk "Volcanic Eruptions that Changed the World" Wed. Oct. 22, 12:45pm
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NHC Atlantic Outlook update for Mon, 06 Oct 2025 17:27:57 UTC
Additional Details Here.
ZCZC MIATWOAT ALL<br>TTAA00 KNHC DDHHMM<br><br>Tropical Weather Outlook<br>NWS National Hurricane Center Miami FL<br>200 PM EDT Mon Oct 6 2025<br><br>For the North Atlantic...Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of America:<br><br>1. Central Tropical Atlantic (AL95):<br>Visible satellite images indicate that the area of low pressure <br>located over the tropical central Atlantic is gradually becoming <br>better organized. Environmental conditions appear generally <br>conducive for slow development of this system, and a tropical <br>depression is likely to form within the next couple of days while <br>it moves quickly west-northwestward across the central tropical <br>Atlantic. This system is expected to be near or north of the <br>northern Leeward Islands on Thursday and Friday, and interests there <br>should monitor its progress. <br>* Formation chance through 48 hours...high...70 percent.<br>* Formation chance through 7 days...high...80 percent.<br><br>2. Northwestern Caribbean and Southwestern Gulf:<br>A trough of low pressure located over the northwestern Caribbean <br>Sea is producing a large area of disorganized showers and <br>thunderstorms. This system is expected to move across the Yucatan <br>Peninsula tonight and early Tuesday, and then track over the Bay of <br>Campeche late Tuesday through Wednesday. Some slow development of <br>this system is possible over the Bay of Campeche around the middle <br>of the week. Regardless of development, areas of heavy rain and <br>gusty winds are likely across portions of the Yucatan Peninsula, <br>Belize, and southern Mexico during the next few days.<br>* Formation chance through 48 hours...low...10 percent.<br>* Formation chance through 7 days...low...10 percent.<br><br><br><br>Forecaster Cangialosi<br><br><br> Atlantic 2-Day Graphical Outlook Image Atlantic 7-Day Graphical Outlook Image
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by Peter Jacobs

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www.france24.com/en/live-news...
Swedes stock up on food as fears of war deepen
Swedes are stocking up on food items in case of war, as more conflict in Europe no longer feels like a distant possibility and authorities encourage measures to boost readiness.
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by Daniel W. Drezner — Reposted by: Peter Jacobs, Nathan Richardson

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That the @washingtonpost.com can’t keep @crampell.bsky.social around is damning. Anyone familiar with Rampell’s work would know that it would be compatible with WaPo’s intended editorial direction. But she didn’t want to be compromised. Good for her. www.semafor.com/article/10/0...
Washington Post economics columnist moves to The Bulwark
Catherine Rampell will write a weekly economics and policy-focused newsletter for the anti-Trump media brand.
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by Peter Jacobs

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"Honesty" when it comes to narrative fiction is hard to be empirical about & it's easy to get overly precious about it, but almost every criticism I have of the show stems from Sorkin being dishonest or forcing his characters to be dishonest, either for plot / stakes convenience or to channel Sorkin

by Peter Jacobs

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A sin of the West Wing and a lot of other Sorkin content (tho not all!) is that his deep seated belief drama can only really come from people making two equally justifiable arguments (even if one is obviously the hero & one obviously the villain) doesn't map well to American history or politics.
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Conrad Hackett @conradhackett.bsky.social · 2d
What is your 2025 take on The West Wing (1999-2006 tv show)?
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I do suspect that a lot of discourse on here is probably driven by not using the nuclear block as much as this site used to tbh
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What is your 2025 take on The West Wing (1999-2006 tv show)?
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Dr. Jonathan Foley @globalecoguy.bsky.social · 2d
The jig is up for CCS and DAC.

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The Collapse of Confidence in Carbon Capture | OilPrice.com
Carbon Capture and Storage, once seen as a lifeline for the oil and gas industry, is facing mounting doubts as delays, high costs, and poor performance cast serious doubts on its future viability.
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by Jonathan A. Foley — Reposted by: Peter Jacobs, Pierre Friedlingstein, Wolfgang Crämer , and 1 more

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The jig is up for CCS and DAC.

oilprice.com/Energy/Energ...
The Collapse of Confidence in Carbon Capture | OilPrice.com
Carbon Capture and Storage, once seen as a lifeline for the oil and gas industry, is facing mounting doubts as delays, high costs, and poor performance cast serious doubts on its future viability.
oilprice.com
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A State Department inspector general report says U.S. Ambassador Ronald Johnson dismissed an embassy contractor at Salvadoran President Bukele’s request.

The contractor had talked to a journalist about a suspected government pact with the MS-13 gang.

➡️ Read more: https://propub.li/42WCOcc
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Ruth Mottram @ruthmottram.bsky.social · 4d
Incidentally, the very nice schematic of cryosphere changes over both ice sheets was drawn by @jmalumbresolarte.bsky.social Tak! 🙏

New paper out today in @nature Geosciences:
The Greenlandification of Antarctica

Readcube pdf: rdcu.be/eJiqJ
The Greenlandification of Antarctica | Nature Geoscience
Climate and ice sheet processes in Antarctica increasingly reflect those observed earlier in Greenland. Applying process insights from Greenland can improve projections of future Antarctic ice and climate behaviour.
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by Peter Jacobs

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WE BEAT 'EM BEFORE.

WE'LL BEAT 'EM AGAIN.
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50501: The People’s Movement ❌👑 @50501movement.bsky.social · 4d
(For context) A University of Washington Psych 210 class was interrupted by a Nazi, which went poorly for him: www.reddit.com/r/udub/s/5pi...
From the udub community on Reddit: Nazi interrupts Psych 210, receives predictable response
Explore this post and more from the udub community
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Yarvin convinced a bunch of credulous tech billionaires that they needed to back an extreme, dumb, & wildly unpopular politics to “save western civilization.” We’re now getting that politics on steroids, and now he’s all “oh no, these policies are unpopular, must flee the country to save ourselves.”
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jeff computers @helldude.bsky.social · 2d
mencius moldbug is thinking of fleeing the country because he thinks the trump administration's chaotic half-assing of dismantling liberal democracy is going to bite them all in the ass
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by Peter Jacobs

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There was a time when gutting social security was considered the third rail of American politics. To the point where politicians who planned to gut it went through tremendous efforts to disguise that's what they were trying to do. Curious to see how popular this time it turns out to be.
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Elizabeth Warren @warren.senate.gov · 3d
Donald Trump is plotting to cut Social Security benefits for older Americans — after he promised during the campaign that he wouldn’t touch Social Security.

We must call it out and stop these cuts.
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by Peter Jacobs

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Those who were correct about what would happen with DOGE, ICE, Argentina under Milei, Russian aggression in Europe, the ethnic cleansing of Gaza, and any number of topics are treated as at the fringe of acceptable political opinion in the US, if they are given any media time, instead of celebrated.
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by Peter Jacobs

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I have friends who are still on twitter and they asked me if I knew why Musk seemed to be suddenly boosting anti-Netflix content all over the app's algorithm. I am *not* saying it's because he found out this was coming. But it'd sure be funny if it was.
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KOJAMF🤘🖤🤘 @kojamf.bsky.social · 3d
Dr. Jane Goodall filmed an interview with Netflix in March 2025 that she understood would only be released after her death.
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科学探求おしゃべり番組「ススメ！有孔虫」 @susume-foram.bsky.social · 3d
Tiny fossils called foraminifera lie buried in marine sediments.
Their shells display astonishing diversity from spiraling forms to chambered clusters and even architectures that resemble miniature buildings.
But what if this morphological variety could be explained by only a few simple rules? 1/n
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by Elizabeth Warren — Reposted by: Peter Jacobs

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Donald Trump is plotting to cut Social Security benefits for older Americans — after he promised during the campaign that he wouldn’t touch Social Security.

We must call it out and stop these cuts.
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