Talk to them. It's not just the politicians. There are still millions and millions who think this is better. And so we must accept we are the minority. We who believe in rule of law, true liberty, & rational thought, are the outliers.
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Talk to them. It's not just the politicians. There are still millions and millions who think this is better. And so we must accept we are the minority. We who believe in rule of law, true liberty, & rational thought, are the outliers.
A nation is not a static entity, it is what its people say it is. In November 2024 150 million Americans stated they either wanted this or could care less. The America we fought for is not the one 150 million Americans want now.
It's never been about immigration. This has been said by people way smarter than me. This is about desensitizing the public and shattering boundaries. ICE raids today, national security raids tomorrow for "terrorists". Good luck everyone!
Second this question. Especially in areas without M. structor populations.
"...we will be very, very angry with you. And we will write you a letter, telling you how angry we are." - Hans Brix
I couldn't even watch the whole thing. It made me sick.
To reiterate, the more WindWaterSolar, the lower the electricity prices in the United States WWS dominates electricity production relative to demand in 11 states (these states supply 51-120% of their demand with WWS), and electricity prices in 10 of those 11 states are far below the U.S. average.
Excellent commentary by Matt Ferrell last week. I couldn't agree more with his conclusions. Fast forward 4 years, we are going to be so far behind in RE tech and experience we will be buyers not leaders or innovators. youtu.be/2tNp2vsxEzk?...
National emergencies. Natural disasters. Defense. They put their lives on pause and serve. They miss classes, lose time at work, are absent for birthdays, anniversaries, etc. Now they are forced to make this sacrifice so governors can provide tribute to their autocrat.
I was an Illinois National Guard soldier in the 90s. Let's take a moment to remember who they are. They are students (classes start this week), parents, mechanics, plumbers, etc. They sign up knowing that when it hits the fan, they will set aside their daily lives to help their states and America.
Yes and... We need massive constitutional reform. The original document tried to restrict and rein in the power any 1 person could have. Successive generations of American voters could not handle that responsibility. Now it needs to be baked in, immutable in the very structure of government.
Thank you Seth for continuing to highlight this insanity. It's sad to see this wave of zealotry and pseudoscience run through the US. Then again, you and others, going back to Asimov and Sagan, have been ringing the warning bell.
These folks definitely know what a sinker is: www.dw.com/en/removing-...
Imagine if they’d had sandwiches. 🥪
A must follow. This guy's stuff is beautiful: youtube.com/shorts/BnPnB...
My reporting has come to the attention of Ghislaine Maxwell’s attorney. Here’s the response I provided to the @thedailybeast.bsky.social
Source please? I don't doubt Taco would do this, but the only thing I could find were announcements from March and April that Vance would be scrubbing "improper ideology".
I believe the proper term is promotion pads.
? If the VPN requires a payment via credit card, isn't that, by extension, meeting the requirement? ? Why would these governments then be considering restrictions on VPNs? Unless it was never about protecting kids and more about data, tracking, & censoring
- Nations and US states are passing laws requiring biometrics or credit cards to prove age to access certain content - In response VPN subscriptions have surged in those areas - In response some governments are considering limits or bans on VPN ...
This is old playbook crap. "Hey working class, look at that guy. He's a little better off than you! Doesn't he suck?!...oh and pay no attention to the multibillionaires who are running the show." Get middle class to fight the middle class so they ignore the rich (those bankrolling Cuomo).
PragerU: Mr. Diety's alma mater, go Devils The amount of content easily and publicly available that exposes PragerU content as erroneous or outright lies is staggering. Any district using this content, except to demonstrate idiocy, is guilty of gross academic negligence.
Coal is going out of business because it can't compete in the open market. It's LCOE is horrible. What does DoI do? Find away to prop it up for another 15 years.
This is going to sound very conspiracy theory, but after Colbert... ESPN (owned by Disney) just announced a draft agreement to buy NFL media (NFL Network, RedZone, etc). This will require gov approval. Time to placate the 2 bit dictator.
Good call. Quick search shows about 2.7% YoY increase in CPI ending in July. Source is BLS.
Here's the published paper www.nature.com/articles/s41...
I find light transport in biological systems endlessly fascinating. www.sciencealert.com/mind-blowing...
Prediction: massive ICE presence on the day of the mayoral election. Immigrant and majority Muslim communities do not turn out to vote for fear of ICE detention. Eric Adams does nothing, says nothing. Cool and normal. This will be used as a pilot for the midterms.
Big tech is not losing on their AI investment. Chat GPT, Gemini, etc. do not exist for you the consumer. They exist to learn from you. You are paying to train your replacement. Big tech's AI play is not mass commercialization. It's replacing employees; it's digital labor arbitrage.
Enlightening. Single source, though this, like his other content, is well sourced. If anyone has credible sources critiquing the underlying claims, I'd be interested. youtu.be/Y5xOMO6-9dI?...
A moment of standing firm and speaking truth to power. op: @meidastouch.com
When you realize that what you were taught in school was selected so it wouldn't inconvenience you.
Senator Mike Lee posts prayers when a Republican has an allergic reaction but posts jokes when a Democrat is murdered in their home. He’s going to Hell.
Renewables, even with storage, are cheaper than fossil-based energy. Plus, they're not subject to the whims of a global market. If one truly supports energy independence, that means renewables. Otherwise, they are supporting petroleum dependence.
Breaking! Lazard 2025 levelized cost of energy out Solar and wind win again. Coal and nuclear lose big. Utility solar $58 (38-78)/MWh Onshore wind $61.5 (37-86) Fossil gas $78.5 (48-109) Coal $122 (71-173) Nuc $181 (141-220) www.lazard.com/media/eijnqj...
With the pending military parade I thought it relevant to repost this: Exhausted people need a restorer. Frightened people need a savior. Weak people need a strongman.
Rule of law is a belief, a fiction that everyone in a society holds to be true and right for the benefit of civil society. Once that mutual belief is discarded by one group while in power, then other groups have no moral cause to re-establish it when they take power.
A thread I’m calling… “Oh the carnage in LA!” “Oh the carnage at… the Erewhon in Culver”
It's a twisted form of moral licensing we've mutated from our British heritage. Americans believe $ = success, rightness. Someone with $ is just better than someone without. They're smarter, more accomplished, and just morally higher. Yet, Pablo Escobar was once in the top 20 richest. 🤔
A military parade in the US is an abomination. It is the lowest point in our armed forces history since LBJ had to use the 101st to stop the AL national guard from enforcing segregation. Ending WWI and WWII? Sure, parade. Appeasing anyone's ego? Hell no.
A malevolent being with a false face that rambles endlessly and incoherently. ... Can't quite place it, but seems familiar. Right there at the taco, er I mean, tip of my tongue. 🤔
New @nature.com Correspondence article published today with Kristal Ambrose from The Bahamas Plastic Movement 👇 Debris from rockets is polluting the Caribbean www.nature.com/articles/d41... #PlasticPollution #MarineDebris #Caribbean #SpaceX @dalhousieu.bsky.social
This is how tariffs work. ..and now I want Crab Rangoon.
Forgive the rant, but what the hell is this Administration doing? Not gonna be easy to undo the damage, folks. But I’ve got some ideas on where to start.
Make no mistake, this is not "making it up" as they go along. This was planned market manipulation all along. A small circle around Trump made a lot of money. If the house flips in 2026 this should be the first thing they investigate.
The US government today is indistinguishable from the Chinese & Russian govs. Both are one party systems that control the executive, legislative, and judicial, led by a narcissist strongman. The only difference is Putin and Xi are competent players in the game.
The problem with most machine-based random number generators is that they’re not TRULY random, so if you need genuine randomness it is sometimes necessary to link your code to an external random process like a physical noise source or the current rate of US tariffs on a given country.
He just testified all morning about the reasons why the tariff policy was going to make America great. Then he checked his phone and realized everything he just said was canceled on Truth Social.
Sen. Adam Schiff (D-CA): "I'm writing to the White House to demand who knew in advance that the President was going to, once again, flip flop on tariffs. And are people cashing in? There is just all too much opportunity for people in the White House and the administration to be insider trading"
happy confederate surrender day to all
I appreciate your position on the use of titles. I find I am a radical egalitarian. My dad was an amazing electrician. No one called him Master Electrician Gauthier. So why President or Senator or ...? They aren't above or separate from us. Respect is earned through action, not given in titles.
Pairs better with my amazing wife 😘
Now that’s a screenshot. > @atrupar.com
Someone may have already said this, but regarding the Signal debacle, don't tell me the info was harmless. As a former IC officer, if I had collected that conversation from Russian or Chinese officials it would have made my career. Top officials sharing info and perspectives/disagreement!
Schoolchildren are routinely slaughtered by AR-15s. Hundreds die. [*crickets* "Thoughts and prayers" *crickets*] A couple unoccupied cars are set on fire. No one is hurt. ["THIS HORROR WILL NOT STAND!!! We MUST act to STOP it from ever happening AGAIN!!!!" We will pass new LAWS BANNING IT!!!]
Remember when a few Prius were reported to have uncommanded acceleration? Right after that there was a rash of supposed similar accidents and lawsuits that turned out to be fraud. What a great cover for Tesla right now. Burn your own cars, get on Fox, blame protestors, collect insurance
@legaleagle.bsky.social - Honest opinion, how close do you think we are to: "Don't quote the law to those who have swords"
The #ElectoralCollege is #DEI for #RedStates
Joe Rogan logic about Elmo and DOGE is dumber than anyone realized 😏👇
More likely, they will use this and similar for 2 purposes: (1) scare tactics against orgs researching climate change, (2) political theater for their right wing sheep followers. #1 is scary because even if it doesn't lead to prosecution, just the criminal investigation can be stifling
Moreover, since DoJ is persecuting they will need to prove that climate change is fraudulent. If they don't, they risk a US court ruling that climate change is real. The dominos of such a ruling would be catastrophic for the radical right.
Their ultimate claim is that climate change is a hoax. Therefore any funds used to research it are part of a larger criminal conspiracy. This will be the Scopes Monkey trial of the 21st century. Quite frankly, I say bring it. The evidence is beyond overwhelming.
Excellent! Thank you. (Especially for open access)
@metaomicsnerd.bsky.social - where can someone find a good review article or chapter on anaerobic fungi?
Translation: the US DoJ will find some way to bring as many people as possible up on terrorism charges. They will invent legal Rube Goldbergs that would break MC Escher's brain. And they will take them all the way to SCoTUS if needed where a 5-4 decision will determine the fates.
Who would vote yes on the Firing Veterans bill? Almost seems like political suicide to vote yes to Firing Veterans.
She wrecked him.
I bought a Tesla because it was fast like a rocket ship. But now every time I drive it, I feel like a rolling billboard for a man dismantling our government and hurting people. So Tesla, you’re fired! New ride coming soon.
Feds Uncover Terabytes Of Free Speech During Raid Of Protestor’s Residence
Researchers develop a way to recycle almost all of the components of perovskite solar cells using non-toxic, water-based solvents - and then use the recycled components to make new perovskite solar cells. 🧪⚛️ physicsworld.com/a/perovskite...
𝘈𝘭𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘢 slugs, the size of a Tic Tac, produce alderene molecules to deter predators. Across their ecosystem, this chemistry redefines the relationships between other organisms. buff.ly/KSkvJNd
Dropkick Murphys just had an epic moment at their show: They made a friendly wager with a fan in a MAGA shirt—“Let’s see where it’s made.” Then they checked his MAGA shirt tag… Made in Nicaragua. They swapped it with a Made in America Dropkick Murphys tee. Legendary.
BREAKING: "At 1:15 PM tomorrow, President Trump will pick a country's name out of a MAGA hat and impose crippling tariffs on that country's goods for four minutes. This will happen daily until America is great again."
Remember: Musk is a coward at heart. A weak man, not a strong one. A fragile ego just like the guy he shares an office with.
Salami tactics. Slice by slice.
Business leaders are paying as much as $5,000,000 to meet one-on-one with the president at his Florida compound, sources tell WIRED. @evystadium.bsky.social has more. Full scoop here by @leahfeiger.bsky.social, @lmatsakis.bsky.social and @jakelahut.writes.news: www.wired.com/story/people...
Enlightening youtu.be/e9ROtVQt98s?...
Point of clarification: While not a law, executive branch agencies are compelled to follow EOs unless stopped by a court. Moreover, how much will this cost and what value will it deliver to the tax payer? That is their mantra right now: fraud, waste, & abuse. Isn't this a giant waste of $?
This is exactly the plan. Same thing with crypto. Remember years ago when Elon said Tesla stock was over valued and the SEC went after him? They are doing the same thing, except they run the SEC now and it's the entire US economy, not just 1 company.
Thank you @hankgreen.bsky.social . I'm confused as to why we can't appreciate the splendor of the natural world for what it is. Instead, we need to Disney everything in order to feel a connection to it. Henry Beston puts it so much better than I:
Many moons ago when I was getting my degree I heard an immunologist say something similar about pouring gasoline onto a dish of cells infected with HIV. 100% effective at destroying the HIV infection...and everything else.
Red states
I found $10mil in fraud, waste, and abuse: 16 presidential golf outings in his 30 days. At this pace, that's $120mil a year so he can golf.
We are experiencing an assault on science unparalleled by anything I’ve seen in my life. It’s not one issue or another anymore, the entire institution is under attack by the most powerful individuals in the country. This Friday, where will you be? standupforscience2025.org
Everyone, please stop calling adults bullies. Bullies are children who can grow and mature. Adults who act this way are just weak people. They are frightened of their own shadow and compensate by attacking others. In other words, they are cowards.
Trump claims the migrants coming to the US are rapists and murders and he's going to stop it. Trump personally pressures Romania to allow 2 rapists to come to the US.
What. The. Actual. ... I can't... My brain...
So Trumpers, three options: He's senile. He's a liar. Or both.
On hikes. Why the hell must they do it while out in nature. Someone comes trotting down the trail in $200 hiking boots, $150 Arcteryx backpack, and they can't afford $30 headphones? And don't tell me it's to scare away bears.
Does anyone know if RFK Jr's brainworm has a BlueSky account?
The conservatives in the UK aren't much better, but kudos to MP Simon Hoare for referring to Trump as "the former leader of the free world".
Yes, Trump did post this and @rationalityrules.bsky.social take is shot on: youtu.be/ODFsrlxNhAw?...
Query: TikTok was banned in the US because the Chinese gov could get user data. If you are outside the US, what is the difference between that and what the US gov can get from Twitter/X users now that Musk is the US gov?
This is exactly what the Christian Right believes. This is not a joke, an Onion skit, or hyperbole.
While optimistic that Kash Patel will do a good job, Christian nationalist pastor Joel Webbon says "we do not need people holding public federal office swearing [in] on sacred texts from false religions": "Get that out of our country. That is not what freedom of religion means."