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“England’s non-woodland trees have been mapped for the first time, using cutting-edge methods of laser detection and satellite imagery” www.theguardian.com/environment/...

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Lawyers, meanwhile, are figuring it out: Everyone has to hang together, or else they will all hang separately thehill.com/regulation/c...

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Apropos of nothing: Kamala Harris predicted this exact moment happening: “Understand that part of Trump’s plan is to put in place a national sales tax of at least 20% on everyday goods and necessities.” She warned us over & over again & she was so right.

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Vance is lying (again). Social Security has repeatedly debunked this. The actual claim is that 40 percent of direct deposit fraud occurred via calls to the agency. That is wholly different, and massively less, than 40 percent of calls being fraudulent. www.nytimes.com/2025/04/01/u...

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In the 20th century democracies were good at information confrontation. They need to learn again. www.ft.com/content/274a...

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Zelda Williams (the daughter of the great Robin Williams) sure had a lot to say about the “Studio Ghibli style” AI images that have been trending recently. I think those people should read these posts and really think about what they’re doing.

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How the legal profession responds now is of vital importance to the American public and the rule of law, Paul Rosenzweig writes. “Big Law in America can either ignore the new reality and model cowardice and cravenness, or step up”: theatln.tc/JdRB9juy

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‘Pete Hegseth? I thought you might be worried...about the security...of your shit.’

submitted 10 days ago • 9 comments

The more coverage a story gets, the more important readers think it is. So it matters when the NYT inflates flimsy Dem ‘scandals’ while downplaying real, criminal ones from Trump and Republicans. It’s not just bad judgment — it shapes public perception.

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Do you get it yet, law firms? What’s happening isn’t an isolated threat to Paul Weiss or Covington or Perkins Coie. It’s an existential threat to the independence of the legal profession. You’re a fool if you think you won’t be next. Say something. Do something.

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they are coming for the students, the professors, the lawyers, the journalists. but sure, free speech absolutists.

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I wrote this in July 2016 www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/glo...

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"Bluesky is a liberal echo chamber"

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Unelected co-President continues his journey to gather enough info to wreck American soft and hard power for generations while simultaneously paralyzing govt operations and causing myriad crises for the population.

submitted 15 days ago • 54 comments

Het Amerikaanse politieke establishment wil de EU kapot maken. Waarom? Heel simpel: dan kunnen ze Europeanen tegen elkaar uitspelen en uitbuiten. www.desmog.com/2025/03/14/h...

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These are e most important #s for the Dems. They should be tracking all local media and influencers in these states and reposting it everywhere The economic pain tariffs can indlict on red states need to be talked about more than anything else right now. It will flip voters.

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Confounding: The air of normalcy with which so much of US media reports on the dismantling of US democracy and Western alliances.

submitted 20 days ago • 13 comments

Just heard that Trump is putting an end to atmospheric monitoring site NY67 that is run out of my lab. This is one of the oldest NADP sites in the US, continually measuring acid rain and other pollutants since 1977. Closing it down is tragic.

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When Trump was sworn in, Elon Musk's corporations were under more than 32 investigations conducted by at least 11 federal agencies. Most of the cases are now closed or likely to be closed soon, and the federal agencies are being defanged by DOGE. Funny how that works, huh?

submitted 26 days ago • 341 comments

Come on WSJ, just say it already: Wall Street Fears Trump Will Wreck Biden Economy

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Putin was counting on Trump. He was Russia’s only hope. And Trump is now delivering for Putin.

submitted 30 days ago • 153 comments

been thinking a lot about the media reaction to Biden's first debate performance compared to its response to fascism

submitted 31 days ago • 18 comments

Human rights organizations say the cuts have undermined years of global democracy-building and free speech initiatives, and put the lives of their staff at risk.

submitted 31 days ago • 40 comments

By repealing the 2009 finding that planet-warming greenhouse gases threaten public health and welfare, the Trump administration would be taking one of its most radical steps yet to derail all federal climate efforts and thus endanger human civilization www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi...

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"More than 20 civil service employees resigned Tuesday from [Musk’s DOGE], saying they were refusing to use their technical expertise to “dismantle critical public services.”" Brian Slodysko and @ByronTau.bsky.social report for @APnews.com

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Er is een beeld ontstaan nadat ik precies dat beeld schetste

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Whether it's Ukraine threatening to join NATO or Russia invading Ukraine, bombing Ukrainian civilians, and abducting Ukrainian children, there has been plenty of aggression on both sides.

submitted 43 days ago • 17 comments

For eight decades, alliances have formed the bedrock of American foreign, trade and cultural policy. But not any more. Europeans, but also America's Asian allies, need to accept this new world, and learn how to live in it. www.theatlantic.com/internationa...

submitted 43 days ago • 91 comments

I’m in Munich and people keep asking me to decode Vance’s speech. OK: In Vance English “free speech” means “Let Musk run your elections” and “democracy” means “let Russia run your elections.” Now move on. 2025 is about what Europeans do, not what Americans say.

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