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The Secretary of Defense goes on tv to explain he is preparing to have the military break the law.

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This is true. @bsky.app is the app of the people. We may not all agree. We may not even all like each other. But we can engage and disagree and agree with our hate That makes the platform the future of social media

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Blumenthal: "What world is he living in? It is not only contrary to the facts and the truth but utterly despicable. A disgusting betrayal of a country that has bled and fought and died for freedom ... the president's surrender is pathetic and weak."

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📢 “He’s trying to steal Medicaid to enrich himself. He’s gutting NASA to line his pockets with SpaceX. He’s looting everything good in America for private profit.” - @aoc.bsky.social at today’s #SaveOurServices NYC rally. The fight isn’t over. Join us: go.savepublicservices.com

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Overwhelm… Overreach… Overthrown. open.substack.com/pub/michaelm...

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This cartoon by @mluckovich.bsky.social is getting banned on Twitter. Because of course it is.

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so far going anti-woke leads to less money and planes falling out of the sky

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GDP growth vs energy/emissions have decoupled in many countries in the world

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In 2025 UK the per capita C02 is half of what it was in 1950 - massive progress

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The world is past peak emissions per capita - that is the message

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🇺🇸 VETERANS 4 D.E.I. ✅

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Farrah Fawcett was born #OTD in 1947. She died of a vaccine preventable cancer in 2009, just a few years after the HPV vaccine was approved.

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TC Energy and the Canadian government lobbied Mexico to accept natural gas as an environmental solution, much to the dismay of climate and energy experts who say the position is illogical, reports @meyer.bsky.social

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Yes, this administration is dangerous and cruel, but they are also shockingly dim and incompetent. Opportunities are everywhere. Make everything as hard as possible. Resist every demand. Refuse entry without a warrant. Don’t take the buyout. Their problem solving skills are 📉

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Heavens to Betsy, I would not have expected that!

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Interesting warranties in a new electric car I'm reviewing in a few weeks time. 7-year/160,000km warranty on the vehicle – plus 8 years/240,000km on the high-voltage battery. Repeat after me: The battery will last longer than the car. The battery will last longer than the car.

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New NREL study on the floating solar power potential of federal reservoirs: "Reservoirs could host enough floating solar panels to generate up to 1,476 terawatt hours, or enough energy to power approximately 100 million homes a year." www.nrel.gov/news/press/2... 🔌💡

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For £40bn we can power 7% our country with nuclear energy. Or we can power 40% of our country with wind. Spending billions on nuclear power is economic madness. This is a value for money issue.

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If Donald Trump hadn’t won the presidential election in November, the Justice Department would have had ample evidence to convict him at trial of trying to obstruct the 2020 election results, special counsel Jack Smith said in a report released Tuesday.

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My latest essay -- please enjoy. "As the climate catastrophe accelerates and truth becomes muddied by politicians, institutions, religious leaders and corporations, the physical world is quickly becoming the last refuge of facts." climatecasino.net/2025/01/25-b...

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The world has passed "peak child". This was a term coined by the late Hans Rosling, and the most recent data suggests that the world has reached it: the number of children has stopped growing. My data insight on @ourworldindata.org today: ourworldindata.org/data-insight...

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from me: the lies spreading across social media about the horrifying L.A. fires (which are quite similar to the conspiracies that emerged in the wake of Hurricane Helene) reveal one grim truth about our future—this is just how every coming climate disaster will play out in our info environment

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A teeny weeny 2% tax on Britain’s super rich would raise £24 billion. Think of all the good we could with a sum like that - and it would only ever so slightly make the tax system more fair - plenty of room for improvement after that.

submitted 47 days ago • 168 comments

NewsGuard, which prizes its nonpartisan criteria, has become a prime target of the GOP’s battle against disinformation watchdogs.

submitted 61 days ago • 77 comments

Beautiful Xmas morning walk

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Chilly morning walk 1C and cold winds from the Alps - tomorrow is darkest day of the year and then we head back slowly towards lighter days

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Morning walk - not all mornings are sunny 🌞

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7km daily Morning walk - wonderful way to start your day - low impact exercise

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"all types of vape contain lithium-ion batteries which are dangerous if crushed or damaged because they can cause fires" www.theguardian.com/society/2024...