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Polish science journo, 2023 Knight Science Journalism @ MIT Fellow. Writes about climate, AI, social media and space. Will talk your head off about scuba diving. www.wojtekbrzezinski.pl www.tygodnikpowszechny.pl

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The attempted mugging of a visiting president was about the world war that Musk, Trump, and Vance have chosen. If we attend to what Vance and Trump said yesterday, we can work our way to the unreason of American policy, and to the chaos that will follow. snyder.substack.com/p/the-war-tr...

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At the same time:

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“.. We now have an alliance between a Russian president who wants to destroy Europe and an American president who also wants to destroy Europe,” another European diplomat observed in recent days ... “The transatlantic alliance is over.” @politico.com www.politico.eu/article/dona...

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Come ON

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Trochę ponad miesiąc temu Nowy Jork wprowadził opłaty za wjazd do centrum samochodem. Korki z dnia na dzień zniknęły, nagle w budżecie pojawiła się kasa na remonty metra i nowe autobusy. Trump uznał, że transport publiczny to lewactwo i skasował program. www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...

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Elon Musk’s U.S. DOGE Service is seeking access to a heavily guarded Internal Revenue Service system that includes detailed financial information about every taxpayer, business and nonprofit in the country, according to three people familiar with the activities, sparking alarm within the tax agency.

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The elite war against public wellbeing proceeds.

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New from me: Some federal workers say they are moving all but the most innocuous conversations from platforms like Facebook or text messages to Signal, fearing tech companies will turn over their data to the Trump administration. www.theverge.com/news/610951/...

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Disney is reducing content warnings that caution viewers about racial stereotypes on some of its classic films, including “Dumbo” and “Peter Pan,” as part of a wider revamp of its diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) programs as it adjusts to the new Trump era.

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This is a comprehensive (and very bleak) summary of the current state of US science

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Za 7 lat pierwsza gwiazdka może się nieco pospieszyć. Około 70-metrowa asteroida 2024YR4 ma już przeszło 2 procent szans na uderzenie w Ziemię 22 grudnia 2032 r.

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Nowa ustawa proponowana przez stanowy kongres Teksasu będzie wymagała od potencjalnych wyborców, którzy chcą zarejestrować się w spisie, by przedstawili akt urodzenia zawierający to samo nazwisko. Co może być przykrą niespodzianką dla 69 mln teksańskich mężatek, które nazwisko zmieniły...

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Texas Rep. Introduces The Safeguard American Voter Eligibility (SAVE) Act preventing 69 million married women from being able to register to vote. It requires a birth certificate that matches their current name, which is a problem for women who changed their legal name when they got married

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Hej, @google, dlaczego na polskim Google Maps wyświetla się nazwa "Zatoka Amerykańska"? To wbrew stanowisku Komisji Standaryzacji Nazw Geograficznych poza Granicami Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej. Może jeszcze zaznaczycie, że Krym jest w Rosji?

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In the Soviet Bloc, the Communist Party assigned political minders/ commissars to every school, factory, army unit, etc to ensure ideological compliance and loyalty to the regime. Hiring was based on class background and demonstrated loyalty. Obviously, this is very different.

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Is measuring CO2 woke?

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This is crucial reporting from @katherinejwu.com. Among the data being scrubbed is “the agency’s AtlasPlus tool, which contains nearly 20 years of CDC surveillance data on HIV, hepatitis, sexually transmitted infections, and tuberculosis…” www.theatlantic.com/health/archi...

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Asteroid as wide as 886 cans of spam may hit Earth in 2032

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