BernardoVerda 🤔
@bernardoverda.bsky.social
Retired. Into science, environment, climate, literature, Proportional Representation, Esperanto, science fiction & fantasy...
More interested in "policy" than "politics"
-- but nonetheless prefers "woke" over "zombie".
"Live & learn, or die an idiot."
More interested in "policy" than "politics"
-- but nonetheless prefers "woke" over "zombie".
"Live & learn, or die an idiot."
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The wealthy are always so GD worried some poor people are gonna commit some small time fraud. Meanwhile, big corporations are committing HUGE afraid. Just look at defense contractors.
Why? Because we have all been taught to see the wealthy as virtuous and to see the poor as lazy and unworthy.
Why? Because we have all been taught to see the wealthy as virtuous and to see the poor as lazy and unworthy.
January 4, 2026 at 11:48 PM
The wealthy are always so GD worried some poor people are gonna commit some small time fraud. Meanwhile, big corporations are committing HUGE afraid. Just look at defense contractors.
Why? Because we have all been taught to see the wealthy as virtuous and to see the poor as lazy and unworthy.
Why? Because we have all been taught to see the wealthy as virtuous and to see the poor as lazy and unworthy.
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January 3, 2026 at 9:28 PM
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We are a country whose Constitution, according to the Supreme Court, gives our own presidents immunity for crimes committed while in office, but we will prosecute presidents of other countries for alleged crimes and invade them to execute arrest warrants.
January 5, 2026 at 1:07 AM
We are a country whose Constitution, according to the Supreme Court, gives our own presidents immunity for crimes committed while in office, but we will prosecute presidents of other countries for alleged crimes and invade them to execute arrest warrants.
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Improving access to safe abortion care reduces maternal mortality and morbidity, supports gender equality, and contributes to achieving sustainable development goals.
Understanding Abortion Care: WHO Guidelines, Global Health Impact, and Access Challenges
Comprehensive overview of abortion care based on WHO health guidelines. Learn about safe abortion procedures, global statistics, healthcare access barriers, and the impact on maternal health worldwide...
observervoice.com
January 4, 2026 at 11:41 PM
Improving access to safe abortion care reduces maternal mortality and morbidity, supports gender equality, and contributes to achieving sustainable development goals.
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We have some deposits here in SW Oregon.
But the PNW is composed of several land islands that drifted off the Pacific and compacted together.
We have dirt from both Australia and Mexico... Cause those tectonic plates really got around, ha ha.
But the PNW is composed of several land islands that drifted off the Pacific and compacted together.
We have dirt from both Australia and Mexico... Cause those tectonic plates really got around, ha ha.
January 5, 2026 at 12:07 AM
We have some deposits here in SW Oregon.
But the PNW is composed of several land islands that drifted off the Pacific and compacted together.
We have dirt from both Australia and Mexico... Cause those tectonic plates really got around, ha ha.
But the PNW is composed of several land islands that drifted off the Pacific and compacted together.
We have dirt from both Australia and Mexico... Cause those tectonic plates really got around, ha ha.
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Note: Jack Hills zircons (probably too small to see individually in this pic) are up to 4.4 billion years old, but this rock is significantly younger. The zircons weathered out of the igneous rocks in which they formed, surviving heat and rain and pressure, and were incorporated into new(er) rocks.
January 5, 2026 at 12:00 AM
Note: Jack Hills zircons (probably too small to see individually in this pic) are up to 4.4 billion years old, but this rock is significantly younger. The zircons weathered out of the igneous rocks in which they formed, surviving heat and rain and pressure, and were incorporated into new(er) rocks.
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Zircon crystals are nearly indestructible, and are some of the only things to survive the hellish pressure and heat of the Haldean Eon, when the earth was formed. The oldest zircons are found in Jack Hills, Australia, where our specimen was found. It may be small, but it's 4.4 billion years old!
January 4, 2026 at 7:59 PM
Zircon crystals are nearly indestructible, and are some of the only things to survive the hellish pressure and heat of the Haldean Eon, when the earth was formed. The oldest zircons are found in Jack Hills, Australia, where our specimen was found. It may be small, but it's 4.4 billion years old!
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"America is an oil company with an army."
—George Carlin
—George Carlin
January 4, 2026 at 7:21 PM
"America is an oil company with an army."
—George Carlin
—George Carlin
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John Bolton: “What I have to say, the most stunning part about the press conference was probably saying the U.S. was going to run the country. But the second most stunning was the assault on Mrs. Machado, the leader of the Democratic forces.”
via @kaitlancollins.bsky.social
via @kaitlancollins.bsky.social
January 4, 2026 at 6:39 PM
John Bolton: “What I have to say, the most stunning part about the press conference was probably saying the U.S. was going to run the country. But the second most stunning was the assault on Mrs. Machado, the leader of the Democratic forces.”
via @kaitlancollins.bsky.social
via @kaitlancollins.bsky.social
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There's weather and then there's genocide. #GazaGenocide
January 4, 2026 at 2:05 PM
There's weather and then there's genocide. #GazaGenocide
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Your activism will be even more important this year.
Here are 10 crucial things you can do in 2026. https://robertreich.substack.com/p/what-you-can-do-in-2026
Here are 10 crucial things you can do in 2026. https://robertreich.substack.com/p/what-you-can-do-in-2026
10 Crucial Things You Can Do in 2026
Your activism will be even more important this year
robertreich.substack.com
January 4, 2026 at 9:01 PM
Your activism will be even more important this year.
Here are 10 crucial things you can do in 2026. https://robertreich.substack.com/p/what-you-can-do-in-2026
Here are 10 crucial things you can do in 2026. https://robertreich.substack.com/p/what-you-can-do-in-2026
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Ironically saying NASA is a waste of money is what anti-science anarcho-capitalists like Russell Vought argue for.
January 4, 2026 at 7:36 PM
Ironically saying NASA is a waste of money is what anti-science anarcho-capitalists like Russell Vought argue for.
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Reminder: Trump is an adjudicated rapist, a convicted felon on 34 counts of fraud, and an insurrectionist.
The US doesn't care about criminality or corruption.
The US doesn't care about criminality or corruption.
January 4, 2026 at 8:01 PM
Reminder: Trump is an adjudicated rapist, a convicted felon on 34 counts of fraud, and an insurrectionist.
The US doesn't care about criminality or corruption.
The US doesn't care about criminality or corruption.
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RICO charges dropped against ‘Stop Cop City’ defendants. “A Georgia judge on Tuesday said he will toss the racketeering charges against all 61 defendants accused of a years-long conspiracy to halt the construction of a police and firefighter training facility..." apnews.com/article/atla...
Georgia judge to toss landmark racketeering charges against 'Cop City' protesters
A Georgia judge says he's going to dismiss racketeering charges against all 61 defendants accused of trying to stop the construction of a police and firefighter training facility known as “Cop City."
apnews.com
January 4, 2026 at 1:22 AM
RICO charges dropped against ‘Stop Cop City’ defendants. “A Georgia judge on Tuesday said he will toss the racketeering charges against all 61 defendants accused of a years-long conspiracy to halt the construction of a police and firefighter training facility..." apnews.com/article/atla...
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Up to 250 days in the year Scotland’s renewables could have powered 100% of our electricity needs so TWICE the UK figure talkingupscotlandtwo.com/2026/01/03/u...
Up to 250 days in the year Scotland’s renewables could have powered 100% of our electricity needs so TWICE the UK figure
Image ChatGPT Professor John Robertson OBA From BBC Climate yesterday: Renewables can generate significant amounts of electricity when conditions are right. On roughly a third of days in 2025, at l…
talkingupscotlandtwo.com
January 4, 2026 at 3:40 PM
Up to 250 days in the year Scotland’s renewables could have powered 100% of our electricity needs so TWICE the UK figure talkingupscotlandtwo.com/2026/01/03/u...
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The White House would like us to forget this, but we will not.
January 4, 2026 at 9:41 PM
The White House would like us to forget this, but we will not.
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Looking forward to when he demands credit for ending a war he started.
Shows coming up in Tampa, Orlando, Raleigh, Atlanta, Ft Lauderdale, Jacksonville, and more. Tickets on my website, as always.
Shows coming up in Tampa, Orlando, Raleigh, Atlanta, Ft Lauderdale, Jacksonville, and more. Tickets on my website, as always.
January 3, 2026 at 1:24 PM
Looking forward to when he demands credit for ending a war he started.
Shows coming up in Tampa, Orlando, Raleigh, Atlanta, Ft Lauderdale, Jacksonville, and more. Tickets on my website, as always.
Shows coming up in Tampa, Orlando, Raleigh, Atlanta, Ft Lauderdale, Jacksonville, and more. Tickets on my website, as always.
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First Venezuela misses qualifying for the World Cup by one game, then gets bombed by the winner of the FIFA peace prize.
January 3, 2026 at 1:16 PM
First Venezuela misses qualifying for the World Cup by one game, then gets bombed by the winner of the FIFA peace prize.
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Find me on Substack.
January 3, 2026 at 6:16 PM
Find me on Substack.
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The deadline for the DOJ to provide a report explaining redactions/withholding of the Epstein files was yesterday.
I sure hope nothing big happened to distract us.
I sure hope nothing big happened to distract us.
January 4, 2026 at 3:18 PM
The deadline for the DOJ to provide a report explaining redactions/withholding of the Epstein files was yesterday.
I sure hope nothing big happened to distract us.
I sure hope nothing big happened to distract us.