Carter Brooks
@carterbrooks.bsky.social
Artist, Storyteller, Thinker, Writer
Former U-Va. president blasts DOJ, board for ‘forced resignation’
November 15, 2025 at 1:22 AM
Former U-Va. president blasts DOJ, board for ‘forced resignation’
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Wild. They are figuring out how to store electricity in ... concrete.
Concrete “battery” developed at MIT now packs 10 times the power
New concrete and carbon black supercapacitors with optimized electrolytes have 10 times the energy storage of previous designs and can be incorporated into a wide range of architectural forms.
news.mit.edu
November 9, 2025 at 8:09 PM
Wild. They are figuring out how to store electricity in ... concrete.
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Holy shit. This company claims it has developed an air-source heat pump with a COP of *7* (3-5 is considered good). For you non-nerds, that basically means it produces 7 units of heat for every unit of electricity it consumes. How are they doing it? You're not gonna like this answer, but: it's AI.
Fairland COP7 R290 ATW HeatPump - The Future of AI HeatPump
/PRNewswire/ -- As gentle heat wraps around you, you walk barefoot to bathroom and enjoy an instant hot shower—no waiting, no cold shock. Every corner indoors...
www.prnewswire.co.uk
November 9, 2025 at 8:27 PM
Holy shit. This company claims it has developed an air-source heat pump with a COP of *7* (3-5 is considered good). For you non-nerds, that basically means it produces 7 units of heat for every unit of electricity it consumes. How are they doing it? You're not gonna like this answer, but: it's AI.
This I can get behind.
When The Current Regime is overthrown, Stephen Miller must be investigated by the FBI & made to answer for his crimes against the American People, alleged undocumented persons, & the United States of America
November 10, 2025 at 4:16 AM
This I can get behind.
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"Far from a peak, China's gasoline demand is estimated to have fallen 9% in October on the year to 12.5 million tons, with average daily use roughly flat with September..."
China's oil demand is entering structural decline.
China's oil demand is entering structural decline.
EVs put an end to China's usual holiday surge in gasoline use
Tianyu Jiang took a 2,000-km (1,200-mile) road trip this month during China's national holiday week, driving in his electric vehicle from the southwestern Sichuan basin to Beijing for the first time.
www.reuters.com
November 9, 2025 at 8:18 PM
"Far from a peak, China's gasoline demand is estimated to have fallen 9% in October on the year to 12.5 million tons, with average daily use roughly flat with September..."
China's oil demand is entering structural decline.
China's oil demand is entering structural decline.
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In the United States, we are witnessing:
☑️ Sanctions against ICC judges and prosecutors
☑️ Attacks on academic institutions
☑️ Targeting of philanthropic human rights organizations
These attacks mirror the signs of repression we have documented in other countries.
hrdag.org/2025/10/21/h...
☑️ Sanctions against ICC judges and prosecutors
☑️ Attacks on academic institutions
☑️ Targeting of philanthropic human rights organizations
These attacks mirror the signs of repression we have documented in other countries.
hrdag.org/2025/10/21/h...
HRDAG Takes a Stand Against Tyranny in the United States
by Patrick Ball and Megan Price
Today the Human Rights Data Analysis Group (HRDAG) publicly denounces the growing attacks on science and human rights in the United States. We reaffirm our commitment ...
hrdag.org
November 4, 2025 at 1:03 AM
In the United States, we are witnessing:
☑️ Sanctions against ICC judges and prosecutors
☑️ Attacks on academic institutions
☑️ Targeting of philanthropic human rights organizations
These attacks mirror the signs of repression we have documented in other countries.
hrdag.org/2025/10/21/h...
☑️ Sanctions against ICC judges and prosecutors
☑️ Attacks on academic institutions
☑️ Targeting of philanthropic human rights organizations
These attacks mirror the signs of repression we have documented in other countries.
hrdag.org/2025/10/21/h...
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Just when I think he can't make my skin crawl any worse...
J.D. Vance Is Praying Usha Will Come Around to Catholicism
“I believe in the Christian Gospel, and I hope, eventually, my wife comes to see it the same way.”
www.thecut.com
October 31, 2025 at 11:13 PM
Just when I think he can't make my skin crawl any worse...
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Read that last sentence again. A judge to a Border Patrol leader.
Ellis on the use of tear gas Saturday: "That was the instance, as well, where children were present and they were dressed up in their Halloween costumes. … Those kids were tear gassed on their way to celebrate Halloween in their local school parking lot."
October 28, 2025 at 4:39 PM
Read that last sentence again. A judge to a Border Patrol leader.
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"Alleged link to autism" = the basis of a lawsuit in a world where countless medical researchers and scientists have been thrown out of their jobs and the CDC has been gutted.
So hey.
Just sue away over every little assumption you wish were true!
There will be prizes!
So hey.
Just sue away over every little assumption you wish were true!
There will be prizes!
October 28, 2025 at 6:17 PM
"Alleged link to autism" = the basis of a lawsuit in a world where countless medical researchers and scientists have been thrown out of their jobs and the CDC has been gutted.
So hey.
Just sue away over every little assumption you wish were true!
There will be prizes!
So hey.
Just sue away over every little assumption you wish were true!
There will be prizes!
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I know this is obvious. And I know we all know this.
But if the President can raise taxes because an advert annoyed him, without even consulting Congress, then the US constitution is simply not functioning as intended.
But if the President can raise taxes because an advert annoyed him, without even consulting Congress, then the US constitution is simply not functioning as intended.
October 26, 2025 at 8:00 AM
I know this is obvious. And I know we all know this.
But if the President can raise taxes because an advert annoyed him, without even consulting Congress, then the US constitution is simply not functioning as intended.
But if the President can raise taxes because an advert annoyed him, without even consulting Congress, then the US constitution is simply not functioning as intended.
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The richest man on earth owns X.
The second richest man on earth is about to acquire TikTok and his family could soon own both Paramount and Warner Bros.
The third richest man owns Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp.
The fourth richest man owns The Washington Post.
See the problem here?
The second richest man on earth is about to acquire TikTok and his family could soon own both Paramount and Warner Bros.
The third richest man owns Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp.
The fourth richest man owns The Washington Post.
See the problem here?
October 25, 2025 at 7:00 PM
The richest man on earth owns X.
The second richest man on earth is about to acquire TikTok and his family could soon own both Paramount and Warner Bros.
The third richest man owns Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp.
The fourth richest man owns The Washington Post.
See the problem here?
The second richest man on earth is about to acquire TikTok and his family could soon own both Paramount and Warner Bros.
The third richest man owns Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp.
The fourth richest man owns The Washington Post.
See the problem here?
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Here it is: the Trump Administration "draft proposal" to the University of California. Published bc faculty sued for its disclosure.
Its terms go beyond what Trump demands in similar compacts to other universities.
EVERYONE should read: faculty, students, admins, alumni.
ucop.edu/communicatio...
Its terms go beyond what Trump demands in similar compacts to other universities.
EVERYONE should read: faculty, students, admins, alumni.
ucop.edu/communicatio...
ucop.edu
October 25, 2025 at 12:42 AM
Here it is: the Trump Administration "draft proposal" to the University of California. Published bc faculty sued for its disclosure.
Its terms go beyond what Trump demands in similar compacts to other universities.
EVERYONE should read: faculty, students, admins, alumni.
ucop.edu/communicatio...
Its terms go beyond what Trump demands in similar compacts to other universities.
EVERYONE should read: faculty, students, admins, alumni.
ucop.edu/communicatio...
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Please understand that the Trump regime is dehumanizing Democrats the same way the Nazis dehumanized Jews. Trump is laying the groundwork to arrest, imprison and even kill us. History is warning us that is where we are heading.
Leavitt: "The Democrat Party's main constituency is made up of Hamas terrorists, illegal aliens, and violent criminals."
October 16, 2025 at 6:46 PM
Please understand that the Trump regime is dehumanizing Democrats the same way the Nazis dehumanized Jews. Trump is laying the groundwork to arrest, imprison and even kill us. History is warning us that is where we are heading.
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Open enrollment for ACA plans began yesterday in Idaho.
One couple got notice that their monthly premium next year would jump from $51 to $2,232 as subsidies expire.
25,000 Idahoans are expected to be priced out of coverage.
This is what's at stake in Trump's shutdown.
One couple got notice that their monthly premium next year would jump from $51 to $2,232 as subsidies expire.
25,000 Idahoans are expected to be priced out of coverage.
This is what's at stake in Trump's shutdown.
October 16, 2025 at 3:31 PM
Open enrollment for ACA plans began yesterday in Idaho.
One couple got notice that their monthly premium next year would jump from $51 to $2,232 as subsidies expire.
25,000 Idahoans are expected to be priced out of coverage.
This is what's at stake in Trump's shutdown.
One couple got notice that their monthly premium next year would jump from $51 to $2,232 as subsidies expire.
25,000 Idahoans are expected to be priced out of coverage.
This is what's at stake in Trump's shutdown.
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Swearing in isn’t some ceremony. You aren’t a member of Congress until it happens. He knows that.
No phones, no staff, nothing.
I had to escort her into the Capitol on Wed bc Capitol police must treat her as a public visitor until she’s sworn in. And solo visitors aren’t allowed during shutdown!
No phones, no staff, nothing.
I had to escort her into the Capitol on Wed bc Capitol police must treat her as a public visitor until she’s sworn in. And solo visitors aren’t allowed during shutdown!
Johnson: "Grijalva should be working for her constituents right now. I don't know what she's doing. I keep seeing their political stunt videos. She should be in her office. She should be working or in the district for her constituents" (Grijalva is not in fact a Rep. b/c Johnson refuses to seat her)
October 17, 2025 at 4:16 AM
Swearing in isn’t some ceremony. You aren’t a member of Congress until it happens. He knows that.
No phones, no staff, nothing.
I had to escort her into the Capitol on Wed bc Capitol police must treat her as a public visitor until she’s sworn in. And solo visitors aren’t allowed during shutdown!
No phones, no staff, nothing.
I had to escort her into the Capitol on Wed bc Capitol police must treat her as a public visitor until she’s sworn in. And solo visitors aren’t allowed during shutdown!
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Trump has frozen or canceled $28B in funding for infrastructure projects in Democratic congressional districts.
Meanwhile, representatives of those districts are fighting to extend ACA subsidies — more than half of which go to people in GOP-held districts.
Remember this.
Meanwhile, representatives of those districts are fighting to extend ACA subsidies — more than half of which go to people in GOP-held districts.
Remember this.
October 15, 2025 at 8:15 PM
Trump has frozen or canceled $28B in funding for infrastructure projects in Democratic congressional districts.
Meanwhile, representatives of those districts are fighting to extend ACA subsidies — more than half of which go to people in GOP-held districts.
Remember this.
Meanwhile, representatives of those districts are fighting to extend ACA subsidies — more than half of which go to people in GOP-held districts.
Remember this.
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The mainstream media loves making it seam like dysfunction in Washington is coming from both parties.
Hello?
Much of the GOP no longer accepts the rule of law, or the norms of democracy, or the legitimacy of the opposing party.
Enough of the false equivalence.
Hello?
Much of the GOP no longer accepts the rule of law, or the norms of democracy, or the legitimacy of the opposing party.
Enough of the false equivalence.
October 11, 2025 at 11:30 PM
The mainstream media loves making it seam like dysfunction in Washington is coming from both parties.
Hello?
Much of the GOP no longer accepts the rule of law, or the norms of democracy, or the legitimacy of the opposing party.
Enough of the false equivalence.
Hello?
Much of the GOP no longer accepts the rule of law, or the norms of democracy, or the legitimacy of the opposing party.
Enough of the false equivalence.
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It really can't be said enough: the goal of the "anti-woke" movement was always to destroy social norms against bigotry. And it worked. And there's a whole lot of purportedly "left" thinkers & commentators who helped it -- indeed, it couldn't have been done without them.
They should feel bad.
They should feel bad.
October 9, 2025 at 1:38 PM
It really can't be said enough: the goal of the "anti-woke" movement was always to destroy social norms against bigotry. And it worked. And there's a whole lot of purportedly "left" thinkers & commentators who helped it -- indeed, it couldn't have been done without them.
They should feel bad.
They should feel bad.
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Who could ever have imagined when I played a fictional rebel who joined the Resistance to oppose a criminal Authoritarian & wannabe King, it would be happening in real-life?
#TwentyfiveFortyseven
#TwentyfiveFortyseven
October 4, 2025 at 8:15 PM
Who could ever have imagined when I played a fictional rebel who joined the Resistance to oppose a criminal Authoritarian & wannabe King, it would be happening in real-life?
#TwentyfiveFortyseven
#TwentyfiveFortyseven
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20 Lessons on Tyranny
John Lithgow reads Timothy Snyder
10 minutes of pure universal wisdom
www.youtube.com/watch?v=cXR5...
John Lithgow reads Timothy Snyder
10 minutes of pure universal wisdom
www.youtube.com/watch?v=cXR5...
20 Lessons on Tyranny: by Timothy Snyder / read by John Lithgow
YouTube video by PoliticsGirl
www.youtube.com
October 4, 2025 at 3:26 PM
20 Lessons on Tyranny
John Lithgow reads Timothy Snyder
10 minutes of pure universal wisdom
www.youtube.com/watch?v=cXR5...
John Lithgow reads Timothy Snyder
10 minutes of pure universal wisdom
www.youtube.com/watch?v=cXR5...
Understand this properly. The tax cut the millionaire is getting is basically immaterial, or at least marginally insignificant to the millionaire… but it’s devastating to the four people losing health care
Remember that this is what the Trump-Republican big, ugly bill was all about. It's Robin Hood in reverse.
Why would any Democrat vote for a continuing resolution that greenlights this regime's cruelty?
Why would any Democrat vote for a continuing resolution that greenlights this regime's cruelty?
October 4, 2025 at 12:46 AM
Understand this properly. The tax cut the millionaire is getting is basically immaterial, or at least marginally insignificant to the millionaire… but it’s devastating to the four people losing health care
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Chris Murphy: "In a different era, maybe just asking for a minor adjustment in health care tax credit policy would be enough. But it’s not a normal time. If you don’t mount a stand right now on behalf of democracy, there won’t be another opportunity."
Chris Murphy’s Extraordinary New Takedown of Trump Should Wake Up Dems
The Democratic senator has taken the lead in drawing attention to Trump’s authoritarianism. In an interview, he offers a stark new warning that should galvanize his fellow Democrats before it’s too la...
newrepublic.com
October 3, 2025 at 5:19 PM
Chris Murphy: "In a different era, maybe just asking for a minor adjustment in health care tax credit policy would be enough. But it’s not a normal time. If you don’t mount a stand right now on behalf of democracy, there won’t be another opportunity."
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This is due to a law signed by Ronald Reagan and has nothing to do with this shutdown fight.
But consider this...
Emergency Medicaid spending in 2023 cost $3.8 billion — just 0.4% of total Medicaid spending.
Now what about the $20 billion taxpayers are giving to Argentina?
But consider this...
Emergency Medicaid spending in 2023 cost $3.8 billion — just 0.4% of total Medicaid spending.
Now what about the $20 billion taxpayers are giving to Argentina?
Leavitt: "When an illegal alien goes to the emergency room, who's paying for it? The American taxpayer."
October 3, 2025 at 6:30 PM
This is due to a law signed by Ronald Reagan and has nothing to do with this shutdown fight.
But consider this...
Emergency Medicaid spending in 2023 cost $3.8 billion — just 0.4% of total Medicaid spending.
Now what about the $20 billion taxpayers are giving to Argentina?
But consider this...
Emergency Medicaid spending in 2023 cost $3.8 billion — just 0.4% of total Medicaid spending.
Now what about the $20 billion taxpayers are giving to Argentina?
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Trump is now gloating about meeting with Russ Vought of "PROJECT 2025 Fame" to apparently determine which "Democrat Agencies" he wants to cut during a shutdown.
Remember when Trump denied knowing about the authoritarian playbook and many pundits and politicians gave him a pass?
Remember when Trump denied knowing about the authoritarian playbook and many pundits and politicians gave him a pass?
Project 2025: The MAGA Plan to Take Your Freedom | Robert Reich
Robert Reich
youtu.be
October 2, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Trump is now gloating about meeting with Russ Vought of "PROJECT 2025 Fame" to apparently determine which "Democrat Agencies" he wants to cut during a shutdown.
Remember when Trump denied knowing about the authoritarian playbook and many pundits and politicians gave him a pass?
Remember when Trump denied knowing about the authoritarian playbook and many pundits and politicians gave him a pass?
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