CXCarroll
@cxcarroll.bsky.social
Twitter refugee. Autodidact. Finance and technology nerd. Observer of global events. Green at heart. Opinions are my own and not advice. I will not solicit funds from you.
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Russian terror isn't getting attention either any longer. Every newspaper should be draped in black each time this happens. Leaders should flock to the cameras. Instead we have a deafening silence. Shame on all of us for accepting this.
Russian missile strike on Kryvyi Rih.
14 dead, five of them children. Over 50 people injured. The numbers continue to increase.
📹: parents by the body of their son. Russia killed him.
14 dead, five of them children. Over 50 people injured. The numbers continue to increase.
📹: parents by the body of their son. Russia killed him.
April 5, 2025 at 4:28 AM
Russian terror isn't getting attention either any longer. Every newspaper should be draped in black each time this happens. Leaders should flock to the cameras. Instead we have a deafening silence. Shame on all of us for accepting this.
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Moments ago, Russia bombed a vacation resort in the Ukrainian city of Dnipro, setting the area, including the resort restaurant's replica wooden sailing ship, ablaze.
March 28, 2025 at 9:32 PM
Moments ago, Russia bombed a vacation resort in the Ukrainian city of Dnipro, setting the area, including the resort restaurant's replica wooden sailing ship, ablaze.
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A worker making $50,000 a year contributes to Social Security with 100% of their income.
A CEO making $20 million a year contributes to Social Security with less than 1% of their income.
Who agrees it’s time to scrap the cap?
A CEO making $20 million a year contributes to Social Security with less than 1% of their income.
Who agrees it’s time to scrap the cap?
March 27, 2025 at 2:29 PM
A worker making $50,000 a year contributes to Social Security with 100% of their income.
A CEO making $20 million a year contributes to Social Security with less than 1% of their income.
Who agrees it’s time to scrap the cap?
A CEO making $20 million a year contributes to Social Security with less than 1% of their income.
Who agrees it’s time to scrap the cap?
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If you accept that non-citizens have no right to due process, you are accepting that citizens have no right to due process. All the government has to do is claim that you are not a citizen; without due process you have no chance to prove the contrary.
March 24, 2025 at 10:18 PM
If you accept that non-citizens have no right to due process, you are accepting that citizens have no right to due process. All the government has to do is claim that you are not a citizen; without due process you have no chance to prove the contrary.
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A very old Soviet joke, from an especially dark time:
Foxes are fleeing the USSR in droves.
Q: Why are you running away?
Fox: The Soviets passed a new law that they’re going to arrest all camels.
Q: But you’re foxes!
Fox: Yeah, why don’t *you* try proving to the NKVD that you’re not a camel.
Foxes are fleeing the USSR in droves.
Q: Why are you running away?
Fox: The Soviets passed a new law that they’re going to arrest all camels.
Q: But you’re foxes!
Fox: Yeah, why don’t *you* try proving to the NKVD that you’re not a camel.
If you accept that non-citizens have no right to due process, you are accepting that citizens have no right to due process. All the government has to do is claim that you are not a citizen; without due process you have no chance to prove the contrary.
March 27, 2025 at 10:21 PM
A very old Soviet joke, from an especially dark time:
Foxes are fleeing the USSR in droves.
Q: Why are you running away?
Fox: The Soviets passed a new law that they’re going to arrest all camels.
Q: But you’re foxes!
Fox: Yeah, why don’t *you* try proving to the NKVD that you’re not a camel.
Foxes are fleeing the USSR in droves.
Q: Why are you running away?
Fox: The Soviets passed a new law that they’re going to arrest all camels.
Q: But you’re foxes!
Fox: Yeah, why don’t *you* try proving to the NKVD that you’re not a camel.
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This guy is in one of the worst prisons in the world with no way out and may spend the rest of his life there because, it appears, he has an autism awareness tattoo in honor of his little brother.
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
March 26, 2025 at 11:46 PM
This guy is in one of the worst prisons in the world with no way out and may spend the rest of his life there because, it appears, he has an autism awareness tattoo in honor of his little brother.
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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NEW—After a day of uncertainty on where agents took Tufts student Rumeysa Ozturk, she appears to be in a Louisiana facility.
1400+ miles from Somerville, Massachusetts, where she was taken.
A judge ordered to not take her out of state without 48 hour notice. She was detained last night.
1400+ miles from Somerville, Massachusetts, where she was taken.
A judge ordered to not take her out of state without 48 hour notice. She was detained last night.
WATCH: The Moment Masked ICE Agents Arrested Tufts Graduate Student Who Spoke Out in Support of Palestine
“I can buy that badge from a fucking costume store,” says a witness to the “kidnapping” of Rumeysa Ozturk as she was on her way to break her Ramadan fast.
zeteo.com
March 26, 2025 at 9:09 PM
NEW—After a day of uncertainty on where agents took Tufts student Rumeysa Ozturk, she appears to be in a Louisiana facility.
1400+ miles from Somerville, Massachusetts, where she was taken.
A judge ordered to not take her out of state without 48 hour notice. She was detained last night.
1400+ miles from Somerville, Massachusetts, where she was taken.
A judge ordered to not take her out of state without 48 hour notice. She was detained last night.
PE can’t return capital to their current investors and now they want to handle your retirement.
March 26, 2025 at 11:13 AM
PE can’t return capital to their current investors and now they want to handle your retirement.
Of course the ad I get served is to visit Mississippi when I’m reading about Florida repealing child labor laws.
March 25, 2025 at 11:11 PM
Of course the ad I get served is to visit Mississippi when I’m reading about Florida repealing child labor laws.
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my dad (and his siblings) used to miss school to pick oranges in florida, because that was the only way they could earn money to eat. his mom and her mom did the same. i imagine florida would see no problem with that in this day and age.
(dad eventually joined the air force to break the cycle.)
(dad eventually joined the air force to break the cycle.)
March 25, 2025 at 9:33 PM
my dad (and his siblings) used to miss school to pick oranges in florida, because that was the only way they could earn money to eat. his mom and her mom did the same. i imagine florida would see no problem with that in this day and age.
(dad eventually joined the air force to break the cycle.)
(dad eventually joined the air force to break the cycle.)
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us allies feeling their citizens may not be treated in line w/ rule of law will have lasting impact:
-lost tourism
-fewer intl students applying to american universities
-fewer people seeking jobs at top american firms
@gzeromedia.com
-lost tourism
-fewer intl students applying to american universities
-fewer people seeking jobs at top american firms
@gzeromedia.com
US travel warnings issued by its closest allies | Ian Bremmer | World In :60
YouTube video by GZERO Media
www.youtube.com
March 25, 2025 at 8:20 PM
us allies feeling their citizens may not be treated in line w/ rule of law will have lasting impact:
-lost tourism
-fewer intl students applying to american universities
-fewer people seeking jobs at top american firms
@gzeromedia.com
-lost tourism
-fewer intl students applying to american universities
-fewer people seeking jobs at top american firms
@gzeromedia.com
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It’s like Watergate, only in this version Nixon directly mails the tapes to Woodward and Bernstein
March 25, 2025 at 6:02 PM
It’s like Watergate, only in this version Nixon directly mails the tapes to Woodward and Bernstein
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“.. the latest attack from Republicans on the federal judiciary ..”
@nbcnews.com
Mhttps://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/speaker-mike-johnson-floats-eliminating-federal-courts-rcna197986
@nbcnews.com
Mhttps://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/speaker-mike-johnson-floats-eliminating-federal-courts-rcna197986
March 25, 2025 at 6:32 PM
“.. the latest attack from Republicans on the federal judiciary ..”
@nbcnews.com
Mhttps://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/speaker-mike-johnson-floats-eliminating-federal-courts-rcna197986
@nbcnews.com
Mhttps://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/speaker-mike-johnson-floats-eliminating-federal-courts-rcna197986
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Speaker Mike Johnson floats the possibility of Congress eliminating federal courts.
This comes as courts have blocked a series of actions taken by the Trump administration, along with Trump and his allies calling for the impeachment of certain district court judges.
This comes as courts have blocked a series of actions taken by the Trump administration, along with Trump and his allies calling for the impeachment of certain district court judges.
Speaker Mike Johnson floats eliminating federal courts as GOP ramps up attacks on judges
Republican lawmakers are setting their sights on the judiciary following court rulings that have halted Trump's agenda.
nbcnews.to
March 25, 2025 at 6:30 PM
Speaker Mike Johnson floats the possibility of Congress eliminating federal courts.
This comes as courts have blocked a series of actions taken by the Trump administration, along with Trump and his allies calling for the impeachment of certain district court judges.
This comes as courts have blocked a series of actions taken by the Trump administration, along with Trump and his allies calling for the impeachment of certain district court judges.
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Cutting NIST will nuke American industry
SCOOP: As the Trump administration continues its efforts to slash the US federal workforce, the team responsible for publishing data used in advanced research in astrophysics, nuclear fusion, and other fields appears to be on the chopping block.
Trump Admin Plans to Cut Team Responsible for Critical Atomic Measurement Data
The team at the National Institute of Standards and Technology publishes measurement data crucial for advanced research in areas like astrophysics, nuclear fusion, and semiconductors.
www.wired.com
March 25, 2025 at 5:24 PM
Cutting NIST will nuke American industry
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News: NPR’s Tom Bowman reports of a Pentagon-wide warning about Signal’s security vulnerability - one week ago 👇🏼
March 25, 2025 at 2:38 PM
News: NPR’s Tom Bowman reports of a Pentagon-wide warning about Signal’s security vulnerability - one week ago 👇🏼
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can any military experts tell me if it's a good thing when The Atlantic is receiving your texts about maintaining 100% OPSEC
One of the craziest political stories I've ever read. Gotta hand it to Pete Hegseth who seems, if it were possible, even dumber than we were led to believe previously
www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
March 24, 2025 at 5:04 PM
can any military experts tell me if it's a good thing when The Atlantic is receiving your texts about maintaining 100% OPSEC
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If a law firm won't risk everything to defend itself, what makes you think it will risk anything to defend you?
My advice: Find a law firm that will not back down and will never bend a knee.
My advice: Find a law firm that will not back down and will never bend a knee.
March 23, 2025 at 1:24 AM
If a law firm won't risk everything to defend itself, what makes you think it will risk anything to defend you?
My advice: Find a law firm that will not back down and will never bend a knee.
My advice: Find a law firm that will not back down and will never bend a knee.
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From 2010 to 2016 (latest data I have ), NIH research contributed to EVERY drug approved by the FDA
March 22, 2025 at 10:44 AM
From 2010 to 2016 (latest data I have ), NIH research contributed to EVERY drug approved by the FDA
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Porsha Ngumezi was killed by Texas’ abortion ban after doctors refused her a D&C to treat the miscarriage she suffered at 11 weeks gestation. She leaves behind a husband and two sons. www.cbsnews.com/news/grievin...
Grieving husband says "reckless" Texas abortion law led to pregnant wife's death
Between 2019 and 2022, the maternal mortality rate in Texas increased 56% after the state outlawed abortions.
www.cbsnews.com
March 21, 2025 at 3:45 AM
Porsha Ngumezi was killed by Texas’ abortion ban after doctors refused her a D&C to treat the miscarriage she suffered at 11 weeks gestation. She leaves behind a husband and two sons. www.cbsnews.com/news/grievin...
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“.. after Tesla’s stock dropped more than 40% so far this year and Tesla is expected to have its worst quarter of the last 3 years.”
@electrek.co $TSLA
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March 21, 2025 at 1:43 PM
“.. after Tesla’s stock dropped more than 40% so far this year and Tesla is expected to have its worst quarter of the last 3 years.”
@electrek.co $TSLA
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@electrek.co $TSLA
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❗️🇨🇦Canada in talks to join 🇪🇺Europe's defense initiative aimed at boosting EU military production and reducing dependence on the 🇺🇸US, — NYT
March 20, 2025 at 7:48 AM
❗️🇨🇦Canada in talks to join 🇪🇺Europe's defense initiative aimed at boosting EU military production and reducing dependence on the 🇺🇸US, — NYT
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Cutting Medicaid, Medicare, and Social Security will result in people dying.
Cutting medical research and funding will result in people dying.
Cutting foreign aid, FEMA and NOAA will result in people dying.
A few cars on fire is considered violence, but somehow the rest isn’t.
Cutting medical research and funding will result in people dying.
Cutting foreign aid, FEMA and NOAA will result in people dying.
A few cars on fire is considered violence, but somehow the rest isn’t.
March 19, 2025 at 7:34 PM
Cutting Medicaid, Medicare, and Social Security will result in people dying.
Cutting medical research and funding will result in people dying.
Cutting foreign aid, FEMA and NOAA will result in people dying.
A few cars on fire is considered violence, but somehow the rest isn’t.
Cutting medical research and funding will result in people dying.
Cutting foreign aid, FEMA and NOAA will result in people dying.
A few cars on fire is considered violence, but somehow the rest isn’t.
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Perhaps the Gamers are alright
March 20, 2025 at 6:44 AM
Perhaps the Gamers are alright