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Salt water laced with cancer-causing chemicals, a byproduct of oil and gas drilling, keeps shooting out of the ground in Oklahoma.
Experts say it means even more wastewater is spreading underground, poisoning the state’s water supply.
Published Oct. w/ @readfrontier.bsky.social
Experts say it means even more wastewater is spreading underground, poisoning the state’s water supply.
Published Oct. w/ @readfrontier.bsky.social
Toxic Wastewater From Oil Fields Keeps Pouring Out of the Ground. Oklahoma Regulators Failed to Stop It.
Salt water laced with cancer-causing chemicals, a byproduct of oil and gas drilling, is spewing from old wells. Experts warn of a pollution crisis spreading underground and threatening Oklahoma’s drin...
www.propublica.org
December 27, 2025 at 11:12 AM
Sounds lovely
December 26, 2025 at 3:30 PM
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“It’s hard to think of a more important English philosopher or cultural thinker this century than Mark Fisher.” Sukhdev Sandhu on the man who’s the subject of a new documentary:
The permanent influence of Mark Fisher
A new film grapples with one of the finest—and broadest—minds of the 21st century
www.prospectmagazine.co.uk
December 26, 2025 at 2:22 PM
“It’s hard to think of a more important English philosopher or cultural thinker this century than Mark Fisher.” Sukhdev Sandhu on the man who’s the subject of a new documentary:
December 25, 2025 at 8:44 AM
In fact, a major project for post-Foucaldian scholars is to construct theoretical syntheses between Foucault and Marx since such a connection does not exist from Foucault. Of course the right never actually does the reading or else they would know this.
Michel Foucault still confuses the Right, 40 years later
"The intellectual godfather behind Foucault isn’t Marx [as right wing critics like Jordan Peterson insist] but Nietzsche."
via @buffsoldier96.bsky.social
unherd.com/newsroom/mic...
"The intellectual godfather behind Foucault isn’t Marx [as right wing critics like Jordan Peterson insist] but Nietzsche."
via @buffsoldier96.bsky.social
unherd.com/newsroom/mic...
Michel Foucault still confuses the Right, 40 years later
Michel Foucault, who died 40 years ago today, is undoubtedly one of the most influential intellectuals of the late 20th century. The standard narrative which has circulated about him for decades, espe...
unherd.com
December 23, 2025 at 11:29 PM
In fact, a major project for post-Foucaldian scholars is to construct theoretical syntheses between Foucault and Marx since such a connection does not exist from Foucault. Of course the right never actually does the reading or else they would know this.
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Important review of new panoramic history of capitalism’s takeover of world. As Lynskey points out Marx and Engels identified in 1848 that its power lay in its virtues as much as its vices. But since 1970s neoliberalism, capitalism in vulture mode, has no upside
Important review of new panoramic history of capitalism’s takeover of world. As Lynskey points out Marx and Engels identified in 1848 that its power lay in its virtues as much as its vices. But since 1970s neoliberalism, capitalism in vulture mode, has no upside
Capitalism by Sven Beckert review – an extraordinary history of the economic system that controls our lives
The Harvard professor provides a ceaseless flow of startling details in this exhaustively researched, 1000-year account
www.theguardian.com
December 23, 2025 at 12:39 PM
www.theguardian.com/books/2025/d...
Important review of new panoramic history of capitalism’s takeover of world. As Lynskey points out Marx and Engels identified in 1848 that its power lay in its virtues as much as its vices. But since 1970s neoliberalism, capitalism in vulture mode, has no upside
Important review of new panoramic history of capitalism’s takeover of world. As Lynskey points out Marx and Engels identified in 1848 that its power lay in its virtues as much as its vices. But since 1970s neoliberalism, capitalism in vulture mode, has no upside
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Unreliable. Creating more problems than solving them. A negative force on the world stage.
This is how large shares of America’s closest allies view the U.S., according to our new poll.
This is how large shares of America’s closest allies view the U.S., according to our new poll.
Poll: Major allies see US as unreliable and destabilizing
Pluralities in Germany and France — and a majority of Canadians — say the US is a negative force globally, new POLITICO-Public First polling finds.
www.politico.com
December 23, 2025 at 1:15 PM
Unreliable. Creating more problems than solving them. A negative force on the world stage.
This is how large shares of America’s closest allies view the U.S., according to our new poll.
This is how large shares of America’s closest allies view the U.S., according to our new poll.
Som immigrant i Danmark gør hver 24-timers amerikanske nyhedscyklus mig mere og mere ydmyg og taknemmelig for at kalde Danmark mit nye hjem. Jeg ville aldrig vende tilbage, og jeg savner det slet ikke.
December 23, 2025 at 11:22 AM
Som immigrant i Danmark gør hver 24-timers amerikanske nyhedscyklus mig mere og mere ydmyg og taknemmelig for at kalde Danmark mit nye hjem. Jeg ville aldrig vende tilbage, og jeg savner det slet ikke.
The biggest threat to Europe (aside from Russia) is external billionaires.
Via Euronews: The rich were quieter after COVID. Now they’re not - and people are noticing
www.euronews.com/business/202...
Via Euronews: The rich were quieter after COVID. Now they’re not - and people are noticing
www.euronews.com/business/202...
When the rich flaunt their wealth, inequality feels worse, study shows
According to new research, people underestimate inequality when they live in segregated social worlds. But when wealth is openly displayed, dissatisfaction rises fast.
www.euronews.com
December 23, 2025 at 8:57 AM
The biggest threat to Europe (aside from Russia) is external billionaires.
Via Euronews: The rich were quieter after COVID. Now they’re not - and people are noticing
www.euronews.com/business/202...
Via Euronews: The rich were quieter after COVID. Now they’re not - and people are noticing
www.euronews.com/business/202...
December 22, 2025 at 7:58 PM
December 22, 2025 at 8:58 AM
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The United Nations has taken notice of domestic protest repression on U.S. campuses.
U.N. Experts Blast U.S. Universities for Human Rights Violations Against Gaza Protesters
The U.N. experts wrote blistering letters to the leaders of five American universities about their crackdowns on Gaza protests.
interc.pt
December 21, 2025 at 5:05 PM
The United Nations has taken notice of domestic protest repression on U.S. campuses.
The only appropriate use of chatgpt is to create scenarios in ARMA III
December 21, 2025 at 1:49 PM
The only appropriate use of chatgpt is to create scenarios in ARMA III
December 19, 2025 at 10:59 PM
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It’s time to accept that the US supreme court is illegitimate and must be replaced | Ryan Doerfler and Samuel Moyn
It’s time to accept that the US supreme court is illegitimate and must be replaced | Ryan Doerfler and Samuel Moyn
We need to remake the US high court so Americans don’t suffer future decades of oligarchy-facilitating rule
www.theguardian.com
December 19, 2025 at 4:25 PM
It’s time to accept that the US supreme court is illegitimate and must be replaced | Ryan Doerfler and Samuel Moyn
Too bad the corporate Dems will probably fuck off their chance to win with AOC. They'll pick mid-white-guy as a "safe choice" and they'll hope that "not Trump" is enough to get their mediocre white guy into office.
www.newsweek.com/aoc-reacts-t...
www.newsweek.com/aoc-reacts-t...
AOC reacts to poll showing her ahead of JD Vance: 'I will stomp him’
Neither Ocasio-Cortez nor Vance has announced an election run but both have been tipped as possible candidates.
www.newsweek.com
December 18, 2025 at 11:42 AM
Too bad the corporate Dems will probably fuck off their chance to win with AOC. They'll pick mid-white-guy as a "safe choice" and they'll hope that "not Trump" is enough to get their mediocre white guy into office.
www.newsweek.com/aoc-reacts-t...
www.newsweek.com/aoc-reacts-t...
December 18, 2025 at 8:10 AM
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U.S. electricity prices rose 7.4% in just one year, and energy policy analysts expect them to keep climbing faster than inflation in 2026. Meanwhile, data centers powering AI could nearly triple their energy use by 2030. buff.ly/KE663ZA
Rising electricity prices and an aging grid challenge the nation as data centers demand more power
Energy projects are expensive and take a long time to build. Where to build them is often also a difficult, even controversial, question.
theconversation.com
December 18, 2025 at 5:35 AM
U.S. electricity prices rose 7.4% in just one year, and energy policy analysts expect them to keep climbing faster than inflation in 2026. Meanwhile, data centers powering AI could nearly triple their energy use by 2030. buff.ly/KE663ZA
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Breaking News: The Trump administration plans to ramp up efforts to strip some naturalized Americans of their citizenship, internal documents obtained by The New York Times show, marking an aggressive new phase in President Trump’s immigration crackdown. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/17/u...
December 17, 2025 at 10:33 PM
Breaking News: The Trump administration plans to ramp up efforts to strip some naturalized Americans of their citizenship, internal documents obtained by The New York Times show, marking an aggressive new phase in President Trump’s immigration crackdown. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/17/u...
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Humans are now the minority online
Humans are now the minority online
The internet was never valuable because it was efficient. It mattered because it was a raucous, unpredictable global conversation where people could recognise one another. It now belongs more to machines
dlvr.it
December 17, 2025 at 5:13 AM
Humans are now the minority online
Bari Weiss’ much-hyped CBS News town hall with Erika Kirk was a massive ratings flop | The Independent share.google/WVvtTCHhi1Bm...
Bari Weiss’ much-hyped CBS News town hall with Erika Kirk was a massive ratings flop
According to Nielsen, the Saturday night town hall saw a 27 percent decline in viewership compared to the network’s standard programming in that time slot year to date.
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December 16, 2025 at 9:20 PM
Bari Weiss’ much-hyped CBS News town hall with Erika Kirk was a massive ratings flop | The Independent share.google/WVvtTCHhi1Bm...
The Dems still think "not trump" is a political platform. It keeps them from ever having to confront their corporate sponsors and handlers.
So we are going to watch the democrats fail at triangulation again and lose an election to Nazis while the democrats back genocide, techno fascists and claim anyone left of thatcher is a terrorist threat?
Kamala Harris is reportedly preparing for another White House run, per Axios.
December 16, 2025 at 9:53 AM
The Dems still think "not trump" is a political platform. It keeps them from ever having to confront their corporate sponsors and handlers.
December 16, 2025 at 1:54 AM
Sometimes I come across a piece of art that just....speaks to the moment, ya know?
December 15, 2025 at 7:57 AM
Sometimes I come across a piece of art that just....speaks to the moment, ya know?