Oak
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What do you believe? Why do you believe it? What does that encourage you to do or not do? Writer, Editor, Historian, Folklorist. Currently a Floridian, but that may change. Always an American.
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long-term leases for buildings housing a new and shifting technology which may or may not need football fields worth of space 20 years from now seems bad. Hiding $240B in long term leases like this until after earnings seems stupid.
Oracle’s $248 Billion Rent is Another AI ‘Bombshell’
Of all the eye-popping numbers that Oracle Corp. published last week on the costs of its artificial-intelligence data center buildout, the most striking didn’t appear until the day after its earnings ...
www.bloomberg.com
December 16, 2025 at 3:23 PM
long-term leases for buildings housing a new and shifting technology which may or may not need football fields worth of space 20 years from now seems bad. Hiding $240B in long term leases like this until after earnings seems stupid.
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Today's abysmal jobs report is a reminder that tax cuts for corporations and the rich don’t create jobs or grow the economy.
What's required is investment in working people — and better wages.
When workers have money to spend, the economy grows and businesses create more jobs.
Remember this.
What's required is investment in working people — and better wages.
When workers have money to spend, the economy grows and businesses create more jobs.
Remember this.
December 16, 2025 at 5:48 PM
Today's abysmal jobs report is a reminder that tax cuts for corporations and the rich don’t create jobs or grow the economy.
What's required is investment in working people — and better wages.
When workers have money to spend, the economy grows and businesses create more jobs.
Remember this.
What's required is investment in working people — and better wages.
When workers have money to spend, the economy grows and businesses create more jobs.
Remember this.
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Mike Johnson announced today that there is not going to be a deal on healthcare before the deadline.
Was I wrong 4 days ago?
Was I wrong 4 days ago?
December 17, 2025 at 12:17 AM
Mike Johnson announced today that there is not going to be a deal on healthcare before the deadline.
Was I wrong 4 days ago?
Was I wrong 4 days ago?
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#Ontario influenza ICU admissions up 127% in past week, hospital association warns
globalnews.ca/news/1157983...
globalnews.ca/news/1157983...
Ontario influenza ICU admissions up 127% in past week, hospital association warns | Globalnews.ca
Ontario hospitals saw a 127 per cent spike in intensive care unit admissions stemming from influenza in just a week, the Ontario Hospital Association says.
globalnews.ca
December 16, 2025 at 11:43 PM
#Ontario influenza ICU admissions up 127% in past week, hospital association warns
globalnews.ca/news/1157983...
globalnews.ca/news/1157983...
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The US Administration has banned Americans from *adopting babies* from much of the African continent.
Adopting.
Babies.
What trait do those babies have that, when they grow up as fully American adults, would make them a threat to our country in any form?
Adopting.
Babies.
What trait do those babies have that, when they grow up as fully American adults, would make them a threat to our country in any form?
On that last post: I genuinely cannot think of any good-faith reason to bar international adoptions from those 39 countries. Under this new ban, consulates will refuse adoption visas for any baby from Cuba, Haiti, Venezuela, Nigeria, or any of the 39 other countries.
December 17, 2025 at 3:04 AM
The US Administration has banned Americans from *adopting babies* from much of the African continent.
Adopting.
Babies.
What trait do those babies have that, when they grow up as fully American adults, would make them a threat to our country in any form?
Adopting.
Babies.
What trait do those babies have that, when they grow up as fully American adults, would make them a threat to our country in any form?
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LOLOLOLOL hahahahahahaha
December 16, 2025 at 2:53 PM
LOLOLOLOL hahahahahahaha
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One of the biggest moments of my career:
USCIS canceled my client’s naturalization oath ceremony. We filed a lawsuit, went to trial, and the judge swore him in right there in the courtroom!
USCIS canceled my client’s naturalization oath ceremony. We filed a lawsuit, went to trial, and the judge swore him in right there in the courtroom!
December 16, 2025 at 3:21 PM
One of the biggest moments of my career:
USCIS canceled my client’s naturalization oath ceremony. We filed a lawsuit, went to trial, and the judge swore him in right there in the courtroom!
USCIS canceled my client’s naturalization oath ceremony. We filed a lawsuit, went to trial, and the judge swore him in right there in the courtroom!
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“Russia needs Donbass to launch its full invasion of larger Europe.”
December 16, 2025 at 1:14 PM
“Russia needs Donbass to launch its full invasion of larger Europe.”
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Faith leaders have chained themselves to the doors of San Francisco's immigration courthouse, blockading the building in the predawn hours.
missionlocal.org/2025/12/fait...
missionlocal.org/2025/12/fait...
Faith leaders chain themselves to S.F. immigration court doors
Predawn action draws 100 or more interfaith leaders to blockade San Francisco's main immigration courthouse
missionlocal.org
December 16, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Faith leaders have chained themselves to the doors of San Francisco's immigration courthouse, blockading the building in the predawn hours.
missionlocal.org/2025/12/fait...
missionlocal.org/2025/12/fait...
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Shapiro: I think it’s insulting to the people of Pennsylvania that this guy shows up and tries to convince them to unsee what they’ve seen with their own eyes—rising prices. I guess JD was afraid to upset his boss, and this is what you get.
December 16, 2025 at 8:34 PM
Shapiro: I think it’s insulting to the people of Pennsylvania that this guy shows up and tries to convince them to unsee what they’ve seen with their own eyes—rising prices. I guess JD was afraid to upset his boss, and this is what you get.
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We need to release ALL the Epstein Files—including Treasury files about Epstein’s financial activities. The American people agree!
I’ll keep fighting for full transparency and justice.
I’ll keep fighting for full transparency and justice.
December 16, 2025 at 4:49 PM
We need to release ALL the Epstein Files—including Treasury files about Epstein’s financial activities. The American people agree!
I’ll keep fighting for full transparency and justice.
I’ll keep fighting for full transparency and justice.
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That’s pretty literal.
December 16, 2025 at 8:57 PM
That’s pretty literal.
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This is the most important political, legal and democracy story right now. Yet, it has garnered relatively little coverage from legacy media outlets. The outcome in these cases may decide whether we have free and fair elections in 2026. www.democracydocket.com/analysis/as-...
As DOJ Sues More States For Voter Rolls, Federal ‘Power Grab’ Comes into Focus
Read about the fight for democracy from activists, elected officials, legal experts and others.
www.democracydocket.com
December 17, 2025 at 1:19 AM
This is the most important political, legal and democracy story right now. Yet, it has garnered relatively little coverage from legacy media outlets. The outcome in these cases may decide whether we have free and fair elections in 2026. www.democracydocket.com/analysis/as-...
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Too many people think the issue is "ai look bad" not the stolen data sets not the workers rights not the climate change and the fact that people CANNOT AFFORD TO TURN ON THEIR HEAT because they're subsidizing data centers, let alone the misinformation and fascism
December 16, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Too many people think the issue is "ai look bad" not the stolen data sets not the workers rights not the climate change and the fact that people CANNOT AFFORD TO TURN ON THEIR HEAT because they're subsidizing data centers, let alone the misinformation and fascism
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AOC: I want to remind you where the real crime is. It's in the oligarchs taking $170 billion of our money from health care and food assistance and public programs and taking that and funneling it into a secret police program.
December 16, 2025 at 4:20 PM
AOC: I want to remind you where the real crime is. It's in the oligarchs taking $170 billion of our money from health care and food assistance and public programs and taking that and funneling it into a secret police program.
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whitelash continues apace
More than 90% of streaming shows created by white people, study shows
Annual UCLA study finds declines in cultural diversity behind and in front of the camera since last year
www.theguardian.com
December 17, 2025 at 12:02 AM
whitelash continues apace
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This isn’t enforcement. This is harassment.
They’ve grabbed people off the street for how they look, separated families, and scarred communities with masked agents with guns.
I encourage everyone to do as they have — peacefully protect your neighborhoods and neighbors.
They’ve grabbed people off the street for how they look, separated families, and scarred communities with masked agents with guns.
I encourage everyone to do as they have — peacefully protect your neighborhoods and neighbors.
Border Patrol Boss Greg Bovino Back In Chicago As Agents Target Southwest Side
Bovino returned with around 200 agents and descended on the Southwest Side Tuesday, where organizers said around 15 people were arrested. "It's going to be a merry Christmas in Chicago," Bovino told B...
blockclubchicago.org
December 17, 2025 at 12:21 AM
This isn’t enforcement. This is harassment.
They’ve grabbed people off the street for how they look, separated families, and scarred communities with masked agents with guns.
I encourage everyone to do as they have — peacefully protect your neighborhoods and neighbors.
They’ve grabbed people off the street for how they look, separated families, and scarred communities with masked agents with guns.
I encourage everyone to do as they have — peacefully protect your neighborhoods and neighbors.
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Peak Geminids Meteor shower this past Saturday night captured over Stonehenge.
Photo credit: Sandra.Davies6869
Photo credit: Sandra.Davies6869
December 16, 2025 at 3:57 PM
Peak Geminids Meteor shower this past Saturday night captured over Stonehenge.
Photo credit: Sandra.Davies6869
Photo credit: Sandra.Davies6869
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NSF is about to dismantle NCAR at Russell Vought's direction to protect the fossil fuel industry. It's hard to communicate just how much NCAR does, so let's take a look: I've never worked at NCAR, and I've worked with NCAR researchers once ever. What scientific discoveries has NCAR made possible? 👇
December 17, 2025 at 4:14 AM
NSF is about to dismantle NCAR at Russell Vought's direction to protect the fossil fuel industry. It's hard to communicate just how much NCAR does, so let's take a look: I've never worked at NCAR, and I've worked with NCAR researchers once ever. What scientific discoveries has NCAR made possible? 👇
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Mr President don't listen to the naysayers. Your political program, "Crash the economy and bring back ancient diseases" just needs more time to work
December 17, 2025 at 12:08 AM
Mr President don't listen to the naysayers. Your political program, "Crash the economy and bring back ancient diseases" just needs more time to work
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OK, the problem, if there is one, is not coming up with enough good ideas. The problem is the way we count what makes for “productivity.” Even if you think AI can generate stuff that’ll commercialize. Which, so far, not much.
www.vox.com/future-perfe...
www.vox.com/future-perfe...
We’re running out of good ideas. AI might be how we find new ones.
What if the best use of AI is restarting the world’s idea machine?
www.vox.com
December 16, 2025 at 3:16 AM
OK, the problem, if there is one, is not coming up with enough good ideas. The problem is the way we count what makes for “productivity.” Even if you think AI can generate stuff that’ll commercialize. Which, so far, not much.
www.vox.com/future-perfe...
www.vox.com/future-perfe...
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🚨BREAKING: On behalf of the NAACP Conference of Idaho, Nevada, and Utah, the Nevada Alliance for Retired Americans, and the Institute for a Progressive Nevada my law firm has filed to intervene in the DOJ’s lawsuit seeking Nevada’s complete, unredacted voter registration list.
🚨 United States of America v. Aguilar
Learn more.
www.democracydocket.com
December 17, 2025 at 1:44 AM
🚨BREAKING: On behalf of the NAACP Conference of Idaho, Nevada, and Utah, the Nevada Alliance for Retired Americans, and the Institute for a Progressive Nevada my law firm has filed to intervene in the DOJ’s lawsuit seeking Nevada’s complete, unredacted voter registration list.
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It might get me labeled as a Crazy Bluesky Radical, but I don’t think it’s great that our nuclear arsenal is at the disposal of a demented old man who’s just an exposed nerve of grievances and hatreds with absolutely no impulse control.
December 17, 2025 at 12:15 AM
It might get me labeled as a Crazy Bluesky Radical, but I don’t think it’s great that our nuclear arsenal is at the disposal of a demented old man who’s just an exposed nerve of grievances and hatreds with absolutely no impulse control.
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I mean everyone voted for fewer jobs, more war and more expensive healthcare, right?
December 17, 2025 at 12:53 AM
I mean everyone voted for fewer jobs, more war and more expensive healthcare, right?