@lucindacatchlove.bsky.social
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16. DoD sends ground forces to train for the 1st time in 25+ years in Panama’s “Green Hell” [old Vietnam-era jungle school]; as DJT shifts military focus to Latin America
16. abcnews.go.com/Politics/pen...
16. abcnews.go.com/Politics/pen...
Pentagon sends ground forces to train in Panama’s jungle for first time in decades
Pentagon has begun sending conventional ground forces to Panama to train in the jungle.
abcnews.go.com
November 11, 2025 at 2:36 PM
16. DoD sends ground forces to train for the 1st time in 25+ years in Panama’s “Green Hell” [old Vietnam-era jungle school]; as DJT shifts military focus to Latin America
16. abcnews.go.com/Politics/pen...
16. abcnews.go.com/Politics/pen...
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Pedo protector Speaker Johnson tells House Republicans get back here immediately we have to figure out another way to stall releasing the Epstein files.
4. Speaker Johnson tells HOR to return to DC “right now,” citing flight chaos and a vote this week to reopen the govt; warns “long days and long nights”
4. www.cbsnews.com/live-updates...
4. www.cbsnews.com/live-updates...
Government shutdown end in sight as Senate approves funding package, sending it to House
The Senate approved a long-sought funding package that would end the government shutdown late Monday, bringing Congress one step closer to ending a 41-day impasse.
www.cbsnews.com
November 11, 2025 at 2:59 PM
Pedo protector Speaker Johnson tells House Republicans get back here immediately we have to figure out another way to stall releasing the Epstein files.
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November 11, 2025 at 1:23 AM
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^^ the chip manufacturing side of things gets overlooked a bit but it is pretty shocking when you dig into it
Also see this @greenpeaceeastasia.bsky.social report from earlier this year
CALLED.......CHIPPING POINT
www.greenpeace.org/eastasia/pre...
Also see this @greenpeaceeastasia.bsky.social report from earlier this year
CALLED.......CHIPPING POINT
www.greenpeace.org/eastasia/pre...
Artificial Intelligence Supply Chain Threatens Climate Progress in East Asia - Greenpeace East Asia
Electricity consumption from the manufacture of artificial intelligence (AI) chips has soared by more than 350 percent worldwide between 2023 and 2024,
www.greenpeace.org
November 11, 2025 at 2:08 PM
^^ the chip manufacturing side of things gets overlooked a bit but it is pretty shocking when you dig into it
Also see this @greenpeaceeastasia.bsky.social report from earlier this year
CALLED.......CHIPPING POINT
www.greenpeace.org/eastasia/pre...
Also see this @greenpeaceeastasia.bsky.social report from earlier this year
CALLED.......CHIPPING POINT
www.greenpeace.org/eastasia/pre...
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"In an internal memo from September, CEO Sam Altman said that OpenAI’s “audacious long-term goal is to build 250 gigawatts of capacity by 2033.” If Altman achieves this goal, OpenAI will need almost exactly as much electricity as India’s 1.5 billion people"
Great @truthdig.com piece on chips ->
Great @truthdig.com piece on chips ->
The Ecological Cost of AI Is Much Higher Than You Think - Truthdig
As the demands of AI grow, each generation of microchips requires more energy, minerals and water to produce, driving a ruinous cycle.
www.truthdig.com
November 11, 2025 at 1:47 PM
"In an internal memo from September, CEO Sam Altman said that OpenAI’s “audacious long-term goal is to build 250 gigawatts of capacity by 2033.” If Altman achieves this goal, OpenAI will need almost exactly as much electricity as India’s 1.5 billion people"
Great @truthdig.com piece on chips ->
Great @truthdig.com piece on chips ->
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Hidden AI recession: history suggests that when work becomes scarce, societies ration opportunity, and women often pay the price www.yahoo.com/news/article...
AI’s hidden recession: How fewer jobs and cultural backlash create a governance crisis
AI will redefine how humans create value. Whether it also redefines who is allowed to create value will depend on the choices leaders make now.
www.yahoo.com
November 11, 2025 at 2:09 PM
Hidden AI recession: history suggests that when work becomes scarce, societies ration opportunity, and women often pay the price www.yahoo.com/news/article...
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these Senators like to pretend they're stupid, but they're really just openly corrupt
I'd guarantee that all eight of the folders were being pressured by corporations upset about the suspension of some gravy train or another, and it didn't go any deeper than that
I'd guarantee that all eight of the folders were being pressured by corporations upset about the suspension of some gravy train or another, and it didn't go any deeper than that
November 11, 2025 at 2:11 PM
these Senators like to pretend they're stupid, but they're really just openly corrupt
I'd guarantee that all eight of the folders were being pressured by corporations upset about the suspension of some gravy train or another, and it didn't go any deeper than that
I'd guarantee that all eight of the folders were being pressured by corporations upset about the suspension of some gravy train or another, and it didn't go any deeper than that
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NEW: Firings of LGBTQ staff at NBC and Condé Nast have worsened an already dire picture for legacy news media when it comes to covering the trans community.
From @billiejsweeney.bsky.social, a close look at our increasingly degraded media environment.
www.assignedmedia.org/breaking-new...
From @billiejsweeney.bsky.social, a close look at our increasingly degraded media environment.
www.assignedmedia.org/breaking-new...
Corporate Media’s Queer Purge — Assigned
It’s no coincidence that historic assaults on trans and queer people’s rights have been accompanied by the mainstream media’s widespread dismissal of LGBTQ+ journalists and the elimination of beats de...
www.assignedmedia.org
November 11, 2025 at 2:11 PM
NEW: Firings of LGBTQ staff at NBC and Condé Nast have worsened an already dire picture for legacy news media when it comes to covering the trans community.
From @billiejsweeney.bsky.social, a close look at our increasingly degraded media environment.
www.assignedmedia.org/breaking-new...
From @billiejsweeney.bsky.social, a close look at our increasingly degraded media environment.
www.assignedmedia.org/breaking-new...
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Nauruan president makes surprise visit to meet Albanese government as another man quietly deported to Pacific island
Nauruan president makes surprise visit to meet Albanese government as another man quietly deported to Pacific island
President David Adeang was spotted by ABC cameras as Nauru received its fourth member from the NZYQ cohort
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The Nauruan president has stopped by Parliament House for a brief unannounced meeting amid media reports of alleged links between security contracts offered to an Australian bikie gang and his Pacific island government.
The president, David Adeang, was spotted by ABC cameras with a small entourage heading into Capital Hill on Tuesday afternoon to meet the home affairs minister, Tony Burke. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
November 11, 2025 at 6:48 AM
Nauruan president makes surprise visit to meet Albanese government as another man quietly deported to Pacific island
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NEW: Councillors and sources inside the City of Vancouver say the city's mayor, Ken Sim, will put forth a budget Wednesday that will eliminate the city's celebrated climate and sustainability department.
Vancouver mayor plans to eliminate city's climate and sustainability department
Vancouver Mayor Ken Sim is planning to eliminate the city's sustainability and climate department under the guise of a push to prevent increases to property taxes. Canada's National Observer learned a...
www.nationalobserver.com
November 11, 2025 at 1:47 AM
NEW: Councillors and sources inside the City of Vancouver say the city's mayor, Ken Sim, will put forth a budget Wednesday that will eliminate the city's celebrated climate and sustainability department.
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The most interesting thing about Sim is his obsession with Bitcoin, and that's still the most boring kind of obsession an off-putting rich dude can have.
November 11, 2025 at 7:10 AM
The most interesting thing about Sim is his obsession with Bitcoin, and that's still the most boring kind of obsession an off-putting rich dude can have.
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I am so goddamn tired of conservatives destroying things that belong to the public. This department doesn't belong to Sim, it's not his, he has no moral right to do this. This is social vandalism.
He just sucks so much. And he's not even a fun mayor who sucks, he's just boring and mid and awful.
He just sucks so much. And he's not even a fun mayor who sucks, he's just boring and mid and awful.
NEW: Councillors and sources inside the City of Vancouver say the city's mayor, Ken Sim, will put forth a budget Wednesday that will eliminate the city's celebrated climate and sustainability department.
Vancouver mayor plans to eliminate city's climate and sustainability department
Vancouver Mayor Ken Sim is planning to eliminate the city's sustainability and climate department under the guise of a push to prevent increases to property taxes. Canada's National Observer learned a...
www.nationalobserver.com
November 11, 2025 at 7:01 AM
I am so goddamn tired of conservatives destroying things that belong to the public. This department doesn't belong to Sim, it's not his, he has no moral right to do this. This is social vandalism.
He just sucks so much. And he's not even a fun mayor who sucks, he's just boring and mid and awful.
He just sucks so much. And he's not even a fun mayor who sucks, he's just boring and mid and awful.
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In 2022, Peter Thiel protégé Balaji Srinivasan—formerly of Andreessen Horowitz and Coinbase—envisioned a Second American Civil War.
He predicted it would be triggered by Bitcoin.
This is how it would work:
He predicted it would be triggered by Bitcoin.
This is how it would work:
November 11, 2025 at 5:03 AM
In 2022, Peter Thiel protégé Balaji Srinivasan—formerly of Andreessen Horowitz and Coinbase—envisioned a Second American Civil War.
He predicted it would be triggered by Bitcoin.
This is how it would work:
He predicted it would be triggered by Bitcoin.
This is how it would work:
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youtube’s new thing seems to be to actively push misleading (usually conservative) commentary with next to no views onto my home page
November 11, 2025 at 5:03 AM
youtube’s new thing seems to be to actively push misleading (usually conservative) commentary with next to no views onto my home page
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"This would mean that 3I/ATLAS exploded at perihelion and we are witnessing the resulting fireworks."
The Mysterious Interstellar Object May Have Just Exploded
Harvard astrophysicist Avi Loeb suggests that interstellar object 3I/ATLAS may have just broken up into well over a dozen pieces.
trib.al
November 11, 2025 at 5:14 AM
"This would mean that 3I/ATLAS exploded at perihelion and we are witnessing the resulting fireworks."
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friend shared this, TLDR if you're fortunate enough to have any retirement invested and it's in a previously not crazy index fund, a lot of your investment is now in the AI tech bubble. I just reallocated to options less tied up in it
p.s. this is not investment advice, I'm not a certified anything
p.s. this is not investment advice, I'm not a certified anything
How The S&P 500 Quietly Became An AI Fund
YouTube video by CNBC
www.youtube.com
November 11, 2025 at 12:10 AM
friend shared this, TLDR if you're fortunate enough to have any retirement invested and it's in a previously not crazy index fund, a lot of your investment is now in the AI tech bubble. I just reallocated to options less tied up in it
p.s. this is not investment advice, I'm not a certified anything
p.s. this is not investment advice, I'm not a certified anything
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Spyware is proliferating far beyond the scope of “rare” or “limited” attacks.
"Because targeting is so easy, we have seen govts use surveillance malware to spy on a broad range of people, including relatively minor political opponents, activists, and journalists." – @evacide.bsky.social, @eff.org
"Because targeting is so easy, we have seen govts use surveillance malware to spy on a broad range of people, including relatively minor political opponents, activists, and journalists." – @evacide.bsky.social, @eff.org
Why a lot of people are getting hacked with government spyware | TechCrunch
Government surveillance vendors want us to believe their spyware products are only used in limited and targeted operations against terrorists and serious criminals. That claim is increasingly difficul...
techcrunch.com
November 11, 2025 at 5:18 AM
Spyware is proliferating far beyond the scope of “rare” or “limited” attacks.
"Because targeting is so easy, we have seen govts use surveillance malware to spy on a broad range of people, including relatively minor political opponents, activists, and journalists." – @evacide.bsky.social, @eff.org
"Because targeting is so easy, we have seen govts use surveillance malware to spy on a broad range of people, including relatively minor political opponents, activists, and journalists." – @evacide.bsky.social, @eff.org
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Not a big fan of chinese politics in many regards, but "China’s carbon dioxide emissions have been flat or falling for 18 months ... even as the demand for electricity increased". www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
China’s CO2 emissions have been flat or falling for past 18 months, analysis finds
World’s biggest polluter on track to hit peak emissions target early but miss goal for cutting carbon intensity
www.theguardian.com
November 11, 2025 at 4:43 AM
Not a big fan of chinese politics in many regards, but "China’s carbon dioxide emissions have been flat or falling for 18 months ... even as the demand for electricity increased". www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
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A firm that sells extraordinarily powerful phone hacking technology that has been demonstrably connected to widespread harms worldwide, including gruesome murder, and was properly sanctioned and held liable because of it
....is now in the hands of these people.
That's Bad News, everyone.
....is now in the hands of these people.
That's Bad News, everyone.
Former Trump official appointed exec chairman of spyware company NSO Group. David Friedman previously served as Trump's ambassador to Israel + before that was a bankruptcy lawyer for the president. NSO was recently acquired by investors led by a Hollywood producer therecord.media/former-trump...
Former Trump official named NSO Group executive chairman
NSO Group announced Friedman’s appointment on Sunday, saying that NSO’s three founders no longer have any stake in the firm.
therecord.media
November 11, 2025 at 4:55 AM
A firm that sells extraordinarily powerful phone hacking technology that has been demonstrably connected to widespread harms worldwide, including gruesome murder, and was properly sanctioned and held liable because of it
....is now in the hands of these people.
That's Bad News, everyone.
....is now in the hands of these people.
That's Bad News, everyone.
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‘I can’t breathe in this city’: inaction over Delhi’s suffocating pollution sparks rare protest
‘I can’t breathe in this city’: inaction over Delhi’s suffocating pollution sparks rare protest
The failure by state governments to do anything about pollution means it has often been met with apathy. But at a rare protest anger and frustration were rife
www.theguardian.com
November 11, 2025 at 4:10 AM
‘I can’t breathe in this city’: inaction over Delhi’s suffocating pollution sparks rare protest
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How will Trump respond to last week's historic Democratic wins?
"I think Trump is capable of course-correcting; he has no ideological consistency.
"But the difference with Trump 2.0 is...the way this government has been effectively overtaken by Project 2025." @emmashortis.bsky.social
Link 🔽
"I think Trump is capable of course-correcting; he has no ideological consistency.
"But the difference with Trump 2.0 is...the way this government has been effectively overtaken by Project 2025." @emmashortis.bsky.social
Link 🔽
November 11, 2025 at 4:10 AM
How will Trump respond to last week's historic Democratic wins?
"I think Trump is capable of course-correcting; he has no ideological consistency.
"But the difference with Trump 2.0 is...the way this government has been effectively overtaken by Project 2025." @emmashortis.bsky.social
Link 🔽
"I think Trump is capable of course-correcting; he has no ideological consistency.
"But the difference with Trump 2.0 is...the way this government has been effectively overtaken by Project 2025." @emmashortis.bsky.social
Link 🔽
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Mark Carney’s Liberals were not elected on a mandate to gut Canada Post, but they’re doing it anyway.
The minister intervened to begin the process, now management has now submitted a restructuring plan *in the middle of collective bargaining* that it refuses to share with Canadians.
The minister intervened to begin the process, now management has now submitted a restructuring plan *in the middle of collective bargaining* that it refuses to share with Canadians.
Canada Post submits overhaul plan to the federal government | CBC News
Canada Post has submitted its plan to the federal government to transform its struggling business model into a
financially sustainable postal service.
www.cbc.ca
November 11, 2025 at 4:12 AM
Mark Carney’s Liberals were not elected on a mandate to gut Canada Post, but they’re doing it anyway.
The minister intervened to begin the process, now management has now submitted a restructuring plan *in the middle of collective bargaining* that it refuses to share with Canadians.
The minister intervened to begin the process, now management has now submitted a restructuring plan *in the middle of collective bargaining* that it refuses to share with Canadians.
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Hey so if you see your senator in this list, could you please call them tomorrow and tell them that you’re mad because they voted to kill the entire hemp farm industry, including your buddy Derek in Oregon?
Thanks, buddy.
Thanks, buddy.
November 11, 2025 at 4:13 AM
Hey so if you see your senator in this list, could you please call them tomorrow and tell them that you’re mad because they voted to kill the entire hemp farm industry, including your buddy Derek in Oregon?
Thanks, buddy.
Thanks, buddy.
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Another capricious Bluesky ban under the auspices of Lady Plushbottom, it seems.
srsly @bsky.app @safety.bsky.app
@support.bsky.team ? you have porn bots and literal nazi trolls from X all over this site and yet you've suspended
@sarahkendzior.bsky.social/ Sarah Kendzior..
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are we on X.. twitter or what?
@support.bsky.team ? you have porn bots and literal nazi trolls from X all over this site and yet you've suspended
@sarahkendzior.bsky.social/ Sarah Kendzior..
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are we on X.. twitter or what?
nooooooo say it ain't so..
Sarah Kendzior pls come back.. we need your voice...
Sarah Kendzior pls come back.. we need your voice...
November 11, 2025 at 4:13 AM
Another capricious Bluesky ban under the auspices of Lady Plushbottom, it seems.
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srsly @bsky.app @safety.bsky.app
@support.bsky.team ? you have porn bots and literal nazi trolls from X all over this site and yet you've suspended
@sarahkendzior.bsky.social/ Sarah Kendzior..
...
are we on X.. twitter or what?
@support.bsky.team ? you have porn bots and literal nazi trolls from X all over this site and yet you've suspended
@sarahkendzior.bsky.social/ Sarah Kendzior..
...
are we on X.. twitter or what?
nooooooo say it ain't so..
Sarah Kendzior pls come back.. we need your voice...
Sarah Kendzior pls come back.. we need your voice...
November 11, 2025 at 2:28 AM
srsly @bsky.app @safety.bsky.app
@support.bsky.team ? you have porn bots and literal nazi trolls from X all over this site and yet you've suspended
@sarahkendzior.bsky.social/ Sarah Kendzior..
...
are we on X.. twitter or what?
@support.bsky.team ? you have porn bots and literal nazi trolls from X all over this site and yet you've suspended
@sarahkendzior.bsky.social/ Sarah Kendzior..
...
are we on X.. twitter or what?