Thomas Edwards
@mpeg2tom.bsky.social
Media tech transformer, SMPTE fellow & Emmy winner, cloud solutions architect. Opinions are my own.
“We estimate the $1.7 trillion rolling deficit is 5.4% of Gross Domestic Product.” www.crfb.org/blogs/12-mon...
12-Month Rolling Deficit is $1.7 Trillion in Calendar Year 2025 | Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget
2026-01-09-The federal budget deficit totaled $1.7 trillion in Calendar Year (CY) 2025, according to estimates from the
www.crfb.org
January 10, 2026 at 12:50 AM
“We estimate the $1.7 trillion rolling deficit is 5.4% of Gross Domestic Product.” www.crfb.org/blogs/12-mon...
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portland city council confirms that two portland residents have been shot by federal agents. at this time, the city council has been told that both victims are alive.
January 8, 2026 at 11:47 PM
portland city council confirms that two portland residents have been shot by federal agents. at this time, the city council has been told that both victims are alive.
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Oh my gosh you guys! The House just passed my bill to extend the health care tax credits for three more years!
January 8, 2026 at 10:39 PM
Oh my gosh you guys! The House just passed my bill to extend the health care tax credits for three more years!
“Two people were shot by federal agents in Portland, Oregon, on Thursday, according to local police.” abcnews.go.com/US/2-shot-fe...
Man, woman shot by federal agents in Portland: Police
Two people were shot by federal agents in Portland, Oregon, on Thursday, local and federal sources told ABC News.
abcnews.go.com
January 9, 2026 at 1:13 AM
“Two people were shot by federal agents in Portland, Oregon, on Thursday, according to local police.” abcnews.go.com/US/2-shot-fe...
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Good was a mother of three and had dropped off her six-year-old son at school when she encountered a group of ICE agents, according to her ex-husband.
Who Was Renee Nicole Good—The Woman Shot By ICE Agent In Minneapolis
Good was a mother of three and had dropped off her six-year-old son at school when she encountered a group of ICE agents, according to her ex-husband.
www.forbes.com
January 8, 2026 at 11:20 AM
Good was a mother of three and had dropped off her six-year-old son at school when she encountered a group of ICE agents, according to her ex-husband.
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Walz: "I couldn't help but think, and it scares me a bit -- 'The party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most important directive.' It certainly feels like that in this moment."
January 8, 2026 at 5:57 PM
Walz: "I couldn't help but think, and it scares me a bit -- 'The party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most important directive.' It certainly feels like that in this moment."
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Snubbing Venezuela’s opposition leader was CIA’s idea. "A... CIA assessment produced at the request of the White House warned Pres. Trump of a wider conflict in Venezuela if he were to support the country’s democratic opposition once... Maduro... was deposed..." www.latimes.com/politics/sto...
CIA advised Trump against supporting Venezuela's democratic opposition
Trump dismissed the leadership of Venezuela's democratic opposition in favor of Maduro's handpicked vice president, Delcy Rodríguez, now the interim president.
www.latimes.com
January 8, 2026 at 12:48 AM
Snubbing Venezuela’s opposition leader was CIA’s idea. "A... CIA assessment produced at the request of the White House warned Pres. Trump of a wider conflict in Venezuela if he were to support the country’s democratic opposition once... Maduro... was deposed..." www.latimes.com/politics/sto...
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This keeps happening every day. www.elnuevodia.com/noticias/est...
January 7, 2026 at 10:51 PM
This keeps happening every day. www.elnuevodia.com/noticias/est...
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This is insane. www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...
Withdrawing the United States from International Organizations, Conventions, and Treaties that Are Contrary to the Interests of the United States
MEMORANDUM FOR THE HEADS OF EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENTS AND AGENCIES By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United
www.whitehouse.gov
January 8, 2026 at 1:39 AM
This is insane. www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...
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Please repost, like, share this video far and wide. This video is hard to watch but we must fight misinformation. The Trump administration is lying...as always!! We need to get justice for Renee Nicole Good and her family.
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Adam Parkhomenko (@adamparkhomenko)
New camera angle out of Minneapolis. This is murder. And I think a Minneapolis jury would agree.
substack.com
January 7, 2026 at 10:50 PM
Please repost, like, share this video far and wide. This video is hard to watch but we must fight misinformation. The Trump administration is lying...as always!! We need to get justice for Renee Nicole Good and her family.
substack.com/@adamparkhom...
substack.com/@adamparkhom...
“A Boise woman who took part in the Jan. 6, 2021, storming of the U.S. Capitol returned to the building on Tuesday to apologize to Capitol police officers.” www.idahostatesman.com/news/local/c...
Boise’s ‘MAGA Granny’ stormed the Capitol on Jan. 6. She just returned to do this
She served 60 days in federal prison for a criminal conviction in the infamous attack.
www.idahostatesman.com
January 7, 2026 at 9:25 PM
“A Boise woman who took part in the Jan. 6, 2021, storming of the U.S. Capitol returned to the building on Tuesday to apologize to Capitol police officers.” www.idahostatesman.com/news/local/c...
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January 6, 2026 at 10:16 PM
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A study in Nature Immunology shows that Long COVID is characterized by persistent activation of chronic inflammatory pathways and T cell exhaustion. The findings suggest new therapeutic targets and potential biomarkers of disease. go.nature.com/4oU0kib #immunosky #medsky 🧪
January 6, 2026 at 5:43 PM
A study in Nature Immunology shows that Long COVID is characterized by persistent activation of chronic inflammatory pathways and T cell exhaustion. The findings suggest new therapeutic targets and potential biomarkers of disease. go.nature.com/4oU0kib #immunosky #medsky 🧪
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So there was a deal: “Rodríguez, a canny political operator, was envisaged as head of a transitional government in secret talks that her politician brother, Jorge, led with Washington last year about a post-Maduro future.”
The woman with Donald Trump’s nod to lead Venezuela
Washington has built its transition plans around vice-president Delcy Rodríguez, a canny operator close to the oil industry
www.ft.com
January 5, 2026 at 8:54 PM
So there was a deal: “Rodríguez, a canny political operator, was envisaged as head of a transitional government in secret talks that her politician brother, Jorge, led with Washington last year about a post-Maduro future.”
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A new study suggests overeating triggers nighttime stress in mitochondria that then kills insulin-producing cells, revealing a key driver of beta cell loss in #diabetes. Read more in APS Publications AJP-Endo: https://ow.ly/W8rQ50XL8Fw #ArticlesInPresS 🧪
📷: iStock
📷: iStock
January 5, 2026 at 5:00 PM
A new study suggests overeating triggers nighttime stress in mitochondria that then kills insulin-producing cells, revealing a key driver of beta cell loss in #diabetes. Read more in APS Publications AJP-Endo: https://ow.ly/W8rQ50XL8Fw #ArticlesInPresS 🧪
📷: iStock
📷: iStock
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📣 Scientists using Hubble have uncovered a new type of astronomical object!
This starless, dark-matter-dominated cloud is a relic from the early Universe, a failed galaxy.
Read more 👉 https://www.esa.int/Science_Exploration/Space_Science/Cloud-9_a_new_celestial_object_found_by_Hubble
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This starless, dark-matter-dominated cloud is a relic from the early Universe, a failed galaxy.
Read more 👉 https://www.esa.int/Science_Exploration/Space_Science/Cloud-9_a_new_celestial_object_found_by_Hubble
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January 5, 2026 at 5:15 PM
📣 Scientists using Hubble have uncovered a new type of astronomical object!
This starless, dark-matter-dominated cloud is a relic from the early Universe, a failed galaxy.
Read more 👉 https://www.esa.int/Science_Exploration/Space_Science/Cloud-9_a_new_celestial_object_found_by_Hubble
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This starless, dark-matter-dominated cloud is a relic from the early Universe, a failed galaxy.
Read more 👉 https://www.esa.int/Science_Exploration/Space_Science/Cloud-9_a_new_celestial_object_found_by_Hubble
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OK, I didn't finish my article about corvids that was due today, but I DID snap my head up from my computer while my husband was watching football last night to tell him that the sound for the Baltimore Ravens promo is actually a crow. 🧪
January 5, 2026 at 1:20 PM
OK, I didn't finish my article about corvids that was due today, but I DID snap my head up from my computer while my husband was watching football last night to tell him that the sound for the Baltimore Ravens promo is actually a crow. 🧪
“Rodríguez has faced sanctions from several countries and is currently banned from neighboring Colombia, which generally opposes Maduro’s authoritarian regime.” time.com/7343035/delc...
Delcy Rodríguez: Who is Venezuela’s New Leader?
A Maduro loyalist who is credited with stabilizing Venezuela's economy after years of crisis was picked by Trump to take over.
time.com
January 4, 2026 at 5:50 PM
“Rodríguez has faced sanctions from several countries and is currently banned from neighboring Colombia, which generally opposes Maduro’s authoritarian regime.” time.com/7343035/delc...
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96% of new cars sold in Norway in 2025 were fully electric. "...EVs are now the plurality vehicle in the country, making up 31.78% of the fleet. Diesels are 31.76%, gasoline cars are 23.9%, and hybrids are 12.56%…" electrek.co/2026/01/02/n...
Norway reaches 97% EV sales as EVs now outnumber diesels on its roads
97.6% of Norway's car sales were all-electric in Dec., and 95.9% for the full year. Also, there are now more EVs on Norway's roads than diesel
electrek.co
January 4, 2026 at 1:43 AM
96% of new cars sold in Norway in 2025 were fully electric. "...EVs are now the plurality vehicle in the country, making up 31.78% of the fleet. Diesels are 31.76%, gasoline cars are 23.9%, and hybrids are 12.56%…" electrek.co/2026/01/02/n...
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CNN: We have major breaking news. CNN just learning of explosions in Caracas, Venezuela… We have now have CNN's own teams that have personally witnessed explosions.
January 3, 2026 at 6:46 AM
CNN: We have major breaking news. CNN just learning of explosions in Caracas, Venezuela… We have now have CNN's own teams that have personally witnessed explosions.
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Full video shared by Twitter acct @weathermonitors.
Four helicopters, including MH-47s, landing.
Four helicopters, including MH-47s, landing.
January 3, 2026 at 6:30 AM
Full video shared by Twitter acct @weathermonitors.
Four helicopters, including MH-47s, landing.
Four helicopters, including MH-47s, landing.
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Stephen Miller wants an alternate historical novel where Americans were first to master the automobile, to fly, land on the moon; keep going, never open our borders to the third world for 60 yrs.
🧪Does he know that all his listed achievements on American soil were by the scions of immigrants?
🧪Does he know that all his listed achievements on American soil were by the scions of immigrants?
December 30, 2025 at 12:58 AM
Stephen Miller wants an alternate historical novel where Americans were first to master the automobile, to fly, land on the moon; keep going, never open our borders to the third world for 60 yrs.
🧪Does he know that all his listed achievements on American soil were by the scions of immigrants?
🧪Does he know that all his listed achievements on American soil were by the scions of immigrants?
Aha, that explains why I don’t see anything in the sky!
December 29, 2025 at 3:17 AM
Aha, that explains why I don’t see anything in the sky!