Mr. Fahrenheit
@mrfahrenheit.bsky.social
Recent resident of Colorado Springs.
she/her
mostly nice, fervently anti-GOP
In this world of sin and sorrow there is always something to be thankful for; as for me, I rejoice that I am not a Republican.
H. L. Mencken
she/her
mostly nice, fervently anti-GOP
In this world of sin and sorrow there is always something to be thankful for; as for me, I rejoice that I am not a Republican.
H. L. Mencken
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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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“I’ve been hearing that standards will be eliminated or severely cut back. Bari has told people that she wants to get rid of standards and is shocked that they have so much power. She also asked openly, ‘What’s the point of standards?’” one CBS source said.
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
Bari Weiss wants to take down ‘too much power’ CBS News Standards unit: sources
EXCLUSIVE: Internal rumblings within the newsroom come after the S&P head resigned and the network disbanded its vaunted Race and Culture unit.
www.independent.co.uk
November 11, 2025 at 2:03 PM
“I’ve been hearing that standards will be eliminated or severely cut back. Bari has told people that she wants to get rid of standards and is shocked that they have so much power. She also asked openly, ‘What’s the point of standards?’” one CBS source said.
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
But while the introduction of a 50-year mortgage would be a windfall to the financial industry, it would do little to make housing more affordable and saddle a generation of Americans with a lifetime of debt.
Trump’s solution to the housing crisis is a lifetime of debt
50 years of higher interest payments.
open.substack.com
November 11, 2025 at 2:55 PM
But while the introduction of a 50-year mortgage would be a windfall to the financial industry, it would do little to make housing more affordable and saddle a generation of Americans with a lifetime of debt.
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instead of saying this was good strategy, maybe senate dems should say: "the republicans were going to kill people by starving them to death, and because we aren't monsters, we decided to let this fight go. We'll keep fighting. Stop electing monsters."
November 11, 2025 at 1:42 PM
instead of saying this was good strategy, maybe senate dems should say: "the republicans were going to kill people by starving them to death, and because we aren't monsters, we decided to let this fight go. We'll keep fighting. Stop electing monsters."
The Blaze’s Pipe-Bomb Bombshell Appears to Bomb
The right-wing outlet claimed to solve the Jan. 6th pipe-bomb mystery. Things quickly looked less certain.
The right-wing outlet claimed to solve the Jan. 6th pipe-bomb mystery. Things quickly looked less certain.
The Blaze’s Pipe-Bomb Bombshell Appears to Bomb
The right-wing outlet claimed to solve the Jan. 6th pipe-bomb mystery. Things quickly looked less certain.
www.thebulwark.com
November 11, 2025 at 2:37 PM
The Blaze’s Pipe-Bomb Bombshell Appears to Bomb
The right-wing outlet claimed to solve the Jan. 6th pipe-bomb mystery. Things quickly looked less certain.
The right-wing outlet claimed to solve the Jan. 6th pipe-bomb mystery. Things quickly looked less certain.
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America’s chickenshit elites problem continues to be the biggest obstacle to fighting Trump www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
November 10, 2025 at 3:25 PM
America’s chickenshit elites problem continues to be the biggest obstacle to fighting Trump www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
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Over the last 10 months, the federal government has cracked down on political expression with a persistence and viciousness reminiscent of some of the darkest periods of U.S. history. Welcome to the Third Red Scare.
The First Amendment Won’t Go Quietly
Welcome to the third Red Scare.
www.theatlantic.com
November 10, 2025 at 3:54 PM
Over the last 10 months, the federal government has cracked down on political expression with a persistence and viciousness reminiscent of some of the darkest periods of U.S. history. Welcome to the Third Red Scare.
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New data shows that the CCRB retroactively doctored public data for more than 10,000 misconduct allegations against NYPD officers.
hellgatenyc.com/ccrb-whitewa...
hellgatenyc.com/ccrb-whitewa...
The NYPD’s Watchdog Whitewashed More Than 10,000 Misconduct Allegations in Public Data, New Evidence Shows
Allegations of lying, sexual misconduct, bigoted statements, and racist policing were among those quietly reclassified by the Civilian Complaint Review Board.
hellgatenyc.com
November 10, 2025 at 9:46 PM
New data shows that the CCRB retroactively doctored public data for more than 10,000 misconduct allegations against NYPD officers.
hellgatenyc.com/ccrb-whitewa...
hellgatenyc.com/ccrb-whitewa...
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How wrong are Trump’s weird boasts about the state of the economy?
Even his own economic team doesn’t seem to believe him. www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddo...
Even his own economic team doesn’t seem to believe him. www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddo...
Even Trump’s own team doesn’t believe his weird boasts about the economy
The president isn’t just failing to persuade the public to distrust their lying eyes, he’s also failed to convince his own economic team.
www.msnbc.com
November 11, 2025 at 2:04 PM
How wrong are Trump’s weird boasts about the state of the economy?
Even his own economic team doesn’t seem to believe him. www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddo...
Even his own economic team doesn’t seem to believe him. www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddo...
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AMERICA’S MISUNDERSTOOD PATRIOTS
A Pre-Thanksgiving Public Service Announcement:
open.substack.com/pub/dreamwea...
A Pre-Thanksgiving Public Service Announcement:
open.substack.com/pub/dreamwea...
America’s Misunderstood Patriots
A Pre-Thanksgiving Public Service Announcement
open.substack.com
November 11, 2025 at 1:02 AM
AMERICA’S MISUNDERSTOOD PATRIOTS
A Pre-Thanksgiving Public Service Announcement:
open.substack.com/pub/dreamwea...
A Pre-Thanksgiving Public Service Announcement:
open.substack.com/pub/dreamwea...
‘A classic authoritarian tactic’: outrage over Trump’s pardons for friends and allies
Ex-prosecutors and legal scholars say US president ‘meting out pardons for blatantly corrupt and self-serving ends’
Ex-prosecutors and legal scholars say US president ‘meting out pardons for blatantly corrupt and self-serving ends’
‘A classic authoritarian tactic’: outrage over Trump’s pardons for friends and allies
Ex-prosecutors and legal scholars say US president ‘meting out pardons for blatantly corrupt and self-serving ends’
www.theguardian.com
November 11, 2025 at 2:00 PM
‘A classic authoritarian tactic’: outrage over Trump’s pardons for friends and allies
Ex-prosecutors and legal scholars say US president ‘meting out pardons for blatantly corrupt and self-serving ends’
Ex-prosecutors and legal scholars say US president ‘meting out pardons for blatantly corrupt and self-serving ends’
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Today is the publication day for WITHOUT CONSENT, a book I am so proud to share with the world, and that the New York Times Book Review says "is years — decades — overdue."
Read more, and order in your preferred format from your favorite retailer here: www.sarahweinman.com/book/without...
Read more, and order in your preferred format from your favorite retailer here: www.sarahweinman.com/book/without...
November 11, 2025 at 12:47 PM
Today is the publication day for WITHOUT CONSENT, a book I am so proud to share with the world, and that the New York Times Book Review says "is years — decades — overdue."
Read more, and order in your preferred format from your favorite retailer here: www.sarahweinman.com/book/without...
Read more, and order in your preferred format from your favorite retailer here: www.sarahweinman.com/book/without...
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Once again, the problem with American law enforcement is not that they mask; it is that they exist.
www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
Why They Mask
Veteran ICE officers know face coverings are a bad look. But they’re not coming off anytime soon.
www.theatlantic.com
November 11, 2025 at 1:21 PM
Once again, the problem with American law enforcement is not that they mask; it is that they exist.
www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
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The USA has executed at least 7 veterans this year alone. around 200 are on death rows across the country. We are a country that teaches people to kill, and then executes them.
psmag.com/social-justi...
psmag.com/social-justi...
Can PTSD Be Linked to Violence?
How morally responsible can we hold Eddie Ray Routh for the death of Chris Kyle?
psmag.com
November 11, 2025 at 1:27 PM
The USA has executed at least 7 veterans this year alone. around 200 are on death rows across the country. We are a country that teaches people to kill, and then executes them.
psmag.com/social-justi...
psmag.com/social-justi...
Many states are now frantically preparing to minimize coverage loss while facing the reality that work requirements are expensive to implement. Since Georgia added their work requirements in 2020, they have spent twice as much on admin costs & consultants as they have on actual healthcare benefits
Lessons from Pandemic Era Medicaid Automation for Work Requirements
Small tech capacity investments offer big returns
open.substack.com
November 11, 2025 at 1:40 PM
Many states are now frantically preparing to minimize coverage loss while facing the reality that work requirements are expensive to implement. Since Georgia added their work requirements in 2020, they have spent twice as much on admin costs & consultants as they have on actual healthcare benefits
Inside a Texas church’s training academy for Christians running for office
"There is no separation between church and state," one graduate said
"There is no separation between church and state," one graduate said
Inside a Texas church's training academy for Christians running for office - Salon.com
"There is no separation between church and state," one graduate said.
www.salon.com
November 11, 2025 at 1:27 PM
Inside a Texas church’s training academy for Christians running for office
"There is no separation between church and state," one graduate said
"There is no separation between church and state," one graduate said
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Faculty could be required to seek “pre-approval” from administrators for lessons on “race and gender ideology” - whatever that means.
Hard to see how this is legal, or how Texas A&M won’t wreck its reputation if this moves forward.
www.texastribune.org/2025/11/10/t...
Hard to see how this is legal, or how Texas A&M won’t wreck its reputation if this moves forward.
www.texastribune.org/2025/11/10/t...
Texas A&M to vote on banning “race and gender ideology”
The proposal appears to mark the first time a Texas university system offers definitions of what kind of instruction related to race and gender should not be permitted.
www.texastribune.org
November 11, 2025 at 1:11 PM
Faculty could be required to seek “pre-approval” from administrators for lessons on “race and gender ideology” - whatever that means.
Hard to see how this is legal, or how Texas A&M won’t wreck its reputation if this moves forward.
www.texastribune.org/2025/11/10/t...
Hard to see how this is legal, or how Texas A&M won’t wreck its reputation if this moves forward.
www.texastribune.org/2025/11/10/t...
The Former Staffer Calling Out OpenAI’s Erotica Claims
Steven Adler used to lead product safety at OpenAI. On this week’s episode of The Big Interview, he talks about what AI users should know about their bots.
Steven Adler used to lead product safety at OpenAI. On this week’s episode of The Big Interview, he talks about what AI users should know about their bots.
The Former Staffer Calling Out OpenAI’s Erotica Claims
Steven Adler used to lead product safety at OpenAI. On this week’s episode of The Big Interview, he talks about what AI users should know about their bots.
www.wired.com
November 11, 2025 at 1:13 PM
The Former Staffer Calling Out OpenAI’s Erotica Claims
Steven Adler used to lead product safety at OpenAI. On this week’s episode of The Big Interview, he talks about what AI users should know about their bots.
Steven Adler used to lead product safety at OpenAI. On this week’s episode of The Big Interview, he talks about what AI users should know about their bots.
There are fresh calls for tougher laws & an investigation into why neo-Nazis were legally allowed to protest outside NSW parliament
Calls for action after 'disgraceful' mistake allows neo-Nazi parliament protest
www.9news.com.au
November 11, 2025 at 1:13 PM
There are fresh calls for tougher laws & an investigation into why neo-Nazis were legally allowed to protest outside NSW parliament
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Outraged by the Jan. 6 Capitol riot, a wilderness survival trainer spent years undercover climbing the ranks of right-wing militias.
He didn’t tell police or the FBI. He didn’t tell family or friends. The one person he told was ProPublica reporter @josh-kaplan.bsky.social.
(Published January)
He didn’t tell police or the FBI. He didn’t tell family or friends. The one person he told was ProPublica reporter @josh-kaplan.bsky.social.
(Published January)
A Mole Infiltrated the Highest Ranks of American Militias. This Is What He Found.
Outraged by the Jan. 6 Capitol riot, a wilderness survival trainer spent years undercover climbing the ranks of right-wing militias. He didn’t tell police or the FBI. He didn’t tell family or friends....
www.propublica.org
November 11, 2025 at 4:00 AM
Outraged by the Jan. 6 Capitol riot, a wilderness survival trainer spent years undercover climbing the ranks of right-wing militias.
He didn’t tell police or the FBI. He didn’t tell family or friends. The one person he told was ProPublica reporter @josh-kaplan.bsky.social.
(Published January)
He didn’t tell police or the FBI. He didn’t tell family or friends. The one person he told was ProPublica reporter @josh-kaplan.bsky.social.
(Published January)
Even ICE Is More Popular Than Congress Now, Says Brutal Poll
Americans have little faith in Congress to do the right thing.
Americans have little faith in Congress to do the right thing.
Even ICE Is More Popular Than Congress Now, Says Brutal Poll
Americans have little faith in Congress to do the right thing.
newrepublic.com
November 11, 2025 at 1:09 PM
Even ICE Is More Popular Than Congress Now, Says Brutal Poll
Americans have little faith in Congress to do the right thing.
Americans have little faith in Congress to do the right thing.
The Devastating Legacy of Nuclear Weapons Tests
Escalating an arms race that could bring about Armageddon is only part of the reason Trump’s push to resume testing is terrifying
Escalating an arms race that could bring about Armageddon is only part of the reason Trump’s push to resume testing is terrifying
The Devastating Legacy of Nuclear Weapons Tests
Donald Trump is pushing to resume testing nuclear weapons, leading Vladimir Putin to do the same. The legacy of nuclear tests is devastating.
www.rollingstone.com
November 11, 2025 at 1:08 PM
The Devastating Legacy of Nuclear Weapons Tests
Escalating an arms race that could bring about Armageddon is only part of the reason Trump’s push to resume testing is terrifying
Escalating an arms race that could bring about Armageddon is only part of the reason Trump’s push to resume testing is terrifying
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The chief and cops that continue to shoot journalists and interfere with our work need to be held in contempt.
From the horse’s mouth, the LAPD does not want to follow the federal injunction handed down to them.
No consequences = no accountability
From the horse’s mouth, the LAPD does not want to follow the federal injunction handed down to them.
No consequences = no accountability
LAPD Chief Jim McDonnell released a statement about the dept’s opposition to the injunction that protects journalists at protests. Their biggest hang-up is not being able to freely use less-lethals on people to “de-escalate” protests.
November 11, 2025 at 2:56 AM
The chief and cops that continue to shoot journalists and interfere with our work need to be held in contempt.
From the horse’s mouth, the LAPD does not want to follow the federal injunction handed down to them.
No consequences = no accountability
From the horse’s mouth, the LAPD does not want to follow the federal injunction handed down to them.
No consequences = no accountability
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🧵The court has no standing to tell states how to run their own elections.
But here we are.
The case, Watson v. Republican National Committee, asks the justices to determine the meaning of “Election Day”
AKA, can Trump, via the USPS, disenfranchise voters.
But here we are.
The case, Watson v. Republican National Committee, asks the justices to determine the meaning of “Election Day”
AKA, can Trump, via the USPS, disenfranchise voters.
Supreme Court to Hear Major Challenge to Mail-In Ballot Laws
www.nytimes.com
November 10, 2025 at 9:44 PM
🧵The court has no standing to tell states how to run their own elections.
But here we are.
The case, Watson v. Republican National Committee, asks the justices to determine the meaning of “Election Day”
AKA, can Trump, via the USPS, disenfranchise voters.
But here we are.
The case, Watson v. Republican National Committee, asks the justices to determine the meaning of “Election Day”
AKA, can Trump, via the USPS, disenfranchise voters.
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