Patty Simonton
@pattysimonton.bsky.social
Conscious capitalist. Ecosystem Builder. Entrepreneurship Development Professional.
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At the center of Trump’s “plan to end the war” is $300B in frozen Russian assets that Russia wants to give US oligarchs for “investment projects”. Any reconstruction of Ukraine would be “US-led”. Witkoff, Kushner and Russians plan to revitalize Russia’s $2T economy through joint Russia-US ventures.
Ukrainian delegation is set to meet with Witkoff, Kushner and Rubio in Florida on Sunday. Reportedly, negotiations will focus on military aid and security guarantees.
It’s vital to note that any final agreement would require the Russian side’s approval [that has not shown any desire for just peace]
It’s vital to note that any final agreement would require the Russian side’s approval [that has not shown any desire for just peace]
November 30, 2025 at 1:23 PM
At the center of Trump’s “plan to end the war” is $300B in frozen Russian assets that Russia wants to give US oligarchs for “investment projects”. Any reconstruction of Ukraine would be “US-led”. Witkoff, Kushner and Russians plan to revitalize Russia’s $2T economy through joint Russia-US ventures.
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Your Black Friday reminder that Amazon...
-Provides cloud services that help fuel ICE's deportation machine
-Donated $1 million to Trump's inauguration fund
-Scrapped plans to display tariff costs after pressure from Trump
-Shelled out $40M for a documentary about Melania Trump
-Provides cloud services that help fuel ICE's deportation machine
-Donated $1 million to Trump's inauguration fund
-Scrapped plans to display tariff costs after pressure from Trump
-Shelled out $40M for a documentary about Melania Trump
November 28, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Your Black Friday reminder that Amazon...
-Provides cloud services that help fuel ICE's deportation machine
-Donated $1 million to Trump's inauguration fund
-Scrapped plans to display tariff costs after pressure from Trump
-Shelled out $40M for a documentary about Melania Trump
-Provides cloud services that help fuel ICE's deportation machine
-Donated $1 million to Trump's inauguration fund
-Scrapped plans to display tariff costs after pressure from Trump
-Shelled out $40M for a documentary about Melania Trump
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“There are 12 statistics, factoids, and studies that dominate every discussion about whether AI is a bubble.
Here's a deep-dive into all 12 arguments.”
www.derekthompson.org/p/how-to-sou...
Here's a deep-dive into all 12 arguments.”
www.derekthompson.org/p/how-to-sou...
How to Sound Like an Expert in Any AI Bubble Debate
There are 12 statistics, factoids, and studies that dominate every discussion about whether artificial intelligence is a bubble. Here's a deep-dive into all 12 arguments
www.derekthompson.org
November 25, 2025 at 3:27 PM
“There are 12 statistics, factoids, and studies that dominate every discussion about whether AI is a bubble.
Here's a deep-dive into all 12 arguments.”
www.derekthompson.org/p/how-to-sou...
Here's a deep-dive into all 12 arguments.”
www.derekthompson.org/p/how-to-sou...
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It’s easy to forget that, amid all the Trump administration’s attacks on democracy this year, there are ample reasons to be grateful — and even hopeful — as we begin to bring 2025 to a close.
Here are six things we’re feeling thankful for this year.
www.democracydocket.com/analysis/six...
Here are six things we’re feeling thankful for this year.
www.democracydocket.com/analysis/six...
Six Things for Democracy Supporters to Be Grateful for this Thanksgiving
Read about the fight for democracy from activists, elected officials, legal experts and others.
www.democracydocket.com
November 27, 2025 at 3:40 PM
It’s easy to forget that, amid all the Trump administration’s attacks on democracy this year, there are ample reasons to be grateful — and even hopeful — as we begin to bring 2025 to a close.
Here are six things we’re feeling thankful for this year.
www.democracydocket.com/analysis/six...
Here are six things we’re feeling thankful for this year.
www.democracydocket.com/analysis/six...
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Definitely not a bubble
Since the launch of ChatGPT in November 2022, AI related stocks have accounted for 75% of S&P 500 returns, 79% of earnings growth, and 90% of capital spending (Capex and R&D) growth. am.jpmorgan.com/content/dam/...
November 27, 2025 at 2:05 PM
Definitely not a bubble
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I need everybody to read this and understand what’s going on. These are spouses of US citizens in the country legally. They have entry clearance and green cards, they’ve passed background checks and have no criminal records. ICE is taking them anyway.
Gift link:
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/u...
Gift link:
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/u...
Green Card Interviews End in Handcuffs for Spouses of U.S. Citizens
www.nytimes.com
November 26, 2025 at 8:40 PM
I need everybody to read this and understand what’s going on. These are spouses of US citizens in the country legally. They have entry clearance and green cards, they’ve passed background checks and have no criminal records. ICE is taking them anyway.
Gift link:
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/u...
Gift link:
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/u...
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The volcano near Naples is shaking the ground in a way that scientists say it hasn't for centuries, posing risks for hundreds of thousands of people living in the 8-mile-wide crater left by past eruptions. n.pr/44w8Kox
Italy's Campi Flegrei supervolcano is stirring. Could this seismic giant soon erupt?
The volcano near Naples is shaking the ground in a way that scientists say it hasn't for centuries, posing risks for hundreds of thousands of people living in the 8-mile-wide crater left by past eruptions.
n.pr
November 25, 2025 at 10:24 AM
The volcano near Naples is shaking the ground in a way that scientists say it hasn't for centuries, posing risks for hundreds of thousands of people living in the 8-mile-wide crater left by past eruptions. n.pr/44w8Kox
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“We’ve tried to not have to do it, but we've got direct orders,” the masked ICE agents told them www.nbcsandiego.com/news/local/i...
November 25, 2025 at 12:26 PM
“We’ve tried to not have to do it, but we've got direct orders,” the masked ICE agents told them www.nbcsandiego.com/news/local/i...
Hang in there, Scouts. This, too, shall (most likely) pass. www.npr.org/2025/11/25/n...
U.S. ready to cut support to Scouts, accusing them of attacking 'boy-friendly spaces'
Documents show the U.S. military is planning to sever all ties with the organization formerly known as the Boy Scouts.
www.npr.org
November 25, 2025 at 1:24 PM
Hang in there, Scouts. This, too, shall (most likely) pass. www.npr.org/2025/11/25/n...
The driver of the metro train just signed off by saying “whatever is going on in your life, you do matter” over the loud speaker. I love DC.
November 22, 2025 at 8:33 PM
The driver of the metro train just signed off by saying “whatever is going on in your life, you do matter” over the loud speaker. I love DC.
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Heat pumps are the most efficiency heating technology ever invented.
That's because they harvest, compress and transport pre-existing heat from the air, the ground or the water.
Compared to a gas boiler heat pumps deliver ~4x more heat for each unit of energy inout.
That's because they harvest, compress and transport pre-existing heat from the air, the ground or the water.
Compared to a gas boiler heat pumps deliver ~4x more heat for each unit of energy inout.
November 21, 2025 at 10:40 AM
Heat pumps are the most efficiency heating technology ever invented.
That's because they harvest, compress and transport pre-existing heat from the air, the ground or the water.
Compared to a gas boiler heat pumps deliver ~4x more heat for each unit of energy inout.
That's because they harvest, compress and transport pre-existing heat from the air, the ground or the water.
Compared to a gas boiler heat pumps deliver ~4x more heat for each unit of energy inout.
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$1 of every $13 poured into the 2024 elections came from the country's 100 richest people.
Trump is letting billionaires run the show and they want to further rig the system for themselves, against working people.
It time to End Citizens United. Pass campaign finance reform. Empower the PEOPLE.
Trump is letting billionaires run the show and they want to further rig the system for themselves, against working people.
It time to End Citizens United. Pass campaign finance reform. Empower the PEOPLE.
How billionaires took over American politics
The current concentration of wealth is unlike anything in history. So is billionaires’ involvement in politics.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 22, 2025 at 2:37 AM
$1 of every $13 poured into the 2024 elections came from the country's 100 richest people.
Trump is letting billionaires run the show and they want to further rig the system for themselves, against working people.
It time to End Citizens United. Pass campaign finance reform. Empower the PEOPLE.
Trump is letting billionaires run the show and they want to further rig the system for themselves, against working people.
It time to End Citizens United. Pass campaign finance reform. Empower the PEOPLE.
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You all know I've been after the Treasury Department's own Epstein file. It's a set of thousands of detailed bank records, a map of Epstein's financial network. Secretary Bessent is blocking its release – and he denies it's even something Treasury should be investigating.
November 20, 2025 at 3:26 PM
You all know I've been after the Treasury Department's own Epstein file. It's a set of thousands of detailed bank records, a map of Epstein's financial network. Secretary Bessent is blocking its release – and he denies it's even something Treasury should be investigating.
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It is abhorrent that the President just threatened death upon members of Congress.
We must condemn all threats of political violence, especially when they come from someone who has incited a violent attack on the Capitol.
We must condemn all threats of political violence, especially when they come from someone who has incited a violent attack on the Capitol.
November 20, 2025 at 5:32 PM
It is abhorrent that the President just threatened death upon members of Congress.
We must condemn all threats of political violence, especially when they come from someone who has incited a violent attack on the Capitol.
We must condemn all threats of political violence, especially when they come from someone who has incited a violent attack on the Capitol.
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The people who make Shein's clothes labor for ten to twelve hours per day (in violation of China's labor laws), some up to seven days a week, and earn as little as 15 to 30 cents per t-shirt.
![Excerpt from a BBC article: ""We usually work, 10, 11 or 12 hours a day," says a 49-year-old woman from Jiangxi unwilling to give her name. "On Sundays we work around three hours less."
She is in an alleyway, where a dozen people are huddled around a row of bulletin boards.
They are reading the job ads on the board, while examining the stitching on a pair of chinos draped over it.
This is Shein's supply chain. The factories are contracted to make clothes on order - some small, some big. If the chinos are a hit, orders will ramp up and so must production. Factories then hire temporary workers to meet the demand their permanent staff cannot fulfil.
The migrant worker from Jiangxi is looking for a short-term contract - and the chinos are an option.
"We earn so little. The cost of living is now so high," she says, adding that she hopes to make enough to send back to her two children who are living with their grandparents.
"We get paid per piece," she explains. "It depends how difficult the item is. Something simple like a t-shirt is one-two yuan [less than a dollar] per piece and I can make around a dozen in an hour.""](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:ks3gpa6ftoyaq7hmf6c4qx4c/bafkreiber7g4o5pujmzmjjzsp5dkz7blfexburuwjispfpv6dki7akjb7a@jpeg)
November 20, 2025 at 12:07 AM
The people who make Shein's clothes labor for ten to twelve hours per day (in violation of China's labor laws), some up to seven days a week, and earn as little as 15 to 30 cents per t-shirt.
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For those who refuse to take a win that Republicans passed the Epstein Bill with unanimous consent (save for 1 lone R) you’re missing how MASSIVE this is.
The minority party just put the majority party on their heels. Forcing them, the DOJ, & the Reality TV Fascist to acquiesce to THEIR demands. 🧵
The minority party just put the majority party on their heels. Forcing them, the DOJ, & the Reality TV Fascist to acquiesce to THEIR demands. 🧵
November 19, 2025 at 12:40 AM
For those who refuse to take a win that Republicans passed the Epstein Bill with unanimous consent (save for 1 lone R) you’re missing how MASSIVE this is.
The minority party just put the majority party on their heels. Forcing them, the DOJ, & the Reality TV Fascist to acquiesce to THEIR demands. 🧵
The minority party just put the majority party on their heels. Forcing them, the DOJ, & the Reality TV Fascist to acquiesce to THEIR demands. 🧵
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NEW:
In 2024, Tierra Walker was sick and getting sicker. She was also pregnant.
She knew abortion was illegal in Texas, but thought there was an exception for women like her, whose health was at risk. Doctors told her there was no emergency.
Then she died.
www.propublica.org/article/texa...
In 2024, Tierra Walker was sick and getting sicker. She was also pregnant.
She knew abortion was illegal in Texas, but thought there was an exception for women like her, whose health was at risk. Doctors told her there was no emergency.
Then she died.
www.propublica.org/article/texa...
“Ticking Time Bomb”: A Pregnant Mother Kept Getting Sicker. She Died After She Couldn’t Get an Abortion in Texas.
Walker is one of several women ProPublica found with underlying health conditions who died when they couldn’t access abortions.
www.propublica.org
November 19, 2025 at 11:08 AM
NEW:
In 2024, Tierra Walker was sick and getting sicker. She was also pregnant.
She knew abortion was illegal in Texas, but thought there was an exception for women like her, whose health was at risk. Doctors told her there was no emergency.
Then she died.
www.propublica.org/article/texa...
In 2024, Tierra Walker was sick and getting sicker. She was also pregnant.
She knew abortion was illegal in Texas, but thought there was an exception for women like her, whose health was at risk. Doctors told her there was no emergency.
Then she died.
www.propublica.org/article/texa...
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BREAKING: US President Trump announces he’s designating Saudi Arabia as a major non-NATO ally, and has asked Crown Prince MBS to join the board that will act as a transitional authority for war-torn Gaza.
🟠 LIVE updates: aje.io/aivosv
🟠 LIVE updates: aje.io/aivosv
November 19, 2025 at 2:35 AM
BREAKING: US President Trump announces he’s designating Saudi Arabia as a major non-NATO ally, and has asked Crown Prince MBS to join the board that will act as a transitional authority for war-torn Gaza.
🟠 LIVE updates: aje.io/aivosv
🟠 LIVE updates: aje.io/aivosv
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I will never forget having to edit Jamal’s final, posthumous piece for the Washington Post, after he was murdered.
He was calling for free expression in the Arab world. You can read it here :
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/glo...
He was calling for free expression in the Arab world. You can read it here :
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/glo...
Opinion | Jamal Khashoggi: What the Arab world needs most is free expression
The Arab world needs a modern version of the old transnational media so citizens can be informed about global events.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 18, 2025 at 6:48 PM
I will never forget having to edit Jamal’s final, posthumous piece for the Washington Post, after he was murdered.
He was calling for free expression in the Arab world. You can read it here :
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/glo...
He was calling for free expression in the Arab world. You can read it here :
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/glo...
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One of Kharkiv's Silpo stores after russian strike. There was absolutely nothing military about it. Hundreds of people were getting groceries there every day.
November 18, 2025 at 11:24 PM
One of Kharkiv's Silpo stores after russian strike. There was absolutely nothing military about it. Hundreds of people were getting groceries there every day.
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If ICE agents can’t operate without masks and no IDs, maybe the problem isn’t California, it’s whatever you’re trying to hide.
📌 The Trump administration is suing California over its new laws banning ICE from hiding behind masks and forcing them to show IDs while they run operations in the state.
📌 The Trump administration is suing California over its new laws banning ICE from hiding behind masks and forcing them to show IDs while they run operations in the state.
November 19, 2025 at 3:14 AM
If ICE agents can’t operate without masks and no IDs, maybe the problem isn’t California, it’s whatever you’re trying to hide.
📌 The Trump administration is suing California over its new laws banning ICE from hiding behind masks and forcing them to show IDs while they run operations in the state.
📌 The Trump administration is suing California over its new laws banning ICE from hiding behind masks and forcing them to show IDs while they run operations in the state.
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ICE will have access to one of the world’s most sophisticated hacking tools after a decision by the Trump admin. to move ahead with a contract with Paragon Solutions, a company founded in Israel which makes spyware that can be used to hack into any mobile phone – including encrypted applications.
Ice obtains access to Israeli-made spyware that can hack phones and encrypted apps
Trump administration contract with Paragon Solutions gives immigration agency access to one of the most powerful stealth cyberweapons
www.theguardian.com
September 3, 2025 at 12:21 PM
ICE will have access to one of the world’s most sophisticated hacking tools after a decision by the Trump admin. to move ahead with a contract with Paragon Solutions, a company founded in Israel which makes spyware that can be used to hack into any mobile phone – including encrypted applications.
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“A representative for Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools tells PEOPLE that 30,339 students were reported absent from their schools on Monday, Nov. 17.”
"WBTV noted that 31% of the student population in the area identifies as Hispanic, per data from Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools.”
"WBTV noted that 31% of the student population in the area identifies as Hispanic, per data from Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools.”
More Than 30,000 Students in One North Carolina School District Skipped Class on Monday amid ICE Raids
More than 30,000 students in Charlotte-Mecklenburg County reportedly did not attend school on Monday, Nov. 17. This comes as ICE conducted raids in Charlotte, N.C., over the weekend, arresting more th...
people.com
November 18, 2025 at 10:07 PM
“A representative for Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools tells PEOPLE that 30,339 students were reported absent from their schools on Monday, Nov. 17.”
"WBTV noted that 31% of the student population in the area identifies as Hispanic, per data from Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools.”
"WBTV noted that 31% of the student population in the area identifies as Hispanic, per data from Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools.”
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We want to speak directly to members of the Military and the Intelligence Community.
The American people need you to stand up for our laws and our Constitution.
Don’t give up the ship.
The American people need you to stand up for our laws and our Constitution.
Don’t give up the ship.
November 18, 2025 at 1:31 PM
We want to speak directly to members of the Military and the Intelligence Community.
The American people need you to stand up for our laws and our Constitution.
Don’t give up the ship.
The American people need you to stand up for our laws and our Constitution.
Don’t give up the ship.
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She just, like...said it? Out loud?
Coinbase donated to Trump's $300 million White House ballroom project as an appeal to the administration, Emilie Choi, the cryptocurrency exchange's president and COO, said at Axios' BFD event today.
Exclusive: Coinbase explains donation to Trump's ballroom
Tech firms like Google, Amazon, and Nvidia also donated to Trump's ballroom fund.
www.axios.com
November 18, 2025 at 8:53 PM
She just, like...said it? Out loud?