@robmonk.bsky.social
@pbs.org The relentless falsehood across NOVA programs, that methane (aka natural gas) is lower-impact than coal, (proven wrong since c. 2017 w/ aerial methane leak inventories from oil and gas facilities), has me ready to cancel docs subscription and leave it to D. Koch to fund his own propaganda.
December 26, 2025 at 11:18 PM
@pbs.org The relentless falsehood across NOVA programs, that methane (aka natural gas) is lower-impact than coal, (proven wrong since c. 2017 w/ aerial methane leak inventories from oil and gas facilities), has me ready to cancel docs subscription and leave it to D. Koch to fund his own propaganda.
May your orange sweetness complement your bitter celery bliss!
New life for the new year!
New life for the new year!
December 24, 2025 at 7:28 PM
May your orange sweetness complement your bitter celery bliss!
New life for the new year!
New life for the new year!
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Israel approves 19 new settlements in occupied West Bank (Shaimaa Khalil/BBC)
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December 21, 2025 at 11:40 PM
Israel approves 19 new settlements in occupied West Bank (Shaimaa Khalil/BBC)
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@droneWelfare
Science fiction about AI feels to me increasingly like a subgenre of horror about slavery. (Hunted replicants, servile droids, governor modules, &c.) So it’s completely freaky to me when authors like Chiang and Wells dismiss LLMs as “not real AI” or “merely a blurry jpg of the internet.” +
December 21, 2025 at 3:17 PM
@droneWelfare
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Claudes work the same way
December 19, 2025 at 5:11 PM
Claudes work the same way
AI strategy can be responsive to the history of attempts to govern AI strategy. @droneWelfare
This bit from the Amanda Askell interview is interesting. In my recollection, most people on Twitter (in my bubble at least) were really positive and excited about Claude 3. The only negative narratives about Claude I remember seeing came from Anthropic itself.
December 21, 2025 at 3:09 PM
AI strategy can be responsive to the history of attempts to govern AI strategy. @droneWelfare
@droneWelfare
This is a large part of why I care about atproto so much! AI has the potential to dramatically improve or drastically erode our capabilities for individual and collective sensemaking. We need to figure out how to push it toward the former as much as possible.
www.forethought.org/research/the...
www.forethought.org/research/the...
December 21, 2025 at 3:06 PM
@droneWelfare
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White House threatens Smithsonian funds in sweeping content review (Kelsey Ables/Washington Post)
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December 21, 2025 at 2:40 PM
White House threatens Smithsonian funds in sweeping content review (Kelsey Ables/Washington Post)
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U.S. forces on Saturday stopped an oil tanker off the coast of Venezuela for the second time in less than two weeks as President Donald Trump continues to ramp up pressure on Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro.
https://to.pbs.org/3MOaOlV
https://to.pbs.org/3MOaOlV
U.S. forces stop 2nd oil tanker off Venezuelan coast as Trump follows up on 'blockade' promise
Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem confirmed that the U.S. Coast Guard with help from the Defense Department stopped the oil tanker that was last docked in Venezuela.
www.pbs.org
December 21, 2025 at 1:02 AM
U.S. forces on Saturday stopped an oil tanker off the coast of Venezuela for the second time in less than two weeks as President Donald Trump continues to ramp up pressure on Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro.
https://to.pbs.org/3MOaOlV
https://to.pbs.org/3MOaOlV
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December 8, 2025 at 1:42 PM
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California, the biggest water user in the basin, pitches Colorado River framework: nevadacurrent.com/2025/12/17/c...
California, the biggest water user in the basin, pitches Colorado River framework • Nevada Current
Colorado River water users in California presented their own framework for how to share the river’s dwindling water supply, including the state’s proposal for conserving 440,000 acre-feet of river wat...
nevadacurrent.com
December 21, 2025 at 6:44 AM
California, the biggest water user in the basin, pitches Colorado River framework: nevadacurrent.com/2025/12/17/c...
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Lawmakers from both sides of the political aisle have turned on Attorney General Pam Bondi and have reportedly begun drafting articles of impeachment following the heavily opaque release of the Epstein files.
Bondi faces calls to be jailed as bipartisan impeachment articles are drafted
Several lawmakers accused Bondi of flouting the Epstein Files Transparency Act, which mandated the government to provide full disclosure of the Justice Department's findings related to the disgraced f...
www.themirror.com
December 20, 2025 at 10:58 PM
Lawmakers from both sides of the political aisle have turned on Attorney General Pam Bondi and have reportedly begun drafting articles of impeachment following the heavily opaque release of the Epstein files.
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If there only was a word for a governing system in which one set of laws applied to people of a specific race, and a completely different and much harsher set of laws applied to those of another race...
www.cbc.ca/news/world/i...
www.cbc.ca/news/world/i...
December 21, 2025 at 3:23 AM
If there only was a word for a governing system in which one set of laws applied to people of a specific race, and a completely different and much harsher set of laws applied to those of another race...
www.cbc.ca/news/world/i...
www.cbc.ca/news/world/i...
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If Republicans in Congress don't like their new name, they know what they have to do.
December 21, 2025 at 6:30 AM
If Republicans in Congress don't like their new name, they know what they have to do.
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Once a pariah, Saudi Arabia is now Hollywood’s hot cash source www.latimes.com/entertainmen...
Once a pariah, Saudi Arabia is now Hollywood's hot cash source
Saudi Arabia’s prominent role in some of the most consequential Hollywood deals in a generation is just the latest and perhaps the most audacious move by the kingdom to expand its footprint in the U.S...
www.latimes.com
December 21, 2025 at 7:02 AM
Once a pariah, Saudi Arabia is now Hollywood’s hot cash source www.latimes.com/entertainmen...
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They’re actually redacting Trump’s name AFTER the release.
🚨 The DOJ appears to have redacted Donald Trump’s name from the allegations made in this exhibit in the Epstein files.
Trump’s name was in the original release. Now, it’s blacked out.
See for yourself.
Trump’s name was in the original release. Now, it’s blacked out.
See for yourself.
December 21, 2025 at 5:02 AM
They’re actually redacting Trump’s name AFTER the release.
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This is why Johnson sent the Congress home during the Shutdown for 54 days, nearly 8 weeks, so the FBI would have time to redact Trumps name from the Epstein files.
What a joke !
What a joke !
December 20, 2025 at 2:15 PM
This is why Johnson sent the Congress home during the Shutdown for 54 days, nearly 8 weeks, so the FBI would have time to redact Trumps name from the Epstein files.
What a joke !
What a joke !
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The FBI put a thousand agents (their own words) on trying to hide all the links between Trump and Epstein. They failed. When people found some additional photos of Trump in the release, the DOJ promptly DELETED THEM FROM THE DOCUMENT RELEASE.
www.npr.org/2025/12/20/n...
www.npr.org/2025/12/20/n...
Available to download Friday, some Epstein files no longer there Saturday afternoon
An NPR analysis of the Epstein files shows some documents, originally available on Friday, are no longer on the Department of Justice's "Epstein Library" website as the DOJ releases more files.
www.npr.org
December 20, 2025 at 8:30 PM
The FBI put a thousand agents (their own words) on trying to hide all the links between Trump and Epstein. They failed. When people found some additional photos of Trump in the release, the DOJ promptly DELETED THEM FROM THE DOCUMENT RELEASE.
www.npr.org/2025/12/20/n...
www.npr.org/2025/12/20/n...
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Reup of this public resource we created
Timeline of Jeffrey Epstein-Ghislaine Maxwell Law Enforcement Failures (1996-2025)
with links to all the publicly available documents
Timeline of Jeffrey Epstein-Ghislaine Maxwell Law Enforcement Failures (1996-2025)
with links to all the publicly available documents
Timeline of Jeffrey Epstein-Ghislaine Maxwell Law Enforcement Failures (1996-2025)
A comprehensive timeline of the failure of federal law enforcement to address Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell's crimes.
www.justsecurity.org
December 20, 2025 at 11:03 PM
Reup of this public resource we created
Timeline of Jeffrey Epstein-Ghislaine Maxwell Law Enforcement Failures (1996-2025)
with links to all the publicly available documents
Timeline of Jeffrey Epstein-Ghislaine Maxwell Law Enforcement Failures (1996-2025)
with links to all the publicly available documents
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Want a top expert analysis on the law of naval warfare, the UN Charter, and blockades?
We've got you completely covered @justsecurity.org.
With many thanks to @mikeschmitt.bsky.social and Rob McLaughlin, from whom I've learned a lot.
Blockading Venezuela: The International Law Consequences
We've got you completely covered @justsecurity.org.
With many thanks to @mikeschmitt.bsky.social and Rob McLaughlin, from whom I've learned a lot.
Blockading Venezuela: The International Law Consequences
Blockading Venezuela: The International Law Consequences
Expert analysis of the announced U.S. military blockade of Venezuela and international law.
www.justsecurity.org
December 18, 2025 at 6:20 PM
Want a top expert analysis on the law of naval warfare, the UN Charter, and blockades?
We've got you completely covered @justsecurity.org.
With many thanks to @mikeschmitt.bsky.social and Rob McLaughlin, from whom I've learned a lot.
Blockading Venezuela: The International Law Consequences
We've got you completely covered @justsecurity.org.
With many thanks to @mikeschmitt.bsky.social and Rob McLaughlin, from whom I've learned a lot.
Blockading Venezuela: The International Law Consequences
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Epstein Files Transparency Act:
"The Attorney General shall ... make publicly available in a searchable and downloadable format."
NYT:
The DOJ "website also contains a search function, though it is unclear if it’s working properly. A query for 'Epstein' returned no results."
"The Attorney General shall ... make publicly available in a searchable and downloadable format."
NYT:
The DOJ "website also contains a search function, though it is unclear if it’s working properly. A query for 'Epstein' returned no results."
December 19, 2025 at 10:41 PM
Epstein Files Transparency Act:
"The Attorney General shall ... make publicly available in a searchable and downloadable format."
NYT:
The DOJ "website also contains a search function, though it is unclear if it’s working properly. A query for 'Epstein' returned no results."
"The Attorney General shall ... make publicly available in a searchable and downloadable format."
NYT:
The DOJ "website also contains a search function, though it is unclear if it’s working properly. A query for 'Epstein' returned no results."
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A key to understand how the Bondi DOJ may be trying to hide information on other men implicated in Epstein's crimes:
Note how Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche's letter to Congress says DOJ is redacting information not only permitted by the Epstein Act but also ... the Privacy Act.⬇️
Note how Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche's letter to Congress says DOJ is redacting information not only permitted by the Epstein Act but also ... the Privacy Act.⬇️
December 20, 2025 at 1:56 PM
A key to understand how the Bondi DOJ may be trying to hide information on other men implicated in Epstein's crimes:
Note how Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche's letter to Congress says DOJ is redacting information not only permitted by the Epstein Act but also ... the Privacy Act.⬇️
Note how Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche's letter to Congress says DOJ is redacting information not only permitted by the Epstein Act but also ... the Privacy Act.⬇️
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How the Supreme Court's Mail-In Ballot Ruling Could Affect Voters (New York Times)
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December 21, 2025 at 1:00 PM
How the Supreme Court's Mail-In Ballot Ruling Could Affect Voters (New York Times)
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They aren't already in jail because there's a shortage of courage & corruption free courts. Destroying the legal system piecemeal.
Pam Bondi faces calls to be jailed as bipartisan articles of impeachment are drafted
Source: The Mirror US
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Pam Bondi faces calls to be jailed as bipartisan articles of impeachment are drafted
Source: The Mirror US
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Pam Bondi faces calls to be jailed as bipartisan articles of impeachment are drafted - NewsBreak
Several lawmakers accused Bondi of flouting the Epstein Files Transparency Act, which mandated the government to provide full disclosure of the Justice Dep
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December 20, 2025 at 7:45 PM
They aren't already in jail because there's a shortage of courage & corruption free courts. Destroying the legal system piecemeal.
Pam Bondi faces calls to be jailed as bipartisan articles of impeachment are drafted
Source: The Mirror US
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Pam Bondi faces calls to be jailed as bipartisan articles of impeachment are drafted
Source: The Mirror US
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