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Stumbled across a video that talks about the DARE Drug education program in the 80's and 90's, but ended up talking about Daryl Gates, private intelligence companies circumventing privacy laws, and reporting by
@davidcayjohnston.bsky.social:
youtu.be/LzrGCk-F7FY
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@davidcayjohnston.bsky.social:
youtu.be/LzrGCk-F7FY
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D.A.R.E. | The REAL Reason Cops Taught You About Drugs
YouTube video by CHUPPL
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January 2, 2026 at 5:40 PM
Stumbled across a video that talks about the DARE Drug education program in the 80's and 90's, but ended up talking about Daryl Gates, private intelligence companies circumventing privacy laws, and reporting by
@davidcayjohnston.bsky.social:
youtu.be/LzrGCk-F7FY
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Is this legit?
@davidcayjohnston.bsky.social:
youtu.be/LzrGCk-F7FY
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Is this legit?
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When it comes to infectious diseases, 2026 may look more like 1926 if current trends continue: The US has seen nearly 28,000 whooping cough cases in 2025, the 2nd year cases exceeded 25k. The contagious bacterial infection is a deadly threat to infants, older people & anyone w/ weakened immunity👇
The US has seen nearly 28,000 whooping cough cases this year. Here’s what you need to know | CNN
For the second year in a row, the US has surpassed 25,000 whooping cough cases — another sign of the risks of falling vaccination levels.
www.cnn.com
December 30, 2025 at 6:25 PM
When it comes to infectious diseases, 2026 may look more like 1926 if current trends continue: The US has seen nearly 28,000 whooping cough cases in 2025, the 2nd year cases exceeded 25k. The contagious bacterial infection is a deadly threat to infants, older people & anyone w/ weakened immunity👇
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Gift link 🧪🔭
NASA’s Largest Library Is Closing Amid Staff and Lab Cuts
www.nytimes.com
December 31, 2025 at 7:09 PM
Gift link 🧪🔭
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If @mcuban.bsky.social wants to reduce the deficit, then he's got to raise tax revenues from the people who have the money.
He's got to implement taxes on societally destructive financial practices that are about extracting wealth, not building it.
He's got to implement taxes on societally destructive financial practices that are about extracting wealth, not building it.
December 31, 2025 at 9:00 PM
If @mcuban.bsky.social wants to reduce the deficit, then he's got to raise tax revenues from the people who have the money.
He's got to implement taxes on societally destructive financial practices that are about extracting wealth, not building it.
He's got to implement taxes on societally destructive financial practices that are about extracting wealth, not building it.
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I am going to try this again.
Read legal journalist Chris Geidner's reply to Jan Crawford of CBS News, whose "shocking statement" was interpreted by many as "going after her colleagues who cover the Supreme Court." www.lawdork.com/p/jan-crawfo...
Then consider what else is happening with CBS .
Read legal journalist Chris Geidner's reply to Jan Crawford of CBS News, whose "shocking statement" was interpreted by many as "going after her colleagues who cover the Supreme Court." www.lawdork.com/p/jan-crawfo...
Then consider what else is happening with CBS .
Jan Crawford's attack on SCOTUS "corruption" narrative was its own substance-free narrative
On Face the Nation, CBS News's chief legal correspondent went after Supreme Court critics as "dangerous." And yet, her court defense was completely lacking in specifics.
www.lawdork.com
December 31, 2025 at 4:31 PM
I am going to try this again.
Read legal journalist Chris Geidner's reply to Jan Crawford of CBS News, whose "shocking statement" was interpreted by many as "going after her colleagues who cover the Supreme Court." www.lawdork.com/p/jan-crawfo...
Then consider what else is happening with CBS .
Read legal journalist Chris Geidner's reply to Jan Crawford of CBS News, whose "shocking statement" was interpreted by many as "going after her colleagues who cover the Supreme Court." www.lawdork.com/p/jan-crawfo...
Then consider what else is happening with CBS .
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Here's the thing, there has been a conservative legal movement that has built up an infrastructure to get people who are ideologically captured to court appointments. They may not bribed.
But that does not mean that their rulings are in line with democratic, constitutional precedent.
But that does not mean that their rulings are in line with democratic, constitutional precedent.
December 31, 2025 at 8:19 PM
Here's the thing, there has been a conservative legal movement that has built up an infrastructure to get people who are ideologically captured to court appointments. They may not bribed.
But that does not mean that their rulings are in line with democratic, constitutional precedent.
But that does not mean that their rulings are in line with democratic, constitutional precedent.
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President Donald Trump’s so-called One Big Beautiful Bill Act will shift billions in costs for SNAP and Medicaid to states.
But with 26 having cut or eliminated state income taxes just since 2021, they may not have the money to continue the programs.
But with 26 having cut or eliminated state income taxes just since 2021, they may not have the money to continue the programs.
Wave of Tax Cuts Has Left Many States Vulnerable to Trump SNAP and Medicaid Crisis
President Donald Trump’s so-called One Big Beautiful Bill Act will shift billions in costs for SNAP and Medicaid to states. But with 26 having cut or eliminated state income taxes just since 2021, the...
www.propublica.org
December 30, 2025 at 10:00 PM
President Donald Trump’s so-called One Big Beautiful Bill Act will shift billions in costs for SNAP and Medicaid to states.
But with 26 having cut or eliminated state income taxes just since 2021, they may not have the money to continue the programs.
But with 26 having cut or eliminated state income taxes just since 2021, they may not have the money to continue the programs.
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One of the most successful propaganda campaigns of our time is the right-wing claim that liberals dominate the media. The right has pushed this myth for decades on Fox and other outlets. You know about it because RIGHT-WING MEDIA HAVE A HUGE MEGAPHONE. My thread. 1/10 🧵
December 29, 2025 at 1:35 PM
One of the most successful propaganda campaigns of our time is the right-wing claim that liberals dominate the media. The right has pushed this myth for decades on Fox and other outlets. You know about it because RIGHT-WING MEDIA HAVE A HUGE MEGAPHONE. My thread. 1/10 🧵
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You’d have been called worse than overwrought. But you were right all along about exactly where we were heading.
We are, as @radleybalko.bsky.social reports here, “in the throes of an administration that believes it can kill on demand, regardless of domestic or international law, and feels no obligation to justify its decision to do so to Congress, the courts, or the public.” newrepublic.com/article/2042...
December 30, 2025 at 6:59 AM
You’d have been called worse than overwrought. But you were right all along about exactly where we were heading.
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BREAKING: A Russian newspaper today — “America no longer sees our country as a threat… The US leader’s philosophy is closer to the values of Russia’s president, not the politicians of the Old World… he sees Europe as a liberal stronghold that must be destroyed…”
Read that again.
Read that again.
December 29, 2025 at 8:10 PM
BREAKING: A Russian newspaper today — “America no longer sees our country as a threat… The US leader’s philosophy is closer to the values of Russia’s president, not the politicians of the Old World… he sees Europe as a liberal stronghold that must be destroyed…”
Read that again.
Read that again.
Brutal story about Tesla, and their hidden door latches, killing people.
youtu.be/2lFzqBt3z0w
youtu.be/2lFzqBt3z0w
The Dangerous Feature in Tesla's Doors
YouTube video by Bloomberg Originals
youtu.be
December 30, 2025 at 8:18 AM
Brutal story about Tesla, and their hidden door latches, killing people.
youtu.be/2lFzqBt3z0w
youtu.be/2lFzqBt3z0w
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The U.S. is blessed with one of the most scientifically and technologically advanced health care systems in the world.
And yet, when it comes to health outcomes among the world’s wealthiest countries, the U.S. ranks last.
And yet, when it comes to health outcomes among the world’s wealthiest countries, the U.S. ranks last.
Sick in a Hospital Town, Part 1: The Business of Care
Welcome to Albany, Georgia, where one hospital dominates the political and economic landscape. The story of Phoebe Putney Memorial is the story of American health care.
projects.propublica.org
December 29, 2025 at 5:00 PM
The U.S. is blessed with one of the most scientifically and technologically advanced health care systems in the world.
And yet, when it comes to health outcomes among the world’s wealthiest countries, the U.S. ranks last.
And yet, when it comes to health outcomes among the world’s wealthiest countries, the U.S. ranks last.
"They often shrug off the concerns of scientists who argue it’s inherently risky to fund the development of potentially dangerous technologies through wealthy investors who could only profit if the planet-cooling systems are deployed."
www.politico.com/news/2025/12...
www.politico.com/news/2025/12...
Betting on climate failure, these investors could earn billions
Investment firms have put over $100 million into developing risky technologies that could cool the planet with unknown side effects.
share.google
December 29, 2025 at 5:11 AM
"They often shrug off the concerns of scientists who argue it’s inherently risky to fund the development of potentially dangerous technologies through wealthy investors who could only profit if the planet-cooling systems are deployed."
www.politico.com/news/2025/12...
www.politico.com/news/2025/12...
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Also: bsky.app/profile/lars...
David Roberts’ @volts.wtf podcast on energy transition. Highlight-of-the-week level stuff.
December 28, 2025 at 5:49 PM
Also: bsky.app/profile/lars...
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Water vapor in air is increasing at about 7% per degree C of global warming (or about 4% per ºF), but increases in hourly intensity seem to be increasing faster than that. Lots of work currently trying to work out what's behind that but in practice it means that drainage capacity is being pushed.
December 28, 2025 at 7:22 PM
Water vapor in air is increasing at about 7% per degree C of global warming (or about 4% per ºF), but increases in hourly intensity seem to be increasing faster than that. Lots of work currently trying to work out what's behind that but in practice it means that drainage capacity is being pushed.
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Where the world’s electricity comes from. Looking forward to the update including 2025.
December 26, 2025 at 11:01 PM
Where the world’s electricity comes from. Looking forward to the update including 2025.
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Neoliberal centrist dipshits: what is your plan for that
Me: [Outlines plan]
Them: no your only plan possibilities are nonrefundable tax credits or corporate subsidies
Me: [Outlines plan]
Them: no your only plan possibilities are nonrefundable tax credits or corporate subsidies
December 26, 2025 at 10:22 AM
Neoliberal centrist dipshits: what is your plan for that
Me: [Outlines plan]
Them: no your only plan possibilities are nonrefundable tax credits or corporate subsidies
Me: [Outlines plan]
Them: no your only plan possibilities are nonrefundable tax credits or corporate subsidies
I don't know. From what I can tell, the puritan colonists sought meaning in the pursuit of piety where the revolutionaries sought meaning in the pursuit of happiness.
Where the puritans were focused on the discipline of heaven, to the extent that they famously put people to death over witchcraft...
Where the puritans were focused on the discipline of heaven, to the extent that they famously put people to death over witchcraft...
The reason you don't see it clearly is because you don't understand how the rationalism of the 18th c was an outgrowth of the Puritanism of the 17th.
December 26, 2025 at 5:16 PM
I don't know. From what I can tell, the puritan colonists sought meaning in the pursuit of piety where the revolutionaries sought meaning in the pursuit of happiness.
Where the puritans were focused on the discipline of heaven, to the extent that they famously put people to death over witchcraft...
Where the puritans were focused on the discipline of heaven, to the extent that they famously put people to death over witchcraft...
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I was critiquing the video based on both a Christian and Judaic basis.
You shouldn't have to feel excluded and threatened by your government. The appropriation of Judeo-Christian concepts to celebrate prejudice and persecution violates both faiths.
TDLR compassion is a commandment.
You shouldn't have to feel excluded and threatened by your government. The appropriation of Judeo-Christian concepts to celebrate prejudice and persecution violates both faiths.
TDLR compassion is a commandment.
December 25, 2025 at 11:25 PM
I was critiquing the video based on both a Christian and Judaic basis.
You shouldn't have to feel excluded and threatened by your government. The appropriation of Judeo-Christian concepts to celebrate prejudice and persecution violates both faiths.
TDLR compassion is a commandment.
You shouldn't have to feel excluded and threatened by your government. The appropriation of Judeo-Christian concepts to celebrate prejudice and persecution violates both faiths.
TDLR compassion is a commandment.
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If you study the old gospel from the old texts, one message rings true.
That our salvation lies in community, not authority. It's through the grace you show to others that you receive grace.
That our salvation lies in community, not authority. It's through the grace you show to others that you receive grace.
December 25, 2025 at 5:07 PM
If you study the old gospel from the old texts, one message rings true.
That our salvation lies in community, not authority. It's through the grace you show to others that you receive grace.
That our salvation lies in community, not authority. It's through the grace you show to others that you receive grace.
And Tiny Tim, who did NOT die, began to listen to manosphere podcasts and started posting borderline racist comments on what once was Twitter. Those comments were liked, nay, loved by Elon Musk.
And so it came to pass that, though Tiny Tim was better physically, he remained very lame indeed.
And so it came to pass that, though Tiny Tim was better physically, he remained very lame indeed.
And Tiny Tim, who did NOT die, was immortal. From the dawn of time we came; moving silently down through the centuries, living many secret lives, struggling to reach the time of the Gathering; when the few who remain will battle to the last.
And Tiny Tim, who did NOT die, now has a machine gun. Ho. Ho. Ho.
December 25, 2025 at 2:05 PM
And Tiny Tim, who did NOT die, began to listen to manosphere podcasts and started posting borderline racist comments on what once was Twitter. Those comments were liked, nay, loved by Elon Musk.
And so it came to pass that, though Tiny Tim was better physically, he remained very lame indeed.
And so it came to pass that, though Tiny Tim was better physically, he remained very lame indeed.
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Tiny Tim implies the existence of Enormous Tim
December 24, 2025 at 10:52 AM
Tiny Tim implies the existence of Enormous Tim
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"Not only did it seem that city leaders had failed to recognize the magnitude of the crisis until one of their own had died, they had also made those bearing the brunt of the pandemic feel responsible for their own demise."
ProPublica Managing Editor @gingerthompson.bsky.social set out to write a David-vs.-Goliath narrative about Albany, Georgia’s response to COVID-19.
But she realized there were more enduring questions and challenges facing Albany. They were about race and power.
But she realized there were more enduring questions and challenges facing Albany. They were about race and power.
I Started Covering the COVID-19 Crisis in Albany, Georgia. This Moment Made Me Realize There Was a Bigger Story to Tell.
The virus had killed about 38 people, most of them Black, by April 2020. But when a white judge died, local officials made sure to announce her name.
www.propublica.org
December 24, 2025 at 9:41 PM
"Not only did it seem that city leaders had failed to recognize the magnitude of the crisis until one of their own had died, they had also made those bearing the brunt of the pandemic feel responsible for their own demise."
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I wrote about how X as an online rumor mill that feeds the hard right propaganda machine, destroying lives in the process.
Ben Shapiro and others in the movement have started to realize that it’s dangerous and bad — because it’s negatively impacting them too, now…
Ben Shapiro and others in the movement have started to realize that it’s dangerous and bad — because it’s negatively impacting them too, now…
December 24, 2025 at 7:59 PM
I wrote about how X as an online rumor mill that feeds the hard right propaganda machine, destroying lives in the process.
Ben Shapiro and others in the movement have started to realize that it’s dangerous and bad — because it’s negatively impacting them too, now…
Ben Shapiro and others in the movement have started to realize that it’s dangerous and bad — because it’s negatively impacting them too, now…
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Whenever you hear that the media is trying “to win back the trust” of people, you know they’re just talking about right-wing fucknuts who can’t stand being told that what they believe is a lie. So that means the media outlet is gonna soothe them with more lies.
CBS News editor in chief Bari Weiss said she held back a “60 Minutes” segment earlier this week because it needed additional reporting and she is working to win back the trust of American viewers.
Bari Weiss defends held “60 Minutes” story in email to CBS News staff
CBS News editor in chief Bari Weiss shelved a “60 minutes” segment because she said it needed additional reporting, including an interview with a Trump administration official.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 24, 2025 at 10:03 PM
Whenever you hear that the media is trying “to win back the trust” of people, you know they’re just talking about right-wing fucknuts who can’t stand being told that what they believe is a lie. So that means the media outlet is gonna soothe them with more lies.