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Man sprays Rep. Ilhan Omar with noxious substance. Security man saves the attacker from 5'2" Omar's counterattack. She refuses to leave to get checked out, requests a napkin to clean up, and continues her talk.
youtu.be/bPlWUq1gFFk
youtu.be/bPlWUq1gFFk
WATCH | Man Storms Podium, Sprays Unknown Substance At Rep. Ilhan Omar | APT
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January 29, 2026 at 2:29 AM
Man sprays Rep. Ilhan Omar with noxious substance. Security man saves the attacker from 5'2" Omar's counterattack. She refuses to leave to get checked out, requests a napkin to clean up, and continues her talk.
youtu.be/bPlWUq1gFFk
youtu.be/bPlWUq1gFFk
In an effort to become more organized, I have started printing my updated todo list each morning. To reduce feelings of guilt, I have the word "ASPIRATIONAL" printed at the top.
January 24, 2026 at 3:27 PM
In an effort to become more organized, I have started printing my updated todo list each morning. To reduce feelings of guilt, I have the word "ASPIRATIONAL" printed at the top.
Frank Brunai and Bret Stephens of the NYT had a conversation about Trump, etc. No mention of the climate crisis. Multiple reports have recently been published about the truly catastrophic risks posed by accelerating climate change. But it's not even worth mentioning in discussing US politics. .
January 24, 2026 at 1:54 PM
Frank Brunai and Bret Stephens of the NYT had a conversation about Trump, etc. No mention of the climate crisis. Multiple reports have recently been published about the truly catastrophic risks posed by accelerating climate change. But it's not even worth mentioning in discussing US politics. .
High Food Prices - Mass Migration - Nuclear War
All "low probability, but plausible" per 2025 UK study "Global Biodiversity Loss, Ecosystem Collapse and National Security". Suppressed as too pessimistic. Focus is effects on Britain, but importance is broader. Source: The Times (London).
All "low probability, but plausible" per 2025 UK study "Global Biodiversity Loss, Ecosystem Collapse and National Security". Suppressed as too pessimistic. Focus is effects on Britain, but importance is broader. Source: The Times (London).
January 23, 2026 at 1:56 PM
High Food Prices - Mass Migration - Nuclear War
All "low probability, but plausible" per 2025 UK study "Global Biodiversity Loss, Ecosystem Collapse and National Security". Suppressed as too pessimistic. Focus is effects on Britain, but importance is broader. Source: The Times (London).
All "low probability, but plausible" per 2025 UK study "Global Biodiversity Loss, Ecosystem Collapse and National Security". Suppressed as too pessimistic. Focus is effects on Britain, but importance is broader. Source: The Times (London).
Midwest US weather is interesting. By 7AM we'll have -15°F, wind ~24mph here in Coralville, IA. Frostbite in 5-10 minutes. Minneapolis (-22°F overnight ) is having an anti-ICE march downtown at 2PM tomorrow. It may warm up to -11°F. Will ICE stay indoors?
January 23, 2026 at 2:29 AM
Midwest US weather is interesting. By 7AM we'll have -15°F, wind ~24mph here in Coralville, IA. Frostbite in 5-10 minutes. Minneapolis (-22°F overnight ) is having an anti-ICE march downtown at 2PM tomorrow. It may warm up to -11°F. Will ICE stay indoors?
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3 Policy Moves Likely to Change Health Care for Older People
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January 21, 2026 at 12:20 PM
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The latest report from the Institute of Actuaries has just been published. The report highlights climate sensitivity and geoengineering following a warning that “catastrophic warming levels of above 2°C by 2050 are likely.”
#climatechange #risk #actuaries #finance #economy #planetaryboundaries
#climatechange #risk #actuaries #finance #economy #planetaryboundaries
January 21, 2026 at 9:24 AM
The latest report from the Institute of Actuaries has just been published. The report highlights climate sensitivity and geoengineering following a warning that “catastrophic warming levels of above 2°C by 2050 are likely.”
#climatechange #risk #actuaries #finance #economy #planetaryboundaries
#climatechange #risk #actuaries #finance #economy #planetaryboundaries
A NYT headline comments that Trump doesn't seem interested in an "off-ramp" from the Greenland fiasco. Why should he want to find a way out of destroying NATO under the pretext of promoting US security? He's entirely unpredictable, but a reformulated NATO without the US seems likely.
January 19, 2026 at 7:43 PM
A NYT headline comments that Trump doesn't seem interested in an "off-ramp" from the Greenland fiasco. Why should he want to find a way out of destroying NATO under the pretext of promoting US security? He's entirely unpredictable, but a reformulated NATO without the US seems likely.
To compensate Trump for the failure to give him the Nobel Peace Prize, I nominate him for the SPECTREE Award for the best James Bond villian. Special Exective for Counter-Intelligence, Terrorism, Revenge, and Extortion plus an extra E for Ecocide.
January 19, 2026 at 2:14 PM
To compensate Trump for the failure to give him the Nobel Peace Prize, I nominate him for the SPECTREE Award for the best James Bond villian. Special Exective for Counter-Intelligence, Terrorism, Revenge, and Extortion plus an extra E for Ecocide.
I suspect Xi Jinping is in his happy place this AM. If I were XI, I'd be lining up phone calls with every national leader who has or might anticipate having a beef with Trump, offering friendship and the opportunity to buy Chinese weapons. Also, electric cars and solar panels.
#Venezuela
#Venezuela
January 3, 2026 at 6:20 PM
I suspect Xi Jinping is in his happy place this AM. If I were XI, I'd be lining up phone calls with every national leader who has or might anticipate having a beef with Trump, offering friendship and the opportunity to buy Chinese weapons. Also, electric cars and solar panels.
#Venezuela
#Venezuela
The lead author of a research paper from Case Western Reserve that demonstrates the reversal of Alzheimer's-like conditions in animal models is an Indian-educated woman. Couldn't a US-born white male have made this discovery? Are US schools discriminating in favor of genius?
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December 29, 2025 at 2:02 PM
The lead author of a research paper from Case Western Reserve that demonstrates the reversal of Alzheimer's-like conditions in animal models is an Indian-educated woman. Couldn't a US-born white male have made this discovery? Are US schools discriminating in favor of genius?
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If AI deployment causes a rapid & massive increase in unemployment, its billionaire backers had better have their running shoes on and their bunkers well-stocked.
If they were as smart as they think they are, they'd be demanding a robust social safety net, not working to destroy what we've got.
If they were as smart as they think they are, they'd be demanding a robust social safety net, not working to destroy what we've got.
December 27, 2025 at 4:52 PM
If AI deployment causes a rapid & massive increase in unemployment, its billionaire backers had better have their running shoes on and their bunkers well-stocked.
If they were as smart as they think they are, they'd be demanding a robust social safety net, not working to destroy what we've got.
If they were as smart as they think they are, they'd be demanding a robust social safety net, not working to destroy what we've got.
I was just looking at a photo gallery of the cardiology fellows at the University of Iowa. If we stop taking in foreign doctors, our hospitals are screwed. Of course, so are we patients.
#immigration
#immigration
December 9, 2025 at 3:22 AM
I was just looking at a photo gallery of the cardiology fellows at the University of Iowa. If we stop taking in foreign doctors, our hospitals are screwed. Of course, so are we patients.
#immigration
#immigration
In Trump world, cocaine is cocaine. And mackerel is cocaine. And sardines are cocaine. As soon as the boat is sunk, it's all cocaine. We'll never know for sure. It makes me nostalgic for trial by jury.
December 3, 2025 at 11:53 AM
In Trump world, cocaine is cocaine. And mackerel is cocaine. And sardines are cocaine. As soon as the boat is sunk, it's all cocaine. We'll never know for sure. It makes me nostalgic for trial by jury.
Today, the editorial board of The Washington Post blamed the lack of free-market policies for causing Iran's worsening water crisis. They didn't even mention the decades-long drop in rainfall or rise in temperatures.
#climate
#climate
December 2, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Today, the editorial board of The Washington Post blamed the lack of free-market policies for causing Iran's worsening water crisis. They didn't even mention the decades-long drop in rainfall or rise in temperatures.
#climate
#climate
I was passing through the kitchen this am and my wife had NPR on. I heard my first NPR Amazon commercial. Then I sat down at my computer with my coffee and clicked on a promo email that led to a Robert Reich YouTube video in which he referenced Amazon union busting. Interesting times.
#NPR
#NPR
November 23, 2025 at 2:23 PM
I was passing through the kitchen this am and my wife had NPR on. I heard my first NPR Amazon commercial. Then I sat down at my computer with my coffee and clicked on a promo email that led to a Robert Reich YouTube video in which he referenced Amazon union busting. Interesting times.
#NPR
#NPR
Testing AI image generation.
The White House press pool has a very bad day as Karoline Leavitt reveals her true identity as Black Canary.
The White House press pool has a very bad day as Karoline Leavitt reveals her true identity as Black Canary.
November 19, 2025 at 8:11 PM
Testing AI image generation.
The White House press pool has a very bad day as Karoline Leavitt reveals her true identity as Black Canary.
The White House press pool has a very bad day as Karoline Leavitt reveals her true identity as Black Canary.
Nature says incrementalism is dead. Nature speaks through tornadoes, hurricanes, floods, droughts, melting glaciers, forest fires, & other voices. Nature doesn't grant extensions. But I can't think of a single US election that was decided by the candidates' positions on the climate crisis.
#climate
#climate
November 15, 2025 at 3:53 PM
Nature says incrementalism is dead. Nature speaks through tornadoes, hurricanes, floods, droughts, melting glaciers, forest fires, & other voices. Nature doesn't grant extensions. But I can't think of a single US election that was decided by the candidates' positions on the climate crisis.
#climate
#climate
To get big money out of politics, we need to reverse Supreme Court decisions, from Santa Clara County v. Southern Pacific Railroad (1886) through Citizens United v. FEC (2010), that established corporations as persons with 14th Amendment rights. Corporations are not people. People are people.
November 15, 2025 at 12:55 AM
To get big money out of politics, we need to reverse Supreme Court decisions, from Santa Clara County v. Southern Pacific Railroad (1886) through Citizens United v. FEC (2010), that established corporations as persons with 14th Amendment rights. Corporations are not people. People are people.
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🆕 Climate change and rural livelihoods: How extreme heat drives international migration from El Salvador
Today on VoxDev w/ Ana María Ibáñez (IDB), Juliana Quigua (UCL), Jimena Romero (Stockholm University) & Andrea Velasquez (CU Denver): https://ow.ly/zc5S50XqokT
Today on VoxDev w/ Ana María Ibáñez (IDB), Juliana Quigua (UCL), Jimena Romero (Stockholm University) & Andrea Velasquez (CU Denver): https://ow.ly/zc5S50XqokT
Climate change and rural livelihoods: How extreme heat drives international migration from El Salvador
In El Salvador, extreme heat lowers agricultural productivity and rural incomes, pushing farmers – especially those with strong migrant networks – to use international migration as a climate adaptation strategy.
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November 12, 2025 at 10:22 AM
🆕 Climate change and rural livelihoods: How extreme heat drives international migration from El Salvador
Today on VoxDev w/ Ana María Ibáñez (IDB), Juliana Quigua (UCL), Jimena Romero (Stockholm University) & Andrea Velasquez (CU Denver): https://ow.ly/zc5S50XqokT
Today on VoxDev w/ Ana María Ibáñez (IDB), Juliana Quigua (UCL), Jimena Romero (Stockholm University) & Andrea Velasquez (CU Denver): https://ow.ly/zc5S50XqokT
"Republican strategy: If we can make lives hell for enough Americans, Democrats will fold because they are empathetic and human suffering bothers them. And as Elon has told us, empathy is a weakness."
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#media #WaPo #censorship
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#media #WaPo #censorship
November 8, 2025 at 6:01 PM
"Republican strategy: If we can make lives hell for enough Americans, Democrats will fold because they are empathetic and human suffering bothers them. And as Elon has told us, empathy is a weakness."
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#media #WaPo #censorship
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#media #WaPo #censorship
Based on recent election campaigns, and panel discussions about US politics, I conclude that the climate crisis is existential, but not important. Maybe we can get nature to grant us an extension?
#climate #elections
#climate #elections
November 6, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Based on recent election campaigns, and panel discussions about US politics, I conclude that the climate crisis is existential, but not important. Maybe we can get nature to grant us an extension?
#climate #elections
#climate #elections
If Trump succeeds in keeping control of the House and Senate by means of voter intimidation, he will find himself with a country where over half the population considers the federal government illegitimate. He'll have a very angry tiger by the tail.
November 4, 2025 at 3:23 PM
If Trump succeeds in keeping control of the House and Senate by means of voter intimidation, he will find himself with a country where over half the population considers the federal government illegitimate. He'll have a very angry tiger by the tail.