zMikeC
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@zmikec.bsky.social
· Oct 10
If you read only one thing this week, this is it. Multiple jaw drops 😳
“even under an optimistic ‘low’ emissions climate scenario, the earliest the climate might stabilize is in the mid-2070s” and weather patterns are already locked in to growing increasingly more extreme for the next 50-100 years.
“even under an optimistic ‘low’ emissions climate scenario, the earliest the climate might stabilize is in the mid-2070s” and weather patterns are already locked in to growing increasingly more extreme for the next 50-100 years.
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This Brazilian woman hates AI
December 30, 2025 at 10:25 PM
This Brazilian woman hates AI
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An inauthentic account will often say MOSTLY things you agree with. This creates a feeling of “we are on the same team”
And then when the time is right, they start slipping in their ACTUAL message—whether it’s disinformation or propaganda or creating instability
And then when the time is right, they start slipping in their ACTUAL message—whether it’s disinformation or propaganda or creating instability
February 16, 2026 at 2:08 PM
An inauthentic account will often say MOSTLY things you agree with. This creates a feeling of “we are on the same team”
And then when the time is right, they start slipping in their ACTUAL message—whether it’s disinformation or propaganda or creating instability
And then when the time is right, they start slipping in their ACTUAL message—whether it’s disinformation or propaganda or creating instability
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I must question if these defense contractors are reliable partners for the US.
CEO fantasizes about spraying fentanyl-laced piss on analysts. Founder defends illegal boat strikes because they're "masculine."
Not to mention all the things Peter Thiel is up to.
The right people for long-term trust?
CEO fantasizes about spraying fentanyl-laced piss on analysts. Founder defends illegal boat strikes because they're "masculine."
Not to mention all the things Peter Thiel is up to.
The right people for long-term trust?
Dude is quickly climbing the ranks of Most Dangerous Man Alive
February 16, 2026 at 2:50 PM
I must question if these defense contractors are reliable partners for the US.
CEO fantasizes about spraying fentanyl-laced piss on analysts. Founder defends illegal boat strikes because they're "masculine."
Not to mention all the things Peter Thiel is up to.
The right people for long-term trust?
CEO fantasizes about spraying fentanyl-laced piss on analysts. Founder defends illegal boat strikes because they're "masculine."
Not to mention all the things Peter Thiel is up to.
The right people for long-term trust?
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Because of Brexit, the UK GDP is 6–8% lower than it would have been, business investment is 18% lower than in comparable economies, and both employment and productivity are around 4% lower. Can’t wait to see in a decade how Trump has damaged the US economically.
The economic cost of Brexit has just been laid bare – and it’s devastating
A decade on, the economic cost of Brexit has just been laid bare – and it’s devastating. Here's what the figures say.
www.thelondoneconomic.com
February 16, 2026 at 2:03 PM
Because of Brexit, the UK GDP is 6–8% lower than it would have been, business investment is 18% lower than in comparable economies, and both employment and productivity are around 4% lower. Can’t wait to see in a decade how Trump has damaged the US economically.
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Indeed. It's also bleakly funny seeing people go 'this is harmful for teenagers' (a sentiment with a fairly limited evidence base) who have obviously cooked their brains online to the point that they cannot grasp the really simple 'we should probably ban the problematic parts of this for everyone'.
And experiencing them age 17, 47 or 77 is also bad!
The arrogance of "Definitely keep it away from the kids, but lets not think about what it does to adults" is very funny to see on the* "adults who have had their brains cooked by social media site"
*one of the
The arrogance of "Definitely keep it away from the kids, but lets not think about what it does to adults" is very funny to see on the* "adults who have had their brains cooked by social media site"
*one of the
February 16, 2026 at 3:45 PM
Indeed. It's also bleakly funny seeing people go 'this is harmful for teenagers' (a sentiment with a fairly limited evidence base) who have obviously cooked their brains online to the point that they cannot grasp the really simple 'we should probably ban the problematic parts of this for everyone'.
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Imagine when The Terminator came out if you told someone that in 40 years the world’s richest weirdo would fill the sky with a communications net, embrace AI, and now promise to build an army of robots, and nobody seems inclined to stop him.
February 15, 2026 at 6:28 PM
Imagine when The Terminator came out if you told someone that in 40 years the world’s richest weirdo would fill the sky with a communications net, embrace AI, and now promise to build an army of robots, and nobody seems inclined to stop him.
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Sort of gives away the lie that they're arresting hardened criminals who are drags on society when they're setting up traps to lure in Good Samaritans
CCTV footage appears to show DHS agents posing as people having car trouble in order to lure a target out of his house before arresting them. The target comes out and starts helping them before 3 vehicles surround the scene. The car "experiencing" trouble then drives off with them.
February 15, 2026 at 1:10 AM
Sort of gives away the lie that they're arresting hardened criminals who are drags on society when they're setting up traps to lure in Good Samaritans
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It’s so funny to think about the fact that there’s people out there deferring every life decision to this
February 14, 2026 at 9:53 AM
It’s so funny to think about the fact that there’s people out there deferring every life decision to this
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"UK confirms Russia poisoned Navalny in prison with rare toxin"
www.gov.uk/government/n...
www.gov.uk/government/n...
UK confirms Russia poisoned Navalny in prison with rare toxin
UK and partners are today exposing the tragic circumstances surrounding Alexei Navalny's death and have confirmed there was poison found in samples from his body.
www.gov.uk
February 14, 2026 at 9:44 PM
"UK confirms Russia poisoned Navalny in prison with rare toxin"
www.gov.uk/government/n...
www.gov.uk/government/n...
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That's very good, so I've added #AltText so that more people can appreciate it.
#Ukraine
#Olympics
#VladyslavHeraskevych
#Ukraine
#Olympics
#VladyslavHeraskevych
February 15, 2026 at 3:46 PM
That's very good, so I've added #AltText so that more people can appreciate it.
#Ukraine
#Olympics
#VladyslavHeraskevych
#Ukraine
#Olympics
#VladyslavHeraskevych
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Yesterday morning kids were sent running from their bus stop in panic because ICE showed up. This guy at today’s ICE Out of Lindenwold protest is a must watch 😭. @maddow.bsky.social
February 14, 2026 at 2:37 AM
Yesterday morning kids were sent running from their bus stop in panic because ICE showed up. This guy at today’s ICE Out of Lindenwold protest is a must watch 😭. @maddow.bsky.social
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Great thread 👌
🧵I watched Forbidden Planet last night. Hadn't seen it for decades. A super-intelligent race is destroyed, despite its technological advances, by its own subconscious primitive fears and greed, 'the monster of the ID'. Hashtag AI, etc.
Anyway, couldn't help but notice how the film influenced others.
Anyway, couldn't help but notice how the film influenced others.
February 13, 2026 at 9:32 AM
Great thread 👌
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Obviously this is where I also sing the praises of the blessed bookshop.org (they also exist in the US), for people who LIKE TO READ but can’t leave the house. Home delivery! A % of profit to the actual bookshop of your choice! No Bezos! What’s not to love?
Bookshop.org: Buy books online. Support local bookstores.
A better way to buy books online. Every purchase financially supports local independent bookstores.
bookshop.org
February 13, 2026 at 3:16 PM
Obviously this is where I also sing the praises of the blessed bookshop.org (they also exist in the US), for people who LIKE TO READ but can’t leave the house. Home delivery! A % of profit to the actual bookshop of your choice! No Bezos! What’s not to love?
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AOC: "Extreme level of wealth inequality leads to social instability and drives authoritarianism, right-wing populism, and really dangerous domestic internal politics. That is a direct outcome of the failure of democracies over decades to deliver."
February 13, 2026 at 5:50 PM
AOC: "Extreme level of wealth inequality leads to social instability and drives authoritarianism, right-wing populism, and really dangerous domestic internal politics. That is a direct outcome of the failure of democracies over decades to deliver."
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It’s like when the rest of the family tells you just ignore the dementia signs and don’t tell them except this time this guy is the leader of the USA. Not grandma or grandpa at Xmas dinner.
"Helicopter pilots were wounded pretty badly in the legs landing on the couple of machine gunners seemed to have make it through a thicket of bombs. But they were taken out rapidly by our snipers who stationed on platforms. Hellu-- actually unbelievable, helicopter platforms all the way the line"
February 13, 2026 at 11:53 PM
It’s like when the rest of the family tells you just ignore the dementia signs and don’t tell them except this time this guy is the leader of the USA. Not grandma or grandpa at Xmas dinner.
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You never know what you’re going to find in the archives 🐋
The files, found on a bygone piece of audio recording equipment, may give scientists new evidence about how humans have changed the ocean.
Oldest known whale song recordings discovered in Cape Cod archives
The files, found on a bygone piece of audio recording equipment, may give scientists new evidence about how humans have changed the ocean.
www.wbur.org
February 12, 2026 at 4:12 PM
You never know what you’re going to find in the archives 🐋
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(AXIOS) - Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-Md.) told Axios in an interview Tuesday that, when he searched President Trump's name in the unredacted Epstein files the previous day, it came up "more than a million times."
@axios.com
www.axios.com/2026/02/10/t...
@axios.com
www.axios.com/2026/02/10/t...
February 10, 2026 at 6:13 PM
(AXIOS) - Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-Md.) told Axios in an interview Tuesday that, when he searched President Trump's name in the unredacted Epstein files the previous day, it came up "more than a million times."
@axios.com
www.axios.com/2026/02/10/t...
@axios.com
www.axios.com/2026/02/10/t...
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(🚨) MAJOR BREAKING NEWS: Trump Personal Lawyers Bondi, Blanche, and Patel Hid From American Voters a *Minimum* of *95%* of All References to Donald Trump in the Epstein Files (950,000 of 1M+), Establishing the Largest Political Coverup in American History
Trump is in the unredacted Epstein files "more than a million times," Raskin alleges
One document recounts that Trump said he "never" asked Epstein to leave Mar-a-Lago.
www.axios.com
February 10, 2026 at 6:32 PM
(🚨) MAJOR BREAKING NEWS: Trump Personal Lawyers Bondi, Blanche, and Patel Hid From American Voters a *Minimum* of *95%* of All References to Donald Trump in the Epstein Files (950,000 of 1M+), Establishing the Largest Political Coverup in American History
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I am deeply suspicious of parties which court cryptocurrency donations, given the potential for money laundering, by organised criminal gangs and malign foreign governments.
Yesterday in Parliament, I rang the alarm bell at Farage's continuing closeness to wire fraud convict George Cottrell.
Yesterday in Parliament, I rang the alarm bell at Farage's continuing closeness to wire fraud convict George Cottrell.
February 10, 2026 at 1:18 PM
I am deeply suspicious of parties which court cryptocurrency donations, given the potential for money laundering, by organised criminal gangs and malign foreign governments.
Yesterday in Parliament, I rang the alarm bell at Farage's continuing closeness to wire fraud convict George Cottrell.
Yesterday in Parliament, I rang the alarm bell at Farage's continuing closeness to wire fraud convict George Cottrell.
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Mask fully off. Gillead Foundation.
The Heritage Foundation has released a 250-year roadmap to “save America.”
The document is a how-to guide for subjugating girls & young women: a detailed plan to push them out of college, funnel them into early marriage and motherhood, and then trap them there.
jessica.substack.com/p/theyre-com...
The document is a how-to guide for subjugating girls & young women: a detailed plan to push them out of college, funnel them into early marriage and motherhood, and then trap them there.
jessica.substack.com/p/theyre-com...
They're Coming for Our Daughters
The conservative plan to shrink girls’ futures
jessica.substack.com
February 9, 2026 at 10:55 PM
Mask fully off. Gillead Foundation.
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They looked for “Don T” in the Epstein files and redacted all instances, which means they also redacted a lot of “don’t”
February 7, 2026 at 7:56 PM
They looked for “Don T” in the Epstein files and redacted all instances, which means they also redacted a lot of “don’t”
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Ossoff: "You're seeing what I'm seeing, right? The president posting about the Obamas like a Klansman."
February 7, 2026 at 11:38 PM
Ossoff: "You're seeing what I'm seeing, right? The president posting about the Obamas like a Klansman."
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The truth is billionaires just can't care about lesser people. The traits that lead them to such wealth are not compatible with empathy,compassion, or basic human decency.
Former Washington Post journalists have launched a GoFundMe to help repatriate fired staff members who are effectively stranded in foreign countries.
One of the richest men in the world fired them from the paper and didn’t even pay to ensure they got home.
Abolish the billionaire class:
One of the richest men in the world fired them from the paper and didn’t even pay to ensure they got home.
Abolish the billionaire class:
Donate to Support for Washington Post international employees, organized by Michelle Lee
Among the hundreds of journalists laid off by The Washington Post on … Michelle Lee needs your support for Support for Washington Post international employees
www.gofundme.com
February 8, 2026 at 7:29 AM
The truth is billionaires just can't care about lesser people. The traits that lead them to such wealth are not compatible with empathy,compassion, or basic human decency.
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Those are extremely worrying red lines and mean that Canada and Europe can't just go back to treating the US as a natural ally.
And the trend goes both ways, by the way.
The US government is telling Americans to hate Europeans and Canadians. And many have dutifully changed their opinions.
The US government is telling Americans to hate Europeans and Canadians. And many have dutifully changed their opinions.
February 6, 2026 at 11:33 PM
Those are extremely worrying red lines and mean that Canada and Europe can't just go back to treating the US as a natural ally.