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They're using the confinement box, one of the most horrific methods of CIA torture in the post-9/11 black sites, against migrants now. This is the direct result of the lack of consequences for the architects of the torture program. Either there will be criminal penalties for this or it will expand.
Torture Techniques from CIA Black Sites Were Used at Alligator Alcatraz
Amnesty International, interviewing migrant detainees, identifies use of the confinement box. There can be no denying it is a torture prison
www.forever-wars.com
December 8, 2025 at 9:40 PM
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Good morning from Haarlem.

#GoodMorningFromHaarlem
December 8, 2025 at 12:32 PM
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The Peace President
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December 8, 2025 at 5:32 AM
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Well, it's that time again. Meet "Cicada", BA.3.2* (including descendant RE.*). This one has been underground for years (its ancestor BA.3 hasn't been circulating since early 2022, and didn't do much then either). but is now emerging as a contender for the next major lineage.
December 5, 2025 at 2:27 PM
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this has become a very important video to me
December 7, 2025 at 4:29 AM
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A good thread 🧵🧪
Let me tell you a story. Perhaps you can guess where this is going... though it does have a bit of a twist.

I was poking around Google Scholar for publications about the relationship between chatbots and wellness. Oh how useful: a systematic literature review! Let's dig into the findings. 🧵
December 7, 2025 at 12:47 AM
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Watch to the end. Mother Nature is not messing around
Stunning footage from earlier today, when the new Kilauea eruption covered the USGS Webcam 3, which is situated in the Halemaʻumaʻu crater near the southern rim of the much larger Kilauea caldera.

This *isn't* what the people of Pompeii saw.

But it's not very far off.
December 7, 2025 at 1:43 AM
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Article by the Alaska Earthquake Center regarding today's M7 earthquake.
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#earthquake
#alaska
December 7, 2025 at 4:17 AM
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Drinking water can be, naturally, radioactive. The issue is mostly with groundwater, which may be exposed to geologically sources uranium, thorium, and radon. Thankfully, in many advanced nations, these are monitored to ensure the waters are safe. 🧪⚒️

link: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
December 7, 2025 at 6:08 AM
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A nice little loop of all the Great lakes depicting "Surface Water Temperature" (the multi-coloured blobs) and Ice Coverage (grey scale blobs) from Dec. 4th, 2024 thru to Dec. 5th 2025. The scrolling Julian Day (JD)-upper right corner next to the month/date/year. #onwx #onstorm
December 7, 2025 at 2:58 AM
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jaysus... now insta appears to generate titles/ headlines via AI for stuff I post... to create click bait for google wtf do not like
December 6, 2025 at 10:36 PM
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You are ABSOLUTELY NOT going to regret listening to this bird:
A male rock ptarmigan (Lagopus muta) in winter plumage.

Ptarmigan is from Gaelic 'tarmachan' meaning "croaker". The p- was added when people mistakenly assumed it was a Greek word.

A bird forever warning people: "A werewolf!" (just in case of werewolves).
December 6, 2025 at 5:10 PM
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The USPS posting a NINE BILLION DOLLAR LOSS!!! sounds terrible. Certainly worse than if you said "USPS costs thirty dollars per person per year" even though that means the same thing and more accurately describes a government service
December 5, 2025 at 1:31 PM
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"The electricity sector is now the largest energy employer, surpassing fuel supply for the first time, as the Age of Electricity gathers pace."
www.iea.org/reports/worl...
Executive summary – World Energy Employment 2025 – Analysis - IEA
World Energy Employment 2025 - Analysis and key findings. A report by the International Energy Agency.
www.iea.org
December 5, 2025 at 6:10 PM
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Love all these imaginative advent calendars popping up. Here's one from the chemists.
Brussels sprouts and Finnish lanttulaatikko feature in day 5 of #ChemAdvent. Their chemical connection is glucosinolates, bitter compounds in sprouts and swedes.

Genetic variations in people affect the perception of this bitterness – so if you're not a sprouts fan, that could be why!

#ChemSky 🧪
December 5, 2025 at 8:21 PM
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Here’s one for Tom. Mexican gangs import guns from the US to terrorize Mexicans. Is it okay for Mexico to send drones in to destroy gun stores in Texas and kill the “gun dealers?"
December 5, 2025 at 3:44 PM
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My EV runs on coal

The coal -
December 5, 2025 at 10:47 PM
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my buddy @urbancomposition.bsky.social and I did an AMA where we answered a bunch of style-related questions for our menswear pod. you may enjoy it. these are totally free episodes and we'll be doing them every three months.

pod.link/blamo/episod...
December 5, 2025 at 9:41 PM
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Feds Warn iPhone And Android Users—Change Apple, Google And Microsoft Passwords
Feds Warn iPhone And Android Users—Change Apple, Google And Microsoft Passwords
Change your account settings now—attacks against smartphones are getting worse.
www.forbes.com
December 5, 2025 at 2:04 PM
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Can’t tell if this makes me more hungry, or more thirsty.
December 5, 2025 at 8:13 PM
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How an influenza virus infects a human cell [via ETH Zurich] 🧪🥼🦠😷⚕️

"Researchers were surprised by one thing: the cells are not passive, simply allowing themselves to be invaded by the influenza virus. Rather, they actively attempt to capture it."

ethz.ch/en/news-and-...

#flu #virus #human #cell
How influenza viruses enter our cells
For the first time, researchers have observed live and in high resolution how influenza viruses infect living cells. This was possible thanks to a new microscopy technique, which could now help to dev...
ethz.ch
December 5, 2025 at 8:28 PM
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this shit is just beyond parody, man
December 5, 2025 at 5:33 PM
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December 6, 2025 at 1:52 AM
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Google ‘Looking Into’ Gmail Hack Locking Users Out With No Recovery
Google ‘Looking Into’ Gmail Hack Locking Users Out With No Recovery
Google is 'looking into' a devastating Gmail attack that locks users out of their accounts with no way to recover.
www.forbes.com
December 5, 2025 at 2:02 PM