Art Boxwood
@artboxwood.bsky.social
An artificial boxwood plant.
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Nothing to see here folks, just the woman who made the Trump University case go away, sending the guy who tried to make the hush money case go away, to talk to the only person alive who can make the Epstein files go away.
Obviously this is fine.
Obviously this is fine.
July 24, 2025 at 4:32 PM
Nothing to see here folks, just the woman who made the Trump University case go away, sending the guy who tried to make the hush money case go away, to talk to the only person alive who can make the Epstein files go away.
Obviously this is fine.
Obviously this is fine.
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tldr;
Yarvin is the Ur-Incel of the Technology Fascists
Yarvin is the Ur-Incel of the Technology Fascists
The New York Times is actively promoting regressive fascist Curtis Yarvin and normalizing him as a "Right-wing thinker" (fascist ideologue) with "provocative ideas about race" (racist).
This is why every time Yarvin is mentioned, we'll mention Heather Marsh 10 more times. #3E
This is why every time Yarvin is mentioned, we'll mention Heather Marsh 10 more times. #3E
July 10, 2025 at 5:52 AM
tldr;
Yarvin is the Ur-Incel of the Technology Fascists
Yarvin is the Ur-Incel of the Technology Fascists
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There's no place for institutional finance in rental markets. It's a predatory extraction machine that robs the poor and middle.
But one thing I'd add: we should stop calling these people "investors". They don't "invest". They buy up and milk existing assets. 🧵
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
But one thing I'd add: we should stop calling these people "investors". They don't "invest". They buy up and milk existing assets. 🧵
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Across Europe, the financial sector has pushed up house prices. It's a political timebomb | Tim White
We’ve been living in a great experiment: can finance provide basic human rights such as housing? The answer is increasingly no, says researcher and writer Tim White
www.theguardian.com
July 7, 2025 at 6:59 AM
There's no place for institutional finance in rental markets. It's a predatory extraction machine that robs the poor and middle.
But one thing I'd add: we should stop calling these people "investors". They don't "invest". They buy up and milk existing assets. 🧵
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
But one thing I'd add: we should stop calling these people "investors". They don't "invest". They buy up and milk existing assets. 🧵
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Like I've said before, if you have any doubts about climate change, just go to a super-boring insurance conference and listen to the super-boring panels where they dryly talk about the growing threat of disasters so catastrophic and unpredictable in scope they simply cannot be insured at any price.
Wild how the Fed chair saying that *entire regions of the United States* won’t be able to get a mortgage in the next decade barely registered as a news event
June 18, 2025 at 9:44 PM
Like I've said before, if you have any doubts about climate change, just go to a super-boring insurance conference and listen to the super-boring panels where they dryly talk about the growing threat of disasters so catastrophic and unpredictable in scope they simply cannot be insured at any price.
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Already decimated honeybee colonies are the latest victims of President Donald Trump's policies, a new report revealed Wednesday.
Trump launches knock-out assault on dying honeybees
Already decimated honeybee colonies are the latest victims of President Donald Trump’s policies, a new report revealed Wednesday.Since June last year, the U.S.’s honeybee industry has seen its worst period ever, The Atlantic reported. More than 60 percent of the insects mysteriously perished.It thre...
bit.ly
May 21, 2025 at 12:00 PM
Already decimated honeybee colonies are the latest victims of President Donald Trump's policies, a new report revealed Wednesday.
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Then he arrived a decade ago: someone who gave them what they needed to finally abandon the performance completely: permission to be horrible; a person who erased any semblance of decorum, any expectation of decency, any level of accountability.
johnpavlovitz.substack.com/p/this-presi...
johnpavlovitz.substack.com/p/this-presi...
This President Exposed Many of My White Christian Friends
This President has been many things since descending an escalator a decade ago: a national embarrassment, a global punchline, an environmental disaster, a divider of people, a prolific murderer of the...
johnpavlovitz.substack.com
May 21, 2025 at 2:38 PM
Then he arrived a decade ago: someone who gave them what they needed to finally abandon the performance completely: permission to be horrible; a person who erased any semblance of decorum, any expectation of decency, any level of accountability.
johnpavlovitz.substack.com/p/this-presi...
johnpavlovitz.substack.com/p/this-presi...
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VARNEY: Are you advising the Europeans to ditch their climate programs?
ENERGY SECRETARY CHRIS WRIGHT: Absolutely ... everything they're doing is not having any meaningful impact on global greenhouse gas emissions
ENERGY SECRETARY CHRIS WRIGHT: Absolutely ... everything they're doing is not having any meaningful impact on global greenhouse gas emissions
April 30, 2025 at 2:47 PM
VARNEY: Are you advising the Europeans to ditch their climate programs?
ENERGY SECRETARY CHRIS WRIGHT: Absolutely ... everything they're doing is not having any meaningful impact on global greenhouse gas emissions
ENERGY SECRETARY CHRIS WRIGHT: Absolutely ... everything they're doing is not having any meaningful impact on global greenhouse gas emissions
This is rather surprising. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Son of CIA deputy director was killed while fighting for Russia, report says
Michael Alexander Gloss, 21, who died on 4 April 2024, was the son of top-ranking US spy Juliane Gallina
www.theguardian.com
April 25, 2025 at 11:01 PM
This is rather surprising. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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VA order slammed for directing workers to snitch on each other over 'anti-Christian' bias https://twp.ai/4ilodQ
www.rawstory.com
VA order slammed for directing workers to snitch on each other over 'anti-Christian' bias
twp.ai
April 23, 2025 at 12:28 AM
VA order slammed for directing workers to snitch on each other over 'anti-Christian' bias https://twp.ai/4ilodQ
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"I really, really, really believe that this will create a moment where the corporation will have to think about the way we operate, the way we’ve always operated, and allow us to operate like that," Owens told staff.
Much more detail from inside the room in @status.news: link.status.news/4iyxpgD
Much more detail from inside the room in @status.news: link.status.news/4iyxpgD
Exclusive: Inside "60 Minutes" EP Bill Owens' tear-filled announcement to staff that he's departing the network as pressure mounts on CBS, via @status.news www.status.news/p/60-minutes...
Inside the '60 Minutes' Storm
Status obtained the audio of the stunning “60 Minutes” meeting where Bill Owens, fighting back tears, said he’s become “the corporation’s problem”—and made it clear he wasn’t leaving by choice.
www.status.news
April 23, 2025 at 12:38 AM
"I really, really, really believe that this will create a moment where the corporation will have to think about the way we operate, the way we’ve always operated, and allow us to operate like that," Owens told staff.
Much more detail from inside the room in @status.news: link.status.news/4iyxpgD
Much more detail from inside the room in @status.news: link.status.news/4iyxpgD
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@katrinamillerphd.bsky.social & I took a look at over 400 active National Science Foundation grants that got killed in the past few days. Here's our story (gift link) nyti.ms/4jp4aOx
National Science Foundation Terminates Hundreds of Active Research Awards (Gift Article)
The agency targeted grants focused on diversity, equity and inclusion, as well as research on misinformation.
nyti.ms
April 22, 2025 at 9:43 PM
@katrinamillerphd.bsky.social & I took a look at over 400 active National Science Foundation grants that got killed in the past few days. Here's our story (gift link) nyti.ms/4jp4aOx
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I'd say this is a pretty important story. kffhealthnews.org/news/article...
Trump HHS Eliminates Office That Sets Poverty Levels Tied to Benefits for at Least 80 Million People - KFF Health News
Recent cuts eliminated a small, specialized workforce that sets the poverty standards determining who is eligible for Medicaid as well as assistance with food, home heating, child care, and more.
kffhealthnews.org
April 11, 2025 at 8:00 PM
I'd say this is a pretty important story. kffhealthnews.org/news/article...
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3 days ago RFK Jr. told the CDC to stop recommending water fluoridation, claiming it was a neurotoxin (this is a lie).
Turns out he also just eliminated the CDC’s entire Lead Program, and now lead poisoned children in Milwaukee are just on their own. Lead IS a neurotoxin and harms brain development
Turns out he also just eliminated the CDC’s entire Lead Program, and now lead poisoned children in Milwaukee are just on their own. Lead IS a neurotoxin and harms brain development
CDC denies help for lead poisoning in Milwaukee schools due to layoffs
The CDC rejected a request for help "due to the complete loss" of their lead poisoning experts.
www.cbsnews.com
April 11, 2025 at 7:33 PM
3 days ago RFK Jr. told the CDC to stop recommending water fluoridation, claiming it was a neurotoxin (this is a lie).
Turns out he also just eliminated the CDC’s entire Lead Program, and now lead poisoned children in Milwaukee are just on their own. Lead IS a neurotoxin and harms brain development
Turns out he also just eliminated the CDC’s entire Lead Program, and now lead poisoned children in Milwaukee are just on their own. Lead IS a neurotoxin and harms brain development
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The law bars the government from relaxing finalized appliance standards. But Trump and DOGE believe they can sidestep this provision by simply terminating the consulting contract that the Energy Dept. relies on to develop and enforce these rules.
New, @propublica.org @peterelkind.bsky.social
New, @propublica.org @peterelkind.bsky.social
Beyond Showerheads: Trump’s Attempts to Kill Appliance Regulations Cause Chaos
Donald Trump has long railed against everything from low-flow showerheads to LED lightbulbs. After failed attempts to undo appliance regulations in his first term, he may have found a new end-run to a...
www.propublica.org
April 11, 2025 at 1:01 PM
The law bars the government from relaxing finalized appliance standards. But Trump and DOGE believe they can sidestep this provision by simply terminating the consulting contract that the Energy Dept. relies on to develop and enforce these rules.
New, @propublica.org @peterelkind.bsky.social
New, @propublica.org @peterelkind.bsky.social
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Again, 90 percent of these men have no criminal record.
Renditions to a foreign prison to serve life sentences with absolutely zero legal basis.
www.axios.com/2025/04/09/k...
www.axios.com/2025/04/09/k...
Migrant detainees should be in El Salvador prison "for the rest of their lives," Noem says
The detainees were arrested and deported to a foreign, maximum-security prison without being given a court hearing.
www.axios.com
April 10, 2025 at 2:44 PM
Again, 90 percent of these men have no criminal record.
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Congressional Republicans passed a bill that would revoke Biden-era rules limiting overdraft fees and increasing oversight of fintech firms. From @ddayen.bsky.social: prospect.org/power/2025-0...
Congress Stops CFPB From Capping Overdraft Fees, Monitoring Big Tech
The two Congressional Review Act resolutions now go to President Trump.
prospect.org
April 10, 2025 at 2:44 PM
Congressional Republicans passed a bill that would revoke Biden-era rules limiting overdraft fees and increasing oversight of fintech firms. From @ddayen.bsky.social: prospect.org/power/2025-0...
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Private equity firms are increasingly targeting the little-known companies that fix planes for commercial airlines — preying on an industry with already weakened oversight and further stoking aviation safety advocates’ fears.
As US Airlines Outsource Plane Repairs, Private Equity Is Moving In
Some warn that private equity’s cost-cutting playbook could be particularly dangerous in the aviation industry.
buff.ly
April 10, 2025 at 2:46 PM
Private equity firms are increasingly targeting the little-known companies that fix planes for commercial airlines — preying on an industry with already weakened oversight and further stoking aviation safety advocates’ fears.
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my question is why? why are right wingers eager to destroy deposit insurance? what do they imagine they are accomplishing?
“Project 2025 does not explicitly propose eliminating the FDIC; rather, the document suggests the corporation merge with other federal financial agencies. A 2017 report by The Heritage Foundation did suggest that, eventually, ‘government-provided deposit insurance should be phased out fully.’”
Project 2025 Proposes Eliminating the FDIC? Not Exactly
A 2017 report by conservative think tank The Heritage Foundation suggested "government-provided deposit insurance should be phased out fully."
www.snopes.com
April 10, 2025 at 6:19 AM
my question is why? why are right wingers eager to destroy deposit insurance? what do they imagine they are accomplishing?
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The Supreme Court’s New 5–4 Bailout for Trump Couldn’t Be More Ominous https://twp.ai/4imYsR
The Supreme Court’s New 5–4 Bailout for Trump Couldn’t Be More Ominous
The Supreme Court handed Trump a major victory, lifting a restraining order that had prevented the mass deportation of migrants to an El Salvador prison.
twp.ai
April 8, 2025 at 1:12 AM
The Supreme Court’s New 5–4 Bailout for Trump Couldn’t Be More Ominous https://twp.ai/4imYsR
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At a time when the world is down to a single drug that can reliably cure gonorrhea, the U.S. government has shuttered the country’s premier sexually transmitted diseases laboratory, leaving experts aghast and fearful about what lies ahead.
CDC’s top laboratory on sexually transmitted diseases is shut by Trump administration
The Trump administration fired everyone in a CDC lab that is crucial to tracking drug-resistant gonorrhea and other sexually transmitted diseases. "We are blind," an expert says.
www.statnews.com
April 7, 2025 at 12:58 AM
At a time when the world is down to a single drug that can reliably cure gonorrhea, the U.S. government has shuttered the country’s premier sexually transmitted diseases laboratory, leaving experts aghast and fearful about what lies ahead.
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Wait, we should be reassured that financial systems handled high trading volume as the S&P fell by $5 trillion in two days???
WELKER: The markets lost more than $6 trillion in value. Was this disruption always part of the plan?
BESSENT: We had record volume on Friday and everything is working very smoothly. So the American people can take great comfort in that.
BESSENT: We had record volume on Friday and everything is working very smoothly. So the American people can take great comfort in that.
April 7, 2025 at 12:54 AM
Wait, we should be reassured that financial systems handled high trading volume as the S&P fell by $5 trillion in two days???
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Since taking office, Donald Trump has...
-Attacked federal workers' bargaining rights
-Fired workplace safety & health researchers
-Paused a rule protecting workers from extreme heat
-Put a former Amazon exec in charge of worker health & safety
He's on an anti-worker warpath.
-Attacked federal workers' bargaining rights
-Fired workplace safety & health researchers
-Paused a rule protecting workers from extreme heat
-Put a former Amazon exec in charge of worker health & safety
He's on an anti-worker warpath.
April 7, 2025 at 1:00 AM
Since taking office, Donald Trump has...
-Attacked federal workers' bargaining rights
-Fired workplace safety & health researchers
-Paused a rule protecting workers from extreme heat
-Put a former Amazon exec in charge of worker health & safety
He's on an anti-worker warpath.
-Attacked federal workers' bargaining rights
-Fired workplace safety & health researchers
-Paused a rule protecting workers from extreme heat
-Put a former Amazon exec in charge of worker health & safety
He's on an anti-worker warpath.
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Devastating news on stock futures market.
Stock futures plunge as ugly stretch for Wall Street looks set to worsen
Dow Jones futures are currently down to 36,831. In addition, Bitcoin has seen a dramatic drop, falling from $100,000 to $78,603 by Sunday evening.
www.marketwatch.com/story/stocks...
Stock futures plunge as ugly stretch for Wall Street looks set to worsen
Dow Jones futures are currently down to 36,831. In addition, Bitcoin has seen a dramatic drop, falling from $100,000 to $78,603 by Sunday evening.
www.marketwatch.com/story/stocks...
Dow futures plunge 1,700 points as ugly stretch for stocks looks set to worsen
U.S. stock futures opened sharply lower on Sunday evening, with contracts tied to the S&P 500 falling more than 5% during the opening minutes of trade as an ugly stretch for stocks looked set to worse...
www.marketwatch.com
April 7, 2025 at 12:16 AM
Devastating news on stock futures market.
Stock futures plunge as ugly stretch for Wall Street looks set to worsen
Dow Jones futures are currently down to 36,831. In addition, Bitcoin has seen a dramatic drop, falling from $100,000 to $78,603 by Sunday evening.
www.marketwatch.com/story/stocks...
Stock futures plunge as ugly stretch for Wall Street looks set to worsen
Dow Jones futures are currently down to 36,831. In addition, Bitcoin has seen a dramatic drop, falling from $100,000 to $78,603 by Sunday evening.
www.marketwatch.com/story/stocks...
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“A top Goldman Sachs executive summed up the frustration with Mr. Trump succinctly: Someone has to stop him.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/06/b...
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/06/b...
Wall Street’s Decision Makers Brace for More Chaos After Markets Plunge
The financial titans who backed Trump are now dealing with the fallout from his tariffs. They spent the weekend surveying the damage of last week’s major sell-off.
www.nytimes.com
April 6, 2025 at 11:15 PM
“A top Goldman Sachs executive summed up the frustration with Mr. Trump succinctly: Someone has to stop him.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/06/b...
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/06/b...