BernardoVerda 🤔
@bernardoverda.bsky.social
Retired. Into science, environment, climate, literature, Proportional Representation, Esperanto, science fiction & fantasy...
More interested in "policy" than "politics"
-- but nonetheless prefers "woke" over "zombie".
"Live & learn, or die an idiot."
More interested in "policy" than "politics"
-- but nonetheless prefers "woke" over "zombie".
"Live & learn, or die an idiot."
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"For decades, president after president has sought to rid the US of its image as a bullying, imperialistic nation," writes journalist and author Steven Greenhouse. "But under Trump, the Ugly American is back."
Brutish, bullying, imperialistic: the Ugly American is back | Steven Greenhouse
www.theguardian.com
November 10, 2025 at 9:01 PM
"For decades, president after president has sought to rid the US of its image as a bullying, imperialistic nation," writes journalist and author Steven Greenhouse. "But under Trump, the Ugly American is back."
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It’s the ultimate ick: trying to form a deep, lasting connection with a person who outsources original thought.
‘It shows such a laziness’: why I refuse to date someone who uses ChatGPT
www.theguardian.com
November 11, 2025 at 3:48 AM
It’s the ultimate ick: trying to form a deep, lasting connection with a person who outsources original thought.
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Vought holds one of the most powerful jobs in D.C., and he’s used his position to wage a quiet war to change the shape of the entire U.S. government.
Here's what you should know about Trump’s shadow president.
Here's what you should know about Trump’s shadow president.
What You Should Know About Russ Vought, Trump’s Shadow President
Vought is the architect of President Trump’s broader plan to fire civil servants, freeze government programs and dismantle entire agencies. Here are some key things to know about the D.C. insider who ...
www.propublica.org
November 11, 2025 at 2:21 AM
Vought holds one of the most powerful jobs in D.C., and he’s used his position to wage a quiet war to change the shape of the entire U.S. government.
Here's what you should know about Trump’s shadow president.
Here's what you should know about Trump’s shadow president.
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Outraged by the Jan. 6 Capitol riot, a wilderness survival trainer spent years undercover climbing the ranks of right-wing militias.
He didn’t tell police or the FBI. He didn’t tell family or friends. The one person he told was ProPublica reporter @josh-kaplan.bsky.social.
(Published January)
He didn’t tell police or the FBI. He didn’t tell family or friends. The one person he told was ProPublica reporter @josh-kaplan.bsky.social.
(Published January)
A Mole Infiltrated the Highest Ranks of American Militias. This Is What He Found.
Outraged by the Jan. 6 Capitol riot, a wilderness survival trainer spent years undercover climbing the ranks of right-wing militias. He didn’t tell police or the FBI. He didn’t tell family or friends....
www.propublica.org
November 11, 2025 at 4:00 AM
Outraged by the Jan. 6 Capitol riot, a wilderness survival trainer spent years undercover climbing the ranks of right-wing militias.
He didn’t tell police or the FBI. He didn’t tell family or friends. The one person he told was ProPublica reporter @josh-kaplan.bsky.social.
(Published January)
He didn’t tell police or the FBI. He didn’t tell family or friends. The one person he told was ProPublica reporter @josh-kaplan.bsky.social.
(Published January)
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Many Americans are hurting right now because of the shutdown, but caving to Republicans won’t end the hurt.
Trump and his lapdogs continue to assert that they alone have the power to slash whatever programs they don’t like.
Deals with this regime are meaningless.
Trump and his lapdogs continue to assert that they alone have the power to slash whatever programs they don’t like.
Deals with this regime are meaningless.
November 10, 2025 at 6:22 PM
Many Americans are hurting right now because of the shutdown, but caving to Republicans won’t end the hurt.
Trump and his lapdogs continue to assert that they alone have the power to slash whatever programs they don’t like.
Deals with this regime are meaningless.
Trump and his lapdogs continue to assert that they alone have the power to slash whatever programs they don’t like.
Deals with this regime are meaningless.
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Voters want a Democratic Party that fights back against the forces that have rigged the system and made their lives more difficult.
A party that comforts the afflicted and afflicts the comfortable —not a party that buckles and capitulates.
When will party leadership learn this lesson?
A party that comforts the afflicted and afflicts the comfortable —not a party that buckles and capitulates.
When will party leadership learn this lesson?
November 10, 2025 at 10:45 PM
Voters want a Democratic Party that fights back against the forces that have rigged the system and made their lives more difficult.
A party that comforts the afflicted and afflicts the comfortable —not a party that buckles and capitulates.
When will party leadership learn this lesson?
A party that comforts the afflicted and afflicts the comfortable —not a party that buckles and capitulates.
When will party leadership learn this lesson?
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American politics makes a lot more sense when you realize that the GOP is afraid of pissing off the GOP base, and the Dems are afraid of pissing off the GOP base, but neither party is afraid of pissing off the Dem base.
March 14, 2025 at 10:24 PM
American politics makes a lot more sense when you realize that the GOP is afraid of pissing off the GOP base, and the Dems are afraid of pissing off the GOP base, but neither party is afraid of pissing off the Dem base.
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Absolutely correct
American politics makes a lot more sense when you realize that the GOP is afraid of pissing off the GOP base, and the Dems are afraid of pissing off the GOP base, but neither party is afraid of pissing off the Dem base.
November 10, 2025 at 1:38 PM
Absolutely correct
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Tesla does not seem to care very much about the safety or life of its customers. It is quite astonishing how it rarely seems to be liable or responsible for anything. The standards of an internet company ("this is just a beta version"), but operating a car. www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
US investigates Tesla’s ‘Mad Max’ high-speed driver assistance mode
Some drivers say vehicles using new version of full self-driving system can travel above speed limits
www.theguardian.com
November 10, 2025 at 9:38 AM
Tesla does not seem to care very much about the safety or life of its customers. It is quite astonishing how it rarely seems to be liable or responsible for anything. The standards of an internet company ("this is just a beta version"), but operating a car. www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
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So they decided to negotiate with the terrorists who are holding Americans hostage?
November 10, 2025 at 6:17 AM
So they decided to negotiate with the terrorists who are holding Americans hostage?
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🚨BREAKING: In a win for Wisconsin voters, a state judge vacated a ruling that would have forced election officials to conduct mass citizenship checks — a move voting rights advocates warned could have wrongly purged some citizens from the rolls. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
In a Win for Voters, Wisconsin Judge Withdraws Anti-Voting Order on Proof of Citizenship
Read more here.
www.democracydocket.com
November 10, 2025 at 9:52 PM
🚨BREAKING: In a win for Wisconsin voters, a state judge vacated a ruling that would have forced election officials to conduct mass citizenship checks — a move voting rights advocates warned could have wrongly purged some citizens from the rolls. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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Chuck Schumer Doesn’t Know What Time It Is
https://www.techdirt.com/2025/11/10/chuck-schumer-doesnt-know-what-time-it-is/
https://www.techdirt.com/2025/11/10/chuck-schumer-doesnt-know-what-time-it-is/
Chuck Schumer Doesn’t Know What Time It Is
After forty days. Forty days of the longest government shutdown in American history. Forty days of Democrats saying this is the line—healthcare for twenty-two million Americans. Forty day…
www.techdirt.com
November 11, 2025 at 12:03 AM
Chuck Schumer Doesn’t Know What Time It Is
https://www.techdirt.com/2025/11/10/chuck-schumer-doesnt-know-what-time-it-is/
https://www.techdirt.com/2025/11/10/chuck-schumer-doesnt-know-what-time-it-is/
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Prosecutors broke with tradition and didn’t fight to uphold the conviction.
In fact, the DA urged the court to overturn it: “Every single medical expert, using current science, confirms that Russell and Kaye Maze are actually innocent."
By @pamelacolloff.bsky.social
In fact, the DA urged the court to overturn it: “Every single medical expert, using current science, confirms that Russell and Kaye Maze are actually innocent."
By @pamelacolloff.bsky.social
Appeals Court Upholds Shaken Baby Conviction Despite Medical Examiner Recanting Testimony
Dissenting from the court’s majority, one judge sounded the alarm about ignoring recanted forensic testimony, saying the medical examiner’s reversal “calls into doubt the foundation of the trial.”
www.propublica.org
November 9, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Prosecutors broke with tradition and didn’t fight to uphold the conviction.
In fact, the DA urged the court to overturn it: “Every single medical expert, using current science, confirms that Russell and Kaye Maze are actually innocent."
By @pamelacolloff.bsky.social
In fact, the DA urged the court to overturn it: “Every single medical expert, using current science, confirms that Russell and Kaye Maze are actually innocent."
By @pamelacolloff.bsky.social
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In recent years, FDA inspectors have uncovered disturbing lapses in facilities producing food bound for American supermarkets.
Now, under the second Trump administration, inspections are their lowest since 2011, excluding the pandemic.
By @anniewaldman.bsky.social and @bxroberts.org
Now, under the second Trump administration, inspections are their lowest since 2011, excluding the pandemic.
By @anniewaldman.bsky.social and @bxroberts.org
Foreign Food Safety Inspections Hit Historic Low After Trump Cuts
The dramatic shift in oversight comes at a time when the U.S. has never been more reliant on foreign food, which accounts for the vast majority of the nation’s seafood and more than half its fresh fru...
www.propublica.org
November 10, 2025 at 2:00 AM
In recent years, FDA inspectors have uncovered disturbing lapses in facilities producing food bound for American supermarkets.
Now, under the second Trump administration, inspections are their lowest since 2011, excluding the pandemic.
By @anniewaldman.bsky.social and @bxroberts.org
Now, under the second Trump administration, inspections are their lowest since 2011, excluding the pandemic.
By @anniewaldman.bsky.social and @bxroberts.org
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They want a mono culture.
They're afraid of anything different from themselves.
It saddens me. Nature is about diversity, it's one of the most awe-inspiring things about it, and yet, even though we're part of it, some people separate themselves from nature's creativity to hide in social cocoons.
They're afraid of anything different from themselves.
It saddens me. Nature is about diversity, it's one of the most awe-inspiring things about it, and yet, even though we're part of it, some people separate themselves from nature's creativity to hide in social cocoons.
November 10, 2025 at 2:07 PM
They want a mono culture.
They're afraid of anything different from themselves.
It saddens me. Nature is about diversity, it's one of the most awe-inspiring things about it, and yet, even though we're part of it, some people separate themselves from nature's creativity to hide in social cocoons.
They're afraid of anything different from themselves.
It saddens me. Nature is about diversity, it's one of the most awe-inspiring things about it, and yet, even though we're part of it, some people separate themselves from nature's creativity to hide in social cocoons.
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A deeply troubling development - should they overwinter successfully then the diseases they can transmit could become endemic.
Warning issued as tropical disease-carrying mosquitoes found in UK
Two species of disease-carrying mosquitoes have been identified in the UK, and could spread further due to climate change, scientists have warned
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/hom...
Two species of disease-carrying mosquitoes have been identified in the UK, and could spread further due to climate change, scientists have warned
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/hom...
Warning issued as tropical disease-carrying mosquitoes found in UK
The presence of the mosquitoes in Europe poses a ‘significant public health threat’, experts say
www.independent.co.uk
October 2, 2025 at 7:16 PM
A deeply troubling development - should they overwinter successfully then the diseases they can transmit could become endemic.
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They might want to recheck the bible (Mark 12:17) as JC was clear on separation of church & state:
"And Jesus answering said unto them, Render to Caesar the things that are Caesar's, and to God the things that are God's. And they marvelled at him."
"And Jesus answering said unto them, Render to Caesar the things that are Caesar's, and to God the things that are God's. And they marvelled at him."
November 10, 2025 at 1:28 PM
They might want to recheck the bible (Mark 12:17) as JC was clear on separation of church & state:
"And Jesus answering said unto them, Render to Caesar the things that are Caesar's, and to God the things that are God's. And they marvelled at him."
"And Jesus answering said unto them, Render to Caesar the things that are Caesar's, and to God the things that are God's. And they marvelled at him."
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NEW: A Fort Worth church is offering a $100 online academy that aims to train conservative Christians to run for office.
At the core of the program is the idea that there's no separation between what happens within the church and in the government.
w/ @fortworthreport.bsky.social @texastribune.org
At the core of the program is the idea that there's no separation between what happens within the church and in the government.
w/ @fortworthreport.bsky.social @texastribune.org
“No Separation Between Church and State”: Inside a Texas Church’s Training Academy for Christians Running for Office
A Fort Worth church’s candidate training program is the “next stage” of a religion-driven political movement, which has more latitude now that the IRS has allowed religious leaders to endorse candidat...
www.propublica.org
November 10, 2025 at 1:00 PM
NEW: A Fort Worth church is offering a $100 online academy that aims to train conservative Christians to run for office.
At the core of the program is the idea that there's no separation between what happens within the church and in the government.
w/ @fortworthreport.bsky.social @texastribune.org
At the core of the program is the idea that there's no separation between what happens within the church and in the government.
w/ @fortworthreport.bsky.social @texastribune.org
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Dominionism used to be absolutely fringe, and now it’s in our government.
November 10, 2025 at 2:48 PM
Dominionism used to be absolutely fringe, and now it’s in our government.
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A Fort Worth church’s candidate training program is the “next stage” of a religion-driven political movement, which has more latitude now that the IRS has allowed religious leaders to endorse candidates from the pulpit, an expert said. w/ @fortworthreport.bsky.social @texastribune.org
“No Separation Between Church and State”: Inside a Texas Church’s Training Academy for Christians Running for Office
A Fort Worth church’s candidate training program is the “next stage” of a religion-driven political movement, which has more latitude now that the IRS has allowed religious leaders to endorse candidat...
www.propublica.org
November 10, 2025 at 1:05 PM
A Fort Worth church’s candidate training program is the “next stage” of a religion-driven political movement, which has more latitude now that the IRS has allowed religious leaders to endorse candidates from the pulpit, an expert said. w/ @fortworthreport.bsky.social @texastribune.org
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DHS Wants States To Hand Over Driver’s License Data For Citizenship Checks
https://www.techdirt.com/2025/11/10/dhs-wants-states-to-hand-over-drivers-license-data-for-citizenship-checks/
https://www.techdirt.com/2025/11/10/dhs-wants-states-to-hand-over-drivers-license-data-for-citizenship-checks/
DHS Wants States To Hand Over Driver’s License Data For Citizenship Checks
This story was originally published by ProPublica. Republished under a CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 license. The Department of Homeland Security says it intends to add state driver’s license information to a sw…
www.techdirt.com
November 10, 2025 at 10:03 PM
DHS Wants States To Hand Over Driver’s License Data For Citizenship Checks
https://www.techdirt.com/2025/11/10/dhs-wants-states-to-hand-over-drivers-license-data-for-citizenship-checks/
https://www.techdirt.com/2025/11/10/dhs-wants-states-to-hand-over-drivers-license-data-for-citizenship-checks/
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Yesterday's Word Count = 785
And now we're caught up with my re-read...
And now we're caught up with my re-read...
November 10, 2025 at 4:55 AM
Yesterday's Word Count = 785
And now we're caught up with my re-read...
And now we're caught up with my re-read...