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The wise man needs nothing but uses everything well. The fool believes himself to need countless things but uses them all badly.
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Joe Rogan has one of the world's most popular podcasts. Unfortunately, like nearly all of the most popular online shows, his tends to spread climate misinformation. For @climateconnections.bsky.social I scrutinize his recent episode with octogenarian climate contrarians Lindzen & Happer 🧵 (1/11)
Five ways Joe Rogan misleads listeners about climate change » Yale Climate Connections
Rogan exposes millions to climate denial. Let’s break down his tactics.
yaleclimateconnections.org
November 7, 2025 at 5:24 PM
Joe Rogan has one of the world's most popular podcasts. Unfortunately, like nearly all of the most popular online shows, his tends to spread climate misinformation. For @climateconnections.bsky.social I scrutinize his recent episode with octogenarian climate contrarians Lindzen & Happer 🧵 (1/11)
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The renovations happening at the White House are because they never plan to relinquish power. #deconstruction #exvangelical #currentevents #news
October 25, 2025 at 2:23 PM
The renovations happening at the White House are because they never plan to relinquish power. #deconstruction #exvangelical #currentevents #news
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Congratulations to new Nobel Peace Prize laureate María Corina Machado for her courageous struggle to bring democracy to Venezuela.
Live Updates: María Corina Machado of Venezuela Is Awarded the Nobel Peace Prize
www.nytimes.com
October 10, 2025 at 4:40 PM
Congratulations to new Nobel Peace Prize laureate María Corina Machado for her courageous struggle to bring democracy to Venezuela.
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NEWS: Trump launches massive attack on climate change studies. Issue public comment here: act.link/gi-eaaap
September 9, 2025 at 12:16 AM
NEWS: Trump launches massive attack on climate change studies. Issue public comment here: act.link/gi-eaaap
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As Trump and his allies in Congress try to gut public funding for PBS, watch this 1971 clip of Rev. Jesse Jackson and the kids of Sesame Street.
This is why we need public broadcasting.
This is why we need public broadcasting.
July 16, 2025 at 7:01 PM
As Trump and his allies in Congress try to gut public funding for PBS, watch this 1971 clip of Rev. Jesse Jackson and the kids of Sesame Street.
This is why we need public broadcasting.
This is why we need public broadcasting.
Just a reminder. Climate change is the greatest threat we face and it is not going away without humans changing their behavior.
June 20, 2025 at 9:14 PM
Just a reminder. Climate change is the greatest threat we face and it is not going away without humans changing their behavior.
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Democrats cannot win by giving in to Republican cultural populism. Instead, they must hammer economic populism. Some thoughts...
https://robertreich.substack.com/p/where-the-hell-is-the-moderate-middle
https://robertreich.substack.com/p/where-the-hell-is-the-moderate-middle
June 17, 2025 at 9:01 PM
Democrats cannot win by giving in to Republican cultural populism. Instead, they must hammer economic populism. Some thoughts...
https://robertreich.substack.com/p/where-the-hell-is-the-moderate-middle
https://robertreich.substack.com/p/where-the-hell-is-the-moderate-middle
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Trump’s new ‘gold standard’ rule will destroy American science as we know it" by Colette Delawalla (@cdelawalla.bsky.social), Victor Ambros, Carl Bergstrom, Carol Greider, Michael Mann and Brian Nosek for @theguardian.com: www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Trump’s new ‘gold standard’ rule will destroy American science as we know it | Colette Delawalla
The new executive order allows political appointees to undermine research they oppose, paving the way to state-controlled science
www.theguardian.com
May 29, 2025 at 1:03 PM
Trump’s new ‘gold standard’ rule will destroy American science as we know it" by Colette Delawalla (@cdelawalla.bsky.social), Victor Ambros, Carl Bergstrom, Carol Greider, Michael Mann and Brian Nosek for @theguardian.com: www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Phang: We don’t need the Ten Commandments hanging in Texas schools. What we need is common-sense gun legislation—so the kids can live.
If my kid goes to a public school in Texas and they can’t come home alive, I don’t give a shit about the Ten Commandments being posted on the wall.
If my kid goes to a public school in Texas and they can’t come home alive, I don’t give a shit about the Ten Commandments being posted on the wall.
May 27, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Phang: We don’t need the Ten Commandments hanging in Texas schools. What we need is common-sense gun legislation—so the kids can live.
If my kid goes to a public school in Texas and they can’t come home alive, I don’t give a shit about the Ten Commandments being posted on the wall.
If my kid goes to a public school in Texas and they can’t come home alive, I don’t give a shit about the Ten Commandments being posted on the wall.
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No, global temperatures are not "rising faster than climate models seem able to explain".
They are rising EXACTLY as fast as climate model predicted.
AND THAT'S BAD ENOUGH!
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#TruthIsBadEnough
They are rising EXACTLY as fast as climate model predicted.
AND THAT'S BAD ENOUGH!
bsky.app/profile/mich...
#TruthIsBadEnough
May 19, 2025 at 11:21 PM
No, global temperatures are not "rising faster than climate models seem able to explain".
They are rising EXACTLY as fast as climate model predicted.
AND THAT'S BAD ENOUGH!
bsky.app/profile/mich...
#TruthIsBadEnough
They are rising EXACTLY as fast as climate model predicted.
AND THAT'S BAD ENOUGH!
bsky.app/profile/mich...
#TruthIsBadEnough
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Crisis at NASA
It's very bad news all round for NASA science, but the worst hit is Astrophysics (which includes cosmology) where the proposed cut is about two-thirds, which would be devastating.
It's very bad news all round for NASA science, but the worst hit is Astrophysics (which includes cosmology) where the proposed cut is about two-thirds, which would be devastating.
Crisis at NASA
It's very bad news all round for NASA science, but the worst hit is Astrophysics (which includes cosmology) where the proposed cut is about two-thirds, which would be devastating.
telescoper.blog
April 23, 2025 at 6:31 PM
Crisis at NASA
It's very bad news all round for NASA science, but the worst hit is Astrophysics (which includes cosmology) where the proposed cut is about two-thirds, which would be devastating.
It's very bad news all round for NASA science, but the worst hit is Astrophysics (which includes cosmology) where the proposed cut is about two-thirds, which would be devastating.
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Right Now, most of the American can relate to this message from the 90's.
April 19, 2025 at 3:28 PM
Right Now, most of the American can relate to this message from the 90's.
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Under Fascism, the state makes sweeping changes (sold as an attack on waste, fraud, and abuse) in the name of efficiency…and “the trains will run on time!”
Stream my hour-long special “Rick Steves’ The Story of Fascism in Europe” at www.ricksteves.com/fascism.
Stream my hour-long special “Rick Steves’ The Story of Fascism in Europe” at www.ricksteves.com/fascism.
April 4, 2025 at 2:47 AM
Under Fascism, the state makes sweeping changes (sold as an attack on waste, fraud, and abuse) in the name of efficiency…and “the trains will run on time!”
Stream my hour-long special “Rick Steves’ The Story of Fascism in Europe” at www.ricksteves.com/fascism.
Stream my hour-long special “Rick Steves’ The Story of Fascism in Europe” at www.ricksteves.com/fascism.
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This, from Timothy Snyder, is definitive, on Greenland open.substack.com/pub/snyder/p...
The Imperialism Has no Clothes
JD Vance in Greenland
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March 29, 2025 at 1:03 PM
This, from Timothy Snyder, is definitive, on Greenland open.substack.com/pub/snyder/p...
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The founders signed the Declaration of Independence knowing that they would be killed if they were defeated.
Think about the next time you decide to take the easy road.
Think about the next time you decide to take the easy road.
March 26, 2025 at 1:43 AM
The founders signed the Declaration of Independence knowing that they would be killed if they were defeated.
Think about the next time you decide to take the easy road.
Think about the next time you decide to take the easy road.
Microsoft says they have created a new state of matter (Topoconductors) that powers their quantum processing unit, Majorana 1.
Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence. This is could have major implications for both the computing and physics communities.
Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence. This is could have major implications for both the computing and physics communities.
February 19, 2025 at 10:19 PM
Microsoft says they have created a new state of matter (Topoconductors) that powers their quantum processing unit, Majorana 1.
Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence. This is could have major implications for both the computing and physics communities.
Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence. This is could have major implications for both the computing and physics communities.