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Bruno J. Navarro
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newsroom veteran, fledgling cellist, former emt | he/they | views my own | RT ≠ endorsement | ex CNBC, WWD, TODAY show, NBCNews, Associated Press, Arizona […]

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Trump on Monday falsely denied making a comment he had made on camera just five days prior. Then he launched a personal attack against the reporter who had accurately repeated his previous remark. https://www.cnn.com/2025/12/08/politics/fact-check-trump-september-strike-video
December 9, 2025 at 1:52 PM
TikTok and other social media platforms are hosting AI-generated deepfake videos of doctors whose words have been manipulated to help sell supplements and spread health misinformation […]
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December 8, 2025 at 2:28 PM
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It used to be that drawing heat from deep in the Earth was practical only in geyser-filled places such as Iceland. But new approaches may have us on the cusp of an energy revolution. https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2025/11/24/why-the-time-has-finally-come-for-geothermal-energy
地热能的时代终于来临
The time has finally come for geothermal energy (www.newyorker.com) 11-17  ↑ 101 HN Points
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December 3, 2025 at 11:09 PM
Reposted by Bruno J. Navarro
Palantir CEO and Trump ally Alex Karp is no stranger to controversial (troll-ish even) comments. His latest one just dropped: Karp believes that the U.S. boat strikes in the Caribbean (which many experts believe to be war crimes) are a moneymaking opportunity for his company […]
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December 4, 2025 at 1:31 PM
Immigrants were moments away from pledging allegiance to the United States in Boston — the final step of the long process to becoming a U.S. citizen — when government officials pulled them out of line, according to a new report […]
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December 8, 2025 at 1:58 PM
Minutes after police approached Luigi Mangione in a Pennsylvania McDonald’s, he told an officer he didn’t want to talk, according to video and testimony at a court hearing Thursday for the man charged with killing UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson […]
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December 4, 2025 at 8:19 PM
Palantir CEO and Trump ally Alex Karp is no stranger to controversial (troll-ish even) comments. His latest one just dropped: Karp believes that the U.S. boat strikes in the Caribbean (which many experts believe to be war crimes) are a moneymaking opportunity for his company […]
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mastodon.social
December 4, 2025 at 1:31 PM
It used to be that drawing heat from deep in the Earth was practical only in geyser-filled places such as Iceland. But new approaches may have us on the cusp of an energy revolution. https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2025/11/24/why-the-time-has-finally-come-for-geothermal-energy
地热能的时代终于来临
The time has finally come for geothermal energy (www.newyorker.com) 11-17  ↑ 101 HN Points
www.newyorker.com
December 3, 2025 at 11:09 PM
The U.S. Department of Energy has approved an $8.6 million grant that will allow the nation’s first utility-led geothermal heating and cooling network to double in size […]
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December 3, 2025 at 11:07 PM
The dust blowing from the dry bed of the Great Salt Lake is creating a serious public health threat that policymakers and the scientific community are not taking seriously enough, two environmental nonprofits warn in a recent report […]
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December 3, 2025 at 10:58 PM
A newly filed indictment claims a wannabe influencer used ChatGPT as his "therapist" and "best friend" in his pursuit of the "wife type," while harassing women so aggressively they had to miss work and relocate from their homes […]
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December 3, 2025 at 6:08 PM
Former Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernández, sentenced last year to 45 years in prison for his role in helping drug traffickers move hundreds of tons of cocaine to the United States, was released from prison following a pardon from Trump […]
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December 3, 2025 at 1:10 AM
Air travelers in the U.S. without a REAL ID will be charged a $45 fee beginning in February, the Transportation Security Administration announced Monday. https://apnews.com/article/real-id-fee-airport-security-travel-tsa-fe8c7ed55cf3dacafa10d50cc2112eb7
December 2, 2025 at 12:37 AM
Trump is either murdering or committing war crimes against people who are at worst small-time drug smugglers, and may be innocent fishermen, while pardoning a drug lord who was responsible for thousands of American deaths while savaging his own country, Honduras […]
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December 1, 2025 at 2:00 PM
In 1945, a German U-boat captain was executed for ordering his men to open fire on shipwrecked survivors. Eighty years later, a four-star SEAL admiral faces questions for doing the same.

https://theiceman.substack.com/p/the-peleus-war-crimes-trial-and-seal
December 1, 2025 at 1:33 PM
The United States has offered Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro the chance to leave his country for Russia or elsewhere, a Republican senator said Nov 30, amid heightened fears of imminent US military action […]
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November 30, 2025 at 9:36 PM
Since Trump’s administration launched high-intensity immigration sweeps this year, federal agents have routinely countered protestors using crowd control weapons — rubber bullets, flash-bang grenades, tear gas and pepper balls. They’ve fired on American citizens and noncitizens alike in ways […]
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November 30, 2025 at 1:11 AM
A new global study shows that AI adoption varies by seniority, with 87% of executives using it on the job, compared with 57% of managers and 27% of employees. It also finds that executives are 45% more likely to use the technology on the job than Gen Zers, the youngest members of today's […]
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November 29, 2025 at 3:51 PM
Reposted by Bruno J. Navarro
Half of Kyiv reported to be without electricity following hours-long overnight Russian drone and missile attacks. https://kyivindependent.com/six-injured-including-child-amid-russian-attack-on-ukraine-capital/
November 29, 2025 at 12:49 PM
Microsoft's head of AI doesn't understand why people don't like AI, and I don't understand why he doesn't understand because it's pretty obvious […]
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November 29, 2025 at 12:52 PM
The technology, which has also been deployed by Russia, has raised ethical concerns, but internationally binding standards on the use of AI-augmented weapons remain virtually non-existent.

https://www.straitstimes.com/world/europe/ukrainian-drone-pilots-look-to-ai-for-battlefield-edge
Ukrainian drone pilots look to AI for battlefield edge
KHARKIV REGION, Ukraine, Nov 29 - Ukrainian drone pilot Mex recalled attacking a recent high-value target - and how the 20-kilometre strike on what appeared to be a Russian tank would have been impossible without the help of an AI-assisted targeting system. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.
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November 29, 2025 at 11:55 AM
Dealership data shows that Tesla has only sold “just over” 100 cars in India since July, an exceedingly low number by any measure – especially when considering the India is now the most populous country in the world, with a population of just under 1.5 billion […]
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November 28, 2025 at 7:53 PM
Many see the new ordinance as a big step forward for workers, but Mayor Alan Webber also sees it as an important tool for addressing an affordability crisis that threatens the very fabric of Santa Fe. https://apnews.com/article/santa-fe-living-wage-rent-prices-9215167e87e8e168a487304fcdefd626
November 28, 2025 at 5:25 PM
Why are Trump and his allies undermining financial stability? There may be an element of free-market dogma. But as always with this administration, you shouldn’t underestimate the importance of simple corruption. Tether is closely connected with the financial firm Cantor Fitzgerald, formerly run […]
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November 28, 2025 at 12:58 PM
Small changes to the tone of posts fed to users of X can increase feelings of political polarisation as much in a week as would have historically taken at least three years, research has found […]
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November 28, 2025 at 12:51 PM