Ekeamouse
@ekeamouse.bsky.social
Watching it all burn down in slow motion. Shows of a lost world.
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“A secretive group founded by Palantir mogul Peter Thiel is planning to expand its influence in Washington, D.C. *** The group, called Dialog, wants to establish a permanent physical campus in the capital, where it can carry on its invite-only meetings involving major power players.” 8/7/25
Secretive, Peter Thiel-Founded 'Tech Bilderberg
Where well-connected folks sit around and discuss naughty ideas that the American peasantry just wouldn't get.
gizmodo.com
August 25, 2025 at 9:26 PM
“A secretive group founded by Palantir mogul Peter Thiel is planning to expand its influence in Washington, D.C. *** The group, called Dialog, wants to establish a permanent physical campus in the capital, where it can carry on its invite-only meetings involving major power players.” 8/7/25
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Medicare Advantage is costing taxpayers $550 billion this year. UnitedHealth Group and a web of business partners have built a research apparatus — replete with flawed studies and papers — to push back against critics and ward off attempts at MA reform. www.statnews.com/2025/08/11/u...
Inside the research machine that helps UnitedHealth protect its Medicare profits
A STAT Investigation: Inside the research machine that helps UnitedHealth protect its Medicare profits.
www.statnews.com
August 11, 2025 at 2:11 PM
Medicare Advantage is costing taxpayers $550 billion this year. UnitedHealth Group and a web of business partners have built a research apparatus — replete with flawed studies and papers — to push back against critics and ward off attempts at MA reform. www.statnews.com/2025/08/11/u...
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Did RFK Jr just take away your cancer treatment?
mRNA promised to help turn cancer from a death sentence into a manageable condition.
mRNA promised to help turn cancer from a death sentence into a manageable condition.
Did RFK just take away your cancer treatment?
mRNA promised to help turn cancer from a death sentence into a manageable condition.
www.noahpinion.blog
August 9, 2025 at 2:13 PM
Did RFK Jr just take away your cancer treatment?
mRNA promised to help turn cancer from a death sentence into a manageable condition.
mRNA promised to help turn cancer from a death sentence into a manageable condition.
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The Halo 3C is a smoke/vape detector that Motorola sells for use in school bathrooms. It also has microphones inside.
A teen hacker found them at his school, and with another security researcher has now shown they could be hacked for audio surveillance.
www.wired.com/story/school...
A teen hacker found them at his school, and with another security researcher has now shown they could be hacked for audio surveillance.
www.wired.com/story/school...
It Looks Like a School Bathroom Smoke Detector. A Teen Hacker Showed It Could Be an Audio Bug
A pair of hackers found that a vape detector often found in high school bathrooms contained microphones—and security weaknesses that could allow someone to turn it into a secret listening device.
www.wired.com
August 8, 2025 at 1:47 PM
The Halo 3C is a smoke/vape detector that Motorola sells for use in school bathrooms. It also has microphones inside.
A teen hacker found them at his school, and with another security researcher has now shown they could be hacked for audio surveillance.
www.wired.com/story/school...
A teen hacker found them at his school, and with another security researcher has now shown they could be hacked for audio surveillance.
www.wired.com/story/school...
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🚨 The US has quietly deployed nuclear weapons to the UK for the first time since the end of the Cold War.
www.kenklippenstein.com/p/nuclear-th...
www.kenklippenstein.com/p/nuclear-th...
Nuclear Threats Are Back
Washington responds to Russia with escalation
www.kenklippenstein.com
July 28, 2025 at 7:47 PM
🚨 The US has quietly deployed nuclear weapons to the UK for the first time since the end of the Cold War.
www.kenklippenstein.com/p/nuclear-th...
www.kenklippenstein.com/p/nuclear-th...
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“farther south — where most people live — it is largely the race to suck groundwater from aquifers that is removing the water from the continents.
So much groundwater is now being pumped that it’s filling the oceans as it drains off land, becoming one of the largest drivers of global sea level rise
So much groundwater is now being pumped that it’s filling the oceans as it drains off land, becoming one of the largest drivers of global sea level rise
“Staggering” Water Loss Driven by Groundwater Mining Poses Global Threat
A new study finds that freshwater resources are rapidly disappearing, creating arid “mega” regions and causing sea levels to rise.
www.propublica.org
July 28, 2025 at 1:54 PM
“farther south — where most people live — it is largely the race to suck groundwater from aquifers that is removing the water from the continents.
So much groundwater is now being pumped that it’s filling the oceans as it drains off land, becoming one of the largest drivers of global sea level rise
So much groundwater is now being pumped that it’s filling the oceans as it drains off land, becoming one of the largest drivers of global sea level rise
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The National Science Foundation plans to abruptly end operation of the RV Nathaniel B. Palmer, the sole U.S. research ship capable of braving the farthest reaches of Antarctica and the Southern Ocean. scim.ag/4mB8LOX
NSF plans abrupt end to lone U.S. Antarctic research icebreaker
Imminent termination of the RV Nathaniel B. Palmer shocks polar scientists
scim.ag
July 28, 2025 at 9:02 PM
The National Science Foundation plans to abruptly end operation of the RV Nathaniel B. Palmer, the sole U.S. research ship capable of braving the farthest reaches of Antarctica and the Southern Ocean. scim.ag/4mB8LOX
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A huge story for a specific sector of the stock market (and that I've posted about a fair bit) that hasn't gotten a lot of mainstream traction is the collapse in health insurance markets. UNH earnings this morning were *a disaster*. Not shedding a tear for them but this will have big ramifications.
July 29, 2025 at 10:50 AM
A huge story for a specific sector of the stock market (and that I've posted about a fair bit) that hasn't gotten a lot of mainstream traction is the collapse in health insurance markets. UNH earnings this morning were *a disaster*. Not shedding a tear for them but this will have big ramifications.
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Well, I'll be damned.
It's royalty free and there's already six, generic manufacturers lined up.
newatlas.com/infectious-d...
It's royalty free and there's already six, generic manufacturers lined up.
newatlas.com/infectious-d...
The first 100% effective HIV prevention drug is approved and going global
An epidemic that's been sustained for 44 years might finally be quelled, with the milestone approval of the first HIV drug that offers 100% protection with its twice-yearly injections. It's a landmark...
newatlas.com
July 27, 2025 at 10:39 PM
Well, I'll be damned.
It's royalty free and there's already six, generic manufacturers lined up.
newatlas.com/infectious-d...
It's royalty free and there's already six, generic manufacturers lined up.
newatlas.com/infectious-d...
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Another description of how foreign powers are working on attracting US scientific talent . . . This will eventually be recognized as (one of) the biggest self own(s) in US history.
Gift link
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/14/b...
Gift link
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/14/b...
The World Is Wooing U.S. Researchers Shunned by Trump
www.nytimes.com
May 14, 2025 at 9:43 AM
Another description of how foreign powers are working on attracting US scientific talent . . . This will eventually be recognized as (one of) the biggest self own(s) in US history.
Gift link
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/14/b...
Gift link
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/14/b...
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Reporter: The FDA has a new AI tool that's intended to speed up drug approvals. But several FDA employees say the new AI helper is making up studies that do not exist. One FDA employee telling us, 'Anything that you don't have time to double check is unreliable. It hallucinates confidently'
July 23, 2025 at 5:24 PM
Reporter: The FDA has a new AI tool that's intended to speed up drug approvals. But several FDA employees say the new AI helper is making up studies that do not exist. One FDA employee telling us, 'Anything that you don't have time to double check is unreliable. It hallucinates confidently'
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The latest installment of “Dude, What Law Did I Just Pass?":
“If you’re asking me how it got in there, no, I don’t know,” said Iowa Senator Chuck Grassley.
Texas Senator John Cornyn admitted, “I don’t know anything about it. I’m not sure what it does.”
https://trib.al/VIjemB4
“If you’re asking me how it got in there, no, I don’t know,” said Iowa Senator Chuck Grassley.
Texas Senator John Cornyn admitted, “I don’t know anything about it. I’m not sure what it does.”
https://trib.al/VIjemB4
July 9, 2025 at 4:13 PM
The latest installment of “Dude, What Law Did I Just Pass?":
“If you’re asking me how it got in there, no, I don’t know,” said Iowa Senator Chuck Grassley.
Texas Senator John Cornyn admitted, “I don’t know anything about it. I’m not sure what it does.”
https://trib.al/VIjemB4
“If you’re asking me how it got in there, no, I don’t know,” said Iowa Senator Chuck Grassley.
Texas Senator John Cornyn admitted, “I don’t know anything about it. I’m not sure what it does.”
https://trib.al/VIjemB4
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A critical investigation of the private DeSantis donor reaping the most reward from helping build the Everglades concentration camp.
Incredible independent journalism from @floridatrident.bsky.social.
Incredible independent journalism from @floridatrident.bsky.social.
Governor DeSantis is building “Alligator Alcatraz” with little oversight – and this big campaign donor is set to reap millions from it
As the large commercial trucks roar one after another onto the airfield property in the Everglades where a massive detention camp for immigrants is being
floridatrident.org
July 3, 2025 at 4:30 PM
A critical investigation of the private DeSantis donor reaping the most reward from helping build the Everglades concentration camp.
Incredible independent journalism from @floridatrident.bsky.social.
Incredible independent journalism from @floridatrident.bsky.social.
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A member of Taiwan's parliament stole a bill and ran off with it to prevent it from being passed
June 28, 2025 at 11:33 AM
A member of Taiwan's parliament stole a bill and ran off with it to prevent it from being passed
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"Deadly ‘pharaoh’s curse fungus’ could be used to fight cancer" — Popular Science
www.popsci.com/health/cance...
www.popsci.com/health/cance...
Deadly ‘pharaoh's curse fungus’ could be used to fight cancer
'Nature has given us this incredible pharmacy.’
www.popsci.com
June 29, 2025 at 2:24 PM
"Deadly ‘pharaoh’s curse fungus’ could be used to fight cancer" — Popular Science
www.popsci.com/health/cance...
www.popsci.com/health/cance...
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Walmart is testing new “dark stores” that look like traditional retail stores but are used for online orders only and aren’t open to the public
Walmart testing ‘dark stores’ closed to the public
Walmart is attempting to compete with fast delivery from online shops like Amazon.
www.abc4.com
June 26, 2025 at 10:27 PM
Walmart is testing new “dark stores” that look like traditional retail stores but are used for online orders only and aren’t open to the public
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Miami just canceled its November election & pushed it to 2026. No public vote, just canceled.
Mayor Suarez & Joe Carollo get to stick around an extra year.
This feels like a power grab. If one city can delay elections for “participation,” what’s to stop others from doing it to silence opposition?
Mayor Suarez & Joe Carollo get to stick around an extra year.
This feels like a power grab. If one city can delay elections for “participation,” what’s to stop others from doing it to silence opposition?
June 27, 2025 at 4:34 PM
Miami just canceled its November election & pushed it to 2026. No public vote, just canceled.
Mayor Suarez & Joe Carollo get to stick around an extra year.
This feels like a power grab. If one city can delay elections for “participation,” what’s to stop others from doing it to silence opposition?
Mayor Suarez & Joe Carollo get to stick around an extra year.
This feels like a power grab. If one city can delay elections for “participation,” what’s to stop others from doing it to silence opposition?
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China now has 1 terawatt of solar capacity. For reference, the entire US power grid has 1.3TW of capacity.
MAJOR MILESTONE 🏆 China's installed capacity of solar has now reached 1TW☀️
It's an astonishing achievement, and seemingly accelerating. 92GW were commissioned in May 2025 alone 😮 By contrast, total UK solar capacity is just over 20GW.
Just amazing.
www.pv-magazine.com/2025/06/23/c...
It's an astonishing achievement, and seemingly accelerating. 92GW were commissioned in May 2025 alone 😮 By contrast, total UK solar capacity is just over 20GW.
Just amazing.
www.pv-magazine.com/2025/06/23/c...
China hits 1 TW solar milestone
China’s solar power capacity has surpassed 1 TW, marking a historic milestone as the country accelerates its energy transition. Around 92 GW of new PV systems were installed in China in May alone, but...
www.pv-magazine.com
June 24, 2025 at 7:09 AM
China now has 1 terawatt of solar capacity. For reference, the entire US power grid has 1.3TW of capacity.
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Dictatorships often isolate their own countries from the world, and this move by the US to discourage foreign visitors should be viewed in that light.
They will continue to escalate. I expect they will eventually increase barriers to Americans travelling outwards as well.
They will continue to escalate. I expect they will eventually increase barriers to Americans travelling outwards as well.
US embassy wants 'every social media username of past five years' on new visa applications jrnl.ie/6740830
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US embassy wants 'every social media username of past five years' on new visa applications
The embassy also wants people to set their social media profiles to public.
jrnl.ie
June 23, 2025 at 1:19 PM
Dictatorships often isolate their own countries from the world, and this move by the US to discourage foreign visitors should be viewed in that light.
They will continue to escalate. I expect they will eventually increase barriers to Americans travelling outwards as well.
They will continue to escalate. I expect they will eventually increase barriers to Americans travelling outwards as well.
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This is a very big scientific milestone: stem cells appear to have permanently cured most diabetics in this small but historic trial based on the work of Harvard researcher Doug Melton, who has 2 kids with diabetes. www.nytimes.com/2025/06/20/h...
People With Severe Diabetes Are Cured in Small Trial of New Drug
www.nytimes.com
June 21, 2025 at 11:29 AM
This is a very big scientific milestone: stem cells appear to have permanently cured most diabetics in this small but historic trial based on the work of Harvard researcher Doug Melton, who has 2 kids with diabetes. www.nytimes.com/2025/06/20/h...
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The Trump regime has implemented a number of changes to longstanding policies and metric frameworks which allow it to manipulate official economic data, with an expansion of related price estimation for CPI calculation being among them.
Now it’s going after CBO, OMB, and BLS independence outright.
Now it’s going after CBO, OMB, and BLS independence outright.
June 20, 2025 at 11:16 AM
The Trump regime has implemented a number of changes to longstanding policies and metric frameworks which allow it to manipulate official economic data, with an expansion of related price estimation for CPI calculation being among them.
Now it’s going after CBO, OMB, and BLS independence outright.
Now it’s going after CBO, OMB, and BLS independence outright.
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Trump quietly shutters the only federal agency that investigates industrial chemical explosions
flip.it/hPeSV1
flip.it/hPeSV1
Trump quietly shutters the only federal agency that investigates industrial chemical explosions
The Chemical Safety Board, a federal agency that investigates large-scale industrial chemical disasters, will close under Trump's orders.
flip.it
June 16, 2025 at 7:39 PM
Trump quietly shutters the only federal agency that investigates industrial chemical explosions
flip.it/hPeSV1
flip.it/hPeSV1
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No more waiting to get a drug approved in the US.
All you have to do is bend the knee.
FDA commissioner will now issue vouchers to companies he finds aligned w national priorities to shorten their drug application review time to 1-2 months instead of standard 10-12 months.
See how fascism works?
All you have to do is bend the knee.
FDA commissioner will now issue vouchers to companies he finds aligned w national priorities to shorten their drug application review time to 1-2 months instead of standard 10-12 months.
See how fascism works?
US FDA to shorten review time for drug developers under new voucher program
The U.S. FDA is launching a program under which its commissioner can issue vouchers to companies he finds are aligned with national priorities to shorten their review time for a drug application to one to two months from the typical timeline of about 10-12 months.
www.reuters.com
June 18, 2025 at 9:20 PM
No more waiting to get a drug approved in the US.
All you have to do is bend the knee.
FDA commissioner will now issue vouchers to companies he finds aligned w national priorities to shorten their drug application review time to 1-2 months instead of standard 10-12 months.
See how fascism works?
All you have to do is bend the knee.
FDA commissioner will now issue vouchers to companies he finds aligned w national priorities to shorten their drug application review time to 1-2 months instead of standard 10-12 months.
See how fascism works?
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"How could you not be inspired after seeing these images from the reddest parts of the country, where there’s a social cost to publicly being a Democrat?"
And it's true. I'm more than a little misty-eyed as I read this article.
And it's true. I'm more than a little misty-eyed as I read this article.
Love this look at the smaller protests from Saturday from @hornish.bsky.social
The Smaller Protests Are the Bigger Story
And how I met the future on Saturday
michelehornish.substack.com
June 18, 2025 at 11:51 AM
"How could you not be inspired after seeing these images from the reddest parts of the country, where there’s a social cost to publicly being a Democrat?"
And it's true. I'm more than a little misty-eyed as I read this article.
And it's true. I'm more than a little misty-eyed as I read this article.
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SCOOP: The "Appeal To Heaven" flag, a popular symbol for Christian nationalists that was waved by January 6 rioters, was raised over the Small Business Administration headquarters last week.
Far-Right ‘Appeal to Heaven’ Flag Seen at Jan. 6 Riot Flown Above Government Agency in DC
The "Appeal To Heaven" flag, a popular symbol for Christian nationalists that was waved by January 6 rioters, was raised over the Small Business Administration headquarters last week.
www.wired.com
June 17, 2025 at 11:05 PM
SCOOP: The "Appeal To Heaven" flag, a popular symbol for Christian nationalists that was waved by January 6 rioters, was raised over the Small Business Administration headquarters last week.