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This cross-pollination IS how new ideas happen. EVERY field needs humanistic thinking, that's why they call PhDs "Doctors of Philosophy"
Alt text for those who need it. This is amazing.
December 2, 2025 at 11:38 AM
This cross-pollination IS how new ideas happen. EVERY field needs humanistic thinking, that's why they call PhDs "Doctors of Philosophy"
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Around 70% of the U.S. economy depends on consumer spending. As wealth concentrates in the richest 10%, the rest of America can’t afford to buy enough to keep the economy running.
This is a huge problem — and even America’s most powerful CEOs are starting to sound the alarm.
This is a huge problem — and even America’s most powerful CEOs are starting to sound the alarm.
Our Economy Is in Danger. Here’s Why
Robert Reich
youtu.be
November 22, 2025 at 8:01 PM
Around 70% of the U.S. economy depends on consumer spending. As wealth concentrates in the richest 10%, the rest of America can’t afford to buy enough to keep the economy running.
This is a huge problem — and even America’s most powerful CEOs are starting to sound the alarm.
This is a huge problem — and even America’s most powerful CEOs are starting to sound the alarm.
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This thread sounds very reasonable to me. ⬇️
I know that social media is a place where people come to promote their ignorance and prejudices, but still there are few subjects here that I see that are more distorted by both than AI. It’s oversimplified, misunderstood, misrepresented, vilified, and hyped to a degree that it’s unrecognizable…
November 22, 2025 at 1:17 PM
This thread sounds very reasonable to me. ⬇️
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"Timothy Snyder: Russian invasion is on a world war scale, but Ukraine alone is fighting it, keeping us in a 1938-like historical moment"
#BlueSkyFriends Call your Senators & House Member & demand they work against this outrageous betrayal of Ukraine & Europe.
Stand With Ukraine 💙💛
#You'reNotAlone
#BlueSkyFriends Call your Senators & House Member & demand they work against this outrageous betrayal of Ukraine & Europe.
Stand With Ukraine 💙💛
#You'reNotAlone
November 22, 2025 at 9:59 AM
"Timothy Snyder: Russian invasion is on a world war scale, but Ukraine alone is fighting it, keeping us in a 1938-like historical moment"
#BlueSkyFriends Call your Senators & House Member & demand they work against this outrageous betrayal of Ukraine & Europe.
Stand With Ukraine 💙💛
#You'reNotAlone
#BlueSkyFriends Call your Senators & House Member & demand they work against this outrageous betrayal of Ukraine & Europe.
Stand With Ukraine 💙💛
#You'reNotAlone
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NEW: ProPublica has identified dozens of instances in which the Trump administration’s DOT has moved to cut, weaken or delay safety regulations for cars, trucks, planes, trains and even oil pipelines.
Experts say the changes will cost lives.
Experts say the changes will cost lives.
How Trump’s Transportation Department Is Loosening Safety Rules Meant to Protect the Public
ProPublica has identified dozens of instances in which the Trump administration’s DOT has moved to cut, soften or delay safety regulations for cars, trucks, planes, trains and even oil pipelines. Experts say the changes will cost lives.
www.propublica.org
November 20, 2025 at 12:00 PM
NEW: ProPublica has identified dozens of instances in which the Trump administration’s DOT has moved to cut, weaken or delay safety regulations for cars, trucks, planes, trains and even oil pipelines.
Experts say the changes will cost lives.
Experts say the changes will cost lives.
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NEW: As Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick drives billions of dollars in foreign payments to help build AI data centers in the US, his sons help run a company earning tens of millions in fees helping finance AI data centers. A NYT investigation. (Free link)
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/20/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/20/u...
Family Affair: Commerce Secretary’s Sons Cash In on A.I. Frenzy
www.nytimes.com
November 20, 2025 at 12:02 PM
NEW: As Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick drives billions of dollars in foreign payments to help build AI data centers in the US, his sons help run a company earning tens of millions in fees helping finance AI data centers. A NYT investigation. (Free link)
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/20/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/20/u...
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Poverty is a policy choice. Concentrated wealth is a policy choice. Inequality is a policy choice. None of it is natural or inevitable. Remember: We have the power to build a system that serves the many, not the powerful few.
November 19, 2025 at 9:01 PM
Poverty is a policy choice. Concentrated wealth is a policy choice. Inequality is a policy choice. None of it is natural or inevitable. Remember: We have the power to build a system that serves the many, not the powerful few.
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Remember the recent middle-of-the-night apartment building raid where children were dragged outside naked & zip-tied in the street while black & Latino residents were _sorted by race_ and piled into separate vans while their apartments were ransacked & robbed? That raid? So it resulted in 0 arrests.
Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem should resign and be criminally charged, according to critics who seized on a report revealing that zero people who were arrested in a high-profile raid were charged with a crime.
'Noem should resign over this': Fury over alleged DHS 'child kidnapping and trafficking'
Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem should resign and be criminally charged, according to critics who seized on a report revealing that zero people who were arrested in a high-profile raid were charged with a crime.ProPublica recently reported on the DHS raid on an apartment building that was al...
bit.ly
November 16, 2025 at 5:38 PM
Remember the recent middle-of-the-night apartment building raid where children were dragged outside naked & zip-tied in the street while black & Latino residents were _sorted by race_ and piled into separate vans while their apartments were ransacked & robbed? That raid? So it resulted in 0 arrests.
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It's hard to express what it meant to watch Maurice, Natalia, Celeste, and Rhea tell their stories—in their own voices—this morning.
The segment revealed a brutal reality: homelessness at this scale isn't about personal failure. It's the result of policy choices and systems built to exploit people.
The segment revealed a brutal reality: homelessness at this scale isn't about personal failure. It's the result of policy choices and systems built to exploit people.
November 16, 2025 at 5:02 PM
It's hard to express what it meant to watch Maurice, Natalia, Celeste, and Rhea tell their stories—in their own voices—this morning.
The segment revealed a brutal reality: homelessness at this scale isn't about personal failure. It's the result of policy choices and systems built to exploit people.
The segment revealed a brutal reality: homelessness at this scale isn't about personal failure. It's the result of policy choices and systems built to exploit people.
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Keep track of the victories when they come
BREAKING: A federal jury in Brooklyn awarded our clients — 674 immigrants unlawfully jailed by the Suffolk County Sheriff’s Office — $112 million. Could not be more proud to work at @latinojustice.bsky.social and to partner with the talent of Winston & Strawn.
Jury Awards $112 Million to 674 Immigrants Unlawfully Held by Suffolk County for ICE Handover | LatinoJusticePRLDEF
FOR IMMEDIATE
www.latinojustice.org
November 8, 2025 at 12:26 AM
Keep track of the victories when they come
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Socialism is what they called public power.
Socialism is what they called social security.
Socialism is what they called the growth of free and independent labor organizations.
Socialism is their name for almost anything that helps all the people.
—Harry Truman, 1952
Socialism is what they called social security.
Socialism is what they called the growth of free and independent labor organizations.
Socialism is their name for almost anything that helps all the people.
—Harry Truman, 1952
November 7, 2025 at 9:30 PM
Socialism is what they called public power.
Socialism is what they called social security.
Socialism is what they called the growth of free and independent labor organizations.
Socialism is their name for almost anything that helps all the people.
—Harry Truman, 1952
Socialism is what they called social security.
Socialism is what they called the growth of free and independent labor organizations.
Socialism is their name for almost anything that helps all the people.
—Harry Truman, 1952
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Flights are being cut because the GOP shutdown left air traffic controllers unpaid. They’re doing their jobs under impossible stress while Trump plays politics to push budget cuts.
I wrote the #AviationFundingStabilityAct to keep the FAA running even in a shutdown—Speaker Johnson won’t allow a vote
I wrote the #AviationFundingStabilityAct to keep the FAA running even in a shutdown—Speaker Johnson won’t allow a vote
Congressman Cohen Expresses Concern at Reduction in Air Traffic
MEMPHIS – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9), until recently the ranking member of the Aviation Subcommittee, responded to Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy’s decision to reduce air traffic by 10 percen...
cohen.house.gov
November 7, 2025 at 5:16 AM
Flights are being cut because the GOP shutdown left air traffic controllers unpaid. They’re doing their jobs under impossible stress while Trump plays politics to push budget cuts.
I wrote the #AviationFundingStabilityAct to keep the FAA running even in a shutdown—Speaker Johnson won’t allow a vote
I wrote the #AviationFundingStabilityAct to keep the FAA running even in a shutdown—Speaker Johnson won’t allow a vote
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Australia has so much electricity from solar power that it is going to start offering free electricity to everyone for at least three hours during the day as the wholesale price of power goes negative
electrek.co/2025/11/04/a...
electrek.co/2025/11/04/a...
Australia has so much solar that it's offering everyone free electricity
Australia's extensive solar power penetration makes so much energy that the government wants to offer free electricity at peak hours.
electrek.co
November 6, 2025 at 4:58 AM
Australia has so much electricity from solar power that it is going to start offering free electricity to everyone for at least three hours during the day as the wholesale price of power goes negative
electrek.co/2025/11/04/a...
electrek.co/2025/11/04/a...
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The US is the world's largest oil and gas producer. Yet, "China is now making more money from exporting green technology than America makes from exporting fossil fuels."
China’s clean-energy revolution will reshape markets and politics
The world’s biggest manufacturer now has an interest in the world decarbonising
www.economist.com
November 7, 2025 at 11:05 AM
The US is the world's largest oil and gas producer. Yet, "China is now making more money from exporting green technology than America makes from exporting fossil fuels."
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They were sleeping, driving, walking in Memphis. Then Trump’s police task force came. Read the latest from 👇
@wendicthomas.bsky.social @kathsburgess.bsky.social
@propublica.org
mlk50.com/2025/11/03/t...
@wendicthomas.bsky.social @kathsburgess.bsky.social
@propublica.org
mlk50.com/2025/11/03/t...
They were sleeping, driving, walking in Memphis. Then Trump’s police task force came.
Officers with the Memphis Safe Task Force, created by President Donald Trump to target violent crime, conduct a traffic stop on Summer Avenue near N.
mlk50.com
November 3, 2025 at 3:00 PM
They were sleeping, driving, walking in Memphis. Then Trump’s police task force came. Read the latest from 👇
@wendicthomas.bsky.social @kathsburgess.bsky.social
@propublica.org
mlk50.com/2025/11/03/t...
@wendicthomas.bsky.social @kathsburgess.bsky.social
@propublica.org
mlk50.com/2025/11/03/t...
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Full speech:
Senator Slotkin Delivers Speech on Trump's Authoritarian Playbook
YouTube video by Sen. Elissa Slotkin
www.youtube.com
November 1, 2025 at 10:09 AM
Full speech:
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Kristi Noem claims that ICE has not detained or arrested any US citizens. We're calling BS.
More than 170 US citizens have been held by immigration agents
ProPublica uncovered that Americans have been kicked, dragged, and detained for days.
www.motherjones.com
November 2, 2025 at 2:00 AM
Kristi Noem claims that ICE has not detained or arrested any US citizens. We're calling BS.
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Amazon is helping fund a $300 million build of a ballroom for the White House.
Independent bookstores are donating to food banks and organizations that help with food insecurity.
They are not the same.
Independent bookstores are donating to food banks and organizations that help with food insecurity.
They are not the same.
October 30, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Amazon is helping fund a $300 million build of a ballroom for the White House.
Independent bookstores are donating to food banks and organizations that help with food insecurity.
They are not the same.
Independent bookstores are donating to food banks and organizations that help with food insecurity.
They are not the same.
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NEW RESOURCE: We’ve updated our Nonprofit Toolkit for organizations preparing for politicized government investigations. Our latest primer covers what to do if your org receives a gov demand to disclose sensitive data. Get it here:
What if …your nonprofit receives a demand to disclose sensitive data?
A data demand is a request or order from the government that an organization provide certain information.
protectdemocracy.org
October 24, 2025 at 6:40 PM
NEW RESOURCE: We’ve updated our Nonprofit Toolkit for organizations preparing for politicized government investigations. Our latest primer covers what to do if your org receives a gov demand to disclose sensitive data. Get it here:
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NEW: We’re tracking the Trump admin’s conflicts with the courts to help ensure an accurate accounting of the truth. Dive into our resources for understanding attacks on the judiciary and what courts and lawyers can do to ensure orders are respected.
https://protdem.org/3JkPKlI
https://protdem.org/3JkPKlI
October 24, 2025 at 7:12 PM
NEW: We’re tracking the Trump admin’s conflicts with the courts to help ensure an accurate accounting of the truth. Dive into our resources for understanding attacks on the judiciary and what courts and lawyers can do to ensure orders are respected.
https://protdem.org/3JkPKlI
https://protdem.org/3JkPKlI
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Farm bankruptcies are up 56% from last year.
More than half of U.S. farms are losing money, threatening small towns and rural economies.
Trump's focus? Using U.S. taxpayer dollars for a $40 BILLION bailout to Argentina.
www.npr.org/2025/10/16/n...
More than half of U.S. farms are losing money, threatening small towns and rural economies.
Trump's focus? Using U.S. taxpayer dollars for a $40 BILLION bailout to Argentina.
www.npr.org/2025/10/16/n...
American farmers are hurting. Trump's trade war is making it worse
Farmers are struggling this fall despite a bountiful harvest. Production costs are high, crop prices are low and the trade war has closed off one of their biggest markets.
www.npr.org
October 23, 2025 at 6:37 PM
Farm bankruptcies are up 56% from last year.
More than half of U.S. farms are losing money, threatening small towns and rural economies.
Trump's focus? Using U.S. taxpayer dollars for a $40 BILLION bailout to Argentina.
www.npr.org/2025/10/16/n...
More than half of U.S. farms are losing money, threatening small towns and rural economies.
Trump's focus? Using U.S. taxpayer dollars for a $40 BILLION bailout to Argentina.
www.npr.org/2025/10/16/n...
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We had breakfast at a wonderful restaurant in Buellton, California and this was on the counter where you pay the bill.
Trump’s economy is destroying American businesses 😡
Trump’s economy is destroying American businesses 😡
October 22, 2025 at 7:29 PM
We had breakfast at a wonderful restaurant in Buellton, California and this was on the counter where you pay the bill.
Trump’s economy is destroying American businesses 😡
Trump’s economy is destroying American businesses 😡
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Making Argentina Great Again. Indefensible.
October 22, 2025 at 2:14 PM
Making Argentina Great Again. Indefensible.
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45 yrs of US history, in 25 words:
The average age of U.S. homebuyers is now 56, up from 49 last year.
In 1981, the year trickledown economics began, it was 31.
In 1981, the year trickledown economics began, it was 31.
October 21, 2025 at 11:19 PM
45 yrs of US history, in 25 words:
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The lesson of history is that tyrants cannot be appeased.
Appeasement only feeds their insatiable hunger for power.
Kudos to these universities for standing up to Trump's demands.
Appeasement only feeds their insatiable hunger for power.
Kudos to these universities for standing up to Trump's demands.
October 20, 2025 at 11:50 PM
The lesson of history is that tyrants cannot be appeased.
Appeasement only feeds their insatiable hunger for power.
Kudos to these universities for standing up to Trump's demands.
Appeasement only feeds their insatiable hunger for power.
Kudos to these universities for standing up to Trump's demands.