Bubba
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Interested in the world around me. Appreciate insight from folks who know far more than me. Not much on commenting.
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“Ballon, the managing director of HateAid, a group in Germany tracking online hate, said all social media platforms have problems, but Mr. Musk is the most openly hostile. X stopped cooperating w/German law enforcement agencies investigating illegal hate speech cases, including court orders”
Elon Musk Taunts Europe and Tests Willingness to Enforce Online Laws
www.nytimes.com
December 12, 2025 at 4:17 PM
“Ballon, the managing director of HateAid, a group in Germany tracking online hate, said all social media platforms have problems, but Mr. Musk is the most openly hostile. X stopped cooperating w/German law enforcement agencies investigating illegal hate speech cases, including court orders”
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They were working on an mRNA application for glioblastoma when Elon/RFK laid wreck to everything.
[My father died of glioblastoma.]
[My father died of glioblastoma.]
This hit me like a gut punch, because I lost a good friend to glioblastoma. I wish Jason Collins a speedy & full recovery, knowing that Stage 4 Glioblastoma has always been terminal.
Hoping for a cure.
Fuck cancer!
www.nytimes.com/athletic/688...
Hoping for a cure.
Fuck cancer!
www.nytimes.com/athletic/688...
Former NBA player Jason Collins announces he has Stage 4 brain cancer
Collins started experiencing symptoms while trying to pack for a US Open trip.
www.nytimes.com
December 11, 2025 at 11:20 PM
They were working on an mRNA application for glioblastoma when Elon/RFK laid wreck to everything.
[My father died of glioblastoma.]
[My father died of glioblastoma.]
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NEW: The Treasury Department is preparing to release a corporate tax workaround that would deliver big tax savings to companies including Salesforce and Qualcomm. The change would let companies deduct old R&D investments without triggering the 15% corporate minimum tax. Gift link:
Trump Administration Plans to Boost Tax Break for Corporations
The Treasury Department is preparing to release a corporate tax workaround that would deliver large tax savings to companies including Salesforce Inc. and Qualcomm Inc.
www.bloomberg.com
December 11, 2025 at 7:34 PM
NEW: The Treasury Department is preparing to release a corporate tax workaround that would deliver big tax savings to companies including Salesforce and Qualcomm. The change would let companies deduct old R&D investments without triggering the 15% corporate minimum tax. Gift link:
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One of the most blatantly authoritarian threats in a Trump term full of them
December 11, 2025 at 4:51 PM
One of the most blatantly authoritarian threats in a Trump term full of them
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Watch this. Then remember that the president doesn’t care. He cares that his old ass gets richer in the hand full of years he may have left.
And his sick rich friends. The most corrupt evil man to ever serve as president is ignoring real evil
And his sick rich friends. The most corrupt evil man to ever serve as president is ignoring real evil
💔 A European Parliament interpreter could not hold back tears during the speech of 11-year-old Roman Oleksiv from Lviv.
The boy survived a missile strike on Vinnytsia on July 14, 2022, which killed his mother - it was the last time he saw her alive.
The boy survived a missile strike on Vinnytsia on July 14, 2022, which killed his mother - it was the last time he saw her alive.
December 11, 2025 at 2:24 PM
Watch this. Then remember that the president doesn’t care. He cares that his old ass gets richer in the hand full of years he may have left.
And his sick rich friends. The most corrupt evil man to ever serve as president is ignoring real evil
And his sick rich friends. The most corrupt evil man to ever serve as president is ignoring real evil
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Chris Rufo is a cheap thug. The fact that there are cheaper thugs out there doesn't change the fact.
www.unpopularfront.news/p/the-attack...
www.unpopularfront.news/p/the-attack...
The Attack on Somalis is Hate Politics
Right-Wing Terror Descends on Minnesota
www.unpopularfront.news
December 11, 2025 at 1:35 PM
Chris Rufo is a cheap thug. The fact that there are cheaper thugs out there doesn't change the fact.
www.unpopularfront.news/p/the-attack...
www.unpopularfront.news/p/the-attack...
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A move that speaks volumes about Trump's attitude towards the victims of Russia's invasion of Ukraine.
December 11, 2025 at 12:54 AM
A move that speaks volumes about Trump's attitude towards the victims of Russia's invasion of Ukraine.
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Denmark has labeled the United States as a potential security concern for the first time in an annual report released by one of its intelligence agencies, offering more evidence of the increasingly fraught transatlantic alliance between Europe and the US.
Denmark sees US as potential security concern | CNN
Denmark has labeled the United States as a potential security concern for the first time in an annual report released by one of its intelligence agencies, offering more evidence of the increasingly fraught transatlantic alliance between Europe and the US.
cnn.it
December 10, 2025 at 11:30 PM
Denmark has labeled the United States as a potential security concern for the first time in an annual report released by one of its intelligence agencies, offering more evidence of the increasingly fraught transatlantic alliance between Europe and the US.
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Fervo Energy’s advanced geothermal project in Utah is getting another boost, thanks to $462 million raised in the company’s latest funding round.
Fervo nabs $462M to complete massive next-gen geothermal project
The Houston startup is part of a growing push to harness geothermal energy with new technologies. The funding will help Fervo finish its flagship Utah…
www.canarymedia.com
December 10, 2025 at 5:29 PM
Fervo Energy’s advanced geothermal project in Utah is getting another boost, thanks to $462 million raised in the company’s latest funding round.
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Sickening. At the very least, the US could have looked for other countries that might be willing to offer them asylum, rather than handing them back to Putin for (at best) imprisonment.
A plane carrying Russian citizens deported from the U.S. touched down in Moscow amid fears that some on board might face unjust imprisonment or forced mobilization.
Asylum-Seeking Russians Deported From U.S. at Risk of Persecution and Forced Mobilization, Activists Warn - The Moscow Times
A plane carrying Russian citizens deported from the U.S. touched down in Moscow on Tuesday amid fears that some on board might face unjust imprisonment.
www.themoscowtimes.com
December 10, 2025 at 12:29 PM
Sickening. At the very least, the US could have looked for other countries that might be willing to offer them asylum, rather than handing them back to Putin for (at best) imprisonment.
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Remember when MTG spread insane bs about the Democrats controlling the weather, and regular meteorologists were getting death threats? Pepperidge farm remembers.
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“Ignorance is becoming socially acceptable.”
Meteorologists talk of death threats from the army of crazed conspiracy theorists who believe the government can control the weather.
Meteorologists talk of death threats from the army of crazed conspiracy theorists who believe the government can control the weather.
Meteorologists Get Death Threats as Hurricane Milton Conspiracy Theories Thrive — Rolling Stone
It’s their job to warn residents about destructive storms — but political polarization has made them targets online
apple.news
December 9, 2025 at 6:50 PM
Remember when MTG spread insane bs about the Democrats controlling the weather, and regular meteorologists were getting death threats? Pepperidge farm remembers.
bsky.app/profile/chad...
bsky.app/profile/chad...
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Paramount's entire sales pitch is the US government will do our bidding AND they are paying the president's son-in-law: Trump Family's corruption is magnitudes more than anything else in US history.
Jared Kushner's involvement was "not mentioned in Paramount's press release on Monday morning about its $108 billion bid, nor were participating sovereign wealth funds from Saudi Arabia, Abu Dhabi and Qatar."
fancy that
fancy that
Jared Kushner is part of Paramount's hostile bid for Warner Bros. Discovery
Paramount is telling WBD shareholders that it has a smoother path to regulatory approval than does Netflix.
www.axios.com
December 8, 2025 at 3:51 PM
Paramount's entire sales pitch is the US government will do our bidding AND they are paying the president's son-in-law: Trump Family's corruption is magnitudes more than anything else in US history.
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Trump hung up on a ProPublica reporter after being asked whether his Florida mortgages were similar to those of others he had accused of fraud. 🤔
Trump’s Own Mortgages Match His Description of Mortgage Fraud, Records Reveal
The Trump administration has argued that Fed board member Lisa Cook may have committed mortgage fraud by declaring more than one primary residence on her loans. We found Trump once did the very thing ...
www.propublica.org
December 8, 2025 at 1:34 PM
Trump hung up on a ProPublica reporter after being asked whether his Florida mortgages were similar to those of others he had accused of fraud. 🤔
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Shingles vaccine linked to a lower rate of dementia-related deaths
Shingles vaccine linked to a lower rate of dementia-related deaths
A new study highlights the effectiveness of the shingles vaccine, linking it to 29% decrease in rates of dementia-related deaths.
buff.ly
December 8, 2025 at 1:54 AM
Shingles vaccine linked to a lower rate of dementia-related deaths
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From Chris Landau, deputy secretary of state👇🏼 Suicide sounds better than erasure, so I’ll give him that
December 7, 2025 at 9:58 PM
From Chris Landau, deputy secretary of state👇🏼 Suicide sounds better than erasure, so I’ll give him that
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Classic Russia.
Amid ongoing fighting, locals accuse mercenaries of the “African Corps” — Wagner’s successor — of grave abuses. Refugees told the Associated Press that fighters, operating with Mali’s army, are responsible for extrajudicial executions, mass detentions, rapes, scorched‑earth tactics
Amid ongoing fighting, locals accuse mercenaries of the “African Corps” — Wagner’s successor — of grave abuses. Refugees told the Associated Press that fighters, operating with Mali’s army, are responsible for extrajudicial executions, mass detentions, rapes, scorched‑earth tactics
December 7, 2025 at 6:42 PM
Classic Russia.
Amid ongoing fighting, locals accuse mercenaries of the “African Corps” — Wagner’s successor — of grave abuses. Refugees told the Associated Press that fighters, operating with Mali’s army, are responsible for extrajudicial executions, mass detentions, rapes, scorched‑earth tactics
Amid ongoing fighting, locals accuse mercenaries of the “African Corps” — Wagner’s successor — of grave abuses. Refugees told the Associated Press that fighters, operating with Mali’s army, are responsible for extrajudicial executions, mass detentions, rapes, scorched‑earth tactics
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Russia is our enemy. China is our adversary. Europe is our friend and compatriot.
Those who seek to dismantle the Atlantic project are enemies of American prosperity. And it’s our duty to fight for American prosperity against all enemies, foreign and domestic.
www.wsj.com/world/europe...
Those who seek to dismantle the Atlantic project are enemies of American prosperity. And it’s our duty to fight for American prosperity against all enemies, foreign and domestic.
www.wsj.com/world/europe...
U.S. Flips History by Casting Europe—Not Russia—as Villain in New Security Policy
An annual strategy document, which has described threats from China to Russia, directs some of its harshest language at NATO allies.
www.wsj.com
December 6, 2025 at 7:38 PM
Russia is our enemy. China is our adversary. Europe is our friend and compatriot.
Those who seek to dismantle the Atlantic project are enemies of American prosperity. And it’s our duty to fight for American prosperity against all enemies, foreign and domestic.
www.wsj.com/world/europe...
Those who seek to dismantle the Atlantic project are enemies of American prosperity. And it’s our duty to fight for American prosperity against all enemies, foreign and domestic.
www.wsj.com/world/europe...
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Calling for regime change in Europe and supporting far-right forces also undermines the transatlantic alliance.
The EU's pursuit of its green agenda and enforcement of tech rules against U.S. firms is undermining the transatlantic alliance, the U.S. Deputy Secretary of State warned.
Top US official says EU regulation ‘undermines’ NATO ties
U.S. Deputy Secretary of State Christopher Landau said Europe’s policy agenda was hurting its credibility in Washington.
www.politico.eu
December 6, 2025 at 3:25 PM
Calling for regime change in Europe and supporting far-right forces also undermines the transatlantic alliance.
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Kyiv Post - Ukraine's Military Intelligence (HUR) cyber unit knocked out a major Russian logistics company in a sweeping overnight attack. www.kyivpost.com/post/65728
Ukraine’s Intelligence Hackers Cripple Major Russian Logistics Network
Shipment declarations were deleted, and all company websites were defaced with messages marking Ukraine’s Armed Forces Day.
www.kyivpost.com
December 6, 2025 at 2:36 PM
Kyiv Post - Ukraine's Military Intelligence (HUR) cyber unit knocked out a major Russian logistics company in a sweeping overnight attack. www.kyivpost.com/post/65728
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After seeing Meta cutting their metaverse group by 30%, having lost… $444 per second over the last five years: archive.is/2025.12.04-1... thought I’d look in on some McKinsey reports
December 5, 2025 at 7:17 AM
After seeing Meta cutting their metaverse group by 30%, having lost… $444 per second over the last five years: archive.is/2025.12.04-1... thought I’d look in on some McKinsey reports
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The Trump National Security Strategy is an act of vandalism against the things that actually make our country strong, safe, and prosperous.
December 5, 2025 at 6:17 AM
The Trump National Security Strategy is an act of vandalism against the things that actually make our country strong, safe, and prosperous.
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This is a message from an official, tax-payer funded White House account, written by government employees barred by law from engaging in partisan politics
December 5, 2025 at 3:09 AM
This is a message from an official, tax-payer funded White House account, written by government employees barred by law from engaging in partisan politics
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Truly the stupidest cult. Obsessed with a drug that doesn't work against an infectious disease that they don't even think is real.
In lieu of affordable universal health insurance, Texans will now be given better access to de-worming medication.
December 5, 2025 at 12:41 AM
Truly the stupidest cult. Obsessed with a drug that doesn't work against an infectious disease that they don't even think is real.
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🇺🇸 US suspends some sanctions against Russian Lukoil, - RBC-Ukraine
The US has extended the general license that allows Lukoil gas station networks outside Russia to operate without sanctions. The term is until April 2026.
The US has extended the general license that allows Lukoil gas station networks outside Russia to operate without sanctions. The term is until April 2026.
December 4, 2025 at 7:52 PM
🇺🇸 US suspends some sanctions against Russian Lukoil, - RBC-Ukraine
The US has extended the general license that allows Lukoil gas station networks outside Russia to operate without sanctions. The term is until April 2026.
The US has extended the general license that allows Lukoil gas station networks outside Russia to operate without sanctions. The term is until April 2026.
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Christ on a cracker — these seemingly hostile drones only missed Zelensky’s plane because he was unexpectedly early www.thejournal.ie/drones-dubli...
Four unidentified military-style drones breached no-fly zone to target Zelenskyy's arrival in Dublin
Gardaí are investigating whether the drones took off from land in Dublin or from an undetected ship.
www.thejournal.ie
December 4, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Christ on a cracker — these seemingly hostile drones only missed Zelensky’s plane because he was unexpectedly early www.thejournal.ie/drones-dubli...