T Nixon
@thonkas.bsky.social
Fighting for empathy, truth, and reason in a divided world. Compassion, integrity, and growth over anger and ignorance. Resist the negativity and build a more enlightened, united future. Proud veteran, progressive, pro-labor, pro-union, pro-democracy.
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June 21, 2025 at 7:47 PM
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Barren Mountain is in the 100-Mile Wilderness, considered the most remote section of the Appalachian Trail.
Hike this remote mountain for one of the best views in Maine
Barren Mountain is in the 100-Mile Wilderness, considered the most remote section of the Appalachian Trail.
www.bangordailynews.com
June 21, 2025 at 7:52 PM
Barren Mountain is in the 100-Mile Wilderness, considered the most remote section of the Appalachian Trail.
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In its first 100 days, the Trump Administration has relied heavily on ambiguity, misdirection, and plausible deniability to accomplish its aims. It’s a model that has parallels to other countries that have slid into autocracy, Andrew Marantz writes.
Is the U.S. Becoming an Autocracy?
Other countries have watched their democracies slip away gradually, without tanks in the streets. That may be where we’re headed—or where we already are.
www.newyorker.com
May 8, 2025 at 1:11 AM
In its first 100 days, the Trump Administration has relied heavily on ambiguity, misdirection, and plausible deniability to accomplish its aims. It’s a model that has parallels to other countries that have slid into autocracy, Andrew Marantz writes.
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"We cannot overstate what has just happened. It took just 71 days for Donald Trump to wreck the American economy, mortally wound NATO, and destroy the American-led world order"
from @jvl.bsky.social
www.thebulwark.com/p/the-americ...
from @jvl.bsky.social
www.thebulwark.com/p/the-americ...
The American Age Is Over
Emergency Triad: The United States commits imperial suicide.
www.thebulwark.com
April 4, 2025 at 11:21 AM
"We cannot overstate what has just happened. It took just 71 days for Donald Trump to wreck the American economy, mortally wound NATO, and destroy the American-led world order"
from @jvl.bsky.social
www.thebulwark.com/p/the-americ...
from @jvl.bsky.social
www.thebulwark.com/p/the-americ...
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“When my daughter proposed watching ‘The Breakfast Club’ together, I had hesitated, not knowing how she would react,” Molly Ringwald wrote, in 2018. “But I hadn’t anticipated that it would ultimately be most troubling to me.”
What About “The Breakfast Club”?
Revisiting the movies of my youth in the age of #MeToo.
nyer.cm
February 22, 2025 at 7:03 PM
“When my daughter proposed watching ‘The Breakfast Club’ together, I had hesitated, not knowing how she would react,” Molly Ringwald wrote, in 2018. “But I hadn’t anticipated that it would ultimately be most troubling to me.”
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I’m so tired of him as well.
January 7, 2025 at 11:01 PM
I’m so tired of him as well.
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One of the Universe’s prettiest mysteries — Hoag’s Object, a ring galaxy around 600 million light-years away in the constellation Serpens.
Image Credit: NASA/ESA, Processing: Benoit Blanco
Image Credit: NASA/ESA, Processing: Benoit Blanco
December 31, 2024 at 12:07 PM
One of the Universe’s prettiest mysteries — Hoag’s Object, a ring galaxy around 600 million light-years away in the constellation Serpens.
Image Credit: NASA/ESA, Processing: Benoit Blanco
Image Credit: NASA/ESA, Processing: Benoit Blanco
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Here's a nice New Year resolution for 2025.
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"A request made through ChatGPT, an AI-based virtual assistant, consumes 10 times the electricity of a Google Search"
This isn't a game. This is accelerated destruction via huge usage of power, water, resources etc. Stop using it - especially for messing about!!
www.unep.org/news-and-sto...
This isn't a game. This is accelerated destruction via huge usage of power, water, resources etc. Stop using it - especially for messing about!!
www.unep.org/news-and-sto...
AI has an environmental problem. Here’s what the world can do about that.
The sprawling data centres that house AI servers churn out toxic electronic waste and are voracious consumers of electricity, which in most places is still produced from fossil fuels.
www.unep.org
December 28, 2024 at 9:04 AM
Here's a nice New Year resolution for 2025.
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But don’t worry. Oklahoma is buying thousands of Bibles for their public schools.
November 17, 2024 at 4:37 PM
But don’t worry. Oklahoma is buying thousands of Bibles for their public schools.
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“He doesn’t want you to notice the kleptocracy.”
Chris Murphy: "Why is Donald Trump engaged in this relentless campaign to try to silence journalists, media companies, and his political opposition? It's because he's trying to steal from you."
December 18, 2024 at 9:23 PM
“He doesn’t want you to notice the kleptocracy.”
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Breaking News: The S&P 500 fell 3% in its worst day since August after the Fed dialed down expectations for interest rate cuts next year.
Stocks Plunge as Fed Forecasts Fewer Rate Cuts Next Year
The Federal Reserve cut rates for a third time this year, but investors shuddered at revised forecasts suggesting only two cuts in 2025.
www.nytimes.com
December 18, 2024 at 9:43 PM
Breaking News: The S&P 500 fell 3% in its worst day since August after the Fed dialed down expectations for interest rate cuts next year.
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Authorities are intensifying their search for a suspect who fatally stabbed a junior high school girl and injured her male classmate at a McDonald’s in Kitakyushu, Fukuoka Prefecture, on Saturday night.
What we know so far about the Kitakyushu stabbings
Authorities are analyzing surveillance and dashcam footage from the area in an effort to identify and locate the attacker.
buff.ly
December 18, 2024 at 9:04 PM
Authorities are intensifying their search for a suspect who fatally stabbed a junior high school girl and injured her male classmate at a McDonald’s in Kitakyushu, Fukuoka Prefecture, on Saturday night.
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Just a reminder that the GOP relied on the testimony of a man who just plead guilty to lying about a bribery scheme between Joe and Hunter Biden .
This was the main witness and story the GOP relied on in impeachment committee
This was the main witness and story the GOP relied on in impeachment committee
December 18, 2024 at 3:33 PM
Just a reminder that the GOP relied on the testimony of a man who just plead guilty to lying about a bribery scheme between Joe and Hunter Biden .
This was the main witness and story the GOP relied on in impeachment committee
This was the main witness and story the GOP relied on in impeachment committee
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CEO pay is out of control. It would take a worker more than FIVE career lifetimes to make what a CEO makes in one year.
Corporate greed is hurting workers everywhere. Check out our latest Executive Paywatch report.
aflcio.org/paywatch
Corporate greed is hurting workers everywhere. Check out our latest Executive Paywatch report.
aflcio.org/paywatch
2024 Executive Paywatch
Do you know how long a U.S. worker would have to work in order to earn what a CEO makes in a single year? Read the AFL-CIO Executive Paywatch report on the devastating effect runaway CEO pay has on wo...
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December 18, 2024 at 9:11 PM
CEO pay is out of control. It would take a worker more than FIVE career lifetimes to make what a CEO makes in one year.
Corporate greed is hurting workers everywhere. Check out our latest Executive Paywatch report.
aflcio.org/paywatch
Corporate greed is hurting workers everywhere. Check out our latest Executive Paywatch report.
aflcio.org/paywatch
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Waymo is partnering with two taxi companies in Japan to pilot self-driving "robotaxis" in seven cities in Tokyo next year. The experiment could provide more taxi capacity in the face of a chronic labor shortage - but Waymo's US record raises questions about its safety.
https://buff.ly/3BnFipK
https://buff.ly/3BnFipK
Self-Driving Taxis Will Hit Tokyo Streets on a Test Run in 2025 - Unseen Japan
To help combat its chronic taxi shortage thanks to an increase in tourism, Japan will start experimenting with self-driving taxis.
buff.ly
December 18, 2024 at 9:12 PM
Waymo is partnering with two taxi companies in Japan to pilot self-driving "robotaxis" in seven cities in Tokyo next year. The experiment could provide more taxi capacity in the face of a chronic labor shortage - but Waymo's US record raises questions about its safety.
https://buff.ly/3BnFipK
https://buff.ly/3BnFipK
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Some folks are pretty good seeing things coming.
December 18, 2024 at 11:37 AM
Some folks are pretty good seeing things coming.
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🚨CBS NEWS: A California man who was charged with lying to the FBI about fake criminal allegations against President Biden and his son Hunter pleaded guilty in federal court on Monday.
December 16, 2024 at 8:09 PM
🚨CBS NEWS: A California man who was charged with lying to the FBI about fake criminal allegations against President Biden and his son Hunter pleaded guilty in federal court on Monday.
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I forgot about this & I'm curious how significant it is? Seems like there's only 1-2 studies since 21 & 23? 🧪 ⚕️
Not a huge natto fan tbh, even as someone who'll eat nearly anything. But I do like them layers, iykwim 🧀😷
Not a huge natto fan tbh, even as someone who'll eat nearly anything. But I do like them layers, iykwim 🧀😷
Natto extract, a Japanese fermented soybean food, directly inhibits viral infections including SARS-CoV-2 in vitro
(via pxnzischemes on twt)
This suggests that natto extract has been found to prevent or reduce the ability of viruses to infect cells. #virology
shorturl.at/HLTW4
🧪🩺#episky #hiscisky
(via pxnzischemes on twt)
This suggests that natto extract has been found to prevent or reduce the ability of viruses to infect cells. #virology
shorturl.at/HLTW4
🧪🩺#episky #hiscisky
December 4, 2024 at 7:40 AM
I forgot about this & I'm curious how significant it is? Seems like there's only 1-2 studies since 21 & 23? 🧪 ⚕️
Not a huge natto fan tbh, even as someone who'll eat nearly anything. But I do like them layers, iykwim 🧀😷
Not a huge natto fan tbh, even as someone who'll eat nearly anything. But I do like them layers, iykwim 🧀😷
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No excessive levels of PFAS, which are potentially carcinogenic chemicals, were found in drinking water supplied across Japan as of Sept. 30, according to a survey the environment and infrastructure ministries released.
No excessive levels of PFAS found in tap water across Japan
No drinking water suppliers nationwide had PFAS levels in excess of the limit of 50 nanograms per liter of tap water in fiscal 2024.
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November 29, 2024 at 11:17 AM
No excessive levels of PFAS, which are potentially carcinogenic chemicals, were found in drinking water supplied across Japan as of Sept. 30, according to a survey the environment and infrastructure ministries released.
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This is a big deal: The National Counterintelligence and Security Center, FBI, and four other US agencies are jointly warning US defense companies to bolster security precautions in anticipation of possible Russian sabotage.
Not an alarm to hit snooze on.
Not an alarm to hit snooze on.
November 21, 2024 at 9:29 PM
This is a big deal: The National Counterintelligence and Security Center, FBI, and four other US agencies are jointly warning US defense companies to bolster security precautions in anticipation of possible Russian sabotage.
Not an alarm to hit snooze on.
Not an alarm to hit snooze on.
The Triumph of Stupidity
The public education system has been gutted like a fish for decades. Now, we’ve got a whole generation of people who can’t think their way out of a paper bag. And why? Because uneducated folks are so much easier to control.
The public education system has been gutted like a fish for decades. Now, we’ve got a whole generation of people who can’t think their way out of a paper bag. And why? Because uneducated folks are so much easier to control.
November 22, 2024 at 1:39 AM
The Triumph of Stupidity
The public education system has been gutted like a fish for decades. Now, we’ve got a whole generation of people who can’t think their way out of a paper bag. And why? Because uneducated folks are so much easier to control.
The public education system has been gutted like a fish for decades. Now, we’ve got a whole generation of people who can’t think their way out of a paper bag. And why? Because uneducated folks are so much easier to control.
An era of 'incivility'—marked by self-centeredness, disdain for empathy, and resistance to reason—is on the horizon. Ignorance is not only tolerated but encouraged. Let’s hold firm, resist this tide, and build a society that values compassion, empathy, and knowledge.
November 19, 2024 at 1:45 AM
An era of 'incivility'—marked by self-centeredness, disdain for empathy, and resistance to reason—is on the horizon. Ignorance is not only tolerated but encouraged. Let’s hold firm, resist this tide, and build a society that values compassion, empathy, and knowledge.
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1. It's impossible to control whether GOP Senators rubberstamp Trump's nominees
But it is possible to make more people aware of exactly who Trump is trying to install in these powerful positions
Here are 13 things everyone should know about Pete Hegseth, Trump's nominee for Secretary of Defense
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But it is possible to make more people aware of exactly who Trump is trying to install in these powerful positions
Here are 13 things everyone should know about Pete Hegseth, Trump's nominee for Secretary of Defense
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November 18, 2024 at 12:07 PM
1. It's impossible to control whether GOP Senators rubberstamp Trump's nominees
But it is possible to make more people aware of exactly who Trump is trying to install in these powerful positions
Here are 13 things everyone should know about Pete Hegseth, Trump's nominee for Secretary of Defense
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But it is possible to make more people aware of exactly who Trump is trying to install in these powerful positions
Here are 13 things everyone should know about Pete Hegseth, Trump's nominee for Secretary of Defense
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I, like many of you, have been contemplating our predicament since election night.
We are in a losing war for our democracy and I'm not sure we collectively know who our true adversary is.
It's not the voting blocks...white women, Latinos, Gen X. It's not MAGA. It's not even Trump.
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We are in a losing war for our democracy and I'm not sure we collectively know who our true adversary is.
It's not the voting blocks...white women, Latinos, Gen X. It's not MAGA. It's not even Trump.
🧵
November 11, 2024 at 12:35 PM
I, like many of you, have been contemplating our predicament since election night.
We are in a losing war for our democracy and I'm not sure we collectively know who our true adversary is.
It's not the voting blocks...white women, Latinos, Gen X. It's not MAGA. It's not even Trump.
🧵
We are in a losing war for our democracy and I'm not sure we collectively know who our true adversary is.
It's not the voting blocks...white women, Latinos, Gen X. It's not MAGA. It's not even Trump.
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