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Jim Fry

@jimfryri.bsky.social

Retired from a career in journalism. Not an enemy of the people.

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Data centres are energy hungry but what if we could use their waste heat to heat our homes?

That's exactly what happens in places like Finland: Cities are tapping the vast amounts of waste heat generated by data centres, and feeding it into district-heating networks.

03.12.2025 11:20 β€” πŸ‘ 10661    πŸ” 3607    πŸ’¬ 636    πŸ“Œ 416

#Mizzou

03.12.2025 16:33 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

And he fell asleep

03.12.2025 16:29 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

If blowing up survivors in the water was the right thing to do because they are β€œnarco-terrorists” (trust us, bro) and deserve no quarter, why did we rescue two other survivors in a different strike, fly them home, and let them go free?

02.12.2025 02:16 β€” πŸ‘ 11328    πŸ” 2805    πŸ’¬ 470    πŸ“Œ 138

Reminder that Starbucks’ CEO made 6,666x more than the company's median employee in 2024.

This was the widest CEO-to-Worker pay gap in the entire S&P 500.

And we're supposed to believe Starbucks can't afford to bargain a fair contract with its unionized workers?

01.12.2025 19:45 β€” πŸ‘ 11071    πŸ” 3654    πŸ’¬ 321    πŸ“Œ 176
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The secretary of defense throwing a top military official under the bus to protect himself. A beacon of integrity.

02.12.2025 01:35 β€” πŸ‘ 9720    πŸ” 2301    πŸ’¬ 774    πŸ“Œ 196
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www.rawstory.com Lifelong Republican frets GOP's favorite war now costing it the suburbs

Lifelong Republican frets GOP's favorite war now costing it the suburbs

02.12.2025 12:18 β€” πŸ‘ 113    πŸ” 22    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 2
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Putin claims Russian capture of Pokrovsk, Vovchansk as Kyiv warns of Kremlin propaganda blitz amid peace talks "All of this is done exclusively for Western audiences and to raise the stakes in diplomacy," said Andrii Kovalenko, head of Ukraine's Center for Countering Disinformation.

Russian propaganda in full force for the Witkoff visit: Putin is claiming to have captured Ukrainian cities that he doesn't control, and having himself photographed in military uniform
kyivindependent.com/putin-claims...

02.12.2025 12:18 β€” πŸ‘ 1002    πŸ” 414    πŸ’¬ 66    πŸ“Œ 23

Judging by the threats and swatting in Indiana, perhaps precious few crossovers.

02.12.2025 04:31 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Racism through and through.

02.12.2025 02:56 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Increase in productivity since 1979: 87%

Increase in hourly pay since 1979: 32%

Just so happens that ~25% of workers were unionized in 1979. Today? 10%.

As unions declined, the super-rich have taken a larger share of wealth generated by labor. We must build back union power.

14.11.2025 00:31 β€” πŸ‘ 12249    πŸ” 3878    πŸ’¬ 258    πŸ“Œ 134
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Good night from Acrisure Stadium and thanks for following Pitt football with me this regular season. Always grateful this is what I do for a living.

Wherever bowl season takes the Panthers, I’ll be there with β€˜em.

29.11.2025 22:56 β€” πŸ‘ 27    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 0

Jane Jacobs' idea of safety through "eyes on the street" has never been more true.

29.11.2025 18:15 β€” πŸ‘ 164    πŸ” 32    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 0

Mason Heintschel is back on the field and warming up ahead of the second half. Both his ankles are taped up real good.

29.11.2025 18:54 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1

NYC: ICE is staging at Centre and Howard St. Get down there if you can.

29.11.2025 17:08 β€” πŸ‘ 1667    πŸ” 517    πŸ’¬ 18    πŸ“Œ 13

I hope it’s now (even more) obvious that having military in our streets, with instructions to ignore β€œstupid rules of engagement,” is not in any way intended to protect us or make us safer

29.11.2025 14:25 β€” πŸ‘ 5204    πŸ” 1214    πŸ’¬ 77    πŸ“Œ 24
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Make Money Not War: Trump’s Real Plan for Peace in Ukraine The Kremlin pitched the White House on peace through business. To Europe’s dismay, the president and his envoy are on board.

It’s always obvi been a biz grift www.wsj.com/world/russia...

29.11.2025 14:29 β€” πŸ‘ 504    πŸ” 100    πŸ’¬ 19    πŸ“Œ 4

Time to ask: In whose interests is American foreign policy being conducted?

29.11.2025 13:49 β€” πŸ‘ 1888    πŸ” 690    πŸ’¬ 94    πŸ“Œ 26

A rare moment of a Republican genuinely giving a damn.

29.11.2025 15:00 β€” πŸ‘ 2590    πŸ” 567    πŸ’¬ 32    πŸ“Œ 16
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America stares down erasure of Black history and progress In the last year, federal, state and institutional decisions have gutted pillars of America's civil rights protections.

Under Trump, 591 books by Black authors have been banned from Pentagon-run schools and libraries, according to Onyx Impact. @delanomassey.bsky.social www.axios.com/2025/11/29/f...

29.11.2025 15:25 β€” πŸ‘ 772    πŸ” 440    πŸ’¬ 51    πŸ“Œ 26

Barbarian.

28.11.2025 18:59 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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We have to use every tool available to us - including our dollars. This Black Friday and weekend @blackvotersmatterfund.org asks you to join β€œWe Ain’t Buyin’ It!” to send a message to Trump’s corporate enablers. Learn more about the companies targeted in this campaign here: weaintbuyingit.com

28.11.2025 15:16 β€” πŸ‘ 1082    πŸ” 438    πŸ’¬ 25    πŸ“Œ 27

The reality, of course, is that Miller and a significant portion of Trump’s base are the ones who failed to assimilate to America’s post-WWII culture of multi-racial democracy & religious pluralism…and they are now using their power to destroy that once dominant (and still popular) American culture.

28.11.2025 13:23 β€” πŸ‘ 4429    πŸ” 1266    πŸ’¬ 112    πŸ“Œ 66

What’s left of this man’s brain is just a Rube Goldberg machine of racism

28.11.2025 01:40 β€” πŸ‘ 1178    πŸ” 210    πŸ’¬ 25    πŸ“Œ 5

Have we ever heard anything ever again about Charlie Kirk’s shooter??

27.11.2025 01:20 β€” πŸ‘ 2314    πŸ” 380    πŸ’¬ 228    πŸ“Œ 24

Don’t forget that *Trump’s own lawyer’s argument* to the Supreme Court in the immunity case was that the check on the President using his immunity to order criminal acts was that those under him would not follow illegal orders. Now it’s a crime for lawmakers to remind servicemembers of that?

26.11.2025 21:50 β€” πŸ‘ 3804    πŸ” 1203    πŸ’¬ 45    πŸ“Œ 23
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My daughter and I visited the house we lived in when she was a baby, and she was shocked a 29-year-old Navy guy could afford a nice house in a safe neighborhood.

That wasn’t crazy in 1996 β€” but today, a nice house is out of reach for so many young people. That has to change.

25.11.2025 15:38 β€” πŸ‘ 5908    πŸ” 1461    πŸ’¬ 173    πŸ“Œ 83

Moms and women make 70-80% of consumer spending decisions, and consumer spending is 70% of our economy.

"When women thrive, the economy thrives" is literally true.

Let's flex our power Thanksgiving through Cyber Monday! πŸ’ͺπŸ’ͺπŸ’ͺπŸ’ͺ

#WeAintBuyingIt #MomSky

26.11.2025 17:42 β€” πŸ‘ 79    πŸ” 34    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Remember this when your healthcare cost double or worse. πŸ“ˆπŸ’ΈπŸ‘‡πŸΎ

26.11.2025 05:05 β€” πŸ‘ 52    πŸ” 24    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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NASA map shows temperatures up to 160 degrees on Phoenix streets, sidewalks Data from June 19, when the daily high was 106 degrees, shows asphalt across the city that day was between 120 and 160 degrees.

IMPORTANT: NASA map shows temperatures of up to 160 degrees on Phoenix streets & sidewalks. All that unrelenting concrete and asphalt for cars. Not nearly enough trees. They start with ridiculous heat that’s only getting worse with the #ClimateCrisis, and then make it much worse with bad design.

26.11.2025 06:17 β€” πŸ‘ 427    πŸ” 140    πŸ’¬ 15    πŸ“Œ 21

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