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Wild they have to write a bill for this

we've turned the "sickos" dial up to 11

How Oregon’s Data Center Boom Is Supercharging a Water Crisis

Amazon has come to the state’s eastern farmland, worsening a water pollution problem that’s been linked to cancer and miscarriages.

Rolling Stone reports in collaboration with @thefern.org: www.rollingstone.com/culture/cult...

Aussie rules instincts

working on a Misfits "Bullet" parody, RFK Jr version

🧵 We are, in fact, doing the thing again for @onesimplewish.bsky.social. In 2024, the kind people of this community put the money cannon on blast to help grant $75K in wishes for children in foster care. Toys, tech, a suit for job interviews. Here we go again! 👇
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you shouldn’t rake the leaves in your yard. the leaves act as habitats for beneficial insects and break down into nutrients that strengthen the soil

that’s absolutely right Alex 🗣️🗣️🗣️

Kelly Hayes’ writing and her Movement Memos Podcast episodes about AI have been immensely useful to me and I recommend them. In this clip from our recent conversation, Kelly talks about how AI is emerging in a context of alienation and dehumanization.

We gotta start close-reading Dead Kennedys album artwork like it’s the writings of Nostradamus

Irish tourist jailed by Ice for months after overstaying US visit by three days: ‘Nobody is safe’ Exclusive: For roughly 100 days, Thomas says he faced harsh detention conditions, despite agreeing to deportation

NEW: An Irish tourist visiting the US was jailed by ICE for 3 months after overstaying 3 days due to medical issue. Thomas agreed to be deported, but instead went to federal prison where he recounted horrific conditions + no medical care.

“Nobody's safe from the system if they get pulled into it"

Satan Worshipping Doom (2020 Remaster), by Bongripper 4 track album

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EXCLUSIVE: Clean Water Advocate Chris Jones Takes Step Toward Iowa Agriculture Secretary Run “I think we need to rethink agriculture,” the professor-turned-advocate tells Sentient.

EXCLUSIVE: Former University of Iowa professor Chris Jones has announced an exploratory committee for Secretary of Agriculture in Iowa, a major step toward running for office. @ninaelkadi.com reports:

don't know what else to say but that we truly hate children in this country. Our ruling class is littered with pedophiles, we spent two years genociding and starving the kids in Gaza, we've done nothing to stop children here from being shredded by assault rifles in classrooms.

‘You Are All Terrorists’: Four Months in a Salvadoran Prison

The Times interviewed dozens of migrant men sent to a prison in El Salvador by the Trump administration. Independent forensic analysts called the testimony credible and consistent and said the treatment met the U.N.’s definition of torture.

www.nytimes.com/2025/11/08/w...

every AFC West uni matchup was perfect until those bullshit navy Broncos ones showed up

As important, China is exporting its revolution to the rest of the world. America's current government rejects renewable technologies. In Europe industry is hollowing out and voters are rebelling against expensive green policies. But it is in developing countries that the fight against climate change will be won or lost, and it is there that Chinese renewables will make the most difference. China is now making more money from exporting green technology than America makes from exporting fossil fuels. This trend will continue simply because renewables are cheap; if you doubt the appeal, count the solar panels on Pakistani roofs. The work China does on cutting emissions at home-ever cheaper renewables, more abundant storage which makes those renewables more useful, better electricity markets, long transmission lines and all sorts of associated expertise—will thus be increasingly relevant, and sellable, beyond its borders. This anti-emissions machine is powered by self-interest. More clean tech elsewhere lowers China's own climate risks by reducing global emissions. At the same time it brings economic benefits. For many years countries' economic and climate interests have often been thought to diverge, encouraging a free-rider problem in which they seek the benefits of slowing climate change while dodging its costs. Today the economic and climate incentives of the world's biggest manufacturer and many of its export markets are increasingly aligned.

since no one clicks the article i'll keep lugging the hopium over here

Elon Musk is boosting the British right - and this shows how Elon Musk is boosting the British right - and this shows how

Vital piece of investigative reporting from Sky. They've uncovered the X algorithm which feeds users extremist right wing material from the moment they join the site. It is a far-right radicalisation engine, by design.

news.sky.com/story/the-x-...

This really hasn’t gotten enough attention this week.

@wired.com #ICE
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basically every 2024 truism is dead. Trump did not build a lasting multiracial coalition or turn young men into committed Republicans. You don’t need to cave on trans rights to win. The pundits have nothing left to tell you.

Years of US police impunity conditioned USians to accept this as acceptable.

A reminder that you don't need to understand everything you see

Early planning documents reviewed by WIRED describe a statewide transport grid designed for steady detainee transfers across Texas, with ICE estimating each trip to average 100 miles. Every county would have its own small, around-the-clock team of contractors collecting immigrants from local authorities deputized by ICE. It is a subtle transfer of the physical custody process into the hands of a private security firm—authorized to carry firearms and perform transport duties “in any and all local, county, state, and ICE locations.”

NEW: ICE is planning to build a shadow deportation network in Texas. A proposal outlines a 24/7 transport operation run by armed contractors—turning Texas into the logistical backbone of an industrialized deportation machine.

My latest @wired.com: www.wired.com/story/ice-is...

Cancer killed his parents. He’s facing the same disease alone — and unhoused. Marcus Ford, like other Black men around the country, lives with a higher risk of dying from cancer due to factors out of his control. But Medicaid cuts may take away his treatment.

What does our health care system look like? What does our social safety net look like?

It looks like Marcus. At 61, he spends most nights riding the Chicago Red Line or looking for a park bench or bus stop, trying to find sleep. He recently finished radiation treatment for prostate cancer.

Golden-crowned Kinglets frequently call to stay in contact with each other. This wee one is giving the high pitched "see see see" contact call.

I've built a socioeconomic system that depends on everyone to do useful work and act ethically except the people at the top, who get unimaginable rewards for being antisocial frauds and criminals. And I think it will stand the test of time

They’re just never ever gonna stop this and our tax dollars pay for it

As I continue to watch a TERF vs. trans ally discourse play out I cannot get over the fact that we are arguing about no actual people. There are zero trans women in top level professional sport right now. Literally none. It is an argument based on a fantasy about something that might happen someday.

TRIGGERED!

Troy McClure getting the part of "human" in the Planet of the Apes musical

when he got the call that he got the job:

please give money and not food, it takes a not insignificant amount of time to sort and stock donations and money goes very far. also make sure you donate to a place that treats people with dignity and respect and allows access to anyone