Herb Walker

The #grokipedia on coral reefs mentions "global warming" and "climate change" zero times. It also emphasizes reefs' resilience to "thermal stress." 🧪🌎🦑

"Freedom of choice
Is what you got
Freedom from choice
Is what you want"
- Devo

“.. A top US military official has ordered the national guards of all 50 US states .. to form ‘quick reaction forces’ trained in ‘riot control’, including use of batons, body shields, Tasers and pepper spray, according to an internal Pentagon directive ..”

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It's quite the opposite. Regime forces are their to support ICE, not counter them.

Excerpt of "The Shutdown" https://sarahkendzior.substack.com/p/the-shutdown

sarahkendzior.substack.com/p/the-shutdown

The National Press Club of Australia Cancels My Talk on Our Betrayal of Palestinian Journalists - Read by Eunice Wong The National Press Club of Australia cancelled my talk on how the media, by amplifying Israeli lies, have betrayed Palestinian journalists, 278 of whom have been assassinated by Israel.

Chris Hedges: The National Press Club of Australia Cancels My Talk on Our Betrayal of Palestinian Journalists - Read by Eunice Wong

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’46 CHILDREN!’: GOP’s Taylor Greene blasts Israeli response to ceasefire violation * * *

’46 CHILDREN!’: GOP’s Taylor Greene blasts Israeli response to ceasefire violation

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Galaxy merger that resembles a face with large, glowing yellow eyes. At the center are two bright white, fuzzy ovals that appear side by side. These white ovals are the cores of the galaxies. The right galaxy’s core has a brown ring of dust and gas around it and appears fully face-on. The left galaxy is appears at a slight angle, but is mainly face-on. Together, they appear to make up the “eyes” of the “face.” Outside this core are lanes of blue gas and dust, which take the shape of a rough oval, and are about as large as a head when compared to the size and appearance of the galaxies. Strewn throughout the image are many fuzzy streaks and dots, which are galaxies and stars respectively.

There are no expansive, glowing eyes in this Hubble image. This “face” is the result of two galaxies that collided head-on and have begun to intertwine. They will merge completely in 1-2 billion years. For now, they make up a ring galaxy, a rare classification. Credit: NASA/ESA 🔭 🧪 🎃

“If I want to enact a certain act, I’m allowed to do it,” Trump said. “I’d be allowed to do whatever I want. The courts wouldn’t get involved. Nobody would get involved. And I could send the Army, Navy, Air Force, Marines — I could send anybody I wanted.”

Trump administration says it won't tap emergency funds to pay food aid The move means 42 million people will miss SNAP benefits in November unless Congress acts.

It bears repeating: USDA has a $5 billion contingency reserve that it refuses to utilize to continue SNAP benefits. This was the USDA's *own plan* at the start of the shutdown—now quietly deleted from its website.

This is as blatant an example of "hunger is a policy choice" as you will ever see.

Nazi Punks Fuck Off!

BREAKING: A federal judge just ordered Pam Bondi to hand over a secret memo that ADMITS the prosecution of Kilmar Abrego Garcia is a complete scam. It was written by a prosecutor who quit the same day Garcia was charged. 👏 Let's go!!!

So when is this gonna drop nationwide. I've heard it only once before now.

What we're witnessing with #Melissa is ultra rare in the history of known hurricanes in the Atlantic. This level of sustained intensity and feasting on every joule of ocean heat content without any real disruption is incredible.

Not hyperbole: Jamaica is facing a generational catastrophic event.

In memory of Darren Henley aka D. H. Peligro, longtime drummer of the Dead Kennedys and short-term drummer of the Red Hot Chili Peppers, who passed away unexpectedly 3 years ago today

📸 Alison Braun

#punkdrummer in heaven 💔

#punk #punkrock #deadkennedys #dhpeligro #history #punkrockhistory #otd

Gov. Landry further politicizes food aid in Louisiana • Louisiana Illuminator To stand behind his statement, the governor must willingly ignore the significant portion of Louisiana residents among the working poor in a state with the nation’s highest poverty rate.

Gov. Landry further politicizes food aid in Louisiana

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RIP Jack De Johnette

A Federal Agent Shot at a Driver in D.C. An MPD Officer Was Told To Omit the Shooting from His Report. An HSI agent fired three times into a vehicle police claimed was trying to flee. The charges were dismissed during a preliminary hearing.

A Homeland Security Investigations agent shot at an unarmed Black man during a traffic stop on Oct. 17. But a @dcpolicedept.bsky.social officer omitted any mention of the shooting from his reports, apparently under instruction from a "team leader."

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This is a scary and important read

Monday morning on Earth. Life first stirred on our planet 4.5 billion years ago. In another 5, the Sun will exhaust its hydrogen, swell into a red giant, and draw our small world into its fading heart. Our story -- whatever it is that you're doing today -- is at its midpoint.

#science #astronomy 🔭👩🏾‍🔬

Comet C/2025 A6 (Lemmon) seen from high elevation with an orange backlit cloud layer below it, dark and starry skies above it and a golden glowing sea at the bottom. Commentary by Marina Pol on X: Comet C/2025 A6 (Lemmon), Gran Canaria and Tenerife. We went up to avoid the low clouds and there were also high ones. We took advantage of the windows we had and enjoyed the views and the good transparency, despite the pesky clouds.

One more outstanding and artistic shot of Comet C/2025 A6 (Lemmon) by astro-photographer Marina Prol from the Canary Islands, taken on October 25.
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Credit: Marina Prol
#Astronomy

digging through the ruins of Gaza City and Khan Younis for Israeli captives, even as thousands of Palestinians remain buried under rubble. Hamas’s armed wing, the Qassam Brigades, said it recovered the body of one Israeli captive and handed it to the Red Cross at 9 pm Gaza time (2 pm ET). Hamas has now recovered 18 Israeli captives. Israel claims 12 more are still buried under buildings Israel destroyed during the war. Meanwhile, the occupation continues to block the entry of tents, mobile homes, and essential supplies into Gaza despite a ceasefire now in its third week. Food and water remain scarce, and hospitals still lack critical medical supplies, according to Al Jazeera’s Gaza correspondent Hani Mahmoud. The Director of the Network of Civil Society Organizations in Gaza described the situation as “catastrophic,” saying the aid that has entered so far meets less than 10% of people’s needs. He said Gaza urgently requires 300,000 tents to shelter residents after over 1.5 million Palestinians lost their homes. 📷 The Red Cross accompanied members of the Qassam Brigades during a search for the bodies of Israeli captives in the Al-Tuffah neighborhood, east of Gaza City.

⭕️ BREAKING | Israel still blocking tents and mobile homes from entering Gaza for third straight week after ceasefire agreement; Qassam Brigades recover body of another Israeli captive

Palestinian search teams, aided by Egyptian heavy machinery, are digging through the ruins of Gaza City and Khan...

They're planning on it. They call it the Third Term Project and announced it at CPAC.

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Just another "Kavanaugh Stop" 6 broken ribs and internal bleeding, for trying to drive down his street to his house

'We didn't ask for this': Nebraska town fuming over 'asinine' ICE takeover of camp The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is creating a different type of disruption in the town McCook, Nebraska, by making a deal with the Republican governor to take over a work camp and convert it...

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WELL, oh WELL….and how’d ya vote Nebraska? Huh? Answer me!

Looking to speed up building network of migrant detention centers, Trump administration turns to the US Navy | CNN Politics The Department of Homeland Security is funneling $10 billion through the Navy to help facilitate the construction of a s

Trump wants to use the Navy to build $10B worth of migrant detention camps.

Let me get this straight: we "can't afford" to invest in public programs that make housing or healthcare more affordable — but we have endless funds to detain migrants and enrich defense contractors?

This video from Portland is a metaphor for what is going on in America. ICE trying so hard to get Americans to cross a line and if they don't, dragging them across the line and violently attacking.

Kidnapped child