Jane Thurber

So we've gone from "he never said anything Nazi" to "well he might have said something Nazi but not in a hurtful way" to "well okay he probably did say something Nazi in a hurtful way, but didn't we all?"

USAID Hired the Right-Wing Influencer Responsible for Its Decimation Mike Benz was brought aboard to find evidence for his claims that the agency is secretly a spy operation.

Mike Benz, the pathological paranoiac who never did find the 22 million tweets Stanford supposedly censored, or explain how the CIA ran me as an asset, is now “investigating” USAID — the agency he boasts about being instrumental in killing — from the inside.

www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...

This was so much fun to be a part of! Happy 25th Anniversary to Bullseye and to Jesse Thorn!!

cool cool cool cool cool cool cool cool www.nytimes.com/2025/12/08/t...

After abortion, some people report worsening mental health. Experts say it’s not about regret. The feelings of depression may come from hormonal and physical changes that can follow pregnancy's end, but experts say more research is needed.

Research shows that most people do not have emotional distress after getting an abortion. Yet Reddit message boards are filled with threads written by people who are seeking information about the negative emotions they felt after getting an abortions.

From @rewirenewsgroup.com:

Border Patrol Agent Recorded Raid with Meta’s Ray-Ban Smart Glasses New videos and photos shared with 404 Media show a Border Patrol agent wearing Meta Ray-Bans glasses with the recording light clearly on. This is despite a DHS ban on officers recording with personal ...

New videos and photos shared with 404 Media show a Border Patrol agent wearing Meta Ray-Bans glasses with the recording light clearly on.

This is despite a DHS ban on officers recording with personal devices...

Abigail would like a word…

The one thing that we know for sure would slow migration at the southern border is improving the political stability and economic wellbeing of Latin America

This is a crude comparison but it underscores the point:

At full price, employer-based insurance premiums have been similar to or HIGHER than full price ACA coverage on average for years now.

With subsidies, they've also been similar WITH the enhanced tax credits.

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Specifically, making court documents available as part of my reporting — which I consider essential for all journalists to do — costs money.

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Nobel cancels event, raising questions over Peace Prize winner Machado's whereabouts Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize on October 10 for her efforts to bring democracy to Venezuela, challenging the iron-fisted rule of Nicolas Maduro, who has been president since 2013.

Nobel cancels event, raising questions over Peace Prize winner Machado's whereabouts

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I think everyone is delusional if they believe Sam Altman doesn't have 24 hour nannies & a concierge pediatrician.

Trinidad awaits field plan to green-light Shell's Aphrodite gas project Trinidad and Tobago's government is waiting for a development plan from energy producer Shell to push forward the Aphrodite offshore gas project, documents seen by Reuters showed.

Trinidad awaits field plan to green-light Shell's Aphrodite gas project reut.rs/44gjNCk

REPEAT AFTER ME (but really, after Neil Kraus):

Wage stagnation and underemployment are not problems that education can fix. We cannot "upskill" students into well-paying jobs that do. not. exist.

US power use to reach record highs in 2025 and 2026, EIA says U.S. power consumption will hit record highs in 2025 and 2026, the Energy Information Administration said in its short-term energy outlook on Tuesday.

US power use to reach record highs in 2025 and 2026, EIA says reut.rs/4psKhJe

It's pretty good ROI until you have to keep humans alive. Their earth sciences division is really underrated.

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Starter Packs are one of my favourite features of @bsky.app. I’ve curated 20+ climate-themed packs on everything from health to comedy (all linked on my profile). But this one is special: my very first pack, the colleagues I personally turn to for insight + perspective, most of whom I know IRL.

Photo of 6 scenes from a Peepshow toy theater by Martin Englebrecht (around 1721).

I enjoyed this show more than expected, but one fun surprise was the peepshow box theater scenes.

Could the super-rich be cloning themselves? And why would they? - Betteridge’s Law No.

Could the super-rich be cloning themselves? And why would they?

this is insane

A post by James Gerber from Project Drawdown stating that as CO2 emissions from coffee itself are relatively small, drink as much as you want then go learn about heat pumps.

@jorkussmellington.bsky.social On coffee (and really, I would say most other food-related questions OTHER than unchecked consumption of red meat, which the biggest single food-related source of emissions and unsustainable use of land/water resources), this post makes an excellent point!

Getting copied is devastating — but not necessarily illegal. Who owns what in an era of unprecedented mass consumption?

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Bar and Grill

Bar and Grill https://www.wikiart.org/en/jacob-lawrence/bar-and-grill-1941

The End #53

The End #53 https://www.wikiart.org/en/edward-ruscha/the-end-53

under pressure

CITI has a new report — advocating for “a new approach where lenders offer borrowers new mortgages at a rate between their existing low rate and current market rates ..”

www.citigroup.com/rcs/citigpa/...

Who amongst us...