Neal Curtis

Florida’s Board of Governors is made up of “political appointees from the business world, from insurance executives to roofing contractors, who are dictating how professors must teach their courses and even providing state-created textbooks for doing so.”

My new piece in @truthout.bsky.social

People Are Calling Meta Ray-Bans "Pervert Glasses" On Bluesky, users quickly embraced the term "pervert glasses" to refer to Meta's Ray Ban smart glasses, following a shocking investigation.

Make it stick.

Yes, very good point.

AoNZ is 8th on the list with a mean of USD 388,761. Above us are Switzerland, Luxembourg, US, Hong Kong, Iceland, Australia, and Denmark. Below us in the top 10 are Norway and Singapore. Canada is 11th.

Wikipedia, using UBS's Wealth Databook, places AoNZ as the 8th richest country in the world, and yet we need to reduce dialysis programmes for patients. #NZpol

International Women's Day
Weekend of Action Mar. 7 -8

Courage is contagious. Refusal is powerful.
#Pinks

Join us today through Sun. Find an event near you:

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The Most Chilling Detail in the U.S. Attack on an Iranian Naval Ship The Iranian warship was taking part in an international exercise with many other countries—including the United States.

That Iranian Navy ship we torpedoed had no ammunition on board because that was a requirement to participate in the MILAN 2026 exercise (organized by the Indian Navy).

The US Navy knew this because IT ALSO PARTICIPATED IN THE EXERCISE. What a national embarrassment.
newrepublic.com/post/207429/...

Billboard - NO MATTER HOW MANY COUNTRIES YOU INVADE, YOU'LL STILL BE A NONCE

London, UK

“How quickly the Earth continues to warm ultimately depends on how rapidly we reduce global CO2 emissions from fossil fuels to zero."

A very hot future hiding here beneath a cool mist of can-do optimism.

New Ayatollah just dropped.

When you doubt yourself, always remember that Christopher Luxon proves that ppl with far less ability than you will think they have the right to take on jobs they are not fit for. Stand up for yourself.

Amazing how all these defenders of 'reality' become Jean Baudrillard when it suits them.

Congrats! I really enjoyed it and really should read it again. I mean a second read kind of feels compulsory.

A thread 🧵 where I will use maps to try and explain the War on Iran. Hopefully this helps.

Our first map is a true size map from truesizeof.com

It shows the United States compared to the region. Notice how #Iran is much larger than #Iraq and #Afghanistan and its central location.

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“I’d rather get bombed than pay taxes” does seem on brand for these folks, can’t question their commitment to the bit

I think Turkey mught have something to say.

I'm going to start a political party called "We Can't Be Arsed to Fix Anything Or Even Think Through Issues So We're Just Going To Attack Poor People Party" otherwise known as the WCBATFAOETYISWJGTAPP Party. Please vote.

Fill my this post with lovely stories about really cool ppl running countries and doing really positive things. Create a thread of positivity.

I want to be an artist, but I don't want to learn how.

I want to be a filmmaker, but I don't want to learn how.

I want to be a musician, but I don't want to learn how.

I want to be a writer, but I don't want to learn how.

AI, for those who can't, don't, and won't.

Desperately needed. Not a complete fix, but highlighting a major problem.

U.S. sub sinks Iranian warship off Sri Lanka, killing 87 and expanding war zone A U.S. submarine sank an Iranian warship off the southern coast of Sri Lanka, killing dozens of sailors and dramatically widening Washington's pursuit of the Iranian navy.

A US submarine sinking a lonely, dinky Iranian surface ship an ocean away from the theater of the main conflict—and 9000
miles from North America—makes it pretty clear the US is fighting a general war, without the declaration required by the Constitution. www.reuters.com/world/asia-p...

Iran conflict widens to Lebanon, Kuwait mistakenly downs US jets The U.S. and Israeli air war against Iran widened on Monday, with no end in sight as Israel attacked Lebanon in response to strikes by Hezbollah ​and Iran kept up its attacks on Gulf states that host ...

I have been trying to avoid the news, but this seems significant from earlier in the week. If Israel does take southern Lebanon I assume it will not be given back. And we complain about migrants & refugees when we continually displace ppl.
www.reuters.com/world/middle...

Do we know yet if the plan for attacking Iran is more than throwing a molotov cocktail into a firework factory?

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‘Tinderbox’ UK may be one shock away from food riots, experts say Weakened food security could tip into unrest after a cyber-attack, extreme weather or conflict, analysis finds

Your 'moment of doom' for Feb. 23, 2026 ~ Optimism bias

"A large majority of the experts – 80% – said large-scale violence caused by a food crisis was possible in the next 50 years, with 40% saying it could occur within the next decade..."

www.theguardian.com/food/2026/fe...

If you breach copyright to make publicly funded research publicly available they'll come at you with everything. If you turn theft into a business model investors can profit from, they'll change the law for you.

🚨 It looks like the UK government is gearing up to upend copyright law in favour of AI companies, legalising the theft of their work.

This is despite creatives' huge protests, and despite previous proposals being roundly rejected by the public.

Please spread the word.

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I'll be very happy to see the end of the theocratic regime in Iran, but being a vassal MAGA state will not free the Iranian ppl, and two US coups, 73 years apart, do not make a right.

RIP to hundreds of Iranians and one American vacation