John Weathers

That we are in 2025 and the #NewYorkTimes can still present regime change as anything other than naked butchery, using its opinion pages to launder warmongering, is a disgrace. #NoWar

Any U.S. intervention in Venezuela would be an evil act of aggression. Washington’s long and shameful history in Latin America is defined by operations carried out for the benefit of U.S. business interests, repeatedly producing bloodshed, devastation, and right-wing dictatorships.

Major U.S. outlets have long served as manufacturers of consent for military or covert action in service of U.S. empire, and it remains a tragedy how uncritical many readers are about this role.

The vile #NewYorkTimes is once again publishing an argument for U.S. aggression against a sovereign nation. It is a stark reminder that the paper reliably aligns with interventionist foreign-policy narratives.

US health insurers are raising insurance premiums by the most in 15 years, adding to fears that American consumers are struggling under the weight of high costs on.ft.com/46rvMhO

🤣 From the latest print copy of #TheOnion...

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lots of great ozzy songs one could choose to mark this moment, but i'm gonna go with the first song from which i remember hearing him, as well as one of my favorite karaoke songs

Ozzy Osbourne, ‘Prince of Darkness’ Turned Reality TV Star, Dies at 76

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Dans la Silicon Valley, les neuf milliardaires les plus riches possèdent quinze fois plus de liquidités que la moitié de la population de la région, selon un rapport D’après le Silicon Valley Index, qui mesure la santé de l’économie et de la population de la région depuis 1995, la concentration de richesses n’a jamais été aussi prononcée.

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From the 2024 Silicon Valley Pain Index:
“.001% of households (9 w/ $12B+) hold $110B in liquid wealth—12× the wealth of the bottom 50%; up from 6× last year.”

Full report: www.sjsu.edu/hri/docs/202...

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Put simply: the average elite under Louis XVI held about 0.1% of national wealth. Each of Silicon Valley’s 9 billionaire households holds nearly 8% of the region’s wealth.
Modern tech plutocracy isn’t just unequal—it’s more top-heavy than pre-revolutionary aristocracy.

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By contrast, under the Ancien Régime in France—a society built on noble birth and divine right—about 2% of the population (clergy and nobility) controlled 40–55% of national wealth, mostly land. But that elite included hundreds of thousands: dukes, bishops, provincial nobles.

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In Silicon Valley today, just 9 households—about 0.0009% of the population—hold over $110 billion in liquid wealth, giving them 12× more than the bottom 50% of the region combined, according to the 2024 Silicon Valley Pain Index.

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The first measles death in the US in a decade -- the tragic, preventable death of a child whose parents chose not to protect them with vaccination -- should spark an immediate nation-wide campaign to ensure all children are protected against preventable diseases. Anything less is unconscionable.

Current status: At the doctor’s office with a bag of nasa goodies for my doctor’s son who loves space and hitting refresh on various group chats to see which of my NASA friends and colleagues are illegally losing their jobs today.

I have similar difficulties at the moment.

Abruptly firing people who work in air traffic control is like murdering your own soldiers in the middle of a war.

Even if you think things now aren’t working as efficiently as they should there’s no clear path to recovering from this; it’s just a really extremely foolish and dangerous thing to do.