AlysWallMigrated2Oz
@alyswall.bsky.social
Geographer, Digital Original, Cartographer, Geospatial Scientist, Plant & Animal Advocate, ocean swimmer. From N. Calif, Hawaii 25 years, moved to Oz in 2005. Lives in Queensland, Australia near the beach on Gureng Gureng native land. 0 posts=no follow
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AlysWallMigrated2Oz
@alyswall.bsky.social
· Jan 21
Trump IS bamboozled about Greenland, it is NOT a huge country. It appears large because it is displayed using a Mercator projection (created in 1569 by Geradus Mercator for navigation). Mercator maps distort land area nearest the poles. A problem when flattening a globe. truesizeofcountries.com
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"Venezuela has long grappled with political instability and economic decline, rooted partly in its reliance on oil. This fragility, compounded by years of sanctions, has also led to one of the world’s largest exoduses as Venezuelans seek stability and better opportunities abroad."
aje.io/k30xlv
aje.io/k30xlv
Venezuela explained in 10 maps and charts
Al Jazeera visualises Venezuela’s political and economic landscape, oil riches, migration crisis and tensions with US.
aje.io
November 30, 2025 at 4:55 AM
"Venezuela has long grappled with political instability and economic decline, rooted partly in its reliance on oil. This fragility, compounded by years of sanctions, has also led to one of the world’s largest exoduses as Venezuelans seek stability and better opportunities abroad."
aje.io/k30xlv
aje.io/k30xlv
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The Citizens United decision has corrupted our government and is destroying our democracy. Here's a way to get rid of it. robertreich.substack.com/p/how-to-get...
How to Get Rid of "Citizens United"
We can do away with it without a new Supreme Court. Nor do we need a constitutional amendment. There’s a far simpler way.
robertreich.substack.com
November 29, 2025 at 11:34 PM
The Citizens United decision has corrupted our government and is destroying our democracy. Here's a way to get rid of it. robertreich.substack.com/p/how-to-get...
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November 30, 2025 at 12:58 AM
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"Venezuela has long grappled with political instability and economic decline, rooted partly in its reliance on oil. This fragility, compounded by years of sanctions, has also led to one of the world’s largest exoduses as Venezuelans seek stability and better opportunities abroad."
aje.io/k30xlv
aje.io/k30xlv
Venezuela explained in 10 maps and charts
Al Jazeera visualises Venezuela’s political and economic landscape, oil riches, migration crisis and tensions with US.
aje.io
November 30, 2025 at 4:55 AM
"Venezuela has long grappled with political instability and economic decline, rooted partly in its reliance on oil. This fragility, compounded by years of sanctions, has also led to one of the world’s largest exoduses as Venezuelans seek stability and better opportunities abroad."
aje.io/k30xlv
aje.io/k30xlv
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I had a business law professor tell me the only real legal difference between me and a corporation was the corporation couldn't vote. They could do all the other legal things I could like own property etc and they even a tax ID number so the government could tax them. But they can't vote.
November 25, 2025 at 4:58 PM
I had a business law professor tell me the only real legal difference between me and a corporation was the corporation couldn't vote. They could do all the other legal things I could like own property etc and they even a tax ID number so the government could tax them. But they can't vote.
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“It’s kind of ironic that there may now be a reverse process where other countries may start picking up talent which is currently in the U.S.”
The 'Mozart of Math' rarely speaks about politics. The wide-ranging cuts to science funding made him change that.
UCLA's Terence Tao called the Trump administration's actions an "existential threat" to academic research in the U.S.
www.nbcnews.com
November 26, 2025 at 2:01 PM
“It’s kind of ironic that there may now be a reverse process where other countries may start picking up talent which is currently in the U.S.”
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but what about “engagement” metrics? /s
New study finds that down-ranking hostile political content in people’s social media feeds decreases political polarization.
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Reranking partisan animosity in algorithmic social media feeds alters affective polarization
Today, social media platforms hold the sole power to study the effects of feed-ranking algorithms. We developed a platform-independent method that reranks participants’ feeds in real time and used thi...
www.science.org
November 28, 2025 at 11:18 PM
but what about “engagement” metrics? /s
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Trump's DOJ released Epstein files with 28 victim names unredacted after promising anonymity. Victims in "widespread panic" over exposure. Meanwhile, 100+ pages vanished from files, Trump's name scrubbed by 1,000 FBI agents. They protected him, exposed his victims. Intentional cruelty.
November 28, 2025 at 12:05 PM
Trump's DOJ released Epstein files with 28 victim names unredacted after promising anonymity. Victims in "widespread panic" over exposure. Meanwhile, 100+ pages vanished from files, Trump's name scrubbed by 1,000 FBI agents. They protected him, exposed his victims. Intentional cruelty.
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What do affordable healthcare and sarcasm have in common?
Most Americans don't get it.
Most Americans don't get it.
November 29, 2025 at 5:53 AM
What do affordable healthcare and sarcasm have in common?
Most Americans don't get it.
Most Americans don't get it.
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Now, remind me again that non-Americans should mind their own business.
November 25, 2025 at 11:41 AM
Now, remind me again that non-Americans should mind their own business.
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a lot of words, none of them denying that Hegseth gave an order to kill helpless people who were stranded at sea after he blew up their boats
November 29, 2025 at 12:47 AM
a lot of words, none of them denying that Hegseth gave an order to kill helpless people who were stranded at sea after he blew up their boats
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The ABA stands firmly with Chief Justice John Roberts’ statement rejecting calls by government officials to impeach federal judges who issue rulings with which they disagree.
March 18, 2025 at 10:04 PM
The ABA stands firmly with Chief Justice John Roberts’ statement rejecting calls by government officials to impeach federal judges who issue rulings with which they disagree.
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The Republican Party has to be the biggest con job in US history. It’s always been a cult. They vote Republican cause their pappy voted Republican and his pappy voted Republican etc. not educated enough to think for themselves or to even realize they vote against their own best interests.
November 28, 2025 at 4:13 PM
The Republican Party has to be the biggest con job in US history. It’s always been a cult. They vote Republican cause their pappy voted Republican and his pappy voted Republican etc. not educated enough to think for themselves or to even realize they vote against their own best interests.
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Wheels for Wellbeing are concerned by reports that the Chancellor is considering putting a maximum price for cycles allowed through the Cycle to Work scheme.
We are calling for the scheme to be reformed rather than capped.
Read our full statement. wheelsforwellbeing.org.uk/wheels-for-w...
We are calling for the scheme to be reformed rather than capped.
Read our full statement. wheelsforwellbeing.org.uk/wheels-for-w...
November 21, 2025 at 12:43 PM
Wheels for Wellbeing are concerned by reports that the Chancellor is considering putting a maximum price for cycles allowed through the Cycle to Work scheme.
We are calling for the scheme to be reformed rather than capped.
Read our full statement. wheelsforwellbeing.org.uk/wheels-for-w...
We are calling for the scheme to be reformed rather than capped.
Read our full statement. wheelsforwellbeing.org.uk/wheels-for-w...
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Really interesting thread.
The Myth of a Rightward Realignment
Let’s discard some stubborn misconceptions about Trump’s support and what happened in the 2024 election. They are only obscuring our understanding of a profound de-alignment.
As the piece is partially behind a paywall, I’ll share some key thoughts:
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Let’s discard some stubborn misconceptions about Trump’s support and what happened in the 2024 election. They are only obscuring our understanding of a profound de-alignment.
As the piece is partially behind a paywall, I’ll share some key thoughts:
🧵
The Myth of a Rightward Realignment
Let’s discard some stubborn misconceptions about Trump’s support and what happened in the 2024 election that are obscuring our understanding of a profound de-alignment
steady.page
November 27, 2025 at 2:45 PM
Really interesting thread.
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Second-Term Tab For Trump’s Golf Hobby Tops $70 Million, On Track To Exceed $300 Million
Source: HuffPost
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Source: HuffPost
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Second-Term Tab For Trump’s Golf Hobby Tops $70 Million, On Track To Exceed $300 Million - NewsBreak
The total would double the $151.5 million taxpayers shelled out for him to play golf during his first term.
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November 27, 2025 at 12:30 AM
Second-Term Tab For Trump’s Golf Hobby Tops $70 Million, On Track To Exceed $300 Million
Source: HuffPost
share.newsbreak.com/g34j05vb
Source: HuffPost
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