A big part of the erosion of democracy is corporate capture of news media. This is a crucial report. Thanks @rooseveltinstitute.org
Thrilled to announce the publication of our @rooseveltinstitute.org report that uncovers the policy roots of the current crises facing our news, information & communication systems. We argue that media reform must become central to a US pro-democracy movement. rooseveltinstitute.org/publications...
The Political Economy of the US Media System: Excavating the Roots of the Present Crisis - Roosevelt Institute
Bilal Baydoun, Shahrzad Shams, and Victor Pickard trace the roots of the US media crisis to decades of deregulation and commercial capture, outlining how consolidation, news deserts, and platform domi...
rooseveltinstitute.org
December 4, 2025 at 3:43 PM
A big part of the erosion of democracy is corporate capture of news media. This is a crucial report. Thanks @rooseveltinstitute.org
Despicable. Blatant. Corrosive.
December 4, 2025 at 12:30 PM
Despicable. Blatant. Corrosive.
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This is a legitimate scientific revolution in meteorology.
Also, to be clear, these models are not the AI LLMs that most people are familiar with. They are machine learning algorithms trained on observations (actually reanalysis).
Also, to be clear, these models are not the AI LLMs that most people are familiar with. They are machine learning algorithms trained on observations (actually reanalysis).
Meteorologists are surprised that the weather model that did the best job forecasting hurricanes this year was a new one, introduced by Google. AI may be the beginning of a new era of forecasting. n.pr/49MFa1M
As the 2025 Atlantic hurricane season ends, the future of forecasting is AI
Meteorologists are surprised that the weather model that did the best job forecasting hurricanes this year was a new one, introduced by Google. AI may be the beginning of a new era of forecasting.
n.pr
November 30, 2025 at 5:55 AM
This is a legitimate scientific revolution in meteorology.
Also, to be clear, these models are not the AI LLMs that most people are familiar with. They are machine learning algorithms trained on observations (actually reanalysis).
Also, to be clear, these models are not the AI LLMs that most people are familiar with. They are machine learning algorithms trained on observations (actually reanalysis).
Trump is a decrepit puppet, a fascist bootlicker, and his name is all over the Epstein files. May he Rot In Purgatory, starting as soon a possible.
November 30, 2025 at 1:05 PM
Trump is a decrepit puppet, a fascist bootlicker, and his name is all over the Epstein files. May he Rot In Purgatory, starting as soon a possible.
1000% This
📌"I have typed before, and will until my last breath, that Black voters are America’s TRUE patriots, and the only voting bloc that overwhelmingly and consistently gets it right.
How incredibly sad it must be to see white people elect bile who see white supremacy as a virtue, instead of a plague."
How incredibly sad it must be to see white people elect bile who see white supremacy as a virtue, instead of a plague."
WHITE COWER
Like it or not, Donald Trump's vulgar presidency is very much a black-and-white issue ...
dearlstephens.substack.com
November 30, 2025 at 11:14 AM
1000% This
A major heads up for the Tangerine Testicle and his minions!
Tic Toc ⏰⌛⚖
Tic Toc ⏰⌛⚖
Jair Bolsonaro ordered to start 27-year prison term for plotting Brazil coup
Ex-president to start serving term in 12 sq metre bedroom in police base in Brasília after time for appeals elapses
www.theguardian.com
November 26, 2025 at 1:22 PM
A major heads up for the Tangerine Testicle and his minions!
Tic Toc ⏰⌛⚖
Tic Toc ⏰⌛⚖
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“The younger generation is the most ecologically informed ever."
They are also “the most emotionally involved in [nature loss], have contributed the least to [its] causing, and are going to suffer most as a result.”
The power of rewilding to transform our own lives, as well as nature.
They are also “the most emotionally involved in [nature loss], have contributed the least to [its] causing, and are going to suffer most as a result.”
The power of rewilding to transform our own lives, as well as nature.
November 25, 2025 at 6:21 AM
“The younger generation is the most ecologically informed ever."
They are also “the most emotionally involved in [nature loss], have contributed the least to [its] causing, and are going to suffer most as a result.”
The power of rewilding to transform our own lives, as well as nature.
They are also “the most emotionally involved in [nature loss], have contributed the least to [its] causing, and are going to suffer most as a result.”
The power of rewilding to transform our own lives, as well as nature.
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“#COP30 was declared the COP of truth and implementation - we got neither.” Here’s what PIK Directors Johan Rockström and Ottmar Edenhofer have to say about the outcome of the conference: www.pik-potsdam.de/en/news/late...
November 22, 2025 at 7:50 PM
“#COP30 was declared the COP of truth and implementation - we got neither.” Here’s what PIK Directors Johan Rockström and Ottmar Edenhofer have to say about the outcome of the conference: www.pik-potsdam.de/en/news/late...
It's all Flood the Zone. Transparency is the biggest lie they ever told.
November 23, 2025 at 9:00 PM
It's all Flood the Zone. Transparency is the biggest lie they ever told.
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"Warming is going to exceed 1.5°C. We are heading into overshoot within the next few years": a stark message by PIK Director Rockström & James Dyke in @theconversation.com. Yet, science shows a way back: fossil-fuel phase-out, nature protection, carbon removal.
theconversation.com/the-world-lo...
theconversation.com/the-world-lo...
The world lost the climate gamble. Now it faces a dangerous new reality
The world bet on collective but voluntary action to keep global warming at a safe level.
theconversation.com
November 22, 2025 at 2:07 PM
"Warming is going to exceed 1.5°C. We are heading into overshoot within the next few years": a stark message by PIK Director Rockström & James Dyke in @theconversation.com. Yet, science shows a way back: fossil-fuel phase-out, nature protection, carbon removal.
theconversation.com/the-world-lo...
theconversation.com/the-world-lo...
Not in my normal line of posting but GOD KNOWS we all need some good news. This is really something.
British and Australian chemists have discovered a powerful new antibiotic called pre-methylenomycin C lactone, hiding in a well-known soil bacterium. This molecule kills drug-resistant bacteria without triggering resistance. buff.ly/YlXaONo
#ShareGoodNewsToo
#ShareGoodNewsToo
Scientists find hidden antibiotic 100x stronger against deadly superbugs
A team of scientists discovered a hidden antibiotic 100 times stronger than existing drugs against deadly superbugs like MRSA. The molecule had been overlooked for decades in a familiar bacterium. It…
buff.ly
November 19, 2025 at 10:30 AM
Not in my normal line of posting but GOD KNOWS we all need some good news. This is really something.
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Trump calling ANYONE piggy 😀🤣
November 18, 2025 at 7:15 PM
Trump calling ANYONE piggy 😀🤣
Thiel dumps entire Nvidia stake and slashes Tesla holdings amid bubble fears.. welllllll here we go folks! Carole Cadwalladr's finger is on the pulse as usual.
NEW: Peter Thiel has blinked. Yesterday, I posted an article about the "Great AI Bubble". And today, we find out that he's bailed on the market.
Has he cut & run? Or is this some 3-D chess-type voodoo? Thoughts please.
open.substack.com/pub/broligar...
Has he cut & run? Or is this some 3-D chess-type voodoo? Thoughts please.
open.substack.com/pub/broligar...
Peter Thiel Gets Out of Dodge
Yesterday, I published on "Great AI Bubble". Today, Silicon Valley's Dr Evil dumps his stock
open.substack.com
November 17, 2025 at 7:26 PM
Thiel dumps entire Nvidia stake and slashes Tesla holdings amid bubble fears.. welllllll here we go folks! Carole Cadwalladr's finger is on the pulse as usual.
Essential reading I would say.
November 17, 2025 at 8:53 AM
Essential reading I would say.
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From this minister's op-ed: "People wanting to experience God are more likely to meet the Divine trying to shut down the Broadview, Illinois, ICE facility than we ever were in church...God does not live in our houses of worship, but...with those who are bearing the brunt of cruelty in this moment."
Oh wow @reuters.com got the photo here:
November 14, 2025 at 9:38 PM
From this minister's op-ed: "People wanting to experience God are more likely to meet the Divine trying to shut down the Broadview, Illinois, ICE facility than we ever were in church...God does not live in our houses of worship, but...with those who are bearing the brunt of cruelty in this moment."
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QAnon: "cheese pizza"
actual email: love having sex with children see you soon
actual email: love having sex with children see you soon
November 12, 2025 at 10:09 PM
QAnon: "cheese pizza"
actual email: love having sex with children see you soon
actual email: love having sex with children see you soon
Despicable racist action from the Trump regime erasing information about Black soldiers from a WWII memorial in the Netherlands. More pathetic behaviour from insecure hollow men like Trump and Hegseth. NL will fight it. #BlackLivesMatter
Limburg demands answers over U.S. whitewashing of Black history at WWII cemetery
The province of Limburg has asked the American ambassador to the Netherlands to replace the information panels about Black soldiers in the visitors center of the Netherlands American Cemetery in Margr...
nltimes.nl
November 11, 2025 at 9:47 PM
Despicable racist action from the Trump regime erasing information about Black soldiers from a WWII memorial in the Netherlands. More pathetic behaviour from insecure hollow men like Trump and Hegseth. NL will fight it. #BlackLivesMatter
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"Build A Ballroom"
October 29, 2025 at 3:54 PM
"Build A Ballroom"
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Guterres is right.
Even a temporary overshoot could unleash far greater destruction and costs for every nation. It could push ecosystems past catastrophic and irreversible tipping points.
Fossil fuel companies are deceiving the public and obstructing progress. www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Even a temporary overshoot could unleash far greater destruction and costs for every nation. It could push ecosystems past catastrophic and irreversible tipping points.
Fossil fuel companies are deceiving the public and obstructing progress. www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Missing 1.5C climate target is a moral failure, Guterres tells Cop30 summit
UN secretary general urges opening session in Brazil to bring about a ‘fundamental paradigm shift’
www.theguardian.com
November 6, 2025 at 2:48 PM
Guterres is right.
Even a temporary overshoot could unleash far greater destruction and costs for every nation. It could push ecosystems past catastrophic and irreversible tipping points.
Fossil fuel companies are deceiving the public and obstructing progress. www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Even a temporary overshoot could unleash far greater destruction and costs for every nation. It could push ecosystems past catastrophic and irreversible tipping points.
Fossil fuel companies are deceiving the public and obstructing progress. www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Coming as a surprise to absolutely nobody..
Article from 2017. Documented facts.
Article from 2017. Documented facts.
Power Causes Brain Damage
How leaders lose mental capacities—most notably for reading other people—that were essential to their rise
www.theatlantic.com
November 6, 2025 at 1:08 AM
Coming as a surprise to absolutely nobody..
Article from 2017. Documented facts.
Article from 2017. Documented facts.
Bravo Mamdani 👏 and Bravo New York 👏 This election victory means a lot - especially for repudiating Islamophobic attacks and weaponisation of antisemitism 💛
They Tried to Smear Zohran Mamdani as an Antisemite. Voters Saw Right Through It.
Mamdani’s mayoral victory in New York City means so much — including the repudiation of Islamophobic attacks and weaponization of antisemitism.
theintercept.com
November 5, 2025 at 5:54 PM
Bravo Mamdani 👏 and Bravo New York 👏 This election victory means a lot - especially for repudiating Islamophobic attacks and weaponisation of antisemitism 💛
Bravo Mamdani !! Putting up a fight for who and what you love 💪❤️
They are like a rabid animal now that we backed them into a corner with our bold voting. Make no mistake they will ratchet up their attacks on the Republic. We will need all our reserve to keep pushing back. Our win is hope! We can survive this trauma. Feel our power. We the people! #pinks #resist 🔊
November 5, 2025 at 2:35 PM
Bravo Mamdani !! Putting up a fight for who and what you love 💪❤️