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radleybalko.bsky.social
I thought this was a joke. It’s real.
eliothiggins.bsky.social Eliot Higgins @eliothiggins.bsky.social · 5h
From JD Vance on Houthi PC small group, the day after Signalgate broke:
December 4, 2025 at 7:36 PM
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jennanewman.bsky.social
“When participants used ChatGPT to draft essays, brain scans revealed a 47% drop in neural connectivity across regions associated with memory, language, & critical reasoning.

Their brains worked less, but they felt just as engaged—a kind of metacognitive mirage.”🧪
“When participants used ChatGPT to draft essays, brain scans revealed a 47 percent drop in neural connectivity across regions associated with memory, language, and critical reasoning. Their brains worked less, but they felt just as engaged—a kind of metacognitive mirage. Eighty-three percent of heavy Al users couldn't recall key points from what they'd "written, compared to only 10 percent of those who composed unaided. Neutral reviewers described the Al-assisted writing as "soulless, empty, lacking individuality." Most alarmingly, after four months of reliance on Chat GPT, participants wrote worse once it was removed than those who had never used it at all. The study warns that when writing is delegated to Al, the way people learn fundamentally changes.”
December 4, 2025 at 2:13 PM
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andriikatriuk.bsky.social
How's it going folks? [82]

#UkrainianView
December 4, 2025 at 2:16 PM
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thetnholler.bsky.social
UPDATE: Van Epps getting immediately sworn in today because they can count on him to do the bidding of the rich and powerful, whereas Rep. Grijalva had to wait because she was not going to protect powerful pedophiles 🤔 @SpeakerJohnson
December 4, 2025 at 2:16 PM
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scully78.bsky.social
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December 4, 2025 at 2:19 PM
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sarahkendzior.bsky.social
I am shadow-banned and was also banned-banned over Johnny Cash lyrics. If you like this new article, please share it before Bluesky nukes me for including a cross stitch I made of the movie "Die Hard". Thanks!
sarahkendzior.bsky.social Sarah Kendzior @sarahkendzior.bsky.social · 7h
The answers to my reader Q & A are up! Topics covered include GOP crimes, Dem complicity, Ukraine, Epstein, the best Christmas movies, and much more! Read here:
sarahkendzior.substack.com/p/welcome-to...
Welcome to Leaving the Party, Pal!
Your questions answered on Dem party failures, GOP crimes, Die Hard, and more!
sarahkendzior.substack.com
December 4, 2025 at 2:21 PM
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umwelthilfe.bsky.social
MP Olaf Lies macht sich zum Cheflobbyisten von fossilem Konzern: In Brief an Bundesumweltminister fordert er Abschwächung des Gesetzesentwurfs zum Schutz von Meeresgebieten. Hintergrund: One-Dyas hat Antrag auf neues Gasfeld unter geschütztem Natura 2000-Gebiet gestellt. www.duh.de/presse/press...
Pressemitteilungen
Hier finden Sie die aktuellen Pressemitteilungen der Deutschen Umwelthilfe. Ältere Pressemitteilungen finden Sie in unserem Archiv. Bei Fragen zu Pressemitteilungen oder zur Arbeit der Deutschen Umwel...
https://www.duh.de/presse/pressemitteilungen/pressemitteilung/olaf-lies-fordert-abschwaechung-von-n…
December 4, 2025 at 2:12 PM
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reichlinmelnick.bsky.social
“Why don’t they assimilate?”
mayasen.bsky.social Maya Sen @mayasen.bsky.social · 7h
“A cultural challenge”
December 4, 2025 at 2:25 PM
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db-user.bsky.social
or are there, just maybe, several firms that are using job cut announcements as non-traditional signaling mechanisms to sell their "worker-replacement" product
jc-econ.bsky.social Julia Coronado @jc-econ.bsky.social · 8h
Initial claims are subject to a big dose of noise around Thanksgiving, but stepping back there are real/growing tensions in layoff indicators. Are ineligible groups (contract workers, some immigrants, sole proprietors & gig workers) playing a bigger role? Are severance packages longer than usual?
December 4, 2025 at 2:01 PM
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felixsuplex.bsky.social
HELL yeah!
December 4, 2025 at 2:00 PM
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brainnotonyet.bsky.social
Funny you say that considering you literally voted for the Leiken reiley act, are working to strip legal rights from your constituents and pal around with literal fascists like alpha news as we can see in this picture of you. Angie you’re a liar who’s working with Nazis. Stfu
Angie Craig hanging out with a bunch of fascists at the Alpha news booth at the state fair because Angie Craig is a fascist and a liar
December 4, 2025 at 1:35 PM
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justinmikulka.bsky.social
Seems worthy of some consideration.
oilfieldwitness.bsky.social Oilfield Witness @oilfieldwitness.bsky.social · 8h
"When the United Nations warned that the world is failing to curb methane emissions, the message went far beyond climate science. It signalled a wider risk to economic stability, social development, and countries' ability to recover from shocks."
Methane: the new systemic risk
When the United Nations warned that the world is failing to curb methane emissions, the message went far beyond climate science
www.undrr.org
December 4, 2025 at 1:37 PM
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reporter-ohne-grenzen.de
Die Deutsche Welle hat die App „DW Access“ veröffentlicht. Sie soll Nutzer*innen bei der Zensur-Umgehung unterstützen, indem der Zugang zu unabhängigen Informationen auch in Regionen ohne digitale Freiheit ermöglicht wird. Die App hat eine VPN-Funktion, eine Offline-Nutzung und einen Datensparmodus.
Pressefreiheit - Deutsche Welle bietet App zur Zensur-Umgehung
Die Deutsche Welle (DW) hat die App "DW Access" veröffentlicht, die Nutzern bei der Zensur-Umgehung helfen soll. Damit sei der Zugang zu unabhängigen Informationen auch in Regionen ohne digitale Freih...
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December 4, 2025 at 1:27 PM
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bubbaprog.xyz
The President of the United States is trying to throw Mark Kelly in prison and Mark Kelly's response is to confirm judges who have committed to putting him in prison
jonathancohn.bsky.social Jonathan Cohn @jonathancohn.bsky.social · 18h
11 Senate Democrats just voted to advance the nomination of a Federal Society judge who used to defend banks and payday lenders:

Durbin
Gallego
Hassan
Hirono
Kaine
Kelly
King
Klobuchar
Reed
Rosen
Whitehouse
SUSAN RODRIGUEZ Susan Courtwright Rodriguez, nominated to the U.S. District Court for the Western District of North Carolina, is a longtime conservative lawyer whose career reflects deep partisan ties, loyalty to corporate interests, and a record of rulings that hurt workers, employees, and consumers and puts profits over people. She held multiple roles in the George W. Bush administration, including as a political appointee for the then-newly formed Department of Homeland Security, as well as with the White House counsel’s office. After a second stint at the DHS, Rodriguez spent 12 years at McGuireWoods, where she co-led the Financial Institutions Industry Team and defended banks, payday lenders, and fintech companies against lawsuits and government investigations. She now serves as a magistrate judge for the U.S. District Court for the Western District of North Carolina. CORPORATE DEFENSE & FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS At McGuire Woods, Rodriguez devoted her practice to defending large financial institutions and high-cost lenders. She co-authored industry-facing publications framing the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s regulatory oversight as part of a “name-and-shame playbook,” and dismissed CFPB efforts to hold corporations accountable for consumer abuses. She defended Sprint against allegations brought by CFPB and the Federal Communications Commission related to unauthorized third-party charges and represented banks accused of violating anti–money laundering laws (Consumer Financial Protection Bureau v. Sprint Corp.). In one case, Rodriguez defended Truist Bank against claims brought by a whistleblower executive who alleged the bank failed to report suspicious wire transfers and allowed accounts linked to criminal activity to remain open (Denise WHITING, Plaintiff, v. TRUIST BANK f/k/a Branch Banking and Trust Company, Defendant). Rather than addressing systemic fraud, the bank allegedly retaliated against the executive, demoting and ultimately firing her. Rodr… Rodriguez’s leadership role on the board of Mira Via underscores her alignment with organizations that oppose reproductive rights. Mira Via explicitly affirms life “from the moment of conception,” situating Rodriguez firmly within the anti- abortion movement. Her long membership in the Federalist Society and Republican National Lawyers Association further underscores her alignment with conservative legal networks committed to rolling back reproductive freedom, LGBTQ+ rights, and other substantive constitutional protections. STAUNCH CONSERVATIVE ADVOCACY Since joining the bench, Rodriguez has issued rulings that repeatedly favor corporations, law enforcement, and institutions over individuals seeking relief. In Rodriguez v. Wipro Ltd., she ruled against a whistleblower who raised concerns about corporate conflicts of interest and later suffered retaliation that exacerbated serious health conditions, dismissing the case for failure to exhaust administrative remedies. In Puranda v. City of Charlotte, she dismissed a civil rights case brought by an 18-year-old subjected to an aggressive traffic stop, where officers allegedly drew weapons, forcibly removed him from his car, and detained him without cause. In Robey v. Charlotte-Mecklenburg Board of Education, she rejected claims brought by parents whose child had repeatedly disclosed self-harm to a school counselor who failed to notify them, ultimately leading to a hospitalization. In each of these cases, Rodriguez prioritized institutional protection over the workers, children, and their families who simply wanted justice when they were hurt.
December 4, 2025 at 4:14 AM
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jwgoudriaan.bsky.social
The @ec.europa.eu has gone berserk. It wants to open the EU water framework directive to allow mining corporations to pollute water and increase costs for all, the interests of the few before that of all of us

Out of control

Folks - please repost, inform, resist

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@politico.eu
December 3, 2025 at 4:31 PM
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christaylornyc.bsky.social
Who needs this footage exactly

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December 3, 2025 at 8:03 PM
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realworldrj.bsky.social
The media and especially he new york times blared about an impending recession during 200 out of 208 weeks under biden. Bloomberg in Oct 2022 claimed it was 100% certain. There’s not a peep from these chuds now
anildash.com Anil Dash @anildash.com · 9h
It’s only a recession if it comes from the Democratic region of France, otherwise it’s just sparkling Republican mass layoffs and crushing inflation.
followtheh.bsky.social Tom Hearden @followtheh.bsky.social · 9h
Behold the greatest economy in the history of the world
December 4, 2025 at 1:04 PM
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esqueer.net
This is like if Tyson stopped selling consumer chicken. RAM is about to cost as much as a brand new pc. The cost of everything from tablets, to phones, to laptops will skyrocket. All because AI data centers are consuming all the available RAM they can get.

www.pcgamer.com/hardware/the...
Crucial memory will soon be a memory itself as Micron abandons consumers in favor of AI data centers
The RAM crisis is just getting started.
www.pcgamer.com
December 4, 2025 at 10:12 AM
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junoryleejournalism.com
This bird’s greed delights me
December 4, 2025 at 11:13 AM
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stephananpalagan.bsky.social
Bei der CDU ist die Empörung über ein Denkmal für einen Ermordeten größer als die Empörung über den Mord selbst. Aus gegebenem Anlass noch einmal die Kolumne dazu.

www.stern.de/kultur/fried...
Friedrich Merz' Antifa-Kommentar: Walter Lübcke verdient viel mehr
Friedrich Merz hat linken Demonstrierenden fehlende Solidarität mit Walter Lübcke vorgeworfen. Die Witwe des Ermorderten widerspricht. Und wir sollten es auch.
www.stern.de
December 4, 2025 at 12:17 PM
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berlinbridge.bsky.social
If Belgian PM de Wever believes this, just imagine how he’ll react when Russia attacks the EU:
“But who really believes Russia will lose in Ukraine? It’s a fable…It’s not even desirable for them to lose & for instability to take hold in a country (with) nuclear weapons.”
December 4, 2025 at 12:25 PM
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bunkerhunter.bsky.social
„Mehr Kruste als Land, Meer, Luft…“ 🤦‍♂️

Wer Anduril nicht kennt:
Das ist einer dieser New-Tech Bros, welcher autonome Systeme für die US (Kriegsverbrecher) Armee baut… 🤷‍♂️

Und seine Drohne haben in der Ukraine versagt und werden nicht mehr eingesetzt… so nebenbei. 😏
December 4, 2025 at 12:25 PM
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juliusgoat.bsky.social
Playing the "if this were a Democrat" game is tired I know but my God if this were a Democrat it would be the only story we'd hear until 2042. www.thedailybeast.com/don-jrs-fund...
Don Jr.’s Fund to Cash In on $620M Magnet Deal With Pentagon
Never mind that his father views magnets as an almost existential source of confusion, Trump Jr. is on track to benefit from them with the latest contract handed to a company he backs.
www.thedailybeast.com
December 4, 2025 at 12:24 PM
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December 4, 2025 at 12:12 PM
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sifill.bsky.social
Precisely.
equalityalec.bsky.social alec karakatsanis @equalityalec.bsky.social · 3d
The news has entirely failed to grasp the unprecedented scope of the ICE and DHS budgets. Nothing like it in modern history. A galaxy of public/private surveillance and caging institutions for $100,000,000,000s unleashed on a public that will be forever changed. www.brennancenter.org/our-work/res...
ICE Wants to Go After Dissenters as well as Immigrants
The Trump administration is being open about its plans to violate Americans’ First and Fourth Amendment rights.
www.brennancenter.org
December 1, 2025 at 1:56 PM