K. T. Petty
@ktp128.bsky.social
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🤝The🇨🇦Canada-Alberta MOU swaps climate controls for mutually dependent projects: an oil pipeline to Asia and the world's largest CCUS expansion (Pathways). The energy superpower status challenges Canada's "good global citizen" identity.
Free to read
📜https://intelligence.eklipx.io/article/3647
Free to read
📜https://intelligence.eklipx.io/article/3647
December 3, 2025 at 1:45 PM
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“The math is brutal and the juxtaposition stark: millions for OpenAI while pink slips go out to longtime lecturers. The CSU isn’t investing in education—it’s outsourcing it, paying premium prices for a chatbot many students were already using for free.“
www.currentaffairs.org/news/ai-is-d...
www.currentaffairs.org/news/ai-is-d...
AI is Destroying the University and Learning Itself
Students use AI to write papers, professors use AI to grade them, degrees become meaningless, and tech companies make fortunes. Welcome to the death of higher education.
www.currentaffairs.org
December 3, 2025 at 1:43 PM
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Sadism is central to Trump-MAGA politics, and it's getting worse:
*Hegseth tweets vile cartoon on bombings
*Megyn Kelly wants bombing victims to "bleed"
*Sick new WH video glorifies migrant suffering
On the pod, @paulwaldman.bsky.social and I go deep on sadism/MAGA:
newrepublic.com/article/2038...
*Hegseth tweets vile cartoon on bombings
*Megyn Kelly wants bombing victims to "bleed"
*Sick new WH video glorifies migrant suffering
On the pod, @paulwaldman.bsky.social and I go deep on sadism/MAGA:
newrepublic.com/article/2038...
Trump Tirades at Media Darken as MAGA Bloodlust on Bombings Boils Over
As Trump and MAGA hit new levels of depravity on his boat bombings and anti-immigrant crackdown, the writer of a piece connecting these dots discusses the centrality of sadism to Trump-MAGA politics.
newrepublic.com
December 3, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Sadism is central to Trump-MAGA politics, and it's getting worse:
*Hegseth tweets vile cartoon on bombings
*Megyn Kelly wants bombing victims to "bleed"
*Sick new WH video glorifies migrant suffering
On the pod, @paulwaldman.bsky.social and I go deep on sadism/MAGA:
newrepublic.com/article/2038...
*Hegseth tweets vile cartoon on bombings
*Megyn Kelly wants bombing victims to "bleed"
*Sick new WH video glorifies migrant suffering
On the pod, @paulwaldman.bsky.social and I go deep on sadism/MAGA:
newrepublic.com/article/2038...
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Other members are anti-vaxxers and Covid contrarians that came up with RFK Jr.
The group has less power now bc experts, scientists and doctors don't take them seriously, but it can still do harm ... mostly for America's poorest children. The public meeting starts tomorrow. www.ms.now/news/rfk-jr-...
The group has less power now bc experts, scientists and doctors don't take them seriously, but it can still do harm ... mostly for America's poorest children. The public meeting starts tomorrow. www.ms.now/news/rfk-jr-...
RFK Jr.’s pick to reshape the childhood vaccine schedule embraces Covid conspiracy theories
Dr. Kirk Milhoan compared vaccination efforts during the pandemic to the Holocaust and called mRNA technology “the biggest threat to humanity.”
www.ms.now
December 3, 2025 at 1:22 PM
Other members are anti-vaxxers and Covid contrarians that came up with RFK Jr.
The group has less power now bc experts, scientists and doctors don't take them seriously, but it can still do harm ... mostly for America's poorest children. The public meeting starts tomorrow. www.ms.now/news/rfk-jr-...
The group has less power now bc experts, scientists and doctors don't take them seriously, but it can still do harm ... mostly for America's poorest children. The public meeting starts tomorrow. www.ms.now/news/rfk-jr-...
Meet the head of a federal panel expected to upend the childhood vaccine schedule later this week. Dr. Kirk Milhoan believes that Covid was made in North Carolina and deployed to China as a bioweapon ... among other conspiracy theories. www.ms.now/news/rfk-jr-...
December 3, 2025 at 1:40 PM
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Only in the Trump admin is archival footage of someone saying “don’t do illegal things” considered embarrassing
www.cnn.com/2025/12/02/u...
(Another good find from @kfile.bsky.social nonetheless)
www.cnn.com/2025/12/02/u...
(Another good find from @kfile.bsky.social nonetheless)
2016 video shows Hegseth saying the military cannot carry out unlawful orders | CNN
Hegseth described the refusal of illegal commands as part of the military’s ethos — a message he now condemns Democrats for spreading.
www.cnn.com
December 3, 2025 at 1:21 PM
Only in the Trump admin is archival footage of someone saying “don’t do illegal things” considered embarrassing
www.cnn.com/2025/12/02/u...
(Another good find from @kfile.bsky.social nonetheless)
www.cnn.com/2025/12/02/u...
(Another good find from @kfile.bsky.social nonetheless)
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Exhibit B: Lawrence, Kansas
(that one little spot all the way on the east of the map where the district dips south into Douglas county)
(that one little spot all the way on the east of the map where the district dips south into Douglas county)
December 3, 2025 at 1:23 PM
Exhibit B: Lawrence, Kansas
(that one little spot all the way on the east of the map where the district dips south into Douglas county)
(that one little spot all the way on the east of the map where the district dips south into Douglas county)
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Tonight, we did something everyone counted out. We proved to a nation that states like Tennessee are still worth fighting for. The margin was close, and that can only be attributed to the thousands of volunteers who showed out. This is just the beginning.
December 3, 2025 at 3:46 AM
Tonight, we did something everyone counted out. We proved to a nation that states like Tennessee are still worth fighting for. The margin was close, and that can only be attributed to the thousands of volunteers who showed out. This is just the beginning.
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Official 🇺🇸 policy: Ethnic cleansing.
Officials prepare immigration operation in Minnesota that would focus on Somali immigrants, source tells AP, as Trump says he doesn't want Somalis in U.S.
Federal authorities plan operation in Minnesota focusing on Somali immigrants, AP source says
Federal authorities are preparing an immigration enforcement operation in Minnesota, focusing on Somali immigrants living unlawfully in the U.S.
bit.ly
December 3, 2025 at 1:18 PM
Official 🇺🇸 policy: Ethnic cleansing.
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Not joking: has one reporter responded to his preposterous Sgt Schultz “I know nothing” schtick by immediately asking:
* Doesn’t this level of ignorance disqualify you as speaker?
* Do you really think we are so dumb to believe you?
* Do you think it is appropriate to insult the voters like this?
* Doesn’t this level of ignorance disqualify you as speaker?
* Do you really think we are so dumb to believe you?
* Do you think it is appropriate to insult the voters like this?
RAJU: If defenseless survivors were killed, would that constitute a violation of the laws of war?
MIKE JOHNSON: I'm not going to prejudge any of that. I was pretty busy yesterday. I didn't follow a lot of the news.
MIKE JOHNSON: I'm not going to prejudge any of that. I was pretty busy yesterday. I didn't follow a lot of the news.
December 3, 2025 at 1:28 PM
Not joking: has one reporter responded to his preposterous Sgt Schultz “I know nothing” schtick by immediately asking:
* Doesn’t this level of ignorance disqualify you as speaker?
* Do you really think we are so dumb to believe you?
* Do you think it is appropriate to insult the voters like this?
* Doesn’t this level of ignorance disqualify you as speaker?
* Do you really think we are so dumb to believe you?
* Do you think it is appropriate to insult the voters like this?
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“I might be second in line to take over the presidency from the oldest POTUS in history — but I have no idea what the laws of war are, nor do I read laws or the news, who has time — there’s all these tunnels here, I just wander the tunnels looking for empty cubbies to hide in”
RAJU: If defenseless survivors were killed, would that constitute a violation of the laws of war?
MIKE JOHNSON: I'm not going to prejudge any of that. I was pretty busy yesterday. I didn't follow a lot of the news.
MIKE JOHNSON: I'm not going to prejudge any of that. I was pretty busy yesterday. I didn't follow a lot of the news.
December 3, 2025 at 1:31 PM
“I might be second in line to take over the presidency from the oldest POTUS in history — but I have no idea what the laws of war are, nor do I read laws or the news, who has time — there’s all these tunnels here, I just wander the tunnels looking for empty cubbies to hide in”
#LawlessICE, et al.
When communities view ICE, federal agents, and local police who collaborate with ICE as a political weapon, trust collapses. People become more afraid to report crime & everyone becomes LESS safe esp survivors of domestic violence. A 🧵 w data & examples (1/4) 👇🏽:
December 3, 2025 at 1:34 PM
#LawlessICE, et al.
losing the Voice of America due to a nasty bout of #corrutrumption
In defiance of a federal judge's order to revive the Voice of America, Kari Lake hammers another nail in the coffin. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/02/us...
www.nytimes.com
December 3, 2025 at 12:57 PM
losing the Voice of America due to a nasty bout of #corrutrumption
George Retes is an American citizen and veteran who was unjustly pepper-sprayed, arrested, and imprisoned for three days by ICE.
Yet he won't be intimidated by this lawless administration. He's speaking up and telling his story as part of a new $250k @ofthebraveusa.bsky.social campaign. 👇
Yet he won't be intimidated by this lawless administration. He's speaking up and telling his story as part of a new $250k @ofthebraveusa.bsky.social campaign. 👇
December 3, 2025 at 12:55 PM
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...this has been shown by multiple studies also with similarly large damages as our study and also our corrected analysis shows it again:
zenodo.org/records/1598...
zenodo.org/records/1598...
Author correction of "The economic commitment of climate change"
We here document a correction to our article "The economic commitment of climate change". Please find a note on the corrections which provide methodological updates to address the two critqiues raised...
zenodo.org
December 3, 2025 at 11:11 AM
...this has been shown by multiple studies also with similarly large damages as our study and also our corrected analysis shows it again:
zenodo.org/records/1598...
zenodo.org/records/1598...
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Here are
the press release on the retraction of one our Nature papers
www.pik-potsdam.de/en/news/late...
some explanations
www.pik-potsdam.de/en/news/late...
the journal's comment
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Please note:
The fact that climate change causes huge economic damages is not disputed..
the press release on the retraction of one our Nature papers
www.pik-potsdam.de/en/news/late...
some explanations
www.pik-potsdam.de/en/news/late...
the journal's comment
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Please note:
The fact that climate change causes huge economic damages is not disputed..
Authors retract Nature study on economic damages from climate change, will resubmit for peer review
03.12.2025 - Following the publication of two critiques as “Matters Arising”, and in conversation with the journal Nature, the authors of the study “The economic commitment of climate change” at the P...
www.pik-potsdam.de
December 3, 2025 at 12:54 PM
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Palantir CEO Alex Karp, whose company builds tools that power US immigration polocy and Trump's deportation campaign, says he holds the "truly progressive" position on immigration, and insists his own politics have not changed.
How Palantir shifted course to play key role in ICE deportations
“The truly progressive position on immigration” is “extreme skepticism,” says Alex Karp, a longtime Democrat and the data-mining company’s chief executive.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 3, 2025 at 12:52 PM
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“Bill Gates Gave $3.5M to Think Tank Run by Climate Crisis Denier Bjorn Lomborg" by @rtakver.bsky.social for @desmog.com:
www.desmog.com/2025/11/05/b...
www.desmog.com/2025/11/05/b...
Bill Gates Gave $3.5M to Think Tank Run by Climate Crisis Denier Bjorn Lomborg
Tax records reveal that the billionaire’s foundation has donated for years to Lomborg’s Copenhagen Consensus Center.
www.desmog.com
December 3, 2025 at 12:51 PM
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Since #BjornLomborg is back in the news, re-upping these:
November 7, 2025 at 1:44 PM
Since #BjornLomborg is back in the news, re-upping these:
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An excerpt from my new piece for @thebulletin.org on Bill Gates' new climate missive:
October 31, 2025 at 7:20 PM
An excerpt from my new piece for @thebulletin.org on Bill Gates' new climate missive:
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And right on cue, the Murdoch media has joined forces with none other than disinformation artist Bjorn Lomborg himself to promote:
October 31, 2025 at 4:53 PM
And right on cue, the Murdoch media has joined forces with none other than disinformation artist Bjorn Lomborg himself to promote:
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Since #BjornLomborg is back in the news, an excerpt from #ScienceUnderSiege by @peterhotezmdphd.bsky.social & yours truly:
December 3, 2025 at 12:48 PM
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Important: WaPo is doubling down on its reporting on Trump's bombings, asserting expressly that the second strike was ordered "when" the two survivors were "detected."
Hegseth is suggesting he didn't see the survivors, but the question remains: Were they visible, or not? Time to see the video.
Hegseth is suggesting he didn't see the survivors, but the question remains: Were they visible, or not? Time to see the video.
December 3, 2025 at 12:35 PM
Important: WaPo is doubling down on its reporting on Trump's bombings, asserting expressly that the second strike was ordered "when" the two survivors were "detected."
Hegseth is suggesting he didn't see the survivors, but the question remains: Were they visible, or not? Time to see the video.
Hegseth is suggesting he didn't see the survivors, but the question remains: Were they visible, or not? Time to see the video.
Trump on Somalis: "We're gonna go the wrong way if we keep taking in garbage into our country. Ilhan Omar is garbage. She's garbage. Her friends are garbage."
December 3, 2025 at 12:40 PM