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C&EN (Chemical & Engineering News) @cenmag.bsky.social · 12h

Materials advances in the past decade have led to key breakthroughs in fusion energy. Whether fusion becomes viable in the next decade depends on additional materials developments and steady financial support. cen.acs.org/energy/nucle... #chemsky 🧪

How advanced materials could unleash fusion energy

New materials are fueling a boom in commercial fusion projects. Will the hype pan out?

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Nature Portfolio @natureportfolio.nature.com · 12h

Tests of large language models reveal that they can behave in deceptive and potentially harmful ways. Nature reports on what these results mean for the future of AI. 🧪

AI models that lie, cheat and plot murder: how dangerous are LLMs really?

Tests of large language models reveal that they can behave in deceptive and potentially harmful ways. What does this mean for the future?

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Prof Peter Hotez MD PhD DSc(hon) @peterhotezmdphd.bsky.social · May 30

No words

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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 3h

Trump: “I don’t think there’s anything going to get me in heaven. I think I’m not maybe heaven bound.

“I’m not sure I’ll make heaven, but I’ve made life a lot better for a lot of people.”

He’s been ruminating on his mortality a lot recently. Never used to. Knows something we don’t maybe.

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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 7h

This is the distillation of DOGE: control and punish Democratic or progressive spaces. That's it.

David Roberts @volts.wtf · 8h

Red state government declaring open war on blue city governments in Florida.

This is the MAGA model: using every tool of the state to punish political opponents, without even a pretense that you are governing "for everyone."

Doge-ish comes to Florida: a DeSantis loyalist is going after ‘waste’ in Democratic cities

Blaise Ingoglia was handpicked by the Republican Florida governor to lead an assault on municipal spending

www.theguardian.com

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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 7h

Madagascar President Andry Rajoelina says a coup is underway after soldiers joined the Gen Z revolt.

Madagascar army unit claims control as president alleges power grab

Elite troops join youth-led protests over utilities that have swelled into gravest threat for President Andry Rajoelina.

www.aljazeera.com

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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 7h

Intellectual diversity

BronSays @bronsays.bsky.social · 7h

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"A prominent anti-DEI campaigner appointed by Meta in August as an adviser on AI bias has spent the weeks since his appointment spreading disinformation about shootings, transgender people, vaccines, crime, and protests."

Meta AI adviser spreads disinformation about shootings, vaccines and trans people

Critics condemn Robby Starbuck, appointed in lawsuit settlement, for ‘peddling lies and pushing extremism’

www.theguardian.com

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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 11h

New, from me:
Trump's 3 step plan to create a military omniforce
1. Purge - those deemed disloyal
2. Merge - different parts of law enforcement/military
3. Surge - impose the omniforce on Dem cities; instigate unrest; assert dominance; silence dissent
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/purge-merg...

Purge, Merge, and Surge

Trump is creating a omniforce of armed loyalists to establish his police state

donmoynihan.substack.com

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RetiredBPDmurdercop @chiefmlt.bsky.social · 9h

Watch any documentary on the forming of the Nazi Schutzstaffel (SS) and you will see that Himmler became the leader of all police nationwide, then created a SS fighting force and special death squads to deal with “undesirables and other enemies of the state”. You’ll see it’s eerily similar.

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Nicolas Bouchet @nickbouchet.bsky.social · 6h

“The Trump administration’s calculation could be that doing regime change on the cheap will help them avoid the penalties of the ‘Pottery Barn rule,’” said Peter Feaver, a former national security hand in the George W. Bush administration."

If Feaver is right, and he may well be ... oh boy.

Trump Has a Different Plan to Oust Maduro This Time Around

Venezuela’s leader has survived the US president’s wrath before.

www.politico.com

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 6h

The federal food program helping more than 1 in 4 young children access fresh produce, milk, and formula will run out of funding next week.

Over 5 million children could lose food assistance — all thanks to the Trump-Republican shutdown.

The cruelty is endless.

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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 5h

Good for them: it is a violation of the Hatch Act that limits the use of public assets for partisan messaging. Orgeon has its own version of that law, and covers those who run the airport. Other airport administrators should look to see if they are in the same position.

Pé 🍺🧿 @forevernever.bsky.social · 5h

PDX continuing to show why it's the best airport in the country.

PDX chooses not to air video of Sec. Noem blaming Democrats for shutdown

The Port of Portland is choosing not to broadcast a new video that shows DHS Secretary Kristi Noem blaming Democrats for the federal government shutdown."Democr

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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 4h

"Send them back where they came from" not good enough when they have embarrassed the administration. They must be deported to a place where he might be tortured.

Julie DiCaro @juliedicaro.bsky.social · 5h

So Kilmer Abrego-Garcia will not challenge a deportation to Costa Rica, who has agreed to for him residency, but DHS won’t agree to send him there because it’s not cruel enough.

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/10/u...

For weeks, Mr. Abrego Garcia, a Salvadoran national who is married to a U.S. citizen, has made clear that he would not challenge his deportation if he were sent to Costa Rica, which has promised him legal residency and guaranteed that he would not be sent back to El Salvador.

But the Trump administration has refused to deport him to Costa Rica, and in an earlier hearing this week, Judge Xinis pressed the administration to consider the option or clarify why it was unacceptable.

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Henning Dekant 📎 @quaxquax.bsky.social · 4h

An incredibly important piece on how the rising global, fascist movement is connected to Russia and how this all ties back to the Kremlin's designs on #ukraine. It's no exaggeration to say that Ukraine is fighting for all our freedom.
broligarchy.substack.com/p/we-need-to...

We need to talk about Russia

So, yes, that means we also need to talk about Nigel Farage

broligarchy.substack.com

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bibliolagus.bsky.social @bibliolagus.bsky.social · 10h

That adds an additional grim layer to it interfering with international library loans. Not only are the loaned books not getting home, they might be destroyed altogether.
www.404media.co/libraries-ca...

Libraries Can’t Get Their Loaned Books Back Because of Trump’s Tariffs

Libraries have shared their collections internationally for decades. Trump’s tariffs are throwing that system into chaos and can ‘hinder academic progress.’

www.404media.co

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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 20h

About a month ago, the Trump administration got rid of the de minimis exemption, whereby packages valued under $800 could slide in without import duties. Now there's a backlog as the government can't process all of this paperwork, leading to UPS just destroying packages

Business Insider headline reads: UPS is telling customers that their packages coming to the US are marked for destruction.

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Josh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 8h

We fired people we had no reason or budgetary need to fire and we actually screwed up and fired the wrong people and then rehired them the next day and all because of Chuck Schumer

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 10h

BRENNAN: CBS confirmed the Trump administration rescinded the layoffs of CDC scientists. Some were involved with the federal measles response. How does a mistake like this happen?

VANCE: The govt shutdown inevitably leads to some chaos. It happened because of Schumer

B: But this was a WH decision

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Juan Cole @jricole.bsky.social · 10h

please support independent journalism - & please repost

Juan Cole @jricole.bsky.social · 2d

"I got a call recently from University of Michigan campus police warning me to be careful, since I had been put on a watch list by the late Charlie Kirk"

IC Fundraising Appeal: Support Independent Journalism in a Year of Living Dangerously www.juancole.com/2025/10/fund...

IC Fundraising Appeal: Support Independent Journalism in a Year of Living Dangerously

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) - These are parlous times for people who speak out against injustice, and I cannot thank our loyal readers enough for their continued devotion to this site and for their s...

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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 10h

Please join me in a new campaign to help protect Ukrainians in a very special way. My Ukrainian friends chose to call this campaign Freedom is Action. They are making an important point. One way to find our own courage is to act in support those who are showing it
snyder.substack.com/p/freedom-is...

Freedom is Action: A Campaign for Ukraine

A fundraiser for life-saving drone-jamming cars and trucks

snyder.substack.com

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Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 1d

This week, MAGA figures claimed Kristi Noem "stared down" violent antifa protesters in Portland. Turns out they were talking mostly about a guy in a chicken suit.

This episode opens a window into how MAGA propaganda works and MSM failure to handle it. 1/

(new piece)
newrepublic.com/article/2016...

MAGA Implodes over Kristi Noem’s “Stare Down” with Man in Chicken Suit

A good New York Times piece on Portland nevertheless demonstrates how the conventions of objective reporting fail to accurately capture the bad faith driving pro-Trump propaganda.

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UNITED24 Media @united24media.com · 1d

Ukrainian journalist Viktoriia Roshchyna was killed in Russian captivity after months of torture and silence.

Investigators have now identified the Russian officials responsible for her death.

🧵 1/7 ⬇️

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PatriotTakes 🇺🇸 @patriottakes.bsky.social · 22h

Trump golfing today during the government shutdown

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Karly Kingsley @karlykingsley.bsky.social · 23h

The RIFs that began Friday will reportedly cut 65% of CISA’s 2,540 employees, one of the dumbest and most dangerous moves imaginable. CISA defends the nation’s cyber and critical infrastructure. Destroying it now only makes sense if you’re afraid of election integrity.

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LOLGOP ❌👑❌ @thefarce.org · 15h

What works isn't "what is poll-tested as 'popular' but rather making popular what needs to be said."

Like Chris Van Hollen going to El Salvador, for instance.

Instead, "Democrats often help amplify the opposition’s storyline."

Indeed, Democrats often help amplify the opposition’s storyline. Back in the day, for example, they did this by pledging to “end welfare as we know it,” thus crediting a slash-the-government approach associated with the right and demonizing fellow Democrats who had the audacity to support people in need. And, more recently, they tried to out-tough Republicans in ads that repeated “the border” over and again while hammering home the notion of immigrants as villains. Candidates ought to run against their opposition, not the people the opposition scapegoats and reviles.

Democrats are especially likely to get caught off-guard when Republicans repeat the unflattering stories Democrats also tell about themselves. From WelcomeFest to Third Way to Searchlight, Democrats who claim to be concerned that voters reject their party for being too “woke” keep publicizing these accusations, seemingly to ensure voters hear them. Repeating Republican attacks against the party they purport to want to help makes the charges seem more credible

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LOLGOP ❌👑❌ @thefarce.org · 16h

Digging into @anatosaurus.bsky.social's manifesto on Magnestism > Pollingism.

Genius from her diagnosis of what's missing from most 2025 "autopsies" on: why we want to win.

"...to enact the agenda you believe in or, at the very least, blunt the authoritarian assault against Americans now underway"

Bringing a Survey to a Gun Fight

“Pollingism” Has Failed Democrats and Voters. Here’s Why, and What to Do Instead.

www.weekendreading.net

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