SLFerguson
@slferguson.bsky.social
Always curious. Filmmaker/educator/writer/fresh water and mental health advocate/seer of systems/seeker of truth and crunchy salty snacks. Incorrigible slasher.
Traitors are traiting. 49% is not a mandate. Covid is airborne. Music & beauty, always.
Traitors are traiting. 49% is not a mandate. Covid is airborne. Music & beauty, always.
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I feel like there's something kind of interesting that some of the highest profile Silicon Valley firms (Tesla, OpenAI, Palantir, Anduril) have outrageous valuations given their current revenue that seem in no small part predicated in them taking control of the United States government
I read this future of war / we’re not ready piece with interest and it’s strikingly shallow.
Surveillance and targeting have advanced, yes. That’s in my 2018 book. Much of the rest reads like tech company hype marketing.
AI will make bio weapons that target one person! Well, it sure can’t now.
Surveillance and targeting have advanced, yes. That’s in my 2018 book. Much of the rest reads like tech company hype marketing.
AI will make bio weapons that target one person! Well, it sure can’t now.
Opinion | This Is the 21st-Century Arms Race. Can America Keep Up?
Innovations in A.I., synthetic biology and quantum computing are set to change war.
www.nytimes.com
December 9, 2025 at 2:17 PM
I feel like there's something kind of interesting that some of the highest profile Silicon Valley firms (Tesla, OpenAI, Palantir, Anduril) have outrageous valuations given their current revenue that seem in no small part predicated in them taking control of the United States government
Doubleplusungood.
UPDATE from Pentagon's "bespoke AI platform" rollout.
“We are pushing all of our chips in on artificial intelligence as a fighting force. The Department is tapping into America's commercial genius, and we’re embedding generative AI into our daily battle rhythm" -- Hegseth
“We are pushing all of our chips in on artificial intelligence as a fighting force. The Department is tapping into America's commercial genius, and we’re embedding generative AI into our daily battle rhythm" -- Hegseth
NVIDIA, whose stock is now a "load-bearing entity in the US stock market," "is dependent not on its customers, but on its customers’ credit ratings and financial backers." And it gets worse from there!
A fantastic, very long, highly-meandering-but-the-meandering-is-necessary @edzitron.com piece:
A fantastic, very long, highly-meandering-but-the-meandering-is-necessary @edzitron.com piece:
December 9, 2025 at 3:19 PM
Doubleplusungood.
They don't have an account here, but their music is worth discovering.
I am so very sad we have lost his voice. I am so very glad to have experienced it in person.
#TheMavericks #RaulMalo
www.rollingstone.com/music/music-...
I am so very sad we have lost his voice. I am so very glad to have experienced it in person.
#TheMavericks #RaulMalo
www.rollingstone.com/music/music-...
Raul Malo, Golden-Voiced 'Maestro' of the Mavericks, Dead at 60
Raul Malo, the operatic singer and frontman of the country-rock band the Mavericks, has died at age 60.
www.rollingstone.com
December 9, 2025 at 2:41 PM
They don't have an account here, but their music is worth discovering.
I am so very sad we have lost his voice. I am so very glad to have experienced it in person.
#TheMavericks #RaulMalo
www.rollingstone.com/music/music-...
I am so very sad we have lost his voice. I am so very glad to have experienced it in person.
#TheMavericks #RaulMalo
www.rollingstone.com/music/music-...
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"She said she repeatedly told the agents she’s a U.S. citizen.
“I just kept repeating it — I’m a U.S.-born citizen. I was born and raised here. This is my home. My baby’s waiting for me...”
She screamed “Leave me alone...”
www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
“I just kept repeating it — I’m a U.S.-born citizen. I was born and raised here. This is my home. My baby’s waiting for me...”
She screamed “Leave me alone...”
www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
Video shows masked Border Patrol agent chasing woman back to her Louisiana home
Jacelynn Guzman said she is a U.S.-born citizen. The Department of Homeland Security said Friday that it "determined the individual in question was not the target."
www.nbcnews.com
December 8, 2025 at 7:03 PM
"She said she repeatedly told the agents she’s a U.S. citizen.
“I just kept repeating it — I’m a U.S.-born citizen. I was born and raised here. This is my home. My baby’s waiting for me...”
She screamed “Leave me alone...”
www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
“I just kept repeating it — I’m a U.S.-born citizen. I was born and raised here. This is my home. My baby’s waiting for me...”
She screamed “Leave me alone...”
www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
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The President of the United States unilaterally levied a tax on all of us and is redistributing our taxes to a core segment of his supporters.
Trump: "I'm delighted to announce this afternoon that the US will be taking a small portion of the hundreds of billions of dollars we receive in tariffs ... and we're going to be giving and providing it to the farmers in economic assistance. We love our farmers. The farmers like me ... $12 billion"
December 8, 2025 at 7:48 PM
The President of the United States unilaterally levied a tax on all of us and is redistributing our taxes to a core segment of his supporters.
8 December 2025
#DailyDose
For those who did not know, Alice Wong was fighting for masking in medical spaces. #CleanIndoorAir
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#DailyDose
For those who did not know, Alice Wong was fighting for masking in medical spaces. #CleanIndoorAir
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KQED: 'After Alice Wong’s Death, Her Friends Vow to Keep Fighting for Disability Justice'
"..McCone said, adding that folks living with long COVID need to keep sharing their stories — now more than ever"
www.kqed.org/news/1206519...
"..McCone said, adding that folks living with long COVID need to keep sharing their stories — now more than ever"
www.kqed.org/news/1206519...
After Alice Wong’s Death, Her Friends Vow to Keep Fighting for Disability Justice | KQED
Friends, activists and policy experts reflect on Alice Wong’s legacy as looming Medicaid cuts threaten critical services for disabled people in California and nationwide.
www.kqed.org
December 8, 2025 at 7:28 PM
8 December 2025
#DailyDose
For those who did not know, Alice Wong was fighting for masking in medical spaces. #CleanIndoorAir
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#DailyDose
For those who did not know, Alice Wong was fighting for masking in medical spaces. #CleanIndoorAir
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A few Republicans are concerned that Trump is killing their constituents so coal operators can make a few more bucks.
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Trouble in Republican Paradise? Mineworkers Don't Want to Die - Confined Space
Even Republicans are getting nervous about the Trump administrations decision to "revisit" MSHA's silica regulation endangering mine workers.
jordanbarab.com
December 8, 2025 at 7:26 PM
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Yay!!! Alina Habba stepped down as New Jersey’s U.S. Attorney following a ruling from a panel of federal judges that determined she had been holding the role illegally! 👏 👏 👏
Alina Habba resigns as New Jersey U.S. Attorney after appeals court defeat
After a three-month battle over the legality of her appointment, Alina Habba has resigned from her position as the Acting U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey.
abcnews.go.com
December 8, 2025 at 7:19 PM
Yay!!! Alina Habba stepped down as New Jersey’s U.S. Attorney following a ruling from a panel of federal judges that determined she had been holding the role illegally! 👏 👏 👏
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Not only is ICE snatching hard working people who are trying to earn a living, they’re taking their money too?
A witness recorded ICE agents taking a cash box from a taco stand in La Puente during an operation where four people were arrested.
A witness recorded ICE agents taking a cash box from a taco stand in La Puente during an operation where four people were arrested.
December 8, 2025 at 7:23 PM
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Despite his "anti-drug rhetoric" and tens of strikes agst. alleged drug vessels in the Caribbean, trump has pardoned about 100 drug traffickers, among which are :
-Ross Ulbricht
-Larry Hoover
-Frmr Honduran Pres. Juan Hernández
-Garnett Gilbert Smith.
www.latintimes.com/trump-has-gr...
-Ross Ulbricht
-Larry Hoover
-Frmr Honduran Pres. Juan Hernández
-Garnett Gilbert Smith.
www.latintimes.com/trump-has-gr...
Trump Has Granted Clemency To About 100 People Accused Of Drug-Related Crimes Despite Anti-Narco Rhetoric: Report
President Donald Trump has granted clemency to about 100 people accused of drug-related crimes despite his anti-drug rhetoric, which has justified a large military buildup in the Caribbean and tens of...
www.latintimes.com
December 8, 2025 at 4:17 PM
Despite his "anti-drug rhetoric" and tens of strikes agst. alleged drug vessels in the Caribbean, trump has pardoned about 100 drug traffickers, among which are :
-Ross Ulbricht
-Larry Hoover
-Frmr Honduran Pres. Juan Hernández
-Garnett Gilbert Smith.
www.latintimes.com/trump-has-gr...
-Ross Ulbricht
-Larry Hoover
-Frmr Honduran Pres. Juan Hernández
-Garnett Gilbert Smith.
www.latintimes.com/trump-has-gr...
I don't know how I am supposed to prepare for worse horrors to come.
The best I can do, it seems, is to call Nazis out, to bear witness, to fight where and how I can.
The best I can do, it seems, is to call Nazis out, to bear witness, to fight where and how I can.
ICE detained a US citizen who was originally from Somalia.
They grabbed her because they didn’t like her hijab.
She says they sexually assaulted her and said things like “what are you hiding under your hijab”
She was held for 24 hours.
A US citizen. No one is safe.
They grabbed her because they didn’t like her hijab.
She says they sexually assaulted her and said things like “what are you hiding under your hijab”
She was held for 24 hours.
A US citizen. No one is safe.
December 6, 2025 at 9:20 PM
I don't know how I am supposed to prepare for worse horrors to come.
The best I can do, it seems, is to call Nazis out, to bear witness, to fight where and how I can.
The best I can do, it seems, is to call Nazis out, to bear witness, to fight where and how I can.
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Ukraine’s lights still burn, even if not all the time
Ukraine’s lights still burn, even if not all the time
About the author: Chris Hennemeyer is a longtime humanitarian worker who spent nearly 40 years in crisis zones across Africa, Asia, the Middle East, the Balkans, Haiti, and briefly Ukraine. Since reti...
kyivindependent.com
December 6, 2025 at 9:14 PM
Ukraine’s lights still burn, even if not all the time
Doubleplusungood.
"Soon, CNN will run live odds on world events where its viewers can gamble on them in real time on their smartphones."
CNN Partners With a Gambling App That Lets You Wager on Starvation in Gaza
The app company’s two biggest investors are also heavily invested in the Israeli military.
truthout.org
December 6, 2025 at 3:22 PM
Doubleplusungood.
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Fresh outrage carnivores coin new epithet.
"Commies" was on heavy play this past week. Wondering if all of the states beginning with M are going to see a barrage of this.
"Commies" was on heavy play this past week. Wondering if all of the states beginning with M are going to see a barrage of this.
December 5, 2025 at 9:52 PM
Fresh outrage carnivores coin new epithet.
"Commies" was on heavy play this past week. Wondering if all of the states beginning with M are going to see a barrage of this.
"Commies" was on heavy play this past week. Wondering if all of the states beginning with M are going to see a barrage of this.
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NEW info on shipwreck attack. It gets worse.
The 2 survivors climbed atop wreckage and waved to overhead.
"Some of the people viewing the video thought ... could have been an attempt to surrender"
Others "said the most logical explanation was ... signaling for a rescue."
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The 2 survivors climbed atop wreckage and waved to overhead.
"Some of the people viewing the video thought ... could have been an attempt to surrender"
Others "said the most logical explanation was ... signaling for a rescue."
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December 5, 2025 at 7:50 PM
NEW info on shipwreck attack. It gets worse.
The 2 survivors climbed atop wreckage and waved to overhead.
"Some of the people viewing the video thought ... could have been an attempt to surrender"
Others "said the most logical explanation was ... signaling for a rescue."
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The 2 survivors climbed atop wreckage and waved to overhead.
"Some of the people viewing the video thought ... could have been an attempt to surrender"
Others "said the most logical explanation was ... signaling for a rescue."
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Ah, FIFA. A governing body held up as a paragon of integrity. /s
In the BC (before corruption) years, the US DoJ prosecuted FIFA for corruption. FIFA was rife with self-enrichment schemes. Perhaps they want to recognize DJT for bringing peace to grifters.
In the BC (before corruption) years, the US DoJ prosecuted FIFA for corruption. FIFA was rife with self-enrichment schemes. Perhaps they want to recognize DJT for bringing peace to grifters.
December 5, 2025 at 9:19 PM
Ah, FIFA. A governing body held up as a paragon of integrity. /s
In the BC (before corruption) years, the US DoJ prosecuted FIFA for corruption. FIFA was rife with self-enrichment schemes. Perhaps they want to recognize DJT for bringing peace to grifters.
In the BC (before corruption) years, the US DoJ prosecuted FIFA for corruption. FIFA was rife with self-enrichment schemes. Perhaps they want to recognize DJT for bringing peace to grifters.
December 5, 2025 at 7:48 PM
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The line between Moscow and DC is direct: yet another example.
The US wants to block the loan secured by frozen Russian assets to provide urgent aid to Ukraine: an immediate effect of the meeting between Putin and the so-called “American” emissaries.
A disgrace.
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
The US wants to block the loan secured by frozen Russian assets to provide urgent aid to Ukraine: an immediate effect of the meeting between Putin and the so-called “American” emissaries.
A disgrace.
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
US Urged Europeans to Oppose EU Plan for Loan to Support Ukraine
The US lobbied several countries in the European Union in an effort to block EU plans to use frozen Russian central bank assets to back a massive loan to Ukraine, according to European diplomats famil...
www.bloomberg.com
December 5, 2025 at 7:05 PM
The line between Moscow and DC is direct: yet another example.
The US wants to block the loan secured by frozen Russian assets to provide urgent aid to Ukraine: an immediate effect of the meeting between Putin and the so-called “American” emissaries.
A disgrace.
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
The US wants to block the loan secured by frozen Russian assets to provide urgent aid to Ukraine: an immediate effect of the meeting between Putin and the so-called “American” emissaries.
A disgrace.
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Yeah, various persons noted Djr's investment in Vulcan and said "watch this space for a government contract."
The grift remains awful, even if the surprise element is gone.
The grift remains awful, even if the surprise element is gone.
Vulcan Elements, a little-known rare earths start-up, won a $620 million loan from the Pentagon, three months after Donald Trump Jr’s venture capital firm invested in the company.
What a coincidence.
What a coincidence.
Donald Trump Jr-backed start-up scores $600mn US federal government deal
President’s son’s fund 1789 Capital poised to capitalise from father’s administration
www.ft.com
December 5, 2025 at 7:32 PM
Yeah, various persons noted Djr's investment in Vulcan and said "watch this space for a government contract."
The grift remains awful, even if the surprise element is gone.
The grift remains awful, even if the surprise element is gone.
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ICE raided a James Beard award winning restaurant & because the chef/owner was prepared, left emptyhanded:
December 5, 2025 at 3:24 PM
ICE raided a James Beard award winning restaurant & because the chef/owner was prepared, left emptyhanded:
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there are of course many examples of political constituencies that have in fact killed scores of children (en route to some other evil goal), but I can't offhand think of any historical examples of a political constituency organized for that specific purpose
Breaking: After contentious debates and three failed attempts at a vote, a federal vaccine committee decided on Friday to end the decades-long recommendation that all newborns be immunized at birth against hepatitis B.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/05/h...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/05/h...
An End to Hepatitis B Shots for All Newborns
www.nytimes.com
December 5, 2025 at 3:59 PM
there are of course many examples of political constituencies that have in fact killed scores of children (en route to some other evil goal), but I can't offhand think of any historical examples of a political constituency organized for that specific purpose
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The decision by the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to downgrade its recommendations to protect infants from hepatitis B is a dangerous move that will harm children.
Click here to read AAP's full statement: bit.ly/3Y9ZQJT
Click here to read AAP's full statement: bit.ly/3Y9ZQJT
December 5, 2025 at 4:15 PM
The decision by the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to downgrade its recommendations to protect infants from hepatitis B is a dangerous move that will harm children.
Click here to read AAP's full statement: bit.ly/3Y9ZQJT
Click here to read AAP's full statement: bit.ly/3Y9ZQJT
Alex Karp has a PhD.
I'm reading his dissertation (in English, originally written in German). Ironic, perhaps, given he takes on Adorno and talks about difficulties of (conceptual) translation.
This clip + @wired.com's article on Palantir + his dissertation is a heckuva pousse cafe.
I'm reading his dissertation (in English, originally written in German). Ironic, perhaps, given he takes on Adorno and talks about difficulties of (conceptual) translation.
This clip + @wired.com's article on Palantir + his dissertation is a heckuva pousse cafe.
December 5, 2025 at 6:17 PM
Alex Karp has a PhD.
I'm reading his dissertation (in English, originally written in German). Ironic, perhaps, given he takes on Adorno and talks about difficulties of (conceptual) translation.
This clip + @wired.com's article on Palantir + his dissertation is a heckuva pousse cafe.
I'm reading his dissertation (in English, originally written in German). Ironic, perhaps, given he takes on Adorno and talks about difficulties of (conceptual) translation.
This clip + @wired.com's article on Palantir + his dissertation is a heckuva pousse cafe.
News Release 4-Dec-2025
To treat long COVID, we must learn from historical chronic illnesses, medical researchers say
www.eurekalert.org/news-release...
Lots of discussion of ME/CFS in full paper
#PAIS #MEcfs #LongCovid
To treat long COVID, we must learn from historical chronic illnesses, medical researchers say
www.eurekalert.org/news-release...
Lots of discussion of ME/CFS in full paper
#PAIS #MEcfs #LongCovid
December 5, 2025 at 2:54 PM