@dpedin.bsky.social
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Elimination of emissions standards was one of the pretty clear policy stakes of the 2024 election and it received about 1% as much coverage as whether Tim Walz retiring from the national guard after 21 years was cowardly.
“The U.S. no longer has emission standards of any meaning,” said Margo T. Oge, who served as the E.P.A.’s top vehicle emissions regulator under three presidents and has since advised both automakers and environmental groups…
“Nothing. Zero,” she added. “Not many countries have zero.”
“Nothing. Zero,” she added. “Not many countries have zero.”
With Latest Rollback, the U.S. Essentially Has No Clean-Car Rules
www.nytimes.com
February 16, 2026 at 2:33 PM
Elimination of emissions standards was one of the pretty clear policy stakes of the 2024 election and it received about 1% as much coverage as whether Tim Walz retiring from the national guard after 21 years was cowardly.
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Reform could potentially win the floating protest voters but lose its far right base to Restore and thus lose the election for being insufficiently racist
February 16, 2026 at 3:37 PM
Reform could potentially win the floating protest voters but lose its far right base to Restore and thus lose the election for being insufficiently racist
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Just a short line of words, but says so much. Odd, rare feeling of positive from it too.
First time I can think of when many of the worlds very richest can all be toppled in one moment. If not now, then never. For the sake of the world, let's take the opportunity. There will never be a better one.
First time I can think of when many of the worlds very richest can all be toppled in one moment. If not now, then never. For the sake of the world, let's take the opportunity. There will never be a better one.
The Epstein files present a unique reversal. Usually the billionaire class and tech titans have all the data on us
February 16, 2026 at 3:52 PM
Just a short line of words, but says so much. Odd, rare feeling of positive from it too.
First time I can think of when many of the worlds very richest can all be toppled in one moment. If not now, then never. For the sake of the world, let's take the opportunity. There will never be a better one.
First time I can think of when many of the worlds very richest can all be toppled in one moment. If not now, then never. For the sake of the world, let's take the opportunity. There will never be a better one.
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BBC headline utterly failing. ‘The saga of a £165m rail line that keeps causing travel chaos’
It’s not the rail line that “keeps causing travel chaos” its the shifting climate with more prolonged and intense rainfall and more frequent storms leading to landslips and the sea wall being washed out.
It’s not the rail line that “keeps causing travel chaos” its the shifting climate with more prolonged and intense rainfall and more frequent storms leading to landslips and the sea wall being washed out.
February 15, 2026 at 11:49 PM
BBC headline utterly failing. ‘The saga of a £165m rail line that keeps causing travel chaos’
It’s not the rail line that “keeps causing travel chaos” its the shifting climate with more prolonged and intense rainfall and more frequent storms leading to landslips and the sea wall being washed out.
It’s not the rail line that “keeps causing travel chaos” its the shifting climate with more prolonged and intense rainfall and more frequent storms leading to landslips and the sea wall being washed out.
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Pregnant Immigrant Teens in Detention Face Potentially Unsafe Conditions in Texas Shelter
Pregnant Immigrant Teens in Detention Face Potentially Unsafe Conditions in Texas Shelter
Plus: The Pride flag rises again over Stonewall and California reproductive clinics get cash influx from state.
rewirenewsgroup.com
February 16, 2026 at 3:59 PM
Pregnant Immigrant Teens in Detention Face Potentially Unsafe Conditions in Texas Shelter
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Tomlinson tweets that Goodwin advised him to say nothing about being disinvited [advice he took, posting about invitation but not cancellation] because Goodwin told Tomlinson he wanted him to be "on the front lines of politics in the next five years"
February 16, 2026 at 3:58 PM
Tomlinson tweets that Goodwin advised him to say nothing about being disinvited [advice he took, posting about invitation but not cancellation] because Goodwin told Tomlinson he wanted him to be "on the front lines of politics in the next five years"
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Someone has sure already made this observation but the fact they can convert all those empty warehouses into prison camps means they could have converted them into housing, community centers, job training centers or, hell, libraries or schools all along. It’s always a matter of will not resources.
February 15, 2026 at 5:30 PM
Someone has sure already made this observation but the fact they can convert all those empty warehouses into prison camps means they could have converted them into housing, community centers, job training centers or, hell, libraries or schools all along. It’s always a matter of will not resources.
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😂 Oops! That did NOT quite go to plan for GB News!
February 16, 2026 at 3:35 PM
😂 Oops! That did NOT quite go to plan for GB News!
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New in PN: "Just making s**t up" — @volts.wtf sounds off on the EPA
“How the f**k are they going to do that? If you can get the Supreme Court to rule carbon is not a danger to public health, it will mark the point at which they have abandoned all pretense, because that’s just a flat out lie.”
“How the f**k are they going to do that? If you can get the Supreme Court to rule carbon is not a danger to public health, it will mark the point at which they have abandoned all pretense, because that’s just a flat out lie.”
"Just making s**t up" — David Roberts sounds off on the EPA
"To say members of Congress didn’t anticipate a specific pollutant is just f**king comical."
www.publicnotice.co
February 16, 2026 at 3:35 PM
New in PN: "Just making s**t up" — @volts.wtf sounds off on the EPA
“How the f**k are they going to do that? If you can get the Supreme Court to rule carbon is not a danger to public health, it will mark the point at which they have abandoned all pretense, because that’s just a flat out lie.”
“How the f**k are they going to do that? If you can get the Supreme Court to rule carbon is not a danger to public health, it will mark the point at which they have abandoned all pretense, because that’s just a flat out lie.”
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EXC: Robert Jenrick has been mocked for using Ozempic and told “you can't take an injection for personality”…by his Reform colleague Matt Goodwin. In previous interviews, Mr Goodwin also said Jenrick had “no charisma”, and Reform risked becoming a Tory tribute act”
www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...
www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...
Reform candidate made fat jab jibe at Jenrick and warned over 'Tory tribute act'
Matt Goodwin, who is running in Gorton and Denton, has made repeated attacks on his new colleagues, and also warned Nigel Farage that Reform risks becoming a 'Tory tribute act'
www.mirror.co.uk
February 16, 2026 at 4:06 PM
EXC: Robert Jenrick has been mocked for using Ozempic and told “you can't take an injection for personality”…by his Reform colleague Matt Goodwin. In previous interviews, Mr Goodwin also said Jenrick had “no charisma”, and Reform risked becoming a Tory tribute act”
www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...
www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...
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To be resumed when we can celebrate decency in the presidency…
February 16, 2026 at 2:55 PM
To be resumed when we can celebrate decency in the presidency…
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We should start by making flying pay its way, like all other forms of transport. Add VAT, add fuel duty, take away duty free shopping - none of those things exists if you travel by car, bus or train - which are all far more sustainable.
February 16, 2026 at 4:12 PM
We should start by making flying pay its way, like all other forms of transport. Add VAT, add fuel duty, take away duty free shopping - none of those things exists if you travel by car, bus or train - which are all far more sustainable.
Dans a twat!
Dan wasn't even born before decimalisation (nor was he anywhere near the UK when he was born) but still he yearns for Britain's pre-decimal times 55 years later.
February 16, 2026 at 4:27 PM
Dans a twat!
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New @nberpubs: "The Macroeconomic Effects of Tariffs: Evidence From U.S. Historical Data" www.nber.org/papers/w34852
"Tariff increases are contractionary: imports fall sharply, exports decline with a lag, and output and manufacturing activity drop persistently." 😲
"Tariff increases are contractionary: imports fall sharply, exports decline with a lag, and output and manufacturing activity drop persistently." 😲
February 16, 2026 at 4:21 PM
New @nberpubs: "The Macroeconomic Effects of Tariffs: Evidence From U.S. Historical Data" www.nber.org/papers/w34852
"Tariff increases are contractionary: imports fall sharply, exports decline with a lag, and output and manufacturing activity drop persistently." 😲
"Tariff increases are contractionary: imports fall sharply, exports decline with a lag, and output and manufacturing activity drop persistently." 😲
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Trump’s suit against the BBC should be seen for what it is: an attempt to rewrite history. It’s also a bid to fill his own pockets, discredit the work of professional journalists and chill news organisations, writes Alan Rusbridger
Trump’s attack on the BBC is a harbinger of much worse to come
The BBC has its problems—but they are nothing compared to the American billionaires who control much of US media
www.prospectmagazine.co.uk
February 16, 2026 at 11:17 AM
Trump’s suit against the BBC should be seen for what it is: an attempt to rewrite history. It’s also a bid to fill his own pockets, discredit the work of professional journalists and chill news organisations, writes Alan Rusbridger
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Just got back online to see a second GB gold at the winter Olympics for Huw Nightingale and Charlotte Bankes in snowboard cross.
First ever GB gold on snow and first time we've won two at the same winter Olympics.
First ever GB gold on snow and first time we've won two at the same winter Olympics.
February 15, 2026 at 2:55 PM
Just got back online to see a second GB gold at the winter Olympics for Huw Nightingale and Charlotte Bankes in snowboard cross.
First ever GB gold on snow and first time we've won two at the same winter Olympics.
First ever GB gold on snow and first time we've won two at the same winter Olympics.
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if this has to be a news story it should be that a qualified and competent doctor has been run out of a struggling NHS simply because she is transgender
The BBC reporting on Beth Upton’s current employment situation is definitely not in the public interest, and it is insane how much the British press freely get away with harassing her for the crime of simply living her life existing as a trans person in the UK.
February 15, 2026 at 1:38 PM
if this has to be a news story it should be that a qualified and competent doctor has been run out of a struggling NHS simply because she is transgender
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By their friends shall you know them
After his oily flattery and rude criticism of the Europeans en masse at the MSC, Rubio has chosen to make bilateral visits to the two most pro-Putin, anti-Brussels and Trump-loving leaders in the EU, Fico in Slovakia and Orban in Hungary
After his oily flattery and rude criticism of the Europeans en masse at the MSC, Rubio has chosen to make bilateral visits to the two most pro-Putin, anti-Brussels and Trump-loving leaders in the EU, Fico in Slovakia and Orban in Hungary
February 15, 2026 at 2:59 PM
By their friends shall you know them
After his oily flattery and rude criticism of the Europeans en masse at the MSC, Rubio has chosen to make bilateral visits to the two most pro-Putin, anti-Brussels and Trump-loving leaders in the EU, Fico in Slovakia and Orban in Hungary
After his oily flattery and rude criticism of the Europeans en masse at the MSC, Rubio has chosen to make bilateral visits to the two most pro-Putin, anti-Brussels and Trump-loving leaders in the EU, Fico in Slovakia and Orban in Hungary
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15 February 1924 | An Italian Jewish woman, Enrica Mieli, was born in Rome.
In October 1943 she was deported to #Auschwitz. She did not survive.
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Women at Auschwitz:
📖 Lesson: https://lekcja.auschwitz.org/2022_kobiety_en/
🎧 Podcast: https://youtu.be/ijTxtbNlJO8
In October 1943 she was deported to #Auschwitz. She did not survive.
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Women at Auschwitz:
📖 Lesson: https://lekcja.auschwitz.org/2022_kobiety_en/
🎧 Podcast: https://youtu.be/ijTxtbNlJO8
February 15, 2026 at 3:00 PM
15 February 1924 | An Italian Jewish woman, Enrica Mieli, was born in Rome.
In October 1943 she was deported to #Auschwitz. She did not survive.
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Women at Auschwitz:
📖 Lesson: https://lekcja.auschwitz.org/2022_kobiety_en/
🎧 Podcast: https://youtu.be/ijTxtbNlJO8
In October 1943 she was deported to #Auschwitz. She did not survive.
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Women at Auschwitz:
📖 Lesson: https://lekcja.auschwitz.org/2022_kobiety_en/
🎧 Podcast: https://youtu.be/ijTxtbNlJO8
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Rupert Lowe tweets his Restore Britain party will vet councillors who want to join - to avoid accepting those who "don't have the stomach" for what needs to be done.
His most openly racist supporters say they are "ecstatic".
They believe he will set no boundaries at all on overt racism for members
His most openly racist supporters say they are "ecstatic".
They believe he will set no boundaries at all on overt racism for members
February 15, 2026 at 2:42 PM
Rupert Lowe tweets his Restore Britain party will vet councillors who want to join - to avoid accepting those who "don't have the stomach" for what needs to be done.
His most openly racist supporters say they are "ecstatic".
They believe he will set no boundaries at all on overt racism for members
His most openly racist supporters say they are "ecstatic".
They believe he will set no boundaries at all on overt racism for members
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I'm not especially opposed to driverless cabs, but I'm fucked if I'm giving up my ancestral British right to cross the road anywhere if it's safe for me to do so. "Jaywalking" isn't a thing or a crime here, techbros, so your magic cars will have to learn to deal with that.
Politics London discussing driverless taxis casually referring to “jaywalking pedestrians”.
Jaywalking is not a thing in UK law.
Transport for London and Government had better not be asleep at the wheel on this.
Jaywalking is not a thing in UK law.
Transport for London and Government had better not be asleep at the wheel on this.
February 15, 2026 at 11:43 AM
I'm not especially opposed to driverless cabs, but I'm fucked if I'm giving up my ancestral British right to cross the road anywhere if it's safe for me to do so. "Jaywalking" isn't a thing or a crime here, techbros, so your magic cars will have to learn to deal with that.
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A prominent healthcare advocacy group is calling for the US health secretary, Robert F Kennedy Jr, (RFK Jr) to step down from his post after he downplayed Covid risks by saying: “I’m not scared of a germ. I used to snort cocaine off of toilet se...
TAT: [Attacking Science | Controlling Information]
TAT: [Attacking Science | Controlling Information]
Healthcare group urges RFK Jr to resign after remarks on cocaine and toilet seats
President of Protect Our Care issues one-word statement to US health and human services secretary: ‘Resign’
www.theguardian.com
February 14, 2026 at 8:08 PM
A prominent healthcare advocacy group is calling for the US health secretary, Robert F Kennedy Jr, (RFK Jr) to step down from his post after he downplayed Covid risks by saying: “I’m not scared of a germ. I used to snort cocaine off of toilet se...
TAT: [Attacking Science | Controlling Information]
TAT: [Attacking Science | Controlling Information]
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Dozens of juvenile detention centers in 25 states reported holding children weeks or months as they awaited space at long-term psychiatric treatment facilities, according to a new survey.
Report finds children with mental health diagnoses often incarcerated instead of getting treatment
Dozens of juvenile detention centers in 25 states reported holding children weeks or months as they awaited space at long-term psychiatric treatment facilities, according to a new survey.
n.pr
February 14, 2026 at 8:20 PM
Dozens of juvenile detention centers in 25 states reported holding children weeks or months as they awaited space at long-term psychiatric treatment facilities, according to a new survey.
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Utterly unacceptable in a democracy. In a sane world, House Republicans would be drafting impeachment articles today and Senate Republicans would be preparing for a trial to convict and remove him from office
February 14, 2026 at 7:37 PM
Utterly unacceptable in a democracy. In a sane world, House Republicans would be drafting impeachment articles today and Senate Republicans would be preparing for a trial to convict and remove him from office