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WHAT IS CAUSING THE RISING DEMAND, CNN
Residents in mid-Atlantic states like Maryland, New Jersey and Pennsylvania who have spent the last few years plagued by high electricity bills just got some bad news: Relief is not on the way.
There’s just not enough electricity to meet rising demand. https://cnn.it/4ja4CAR
There’s just not enough electricity to meet rising demand. https://cnn.it/4ja4CAR
December 22, 2025 at 10:30 PM
WHAT IS CAUSING THE RISING DEMAND, CNN
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"Get the principals on camera" is such a telling phrase here, because it tells us that for Weiss there's no world in which the victims of these horrific actions can actually be seen as the subjects of the story: They're background noise, and the people who matter are the ones sending them.
Weiss concluded: “We need to be able to make every effort to get the principals on the record and on camera. To me, our viewers come first, not a listing schedule or anything else. And that is my North Star, and I hope it's the North Star of every person in this newsroom.”
December 22, 2025 at 5:03 PM
"Get the principals on camera" is such a telling phrase here, because it tells us that for Weiss there's no world in which the victims of these horrific actions can actually be seen as the subjects of the story: They're background noise, and the people who matter are the ones sending them.
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The Olivia Nuzzi story and the Bari Weiss at CBS story are the same story, which is that the upper echelons of legacy media are absolutely rife with people who worship power and don't feel burdened by any sense of responsibility to their profession or the public.
December 22, 2025 at 6:35 PM
The Olivia Nuzzi story and the Bari Weiss at CBS story are the same story, which is that the upper echelons of legacy media are absolutely rife with people who worship power and don't feel burdened by any sense of responsibility to their profession or the public.
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The Trump administration is moving to cancel five major offshore wind projects, deepening its broader assault on renewable energy and likely driving up utility costs for consumers by keeping the US locked into more expensive, polluting fossil fuels.
Trump Administration Moves to Kill 5 Major Offshore Wind Projects
The decision is a part of Trump’s broad attack on renewable energy sources, pushing up utility rates for US consumers.
truthout.org
December 22, 2025 at 9:24 PM
The Trump administration is moving to cancel five major offshore wind projects, deepening its broader assault on renewable energy and likely driving up utility costs for consumers by keeping the US locked into more expensive, polluting fossil fuels.
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The actor Michael Sheen used all his money to start a fake debt collecting business, buy 900 people in Wales's debt, and excused it. If Musk bought ALL $194 billion in medical debt in the U.S. and excused it in the same way, he'd still be the world's riches man by hundreds of billions of dollars.
Michael Sheen spent his own money to write off $1.3 million of neighbors’ debts | CNN
Actor Michael Sheen has bought $1.3 million of his neighbors’ debts and written them off using $129,000 of his own money.
www.cnn.com
December 21, 2025 at 3:07 PM
The actor Michael Sheen used all his money to start a fake debt collecting business, buy 900 people in Wales's debt, and excused it. If Musk bought ALL $194 billion in medical debt in the U.S. and excused it in the same way, he'd still be the world's riches man by hundreds of billions of dollars.
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suspect a big reason why many academics and others who work in areas where getting facts RIGHT is key are disinterested in using LLMs for research:
they’ve tried it, they keep noticing major errors in output, and they conclude that having to verify all that doesn’t actually save them time.
they’ve tried it, they keep noticing major errors in output, and they conclude that having to verify all that doesn’t actually save them time.
December 21, 2025 at 4:16 PM
suspect a big reason why many academics and others who work in areas where getting facts RIGHT is key are disinterested in using LLMs for research:
they’ve tried it, they keep noticing major errors in output, and they conclude that having to verify all that doesn’t actually save them time.
they’ve tried it, they keep noticing major errors in output, and they conclude that having to verify all that doesn’t actually save them time.
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Today, a “unity rally” against hate outside the office of far-right councilmember Vickie Paladino, whose most recent racist tirade provoked widespread condemnation.
December 21, 2025 at 9:33 AM
Today, a “unity rally” against hate outside the office of far-right councilmember Vickie Paladino, whose most recent racist tirade provoked widespread condemnation.
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It’s the “season of love and giving”…but this year, doesn’t it seem more like a “season of fear and taking”? Like many of you, I’ve been saddened by the human impact of draconian government budget cuts and how angry many housed Americans are at unhoused Americans.
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December 21, 2025 at 2:51 AM
It’s the “season of love and giving”…but this year, doesn’t it seem more like a “season of fear and taking”? Like many of you, I’ve been saddened by the human impact of draconian government budget cuts and how angry many housed Americans are at unhoused Americans.
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everybody stop trying to shove a.i.down my throat challenge level: impossible
December 20, 2025 at 2:35 PM
everybody stop trying to shove a.i.down my throat challenge level: impossible
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imagine the vast improvement of being able to save a second or two when sending a DM to an ebay seller, this is surely worth boiling the world's oceans for
December 20, 2025 at 2:36 PM
imagine the vast improvement of being able to save a second or two when sending a DM to an ebay seller, this is surely worth boiling the world's oceans for
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Guam's Attorney-General is anti-choice and has repeatedly tried to reinstate the island's abortion ban, which has an injunction against it. He asked for a rehearing at the Supreme Court, but many doctors and healthcare groups have formally opposed this, and now the Governor has too.
Governor opposes rehearing for AG appeal in abortion ban injunction case
Following the opposition filing from health care groups and doctors, Gov. Lou Leon Guerrero has filed her own opposition to Attorney General Douglas Moylan's rehearing request for his case at
www.postguam.com
December 20, 2025 at 2:49 AM
Guam's Attorney-General is anti-choice and has repeatedly tried to reinstate the island's abortion ban, which has an injunction against it. He asked for a rehearing at the Supreme Court, but many doctors and healthcare groups have formally opposed this, and now the Governor has too.
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As archaeologists we can often feel detached from contemporary politics and powerless to act when we see wrongdoing but we are not and we should not sit back. Here are some clear steps that can be taken to try to halt the theft of Sebastia. everydayorientalism.wordpress.com/2025/12/16/i...
Israel wants to steal the archaeological site of Sebastia: Here’s what you can do about it
cover picture: IOF reservist and Ariel U graduate Yair Almakyes posing with riffle-and-booze-clad Zionists in front of ancient remains of a vandalized wall in Sebastia, West Bank (close up from a p…
everydayorientalism.wordpress.com
December 16, 2025 at 4:55 PM
As archaeologists we can often feel detached from contemporary politics and powerless to act when we see wrongdoing but we are not and we should not sit back. Here are some clear steps that can be taken to try to halt the theft of Sebastia. everydayorientalism.wordpress.com/2025/12/16/i...
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The New York Times continues to obfuscate the identities of the IOF murderers of #HindRajab, as well as thousands of other Palestinian children, even when reviewing a film that explicitly names her killers.
Boycott The New York Times.
Boycott The New York Times.
December 19, 2025 at 3:06 PM
The New York Times continues to obfuscate the identities of the IOF murderers of #HindRajab, as well as thousands of other Palestinian children, even when reviewing a film that explicitly names her killers.
Boycott The New York Times.
Boycott The New York Times.
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ISIS who are affiliated with Israel attacked Australians but somehow it's Australians fault for being horrified and sickened by Israel's ongoing genocide in Palestine . Now we need to know, is Israel threatening us with Isis if the govt don't comply?
December 19, 2025 at 11:22 PM
ISIS who are affiliated with Israel attacked Australians but somehow it's Australians fault for being horrified and sickened by Israel's ongoing genocide in Palestine . Now we need to know, is Israel threatening us with Isis if the govt don't comply?
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"My daughter opposes genocide and also sexual abuse. Where did I go wrong?"
December 18, 2025 at 9:37 PM
"My daughter opposes genocide and also sexual abuse. Where did I go wrong?"
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A case study in how the "real estate state" overrides democratic will: after Mamdani's decisive victory, Adams and his allies are using bureaucratic maneuvers to block rent freezes and kill affordable housing before Mamdani takes office.
A crucial piece by Sam Stein in @jewishcurrents.bsky.social:
A crucial piece by Sam Stein in @jewishcurrents.bsky.social:
Zohran Mamdani Vs. the Real Estate State
Can the mayor-elect overcome the snares being set for his affordable housing agenda?
jewishcurrents.org
December 18, 2025 at 8:44 PM
A case study in how the "real estate state" overrides democratic will: after Mamdani's decisive victory, Adams and his allies are using bureaucratic maneuvers to block rent freezes and kill affordable housing before Mamdani takes office.
A crucial piece by Sam Stein in @jewishcurrents.bsky.social:
A crucial piece by Sam Stein in @jewishcurrents.bsky.social:
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Welcome to A New Era, Sherif Soliman!
December 18, 2025 at 3:43 PM
Welcome to A New Era, Sherif Soliman!
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everything is so fucking stupid
December 17, 2025 at 11:58 PM
everything is so fucking stupid
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“It is reasonable to imagine that much of the information that the Israelis gathered over the past two years will be a new baseline for an expanded archive, a standing watch list.” @mohamhawish.bsky.social reports on life in Gaza under Israel’s all-encompassing surveillance regime.
Watched, Tracked, and Targeted in Gaza
Life under Israel’s all-encompassing surveillance regime.
nymag.com
December 14, 2025 at 8:01 PM
“It is reasonable to imagine that much of the information that the Israelis gathered over the past two years will be a new baseline for an expanded archive, a standing watch list.” @mohamhawish.bsky.social reports on life in Gaza under Israel’s all-encompassing surveillance regime.
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Yes it is curious. It’s because they lie.
Someone on here mocked me a little when I (gently) explained that edtech’s entire use case in higherEd is to build a higher quality training dataset than the ones AI can scrape from the internet. And to labor bust.
I don’t know how else to say it!
Someone on here mocked me a little when I (gently) explained that edtech’s entire use case in higherEd is to build a higher quality training dataset than the ones AI can scrape from the internet. And to labor bust.
I don’t know how else to say it!
kind of curious about the weird convergence/timing of the right wing witch hunt in academia with the attempt to replace academia with AI slop and how these bogus "transparency" measures facilitate both. how "fortuitous" for someone.
December 15, 2025 at 5:18 PM
Yes it is curious. It’s because they lie.
Someone on here mocked me a little when I (gently) explained that edtech’s entire use case in higherEd is to build a higher quality training dataset than the ones AI can scrape from the internet. And to labor bust.
I don’t know how else to say it!
Someone on here mocked me a little when I (gently) explained that edtech’s entire use case in higherEd is to build a higher quality training dataset than the ones AI can scrape from the internet. And to labor bust.
I don’t know how else to say it!
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Genuinely I think anti Muslim hate is way worse now then it ever has been in the history of this country. Politicians are outwardly saying that Muslims should be all removed from this country with zero reprimand or censure. It's wild.
December 15, 2025 at 2:57 PM
Genuinely I think anti Muslim hate is way worse now then it ever has been in the history of this country. Politicians are outwardly saying that Muslims should be all removed from this country with zero reprimand or censure. It's wild.
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sacrificing Christmas on the altar of Skynet
Fox tells Americans to buy artificial trees so Christmas tree farms can be used for data centers:
"Everybody needs to get on board."
"Everybody needs to get on board."
December 14, 2025 at 6:48 PM
sacrificing Christmas on the altar of Skynet