Ibitpichu
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If you give me six lines written by the hand of the most honest of men, I will find something in them which will hang him.
--Cardinal Richelieu
There is only one solution: remove Trump legally
There never has been true socialism and there never will be.
--Cardinal Richelieu
There is only one solution: remove Trump legally
There never has been true socialism and there never will be.
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For the first time, astronomers have detected a coronal mass ejection from a star other than our Sun, and it was a big one – powerful enough to strip the atmosphere from nearby planets. That's bad news for the search for extraterrestrial life. Here's why: physicsworld.com/a/astronomer... 🧪⚛️🔭
Astronomers observe a coronal mass ejection from a distant star – Physics World
Burst from M-dwarf star could be powerful enough to strip the atmosphere of any planets that orbit it, with implications for the search for extraterrestrial life
physicsworld.com
December 11, 2025 at 9:10 AM
For the first time, astronomers have detected a coronal mass ejection from a star other than our Sun, and it was a big one – powerful enough to strip the atmosphere from nearby planets. That's bad news for the search for extraterrestrial life. Here's why: physicsworld.com/a/astronomer... 🧪⚛️🔭
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and this bit of projection we should have paid more attention to
December 11, 2025 at 8:46 PM
and this bit of projection we should have paid more attention to
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Remember when Mike Cernovich was granted a WH media pass in 2017 he ran around calling the US press antifa and saying antifa was the biggest threat to America?
December 11, 2025 at 8:43 PM
Remember when Mike Cernovich was granted a WH media pass in 2017 he ran around calling the US press antifa and saying antifa was the biggest threat to America?
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Literally one of the main reasons why FBI missed Jan6 is bc Bill Barr had the FBI chasing Antifa.
All the Proud Boys had been turned "informants" on Antifa.
All the Proud Boys had been turned "informants" on Antifa.
You’ve got to assume that any real organised crime or terror groups in the US know the FBI isn’t tracking them as closely as they used to.
That could be very bad indeed – and if so, you can expect to see the clips of congressional testimony like today’s many, many times.
That could be very bad indeed – and if so, you can expect to see the clips of congressional testimony like today’s many, many times.
Kinda wild that the organization the FBI considers the biggest domestic threat is ... largely imaginary.
December 11, 2025 at 8:37 PM
Literally one of the main reasons why FBI missed Jan6 is bc Bill Barr had the FBI chasing Antifa.
All the Proud Boys had been turned "informants" on Antifa.
All the Proud Boys had been turned "informants" on Antifa.
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Thailand PM moves to dissolve parliament, paving way for election https://aje.io/053rkb
December 11, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Thailand PM moves to dissolve parliament, paving way for election https://aje.io/053rkb
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Disney sends cease-and-desist letter to Google, CNBC reports reut.rs/496uHgE
Disney sends cease-and-desist letter to Google, CNBC reports
Walt Disney has sent a cease-and-desist letter to Alphabet's Google, CNBC reported on Thursday.
reut.rs
December 11, 2025 at 7:40 PM
Disney sends cease-and-desist letter to Google, CNBC reports reut.rs/496uHgE
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A significant protest opposing deep sea mining is scheduled in the Northern Mariana Islands, reflecting community concerns over environmental policies.
www.kuam.com/story/533076...
www.kuam.com/story/533076...
Protest against deep sea mining in the Marianas planned for Thursday
With less than a handful of days to provide public comments, concerns are growing over plans for deep sea mining in the Marianas. A protest and community meeting are being organized by local organizat
www.kuam.com
December 11, 2025 at 7:55 PM
A significant protest opposing deep sea mining is scheduled in the Northern Mariana Islands, reflecting community concerns over environmental policies.
www.kuam.com/story/533076...
www.kuam.com/story/533076...
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Measles outbreaks are growing along the Utah-Arizona border and in South Carolina, where hundreds are in quarantine.
Hundreds are quarantined in South Carolina as measles spreads in 2 US outbreaks
Measles outbreaks in South Carolina and on the Arizona-Utah border are growing. In South Carolina, more than 250 people, including students from nine area elementary, middle and high schools are in quarantine.
bit.ly
December 11, 2025 at 8:01 PM
Measles outbreaks are growing along the Utah-Arizona border and in South Carolina, where hundreds are in quarantine.
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BYD in talks with UAE authorities on driverless cars and research centre
BYD in talks with UAE authorities on driverless cars and research centre | The National
Chinese EV maker is accelerating co-operation amid smart mobility push, senior executive says
www.thenationalnews.com
December 11, 2025 at 8:13 PM
BYD in talks with UAE authorities on driverless cars and research centre
Trumps 'reported' plan to tear off countries from the EU is the dumbest thing ive seen since his last plan
December 11, 2025 at 7:54 PM
Trumps 'reported' plan to tear off countries from the EU is the dumbest thing ive seen since his last plan
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Affordability and "a critique of the state of Israel" were the two main messages that helped Zohran Mamdani get elected mayor of New York, says his father Mahmood Mamdani. Continuing to speak out for Palestinian rights despite backlash convinced voters "that this was a man of principle," he says.
December 11, 2025 at 2:56 PM
Affordability and "a critique of the state of Israel" were the two main messages that helped Zohran Mamdani get elected mayor of New York, says his father Mahmood Mamdani. Continuing to speak out for Palestinian rights despite backlash convinced voters "that this was a man of principle," he says.
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A lawsuit filed by Suzanne Adams’s estate alleges that ChatGPT-maker OpenAI bears responsibility for her death because the company rushed out “a defective product that validated a user’s paranoid delusions about his own mother.”
A former tech executive killed his mother. Her family says ChatGPT made her a target.
A new lawsuit against OpenAI alleges that ChatGPT encouraged a man’s delusional thinking, leading him to kill his 83-year-old mother and take his own life.
wapo.st
December 11, 2025 at 3:30 PM
A lawsuit filed by Suzanne Adams’s estate alleges that ChatGPT-maker OpenAI bears responsibility for her death because the company rushed out “a defective product that validated a user’s paranoid delusions about his own mother.”
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Reform councillor sends two emails in first six months of job
Reform councillor sends two emails in first six months of job
www.independent.co.uk
December 11, 2025 at 3:19 PM
Reform councillor sends two emails in first six months of job
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70% of electricity in China comes from burning fossil fuels. China is not at all "green," but is the world's biggest mercantilist...
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December 11, 2025 at 12:41 PM
70% of electricity in China comes from burning fossil fuels. China is not at all "green," but is the world's biggest mercantilist...
robinjbrooks.substack.com/p/chinas-ele...
robinjbrooks.substack.com/p/chinas-rac...
robinjbrooks.substack.com/p/chinas-inv...
robinjbrooks.substack.com/p/chinas-mas...
robinjbrooks.substack.com/p/chinas-ele...
robinjbrooks.substack.com/p/chinas-rac...
robinjbrooks.substack.com/p/chinas-inv...
robinjbrooks.substack.com/p/chinas-mas...
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There's two stylized facts about Mexico's trade balance: (i) it's always in balance (black line); and (ii) the trade surplus with the US (blue bars) keeps growing - it's up 30% m/m just in October 2025 - while deficits with every other country are rising massively, including with China (red)...
December 11, 2025 at 1:01 PM
There's two stylized facts about Mexico's trade balance: (i) it's always in balance (black line); and (ii) the trade surplus with the US (blue bars) keeps growing - it's up 30% m/m just in October 2025 - while deficits with every other country are rising massively, including with China (red)...
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The EU needs to put the NSS aside. There's only one thing that matters, which is that it's hopelessly boxed in between Russia and China. These two countries are the biggest threat to the safety of the EU. Just look at China's exports to Russia, which have gone through the roof since the invasion...
December 11, 2025 at 1:09 PM
The EU needs to put the NSS aside. There's only one thing that matters, which is that it's hopelessly boxed in between Russia and China. These two countries are the biggest threat to the safety of the EU. Just look at China's exports to Russia, which have gone through the roof since the invasion...
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Grateful to be included in this @cepr.org volume on the economic fallout of Trump 2.0. My chapter is on emerging markets (EM), which - as the G10 start acting more like EMs - are emerging as a big winner. Big thanks to @simonhrjohnson.bsky.social and @upanizza.bsky.social.
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The Economic Consequences of The Second Trump Administration: A Preliminary Assessment
==> REVISED & EXPANDED EDITION
cepr.org
December 11, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Grateful to be included in this @cepr.org volume on the economic fallout of Trump 2.0. My chapter is on emerging markets (EM), which - as the G10 start acting more like EMs - are emerging as a big winner. Big thanks to @simonhrjohnson.bsky.social and @upanizza.bsky.social.
cepr.org/publications...
cepr.org/publications...
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It used to be an impeachable offense.
Now it’s a daily occurrence.
Now it’s a daily occurrence.
December 11, 2025 at 9:36 AM
It used to be an impeachable offense.
Now it’s a daily occurrence.
Now it’s a daily occurrence.
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A reminder that not much of anything has actually been stopped in the last year.
Pattern is: Big showy "shock-and-awe" thing happens-->outrage and court cases-->admin looses cases, big showy bit kinda stops, news cycle moves on-->most of the bad parts continue.
Pattern is: Big showy "shock-and-awe" thing happens-->outrage and court cases-->admin looses cases, big showy bit kinda stops, news cycle moves on-->most of the bad parts continue.
NSF
- Forced reorg
- POs down ~ 40% (DRP, most rotators not renewed, retirements)
- Forced move (and we have to pack and clean) to a building with no furniture, little to no conference space for panels, inadequate 🛜, …)
I personally love the boxes they gave us for packing.
“Details matter” 🙃
- Forced reorg
- POs down ~ 40% (DRP, most rotators not renewed, retirements)
- Forced move (and we have to pack and clean) to a building with no furniture, little to no conference space for panels, inadequate 🛜, …)
I personally love the boxes they gave us for packing.
“Details matter” 🙃
December 11, 2025 at 2:14 PM
A reminder that not much of anything has actually been stopped in the last year.
Pattern is: Big showy "shock-and-awe" thing happens-->outrage and court cases-->admin looses cases, big showy bit kinda stops, news cycle moves on-->most of the bad parts continue.
Pattern is: Big showy "shock-and-awe" thing happens-->outrage and court cases-->admin looses cases, big showy bit kinda stops, news cycle moves on-->most of the bad parts continue.
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The campaign corruption case just argued in the Supreme Court attracted a flotilla of creepy front groups who filed “amicus” briefs — 15 of them by our count!
The Supreme Court refuses to require disclosure of the connections between them. Smelly.
The Supreme Court refuses to require disclosure of the connections between them. Smelly.
December 11, 2025 at 2:48 PM
The campaign corruption case just argued in the Supreme Court attracted a flotilla of creepy front groups who filed “amicus” briefs — 15 of them by our count!
The Supreme Court refuses to require disclosure of the connections between them. Smelly.
The Supreme Court refuses to require disclosure of the connections between them. Smelly.
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Expecting things to increase over the near term, ship seizure was likely first action:
Trump hinted over the weekend that he was about to increase the pressure on Maduro.
"Be ready, things are happening fast," Trump said privately, according to the source.-Axios
www.axios.com/2025/12/10/v...
Trump hinted over the weekend that he was about to increase the pressure on Maduro.
"Be ready, things are happening fast," Trump said privately, according to the source.-Axios
www.axios.com/2025/12/10/v...
U.S. seizes Venezuelan oil tanker bound for Cuba in latest escalation
"I told the idiots to seize ships a while ago instead of killing flunkies."
www.axios.com
December 11, 2025 at 1:29 AM
Expecting things to increase over the near term, ship seizure was likely first action:
Trump hinted over the weekend that he was about to increase the pressure on Maduro.
"Be ready, things are happening fast," Trump said privately, according to the source.-Axios
www.axios.com/2025/12/10/v...
Trump hinted over the weekend that he was about to increase the pressure on Maduro.
"Be ready, things are happening fast," Trump said privately, according to the source.-Axios
www.axios.com/2025/12/10/v...