@klynner.bsky.social
A mom mediating and deciphering the messages of: my children, global issues and national concerns. Former non-profit director and grant writer.
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"David Sacks tried to kill state AI laws — and it blew up in his face. A leaked executive order draft reveals the tech billionaire making a power play to become America’s AI policy gatekeeper." www.theverge.com/ai-artificia...
David Sacks tried to kill state AI laws — and it blew up in his face
A leaked executive order reveals that the tech billionaire would have become America’s AI policy gatekeeper.
www.theverge.com
November 26, 2025 at 12:06 PM
"David Sacks tried to kill state AI laws — and it blew up in his face. A leaked executive order draft reveals the tech billionaire making a power play to become America’s AI policy gatekeeper." www.theverge.com/ai-artificia...
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Did the Comey Dismissal Render Kash Patel's Grand Conspiracy "Just Someone Else's Fantasy"?
www.emptywheel.net/2025/11/26/d...
www.emptywheel.net/2025/11/26/d...
Did the Comey Dismissal Render Kash Patel's Grand Conspiracy "Just Someone Else's Fantasy"? - emptywheel
You can't figure out what might happen in the wake of the Jim Comey dismissal without factoring in the SDFL Grand Conspiracy conspiracy theory and how it was damaged by Lindsey the Insurance Lawyer's ...
www.emptywheel.net
November 26, 2025 at 1:18 PM
Did the Comey Dismissal Render Kash Patel's Grand Conspiracy "Just Someone Else's Fantasy"?
www.emptywheel.net/2025/11/26/d...
www.emptywheel.net/2025/11/26/d...
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Today I’m recommending that NYC’s pension fund boards drop BlackRock and 2 other (out of 49) public markets asset managers due to inadequate decarbonization plans.
Climate risk is financial risk – we need asset managers who will invest responsibly.🧵
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Climate risk is financial risk – we need asset managers who will invest responsibly.🧵
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
NYC’s Lander Recommends Dropping $42 Billion BlackRock Mandate
New York City Comptroller Brad Lander is urging three of the city’s pension funds to drop BlackRock Inc. because of “inadequate” climate plans, the latest move to penalize investment firms for failing...
www.bloomberg.com
November 26, 2025 at 1:49 PM
Today I’m recommending that NYC’s pension fund boards drop BlackRock and 2 other (out of 49) public markets asset managers due to inadequate decarbonization plans.
Climate risk is financial risk – we need asset managers who will invest responsibly.🧵
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Climate risk is financial risk – we need asset managers who will invest responsibly.🧵
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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Here I was thinking that if @nicolesandler.bsky.social did our Friday round-up at the end of a 3-day week, for once it wouldn't feel like a week had transpired since we last did the round-up.
November 26, 2025 at 2:59 PM
Here I was thinking that if @nicolesandler.bsky.social did our Friday round-up at the end of a 3-day week, for once it wouldn't feel like a week had transpired since we last did the round-up.
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Admittedly, the racketeering part of the ruling is focused primarily on Durham Report stuff.
But it overlaps with what Trump wants to charge in SDFL.
But it overlaps with what Trump wants to charge in SDFL.
![No “real relation” exists between any earlier proceeding and
this suit. Trump presents as candidates the Federal Election Commission’s action against the Clinton campaign, Durham’s prosecution of Sussmann, and the Danchenko and Clinesmith prosecutions. None of these proceedings are, or even resemble, a racketeering action. At best, they are actions involving some of the conduct that Trump incorporates into his racketeering claim. But none
of these actions are even prosecutions of a racketeering predicate
act. The Commission’s action objected to the Democratic National
Committee’s and Clinton campaign’s “mischaracteriz[ation] . . . of
certain disbursements,” and at most establishes that the campaign relayed funds through Perkins Coie to opposition research. And the
Sussmann, Danchenko, and Clinesmith prosecutions for making
false statements to federal officials are relevant only to discrete
parts of Trump’s claims. These facts do not amount to a racketeering enterprise or a racketeering conspiracy.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:bbp2b224lro3bfnzcqwwnkfo/bafkreibepte6iij37rkftpy7jnvo24dfzf3lt2gygfva7my6q5ev5xthy4@jpeg)
November 26, 2025 at 3:41 PM
Admittedly, the racketeering part of the ruling is focused primarily on Durham Report stuff.
But it overlaps with what Trump wants to charge in SDFL.
But it overlaps with what Trump wants to charge in SDFL.
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NEW: A trivial-to-exploit bug in jury systems used across the United States exposed jurors' sensitive personal data, such as full names, date of birth, emails, cell phone numbers, and home addresses — and potentially health data.
The bug allowed anyone to brute-force and access jurors' accounts.
The bug allowed anyone to brute-force and access jurors' accounts.
Bug in jury systems used by several US states exposed sensitive personal data | TechCrunch
An easy-to-exploit vulnerability in a jury system made by Tyler Technologies exposed the personally identifiable data of jurors, including names, home addresses, emails, and phone numbers.
techcrunch.com
November 26, 2025 at 4:18 PM
NEW: A trivial-to-exploit bug in jury systems used across the United States exposed jurors' sensitive personal data, such as full names, date of birth, emails, cell phone numbers, and home addresses — and potentially health data.
The bug allowed anyone to brute-force and access jurors' accounts.
The bug allowed anyone to brute-force and access jurors' accounts.
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NEWS: A federal appeals court pane upholds the $1 million sanction against Trump and Habba for a "frivolous" lawsuit against Hillary Clinton, Comey, et al.
"Many of Trump’s and Habba’s legal arguments were indeed frivolous," Judge Pryor wrote.
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
"Many of Trump’s and Habba’s legal arguments were indeed frivolous," Judge Pryor wrote.
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
November 26, 2025 at 3:02 PM
NEWS: A federal appeals court pane upholds the $1 million sanction against Trump and Habba for a "frivolous" lawsuit against Hillary Clinton, Comey, et al.
"Many of Trump’s and Habba’s legal arguments were indeed frivolous," Judge Pryor wrote.
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
"Many of Trump’s and Habba’s legal arguments were indeed frivolous," Judge Pryor wrote.
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
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Update: Despite the best efforts of the local prosecutor, Duncan is getting out as I type this.
First day of freedom in three decades.
Here’s a text from his aunt.
First day of freedom in three decades.
Here’s a text from his aunt.
November 26, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Update: Despite the best efforts of the local prosecutor, Duncan is getting out as I type this.
First day of freedom in three decades.
Here’s a text from his aunt.
First day of freedom in three decades.
Here’s a text from his aunt.
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FEMA’s terrible, horrible, no good, very bad year
FEMA’s terrible, horrible, no good, very bad year
Internal turmoil and delayed aid expose the agency's fragility under Trump.
dlvr.it
November 26, 2025 at 4:38 PM
FEMA’s terrible, horrible, no good, very bad year
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At this point, I wonder if he isn't lying when he says he has "my highest Poll Numbers, ever" since it's entirely possible that's what his aides are telling him. It's quite likely that there's an entire Potemkin village built around Trump right now.
Trump responds to a detailed report about his waning energy and propensity to sleep through on-camera events by calling the New York Times's Katie Rogers ugly
November 26, 2025 at 2:24 PM
At this point, I wonder if he isn't lying when he says he has "my highest Poll Numbers, ever" since it's entirely possible that's what his aides are telling him. It's quite likely that there's an entire Potemkin village built around Trump right now.
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It's sort of ironic because Halligan screwed up prosecuting a fake crime, likely because of inexperience (and malice).
Willis was very experienced and she screwed up a real, serious crime because she thought she could get away with sleeping with her subordinates.
Willis was very experienced and she screwed up a real, serious crime because she thought she could get away with sleeping with her subordinates.
November 26, 2025 at 4:36 PM
It's sort of ironic because Halligan screwed up prosecuting a fake crime, likely because of inexperience (and malice).
Willis was very experienced and she screwed up a real, serious crime because she thought she could get away with sleeping with her subordinates.
Willis was very experienced and she screwed up a real, serious crime because she thought she could get away with sleeping with her subordinates.
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<raises hand>
democrats/liberals/progressives with any common sense need to get ahead of this electricity cost issue - we need restraint and regulation of ai and data centers, which are driving up costs www.cnbc.com/2025/11/26/a...
AI data center 'frenzy' is pushing up your electric bill — here's why
Energy-hungry data centers that underpin artificial intelligence are contributing to higher residential electricity bills, say experts.
www.cnbc.com
November 26, 2025 at 2:38 PM
<raises hand>
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I really wish journalists would stop using the word "retribution" to describe Trump's efforts to criminalize opposition to him, as it treats his claim that his adversaries did something wrong in the first place.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/25/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/25/u...
November 26, 2025 at 11:38 AM
I really wish journalists would stop using the word "retribution" to describe Trump's efforts to criminalize opposition to him, as it treats his claim that his adversaries did something wrong in the first place.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/25/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/25/u...
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🇳🇿 Yesterday wind power accounted for ~11% of New Zealand electrical power generation (13.6GWh). Solar power was ~1% (1.6GWh). Hydro power was ~68% (80.8GWh). Geothermal power was ~17% (19.6GWh).
Source: EM6
#NewZealand #windenergy #solarenergy #geothermalenergy #hydroenergy
Source: EM6
#NewZealand #windenergy #solarenergy #geothermalenergy #hydroenergy
November 26, 2025 at 12:00 PM
🇳🇿 Yesterday wind power accounted for ~11% of New Zealand electrical power generation (13.6GWh). Solar power was ~1% (1.6GWh). Hydro power was ~68% (80.8GWh). Geothermal power was ~17% (19.6GWh).
Source: EM6
#NewZealand #windenergy #solarenergy #geothermalenergy #hydroenergy
Source: EM6
#NewZealand #windenergy #solarenergy #geothermalenergy #hydroenergy
🇳🇿 Yesterday wind power accounted for ~11% of New Zealand electrical power generation (13.6GWh). Solar power was ~1% (1.6GWh). Hydro power was ~68% (80.8GWh). Geothermal power was ~17% (19.6GWh).
Source: EM6
#NewZealand #windenergy #solarenergy #geothermalenergy #hydroenergy
Source: EM6
#NewZealand #windenergy #solarenergy #geothermalenergy #hydroenergy
November 26, 2025 at 12:02 PM
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“They claimed they were saving taxpayers money, but what they were doing was hiding the ball about who is buying the government,” www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/u...
A Year Later, Donors to Trump’s Transition Come to Light
www.nytimes.com
November 26, 2025 at 12:00 PM
“They claimed they were saving taxpayers money, but what they were doing was hiding the ball about who is buying the government,” www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/u...
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Holiday news dump... "A full year after making a public pledge to do so, President Trump has disclosed a list of donors who helped pay for his transition to power ... people he went on to appoint to positions of power."
November 26, 2025 at 12:00 PM
Holiday news dump... "A full year after making a public pledge to do so, President Trump has disclosed a list of donors who helped pay for his transition to power ... people he went on to appoint to positions of power."
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Everyone needs to read the history of Hugh Thompson and My Lai.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hugh_Th...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hugh_Th...
November 26, 2025 at 12:55 AM
Everyone needs to read the history of Hugh Thompson and My Lai.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hugh_Th...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hugh_Th...
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NEW: DOJ identified top US officials involved in the decision not to turn around planes of deported migrants in March per a judge’s order, including Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem, Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche, and Judge Emil Bove (a DOJ official at the time)
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November 26, 2025 at 3:29 AM
NEW: DOJ identified top US officials involved in the decision not to turn around planes of deported migrants in March per a judge’s order, including Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem, Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche, and Judge Emil Bove (a DOJ official at the time)
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It says a lot about our country that the FBI had no interest in interviewing Brett Kavanaugh but wants to talk to Mark Kelly.
November 26, 2025 at 12:34 AM
It says a lot about our country that the FBI had no interest in interviewing Brett Kavanaugh but wants to talk to Mark Kelly.
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You cannot have a functioning economy when so few people at the top hold so much of the nation’s wealth. It’s not sustainable.
November 25, 2025 at 11:45 PM
You cannot have a functioning economy when so few people at the top hold so much of the nation’s wealth. It’s not sustainable.
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From growing baby coral in floating pools to using Indigenous cultural knowledge, this trial hopes to regrow the Great Barrier Reef. #great #barrier #reef #environment #environmental #technology #marine #biology #scientific #research
Ceramic 'seeding' devices and floating pools used in battle to save reef
From growing baby coral in floating pools to using Indigenous cultural knowledge, this trial hopes to regrow the Great Barrier Reef. #great #barrier #reef #environment #environmental #technology #marine #biology #scientific #research
www.abc.net.au
November 25, 2025 at 8:40 PM
From growing baby coral in floating pools to using Indigenous cultural knowledge, this trial hopes to regrow the Great Barrier Reef. #great #barrier #reef #environment #environmental #technology #marine #biology #scientific #research
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Wrote what is maybe my favorite story in a while: I wrote about the suburb of Berlin where Germans get together at Old Texas Town and pretend to live in a Wild West Texas. Now, it's going to be demolished for a data center: www.chron.com/culture/arti...
Old Town Texas is a slice of Texas in Germany. It's about to be destroyed.
Here, Germans wear Stetsons and line dance. But their little slice of Texas may soon be no more.
www.chron.com
November 25, 2025 at 7:17 PM
Wrote what is maybe my favorite story in a while: I wrote about the suburb of Berlin where Germans get together at Old Texas Town and pretend to live in a Wild West Texas. Now, it's going to be demolished for a data center: www.chron.com/culture/arti...
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NEWS --> BBC confirms to me that they did edit a line out of historian @rutgerbregman.com's speech. It called Trump "the most openly corrupt president in US history."
BBC also confirms this was done on the advice of lawyers. So Trump's threats worked.
New piece:
newrepublic.com/article/2036...
BBC also confirms this was done on the advice of lawyers. So Trump's threats worked.
New piece:
newrepublic.com/article/2036...
Trump’s Fury at BBC Gets Unnerving Results with Pro-MAGA Edit Stunner
First, British Broadcasting Corporation execs resigned after Trump complained about a segment. Now the BBC edited out a line from a historian that was critical of Trump. Where does this end?
newrepublic.com
November 25, 2025 at 4:10 PM
NEWS --> BBC confirms to me that they did edit a line out of historian @rutgerbregman.com's speech. It called Trump "the most openly corrupt president in US history."
BBC also confirms this was done on the advice of lawyers. So Trump's threats worked.
New piece:
newrepublic.com/article/2036...
BBC also confirms this was done on the advice of lawyers. So Trump's threats worked.
New piece:
newrepublic.com/article/2036...