Meadowbee
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Climate Shocks and the Affordability Crisis -- thinc.blog/2025/11/25/c... - This chart shows the alarming rise in the number of severe storms per year, caused by the climate disruption (global warming), which is caused largely by the burning of fossil fuels. #EndFossilFuels #flooding #insurance
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The Fear Taking Hold Among Indiana Republicans
“I’d rather my house not get firebombed.”
www.theatlantic.com
November 28, 2025 at 7:21 PM
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It is unfathomable that the USG lawyers would sign off on a no-survivors boat strike (no get of jail free card).
There's clear precedent dating back to World War II trial of Germans for that very act, which lawyers know well.
The Peleus World War II War Crimes Trial
www.usni.org/magazines/na...
There's clear precedent dating back to World War II trial of Germans for that very act, which lawyers know well.
The Peleus World War II War Crimes Trial
www.usni.org/magazines/na...
November 28, 2025 at 7:22 PM
It is unfathomable that the USG lawyers would sign off on a no-survivors boat strike (no get of jail free card).
There's clear precedent dating back to World War II trial of Germans for that very act, which lawyers know well.
The Peleus World War II War Crimes Trial
www.usni.org/magazines/na...
There's clear precedent dating back to World War II trial of Germans for that very act, which lawyers know well.
The Peleus World War II War Crimes Trial
www.usni.org/magazines/na...
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"Conservative groups, funded by fossil fuel magnates, spend $1B/yr interfering with public understanding of what is happening to our world. Few investments rival the return they've gotten from evangelicals."
An oldie but goodie makes the link between fossil fuels, climate denial, and U.S. religion.
An oldie but goodie makes the link between fossil fuels, climate denial, and U.S. religion.
How Fossil Fuel Money Made Climate Change Denial the Word of God
Splinter is your home for news and opinions that challenge power in our political and economic system that's becoming more unhinged each and every day.
www.splinter.com
November 28, 2025 at 12:59 AM
"Conservative groups, funded by fossil fuel magnates, spend $1B/yr interfering with public understanding of what is happening to our world. Few investments rival the return they've gotten from evangelicals."
An oldie but goodie makes the link between fossil fuels, climate denial, and U.S. religion.
An oldie but goodie makes the link between fossil fuels, climate denial, and U.S. religion.
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I truly cannot fathom that Eminem is mainstream. He abused his wife, sings about killing her, drove her to attempt suicide... and that's all cool? Men really are incapable of seeing women as human.
November 28, 2025 at 5:54 AM
I truly cannot fathom that Eminem is mainstream. He abused his wife, sings about killing her, drove her to attempt suicide... and that's all cool? Men really are incapable of seeing women as human.
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AI makes everything worse, and science and all of us stupid.
Authored by AI, reviewed by AI, edited by AI, published by AI. Next? cited by AI.
Authored by AI, reviewed by AI, edited by AI, published by AI. Next? cited by AI.
"Runctitiononal features"? "Medical fymblal"? "1 Tol Line storee"? This gets worse the longer you look at it. But it's got to be good, because it was published in Nature Scientific Reports last week: www.nature.com/articles/s41... h/t @asa.tsbalans.se
November 28, 2025 at 7:02 AM
AI makes everything worse, and science and all of us stupid.
Authored by AI, reviewed by AI, edited by AI, published by AI. Next? cited by AI.
Authored by AI, reviewed by AI, edited by AI, published by AI. Next? cited by AI.
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A sub-field of science looks at whether the Atlantic ocean circulation #AMOC has weakened. Direct measurements suggest yes but only started in 2004. So people look at temperature and salinity data.
A new study finds a robust slowdown fingerprint at 1000–2000 m depth.
www.nature.com/articles/s43...
A new study finds a robust slowdown fingerprint at 1000–2000 m depth.
www.nature.com/articles/s43...
Equatorial Atlantic mid-depth warming indicates Atlantic meridional overturning circulation slowdown - Communications Earth & Environment
Mid-depth warming in the equatorial Atlantic Ocean serves as a fingerprint of a slowdown of the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation on decadal scales, according to ocean model experiments, and...
www.nature.com
November 28, 2025 at 10:45 AM
A sub-field of science looks at whether the Atlantic ocean circulation #AMOC has weakened. Direct measurements suggest yes but only started in 2004. So people look at temperature and salinity data.
A new study finds a robust slowdown fingerprint at 1000–2000 m depth.
www.nature.com/articles/s43...
A new study finds a robust slowdown fingerprint at 1000–2000 m depth.
www.nature.com/articles/s43...
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Really can't overstate how problematic robotaxis become at scale:
"Urban traffic is constrained by the fact that getting around by car either requires (expensively) paying someone else to drive or (inconveniently) driving oneself. Without such constraints the result could be brutal gridlock."
"Urban traffic is constrained by the fact that getting around by car either requires (expensively) paying someone else to drive or (inconveniently) driving oneself. Without such constraints the result could be brutal gridlock."
Self-driving cars will transform urban economies
A robotaxi boom is coming. The impacts might be broader than you expect
www.economist.com
November 27, 2025 at 8:04 PM
Really can't overstate how problematic robotaxis become at scale:
"Urban traffic is constrained by the fact that getting around by car either requires (expensively) paying someone else to drive or (inconveniently) driving oneself. Without such constraints the result could be brutal gridlock."
"Urban traffic is constrained by the fact that getting around by car either requires (expensively) paying someone else to drive or (inconveniently) driving oneself. Without such constraints the result could be brutal gridlock."
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Geometry hates cars
Really can't overstate how problematic robotaxis become at scale:
"Urban traffic is constrained by the fact that getting around by car either requires (expensively) paying someone else to drive or (inconveniently) driving oneself. Without such constraints the result could be brutal gridlock."
"Urban traffic is constrained by the fact that getting around by car either requires (expensively) paying someone else to drive or (inconveniently) driving oneself. Without such constraints the result could be brutal gridlock."
Self-driving cars will transform urban economies
A robotaxi boom is coming. The impacts might be broader than you expect
www.economist.com
November 28, 2025 at 1:45 PM
Geometry hates cars
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"Narco Terrorists" are the new WMDs, as US draws closer to next War for Oil in Venezuela
thinc.blog/2025/11/28/u...
thinc.blog/2025/11/28/u...
US Oil War in Venezuela Draws Closer
Senator Elissa Slotkin is a former CIA official who served in the previous War for Oil in Iraq “Narco Terrorists” are the new WMDs. CNN: President Donald Trump suggested Thursday that t…
thinc.blog
November 28, 2025 at 5:14 PM
"Narco Terrorists" are the new WMDs, as US draws closer to next War for Oil in Venezuela
thinc.blog/2025/11/28/u...
thinc.blog/2025/11/28/u...
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When did the Party of Lincoln, Liberty, and Law, become the Party of Putin, Pedos, and Polio?
www.cnn.com/2025/11/25/h...
Dr. Ralph Abraham, who as a state surgeon general ordered health officials to stop promoting mass vaccination, will serve as the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s principal deputy director.
Dr. Ralph Abraham, who as a state surgeon general ordered health officials to stop promoting mass vaccination, will serve as the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s principal deputy director.
Louisiana surgeon general who stopped promoting vaccination will be second in command at CDC | CNN
Dr. Ralph Abraham, who as a state surgeon general ordered health officials to stop promoting mass vaccination, will serve as the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s principal deputy direct...
www.cnn.com
November 28, 2025 at 4:54 PM
When did the Party of Lincoln, Liberty, and Law, become the Party of Putin, Pedos, and Polio?
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It's so easy to make a massive difference in the fight for science and sanity. Volunteer, chip in, or sign up for our last couple of phonebanks today, this weekend, and on Monday. This race is winnable, and we can do this!
Weekday: tr.ee/final-sprint
Weekend: tr.ee/weekend-phonebank
Weekday: tr.ee/final-sprint
Weekend: tr.ee/weekend-phonebank
November 28, 2025 at 4:00 PM
It's so easy to make a massive difference in the fight for science and sanity. Volunteer, chip in, or sign up for our last couple of phonebanks today, this weekend, and on Monday. This race is winnable, and we can do this!
Weekday: tr.ee/final-sprint
Weekend: tr.ee/weekend-phonebank
Weekday: tr.ee/final-sprint
Weekend: tr.ee/weekend-phonebank
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Nearly a dozen warships and 12,000 troops are deployed in Caribbean at this very moment.
But Trump's judicial nominees can't even bring themselves to acknowledge Congress’ role in declaring or authorizing war, or refusing to do so.
But Trump's judicial nominees can't even bring themselves to acknowledge Congress’ role in declaring or authorizing war, or refusing to do so.
November 28, 2025 at 7:04 PM
Nearly a dozen warships and 12,000 troops are deployed in Caribbean at this very moment.
But Trump's judicial nominees can't even bring themselves to acknowledge Congress’ role in declaring or authorizing war, or refusing to do so.
But Trump's judicial nominees can't even bring themselves to acknowledge Congress’ role in declaring or authorizing war, or refusing to do so.
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7/
"The Pentagon has not fulfilled a bipartisan request from lawmakers to see unedited footage."
"The Pentagon has not fulfilled a bipartisan request from lawmakers to see unedited footage."
November 28, 2025 at 6:34 PM
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"The Pentagon has not fulfilled a bipartisan request from lawmakers to see unedited footage."
"The Pentagon has not fulfilled a bipartisan request from lawmakers to see unedited footage."
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6/ 🚨 Per CURRENT and former US officials, there are strong reasons to believe some people on board the Sept 2 boat were people being trafficked.
(That is consistent with prior NYT reporting)
(That is consistent with prior NYT reporting)
November 28, 2025 at 6:32 PM
6/ 🚨 Per CURRENT and former US officials, there are strong reasons to believe some people on board the Sept 2 boat were people being trafficked.
(That is consistent with prior NYT reporting)
(That is consistent with prior NYT reporting)
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5/ Administration explanation to Congress seems to be a bold-face falsehood: claiming double-tap strike was to clear debris, not to kill survivors.
"That explanation has prompted frustration among some members of Congress who say they believe the Pentagon was deceptive."
"That explanation has prompted frustration among some members of Congress who say they believe the Pentagon was deceptive."
November 28, 2025 at 6:26 PM
5/ Administration explanation to Congress seems to be a bold-face falsehood: claiming double-tap strike was to clear debris, not to kill survivors.
"That explanation has prompted frustration among some members of Congress who say they believe the Pentagon was deceptive."
"That explanation has prompted frustration among some members of Congress who say they believe the Pentagon was deceptive."
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4/ Hiding the evidence from the American public:
"Later in the day, President Donald Trump released a redacted 29-second surveillance drone video showing the attack. The video does not include any footage of the subsequent strike on the survivors."
And to Congress? ...
"Later in the day, President Donald Trump released a redacted 29-second surveillance drone video showing the attack. The video does not include any footage of the subsequent strike on the survivors."
And to Congress? ...
November 28, 2025 at 6:21 PM
4/ Hiding the evidence from the American public:
"Later in the day, President Donald Trump released a redacted 29-second surveillance drone video showing the attack. The video does not include any footage of the subsequent strike on the survivors."
And to Congress? ...
"Later in the day, President Donald Trump released a redacted 29-second surveillance drone video showing the attack. The video does not include any footage of the subsequent strike on the survivors."
And to Congress? ...
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3/ "Even if the U.S. were at war with the traffickers, an order to kill all the boat’s occupants if they were no longer able to fight 'would in essence be an order to show no quarter, which would be a war crime,' said Huntley, now director of the national security law program at Georgetown Law."
November 28, 2025 at 6:15 PM
3/ "Even if the U.S. were at war with the traffickers, an order to kill all the boat’s occupants if they were no longer able to fight 'would in essence be an order to show no quarter, which would be a war crime,' said Huntley, now director of the national security law program at Georgetown Law."
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2/ "Because there is no legitimate war between the two sides, killing any of the men in the boats 'amounts to murder,' said Todd Huntley, a former military lawyer who advised Special Operations forces for seven years at the height of the U.S. counterterrorism campaign."
November 28, 2025 at 6:13 PM
2/ "Because there is no legitimate war between the two sides, killing any of the men in the boats 'amounts to murder,' said Todd Huntley, a former military lawyer who advised Special Operations forces for seven years at the height of the U.S. counterterrorism campaign."
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🚨The Russian government has banned us as an “undesirable” foreign organization. Our work hasn’t changed. But what’s changed is Russia’s full-throttled embrace of dictatorial policies, its staggering rise in repression & the scope of the war crimes its forces are committing in Ukraine.
bit.ly/48mvicJ
bit.ly/48mvicJ
November 28, 2025 at 6:03 PM
🚨The Russian government has banned us as an “undesirable” foreign organization. Our work hasn’t changed. But what’s changed is Russia’s full-throttled embrace of dictatorial policies, its staggering rise in repression & the scope of the war crimes its forces are committing in Ukraine.
bit.ly/48mvicJ
bit.ly/48mvicJ
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We are learning why the regime is so upset with the Dem follow the law video. For Hegseth is regularly ordering soldiers to break it.
Exclusive: Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth gave an order to “kill everybody” in the first strike on suspected drug boats in the Caribbean. After two men survived, the mission commander ordered a second strike to comply with Hegseth’s instructions, according to two sources.
Hegseth order on first Caribbean boat strike, officials say: Kill them all
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth issued a verbal order to kill all crew members in the Sept. 2 strike on a suspected drug boat. Navy SEALs fired a second missile.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 28, 2025 at 6:10 PM
We are learning why the regime is so upset with the Dem follow the law video. For Hegseth is regularly ordering soldiers to break it.
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Textbook war crime/extrajudicial killing
"Two survivors were clinging to the smoldering wreck. The Special Operations commander overseeing the Sept. 2 attack ... ordered a second strike to comply with Hegseth’s instructions."
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"Two survivors were clinging to the smoldering wreck. The Special Operations commander overseeing the Sept. 2 attack ... ordered a second strike to comply with Hegseth’s instructions."
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Hegseth order on first Caribbean boat strike, officials say: Kill them all
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth issued a verbal order to kill all crew members in the Sept. 2 strike on a suspected drug boat. Navy SEALs fired a second missile.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 28, 2025 at 6:13 PM
Textbook war crime/extrajudicial killing
"Two survivors were clinging to the smoldering wreck. The Special Operations commander overseeing the Sept. 2 attack ... ordered a second strike to comply with Hegseth’s instructions."
Report by @alexhorton.bsky.social @ellenwapo.bsky.social o.bsky.social
"Two survivors were clinging to the smoldering wreck. The Special Operations commander overseeing the Sept. 2 attack ... ordered a second strike to comply with Hegseth’s instructions."
Report by @alexhorton.bsky.social @ellenwapo.bsky.social o.bsky.social
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This is murder. www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
November 28, 2025 at 6:16 PM
This is murder. www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
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Hegseth is a war criminal and I think it doesn’t get the attention it deserves because he’s also stupid and it’s hard to reconcile the gravity of his crimes with his clownish persona www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
Hegseth order on first Caribbean boat strike, officials say: Kill them all
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth issued a verbal order to kill all crew members in the Sept. 2 strike on a suspected drug boat. Navy SEALs fired a second missile.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 28, 2025 at 6:31 PM
Hegseth is a war criminal and I think it doesn’t get the attention it deserves because he’s also stupid and it’s hard to reconcile the gravity of his crimes with his clownish persona www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
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This is true of too many people in the admin to enumerate. They are dumb and ridiculous and also terrible people who are committing a lot of crimes and doing a lot of harm.
Hegseth is a war criminal and I think it doesn’t get the attention it deserves because he’s also stupid and it’s hard to reconcile the gravity of his crimes with his clownish persona www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
Hegseth order on first Caribbean boat strike, officials say: Kill them all
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth issued a verbal order to kill all crew members in the Sept. 2 strike on a suspected drug boat. Navy SEALs fired a second missile.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 28, 2025 at 6:33 PM
This is true of too many people in the admin to enumerate. They are dumb and ridiculous and also terrible people who are committing a lot of crimes and doing a lot of harm.
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French authorities have opened an investigation into sex trafficking linked to Mohamed Al Fayed, the late businessman accused of years of sexual exploitation. The allegations reveal a pattern of abuse that spanned countries and decades.
French police investigate sex trafficking tied to Mohamed Al Fayed - FreedomUnited.org
France launches a sex trafficking investigation into Mohamed Al Fayed amid growing testimony from survivors demanding justice.
www.freedomunited.org
November 20, 2025 at 7:00 PM
French authorities have opened an investigation into sex trafficking linked to Mohamed Al Fayed, the late businessman accused of years of sexual exploitation. The allegations reveal a pattern of abuse that spanned countries and decades.