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straight pencil crooked president
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markasaurus.bsky.social
Water use in California has consistently been well below projections, water saving measures have been extremely effective:
www.livescience.com/planet-earth...
Californians have been using far less water than suppliers estimated — what does this mean for the state?
Flawed assumptions about water demand mean suppliers in California overestimated future demand by an average of 74% over 20 years — positive news for the drought-embattled state.
www.livescience.com
January 22, 2026 at 3:05 PM
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whstancil.bsky.social
We have to get rid of Jeffries and Schumer. We have to. It’s unendurable that these men are the most prominent Democrats of the moment. They are two of the most broadly undistinguished men I could imagine in politics, zero fire, zero fight, zero zeal, machine politicians with sinecures.
January 21, 2026 at 1:30 PM
nticonderoga.bsky.social
The civilized world is just going to move ahead without us. They're cutting their losses and not looking back.
Full: PM Mark Carney speaks at World Economic Forum in Davos
YouTube video by FactPointVideo
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January 21, 2026 at 3:41 AM
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davidho.bsky.social
This is the most astonishing graph of what the Trump regime has done to US science. They have destroyed the federal science workforce across the board. The negative impacts on Americans will be felt for generations, and the US might never be the same again.

www.nature.com/immersive/d4...
This line graph illustrates the percentage change in agency staff levels from the previous year for nine major U.S. federal scientific and health organizations between the fiscal years 2016 and 2025. The agencies tracked include the CDC, Department of Energy, EPA, FDA, NASA, NIH, NIST, NOAA, and NSF. For the majority of the timeline between 2016 and 2023, the agencies show relatively stable fluctuations, generally staying within a range of +5% to -5% change per year. However, there is a dramatic and uniform plummet starting in the 2024–25 period. Every agency depicted shows a sharp downward trajectory, with staffing losses ranging from approximately -15% to over -25%. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) shows the most significant decline, dropping to roughly -26%, while the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) shows the least severe but still substantial drop at approximately -15%.
January 20, 2026 at 10:53 PM
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philplait.bsky.social
I think about this a lot: the fact that it's "inconceivable" is a HUGE part of the problem. Hey folks: conceive of it. That's the necessary first step. This fascism is in fact happening, and the whole "I can't imagine" part is stopping a lot of progress in overcoming it.
mjsdc.bsky.social Mark Joseph Stern @mjsdc.bsky.social · 2d
"The Court finds it inconceivable that the Department of Justice, which holds a duty to faithfully execute the
laws of the United States—even those with which it may have disagreement—would repeatedly ignore court orders, while simultaneously prosecuting citizens for breaking the law."
Rather stunningly, Ms. Halligan fails to even mention Chief Judge Diaz’s Order, let alone discuss its impact here. In short, Ms. Halligan has not only ignored Judge Currie’s rulings, she has also turned a blind eye to an Order from the Chief Judge of the Fourth Circuit. The Court finds it inconceivable that the Department of Justice, which holds a duty to faithfully execute the laws of the United States even those with which it may have disagreement would repeatedly ignore court orders, while simultaneously prosecuting citizens for breaking the law. In the wise words of Judge J. Harvie Wilkinson III of the Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, “[w]e yet cling to the hope that it is not naive to believe our good brethren in the Executive Branch perceive the rule of law as vital to the American ethos.” Abrego Garcia v. Noem,'^o. 25-1404, 2025 WL 1135112, at *3 (4th Cir. Apr. 17, 2025).
January 20, 2026 at 7:14 PM
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kysakunatsume.bsky.social
The closing paragraphs say it all. It was Americans choice to elect a man like Trump to lead and represent them.
Some call Trump’s threats against an ally “insane” or “mad king” behavior—and it is by traditional American values—but it fits an aspiring autocrat who called Russia’s invasion of Ukraine “savvy” and “genius,” an anti-democracy narcissist who sees wealth and glory for himself as a paramount national interest, a liar who frequently screwed over business partners, a convicted criminal who thinks it’s unfair if laws apply to him, and a rapist who likes taking things without consent. None of that was remotely hidden when Americans decided to elect him a second tim
January 19, 2026 at 9:59 PM
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wxdam.com
This is like telling the flight attendant on your way out of the wreckage that you never got your Biscoff.
markwarner.bsky.social Senator Mark Warner @markwarner.bsky.social · 6d
Despite Trump’s promises, grocery prices are still rising fast. Families can’t afford this… when is he going to get serious about lowering costs?
January 19, 2026 at 11:14 PM
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philipjcowley.bsky.social
"I no longer feel an obligation to think purely of Peace"
January 19, 2026 at 7:00 PM
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rebeccasolnit.bsky.social
Córy Doctorow with another verbal bullseye: pluralistic.net/2026/01/13/n...
I'm sorry. As a technology writer, I'm supposed to be telling you that this bet will some day pay off, because one day we will have shoveled so many words into the word-guessing program that it wakes up and learns how to actually do the jobs it is failing spectacularly at today. This is a proposition akin to the idea that if we keep breeding horses to run faster and faster, one of them will give birth to a locomotive. Humans possess intelligence, and machines do not. The difference between a human and a word-guessing program isn't how many words the human knows. I'm sorry. I know that when we talk about "digital sovereignty," we're obliged to talk about how we can build more data-centres that we can fill up with money-losing chips from American silicon monopolists in the hopes of destroying as many jobs as possible while blowing through our clean energy goals and enshittifying as much of our potable water as possible.
January 18, 2026 at 5:29 PM
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paleofuture.bsky.social
They're just such fucking weirdos
RFK Jr. pictured with a bone-in steak with three candles protruding from it. The text of the tweet reads: No cake, just steak. Happy Birthday @SecKennedy ! We are so grateful for your leadership and determination to Make America Healthy Again.
January 17, 2026 at 3:46 PM
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kottke.org
Classic extinction burst behavior kottke.org/25/02/extinc...
January 15, 2026 at 3:27 PM
nticonderoga.bsky.social
The shootings will continue until morale improves
Secretary Kristi Noem @Sec_Noem X.com For years, these corrupt, activist politicians have refused to protect Minnesotans and are now proposing illegal actions to keep their stranglehold on control and continue stealing from American citizens. We will root out this rampant fraud, we will arrest the criminal illegal aliens hurting Americans with impunity, and we will hold those who aid and abetted this criminality accountable.
January 15, 2026 at 3:03 AM
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daniellarison.bsky.social
That headline captures perfectly how many hawks think of military intervention as a sort of game. They couldn't care less how many people suffer and die as a result. Horrid people
joelmathis.bsky.social Joel Mathis @joelmathis.bsky.social · 8d
Marc Thiessen, everybody, clearly somebody who has learned the historical lessons of American involvement in Iranian regime change.
January 14, 2026 at 3:36 PM
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tgk.bsky.social
Today is a great reminder that we can never be too ready.
A chart outlining the RIP BOZO Readiness Condition (RIPCON), which is a riff off of DEFCON. There are 5 levels, with 5 being lowest and 1 being the highest. The chart details descriptions of these levels, examples and actions to take in the event something occurs.
January 13, 2026 at 5:06 PM
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adambonica.bsky.social
If there's one empirical insight I'd want everyone to understand about American politics, it's this:

America's problems are solved problems. Just not here.

What would change if the US simply matched the average of 31 peer democracies? Not Denmark or Norway. Just the middle of the pack. 🧵
Screenshot of a data visualization titled “The Cost of American Exceptionalism,” subtitled “What would change if the U.S. matched the OECD average?” The page explains that each card shows how outcomes would change if the U.S. matched the average of 31 peer democracies. Below, a section labeled “Economy & Inequality” displays eight cards comparing U.S. figures to OECD averages. Highlights include: +$19K per household per year in redistributed income and +$96K in redistributed wealth if the top 1% matched OECD shares; a 71% lower CEO-to-worker pay ratio (from 354× to 101×); 50 million more workers with union coverage; 26 million more people with health insurance; $2.1 trillion saved annually in healthcare spending; $691 less per person per year in prescription drug costs; and intergenerational economic mobility being twice as high. Each card shows the U.S. value alongside the OECD average.
January 12, 2026 at 9:36 PM
nticonderoga.bsky.social
“[CBP] sometimes makes brief investigative stops to check immigration status…. If the officers learn that the individual they stopped is a US citizen or otherwise lawfully in the United States, they promptly let the individual go.”
- Brett Kavanaugh
ziibiing.com ashley fairbanks @ziibiing.com · 10d
just a reminder that we aren’t even seeing the worst of what is happening in Minneapolis from someone detailed at the Whipple Federal Building yesterday
Eyewitness account: Good morning, My name is Brandon Siguenza, and l am a US citizen from Minneapolis. Yesterday, while doing legal observation, ICE stopped their cars to harass my friend and me. They sprayed pepper spray into the vent of our vehicle. We held our hands in the air and told them we were not obstructing, that the car was in park and they were free to drive forward and away. There was no active immigration raid. They returned to their cars, and drove forward a bit, then decided to stop again. They surrounded us, smashed the windows of our car, opened the doors (they were unlocked), ripped my friend and I out of the car and arrested us on charges of obstruction. I was put in an unmarked SUV, separated from my friend. As I was put in the back seat an ICE agent tore the whistle off my neck and said "I'll be taking this, I might need it later." My phone was knocked out of my hand while being arrested. As we drove away I asked the driver and the passenger if they wouldn't mind buckling my seatbelt, as they were driving erratically. I was ignored. I asked them if I could have the handcuffs loosened, as I was losing circulation, and was told no. At one point the passenger realized his own driver's license was in the backseat next to mine, and tried to surreptitiously grab it without me seeing it. We were taken to the Whipple federal building, where I saw dozens of brown people being processed in an unheated garage. I was frisked, told of my charges, and saw buses and vans being prepped. I later learned that these were being filled with detainees and driven to the airport for deportation. As we were led in, I noticed that the building was very busy. I got the impression that one of the 2 agents bringing me around was being trained. At multiple points throughout my stay, government agents were unable to open doors, not sure where they were meant to be going, and overall confused and overwhelmed. They couldn't figure out how to use the building phones, or complai…
January 13, 2026 at 4:30 AM
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bhgreeley.bsky.social
This is extraordinary. I can’t think of a single Fed statement this defiant — ever. The Fed works through open consensus building and when it must, quiet, patient resistance. I cannot stress how bad things are that Jay Powell is saying these things out loud.
January 12, 2026 at 12:53 AM
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hilzoy.bsky.social
I think US policing would be greatly improved if police officers only carried weapons in genuinely dangerous situations, like responding to an arrest robbery call, and if police culture reinforced the idea that going out dressed like this without a good reason was contemptible and cowardly.
January 11, 2026 at 11:15 PM
nticonderoga.bsky.social
It's just not worth it to be a billionaire anymore. Let's do these fuckers a favor and tax them out of existence.
January 11, 2026 at 8:41 PM
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dhnexon.bsky.social
Again, I'm convinced that the easiest amendment to pass is one that eviscerates unitary-executive theory nonsense:

"Nothing in this Constitution shall be construed to grant the President unenumerated powers derived from monarchical privileges or prerogatives."
adamgurri.liberalcurrents.com Adam Gurri @adamgurri.liberalcurrents.com · 14d
Simple amendments that IMO would have a decent chance of getting ratified:
-Mandatory secret ballot for impeachment trials and lower threshold for conviction -Banning pardons on members of the president's own family or anyone he has had a business or working relationship with -no presidential signature required for laws that delegate power to or take back power from the president
January 9, 2026 at 2:22 PM
nticonderoga.bsky.social
"By refusing to coordinate with local law enforcement, the asteroid is not making dinosaurs safe. It is making them less safe."
January 8, 2026 at 4:36 PM
nticonderoga.bsky.social
"By refusing to coordinate with local law enforcement, Imperial Japan is not making Nanjing safe. It is making it less safe."
January 8, 2026 at 4:35 PM
nticonderoga.bsky.social
"By refusing to coordinate with local law enforcement, the Nationalists are not making Guernica safe. They are making it less safe."
January 8, 2026 at 4:33 PM
nticonderoga.bsky.social
"By refusing to coordinate with local law enforcement, the Cavalry is not making Wounded Knee safe. They are making it less safe."
January 8, 2026 at 4:24 PM
nticonderoga.bsky.social
"By refusing to coordinate with local law enforcement, the Khmer Rouge is not making Cambodia safe. It is making it less safe."
January 8, 2026 at 4:20 PM