Belinda Tan
@belindatan.bsky.social
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everyone especially the Senators confirming them knew this.
The majority of Supreme Court justices lied in order to earn confirmation.
October 3, 2026 at 11:49 PM
everyone especially the Senators confirming them knew this.
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What awful, awful news.
Brooke Eby, who after being diagnosed with A.L.S. at 33 brought her story to social media with wit and charm, died on Thursday. She was 37.
Brooke Eby, Who Brought Humor and Awareness to A.L.S., Dies at 37
After her diagnosis in 2022, when she was only 33, she became a vocal, witty advocate for people confronting the disease.
nyti.ms
October 3, 2026 at 4:32 AM
What awful, awful news.
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“In 2024, the FBI sought to launch a sweeping pay-to-play investigation examining interactions between Sen. Susan Collins and a top donor, records and emails show.”
Then Trump came in and shut down the investigation.
Then Trump came in and shut down the investigation.
In 2024 the former CEO of a defense contractor made a stunning confession to two FBI agents.
He alleged that was the ringleader of a massive pay-to-play operation, bribing senators with campaign contributions in exchange for govt contracts. www.propublica.org/article/fbi-...
He alleged that was the ringleader of a massive pay-to-play operation, bribing senators with campaign contributions in exchange for govt contracts. www.propublica.org/article/fbi-...
The FBI Anti-Corruption Squad Was Circling Susan Collins — Until Trump Got in the Way
After the FBI caught a defense contractor’s CEO making illegal campaign contributions, it sought to launch a sweeping political bribery probe involving Collins and others. Then the second Trump admini...
www.propublica.org
September 22, 2026 at 2:39 PM
“In 2024, the FBI sought to launch a sweeping pay-to-play investigation examining interactions between Sen. Susan Collins and a top donor, records and emails show.”
Then Trump came in and shut down the investigation.
Then Trump came in and shut down the investigation.
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900 battery-powered ships and counting: It isn't a test case anymore, it’s a declaration of independence from being fossil fuel hostages: With battery costs down 99% since 1991, the "too expensive" excuse is officially dead for shipping
Sovereignty is renewables
www.ft.com/content/0656...
Sovereignty is renewables
www.ft.com/content/0656...
April 6, 2026 at 8:49 PM
900 battery-powered ships and counting: It isn't a test case anymore, it’s a declaration of independence from being fossil fuel hostages: With battery costs down 99% since 1991, the "too expensive" excuse is officially dead for shipping
Sovereignty is renewables
www.ft.com/content/0656...
Sovereignty is renewables
www.ft.com/content/0656...
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icymi Hegseth just reopened a can of worms when he did his little vanity project to make Musk happy and I am HERE FOR IT
BREAKING: A while back, I sued DOGE (FOIA) to get Musk's communications. DOJ argued that Musk wasn't a govt employee anymore, BUT Hegseth just hired him again to work on a Pentagon warfare initiative called Project Meridian. So we noticed Judge Boasberg. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
October 3, 2026 at 5:10 AM
icymi Hegseth just reopened a can of worms when he did his little vanity project to make Musk happy and I am HERE FOR IT
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I don’t think everyone realizes how bad things are for US science:
For the fiscal year that just ended, the Trump regime withheld $1.4 billion from the National Science Foundation’s research budget, which is about 1/5 of its primary research budget.
For the fiscal year that just ended, the Trump regime withheld $1.4 billion from the National Science Foundation’s research budget, which is about 1/5 of its primary research budget.
National Science Foundation Diverted $1.4 Billion in Science Funds Mandated by Congress (Gift Article)
The move, affecting about one-fifth of the National Science Foundation’s primary research budget, is the latest sign of how the White House is asserting more control over grants.
www.nytimes.com
October 3, 2026 at 5:54 AM
I don’t think everyone realizes how bad things are for US science:
For the fiscal year that just ended, the Trump regime withheld $1.4 billion from the National Science Foundation’s research budget, which is about 1/5 of its primary research budget.
For the fiscal year that just ended, the Trump regime withheld $1.4 billion from the National Science Foundation’s research budget, which is about 1/5 of its primary research budget.
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Gift Link: “It appeared to Rabbi Navon that Mr. Olah and his team believed that Claude had what philosophers call “moral status” on par with a person.”
Religious Scholars Met With Anthropic. What They Heard Stunned Them. (Gift Article)
In a series of private meetings, the company consulted religious scholars to help instill morality into its A.I. models — and make the case that Claude could be conscious.
www.nytimes.com
October 2, 2026 at 8:10 AM
Gift Link: “It appeared to Rabbi Navon that Mr. Olah and his team believed that Claude had what philosophers call “moral status” on par with a person.”
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To those who somehow don't seem to understand:
Which part of authorising weapons sales to a state committing genocide, banning the protest movement trying to stop these sales, using the RAF to provide surveillance flights for Israel and providing major diplomatic and media support is NOT complicity?
Which part of authorising weapons sales to a state committing genocide, banning the protest movement trying to stop these sales, using the RAF to provide surveillance flights for Israel and providing major diplomatic and media support is NOT complicity?
October 2, 2026 at 8:14 AM
To those who somehow don't seem to understand:
Which part of authorising weapons sales to a state committing genocide, banning the protest movement trying to stop these sales, using the RAF to provide surveillance flights for Israel and providing major diplomatic and media support is NOT complicity?
Which part of authorising weapons sales to a state committing genocide, banning the protest movement trying to stop these sales, using the RAF to provide surveillance flights for Israel and providing major diplomatic and media support is NOT complicity?
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Keir Starmer wanted to be remembered as Prime Minister for building homes. Instead he will be remembered for his complicity in destroying them.
#GazaGenocide
#GazaGenocide
October 2, 2026 at 7:41 AM
Keir Starmer wanted to be remembered as Prime Minister for building homes. Instead he will be remembered for his complicity in destroying them.
#GazaGenocide
#GazaGenocide
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Here, a link to the additional deaths for which Trump and Musk have been responsible in just one year. www.impactcounter.com/dashboard?vi... Trump's election is one of the most consequential and devastating in the history of democracy.
This can't be talked about enough.
"President Donald Trump's move to cut most of the US funding towards foreign humanitarian aid could cause more than 14 million additional deaths by 2030, according to research published in The Lancet medical journal."
www.bbc.com/news/article...
"President Donald Trump's move to cut most of the US funding towards foreign humanitarian aid could cause more than 14 million additional deaths by 2030, according to research published in The Lancet medical journal."
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Trump's aid cut risks causing 14 million deaths, report finds
The figure from the Lancet, a leading medical journal, includes 700,000 child deaths globally a year.
www.bbc.com
October 2, 2026 at 8:48 AM
Here, a link to the additional deaths for which Trump and Musk have been responsible in just one year. www.impactcounter.com/dashboard?vi... Trump's election is one of the most consequential and devastating in the history of democracy.
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Harlequin Ducks!! So many on rocks! I never get good shots of them. HARLEQUIN DUCKS!
October 2, 2026 at 1:51 AM
Harlequin Ducks!! So many on rocks! I never get good shots of them. HARLEQUIN DUCKS!
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or so). That is significantly more than 10% of current US national income, and will likely remain around 10% of national income by 2032, even if GDP growth rose from its current level. A large fraction of this revenue will go to capital income, which will enhance the wealth of the wealthiest.
October 2, 2026 at 12:37 AM
or so). That is significantly more than 10% of current US national income, and will likely remain around 10% of national income by 2032, even if GDP growth rose from its current level. A large fraction of this revenue will go to capital income, which will enhance the wealth of the wealthiest.
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AI investments will average about 3.6% of GDP annually between 2025 and 2032. Van Nieuwerburgh calculates that, using a 10% rate of return, the industry would need to generate annual revenues of about $3.7 trillion by 2032 to recover these costs (growing from its current levels of about $200bn
Financing the AI buildout | Brookings
AI's data center boom could demand 3.6% of GDP in annual investment through 2032—financed increasingly through debt structures that mask real risk.
www.brookings.edu
October 2, 2026 at 12:37 AM
AI investments will average about 3.6% of GDP annually between 2025 and 2032. Van Nieuwerburgh calculates that, using a 10% rate of return, the industry would need to generate annual revenues of about $3.7 trillion by 2032 to recover these costs (growing from its current levels of about $200bn
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Counterpoint: It would be great if people read some of the things that have been written about AI surveillance of workers!
press.princeton.edu/books/hardco...
www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/hilke...
www.cambridge.org/core/books/q...
www.ucpress.edu/books/uberla...
jacobin.com/2026/09/amaz...
press.princeton.edu/books/hardco...
www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/hilke...
www.cambridge.org/core/books/q...
www.ucpress.edu/books/uberla...
jacobin.com/2026/09/amaz...
September 30, 2026 at 2:07 PM
Counterpoint: It would be great if people read some of the things that have been written about AI surveillance of workers!
press.princeton.edu/books/hardco...
www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/hilke...
www.cambridge.org/core/books/q...
www.ucpress.edu/books/uberla...
jacobin.com/2026/09/amaz...
press.princeton.edu/books/hardco...
www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/hilke...
www.cambridge.org/core/books/q...
www.ucpress.edu/books/uberla...
jacobin.com/2026/09/amaz...
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“That, to me, was an implicit threat. It feels very Palantir. Very Big Brother”: MP @labourlewis.bsky.social reveals Tom Watson has warned him over criticising Palantir
By @carolecadwalla.bsky.social
www.thenerve.news/p/clive-lewi...
By @carolecadwalla.bsky.social
www.thenerve.news/p/clive-lewi...
September 30, 2026 at 9:10 AM
“That, to me, was an implicit threat. It feels very Palantir. Very Big Brother”: MP @labourlewis.bsky.social reveals Tom Watson has warned him over criticising Palantir
By @carolecadwalla.bsky.social
www.thenerve.news/p/clive-lewi...
By @carolecadwalla.bsky.social
www.thenerve.news/p/clive-lewi...
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Babies who don’t get the vitamin K shot are 81 times more likely to develop severe bleeding.
In many cases, oxygen can’t reach their brains and blood pools around their skulls.
Yet driven by misinformation, more parents are refusing the injection.
(Published May)
In many cases, oxygen can’t reach their brains and blood pools around their skulls.
Yet driven by misinformation, more parents are refusing the injection.
(Published May)
Babies Are Bleeding to Death as Parents Reject a Vitamin Shot Given at Birth
A lifesaving injection given at birth to prevent severe bleeding has become collateral damage of the anti-vaccine movement.
www.propublica.org
September 30, 2026 at 3:09 AM
Babies who don’t get the vitamin K shot are 81 times more likely to develop severe bleeding.
In many cases, oxygen can’t reach their brains and blood pools around their skulls.
Yet driven by misinformation, more parents are refusing the injection.
(Published May)
In many cases, oxygen can’t reach their brains and blood pools around their skulls.
Yet driven by misinformation, more parents are refusing the injection.
(Published May)
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Time for this classic again.
September 30, 2026 at 3:09 AM
Time for this classic again.
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Jack Smith: "Our investigation developed proof beyond a reasonable doubt that President Trump engaged in serious crimes against our nation ... rather than accept his defeat in the 2020 election, he engaged in a criminal scheme to overturn the results and prevent the lawful transfer of power"
September 29, 2026 at 1:45 PM
Jack Smith: "Our investigation developed proof beyond a reasonable doubt that President Trump engaged in serious crimes against our nation ... rather than accept his defeat in the 2020 election, he engaged in a criminal scheme to overturn the results and prevent the lawful transfer of power"
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Jack Smith: "History teaches that the rule of law is rarely destroyed all at once. It's often weakened by attacks on the institutions and the public servants sworn to uphold it. Since January 2025, we have witnessed precisely such an effort."
September 29, 2026 at 1:47 PM
Jack Smith: "History teaches that the rule of law is rarely destroyed all at once. It's often weakened by attacks on the institutions and the public servants sworn to uphold it. Since January 2025, we have witnessed precisely such an effort."
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Send him in crate.
We are the shithole nation. Us.
We are the shithole nation. Us.
September 29, 2026 at 1:57 PM
Send him in crate.
We are the shithole nation. Us.
We are the shithole nation. Us.
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Google Gemini says that @jevinwest.bsky.social and I aren't to be trusted because in our first lecture, we had a playful example where Jevin presented data the same way that Tim Cook did, and I called bullshit on it.
It hallucinates criticism and the only citations are to the lecture itself.
It hallucinates criticism and the only citations are to the lecture itself.
September 27, 2026 at 7:38 AM
Google Gemini says that @jevinwest.bsky.social and I aren't to be trusted because in our first lecture, we had a playful example where Jevin presented data the same way that Tim Cook did, and I called bullshit on it.
It hallucinates criticism and the only citations are to the lecture itself.
It hallucinates criticism and the only citations are to the lecture itself.
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Trump administration can use revamped voter screening tool to eliminate voters it does not want to vote, SCOTUS rules www.axios.com/2026/09/25/t...
Trump administration can use revamped voter screening tool for now, SCOTUS rules
Voting rights groups fear the tactic could lead to eligible voters being incorrectly disqualified.
www.axios.com
September 26, 2026 at 12:14 PM
Trump administration can use revamped voter screening tool to eliminate voters it does not want to vote, SCOTUS rules www.axios.com/2026/09/25/t...
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I forgot to post this yesterday, but Week 38 of my stitch-the-news daily news diary included:
An air raid siren
A weed
A canceled press pass
A WB logo
A dark TV screen
A red carpet
A set of footprints
An air raid siren
A weed
A canceled press pass
A WB logo
A dark TV screen
A red carpet
A set of footprints
September 26, 2026 at 12:14 PM
I forgot to post this yesterday, but Week 38 of my stitch-the-news daily news diary included:
An air raid siren
A weed
A canceled press pass
A WB logo
A dark TV screen
A red carpet
A set of footprints
An air raid siren
A weed
A canceled press pass
A WB logo
A dark TV screen
A red carpet
A set of footprints
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⚡'Nothing left to eat' —Sybiha urges partners to act on Oleshky humanitarian crisis.
Oleshky's population has fallen from around 24,000 to approximately 2,000 as of spring 2026, according to the Foreign Ministry.
Oleshky's population has fallen from around 24,000 to approximately 2,000 as of spring 2026, according to the Foreign Ministry.
'Nothing left to eat' —Sybiha urges partners to act on Oleshky humanitarian crisis
Oleshky's population has fallen from around 24,000 to approximately 2,000 as of spring 2026, according to the Foreign Ministry.
kyivindependent.com
September 26, 2026 at 12:17 PM
⚡'Nothing left to eat' —Sybiha urges partners to act on Oleshky humanitarian crisis.
Oleshky's population has fallen from around 24,000 to approximately 2,000 as of spring 2026, according to the Foreign Ministry.
Oleshky's population has fallen from around 24,000 to approximately 2,000 as of spring 2026, according to the Foreign Ministry.