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Garden mosaic
September 16, 2026 at 2:55 AM
My garden
September 14, 2026 at 11:12 PM
September 2, 2026 at 11:44 AM
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A real president refused to be dragged into senseless and needless wars:
August 31, 2026 at 10:02 AM
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August 30, 2026 at 10:39 PM
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Good morning.

A reminder that Republicans in Congress have spent the last two years trying to pass a bill that would prevent states from regulating AI and data centers.

Whatever the big AI companies want, Republicans try their hardest to give them.
August 27, 2026 at 5:18 PM
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Republicans - Stealing healthcare money from poor children to give it to themselves.
August 27, 2026 at 4:15 PM
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August 23, 2026 at 12:07 PM
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They want to pull another $1.6 billion out of NOAA next year.

They want to hand the rest to private companies, so your town ends up paying a business for weather data your taxes already paid for, with no promise it will even be right.
August 19, 2026 at 4:10 PM
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NOAA launches the weather balloons, floats the ocean buoys, flies the satellites, and staffs the forecasters that tell us when storms are coming. That data supports about two-thirds of the economy, roughly $1.3 trillion a year, and it paid us back $73 for every dollar we spent on it.
August 19, 2026 at 4:10 PM
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Vote like your life depends on it, or the life of a friend, relative, or neighbor. Because it does. We’re the decoys now.
August 17, 2026 at 9:22 PM
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August 17, 2026 at 10:53 PM
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Consumer complaints against financial companies have skyrocketed over the past three years.

How is Trump responding?

By gutting budget and staffing for the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau — and stopping the agency from publishing consumer complaints.
In Gift to Abusive Wall Street Firms, Trump CFPB Moves to Suppress Consumer Complaints | Common Dreams
Consumer complaints against financial companies have surged, but Trump's CFPB is hiding them from public view. Are they
www.commondreams.org
August 17, 2026 at 9:31 PM
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More lying per the usual. In this case, grifting credit for things done by others.
August 15, 2026 at 5:52 PM
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"Silicon Valley’s richest and most powerful technologists are working to replace American democracy with a corporate-run authoritarian order"
Political Breakdown | Do Silicon Valley Billionaires Want to End Democracy?
Gil Durán warns that Silicon Valley billionaires are trying to overthrow American democracy.
www.pbs.org
August 15, 2026 at 11:32 PM
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It’s official: the Nerd Reich podcast is getting banned from YouTube….the week of my book launch!

Incredible timing, since I’ll be all over the media next week talking about tech fascism.

They can delete my account. They can’t stop my work.

Buy the book:
www.simonandschuster.com/books/The-Ne...
August 15, 2026 at 6:13 PM
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The Nerd Reich, by journalist @gilduran.com, parses the rising tide of authoritarianism embraced by leading tech investors and the ‘Network State’ ideology.

www.inc.com/sam-blum/thi...
#Books #AuthorInterview by @samblum.bsky.social via Inc.com
This Journalist Says Tech Billionaires Are Trying to Take Over U.S. Democracy. Here's What He Wants You to Know
The Nerd Reich, by journalist Gil Durán, parses the rising tide of authoritarianism embraced by leading tech investors and the ‘Network State’ ideology.
www.inc.com
August 12, 2026 at 6:33 PM
To Europeans - Tips on keeping cool from life in a permanent sauna - far north Australia.
Buy a pair of sandals or flip flops. News shows so many people in closed in shoes and socks. No no Buy a cotton kaftan. Don’t wear trousers. If home stand in front a fan while wet from the shower.
June 27, 2026 at 9:28 PM
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Your 'moment of doom' for May 17, 2026 ~ Ozone hole redux.

"Because even though we're not really considering any of this yet right now, it has a very high chance of becoming a major issue by sometimes in 2040s"

youtube.com/watch?si=JXH...
youtube.com
May 17, 2026 at 12:29 PM
Several credible observers are predicting T 🤮 will launch renewed attacks on Iran in the next few days. Military has moved into positions and huge shipments of arms have arrived in Israel. T 🤮 seems to think he can “just take” Iran’s oil as he did to Venezuela. How can BRICS not react?
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May 2, 2026 at 2:38 AM
Want to know capitalism’s endgame? Just look at private equity – it has captured our everyday lives | Hettie O'Brien
April 7, 2026 at 6:41 AM
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Iran hits back on social media.
April 6, 2026 at 2:00 AM
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October 18, 2025 at 10:47 AM