David
@neverrpcv.bsky.social
Sometimes soil scientist, temporary field crops instructor, “development” projects in the mostly forgotten places. Agriculture is endlessly fascinating and so are other things. “I am a part of all that I have met…” Tennyson
In the battle to MASA: MAKE AMERICAN SECOND AGAIN the 🟠💩1950s energy policy is sure to grab the silver medal or maybe even bronze 😢🤷🏻♂️.
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China's Clean Energy Boom Could Win the Race to Power the Future (Gift Article)
Beijing is selling clean energy to the world, Washington is pushing oil and gas. Both are driven by national security.
www.nytimes.com
June 30, 2025 at 7:31 PM
In the battle to MASA: MAKE AMERICAN SECOND AGAIN the 🟠💩1950s energy policy is sure to grab the silver medal or maybe even bronze 😢🤷🏻♂️.
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
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The futures of millions of children, be ripped to shreds by some of the worst in politics — not because they have any alternative vision but because they have no clue what they are doing.
RFK Jr. is committing genocide and these diseases will spread around the globe.
www.vox.com/future-perfe...
RFK Jr. is committing genocide and these diseases will spread around the globe.
www.vox.com/future-perfe...
A million kids won’t live to kindergarten because of this disastrous decision
The world’s war on child death was going well. Then RFK Jr. came along.
www.vox.com
June 30, 2025 at 4:13 PM
The futures of millions of children, be ripped to shreds by some of the worst in politics — not because they have any alternative vision but because they have no clue what they are doing.
RFK Jr. is committing genocide and these diseases will spread around the globe.
www.vox.com/future-perfe...
RFK Jr. is committing genocide and these diseases will spread around the globe.
www.vox.com/future-perfe...
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“An Iranian woman who has lived in the United States for 47 years, has no criminal record, and is married to a US citizen was detained by ICE as she gardened outside her New Orleans home.”
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Iranian immigrant who has lived in New Orleans nearly 50 years arrested outside Lakeview home
Federal agents arrested an Iranian woman who has lived in the United States for more than four decades outside her Lakeview home Sunday.
www.nola.com
June 30, 2025 at 3:02 AM
“An Iranian woman who has lived in the United States for 47 years, has no criminal record, and is married to a US citizen was detained by ICE as she gardened outside her New Orleans home.”
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Seems like a good day to remind everyone that Trump’s ex-wife Ivana wasn’t an American citizen until 1988. She gave birth to Don Junior in 1977, Ivanka in 1981, and Eric in 1984. — Let’s cancel their birthright citizenship first.
June 27, 2025 at 4:22 PM
Seems like a good day to remind everyone that Trump’s ex-wife Ivana wasn’t an American citizen until 1988. She gave birth to Don Junior in 1977, Ivanka in 1981, and Eric in 1984. — Let’s cancel their birthright citizenship first.
There is an endless battle against anti-science and propaganda. Healthcare is most prominent in the battle, but we in the complex and diverse world of agriculture battle modem day Lysenkoism and snake oil marketing too.
June 27, 2025 at 6:53 PM
There is an endless battle against anti-science and propaganda. Healthcare is most prominent in the battle, but we in the complex and diverse world of agriculture battle modem day Lysenkoism and snake oil marketing too.
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man oh man do these people need to be nuremberged asap
April 28, 2025 at 8:31 PM
man oh man do these people need to be nuremberged asap
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Can a US citizen be deported without due process? It may have already happened to a 2 year old: www.nytimes.com/2025/04/25/u...
2-Year-Old U.S. Citizen Was Deported ‘With No Meaningful Process,’ Judge Suspects
A federal judge in Louisiana said the deportation of the child to Honduras with her mother, even though her father had filed an emergency petition, appeared to be “illegal and unconstitutional.”
www.nytimes.com
April 26, 2025 at 3:58 AM
Can a US citizen be deported without due process? It may have already happened to a 2 year old: www.nytimes.com/2025/04/25/u...
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Just to be clear, we reached the arresting-judges-and-deporting-US-citizens-without-due-process stage of the slide into authoritarianism today.
And the citizens in question included a toddler and a child with cancer who needs treatment in the US.
And the citizens in question included a toddler and a child with cancer who needs treatment in the US.
ICE Deports 3 U.S. Citizen Children Held Incommunicado Prior to the Deportation | American Civil Liberties Union
Families disappeared and isolated without legal access; one child with cancer deported without medication and pregnant mother deported as well
www.aclu.org
April 26, 2025 at 4:04 AM
Just to be clear, we reached the arresting-judges-and-deporting-US-citizens-without-due-process stage of the slide into authoritarianism today.
And the citizens in question included a toddler and a child with cancer who needs treatment in the US.
And the citizens in question included a toddler and a child with cancer who needs treatment in the US.
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Hopefully the next Secretary of Defense will be an adult
Hesgeth used his personal phone to log into a 4th-tier sports betting site -- and to relay real-time information about U.S. airstrikes.
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/25/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/25/u...
Hegseth’s Personal Phone Use Created Vulnerabilities, Analysts Say
The phone number used in the Signal chat could also be found in a variety of places, including on social media and a fantasy sports site.
www.nytimes.com
April 26, 2025 at 3:44 AM
Hopefully the next Secretary of Defense will be an adult
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Who could have guessed that a morning Fox News host would not be unqualified to be the Secretary of Defense?
Look, I have a friend who's an alcoholic. I've known him for over 50 years. I love the guy....but I'd never loan him my car (I'd call him a taxi.) Oh...I wouldn't make him SECDEF, either.
Look, I have a friend who's an alcoholic. I've known him for over 50 years. I love the guy....but I'd never loan him my car (I'd call him a taxi.) Oh...I wouldn't make him SECDEF, either.
April 22, 2025 at 3:53 AM
Who could have guessed that a morning Fox News host would not be unqualified to be the Secretary of Defense?
Look, I have a friend who's an alcoholic. I've known him for over 50 years. I love the guy....but I'd never loan him my car (I'd call him a taxi.) Oh...I wouldn't make him SECDEF, either.
Look, I have a friend who's an alcoholic. I've known him for over 50 years. I love the guy....but I'd never loan him my car (I'd call him a taxi.) Oh...I wouldn't make him SECDEF, either.
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Senator Sanders and Reps. Ocasio-Cortes, Jayapal, and Khanna rising to the occasion.
April 13, 2025 at 1:08 AM
Senator Sanders and Reps. Ocasio-Cortes, Jayapal, and Khanna rising to the occasion.
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“You can tell a lot about a country by how it treats its most vulnerable people.”
Eric from Austin has muscular dystrophy and called my office to share what Medicaid cuts could mean to him.
Here’s what he told me when I called him back:
youtu.be/Pdw1zQhpu_M?...
Eric from Austin has muscular dystrophy and called my office to share what Medicaid cuts could mean to him.
Here’s what he told me when I called him back:
youtu.be/Pdw1zQhpu_M?...
Congressman Greg Casar: What Medicaid Cuts Would Mean to Texans
YouTube video by Congressman Greg Casar
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April 12, 2025 at 4:59 PM
“You can tell a lot about a country by how it treats its most vulnerable people.”
Eric from Austin has muscular dystrophy and called my office to share what Medicaid cuts could mean to him.
Here’s what he told me when I called him back:
youtu.be/Pdw1zQhpu_M?...
Eric from Austin has muscular dystrophy and called my office to share what Medicaid cuts could mean to him.
Here’s what he told me when I called him back:
youtu.be/Pdw1zQhpu_M?...
March 27, 2025 at 12:50 PM
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NEW: Cuts to the Social Security Administration will hurt Social Security beneficiaries, particularly the most vulnerable among them.
Many Americans with disabilities rely on the SSA, and DOGE's infiltration is likely to harm them most.
Many Americans with disabilities rely on the SSA, and DOGE's infiltration is likely to harm them most.
DOGE & Co Set Their Sights on Americans With Disabilities | Revolving Door Project
Cuts to the Social Security Administration will hurt Social Security beneficiaries, particularly the most vulnerable among them.
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March 10, 2025 at 5:57 PM
NEW: Cuts to the Social Security Administration will hurt Social Security beneficiaries, particularly the most vulnerable among them.
Many Americans with disabilities rely on the SSA, and DOGE's infiltration is likely to harm them most.
Many Americans with disabilities rely on the SSA, and DOGE's infiltration is likely to harm them most.
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A lot of what appeals to Trumpists about the sudden abandonment of Europe, Ukraine, Canada and Mexico is the emotional trauma it is causing.
They're turning what was perhaps an imbalanced relationship into an abusive one. The cruelty is the point, and the shock and pain expressed is the pleasure.
They're turning what was perhaps an imbalanced relationship into an abusive one. The cruelty is the point, and the shock and pain expressed is the pleasure.
March 8, 2025 at 8:56 AM
A lot of what appeals to Trumpists about the sudden abandonment of Europe, Ukraine, Canada and Mexico is the emotional trauma it is causing.
They're turning what was perhaps an imbalanced relationship into an abusive one. The cruelty is the point, and the shock and pain expressed is the pleasure.
They're turning what was perhaps an imbalanced relationship into an abusive one. The cruelty is the point, and the shock and pain expressed is the pleasure.
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“We’re shooting ourselves in the head, not the foot,” said a former senior intelligence official who mentors young and aspiring intelligence officers. “We’re mortgaging our future.”
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Inside U.S. spy agencies, workers fear a cataclysmic Trump cull
Firings and mass disruptions at the CIA could harm intelligence collection on foreign threats and future recruiting, current and former officials say.
wapo.st
March 7, 2025 at 5:43 AM
“We’re shooting ourselves in the head, not the foot,” said a former senior intelligence official who mentors young and aspiring intelligence officers. “We’re mortgaging our future.”
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Dear Ukrainians,
The Orange Gibbon and his shit-flinging lackeys do not represent the majority of Americans, who support you in your fight for sovereignty. We will not bend the knee - and neither should you!
Signed,
True American Patriots
#SlavaUkraini 🇺🇦
#FuckTrump
#FuckVance
#FuckRubio
#FuckMAGA
The Orange Gibbon and his shit-flinging lackeys do not represent the majority of Americans, who support you in your fight for sovereignty. We will not bend the knee - and neither should you!
Signed,
True American Patriots
#SlavaUkraini 🇺🇦
#FuckTrump
#FuckVance
#FuckRubio
#FuckMAGA
February 28, 2025 at 8:50 PM
Dear Ukrainians,
The Orange Gibbon and his shit-flinging lackeys do not represent the majority of Americans, who support you in your fight for sovereignty. We will not bend the knee - and neither should you!
Signed,
True American Patriots
#SlavaUkraini 🇺🇦
#FuckTrump
#FuckVance
#FuckRubio
#FuckMAGA
The Orange Gibbon and his shit-flinging lackeys do not represent the majority of Americans, who support you in your fight for sovereignty. We will not bend the knee - and neither should you!
Signed,
True American Patriots
#SlavaUkraini 🇺🇦
#FuckTrump
#FuckVance
#FuckRubio
#FuckMAGA
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Trump and Vance yell and trash talk Zelensky while sucking Putin’s dick. That’s where we are at. A century of global leadership vaporized in a month.
February 28, 2025 at 5:54 PM
Trump and Vance yell and trash talk Zelensky while sucking Putin’s dick. That’s where we are at. A century of global leadership vaporized in a month.
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It's that time of year again when grim anniversaries from the early days of war overlap with new tragedies. Three years ago, russian troops proudly shared videos of their artillery bombing a peaceful city full of people.
February 27, 2025 at 1:10 PM
It's that time of year again when grim anniversaries from the early days of war overlap with new tragedies. Three years ago, russian troops proudly shared videos of their artillery bombing a peaceful city full of people.
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"He cannot figure out who at USAID is now overseeing or processing the contract, or get confirmation that USAID wants it completed."
The contract is for a kind of food paste that, unlike most food, is safe to eat for kids with really serious malnutrition. I.e., kids who are starving to death.
The contract is for a kind of food paste that, unlike most food, is safe to eat for kids with really serious malnutrition. I.e., kids who are starving to death.
Awful news --> Delivery of therapeutic food assistance to nearly 400,000 severely malnourished kids abroad is suddenly in doubt due to Trump-Musk firings at USAID, two manufacturers of the product tell me.
"Starving children are waiting," one says.
New from me:
newrepublic.com/article/1919...
"Starving children are waiting," one says.
New from me:
newrepublic.com/article/1919...
Musk Scandal at USAID Takes Ugly Turn, Putting Starving Kids at Risk
Two U.S. nonprofits that manufacture a treatment sent by USAID to help severely malnourished children abroad say the process is in chaos. This isn’t what Marco Rubio said would happen.
newrepublic.com
February 25, 2025 at 5:37 PM
"He cannot figure out who at USAID is now overseeing or processing the contract, or get confirmation that USAID wants it completed."
The contract is for a kind of food paste that, unlike most food, is safe to eat for kids with really serious malnutrition. I.e., kids who are starving to death.
The contract is for a kind of food paste that, unlike most food, is safe to eat for kids with really serious malnutrition. I.e., kids who are starving to death.