Antipode77

Antipode77

@antipode77.bsky.social

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The US will never clear the mess that Trump and his minions made if ONLY Trump is fired from his job. A long list of other names come to mind ! The USA needs REFORM, not a return to the previous status quo, which led to these disastrous policies. CORRUPTION is the USA's BIGGEST PROBLEM.

Mirrors in space. 👎👎 “There are a huge number of unresolved questions and significant potential impacts. Literally all of life on Earth evolved based on the rhythm of day and night and there is a ton of data showing that messing with this is not a good idea.” www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

theguardian.comSunlight at night: US startup’s demonstration of lighting Earth from space draws criticismCompany imitates reflection of sun from mirrors, prompting pushback from some scientists, environmentalists and California locals

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I obviously hope MAGA loses the midterms, but if they don’t — or even if it’s close — we should ask whether this messaging was one of the subtle factors.

But instead of transparently pursuing such options, the Trump administration is largely engaging in policy theater, while behind the scenes helping to boost Big Pharma’s bottom line and covering up the information needed for the public to fully appreciate reality. www.citizen.org/article/publ...

citizen.orgPublic Citizen FOIA Reveals That Pharma, Not Patients Are Favored In Trump’s Drug Pricing Deals - Public CitizenKey Takeaways Copies of Pfizer and Eli Lilly’s “most-favored nation” (MFN) agreements obtained by Public Citizen through the Freedom of…

The quick road to destroying American business.

ChrisO_wiki@chriso-wiki.bsky.social

1/ The Musk-Trump decision to degrade Ukraine's Starlink access as a pressure tactic is a disaster not just for the United States' reputation but for the entire US defence industry. Musk's action may end up burning the whole industry. ⬇️

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"President Donald Trump told top oil and gas executives at an April 2024 dinner at Mar-a-Lago that they should raise $1 billion for his campaign in exchange for reversing federal environmental rules and regulations." www.nytimes.com/2024/05/09/c...

nytimes.comAt a Dinner, Trump Assailed Climate Rules and Asked $1 Billion From Big Oil (Gift Article)At a private meeting at Mar-a-Lago, the former president said fossil fuel companies should donate to help him beat President Biden.

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My name is not the reason we're paying $5/gallon for gas. My name is not the reason you can't afford your groceries. My name is not the reason you can't afford your mortgage or rent. My name is not the reason you can't see a doctor. Their policies are the reason.

"The federal statute stayed on the books and stopped mattering, because the states that hated it refused to carry it out. Did it incite conflict? Sure. Sometimes the moral thing to do is to accept that avoiding conflict will cause more damage than standing for what is moral and right."

cmarmitage.substack.comIt’s (Still) Time for Americans to Talk About the “Soft Secession” Actively UnderwayPro-democracy states (and cities) are finally learning what red states have known all along: you don’t need federal approval to govern.

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2/ The Russian newspaper Kommersant reports that replacing damaged equipment will take at least six months, using foreign channels as much of it isn't Russian-made. It will be expensive and potentially slow to obtain due to the current global shortage of GPUs and memory chips.

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1/ Restoring Yandex's damaged data centres will take at least six months and cost billions. Disruption is already severe; Russian manufacturers and distributors face imminent disaster due to Ukraine's strikes causing the collapse of the state-operated goods tracking system. ⬇️

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📉 ICYMI: No signs of recovery as Yandex suffers a sustained connectivity loss consistent with extensive infrastructure damage after Ukrainian drone strikes on key data centers in Sasovo and Vladimir. The Russian tech giant has issued a bleak outlook to users at home and abroad.

"The only rainy days are, and will be, the ones caused by governments which fail to act in the interests of those who elect them to power, and the consequences of which we are already experiencing in the most destructive of ways."

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Sen. Whitehouse: If some MAGA official communicated to Judge Rao or her chambers, and that resulted in the administrative stay that held the door open and kept the facts from the Senate Judiciary Committee for his confirmation and stalled an investigation into misconduct by the DOJ...

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Poland’s embassy in Washington blasts Tucker Carlson for justifying Hitler’s 1939 invasion of Poland. Bogdan Klich, the embassy’s chargé d’affaires, called his comments “false” and “deeply troubling” and demanded that Carlson retract them and apologize.

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I've written about this before. This is the "Superman will save us" mentality. It allows people to rationalize not trying because they will be saved by someone else who does try. It's this weird little quirk where game theory meets psychology.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com

TAPPER: Trump wants to send checks from the Medicare Improvement Fund, which the CBO says is supposed to be used for insurance programs. Do you have concerns about that? RICK SCOTT: I'm sure it's gonna have to be used the right way or they won't be able to do it. Somebody will stop them.

1 miljard liter water verbruiken terwijl het bij een ander design 40 miljoen was geweest is mijns insziens NIET acceptabel. "Ter vergelijking: de hyperscalers van Microsoft in Middenmeer, die vooral luchtgekoeld zijn, verbruiken jaarlijks krap 40 miljoen liter water." tweakers.net/nieuws/25103...

tweakers.netEquinix gaat datacenter bouwen dat 1,1 miljard liter drinkwater gaat verbruikenEen nieuw datacenter in Amsterdam-Zuidoost van het Amerikaanse Equinix gaat jaarlijks 1,1 miljard liter drinkwater gebruiken om servers mee te koelen. Daarmee is de waterefficiëntie veel lager dan de ...

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When I helped organize my union, the key was simple: stay organized, stay united, stay tough. We accomplished a lot because we stood together and didn’t quit when things got hard. Politics is no different. Organization and solidarity turn ordinary people into a force.

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They'll tell you there's no money for teachers, veterans or to bring your costs down. Then a corporation needs a tax break and the money turns up quickly. A budget is a moral document. A budget tells you what a government actually values, line by line. #AngieforFlorida