This explains so much. Lüddecke, R., Lindner, T., Forstenpointner, J. et al. Should you stop wearing neckties?—wearing a tight necktie reduces cerebral blood flow. Neuroradiology 60, 861–864 (2018). doi.org/10.1007/s002...
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A study of 21 connected vehicles found widespread communication with third-party advertising and analytic companies.
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Five cops in Indianapolis were just criminally charged with abusing Flock to spy on their ex-wives, their wives' ex-partners and women they met on duty. Audit was triggered by us at the @washingtonpost.com, the prosecutor said. From last month: wapo.st/4yfNHng
@futi.live I’d love it if you guys covered Serie A, because what is happening
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New research shows that just one drink per day could raise cancer risk and that the impacts extend far beyond liver cancer
You aren’t patriotic unless you demand to pay your own government more money for goods from a neighboring country. There are not enough facepalm gifs on the internet
NEW Economist/YouGov Aug 28-31 % who support | oppose raising tariffs on goods imported from Canada U.S. adult citizens 26% | 58% Democrats 4% | 87% Independents 16% | 64% Among Republicans Overall 57% | 25% MAGA 74% | 13% Non-MAGA 27% | 54% yougov.com/en-us/articl...
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Trump administration proposes new rule to dismantle requirement for datacenters to publicly report air pollution
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Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito Earned Up to $2.9M from Fossil Fuel Interests
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The gene therapy Zolgensma helped children born with a fatal disease grow up to run and play. But the cost was stunning: $2M per dose. While taxpayers and charities funded the drug’s early development, execs, venture-capital backers and a pharma giant have reaped the profits. (Pub. Feb. 2025)
“The #WorldCup cannot be treated as an investment product.. It has been built over generations by players, national teams and supporters across every continent. No part of it should ever be surrendered to private investors. The World Cup is not for sale” Thank u, UEFA www.si.com/soccer/uefa-...
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When the Pentagon announced a $620 million loan last year to a startup linked to Donald Trump Jr., defense officials and the company tried to tamp down suspicions of cronyism. We found that the request came directly from the White House. (Published May)
What a brilliant use of mega polluting AI data centers, it's vital our most vulnerable communities accept cancer and climate change for significant, world saving delusions like this.
The billionaire says the AI-generated film will stay true to Homer’s original, after repeatedly criticising Christopher Nolan’s blockbuster over its casting choices
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The tech company Flock, makers of traffic cameras that automatically record and log car license plates for law enforcement agencies, is facing increasing scrutiny over accusations that its vast, AI-sorted database has created a new, nationwide mass surveillance system.
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This is a big deal. www.desmog.com/2026/07/20/h...
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NEW: Months after FCC Commissioner Olivia Trusty cast a decisive vote approving Paramount’s historic $8 billion merger with Skydance Media, she and a guest accepted Kennedy Center gala tickets from the company worth more than $12,000.
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Some of the SpaceX investors in the records are easy to identify: the Indian politician Abhishek Singhvi; Betsy DeVos, the former U.S. secretary of education. But others on the list are shell companies whose ultimate owners remain hidden.
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NEW: Oil tycoon Jeffery Hildebrand gave millions to Donald Trump’s 2024 election campaign. He is set to reap a financial windfall as the EPA moves to weaken restrictions on wells like his that produce very little energy but release vast amounts of methane. By @alexcuadros.bsky.social
As the world attempts to come together trump tries to tear us apart. Happy #WorldCup kickoff day I guess. www.wired.com/story/world-...
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‼️ "Elon Musk wants a SpaceX IPO valuing the company at upwards of $1.75 trillion. To get there, he got the rules changed so that index funds, with millions of Americans' retirement savings, are forced to buy in. Retirees could take huge losses, while insiders cash out." 📺 youtu.be/sYA-z0Y8WRQ?...
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Ted Cruz is the #1 lifetime recipient of fossil fuel money in the entire U.S. senate, receiving over $1 million from the oil and gas industry in the 2024 cycle alone Now he's proposed a bill to give the fossil fuel industry lifetime legal immunity from climate lawsuits
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Report: #FIFA Plans To Ask Peace Prize Winner If He Would Maybe Consider Pausing Domestic Terrorism Program For One Month - Defector defector.com/report-fifa-...
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NEW: Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has been transforming a government that long championed vaccines into one that questions their safety. This is what could happen over the next 25 years if shots are unavailable even to the people who want them.
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EIA: New solar, wind + storage capacity will swamp fossil fuels in 2026
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Financial documents compiled by ProPublica reveal a myriad of relationships among Trump and his team that could create conflicts of interest — including ties between appointees and industries their agencies frequently interact with. Explore our database 👇
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"Although Americans (and people around the world) are hardened to Trump’s outrageous behavior," writes @sulliview.bsky.social, "they ought to be aware of what this is."
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Under oath, ICE agents in Oregon revealed: -quota of eight arrests a day per team, equaling roughly 50 arrests a day in OR -agents use a special app to choose areas + ppl to surveil -agents have followed, stopped + arrested ppl without probable cause, warrants or basic info about their targets.
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Know why it’s “showing symptoms of anxiety“? Because it just rips off everything humans have ever posted online and the greater magnitude of anxiety being posted as a reaction to this exact kind of b.s. is getting sucked up and spit out by every LLMs big dumb probabilistic algorithm.
Literally as I’m arguing with someone about whether AI companies are misleading people into believing their technology possesses God-like super-intelligence I see this monstrosity
@intermiamicf.bsky.social Soulless cowards bsky.app/profile/us.t...
The US president welcomed the 2025 MLS Cup champions in a ceremony beset by tangents and awkward asides
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Congratulations, anti-wind group people who supported this president. Ship strikes and entanglement in fishing gear are the leading cause of death of this highly endangered species. And the administration is raising the speed limit www.savannahnow.com/story/news/e...
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Worst of the worst? Government records show that the vast majority – 77% – of people who entered deportation proceedings for the first time in 2025 had no criminal conviction, exposing a stark gap between the Trump administration’s rhetoric and reality. @wcraft.bsky.social breaks it down:
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DHS invoked the “national emergency” at the border to skirt competitive bidding rules for a $220 million taxpayer-funded ad campaign, which has secretly benefited a firm with ties to Kristi Noem. (Published Nov. 2025)
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This is what happens when the Secretary of HHS rejects science and adopts conspiracy theories. And, unless we stop it, epidemics could become much worse. www.uchealth.org/today/is-mea...
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The Supreme Court has decided to hear a major climate case against fossil fuel companies Alito has not recused himself, despite owning nearly $200,000 in fossil fuel stocks—including in Phillips 66 and ConocoPhillips, which are being sued in cases that would be directly affected by a SCOTUS ruling
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AIs can’t stop recommending nuclear strikes in war game simulations Leading AIs from OpenAI, Anthropic and Google opted to use nuclear weapons in simulated war games in 95 per cent of cases www.newscientist.com/article/2516...
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