Here'sEmmaBrody

Here'sEmmaBrody

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Benjamin Riley
@benjaminjriley.bsky.social

SPECIAL REPORT Last month, Alpha School invited people to follow student social media accounts "if curious about life in our high schools." I accepted their offer. What I've found shocks me. Forget the AI and ask instead: Is Alpha Schools a cult? Follow along for a summary of my findings.

buildcognitiveresonance.substack.comSPECIAL REPORT: My So-Called Alpha SchoolWhat is it like to be a student in Alpha School’s high school boot camp?

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Brendan Ballou
@brendanballou.bsky.social

If you’re interested in our legal strategy for suing Paramount over its allegedly corrupt acquisition of Warner Bros., I recommend this interview with @legalafmtn.bsky.social

Acyn@acyn.bsky.social

Ballou: Based on reporting, Larry and David Ellison, talked about transforming CNN and potentially even firing anchors the president didn’t like. Once that happened, the regulatory barriers melted away. When you’re talking about giving a private benefit in exchange for a public act, that’s bribery.

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Jonathan O'Callaghan
@astrojonny.bsky.social

SpaceX's 1 million AI satellites could cause "massive ozone depletion" and change the night sky forever - but the FCC has no requirement to check before approving them. Astronomers are now scrambling to submit their concerns. Story by me in New Scientist www.newscientist.com/article/2516...

newscientist.comSpaceX's 1 million satellites could avoid environmental checksThe environmental impact of SpaceX's planned gargantuan mega-constellation is still being grappled with, but the FCC isn’t required to study it

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Chris Person
@papapishu.bsky.social

They saw France bust down the doors of X for being pedophiles and immediately started developing the national sex crime VPN.

Reuters@reuters.com

Exclusive: The US State Department is developing an online portal to enable people in Europe and elsewhere to see content banned by their governments including alleged hate speech and terrorist propaganda, sources told Reuters reut.rs/4cySsA6

reut.rsExclusive: US plans online portal to bypass content bans in Europe and elsewhereThe U.S. State Department is developing an online portal that will enable people in Europe and elsewhere to see content banned by their governments including alleged hate speech and terrorist propagan...

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Brendan Ballou
@brendanballou.bsky.social

Here's my conversation on MS NOW. Local politicians need to identify now the state laws that prohibit military and militia forces at polling places, and make clear that ICE agents will be prosecuted if they attempt to illegally commandeer voting locations. www.ms.now/the-weeknigh...

ms.now'Appalling': Fulton County sues for return of 2020 ballots seized in FBI raidThe Supreme Court rejected a Republican effort to block California’s new congressional map as the fight over election control intensifies ahead of the midterms. In Georgia, Fulton County is demanding ...
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@emmabrody.bsky.social

He's so utterly out of his mind. Everyone, he's tanking our economy. He's the insatiably, needy, greedy sick one who needs to be confined to a mental institution. Send him away before we lose everything to his madness.

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Adam Parkhomenko
@adamparkhomenko.bsky.social

The next time someone tells you that America isn’t a sick & racist country, just remind them that this nation is willing to accept treason, rape, and child abuse from a white president but not healthcare from a Black one.

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Institute for Policy Studies
@ips-dc.org

NEW: The first two years of Massachusetts' millionaire tax has raised $3 billion more than expected. And rather than driving the rich away, IPS researchers found that the number of millionaires has *increased.* Tax the rich. Greg Ryan in @bloomberg.com:

bloomberg.comMillionaire Tax That Inspired Mamdani Fuels $5.7 Billion Haul in MassachusettsA millionaire levy in Massachusetts that New York City mayoral frontrunner Zohran Mamdani holds up as a model for taxing the rich has generated $3 billion more in revenue than expected without forcing...

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Lea Teagarden aka @tencentdress
@leateagarden.bsky.social

jfc, let us stop these corrupt fascists from crashing the economy! People with 401ks have some power here to stop trump. Let us do all we can to avoid this utter corruption. It's relatively easy, but we must act. @brendanballou.bsky.social tells us how. slate.com/business/202...

slate.comThis Trump Executive Order Might Just Set Up the Next Financial CrisisPrivate equity and credit firms need new investors. This is where Donald Trump—and you—come in.

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Lora Kolodny
@lorak.bsky.social

this warms the cockles of my heart. "These giants are standing tall against fossil fuels, rising up out of the ocean like a middle finger against CO2."

David Ho@davidho.bsky.social

Motherfucking wind farms…

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Molly White
@molly.wiki

Sundog, a memecoin by crypto billionaire Justin Sun, just posted a meme depicting its mascot controlling the White House. Sun has spent (or will shortly spend) a total of $213 million on Trump-connected crypto projects.

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Lora Kolodny
@lorak.bsky.social

Enviro groups including NAACP, Young, Gifted & Green filed to appeal xAI's permits in Memphis. The permits allow Elon Musk's co. to keep using gas-burning turbines to power their Colossus "supercomputer" facility, which in turn helps run the Grok chatbot. www.cnbc.com/2025/07/16/m...

cnbc.comElon Musk’s xAI permits challenged by NAACP, environmental groups in MemphisEnvironmental groups in Memphis filed a permit appeal to stop xAI from using gas-burning turbines to power its supercomputer facility in the area.

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Michael Derby
@michaelsderby.bsky.social

Fed Chair Powell graduation remarks to Princeton nod toward our current predicament: "Look around you. I urge you to take none of this for granted. When you look back in 50 years, you will want to know that you have done whatever it takes to preserve and strengthen our democracy."

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Adam Rifkin 🐼
@ifindkarma.bsky.social

Replying to @ifindkarma.bsky.social

“DOGE has already squandered half a trillion dollars… Not billion. Half a trillion, $500 billion… In other words, in about eight weeks DOGE managed to lose the U.S. government — more or less light on fire — more than half of what goes to all non-defense discretionary spending.” @joshtpm.bsky.social

Josh Marshall@joshtpm.bsky.social

This continues to be the biggest story in the country: DOGE has already squandered half a trillion dollars in 6 weeks. Not billion. half a trillion, $500 billion talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/irs-p...

talkingpointsmemo.comIRS Predicts DOGE Lost Half a Trillion Dollars for the USAThe Post reports today that the IRS’ internal projections estimate that the...
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@emmabrody.bsky.social

It seems that Elon's DOGE boys may be involved in at least one illegal heist of information. You have to wonder if Musk has been squirreling our data at Colossus xAI all along: www.npr.org/2025/04/15/n...

npr.orgA whistleblower's disclosure details how DOGE may have taken sensitive labor dataA whistleblower tells Congress and NPR that DOGE may have taken sensitive labor data and hid its tracks. "None of that ... information should ever leave the agency," said a former NLRB official.
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@emmabrody.bsky.social

Who wants to take bets that every American's info is being used to train Musk's xAI in Memphis? Or that Musk is holding your data on his own company servers?

WIRED@wired.com

SCOOP: The Social Security Administration (SSA) will be shifting its public communication exclusively to X, sources tell WIRED. This comes as agency plans to cut its regional office workforce by roughly 90 percent.

wired.comThe Social Security Administration Is Gutting Regional Staff and Shifting All Public Communications to XThe SSA's shift to Elon Musk's X comes as the agency plans to cut its regional office workforce by roughly 90 percent, WIRED has learned.

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Ian Denton
@iand777.bsky.social

I didn't have to wait long for the LTTs to find the feathers. I placed them last evening & were found at dawn. This pair have a huge task ahead of them to locate 1000+ feathers & they are very choosy about which feathers they will use for nest lining. @nicwilson.bsky.social @ianparsons.bsky.social

Ian Denton@iand777.bsky.social

A pair of Long-tailed Tits have been moving along the hedges here for the past 3 weeks, gathering spiders webs & lichens to construct the outer shell of their nest. I noticed one carrying a feather yesterday, so they have reached the nest lining stage. Hoping to catch them on camera. #ukwildlife

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Chris Murphy
@chrismurphyct.bsky.social

Those trying to understand the tariffs as economic policy are dangerously naive. No, the tariffs are a tool to collapse our democracy. A means to compel loyalty from every business that will need to petition Trump for relief. 1/ A 🧵 to explain his plan and how we fight back.

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Rodger Sherman
@rodger.bsky.social

We simply had to intentionally destroy the world’s strongest economy while dismantling our scientific and educational infrastructure to ensure that a team with a trans girl would never finish second place in the Mountain West volleyball standings again

Here'sEmmaBrody
@emmabrody.bsky.social

Trump has passed his "malignant narcissist" stage and gone full blown into his "I don't care who gets destroyed because they tried to destroy me" stage. And that extends to his own supporters. He's that sick.

Here'sEmmaBrody
@emmabrody.bsky.social

Ps: using enough power in future scale-ups to power 1-3 million homes😳

The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social

WATCH: Last month in Nashville, where they tried to block us from filming — Greater Memphis Chamber CEO Ted Townsend told the story of Elon Musk’s XAI choosing Memphis in 1 week. Why? access to POWER⚡️ + moving fast. (Translation: no community input on pollution/drain on resources)

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@emmabrody.bsky.social

Elon The Parasite sucking off your tax dollars...Again: “We are going to be able to take astronauts to Mars ...And ultimately build a self-sustaining civilization on Mars. That is the long-term goal of the company: make life multi-planetary.” Ruining the US for $$$. www.wsj.com/business/elo...

wsj.comElon Musk’s Mission to Take Over NASA—and MarsThe billionaire is in position to speed up plans for a voyage to the planet, with a potentially huge impact on SpaceX.
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@emmabrody.bsky.social

DOGE fraud (gee, ya think?) in the firing of IRS agents for their job "performance" without any review. Great @propublica.org piece by @andykroll.bsky.social www.propublica.org/article/trum...

propublica.orgEmails Reveal Top IRS Lawyer Warned Trump Firings Were a “Fraud” on the CourtsThe Trump administration cited “performance” failures to justify its mass firing of IRS workers. But this claim was “false,” a senior agency attorney warned officials, because the administration had n...
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@emmabrody.bsky.social

Memphians, get thee to tomorrow's chat with Mayor Young and make your feelings known about Musk's presence and our city's water, grid and air. Ask the Mayor why he's not protecting Memphians from Elon Musk's vandalism of the air we breathe. And Musk's plans are scaling waaaay up.

The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social

Heads up Memphis folks…