Mity Cheese

Mity Cheese

@mitycheese.bsky.social

Lover of gorgonzola. Playwright. Producer. Photographer. Defrocked programmer. Occasional adjunct. Cat person. https://rosspnelson.wixsite.com/playwright

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Mity Cheese
@mitycheese.bsky.social

Trump's war and tariff driven inflation isn't just screwing up the present, it's making your future worse, too.

Steve Rattner@steverattner.bsky.social

Americans are saving about 19% less on average per year since Trump took office.

Mity Cheese
@mitycheese.bsky.social

To pick just one thing, which is one of the key innovations in recent decades, the co-inventor of the lithium battery is Rachid Yazami, acMoroccan engineer and scientist.

Walker Bragman@walkerbragman.bsky.social

Vile stuff. Perfectly clear that Robert Kennedy Jr. is a fascist and trying to position himself as Trump’s heir apparent. I just want to take this moment to shout out all the post-left contrarian types who embraced him as some kind of independent voice for truth. Good job, losers.

Mity Cheese
@mitycheese.bsky.social

Solar, a mature technology for some 15 years now, became the cheapest electricity in history in 2020. Since then, solar has scaled, efficiency has risen, and the amount of silicon and silver used in panels has gone down, leading prices to fall yet further, says Jones.

Jan Rosenow@janrosenow.bsky.social

Solar has overtaken nuclear. A decade ago it supplied 1% of the world's power. In 2025 it met three quarters of global demand growth. Almost nobody saw it coming. I spoke to Jocelyn Timperley at BBC Future about why. www.bbc.co.uk/future/artic...

bbc.co.uk'It's offensively cheap': How solar power is quietly becoming bigger than nuclearAfter defying projections, solar's dramatic growth means it is overtaking nuclear as a global power source. Here are seven reasons for solar's success, and where it might go from here.
Mity Cheese
@mitycheese.bsky.social

They're all scammers.

Christopher Hale@christopherjhale.bsky.social

The Heritage Foundation adviser who recruited 12 bishops to pray over Trump in the Oval Office claimed a Ph.D. from an Italian university that doesn’t grant doctorates. His listed bachelor’s school is a high school. A Vatican official called the meeting an insult to Pope Leo XIV.

thelettersfromleo.comThe Heritage Official Who Brought 12 Bishops to Trump Claimed Degrees He Never EarnedMario Enzler spent weeks recruiting prelates for the Oval Office prayer, The Pillar reports. Archbishop Coakley was “deeply frustrated,” and Vatican officials call the meeting an insult to Pope Leo…
Mity Cheese
@mitycheese.bsky.social

Lol. Average American is more likely to be stuck living next to one rather than "making a fortune" from them. Trump going full oligarch means losing his populist appeal.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com

Trump on data centers: "I say let them come in ... you should really be cool on data centers because you can make a fortune with the data centers" (Note the total silence of the crowd during this rant!)

Mity Cheese
@mitycheese.bsky.social

This is wild. But the quote about dumb luck at the end seems to miss the point that all evolution happens this way.

404 Media@404media.co

Scientists have discovered a family of retroviruses that invaded the genomes of chimps and other primates, silencing genes involved with brain development, while humans were left unaffected.

404media.coAn Ancient Virus Explains Why the Human Brain Is SpecialScientists have discovered a family of retroviruses that invaded the genomes of chimps and other primates, silencing genes involved with brain development, while humans were left unaffected.
Mity Cheese
@mitycheese.bsky.social

Will historians of the future be able to tell us why the billionaire class was so pathetic?

@amybisinthewoods.bsky.social 🍄🍄‍🟫@amybdogsandfungi.bsky.social

“Palantir cofounder and CEO Alex Karp states ‘AI will undermine the influence of highly educated, often female voters and give it to working class men. We have feminine energy running our cities and our courts,’ he complained.”

futurism.comCEO of Palantir Says AI Will Seize Power Away From College-Educated WomenPalantir CEO Alex Karp said AI would disrupt "humanities trained" and "Democratic voters" who are largely women.

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Eric Lipton NYT
@ericlipton.nytimes.com

JUST POSTED: A Russian energy giant has secretly moved to acquire a position in a massive Alaska gas project. Its part of talks between Witkoff/Kushner & Putin. But CEO of US company resigns after learning of Russian money in the project. A wowzer of a story. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/23/u...

nytimes.comIn U.S. Gas Talks With Kremlin, Hidden Financing for Alaska Project EmergesInterviews and documents show a Russian energy giant secretly funded a U.S. firm. The deal has been discussed in talks to end the war in Ukraine.

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Aaron Weiss (no relation)
@aweiss.bsky.social

A startup wants 456 nuclear reactors, a fuel plant, and nuclear waste storage on 9,000 acres of public land in Utah, generating more than twice the electricity the entire state produces. The Senate permitting bill would make sure the next president can’t touch it. 🧵:

Mity Cheese
@mitycheese.bsky.social

Oligarchy, anyone?

Adam Bonica@adambonica.bsky.social

Mega-donors giving $1M+ make up 54% of GOP fundraising so far this cycle. It’s not just billionaires lining up for Trump’s open air auction of federal policy and contracts. The GOP also spammed and grifted its own small-dollar base into oblivion.

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Pat Bagley
@bagleycartoons.bsky.social
Ron Filipkowski@ronfilipkowski.bsky.social

Trump’s special envoy Steve Witkoff to Vladimir Putin today: “You talk so much about Trump being a humanitarian, you are a humanitarian also, sir. And I salute that. I commend you.”

Mity Cheese
@mitycheese.bsky.social

What even is the point?

Kyle Griffin@kylegriffin1.bsky.social

BREAKING: Trump's head of FEMA just told states to prepare to handle disasters on their own. The Trump admin's disaster chief told state officials they must increase their financial reserves and emergency capabilities to handle most disasters on their own — without federal help.

politico.comFEMA tells states to handle disasters on their ownThe Trump administration plans to cut disaster aid in as few as six months and shift responsibility to states, FEMA's administrator said in remarks obtained by POLITICO.

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Angry
@angrystaffer.bsky.social

If this is accurate, Elon lied about not having control over Starshield, and he lied about the administration making the decision. More importantly, why is a private citizen even *able* to make decisions that could hinder US military operations?

Mity Cheese
@mitycheese.bsky.social

Ha. You could win the presidency on that platform alone.

Bloomberg Law@bloomberglaw.com

New York City wants to force companies to tell consumers when they’re interacting with artificial intelligence and other computerized systems, part of a proposal to cut down on customer service “doom loops.”

bit.lyMamdani Proposal Targets AI Customer Service ‘Doom Loops’ (1)New York City wants to force companies to tell consumers when they’re interacting with artificial intelligence and other computerized systems, part of a proposal to cut down on customer service “doom loops.”

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Don Moynihan
@donmoyn.bsky.social

The problem with the Titanic was more the iceberg related hole dragging it to the bottom of the ocean rather than its handling capabilities.

FactPost@factpostnews.bsky.social

JD Vance on the economy: "You don't turn the Titanic around overnight"

Mity Cheese
@mitycheese.bsky.social

Can someone just stick a little gold star on his forehead and then send him home for good?

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com

Trump: "The first one is they show you a lion, a bear, a snake, and a giraffe. And they say, 'Which one is the giraffe?' I got a perfect score."

Mity Cheese
@mitycheese.bsky.social

Will Fox buy CBS now that they're doing the same schtick?

Scott Horton@robertscotthorton.bsky.social

Bari Weiss pressed Semafor to peddle MAGA Republican political propaganda that she knew was false. www.semafor.com/article/10/1...

semafor.comExclusive: How CBS News’ Middle East war spread to the Upper MidwestEditor-in-Chief Bari Weiss has personally advocated for CBS News journalists to pursue numerous story angles related to Abdul El-Sayed’s supposed sympathy towards the Muslim Brotherhood.

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Timothy Snyder
@timothysnyder.bsky.social

In other words: “You brown people should be grateful to live in a country where the vice-president calls you weasels in public”

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com

JD Vance calls El-Sayed "a little weasel who should shut his mouth and show a little gratitude"

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Ezra Levin ❌👑
@ezralevin.bsky.social

Thanks to @meidastouch.com for quickly covering this. Note that this is STILL not resolved. Hours later we still cannot post to the account. But there's no stopping 3,000+ No Kings early vote events this weekend. meidasnews.com/news/zuckerb...

meidasnews.comZuckerberg’s Meta Takes Down No Kings Instagram During Massive Protest DayThe protest coalition says Meta suspended its Instagram account for 90 minutes at the height of nationwide demonstrations—and even after restoring the page, locked organizers out of posting. Meta repo...
Mity Cheese
@mitycheese.bsky.social

So Trump gives pooty-poot cash to kill more Ukrainians in exchange for a couple weeks of diesel. Too bad Lindsey Graham died before he could see Trump stabbing him in the back.

NY Times Pitchbot@nytpitchbot.bsky.social

This will receive less attention than Obama's tan suit. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/16/u...

nytimes.comTrump Signs Order Exempting Russia From Sanctions LegislationThe sanctions were part of legislation that was named after Senator Lindsey Graham, the South Carolina Republican who died in July.
Mity Cheese
@mitycheese.bsky.social

A dozen incompetent press secretaries would do less damage than RFK JR and Hegseth. Let's fire them instead.

Bloomberg News@bloomberg.com

Katie Zacharia will no longer serve as President Donald Trump’s press secretary after spending less than a week on the job.

bloom.bgTrump’s New White House Press Secretary Out After Five DaysKatie Zacharia will no longer serve as President Donald Trump’s press secretary after spending less than a week on the job, thrusting the White House’s communications operation back into a state of chaos.
Mity Cheese
@mitycheese.bsky.social

At a time when people are dying for(literally) universal health care, the GOP is taking it away from millions.

Bobby Kogan@bbkogan.bsky.social

Last year, Trump and 98% of elected GOP enacted the biggest Medicaid cuts in history, bigger even than Reagan's Medicaid cuts. By 2034, 7.5 million people will lose their Medicaid because of the cuts. Clinics are already closing and hospitals are already cutting services, citing OBBBA as a reason.

Mity Cheese
@mitycheese.bsky.social

Failed the bar, ran a pyramid scheme. Clearly one of the best people.

Tess Owen@tessowen.bsky.social

Of course Katie Zacharia was once part of a multi-level-marketing program for "Beachbody," a fitness company with a history of colorful legal woes. She described the program to us as "sort of a pyramid scheme." Scoop from @timmarchman.bsky.social & I www.wired.com/story/white-...

wired.comWhite House Press Secretary Katie Zacharia Was an Affiliate Marketer for a Fitness MLMTrump's newly installed press secretary tells WIRED that in the early 2010s, she promoted a product for a company then called Beachbody, which she described as “sort of a pyramid scheme.”
Mity Cheese
@mitycheese.bsky.social

Worth noting that Musk is not just screwing over Ukraine. This also affects UK, Poland, Italy, and Hungary. There was no advance notice or negotiation.

Adam Schwarz@adamjschwarz.bsky.social

Ukrainian presidential advisor Serhiy Beskrestnov confirms Elon Musk's Space X crippled Ukrainian capabilities last night. In other words, the US deliberately sabotaged European defence operations mid-mission. Every country in the world should move away from buying American hardware ASAP.

Mity Cheese
@mitycheese.bsky.social

Elon is scum.

Aaron Reichlin-Melnick@reichlinmelnick.bsky.social

WOW. Kristi Noem and Elon Musk, among others, "chose to turn the power of the federal government against a singular employee with an impeccable record of public service. ... The attacks against Ms. Comans were based entirely on false information" and many officials "knew [they] were untrue."

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Rep. Zooey Zephyr
@zoandbehold.bsky.social

Let's go, Sam Forstag! That's how you stand up for trans people on the national stage. If congressional candidates in western Montana—one of the most competitive House races in the entire country—can stand up for trans folks in every aspect of our lives, democrats everywhere should take note.