World tripper

“.. AI models could find vulnerable devices, copy themselves into those devices, ​and continue spreading without human help.” @reuters.com www.reuters.com/business/ai-...

“This is all Trump’s fault!” Marjorie Taylor Greene rips Donald Trump over his war with Iran and skyrocketing gas prices.

Ladies and gentlemen! The president of the United States. Donald Slump.

Gibt's auch in vernünftigen Einheiten (°C), hier zum Download: svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/5190/

“.. US National Debt has increased by ~$600 billion since July 1st.” - Bilello

This is good because we waste a lot of food in the US.

scaring chuck todd with my biggest geopolitical fear

The Japanese culture is unmatched. Instead of trashing stadiums like most American fanbases, they brought blue trash bags (which they used at the games as cheering pom poms) and they clean up after the games including making sure the locker rooms are tidy. #WorldCup2026

To the people of Los Angeles: I hope tonight you will show the world that the people of the US are still their friends, despite all the recent craziness. Show the Iranian team the warmest possible welcome at the #WorldCup2026 match tonight.

Opinion | I don’t know much about the World Cup or soccer beyond the fact that you score by kicking the ball into a net. But I do know human connection when I see it. gvwire.com/2026/06/15/i...

A bit late, but worth repeating

What’s up? Trumpflation!

trump's proposed 2027 budget. defense up $440.9 billion. most everything else — health, housing, education, labor, agriculture — cut.

the us spent $921 billion on defense in 2025. proposed 2027 budget: $1.5 trillion.

Let’s ask a small team of NASA engineers to solve some of our nation’s issues. I mean: if they can pull of this #Artemisii mission…!

First thing I thought of when I woke up this morning: “Yaay the astronauts are home and safe”

Thank you #Artemisii and all the amazing folks at NASA that just completed the impossible. And thank you for restoring my faith in America.

When they mentioned that the crew was now on its way home, my first thought was “awww, make ‘em stay up there longer!” It’s just so cool, so historic. Restores my faith in the U.S. and humanity in general. Nice to say I have some heroes again. I don’t want this to end.

So many charts today. All saying the same thing. 🇺🇸

Those bottom two lines are, sadly, too similar.

We’ve started to ask whether US aggression — overseas and at home — will suppress investment & hiring. So far, JPM says no: .. the gap between uncertainty indices and the VIX “suggests .. markets are more buoyed by a risk-on, procyclical environment than pressured by risk-off geopolitical strains.”

Yes because if oil companies in a ballroom isn't what America is all about, then what are we even doing?

The US is trapped in a permanent election cycle; it’s not an accident. Binary parties, unlimited money, and nonstop campaigning are exhausting generations of voters and blocking true governance. This is an important read on how democracy should work. www.patreon.com/posts/electi... #BindingChaos

So we all know that plants take in CO2 and give back oxygen. (It’s actually more complicated than that, but that’s another thread.) They use the carbon to build stuff like stems and roots and so on.

A fascinating thread on native plants and prairies and carbon sequestration. No seriously, it’s really interesting! #NativePlants 🌿

little library gallows humor for ya :'D

After WWII, Karl Jaspers is associated with the quote: "That which has happened is a warning. To forget it is guilt. It must be continually remembered. It was possible for this to happen, and it remains possible for it to happen again at any minute. Only in knowledge can it be prevented."

Put him in jail, hopefully in El Salvador

I’m not a photographer. But found a couple pics in my iPhone library. I so wish I had taken more.

Majestic scenery - I think its Switzerland

The clear and pristine waters of the Rio Sucuri River in Brazil

"The state of the bats in North America" report is now published & it doesn't look good for bats. 153 spp (CAN/USA/MEX) and 53% are at a moderate to very high risk of extinction in the next 15 years. #Frightening #ActionNeeded BATS NEED FRIENDS. 🧪🦇🌎 nyaspubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

I love these early autumn days. The air just somehow “feels different”, and I don’t mean just the temperature. This kind of day always makes me think that it’s good to be alive.

“That was a damning non-answer”. Exactly.

100 years of average June-July-August temperature anomalies over land areas through 2024... Data from NOAAGlobalTemp v6.0.0.

The world's biggest rainforest, the Amazon, has lost an area the size of Germany + France combined to deforestation in 40 years. All those cheap hamburgers aren't the bargain they seem: they're costing us our planetary home. 🌎 www.france24.com/en/live-news...

It’s clear now why I found this Olympics/ Paralympics so captivating. Aside from their own merits, which were substantial, they provided an escape from the election and multitude of other problems of the world. I could focus on the world coming together in peaceful competition. So very refreshing!

What a high bar Paris has set here. What a contrast between the beauty, class, and culture of Paris and the beach, skateboard park, and rap music of LA. Thank you, Paris !