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Lev Zadov is not my real name. I expropriated it from a dead man. He wasn’t using it. It wasn’t his real name, anyway. It was his dead name. Dead names aren’t real. In real life he went by Zinkovsky. I’m not particular about my own pronouns. We’re all on the same side of the Class War. "He/him/they" works. I also respond to "yo," "soup’s on," and "freeze motherfucker!" I call other people by whatever pronouns and/or aliases that they say they want to be called by. It’s only polite.

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2026-09-03 23:54:36 GMT

#Hegseth #CultureWar
"Hegseth’s culture war fixation disrupting Army progress, sources say
In submitting his resignation, a source familiar said Driscoll brought up 'concerns with the administration surrounding Army transformation and readiness and Hegseth’s blocking those efforts specifically by firing the generals who were responsible.'
(. . .)
Multiple sources agreed with the concerns Driscoll raised: that Hegseth is damaging the Army’s efforts to modernize and adapt to the 21st century battlefield environment – where drone warfare is becoming increasingly important – by firing or pushing out leaders who were spearheading those efforts.
'It’s critical that you have key leaders that understand technology and have the temperament to deal with industry and turn that into the formation,' a former senior Army official said. 'When you fire these guys for arbitrary reasons, it creates confusion and a void … the Army is enduring turbulence right now.'
Senior US military officials have privately acknowledged they have come under what could be characterized as political pressure during Hegseth’s tenure — particularly when he has prioritized culture war issues — and voiced concerns about the secretary’s recent efforts to fire or push out uniformed and civilian leaders.
A defense official in Europe told CNN that even though Hegseth has spoken about technology reform and even previously released guidance on unmanned systems, in practice they see a secretary and Pentagon leadership more focused on cultural issues than modernization."
https://www.cnn.com/2026/09/02/politics/hegseths-army-leadership-void-culture-war

2026-08-23 23:48:15 GMT

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Sans paywall:
https://archive.ph/Du3RO

2026-08-23 21:06:48 GMT

#Ukraine #Zelenskyy #dictatorship
"Zelenskyy rejects plea for wartime Ukrainian presidential election which would 'destroy' the country
A long-time political ally of the Ukrainian president, Mykhailo Fedorov, is the first prominent Ukrainian political figure to call for an election since Russia's invasion began.
Mr Federov was recently dumped as defence minister, with the election issue dividing Ukrainians.
Volodymyr Zelenskyy is rejecting that call, saying that holding an election during wartime would 'destroy the country'."
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-08-24/zelenskyy-ukraine-wartime-election/107069326

2026-08-21 00:20:31 GMT

#space
"Satellite operators are in panic mode due to a worsening launch crisis
What happens if the Falcon rockets stop flying?
This should be a golden era of launch.
During the last three years, an average of 270 orbital rockets have launched from Earth, a more than threefold increase from only a decade ago. By every metric available, the launch industry is crushing it: Prices have never been more competitive, launches never more frequent, and access to space never more rapid.
Paradoxically, though, there is a growing crunch in launch availability.
As part of his job as the director of research at Quilty Space, Caleb Henry speaks with satellite operators all the time. And he is hearing a constant and increasingly loud refrain from companies that want to put stuff into space.
'What we have is an industry in panic,' Henry said.
Anecdotes abound. A Canadian satellite company, Telesat, recently received inquiries from other companies asking if they would consider sharing some of the 11 Falcon 9 launches Telesat has booked for its new constellation. (Sorry, no, is the reply). The Amazon LEO constellation has had to throttle back production of satellites because few of the dozens of launches it booked half a decade ago are ready. And during an earnings call last Monday, officials from AST SpaceMobile said launch availability was now the pacing item for deploying its constellation."
https://arstechnica.com/space/2026/08/theres-a-huge-launch-crunch-right-now-and-it-will-probably-get-worse/

2026-08-18 16:42:17 GMT

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Let the ones who want it choose to use iit but leave the current mode available for the rest of us. If you *force* new code on us you’re no better than the corporate platforms.

2026-08-18 16:38:46 GMT

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Seems cool to you, not to me. I like it the way it is. I’m not the only one. How about making it possible for individuals to choose which format to use?

2026-08-18 16:11:32 GMT

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WWII *actually* started in Mukden China in 1931. It wasn’t about Europe. It was about the world. Europe is not where it started. Europe was not where it ended. Europe is not the world. I know this is hard for Europeans and their colonialist derivatives in the so-called “New World” to come to terms with after all the decades of propaganda taught in schools and on the news instead of actual history, but really folks, wise up already. The truth of the matter is white people are not the center of the universe or even of history. We’re just vain, thats all.
Learn history first, then talk about it. Just a suggestion.

2026-07-31 16:41:57 GMT

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If you only read one Primo Levi book, this is the one. While fiction, it is a based on oral history accounts he heard from other prisoners at Auschwitz.
https://www.goodreads.com/en/book/show/136096.If_Not_Now_When_

2026-07-31 16:41:34 GMT

#PrimoLevi #history
"Who was Primo Levi?
Primo Michele Levi was an Italian-Jewish chemist, anti-fascist resistance fighter, Holocaust survivor, and acclaimed author. Over the course of his career, he wrote a diverse body of work, including novels, memoirs, short story collections, essays, and poetry.
Primo Levi is best known for his powerful memoirs about surviving the Holocaust, but there was much more to him than his literary legacy. A chemist, thinker, and keen observer of human nature, Levi's life was filled with remarkable experiences that continue to fascinate readers today.
Born in Turin, Italy, in 1919, Levi earned a degree in chemistry despite facing anti-Jewish racial laws under Fascist Italy. He would later describe chemistry as a discipline that shaped both his scientific and literary thinking.
At Auschwitz, Levi's scientific training proved unexpectedly valuable. His knowledge of chemistry earned him work in a laboratory, sparing him from some of the harshest physical labour and increasing his chances of survival.
Even after gaining literary fame, Levi did not immediately become a full-time writer. He spent years working in a paint and chemical factory, often writing in the evenings and on weekends.
Before his arrest, Levi joined a small anti-Fascist resistance group in northern Italy. Captured in 1943, he was deported to the Auschwitz concentration camp, an experience that would define much of his later writing.
Many readers know Levi for *If This Is a Man*, but few realize he also wrote imaginative science fiction and speculative stories. Collections such as *Natural Histories* explored technology, ethics, and human behaviour with wit and originality."
https://indianexpress.com/photos/lifestyle-gallery/who-was-primo-levi-10811583/lite/

2026-07-12 21:14:53 GMT

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Under whose control?

2026-07-07 18:16:29 GMT

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I never said any such thing. Don’t put words in my mouth. It’s rude. It’s dishonest. It’s very bad form.

2026-07-07 17:18:28 GMT

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It’s not about the shape of our teeth. It’s about what we are able to digest.
I’m an omnivore. If you don’t like that, fuck off. Eat what you want, but leave me alone. Leave *all* omnivores alone. We don’t tell you what to eat, nor should we, nor should anyone except (in very specific circumstances) your own personal physicians. Learn from our courtesy. Imitate it. You’ll be better persons for doing so. Show some moral rectitude: mind your own fucking business.
If my use of profanity also offends you, fuck off. Fuck all the way off, you obnoxious, offensive, self-righteous, moralizing, twits, all of you, every one. No, abstaining from meat does *not* in any way make you the moral superior of any omnivore, least of all me. Moral superiority is obtained by (among other things) not attempting to denigrate the the majority of humans who are not vegans like you. Our bodies our ours. We do with them what we please. Respect our bodily autonomy or (and I can’t stress this too strongly) STFU.
You can start by getting the fuck out of my timeline. I’m being polite about it, but if you can’t take the hint and I see you in my timeline again, no more mister nice guy. I’ll just block you.
FWIW, I’ve had several vegan roommates. All but two lived on processed food. Those two (a lesbian couple) ate only healthy, mostly organic, food. They’d sit down at the kitchen table every Sunday evening and plan every meal for the week. They were as meticulous about it as diabetics, which they weren’t. Every meal was balanced, delicious, and sustainably grown. They taught me some excellent recipes, and never once attempted to inflict their ideology on me. They were both not only healthy but athletic. One climbed cliffs for amusement. The other one rode bicycle marathons. None of the other vegans I’ve lived with, the ones who ate processed crap, were very healthy people. It showed.
I have no objection to vegan food itself, just people who try to force their lifestyle (vegan or otherwise) on others. Some vegan food is delicious. A lot of thought has gone into making healthy vegan food taste good. My all time favorite is squash soup. It easy, tasty, and good for you. It goes like this:
Pare and cube one butternut squash.
Dice half a medium yellow onion.
Dice a Granny Smith apple.
Throw them in a pot of of broth (veg broth if your vegan), but they all work). Surprisingly enough, just plain water works, too. That way you can really taste the ingredients .
Add 1/4 teaspoon curry powder, one ounce of turmeric powder, and some grated ginger (to taste)
Cook until soft. It doesn’t take long.
Whizz with a blender.
Pour through a fine mesh strainer (optional)
Garnish with your favorite herb. I like chopped fresh chives, but here’s some other suggestions:
https://positivebloom.com/unusual-edible-herbs-that-will-elevate-your-dishes/
Or else just eat processed crap. I don’t care because it’s none of my business what you eat. Your body, your choice.

2026-07-07 14:31:57 GMT

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America: Built by slaves on stolen land.

2026-07-06 23:09:40 GMT

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(1.) People *are* animals. Treating us and them as different is logical fallacy, disinformation, and a crime against Nature. No single species has “dominion over the earth”. We are each a part of a greater whole.
(2.) Nature made me an omnivore. Don’t tell me that your smarter than Nature, or that you have greater moral virtue, or greater anything. I don’t want to hear it. Nature is greater than you. Nature is greater than any of us. Nature is greater than all of us put together.
(3.) Get over yourself. You’re not something special. You’re just another critter, and Nature *owns* you, too.

2026-07-06 20:50:49 GMT

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We *are* animals. Animals eat each other. That’s Nature’s way. Deal with it.

2026-07-01 15:41:29 GMT

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An ethnic state is an ethnic state is an ethnic state. The only difference between an Aryan state and a Jewish state is the name of the tribe in charge.

2026-06-25 22:55:18 GMT

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Trump is not the problem. Trump is a symptom. Capitalism is the problem.

2026-06-25 22:50:33 GMT

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Oh, no. Not the Luigi option.

2026-06-12 17:45:48 GMT

#AI #chatbots
"Why Do Chatbots Keep Telling Stories About Someone Named ‘Elias Thorne’?
Chatbots just aren't very creative.
(. . .)
Who in the world is Elias Thorne? He’s a regular fixture in stories told by chatbots, as first spotted by software engineer Daniel May, but no one knows why… until now. According to a new preprint research paper first reported by 404 Media, the proliferation of the legend of Elias might be related to guardrails put in place for AI models during safety and alignment training.
If you need to catch up on the Elias Thorne of it all, the paper published by researchers Sil Hamilton and David Mimno at Cornell University is a good place to start. They gave several AI models, including OpenAI’s GPT-5.4 Mini, Anthropic’s Claude Haiku 4.5, and Google’s Gemini 3.1 Flash-Lite, five different prompts to generate stories. They looked at about 20,000 stories generated by the models and found a shocking amount of repetition: 11 words—Lighthouse, Keeper, Baker, Mayor, Clockmaker, Fisherman, Librarian, Conductor, and the names Mara, Elias, and Elara—appeared in a whopping 88% of all stories.
No combination of that incredibly narrow pool of nouns for storytelling purposes appears more often than Elias the lighthouse keeper, which showed up in two-thirds of all stories generated. That’s pretty much in line with the anecdotal examples provided by May, who also prompted multiple different models to write stories and found the same Elias the lighthouse keeper pop up over and over again.
So what exactly is the deal? The researchers posited that it might have something to do with the pre-training data fed into these models, but quickly ruled that out when they couldn’t find anything to suggest 'Elias the lighthouse keeper' appears with excess frequency in pre-training data or literature used in training.
Instead, they attribute the issue to the use of specific datasets that have become commonly used by AI labs. They cited WildChat, an open-source dataset of millions of conversations between people and a GPT-3.5-powered chatbot, as a possible example. The dataset was created to help researchers understand how people communicate with bots, but has since been used to train many different models. They theorize that alignment training meant to steer models away from copyrighted characters and adult content may have inadvertently given 'safe alternatives, such as 'Elias the lighthouse keeper,' unusual prominence, causing them to appear repeatedly when users ask the model to generate a story."
https://gizmodo.com/why-do-chatbots-keep-telling-stories-about-someone-named-elias-thorne-2000770629

2026-06-07 21:50:54 GMT

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LLM ≠ AI

2026-06-06 20:15:29 GMT

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#Poland #ZionistEntity
"Poland blasts ‘stupidity’ of Israeli football fans displaying ‘murderers since 1939’ banner at match
(. . .)
'The scandalous banner displayed by Maccabi Haifa fans insults the memory of Polish citizens – victims of World War II, including 3 million Jews. Stupidity that no words can justify,' Karol Nawrocki said on US social media company X early Friday.
At a Thursday Europa Conference League match in Debrecen, Hungary versus Polish club Rakow Czestochowa, Israeli football fans held up a banner saying 'murderers since 1939,' in a muddled historical reference. On Sept. 1, 1939, Nazi Germany invaded Poland, a date many historians mark as the start of World War II in Europe.
Nawrocki lambasted the banner, saying it showed 'stupidity that no words can justify.'"
https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20250815-poland-blasts-stupidity-of-israeli-football-fans-displaying-murderers-since-1939-banner-at-match/

2026-06-06 20:14:56 GMT

#Poland #ZionistEntity
"Polish football club rejects Israeli transfer offer, compares business ties with Tel Aviv to Nazi Germany
The owner of Polish football club Pogon Szczecin has rejected transfer offers from Israeli side Maccabi Tel Aviv, comparing business dealings with the club to doing business with Nazi Germany, Anadolu Agency reports.
Club owner Alex Haditaghi said on US social media company X that he had informed Maccabi Tel Aviv of his decision not to pursue negotiations over the transfers of defenders Dimitris Keramitsis and Leo Borges.
In a letter addressed to the Israeli club’s president and published on his social media account, Haditaghi said football should symbolize 'hope, respect, unity and humanity' and be 'more important than politics, borders or divisions.'
However, he said the ongoing suffering of civilians in Gaza, Lebanon, Iran and elsewhere in the region made it inappropriate for his club to conduct business with an Israeli club.
'Considering the ongoing suffering of innocent civilians in Gaza, Lebanon, Iran, and across the region, and considering the violent, genocidal and inhuman actions of the Israeli state, I do not believe it would be morally right for our club to proceed with any business transaction with a club representing Israel at this time,' he wrote.
(. . .)
'There are moments when ethics must be stronger than profit and money,' he added."
https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20260605-polish-football-club-rejects-israeli-transfer-offer-compares-business-ties-with-tel-aviv-to-nazi-germany/

2026-05-27 18:29:16 GMT

#AI #LLM #DHSB #FBI #fascists #Gorka
"US Law Enforcement Warns of ‘Anti-Tech Extremism’ as AI Hatred Grows
As Americans stew over the looming risk of job-stealing AI and data centers in their back yards, the feds are raising the alarm about a new category of threat, documents obtained by WIRED show.
IN THE WAKE of attacks on CEOs, a nationwide protest movement targeting data centers, and increasing concerns about AI job replacement, federal intelligence agencies and domestic law enforcement are circulating reports with a new domestic target in mind: anti-technology extremists.
IN THE WAKE of attacks on CEOs, a nationwide protest movement targeting data centers, and increasing concerns about AI job replacement, federal intelligence agencies and domestic law enforcement are circulating reports with a new domestic target in mind: anti-technology extremists.
Taken together, these Trump administration directives have commandeered the domestic surveillance apparatus to surveil and criminalize speech and assembly that challenges the ideology of the White House. A new focus on anti-technology extremism adds an unreported category to already public designations under a presidency that has heavily invested political and material capital in AI and data center proliferation."
https://archive.is/I00Ew

2026-05-16 20:06:47 GMT

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Explain please.

2026-05-10 14:59:34 GMT

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This begs the question, by assuming that “representative democracy” is democracy. It’s not. Only direct democracy even *is* democracy. Anything less is a fraud and a sham. Politicians don’t represent us. They represent their donors. Are you a donor? How much did you donate? That’s how much representation you bought, not one penny more. It’s the best democracy that money can buy.
Decisions should be made by the people they affect. Everyone else should butt out. We live in an oligarchy. We are governed by oligarchs. We need to stop lying to ourselves that it’s anything else. We need to stop believing this lie. Believe is what stupid, lazy people do instead of find out the truth for themselves. The lie that we live in a democracy, though fundamental to the existence of oligarchy is only one lie. There are others, many others. We especially need to stop teaching *all* their lies to our children, especially the sorry excuse for “history” that they teach in our schools.
For details, see:
https://kolektiva.social/@LevZadov/114728910300109516
#note1hf6…e3y0

2026-05-09 21:02:59 GMT

#ClimateCrisis #Antarctic
"These three horsemen’ of Antarctic instability could transform the oceans into a driver of climate change by 2030
Antarctica has been impacted by three major events, which researchers have identified as a 'perfect storm' that could finally initiate major melting on the icy continent, with major implications for exacerbating climate change.
According to new University of Southampton research, these events have begun a spiral that could move the global oceans from a hedge against climate change, to one of its primary drivers.
In a recent paper published in Science Advances, the team behind the study used satellite data to identify the root causes of record-low sea ice in the Antarctic and the potential future effects on the global climate."
https://thedebrief.org/these-three-horsemen-of-antarctic-instability-could-transform-the-oceans-into-a-driver-of-climate-change-by-2030/

2026-05-09 21:01:26 GMT

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See also:
https://www.usa.gov/presidential-succession

2026-05-09 21:01:08 GMT

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#assassination #BadIdeas
Two words: Vance, Thiel

2026-05-09 21:00:37 GMT

#TrumpRegime
"They’re not saying someone should kill Trump. But they’re coming close.
'Somebody should do it” and its variants have become increasingly popular online memes.
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Vanest’s vague plea — posted 18 days before the third apparent attempt on Trump’s life in less than two years — is part of a social media trend that has twisted the idea of a presidential assassination into a morbid joke. Once an unseemly feature of the web’s fringes, deliberately ambiguous chatter about political violence has spread on mainstream platforms over the past year — most often in reference to Trump and Elon Musk, according to a new report from Know Your Meme, which tracks the rise of viral posts. 'Somebody should do it' and its online variants, the authors wrote, is wink-nudge shorthand for suggesting that somebody kill a powerful person."
https://archive.ph/iu7UL#selection-317.0-321.87

2026-05-09 21:00:13 GMT

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#Gorka #fascists
See also:
"Seb Gorka Orders Europe to Harbo[u]r His Kind of Terrorists
The Trump White House released the counterterrorism strategy authored by far right extremist Seb Gorka the other day.
You’ll be unsurprised that Seb refuses to protect America from the far right terrorist threat, instead choosing to focus on the imaginary Antifa threat and to waste CT resources murderboating fisherman labeled as narcoterrorists.
Aside from sheer dangerousness, Seb’s exclusion of far right terrorists is especially curious given that DOJ just invoked the CIPA process (reflecting the existence of classified evidence, and by extension a foreign nexus) in the case of white supremacist Payton Gendron who, in 2022, murdered 11 people in Buffalo.)
The far right Hungarian-American Seb spews racist rants for four paragraphs, which rant he only interrupts with a claim that Europe has dispensed with 'traditional principles of freedom of speech.'
Then he lays out his demands and insinuations. The US has 'expertise,' says the guy who claims Antifa is a thing, even a transnational thing. But they’ll only share it (and actionable intelligence, including actionable intelligence about may or may not include Russian, as well as Iranian, sabotage) with those 'serious' partners who 'understand' that Antifa, but not the far right, is a threat."
https://emptywheel.net/2026/05/08/seb-gorka-orders-europe-to-harbour-his-kind-of-terrorists/

2026-05-09 20:59:45 GMT

#transrights #antifa #Gorka #fascists
“'Counterterrorism' Now Officially Means Targeting Trans People
The White House will prioritize the 'neutralization' of groups it considers 'anti-American, radically pro-transgender, and anarchist.'
On Wednesday, the White House released a new 'United States Counterterrorism Strategy,' the first such directive since a 2021 Biden-era memo emphasizing the need to combat white supremacist violence, which has now been scrubbed from the White House website.
Wednesday’s document, masterminded by White House 'counterterrorism czar' Sebastian Gorka, does not mention far-right violence at all. It identifies 'Violent Left-Wing Extremists, including Anarchists and Anti-Fascists' as a security threat of equal severity to 'Legacy Islamist Terrorists' and 'Narcoterrorists and Transnational Gangs.' The administration will now apparently 'prioritize the rapid identification and neutralization of violent secular political groups whose ideology is anti-American, radically pro-transgender, and anarchist.'
In a bizarre but familiar turn, the document also blames transgender people for the shooting of Charlie Kirk. 'Americans have witnessed the politically motivated killings of Christians and conservatives committed by violent left-wing extremists, including the assassination of Charlie Kirk by a radical who espoused extreme transgender ideologies.'
(. . .)
Counterterrorism itself is a politicized term that came into common use following the September 11 attacks and the invasions of Afghanistan and Iraq. It formed part of the language of the policing apparatus that targeted Muslim and Arab Americans and legitimized surveillance of those communities as 'terrorist threats.' That same language is now being applied to transgender people.
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent has called Kirk’s death a 'domestic 9/11.' The Heritage Foundation, too, has done its best to connect being transgender with the idea of terrorism, campaigning last year for the FBI to designate trans advocacy as violent extremism.
'We will…identify their membership, map their ties to international organizations like Antifa, and use law enforcement tools to cripple them operationally,' the document says."
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2026/05/trump-gorka-counter-terrorism-transgender-antifa-docuiment/

2026-05-09 20:58:54 GMT

#SPLC #TrumpRegime #DOJ #fascists
"Fifty years fighting the Klan – now Trump’s DOJ targets anti-fascist investigators
The Southern Poverty Law Centre, for more than five decades devoted to tracking white supremacist and far-right extremist organistions, has pleaded not guilty to federal fraud charges brought by the Trump Justice Department.
The charges have been condemned by the SPLC’s leadership as a politically motivated assault on anti-fascist research.
The indictment was returned by a federal grand jury in Alabama. It charges the organisation with eleven counts including wire fraud, false statements to a federally insured bank, and conspiracy to commit money laundering.
SPLC interim chief executive Bryan Fair entered the not-guilty plea at a Montgomery federal court hearing on Thursday with a tentative trial date set for 5 October 2026."
https://searchlightmagazine.com/2026/05/fifty-years-fighting-the-klan-trumps-doj-targets-anti-far-right-watchdog/

2026-05-06 15:14:46 GMT

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I’m not going to debate this person, or *any* religious fanatic. It’s a waste of time. It’s bad for my blood pressure. I’m right. They’re wrong. End of story. To those who agree with me, I say congrats on your wisdom. You’re well on your way to true enlightenment. Those who disagree with me are entitled to their opinion. I’m tired of hearing about. it You know what they say about opinions, don’t you? Everybody has one.

2026-05-03 23:03:41 GMT

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As an atheist, I only pray to deities that I know are real because it was me who made them up. Foremost among them is Athea, Goddess of Contradictions for, ye verily, She is the G.O.A.T. Contradictions are the building blocks of the universe. They’re what reality is made of. You can make of that whatever you want. Personally, I prefer the Middle Way. Too bad that it’s not always an option. We adapt.

2026-05-03 22:39:39 GMT

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And no one is squatting it?

2026-05-03 22:00:47 GMT

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Christians stole my property, lied to me, and raped me. Then I turned nine. Fuck Christianity. It’s a terrorist religion. I am by far not its only victim. For details, read history. If Jesus was alive today, he’d be rolling in his grave.
"I like your Christ, I do not like your Christians. Your Christians are so unlike your Christ.” -- Mahatma Gandhi (attributed, probably apocryphal, but no less true.)

2026-04-22 22:56:54 GMT

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Which one? What street? When? Is there somewhere online we can view the footage ?

2026-04-18 15:30:39 GMT

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USA's invincibility was shattered five decades ago in Vietnam. The only victories it can claim are tiny ones, the SS Mayaguez, Grenada, Maduro, etc. Iraq was a debacle. Even Korea was fought to a draw. The US is a paper tiger.

2026-04-17 14:10:38 GMT

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Good cop, bad cop, both cops.

2026-04-17 13:58:10 GMT

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"Like, we can innovate *everywhere*, but no, don't touch the only two possible systems of power? Really?”
I never said that. Don’t put words in my mouth. It’s rude. It’s dishonest. It’s very bad form.

2026-04-17 13:56:10 GMT

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See also:
https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Acts+4:32&version=KJV

2026-04-17 13:55:24 GMT

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Then there’s Christian communism. According to the bible, if you're not a communist, you're not a real Christian.
https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Acts+2%3A44-46&version=NKJV

2026-04-05 23:55:22 GMT

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Somebody is lying.
"The first casualty when war comes is truth". — Hiram W Johnson (attributed)
"All warfare is based on deception” — Sun Tzu

2026-03-21 02:50:54 GMT

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I once lived for eight years across the street from the C&H Sugar factory in Crockett California. Two days out of the eight it took to process the air would fill with finely powdered bone dust. We could write our names on our windshield the dust was so thick. Then the next day the wind off the ocean would blow it away. In the meantime, we had to shut the windows. It’s *hot* up there.

2026-02-26 22:31:03 GMT

#UFO #ConspiracyTheories #TrumpRegime #BlackVault #hackers #hacking
"A massive public archive of declassified US government files vanished just one day after President Trump ordered the release of all UFO-related documents.
The Black Vault, run by researcher and ufologist John Greenewald Jr, had its main server reportedly wiped clean on February 20, deleting hundreds of gigabytes worth of files on UFOs, declassified CIA projects, and major conspiracies, including the assassination of JFK.
Greenewald shared the news online, explaining that some server directories had their permissions, the safeguards on who can access or edit them, and the file ownership logs changed without explanation.
(. . .)
In simpler terms, someone or something intentionally removed every single file from the Black Vault's server, deleting all the records released by the CIA and other groups, without fully shutting down the site so alarms wouldn't go off right away.
Until recently, the US government has flat-out denied that UFOs or extraterrestrial beings existed, maintaining for decades that there has never been any physical evidence recovered that proves something non-human has ever landed on Earth.
However, Trump's February 19 order came after he publicly criticized former President Barack Obama for saying in an interview that aliens were real. Trump claimed the 44th president had revealed 'classified information.'
Greenewald has previously filed over 11,000 FOIA requests with the US government to obtain these documents, including some declassified reports that date back to the alleged UFO crash landing at Roswell in 1947.
His investigations have also provided legitimate paper trails, detailing how former administrations and the intelligence community created secret task forces of high-ranking military and scientific officials to research UFO incidents.
Luckily for The Black Vault, Greenewald revealed that all of the more than 3.8 million files were backed up in secure locations and the site was restored soon after the mysterious wiping took place.
'It is a stark reminder to us all, me included. Keep backups. Keep them in multiple places. And never be intimidated by anything that comes our way, no matter what we expect may have happened,' the researcher wrote on X."
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-15584851/Mystery-UFO-vault-files-wiped-clean-Trump-aliens.html

2026-02-19 20:50:14 GMT

#ClimateCrisis #EndangermentFinding
"Trump has done more than harm the government’s ability to fight global heating
By repealing the EPA’s determination that greenhouse gases threaten public health, the president is denying reality itself.
The climate crisis is killing people. These deaths are measurable, documented and ongoing. Concluding otherwise is just playing pretend. Studies explain the mechanics, but lived experience supplies the truth. The people who suffer the consequences see the fire rising and water closing in. They need their government’s help.
Despite that, the president of the United States stood at a microphone last Thursday and abdicated his duty to them. 'It has nothing to do with public health,' he claimed about the climate crisis while announcing that the federal government would repeal the Environmental Protection Agency’s 'endangerment finding', a determination that greenhouse gases endanger human health and welfare. 'This is all a scam, a giant scam.'
What he was lying about is a truth the federal government – even under his first administration – has embraced for nearly two decades. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) issued the 'endangerment finding' in 2009. Drawing upon extensive scientific evidence, the EPA concluded that emissions driving the climate crisis contribute to extreme heat, intensified storms, rising sea levels, wildfires and degraded air quality, all of which carry direct consequences for human life and safety.
The endangerment finding was not rhetorical flourish. It was the legal keystone of modern US climate regulation, the scientific and administrative determination that enabled the federal government to regulate greenhouse gas emissions under the Clean Air Act. It formed the basis for emissions standards governing vehicles, power plants and industry."
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/feb/18/trump-epa-climate-crisis-public-health

2026-02-13 08:35:45 GMT

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Meanwhile, back in the past . . .
In about '73-4 some people in New Haven, Connecticut started a food coop. My communal household was the 12th household to join. One night a week, at three in the morning, one of the households would go tho the loading dock and buy wholesale produce strait off the trucks, take it back to the house and divide it up. We rotated this task. More and more households joined.
Pretty soon we were moving enough food that the living room floors of communal households wasn't a big enough sort space. There were about 1500 of us. We chipped in and rented an unused bodega in the Hill (one of New Haven's several ghettos), not to do retail, but just to have enough floor and shelf space to sort the food. We also were able to store non perishables there so we could buy that stuff in bigger lots.
We immediately ran into another food coop operating in the neighborhood. It was all Black and based on the basement floors of a network of Black churches, instead of a network of living room floors like we were doing. Other than that, we operated exactly the same. There were about 1500 of them, too. We held one joint meeting and voted unanimously to fuse. Now there was 3,000 of us.
So we rented out an abandoned supermarket. It might have once been a Kroger. It was one of those chains. I forget which one. Whatever it was, when it closed it created a food desert.
We cleared one space out for childcare and another for socializing. The rest of the layout stayed the same. It had pretty much everything available that capitalist grocery stores had, even a limited selection of junk food snacks. Mostly, though, the food was not junk. Everything but the meat sold at 2% over cost, which covered the building's overhead. The meat was prorated according to cut because that was the only to make the budget work.
The coop was staffed by volunteers, except we also hired a professional butcher and two part time drivers with the money we saved by not having a boss. Then we acquired a grant writer who worked for commission. We spent the grant money on infrastructure. Membership was by household, not individuals. A tight schedule made sure there was always enough staff on hand. It was never a problem.
The food was excellent. The members were the best ever. It became a sort of community hang out in addition to being the community pantry. Sometimes political groups held meetings in the socializing area. It was sweet.
Then I moved to California (long story) and lost track of the place. Whatever happened to it? I don't know. Anybody out there care to bring me up to date?

2026-01-30 16:50:45 GMT

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Is anyone here old enough to remember Saul Alinsky's famous Buffalo fart-in?
https://activismjoystudio.com/win-using-humor-saul-alinsky/

2026-01-26 20:18:21 GMT

#KanyeWest #antisemitism #ConsiderTheSource
"Kanye West reveals devastating health battle and apologizes for antisemitism in extraordinary full-page ad in The Wall Street Journal
"His latest statement attributes his behavior to the effects of his health battle, one which he says was caused by a 2002 car accident.
In a statement appearing in the January 26 print edition of the WSJ, West alleged he sustained a brain injury during the accident that went 'unnoticed' at the time - with the 'medical oversight' sparking his bipolar disorder.
West, 48, said the illness made him 'detached from my true self' and caused him to be drawn 'toward the most destructive symbol I could find, the swastika'.
The advertisement, which was paid for by Yeezy and authored by West, was headlined 'To Those I Hurt' and described how, after 'hitting rock bottom' several months ago, he decided to seek help at the encouragement of his wife, Bianca Censori."
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-15498841/Kanye-West-antisemitic-bipolar-disorder.html

2026-01-26 16:52:26 GMT

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An speaking of guns . . .
https://kolektiva.social/@LevZadov/115361986670025712
#note12gn…uvse

2026-01-24 23:44:32 GMT

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Don't hold your breath.

2026-01-24 23:36:12 GMT

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Don't hold your breath. The local cops are outnumbered, out gunned, and surrounded.

2026-01-24 23:12:04 GMT

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"Almost"???

2026-01-24 23:09:42 GMT

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The only question relevant to the Stephen Miller saga is whether he ends up in the dock at the Hague or dangling from a lamp post here in America.

2026-01-24 23:06:41 GMT

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The American electorate is a distinct minority.

2026-01-24 23:05:49 GMT

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Who's on first?

2026-01-24 23:04:43 GMT

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Party politics is how we got here. Party politics is not going to get us out. it's time to start thinking outside the box.

2026-01-24 22:48:22 GMT

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Democrats? Feh. Good cop, bad cop, both cops.

2026-01-24 22:31:43 GMT

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Democrats? Feh. Good cop, bad cop, both cops.

2026-01-24 22:23:37 GMT

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See also:
https://kolektiva.social/@LevZadov/115951210066457913
#note1m9j…shyt

2026-01-24 22:20:22 GMT

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You posted a link to Substack, a Nazi infested site. If the shoe fits . . .

2026-01-24 21:18:43 GMT

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It sure would be a shame if some #StreetJustice caught up with him some night after the bar closed, he was alone, and he was too drunk to defend himself. That would be just awful.
Crimes are bad. Don't do them. If anybody asks you why not, tel them it's because I said so. Never do anything illegal. You might get in trouble, especially if you're stupid enough to do it in front of witnesses and/or cameras. Just saying.

2026-01-24 20:59:33 GMT

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May his executioners never find comfort in their *short* lives again.
There, I fixed it for you.

2026-01-24 20:22:53 GMT

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I believe this is a caste society in the Isabel Wilkerson sense. It's not only about race, she said. I'm white. male, and primarily heterosexual. I'm also old, poor, and disabled. What caste am I?

2026-01-24 20:02:13 GMT

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Murder most foul.

2026-01-24 20:01:01 GMT

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There is only one way he can redeem his honor. It's a Japanese custom. Look it up.

2026-01-24 19:18:37 GMT

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All unpaid, but compulsory, labor is slavery, commuting for example. So is housework if you're afraid he'll hurt you (or your kids) if you try to leave him. Then there's prison. When cannabis became legal in California a number of prisoners were about to be released, Kamala Harris petitioned Sacramento to keep them locked up because the state needed them to fight wildfires.

2026-01-24 18:34:35 GMT

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They're giving goons a bad name.

2026-01-24 18:19:31 GMT

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I already dumped it, just not to be spied on.

2026-01-24 18:01:50 GMT

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It's *one* of the reasons, anyway.

2026-01-24 18:00:17 GMT

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"If You Don't Like the News Go Out and Make Some of Your Own" -- Wes "Scoop" Nisker

2026-01-24 17:58:00 GMT

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Come for the cats, stay for the people.

2026-01-24 17:55:57 GMT

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Good cop, bad cop, both cops.

2026-01-24 17:51:00 GMT

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A frontal assault would be mass suicide. Maybe *that* would woke some people up. As it is, most Americans are more interested in sports, celebrities, and the weather. As an American, I'm deeply embarrassed.

2026-01-24 17:40:39 GMT

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Me, too.

2026-01-24 17:21:37 GMT

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#ICE Minnesota #history
"Fort Snelling was a concentration camp used by the United States during the Dakota Indian Wars to imprison thousands of Dakota and Ho-Chunk people in abysmal conditions.
In early 2026, the Bishop Henry Whipple Building, located in Fort Snelling, Minnesota, emerged as a major center for immigration enforcement detainment processing, but the site has a much longer and more complex history.
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s Immigration Enforcement Control programs have long used the Whipple building as a headquarters for its operations in the Twin Cities.
In 2019 local residents first raised awareness over concerns regarding its use for detainment.
As historic immigration raids emerged in the city in early 2026, the building has once again become a center for the processing of detained immigrants and in at least two confirmed cases, detained Indigenous people."
https://ictnews.org/news/former-native-american-concentration-camp-lies-beneath-current-immigration-detention-center/

2026-01-24 17:17:35 GMT

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RE: https://kolektiva.social/@LevZadov/115946334973234299
@npub1wms…9mqc @npub176n…543l
Good idea, mel. I'll do that right now.
Yo, Margaret,
Germans have a saying. It presents as a riddle:
Q: "If ten Nazis sit at a table, and someone sits down with them, how many Nazis are sitting at the table?
A: Eleven.
By publishing on Substack, you're setting the table and serving their dinner and drinks.
Why? Do you *want* to promote Nazism by attracting attention to their propaganda? I ask because that's exactly what you're doing by providing content to #Substack. Anything that anybody does that helps Nazis in any way, no matter how small, gives aid and comfort to the forces of evil. Is that what you want for your legacy? Your call, not ours.
I, for one, will never forgive you. The spread of Nazi ideology is a life and death matter for me. Among other things, I'm what Nazis call a "race traitor". My wife of 41 years is a Jew. We live in San Francisco. At least 3,459 self-professed neo-Nazis live and vote within an hour's drive of where the two of us live. 841 of the live within walking distance. They say they want to kill us both. They have a track record. To feel even remotely safe we keep a scatter gun next to the bed.
In a recent GOP primary, neo-Nazi Patrick Little, campaigning on a platform of Holocaust denial and ethnic cleansing, got 1,369 votes in Alameda County, 841 in SF and 1,249 in Contra Costa. That's a lot of neo-Nazis in what most of the country considers a hotbed of leftism. And that's just the ones who voted. They can never win an election. There aren't enough of them, but it only takes one to shoot up a synagogue, a daycare, a supermarket, a school. Or my wife and me. Also it's worth noting that ICE is actively recruiting them. The pay is good. The "training" is brief. There's a signing bonus. They're joining in droves.
And you're promoting their propaganda. How do you suppose that makes my wife and me feel? How do you suppose that makes *any* of their intended victims feel? Do you even care? Why not? Are you devoid of empathy or merely ignorant of history?
#note18wm…0p7v

2026-01-24 16:38:16 GMT

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It's about time that *all* these women got paid enough that they didn't need to play in Russia during the off season to make ends meet

2026-01-24 16:31:56 GMT

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Forget the extensions. Chrome itself is evil. Wise up. Dump Chrome. Do it today.

2026-01-23 20:47:38 GMT

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https://archive.ph/enjhJ

2026-01-23 20:37:47 GMT

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This looks interesting. I'd boost it if it wasn't a link to Substack. Substack also platforms fascists. That's a red line for me. It should be a red line for *all* anti-fascists.

2026-01-23 20:08:39 GMT

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Will he be legally prosecuted or is this a case best left to #StreetJustice? Just wondering, not trying to incite any crimes. Crimes are bad. Don't do them, especially in front of witnesses and cameras.

2026-01-23 20:01:55 GMT

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“Al Fascismo no se le discute, se le destruye” -- Buenaventura Durruti

2026-01-23 19:40:45 GMT

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This is barbarism.

2026-01-23 19:32:05 GMT

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"I wouldn't have seen it if I hadn't believed it" -- Marshall McLuhan

2026-01-23 19:31:37 GMT

#archeology
"50,000-Year-Old Artifacts Unearthed at Controversial Archaeological Site Could Rewrite the Early Prehistory of the Americas
American archaeology is a discipline in constant flux. Over the last half-century, conventional attitudes about the arrival of humans in North America have undergone repeated shifts, with estimates of the earliest human activity continually pushed back to more distant times.
However, discoveries stemming from one controversial archaeological site in the American Southeast, if confirmed, could extend present timelines for human arrival in the New World by several tens of thousands of years, adding to a growing number of findings in recent years that are reshaping our understanding of the early Americas.
(. . .)
Few other proposed pre-Clovis archaeological sites have aroused as much controversy as the Topper Site in Allendale County, South Carolina.
An ancient chert quarry, the site was initially identified by Albert Goodyear, Ph.D., now a semi-retired professor of archaeology at the University of South Carolina, more than four decades ago. During the late Pleistocene American Paleoindian period, some of America’s earliest inhabitants relied on the abundant Allendale Coastal Plain chert rock nodules at the location for crafting ancient stone tools, which included the distinctive fluted projectiles now associated with the Clovis cultural manifestation.
Initially, Goodyear said he had not been inclined to dig beneath the Clovis boundary at Topper, mainly because he didn’t expect to find anything of archaeological significance.
'Back then, I wasn’t particularly interested in, or even believed that there probably was any serious pre-Clovis in North America,' Goodyear said in 2018. 'You don’t look for what you don’t believe in, so I sort of stopped there. I wasn’t finding any artifacts, so to me that was the end of the dig.'"
https://thedebrief.org/50000-year-old-artifacts-unearthed-at-controversial-archaeological-site-could-rewrite-the-early-prehistory-of-the-americas/

2026-01-23 19:31:12 GMT

#archeology #SocialNetworks
"Social networks spanned thousands of square kilometers during the Upper Paleolithic period, study finds
Researchers from several European institutions, led by scientists from the University of Barcelona and the University of Alcalá, have demonstrated that the hunter-gatherers who inhabited the interior of the Iberian Peninsula during the Last Glacial Maximum (between approximately 26,000 and 19,000 years ago) were part of large-scale social networks capable of connecting vast territories in western Europe."
https://phys.org/news/2026-01-social-networks-spanned-thousands-square.html

2026-01-23 19:30:49 GMT

#evolution #California
"Bird feeders have caused a dramatic evolution of California hummingbirds
Beaks have grown longer and larger, and ranges have expanded to follow the feeders
Hummingbird feeders are a beloved pastime for millions of backyard birders and a convenient dining spot for the birds. But for the Anna’s hummingbird, a common species in the western United States, feeders have become a major evolutionary force. According to research published this week in *Global Change Biology*, artificial feeders have allowed the birds to expand their range out of Southern California up to the state’s northern end. They have also driven a transformation of the birds themselves. Over just a few generations, their beaks have dramatically changed in size and shape."
https://www.science.org/content/article/bird-feeders-have-caused-dramatic-evolution-california-hummingbirds

2026-01-23 19:30:22 GMT

#biodiversity #UK
"Biodiversity collapse threatens UK security, intelligence chiefs warn
Ecosystem destruction will increase food shortages, disorder and mass migration, with effects already being felt.
The global attack on nature is threatening the UK’s national security, government intelligence chiefs have warned, as the increasingly likely collapse of vitally important natural systems would bring mass migration, food shortages and price rises, and global disorder.
Food supplies are particularly at risk since 'without significant increases' the UK would be unable to compete with other nations for scarce resources, a report to ministers says.
Some vital ecosystems could face collapse within five years, threatening the UK’s national security and prosperity, according to the 14-page report."
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/jan/20/biodiversity-collapse-threatens-uk-security-intelligence-chiefs-warn

2026-01-23 19:30:03 GMT

#Epstein #science #scientists
"Last December, the U.S. Department of Justice released its first batch of files on disgraced financier and convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. Among the thousands of images was one video clip, the only one in the lot. It showed four seconds of the noted psychologist and writer Steven Pinker of Harvard University riding with Epstein on his now infamous private plane.
It wasn’t a great flight even in 2002, years before Epstein’s first criminal conviction, Pinker says of the trip, which was heading to a TED Talk. 'I immediately disliked Epstein and thought he was a dilettante and a smartass,' he says. Pinker has not been accused of wrongdoing in connection with Epstein.
Epstein, who died in federal prison in 2019 while awaiting trial on sex trafficking charges, spent a lot of time talking to scientists. When more records are released from a reported stash of 5.2 million, now a month overdue, questions about what the 'Epstein files' say about science and scientists are sure to arise. Already, e-mails dropped by a congressional committee and files released by the DOJ—thousands of notes, lists, videos and investigation records—have once again raised the question of why so many prominent scholars were involved with Epstein."
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/why-did-jeffrey-epstein-cultivate-famous-scientists/

2026-01-23 19:29:40 GMT

#data
"Millions of people imperiled through sign-in links sent by SMS
Even well-known services with millions of users are exposing sensitive data.
Websites that authenticate users through links and codes sent in text messages are imperiling the privacy of millions of people, leaving them vulnerable to scams, identity theft, and other crimes, recently published research has found.
The links are sent to people seeking a range of services, including those offering insurance quotes, job listings, and referrals for pet sitters and tutors. To eliminate the hassle of collecting usernames and passwords—and for users to create and enter them—many such services instead require users to provide a cell phone number when signing up for an account. The services then send authentication links or passcodes by SMS when the users want to log in.
A paper published last week has found more than 700 endpoints delivering such texts on behalf of more than 175 services that put user security and privacy at risk. One practice that jeopardizes users is the use of links that are easily enumerated, meaning scammers can guess them by simply modifying the security token, which usually appears at the right of a URL. By incrementing or randomly guessing the token—for instance, by first changing 123 to 124 or ABC to ABD and so on—the researchers were able to access accounts belonging to other users. From there, the researchers could view personal details, such as partially completed insurance applications."
https://arstechnica.com/security/2026/01/millions-of-people-imperiled-through-sign-in-links-sent-by-sms/

2026-01-23 19:29:06 GMT

#OliverSacks
"The Confabulations of Oliver Sacks
A neurologist reckons with recent revelations about the celebrated doctor and author
Sacks’ journals suggest he injected his own experiences into the stories of his patients.
In the years since I first read about the journalist, I have become a neurologist, well versed in the medical jargon that describes symptoms like his: confabulation, a gap in memory filled with a story that feels entirely true to the person telling it. Confabulations can be fantastical or banal, grounded in memory or imagination, but confabulations share one essential feature: Confabulators experience their own stories as the truth. A confabulation is not a conscious lie, but rather an unconscious repair.
Neurologist Oliver Sacks, who died in 2015, was perhaps the most prolific chronicler of symptoms like confabulation, filling the pages of his books with detailed descriptions of his own patients’ wounds and blindnesses. I first read Sacks as a college student studying cognitive science and again as a neurology resident steeped in the strangeness and wonder of wounded brains. In his foreword to Awakenings, the stories of patients who had survived the 'sleeping sickness' epidemic of the 1920s, alive but lethargic and permanently immobilized, Sacks wrote that the book was possible in large part because of the Bronx hospital where he practiced, which he called 'a chronic hospital, an asylum,' where his patients resided for decades.
https://nautil.us/the-confabulations-of-oliver-sacks-1262447/

2026-01-23 19:28:26 GMT

#ICE #Minnesota #DonLemon
"Minnesota magistrate judge rejects charges against Don Lemon over anti-ICE church protest, blocks some charges for 2 protesters
A Minnesota federal magistrate judge refused to sign a complaint charging independent journalist Don Lemon in connection with a protest inside a church in St. Paul on Sunday, multiple sources familiar with the proceedings told CBS News.
'The attorney general is enraged at the magistrate's decision,' said a source familiar with the matter. Attorney General Pam Bondi has been in Minnesota for two days, as the Justice Department has sought to surge prosecutorial and law enforcement resources there.
A different source stressed that the process is not over, and the Justice Department could find other avenues to charge Lemon."
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/magistrate-judge-rejects-charges-don-lemon-anti-ice-protest-minnesota-church/

2026-01-23 19:27:05 GMT

#Cubans #Florida #ICE
"To Their Shock, Cubans in Florida Are Being Deported in Record Numbers
Cubans had long benefited from legal privileges unavailable to immigrants from other countries. President Trump has changed that.
Heidy Sánchez took her 17-month-old daughter to a routine check-in last April with Immigration and Customs Enforcement in Tampa, Fla. During the appointment, federal authorities told her that she was being detained and that her husband should pick up their daughter, who was still breastfeeding.
Two days later, Ms. Sánchez, 44, who worked as a home health aide, was deported.
Ms. Sánchez’s story quickly spread across social media, in part because she is Cuban, a group that had long been treated differently than other immigrants, even when they entered the country illegally.
That has changed under President Trump.
He has repatriated more than 1,600 Cubans in 2025, according to the Cuban government. That is about double the number of Cubans who were repatriated in 2024. And in the years that Mr. Trump has been president, he has sent more Cubans back than his three predecessors.
Those numbers are greater for Cubans who were deported by land into Mexico. Some of them had been in the United States for decades and built families and businesses, but were removed because of an old criminal conviction — say, from Miami’s infamous cocaine cowboys days in the late 1970s and early 1980s.
Nowhere has the shock of treating Cubans like other migrants been felt more than in Florida, which was shaped in modern times by exiles of the 1959 Cuban Revolution.
Families, businesses and communities that once felt removed from or immune to immigration enforcement now must face it head-on. Some Floridians worry that these deportations could stain the state’s proud Cuban identity, turning older immigrants against newer ones.
Under Mr. Trump, many other countries saw similar increases in repatriation. The difference is that Cubans had not previously been targeted as aggressively for removal. Regular deportation flights to Cuba began in January 2017, under President Barack Obama, paused during the coronavirus pandemic and restarted in 2023.
Many Cubans have also been detained for weeks or months in a facility in the Florida Everglades known as 'Alligator Alcatraz.' At another nearby detention facility, Cuban detainees protested last June by writing 'SOS Cuba' on their shirts and spelling out 'SOS' with their bodies in the recreation yard."
https://archive.ph/4rPyO

2026-01-23 19:26:15 GMT

#utilities #inflation
"One in five Americans can’t afford their heating bills this winter as people are blindsided by utility costs
A huge winter storm this weekend could be just the latest strain on Americans’ utility expenses
The massive winter storm forecast for this weekend could put much of the country into a deep freeze, and the mercury is plummeting at a time when utility bills are skyrocketing.
Over 200 million people in the South, Midwest and Northeast are expected to get pummeled with snow, sleet, freezing rain and arctic temperatures starting Friday, and new data show that Americans are facing increasing financial pressure in keeping their homes warm this winter.
The winter gas and electric bills in these regions could climb by 10% or more over last year, according to the National Energy Assistance Directors Association. Winter bills for electric-heated homes will exceed $1,000 across the country, according to the organization’s projections.
Factoring in all fuel sources and all regions, households will spend an average of $995 on their heating bills this winter, the NEADA said.
The NEADA counts the winter period as stretching from November to mid-March. But for some households, $1,000 isn’t a full season’s heating cost — it’s one billing cycle."
https://www.marketwatch.com/story/one-in-five-americans-cant-afford-their-heating-bills-this-winter-as-the-seasonal-cost-nears-1-000-on-average-17cd6edc

2026-01-23 19:25:47 GMT

#ErikaKirk
"Erika Kirk Declares 'Sex Sells, Babe' In Unearthed Video That Has Fans Stunned At Her Religious Turn
Erika Kirk was seen behaving in a less restrained manner in a recently unearthed audition tape for 'The Amazing Race.'
The footage is one of many from Erika's past that have surfaced since she was thrust into the spotlight following the death of her husband, Charlie Kirk. Netizens who saw the video criticized the mother of two for being fame-hungry and accused her of being two-faced.
Erika Kirk has increasingly received criticism since taking over from Charlie as CEO of Turning Point USA and has previously stated that she does not intend to make a habit of responding to the critiques.
(. . .)
Erika Kirk has mostly given off a traditional wife vibe since the spotlight shone on her in the wake of her husband's unfortunate assassination last September.
However, a recently resurfaced
Erika's behavior sparked a torrent of comments in the comment sections that accused the mother of two of being fame-thirsty.
'She sure has been chasing fame for a good while now," one netizen wrote, while another commented, "It only took another decade for her to attain the level of fame she wanted all along."
She literally auditioned for EVERYTHING. This is nuts. She is the definition of THIRSTY,' another user remarked.
Some users also accused Erika of being duplicitous in her behavior, citing the contrast between how she acted in the resurfaced video and her more recent public appearances, where she comes off as 'ultra-religious.'
One wrote, 'Literal shapeshifter (both physically and personality). Who is she, actually? A Military Industrial Complex weapon?'
A second commented, "She is literally performing every moment of her life. Everything is an act, and even
(. . .)
Unsurprisingly, the resurfacing of the video quickly caught the attention of netizens, who at the time compared her appearance in the clip with how she presents herself today."
https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/celebrity/articles/erika-kirk-declares-sex-sells-013009565.html

2026-01-23 19:24:54 GMT

#TrumpRegime
"Trump Goes on Manic 50-Post Rampage After World Leaders Humiliate Him
The snubbed president spammed Truth Social at nearly a post a minute for two hours.
Donald Trump spent two hours on Truth Social attacking his enemies and reposting praise after world leaders ignored his 'Board of Peace' ceremony in Davos.
The 79-year-old president shared almost a post a minute on Thursday, hours after his 'Board of Peace' initiative at the World Economic Forum attracted a motley crew of Trump-allied leaders from the Middle East and South America.
Between 10:38 am and 1:01 pm EST, Trump fired off 51 posts, several of which were screenshots of people agreeing with videos he’d posted seconds earlier.
Subjects covered in the posting barrage include a video of White House Deputy Chief of Staff Stephen Miller bashing Trump’s enemies, a court victory that will allow ICE to use force against protestors in Minnesota, 2020 election fraud conspiracies, threats to sue the New York Times for publishing polls that displease him, and rants against Special Counsel Jack Smith.
(. . .)
The president’s posting rampage comes at the end of a humiliating and widely criticized trip to the World Economic Forum.
After giving a speech on Wednesday in which he intimated the U.S. could take control of Greenland, Trump met with the Secretary General of NATO, Mark Rutte, who apparently talked him down. Trump walked away from the meeting claiming he’d gotten the 'framework of a deal' for the United States on Greenland, but didn’t give any specifics."
https://archive.ph/5sTfd

2026-01-23 19:24:27 GMT

Quote of the day
"It is from the love of humanity that we are revolutionaries: it is not our fault if history has forced on us this distressing necessity." -- Errico Malatesta

2026-01-23 19:18:01 GMT

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"The world" has not invested in defending Ukraine against a fascist Russia. Not even all of NATO has invested in defending Ukraine against a fascist Russia.

2026-01-23 17:14:45 GMT

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How so? Be specific.