The Trump administration is gearing up to kick an estimated six million more people off of food assistance programs — including nearly two million children. The move would save just $1 billion a year, while Trump spends upwards of $1 billion per *day* on his new forever war. Priorities.

'... when it comes to its impact on students, early studies point to potentially catastrophic effects on cognitive abilities and critical thinking skills.' www.theguardian.com/technology/n... #AI #RobotizationOfHumanity

All thanks to the Roberts Court.

This is how our government has been corrupted: 1) Donors give huge sums to elect politicians 2) Elected officials rewrite rules in donors' favor 3) Donors make huge profit 4) Repeat We must get big money out of politics. It’s the root of all evil in Washington.

AI is better than humans because AI doesn’t get cancer. So let’s build data centers that we know will cause humans to get cancer. It’s a win all around. www.nbc4i.com/news/local-n...

Reporter seeking freedom of speech in the US arrested for exercising freedom of speech in the US

Neehee. Niet doen. De impact van covid is hoger dan die van griep maar toch prikken we griep vanaf 60 jaar en covid pas vanaf 70? Wat is daar de logica achter? Gezondheidsraad: leeftijdsgrens coronaprik mag van 60 naar 70-plus https://nos.nl/l/2605766

From the always on-point Sue Halpern, a good catalogue of GOP efforts to disenfranchise voters. It's what they've got left. www.newyorker.com/news/the-led...

Dat noemt zich "Gezondheidsraad", stelletje necrofiele cententellers. nos.nl/artikel/2605... #COVID19 #COVID19NL #necropolitiek

The EU Parliament's vote on housing today failed to back enshrining housing as a human right, and also left the door open to cutting housing standards and nature protections to benefit developers and speculators Housing policy must prioritise homes for people, not property as an investment

'"A sobering preview": extreme heat now affects one in three people globally, study finds' www.theguardian.com/environment/... 'Rising temperatures making it hard even for young, healthy people to safely do normal physical tasks in many regions' #ClimateEmergency #heatwaves #PublicHealth

'Alaska’s glacial lakes are expanding, increasing the risk of destructive outburst flood' theconversation.com/alaskas-glac... #ClimateEmergency #unknowns #PublicSafety #floods #OutburstFloods

“…an astronomical amount of shellfish, including $2 million for Alaskan king crab and $6.9 million worth of lobster tail.”

'Dominique Pelicot and Andrew Tate and Jeffrey Epstein are only symptoms. They are the doorway through which we can understand the forces behind not just another catastrophic Gulf War but a global power structure ...' broligarchy.substack.com/p/is-this-th...

NEW: Is this the broligarchy’s first world war? AI, like war & rape, is a hyper-masculine fantasy of God-like power, a myth at the dark heart of what we’re seeing play out in the Gulf. This war hasn’t replaced the Epstein scandal. It is the Epstein scandal. open.substack.com/pub/broligar...

'Ten Brinke describes as a “dark spiral”. At times of uncertainty and conflict, “we look for a ‘strong’ leader. Then, in position, they can create more chaos, more instability, which actually makes us more likely to vote, again, for someone with these traits.' www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...

Trump signed an EO benefitting Bayer, the makers of cancer-linked weedkiller Roundup and deadly munitions component white phosphorus. It came after Bayer hired top Trumpworld lobbyist Brian Ballard and spent over $9M last year on federal lobbying. "Drain the swamp."

I wasn't intending to turn this into a thread, but it seems to have happened anyway. It's about the great plague on our lives: the extreme wealth of a tiny number of people. And what to do about it.

#EU #EPP #ECR #NeoFascism youtu.be/7RsrVaYO_pE

'"Extraordinary cruelty": images show longterm "starvation strategy" in Sudan' www.theguardian.com/global-devel...

'One in six laboratory-confirmed bacterial infections were resistant to antibiotic treatments in 2023' www.theguardian.com/business/202... '... the annual number of deaths linked to drug-resistant infections globally will double to 8 million by 2050.' #PublicHealth #bacteria #bugs #ResistantBugs

'Bombing of Iran’s oil infrastructure to have major environmental fallout, experts warn' www.theguardian.com/world/2026/m... #Trump #GOP #Iran #war #pollution #PublicHealth

'Revealed: UK’s multibillion AI drive is built on "phantom investments"' www.theguardian.com/technology/2... #AI #bubble #speculation #risks

Nothing to see here. Just the leader of 'the free world' talking about cancelling the next elections (for the fifth time this year.)

Eric Trump and Donald Trump, Jr. are acquiring a drone company that is seeking to meet Pentagon demand after Trump banned the use of Chinese drones. We’re barely a week into Trump’s war and already his family has found a way to cash in. Everything is for sale.

As the right wing press praises Tony Blair for his "rebuke" of Keir Starmer for not supporting Donald Trump's war on Iran ("We should have backed America from the very beginning."), time to re-up @carolecadwalla.bsky.social's investigation into the Tony Blair Institute (mini 🧵)

It’s fine for Russia to use drones to freeze out your population — by the way, can you give us your drone defenses? This is the actual US position.

When Massachusetts passed a "millionaires tax" in 2023, conservatives claimed the rich would flee. But two years later, they haven't — and MA has collected $5.7B for infrastructure and public education. A reminder that positive change can still happen at the state level.

"The widespread uses of AI to generate falsehood 'have revolutionized the landscape of false information, allowing for the automation of misinformation production and its widespread dissemination at an unprecedented scale,' cyber experts say."

'"Bitter result" for Friedrich Merz as Greens win in German car heartland' www.theguardian.com/world/2026/m... #ClimateEmergency #Germany #Greens #Grünen

This is the cloud of oil currently hovering over Tehran, released when the US bombed the city's oil depots. A stew of particulate matter, polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, benzene, sulfur dioxide, nitrogen oxides, heavy metals & volatile organic compounds is raining down into the city right now. 1/2

'Mike Johnson, the new Speaker of the House ... is one of many Republicans in Congress working with Israeli Kahanists who want to destroy Al Aqsa Mosque, build the Third Temple, and usher in the end times.' sarahkendzior.substack.com/p/bearing-wi... #GOP #Trump #apocalypticism #necrophilia

'"A horrible world war is coming," [the terrorist rabbi] Kahane told journalist Robert I. Friedman. "Tens of millions will die. It will be the Apocalypse. ..."' sarahkendzior.substack.com/p/the-no-wor... #Trump #Putin #Netanyahu #apocalypticism #necrophilia #destruction

Middle East war strengthens case for renewables, say clean energy experts - Oil and gas price shocks triggered by conflict reignite discussion about building defences to volatile fuel costs Story by @kenzabryan.ft.com and @attractamooney.bsky.social www.ft.com/content/001a...

Now in Vienna to discuss later today the documentary 'In the Shadow. Women on the Move' on the challenges and resilience of migrant women across Europe, with accounts of their life journeys, by Marie Ruiz from the University of Amiens www.womenonthemove.eu/documentaries/ @iisg-amsterdam.bsky.social

'How the "Galápagos of west Africa" is plundered by floating fish factories' www.theguardian.com/environment/... #NatureEmergency #FishFactories #fishmeal #CapitalismKills

'"The situation is so frightening it’s hard to describe," one resident said. "Smoke has covered the entire city. I have severe shortness of breath and burning in my eyes and throat"' www.theguardian.com/world/live/2... #Trump #GOP #Hegseth #Iran #warcrimes #cruelty #PublicHealth

'The fungus Aspergillus fumigatus kills hundreds of people each year in the Netherlands. Pesticides used in agriculture have made the fungus resistant.' www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2026/... #IndustrialAgriculture #pesticides #fungi #resistance #PublicHealth #CapitalismKills

'EU backs off penalties for failing to supply green aviation fuel' www.politico.eu/article/eu-b... #ClimateEmergency #EU #neoliberalism #aviation #cronyism

'Private buildings, public land: how Australia’s national parks became a battleground between conservation and commerce' www.theguardian.com/australia-ne... #neoliberalism #exploitation #greed #NatureEmergency

'Plastic, textiles, e-waste and more end up at the vast Dandora site, where waste pickers spend all hours sifting through toxic debris looking for recyclables' www.theguardian.com/global-devel...

This dystopian future is here now. "Emily, who NPR is only identifying by her first name because she fears retribution from the federal government, says she followed an ICE vehicle at a safe distance into a parking lot. www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/npr/nx-...

"Farmers in the Netherlands are turning it into one giant "grassphalt plain" . In seven years, they filled in 31,520 ditches. Partly illegally." bsky.app/profile/laur... (Dutch, paywall?) #IndustrialFarming #GreenDesert #NatureEmergency

Wat een geweldig goed verhaal is dit, van mijn collega's @serenafrijters.bsky.social en Erik Verwiel, over hoe boeren van Nederland één groot 'grasvalt' maken. In 7 jaar dempten ze 31.520 sloten. Deels illegaal www.volkskrant.nl/kijkverder/v...

Yes. And we have to talk about this now, because talking about it is the first step to making it seem like a callous crime rather than a surprising emergency.

'The British government should be stockpiling food, according to a leading expert on food policy, as it is not prepared for climate shocks or wars that could cause the population to starve.' www.theguardian.com/global-devel... #ClimateEmergency #FoodSecurity

This is interesting. But it is more interesting that Trump is rewarding Moscow for doing this by helping Russia sell oil, repeating Russian propaganda points, and senselessly burning through weapon stocks. www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...

USA: Executive orders signed, days since start Presidential term, post-WWII.

Interesting that among the few advance plans we made are those that benefit Russia. See my longer essay on Oligarchic Corridors. snyder.substack.com/p/the-oligar...

'Russian #disinformation campaigns are increasingly capitalizing on the polarization within European societies, observes Czech disinformation expert Jakub Kalenský. Creating chaos and distrust is a goal in itself. And now there's AI.' www.groene.nl/artikel/de-r... #Russia #AI #polarization