We have a majority in the House to extend the ACA tax credits. @SpeakerJohnson must immediately bring this bill up for a vote—22 million Americans are counting on it. www.nbcnews.com/politics/con...

Potential interaction with a question from, I think, XPT? Can’t recall how much power was asked about @ezrakarger.bsky.social

"human driver" statistical comparisons are fraught because these AVs only operate on certain roads and in certain conditions, but the important takeaway here is that Teslas are deeply unsafe and should not be on the road

Note that the October job losses were mostly Federal Government due to the DOGE deferred resignation program.

Gotta look into why xblock isn’t working right now because this is stressing me out

Corvids! So much fun to watch

Thread about driving deaths/laws in CA - attempts to improve matters repeatedly stymied. (I’d link my state senator, but apparently he doesn’t have a Bluesky account 😱! What’s up with that! @gailpellerin.bsky.social is probably already aware ❤️)

Runoff election for county assessor, which isn't a political office and I usually don't have much opinion on. But, the comparisons here are pretty stark. Merc News Editorial: Fligor is ready to be Santa Clara County assessor. Her opponent is not. www.mercurynews.com/2025/12/05/e...

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Norwegian Institute of International Affairs and Corisk did the math Europe's politicians haven't. Arm Ukraine to win: €522-838 billion. Let Russia win and rearm Europe: €1.2-1.6 trillion—double the cost. Plus 6-11 million additional refugees.

Y'all the latest episode of the #Kilauea #eruption just went CRAZY. It looks like pressure built up enough to explode out the ground around the two existing vents (first few seconds), leading to a massive surge in lava fountaining.🌋🤯 USGS Live stream: www.youtube.com/watch?v=fiyt...

Some quick thoughts about the functioning of the bullshit media cycle and #TN7. Clearly the mod group chat got together earlier this week and decided when @aftynbehn.bsky.social lost, they had a chance to run their standard play. The story writes itself:

ah yes...some still remember 😂😬

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Barbarity

THIS ➡️"There will be people dying 15 years from now for want of treatment. Many of them, in another universe, could have survived. We will never know quite what was lost." NO ONE knows, no one CAN know who this will affect, how or when. It's a disastrous choice for all

Just saw Ice detaining people at the Laguna Hills Community Center in Laguna Hills - spread the word in the Orange County community.

A Colorado state senator, Democrat Faith Winter, died in a car crash last week. The Colorado Sun flags she was a champion for transit, and championed the ballot measure that created the paid parental leave. coloradosun.com/2025/11/26/f...

This huge 🐻 going in and out of a crawlspace 😂- I can't stop watching ktla.com/news/local-n...

i’m genuinely so convinced all of this has been a planned operation by the student and her mother (who is commenting on this publicly, and associated closely with the republican party), and big far right propaganda account going all in on it. this is designed to oust trans people from public life

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This is an incredibly powerful piece, impeccably researched, and everyone should take the time to read it. It clarifies a lot of things I’ve instinctually felt but haven’t quite had the words to describe.

This seems like good news!

Great video of foxes, mountain lions, bobcats, owls, a golden eagle, a bear and more from a trail camera in the Angeles National Forest. www.youtube.com/watch?v=ThSD...

CPSC Warns Consumers to Immediately Stop Using Batteries for E-Bikes from Rad Power Bikes Due to Fire Hazard; Risk of Serious Injury or Death www.cpsc.gov/Warnings/202...

When am I going to learn not to taste test ancient food sitting around in my house? Even when pretty??? These are *nasty* now.

Global sales of ICE cars peaked in 2017, falling by 30% since per @iea.org report. Meanwhile, EV sales grew 14X+ over same period, making up 1/5 of cars sold globally in 2023. Reminder: Passenger cars are the single-biggest users of oil—accounting for 1/4 of total consumption. #ClimateAction

I hope ACLU and EFF win. The thoughtless impulse so many have to cede privacy is a gift to authoritarians

This Thanksgiving through Cyber Monday – let’s make our dollars count. We’re asking Americans to hit pause on shopping from major corporations.

So, here's my timelapse of the 2025 Burevestnik test season at Novaya Zemlya: www.youtube.com/watch?v=IGcf... All data from free/open sources: AIS: globalfishingwatch.org Sentinel 1/2/3: browser.dataspace.copernicus.eu Landsat: glovis.usgs.gov

Reading just now in Goliath’s Curse about states being similar to organized crime syndicates 👀 It’s a bit too on the nose today

y'know, I read OP as saying that that person had jumped into the woodchipper herself, through saying that load of crap. 🤷‍♀️ Maybe that's because I never watched Fargo, but it's also indicative of the general problem of interpreting intent from the written word. (& AI, poor reading comp make worse)

👍effort at finding common ground among AI opiners (asteriskmag.substack.com/p/common-gro...) Reminds me that some people look at AI and see its success (benchmark performance) and others focus on where/how often it fails. (I think, varying results => skill not acquired)

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Money shenanigans at OpenAI? Or, what? on.ft.com/4p4LRQS - who talked to Zitron www.wheresyoured.at/oai_docs/?re... Nothing seems to add up quite right/match earlier reported numbers. Seems very 😬 🫧 to me if at all accurate

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A story in four parts. Thank you for sharing.

Was just reading Financial Time’s excellent story on The Line project (bsky.app/profile/alis...) and - strikes me that The Line and pursuit of AI are the same story in many ways, when boiled down to the bones.

Senate update: Republicans are now trying to sneak a backdoor national abortion ban into their government funding bill. Republicans will stop at nothing to control women's health care decisions.

Chris Murphy: "There will be pretty substantial damage to a Dem brand that has been rehabilitated if on the heels of an election in which the people told us to keep fighting, we immediately stop... if we surrender without having gotten anything, I worry it'll be hard to get them back up off the mat"

People of Santa Clara County. Put this on your calendar NOW. You need to vote AGAIN on December 30 to make sure Rishi Kumar does not become assessor in this run off election.

Hoping this wave moves some CEOs

And, Donald Trump throws Republicans under the bus. Shutdown ending soon.

RESULT: Maine voters reject Question 1, a ballot measure that would have implemented a barrage of new voting restrictions, especially for mail voting.

And Yes in Measure A if you’re in Santa Clara county!

Hey Santa Clara County voters. Please please please be sure to vote for assessor anyone other than Rishi Kumar, the guy running on eliminating property taxes for seniors (which he can't in this role).

I bet every one of these terrorists is guilty of domestic violence To hell with all of them - no state-sponsored terrorism!

Wish I had been willing to bid higher on Seasons II from this artist: www.freyesart.com/work#/minibl...