News you can use! www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2... @shiraovide.bsky.social

“I’m emotionally shellshocked right now,” said one professor in the Texas Tech system. “What does it say about academic freedom? It says we don’t have it.” www.nytimes.com/2025/09/26/u...

In 2008 I met a climate scientist from Mali who was advocating for this so long that he looked exhausted. Absolutely amazing man. He was working so hard on this. And then I see numbers like this and my heart just soars. Youba Sokona, you (and your peers) really did it. www.ipcc.ch/people/youba...

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It's always Russia funding Western fascists.

The far right in America today: a quick primer. #Politics #Democracy

Statement from Portland Oregon Mayor Keith Wilson "President Trump has directed 'all necessary Troops' to Portland, Oregon. The number of necessary troops is zero, in Portland and any other American city. - the president will not find lawlessness or violence here unless he plans to perpetrate it.”

Words to live by from @katmabu.bsky.social “We are here to advocate for our neighbors, not jeopardize them.” Do. Not. Incite. There are many ways to resist. Encouraging dt to launch more goons is a realllllly bad idea.

Of course they are. Fossil fuel bought out conservative playbook. Harper did this in Canada too. 2011 nunatsiaq.com/stories/arti... 2013 academicmatters.ca/harpers-atta....

Putin’s war is hell for Russians too. The meatgrinder analogy one if the most disturbing aspects. On Intl Women’s Day Putin gave mothers of fallen soldiers meat grinders. How sadistic can one get? www.lemonde.fr/en/internati...

upfromsumdirt GIVE THE DRUMMER SERMON

tHe lEfT nEeDs tO tOnE dOwN tHe vIoLeNcE

Big Tech's embrace of President Trump has left many of us wondering: What the hell happened to Silicon Valley? In our new politics issue, we're getting into it. Also, we're taking this cover across the US in billboards, posters and a mural. Clues to find us in the 🧵: www.wired.com/politics-iss...

TikTok’s US operations are changing hands and will be retraining the algo on US-only data. No word yet on whether a new app is needed. Meanwhile, @skylight.social — the TikTok of the atmosphere — is seeing massive growth this week. 🔗 skylight.social

China completely stopped buying US soy— a $12.5 Billion loss to farmers.

Translation: Reid Hoffman is into domination. He needs to read some @rianeeisler-cps.bsky.social and meditate on a rock somewhere on where he lost his soul.

I don’t think the Canadian media is talking enough about NORAD needing to scramble fighters twice in the last week ish. First in a bomb threat that ended up forcing a plane to land in Calgary and then with Russia fighters “straying” over Alaska.

Shoot. I was looking for this data on Canadian GHH emissions and it’s worse than I thought it would be. Another punch to the gut fm @mark-carney.bsky.social #cdnpoli

If you are not questioning this 🇨🇦 government’s judgement at this point, I don’t know if you ever will: #cdnpoli www.thenerdreich.com/peter-thiel-...

Boom and bust—thanks to Alberta’s wholly captured leaders, it’s now the Canadian way.

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If I see a blog illustrated with slop I don't read a single word.

Everyone in Portland getting a new angle now at feeling like ppl in Canada.

dancing on the point of inflection

Point 2, to me, remains the very underrated means by which the AI boom has meaningfully positive spillovers for higher income/wealth Americans sherwood.news/markets/trad...

🤢 signs you live in a captured petro state, evidence # 1,356,987 also, extreme braggadocio goes before the fall…

This is part of a massive generative slop / plagiarism operation seemingly being run by one dude operating a bunch of similarly designed websites - "Krishna Pathak" (not sure if actual real dude) Also being syndicated on MSN. Registered at 'paper mill' address in Wyoming GenAI is the WORST

Apparently @billmckibben.bsky.social and I had the same thought 😂

"China has aligned decarbonization with its economic growth strategy. In practice that means systematically building infrastructure, sophisticated supply chains and a predictable domestic market for clean energy." www.nytimes.com/2025/09/26/o...

and Trumps approval ratings keep dropping....

Yikes this is sobering

Perhaps the 2nd most encouraging economic indicator of all time

The leading economic indicator says we're headed for economic free fall, but the current conditions index shows growth. Why? Stock market bubble is so massive it's literally breaking our recession prediction models. Watch the full video: youtu.be/vyorlg7l7Ck

#Oil prices won't budge despite bombing Venezuelan ships, Iran strikes & Russia sanctions. Why? Because everyone knows we're in a recession. And, it's the only thing keeping inflation from doubling. Our latest for @meidastouch.com. Watch the full video: youtu.be/QVmmR2RRTfg

Israel’s ecocide in Gaza sends this message: even if we stopped dropping bombs, you couldn’t live here | George Monbiot

Even as more PE firms turn into zombies, Donald Trump and his billionaire buddies want them to manage YOUR retirements savings. Another Trump giveaway to Wall Street at the expense of working Americans.

As I showed yesterday, business investment in software & tech is adding more to GDP growth than ever before. But here’s the catch: that capex contribution only captures the domestic slice of the boom. Imports of Tech capex - up 90% in 2 years - tell the rest of the story. More in 🧵 #EconThreads

America’s century of humiliation in full swing

Gold is at all time highs Money market assets are at all time highs Stocks are at all time highs Housing prices at all time highs If this is a bubble it’s one of the weirdest ones of all time

One thing we didn't have in the '90s? A neat little template of a prior tech bubble from three decades earlier that some investors treated as happy destiny and others as the map to hell. This is serving to scare some cautious types while giving ammo to others to keep claiming "it's still early."

Inflation is running hot. It doesn't look that way because the absolute level of inflation is still low. But that masks a more worrying reality. The middle of the year tends to see low inflation, before it picks up at the end of the year. In 2025, the pick-up in inflation is already happening now...

A recent analysis of Alphabet, Amazon and Meta by Barclays estimated that higher depreciation costs would shave 5-10% from their earnings per share. Apply this logic to the entire AI big five and the potential overall hit to the bottom line is huge

This is how farmer “anxiety” winds up on Page One. @usapolling.bsky.social

That's what they do once they "liberate" you.

So many echoes from this article for US politics....

Multiple talent agents are reportedly in talks to sign AI “actress” Tilly Norward, created by AI talent studio Xicoia. (https://deadline.com/2025/09/talent-agent-ai-actress-tilly-norwood-studios-1236557889/)

Trump has reduced US economic growth from 2.8% in 2024 to about 1.5% in 2025 & staying there. It surprises me that his damage has not been greater, but this is minor stagflation, lower growth & too high inflation - now 2.9%. It is likely to get worse. www.ft.com/content/fd49...

In other "uh oh" news: freight guys are freaking out again

The Fed has announced that “stagflation” is here. It’s a word economists fear. Mary Harris is joined by Justin Wolfers on today's episode of What Next. Listen for more: link.chtbl.com/WNEp9182025