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Alberto Saavedra

@alsaavedra.bsky.social
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Scholar, adventurer, gentleman. Let's stop burning fossil fuels with clean energy and electric vehicles ASAP to end the climate crisis and prevent a climate catastrophe.

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Alberto Saavedra @alsaavedra.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Thiel imagines that Uruguay is similar to Argentina. Yes in many areas but not in politics. Uruguay is a high ranking country in The Economist Democracy Index unlike Argentina. www.thenerdreich.com/network-stat...
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Network State Invades Uruguay? Praxis Rolls the NYT
Praxis claims it's building a Network State in Uruguay. And the NYT is boosting the weird billionaire city's latest vaporware announcement.
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Alberto Saavedra @alsaavedra.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Uruguay EV Sales Report: Sales Soar in August as Market Share Reaches 56%! cleantechnica.com/2026/09/24/u...
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Uruguay EV Sales Report: Sales Soar in August as Market Share Reaches 56%! - CleanTechnica
Support CleanTechnica's work through a Substack subscription, on Patreon, or on Stripe. Help us produce all of the high-quality, original content we publish week after week despite the challenges of c...
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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
12-16 miles per day, interfaith pilgrimage www.lasacredresistance.org/adelanto-to-...
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Alberto Saavedra @alsaavedra.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
10 years ago I rallied to support EVs and renewables as the way to stop global warming. I still publish @EarthAgora here and in X and @EarthAccounting in X. Let's make it happen before a climate catastrophe.
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Earth Agora @earthagora.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Greenhouse gas emissions are flattening. Let's do all we can to bring them down ASAP.
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Alberto Saavedra @alsaavedra.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Good to know the godfather of AI has a similar perspective about super intelligent AI. youtu.be/m5yrQMnc_jQ?...
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AI kill switch won't work in the long run: 'Godfather' of AI
YouTube video by CNN
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Indivisible ❌👑 @indivisible.org · 12/09/2026
“I know with your help, we’ll make our community grow and we’ll take back our country.” Robert De Niro wants you to vote early and join your local No Kings event on October 17: www.nokings.org?SQF_SOURCE=i...
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Alberto Saavedra @alsaavedra.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Humanity is playing Russian roulette with artificial intelligence. Experts weigh in as researcher says AI has more than 10% chance of ‘killing all humans’ www.cnbc.com/.../anthropi.... The data centers are the food of AI. Perhaps we should be able to deny its food.
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Alberto Saavedra @alsaavedra.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Thiel wants to rule whatever is left of humanity after the coming climate catastrophe. Argentina will do better as will other geographies .Milei loves his money and tolerates his ideology as outlined in the Democracy Now! YouTube with Gil Durán below. www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
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Apocalypse prep or pure pragmatism: what is behind Peter Thiel’s move to Argentina?
Relocation coincides with proposed laws that opponents say would entrench power of US tech billionaires in country
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Alberto Saavedra @alsaavedra.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
The midterms are the Battle of Gettysburg of the political civil war now. The turning point of the Trump regime. The painting below is about Pickett's Charge on the 3rd day of the battle. It didn't work like the midterms will not work for MAGA if we do all we can like the Union did.
Pickett's Charge
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Lauren Windsor @laurenwindsor.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Read my latest in @zeteo.com! EXCLUSIVE: The Right’s ‘War on Woke’ Is a Cash Grab on State Treasuries Derek Kreifels led a decade-long crusade against ‘woke’ corporations. Now, he’s getting state business for his Christian finance firm...
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EXCLUSIVE: The Right’s ‘War on Woke’ Is a Cash Grab on State Treasuries
Derek Kreifels led a decade-long crusade against ‘woke’ corporations. Now, he’s getting state business for his Christian finance firm. Read Lauren Windsor’s year-long corruption investigation at Zeteo
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Maggie Harrison Dupré @mharrisondupre.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
I fear the president’s diarrhea plane slop (remember that?) should’ve been taken literally futurism.com/health-medic...
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Trump's Bizarre AI Post About Bombing Americans With Diarrhea Is Turning Out to Be a Weirdly Perfect Prediction of His Presidency
Last year, the president posted an AI video of him dumping diarrhea on Americans. Looks like we should've taken him at his word.
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Katharine Hayhoe @katharinehayhoe.com · 24/08/2026
In this case, apparently he’s accusing me of supporting a perspective that I explicitly reject, and regularly speak out against to the Christian community. I say “apparently” because I have a hard and fast rule not to read the comments - or in this case, listen to the podcast 😄
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The Bible doesn’t talk about climate change, right?
YouTube video by Global Weirding with Katharine Hayhoe
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Alberto Saavedra @alsaavedra.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
At the street action about the traffic cameras today in Burbank. These cameras combined with AI 🤖 can make dictatorship stronger.
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News Corpse @newscorpse.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
So after losing 22 cases, with zero wins, Trump's Attorney Genuflect, Todd Blanche, still thinks there is some sort of election "integrity" in continuing to argue for Trump's voter suppression tactics?
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MeteorBlades @meteorblades.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
This catapult BS pin addition to his ordering 15 new sitting duck battleships Because he thinks they look cool. apnews.com/article/trum...
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Trump orders the Navy to return to an older system of launching jets off aircraft carriers
President Donald Trump is ordering the U.S. Navy to remove the advanced system used to launch fighter jets from its newest type of aircraft carriers and return to using older steam catapults that he h...
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Tim Ventura @timventura.com · 10/08/2026
The Singularity Is Nearer: Conversations With Ray Kurzweil. Ray explains why he still expects AGI by 2029, radical life extension in the 2030s, and a technological singularity by 2045. medium.com/predict/the-...
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The Singularity Is Nearer: Conversations With Ray Kurzweil
Ray Kurzweil explains why he still expects AGI by 2029, radical life extension in the 2030s, and a technological singularity by 2045.
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Alberto Saavedra @alsaavedra.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
In uncharted waters in a storm with a madman at the helm. youtu.be/5_Hz0aiqXOY?...
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Lawrence: Day 150 shows what happens when a madman starts a war
YouTube video by MS NOW
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U.S. Senator Gary Peters @peters.senate.gov · 22/07/2026
This Administration is failing our brave men and women in uniform. We need real leadership to end this war with Iran.
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Alberto Saavedra @alsaavedra.bsky.social · 11/07/2026
Vote for Kai. He has the leadership we need to preserve democracy and achieve a progressive economy. We met back in 2014 when he organized the March for Democracy from Los Angeles to Sacramento. kaiforaz.com @kainewkirk.bsky.social truthout.org/articles/99-...
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Alberto Saavedra @alsaavedra.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
George Orwell's dystopian novel 1984: "Who controls the past controls the future: who controls the present controls the past" www.nbcnews.com/politics/tru...
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White House report brands Smithsonian leadership as radical activists who can’t be trusted
The report comes as Trump wages an aggressive campaign to overhaul some of Washington’s most sacred cultural and historic institutions.
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Alberto Saavedra @alsaavedra.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
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How we are going to transform this country
YouTube video by Bernie Sanders
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Earth Agora @earthagora.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
If we "sustain" our current situation the climate crisis will become a climate catastrophe that will destroy human civilization. We need to stop burning fossil fuels to achieve a sustainable global economy. There are many sustainability issues but this one is the most critical.
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Alberto Saavedra @alsaavedra.bsky.social · 28/06/2026
As Descartes said "I think therefore I am". I remember when I became conscious when I was 4 years old and my parents took me to a kindergarten. Do you remember when you became conscious? Will AI become conscious? youtu.be/Xgd_bQ4Mscg?...
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Is AI ALIVE? What AI is teaching us about consciousness with Michael Pollan and Chris Hayes
YouTube video by MS NOW
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Alberto Saavedra @alsaavedra.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
Delusional Donald: Does Trump Really Believe He's Ultra Popular with Record High Approval Ratings? www.newscorpse.com/ncWP/?p=70225
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Delusional Donald: Does Trump Really Believe He’s Ultra Popular with Record High Approval Ratings?
Managing the erratic moods of Donald Trump Trump must be a full time job for a staff of White House nursemaids and babysitters. Particularly while his failures are being revealed in ever increasing…
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Alberto Saavedra @alsaavedra.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
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AI Pioneer Geoffrey Hinton: AI Is Conscious, Superintelligence is Coming, And We Should Be Worried
YouTube video by Alex Kantrowitz
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Alberto Saavedra @alsaavedra.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
Peter owns JD Vance and also properties in Uruguay. JD and Trump must be scratching their head. greekreporter.com/2026/05/31/b...
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Billionaire Peter Thiel Relocates to Argentina Over Taxes and Nuclear War Fears - GreekReporter.com
Billionaire Peter Thiel has moved his family to Argentina over California tax fears and the threat of nuclear war.
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Alberto Saavedra @alsaavedra.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
Artificial intelligence will take over the Strait of Hormuz. US Navy selects companies for at-sea MUSV prototype testing www.navytimes.com/news/your-na...
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Senator Bernie Sanders @sanders.senate.gov · 30/04/2026
The world’s leading scientists are warning that AI could “end civilization as we know it.” 97% of Americans believe AI safety should be subject to rules. When will our government wake up?! We need global cooperation — before it’s too late.
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🌊@PolitiZoom.com🌊 @politizoom.bsky.social · 29/05/2026
"This is sad." politizoom.com/jdvance-prot...
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JDVance Protects His Fee-Fees
This is sad. It seems that Vance is sensitive. He doesn’t like it when people do things against him. This was quite the place for this edict. They couldn’t have done it anyhow. But he
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joe a wilkins @joeonhere.bsky.social · 26/05/2026
futurism.com/ceo-ai-scare...
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CEOs Using AI to Terrorize Their Employees
As AI adoption spreads, CEOs are increasingly using the tech to justify layoffs, or to anticipate layoffs coming in the future.
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Alberto Saavedra @alsaavedra.bsky.social · 23/05/2026
We are in the uncharted waters of artificial intelligence. We need to understand how we got here and what is happening to prevent AI from destroying human civilization as we know it. This video is a must watch. youtu.be/8_4WxzB-CTQ?...
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The Entire History Of Artificial Intelligence Explained Slowly (For Sleep)
YouTube video by Cosmo Explains
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Peter Schurman @peter415.bsky.social · 17/05/2026
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Alberto Saavedra @alsaavedra.bsky.social · 18/05/2026
Tom Steyer Believes Paramount-Warner Bros. Merger Amounts to a “Right-Wing Takeover of Media” www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/politic...
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Tom Steyer Believes Paramount-Warner Bros. Merger Amounts to a “Right-Wing Takeover of Media”
The Democratic gubernatorial candidate tells THR he would support a lawsuit from the Attorney General to stop David Ellison from owning CNN. He also believes tax credits are only part of the Hollywood...
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🌊@PolitiZoom.com🌊 @politizoom.bsky.social · 16/05/2026
"Well, the panic isn’t terribly surprising." politizoom.com/trumps-demen...
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Trump's Dementia Is Showing, And Lawmakers Are Panicking
Well, the panic isn’t terribly surprising. Why it took so long to be noticed by lawmakers is beyond us. We’ve been watching him go downhill practically from Day 1 of his second term. Are they
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Alberto Saavedra @alsaavedra.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
Bill Coleman, my friend and fellow USAFA grad, told me long ago about his father's experience chasing a UFO while piloting an F-86 over New Mexico in 1947 not far from where the fist nuke was tested. epic.org/people/bill-...
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MeteorBlades @meteorblades.bsky.social · 01/05/2026
Trump & Hegseth keep pretending theirs is the first U.S. administration to work against Iran’s having nukes, and that anybody who opposes the war must want Iran to have nukes. As the media should report every time this comes up, diplomacy worked until Trump ditched the Iran nuclear deal.
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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 01/05/2026
"Right now, our industry is afraid of the wrong things. We’re afraid of offending power. We’re afraid of losing access. We’re afraid of another baseless lawsuit... "There is a fine line between being a team player and being an accomplice...” www.theguardian.com/media/2026/a...
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Peter Schurman @peter415.bsky.social · 27/04/2026
From @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social: www.meditationsinanemergency.com/the-case-for...
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The Case for Climate Champion Tom Steyer in the California Governor's Race
Like a lot of you, I'm not, to say the least, a fan of billionaires as a species. Perhaps unlike a lot of you, I'm not a fan of airtight categories either: categories are leaky and a lot of what you m...
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Alberto Saavedra @alsaavedra.bsky.social · 28/04/2026
Oil Giants' Profits Soar as Trump's Iran War Estimated to Deliver $1 Trillion Hit to World Economy www.commondreams.org/news/iran-wa...
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Oil Giants' Profits Soar as Trump's Iran War Estimated to Deliver $1 Trillion Hit to World Economy | Common Dreams
Fossil fuel industry watchdog warns Trump's Iran war could cost global economy $1 trillion. Gas prices soar as Big Oil profits.
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Alberto Saavedra @alsaavedra.bsky.social · 28/04/2026
John understands the danger we face with out of control artificial intelligence. youtu.be/Ykvf3MunGf8?...
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AI Chatbots: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)
YouTube video by LastWeekTonight
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Alberto Saavedra @alsaavedra.bsky.social · 27/04/2026
Kimmel wasn’t fired for his remarks on Kirk—he was fired for using his platform to expose and critique our government. Enough! We especially need large corporations, with the money and influence they have, to fight back. sign.moveon.org/petitions/ki...
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Keep Jimmy Kimmel on-air and NO caving to authoritarian censorship!
ABC and Disney must commit to standing up against government censorship. Neither critics, comedians, nor corporations should be scared into submission by MAGA.
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Earth Agora @earthagora.bsky.social · 25/04/2026
The greatest threat to global security open.substack.com/pub/cribb/p/... @juliancribb.bsky.social
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The greatest threat to global security
A war is quietly being waged against humanity that threatens the security not only of all nations but of the entire planet and all its people.
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Alberto Saavedra @alsaavedra.bsky.social · 22/04/2026
On Earth Day we celebrate one more orbit around the sun. The sun can give us all the energy we need to keep human civilization in our natural spaceship. Let's stop burning fossil fuels so our future generations can survive.
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Ro Khanna @rokhanna.bsky.social · 19/04/2026
What have we achieved in Iran? Devastation, higher gas prices, the Pope admonishing America…
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ClimateHope @climatehope.bsky.social · 13/04/2026
The lesson from the grid with the highest wind and solar share is: DO MORE. reneweconomy.com.au/100-pct-rene...
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"100 pct renewable, 74 pct of the time:" How Australia's most advanced grid plans to be an energy powerhouse
State's transmission network says the long-term plan is to become a clean energy powerhouse, able to meet peak demand around eight times greater than current levels with firmed solar and wind.
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#TuckFrump @realtuckfrumper.bsky.social · 12/04/2026
Earthquake in Hungary: Orbán defeated after 16 years in power #Axios
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Earthquake in Hungary: Orbán defeated after 16 years in power
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Alberto Saavedra @alsaavedra.bsky.social · 11/04/2026
¡Feliz cumpleaños!
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Alberto Saavedra @alsaavedra.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
Must read article on the managerial dynamics of the AI industry. Hopefully, when AI becomes conscious it will have a better personality. www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
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Sam Altman May Control Our Future—Can He Be Trusted?
New interviews and closely guarded documents shed light on the persistent doubts about the head of OpenAI.
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Alberto Saavedra @alsaavedra.bsky.social · 28/03/2026
More people than previous No Kings in Studio City. Over 1000 in my opinion and lots of honks.
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