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BernardoVerda 🤔

@bernardoverda.bsky.social
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Retired. Into science, environment, climate, literature, Proportional Representation, Esperanto, science fiction & fantasy... More interested in 'policy' than in 'politics' – but nonetheless prefer 'woke' over 'zombie'. "Live & learn, or die an idiot."

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Beautiful Bizarre Magazine @beautifulbizarre.net · 16/02/2025
WOW, ‘Making Butterflies’ by Michael Parkes is evocative and ethereal. It feels like a dream you want to linger in. #beautifulbizarre #contemporaryart #surrealart #mermaid #figurativeart #artcollectors #artmagazine #artinspo #art
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Wallace Polsom @wallacepolsom.bsky.social · 20/11/2025
Painting by Michael Parkes published in OMNI, vol. 9, no. 6 (March 1987), alongside the article, “Grand Illusions,” by Ricky Jay.
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BERGΛMΛX @bergamax.bsky.social · 18/10/2025
The Last Peony (2004) “Oil on canvas, 130 x 150 cm” By Michael Parkes (American; 1944 - Contemporary) Michael Parkes is an American painter, sculptor, and lithographer; living in Spain. His works are greatly influenced by magical realism. Private collection #art #painting #illustration
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Hawklorddragon @cimerians.bsky.social · 24/10/2025
'Danae' by Michael Parkes #GreekMythology
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Beautiful Bizarre Magazine @beautifulbizarre.net · 04/05/2026
The "Cosmic Library" by Michael Parkes feels like a lucid dream. So ethereal and calming. #beautifulbizarre #surrealism #magicalrealism #visionaryart #fineart
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dharmalee3❌👑 @dharmalee3.bsky.social · 10h
Impeachment Calls Grow as Dems Say Up to $20 Million in Taxpayer Funds Were Used for 'Illegal' Pro-Trump Ads www.commondreams.org/news/donald-...
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Impeachment Calls Grow as Dems Say Up to $20 Million in Taxpayer Funds Were Used for 'Illegal' Pro-Trump Ads | Common Dreams
Democrats in Congress demand answers and accountability for Trump's misuse of taxpayer dollars for "illegal" ads.
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Ars Technica @arstechnica.com · 17h
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Connected car data privacy is still abysmal, study finds
Between the cars and their companion apps, you’re exposed to a lot of trackers.
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Ars Technica @arstechnica.com · 16h
The federal government’s war on fuel efficiency claimed another victim this week: arstechnica.visitlink.me/jMNM83
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Trump cuts fuel economy standards back to 2014 levels
In 2020, Trump cut CAFE to 40 mpg. Now he’s cut it again to just 35 mpg.
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Ars Technica @arstechnica.com · 15h
Some critics worry that Nvidia’s profit motivations may be steering Trump’s thinking at a pivotal moment when it may matter how well a president actually understands the risks of a new technology: arstechnica.visitlink.me/VawsJy
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Experts worry about Nvidia's AI chip sales in China and influence over Trump
China is reportedly mulling letting ByteDance, Alibaba buy banned Nvidia chips.
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Ars Technica @arstechnica.com · 15h
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Apple worked with Trump admin to remove ICE-tracking apps, lawmaker says
Lawmaker rejects Apple excuse for banning ICE-tracking apps as unconstitutional.
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Ars Technica @arstechnica.com · 12h
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Trump ads paid for by US government allegedly violate anti-propaganda laws
FCC unlikely to stop Trump ads described as illegal taxpayer-funded propaganda.
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Ars Technica @arstechnica.com · 11h
In a letter sent to the company this week, US Rep. Jamie Raskin accused Apple of “working with the government to violate its customers’ First Amendment rights to record and report on the activities of their own government." arstechnica.visitlink.me/zit76N
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Apple pressured to explain Trump role in ICE-tracking app removals
Lawmaker rejects Apple excuse for banning ICE-tracking apps as unconstitutional.
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Techdirt @techdirt.com · 20h
Reporting Confirms: Stupid Over-Reliance On Palantir AI Helped Lead To US Bombing Of Iranian Schoolgirls In the piece Dave Willner and I published last... www.techdirt.com/2026/09/29/reporti…
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Reporting Confirms: Stupid Over-Reliance On Palantir AI Helped Lead To US Bombing Of Iranian Schoolgirls
In the piece Dave Willner and I published last week about why "the apocalypse won't be sexy," we discussed how the real threat wasn't "rogue" out of control AI tools, but rather humans doing stupid shit, sometimes because they stop thinking in the presence of these AI machines. A deeply reported Bloomberg article by Ben...
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Techdirt @techdirt.com · 16h
Documents Expose Even More About Stephen Miller’s Ghoulish Anti-Migrant Directives Let's start this off by clearing the air: Stephen Miller looks exactly like the sort of... www.techdirt.com/2026/09/29/documen…
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Documents Expose Even More About Stephen Miller’s Ghoulish Anti-Migrant Directives
Let's start this off by clearing the air: Stephen Miller looks exactly like the sort of person who wants to elevate white people above everyone else. Sure, he doesn't have the Hitler 'stache or a blond pompadour, but he's the same bit of unspectacular "whiteness" Hitler was. Miller is bald, mostly chinless, and looks like...
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Markham Hislop @markhamhislop.bsky.social · 13h
Peter Newell: Why Some Countries Are Leaving Oil and Gas in the Ground Uof Sussex prof Peter Newell explains why some countries are deliberately limiting fossil-fuel production. And why waiting for markets to force the transition can be costly. youtu.be/KWDevYj46ds
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Peter Newell: Why Some Countries Are Leaving Oil and Gas in the Ground
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hankp.bsky.social @hankp.bsky.social · 20h
It's not just Canadians. Read the foreign press, the entire world thinks the US is ignorant and dangerous. And they're correct.
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Steve-P @steve-p47.bsky.social · 18h
Trump is not really the problem. Trump is the result of the problem. And if fundamental change doesn’t happen the problem will never go away. And there will be future “Trumps” waiting for their opportunity.
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Canada's National Observer @nationalobserver.com · 20h
No matter what happens in the upcoming midterm elections or even the 2028 presidential contest, Canadians will not forget how they are being treated right now — or how some Americans react when we fight back, @maxfawcett.bsky.social writes.
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America still doesn't understand how deep the rift goes
Memo to our friends (and yes, our enemies) to the south: the problem isn’t just Donald Trump. It’s you
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My IRL friends call me Chris @christyceeck.bsky.social · 17h
"If your campaign is breaking your own privacy policy, or swamping your Instagram with fawning, machine-generated praise, it's your mess to clean up. The opposite impulse — to lie & attack — is not a quality voters expect of someone vying to lead Canada's largest city," writes @jameswsthomson.com.
When pressed by Habibinia to respond to CNO’s reporting, Bradford dug in.

"They're inaccurate. It's a mischaracterization. I'm surprised they published it."

It goes without saying that calling a news outlet's reporting false is a dagger to the heart. The implication that we got something wrong would give any reporter, any editor cold sweats. 

Having watched White labour over every word and sentence of both investigations, it was particularly offensive to have the candidate attack his work — and our publication — so casually.

Of course we make mistakes. When we do, we issue corrections and take ownership over the failure.

But this was not one of those times. So we published a recording that should put the question of veracity permanently to bed.
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Jim Murphy @jimmurmac.bsky.social · 14h
If a cop turn off his body camera, anything he says is suspect and the person involved should be let go.
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Thunder Levin @thunderlevin.bsky.social · 14h
A masked man with no ID is NOT a federal agent. He is a potential kidnapper and defending yourself from him cannot be a crime.
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Franken-Pattern @franken-pattern.bsky.social · 15h
Ice shot Wilber in the back and left him to bleed out on a filthy cell floor. Crimes against humanity.
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jeffreyhf.bsky.social @jeffreyhf.bsky.social · 15h
Every ICE story thus far has been fraudulently concocted. The fact that they had no body cameras on, by choice, creates a de facto presumption of obstruction of justice and malicious prosecution by ICE.
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Tina B @msteej.bsky.social · 15h
The officers should automatically be charged with felonies if they turn their cameras off or if they are not wearing them they should be policy. They should be charged with felony endangerment.
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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 15h
Images are highlight in this CBS story: www.cbsnews.com/news/venezue...
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Feds charge Venezuelan man shot by ICE agent with assaulting an officer
Federal prosecutors in Texas have charged a Venezuelan delivery driver who was shot by an ICE agent earlier this month with assaulting a federal officer.
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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 15h
DOJ has charged Wilber Garcés with felony assaulting, resisting, or impeding a federal officer, based on the allegation he struck an ICE officer with his sideview mirror when driving off after the initial traffic stop. He was then chased for 8 minutes, rammed, and then shot.
Image 1: the agent is standing in front of the driver’s side mirror, with the mirror at waist height.Image 2: the agent now has has hands on the car as it starts to move. The mirror appears to be very slightly in contact with his waist.Image 3: the agent has pulled his hips back and the mirror is no longer touching the agent.
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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 16h
Pete Hegseth prepares for general purge of all women, Blacks and Hispanics from the general officer ranks of the military service branches. thehill.com/policy/defen...
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Hegseth to cut 20 percent of admirals, generals in major Pentagon overhaul
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is set to announce a 20 percent cut to slots slated for admirals and generals at the Pentagon as part of his push to overhaul the outlook of the department, two Penta…
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 16h
I know this is shocking, but it never seems to work out for them when Republicans bring right-wing internet conspiracies into courtrooms or committee hearings where the opposition actually gets to see their “evidence” and respond to it. They fare much better with the cultists on X.
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Simon Rosenberg @simonwdc.bsky.social · 17h
If this goes ahead it is Trump overtly taking Russia's side in the war against Ukraine and Europe, aligning the United States with China, Iran, and North Korea. Like the Putin G20 visit, it cannot be allowed to happen. We must fight.
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Chris⚖️Justice @chrisjustice01.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
🤡 Moms for Liberty - Gaea Powell, a hard-charging MAGA activist & fierce advocate for "election integrity" - found guilty of nine counts of election fraud by jury
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Abdul El-Sayed @abdulelsayed.bsky.social · 14h
🍏Toxins out of our food 🧑‍🌾Farmers first, not chemical companies ❌Break up corporate concentration in agriculture 💧Clean water, guaranteed 🍽️School meals that nourish 💸Public dollars should buy public health ⚕️Food as medicine ⚖️Accountability for polluters, not immunity
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Marie-Pierre Guerin @mariepierguerin.bsky.social · 12h
They wore TSHIRTS that said CIVIL WAR 2028 on January 6! They told you what’s coming.
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Bill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 12h
JVL is right: "In their death throes, authoritarian movements can cause tremendous damage...A failing soiciopath, surrounded by loyalists and bitter-enders, facing the end of his rule, while the world burns. The period of maximum danger may still lie ahead." open.substack.com/pub/thebulwa...
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The Forces of Trumpism Are in Disarray
This is what it looks like when a movement begins to come apart.
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Chris⚖️Justice @chrisjustice01.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
MAGA candidate Gaea Powell convicted on 9 counts of election fraud 9/28/26 www.sfgate.com/politics/art...
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MAGA candidate in small Calif. town convicted on 9 counts of election fraud
It turns out this conservative candidate wasn't following election laws herself.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 14h
"Government by organized money is just as dangerous as Government by organized mob." —FDR, 1936 www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
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How A.I. Super PACs Are Trying to Influence the Midterms
See how groups aligned with Anthropic and OpenAI have funneled major money into the fight for control of Congress.
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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 14h
Incredible. The 11th Circuit, in a 3-0 opinion (two Obama appointees and one Trump 1.0 appointee), agrees that Trump and his lawyers have failed to rebut the judge's finding that the entire IRS settlement was collusive, highlighting that no other explanation for their conduct was even offered.
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The appellants mount two main attacks on the district
court’s speech-related sanction. First, they argue that the court
lacked a sufficient basis to find that the lawsuit and the settlement
were collusive and that Messrs. Brito and Epstein acted in bad faith.
Second, they contend that the sanction is a broad and impermissible gag order which constitutes a prior restraint and violates the
First Amendment. We conclude that the appellants have not made
a strong showing that they will succeed on either of these grounds.The appellants did not submit or offer any evidence to explain their litigation conduct or demonstrate that the lawsuit and the settlement were not collusive. Given the record before us, the
appellants have not made a strong showing that the district court
committed clear error in its collusion and bad faith findings
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David Rothkopf @djrothkopf.bsky.social · 14h
Jack Smith made it crystal clear that his investigation was sound and lawful, that the president had committed crimes and that the GOP attacks on him were the actual weaponization of our justice system. He showed courage and moral clarity and continues to be one of the heroes of this moment.
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Jess Piper @piperformissouri.bsky.social · 14h
Imagine being the worst Senator from Missouri when your only competition is Josh Hawley…
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Elizabeth Warren @warren.senate.gov · 14h
Multibillion-dollar schemes like A7 are much easier when the United States simply gives up on countering Russian sanctions evasion. The Kremlin agent gloating in this story could show a bit more humility. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/24/b...
During the Biden administration, the Treasury Department made cracking down on sanctions evasion a centerpiece of its effort to punish Russia. The department imposed thousands of additional sanctions, targeting companies and networks designed to move money around financial restrictions.

The pressure has largely disappeared. Since President Trump returned to office, the administration has removed more restrictions than it has added, according to a Times analysis of Treasury data.

That has made it harder for banks to screen for illicit activity, in part because new actors and organizations can spring up without fresh information. A7 shell companies, for example, have facilitated payments to companies that banked at major American and European banks, The Times found.
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David Rothkopf @djrothkopf.bsky.social · 14h
There was a moment when the US was taken over by enemies and criminals, the incompetent, the corrupt, and the malevolent. They control our government now and will use every means at their disposal, legal and illegal, to try to stop the rest of us from restoring law, order, and decency to US society.
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Jamie Gangel @jamiegangel.bsky.social · 12h
Breaking - The Supreme Court on Tuesday allowed the Trump administration to restart its program of removing migrants to countries other than their homeland without giving them an opportunity to raise human rights concerns… will hear arguments later this year www.cnn.com/2026/09/29/p...
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Supreme Court allows Trump to restart controversial deportations to countries they have no connection to | CNN Politics
The Supreme Court on Tuesday allowed the Trump administration to restart its program of removing migrants to countries other than their homeland without giving them an opportunity to raise human right...
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 12h
NEW: Seems as though the full DC Circuit Court is poised to green-light Judge Boasberg's contempt investigation into the government for failing to turn the planes bound for CECOT around. Trump will then likely seek an emergency stay from SCOTUS. apnews.com/article/trum...
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Appeals court weighs fate of judge's contempt probe over Trump administration deportation flights
An appeals court is weighing whether a judge can continue investigating whether the Trump administration illegally flouted an order blocking the deportation of planeloads of Venezuelan migrants to El ...
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Josh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 12h
Holy shit, this ad! I cannot imagine the impetus for pardoning this guy. But I’m not even sure it matters. Kind of along the lines of that Roger Marshall ad. If you’re explaining you’re losing.
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Josh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 12h
There really is this rash of very weird GOP defenses. Like when Paxton said the guy didn’t do one day in prison. That’s a lie! I put him in for a hard 60 days! Or Marshall saying he didnt get the pregnant woman arrested for late bill. It was for not showing up for the lawsuit over the late bill!
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Bill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 12h
Another way of making this point: The wheels may be coming off the Trump administration and the authoritarian movement energizing it. But a large tractor-trailer barreling down a highway at full speed whose wheels come loose is very dangerous to innocent people in the vicinity.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 12h
Trump thinks that because he's changed the name of AI, now all concerns expressed about it previously are a hoax. The illogic is breathtaking. (Note that in this clip he's also lying about economic growth.)
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Marlene Green @marlenegreen.bsky.social · 11h
@hcrichardson.bsky.social & @pkrugman.bsky.social talk about oil, gas, diesel and how Americans are viewed around the globe... Listen, Share widely and Be sure to Vote Early.... youtu.be/1_-Hj8MNd4k?...
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Donald's Diesel Disaster | Lunch Money with Paul Krugman and Heather Cox
YouTube video by Paul Krugman
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Miaganga @miaganga.bsky.social · 18h
💔🕯️No Justice No peace.
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kenofseattle @kenofseattle.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 15h
TILLIS: can the classified documents case be brought again in the future? JACK: we dismissed it without prejudice YESSSSS
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