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Craig F @cfoh.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Add this to the giant, steaming pile of ethical violations and literal laws broken by the Con Man-in-Chief.

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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

There have been so many impeachable offenses, but lying about how you were a hero on a day that 2,753 people died in NYC in the 9/11 disaster—when you were on the other side of town, safely calling local media to brag about how you now had the tallest downtown building—is such a despicable one

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Craig F @cfoh.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

A terrific (and terrifying) case study of what Chinese firms are willing to do, if not encouraged by the Chinese government to do, to "compete" with, and steal market share from, companies outside China. This is just one of many examples of pilferism as policy. www.tomshardware.com/pc-component...

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Chinese chipmaker CXMT allegedly used a written roadmap to steal Samsung DRAM tech — South Korean court says 'Project Hefei' lifted 620-step recipe to build 10% global market share

If the allegations hold, the move was geopolitcs-scale plan worthy of Dr. Evil himself.

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Craig F @cfoh.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

A truly stunning account of greed and corruption, even for #Ohio Republicans, who unashamedly sell out citizens' interests to any corporations who come asking for tax breaks and offering campaign donations (if not cash) in return. No more single-party rule! ohiocapitaljournal.com/2026/08/28/o...

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Ohio politicians welcomed unregulated data centers by the hundreds. Ohio citizens are fighting back. • Ohio Capital Journal

A revolt is spreading across Ohio against the race to build more sprawling data centers here than anywhere else. Ohio politicians welcomed unregulated, massive computing facilities that deplete energy...

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Craig F @cfoh.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

Your gas car, your diesel truck -- they contribute to displaced communities & lost species the same way a lit cigarette contributes to lung cancer risks for everyone around it. Reduce, if not eliminate, your reliance on fossil fuels, or accept your part of the blame. spacedaily.com/b-the-uns-ne...

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The UN's new assessment says global temperatures could be pulled back below 1.5C late this century, but the sea cannot be pulled back with them, because warm water expands and ice sheets keep shedding...

Even if humanity stops global warming mid-century, the oceans will keep rising for hundreds of years—a reckoning buried in the UN's otherwise hopeful new climate roadmap.

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Craig F @cfoh.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

"NHTSA estimated its proposal would cut new vehicle costs by $930 each. But it would increase fuel consumption by around 100 ⁠billion gallons through 2050, fuel spending by $185 billion and carbon dioxide emissions by about 5%." Only a moron would make that deal. www.reuters.com/world/us-ann...

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US to announce sharply lower vehicle fuel economy requirements

The Trump administration will soon announce sharply lower vehicle fuel-economy standards, reversing a push by the prior administration to force automakers to build more fuel-efficient vehicles, Trans...

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Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

This is pretty fucking wild. I had assumed in a worst case scenario he would target blue zip codes and toss ballots based on technicalities but this is even worse than I imagined.

Not only is this system astonishingly untested, USPS has simultaneously implemented an
impracticable zero percent failure rate.
13 When ballots are submitted to USPS in large-volume
batches, if any one ballot in the batch cannot be verified against the Portal, all ballots in that
batch will be rejected. For example, if a state election official brings a batch of 10,000 ballots to
USPS and USPS is unable to match just one of those ballots against the Portal – because, for
example, someone has recently changed their name after marriage or they’ve moved – then
USPS would refuse to mail the remaining 9,999 ballots as well. As the whistleblower notes,

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Craig F @cfoh.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

More and more people who have long thought they were "upper middle class" or even "lower upper class" --- generally "yeah, I'm doing fine" --- are starting to feel squeezed by Trump's war economy. Maybe gas or groceries suddenly became noticeably expensive to them. Whatever it is...

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Gravel Influencer @gravelinfluencer.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

This story is a great reminder of how silly the "both sides" coverage around bike infrastructure is. On one side we have saving lives, reducing pollution, increasing mobility, and improving quality of life. On the other side we have "But my parking!" and toxic masculinity.

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Craig F @cfoh.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

Consider this: A billionaire could give $100,000 away each and every day for 25 years straight and still have over $80 million left (and that doesn't even include interest income) #nobillionaires

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Drew Scanlon @drewscanlon.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

Hi Internet! I'm Drew and THIS IS MY FACE. If this GIF has ever brought you joy in the past, I humbly ask you to consider making a donation to the National MS Society. It would mean a lot to me and to those I know affected by the disease! Donate at blinkingguy.com

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Joe Walsh @walshfreedom.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

“In other words, the U.S. government now spends more money just on interest on the debt that it does to fund the entire U.S. military or to provide health care for seniors.”👇

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Craig F @cfoh.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

I just heard the biggest thunderclap of my entire life. Like terrifyingly loud. Weather in Cincinnati has gone off the rails this year -- record rainfall, record heat, record storm intensity -- and I fear it's the new normal.

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Craig F @cfoh.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

The US' approach to many things -- largely because of a disturbingly obsessive devotion to capitalism -- is putting unreasonable economic pressures on nearly all Americans, threatening the very fabric of our society. Healthcare is an essential service, not a luxury. www.cbsnews.com/news/hospita...

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Hospitals push for upfront payments as patient deductibles and out-of-pocket costs rise

Hospitals and other medical providers are increasingly asking for payment before providing care, collecting more of what patients might owe.

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Craig F @cfoh.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

Every change the Trump administration proposes makes things worse for consumers and better for companies. Every. Single. One. And this is no different. And imagine being the airline lobbyist who has to admit his company wants more leeway to mislead customers. www.cbsnews.com/news/dot-air...

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Feds could scrap rules requiring airlines to disclose airfares in full

A Transportation Department proposal could obscure the cost of a plane ticket, aviation experts warn. Here's what to know.

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Craig F @cfoh.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

Calling wind power "dangerous to wildlife," when the fossil fuels energy Trump advocates is literally terminating species annually, is yet another example of the substantial long-term harm this con man and his flunkies are doing to the world. www.bbc.com/news/article...

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US strikes $1.2bn deal to pay German firm to halt offshore wind projects

The RWE payout is the latest in a string of deals cancelling wind energy projects, a power source long derided by Trump.

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Craig F @cfoh.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

This administration continues to plumb the depths of absurdity and uselessness, this time by calling bike lanes "DEI" and removing them from recommended and federally funded traffic safety initiatives. The cartoonish villainy would be amusing if it weren't so harmful. www.npr.org/2026/07/16/n...

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Bike lanes and speed cameras disappear from the DOT's list of proven safety measures

The Federal Highway Administration quietly stripped bike lanes and other safety recommendations from a key list of best practices. Critics say those measures are proven to cut crashes and save lives.

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Craig F @cfoh.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

Quite literally socializing the harms while privatizing the profits.

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Craig F @cfoh.bsky.social · 03/07/2026

New: The 5 Attributes of the Ideal Personal Transportation (and which one comes closest to hitting all five) medium.com/p/the-5-attr...

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The 5 Attributes of the Ideal Personal Transportation

And which one comes closest to hitting all five

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Adam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 03/07/2026

The right-wing attack on birthright citizenship is not just about birthright citizenship itself. As MAGA’s reaction to the Supreme Court ruling proves, it is part of their opposition to a broader ideal, that “All men are created equal.” www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...

Elsewhere, less tactful conservatives expressed directly what the dissenting justices chose to do in euphemism. Stephen Miller, who runs immigration policy for the Trump administration, told Fox News that “we have people from all over the world, from third-world nations, nations that on their own would have never invented the wheel, let alone modern technology, let alone medicine, let alone air travel.” He went on: “They can just come into the country, have a baby at a hospital paid for by you and me, and then that baby is automatically a citizen? That baby can sit on a jury when he turns 18 and sit in judgment of you and sit in judgment of me and sit in judgment of our loved ones? Can decide who our mayors are? Our governors are? Our presidents are?” Miller’s long-standing view is that what ruined America was the repeal of eugenics-inspired immigration restrictions that had banned immigration from Asia and Africa and from nations in Europe deemed to be composed of lesser white races.

There is very little difference between Miller’s position—if you come from a “Third World nation,” you are inferior—and that of antebellum Democrats and the opponents of the Fourteenth Amendment at the time it was adopted: American citizenship is degraded by having to share it with the biologically inferior. The justices are elite lawyers with the ability to obfuscate this project and ignore its aims, but the rest of us need not pretend. To put it bluntly, Miller’s objection, as articulated here, is not to birthright citizenship. It is to the idea that “all men are created equal.”

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Craig F @cfoh.bsky.social · 03/07/2026

How do you know when your devotion to capitalism is too extreme? Maybe when it makes you a global outlier in your willingness to let companies require people to work every single week without a break. Source: www.axios.com/2026/07/02/v...

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Craig F @cfoh.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

This makes me think that maybe, as Americans approach this Independence Day, that it might be our patriotic duty to send sternly worded emails to government bureaucrats detailing our dissatisfaction with their attempts to undermine our civil liberties. www.npr.org/2026/07/01/n...

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Months after he sent a harsh email to ICE, agents tracked him to his home and a hotel

Federal agents went to a Rochester man's home to warn him that an email he sent five months ago could be an illegal threat. He was on vacation but another agent found his hotel hundreds of miles away.

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Craig F @cfoh.bsky.social · 27/06/2026

This administration seems to want to strip us of our Constitutional rights at every opportunity. That is the way of fascists, whose hold on power is incompatible with everyday citizens being permitted to do and say things outside their control. www.npr.org/2026/06/26/n...

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She posted about ICE. Five months later, DHS agents told her to take her post down

In January, Paigelynne Gonyea posted about the immigration surge in Minneapolis. This week, she was visited by ICE officials who claimed one of her posts had doxxed a federal agent.

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Craig F @cfoh.bsky.social · 27/06/2026

One of the many reasons Ohioans pay too much for electricity is the state regulatory agency -- long controlled by Republicans deeply funded by the fossil fuels industry -- regularly kills initiatives that would produce cheap, clean energy. signalohio.org/clark-county...

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Clark County solar farm is eighth killed by Ohio officials since 2020 - Signal Ohio

Ohio Power Siting Board rejects a solar farm developers say could power 33,000 homes. It's the latest of eight rejected solar farms in Ohio.

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Seth Abramson @sethabramson.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

There is no reason to be concerned about this. History gives us precisely no examples of would-be authoritarians using fake emergencies as cover for seizing absolute power. My suggestion would be for all Americans and especially all politicians in Washington to continue doing whatever they're doing.

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Craig F @cfoh.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

When political ideology overrides scientific consensus, it can be fatal and undermine national security. #Vaccines save lives, protect public health, and are essential for maintaining vital functions. And politics shouldn't get in the way of that.

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Craig F @cfoh.bsky.social · 22/06/2026

Extreme wealth inequality is a destabilizing force, undermining the economy and making our society both more fragile and more susceptible to manipulation and corruption. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

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Condemned to plutocracy? The relentless rise of US inequality

Elon Musk is a beneficiary of America’s lopsided prosperity – does the country have any appetite for redistribution?

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Craig F @cfoh.bsky.social · 20/06/2026

"Two solar facilities built on rehabilitated agricultural land were restored with native plants. Argonne researchers observed pollinators thrive." Solar power, when smartly built, can improve agriculture *and* provide clean, pollution-free, low-cost energy. www.anl.gov/article/inse...

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Insect populations flourish in the restored habitats of solar energy facilities

Researchers at Argonne National Laboratory studied how insect communities responded to newly established habitats on solar energy facilities built on retired agricultural land. At the end of five year...

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Craig F @cfoh.bsky.social · 17/06/2026

You just know that, if it were up to him, Hegseth would have granted himself the title of "God of War" and he'd show up to the Pentagon every day in full Roman gladiator costuming.

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Craig F @cfoh.bsky.social · 10/06/2026

The shift to sustainable energy sources -- better for both the environment and our wallets -- continues despite conservatives' continuing support of dirty fossil fuels. electrek.co/2026/06/09/s...

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Solar beats coal in the US electricity mix for the first month ever

Solar generated more US electricity than coal for the first time ever in May 2026 as coal’s decline accelerated, according to Ember.

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Craig F @cfoh.bsky.social · 10/06/2026

Anti-renewable-energy politics in Ohio have caused us to remain needlessly dependent on fossil fuels, harming both the environment and our bank accounts. www.canarymedia.com/articles/cle...

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Ohio has blocked a lot of wind and solar. Its residents pay the price.

The clean energy projects thwarted by state lawmakers could have gone a long way toward meeting spiking energy demand, lowering bills, and eliminating…

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ACLU @aclu.org · 09/06/2026

As the House Judiciary Committee continues the inquisition of SPLC today, we should all be concerned. We can't allow President Trump and his allies to abuse their power and retaliate against groups they don't like, or all of our civil liberties will pay the price.

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Trump Administration Indictment of Southern Poverty Law Center Puts Democracy at Risk

Indicting Southern Poverty Law Center, a major civil rights organization, is the Trump administration’s latest effort to punish groups it doesn't like.

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 05/06/2026

The world’s ten richest people — almost all Americans — saw their collective net worth increase by $220 billion in May. These ten people are now worth a combined $2.9 trillion. The bottom 50% of U.S. households, is worth $4.3 trillion. Wondering if inequality is out of control?

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Angry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 05/06/2026

Staggering levels of corruption. They’re using every possible lever of power to enrich themselves and their friends and families. And the “party of fiscal responsibility” simply doesn’t care.

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Craig F @cfoh.bsky.social · 01/06/2026

At some point, I hope to hell we realize that giving corporations unlimited political influence was a bad move.

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Craig F @cfoh.bsky.social · 01/06/2026

“It’s unfortunate that a lot of those folks sort of catastrophize everything for political gain,” LaRose said. “They try to make a fake controversy out of things.” Irony is officially dead. www.nbc4i.com/news/your-lo...

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Ohio secretary of state votes provisionally after overseas ballot unreturned

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) — Some Ohioans serving in the military overseas did not have their overseas ballots return in time for the May primary election, including Ohio’s top election offi…

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Craig F @cfoh.bsky.social · 31/05/2026

This administration continues to undermine everything that has been a source of strength and vitality in this country. They are ruled by a dark fear of what they do not understand, and sadly, they understand almost nothing. arstechnica.com/science/2026...

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Proposed new US funding rules: We can cancel any grant at any time

Peer review now optional, political staff would screen grants for forbidden topics.

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Craig F @cfoh.bsky.social · 29/05/2026

This is the result of two malicious trends in the US: (1) increasing wealth inequality & concentration, and (2) decreasing corporate regulation & oversight. And, frustratingly, each trend reinforces and amplifies the other. www.npr.org/2026/05/28/n...

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This is how close American households are to the financial edge

A new report shows that nearly half of U.S. households did not earn enough to cover their necessities in 2024.

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Craig F @cfoh.bsky.social · 28/05/2026

Was testing a new(ish) USB CD/DVD drive and just grabbed a random CD off my shelf to see if it could be read. Ended up being a Palm OS 5 compatibility CD from 2002. Man, I tell you what -- smartphones are really cool and powerful and all, but there are days when I truly miss my PalmPilot.

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Craig F @cfoh.bsky.social · 23/05/2026

The Discover feed from Google on Android devices (left of the Home screen) has one hugely troubling deficiency: You cannot tell it to stop serving up links to X posts. It seems impossible to follow a news source (because you want to see their stories) without being directed to their X posts. Why??

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Craig F @cfoh.bsky.social · 23/05/2026

Home ownership is associated with a 40x difference in household wealth between owners and renters. I suspect it will take the disappearance of most of the Boomer generation from home ownership roles to correct for the lack of inventory in US housing markets. www.cbsnews.com/news/parents...

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This factor may determine whether you ever build wealth. You have no control over it.

Landing a good-paying job may not be enough to buy a home. A new study finds family wealth plays an outsized role in who becomes a homeowner.

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Craig F @cfoh.bsky.social · 20/05/2026

College can be hard, and your professor can be nice. Those aren’t mutually exclusive 😁 share.google/s1NaJQhqZcWu...

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College can be hard, and your professor can be nice. Those aren’t mutually exclusive 😁

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