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ericharlow.bsky.social @ericharlow.bsky.social · 10h
www.reuters.com/world/trump-... The election is near and Republicans are losing so Trump is trying to find ways to bribe people. Funny how it's only right before election that he's doing this. Billionaires gets money all year long and some seniors get $90.
reuters.com
Trump says US to send one-time $90 payment to 20 million seniors enrolled in Medicare
The payment to more than 20 million people is the latest promise the president has made to voters heading into the November midterms that will decide which party controls Congress.
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ericharlow.bsky.social @ericharlow.bsky.social · 21h
www.politico.com/news/2026/10... Trump threatens to cut diesel exports so Europe releases some fuel reserves. Europe is pissed. It's a naked attempt to bring down prices Trump pushed up. Trump makes enemies everywhere.
politico.com
‘Blackmail’: Europe fumes against White House demand for more diesel
White House strong-arming led to G7 countries announcing they would release 100 million barrels of diesel and crude oil from their strategic reserves.
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ericharlow.bsky.social @ericharlow.bsky.social · 21h
arstechnica.com/tech-policy/... "You don't like data centers so we found $1 billion to help communities around data centers. iI's less than 1% of the amount we're investing in data centers, but this will shut you up, right?" $1 billion over five years vs $220 billion in 2026. Pocket change.
arstechnica.com
Amazon’s $1B plan to combat data center backlash draws more backlash
Amazon praised for ending NDAs but slammed for downplaying data center pollution.
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ericharlow.bsky.social @ericharlow.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
www.thenation.com/article/poli... Piece of shit Eric Schmitt hasn't apologized and went on the Charlie Kirk show to declare victory despite the proof that his "evidence" was totally wrong. Schmitt does care about the facts. He wants to make political points.
thenation.com
Eric Schmitt Deserves to Be Mocked Forever
In this week’s Elie v. U.S., our justice correspondent relives the senator’s glorious face-plant. Plus: why John Roberts also deserves our mockery.
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ericharlow.bsky.social @ericharlow.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
newrepublic.com/post/216161/... It's cute that Vance thinks struggling to pay for groceries and gas are little things. I guess if we all had billionaire friends, our lives would be so much bigger. He had two years. The budgets and policies are theirs. They've messed up.
newrepublic.com
Vance Says People Are Too Focused on “Little Things” Ahead of Midterms
You know, like being able to afford gas and groceries.
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ericharlow.bsky.social @ericharlow.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
finance.yahoo.com/markets/opti... Paramount's sold bonds onto the market. The company is carrying a huge amount of debt. It looks like a bunch of people are buying insurance on the debt in case it fails since they expect Paramount will struggle with the debt payments.
finance.yahoo.com
Paramount’s Record Bond Sale Has a Rough Opening Day
David Ellison’s $52 billion bond sale to buy Warner Bros. just got its first reviews
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ericharlow.bsky.social @ericharlow.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026... The Trump administration is supporting far right causes everywhere and doing it with money that was supposed to be for human rights. Most people in the US don't feel like they have human rights so why should any of the other countries?🤪
theguardian.com
Trump administration diverts human rights funds to push far-right agenda abroad
Support such as for white Afrikaners and anti-communism reveals how US is redefining what qualifies as human rights
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ericharlow.bsky.social @ericharlow.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
www.cnbc.com/2026/10/01/n... While the Trump administration goes anti-consumer, New York City is going pro-consumer. Might explain why Mamdani is popular and Trump is not.
cnbc.com
New York City's 'click to cancel' subscription rule takes effect, joining states with similar laws
The Big Apple joins a growing number of jurisdictions adopting 'click to cancel' rules as the future of a federal standard remains unsettled.
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ericharlow.bsky.social @ericharlow.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
thehill.com/homenews/hou... Republicans have the White House and both chambers of Congress and still feel like they don't have enough power to do everything that they want. People who believe these nutjob conspiracies should be run out of office. We need leadership and accountability.
thehill.com
GOP lawmaker: Nixon was ‘couped out of office,’ ‘framed’ during Watergate
Rep. Riley Moore (R-W.Va.) said Thursday that former President Nixon was “absolutely couped out of office” and added that he was “framed” during the infamous Watergate scandal. “We now know more ab…
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ericharlow.bsky.social @ericharlow.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
www.reuters.com/business/hea... We don't hear much about it, but Ebola is still out there kllling people. Death toll hit 4000 people. The disease spread is slowing a bit in some areas but there are thousands still infected and it looks like there will be thousands more deaths.
reuters.com
Congo's Ebola outbreak has killed more than 4,000, government data shows
The number of deaths in Democratic Republic ​of Congo's Ebola outbreak has surpassed 4,000, ‌government data showed on Friday, as the worst epidemic in the country's history resists containment effort...
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ericharlow.bsky.social @ericharlow.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
www.pewresearch.org/global/2026/... The news informs people. Social media as it exists leads to manipulation and division by design. Anger leads to engagement. Billionaires want to shape your views. Why do right wing billionaires own media companies? Fox, TikTok, Meta, newspapers, NewsMax, etc.
pewresearch.org
Across the Globe, People Increasingly Say Social Media Is Harming Democracy
Most think social media leads to manipulation and division, but they also say it informs people and gives them a voice in politics.
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ericharlow.bsky.social @ericharlow.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026... It seems like women need protecting at fraternities and not in bathrooms. Where are the right wing Republicans who want to protect women now? Or does it only matter if they can pretend that trans people are a bigger threat?
theguardian.com
Letitia James appointed special prosecutor in alleged gang-rape at Cornell
New York attorney general brought in by governor after recent questions raised over university’s 2024 investigation
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ericharlow.bsky.social @ericharlow.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
www.advocate.com/politics/nat... When JD Vance attacks James Talarico's faith as a cover, I think he is projecting his own use of religion as a cover. I don't believe JD Vance has any faith other than to Peter Thiel and his billionaire backers.
advocate.com
Newly Catholic JD Vance promotes his own faith, attacks James Talarico’s as a ‘cover’
He did it while campaigning for Republican Ken Paxton in Texas.
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ericharlow.bsky.social @ericharlow.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
apnews.com/article/chil... El Niño has brought the Atacama Desert to life for the first time in decades. The flowers are everywhere.
apnews.com
Earth’s driest desert is covered in wildflowers right now
Spring has arrived in the Southern Hemisphere, and even Chile's Atacama Desert is blossoming. Known as the driest nonpolar desert, it's now covered in flowers due to heavy rains from the El Niño weath...
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ericharlow.bsky.social @ericharlow.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
www.newsweek.com/republicans-... Spending money on Paxton is like putting lipstick on a pig. I really hope voters aren't swayed by the lies the Republicans will try and sell.
newsweek.com
GOP spending over $7m per day to try and save Ken Paxton in Texas
A Republican political action committee spent $131 million over 17 days supporting Ken Paxton's Senate bid, according to filings.
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ericharlow.bsky.social @ericharlow.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
thehill.com/homenews/adm... It's not often that I agree with Trump on something. For different reasons, of course. I want a court focused on rule of law and Trump dislikes it when they rule against him in any capacity.
thehill.com
Trump says he regrets nominating Gorsuch, Kavanaugh and Barrett
President Trump revealed in an interview published Thursday that he regrets nominating conservative Justices Neil Gorsuch, Brett Kavanaugh, and Amy Coney Barrett to the Supreme Court.  “Yeah. …
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ericharlow.bsky.social @ericharlow.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
nationalsecurityjournal.org/iran-just-go... Iran's leverage over the Strait is slipping slowly as the world finds alternative routes for Middle East oil and even alternatives for oil. The longer the Iran takes to find an agreement to end the war, the less leverage it ends up having.
nationalsecurityjournal.org
Iran Just Got Handed a Setback in the Strait of Hormuz: The Emirates Is Rerouting Its Oil to a Terminal That Sits Just Outside It
Gulf exporters keep finding ways around Iran's grip on the Strait of Hormuz, and one analyst argues Tehran's main leverage is slipping.
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ericharlow.bsky.social @ericharlow.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
www.theguardian.com/world/2026/s... Israel does not see the threat from right wing settlers as serious enough. It's ok to drive Palestinians from their homes. If it was Palestinians driving Israelis away from their homes, you can guarantee the response would be very different.
theguardian.com
Israeli forces overwhelmed by violent settlers in ‘terrorist attack’ on Palestinian family
Settler violence in West Bank makes everyday life ‘untenable’ for Palestinians, says ICRC after assault on family trying to return home in Jalud
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ericharlow.bsky.social @ericharlow.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
www.theguardian.com/environment/... Glacier? Oh, those things from movies? Glaciers disappearing should be a warning signal, but climate change is fake news, right?
theguardian.com
‘Explosion of melt rates’: 20% of Swiss glaciers lost in five years
Alpine regions in Europe experiencing extreme glacier collapse due to heat-trapping effects of fossil fuel pollution
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ericharlow.bsky.social @ericharlow.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
thehill.com/opinion/nati... Putin threatens NATO countries with nukes if they retaliate for the hybrid war he's engaging in. It's scaremongering by a weakened Putin years after the bleeding from the Ukraine war. Strong people don't have to use threats. Putin is on the verge of overplaying his hand.
thehill.com
Kaliningrad is just Putin’s red herring
Moscow is hellbent on messaging to NATO that Kaliningrad — its exclave that is nestled between Poland and Lithuania on the Baltic Sea — is the new nuclear red line in Europe. In the wake of “…
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ericharlow.bsky.social @ericharlow.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
www.allrecipes.com/pepsico-food... Better start eating healthier. Pepsi is increasing the prices (again) of their snacks. I have to wonder if Aldi can have a bag of chips under $2, why does Pepsi need to sell theirs for $6? The CEO needs another yacht?
allrecipes.com
PepsiCo Foods Just Announced a Big Change That Has Fans Swearing off the Brand for Good
PepsiCo is increasing prices on chips, soda, and more, just months after lowering prices on some chips following customer backlash. Here’s what the changes could mean for your grocery bill.
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ericharlow.bsky.social @ericharlow.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
www.nbcnews.com/business/con... StubHub is busy trying to find ways to screw you over. If they think you'll pay more, they'll charge you more. Other companies probably do this but they just haven't been caught.
nbcnews.com
For the same ticket on StubHub, different prices for different people
NBC News volunteers saw eight different prices for the exact same Harry Styles ticket on StubHub. The company said it’s running random price experiments.
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ericharlow.bsky.social @ericharlow.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
newrepublic.com/post/216016/... You can't always trust your AI chatbot especially if it comes from this administration. AI can be censored or made to lie or just be heavily biased by design (*cough* Grok). Not everyone is making honest AIs.
newrepublic.com
Trump Reprograms Government AI Chatbot to Stop Fact-Checking His Lies
Trump officials seem to have realized their AI chatbot was correcting the president’s biggest lies.
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ericharlow.bsky.social @ericharlow.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
www.newsweek.com/implosion-of... Eric Schmitt went from possible VP pick to doghouse so fast. How about not calling people dirtbags without evidence? How about double checking your evidence? How about an apology? How about admit Trump broke the law? The man is an embarrassment.
newsweek.com
The Implosion of Eric Schmitt
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ericharlow.bsky.social @ericharlow.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
newrepublic.com/post/216043/... DOJ goes after Minnesota judges after they publicly complain that the Trump administration’s disregard for court orders is a grave threat to the rule of law. As if going after the judges for speaking changes the facts. How about follow court orders?
newrepublic.com
DOJ Prepares to Investigate Nearly Every Federal Judge in Blue State
The Justice Department has filed a misconduct complaint against almost every district judge in Minnesota.
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ericharlow.bsky.social @ericharlow.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
www.cnbc.com/2026/09/30/k... Rather than pay taxes to ensure that education is funded, Ken Griffin moved to Florida to avoid paying taxes. He is funding a new Miami campus for $2 billion. I have more respect for wealthy people that actually pay their taxes AND donate money.
cnbc.com
Ken Griffin pledges $3 billion to Carnegie Mellon University in 'historic' gift
Citadel CEO Ken Griffin is committing $3 billion to Carnegie Mellon University, a "historic" gift that includes $2 billion to establish a new Miami campus.
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ericharlow.bsky.social @ericharlow.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
qz.com/meta-ai-data... Meta uses shady accounting to avoid paying taxes on data centers. Another reason to hate Meta and data centers. The IRS is unlikely to do anything about as they are understaffed and it's easier to go after poor taxpayers than corporations who have lots of lawyers.
qz.com
Meta cut its tax bill billions by labeling AI data centers experimental
The company's research tax credits trimmed $3.9 billion from its 2025 tax bill, up from $700 million in 2023
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ericharlow.bsky.social @ericharlow.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
rollcall.com/2026/09/29/t... It may be illegal but Congress is out and can't do anything about it.
rollcall.com
Trump’s funding cancellation violates budget law, GAO says
The Government Accountability Office reaffirmed its opinion Tuesday that “pocket rescissions” are illegal, dealing a modest blow to President Donald Trump’s announcement last week of plans to cancel $...
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ericharlow.bsky.social @ericharlow.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026... Republicans in Congress really don't want to hear about violence in the West Bank. They don't care about Americans that died there either as long as they get their AIPAC money. They seem to care more about Israel than Americans.
theguardian.com
US Senate blocks resolution demanding accountability over Israeli violence in West Bank
Nine American citizens have been killed by Israeli settlers or security forces in occupied West Bank since 2022
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ericharlow.bsky.social @ericharlow.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
newrepublic.com/post/215987/... "Love me" for ... stealing Homeland Security Funds. ... violating the Hatch act. ... screwing up the economy. ... for inflation. ... making billionaires richer. ... cutting healthcare. ... for corruption. And damn, there's not enough room for all the reasons.
newrepublic.com
Trump Stole Homeland Security Funds to Pay for His “Love Me” Ads
We now know where the money for Trump’s deranged ad campaign came from.
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ericharlow.bsky.social @ericharlow.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
www.inman.com/2026/09/29/m... Borrowing costs are surging all over as the bond market sells off. Mortgage rates hit 7.5% making housing even less affordable.
inman.com
Mortgage rates race past 7.5% as borrowing costs surge
Home mortgage rates have raced higher in a matter of days, as a sharp bond-market selloff sends borrowing costs surging.
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ericharlow.bsky.social @ericharlow.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
www.yahoo.com/news/politic... Right wing Republicans are mad an Arkansas ad about welfare depicted a white man. They said it would have been more believable if the man was black. Damn. It gets worse. Insane.
yahoo.com
Right-Wingers Are Mad Anti-Welfare Ad Isn’t Racist Enough
Sarah Huckabee Sanders has been attacked by her own party for depicting a lazy white guy named “Brad” in an ad about fraud
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ericharlow.bsky.social @ericharlow.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
gothamist.com/news/mamdani... The wealthy people with the money to pay extra taxes don't want to pay the pied-à-terre tax. You know they probably have experience avoiding all other taxes too.
gothamist.com
Mamdani must redo his pied-à-terre tax rollout, NY judge orders
A Staten Island judge ruled against the city in a lawsuit challenging the rollout of the new tax, a day after a billionaire casino mogul sued to invalidate it.
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ericharlow.bsky.social @ericharlow.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
www.politico.com/news/2026/09... Republicans tried to get Jack Smith to commit perjury and instead they fumbled and tried to make shit up. The difference between an experienced prosecutor with a sharp mind and partisan hacks who are used to going after easy targets. Smith 1, Republicans 0.
politico.com
Republicans wanted Jack Smith to give them a smoking gun. They got a gaffe instead.
The former special counsel’s appearance before the Senate Judiciary Committee was marked by personal insults rather than new revelations.
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ericharlow.bsky.social @ericharlow.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
apnews.com/article/jack... Special Counsel Jack Smith is a badass. He is ignoring threats from Trump and other Republicans and telling the Truth. Trump committed crimes. Trump's judges let him get away with it. Let the sparring begin.
apnews.com
Ex-special counsel Smith tells senators he won't 'be silenced' by Trump's threats of prosecution
A former Justice Department special counsel who brought two federal indictments against President Donald Trump has told lawmakers he “will not be silenced by continued threats of prosecution” from the...
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ericharlow.bsky.social @ericharlow.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
www.cnbc.com/2026/09/29/c... Consumer confidence took a big hit. Looks like high prices and the lack of decent jobs are affecting people hard right before the election. Perhaps high healthcare costs are also contributing to the lack of confidence.
cnbc.com
Consumer optimism slides to lowest since 2014 as fears escalate over rising prices and jobs
The Conference Board's Consumer Confidence Index tumbled to 81.9, a decline of 6.7 points and a reading well below the forecast for 89.
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ericharlow.bsky.social @ericharlow.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0... Biden averted a regional war in 2024. This talks about the complexities of keeping the peace when people want war and how Biden managed to calm things down. If only a certain other president had ways of calming down instead of resorting to escalation.
theatlantic.com
How Biden Averted a War With Iran
In April 2024, the U.S. military helped avoid a wider conflict in the Middle East by working with Israel to defeat an Iranian missile attack.
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ericharlow.bsky.social @ericharlow.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
www.theguardian.com/world/2026/s... War is hell. Russia makes it even worse by stealing supplies from civilians.
theguardian.com
‘Hell on earth’: last residents eat weeds to survive in Russian-occupied Oleshky
Ukrainian forces airdrop supplies to city where bodies are left to be eaten by dogs because of deadly risk from drones
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ericharlow.bsky.social @ericharlow.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
www.theguardian.com/world/2026/s... Russia is doubling down on war and increasing the number of troops in the army and using more North Korean troops as fodder. Losses on both sides are high. Europe needs to continue to support Ukraine as US support is flaky.
theguardian.com
Ukraine war briefing: Putin orders army expansion as Zelenskyy says more North Koreans to be deployed in Russia
Putin’s order comes as both Russian and Ukrainian forces suffer mounting casualties. What we know on day 1,679
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
I know Rahm Emanuel. I worked with him for years in the Clinton administration, and then when he was Obama’s chief of staff. Rahm Emanuel represents everything that’s been wrong about the Democratic Party for the last 30+ years. Be warned. robertreich.substack.com/p/the-rahm…
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ericharlow.bsky.social @ericharlow.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
newrepublic.com/post/215928/... Hey look. Voter fraud. Not found by Trump and his minions. And it's a MAGA Republican candidate doing voter fraud. Why is it the people screaming loudest about voter fraud are the ones doing the voter fraud?
newrepublic.com
Surprise! MAGA Candidate Convicted of Election Fraud
Turns out there is election fraud, after all.
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ericharlow.bsky.social @ericharlow.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
www.lgbtqnation.com/2026/09/a-sc... Bigots on the school board violated the open meetings law to push a change to ban rainbows. Probably because rainbows make people gay. The absurdity of hating rainbows because they make a marginalized group feel welcome is just beyond words.
lgbtqnation.com
A school board passed a blanket ban on rainbow imagery in schools. Students are suing. - LGBTQ Nation
When asked about Christian symbols and messaging, the board chair said, “I’m a Christian so that doesn’t bother me.”
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ericharlow.bsky.social @ericharlow.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026... The men behind the alleged bomb plot in the UK are released on bail. If they are terrorists, why aren't they still in jail? It seems suspicious that there isn't more concrete stuff being released and that they are walking free.
theguardian.com
Rubio says foreign actor was ‘clearly’ behind suspected RAF Fairford bomb plot
The US secretary of state offered no evidence for his claims, and also said many people were ‘disturbed’ that the five suspects had been released on bail
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ericharlow.bsky.social @ericharlow.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
www.theguardian.com/technology/n... The masses are skeptical about AI because they don't see how it helps them. They've seen layoffs from AI and the stagnant hiring that has dominated the AI era. The people building AI are making money and they don't want rules to get in the way.
theguardian.com
Democracy blindsides Silicon Valley’s power players looking to transform the world with AI
‘The push against datacenters speaks to the frustration of people who don’t feel they are making the choices in their lives’
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ericharlow.bsky.social @ericharlow.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
www.usatoday.com/story/news/w... Hurricane Polo may be falling apart but all that moisture is headed for the middle of the US. Some of that moisture is sorely needed but it's going to come in a deluge and it won't be fun. Be careful out there.
usatoday.com
Huge 'hybrid storm' will form over the US
The National Weather Service says tropical moisture will surge over the Southwest into the central U.S.
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ericharlow.bsky.social @ericharlow.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
floridatrib.org/2026/08/27/w... We should be in the business of convicting people of corruption. $10 million was stolen and it was laundered. Anyone else who stole that much would be behind bars even if they didn't admit there was a crime.
floridatrib.org
Where are they now? Key actors in Hope Florida scandal got promoted
Despite finding the $10 million was misappropriated, the grand jury said there was “insufficient evidence” to charge anyone criminally – because no one would admit to orchestrating the scheme.
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ericharlow.bsky.social @ericharlow.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
www.gadgetreview.com/the-internet... Flock CEO who doesn't think the public should have privacy doesn't like that his privacy is violated.
gadgetreview.com
The Internet Marked Flock Safety CEO's Home As A Public Toilet Online
Flock Safety CEO Garrett Langley faces online mockery over an allegedly blurred home, raising real questions about surveillance executives and personal privacy.
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ericharlow.bsky.social @ericharlow.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
www.washingtonpost.com/business/202... China's push to compete in high tech industries is leaving behind a lot of people. The numbers of gig workers is crazy and unemployment is high. China is equally stagnant as the benefits of the economy only go to a few.
washingtonpost.com
Why China’s economy may be headed for its worst year since 1991
Chinese influence is on the rise as President Xi Jinping arrives in D.C. this week, but millions of his citizens are stuck in dead-end jobs in a stagnant economy.
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ericharlow.bsky.social @ericharlow.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
realnarrativenews.com/editorial/fa... Meta has a habit of breaking the law and lying about it. Normally, no one would care but Meta makes so much money from breaking laws and lying that lawyers are now lining up to sue. If New Mexico wins, expect more lawsuits.
realnarrativenews.com
Facebook's Privacy Scandal Never Really Ended. New Mexico Just Reopened the Case.
A New Mexico jury found Facebook liable for 43,899,725 consumer-protection violations tied to what it told users about Cambridge Analytica. The $219.5 bill
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ericharlow.bsky.social @ericharlow.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
www.the-independent.com/news/world/a... Republicans seem to be ok with Trump spending government funds on self promotion. The guy is a billionaire but you can't pull a dime from between his butt cheeks. Everything he is doing is illegal and Republicans in Congress are complicit.
the-independent.com
Trump sparks outrage by ‘stealing’ from taxpayers for ads: ‘Completely illegal’
Experts rail against ‘corrupt’ use of public dollars for ‘political propaganda’ ahead of midterm elections
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