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Polyglot, XP software engineer by day, concerned American citizen by night. I believe it is my civic duty to stay informed and share what I learn.

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jaresty.bsky.social @jaresty.bsky.social · 11/01/2026
Fascinating. apple.news/AVSl4ZHnDQXy...
apple.news
China Builds Wild Gravity Machine — Futurism
It's so powerful, it can compress space and time. China has unveiled an extremely powerful “hypergravity machine” that can generate forces almost two thousand times stronger than Earth’s regular gravi...
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jaresty.bsky.social @jaresty.bsky.social · 11/01/2026
Cool. apple.news/Af7vPMkw1T0W...
apple.news
Behold This Massive Airborne Wind Turbine Hovering Over China — Futurism
Absolutely massive. If you thought ground-based wind turbines were imposing, wait until you see what Chinese energy company Linyi Yunchuan has cooking. A video shared earlier today by Chinese journali...
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jaresty.bsky.social @jaresty.bsky.social · 24/10/2025
Nice. www.inc.com/sara-kiley-w...
inc.com
Microsoft Just Invested in a Cement Startup That Turns CO2 Into Literal Building Blocks
Fortera bolts on their tech to existing cement plants to create a greener product. Here's why it caught Microsoft's eye.
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jaresty.bsky.social @jaresty.bsky.social · 23/10/2025
Promising! www.anthropocenemagazine.org/2025/10/this...
anthropocenemagazine.org
This air filter could make your home (and everyone else’s) a carbon-capture plant
Engineers have made a nanofiber filter that fits in building ventilation systems and soaks up CO2 at lower cost than massive direct-air capture plants.
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jaresty.bsky.social @jaresty.bsky.social · 23/10/2025
Hopeful: www.wsj.com/business/ene...
wsj.com
We Finally Know How to Get the One Renewable Energy Source Loved by Both Parties
Geothermal energy comes closer to competing with natural gas on cost and reliability, boosters say, thanks to new technologies, generous tax incentives and decades of fundamental research.
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jaresty.bsky.social @jaresty.bsky.social · 11/10/2025
interestingengineering.com/energy/china... Impressive.
interestingengineering.com
China's dual-tower solar-thermal plant launched in Gobi Desert
China has switched on its first dual-tower solar-thermal power station, using concentrated heat to generate power even after sunset.
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jaresty.bsky.social @jaresty.bsky.social · 02/10/2025
🤔 www.theguardian.com/news/2025/oc...
theguardian.com
A critique of pure stupidity: understanding Trump 2.0
If the first term of Donald Trump provoked anxiety over the fate of objective knowledge, the second has led to claims we live in a world-historical age of stupid, accelerated by big tech. But might th...
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jaresty.bsky.social @jaresty.bsky.social · 20/09/2025
Eye opening youtu.be/RP8Oxe6OxJc?...
youtu.be
I Took Bernie Into Deep Trump Country. Can He Win Them Over?
YouTube video by More Perfect Union
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Mark Cuban @mcuban.bsky.social · 07/09/2025
www.businessinsider.com/ai-training-...
businessinsider.com
Inside the lucrative, disturbing world of humans training AI chatbots
There are no ghosts in the AI machine — just legions of hidden humans training chatbots to act more like us.
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jaresty.bsky.social @jaresty.bsky.social · 05/09/2025
Good news for air quality in California www.kcra.com/article/hydr...
kcra.com
Nation's first hydrogen-fueled train unveiled in West Sacramento
West Sacramento has become home to the nation's first hydrogen-powered zero-emission locomotive, a development that could transform freight movement in California and the country.
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jaresty.bsky.social @jaresty.bsky.social · 04/09/2025
Fun elevenlabs.io/sound-effects
elevenlabs.io
Free AI Sound Effect Generator | Text to Sound Effects | ElevenLabs
Generate any sound imaginable from a text prompt with our AI sound effect generator. Create royalty free sound effects, and ambient audio.
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jaresty.bsky.social @jaresty.bsky.social · 01/09/2025
Smart. www.wsj.com/tech/ai/chin...
wsj.com
China Has a Different Vision for AI. It Might Be Smarter.
Xi Jinping is pushing the country’s tech industry to build practical, low-cost tools that boost the country’s efficiency and can be marketed easily.
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jaresty.bsky.social @jaresty.bsky.social · 31/08/2025
This is an unexpected twist. I’m in favor of transparency but not surveillance. But in this case, it seems that the administration is in a bind given they are trying to avoid regulating AI but also don’t want ICE officers to be publicly known. Interesting. www.politico.com/news/2025/08...
politico.com
AI is unmasking ICE officers. Can Washington do anything about it?
A new twist in the debate over surveillance tech raises tough questions for policymakers.
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jaresty.bsky.social @jaresty.bsky.social · 30/08/2025
Impressive. www.sustainability-times.com/energy/heat-...
sustainability-times.com
"Heat Beyond Control": Scientists Recoil As China’s Fusion Reactor Hits 100 Million Degrees In Unprecedented Artificial Sun Achievement - Sustainability Times
China's recent breakthrough in nuclear fusion has captured global attention with its potential to revolutionize energy production. The Experimental Advanced
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jaresty.bsky.social @jaresty.bsky.social · 26/08/2025
Seems like a smart idea austinvernon.site/blog/standar...
austinvernon.site
Building Ultra Cheap Energy Storage for Solar PV - Austin Vernon's Blog
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jaresty.bsky.social @jaresty.bsky.social · 19/08/2025
I worry about this. www.theatlantic.com/technology/a...
theatlantic.com
AI Is a Mass-Delusion Event
Three years in, one of AI’s enduring impacts is to make people feel like they’re losing it.
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jaresty.bsky.social @jaresty.bsky.social · 15/08/2025
Gives me hope: www.abc.net.au/news/2025-08...
abc.net.au
China's green energy boom could spell the end of the fossil fuel age
China has put its economic might behind renewable technologies in a desire to stop relying on imported fossil fuels.
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jaresty.bsky.social @jaresty.bsky.social · 14/08/2025
This opens up some new possibilities. Love the innovation. www.popularmechanics.com/science/ener...
popularmechanics.com
In an Energy Breakthrough, Scientists Just Pulled Electricity Out of Thin Air
Scientists have unveiled a breakthrough device that transforms moisture from the air directly into electricity—no moving parts required.
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jaresty.bsky.social @jaresty.bsky.social · 14/08/2025
I have a hard time imagining this is politically feasible. www.wsj.com/tech/ai/univ...
wsj.com
What Musk, Altman and Others Say About AI-Funded ‘Universal Basic Income’
Silicon Valley’s latest buzzword envisions a future in which AI generates a surge of new wealth shared among the masses.
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jaresty.bsky.social @jaresty.bsky.social · 10/08/2025
Makes sense to me www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
theatlantic.com
Trump’s Unforgivable Sin
Voters have proved willing to tolerate corruption, but there’s one thing they won’t ignore.
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jaresty.bsky.social @jaresty.bsky.social · 07/08/2025
Incredibly sketchy: www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
rollingstone.com
Govt. Website 'Glitch' Removes Trump's Least Favorite Part of Constitution
Trump is trying to take over the Library of Congress, but its website already deleted a part of the Constitution that Trump officials don’t like.
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jaresty.bsky.social @jaresty.bsky.social · 01/08/2025
If you fire the messengers of bad news, you will undermine confidence in the system. An economy where you can’t trust the numbers being reported will result in businesses that need stability looking elsewhere since investors will find it difficult to evaluate them. www.cnbc.com/amp/2025/08/...
cnbc.com
Trump fires commissioner of labor statistics after weaker-than-expected jobs figures slam markets
Trump accused BLS Commissioner Erika McEntarfer of being a political appointee who was manipulating jobs data.
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Gergely Orosz @gergely.pragmaticengineer.com · 27/07/2025
Amusing use of LLMs at a more traditional company: “A project with ~50 people got stuck. There are too many JIRA tickets, no clear specification, and anytime one team tries to make progress, the others shoot it down. So a dev built an LLM to try and break the deadlock: (cont’d)
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jaresty.bsky.social @jaresty.bsky.social · 24/07/2025
Aren’t these two goals in direct conflict? “Reducing partisan bias” is a form of regulation. www.bbc.com/news/article...
bbc.com
Trump unveils AI Action Plan aims to cut red tape and 'partisan bias' - BBC News
The White House says its roadmap will boost US innovation, but critics call it a giveaway to Big Tech.
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jaresty.bsky.social @jaresty.bsky.social · 24/07/2025
Smart www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
washingtonpost.com
Opinion | Here’s the best response to Trump’s tariffs
Want lower trade barriers? Then be the change you seek.
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Democracy Action Network @democracyactionnet.bsky.social · 24/07/2025
Thousands of people have signed a petition blasting CBS’ decision to cancel ‘The Late Show’ with Stephen Colbert, a move that is earning the broadcaster and its parent company criticism and accusat...
thehill.com
Thousands sign ‘Save Colbert’ petition ahead of rally
Thousands of people have signed a petition blasting CBS’ decision to cancel ‘The Late Show’ with Stephen Colbert, a move that is earning the broadcaster and its parent company cri…
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jaresty.bsky.social @jaresty.bsky.social · 23/07/2025
Curious www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
theatlantic.com
Trump’s Epstein Denials Are Ever So Slightly Unconvincing
The president is not behaving like an innocent man with nothing to hide.
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jaresty.bsky.social @jaresty.bsky.social · 23/07/2025
This confusion is significant. www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
washingtonpost.com
Opinion | Does Trump understand what ‘the West’ is? Does the West itself know?
Understanding what ‘the West’ is would, for one thing, mean preventing Ukraine’s dismemberment.
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jaresty.bsky.social @jaresty.bsky.social · 22/07/2025
Horrifying
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Congresswoman Pramila Jayapal @jayapal.house.gov · 22/07/2025
Denied medical care. Abused by guards. Forced to eat off the ground. Trump’s ICE is treating immigrants as less than human. This must end and there has to be accountability. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
theguardian.com
Migrants at Ice jail in Miami made to kneel to eat ‘like dogs’, report alleges
Incident in which migrants were shackled with hands tied one of succession of alleged abuses at jails in Florida
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jaresty.bsky.social @jaresty.bsky.social · 21/07/2025
Fascinating-I learned a few things from this. www.vox.com/politics/418...
vox.com
Liberalism’s enemies are having second thoughts
Why Trump 2.0 is giving some anti-liberals second thoughts.
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jaresty.bsky.social @jaresty.bsky.social · 21/07/2025
Problematic thehill.com/regulation/c...
thehill.com
DOJ rocked by wave of Trump firings
The Department of Justice (DOJ) has been rocked by a wave of recent firings, a sign the administration is not done culling the ranks of career officials as it seeks to shape the department under a …
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jaresty.bsky.social @jaresty.bsky.social · 21/07/2025
Exciting www.thecooldown.com/green-tech/a....
thecooldown.com
Scientists achieve incredible breakthrough with 'artificial leaf' energy device: 'Critical milestone'
Scientists created an artificial leaf that can produce hydrogen fuel from sunlight and water, offering a clean energy alternative.
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jaresty.bsky.social @jaresty.bsky.social · 20/07/2025
The reaction to MAGA is worldwide. This is playing with fire, no joke. www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2...
telegraph.co.uk
Restore power to the emperor, says leader of Japan’s rising hard-Right
How Donald Trump-inspired politician is turning the country’s politics on its head
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Mark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 18/07/2025
Dear @stephencolbert.bsky.social, Thanks for all the years of speaking truth to power & finding the funny in fascism. Looking forward to following you wherever you land, Your fan, Mar🐫
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jaresty.bsky.social @jaresty.bsky.social · 18/07/2025
So sad.
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jaresty.bsky.social @jaresty.bsky.social · 18/07/2025
Depressing. This is one of my favorite shows. Will miss it. www.cbsnews.com/amp/news/the...
cbsnews.com
"The Late Show with Stephen Colbert" to end in May 2026
"The Late Show" franchise will "end its historic run in May 2026 at the end of the broadcast season," CBS said.
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jaresty.bsky.social @jaresty.bsky.social · 17/07/2025
Seems accurate to me thehill.com/opinion/whit...
thehill.com
The Epstein fallout finally reveals Trump’s Achilles heel
MAGA conspiracy theorists are struggling to explain why Trump is hiding evidence of Jeffrey Epstein’s crimes, which undermines the trust Trump has with his base and provides Democrats with a …
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jaresty.bsky.social @jaresty.bsky.social · 16/07/2025
Here is a perfect example on why preventing all regulation of AI (which was in the original big beautiful bill) directly conflicts with some conservative opinions (for example, requiring age verification to access pornography). Weird times. www.theverge.com/ai-artificia...
theverge.com
I spent 24 hours flirting with Elon Musk’s AI girlfriend
No shower can ever make me feel clean again.
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jaresty.bsky.social @jaresty.bsky.social · 16/07/2025
Riveting www.npr.org/2025/07/16/n...
npr.org
As Republicans call for transparency into Epstein probe, Trump lashes out
In a post to Truth Social on Wednesday morning, Trump railed against Democrats, and some of his own supporters, calling the furor over the Epstein case a "hoax."
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jaresty.bsky.social @jaresty.bsky.social · 16/07/2025
Cool.
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jaresty.bsky.social @jaresty.bsky.social · 15/07/2025
Cool stuff spectrum.ieee.org/darpa-optica...
spectrum.ieee.org
Laser Power Beaming Sets New Distance Record
Laser power beaming just hit a new record. How did DARPA achieve 800 watts over 8.6 km? Dive into the details of this innovative feat.
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jaresty.bsky.social @jaresty.bsky.social · 11/07/2025
Alarmimg www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
theatlantic.com
America Has Never Seen Corruption Like This
Trump’s Qatari jet was just the beginning.
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jaresty.bsky.social @jaresty.bsky.social · 10/07/2025
A different perspective on ICE. Worth reading. www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
theatlantic.com
Trump Loves ICE. Its Workforce Has Never Been So Miserable.
A “mission impossible” deportation campaign has left many employees burned out and morally conflicted.
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jaresty.bsky.social @jaresty.bsky.social · 10/07/2025
Wow www.vox.com/politics/419...
vox.com
Trump quietly claimed a power even King George wasn’t allowed to have
A truly scary new revelation about Trump’s effort to circumvent the TikTok ban.
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jaresty.bsky.social @jaresty.bsky.social · 10/07/2025
Scary
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jaresty.bsky.social @jaresty.bsky.social · 10/07/2025
This makes me so angry… this law is literally the only reason I feel somewhat ok eating eggs in California. American farming practices are cruel to animals but the cruelty has been hidden or normalized. www.sfchronicle.com/politics/art...
sfchronicle.com
Trump’s DOJ blames egg prices on California in new lawsuit
The Trump administration sued California over egg prices, claiming the state’s law protecting hens and pigs from being kept in small cages has driven costs skyward and violates U.S. farming laws.
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jaresty.bsky.social @jaresty.bsky.social · 09/07/2025
Eye opening
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jaresty.bsky.social @jaresty.bsky.social · 09/07/2025
😡
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jaresty.bsky.social @jaresty.bsky.social · 07/07/2025
This is scary
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