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Environmental Scientist. The social contract is actually a good thing.

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Julian @julian156.bsky.social · 23h
“A new creed is taking shape atop one of the world’s most contested holy places. Out goes the Judaism of the past 2,000 years- In comes a cult that seeks to revive Jewish power as it existed before Titus, son of the Roman emperor, conquered Jerusalem in 70AD and destroyed its temple.” Seems bad
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Middle East Dispatch newsletter: The new Judaism reshaping Israel — The Economist
A radical shift is taking place at Jerusalem’s holiest site, writes Nicolas Pelham, our Middle East correspondent
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Julian @julian156.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
To emphasize, these are not college students but high school students. France would rather tear gas children then increase their schools funding. Children are sadly almost always treated as second-class citizens around the world.
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Students and police clash as France struggles to quell school protests — Reuters
Riot police clashed with high school students in cities across France on Friday, as President Emmanuel Macron's government battled ​to contain increasingly violent protests over classroom conditions a...
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Julian @julian156.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Democrats should be pitching the 2028 Presidency on withdrawing from Iran completely, making whatever deal with Iran they can get, and returning energy prices back to some predictable price. They also need to emphasize it was an illegal war that the USA started and promise prosecutions and prison.
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Julian @julian156.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
There are so many laws that Democrats need to repeal, there should be a list of them all. Anything that even remotely relates to Tariffs Trump tried to use must be repealed first.
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Julian @julian156.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Trying to be an influencer in a White Supremacist movement (Nick Fuentes is a white supremacist) when you are not a white man is just delusional.
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She helped lead a far-right internet movement. Then it turned on her. — The Washington Post
Amy Dangerfield worked to become one of Nick Fuentes’s model “groypettes,” but a vicious fight left her grappling with the dark side of far-right fame.
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Julian @julian156.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
The libertarian @wsj.com publishing about the damage the lack of regulation in a new technology causes is incredibly ironic. Let me guess, they’ll next propose a “solution” that is just requiring parents to pay (privatize) for more services that will not really address the root cause.
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Middle-Schoolers Are Seeking Out AI Friends Instead of Real Human Ones — The Wall Street Journal
Young adolescents who turn to chatbots for companionship feel more lonely, new study says
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Josh Gerstein @joshgerstein.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
JUST IN: Trump White House says it is complying with Judge Timothy Kelly's order to restore passes/access to CNN/MSNOW/POLITICO reporters. Guidance was given to reverse ban at 710AM and they were back on by 907AM. Confiscated badges will be returned. Doc: storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
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#27 in CABLE NEWS NETWORK, INC. v. TRUMP (D.D.C., 1:26-cv-03287) – CourtListener.com
DECLARATION by STEVEN CHEUNG, SEAN M. CURRAN, DONALD J. TRUMP, SUSAN WILES. (Velchik, Michael) (Entered: 09/24/2026)
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Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Marco Rubio: “Iranians are radical religious lunatics.” Also: Have you met Paula White, the White House faith advisor?
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Julian @julian156.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Wasn’t Trump’s promise (oxymoron) that the Iran war would not be so bad because the USA would fill the gap? The disruption on the world would be as if EU imposed an export ban on ASML’s lithography machines or Taiwan on TSMC chips
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Trump administration prepares plan for 90-day diesel export ban, Politico reports — Reuters
The Trump administration is ​preparing a plan ‌to ban diesel exports for ​90 days, ​despite splits inside ⁠the administration ​and with the ​oil industry, in a bid to ​bring down ​energy prices weighi...
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Julian @julian156.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
“Former members who spoke to the Guardian also allege that teenage girls and young women were sexually exploited at Midtown… In at least one case, a former member said she believes that what happened to her could be described as sex trafficking.“
theguardian.com
Brendan Carr was a member of a rogue Alcoholics Anonymous group some labeled a ‘cult’
Carr was a member of the group in his teens and 20s. There is no evidence Trump’s powerful FCC chair participated in any inappropriate conduct
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Julian @julian156.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Gas (or I guess Diesel) prices having so much impact on US voter behavior is a bit depressing. None of the corruption, ICE camps, or genocide abroad seemingly moved the polling as much as just high gas prices.
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Julian @julian156.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Rapid intensification is the term the headline should use. It is a term meteorologists created (I am not sure when) to describe this increasingly common phenomenon due to climate change. It makes forecasting harder of course. #climate
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Hurricane Polo intensified to a Category 5 in less than a day — The Washington Post
The storm is expected to remain offshore, though it could fringe part of the coastline with low-end tropical-storm-force winds.
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Julian @julian156.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Insanity circular logic of GOP. These are the same farmland owners that voted Trump, they wanted this trade war “tough deal man President”, they knew who he was, and now they cry to be insulated by the effects. ‘Top Republicans tell Donald Trump to ban US diesel exports ahead of midterms’
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Top Republicans tell Donald Trump to ban US diesel exports ahead of midterms
Fuel price crisis triggered by president’s war in Iran rattles legislators from rural America’s heartlands
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Pam Keith @pamkeithdc.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
If you are attacking Doctors Without Borders or World Central Kitchen, you are wrong and can get fucked.
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Julian @julian156.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
It should all be seized by a future administration. This level of blatant, naked corruption of self-enrichment is probably larger, by dollar amount, than likely every previous president combined.
bloomberg.com
Trump Made 29,000 Securities Trades, More Than All of Congress
Donald Trump made nearly 29,000 securities trades in 17 months — more than every member of Congress combined. The stock-purchasing ban he’s pushing would leave him exempt
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Julian @julian156.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Le Monde conducted a poll on the French populace. The selection options allowed for multiple choice, and none of the top choices sound good for any establishment candidate. Le Pen is polling over 30% consistently in the first round too.
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RN Mayhem @mayhem1994.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Yeah, this is be life for every accomplice after the administration, they will literally be voting for thair lives and future. Get out there and cancel out their vote. Vote early and in-person to make this guys nightmare a reality.
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Julian @julian156.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
An illegal war.
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After 286 Days at Sea, Exhausted US Sailors Show the Strain of War
The USS Abraham Lincoln’s prolonged deployment is raising questions about US military readiness in the Pacific.
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Julian @julian156.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Democrats need to learn these Theocratic Fascists are enemies. “America’s pro-Israel lobby, including Jewish and Evangelical activists and key Republican leaders, to shore up support for Republican candidates ahead of an election that they fear could upend the decades-long US-Israel relationship.”
ft.com
Pro-Israel groups fight to help Republicans keep control of Congress
Supporters of Israel’s far-right government fear November’s midterm elections could mark major shift in country’s relationship with US
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Julian @julian156.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Furious was the highlight show for the year.
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Julian @julian156.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
These people have to pay for the “privilege” to not eat dog food every meal in ICE camps
english.elpais.com
The business of hunger in ICE centers: Migrants spend thousands of dollars to avoid eating ‘dog food’
Going hungry and having to offset it with food bought out of their own pockets are recurring complaints in reports and lawsuits against Immigration and Customs Enforcement
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Julian @julian156.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Chuck Schumer fundamentally does not know how to wield power to slow down Trump or put political pressure on the Executive Branch. He is utterly incompetent.
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House passes short-term funding bill to prevent a shutdown before the election — NBC News
The legislation, which already passed the Senate, now goes to President Donald Trump to become law, checking off the main item on Congress’ to-do list ahead of the midterms.
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Julian @julian156.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
New stadiums building luxury seating you’ll likely never afford using taxpayer money being the new normal shows how much corruption exists in constructing sports venues. We subsidize their luxury.
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American taxpayers have spent $33 billion on sports stadiums. They got fewer seats—and higher prices — FORTUNE
August 30, 2026, 9:26 AM ET Your local stadium owner may ask the city and state for some tax incentives to build a newer one with more amenities. When the Buffalo Bills open their $2.2 billion Highmar...
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Julian @julian156.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
“If the computers found that one ballot failed the check, even if it was a mistake, the Postal Service system would reject all the ballots in the mailing and send them back to the state.”
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USPS whistleblower alleges rushed mail ballot systems could disenfranchise voters — Votebeat
The anonymous whistleblower described the Postal Service’s work on systems as “secretive, rushed, chaotic, and fundamentally flawed.”
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Ricky Davila @therickydavila.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
A grand jury has found that corrupt fascist despot Ron DeSantis and his gang of crooks “misappropriated” $10M in taxpayer dollars by sending it to his wife’s fake charity. Misappropriated? No. That’s called theft, money laundering and fraud. He should be in jail, not posing as a governor.
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Julian @julian156.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
It should need no explanation why this article was written. Many today, who are the target of the USA’s internment camps were and still are supporting Trump and the White Supremacist GOP. The writer, Timothy Ryback, is a historian on Nazi Germany.
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The Jews Who Voted for Hitler — The Atlantic
What happened when members of a minority community cast its lot with a political leader who despised them
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Julian @julian156.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
This is the state of science in the USA under the GOP:
statnews.com
We quit the CDC last year. The problems we protested remain
How disease spreads and the risks and benefits of interventions are questions for science, not for ideology.
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Julian @julian156.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
Can we really call donations by the rich a gift if the rest of us subsidized? “In America alone [tax breaks for charity donations] are likely to cost over $70bn in forgone revenue in 2026 (roughly the GDP of Alaska).”
economist.com
Tax breaks for charity donations should be scrapped
They are a poor way to do good
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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 30/08/2026
Broken swing sets? Missing basketball nets? Have no fear, Renew Crew is here. Neighborhood parks are meant for recreation — not frustration. If it’s broken, this crew will fix it. If it’s run-down, they’ll renew it. Renew Crew: Coming soon to a park near you.
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WutTheWut😵‍💫 RBroeck🗳️💙 @wutthewut.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
Believe the science. It is literally written in stone. Vaccinate.
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Julian @julian156.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
At what point can we treat Climate Change denial with the seriousness and social repercussions that it deserves.
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Ricky Davila @therickydavila.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
To be clear, when the orange felon keeps talking about plans to have unregulated meat processing in the United States, he really means that he wants to begin poisoning the country’s food supply. Maybe it’s just me.
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Julian @julian156.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
Acknowledging climate change is “woke” now according to Pete Hegseth.
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West Point Professor Fired for Refusing to Lie About Climate Change — The New Republic
Dr. Adam Kalkstein is suing over his removal from the military academy.
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Julian @julian156.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
Nature being ignored, parceled, and sold off to private interests will be a major part of what this administration should be remembered for. California should not be allowing this, they clearly have the authority to do something. #climatechange
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Trump administration considers deal to give away small parcel of Yosemite
According to the News of the United States (NOTUS) outlet, the government has spent over a year looking for ways to transfer a small strip of land in the park to a company that is operated by a Nevada...
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Julian @julian156.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
I remember scientists called the Himalayas the “Third Pole” so the implications should be taken seriously.
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Nepal-Tibet flood catastrophe hints at Himalayas' warmer future
Glacier retreat and changing freeze-thaw cycles are contributing to slope instability
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Julian @julian156.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
I think based off the stories I read and observed that when you are young and very old are when birthdays matter the most.
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Julian @julian156.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
Remember the Federal Government will shutdown October 1, 2026 again because Trump is trying to force the SAVE (voter suppression) Act into the budget bills. Democrats can’t let that Act pass.
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Stand.earth @stand.earth · 27/08/2026
A glacial collapse in the Himalayas caused catastrophic flash floods in Nepal, killing at least 353 people and leaving more than 1,300 missing. The fossil-fueled climate crisis is leading to devastating disasters like this flood. 🧵 #GreenSky
theguardian.com
Nepal flash flood: death toll nears 400 amid warning of fresh danger from rising lake water – latest updates
Authorities say water rising at lake at site of disaster and it could burst
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Julian @julian156.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
They should call Arizona the Alfalfa State for how it seems to sacrifice everything for the sake of Alfalfa farmland owners. I wonder if these farmers have a sense of shame…
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In the Arizona Desert, Where Your Neighbor Is an Alfalfa Farm
Water resource “hedge funds” and corporate farms are running the desert dry.
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Julian @julian156.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
First Dolly, now Tim Curry. RIP to both.
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Tim Curry, Outlandish Star of 'The Rocky Horror Picture Show,' Dies at 80 — The Hollywood Reporter
The three-time Tony nominee terrified audiences in Stephen King's 'It' and was a prolific voice actor as well.
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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Watters: Do you think men should play in women’s sports? El-Sayed: I'm running for U.S. Senate. I'm out here trying to take on the health care crisis and big pharma, and you're asking me about who gets to play what sports
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Julian @julian156.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
This could be very bad…
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Supreme Court Sides With Trump for Now on His Mail Ballot Curbs
The US Supreme Court sided with President Donald Trump for now over his plan to use the Postal Service to impose broad new restrictions on the distribution of mail ballots.
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Julian @julian156.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
Discrimination is the right wing’s means to protect “their” people. It always has been.
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Trump Devises New $100,000 H-1B Visa Fee After Defeat in Court
A federal court struck down the Trump administration’s attempt to put a $100,000 fee on visas for some highly-skilled foreign workers in June. Now the administration is trying again — this time throug...
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Ricky Davila @therickydavila.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
I can’t be the only one who has noticed massive power outages happening much more often in only predominantly Black populated areas in red states at a time when those particular areas are having their power grids strained by data centers. PAY ATTENTION.
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Julian @julian156.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
You can see Taylor Sheridan become a worse writer, director, and even just storytelling with time.
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Julian @julian156.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
I don’t know how lucky it is for the USA all of these important trade partners have not unified yet. Imagine if the UK or possibly the EU made a trade pact with Canada.
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Canada Sees Long Trade War With US That May Last Beyond Midterms
Prime Minister Mark Carney’s government sees little chance of resuming talks with President Donald Trump before the midterm elections after trade negotiations collapsed, according to people familiar w...
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Abdul El-Sayed @abdulelsayed.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
No new data centers until we have federal guardrails.
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 22/08/2026
BREAKING: Canadian PM Mark Carney suspends all trade negotiations with the U.S. after “unfair, uneconomic” last-minute changes to the deal. At midnight the U.S. will implement a 50% tariff on ~$28 billion of Canadian goods, and now, Canada will match it dollar-for-dollar.
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Julian @julian156.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
The global COVID-19 Vaccine R&D funding during the COVID-19 Pandemic accelerated mRNA vaccines probably a decade at least.
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Moderna and Merck say mRNA cancer vaccine succeeded in late-stage melanoma trial
A personalized mRNA cancer vaccine succeeded in a late-stage melanoma study, results that could herald a new, powerful approach in oncology.
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Abdul El-Sayed @abdulelsayed.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
Does it ever feel like you're in a cage being watched? Well, you are. By Flock cameras, thanks to Mike Rogers.
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