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Parker51

@parker51.bsky.social
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310.9 ppm. 🇺🇸🇬🇧🇺🇦 Books. Music. Act on climate. Protect biodiversity. End minority rule. End Citizens United. Reform SCOTUS. Ukraine to join NATO.

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Scott Kelley Ernest 🏳️‍🌈 🏳️‍⚧️ @mxscottkernest.bsky.social · 8h
BOMBSHELL: WaPo reports Trump's ads were funded with money meant for slain officers' funerals youtu.be/GwqOZ0eaoDI?...
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BOMBSHELL: WaPo reports Trump's ads were funded with money meant for slain officers' funerals
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Parker51 @parker51.bsky.social · 12h
Is anybody surprised by any of this? And by any realistic measure, America & tRump are in partnership with Putin here. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/02/w...
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Russia Is Planning Its Most Powerful Blow Yet to Try to Freeze Ukraine (Gift Article)
Ukraine showed European partners what it said were intercepted Russian plans to cut off major cities from power, heat and water this winter.
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Democrat Cats @democratcats.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Cornell… and beyond
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Parker51 @parker51.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
www.cyclingnews.com/pro-cycling/...
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Kasia Niewiadoma-Phinney swaps Canyon-SRAM for Lidl-Trek after nine years in major women's peloton transfer
The 2024 Tour de France Femmes winner has spent nine seasons with Canyon-SRAM
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Karl Bode @karlbode.com · 30/09/2026
Trump and the tech oligarch's new "AI accord" is a meaningless and toothless performance -- designed to pre-empt real oversight and propped up by a pathetic U.S. press:
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Trump's New 'AI Guardrails' Are Worthless Gibberish Propped Up By A Shitty Press
Tech and media giants are desperate to convince the electorate that meaningful corporate oversight isn't necessary.
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Public Citizen @publiccitizen.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
The Trump admin is gutting fuel economy standards, undermining decades of progress. We're already facing record gas prices, & this policy will make the cost of transportation even higher. Once again Trump chooses to help Big Oil cronies at the expense of working people.
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Parker51 @parker51.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Tracker: Trump Appointees Corporate Conflicts of Interest www.citizen.org/article/trac...
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Tracker: Trump Appointees' Corporate Conflicts of Interest - Public Citizen
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General Strike @ivanasstaircam.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Rape culture and pedo culture is deeply embedded in American culture. It’s a war on women and children. And no one wants to talk about it, nevermind address it.
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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
The most useless form of news is “CEO says.” Can this tool actually do what it says or is the company just trying to profit off fear?
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Parker51 @parker51.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Now who do we know who is heavily invested in AI & making billions from crypto? And is friends with Putin? www.nytimes.com/2026/09/24/b...
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The ‘Monster’ Behind Russia’s Global Effort to Evade Western Sanctions (Gift Article)
A Moscow firm uses shell companies and cryptocurrency to launder money, and a custom app to forge trade records, to help Russia bypass sweeping financial restrictions.
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Damian Carrington @dpcarrington.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
‘Planetary boundaries’ necessary for flourishing of life have been massively breached, scientists warn - report shows key indicators of Earth’s health are ‘outside the safe operating space’ as climate disaster looms @pik-potsdam.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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‘Planetary boundaries’ necessary for flourishing of life have been massively breached, scientists warn
New report shows key indicators of Earth’s health are ‘outside the safe operating space’ as climate disaster looms
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
“.. People may not fully grasp just how wound up the market and the economy is in all of this,” said Jim Morrow at Callodine Capital Management. “There are just so many things to unravel if it starts.” @bloomberg.com www.bloomberg.com/news/newslet...
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Dana R. Fisher (aka the Apocalyptic Optimist) @fisherdanar.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
My new piece with @katharinehayhoe.com is out a TIME, which highlights what we all need to learn from climate communicators: “This summer of disasters has shown us that climate impacts are not political, and it is past time we stopped talking about them as if they were.” time.com/article/2026...
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We Need to Stop Talking Like Climate Change Is Partisan
Climate change should be seen as a shared challenge to solve together, not a political debate, write Katharine Hayhoe and Dana R. Fisher.
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Parker51 @parker51.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
tRump's war on nature, on America's protected wild lands, its biodiversity... continues unabated. Especially on the southern border & it's people. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/17/u...
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For a Border Tribe, Trump’s Wall Is a Betrayal: ‘They Want to Erase Us’ (Gift Article)
An escalating confrontation on Native land southwest of Tucson threatens to upend decades of uneasy cooperation between the Tohono O’odham Nation and the United States.
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Steve Marmel @marmel.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Pete Hegseth went to the A&M game and they lost to Kentucky for the first time in over 70 years. THERE IS NO BATTLE HE CANT LOSE.
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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 19/09/2026
The Kennedy Center was financially stable until Trump took over: "In the fiscal year ending in 2024, when the center was led by President Deborah Rutter and a bipartisan board of trustees, it brought in about $40 million more than it spent" www.theatlantic.com/culture/2026...
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What the Kennedy Center’s Tax Return Reveals
A previously unseen filing captures the state of the institution seven months after Donald Trump’s takeover.
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The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 18/09/2026
Exclusive: More American service members have died in the Middle East during the ongoing Iran war than the Pentagon has disclosed publicly, according to six U.S. officials familiar with the data.
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More U.S. troops have died amid Iran war than Pentagon has disclosed publicly
Officials who spoke with The Post expressed frustration that the additional loss of life in the Middle East is not reflected in the Defense Department’s casualty database.
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Anonymous @youranoncentral.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
European intelligence indicates Russia is planning drone and missile strikes against one or several NATO countries on the eastern flank, potentially disguising them as “accidents” to test whether NATO will invoke Article 5.
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Europe warns Russia is preparing strikes on NATO soil
European intelligence indicates Russia is planning drone and missile strikes against one or several NATO countries on the eastern flank, potentially disguising them as “accidents” to test whether NATO...
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Senator Andy Kim @kim.senate.gov · 18/09/2026
This isn't a one-off dispute, it's a stated program — and it's already been tried and lost. Check the AP case, Trump cannot ban outlets based on coverage he doesn’t like.   Freedom of press is core to our democracy, and our democracy must survive this self absorbed President.
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Parker51 @parker51.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
tRump's war on nature, on America's protected wild lands, it's biodiversity, continues unabated.
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Mark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
The NY Times is in “but her emails” mode regarding Abdul El-Sayed and Hasan Piker. Relentless and unfair. Where’s the big story about a Republican megadonor who is a white supremacist? Maybe NYT has heard of him. His name‘s Elon Musk.
NYT headline: A provocative streamer creates headaches for El-Sayed in key Senate race
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Amanda Litman @amandalitman.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
In my personal newsletter: 27 races (that aren’t for House, Senate, or governor) that you could & should donate to. amandalitman.substack.com/p/where-to-d...
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Where to donate now
Besides all the big obvious top of the ticket stuff...
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Barry Graubart @graubart.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
This is a really good list. Jon Ossoff and James Talarico don’t need your $50. But every dollar counts in many of these races where flipping a seat can impact majorities (or breaking supermajorities) in the states.
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Parker51 @parker51.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Deforestation is ecocide.
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Parker51 @parker51.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Provocative read. Rings true.
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Gillian Brockell @gillianbrockell.com · 17/09/2026
Thank you for shout-out in your newsletter on Tuesday. 🙏 Here are the additional clues I’ve found indicating a cover-up. prospect.org/2026/09/17/a...
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Alligator Alcatraz’s Tiny Cages Were Likely Even Tinier - The American Prospect
Appalling as photos showing phone booth–sized cages at the Florida camp are, the truth is likely much worse.
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Brian Beutler @brianbeutler.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Glad @jamellebouie.net wrote this. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/16/o...
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Opinion | The G.O.P. Has Gone Off the Deep End
The Republican fringe is becoming the Republican mainstream.
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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Here's my post on Massie's Articles of Impeachment. emptywheel.net/2026/09/16/t...
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Tom Massie's Impeachment Gambit - emptywheel
The headache Tom Massie caused Trump and Mike Johnson by filing Articles of Impeachment against Whiskey Pete Hegseth won't go away anytime soon.
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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
The Trump regime removed limits on greenhouse gas emissions from power plants. If the move survives legal challenges, it could hinder future administrations from regulating these emissions.
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E.P.A. Erases Limits on Climate Pollution From Power Plants (Gift Article)
Generation of electricity is the second largest source of carbon dioxide and other planet-warming gases in the United States.
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Go Green @ecowarriorss.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
A 100 days on, the government has neither repealed law nor abandoned the project. Pishë Poro-Nartë which hosts over 200 bird species and more than 70 endangered species, and sits on a migratory flyway used by birds partially destroyed and still threatened www.birdlife.org/news/2026/09...
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100 days of the ‘Flamingo Protests’: A test of Albania’s European future
Can environmental protection, public participation and the rule of law withstand the pressure of luxury tourism and large-scale development?
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Zach Everson @zacheverson.com · 16/09/2026
🚨 "Trump Has Made More Trades Than All of Congress Combined" Gregory Korte, Adrienne Tong for @bloomberg.com
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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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Abdul El-Sayed @abdulelsayed.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Corporations are not people. Their money is not speech. They should not be able to buy politicians. End Citizens United.
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Bernell Loeb @artisall.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Critical solutions: “For every £1 invested in protecting nature, you’ve got £30 spent trying to degrade it,” Smith said. “So that’s a political choice and it’s not a lack of finance. It’s where it’s used.”
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Venus Bivar @vbivar.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Just keeps getting worse doesn't it.
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Albert Pinto @70sbachchan.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Solar has overtaken Wind, even though it is far more recent. #SolarHockeyStickOfHope Wind started off in 1980s in wind farms. But it is a technology of the 20th century. It is not modularizable in manufacturing. it not shippable as is buljy with deployment of wind farms close to manufacturing.
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Dave Karpf @davekarpf.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Alright. Time to read the new Amodei essay.
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Alonzo Mourning Reacts to Miami Heat Loss
ALT: Alonzo Mourning Reacts to Miami Heat Loss
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Mike Masnick @masnick.com · 14/09/2026
One thing not getting as much attention re: Dario's essay. In it, he talks about the need for third party evaluators to review models for safety. But a few days before the essay, Anthropic... refused to submit its latest models to the UK's evaluator: www.ft.com/content/560e...
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Anthropic withheld latest AI model from UK testing agency
Decision to exclude Aisi has prompted fears inside British government of protectionist shift among tech groups
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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 13/09/2026
If Ukraine would just surrender we could get on with making business deals
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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Keep in mind Jared said this AFTER John Ratcliffe flew to Russia to tell Russia they were losing badly (among other things).
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Benjamin Husstad-Nedberg @factforce.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
💯🎯👇
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Benjamin Husstad-Nedberg @factforce.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
#US is deliberately aiding #Russia. By supporting Russia politically and halting aid to #Ukraine the US currently appears as an enemy of #Europe. It is up to Europe to decide whether to let the two former great powers determine our future, or to decide for ourselves.
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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
I wrote this quickly at a bus stop and didn't realize it would go viral, or else I would have worded it better. But the point is that the media is too credulous about AI killing everyone in 10 years (how?) when climate change is killing people now and will only get worse (we know exactly how).
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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
WaPo has a story on the investigations the Dems want to do (most of which, unfortunately, would rely on subpoenas that Trump will block). While Witkoff's role as "negotiator" gets a separate section, this is the primary reference to Iran. www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
Other Democratic targets include the Board of Peace, a multinational group meant to end conflicts; the new presidential plane gifted by Qatar; tariffs and trade deals; the Iran war; military intervention and strikes against alleged drug-trafficking boats in Venezuela; and the redevelopment of Gaza.
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Angry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
If Sam Altman, Dario Amodei, and Elon Musk all agree that we have to slow down - and now - something serious clearly happened with a frontier AI model. Journalists should be digging in to this. We aren’t getting the whole story here.
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We had a good run @overlord.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Are Democrats paying attention? Mamdani is absolutely killing it. He should be studied by all Democrats and democrats. His values pour out of him every day without him saying a word about it. We need more like him.
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Brexit Bin 🇪🇺 🇬🇧 🇩🇪 @brexitbin.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Canada is to the USA what Ireland was to Brexit Britain. Brexiters thought Ireland couldn't survive without British trade. But instead, with the help of the EU, Ireland found new trading partners and literally cut Britain out of its supply chain by creating new ferry routes. Canada will do the same.
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Marty Lederman @martylederman.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Kind of remarkable that we live in an age where the President initiated a deeply unpopular war that's patently unconstitutional (OLC hasn't even argued otherwise) and that's been an utter disaster, causing profound harms, and Congress hasn't come close to doing anything about it. That's a new thing.
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Parker51 @parker51.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Data centers, massive arrays of computers, harnessed to answer... what? Simple questions? Mundane problems? Maybe demand will collapse when prices begin to reflect the computing power being used. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
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How A.I. Tokens Work (Gift Article)
As large language models become more advanced, they use ever more resources. Who will foot the bill?
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Parker51 @parker51.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Elon Musk is using his money to support the most corrupt politicians here & abroad. More. heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/september-...
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September 8, 2026
On Sunday, Germany’s far-right Alternative for Germany (Alternativ für Deutschland, or AfD) party won 43.8% of the vote in a legislative election in the small state of Saxony-Anhalt, formerly part of ...
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The Kyiv Independent @kyivindependent.com · 08/09/2026
Months after the idea was thought to have been laid to rest, some EU capitals are reviving the push to use 200 billion euros ($233 billion) in Russian assets, frozen in the bloc since 2022, to support Ukraine.
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Explainer: Why Russia's frozen assets are Europe's hot topic once again
BRUSSELS, Belgium — Months after the idea was thought to have been laid to rest, some EU capitals are reviving the push to use 200 billion euros ($233 billion) in Russian assets, frozen in the bloc si...
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