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Retired chemist - advocating for local climate action, perhaps a bit too deep in the weeds. and a cynic And searchable 🌉 bridged from ⁂ sfba.social/@PaulWermer, follow @ap.brid.gy to interact

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Paul Wermer, CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 @paulwermer.sfba.social.ap.brid.gy · 11h
At the intersection of the #ClimateCrisis, #ElNino, #FishFarms, excessive demands on #fisheries and #unemployment : A perfect storm: how the super El Niño is devastating the fishing industry […]
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Paul Wermer, CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 @paulwermer.sfba.social.ap.brid.gy · 13h
Finally some action to address an extremely damaging treaty that only favors large, irresponsible companies, such as the fossil fool industry
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highly praised and little read @hannah.posts.rat.pictures.ap.brid.gy · 15/10/2026
Every election should have a “none of the above” option and if that gets the most votes then they have to do the election again with new candidates
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Nonilex @nonilex.masto.ai.ap.brid.gy · 14/10/2026
Average hourly #earnings are now back to almost exactly where they were when #Trump was sworn into office for the second time, meaning that, on average, Americans have experienced zero #wage growth, in real terms, since he returned to the White House. Ahh the golden age. #economy #inflation […]
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Paul Wermer, CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 @paulwermer.sfba.social.ap.brid.gy · 14/10/2026
In short: It appears that the money laundering was successful - it was #BofA detection and reporting systems that failed Bank of America fined $1.2bn for money laundering failures www.theguardian.com/business/2026/o…
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Bank of America fined $1.2bn for money laundering failures
Third largest fine in US treasury’s history, due to failure to report suspicious activity, may affect third-quarter earnings
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Paul Wermer, CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 @paulwermer.sfba.social.ap.brid.gy · 14/10/2026
And #RFKJr is fully behind this, backing dodgy Danish "researchers" And it turns out there may already be a lot of data on this question: "In Denmark, infants born to hepatitis B-negative parents do not receive the shot, there is widespread testing for and low incidence of the virus, and the […]
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Paul Wermer, CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 @paulwermer.sfba.social.ap.brid.gy · 14/10/2026
Apparently some #"Democrats" are fine with #WealthInequality. Is that really the leadship we want? Newsom backs measure to make future wealth taxes more difficult www.sfgate.com/politics/article/new…
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Paul Wermer, CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 @paulwermer.sfba.social.ap.brid.gy · 14/10/2026
And here is one of the reasons I'm voting #NoOnPropD, #NoOnPropF, #NoOnPropE. The #OpenGov contracting process is just one example of the problems with entitling the Mayor to do what he wants (or what his rich friends want) . Lurie's Clean Up City Hall reforms get $12.6 million support | […]
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Paul Wermer, CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 @paulwermer.sfba.social.ap.brid.gy · 14/10/2026
Just one of the reasons I'm voting for #ConnieChan and not #ScottWiener: "Twice during the night, Wiener was asked about $3.5 million that went to a pro-Wiener independent expenditure committee from Public First Action, an AI policy advocacy group heavily funded by Anthropic. Of that sum, $3 […]
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Paul Wermer, CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 @paulwermer.sfba.social.ap.brid.gy · 13/10/2026
Not convinced it's a war on pedestrians? Take a look at the chart even if you don't want to read the article. #VisionMany is not a good policy for anyone. These folks are the #PartyOfDeath US transport secretary’s war on ‘woke’ could make roads even deadlier, experts warn […]
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Paul Wermer, CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 @paulwermer.sfba.social.ap.brid.gy · 13/10/2026
#ICE has pretty much demolished any arguments that it's just a few problem officers. ICE needs to be abolished and the chain of command prosecuted - they are the sadists that enable the abuses. Texas man run over by ICE has never met the person agents were allegedly chasing […]
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Paul Wermer, CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 @paulwermer.sfba.social.ap.brid.gy · 13/10/2026
"But a group of countries, led by Saudi Arabia and Russia and including India and China,...". The duplicity of their argument is obscene. Yes, developing countries are sadly under-represented in science overall, but NOT those 4. How many years has IPCC been active? (IPCC was established in 1988) […]
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Jon PENNYCOOK @jonpsp.mstdn.social.ap.brid.gy · 12/10/2026
'A report commissioned in 1968 by the American Petroleum Institute (#API), an industry group with links to #Suncor’s predecessor company, warned that increased levels of carbon dioxide “may be the cause of serious worldwide environmental changes”. In the late 1970s scientists working for #Exxon […]
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Mx. Luna Corbden 🪿🐸 @corbden.defcon.social.ap.brid.gy · 12/10/2026
Let me do a little decolonization for you today: White "guilt" only happens because our ability to address wrongs has been amputated through the European Christian culture. We are taught that guilt is an eternal state brought about by opposing the will of an infinite, omnipotent authority. We […]
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Paul Wermer, CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 @paulwermer.sfba.social.ap.brid.gy · 12/10/2026
Trumpworld, #MAGA #GOP - They are the party of death, happily causing the deaths of post-born children www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/oc…
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Anti-vaxxers target Texas measles doctors to cast doubt on deaths amid outbreak
Children’s Health Defense and RFK Jr publicly dispute recent measles deaths to ‘distract’ from damage caused and question vaccines, experts say
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Paul Wermer, CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 @paulwermer.sfba.social.ap.brid.gy · 12/10/2026
#GOP #Values: Sen. Roger Marshall is the Senator whose "obstetrics-gynecology practice had sued hundreds of patients over the years in connection with unpaid medical bills, including for as little as $101." and charged 18% interest […]
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Paul Wermer, CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 @paulwermer.sfba.social.ap.brid.gy · 12/10/2026
Worth looking at: www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/mark…
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Indio Gringo ® @paninid.mastodon.world.ap.brid.gy · 12/10/2026
#history that’s forgotten is easier to repeat
History without discomfort is propaganda.
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Defending Ukraine @ukrdef.mstdn.social.ap.brid.gy · 11/10/2026
KYIV POST: Ukraine Should Keep Striking Russian Refineries, Kellogg Says www.kyivpost.com/post/86704 Retired General Keith Kellogg, former US special envoy for Ukraine, stated that Ukraine should continue drone strikes on Russian oil refineries, warning that Vladimir Putin’s diesel […]
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Paul Wermer, CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 @paulwermer.sfba.social.ap.brid.gy · 12/10/2026
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Henri Horn @henrihorn.mastodon.energy.ap.brid.gy · 11/10/2026
French ground-mounted solar tender prices fell to €60/MWh in October 2026, down from €79.48/MWh in the previous comparable round in 2025, a decline of nearly 25%. Small-scale rooftop PV (100–500 kW) prices also dropped to €75/MWh, down 15.5% from €88.73/MWh in the first tender held in 2025 […]
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Paul Wermer, CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 @paulwermer.sfba.social.ap.brid.gy · 11/10/2026
Very informative & well worth reading. #Science #ClimateCrisis
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Paul Wermer, CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 @paulwermer.sfba.social.ap.brid.gy · 11/10/2026
In short: "So for the moment the twin Trump strategy – to park the Iran and Yemen conflicts while blaming Zelenskyy – is now so transparent, so morally craven, and in its own terms so ineffective, that it looks unsustainable." […]
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Volewica @nigel-purchase.mstdn.social.ap.brid.gy · 10/10/2026
www.theguardian.com/world/2026/oct/… I tell you who DOES need a new leader: the USA
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
WASH POST: “Emboldened by Netanyahu’s government, Israeli settlers in the occupied West Bank have been carrying out a campaign of violence and intimidation unmatched in recent memory…” Reminder: 🇺🇸 taxpayers make this possible. www.washingtonpost.com/world/2026/1...
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abadidea @0xabad1dea.infosec.exchange.ap.brid.gy · 10/10/2026
The steakhouse said Odin could come in, and he was a very good boy who did not steal anyone's steak even though his mouth is above table level and there's absolutely nothing anyone could do to stop him
Odin the Newfie sitting politely in a rustic cabin-styled restaurant, not stealing a single steak
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Paul Wermer, CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 @paulwermer.sfba.social.ap.brid.gy · 10/10/2026
An AHA! Moment: of course the AI techbros must insist it's intelligent and capable of acting of its own volition. They can get away with murder with that defense (or so they hope,)
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Timo @timo21.mastodon.sdf.org.ap.brid.gy · 10/10/2026
#NewMexico #Placitas from the article: "Las Acequias de Placitas is one of only two or three hybrid acequia/domestic water systems in the state. It is fed by springs from the Sandia Mountains and is primarily an acequia for irrigation, but roughly 175 homes in the village also rely directly on […]
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Katharine Hayhoe @katharinehayhoe.com · 10/10/2026
Ready for your daily dose of cuteness? Meet Dr E and Mr J’s newest cousin Suki 🐾 She’s in training to become a go-everywhere city cat … which includes keeping warm in Toronto winters! #caturday
Black cat in a red plaid hoodie.Black cat in a kelly green hoodie and leash.
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Paul Wermer, CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 @paulwermer.sfba.social.ap.brid.gy · 10/10/2026
#MAHA - More Americans Harmed Again So #RFKJr is dealing with the GRAS (generally regarded as safe) problem by allowing Generally Regarded As Toxic chemicals to be intentionally added to the food supply. Which will impact many of the low price and convenience foods many people rely on […]
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Paul Wermer, CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 @paulwermer.sfba.social.ap.brid.gy · 10/10/2026
Why does the Tuskegee Syphilis Study come to mind? www.theguardian.com/society/2026/oc…
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Controversial vaccine trial touted by RFK Jr gets go-ahead in Guinea-Bissau
Recommended dose of hepatitis B vaccine will be withheld from thousands of newborns by Danish researchers
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Paul Wermer, CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 @paulwermer.sfba.social.ap.brid.gy · 10/10/2026
"markets" - funny, I thought the "#market" would provide solutions. How long until the "leaders" acknowledge that the current economic paradigm - the #NeoliberalMyth - is at the root of the problems we all face? Problems like the cost of healthcare, education, housing, mobility, problems we […]
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Paul Wermer, CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 @paulwermer.sfba.social.ap.brid.gy · 10/10/2026
And in the "what's in a name" category: www.theguardian.com/world/2026/oct/…
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Candidate named Hitler Mussolini elected mayor in Peru
Leftwing Hitler Mussolini Simeon Flores beats far-right candidate in election in remote district of Andes
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Paul Wermer, CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 @paulwermer.sfba.social.ap.brid.gy · 10/10/2026
An opportunity for #ecosystemRestoration and more: www.theguardian.com/world/2026/oct/…
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Don’t rebuild the dam: Ukrainian experts urge Unesco to protect site uncovered by Russian sabotage
As archaeologists find treasure trove along new floodplain, conservationists say another Nova Kakhovka would be ecocide
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Paul Wermer, CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 @paulwermer.sfba.social.ap.brid.gy · 10/10/2026
Toxic fumes, I suspect. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/oc…
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Paul Wermer, CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 @paulwermer.sfba.social.ap.brid.gy · 10/10/2026
So San Francisco's #MayorLurie say he needs more authority to fix SF's problems? Like he's fixing the drug problem, and won't show up to discuss it? missionlocal.org/2026/10/s-f-superv… Please, if you're a SF resident, vote […]
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Vee @veroniqueb99.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 09/10/2026
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😀🚲 @enobacon.urbanists.social.ap.brid.gy · 09/10/2026
The city of #Groningen, AND the #suburbs surrounding it are connected by a safe low-stress #bikewayNetwork that prioritizes bike traffic over car speeds. They plan and build with the goal of making biking comfortable and easy, like all-way green times for bike/walk crossing the intersection […]
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Chuck Darwin @cdarwin.c.im.ap.brid.gy · 09/10/2026
A one-time 5% wealth tax would bring Silicon Valley's billionaires' wealth back to where it was just 31 days ago (when it was "just" 178% higher than on January 1, 2023). They'd rather let 3 million people lose their health insurance than let that happen.
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WIST Quotations @wistquotes.friendica.world.ap.brid.gy · 09/10/2026
A quotation from Twain > We must have a religion — it goes without saying — but my idea is, to have it cut up into forty free sects, so that they will police each other, as had been the case in the United States in my time. Concentration of power in a political machine is bad; and an […]
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Tara Price 🎃 @taraprice.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 09/10/2026
As an atheist, a supporter of the Establishment Clause, and a card-carrying member of the Satanic Temple, I approve this message. 🤘 www.404media.co/it-is-done-hail-sat…
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'It Is Done. Hail Satan:' City Immediately Regrets New Religious Liberty Law That Allows Prayer at City Council Meeting
Iowa city council debates proper time in meeting agenda to "undo the curse that was just put on our city."
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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
“In London cyclists now outnumber cars in the City by 2 to 1. Paris, where they now outnumber motorists across the whole city, is catching up with Europe’s traditional bike capitals, Amsterdam & Copenhagen…In Copenhagen, bikes account for almost half of commuter trips to work/school.” @economist.com
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Forget EVs. Cycling is revolutionising transport
Pedal power is booming, spinning up a new culture war
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Stuart Wilkinson @fairtradestu.mastodonapp.uk.ap.brid.gy · 09/10/2026
The second anniversary of this post is coming up, and surprise surprise these little "end of life" laptops are continuing to run well with #linux and do what we need then to, which includes spending less on tech so we can buy more actual books for the school […] [Original post on mastodonapp.uk]
A mastodon post from October  2024 showing a photo 8 laptops running Ubuntu 22.04 LTS and libre office, the post explains the school has added Ubuntu to some old windows 10 devices that their IT support told them were end of life.
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Bongolian @bongolian.mstdn.social.ap.brid.gy · 09/10/2026
What most people in the US don't know: Social Security is subsidized by immigrants who must pay in to the system but receive no benefits. Alexandra Villarreal: #tRump immigrant purge could cut social security for Americans by $2,000 a year. New report on economic cost of anti-immigration […]
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Nonilex @nonilex.masto.ai.ap.brid.gy · 09/10/2026
🎉 #HumanRights Lawyer #NaviPillay Is Awarded #NobelPeacePrize 👏👏 Ms. Pillay has served as a judge in her native South Africa & on international courts investigating #WarCrimes. She led a #UN panel that determined that #Israel had committed #genocide against #Palestinians in #Gaza, a finding the […]
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Tim J @timtfj.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 09/10/2026
Bring back þe letter þ. How can you þrow out þe only rune in your alphabet? Also bring back ð. But ðis time, except in very common words like þe which look nice þe oðer way round, don't treat ðem as interchangeable. Use ð for þe voiced one and þ for þe unvoiced one, like ðey do in Icelandic […]
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Paul Wermer, CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 @paulwermer.sfba.social.ap.brid.gy · 09/10/2026
The ignorant racist bigotry of #Vance shows up over and over. These arrogant imbiciles are enamored with DEI fires. This does not protect foreign born workers from exploitation, and does not create massive job opportunities for US workers. It will encourage the development of overseas software […]
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Paul Wermer, CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 @paulwermer.sfba.social.ap.brid.gy · 08/10/2026
Wow! I just got the "personalized" email from the #TangerineTyrant via Medicare boasting about how good he's been for healthcare, giving me a One-Time Payment of $90. If he thinks that's enough of a bribe to get my support for the #GOP he's even dumber (with a"b" ) than I thought. #corruption […]
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lisa c @lmc.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 08/10/2026
@jef New office view 🌫️🌫️🌫️🌫️
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
TEXAS — @jamestalarico.bsky.social : “Why do we have a trillionaire when veterans are sleeping on the streets? The reason poverty exists is not because we can’t feed the poor, it’s because we can’t satisfy the rich.” (From @teamtalaricohq.bsky.social )
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