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Phil Price

@philipcprice.bsky.social
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Retired Analytical Chemist. Interests - mass spectrometry, chemical safety, industrial incident investigations, environment, travel, photography, SCUBA.

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Phil Price @philipcprice.bsky.social · 1h
US governments' "creeping Fascism" - frightened by the power of words? Can't ban the internet, but can ban books: pen.org/report/book-...
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A Spotlight on School Book Bans
Nearly 12,000 books were banned in public schools during the 2025-2026 school year, according to PEN America’s Index of School Book Bans.
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Phil Price @philipcprice.bsky.social · 3h
futurism.com/artificial-i...
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AI Is Creating "Doom Loops" All Over the Economy
The AI industry is creating "doom loops" across the economy with products that undermine the economic incentive to create cultural content.
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The Editorial Board @editorialboard.bsky.social · 15h
You know who’s going to pay for this? You and me.
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Phil Price @philipcprice.bsky.social · 18h
He fell out of a window? www.thebanker.com/content/0228...
thebanker.com
Whistleblower who flagged Lutnick’s links to Epstein dies
The former British banker who spent more than 35 years working in financial markets has died by suicide
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Phil Price @philipcprice.bsky.social · 22h
Hegseth's focus on "testosterone-fueled manly war-fighters" may soon look quaint. Is the US Army preparing for 20th century, or 21st century warfare? www.cnbc.com/2026/10/04/r...
cnbc.com
Ukraine’s surprise robot offensive exposes a vulnerability in Putin’s war machine
Experts say the offensive is not a decisive breakthrough, but demonstrates how Ukraine’s expanding use of robotic systems is reshaping frontline warfare.
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Phil Price @philipcprice.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
The US & EU get no diesel from Russia. Ukraine's strikes have NO EFFECT on our supplies. But, Kushner et al are making a deal that involves Lukoil & other Russian petro-assets. www.theguardian.com/world/2026/oct/…
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Ukraine persists with Russian oil refinery strikes in defiance of Trump
US president blames attacks for driving up fuel prices before midterms, though analysts say his Iran war is main cause
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Phil Price @philipcprice.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Because of immigration cuts & ICE, fewer "new jobs" are required to maintain constant unemployment *rate*. Unless productivity magically increases (AI?), our GDP will stagnate.
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Phil Price @philipcprice.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
FunFact: Lukoil is under US and EU sanctions.
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Phil Price @philipcprice.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Just to clarify priorities - Aramco gets more protection, Ukrainian civilians do not. www.axios.com/2026/10/02/p...
axios.com
Scoop: U.S. sent more Patriots to protect Saudi, Qatari energy sites
The U.S. is preparing to launch major new combat operations.
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Phil Price @philipcprice.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Folks in "Ruby Red State" WV... willing to pay higher electric rates, just so they can continue to burn coal? wvmetronews.com/2026/09/28/p...
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PSC hearing on power plant rules balances worries over high electric bills with desire to run coal - WV MetroNews
The policy passed by the Legislature also required utilities to maintain their generating units and fuel inventories to allow them to achieve at least a 69 percent capacity factor.
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Phil Price @philipcprice.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
A new "PRO-ICE" film in the works: www.thebulwark.com/p/daily-wire...
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The Daily Wire Is Quietly Shooting a Pro-ICE Movie. We Got the Script.
Locals aren’t happy about the film’s take on the ICE shooting of Renée Good.
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Phil Price @philipcprice.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
My dad contracted Malaria in the 1920s, living in N. Florida. We are moving back to that time? worksinprogress.co/issue/mosqui...
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Mosquitoes are a choice - Works in Progress Magazine
The technology to eradicate mosquito-borne disease already exists. We just have to be brave enough to use it.
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Boze Herrington, Library Owl @sketchesbyboze.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Some of you have forgotten that only three years ago you were perfectly capable of writing an essay, writing a eulogy, telling a bedtime story to a child, and it should worry you that powerful companies have convinced us we can’t do things we’ve been doing for 5,000 years.
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Patrick De Haan @gasbuddyguy.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
it continues to absolutely boggle my mind how few people realize that refineries in the US Rockies, Plains, Midwest/Great Lakes rely so heavily on millions of barrels of Canadian crude oil *every day* and have since the 1950s
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Phil Price @philipcprice.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Iraq’s Kurdish forces look to a new era after US withdrawal aje.news/z0bdds
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Iraq’s Kurdish forces look to a new era after US withdrawal
Peshmerga unification seeks stability, overcoming party disputes to build a national force in Iraq's Kurdish landscape.
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Mia Farrow @miafarrow.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
President George Washington met Irish born architect, George Hoban in Charleston, South Carolina, in 1791 and was deeply impressed by his talent Washington summoned Hoban to Philadelphia (then the capital) in 1792, where Hoban officially won the national competition to design the White House
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The Phantom Judge You Harshly 🎃💀🦇🧛‍♂️ @judgeyouharshly.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
A reminder that if you see someone stealing baby supplies in a grocery store YOU DIDN’T SEE A DAMN THING.
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Phil Price @philipcprice.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Ironic: Folks don't trust a simple voting machine to deliver... But want all-in on AI controlling FAA instruments, banking & finance, health, & their home environment.
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Phil Price @philipcprice.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Steel company previously went bust, and left Minnesota taxpayers with over $65 million of debt. www.martincid.com/business/ess...
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Phil Price @philipcprice.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
No, the USA doesn't have "the world's hottest economy":
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Phil Price @philipcprice.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
The US government is lending billions to an Indian conglomerate that is partially-funded by Russia? & the steel mill's total energy will come from Iowa's electricity grid. www.yahoo.com/news/politic...
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I saw Foxconn fizzle. Iowa, good luck with your steel mill. | Letters
Three Register readers reacted skeptically to the Mesabi steel mill announcement, criticizing Gov. Kim Reynolds and President Donald Trump.
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Phil Price @philipcprice.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Example today of what an AI agent COULD do: WSSC supplies drinking water for part of the DC metro area. The plant has redundant electrical supply lines. One was taken out of service for maintenance, then the other one failed suddenly. Infrastructure failure: no drinking water for ~3 million people.
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Phil Price @philipcprice.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
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Phil Price @philipcprice.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
FunFacts: The new steel plant in Iowa will use iron ore from Minnesota. The plant is owned by an Indian conglomerate. US taxpayers are funding a $10 Billion loan. Most of the fuel for the plant is from renewable energy sources
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Phil Price @philipcprice.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Canadian oil exports to Asia - start of a new trend?
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Phil Price @philipcprice.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
www.newsbreak.com/news/4910344...
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Ukraine just found a new way to put attack robots behind Russian lines - NewsBreak
Ukrainian bombers dropped ground robots more than ten kilometers behind Russian lines Gryphon robots reached positions Ukrainian forces could not easily ac
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Thor Benson @thorbenson.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
I feel like society is running on Aldous Huxley software and the government is running on George Orwell software
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Unofficial BBCNews (World) Bot @bbcnews-world-rss.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
German town bans stumbling stone memorials to Nazi victims
bbc.co.uk
German town bans stumbling stone memorials to Nazi victims
Germany's education minister has branded the ban on the small brass memorial plaques a "scandal".
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danah boyd @zephoria.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Today is Pub Day for "Data Are Made, Not Found: A Story of Politics, Power, and the Civil Servants Who Saved the US Census"!!! ::bounce:: Please support me by buying a copy of the book or asking your library for a copy! press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/bo...
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 23/09/2026
Zelenskyy: "As early as next year, there is already a real possibility that AI, not people, will decide what happens on the battlefield. And we need peace before we reach that point."
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Phil Price @philipcprice.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
finance.yahoo.com/markets/arti...
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The future of AI growth rests on Big Tech's cash flow tripling to $2 trillion: Chart of the Day
The AI boom relies on this key metric.
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Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
While waiting for Trump to enter the signing of the US-Denmark-Greenland agreement at the UN, they chose “Send in the Clowns” as the background music. Yes, it’s real.
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Phil Price @philipcprice.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
S.O.C.I.A.L.S.M It's great, if WE need it
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Kate from Kharkiv @kateinkharkiv.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
This didn't happen. What actually happened is that Russia deliberately bombed several American businesses in Ukraine. ​The Bunge oilseed plant was hit right after Senator Blumenthal's visit in a twisted demonstration of power.
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Phil Price @philipcprice.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Deliberately misleading. Europe & USA get zero diesel from Russia! "The West's" fuel supply is totally unaffected by refinery destruction in Russia.
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Phil Price @philipcprice.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
www.kqed.org/science/2002...
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Here’s What California Is Learning From Solar Panels Built Over Irrigation Canals | KQED
California solar panels tower over canals in Turlock, proving to save water, produce clean energy and improve local water quality.
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Phil Price @philipcprice.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Europe is getting almost no diesel or gasoline from Russia. When Ukraine damages Russian refineries... ONLY Russian availability is affected! We need to stop lecturing Zelensky on targeting energy. Houthis just hit the Yanbu refinery. Now THAT affects world-wide diesel price.
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Phil Price @philipcprice.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Republican Senator calls for US government to ban diesel exports &/or regulate profits of private companies. Sounds like... "Socialism"?
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Phil Price @philipcprice.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
The probability of this "team's stuff" (workspace, accounts, cloud, docs, servers, phones, etc) getting hacked is 100.000%! www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
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Trump to create ‘AI Force’ to monitor technology as fears over out-of-control agents grow
President had brushed away suggestions to slow down AI technology, even as his own party counseled caution
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Phil Price @philipcprice.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Historical perspective on US mortgage rates:
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Phil Price @philipcprice.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Give up your passwords & bank info to AI?:
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Phil Price @philipcprice.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Sure, make the tall aircraft obstruction harder to notice at night or in bad weather! Fundamentally, putting any more complications into DCA's flight paths is madness www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
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Build columns, not Trump’s arch, D.C. official tells administration
Local officials, preservationists and historians are pushing to scale back Trump's planned arch, advocating the slender columns originally envisioned by architects and lawmakers a century ago.
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The Contrarian @contrariannews.org · 19/09/2026
Hundreds are at the Kennedy Center right now with one message: Trump, this center belongs to the people, not you. WATCH LIVE: open.substack.com/live-stream/...
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 18/09/2026
🚨 EXCLUSIVE: MeidasTouch has obtained new images showing severe destruction at a U.S. base in Kuwait following an Iranian attack. See the images and our full report:
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EXCLUSIVE: Images Show Severe Destruction at US Base in Kuwait
MeidasTouch has obtained exclusive images this afternoon showing the aftermath of an Iranian attack on a US base in Kuwait, and based on what we've reviewed,
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Phil Price @philipcprice.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Anyone thinking "self-regulation" is a great idea to protect AI users needs to read this: www.cnn.com/2026/09/18/p...
cnn.com
Exclusive: US military had close call after using AI for false intelligence report, sources say | CNN Politics
The episode shows the risks of using this new, relatively poorly understood technology in the middle of the Iran war
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The Insider @theins.press · 18/09/2026
Russian parliamentary candidate campaigning under slogan “For Peace” disappears on eve of three-day State Duma vote The whereabouts of Yulia Kuznetsova, a candidate from the Russian Ecological Party “The Greens,” are still unknown.
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Russian parliamentary candidate campaigning under slogan “For Peace” disappears on eve of three-day State Duma vote
Yulia Kuznetsova, a State Duma candidate from Russian Ecological Party “The Greens” who was campaigning under the slogan “For Peace,” stopped responding to…
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Phil Price @philipcprice.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
New realities making electric vehicles look more attractive? Is the USA clinging to a dinosaur? In Europe, even the busses & ferries are going electric.
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Phil Price @philipcprice.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
www.investing.com/news/economy...
investing.com
Saudi Aramco halts crude oil supply to European customers By Investing.com
Saudi Aramco halts crude oil supply to European customers
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Phil Price @philipcprice.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
www.nationalreview.com/corner/russi...
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Russia’s Attempted Attack Inside America Should Be a Turning Point for Trump | National Review
The stakes in this game are quite high.
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Phil Price @philipcprice.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Question for the "chemtrails folks": Why did high altitude bombers in WWII (English, French, German, Japanese) all often have condensation trails behind wingtips & engine cowlings? Had the international chemical conspiracy already started?
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