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Randall Gates

@rgatess.bsky.social
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I love all things science, but right now my country is under siege by a narcissistic authoritarian dictator. #NoKings

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Adam Kinzinger @adamkinzinger.substack.com · 6h
Plague outbreak in Russia from a lab. We MUST ban all commercial flights to and from Russia NOW
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Randall Gates @rgatess.bsky.social · 8h
Ukraine must do the same to Moscow and St. Petersburg. Gloves off. In addition to continuing the strikes on Russian oil infrastructure, make sure Russians taste the same destruction in their cities that Putin is inflicting on Ukraine.
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Randall Gates @rgatess.bsky.social · 6h
Putting a narcissistic moron in charge of any kind of force, let alone a “super intelligence” (really AI) one is like handing a machine gun to a chimpanzee— and no disrespect intended to chimpanzees!
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Randall Gates @rgatess.bsky.social · 6h
Putting a narcissistic moron in charge of any kind of force, let alone a “super intelligence” (really AI) one is like handing a machine gun to a chimpanzee— and no disrespect intended to chimpanzees!
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Randall Gates @rgatess.bsky.social · 6h
A Canadian moved to Russia to live a life focused on “family values”. Now Putin is sending him to a near certain death to fight in Ukraine. I guess his family will have to value his memory. 😳 @maks23.bsky.social @theukrainianreview.bsky.social @annafromukraine.bsky.social
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DrH @drhaup.bsky.social · 7h
Phil fought for CO as AG. He will be a great Gov for all Coloradans. "I received an endorsement from the Farmers Union, a high honor, since they give endorsements sparingly. I'm grateful to have begun earning it by listening & learning from them in town hall meetings." @philweiser.bsky.social
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Angelica Shalagina Official🇺🇦 @angel-shalagina.bsky.social · 6h
‼️Over 51% of the enemy's oil refining capacity has been disabled, – Ministry of Defense of Ukraine
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Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 6h
“Former British banker and whistleblower Simon Andriesz, who outed Howard Lutnick’s links to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, has died by suicide.”
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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Randall Gates @rgatess.bsky.social · 6h
Totally not suspicious at all. 😳
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Leah McElrath @leahmcelrath.bsky.social · 6h
In Irkutsk, Russia, several hospitals have been closed for quarantine and a mask regime has been introduced at an aluminum plant due to the plague. (ru.themoscowtimes.com/2026/10/04/v...)
Several hospitals in Irkutsk have been quarantined and masks have been required at an aluminum smelter due to the plague.
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Randall Gates @rgatess.bsky.social · 6h
Russians are thrilled to see their investment in Trump over the years really start to pay huge dividends. @meidastouch.com @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social @onestpress.onestnetwork.com www.themoscowtimes.com/2026/10/03/u...
themoscowtimes.com
U.S.-Russia Talks on Ukraine Involve Multi-Billion Dollar Oil Deal, NYT Reports - The Moscow Times
The Trump administration’s talks with Russia on ending the war in Ukraine have expanded to include a multibillion-dollar oil deal that would benefit Middle Eastern business executives with ties to U.S...
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Randall Gates @rgatess.bsky.social · 7h
After the initial short construction phase, data centers provide very few relative jobs for their enormous drain on local water and energy resources. The people they benefit the most are a handful of billionaires. These same billionaires want to convince you we are in a AI race with China. 1/2
Typical data center.
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PEIPolitical 🇨🇦 @peipolitical.bsky.social · 9h
With the White House permanently paralyzed by a family selling every aspect of US policy to all enemies of America, Putin no longer needs to hide his intent to genocide a nation of 30 million. Kyiv's Bridges now being bombed on a 24/7 schedule. #cdnpoli
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The Ukrainian Review @theukrainianreview.bsky.social · 10h
🇩🇪🇺🇦 Shmyhal: I am pleased to meet my colleague, Federal Minister for Economic Affairs and Energy of Germany. Thank Germany for allocating €557 million to Energy Support Fund. Discussed supplies of liquefied natural gas. Grateful for €50 million for restoration of “Shelter” at Chornobyl NPP.
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Randall Gates @rgatess.bsky.social · 19h
The Trump Regime continues to act like bullies, gangsters, thieves and bandits because that’s exactly what they are.
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Randall Gates @rgatess.bsky.social · 23h
Look at an average data center. Notice something? Very little employee parking. Less than the average McDonald’s. Why? Because after construction they don’t employee a lot of people. Big footprint. Big environmental impact. Low employment relative to that impact.
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Szymon Brycki @szymonbrycki.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
:'(
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Randall Gates @rgatess.bsky.social · 23h
Look at an average data center. Notice something? Very little employee parking. Less than the average McDonald’s. Why? Because after construction they don’t employee a lot of people. Big footprint. Big environmental impact. Low employment relative to that impact.
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San Francisco Chronicle @sfchronicle.com · 03/10/2026
Los Angeles and coastal San Diego will spend more than six straight days under an extreme heat warning, the longest October heat alert for either city in records dating to 2005.
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California’s record breaking October heat wave: 4 things to know
Los Angeles and coastal San Diego will spend more than six straight days under an extreme heat warning, the longest October heat alert for either city in records dating to 2005.
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Patrick Laff @patricklaff.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
🇦🇺 Dingo Vs Kangaroo. 🥊😏✌️☮️ #daily_tiny_stories #dingo #Kangaroo #Australia #wildlife
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Jesse Aaron Paul @jesseapaul.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Amendment 84: Colorado voters would be forced to put Social Security, driver’s license numbers on their ballots coloradosun.com/2026/10/03/a...
coloradosun.com
Amendment 84: Colorado voters would be forced to put Social Security, driver’s license numbers on their ballots
It’s not clear who is pushing for the measure, which is financially backed by out-of-state groups that have spent millions of dollars on advertising and collecting signatures to get it on the ballot
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John Scalzi @scalzi.com · 03/10/2026
Ate them. They were okay. If you want the actual chickeny flavor (and being barely a whisper at that), twist it and just eat one of the wafers without the filling. Otherwise, the maple-y filling flavor is really the dominant note.
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 03/10/2026
Katie Phang: "Get the fuck out of here. Are you kidding me? You think it's a good use of taxpayers time and money to be able to do illegal redactions and withholds that are now forcing me to have to go and sue? Are you joking? But this is how Todd Blanche thinks."
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Randall Gates @rgatess.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
This murder alone makes me detest anything to do with the Saudi Royal Family. May they all rot in hell. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assassi...
en.wikipedia.org
Assassination of Jamal Khashoggi - Wikipedia
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Anonymous @youranoncentral.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Trump redirected $176.9 million from a US human-rights fund towards global right wing groups, including $40 million for an “anti-communism” consortium and $1 million for fascist groups opposing Brazil’s Supreme Court days before the presidential election.
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Trump diverts $176.9m of Human Rights aid to far-right groups; targets Europe, Canada and South America
Marco Rubio overrode congressional holds, a Democratic aide said. The money funds opponents of Brazil's supreme court days before its vote and Europeans who reject "gender ideology", as Trump official...
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Zack Labe @zacklabe.com · 03/10/2026
“What scientists do agree on, however, is that 2026 has been extremely—and concerningly—hot.” via @sciam.bsky.social at www.scientificamerican.com/article/2026...
scientificamerican.com
2026 has been a record hot year for the U.S.—it can only get worse
So far this year has been ridiculously hot. If it stays that way, 2026 could set a sobering new record
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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Diplomacy for private profit: More corruption in plain view. The Kushner/Witkoff talks with Russia nominally about ending the war in Ukraine are actually about a multibillion-dollar oil deal that would benefit Middle Eastern business executives linked to Kushner and Witkoff. The deal, which is
nytimes.com
U.S.-Russia Talks on Ukraine Now Involve an Oil Deal Tied to Trump Allies
President Vladimir V. Putin brought up a sale of Russian energy assets with President Trump’s envoys, Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff, pushing a deal that raises new questions about conflicts of inter...
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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
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Kyle Clark @kylec.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Victor Marx's Republican primary opponents told voters that he is a con man, a grifter, and a fraud. Now the GOP nominee for governor is making Colorado history with a record campaign finance violation fine. A hearing officer said Marx's campaign intentionally broke the law.
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John Scalzi @scalzi.com · 02/10/2026
He is so good at messaging. It's really kind of unreal.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Americans are relearning the lesson we learned during the Gilded Age of the late 1890s, when robber barons ran the government and the economy for their own benefit: Oligarchy is incompatible with the common good. I'm hopeful we'll respond with a new progressive movement.
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Rob Larter @polarrobs.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
ALERT! Antarctic sea ice extent today tied with that in 2023 for the record low for the date, and on the present trajectory it is about to set new records. Graphic by @zacklabe.com zacklabe.com/antarctic-se...
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🦋Special Kherson Cat🐈🇺🇦 @specialkhersoncat.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Russian military trucks heading to occupied Crimea through the land corridor are forced to weave around the wreckage of vehicles destroyed by Ukrainian strikes, with burned-out trucks at times partially blocking the road.
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Inside Ukraine 🇺🇦 @insideukraine.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
🇺🇦 Zelensky: At the command post of the Third Army Corps, I met with soldiers who are carrying out Operation Vivaldi.
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Randall Gates @rgatess.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
At least there’s some honest self-awareness when she said: “I have horrible thoughts.”
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Randall Gates @rgatess.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
It would seem ChatGPT is at least more intelligent than the Orange Man-baby…
ChatGPT User prompt: Is it a good idea for humans to rename Artificial Intelligence to Super Intelligence?

ChatGPT: I think “Super Intelligence” would be a misleading replacement for “Artificial Intelligence,” at least for the technology we have today.

The terms describe different things:

* Artificial Intelligence (AI) describes origin and construction: intelligence-like capabilities produced by artificial systems.
* Superintelligence describes capability relative to humans: an intelligence that substantially exceeds human intellectual performance across essentially all important cognitive domains.
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Randall Gates @rgatess.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Seems very likely braces are being used…or very strange stocking suspenders. 😳
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Randall Gates @rgatess.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Hopefully the rest of the world is recognizing that Tesla is junk compared to what’s being made by Chinese and other manufacturers. @zamafir.bsky.social
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MAKS 26 👀🇺🇦 @maks23.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
🇫🇷🇪🇺 France has proposed that the EU release 100 million barrels of oil and diesel from its strategic stockpiles in response to US pressure, - Politico. 50 million barrels would be crude oil and another 50 million would be diesel. The initiative is still undergoing a technical assessment.
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Randall Gates @rgatess.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Don’t do it Europe! Do nothing to help the Trump Regime. He’s not your ally.
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NBC News @nbcnews.com · 02/10/2026
The FDA issues its highest-level recall of a salad dressing due to possible salmonella contamination.
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Randall Gates @rgatess.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Question: What happens when you vastly scale back your food safety inspections? Answer: 👇🏻👇🏻👇🏻👇🏻
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Angelica Shalagina Official🇺🇦 @angel-shalagina.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
⚠️ BREAKING: russia is preparing sabotage operations in EU and NATO countries, Ukraine’s military intelligence warns. GRU and FSB agents could target military facilities, critical infrastructure and communications. Among the potential targets: Starlink ground stations in Europe.
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Sean Carroll @seanmcarroll.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
I almost agree with my fellow Villanova alum. Rather than an ontological difference, I would emphasize an etiological one: the history by which an artifact is produced can matter as much as its current configuration. It matters to us whether a creation came about through a person's thought process.
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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Apparently for the MAGA true believers, there is no discernible difference between Trump and Jesus, and the animating force that unites them is hatred for and a desire to exterminate Muslims (or you can substitute trans people, Blacks, Hispanics, gays, Indian-Americans... as necessary).
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Catherine McKenna @cathmckenna.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Could we please stop framing climate action as a left/right issue. It’s just a big issue that all politicians need to grapple with. Both a massive cost/risk & huge economic opportunity with clean energy transition (with big risk of stranded fossil fuel assets).
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Randall Gates @rgatess.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Unfortunately the fossil fuel interests have largely aligned themselves with the GOP, and so it’s hard not to make it a political issue. 😞
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Olga Nesterova @onestpress.onestnetwork.com · 02/10/2026
Good times
Daniel Fried& @AmbDanFried
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Ah, KGB tactics I recall from my youth. The Finns, I suspect, will be apt to handle this well.
Petri Mäkelä @ @pmakela1 •14h
Several Finnish members of the Parliament have had recent break-ins where their houses "have been rearranged" a bit.
This is a very classic KGB/FSB/SVR move
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kenofseattle @kenofseattle.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
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David Sirota @davidsirota.com · 02/10/2026
the kind of populist Democrat I’m proud to support
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