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Trace Wood @tracewood.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

October 7, 2023 attacks were horrific. But what is the reason for this kind of brutality in the West Bank, where there is no Hamas? And it certainly doesn't justify the horror still unfolding in Gaza. And no, the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan were not justified by 9/11. Full stop.

Trace Wood @tracewood.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

If you live in California, vote 'yes' on Prop 40, vote 'no' on Props 41 and 42.

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Trace Wood @tracewood.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Anyone want to guess as to why it's still a legal additive here? 🤔

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Trace Wood @tracewood.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

School vouchers are a scam. For example, in Arkansas, ProPublica was able to start a "school" for $45 w the only requirement being that the teachers needed a HS diploma. The school could then charge $7K per student, all at taxpayer expense using vouchers. www.propublica.org/article/priv...

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Barns, Go-Karts and Strip Malls: The Wild West of Private Schools That Collect Taxpayer Dollars

As private schools proliferate, states are choosing a hands-off approach to regulating them. The backgrounds of school founders — sometimes with criminal histories — often don’t matter

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Trace Wood @tracewood.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

CBS accidentally told the truth.

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Trace Wood @tracewood.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

So AI can't beat humans yet but it is unprincipled enough to cheat. That speaks volumes both about the potential dangers of the technology and the complete inability to foresee problems by the people who designed/built it. www.theverge.com/ai-artificia...

theverge.com

An AI couldn’t beat humans at StarCraft, so it decided to cheat

When GPT-6 Astra’s own bot failed, it simply downloaded the best human-made bot instead.

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Trace Wood @tracewood.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

The story of this development and others that precipitated the decline of the middle class can be found in my book The Ray Gun Revolution. bookshop.org/p/books/the-...

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Trace Wood @tracewood.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Who says there's no such thing as karma?

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Wanna stop 90% of the white-collar crime in the US? Make the death penalty a possibilty for financial crimes. Most of the people on death row are either deranged or committed their crime from desperation. Does anyone honestly think bankers will do those shady deals if death is a potential penalty?🤔

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It's the 21st century version of feudalism and I'm not the only person who has likened what's happening to the Dark Ages. @yanisvaroufakis.bsky.social , @naomiaklein.bsky.social , Cory Doctorow (pluralistic.net) are some of the more notable current voices.

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The GOP ultimate goal (short version) 1) crush the middle class while sparing billionaires 2) surveil everyone 3) arrest anyone who grumbles 4) put them in prison (so billionaires can get the free labor) It's been the plan since Reagan. Don't believe me? I provide receipts in my book (link in bio)

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Just short of its 200th birthday, a landmark natural history museum shuts down

A sad day for kids/education in the Philly area. It was a cool museum - they had a giant heart you could walk through - but the lack of funding had definitely begun to show even a few years ago. Aren't billionaires/their philanthropy supposed to help w things like this?🤷‍♂️ www.npr.org/2026/10/03/n...

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Beloved for its dinosaurs, Philadelphia's storied Academy of Natural Sciences closed down this week, amid an intense fight by local residents, politicians and scientists to save it.

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Gang of eight sperm whales sink yacht after ramming boat in South Pacific

First orcas, now sperm whales. Well, maybe the sperm whales are just getting back into it after a century. Still, it seems like the intelligent creatures of the sea have had enough. Isn't it weird that they don't attack research vessels? www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...

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Crew described terrifying encounter as they were woken up by “loud thud” as the 52ft vessel was struck

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If you want to know why women respond the way they often do to being raped or sexually assaulted, this scene is the best explanation I've ever seen. If you don't get it after watching this, you're simply determined to be an a**hole.

Technically, that's the apostle Paul speaking on behalf of the church, but it's still New Testament, which focuses on the new covenant created by Jesus and his teaching.

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A looming ‘tsunami’ of church closings is poised to remake America | CNN

American Christianity failed when it bought into the prosperity gospel. There is absolutely nothing in the preaching attributed to Jesus that advocates monetary wealth as a goal. In fact, the opposite is true: "the love of money is the root of all evil" 1 Timothy 6:10. www.cnn.com/2026/10/01/u...

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Experts project an estimated 100,000 churches in the US will close or be repurposed over the next decade. This dire forecast is outlined in a new PBS documentary series, “Christianity at a Crossroads....

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Call the Ken Paxton Corruption Hotline at 844-WHOS-KEN. Learn about his record and leave him a voicemail. (It’s a real number.) @jamestalarico.bsky.social is what Texas desperately needs.

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China's economy has grown 5.2% in 2026. The US economy has grown 1.6%. Maybe the Chinese are onto something FWIW, Russia's economy grew 0.7%, so war isn't the answer, is it. worldpopulationreview.com/country-rank...

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MAGA and the GOP will never make any sense. They just throw verbal spaghetti and hope something sticks as rage bait.

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This history lesson 👇 should be something you think about every day. Ignore the polls. Ignore the noise. Vote like your life depends on it. Do not let Trump and the GOP distract you. Removing Trump/the GOP is the #1 priority. Only then can we start reigning in billionaires, data centers, ICE, etc.

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She's given away more than $26 billion (with a "B") and still seems to be doing fine. Raising the tax rates on the rich is not going to inhibit their lifestyle. It will, however, take a lot of the money out of politics AND supply the funds you need to drive on better roads, have better schools, etc.

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The stable genius. The list is actually longer. MUCH longer.

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