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2025 Ocean Photographer of the Year finalist photos 😍 #nature

#Spearhead's #MichaelFranti played a concert last night at #SDSU as online rumblings grew about allegations from a female artist casting some unusually dark shadows over the positive vibes associated with ex-

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#nokings #October18

Ab 2028: EU erweitert USB-C-Pflicht auf Ladegeräte
Die EU-Kommission erweitert Auflagen für externe Ladegeräte: Netzteile müssen ab 2028 effizienter werden und über USB-C-Anschlüsse verfügen.
https://www.

The dream of safe C/C code is here.
I have been following this development, and I am in awe at how much has been achieved, now available as a package:
https://fil-c.org/install_optfil
You can get drunk on the details here:

I think my most-sent email of all time is "Does Tuesday at 2 pm work for you?" followed closely by "No worries, how about Wednesday?" 🫠
But what if you could just... not do that anymore?
There’s a scheduling tool hiding in plain sight in Gmail that ends all this nonsense. You offer times, they click once, and poof—it's in the calendar.
I filmed a quick guide on it because this needs to be public knowledge:

Mit dem Boot in Hong Kong zu den Schiffen auf Reede?
Spannend?
Dafür suchen wir eine*n Diakon*in (d/w/m) für Hongkong. Bordbesuche auf Fracht- und Kreuzfahrtschiffen
Mehr: https://seemannsmission.org/leitung-fuer-standort-in-hongkong-gesucht/

Three Republican-Led States to Send Troops to Expand Guard’s Invasion of D.C.
https://www.nytimes.com/live/2025/08/16/us/trump-dc-news?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare

Trump Administration Updates: Three Republican-Led States to Send Troops to Expand Guard’s Presence in D.C.

Starting up my rewatch of Minority Report. It's been a LOT of years.
#movies #scifi

Minority Report (2002)
John Anderton is a top 'Precrime' cop in the late-21st century, when technology can predict crimes before they're committed. But Anderton becomes the quarry when another investigator targets him for a murder charge.

#GoldmanSachs sees AI as the #NextBigThing and isn’t blinking as it dumps investments into the #ArtificialIntelligence abyss... Analysts expect AI adoption to lift U.S.

Stop spinning your wheels trying to understand those complex Excel formulas.
Seriously. Let AI do it for you. 🤖
Microsoft Copilot now gives instant, plain English explanations right inside your spreadsheet. It’s a massive time-saver for anyone working with complex data... Or even just someone new to Excel altogether.
Could this be the best Excel update in years?
See the game-changing feature in action in my new video:

COUNTDOWN: 1 day to No Kings 2
Today's Action: commit to being there
It MUST be important to go to No Kings.
Because Trump, Mike Johnson and the MAGA establishment have all declared they don't want you to go
Local No Kings:
noon 10/18,
Alameda Park,
1400 Santa Barbara St.
#NoKings

Indivisible Santa Barbara (@indivisiblesb.bsky.social)
COUNTDOWN: 1 day to No Kings 2 Today's Action: commit to being there It MUST be important to go to No Kings. Because Trump, Mike Johnson and the MAGA establishment have all declared they don't want you to go Local No Kings: noon 10/18, Alameda Park, 1400 Santa Barbara St. #NoKings #indivisiblesb

Apparently I'm basically the only one using the #DungeonCrawlers hashtag, but that's okay, because scrolling it is a pretty cool look back at the games I've played and dug.
Roundup of the games I've posted screenshots/brief reviews of on the #DungeonCrawlers hashtag since 2023, with …

DemonsTier on Steam
From the union of Riddled Corpse and Xenon Valkyrie comes Demonstier, an RPG roguelike with elements of action, adventure, & arcade. Enter the dungeons of king Thosgar & destroy the demonic beings present there .

Jason Bennett sold his condo in #SanFrancisco #California and bought another in #Colombia, and mother was understandably sceptical.
He’s still there and quite happy living in

I wonder what happened this past January that could cause this?

Maya Hawke narrates docuseries 'Nightmares of Nature', a two season series that follows three animal characters facing all the real-life horrors and monsters nature can throw at them.
The first season titled Cabin in the Woods (follows a mouse, raccoon, and frog) is on Netflix now, and the second season is titled Lost in the Jungle (follows an opossum, iguana, and spider) and will be on Netflix on October 28.

While most Americans are trying to pay rising #energy bills, struggling with obvious #EconomicBubble real estate pricing & basic food costs while trying to preserve their existing #healthcare options, if they even still h…

Putin played Trump like a fiddle
And the whole world knows it

Utterly devastated at thrift today. Always check your CDs, DVDs, etc. The only thing there in this whole huge rack of physical media was this copy of the Incubus DVD for the Morning View sessions. And some asshole broke it. Damn. The one that got away 😂

Somehow was stunned to see the batty man who lives in the Alabaster A Hole House in DC go after #ABCNews political
reporter #JonathanKarl yesterday... After asking #DJT what Pam Bondi's purported crackdown on

YOU DON'T HAVE TO DO IT
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IT WILL KILL!

I can't see how anything could possibly go wrong with this #MentalHealth

Your AI 'Twin' Could Soon Test And Treat Your Mental Health
When we hear the word "twins", we tend to think of two identical people who share physical traits, and perhaps certain behaviours or quirks.

"Gas stations are America's accidental museums-fluorescent-lit shrines to kitsch, camp, and chaotic consumerism. Exploring gas station merchandise through art becomes a way to examine the surreal poetry of the roadside: airbrushed wolves on velvet, rhinestone trucker hats, Jesus candles, lottery tickets, and beef jerky side by side like some late capitalist still life. These one-stop culture convergence points are where regional identity, mass production, nostalgia, and irony collid…

#Elevate #SF 2025...coming in a few weeks to the JW Marriott
Inaugural Summit by the National Association of Minorities & Women in Mobile and Tech (NAMWMT)
with guest speakers from Adobe Lightroom, Reddit, locally based global game publisher Zimad , Smartly AI etc

Mullvad VPN adding QUIC obfuscation for WireGuard to help users get around firewalls and censorship #censorship

Introducing QUIC Obfuscation for WireGuard
We are excited to add QUIC obfuscation for WireGuard, aimed at helping users bypass firewalls and censorship. This new obfuscation method is now available on all desktop platforms.

One card reads
"I'M STILL NOT SICK OF YOU"
Another says
"FYI: I'M TRYING TO WOO YOU."

#RealEstate listing photos edited through artificial intelligence create false impressions of homes for sale online. How A.I. slop is making house hunting in #USA even more dishonest and distorted than ever before.

Health insurance prices for next year under the Affordable Care Act
are now available in about a dozen states,
giving Americans their first look at the sharp increases many will pay for coverage
if Congress does not extend subsidies that have made some plans more affordable.
The annual enrollment period for Obamacare is expected to begin Nov. 1,
but the costs for some Americans are becoming publicly available piecemeal through some state marketplaces.
The…

Higher Obamacare Prices Become Public in a Dozen States
Consumers are facing greater costs for their 2026 A.C.A. health coverage as Congress continues to debate whether to extend subsidies that help people afford their premiums.

35 yr old #SanFrancisco father stabbed to death in front of child while picking his son up at Commodore Sloat elementary school on Ocean Ave.
Suspect Daniel Patrick Rodriguez apparently committed violent act after a crosswalk altercation and was arrested after being located 170 miles out of town in #Tuolumne

Late #TuneTuesday for the theme of #MyGoldenOldie, or the oldest song you know and like. Mine is "Midnight Special" by Lead Belly. He recorded this in 1934.
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Go-Go's vocalist Belinda Carlisle touches on the sentiments of songs of the 60's & early 70's and her love for the #GoldenState shared in her upcoming new album ‘Once Upon a Time in #California.'
In the linked interview she recounts listening to AM hits radio and falling in love with t…

#NowPlaying the killer new Ladytron single and video - "I See Red"
#synth

'We blew it up. And we’ll do it again’.
‘I don’t give a shit what you call it.’
These words, of US Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Vice President J.D. Vance, respectively,
refer to the first of five US bombings of boats in international waters near Venezuela in the last month,
which have reportedly killed twenty-seven people overall.
Washington claims the boats were carrying drugs destined for US shores but has offered no proof;
evidence indica…

Gabriel Hetland, Murder in the Caribbean — Sidecar
The campaign against Venezuela.

Santa Barbara is gearing up to host its 22nd Annual Harbor & Seafood Festival on October 18, 2025.
Free tours aboard the Coast Guard Cutter Blackfin and Tall Ship Mystic Whaler are offered,
along with harbor rides on Azure Seas and Kelpie.
This year, Santa Barbara Sailing Center will introduce sailing lessons for attendees.
To promote eco-friendly travel, MOVE Santa Barbara County offers a free bike valet for festivalgoers.
Visit before or after you get a sk…

Santa Barbara to Host 22nd Annual Harbor & Seafood Festival on October 18 - edhat
The day-long event at the Santa Barbara Harbor on October 18 is a free community tradition runs from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.

“Do not be daunted by the enormity of the world’s grief.
You are not obligated to complete the work,
but neither are you free to abandon it.”
https://amandalitman.substack.com/p/50-things-you-can-actually-do

50 things you can actually do
If you're feeling helpless

A protest does not become a rebellion merely because the protestors advocate for myriad legal or policy changes, are well organized, call for significant changes to the structure of the U.S. government, use civil disobedience as a form of protest, or exercise their Second Amendment right to carry firearms as the law currently allows.
Nor does a protest become a rebellion merely because of sporadic and isolated incidents of unlawful activity or even violence committed by rogue particip…

"Not Guilty"
A not-at-all-subtle reminder to Trump that he's just the president — and that means his power is limited. And: The Seventh Circuit keeps troop deployment blocked in Illinois.

After bringing white South Africans to the United States as refugees earlier this year,
the Trump administration is now reportedly considering granting protection to members of far-right European parties.
According to the New York Times, the proposal that Donald Trump is now weighing would prioritize Europeans who are allegedly
“targeted for peaceful expression of views online such as opposition to mass migration or support for ‘populist’ political parties.”
The pro…

Trump could soon make America’s refugee program a tool for white nationalism
The White House is considering a plan to overhaul refugee admissions in favor of right-wing whites.

A large number of armed Customs and Border Patrol agents responded to the crowd by hurling smoke grenades, shooting pepper balls and deploying at least three rounds of tear gas over the area,
even with children and seniors in the area.
At least four protesters were detained.
“When you’re using these tactics, you are asking people to be hospitalized,”
said Oscar Sanchez, a member of a rapid response network that tracks immigration enforcement activity.
He said h…

Feds ram SUV after chase down residential street in Chicago, then tear-gas crowd
The crash happened late Tuesday morning near 105th Street and Avenue N in the East Side neighborhood. Two men being pursued were arrested as were two bystanders. The crash drew dozens of neighbors who protested the tactics of immigration agents.

We're not looking for a show vote from Republicans.
We're looking for meaningful help so that people can afford medical care.
-- Senator Elizabeth Warren
https://bsky.app/profile/warren.senate.gov/post/3m3fmmifads2u

Elizabeth Warren (@warren.senate.gov)
We're not looking for a show vote from Republicans. We're looking for meaningful help so that people can afford medical care.

Trump has no idea what reality is
https://bsky.app/profile/amberspeaks.bsky.social/post/3m3fifsmlbc2u

Amber Speaks Up (@amberspeaks.bsky.social)
“The Party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command.” -Orwell [contains quote post or other embedded content]

The last few years have seen a veritable onslaught of the Supreme Court overturning major precedent
—precedent that concerned hot-button issues,
spawned huge bodies of law on which lower courts now rely,
stood for 50 years,
and had been reaffirmed multiple times by previous Courts.
And perhaps most gallingly,
the Supreme Court has claimed that these overturnings were justified by the “correct” readings of history
— expressly paving the way for Trump…

How the Supreme Court taught Trump to rewrite history
"He who controls the present controls the past."

Marine Colonel Who Resigned Because Of Trump Says Personnel Should Question 'Illegal Orders'
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/doug-kruman-marine-colonel-trump-pete-hegseth_n_68f15eeee4b061265b2c3530

Marine Colonel Who Resigned Because Of Trump Says Personnel Should Question 'Illegal Orders'
Doug Krugman couldn't swear to "follow a commander in chief who seemed so willing to disregard the Constitution,” he wrote in a Washington Post op-ed.

An ICE agent, who is being arrested for drunk driving and nearly killing his little kids & others,
tries to stop the arrest by racially profiling the officers arresting him.
Amazing to watch the courtesy given to him as he is belligerent and uncooperative
https://bsky.app/profile/davidj…

David Bier (@davidjbier.bsky.social)
An ICE agent, who is being arrested for drunk driving and nearly killing his little kids & others, tries to stop the arrest by racially profiling the officers arresting him. Amazing to watch the courtesy given to him as he is belligerent and uncooperative

The language in NSPM-7 is culture war language bleeding into operating law,
and the problem with that is, culture war stuff isn’t describing anything real
https://therealnews.com/no-kings-protests-to-sweep-us-as-trump-attacks-activists

‘No Kings’ protests set to sweep US even as Trump increases attacks on activists
Republicans are already smearing the protesters, but their intimidation tactics are out of touch with reality.

Trump corrupts the minds of Americans
Normalizes bigotry, misogyny,
graft and greed
From: @apron.rupar@threads.net
https://www.threads.com/@aaron.rupar/post/DP1koWjiWp9

Aaron Rupar (@aaron.rupar) on Threads
Neguse: "What Donald Trump and his administration are attempting to do is create this perception that he has all the power, and create a sense of hopelessness or helplessness in the American public. We've gotta resist the temptation. He is electorally unpopular. In fact, the most unpopular president at this juncture than any modern president in the history of our country."

“𝗜 𝗹𝗼𝘃𝗲 𝗵𝗶𝘁𝗹𝗲𝗿” - Boebert’s poisoned worldview is trickling down to Young Republicans.
In a groundbreaking expose, Politico just released the messages of the GOP's "brightest" rising stars.
What they said is beyond disturbing.
They called for rape, violence, and for their opponents to be sent to gas chambers,
expressed their adoration of Hitler and Nazism,
and called Black people monkeys and the N-word.
𝗟𝗮𝘂𝗿𝗲𝗻 𝗕𝗼𝗲𝗯𝗲𝗿𝘁 𝗯𝗲𝗮𝗿𝘀 𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗽𝗼𝗻𝘀𝗶𝗯𝗶𝗹𝗶𝘁𝘆. …

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ICE has used the pretext of combating antisemitism to target dissidents.
A branch of the agency previously used to target drug smugglers and human traffickers has reportedly been directed to scan social media for posts sympathetic to Hamas.
Though ICE is ostensibly still bound by constitutional limits,
the way it has been operating bears the hallmarks of a secret police force in the making.
They typically meet five criteria:
they’re a police force targeting pol…

How ICE is becoming a secret police force under the Trump administration
The US Immigration and Customs Enforcement meets most criteria that have defined secret police forces in authoritarian regimes. And the worst may be yet to come.

A report from InfoVaticana — a Spanish outlet with close Opus Dei ties — claims that Pope Leo XIV is on the verge of approving new statutes that would effectively dismantle Opus Dei as it exists today.
In Rome and at Opus Dei’s headquarters, no one denies that the Holy See’s intervention is imminent.
Two independent sources tell Letters from Leo that the text of the reforms is finalized and its promulgation is only weeks away.
According to the leaks, the changes would “mea…

NEW: Pope Leo Set To Break Up Opus Dei
If Pope Leo does indeed approve a plan that effectively dissolves Opus Dei’s structure, it would be the most significant internal action of his short pontificate to date.

A new, seemingly not yet publicly disclosed U.S. strike on a boat in the Caribbean
has left survivors for the first time, reports say.
Reuters, citing a U.S. official, reported that the U.S. bombed what they claim is a drug trade-related vessel on Thursday.
However, unlike the military’s previous five strikes, which were publicly disclosed by officials, the attack did not kill all of the people on board, the source said.
Other news outlets confirmed that the strike had …

A US Strike in Caribbean Leaves Survivors, Reports Say
News of the strike comes as the US military’s top official for Latin America has suddenly stepped down.

Donald Trump Thursday refiled his $15B defamation suit against @nytimes.com, three of its staff members and @penguinrandomhouse.bsky.social.
A spokesperson for the newspaper dismissed the suit as a meritless PR stunt.
https://bsky.app/profile/pressfreedomtracker.us/p…

U.S. Press Freedom Tracker (@pressfreedomtracker.us)
Donald Trump Thursday refiled his $15B defamation suit against @nytimes.com, three of its staff members and @penguinrandomhouse.bsky.social. A spokesperson for the newspaper dismissed the suit as a meritless PR stunt. https://pressfreedomtracker.us/blog/media-in-the-courthouse/#Oct-16-2025-NYT

The capture of prisoners presents a major new set of legal and policy problems for the Trump administration in its escalating terror campaign.
https://universeodon.com/@jaykuo/115391110182959524

Jay Kuo (@jaykuo@universeodon.com)
Attached: 1 image I want to know EVERYTHING about these survivors they have detained. Now.

Matsuo Basho (1644–1694) lived his peculiar life on the conviction that
art could create an awareness that allowed one to see into and communicate the essence of experience.
Throughout his life he searched for the state of being one with the object of his poems,
something he believed a poet needed to reach in order to write truthfully.
This life-long search brought Basho to wandering.
He thought that travelling would lead to a state of karumi (lightness), ess…

In Basho’s Footsteps: Hiking the Narrow Road to the Deep North Three Centuries Later
Matsuo Basho (1644–1694) lived his peculiar life on the conviction that art could create an awareness that allowed one to see into and communicate the essence of experience.

It will be the Frog, of course
https://www.newsweek.com/americans-dont-think-donald-trump-deserves-nobel-peace-prize-10896188#Echobox=1760717181

Americans Don’t Think Donald Trump Deserves Nobel Peace Prize
Some 54 percent of Americans say Donald Trump does not deserve the Nobel Peace Prize for his role in the Gaza conflict.

Interesting to so easily see the quite aggressive radar/jamming near key Russian sites on European Space Agency's Synthetic-Aperture Radar imagery

Copernicus Browser
Search, visualise and download Sentinel satellite imagery

During Thursday's two-hour phone call, Trump agreed to meet with Putin in Hungary in two weeks' time,
at a summit hosted by the country's far-right leader Viktor Orban in Budapest.
Trump said it would most likely be a "double meeting" between him and Putin, but that Mr Zelensky would be "in touch."
The summit will mark the 💥 first time Putin has set foot on EU soil 💥since the start of the war
- and is further complicated by him being ba…

Donald Trump makes weird comment about Volodymyr Zelensky's clothes at White House meeting
President Zelensky arrived for talks with Trump with high hopes of a breakthrough that could end the war in Ukraine

Towson University students moved their “No Kings” rally off campus
after a school official told them speakers’ names would be run through federal government databases and vetted for security reasons.
The demonstration, one of dozens planned in Maryland on Saturday,
will protest authoritarian policies of President Donald Trump.
Students moved the event, fearing that speakers would be targeted by the Trump administration,
which has threatened to pursue and punish …

Towson U. ‘No Kings’ rally relocates over speaker background checks
Towson University students moved their “No Kings” rally off campus after school officials told them speakers’ names would be run through federal government databases and vetted for security reasons.

Rep. Johnny Olszewski D-MD tried but failed to get recognized on the House floor today
to get Rep.-elect Adelita Grijalva D-AZ sworn in.
Speaker Johnson has refused to seat Grijalva for more than 3 weeks.
"This is wrong and you know it Mr. Speaker."
https://bsky.app/pro…

Jamie Dupree (@jamiedupree.bsky.social)
Rep. Johnny Olszewski D-MD (lower left) tried but failed to get recognized on the House floor today to get Rep.-elect Adelita Grijalva D-AZ sworn in. Speaker Johnson has refused to seat Grijalva for more than 3 weeks. "This is wrong and you know it Mr. Speaker."

The Save America Movement is
putting posters and decals on walls, sidewalks, and streetlights across the Washington power corridor
—and we’re projecting Stephen Miller’s face
(with messages like “Fascism ain’t pretty.”)
onto buildings where the administration, Trump, and Miller can’t miss it.
https://save-am.org/miller-dc

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On an island in the Arctic Ocean, in a region that is warming as much as seven times as fast as the rest of the planet, the food chain is being turned upside down.
Underwater kelp forests are surging into once-frozen waters, replacing other native species.
Reindeer, cut off from traditional foraging routes over vanishing sea ice, now graze on seaweed when they cannot reach inland grasses and lichen.
And polar bears, deprived of the ice platforms they once used to hunt seals, …

Curious Reindeer and Charging Polar Bears: The Changing Wildlife at the Top of the Earth
Climate change is transforming ecosystems in the far north. An international team of scientists has made some surprising discoveries.

By stabilizing a metastable form of sodium solid electrolyte,
a new technique creates all-solid-state sodium batteries
that retain performance down to subzero temperatures
https://pme.uchicago.edu/news/breakthrough-advances-sodium-based-battery-des…

Breakthrough advances sodium-based battery design
By stabilizing a metastable form of sodium solid electrolyte, a new technique creates all-solid-state sodium batteries that retain performance down to subzero temperatures

Treasury Secretary Bessent,
a former hedge fund manager,
is orchestrating a $20 billion lifeline to prop up the Argentine peso,
which has been declining in value.
The backstop is intended to support Argentina’s economy
and its president, Javier Milei.
On Friday, Mr. Bessent said the Treasury Department had intervened for at least a second time to buy pesos
At the center of his bet is that the currency of Argentina
— a debt-ridden country whose…

Bessent Stakes Credibility and Taxpayer Money on Argentina Bet
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent’s multibillion-dollar bailout of a serial defaulter raises the specter of losses for the United States.

A bipartisan group in the Senate is planning to force a vote on legislation that would
bar the United States from engaging in hostilities inside Venezuela without explicit authorization by Congress.
The measure faces long odds given the unwillingness of most Republican lawmakers to challenge Donald Trump,
who would be all but certain to veto it.
But a vote on the legislation, which is required, would put Congress on the record on whether to rein in Trump’s escalating…

Senators Move to Force Vote to Bar Ground Strikes in Venezuela
The bid comes after the Senate rejected a similar measure to curb President Trump’s attacks against alleged drug runners in the Caribbean Sea.

Not being even vaguely sarcastic:
At some point, a journalist needs to ask Johnson
“you regularly claim you have no idea what your own government is doing.
If we take you at your word, how are you so poorly informed,
and do you this level of ignorance should disqualify you as speaker?”
-- John Pfaff
https://

Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com)
Q: What's your message to the 170 US citizens who have been detained by ICE? About 20 of them are children MIKE JOHNSON: I don't know what you're talking about with the children. I haven't seen that so I'm not going to comment on it.

Gerald Epstein, a leading expert on finance and financial crises,
warns that Trump’s executive order on retirement accounts
not only comes with high risks,
but the so-called alternative assets deliver, at best, average returns.
https://truthout.org…

What Trump’s Executive Order on 401(K)s Means for Workers Who Hope to Retire
More workers may lose their hard-won retirement savings now that Trump has pushed them toward crypto and private equity.

It isn’t just that conservatives saw Kirk’s death as a convenient cudgel, a way to attack the left.
It’s also that they genuinely believe he was a hero and are furious that anyone would suggest otherwise.
In their world, he loomed so very large.
He put a respectable face on bigotry and freed others to display theirs as well

There are no MAGA heroes
They cannot exist within the modern GOP.

Over 100 liberal philanthropies,
including those that are being targeted by the Trump administration as part of an expected crackdown after the killing of Charlie Kirk,
are banding together to try and stave off attacks on the nonprofit sector.
The institutions, including the Ford Foundation and George Soros’s Open Society Foundations,
on Wednesday pushed out an open letter that forcefully defended the philanthropy sector,
even as its list of signers doubled as a…

100 Liberal Philanthropies Prepare to Push Back Against Trump Crackdown
The institutions published an open letter to defend their missions amid fears the Trump administration could target their tax-exempt status.

Ben & Jerry’s co-founder Jerry Greenfield is leaving the ice cream brand after 47 years, saying that
the independence it once had to speak up on social issues has been stifled by parent company Unilever
https://apnews.com/article/ben-jerrys-

Why Jerry Greenfield is leaving Ben & Jerry's after 47 years
Ben & Jerry’s co-founder Jerry Greenfield is leaving the ice cream brand after 47 years, saying the freedom the company used to have to speak up on social issues has been stifled by corporate parent Unilever. Co-founder Ben Cohen posted Greenfield's letter on social media platform X on Greenfield’s behalf. Greenfield said that he felt the independence the brand had to speak on social issues and events was lost to Unilever.

Sen. Bernie Sanders and Rep. Rashida Tlaib on Monday introduced the
Tax Excessive CEO Pay Act
with the aim of raising taxes on companies that pay their executives more than 50 times their workers’ wages.
The legislation would impose penalties starting at 0.5 percentage points for companies with CEO-to-worker pay ratios between 50-to-1 and 100-to-1.
Firms where executives make more than 500 times their workers’ pay would be forced to pay the highest rate.

'Corporate Greed Is Out of Control': Tlaib-Sanders Bill Would Tax Companies for Excessive CEO Pay | Common Dreams
As Elon Musk nears trillionaire status, Bernie Sanders and Rashida Tlaib push for a bill to rein in excessive CEO pay. With CEOs making 600 times more than workers, it's time for corporations to pay their fair share.

In 1863, at the height of the Civil War, two Baton Rouge photographers captured an image of a former slave's horrifically scarred back that shocked white Americans across the Union.
Now that photo is among dozens of exhibits about slavery at several national parks, which have reportedly been ordered removed by the Trump administration.

National park to remove exhibit of famed photograph showing former slave’s scarred back, says report
The famous photo is among dozens of exhibits on slavery said to be nixed by the Trump administration

The thing about arrest quotas is that the important arrests
— folks committing or organizing crimes
— don't tell you where they are.
So if you want to hit your numbers, you need lots of basically law-abiding people you can punish.
-- @joedudekjd.bsky.social

Stephen Miller’s Quota Likely Drove Korean Arrests In Immigration Raid
When ICE agents arrested over 300 Korean workers at a Georgia battery plant, a daily immigrant arrest quota was likely on their minds.

The Trump administration’s attack on Social Security is looking worse
https://www.latimes.com/business/story/2025-09-17/the-trump-administrations-attack-on-social-security-is-looking-worse

Hiltzik: Social Security's ability to serve you is crumbling
Staff cutbacks and exposure of personal information are among the results of DOGE attacks on Social Security.

“The Michigan doctor is Bernie’s true heir.” 🔥
It’s Dr. Abdul El-Sayed
– epidemiologist, former Detroit Health Director, and wrote the book on Medicare for All. 
𝗜’𝗺 𝗿𝘂𝗻𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗼 𝗯𝗲 𝗠𝗶𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗴𝗮𝗻’𝘀 𝗻𝗲𝘅𝘁 𝗨.𝗦. 𝗦𝗲𝗻𝗮𝘁𝗼𝗿. In public service,
I’ve seen how broken politics puts profits over people.
That’s why I led the effort to cancel $700 million in medical debt for 300,000 Michiganders
— 𝘣𝘦𝘤𝘢𝘶𝘴𝘦 𝘯𝘰 𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘨𝘰 𝘣𝘳𝘰𝘬𝘦 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘨𝘦𝘵𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘴𝘪𝘤𝘬.
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Putin offered at Alaska summit to
freeze the front lines if Ukraine withdraws from the
Donetsk region

Putin told Trump he could relax some territorial claims in exchange for Donetsk region
Russian president offered at Alaska summit to freeze front lines if Ukraine withdraws from crucial eastern area

What an elaborate way to avoid saying
“crime has plummeted.”
https://bsky.app/profile/radleybalko.bsky.social/post/3lwjfovefsk2n

Radley Balko (@radleybalko.bsky.social)
lol. Hope the author stretched before trying this kind of reach.

At a private event hosted by Senator Dave McCormick, Republican of Pennsylvania,
donors wandered through a sculpture hall at the Carnegie Museum of Art in Pittsburgh
and partied with their cowboy hats on at a dinner where each plate cost $5,000.
The aftermath was less celebratory.
Dozens of employees at the Carnegie Museums sent an open letter to trustees,
saying that the fund-raiser violated guidelines meant to safeguard the institution from partisan activities…

$5,000-Per-Plate Dinner Tests Museum Ban on Political Fund-Raisers
Carnegie Museums employees objected that a fund-raiser for a nonprofit with ties to a senator had violated museum policy against renting space for partisan political events.

After his summit with President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia,
Trump adopted Putin’s preference for pursuing a sweeping peace agreement
-- instead of the urgent cease-fire Trump said he wanted before the meeting.
Doing so would give Russia an advantage in the talks,
which are due to continue on Monday when President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine visits Trump at the White House.
It breaks from a strategy Trump and European allies,
as well as Zelensky, had ag…

After Putin Summit, Trump Backs Plan to Cede Land in Ukraine: Live Updates
After meeting the Russian president, President Trump told European leaders he now favors giving up unoccupied Ukrainian land to Russia to end the fighting, a concession Ukraine has long opposed.

In an email sent out to PBS station managers on Wednesday,
PBS president and CEO Paula Kerger announced that the organization plans to cut its budget by 21 percent
in order to offset some of the financial damage being caused by the Trump administration’s campaign to stop public media from receiving federal funding that was originally distributed by the CPB.
Because of the recently passed bill, PBS, NPR, and all of both organizations’ affiliates will no longer receive the $1…

PBS is slashing its budget in response to Trump’s attack on public media
PBS plans to cut its budget by 21 percent as it braces for the financial fallout caused by Trump dismantling the CPB.

Officials from various European countries took to social media to share their reactions following the Alaska summit.
"Putin got his red carpet treatment with Trump, Trump got nothing,"
German diplomat Wolfgang Ischinger wrote on X.
"As was to be feared: no ceasefire, no peace. No real progress
— clearly 1:0 for Putin
— no new sanctions.
For the Ukrainians: nothing.
For Europe: deeply disappointing."
During the post-summit …

'Clearly 1:0 to Putin' — European officials react to Alaska Summit
"Putin got his red carpet treatment with Trump, Trump got nothing. ... For the Ukrainians: nothing. For Europe: deeply disappointing."

Donald Trump berated President Volodymyr Zelensky in the Oval Office.
He allowed the Pentagon twice to halt prearranged military shipments to Ukraine.
He promised that when the current tranche of armaments runs out, there will be no more.
He has cut or threatened to cut the U.S. funds that previously supported independent Russian-language media and opposition.
His administration is slowly, quietly easing sanctions on Russia, ending “basic sanctions and export control …

Trump Has No Cards
Why would Putin need to make a deal with him?

The U.S. government said Saturday it is suspending visitor visas for Gazans
after a far-right influencer with the ear of Donald Trump complained that wounded Palestinians had been allowed to seek medical treatment in the United States.
https://www.japantimes.co.jp/…

U.S. suspends visas for Gazans after far-right influencer posts
The announcement came one day after a series of furious social media posts by Laura Loomer.

On this day in 1998, Dorothy West died on Martha's Vineyard.
The Boston-born writer was the last living member of the Harlem Renaissance,
a movement of African American artists, writers, and musicians
that energized American culture in the 1920s
https://www.massmo…

Oak Bluffs Writer Dorothy West Dies
On this day in 1998, Dorothy West died on Martha's Vineyard. The Boston-born writer was the last living member of the Harlem Renaissance, a movement of African American artists, writers, and musicians that energized American culture in the 1920s. Although profoundly influenced by her years in New York, West was …

Hurricane Erin strengthened into a fearsome Category 5 hurricane with sustained winds of 160 mph for much of the day on Aug. 16
as it traveled west just north of the Virgin Islands, according to the National Hurricane Center.
The hurricane is not expected to make a direct hit on the United States,
but will still drive dangerous surf conditions along the East Coast, said Michael Brennan, hurricane center director.
"The weather can be otherwise pretty nice to be at …

Hurricane Erin a Category 4 after briefly strengthening to fierce Category 5 storm
Hurricane Erin briefly strengthened into a Category 5 storm. It is not expected to make a direct hit on the U.S. but will create dangerous surf.

Wildfire Fighters, Unmasked in Toxic Smoke,
Are Getting Sick and Dying
The U.S. Forest Service has fought decades of efforts to better protect its crews
— sending them into smoke without masks or warnings about the risks.

Wildfire Fighters, Unmasked in Toxic Smoke, Are Getting Sick and Dying
The U.S. Forest Service has fought decades of efforts to better protect its crews — sending them into smoke without masks or warnings about the risks.

30%
👉 The damage caused by a disaster can be reduced by 30% if an early warning is issued within 24 hours.
1/3
👉 About 30% of the global population are not yet covered by early warning systems.
50 years
👉 On average, from 1970-2019, a weather, climate or water-related disaster has occurred every day.
5x
👉 The number of disasters has increased five-fold over a 50-year period (19070-2019).
50%
👉 50% of all disasters recorded over a 50-year …

Early warning system

In an email sent out to PBS station managers on Wednesday,
PBS president and CEO Paula Kerger announced that the organization plans to cut its budget by 21 percent
in order to offset some of the financial damage being caused by the Trump administration’s campaign to stop public media from receiving federal funding that was originally distributed by the CPB.
Because of the recently passed bill, PBS, NPR, and all of both organizations’ affiliates will no longer receive the $…

PBS is slashing its budget in response to Trump’s attack on public media
PBS plans to cut its budget by 21 percent as it braces for the financial fallout caused by Trump dismantling the CPB.

Donald Trump observed a few tents on public land and some garbage under an overpass.
Perturbed by the imagery, he issued a sweeping demand via his social media site, Truth Social:
“The Homeless have to move out, IMMEDIATELY.”
“We will give you places to stay, but FAR from the Capital,” Trump continued in his Sunday post. “Be prepared!”
The command came as he made plans to deploy 800 National Guard members to DC and temporarily federalize the city’s police department, …

DC’s homeless have nowhere to go. Trump might send them to jail.
The president's crackdown is causing fear and uncertainty among the city's unhoused and their advocates.

Eric Metaxas declares that holding members of the Obama administration responsible
is "a moral test for America":
"With this kind of filth, you cannot have the America that was given to us by God through the founders. It needs to be cleaned out. We need to have the equivalent of the Nuremberg Trials."
http…

A Moral Test For America
Unethical, Illegal, And Treasonous The Greatest Mass Murderer In History That's Quite A Line Up

Frankly, Trump may have a greater impact on the English language than any president in the history of the United States, believe me. 🤣
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/17/opinion/trump-speaking-style.html?smid=nytcor…

Opinion | The Insidious Creep of Trump’s Speaking Style
The fact that we’re talking like Donald Trump could mean that we’re starting to think like him as well.

Jerusalem Demsas left The Atlantic in recent weeks to launch The Argument,
a new publication that aims to push back against the populist right by strengthening the ideas and arguments of modern liberalism and convincing readers of their legitimacy.
“To move out of this post-liberal, populist moment towards a better future
— one with equal rights, material prosperity, and commitment to human progress
— will require our government, culture, politics, and people to recom…

The Argument | Substack
Join Us. We're Libbing Out. Click to read The Argument, a Substack publication.

Jad Tarifi, who founded Google's first generative AI team,
told Business Insider that he would not encourage people to get a Ph.D. to cash in on the AI hype.
"AI itself is going to be gone by the time you finish a Ph.D.
Even things like applying AI to robotics will be solved by then.
So either get into something niche like AI for biology, which is still in its very early stages,
or just don't get into anything [AI] at all," Tarifi said.

Early member of Google's AI team: It's too late to get a Ph.D. in AI
"AI itself is going to be gone by the time you finish a Ph.D.," Jad Tarifi, the founder of Google's first generative AI team, said.

It's Isaiah Martin, and the countdown is at 82 days until my special election.
Two huge updates for you.
#1: It's official, we kicked the hive, so MAGA has put in a handpicked Trumpster to run against me.
💥But getting arrested didn't scare me, so their lackey doesn't either.
They won't steal this seat in Congress from the people.
#2 Last night we hosted a town hall with over 11,000 people in attendance.
💥Momentum is building, and we c…

Isaiah Martin For Congress
​​Isaiah Martin is a proud Houston native, loyal brother and son, and a dedicated advocate. ​Isaiah’s upbringing instilled in him the values of service, resilience, and a deep commitment to his community. He believes in a Democratic Party that has a spine and fights back against Donald Trump and MAGA Republicans as they try to tear down programs that lift up the most vulnerable.

Learn about the financial relationships that drug and medical device companies have with healthcare providers.
https://openpaymentsdata.cms.gov/

CMS Open Payments
The official U.S. government website that houses data collected and published by Open Payments, a federally mandated program that collects information about payments that reporting entities, including drug and medical device companies make to covered recipients like physicians.

California Gov. Gavin Newsom
said the state is suing the Trump Administration
after Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy announced
his agency is clawing back $4 billion of federal funds
previously awarded for high-speed rail construction,
the latest challenge for the country’s costliest infrastructure project.
Duffy this week said the decision to take back funds awarded by the Federal Railroad Administration during the Obama and Biden Administrations
…

California Sues Trump To Hang Onto $4 Billion Of Bullet Train Funds
Gov. Gavin Newsom says the effort by the Transportation Department to claw back federal grants is politically motivated and based on Trump’s “animus” toward the state.

As Democrats walk out, Republicans advance judicial nomination of Emil Bove
The Senate Judiciary Committee voted Thursday morning to advance Donald Trump’s controversial judicial nominee
Emil Bove -- amid objections from Democratic senators,
who walked out of the hearing in protest before the vote.

Bove, a top Justice Department official nominated to serve on U.S. Court of Appeals for the 3rd Circuit, must now be approved by the full Senate.

Bove faced whistleb…

As Democrats walk out, Republicans advance judicial nomination of Emil Bove
Bove, a top Justice Department official and Trump’s former personal defense attorney, was nominated to serve on U.S. Court of Appeals for the 3rd Circuit.

Trump adds new level of scrutiny to wind and solar projects
The Interior Department said Thursday that it would add additional layers of review for wind and solar energy projects,
following Donald Trump’s executive order aimed at
ending any “preferential treatment” for renewable energy.

The new requirement threatens to trip up the approval process
as wind and solar projects race to begin construction by a deadline next July to qualify for tax credits,
whi…

Trump adds new level of scrutiny to wind and solar projects
The new requirement threatens to slow the approval process for renewable energy projects as they race to begin construction before the deadline for tax credits.

Apropos of nothing, you can always reach ProPublica with anonymous tips, files, and information that you think could hold powerful people and institutions accountable via this link: https://www.propublica.org/tips/

How to Contact ProPublica or Send a Tip Securely — ProPublica
Our job is to hold people and institutions accountable. To do that, we need evidence.

For a moment last week, Donald Trump’s Justice Department appeared to throw a metaphorical life vest to Texas Gov. Greg Abbott’s public relations team.
As search and rescue operations continued, the Republican governor was under fire for suggesting that
survivors and the media were using the “word choice of losers”
when asking him who was to blame for the state’s handling of the flash flood that claimed at least 134 lives over the July 4 weekend.
Abbott also compared…

Texas Plays Cynical Racial Gerrymandering Game to Save House Majority for Trump
Trump’s Justice Department gave political cover for Gov. Greg Abbott to mingle gerrymandering with disaster relief.

ICE arrests chiropractor outside his kid’s Beaverton preschool
The man is married to a U.S. citizen
and has completed his green card application.
https://www.opb.org/article/2025/07/16/ice-imm…

ICE arrests chiropractor outside his kid’s Beaverton preschool
Federal immigration officers arrested a 38-year old Iranian man outside his child’s preschool in Beaverton on Tuesday, according to school and law enforcement officials. The man is married to a U.S. citizen and completed his green card application.

Stephen Colbert’s ‘Late Show’ canceled by CBS, to end in May 2026

The announcement came days after Colbert spoke out
against the $16 million settlement
paid by CBS News parent Paramount to settle a lawsuit filed by Donald Trump.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/st…

Stephen Colbert’s ‘Late Show’ canceled by CBS, to end in May 2026
The announcement came days after Colbert spoke out against the $16 million settlement paid by CBS News parent Paramount to settle a lawsuit filed by Donald Trump.

Republicans Introduce Bill to Revoke the Charter of Largest US Teachers Union
They cited the union’s pledge to “defend democracy against Trump’s embrace of fascism”
and cutting ties with the ADL
https://www.commondreams.org/news/national-education-associa…

'Congress Must Reject This Attack': GOP Bill Would Revoke Charter of Largest US Teachers Union | Common Dreams
The president of the National Education Association said Republicans are attacking the union because "the billionaires that fund their campaigns don't want educators to have a voice."