The state of New Mexico is accusing three Texas oil executives of
orchestrating “a fraudulent scheme” to pocket revenue from hundreds of oil and gas wells in New Mexico
and offload the cost of plugging and cleaning up the wells onto the state’s taxpayers.
The suit, filed in late December by the New Mexico attorney general’s office, is the latest salvo in the state’s fight against oil and gas executives accused of 💥foisting old wells onto the public.
The 72-page compla…
"[Both Trump and Rubio have] portrayed Maduro as a cartel leader, in charge of groups like the Venezuelan gang Tren de Aragua. Those assertions, however, have been contradicted by the US intelligence community, which found no evidence that Maduro controls the gang."
Five key takeaways from US State Secretary Rubio’s year-end briefing | Politics News | Al Jazeera
Great article by @… on how insurgencies and nonviolent protests work - what their goals and frameworks are, how they achieve their goal, and how „mixing and matching“ between the playbooks will defeat itself - especially violent actions in support of a non-violent movement.
I want to remind everyone of the Montana Plan - a viable approach to diminish the force of the Citizens United decision.
I myself have written about the power of each separate State to regulate corporations operating under the laws of that state - especially those corporations created under the laws of that state. This means that each state has the power and authority to regulate and restrict how corporations created under that state's laws spend money, and for what purpose.
An overview of AI in 2025, including arguments for and against above-trend model capabilities growth, the state of evals, and the safety of reasoning models (Gavin Leech/LessWrong)
https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/Q9ewXs8pQSAX5vL7H/ai-in-2025-gestalt
Karoline Leavitt defended the ongoing development of an immigration concentration camp in her home state of New Hampshire today.
The possible construction in Merrimack, New Hampshire, has caused controversy in the state,
with the Republican governor Kelly Ayotte saying that she initially received limited information from Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) about the facility
– which many local organizers and lawmakers have opposed.
Ayotte’s office published pla…
I packed for #POTA before heading out to do the weekly grocery shopping, even though it was only 40°F / 4.5°C with low clouds. I decided it was too cold to sit in the helinox chair without insulation, so I drove past US-3867 and went to US-2755 Umstead State Park instead, where I could sit at a picnic table. I took a floor mat out of my car to sit on. As it was, it was cold enough that I co…
Just a reminder about next week's #DefendResearch webinar with PEN America. Join us on February 12th for a conversation with PEN America to discuss their important new report: "America’s Censored Campuses: Expanding the Web of Control" , focusing specifically on this new report and what it can tell us about the state of scientific research and education in the United State…
The hard turn of the liberal established media (NYT, Guardian) against trans existence is puzzling.
The whole anti-trans obsession that has bubbled up in recent years is weird. It almost feels like a concerted project but it’s too big, right?
I mean, there just aren’t that many trans people to be upset about. It’s easy to go for years without knowing that you’ve interacted with a trans person, mostly because it’s a non-issue for most folks. @…
Windy and chilly #FirstDayHike at Claytor Lake State Park
Can you do a favor for my friend @…? He was already having a lousy enough week with his car and his city falling apart when state troopers arrested his wife @… for protesting against the murder of Alex Pretti. (Arrested for what? AFAICT, they were just looking to make an example of some protestors. Just good old harassment via the legal system.)
Now the family has lost work and impending legal bills on top of that new transmission. I’m sure they’d appreciate it if you can chip in a few bucks:
https://www.gofundme.com/f/help-miriam-recover-from-legal-fees-and-lost-work
'President Claudia Sheinbaum said “Mexico condemns the military intervention in Venezuela.”
'She also included in her post an article in the UN Charter which states: “The Members of the Organization, in their international relations, shall refrain from the threat or use of force against the territorial integrity or political independence of any State, or in any other manner inconsistent with the Purposes of the United Nations.”'
This is
a) a violation of our US laws (and Constitution) regarding war-like acts.
b) going to further inflame and fuel the belief among Muslims that the US is pursuing a new christian-religious crusade. The long term damage this will cause to the US is immense.
In other words, el cheato is violating US law and putting US interests (and citizens) in considerable danger.
"US carries out strikes on Nigeria targeting Islamic State militants, Trump says"
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"The United States condemns the Houthis' ongoing unlawful detention of current and former local staff of the U.S. Mission to Yemen,"
U.S. State Department spokesperson Tommy Pigott said in a statement.
"The Houthis' arrests of those staff,
and the sham proceedings that have been brought against them,
are further evidence that the Houthis rely on the use of terror against their own people
as a way to stay in power"
Pigott said
Replaced article(s) found for physics.atom-ph. https://arxiv.org/list/physics.atom-ph/new
[1/1]:
- Perturbation-assisted Observation of the Lowest Vibrational Level of the $\mathrm{b}^{3}\Pi_{0}$ ...
Yang, Nie, Yu, Liu, Avalos, He, Klos, Kotochigova, Dieckmann
https://arxiv.org/abs/2510.17166 https://mastoxiv.page/@arXiv_physicsatomph_bot/115411364513995859
- Direct Measurement of the $5s5p\,{}^1P_1 \to 5s4d\,{}^1D_2$ Decay Rate in Strontium
Naohiro Okamoto, Takatoshi Aoki, Yoshio Torii
https://arxiv.org/abs/2510.22184 https://mastoxiv.page/@arXiv_physicsatomph_bot/115450966319591523
- Turbulence and far-from-equilibrium equation of state of Bogoliubov waves in Bose-Einstein Conden...
Ying Zhu, Giorgio Krstulovic, Sergey Nazarenko
https://arxiv.org/abs/2408.15163 https://mastoxiv.page/@arXiv_condmatquantgas_bot/113038670682163852
- Observation of quantum free fall and the consistency with the equivalence principle
Or Dobkowski, et al.
https://arxiv.org/abs/2502.14535 https://mastoxiv.page/@arXiv_quantph_bot/114040790353608831
- Microwave-field quantum metrology with inherent robustness against detection losses enabled by Ry...
Kurzyna, Niewelt, Mazelanik, Wasilewski, Demkowicz-Dobrza\'nski, Parniak
https://arxiv.org/abs/2505.01506 https://mastoxiv.page/@arXiv_quantph_bot/114459737137154531
toXiv_bot_toot
"...the scams perpetrated during the Corbyn period by Labour Together, CCDH and its sock-puppet ‘Stop Funding Fake News’ (SFFN) to topple Corbyn and install Starmer in his stead, have led directly to the burgeoning police state Starmer is building against the people of this country, their rights and their freedoms, all to protect Israel and its interests."
Starmer's attempt to destroy Corbyn reaches US
To my eyes, this is an act of war by the US upon the nation of Venezuela. (Not to mention the blurring of GPS and the sinking of boats by the US.)
If indeed a state of war now exists (to borrow a phrase from FDR's speech to Congress after Pearl Harbor) then Venezuela could be anticipated to wage war against the US - endangering US people (including tourists) everywhere in the world.
El Cheato and Whiskey Pete are getting the US in Vietnam Part II.
"Trump says airs…
Palantir co-founder #Peter #Thiel has donated 👉$3m to a California lobbying group advocating AGAINST a proposed wealth tax that would target billionaires in the state.
The seven-figure contribution comes as several ultra-wealthy tech moguls have left or threatened to leave California over the tax.
Thiel, worth so…
The case against Donald Trump and his co-defendants in Georgia ended on Wednesday
with a filing for dismissal by the state prosecutor who took over after the removal of Fani Willis, the Fulton county district attorney.
Pete Skandalakis, the prosecutor and the executive director of the prosecuting attorneys’ council of Georgia, confirmed to the Guardian that
“it’s over”after superior court judge Scott McAfee issued a one-page order on Wednesday dismissing the 2020 racketeeri…
A prominent civil rights attorney and at least two other people involved in an anti-immigration enforcement protest that disrupted a service at a Minnesota church
have been arrested, Trump administration officials said Thursday,
even as a judge rebuffed related charges against journalist Don Lemon.
The developments unfolded as Vice President JD Vance arrived in the state.
Attorney General Pam Bondi announced the arrest of Nekima Levy Armstrong in a post on X.
On …
A remarkable clash is playing out between state and federal authorities on Sunday
over the investigation into the fatal shooting by immigration agents in Minneapolis.
A judge issued a late-night order barring federal officials from destroying evidence,
as Trump administration officials continued to lodge baseless accusations against the victim.
The ruling late Saturday came hours after federal agents shot and killed Alex Pretti, 37, a nurse at the city’s Veterans Aff…
Donald Trump is trying to
take revenge
on financial institutions
that dropped him
after the January 6, 2021
Capitol insurrection.
The president filed a lawsuit
against JPMorgan Chase
and its CEO Jamie Dimon
Thursday in Florida state court,
seeking $5 billion in damages
and accusing the bank of ending its business with him
for political reasons.
The lawsuit claims that Trump,
his family, and different busin…
President Trump and House Speaker Mike Johnson
plan to hold a Monday evening tele-rally
to boost a Republican candidate
in the high-stakes Tennessee special congressional election.
The Trump-Johnson dual rally underscores the emphasis Republicans are placing on the Dec. 2 election.
Progressive Democrat
Aftyn Behn, a state legislator,
is standing against Republican Matt Van Epps to fill a seat left vacant by former Representative Mark Green, who resig…
The largest #protests in #Iran for three years entered a fifth day on Thursday
amid reports of deadly clashes between protesters and security forces,
with state-affiliated media confirming at least two people had been #killed.…
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