Bela [AKA CarolHTucker, beladona Memorial, NeoBela, Belamomma]
@belamomma.bsky.social
Passionate about knowledge management and organizational development, expert in loan servicing, an active agent of change, virtual world denizen https://bankingontomorrow.blogspot.com
THIS is what weaponization of law enforcement looks like www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
Trump’s DHS is using an obscure law to secretly snoop on journalists, non-profits and unions: ‘It’s outrageous’
Even after judges rejected the same ploy, the Trump administration is going directly to social media and telecommunications companies
theguardian.com
Part of this story is the soaring cost of rents - how can anyone save to buy a home when over 33 - 42% of their gross income is allocated to housing cost each month?
Bloomberg News@bloomberg.com · 2d agoHome prices across the US continue to soar, fueling frustration for buyers and renters. Are you one of them? Share your story with us.
A lot of us in the US is worried about the same thing
Jockyfox@jockyfox.bsky.social · 2d agoA good point made re ‘A Trump Trajectory’ in response to @therickwilson.bsky.social in this months @bylinetimes.bsky.social A lot of us Brits think this! Trump won’t leave office voluntarily! @peterjukes.bsky.social @hardeepmatharu.bsky.social
NOW we know how those gas stations were able to offer such low prices....
The Washington Post@washingtonpost.com · 2d agoBreaking news: A chain of gas stations that lowered prices in response to President Trump’s call for cheaper fuel sparked a mystery over how it was able to sell at such a discount. A supplier alleges some gas wasn’t paid for.
it appears that someone, with no prior notice, quietly yanked the permits for the buses to park...
Many cities are built over streams - maybe bringing them back would help with water management phys.org/news/2026-08...
Many cities buried urban streams. Here's how to bring them back
As many cities developed, streams that once flowed on the surface were buried underground to make way for growing infrastructure. However, as heavier rainfall, extreme weather and aging infrastructure...
phys.org
The regime accused her, without proof, of facilitating terrorist financing through Iraq's financial system ground.news/article/us-r...
US Revokes Visa of Iraqi Woman Honored by Biden Administration After FBI Watchlist Placement
The U.S. State Department has revoked the visa of Iraqi national Taif Sami Mohammed Al Shakarchi after she was placed on the FBI’s Terrorist Screening Database, according to a department statement.
ground.news
Musk is doing his best to create a monopoly on orbital access spacenews.com/spacex-is-cl...
SpaceX is climbing the stack and pulling up the ladder
SpaceX is climbing the stack and pulling up the ladder
spacenews.com
THIS is why the AI attack on HuggingFace needs to stay in the news www.axios.com/2026/08/29/o...
The 5 craziest discoveries from OpenAI's HuggingFace investigation
The episode already ranks among the most consequential shocks in the history of AI.
axios.com
Commercial Real Estate is a volatile field.... This article does a good job balancing landlord and tenant priorities and I agree with the conclusion it draws. themerriweatherpost.substack.com/p/we-cant-ex...
Kimco’s Piss-Poor Decision Not to Renew Meadows
Meadows Frozen Custard agreed to pay higher rent to stay at the Hickory Ridge Village Center. Kimco said no anyway. Here's the business logic behind the decision and why it’s still the wrong call
themerriweatherpost.substack.com
MD's ballots go out Thursday 09.17 www.wbal.com/maryland-mov...
Maryland moves forward with mail-in voting despite federal rule controversy | WBAL Baltimore News
Maryland election officials are preparing for mail-in voting as a new federal rule raises concerns about voter turnout and election procedures.
wbal.com
Judge Talwani’s Most Recent Order On Voting By Mail It’s Long, It’s Complicated, And It’s Definitely Worth Your Time Joyce Vance Aug 28 joycevance.substack.com/p/judge-talw...
as with the other "improvements" the dear leader's minions simply jump into action wapo.st/4gEiF0A
Trees are coming down by the dozen as Trump’s D.C. golf makeover nears
The president’s promised overhaul of the East Potomac course has not officially begun, but tree removal has already been taking place for weeks.
wapo.st
add white rice to the food recall list www.southernliving.com/fda-expands-...
FDA Expands Recall On White Rice Sold In At Least 3 Southern States
The jasmine white rice was distributed in Southern states, including Florida, North Carolina, and Tennessee, as well as other states across the nation. A total of 27,324 packages are affected by the r...
southernliving.com
all of us were born under a wandering star.... science.nasa.gov/solar-system...
NASA Research Shows How Sun’s Ancient History Shaped Earth
In two recent NASA-funded studies, scientists uncover how ancient events in the Sun’s history may have helped create Earth’s unique climate and may have driven previously unexplained climactic shifts.
science.nasa.gov
Chief Justice John Roberts has made a practice of evading facts found and laboriously detailed by district courts to facilitate ideological objectives - and then has the unmitigated gall to wonder why SCOTUS is viewed as strictly partisan www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
The Supreme Court Isn’t Interested in Facts
In decision after decision, the conservative justices are ignoring the evidentiary record that lower courts have worked hard to establish.
theatlantic.com
Humans littering the ocean floor www.sciencealert.com/deep-sea-sci...
Deep Sea Scientists Hunting a Shipwreck Accidentally Stumbled Across The Ocean's Own Backrooms
More than 5,000 feet beneath the surface of the Gulf of Mexico, scientists encountered a truly alien landscape that might just haunt your dreams.
sciencealert.com
“It’s fun for him,” Lutnick said. “I’m helping so he can enjoy constructing the Kennedy Center.” www.nbcnews.com/politics/tru...
Judge hits DOJ lawyers with barrage of questions about Kennedy Center renovation and Trump renaming
Justice Department lawyers said in a court filing this week that keeping Trump’s name off the performance center could lead to the building’s demolition.
nbcnews.com
Seems a good time to revisit the decision to cut staffing by 38% and funding for CISA by the regime techcrunch.com/2026/08/27/a...
ATF declares 'major incident' as ransomware gang claims hack | TechCrunch
The ATF is the latest federal government agency in recent years to notify Congress of a "major incident" involving its cybersecurity.
techcrunch.com
come on, even armed and masked ICE goons have to figure an office of lawyers would know their rights www.techdirt.com/2026/08/26/i...
ICE Tries, Fails To Illegally Raid An Immigration Law Office; Settles For Empty Threats Instead
The thing about raiding law offices is that they tend to be filled with people who actually know the law. A bunch of opportunistic ICE officers thought they might be able to talk their way into an illegal search, but that initiative (is that the word for this?) died out almost immediately when the interloping...
techdirt.com
Ever wonder what "reporting" Fox News is supplying these days? Never fear, your fearless blogger is here to note the big news of the day and what they ignored completely decodingfoxnews.substack.com/p/fox-news-a...
Fox News and the Fear of a Powerful Black Woman
A condensed overview of 21 hours of Fox News for the week ending 8/23/26
decodingfoxnews.substack.com
the rank and file have had it brentmolnar.substack.com/p/our-milita...
Our Military Has Had Enough: Trump and Hegseth Can’t Spin Their Way Out of This
On an aircraft carrier somewhere in the Caribbean, a sailor loaded precision-guided bombs onto jets bound for small boats the Pentagon called drug trafficking vessels.
brentmolnar.substack.com