Real Robert
@roberts-rants.bsky.social
Husband, traveler, amateur cook and photographer. 🍊 = political post. Slava Ukraini! 🇺🇦 Will block accounts seeking $; many are likely fake. Lawyer, but posts aren’t legal advice. Posts are solely my opinion. All photos are mine except reposts.
Executing a search warrant while early voting is underway in Minnesota, on an old, moldy "crime" is all you need to know about the motivation here. Absolutely no reason not to wait until the second week of November. It's abundantly clear that this is about politics, not a legitimate prosecution.
The Washington Sun@washingtonsun.com · 3h agoThe congresswoman said she “will not be silenced.” https://www.washingtonsun.com/congress/democrats-ilhan-omar-home-search-criminal-investigation
The man is trying to buy elections and so buy our government's policies. The policies he advocates may be good for him but they are not good for us. Vote against the candidates he supports.
Tim O’Brien@timobrien.bsky.social · 8h agoMusk has funneled more than $276 million into Republican groups and his PAC since July, building a huge turnout operation for the midterms. “The staggering amount of money makes Mr. Musk, the richest person in the world, by far the largest known donor in the midterms” www.nytimes.com/2026/10/12/u...
If you haven’t made sure to turn on two-factor authentication on all accounts, have passwords with family in case you get voice calls asking for money, etc, now would be a good time. AI gains mean the costs of mass targeting individuals with very sophisticated attacks are dropping.
For all this talk of Russian bots being defeated by the Yandex strikes I'm still getting the usual Matryoshka emails with the same fake news posts and purchased bot engagement. Seems more like wishful thinking based on misinterpreted data than reality.
If they disappeared when Yandex went offline, this proves once again that Europe is not the source of the problems." The big problem is that Russia figured out how modern society consumes information a decade ago, but the West hasn't.
Nation’s Indigenous People Confirm They Don’t Need Special Holiday, Just Large Swaths Of Land Returned Immediately https://theonion.com/nation-s-indigenous-people-confirm-they-don-t-need-spec-1839033177/
This is very interesting. My non-expert take-away: he's saying we should treat AI models as if they were people that we don't trust and who could be compromised. So have them do the work, but surround them with external safeguards that they don't control and can't breach. Just like with people.
Carl Quintanilla@carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 7h agoNADELLA: ".. We must assume a model is compromised and contain it from the start. Think of it like an emergency brake. An authorized person should always be able to pause or shut down a model mid-task." x.com/satyanadella...
"If you're not the paying customer, you're the product." The very lowest-effort ethical action one can take in response to that fact in the world is: don't provide free content that makes his megaphone more effective and powerful. What are we even doing, people?
It is now one of the biggest facts in the world that the richest man in the world is an overt white supremacist trying to bend politics worldwide in the direction of white supremacy. Twitter isn't the source of his wealth but it is his biggest megaphone.
In people with #LongCovid, the microbiome in the mouth and sputum were found to correlate symptoms and severity publications.ersnet.org/content/erj/...
Sputum and oral microbiota profiles are associated with long COVID severity and phenotype post-hospitalisation: a UK multicentre, prospective cohort study
BackgroundAcute COVID-19 alters the airway microbiota. Whether these changes persist post-COVID-19 and contribute to long COVID is unknown. We aimed to describe the microbiota by long COVID severity and subtype, and identify links with inflammation.MethodsAdults were prospectively recruited to the longitudinal UK Post-hospitalisation COVID-19 study (PHOSP-COVID). Patients were grouped by previously described “severity clusters” (of ongoing health impairments) and symptom subgroups. Oral and sputum microbiota (at 6 months post-discharge) were characterised through 16S ribosomal RNA gene amplicon sequencing, and microbiota diversity was assessed. Co-occurrence network analysis identified keystone taxa. Associations between keystone taxa and plasma inflammatory proteins were assessed through Spearman's rank correlations.Results771 participants had their microbiota assessed. Of participants with oral rinses and “severity cluster” assignment (mean age 57.5 years), 278 out of 722 (38.5%) were women. The “very severe” cluster, in which disease was predominantly pulmonary in nature, was associated with a distinct microbiota profile post-COVID-19. Reduced lung function was associated with a distinct oral microbiota profile. Persistent neurocognitive symptoms were associated with a distinct oral microbiota profile, while gastrointestinal symptoms were associated with a distinct sputum microbiota profile. Microbiota keystone taxa shifted to a higher prevalence of lactic acid bacteria associated with worse health outcomes. Lactic acid bacteria abundance was associated with elevated blood inflammatory proteins.ConclusionDistinct oral and sputum microbiota profiles were associated with pulmonary function and with neurocognitive and gastrointestinal symptoms in long COVID. Shifts in keystone microbiota taxa linked with inflammation, based on worse health outcomes, suggest a potential role change for lactic acid bacteria, which may be associated with the host immune response.
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Also, the Alberta independent movement basically disappeared after the Yandex site was bombed. Fancy that.
The reason why you see a bunch of accounts all suddenly start posting the same phrase at about the same time is because there's a bunch of GRU interns at setups like this and they get a slack notification and start copy/pasting the marching orders given to them
US threatens to block arms for Ukraine over attacks on Russian refineries www.ft.com/content/68fd...
US threatens to block arms for Ukraine over attacks on Russian refineries
Officials lobby European capitals and Kyiv following Trump’s diesel deal with Putin
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Worth reposting, since I've never seen anyone do this.
Patrick Chovanec@prchovanec.bsky.social · yesterdaySo I just downloaded and ran numbers. Based on the weekly reports of average gas prices in the US, the average (over time) during the Biden Admin was $3.45/gallon. The average during the 2nd Trump Admin, so far has been ... drumroll ... $3.43/gallon.
IMPORTANT ‼️ RUSSIA IS BOMBING KHARKIV'S TERMINAL POWER PLANT 5 RIGHT NOW ‼️ There was several missile strikes already during the last 15 minutes. Trump’s ceasefire didn't work.
A case study in how the Trump White House circulates selective documents out of context that then get amplified in the right-wing media ecosphere to fuel conspiracy theories meant to undercut the criminal investigations into Trump. By Charlie Savage www.nytimes.com/2026/10/11/u...
How the White House Manufactured a Narrative About a Trump Aide’s Call Logs
A release of selected records from the classified documents inquiry is a case study in how omitting context can create political ammunition.
nytimes.com
Here’s your assignment for today: while your government is selling out Ukraine for Russian diesel, you can donate directly to the companies that are developing and building intercepter drones that are keeping Ukrainians alive and safe. wildhornets.com/en/
Wild Hornets – FPV Drones. Ukrainian UAV Manufacturer, Wild Hornets
Ukrainian UAV Manufacturer Wild Hornets. We produce FPV drones for the Armed Forces of Ukraine, ground control stations, interceptors, high-speed drones, and the Queen Hornet.
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Saudi Arabia extends closure of airport after 12 killed in suspected Houthi missile attack politi.co/4jRLFVP
Saudi Arabia extends closure of airport after 12 killed in suspected Houthi missile attack politi.co/4jRLFVP
Saudi Arabia extends closure of airport after 12 killed in suspected Houthi missile attack politi.co/4jRLFVP
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Two most important facts: 1) since Trump became President, attacks on Ukraine have grown substantially in volume and scale. 2) Since Trump became President the US has committed zero (yes, zero) new dollars to support Ukraine.
Have been using this for a few weeks now & am impressed. I was able to verify all the camera’s shown on my daily routes do exist & love the ability to avoid them whenever I can. Truly awesome, thank you!!!
FlockHopper@flockhopper.bsky.social · 9mo agoICE agents can access flocks nationwide surveillance network to track license plates in real time. I built an app using deflock's crowdsourced ALPR maps to help people check their route and plan ways to get around them. DontGetFlocked.com
The first Russian diesel cargo heading for the US left St Petersburg on September 22, two weeks *before* Trump announced the deal with Putin, Windward reports. The Greek-flagged tanker Minerva Zen carrying 275,000 barrels of diesel/gasoil is due at the US East Coast around 11–12 October.
So Trump has been planning to stitch up Ukraine for weeks.
"Political scientists have found that nonviolent rebellion is the most reliable path from dictatorship to democracy. Decades of research point to four steps that successful rebellions follow."
Joanne Freeman@jbf1755.bsky.social · 4d agoThis is well worth reading. Needless to say, organizing is key. newrepublic.com/article/2161...
🤣 “I have to write little notes, too. Otherwise I forget everything.”
nichkaie 😜😹@nichkaie.bsky.social · 2d ago
In Opinion “Democrats are right to feel bullish about their odds in a slew of this year’s congressional races,” Ben Wikler writes in a guest essay. “But to avoid another Jan. 6 scenario, they should devote just as much attention to — and sufficient resources toward — electing Democratic governors.”
Opinion | Want to Avoid Another Jan. 6? Defeat These Republicans.
The 2028 election is on the ballot right now.
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Good to see Donald buy Russian diesel instead of Canadian. I know its right on USA border but they sell imperialist, woke diesel that makes your truck gay.
7 shots fired into an SUV with a 5-year-old child in the back seat as the vehicle was moving away. Markwayne Mullin claims the driver “weaponized” his vehicle. Bullshit! “Weaponized vehicle” has become ICE’s go-to excuse for shooting folks. Where’s the evidence? It’s not in this new footage.