Lost Sierra Jim
@jmidnight.bsky.social
Ex-lawyer, decent musician, dog lover, Cal alum living in the Lost Sierra. Warriors and Giants will get me through this. Or not. Probably not.
Make it make sense. Donald Trump keeps trying to restrict mail-in voting — but just voted by mail for the SECOND time this year. Clearly, the “problem” isn’t election integrity. It’s who gets to vote.
ICE and CBP are full of rapists and child predators. A new report details it in horrific detail.
The Sex Criminals and Child Abusers of ICE and CBP
Rape. Domestic violence. Epstein friendship. It's all tolerated by our valiant homeland-security apparatus. PLUS: COINTELPRO 2026
forever-wars.com
"how dare you attack a professional woman" you appointed a secdef who doesn't think moms should serve and is blocking women officers from being promoted because they are women
this from upenn's student paper is worth reading as the term starts: "AI cannot coexist with education — it can only degrade it. As technology advances and workers are replaced by machines, schools are some of the only places we have left to explore and wrestle with human thought."
Editorial | Penn has an AI problem
The Daily Pennsylvanian Editorial Board argues that Penn’s choice to embrace AI is detrimental to the institution of higher education.
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Trump made the bulk of his $2.2B in 2025 from crypto. So what is he selling? For real. The money is going straight to his bank account. We usually try to track money like this, through disclosures, campaign finance reporting, other regs...
Republican former state representative and close ally of Ron Desantis who appointed Caruso to a position last year after 7 years in the FL legislature.
Every day you read two headlines, one like "Trump orders U.S. Aircraft Carrier to get him Chik-fil-a" and one like "Hakeem Jeffries: We Must Be Very Cautious in the Way We Consider Speaking About Methods of Bringing About Incremental Change to U.S. Tax Code"
* Why Big Tech’s AI Spending Is $3 Trillion Higher Than It Seems @wsj.com www.wsj.com/tech/ai/why-...
All ICE is missing now is the Iron Cross (aka swastika)
“A single-payer universal health care system could cover every American, save more than 100,000 lives a year, and still cost $1 trillion less than the system it would replace, according to a new preprint study led by researchers at the Yale School of Public Health.” ysph.yale.edu/news-article...
Universal Health Coverage Could Save $1 Trillion and 114,000 Lives Every Year, Yale Study Projects
A single-payer universal health care system could cover every American, save more than 100,000 lives a year, and still cost $1 trillion less than the system it
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lol, whenever a news outlet dubs a man the "real Indiana Jones" I wince and hide. No real archaeologist wants this label. And always remember about Hiram Bingham: Machu Picchu was never "LOST"! It was simply not known by the American and European west. This was not "his" discovery!
'We couldn't believe our eyes': The 'real Indiana Jones' who found an ancient, lost city of the Incas
In 1911, a US professor claimed he found the secret mountain stronghold of the last Incan king. 53 years later, a new explorer proved him wrong – and the BBC followed in his footsteps.
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A reminder that we don't lack national health in this country because it would cost too much. It would actually save tons of money. We lack it because it would not enrich businesses and their executives like the current system does. bsky.app/profile/jent...
Jen Taub@jentaub.bsky.social · 2d ago“A single-payer universal health care system could cover every American, save more than 100,000 lives a year, and still cost $1 trillion less than the system it would replace, according to a new preprint study led by researchers at the Yale School of Public Health.” ysph.yale.edu/news-article...
Yeah, they never give a shit when it's someone else but do it to THEM and all of a sudden it's just wrong. Fuck them.
John Sipher@johnsipher.bsky.social · yesterday
What kind of idiot would look at north and South Korea and think that North Korea is a better ally?
[heaven] darwin: *looking down* angel: what’s going on? darwin: watch this
A sentiment oft felt but ne’er so well expressed
Republicans like high unemployment. Suppresses wages which is good for corporate employers and billionaire investors, who are the only citizens Republicans care about.
Eric Rauchway@rauchway.bsky.social · yesterday“going all the way back to Franklin D. Roosevelt, monthly job growth has averaged 176,000 under Democratic presidents, and 59,000 under Republican ones”
“going all the way back to Franklin D. Roosevelt, monthly job growth has averaged 176,000 under Democratic presidents, and 59,000 under Republican ones”
At Long Last, Americans Are Starting to See the Truth About the GOP
A businessman can set this country right. Republicans are better for the economy. Republicans love the military. Lie, lie, and lie.
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"AI" has existed in its current form for barely four years and the fact that it's jammed up the cognitive development of an entire generation that fast (and that there's a specific overclass of techofascists who are deeply thrilled about this) is a big damn red flag. www.nytimes.com/2026/08/17/u...
What Do Students Lose When They Stop Writing? (Gift Article)
Educators are worried that many students can no longer write essays without A.I. And it’s costing more than just grammar skills.
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Congress has the power to appoint ambassadors for a reason. Like, literally, who is this man?
Eileen Clancy 🧿@clancyny.bsky.social · 2d agoSince Jared has been acting as un diplomate sans portefeuille, I've been shocked no U.S. news org has gone on an editorial campaign against it. Most stories about Jared and the Logan Act date from 2017. Was there some court decision that I missed about it In the interim? Why was this just dropped?
North Korea is supplying Iran with the weapons it is using to kill Americans. Trump is an enemy of the United States. www.military.com/feature/2026...
North Korea’s Rogue Strategic Pipeline Arming Iran's War Effort: Exclusive Interview
Iran’s missiles hitting U.S. and partner forces may trace back to an overlooked source: North Korea. In a Military.com exclusive, expert Bruce Bechtol explains the alliance.
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Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 2d agoTrump allies himself w/Kim Jong Un against South Korea: “Based on my very good relationship w/Kim Jong Un, I am not happy that the US has agreed to Joint Military Exercises…I recently asked the President of SK if they would like to join us in the Denuclearization of Iran, & they said, ‘No thanks!’”
North Korea is hacking our infrastructure. Sending troops and weapons to kill Ukrainians and providing weapons and support to Iran. South Korea is a democratically ally.
Ron Filipkowski@ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 2d agoFor the first time in US history, America betrays South Korea, one of our closest allies for over 75 years. These exercises in various forms have taken place every year since 1974.
The sheep barn at the Iowa State Fair has better sanitation than any of Pete Hegseth’s aircraft carriers.
Army Considers President's Proposal to Have All Guns Make a Distinctive "PEW PEW PEW" Sound When Fired
Lindsay Beyerstein@beyerstein.bsky.social · 3d agoThis is the stupidest thing I have ever heard.
Meet Eric Neff. At the LA DAs, a True the Vote conspiracy theory led him to prosecute an election-software CEO. The charges were dropped. He was placed on leave. LA paid $5M to settle the wrongful prosecution. He's now chief of the DOJ's Voting Section. 3/ www.justice.gov/crt/media/14...
You and I — all of us taxpayers — funded this $533 million artillery plant outside of Dallas. It hasn’t produced a single usable shell. Yet the defense contractor, General Dynamics, has never been held publicly accountable. Nor has it had to pay a penny back… 1/
