There is a reason our book is called WTF AMERICA... bit.ly/wtf-america-...

This is insane!!! New: At the FBI, hiring prostitutes, stealing from your employer or engaging in acts of bestiality are no longer an automatic barrier to getting hired. www.cbsnews.com/news/fbi-can...

At the FBI, a history of hiring prostitutes or stealing from employer may no longer be a barrier to being hired

In June, the FBI quietly lowered some of the standards it uses when it conducts background checks on would-be federal agents and other personnel.

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The is white privilege in action. There are brown and Black people who are sitting in detention for months, AFTER they already gave up on their valid claims to be here and agreed to be deported. Then they’re deported shackled on an ICE flight while this guy, who had no valid claim, goes commercial.

NBC News@nbcnews.com · 13h ago

BREAKING: Milo Yiannopoulos, the British far-right commentator, has been deported to the United Kingdom, DHS says.

More than 60 trees have been cut down at the East Potomac Golf Links in Washington, D.C., raising alarms among preservationists ahead of a planned golf course overhaul backed by President Donald Trump.

Putin has prompted fresh questions about his mental state after comparing his war against Ukraine to a bloody battle between orcas and polar bears.

Putin Sparks Health Concerns With Deranged Tale of Polar Bear Slaughter

The Russian leader’s disconnect from reality was on stark display.

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Why is weather data disappearing? Two words: TRUMP & DOGE. Staffing cuts and reductions in critical weather data has crippled the National Weather Service—the system Americans rely on for accurate forecasts and life-saving warnings. www.upworthy.com/weatherman-h...

Despondent weatherman goes off-script on live TV to explain why he 'can't' forecast anymore

A veteran meteorologist warns that federal budget cuts are degrading hurricane forecast accuracy.

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"The largest planned AI data center in New Jersey is accused of violating federal law... "Located roughly a mile from two schools... "Running dozens of tractor-trailer-size gas-powered generators... "None have permits... floodlightnews.org/new-jersey-d...

One of East Coast’s largest data centers accused of ‘violating federal law'

Thermal drone footage shows DataOne — the Microsoft-backed AI data center in Vineland — is powering its operations with dozens of unpermitted generators

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why isn't the bbc or other mainstream new media covering this?

Zack Polanski@zackpolanski.bsky.social · 5d ago

I have written to the Cabinet Secretary to seek assurances that the Prime Minister’s Chief of Staff, who was lobbying for the privatised water industry until recently, has had no involvement in talks about the future of Thames Water.

Reform and its predecessor party spent over £645,000 on polling and canvassing work from an anonymous sole trader going by the name ‘COR Research’ bylinetimes.com/2026/08/28/r...

Reform's £645,000 'Ghost' Pollster

Exclusive: Payments to a business with no public footprint, no VAT number and a string of missing invoices are raising fresh questions about Reform UK's campaign spending

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Dallas Morning News reported that Texas has suspended 6% of registered voters without telling them Texans can use this link to check their voting status: goelect.txelections.civixapps.com/ivis-mvp-ui/... People who have been purged can still register before October 5. Tell everyone you know.

Worrying to see moves by RFKjr to reshape autism care. People with experience of autism spectrum disorder (caring for and lived experiences) and experts should direct autism policy not quacks trying things they fancy that aren’t backed by research and/or vested self interests.

‘So much fringe science’: RFK Jr’s advisers are pushing an extreme makeover in autism research

Experts warn the 336-page plan from RFK Jr’s advisers deflects federal dollars into unreliable alternative therapies

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🌡️ Children bear the worst of extreme heat Under today's warming, children under 10 face nearly three times as many extra dangerously humid days a year as over 60s. 🔗 doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.aeb3232 #Science #ClimateChange #Children #Heat 🧪

Age-specific exposure to human-induced increases in humid heat

Children are particularly vulnerable to climate change impacts and will face intensifying effects of climate change during their lifetimes. Here, we show that children already face disproportionate ex...

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Nepal Proves Climate Is the Threat Itself | @erinsikorsky.bsky.social

Nepal Proves Climate Is the Threat Itself

Moving Beyond the Threat Multiplier

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A truly biblical hailstorm brought an abrupt end to our holiday outside Zurich yesterday. I wonder if the climate is changing ?

RFK Jr. “repeatedly testified under oath during confirmation hearings that his trip was unrelated to vaccines, but the new letter explicitly states he wanted to study the use of the MMR vaccine in the Pacific island nation and uses the words “vaccine” or “vaccination” eight times.“

Forbes@forbes.com · 3d ago

A 2019 trip to Samoa has been linked to a measles outbreak that killed dozens of people.

The f*ckups are nonstop;🤡 & Kegsbreath have done a number on the military, this time w $. Things are so bad they're at the 'rob Peter to pay Paul' stage. "According to [the Guardian- www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026... ] 🤡's war on Iran has driven the US military into a full-blown financial crisis"

BREAKING: Donald Trump And Pete Hegseth Have Officially Bankrupted The US Navy

Pete Hegseth spent 50k on lobster dinners and Trump made 270 million this month alone. Now, The Navy is broke, and Trump is shorting sailors pay checks to pay for it.

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Trump & @scottjenningsky : “The strait is open! We won!” Reality:

About 1.3 million people sign the 1833 petitions, including alnost 190,000 on the women's petition. The enfranchised electorate rose to about 600,000 from 400,000 with the 1832 reform act: the broad majority of petititioners do not have the vote.

Slavery Abolition Act of got Royal Assent on this day in 1833. It freed about 800,000 people. 45,000 slave owners (3000 in the UK) were paid compensation for human property: a total of £20 million in 1833 - about £3 billion by inflation (or much more 40% of Treasury income, or 5% of GDP in 1833)

History of Parliament@histparl.bsky.social · 2d ago

On this day in 1833, the Slavery Abolition Act received royal assent, abolishing slavery in the British Empire. Our colleague @joempbaker.bsky.social looked into the specifics of the act, and why it was necessary 26 years after the passing of the 1807 Slave Trade Act.

Guess what? 1) You can 3D print a crow and squirrel feeder that looks like a Flock camera 2) Crows are extremely good at pattern recognition 3) People are fucking hilarious and creative and I hope every Flock camera gets its own personal murder (of crows) www.printables.com/model/180491...

Flock Camera with chamber; squirrel and bird feeder V2 by David | Download free STL model | Printables.com

Designed to look like a Flock camera, hollow with chambers and a removeable hatch for putting treats for your friends | Download free 3D printable STL models

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this is like maximum pleasure guaranteed but real san.com/cc/manospher...

‘Manosphere’ influencer Andrew Tate faces sexual misconduct charges. A data leak is exposing his secrets

A leak of sensitive information from “manosphere” influencer Andrew Tate’s online empire reveals new information about his online empire.

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For 3 years,Patrick Byrne, former CEO of Overstock, accused Hunter Biden of treason & linked him to a terrorist attack. This week, a federal judge found those claims were fabricated & said Byrne was not a credible person. $1.7 million punitive damages to Hunter Biden #USDemocracy #Voices4Victory

Trump Admin Eyes Deal to Give Away Yosemite Park Land to Real Estate Firm #TruthOut

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Trump Admin Eyes Deal to Give Away Yosemite Park Land to Real Estate Firm

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Trump is speaking to complete silence at the NASA center. Not a single person is applauding or reacting to anything he says during his brazenly partisan speech.

Milo Yiannopoulos has been apprehended by ICE in Louisiana.

Kanye Exec Milo Yiannopoulos Detained by ICE in Louisiana

Milo Yiannopoulos has been apprehended by ICE in Louisiana ... TMZ has learned.

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There's a whole chapter on intelligence and Ashkenazim. Many of of the assertions by the 'race realists' about Jewish cognitive abilities are based on long-standing racisms, and revivified by the weird and bad paper 2006 paper 'Natural History of Ashkenazi Intelligence'. TL;DR It is garbage.

I've been revisiting my 2021 book How to Argue With a Racist, in light of the Cofnas situation - i didn't name him or the scientifically illiterati with who he breaks bread. But I thought these sections from the end might be of interest.

Both my generation and my children’s generation have lived health lives in large part BECAUSE of childhood vaccines. To see these same groups of people advocating against vaccinating today’s children is extremely sad. It’s stunning ignorance and hypocrisy. #Sheshed www.ms.now/rachel-maddo...

Calls for Kennedy’s ouster grow as two unvaccinated people die of measles in Pennsylvania

“RFK Jr.’s lies and conspiracy theories are making Marylanders sick,” Sen. Angela Alsobrooks said, adding that Kennedy “must resign or be fired.”

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The lawyers at Trump’s DOJ are filing briefs with riddled with the kinds of weird malapropisms and baffling typos that would be embarrassing for a sophomore English major. Government by an LLM trained on Truth Social posts.

The Trump DOJ Is Running Out of Ways to Humiliate Itself In Public

Another week, another argument from your federal government that would be kind of embarrassing if a high school sophomore tried to make it.

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