Jordan Stone
@jpstone120.bsky.social
Reformed ski bum. Avid mountain biker and Winnipeg Jets fan. Wannabe photographer. Photos are my own, unless otherwise noted.
I pushed for independent oversight. Now, for the first time, we have an official glimpse at the damage—and it’s still an underestimate. Resources drained. Munitions depleted. Diplomacy wrecked. Troops exhausted. The American people deserve the full truth. www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
Iranian strikes have damaged hundreds of structures at U.S. bases, watchdog says
The report by the Pentagon's inspector general also detailed the extent of munitions shortfalls in the first comprehensive public accounting of the cost and military impact of the war with Iran.
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Republican Rep. Thomas Massie reads articles of impeachment against Pete Hegseth. About. Damn. Time.
While Ukraine fights to preserve its democracy and history against Russia, Russia funds the wedding for the son of the person formerly known as "leader of the free world". abcnews.com/Politics/rus...
Russian oligarch paid for parts of Donald Trump Jr.'s wedding celebration, report says
Bettina Anderson characterized it as an "extremely generous wedding gift from a friend."
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When an established scientific consensus demonstrates a significant risk to human health, policymakers who knowingly remove safeguards while disregarding that evidence should be held personally criminally accountable for the consequences of their decisions. apnews.com/article/epa-...
What the fuck is wrong with people?
Center for Biological Diversity@biologicaldiversity.org · 4d agoURGENT: One of the Greater #Yellowstone Ecosystem's oldest living #wolves, 1090F, is in imminent danger. But it's not too late to help. Please urge the Commission to use its adaptive management authority to protect the scientifically significant Mollie’s pack from hunting 🐺➡️ bit.ly/45D8MLy
What if hostile foreign governments were able to control social network algorithms in the United States, suppressing information vital to our survival as a democracy? That would be weird.
Kathy Mortensen 🏳️🌈🇺🇦🇺🇸 💙@kathyswords.bsky.social · 5d agoHow to tell if your friend is a secret supporter of Russia.... 1. stop bombing their oil while Russia bombs your country however it wants.... #Blues #Proudblue www.reuters.com/business/ene...
Donald Trump Jr.’s lavish Bahamas wedding was secretly bankrolled by a Russian oligarch close to Putin www.propublica.org/article/dona...
Donald Trump Jr.’s Wedding Bankrolled by Putin-Linked Russian Oligarch
The oligarch, Umar Kremlev, spent hundreds of thousands on expenses like renting out a private island. He appears to have met Trump Jr. only recently, but he attended the intimate wedding with a large...
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Your regular reminder: If the Russians stop fighting, the war ends. If the Ukrainians stop fighting, their land will be occupied, their leaders will be killed, their history and language will be erased, their children will be kidnapped to serve Russia.
Brent Crude opens at $109. $6 diesel fuel is just the beginning. Experts are now talking $8-10 a gallon for diesel fuel. We’re about to experience an energy and food pricing crisis. Thanks Trump.
You are about to get a lot poorer. Everything you buy is delivered to market by diesel. $6/gal is just the beginning. apnews.com/article/yeme...
I hope folks realize this Bab al-Mandab situation will be much worse than the Strait of Hormuz if it’s not sorted out quickly. And it doesn’t currently look like it will be sorted out quickly.
Twenty five years ago, extremists attacked America. The destruction, loss, and images of that day will never leave anyone who witnessed them. Today we honor the memories of the lives lost, and the heros who saved so many on 9/11.
I don't know, man. Free countries don't ask you to swear out loud that you'll vote. They just count the ballots.
if this was in an evangelical movie about the antichrist you'd think it'd be a bit much
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · last wk.Trump: "Please right your right hand. I pledge to the greatest president in the history of the United States. That loves us so much he can't even breath. That I will go out with my family, my friends, I'll do it any way - I don't care if I'm registered or not, I'm going to try to cheat like hell..."
Elon Musk is bankrolling an ad campaign to get you to check your voter registration through an innocent-sounding website. But his real goal is to collect and sell your personal data to advertising companies, Big Tech, and other Republican PACs.
The hidden dangers of Musk’s votesafe.org
The slick voter registration website, currently being promoted to millions of people, is a digital surveillance machine.
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This is what's left of one of Germany's remaining 4 glaciers: That of its tallest mountain Zugspitze. The glacier is agonizing and even its Northern part is expected to lose its glacier status in a matter of few years or earlier. This summer was a killer of Alpine glaciers.
“In the 🇺🇸 we live in right now, that’s the best we can do.” @jimmykimmel.com says his @jamestalarico.bsky.social interview will only be available on YouTube because fascist authoritarian Trump’s FCC stooge Brendan Carr threatened ABC over it. We are very far over the cliff, folks.
ALERT🚨“VoteSafe . Org” is a fraud site set up by Aparthied Clyde. DO NOT FALL FOR IT. Better yet, join my Sway voting group to elect 100% people funded candidates. It’s free and it’s legit. www.sway.co/qasimrashid?...
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This needs more dissemination. I can't tell you how many people I've talked to who like Trump because they believe he's doing things to protect wildlife and such. They have no idea and no defense when you show them evidence.
The New York Times@nytimes.com · last wk.Twenty states and the District of Columbia sued the Trump administration on Wednesday over what they called the most severe cuts to protections for wildlife in the half-century since the passage of the Endangered Species Act.
imagine being a menswear writer and having to go back to writing about this fall’s best socks after reading anthropic employees say AI might destroy humanity in a few years
🚨 Three Anthropic researchers went public last night with chilling concerns about out-of-control AI, warning it could destroy humans this decade.
Anthropic insiders warn AI could kill all humans
Their warnings came just days after top OpenAI leaders, including CEO Sam Altman, said AI is speeding into a scary, uncontrollable phase.
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Astrophotographer Adam (AJ) Smadi caught this image a few hours ago from Washington state. A thin crescent Moon, sunlight illuminating the rugged lunar surface. And 2,400 times farther away—and on the other side of the Sun—mighty Jupiter, and its moons Io (left) and Ganymede (right).
Please pass this on. Do not give up your info to muskmelon.
AltSpaceForce 🚀🇺🇲@altspaceforce.altgov.info · last wk.Yes, you need to check your voter registration. Yes, vote.gov will do that for you through the EAC. 🚨 NO. Do NOT use VoteSafe[.]org 🚨 It belongs to Elon Musk & Itty will absolutely hoover up your personal data from ip address to links you click & more. Musk's American PAC is funding that site.
In honor of the Snowbirds’ retirement of the Tutor, here are a couple shots from when they flew an evening demonstration and sitting on the apron during the Reno Airshow a couple years back. 🇨🇦🛩️
