Loki
@lokutus.bsky.social
naturalist and yogi with a day job. I enjoy taking pictures of animals, plants and rocks. Love science and philosophizing. Steeping in local East Tennessee politics.
Sen. Bernie Sanders said Tuesday he would not be supporting Sen. Chuck Schumer as the Democratic majority leader in the new Congress, setting up a seismic confrontation after the party's sweep to power in the midterm elections. https://to.pbs.org/4zeok4K
'The time is now for change.' Bernie Sanders won't support Schumer for Senate Democratic leader
The demand for change sets up a seismic confrontation after the party's sweep to power in the midterm elections.
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Here are the Democrats who helped Trump, Stephen Miller, Republicans & their Big Tech allies out by voting to advance a deregulatory bill that will speed up building of data centers and ICE warehouses.
Happy circulatory system walking through the kitchen day to all who celebrate
Astronomer/writer Carl Sagan (Cosmos, Contact) was born 92 years ago today. He died in 1996. "Knowledge is preferable to ignorance. Better by far to embrace the hard truth than a reassuring fable. Modern science has been a voyage into the unknown, with a lesson in humility waiting at every stop.”
Supposed climate hawk @whitehouse.senate.gov is a cosponsor on this bill. I am sure it has nothing to do with the millions he and his wife have invested in Nvidia. Very disappointing.
Greg Pak@gregpak.net · 2d agoThis is trash. @schumer.senate.gov could have rallied Democrats AGAINST this bill and killed it. We all just voted AGAINST this shit, overwhelmingly. He should not be majority leader. bsky.app/profile/murs...
This is trash. @schumer.senate.gov could have rallied Democrats AGAINST this bill and killed it. We all just voted AGAINST this shit, overwhelmingly. He should not be majority leader. bsky.app/profile/murs...
Murshed Zaheed@murshedz.bsky.social · 2d agoUPDATE: 22 Democrats led by @schumer.senate.gov vote to advance Trump/Republicans' deregulatory bill that will make it easier for Stephen Miller to build more ICE warehouses and Big Tech to build out more data centers.
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NEW: Organizers with Appalachians Against Uranium rallied today in the 2nd action of a pressure campaign to stop the expansion of the nuclear industry in Tennessee. A caravan protested Summers-Taylor, a concrete and paving contractor working with the nuclear tech company BWXT Technologies, Inc.
This cannot be forgotten amidst our enthusiasm. These anti trans measures cannot wait to be overturned next election. State leadership and courts must challenge, defang, and nullify these fascistic new rules immediately.
union person@junlper.beer · last wk.voters across the country voted for several ballot measures that amount to "torture trans children", absolute shame on the democratic party leadership for abandoning our community and allowing this
If a human traveling in a 1-million-ton space station, located 250 miles above your head, moving at 17,500 MPH, can find the time in a schedule maximized to squeeze every ounce of data from the experiments on board, can find the time to cast a ballot... so can you. If you're in the US, Vote!
Riding With Robots@ridingrobots.bsky.social · last wk.NASA astronaut Anil Menon voting in space today.
Today, people around the world are watching to see how the US midterm elections turn out. But no politicians are prepared to break with the oligarchy that is steering our society into disaster. No governments can make the changes we need. It's up to us. Fortunately, momentum is building worldwide.
Seriously though, the ad really was like: “ChatGPT, can you comb through all of my financial information?” These f*ckers, my god.
"So-called artificial intelligences do not undergo experiences, do not possess a body, do not feel joy or pain, do not mature through relationships and do not know from within what love, work, friendship or responsibility mean”
do not funnel your grief over this death into trek and x-men merch, paramount & disney dont need your money. go to plays, give to charities, vote for candidates who will fund public art, and you will make it possible for people like patrick stewart to exist and keep existing. a rising tide lifts all
Jessica Ritchey@jmritchey.bsky.social · 2w agoIf you want more Patrick Stewarts, then you publicly fund the arts and learning programs, so that working class kids can find their way into making a career in them.
What a trove of info in here! And yes, we'll be digging in when we can:
Unicorn Riot@unicornriot.bsky.social · 2w agoNEW: ‘Icepick’ Leak Exposes Thousands of Homeland Security Personnel, Groups and More ◀️ Officials in sensitive locations worldwide, thousands of groups, phone numbers, and countless other details cracked from Homeland Security login system unicornriot.ninja/2026/icepick...
“ai” as a tool for fascists to force their image of the world onto us is somewhat well understood, but perhaps less interrogated is how the existence of “ai” enables these same fascists to dismiss dissent as inauthentic.
404 Media@404media.co · 2w agoIn comments at a private police conference, Garrett Langley also said his wife advised him to never apologize.
Seen beyond the Earth's horizon from Himawari-9, the Moon peeks out to say hello.
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Challenge for the day: Reach out to a friend you haven't talked to in a while or introduce yourself to a neighbor you don't know. People are feeling isolated and it's making everything that much harder. You can't fix everything but everything is harder when people feel alone.
