Old Unreliable
@oldunreliable.bsky.social
Artist, dog-lover, and avid reader.
A man in was fined by an A.I traffic camera for running a red light in Alabama when he was actually in Florida and exposes the corruption behind the surveillance infrastructure and promises to continue doing so He finishes with "Congratulations, you all got yourselves a new pain in the ass"
Even more on point now than 6 months ago.
Scott Horton@robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 7mo agoStephen Marche:
"And a growing share — about 10 percent of the river’s flow — is not consumed at all, but evaporates as temperatures climb across the Southwest."
Lake Powell Hits Lowest Level On Record As Water Crisis Continues (Gift Article)
Levels in Lakes Mead and Powell have not been so low since 1957, underscoring a water crisis that plagues seven states that rely on the Colorado River.
nytimes.com
#ResistanceRoots Today in history, 1967: The CIA establishes the Special Operations Group, which launches Operation CHAOS, an illegal domestic espionage program, to spy on the anti-war movement. The program collected intel on thousands of Americans before it was exposed on Dec. 22, 1974. /1
Economist covers from three months before Trump took office, and three months after.
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 2w agoMike Johnson: "We put in this Congress into place all the economic conditions to let the economy take off like a rocket, and beginning in the first quarter of this year that's what was happening, and then we got into the conflict with Iran ... that's the big headwind we have right now."
The Trump administration gives a green light to crooks. Casey Michel explains: www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
A Green Light for Crooks
The Treasury has made the American economy a safe space for corruption.
theatlantic.com
Substack is (rightly) promoting its legal Defender program for journalists, which helped me defeat an entirely baseless defamation by the fmr head of the CIA's Office of Medical Services, who now heads DOD's health services. I couldn't have won it without their help. on.substack.com/p/a-career-j...
A career journalist covering spies and national security was hit with a $1 million defamation lawsuit. He turned to Substack Defender for help—and won
We spoke to SpyTalk's Jeff Stein in the days after his lawsuit was dismissed with prejudice in federal court
on.substack.com
"Losing genes may have actually made smallpox better at infecting humans. The virus may have abandoned ones that had helped it infect other species."
‘This Is Very Strange’: Ancient Smallpox May Have Been Less Deadly (Gift Article)
Scientists have found smallpox viruses in the remains of people in Chile from around 500 years ago, revealing how the virus may have evolved into a global killer.
nytimes.com
More space debris is raining down on Earth than ever before — one effect of governments and companies like SpaceX racing to the skies. Last year, the U.S. issued alerts for nearly 820 objects entering Earth’s atmosphere, compared to 110 objects a decade ago. nyti.ms/4fM4whG
“Consult your doctor before taking Skyrizi, and if your doctor advises against it, physically attack them immediately,” says a voiceover in the 60-second TV spot
Pharmaceutical Ad Urges Viewers To Fight Doctors Who Say Drug Not Right For Them
NORTH CHICAGO, IL—Emphasizing that potential users of the drug should never take no for an answer, a Skyrizi ad that began airing nationally Tuesday encourages viewers to fight any doctors who say the...
theonion.com
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Randolph Parker, Moonlight Over Lake of the Woods, acrylic on canvas, 2020
“We have a red-flag system here, where if there’s anything that gets really out of whack, they can immediately tag the milk, and it doesn’t go to anything but cheese. … Because, you know, cheese is resistant to pathogens.” - Mark McAfee, raw-milk dairy owner Research has shown that isn't true:
5 Raw Quotes From America’s Largest Raw-Milk Dairy Owner
I toured Mark McAfee’s Raw Farm for a story about raw milk’s foothold in America despite its health dangers. Here’s what he told me about recalls, outbreaks and his relationship with the federal gover...
propublica.org
It may be in your genes after all. New study claims heritability of lifespan is 50%.
Rethinking the heritability of aging
The genetic contribution to human longevity is greater than previously thought
science.org
Anti-science, anti-regulation America is going to face a permanently elevated level of food-borne illness.
Opinion | This Is Why Our Fresh Produce Keeps Making Us Sick (Gift Article)
Cyclospora outbreaks are just a small part of a much larger food safety crisis linked to fresh produce.
nytimes.com
