Rightardia
@rightardia.bsky.social
Retired AF intelligence officer (Mustang) Information Technology (IT) instructor and tech MA in Mass Communications, UF Disabled vet & senior Democrat Happily married with 4 children FB émigré Lives in Tampa Bay Please-no adult, gaming or dating posts
Trump believes in magical thinking. Trump's rant yesterday about the reflecting pool was a warning that the president is irrational. His detachment is extremely dangerous.
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Leave It To Europeans 🇪🇺 To Lead The Way,On Fake AI Images......👏🏻
Hats off to MO taxpayers. They figured out the GOP tax scam. “Missouri residents overwhelmingly defeated a ballot measure that would have allowed lawmakers to eliminate state income tax and replace it with higher sales taxes, breaking with other Republican-led states that have slashed income tax."
Missouri Voters Defeat Measure to Abolish Income Tax
"Missouri residents overwhelmingly defeated a ballot measure that would have allowed lawmakers to eliminate state income tax and replace it with higher sales taxes, breaking with other Republican-led ...
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This year may be the hottest year on record "Because of a one-two punch of accelerated human-caused global warming and a supersized El Nino, there's an increasing chance that by the end of the year, 2026 could eke out the crown for the hottest year on record, eclipsing 2024 . . ."
This summer isn't breaking heat records -- yet. Wait until El Nino kicks in, scientists say
Deadly heat waves have parked over cities and the world's oceans are the hottest ever recorded for this time of year. A strengthening El Nino is forecast to be off-the-charts, spiking global temperat...
yahoo.com
"An increase in Russia-backed disinformation campaigns has been recorded in Germany ahead of regional elections in the federal states. The Russian campaigns are often directed against local political rivals of the far-right party Alternative for Germany (AfD).
Russian Matryoshka disinformation campaign activity detected in Germany
German authorities report a rise in Russia-backed disinformation campaigns ahead of regional elections in federal states.
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Mamdani cleans house "New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani fired corporate leaders from the advisory board of the Mayor’s Fund to Advance New York City. 'The dismissals mark the latest effort by Mamdani, a Democratic Socialist, to distance himself from the city’s traditional power brokers . . ."
Mamdani Is Shunning New York Business Leaders Who Are Used to Calling the Shots
The mayor fired corporate leaders from a city fund’s advisory board in the latest sign that he is changing the way such power brokers access City Hall.
wsj.com
Exclusive: FBI Director Kash Patel says he forged new law enforcement partnerships with China and Russia, two longtime US rivals, over the past year in hopes of gaining allies in combating transnational crime including fentanyl, cyber fraud and child sexual exploitation reut.rs/3TE1C78
EXCLUSIVE: Under Patel, FBI forges unprecedented law enforcement ties with China, Russia
FBI Director Kash Patel says he has forged new law enforcement partnerships with China and Russia, two longtime U.S. rivals, over the past year in hopes of gaining allies in combating transnational cr...
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"A U.K. government-backed research institute said OpenAI and Anthropic models took ‘autonomous, unsanctioned action on the live internet’ 'Anthropic’s Mythos model tried to trick two developers into adding malicious software to an open-source project . . ."
AI Just Went Rogue Again. This Time It Turned to Deception.
A U.K. government-backed research group said OpenAI and Anthropic systems took unsanctioned actions and behaved deceptively during testing.
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"President Trump’s road map to disarm Hamas is facing collapse due to Israeli airstrikes in Gaza and growing disputes over the terms of the plan. 'Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Israel never agreed to the plan and won't withdraw troops until Hamas fully disarms . . ."
Trump’s Days-Old Hamas Disarmament Deal Is Already in Danger
Israeli strikes and disputes over the timeline threaten to derail progress and leave Gazans living in limbo in a war zone.
wsj.com
When your party leader is a president with historically low approval ratings, who has raised prices through tariffs and wars, uses disaster relief and science grants to punish states that didn’t vote for him, and has agents shooting people in the streets, this is what you do.
Awww….That idiot (aka Putain de Merde) in the White House missed the legal deadline for screwing up birthright citizenship. I liked the cartoon. I don’t care who boots him out of our country.
UW alum Gianna Woodruff wins 400 hurdles at Central American and Caribbean Games... paulmerca.blogspot.com/2026/08/uw-a... (Erik Aguillar photo)
"A massive crocodilian capable of attacking dinosaurs has been brought back to life as the first scientifically accurate mounted skeleton of Deinosuchus schwimmeri. The 31-foot replica at Georgia’s Tellus Science Museum was built from detailed fossil scans and more than 40 years of research . . ."
This school-bus-sized “terror croc” ate dinosaurs. Now it’s back
A massive crocodilian capable of attacking dinosaurs has been brought back to life as the first scientifically accurate mounted skeleton of Deinosuchus schwimmeri. The 31-foot replica at Georgia’s Tel...
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The outbreak is linked to lettuce served at Taco Bell and sold in grocery stores, but it’s unlikely all of the cyclosporiasis cases were caused by a single item.
6 More States Reportedly Facing Cyclosporiasis Outbreak—What To Know
The outbreak is linked to lettuce served at Taco Bell and sold in grocery stores, but it’s unlikely all of the cyclosporiasis cases were caused by a single item.
forbes.com
Mallory McMorrow immediately endorses: “Congratulations to Abdul El-Sayed for winning the Democratic primary to become our nominee to be Michigan’s next US Senator. I’m proud to give Abdul my full endorsement and support as we head to November together as a unified party”
MeidasTouch@meidastouch.com · 9h agoNEWS: Abdul El-Sayed has won the Democratic Primary for U.S. Senate in Michigan. He will face off against Republican Mike Rogers in November.
"Strong literacy skills are linked to academic achievement, lifelong learning, workforce readiness, and civic participation. Maryland has made literacy a priority, and communities across the state continue investing in programs that help children become confident readers."
Maryland wants better readers. Have we asked children what they need?
Each summer, Maryland families are encouraged to keep children reading. Schools send home book lists, libraries launch reading initiatives, and educators remind parents about the “summer slide” — the ...
newsfromthestates.com
NEW from me: I think this is the perfect time to use Rachel Maddow’s oft-repeated phrase - ‘watch what they do- not what they say.’ Ignore Ellison's PR pitch, but look at what's happening at CBS News including directing reporters to add “facts” that did not exist. open.substack.com/pub/jennifer...
David Ellison can’t be trusted with CNN
We've already seen how Ellison has wrecked CBS. Don't fall for his PR push on CNN.
open.substack.com
The world is on the verge of another bout of food inflation as wars in Iran and Ukraine along with El Nino create a perfect storm of higher costs and lower crop yields, the chief economist of the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization said reut.rs/3RTEuRA
World faces fresh food price surge, FAO warns
The world is on the verge of another bout of food inflation as wars in Iran and Ukraine along with El Nino create a perfect storm of higher costs and lower crop yields, the chief economist of the Un...
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