More importantly, oil takes longer to extract as stockpiles dwindle, and we are already beyond our capacity to quickly respond to an emergency *right now*
Real Robert
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How is Bolsonaro entitled to asylum, but Afghans who helped us against the Taliban aren’t?
Jennifer Juniper@jenniferkaal.bsky.social · 8h agoLike father, like son, like brother... This is nuts!
A reminder that the Israeli exit polls do not include the last hours of voting, which is historically when the right sometimes surges, and generally why they have often been consequentially off from the final result.
It is part of the all-consuming "AI is all fake" conspiracy theory that really should end with a combination of Anthropic's S-1, the math proofs of the last month, the post-Mythos cybersecurity environment, etc. ....but which is likely to continue to misinform people anyway.
The argument that AI labs are talking about existential risks as a way of creating hype & inflating their stock prices has always been odd. You don't need to believe them, but telling people your product may murder everyone does not, in fact, encourage people to adopt it or reduce regulatory risks.
Concession after concession to Russia from the US, with zero concessions back from Russia. This isn't about ending the war at all, this is about corruption. Turns out "Russia, Russia, Russia" wasn't a hoax after all.
JD Vance is the second coming of Neville Chamberlain. "A quarrel in a far-away country between people of whom we know nothing."
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 10h agoJD Vance says of the Middle East that it's "a region of the world made up of countries whose name I couldn't even pronounce"
Did you know we’re below the minimum recommended amount of oil, and just barely above the *statutory minimum* in the Strategic Petroleum Reserve? Lowest level since 1982, and gas is still through the roof. What happens when the war in Iran kicks back off?
NEW: DOGE affiliate Jeremy Lewin oversaw the destruction of USAID even as HR was trying to get him to fill out his onboarding paperwork, per emails reviewed by @wired.com. Experts say it’s unclear he had the legal authority to do what he did. @mollykraskin.bsky.social has the scoop:
A 28-Year-Old DOGE Operative Gutted USAID. HR Had No Record of Him Working There
Despite the agency's human resources department saying he hadn’t even been onboarded, Jeremy Lewin oversaw the destruction of USAID. It’s not clear he had the legal authority to do so.
wired.com
individual, republican-aligned donors spending double that of democrat-aligned donors in us midterms (polls not reflecting this)
A leaked group chat amongst six police officers in Charlotte, North Carolina revealed a competition to see who could arrest the most Black people. Current and prospective officials in North Carolina have been quiet. @carronjphillips.bsky.social writes about what this means for voters:
NC Midterm Candidates are Mum About Charlotte Cops’ Bigoted Group Chat
Though the refusal to address this issue isn’t shocking, the acquiescence should not be ignored.
contrariannews.org
A U.N.-backed inquiry is reporting that Russia committed war crimes and crimes against humanity in Ukraine by intentionally attacking energy infrastructure, which left millions of people without electricity and heat in freezing temperatures.
Russia committed war crimes in Ukraine by attacking its energy grid, UN-backed inquiry says
A U.N.-backed inquiry is reporting that Russia committed war crimes and crimes against humanity in Ukraine by intentionally attacking energy infrastructure, which left millions of people without electricity and heat in freezing temperatures.
bit.ly
People from Oleshky who wish to return to Ukrainian-controlled territory will first be taken to Crimea or Russia, according to FT sources‼️ At this point, we can only brace ourselves for a massive Russian propaganda campaign, legitimized on the international stage by Newsmax's presence.
NEW: We uncovered another trip shared by Donald Trump Jr and Umar Kremlev, the Kremlin-linked oligarch who attended his wedding. In August, they went hunting for a rare wild sheep in the remote Mongolian wilderness:
Inside Donald Trump Jr’s Mongolian hunting trip with a Kremlin-linked oligarch
Remote August rendezvous highlights remarkable ties between the US president’s son and a Russian businessman close to Vladimir Putin
ft.com
A timely reminder to state and local election workers: Don't take orders from federal agents about voting or elections, unless signed by a judge. Feds generally can't interfere in elections. Following an illegal "order" can make you liable or land you in jail. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/27/o...
Opinion | How to Prevent Election Interference
The buck stops with local officials.
nytimes.com
San Diego and LA both have more than 100 yr of tidal records, and today both sites saw their highest tide levels on record with no storm or high winds (h/t to @drjeffmasters.bsky.social and @edwardsanthonyb.bsky.social for great coverage of this) balancedweather.substack.com/p/san-diego-...
San Diego and LA set new records for tidal flooding
Southeast also dealing with coastal flooding
balancedweather.substack.com
A 2025 Nobel Prize winner in chemistry, Omar Yaghi is the son of Palestinian refugees who grew up in Jordan. He just left the US to move to China after raising concerns about rising anti-immigrant sentiment, like the kind shown here. donmoynihan.substack.com/p/china-than...
The Bulwark@thebulwark.com · yesterdayRFK: "There's five hundred million Arabs in the world. And yet they don't produce science. They don't win the Nobel Prize. They don't win the Fields Prize. They don't win the Wolf Prize. They don't produce literature."
And now back to my full time job, texting the word "stop" to every living Democrat.
The vile attacks on Amy Acton need to be seen in the context of a party that *needs* people to believe women fabricating sexual assaults is common as rainwater. Because it’s pretty much the only way to evade the conclusion that the president is a rapist.
Marisa Kabas@marisakabas.bsky.social · yesterdayBeyond disgusted by even more rape allegations against the President of the United States. "In total, more than 25 different women...have independently accused Donald Trump of rape, sexual assault, or other sexual misconduct." Report w/ new details: democrats-judiciary.house.gov/sites/evo-su...
Beyond disgusted by even more rape allegations against the President of the United States. "In total, more than 25 different women...have independently accused Donald Trump of rape, sexual assault, or other sexual misconduct." Report w/ new details: democrats-judiciary.house.gov/sites/evo-su...
"Overheating of expectations"? Democrats well positioned to take the House but capturing the Senate is much less certain as it depends on winning multiple red states that voted for Trump and often have not favored Democrats for decades. @llerernyt.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2026/10/24/u...
Why Democrats Could Find It Hard to Win the Senate Despite Their Strong Polls
Democrats are increasingly optimistic about the midterms. But they are being outspent by Republicans. And they are trying to compete in states that favored President Trump by large margins.
nytimes.com
Wow. Microsoft is offering voluntary buyouts to over 1/4 of its employees. Apparently to switch money to AI-related spending.
Carl Quintanilla@carlquintanilla.bsky.social · yesterdayRoughly 1/4 of its workforce. $MSFT
I voted no on Prop 38. CA universities have a perfectly functioning immunobiology research community; we don’t need to concentrate it in one place.
Happy213@happy213.bsky.social · 5d agoNo on Prop 38! 🚫 Prop 38 was written and primarily funded by billionaire Gary K Michelson, who will also benefit immensely if Prop 38 passes. ⚠️🚩💰💸 #California #Resist Read here 👇👇 calmatters.org/politics/ele...
Consumer prices are up 30% since the start of the pandemic, three times as much as during the prior six years. While median earnings largely kept pace with inflation from 2022-25, consumer prices over the past year rose more than twice as much as the typical worker's earnings.
It seems impossible for our political system to hold the politicians tied to the actual invasion of our Capitol to account, but any random Muslim candidate is reflexively labeled a terrorist.
Don Moynihan@donmoyn.bsky.social · 3d agoI’ve gotten so many of these types of flyers
This is literally the end of the rule of law. If a President can pardon people committing crimes on his behalf - and the Supreme Court says he himself can't be prosecuted for crimes committed as part of his job - then the government becomes a lawless entity able to violate our rights without limit.
The Washington Sun@washingtonsun.com · 4d agoNew: White House attorneys are evaluating whether to issue mass pardons to junior staffers. https://www.washingtonsun.com/whitehouse/white-house-weighing-mass-pardons-for-junior-staff