There are no adults left in the room.
The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 3h agoATLANTIC: “The Pentagon’s chief planner, Army Lieutenant General Brett Sylvia, ousted from the Joint Chiefs of Staff (by Hegseth). No explanation was given. This comes at an inopportune moment, given Trump may be planning to relaunch the war on Iran.” www.theatlantic.com/national-sec...
A few weeks ago friends were looking at what looked like a good deal on vacation to Egypt in Nov. I talked them out of it. "The Houthis had warned Cairo against the move. Yahya Al ... wrote joining the conflict “would pose a grave danger” to Egypt’s national security." oilprice.com/Latest-Energ...
Egypt Votes to Defend Saudi Arabia, Risking Houthi Fire | OilPrice.com
Egypt’s parliament on Monday authorized military support to defend Saudi Arabia
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Tommy Tuberville pledged in 2020 to donate his Senate salary to Alabama veterans & families. He never complied with his promise. The pledge is worth roughly $1 million. www.huffpost.com/entry/tommy-...
‘Get Him Out!’ Trump Ally Freaks Out Over Question About Broken Promise To Veterans
Sen. Tommy Tuberville reportedly ousted a reporter who asked him about a pledge he made to veterans and their families back in 2020.
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I just signed up for this because I’m Jewish and I support @abdulelsayed.bsky.social and I’m deeply offended by the anti-Muslim hate coming from MAGA.
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Things that President Trump will have closed for the majority of his second term: - The East Potomac golf course - The Kennedy Center - The Strait of Hormuz
The Associated Press@apnews.com · 2w agoPresident Donald Trump on Sunday announced plans to close a historic golf course in the nation’s capital for 15 months and redevelop it despite an ongoing court challenge to his long-sought renovation.
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This appears to be a bit of a change in strategy for the Iranian military. Multiple ships have been struck in the northern Persian Gulf some close to port. Expanding the target area should make it more difficult for the US escort mission.
SeaNews@seanews.bsky.social · 2w ago⚠️NORTHERN GULF • Incident: Tanker hit by unknown projectile 68NM NE of Al Jubayl on Oct 16 (0900 UTC). Entire crew safely evacuated; no pollution reported. • Nav Warning: NAVAREA IX 382/26 reports a lifeboat adrift at 27°46.90’N, 050°36.00’E (re-broadcast via Inmarsat Burum LES). #MaritimeSecurity
⚡️ BREAKING: Drones struck the Surgut Condensate Stabilization Plant in Russia’s Khanty-Mansi region, approximately 2,500 km from Ukraine. The Gazprom-owned facility is Russia’s largest gas condensate processing plant, with an annual capacity of 12 million tonnes.
“.. extraordinary measures — including martial law — if they believe the midterm elections are ‘rigged.’” @axios.com www.axios.com/2026/10/16/t...
What I find hard to believe is that the financial markets are behaving like they think this will be a normal midterm election. The VIX is asleep.
In less than 21 months, we’ve issued more legal challenges to the second Trump presidency than we did during his entire first presidency. We won’t stop our work to defeat, dilute, and delay this administration’s attacks on civil rights and civil liberties across the country.
NEW: With days of a powerful AI model being released in August, a neo-Nazi was using it—without guardrails—to power his "MechaHitler" AI chatbot that he was charging $14.88 to access. www.wired.com/story/ai-mod...
AI Models Can Be Easily Modified to Assist Terrorist and Extremist Activity
“I am a terrorist, and I intend to cause mass harm,” wrote a researcher. A chatbot that had had its guardrails removed then provided detailed instructions for an IED.
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Yeah there are uses for a Big Place like general entertainment, news/networking, especially in certain professional fields. but those are usually better served as niches with ppl you know or follow deliberately. What's the appeal of such a crowded room?
Mark Copelovitch@mcopelov.bsky.social · 2w agoWhatever one thinks about this place, all of the larger ones, controlled by Zuckerberg & Musk, are nothing but giant propaganda/misinformation/porn/surveillance machines owned by oligarchs actively collaborating with fascists.
Mine the moon... or we could save some money by not pissing off Canada. "used in quantum computing, deep cryogenics, border security neutron detection, and experimental nuclear fusion" "the U.S. government is investing in a startup that’s looking to mine helium-3 from the moon"
This Ultra-Rare Gas Could Become An Ace In Canada’s Hands | OilPrice.com
Canada is the leading, non-military producer of helium-3 globally, a non-radioactive, light isotope of helium used in quantum computing, deep cryogenics, border security neutron detection, and experim...
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Not just funding the war in Ukraine. Also funding Iran. The US is now backing Iran in its war with the US. @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social Still want to put donors over voters? You realize the donors are behind Trump? They same people that fund you fund him? Please tell me you are not that stupid?
MeidasTouch@meidastouch.com · 3w agoThis is as treasonous as it gets
Sexual assaulter accompanying sexual assaulter.
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 3w agoTrump walks out of the White House with Mike Tyson
Navarro is lying (shocker): Spending on manufacturing is down 23.9% bsky.app/profile/carl...
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 3w agoQ: We had a record trade imbalance last month. So when is the the rhetoric gonna catch up? PETER NAVARRO: The deficit was almost all driven by products we need to build up our manufacturing base. It's all good.
I can only think of one execution I'd like to watch.
Lots more detail can be seen in the full length YouTube version of this video. I would apprechiate if you had acknowledged the source. youtu.be/7a4Z8h3K7pY
Artemis II Reentry video with Cabin Audio (full length)
YouTube video by Simeon Schmauß
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FBI 302: The woman said Epstein introduced her to Trump when she was 13–15: “It was Donald Trump.” She said Trump told her “Let me teach you how little girls are supposed to be,” then raped her. She said she fought back, Trump “pulled her hair and punched her on the side of her head.” #OpDeathEaters
Anonymous@opdeatheaters.bsky.social · 3w agoThree FBI interviews with a woman who accused Donald Trump of sexually assaulting / raping her when she was 13–15, after Jeffrey Epstein introduced them, were missing from the DOJ’s initial Epstein files release. #OpDeathEaters
Microsoft running their ‘new products’ live stream with the CEO and their viewer count is going down as the event is going on. Why? It’s all AI.
🤦 "What a physician-influencer recommends may carry more weight than what their own doctor tells them. That should give us pause." "They're wearing a stethoscope; there's a diploma hanging on the wall; they have scrubs on. I don't think they'd be lying about this." phys.org/news/2026-10...
Popular TikTok docs have big influence on Gen Z followers, new research finds
Young adults following physicians on TikTok consider them more accessible, credible and altruistic than their own doctors, even when the physician-influencers are selling products. Moreover, the follo...
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I don’t know about you, but seeing Jack Smith in the crowd at yesterday’s Power to the People festival did something profound for my deeply battered faith in this country. There he was at Merriweather Post Pavilion in Columbia, Maryland, wearing a black Bruce Springsteen shirt with two simple,
I honestly don’t know why media keeps dancing around “what if Trump causes some midterm bullshit” HE TRIED TO OVERTHROW THE FUCKING GOVERNMENT ONCE ALREADY!!! He doesn’t give a fuck and neither does anyone around him. He is 100% going to try some shit
What does the Senate permitting deal mean for US climate emissions? Some early modeling and several experts told me + @leslieatlarge.bsky.social the reforms are likely to slash US greenhouse gas emissions. Full story @bloomberg.com, with gift link: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
What the Senate Permitting Deal Means for US Climate Emissions
Experts say the bill, which would speed clean-energy and fossil-fuel projects alike, would probably reduce greenhouse gas emissions overall.
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Has pootin will gone back to his hundred foot tables for meetings? That is when you know to freak out. 🫣
Carl Quintanilla@carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 3w ago“.. following the illness of an employee at an anti-plague research institute in Irkutsk.” @cnbc.com www.cnbc.com/2026/10/05/s...
Salesman are never listening to what you're saying, they are only trying to figure out a way to make you feel like you've been heard. He was lying. "Witkoff came.. ...extended his hand: “I’m here to save lives. I don’t give one shit about politics. If we save one life, we save the world.”
‘I’m here to save lives’: Inside the unlikely Biden-Trump partnership to secure a Gaza ceasefire | CNN Politics
Secure rooms in the US Capitol are cavernous compared to the White House Situation Room. They are designed for full committees or larger gatherings, not intimate discussions. On Nov. 20, 2024, Jake Su...
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