"It's clear that there's a rampant dumbing down in progress in which not knowing things is considered a virtue. I don't throw my hands up in despair, but I do try to indicate that it's a very serious problem." - Carl Sagan
This may seem like standard FIFA stuff, but it's also how "public-private partnerships" work in the US. The public pays the costs, and the private party keeps the revenue.
New Jersey and FIFA clash again over plan to sell MetLife Stadium grass for $11.2M
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I don’t want to scare anyone, but basically every time I talk to a current or former government lawyer they tell me we are going to need a new Constitution. Because this one is inoperative.
Today is a reminder that except for a brief period running roughly from Brown v. Board to Roe v. Wade, throughout its history the Supreme Court has been a reactionary force protecting the wealth of the wealthy and the power of the powerful, almost always hostile to equality and justice.
When oligarchs talk of “personal liberties and free markets” they mean their own liberties to become even richer and more powerful. When oligarchs speak of “freedom,” what they actually seek is freedom from accountability. Know the truth.
Oh our Minneapolis, I hear your voice Crying through the bloody mist We’ll remember the names of those who died On the streets of Minneapolis — The Boss www.youtube.com/watch?v=wWKS...
Bruce Springsteen - Streets Of Minneapolis (Official Audio)
YouTube video by Bruce Springsteen
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The “prosecute the former regime at every level” candidate has my vote in 2028.
25 years ago today, SCOTUS elected George W Bush president of the United States by blocking completion of a voting canvass in Florida. A subsequent canvass by the Associated Press showed that Bush's rival, Al Gore, had won the race in Florida—and thus the contest for the presidency—by 700 votes.
"Don’t give yourselves to brutes - men who despise you - enslave you - who regiment your lives - tell you what to do - what to think and what to feel! ... Don’t fight for slavery! Fight for liberty!" From Charlie Chaplin's final speech in "The Great Dictator." youtu.be/J7GY1Xg6X20?...
Charlie Chaplin - Final Speech from The Great Dictator
YouTube video by Charlie Chaplin
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The greatest crime in history: The Damning Records the Fossil Fuel Industry Doesn't Want You to See
Union of Concerned Scientists@ucs.org · last yr.Our painstakingly researched report, Decades of Deceit, comprehensively documents how major fossil fuel companies have misled the public and prevented climate action. We created a timeline that shows a small selection of their actions. Explore it here:
Plenty of politicians on both sides of the aisle feel threatened by rising class consciousness.
Elon Musk's DOGE goons work for Russia. "Within minutes after DOGE accessed the NLRB's systems, someone with an IP address in Russia started trying to log in." www.npr.org/2025/04/15/n...
A whistleblower's disclosure details how DOGE may have taken sensitive labor data
A whistleblower tells Congress and NPR that DOGE may have taken sensitive labor data and hid its tracks. "None of that ... information should ever leave the agency," said a former NLRB official.
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Never forget this day, February 28, 2025, when an American president abused and betrayed a democratic ally in the midst of a barbaric war with Russia. This grotesque stain will never wash away.
Once you realize that Trump and all the MAGA Republicans are working for Russia and Saudi Arabia, not America, everything they do makes sense.
A "climate breakdown." “...our increasing fossil-fuel consumption and greenhouse gas emissions are driving us toward a climate catastrophe. We fear the danger of climate breakdown.” yaleclimateconnections.org/2024/10/the-...
The planet is ‘on the brink of an irreversible climate disaster,’ scientists warn » Yale Climate Connections
The 2024 ‘State of the climate’ report says climate scientists are more worried than ever and calls for ‘transformative science-based solutions across all aspects of society.’
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This is the most important story in the United States right now. www.wired.com/story/treasu...
The US Treasury Claimed DOGE Technologist Didn’t Have ‘Write Access’ When He Actually Did
Sources tell WIRED that the ability of DOGE’s Marko Elez to alter code controlling trillions in federal spending was rescinded days after US Treasury and White House officials said it didn’t exist.
wired.com
The planet is on track for its warmest year on record, for the second year in a row. New from @drjeffmasters.bsky.social yaleclimateconnections.org/2024/12/nove...
November 2024: Earth's 2nd-warmest November on record » Yale Climate Connections
The year 2024 is virtually certain to be Earth's second consecutive warmest year on record.
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"2024 will surpass the remarkable record annual temperatures set just last year, one of the clearest markers of the unfolding planetary climate catastrophe." www.scientificamerican.com/article/2024...
Earth Will Exceed 1.5 Degrees Celsius of Warming This Year
This year won’t just be the hottest on record—it could be the first to surpass 1.5 degrees Celsius. The Paris climate accord aims to keep warming below that level when looking over multiple years
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I heard this is a good place to talk about taxing the rich, breaking up big tech, and ending Washington corruption.
ACA has been the greatest windfall for medical and prescription suppliers. What they will support is the privatization of Medicare/Medicaid. The entirety of government resources and treasure will be privatized as the only way to "save" it. And we're being set up to welcome it.
The New York Times@nytimes.com · 2y agoDavid Ricks, the chair and CEO of Eli Lilly, said his company would fight to defend preserving the FDA as it stands, challenging Robert F. Kennedy Jr., a longtime vaccine skeptic and President-elect Trump’s pick to be the next health secretary.
Hey, @jay.bsky.team, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez becomes the first individual on Bluesky with 1,000,000 followers. @aoc.bsky.social | Top 500 Bluesky Users: vqv.app
