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Interested in climate, politics, photography, science, cool stuff. Trying not to despair about the world.

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Lmao

07.03.2026 16:06 πŸ‘ 75 πŸ” 22 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 3
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This dog in the pub is OBSESSED with the rugby. Not moved from the screen.

07.03.2026 15:22 πŸ‘ 32 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0
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β€œ.. no announcement, no ceremony, no news cameras β€” just two employees on their routine overnight shift working while most of Washington slept.”

@washingtonpost.com #J6
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

07.03.2026 19:12 πŸ‘ 2985 πŸ” 1079 πŸ’¬ 141 πŸ“Œ 66
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What Does Russia Have on Trump? Americans Deserve an Answer As Russia reportedly shares intelligence with Iran that could endanger American forces, the White House chooses to ease pressure on Moscow instead of confronting it.

Ukraine offers to help defend the West from Iranian drones.

Russia helps Iran track American forces.

And the White House eases sanctions on Russian oil.

Explain that to the families of U.S. troops. My latest:
open.substack.com/pub/adamkinz...

06.03.2026 17:44 πŸ‘ 4745 πŸ” 1776 πŸ’¬ 229 πŸ“Œ 90
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Prof. Robert Pape:

"I have studied every air campaign since WWI... I've modelled the bombing of Fordow and regime change in Iran for 20 years... We are now in the grip of the escalation trap... This has never worked in over 100 years... Trump is up against the weight of history".

02.03.2026 19:05 πŸ‘ 1906 πŸ” 679 πŸ’¬ 36 πŸ“Œ 98
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β€œYou’re a U.S. senator!”

Bernie stops Noem’s replacement from literally trying to fight someoneπŸ‘‡πŸ½

This should go great

05.03.2026 20:11 πŸ‘ 9371 πŸ” 3504 πŸ’¬ 1113 πŸ“Œ 526
Tweets about people asking Grok which president told the most lies.

Tweets about people asking Grok which president told the most lies.

Bahahaha. 😁😏

#DJT #DJ6T #FDJ6T #PantsOnFireDJ6T

04.03.2026 20:48 πŸ‘ 13491 πŸ” 3452 πŸ’¬ 378 πŸ“Œ 201
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How long do electric vehicle batteries actually last? When the modern electric vehicle was still in its infancy, drivers worried that vehicles would need expensive battery replacements within a few years. But battery lifespans are exceeding expectations.

EV batteries are outperforming expectations - decade-old and older EVs are overwhelmingly on their original batteries and those with 150,000 miles or more are getting at least 83% of their original range. "These batteries are built to outlast the cars." www.npr.org/2026/03/02/n...

02.03.2026 16:33 πŸ‘ 10 πŸ” 5 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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These two women are suing Andrew Tate, alleging he raped them. Here they visit the social media companies that created Tate. Please share.

*one voice altered to disguise identity

18.02.2026 11:36 πŸ‘ 4489 πŸ” 3086 πŸ’¬ 116 πŸ“Œ 183
Brandon Straka: I’m at the Pentagon this morning for a briefing with 
@SecWar
 
@PeteHegseth
 on the Iran strikes. Session starts in 10 minutes.

Brandon Straka: I’m at the Pentagon this morning for a briefing with @SecWar @PeteHegseth on the Iran strikes. Session starts in 10 minutes.

Here's a Jan. 6 rioter posing with a press pass before Pete Hegseth's press conference, just to give you a sense of the type of "journalists" who were in the Pentagon briefing room this morning.

02.03.2026 14:35 πŸ‘ 3296 πŸ” 1442 πŸ’¬ 124 πŸ“Œ 76
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China’s latest energy data offers a signal worth paying attention to. In 2025, emissions from energy and industry fell by 0.3%, modest, but notable, even as total energy consumption rose by 3.5%.

The key driver? A continued surge in solar power capacity.

02.03.2026 08:50 πŸ‘ 1701 πŸ” 494 πŸ’¬ 53 πŸ“Œ 43
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GOP, you good with this?

02.03.2026 01:19 πŸ‘ 1809 πŸ” 813 πŸ’¬ 114 πŸ“Œ 31
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Eisenhower

02.03.2026 00:12 πŸ‘ 15621 πŸ” 5845 πŸ’¬ 374 πŸ“Œ 336
Today should be your 38th birthday..
When you lose your son you lose more than a child you lose a piece of your heart and your joy. Life is forever altered, and nothing can ever fill that space. Yet in my soul, he remains, my precious boy, forever loved. His laughter, his smile, and his love are woven into who I am. My love for him will never fade. Yor are my pride and my joy - you've made a change that cannot be broken..

Today should be your 38th birthday.. When you lose your son you lose more than a child you lose a piece of your heart and your joy. Life is forever altered, and nothing can ever fill that space. Yet in my soul, he remains, my precious boy, forever loved. His laughter, his smile, and his love are woven into who I am. My love for him will never fade. Yor are my pride and my joy - you've made a change that cannot be broken..

Alex's mom on his 38th birthday.

02.03.2026 00:24 πŸ‘ 21287 πŸ” 5334 πŸ’¬ 471 πŸ“Œ 314
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01.03.2026 15:22 πŸ‘ 8819 πŸ” 2623 πŸ’¬ 267 πŸ“Œ 103
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28.02.2026 23:45 πŸ‘ 19235 πŸ” 5440 πŸ’¬ 398 πŸ“Œ 266
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Trump Has No Plan for the Iranian People The mere act of bombing Iran will not by itself create a stable regime.

The American bombardment of Iran has been launched without explanation, without Congress, without public support. Above all it has been launched without a coherent strategy for the Iranian people, and without a plan to let them build a legitimate Iranian state.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...

28.02.2026 18:41 πŸ‘ 2184 πŸ” 977 πŸ’¬ 149 πŸ“Œ 55
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Why Attack Iran? Our Authoritarianism and Our Corruption

How to understand war with Iran? We must get away from propaganda. Facts suggest two interpretive frameworks: a foreign war as a mechanism to destroy democracy at home; and a foreign war as an element of personal corruption by the president of the United States.
snyder.substack.com/p/why-attack...

28.02.2026 14:15 πŸ‘ 3121 πŸ” 1447 πŸ’¬ 124 πŸ“Œ 141
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NEW. This is an elementary girls school in the city of Hormozgan in Iran.

In the last hour, it was hit by a US/Israeli missile attack.

So far, 24 young girls are confirmed dead [SOURCE: Al Jazeera].

The US has just committed a war crime.

(πŸŽ₯ Ary Jeay)

28.02.2026 11:44 πŸ‘ 1624 πŸ” 940 πŸ’¬ 50 πŸ“Œ 165
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Farage has never had a backbone

26.02.2026 10:30 πŸ‘ 192 πŸ” 64 πŸ’¬ 13 πŸ“Œ 2
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This is amazing.

www.getyourfuckingmoneyback.com

27.02.2026 17:49 πŸ‘ 37008 πŸ” 11952 πŸ’¬ 498 πŸ“Œ 800
Cover of The Lancet, 28 February 2026 issue. The quote: β€œThe destruction that Kennedy has wrought in 1 year might take generations to repair, and there is little hope for US health and science while he remains at the helm.”

Cover of The Lancet, 28 February 2026 issue. The quote: β€œThe destruction that Kennedy has wrought in 1 year might take generations to repair, and there is little hope for US health and science while he remains at the helm.”

On the cover of The Lancet:
Editorial β€” β€œRobert F Kennedy Jr: 1 year of failure”

Read the latest issue: spkl.io/63327Aa31W

27.02.2026 07:28 πŸ‘ 578 πŸ” 314 πŸ’¬ 13 πŸ“Œ 42
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Putin made a wise investment in Trump.

26.02.2026 14:08 πŸ‘ 732 πŸ” 270 πŸ’¬ 55 πŸ“Œ 20
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Every senator who voted to confirm RFK Jr owns this tragedy. Every single one.

27.02.2026 14:51 πŸ‘ 16767 πŸ” 7027 πŸ’¬ 540 πŸ“Œ 375
Allister Heath Headline Generator

In honour of the Sunday Telegraph's editor and offical maddest columnist, we have created the Allister Heath headline generator...
stirring-fox-7e1fab.netlify.app

26.02.2026 10:46 πŸ‘ 1557 πŸ” 516 πŸ’¬ 529 πŸ“Œ 877

No one who is at all concerned with the national security of the United States can possibly support Trump. This is simply a hideous betrayal of the country and its future in exchange for a bribe.

25.02.2026 21:25 πŸ‘ 2039 πŸ” 897 πŸ’¬ 41 πŸ“Œ 16
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Blind refugee abandoned by Border Patrol dies in Buffalo. A nearly blind refugee abandoned by Border Patrol miles from his home dies in Buffalo after having been missing for nearly a week.

Our federal government killed a disabled genocide survivor and is covering up for a child rapist. And that is just today’s news. It is just unconscionable to be treating this as normal or acceptable in any way.
www.investigativepost.org/2026/02/25/b...

25.02.2026 23:31 πŸ‘ 9717 πŸ” 4835 πŸ’¬ 409 πŸ“Œ 305
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30 years.

This video should be on every network.

26.02.2026 13:27 πŸ‘ 15920 πŸ” 8459 πŸ’¬ 1011 πŸ“Œ 915
The political effects of X's feed algorithm
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-026-10098-2
Received: 16 December 2024
Accepted: 4 January 2026
Published online: 18 February 2026
Open access
β€’ Check for updates
Germain Gauthier,5, Roland Hodler?5, Philine Widmer35 & Ekaterina Zhuravskaya3,4,5 m
Feed algorithms are widely suspected to influence political attitudes. However, previous evidence from switching off the algorithm on Meta platforms found no political effects'. Here we present results from a 2023 field experiment on Elon Musk's platform X shedding light on this puzzle. We assigned active US-based users randomly to either an algorithmic or a chronological feed for 7 weeks, measuring political attitudes and online behaviour. Switching from a chronological to an algorithmic feed increased engagement and shifted political opinion towards more conservative positions, particularly regarding policy priorities, perceptions of criminal investigations into Donald Trump and views on the war in Ukraine. In contrast, switching from the algorithmic to the chronological feed had no comparable effects.
Neither switching the algorithm on nor switching it off significantly affected affective polarization or self-reported partisanship. To investigate the mechanism, we analysed users' feed content and behaviour. We found that the algorithm promotes conservative content and demotes posts by traditional media. Exposure to algorithmic content leads users to follow conservative political activist accounts, which they continue to follow even after switching off the algorithm, helping explain the asymmetry in effects. These results suggest that initial exposure to X's algorithm has persistent effects on users' current political attitudes and account-following behaviour, even in the absence of a detectable effect on partisanship.

The political effects of X's feed algorithm https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-026-10098-2 Received: 16 December 2024 Accepted: 4 January 2026 Published online: 18 February 2026 Open access β€’ Check for updates Germain Gauthier,5, Roland Hodler?5, Philine Widmer35 & Ekaterina Zhuravskaya3,4,5 m Feed algorithms are widely suspected to influence political attitudes. However, previous evidence from switching off the algorithm on Meta platforms found no political effects'. Here we present results from a 2023 field experiment on Elon Musk's platform X shedding light on this puzzle. We assigned active US-based users randomly to either an algorithmic or a chronological feed for 7 weeks, measuring political attitudes and online behaviour. Switching from a chronological to an algorithmic feed increased engagement and shifted political opinion towards more conservative positions, particularly regarding policy priorities, perceptions of criminal investigations into Donald Trump and views on the war in Ukraine. In contrast, switching from the algorithmic to the chronological feed had no comparable effects. Neither switching the algorithm on nor switching it off significantly affected affective polarization or self-reported partisanship. To investigate the mechanism, we analysed users' feed content and behaviour. We found that the algorithm promotes conservative content and demotes posts by traditional media. Exposure to algorithmic content leads users to follow conservative political activist accounts, which they continue to follow even after switching off the algorithm, helping explain the asymmetry in effects. These results suggest that initial exposure to X's algorithm has persistent effects on users' current political attitudes and account-following behaviour, even in the absence of a detectable effect on partisanship.

A new paper shows that less than 2 months of exposure to Twitter’s algorithmic feed significantly shifts people’s political views to the right.

Moving from chronological feed to the algorithmic feed also increases engagement.

This is one of the most concerning papers I’ve read in awhile.

19.02.2026 18:57 πŸ‘ 6412 πŸ” 3197 πŸ’¬ 159 πŸ“Œ 400
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Excellent dad reflexes on display here

25.02.2026 18:43 πŸ‘ 837 πŸ” 107 πŸ’¬ 21 πŸ“Œ 31