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mastodon 4.7.3Explorer tracking real people caught up in great events. #nobot
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Joined November 20, 2022
Judge lifts #Trump ban on CNN, MS NOW, Politico from White House
https://www.cnbc.com/2026/09/24/judge-lifts-trumps-white-house-ban-on-cnn-ms-now-and-politico.html?__source=androidappshare
#freedomofthepress
This variety of ageratum is a perennial. It's aggressive, but works well in a confined space. Today's test is whether it makes good cut flowers.
#bloomscrolling #gardening
"Trump just suffered another brutal courtroom defeat—and this one could force one of his most closely guarded financial entities to start handing over sensitive records.
"A federal magistrate judge in Florida has ordered the Donald J. Trump Revocable Trust to begin producing financial documents sought by the BBC in Trump's sprawling defamation lawsuit, rejecting arguments that the subpoena was improper or overly burdensome." MTN https://www.yahoo.com/news/politics/articles/judge-orders-trump-trust-turn-223408582.html#TrumpRegime #USPolitics #GrifterInChief
#AISlop #Science
"AI takes many forms. ...But today, one version of AI takes all the oxygen: large-scale, generative systems that power products like Claude, Gemini, and ChatGPT.
"...Under the guise of a civilizing mission to 'benefit all of humanity', they use large-scale AI development as cover to consolidate resources, destroy ecosystems, centralize information, hollow out institutions, and gain paramount economic and political power."
https://airesistlist.org/
"The son of Rep. Lauren #Boebert, R-Colo., was arrested on charges of sexual exploitation of a child, authorities said Monday.
"Tyler Boebert, 21, was taken into custody Sunday and later released on $10,000 bond, the Garfield County Sheriff's Office said in a statement."
NBC https://www.yahoo.com/news/us/articles/lauren-boebert-21-old-son-000707544.html
#TrumpRegime #USPolitics
#Diesel hits record high of $6 as Ukraine and Iran #wars ripple through economy
https://www.cnbc.com/2026/09/11/diesel-price-iran-strait-hormuz-ukraine-russia.html?__source=androidappshare
#affordability
Replying to
@threeforks@mastodon.social
My neighbor feeds peanuts to the squirrels, who bury them in my flower beds. I pulled several out, but left one in to see what it produces.
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"France is dealing with another unprecedented phenomenon: fire clouds.
'Fires in France and Spain have burned more than 600 square miles of land, forcing the evacuation of 330,000 people from their homes, with no signs of respite. Now, officials in France have confirmed the formation of what is thought to be the country’s first ever dangerous pyrocumulonimbus clouds....the latest indication that Europe’s fire regime is changing." Smithsonian https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/dangerous-fire-clouds-are-making-frances-wildfires-even-more-destructive-180989234/
#Science #ClimateCrisis
#HealthCare
"Martha Ann Lillard contracted polio in 1953, two years before the #vaccine helped eliminate cases in the U.S.
"She relied on an iron lung for decades, as modern respirators could not meet her breathing needs
"Lillard died at age 78 after a struggle with long COVID and the breakdown of her decades-old iron lung."
People https://www.yahoo.com/news/us/articles/last-u-polio-survivor-iron-164727728.html
#Science
- A wild turkey and her chick had " breakfast" in our yard
- A male cardinal perched on the pole bean support
- The sun broke through the clouds
#TrumpRegime #USPolitics
Robert Garcia ...warning to Pam #Bondi to show up before the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, despite her not being the attorney general anymore. He wrote, “Our bipartisan subpoena was very clear: Pam Bondi is supposed to testify tomorrow, whether she’s the AG or not.” Threatening to take legal actions, Garcia added, “If she doesn’t show up, she will face contempt.”
Mandatory https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/pam-bondi-receives-warning-over-090403207.html
#EpsteinFiles
"Trump apparently has no idea what happened to U.S. military weapons that were sent overseas as part of a failed bid to spark an uprising in Iran.
"The 79-year-old president vented about Kurdish groups after they purportedly failed to deliver U.S. arms to anti-regime protesters inside Iran. In airing his frustrations, he also revealed it’s entirely unclear where the weapons ended up." Daily Beast https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/trump-makes-startling-confession-lost-212408268.html
#InternationalPolitics #TrumpWar #TrumpRegime #USPolitics
#ForeverWar
#Science #ClimateCrisis
"The 'heat dome' that brought extreme heat to much of the central and eastern U.S. has shifted west, with very high temperatures expected to persist across the South through Saturday before spreading into the Southwest, Intermountain West and northern High Plains over the weekend." Yahoo News https://www.yahoo.com/news/weather-news/article/heat-wave-scorches-us-with-42-million-under-alerts-as-temperatures-hit-119%C2%B0f-152028281.html
"this entire line of inquiry is a disaster ...Trump is woefully unpopular; he has no idea what to do with a struggling economy; and the destabilizing war he started in Iran for reasons he’s unable to explain clearly isn’t going according to plan ...[if] the president even had a rudimentary plan at all.
"It’s against this backdrop that the conversation about his mental fitness is getting louder." MSNOW https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/trump-confronts-public-conversation-hoped-195756845.html
#invokethe25th #TrumpWar #TrumpRegime #USPolitics
"Jimmy Kimmel on Tuesday said President Donald Trump seems to love AI-generated pictures and videos of himself, as he keeps sharing them on social media.
"And that gave the host an idea for keeping Trump out of trouble.
“'Lock him in a room with a big bucket of KFC, put him on an IV drip of AI videos of himself climbing Mount Everest and fistfighting a shark, dry humping Marilyn Monroe, you name it,'"
Huff Post https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/celebrity/articles/jimmy-kimmel-goes-absolutely-vicious-090553477.html
#TrumpRegime #USPolitics
"An eye-opening investigation – and it is this kind of #journalism that greatly troubles (FIFA President Gianni Infantino) and his cronies, who prefer entertainment and talking points ...to avoid revealing the grim reality to the general public,
"One person. The same UAE who bought half a billion of Trumps own cryptocurrency. The same UAE who bought Trump a plane. Welcome to the 'non-political' world of Football," https://www.yahoo.com/sports/articles/corrupt-core-reporting-exposes-truth-160338978.html
#TrumpRegime #USPolitics #Grifter
Trump has added nearly $1 million to the price tag of his new helipad as he races to finish the project before a coveted guest arrives. [China Pres. Xi]
"Construction crews began tearing up the iconic White House South Lawn last week to install a landing pad, the latest chapter in Trump's unprecedented makeover of the People's House." Daily Beast https://www.yahoo.com/news/politics/articles/trump-frenzy-desecrate-white-house-020219322.html
#USPolitics #TrumpRegime
U.S. banks may soon collect citizenship data from customers
#Bessent declares a mandate for collecting #immigrant data
#ruinabrandorslogan
#HashtagGames
META, Live in a Future without facts
"Trump also acquired Intel bonds after directing the federal government to acquire a 10% stake in the chipmaker, Reuters reports. And he purchased up to $2 million in Netflix and Warner Bros. Discovery bonds shortly after the announcement of a $72 billion merger (3).
"These purchases...have raised concerns about potential conflicts of interest..., according to Reuters."
AP moneywise https://www.yahoo.com/finance/economy/policy/articles/trump-quietly-bought-337-million-130000030.html
#USPolitics #Inflation #Affordabiity #Grifters
NAACP sues Elon #Musk's xAI over Memphis #datacenter air pollution
https://www.cnbc.com/2026/04/14/elon-musk-xai-memphis-data-centers.html?__source=androidappshare
"In a case report published April 9 in the journal Med, researchers describe the patient’s treatment and subsequent remission over the following year. After previously enduring nine different therapies—none of which brought lasting outcomes—her experience highlights the cell therapy’s potential to tackle severe autoimmune diseases.
“It was her last chance for controlling the disease,” study co-author Fabian Müller, Smithsonian https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/in-a-first-this-personalized-cell-therapy-treated-three-life-threatening-autoimmune-diseases-in-one-patient-180988528/
#Science #HealthCare
"Trump also commuted the sentences of 14 people found guilty of organizing and leading the [#J6] attack, including former members of the #ProudBoys and #OathKeepers, which freed them from prison...
"Now,...Pirro has filed a motion with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia asking for the convictions to be tossed out completely...The motion cited Trump’s commutations but didn’t provide any other reasoning"
Daily Beast https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/judge-jeanine-scrambles-kill-convictions-114620287.html
#USPolitics #TrumpRegime
"Trump has turned on one of his top allies in Europe after she slammed his rant against Pope Leo as “unacceptable.”
"Trump, 79, has railed against Italian Prime Minister Giorgia #Meloni for daring to say that he was wrong to criticize [#Pope] Leo for speaking against needless wars and for promoting peace."
Daily Beast https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/trump-unleashes-shock-attack-top-174158147.html
#USPolitics #InternationalPolitics #TrumpWar
"Trump’s decision to #blockade Iranian ports is spiking oil and gasoline prices – but it also threatens to intensify shortages of key commodities such as helium and fertilizer."
The headline should clarify they mean the trade deficit. "[tariffs] can protect domestic industries by making imported goods more expensive, giving local manufacturers a competitive edge. On the other hand, higher tariffs may result in increased costs for consumers, as companies pass on the extra expenses. This can lead to inflation, eroding household purchasing power and raising the cost of living."
ap moneywise https://www.yahoo.com/finance/economy/policy/articles/thank-mr-tariff-us-just-105500843.html
#USPolitics #Inflation #Affordabiity
Replying to
@CressSalad
Our assaults on diversity need to slow down until we can garner the political will to change course.
- Attended a presentation on making kimchi and sauerkraut
- Harvested organic tomatoes and a summer squash
- Took a sunny walk in the park
Replying to
@tithonium@clacks.link
Ask Siri, "Are you sure?" and the answer will change again. #aislop
#Diversity
“The last thing you see before you leave my #garden is ‘Love, Peace + Goodwill,’” Fryar told David Quick of the Post and Courier in 2017. “So now, my garden not only appeals to the eye, but it appeals to you emotionally because you’re going to feel differently when you leave than when you came.”
Smithsonian https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/born-to-a-family-of-sharecroppers-this-topiary-artist-overcame-discrimination-to-become-the-picasso-of-plants-180988544/
"The Supreme Court ruled that Trump overstepped his authority in imposing sweeping global #tariffs under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act, a 1977 law meant for use in national emergencies.
"Tuesday's filing said that as of April 9 some 56,497 importers had completed the process to receive electronic refunds for tariffs affected by the court's ruling, an amount totaling $127 billion."
Reuters https://www.yahoo.com/finance/economy/policy/articles/us-set-launch-tariff-refund-182140281.html
#TrumpRegime #USPolitics
Nearly 60% of U.S. farmers say their finances are getting worse [ fertilizer and fuel costs ]
"A person was reportedly shot and killed in an incident involving U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement in Biddeford, Maine, on Monday morning.
"Maine House Speaker Ryan Fecteau, who represents Biddeford, said in a post on Facebook that a person was killed in a shooting and ICE was involved. He said Maine State Police and the Department of Public Safety are now on scene."
https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/national-international/person-shot-killed-in-incident-involving-ice-in-maine-house-speaker-says/6524976/
#USPolitics #ICE
Oregano pesto, using toasted walnuts, garlic, EVOO, and parmesan.
#gardening #affordability #EatWell
#Iran says tankers have hit Hormuz mines after retaliatory attacks on U.S. bases
https://www.cnbc.com/2026/09/02/us-iran-war-trump-hormuz-irgc-jordan-bahrain.html?__source=androidappshare
#foreverwar #ClimateCrisis
How #Trump made $59.5 million from foreign real estate licensing in one year
https://www.cnbc.com/2026/08/10/trump-foreign-real-estate-licensing-income-gulf-deals.html?__source=androidappshare
#GrifterInChief
"Trump made numerous false or misleading claims about #vaccines and autism on Monday.
"Trump has long pushed vaccine misinformation. He delivered his latest inaccurate remarks at a White House event during which he signed an executive order that recommends that US children receive fewer vaccinations over a longer period of time than they do today."
CNN https://www.yahoo.com/news/politics/articles/fact-check-trump-makes-numerous-080029912.html#HealthCare
Replying to
@isaacfreeman@cloudisland.nz
Here is a history page, which says the dust bowl disaster was not a natural phenomenon. The need to explain the factors beyond nature indicates people think it was.
https://explaininghistory.org/2026/03/11/the-dust-bowl-an-environmental-catastrophe-that-deepened-the-depression/
#USPolitics #InternationalPolitics #ForeverWar #Trumpflation
"We've been free-riding off Beijing in a weird way," said Rosemary Kelanic, director of the Middle East program at Defense Priorities, a Washington think tank. "#China's doing it because they understand that they're on the train that Trump is driving off a cliff. If oil prices go way up, that hurts the global economy. If it hurts the global economy, it hurts them."
AP https://www.yahoo.com/news/politics/articles/oil-prices-high-could-much-040833336.html