RFK Jr. released a video to the Minamata Convention on Mercury where he lied about vaccines. He said “no amount of mercury should ever be injected into a child” & urged a global ban on thimerosal-containing vaccines. Good thing: no child IS injected with mercury. 1/
He'll make mistakes and be imperfect but when it's sabotage, name it loudly. Don't let people forget who is really screwing them. The robber barons can't abide hope. So hope. Remember what tonight feels like and keep it alight. Keep showing up when they screw with buses and zoning. Hold the line. 3/
Big media presence and a growing crowd at the theater where Zohran Mamdani will hold his election night gathering.
Absolutely amazing: they've got so much solar in Australia that they need more people to use more of it, so the gov't has instructed energy retailers to offer *at least three hours of free power* during the middle of the day. Meanwhile fossil-addled US struggles with an energy-price crisis ...
Energy retailers to be directed to offer free power three hours a daySaying there is enough solar power for everyone in the daytime, Climate Change Minister Chris Bowen will direct retailers to provide three hours of free power every day to consumers.www.abc.net.au
@zohrankmamdani.bsky.social 's message is resonating with young people nationwide.
Mamdani's youth support goes beyond New York. For many, he's now a national leaderZohran Mamdani's focus on affordability concerns has energized many young voters around the country, who say he speaks to some of their most pressing economic concerns.www.npr.org
Today, Mike Johnson will keep the House adjourned for the 91st day out of the last 103. 12 days of work in 103 days. With full pay and benefits. The senate has been working, so this is not about the shutdown. It is about avoiding a vote to release the Epstein files.
Spotted in Karlskrona, Sweden 🇸🇪🚲 Perfect illustration of how one parking spot for cars equals 8-10 spaces for bikes. Imagine #lifeaftercars @thewaroncars.bsky.social
“We’re the only animal that knows we’re going to go extinct and knows what has to be done, and we’re not doing it.” 🌎
The Nature of David Suzuki | The TyeeThe celebrated Vancouver scientist turns 90 next year. And shows no signs of slowing down.thetyee.ca
As seen on FB, reminds me of @jomc.bsky.social's book: scontent.fman2-2.fna.fbcdn.net/v/t51.82787-...
Where are we on climate action? The bottom black line is countries that submitted new commitments (on time), the dotted line is global emissions. Blue shading are the commitments. That is the progress 10 years after Paris... unfccc.int/process-and-...
From Byline Times….. “a flavour of some of the things that we could, but aren’t, talking about thanks largely to the priorities of the British press, or if you prefer, due to a maddening failure of communication by No 10.” Labour’s ever present communication failure. Get a grip ffs!!
Byline Times🔴All the Big Government Reforms the Media Hasn’t Been Telling You About You probably won’t have read much about these announcements over the past few weeks bylinetimes.com/2025/10/28/a...
I regret to inform everyone that my pedantic brain couldn’t let me live until I knew whether or not dodger blue and blue jays blue are the same blue. They are ONE PANTONE NUMBER APART.
"Introducing Doublespeed, an [Andreessen Horowitz backed] startup operating a phone farm to flood social media with AI-generated slop on behalf of its clients. Doublespeed clients can expect to pay anywhere between $1,500 and $7,500 a month for access to its phone farm."
AI "Phone Farm" Startup Gets Funding from Marc Andreessen to Flood Social Media With SpamAndreessen Horowitz has injected $1 million into Doublespeed, a startup meant to flood social media with gobs of for-profit spam.futurism.com
Waymo robots sometimes loiter. They also use bus stops for pickup & drop off contributing to several crashes as buses try to get around them. Generally, robots struggle w large vehicles and seem not to understand them. Recent Waymo-bus crashes are discussed in this thread. bsky.app/profile/anic...
John BerryWaymo appears to have an uncrewed robot crashing w bus problem: 11 crashes in last 3 months of NHTSA reporting, 6/16 - 9/15 9 w passengers, 7 of which had PAX not belted 8 in SF, 3 in LA 8 robots towed All w robot at 0 mph Maybe regulators, journalists, transit/robotics experts should investigate.
Jamaicans take shelter as Hurricane Melissa bears down as category 5 storm
Jamaicans take shelter as Hurricane Melissa bears down as category 5 stormLandfall is not expected until Tuesday but high winds have already felled trees and caused power cuts on the island
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Hurricane Melissa – follow latest updates live
Jamaicans have started to take shelter from Hurricane Melissa as high winds topple trees and cause power cuts before the category 5 storm makes landfall on Tuesday.
The slow-moving giant, the strongest hurricane to hit Jamaica since records began in 1851, is increasing in intensity and forecast to linger over the island. Authorities fear it will unleash catastrophic flooding, landslides and extensive infrastructure damage. Continue reading...www.theguardian.com
“Generative AI is nothing more than a form of social suicide that must be reined in before it’s too late. It cannot be allowed to reach the level of proliferation that social media has achieved”
Paris MarxThe AI industry wants us to believe AI superintelligence is the real threat from generative AI. But that narrative was crafted to distract from the many ways genAI is being used to tear our societies apart, as we saw this week when a deepfake video rocked the Irish election. It must be reined in.
Russia still considers the UK one of its prime enemies. And what’s the best way to bring ‘Britain to its knees’ again as the former Russian Ambassador to London once boasted? Repeat the talking points of Farage and Far right activists - key collaborators in Putin’s mission
My "radical" agenda? Make this city affordable, keep New York safe and turn the page on the billionaire-backed politics of Andrew Cuomo. New ad now running on Fox News.
How did we beat Nigel Farage and Reform in Caerphilly? We stood by our convictions | Rhun ap Iorwerth
How did we beat Nigel Farage and Reform in Caerphilly? We stood by our convictions | Rhun ap IorwerthWelsh voters have rejected Labour and Starmerite managerialism. By offering hope and not division we showed the populist right can be beaten, says Rhun ap Iorwerth, leader of Plaid Cymruwww.theguardian.com