"The Trump Environmental Protection Agency has made clear its hostility to initiatives animated by concern about climate change," writes William K. Reilly, administrator of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency from 1989 to 1993.
"But the Energy Star program, targeted for elimination last week, is not and never has been about climate." wapo.st/438qztT
Musk's xAI Updates Grok after White Genocide Controversy
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Elon Musk’s artificial intelligence company xAI announced on Thursday that it has updated its Grok chatbot following widespread criticism over unauthorized responses referencing a so-called "white genocide" in South Africa.Tasnim News Agency
Ridiculous
#Trump said Friday that former #FBI Director #JamesComey was “calling for the assassination of the president” in a since-deleted social media post that featured the numbers “8647.”
The numbers were quickly read by people in Trump’s cult as Comey calling for people to “86,” or get rid of, the 47th president of the United States — Trump.
#RevengePolitics #StochasticTerrorism #WeaponizationOfGovernment #law #DOJ #DomesticViolentExtremists #MAGA
cnbc.com/2025/05/16/trump-come…
Trump says Comey called for 'assassination of the president' with '8647' Instagram post
President Donald Trump fired James Comey as FBI director in 2017 amid an investigation by the bureau into Trump campaign ties to Russia.Dan Mangan (CNBC)
Rolling Stone has a good summary of proposed changes to Medicaid: work requirements and paperwork requirements to keep people from getting health care, while still being able to claim that deserving people are eligible.
rollingstone.com/politics/poli…
Remember in the 1980s when people felt such pity for children with HIV, because they didn't "deserve" it -- as if other people did? This is the opposite of that. In a country as wealthy as the US, #EveryoneDeserves medical care.
Medicaid Cuts by Trump and Republicans, Explained
Donald Trump and Republicans in Congress are imposing massive cuts to Medicaid in order to fund tax breaks for the richest Americans.Ryan Bort (Rolling Stone)
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Come listen to another cozy Elder Scrolls reading~ 
This time, we have a series of interviews with the head of the Emperor's guards, recounting experiences from her storied life.
Succubard Gently Reads [Words and Philosphy]
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This is another book that feels like it has much more story than lore, though for those of you with a keen ear and mind, you will probably be able to spot some key lines that have in them more lore than it may first appear. It's odd to think that, out of the relatively few stories in which a Bosmer features as a main character, I've done two back to back 
Speaking of Bosmer, I envisaged Lady Allena Benoch as a mature, experienced woman and tried to express that in her voice. Hopefully, you like how she came out 
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A big thank you to my ko-fi and patreon members for helping me make sure my cats and I can continue to have food and other essentials. If you'd like to help as well as get access to audio-only versions, please consider becoming a member~
[Ko-fi] ko-fi.com/octaviaconamore
[Patreon] patreon.com/c/octaviaconamore
I also do live readings a few times a week over on Twitch (alongside Youtube) if that's more your thing
twitch.tv/octaviaconamore
#Vtuber #ENVtuber #Bard #Games #Gaming #LGBTQ #Queer #Trans #TransFem #VoiceOver #Fantasy #Reading #Bookstodon #Books #AudioBooks #ElderScrolls #Skyrim #Oblivion #OblivionRemastered 
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Welcome to the Succubard's Library~ I read fantasy books (especially in-game books from The Elder Scrolls games) and play games. Grab a drink, get cozy, and let my voice charm you~❤Twitch
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Octavia Con Amore :pink_moon_and_stars: Succubard's Library (@OctaviaConAmore@cutie.city)
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Daily life and every small thing is the gate to the universe
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#Adobe #Fresco #AdobeFresco #MyShadow #shadow #b&w
photography #BlackAndWhitePhotography
#OriginalPhotography #photography #koji #araki #art
#works #KojiArakiArtWorks #kojiarakiartworks.com
Moody's Rebaixa Classificação de Crédito dos Estados Unidos - Gazeta Brasil- Notícias do Brasil e do
A agência de classificação de risco Moody's rebaixou a classificação de crédito dos Estados Unidos, retirando sua prestigiada nota "triple-A" (AAA) devido aGazeta Brasil
In Transylvania, fear haunts Romania’s troubled democracy
https://www.politico.eu/article/transylvania-romania-election-fear-politics-facist-totalitarian-democracy-corruption-president-vote-simion-dan/?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
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In Transylvania, fear haunts Romania’s troubled democracy
The birthplace of modern Romania is losing faith in politics, 36 years after Communism fell, amid threats of reprisals at Sunday’s election.Tim Ross (POLITICO)
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Tencent Hunyuan Image 2.0 is officially launched!
Redefining real - time AI image generation with cinematic aesthetics and instant creativity.
Highlights:
Real - time text - to - image: The first commercial model with millisecond - level responsiveness, 15x faster than industry benchmarks, generating images in real time as you type or speak.🧵1/2
#AI Threads
(Boston, Massachusetts)
Research study on the effectiveness of abrocitinib vs placebo for improving severe fatigue in adults with Long COVID
Image taken from Massachusetts ME/CFS & FM Association May newsletter
@longcovid
#LongCovid #PASC #PwLC #postcovid #postcovid19 #LC #Covidlonghaulers #PostCovidSyndrome #longhaulers #COVIDBrain #NeuroPASC
@covid19 #Coronavirus
#COVID19 #COVID #COVID_19 #COVIDー19 #SARSCoV2 @novid@chirp.social #novid @novid@a.gup.pe #CovidIsNotOver
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US citizens: call on the FTC to maintain its ban on noncompete agreements. Noncompete agreements restrict a worker who has quit or been fired from getting another job in the same field. Here's how to make the actionnetwork.org letter campaign linked above work without running the site's nonfree JavaScript code. (See gnu.org/philosophy/javascript-… for why to avoid running it.) First, make sure you have
Tell the FTC: Stand with workers! Maintain the non-compete ban!
Last year, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), under Lina Khan’s leadership, passed a rule protecting workers from overzealous bosses who force them to sign lengthy non-compete agreements that trap people in their jobs.actionnetwork.org
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Attached: 1 image · Content warning: sfw, pokemon tf, first person view,Yiff.Life - It's not what you think...
I'm so mad at myself.
I had to kick someone out of the store the other day, and I forgot to put on my "manager hat" as I was doing so.
La sua “Wasted Love”, con cui si è imposto all’Eurovision, è coprodotta da Pele Loriano, autore musicale e direttore artistico di questa edizione basilese
rsi.ch/s/2837123
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Your on-the-ground view of the past, present, and future of pop-culture in Japan.www.scrmbl.com
Frieren: Beyond Journey’s End - TV Show Review - Superdavey
🍿 Frieren: Beyond Journey’s End (2023) - ★★★★★ I went into Frieren without any idea of what to expect other than a recommendation from @joel@fosstodon.org “Frieren it's an absolute masterpiece of storytelling...Superdavey
An analysis of YouTube's new weekly ranking of top podcasts in the US by watch time shows many popular and well-established podcasts did not rank in the top 100 (Jessica Testa/New York Times)
nytimes.com/2025/05/15/busines…
techmeme.com/250517/p16#a25051…
An analysis of YouTube's new weekly ranking of top podcasts in the US by watch time shows many popular and well-established podcasts did not rank in the top 100
By Jessica Testa / New York Times. View the full context on Techmeme.Techmeme
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based on my experiments with the minimum it takes for my brain to flip to going "oh yeah that's a dude" and then getting in full dude makeup and seeing what it takes for my brain to flip back to "o yea dats a chick", the most important things are
1. eyebrows
2. cheek fullness or lack thereof
everything else is just embellishment. while I can't actually alter those things, I experimented with the illusion of changing nose/jaw shape/size and counter to my expectations those didn't even matter.
how to dude:
draw in rly thick eyebrows
make area under eye look flatter by slightly darkening it
how to not dude:
pluck u eyebrows
make area under eye look like it's stickin out more by lightening it
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Storia di una predestinata: Jasmine, dai primi passi a campionessa mondiale
La Paolini ha imbracciato la prima racchetta a 6 anni spinta da babbo Ugo e zio Adriano. “Sin da bambina si distingueva per la sua intraprendenza e non si stancava mai di giocare”
Cedar Sinks Trail
Mammoth Cave National Park
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Make sure to call all your federal reps because they keep voting to sell off our public lands to the highest bidder. First on the chopping block is the lands around Zion, so Utah & Nevada get your shit together now! #resist
#silentSunday #hiking #park #NationalPark #limestone #geology #nature #outdoors
cjsr.streamon.fm
#TranceFam #RabbitFam #PLUR #Ravers
One of those 80s tunes that was never really appreciated enough.
#MusicOfMastodon
#80sPop
#Shelter
Disillusion has an edge so sharp
It tears at your soul and leaves a stain upon your heart
I need you
To wash mine clean
You've felt it too and you need me
Let me be your shelter, shelter
From a storm outside
Let me be your Shelter
Shelter
From the endless night
"A new report has revealed that Donald #Trump’s White House is suppressing the vast majority of transcripts from his speeches and press events—because many of his remarks are simply too unhinged to publish."
dailyboulder.com/white-house-e…
White House Excludes Majority of Trump’s Remarks from Transcripts Because They Are Too ‘Unhinged’ to Publish, Report Says
A new report has revealed that Donald Trump’s White House is suppressing the vast majority of transcripts from his speeches and press events—because many of his remarks are simply too unhinged to publish.Staff Writer (The Daily Boulder)
africanews.com/2025/05/16/glob…
The World Health Organization (WHO) has sounded the alarm on the long-term health repercussions of the COVID-19 pandemic in its newly released World Health Statistics Report 2025. The report reveals a staggering decline in global life expectancy, which dropped by 1.8 years between 2019 and 2021 – the sharpest fall in recent history, effectively reversing a decade of health gains.
Global life expectancy plunges as WHO warns of deepening health crisis Post-COVID | Africanews
Furthermore, recent disruptions in international aid threaten to destabilize progress, particularly in low- and middle-income countries.Africanews
Trump claims Putin’s failure to capture Kyiv was due to terrain and tanks getting stuck in the mud, not military strategy and heroic defense.
The grift that keeps on grifting…
This is going to backfire.
theguardian.com/us-news/2025/m…
‘Very disturbing’: Trump receipt of overseas gifts unprecedented, experts warn
White House remakes foreign policy under pay-for-access code that critics say could violate US constitutionAndrew Roth (The Guardian)
I said almost same thing a while back here.
"Antisemitism" definition police (Thanks Orthodoxy!) came at me to call me all sorts of awful names, because I was not willing to toe Orthodox line Western Left hegemonically imposes.
Orthodox Left defined this as "antisemitism"(always underlying current is implying you are Nazi if you challenge).
Unorthodox Left(like me) will push envelope till reality is prioritized over definitional games.
@palestine @lebanon @iran @israel @anarchy @anarchism
Facebook allegedly served beauty ads to teens after detecting selfie deletions. #BigTech #Facebook #Privacy
futurism.com/facebook-beauty-t…
Facebook Allegedly Detected When Teen Girls Deleted Selfies So It Could Serve Them Beauty Ads
A recent tell-all by a Facebook insider reveals the insidious nature of Facebook's advertising empire, and the dangerous consequences.Joe Wilkins (Futurism)
Hanging scroll painting cut-down and framed under glass; ink, color, gold; paper
19th century
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#Art #Design #Museum #Gallery #MastodonArt #MastoArt #Culture #Random
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in reply to Nonilex • • •“He knew exactly what that meant,” #Trump said in an interview w/ FauxNews, a day after the #DHS & the #SecretService opened an investigation into Comey’s Instagram post.
“A child knows what that meant. If you’re the FBI director & you don’t know ... that meant ‘assassination,’” Trump said.
[BS I didn’t learn what 86 meant until I started waiting tables in HS]
#RevengePolitics #StochasticTerrorism #WeaponizationOfGovernment #law #DOJ #DomesticViolentExtremists #MAGA
Nonilex
in reply to Nonilex • • •BTWs this was the post. So threatening! #Trump is a weakling.
#SecretService spokesman Anthony Guglielmi, in a statement, said, “The Secret Service vigorously investigates anything that can be taken as a potential threat against our protectees.”
“We are aware of the social media posts by the former FBI Director [#JamesComey] & we take rhetoric like this very seriously,” Guglielmi said.
#FreeSpeech #FirstAmendment #law #RevengePolitics #DHS #DOJ #WeaponizationOfGovernment #StochasticTerrorism
Nonilex
in reply to Nonilex • • •#FreeSpeech advocacy group Foundation for Individual Rights & Expression in a stmnt said #JamesComey’s post “is political speech protected by the #FirstAmendment.”
“It neither constitutes a true threat nor merits federal investigation. 86 has a lot of possible meanings, & the idea that spelling it out in seashells & posting it to IG is a true threat is quite a stretch. The admin should drop any investigation of Comey because it’s an unconstitutional waste of time.”
#law #DHS #DOJ #USSS #Trump