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  1. Vile example of #US #FirstAmendment's #rapacious #exploit devoid of #socialResponsibility 👇😡

    #Senators demand #crackdown on #wildfire "prediction market" #bets @arstechnica
    "“Offering bets on destructive wildfires threatens to minimize communities’ suffering, all so the #rich & #powerful can #profit,” wrote the group of senators, who represent Oregon, California, Nevada, Minnesota, & New Hampshire.. tt #Polymarket 👈🤬hosted bets in Jan2025 on te wildfires in #LosAngeles"
    arstechnica.com/tech-policy/20

  2. Important for viewers of the recent #Fauci hearings...

    "#COVID ’s #Origins: what we do and don’t know"

    Main points...

    "Hypothesis one: animals infected with SARS-CoV-2 passed the virus to humans
    Most of the peer-reviewed scientific evidence supports this hypothesis."

    "Hypothesis two: SARS-CoV-2 was introduced into China’s animal markets from overseas through imported goods. In April last year, the Chinese government endorsed this route as the most likely source of SARS-CoV-2. But almost six years on from the start of the pandemic, we conclude that the available scientific evidence does not support this hypothesis."

    "Hypothesis three: SARS-CoV-2 originated from an accidental lab-related event. Much of the information needed to assess this hypothesis has not been made available to the WHO or SAGO."

    "Hypothesis four: SARS-CoV-2 originated from the deliberate manipulation of a virus in a lab. We did not find evidence to suggest that SARS-CoV-2 resulting from experimental manipulation was a more likely scenario than it emerging from naturally occurring mutations or recombination events."

    Bottom Line: "Overall, perhaps the most important message to emerge from SAGO’s first term is that only rigorous scientific research, not conjecture or political opinion, will help to solve the mystery of where a virus estimated to have killed more than 20 million people by the end of 2022, and which cost the global economy up to $16 trillion, came from. If the world truly wants answers, it must deliver the information and data that make rigorous scientific research possible."

    In other words... it is IMPOSSIBLE to say with certainty where/when #COIVD started. IMO, anyone who speaks with certainty is uninformed (most of us) or lying (#GOP #senators) at the hearing.

    nature.com/articles/d41586-026

    #covid19 #pandemic #sarscov2

  3. Important for viewers of the recent #Fauci hearings...

    "#COVID ’s #Origins: what we do and don’t know"

    Main points...

    "Hypothesis one: animals infected with SARS-CoV-2 passed the virus to humans
    Most of the peer-reviewed scientific evidence supports this hypothesis."

    "Hypothesis two: SARS-CoV-2 was introduced into China’s animal markets from overseas through imported goods. In April last year, the Chinese government endorsed this route as the most likely source of SARS-CoV-2. But almost six years on from the start of the pandemic, we conclude that the available scientific evidence does not support this hypothesis."

    "Hypothesis three: SARS-CoV-2 originated from an accidental lab-related event. Much of the information needed to assess this hypothesis has not been made available to the WHO or SAGO."

    "Hypothesis four: SARS-CoV-2 originated from the deliberate manipulation of a virus in a lab. We did not find evidence to suggest that SARS-CoV-2 resulting from experimental manipulation was a more likely scenario than it emerging from naturally occurring mutations or recombination events."

    Bottom Line: "Overall, perhaps the most important message to emerge from SAGO’s first term is that only rigorous scientific research, not conjecture or political opinion, will help to solve the mystery of where a virus estimated to have killed more than 20 million people by the end of 2022, and which cost the global economy up to $16 trillion, came from. If the world truly wants answers, it must deliver the information and data that make rigorous scientific research possible."

    In other words... it is IMPOSSIBLE to say with certainty where/when #COIVD started. IMO, anyone who speaks with certainty is uninformed (most of us) or lying (#GOP #senators) at the hearing.

    nature.com/articles/d41586-026

    #covid19 #pandemic #sarscov2

  4. @BrianJopek

    🎶 Don't it always seem to go "You don't know what you've got 'til it's gone." 🎶

    True then, true now.

    If we beat-up and abuse smart, caring professionals....They'll move elsewhere, quit, retire... and in the next go round there won't be any smart, caring professionals left in #America!

    The public abuse of Dr. #Fauci by #GOP #senators yesterday was appalling and shameful.

    I'm sure he's not perfect, but I'm glad he was there for both #HIV and #COVID. We ALL benefit today from his lifetime of service.

    #BearWitness #Resist #VoteThemOut

  5. @BrianJopek

    🎶 Don't it always seem to go "You don't know what you've got 'til it's gone." 🎶

    True then, true now.

    If we beat-up and abuse smart, caring professionals....They'll move elsewhere, quit, retire... and in the next go round there won't be any smart, caring professionals left in #America!

    The public abuse of Dr. #Fauci by #GOP #senators yesterday was appalling and shameful.

    I'm sure he's not perfect, but I'm glad he was there for both #HIV and #COVID. We ALL benefit today from his lifetime of service.

    #BearWitness #Resist #VoteThemOut

  6. Wednesday, July 29, 2026

    When righteous calls to end the war become warmongering . . . . . Putin no longer holds upper hand in war . . . . . Russian fuel depot of 'national importance' struck in Udmurt Republic . . . . . Ukraine brought back almost 50 children from Russian-occupied territory in July . . . . . and more

    activitypub.writeworks.uk/2026

  7. Wednesday, July 29, 2026

    When righteous calls to end the war become warmongering . . . . . Putin no longer holds upper hand in war . . . . . Russian fuel depot of 'national importance' struck in Udmurt Republic . . . . . Ukraine brought back almost 50 children from Russian-occupied territory in July . . . . . and more

    activitypub.writeworks.uk/2026

  8. CW: USPol / US politics

    So six Democratic congresscritters crossed the aisle to pass the latest defence spending bill - not that unusual, given their swing districts and being up for election - but they did so with the "SAVE" act attached to it.

    Apparently, they have all the self-preservation instinct of the mythical #lemmings from Mutual of Omaha's Wild Fabrication. Because the entire point of the #SAVE act is to disenfranchise as many Democratic-leaning voters as possible. This isn't speculation; it's easy to read in the measures that it calls for, but more than that, #Trump has explicitly described it that way over the last few months.

    The #Democrats frequently do not need the #GOP to ratf*ck them [1]; as here, they're quite capable of doing it to themselves.

    Everyone who cares about preserving #US democracy, such as it is, needs to yell at their #senators to ensure this monstrosity doesn't pass in the Senate. There's been lots of talk of it not having the votes there, but that was said about other things that (eventually) got passed as well.

    [1] Don't blame me for the language. A US president brought the term into wide use.

    #USPol #USCongress #DemocraticParty #SAVE #USSenate #ElectionStealing #elections #disenfranchise #voters #MutualOfOmaha #MutualOfOmahasWildKingdom #fabrication #SAVEAct

  9. But what’s the next step? Call both of your #senators and your #representative and demand that they tell you what steps they are taking **right now** to stop the #OMB and the current administration from hobbling #science and our #health. linkedin.com/posts/cherylmurra 3/3

  10. President #Drumpf has announced a prime-time address for Thursday at 9 p.m. EDT to rant about "corrupt, crooked" election irregularities and DC #Beltway rumours claim he will challenge the legitimacy of state voter tallys that made #Democrats #JonOssoff & #RaphaelWarnock GA #Senators. He sent #GabbyGiffords to seize past GA #ballots months ago ...

    Officials have said paranoid #Prez will be joined by Giffords' replacement as acting National Intelligence director Bill Pulte, #CIA Director John Ratcliffe, Kash Patel of #FBI, and new #DHS head Markwayne Mullin...

    yahoo.com/news/politics/articl

  11. We're being robbed to the tune of 1.8 billion +, as #MAGA rewards the #criminals who tried to overthrow the govt. They will do it again. #Trump is expanding his army. Let's not pay our executioners.

    "Call the Capitol switchboard at 202-224-3121 and tell your #senators and representative that you do not want one penny of your tax money paid to the people who beat Officer Brian Sicknick and the four other cops who died as a result of the riot."

    hartmannreport.com/p/republica

    #USPol
    #Fascists

  12. RE: kolektiva.social/@LevZadov/116

    And, the truth is, #Israeli "#settlers" actually *are* regular #Israelis. And doesn't every Israeli citizen have to do a stint in the military?

    #US #senators and #representatives made it a point to remind our #service members that they are required to disobey #illegal orders. I don't think I've ever heard that the Israeli #government #officieals direct their people to do the same.

  13. In a stunning display of self-restraint, U.S. #Senators have heroically decided to stop themselves from profiting off prediction markets, because nothing says "public service" like giving up their side hustle. 🤑💼 Meanwhile, we all know they’ll find a new loophole by next Tuesday. 🙄🔄
    wsj.com/politics/policy/senato #selfrestraint #publicservice #predictions #loopholes #HackerNews #ngated