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Robert Rutledge
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Associate Professor @McGillUPhysics. Astrophysicist. Founder, Publisher @astronomerstel. @rerutled.bsky.social @[email protected] he/him
Montreal, QC Katılım Kasım 2007
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What is the military's assigned mission in Iran?
Cynical Publius@CynicalPublius
Why do Democrats always want America’s military to fail in its assigned missions if a Republican is POTUS? I honestly do not understand this mentality.
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@PiperK Impeach and remove? Because the former currently requires about 3 House Republicans to flip and vote w the Dem caucus. That could happen now. The latter requires 19 GOP Senators to flip; and that is not going to happen at all.
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I predict that GOP politicians will be forced, by their own constituents, to impeach Trump before his term is up.
It's certainly heading that way now.
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BREAKING: Oil tanker company paid Iran $2 million for safe passage through Strait of Hormuz, according to Financial Times report.
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@michaelluongo Doubtless, AI will be useful for medical diagnosis. We can still apply skepticism to a (firewalled) article featuring a tech executive selling a cancer-diagnosing AI program, who says it diagnosed his cancer.
We are going to get a *ton* of AI snakeoil.
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There seem to be some uses for AI
The Telegraph@Telegraph
🗣️ 'For almost a year, I had been telling doctors that something was very wrong with me, but I was getting nowhere' | Steve Brown 'The warning signs had all been there but still I was being told there was nothing seriously wrong. It couldn’t have been further from the truth' The American tech chief executive reveals how he developed his own software to prevent other cancers like his being misdiagnosed ⬇️ telegraph.co.uk/health-fitness…
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You can spin it however you want, but lying won’t change the reality:
Six chances from Democrats to pay TSA agents.
Six times Republicans BLOCKED paying TSA agents.
Own it.
Senate Republicans@SenateGOP
Senate Democrats are withholding pay from TSA, FEMA, and the Coast Guard. It’s deranged that Democrats are inflicting pain on Americans because they want to keep illegal aliens in our country.
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* Trump is saying the Iran war is almost over.
* The US DoD estimates they have spent about $22B on the war so far (first two weeks).
* They are asking for $200B to fund the war.
There is no conclusion to be made than there is 10x as much war coming, than has passed.
Kaitlan Collins@kaitlancollins
Asked about the $200 billion figure the Pentagon is seeking for the Iran war, GOP Rep. Scott Perry says he wants Iran to pay for the war... "Well, I think we have got to pay for this somehow, right? We don't have endless money."
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If you've had a kidney stone, you've been advised that the most important thing to prevent another bout is to increase hydration. Now a randomized trial of hydration in over 1600 participants showed no benefit, despite evidence of increase during volume. thelancet.com/journals/lance…
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Sen. Lisa Murkowski R-AK detailing her opposition to the SAVE America Act, saying the document requirements place an undue burden on the Alaska government and for state voters.
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@jake_doubleyoo People have long forgotten the etymology of "sucks".
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"glazing" has become a weirdly commonplace term, considering how obscene its meaning is.
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Senate Democrats have tried to pay TSA workers multiple times. Senate Republicans have blocked it every single time.
BTPM NPR@BTPMNPR
Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) said in a press briefing Thursday that she has repeatedly tried to vote to fund all of Homeland Security, except for Immigrations and Customs Enforcement. This comes as Transportation and Security Administration workers at airports are going without pay and following comments from U.S. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy that smaller airports may have to temporarily close due to staff shortages. Gillibrand says funding everything except ICE would allow the Senate to continue pursing reforms. #NewYork #TSA #ICE #Shutdown #Senate
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The 'tell' was that on the interior title page, it read
SHY GIRL
by [your name]
nytimes.com/2026/03/19/boo…
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@michaelluongo I keep reading about how the US is a consumer-driven economy.
It won't be if 20% of the country is put out of work in the next 2 years.
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When no one has jobs, how will the economy run? They really want all of us turned into Soylent Green.
The Wall Street Journal@WSJ
Breaking: Jeff Bezos is in talks to raise $100 billion for a new fund that would buy manufacturing companies and use AI to automate them wsj.com/tech/jeff-bezo…
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.@SenatorSlotkin asked unanimous consent that the Senate consider and pass S. 4127, TSA Pay Act
Sen. Bernie Moreno (R-OH) objected.
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New - GOP begins to splinter on Iran with growing concerns over $, ground troops
Even Trump allies like Boebert say NO to war money. Many Rs want clearer strategy from WH
Roy: “What’s the mission here?”
@mkraju @AnnieGrayerCNN @FoxReports @ZcohenCNN
cnn.com/2026/03/19/pol…
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For $200 billion we could lower health care premiums for tens of millions of Americans.
For $200 billion, we could educate a generation and unleash the immense potential of our students.
For $200 billion, we could cut hunger in this country in half.
For $200 billion, we could invest in jobs, in science, in manufacturing, and we could begin fixing our power grid.
The Washington Post@washingtonpost
Exclusive: The Pentagon asked the White House to approve a more than $200 billion request to Congress to fund the war in Iran, according to an administration official, a new ask that will likely run into resistance from lawmakers opposed to the conflict. wapo.st/4bt8UQk
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Prices over the past month
European gas: +93%
Heating oil: +68%
Brent crude: +52%
Crude oil: +45%
Gasoline: +39%
Coal: +20%
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.@SenJonHusted says he will offer up a UC for national voter ID this afternoon .
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