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mnutty

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Wannabe polymath, cohost of the
Irish Stew Podcast and host of The Nutty Chronicles. Originally from Dublin but now live in NYC. Interested in the Irish diaspora and history and other cultural matters

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@georgetakei@universeodon.com avatar georgetakei , to random

It can’t be true if we hide it from you.

A screenshot of an X post by "No Lie with Brian Tyler Cohen" from 8 hours ago, stating: "Breaking: The Trump administration just deleted a study by the National Institute of Justice that shows domestic terrorists are most often right-wing." The post includes an image with the U.S. Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs logo, a partial text about a study on domestic terrorism, and a photo of Donald Trump. A red arrow points to the logo, and a message at the bottom reads: "The requested page could not be found."
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@georgetakei

The governing philosophy is driven by thinking

@anneapplebaum@journa.host avatar anneapplebaum , to random
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@anneapplebaum

Let’s just say the stunningly obvious, for those who have a scintilla of scientific curiosity. The pressure from the global south will continue, with each passing year as the escalation of desperation in the face of unrelenting makes itself felt on southern borders.

Auctioning off equipment and talking tough will not reduce and limited US aid has reduced such likelihood. Prepare for the horrors of a militarized border. It will get ugly

@georgetakei@universeodon.com avatar georgetakei , to random

There’s something afoot in Iowa! Second flip of a GOP state seat there this year. Well done!

A screenshot of an X post from @MeidasTouch announcing a major breaking news story. The post states that Democrat Catelin Drey has flipped Iowa SD-1, a district Trump won by 11.5 points in 2024, defeating Republican Christoph Prosch in a landslide special election, breaking the GOP supermajority. The image includes a photo of Catelin Drey and an election results graphic showing Drey with 54.5% (3,978 votes) and Prosch with 45.5% (3,318 votes), with 95% of precincts reporting, dated 8/26/2025.
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@georgetakei

Delighted to see this outcome. But let’s be clear, only highly motivated politically attuned folks vote in by elections.

A lot more heavy lifting needs doing for the and presidential elections when less partisan folks vote.

@anneapplebaum@journa.host avatar anneapplebaum , to random

Earlier this year, I made two trips to Sudan, where a terrible civil war has displaced 14 million people. The state is absent, international institutions are weak. Outside powers, motivated by greed and nihilism, have stepped into the vacuum, amplifying the conflict. In Sudan, the liberal world order has ended, and nothing has replaced it.
https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2025/09/sudan-civil-war-humanitarian-crisis/683563/?gift=hVZeG3M9DnxL4CekrWGK376-XkgknNwkyNXgTPjso0U&utm_source=copy-link&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=share

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  1. The conflict in is little covered in Western . I imagine if a similar set of casually statistics was accumulating in Europe, there would be far more coverage

Sadly us Westerners seem to be able to shrug off the savagery being meted out by paramilitaries. I’d suggest , overt, unconscious, or barely acknowledged, is at the root.

Quote from Anne Applebaum article revealing the scale of the Sudanese conflict and its impact: Statistics are sometimes used to express the scale of the destruction in Sudan. About 14 million people have been displaced by years of fighting, more than in Ukraine and Gaza combined. Some 4 million of them have fled across borders, many to arid, impoverished places—Chad, Ethiopia, South Sudan—where there are few resources to support them. At least 150,000 people have died in the conflict, but that’s likely a significant undercounting. Half the population, nearly 25 million people, is expected to go hungry this year. Hundreds of thousands of people are directly threatened with starvation. More than 17 million children, out of 19 million, are not in school. A cholera epidemic rages. Malaria is endemic.​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​
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    • @dangillmor@mastodon.social avatar dangillmor , to random

    We didn't have enough medical privacy to begin with, but now the Trump regime, Big Tech (all of it), and Big Medicine are going to utterly shred the last vestiges of privacy.

    Because they can. And because big money will be made by screwing the rest of us.

    https://apnews.com/article/trump-ai-rfk-jr-health-tech-fa73703bd1fd557c787ef0b590e151f1

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    A medical record system which enables secure transfer of private data is essential to better health outcomes. However it only works well when all citizens have a tightly regulated health system as opposed to the wealth extraction entities masquerading as health insurance companies in America

    @mnutty@mastodon.ie avatar mnutty , to random

    Written 90 years ago in 1935, the words of in his “Notes on the Next War” should resonate with every thoughtful reader.

    Quote Text: There is the great danger and the great difference. France is a country and Great Britain is several countries but Italy is a man, Mussolini, and Germany is a man, Hitler. A man has ambitions, a man rules until he gets into economic trouble; he tries to get out of this trouble by war. A country never wants war until a man through the power of propaganda convinces it. Propaganda is stronger now than it has ever been before. Its agencies have been mechanized, multiplied and controlled until in a state ruled by any one man truth can never be presented.
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    @mnutty@mastodon.ie avatar mnutty , to random
    1. How much legal jeopardy is in?

    The classified documents case will make use of a recording which indicates that had a highly sensitive document which he knew was NOT declassified.

    The chain of evidence looks strong and while there is much news media spinning, a court of law is more rigorous environment where focus on fact is primary