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Departed Twitter Founder Jack Dorsey Is Lauching a New Social Network

Richard Nader (Oct 28, 2022)

Looking for an alternative to the now Elon Musk-owned Twitter? The original Twitter architect himself, Jack Dorsey, might just have something for you: Bluesky Social, a new "decentralized social network" that allegedly seeks to reclaim user data.

But before you pack your Twitter bags for a decentralized social future, Bluesky isn't exactly here just yet. The app is currently in private beta testing, though according to a blog post should be coming to the public "soon."

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Electric vehicle owner learns replacing a tail light costs over $4,000

Debra White (Oct 26, 2022)

The owner of a Hummer electric truck was shocked to learn replacing his tail lights is a rather expensive venture.

“Had a shocker today,” the owner wrote in a Hummer EV Facebook group. “A new passenger side rear light for the Hummer EV; $4,040 just to buy it.”

Car review website the Drive confirmed General Motor’s list price for one tail light is $3,045. Without factoring in labor, the list price for a set of tail lights runs for nearly $6,100, a cost equaling more than 5% of the Hummer EV’s MSRP.

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The US now has just 25 days of diesel supply — the lowest since 2008. Here's why that's more alarming than a dwindling 'oil piggy bank'

Coletta Hodges (Oct 26, 2022)

The U.S. is facing a diesel crunch just as demand is surging ahead of winter — with only 25 days of supply left, according to the Energy Information Administration.

National Economic Council Director Brian Deese told Bloomberg TV that diesel inventories are “unacceptably low” and “all options are on the table” to bolster supply and reduce prices.

However, even as the stockpiles are being drained, the Biden administration seems to be left with very few sustainable options for long-term relief.

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Fake Science Fuels Climate Extremism

Cordis Magnus (Oct 25, 2022)

Follow the science,” we are told, especially the junk science that climate alarmists invent. I recently debunked a piece of junk climate science whose alarmism was featured in the Wall Street Journal, Bloomberg, CNN, CBS, and elsewhere. The junk science was produced by the Federal Reserve. Fed officials claimed that warming will cut economic growth by a third, but my simple statistical analysis showed their results were within the margin of error and that minor improvements and new data flip their result!

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Ridiculous Man-Child Dylan Mulvaney Is Biden's New Voice of Women

Richard James (Oct 25, 2022)

What do you call a crossdressing man-child like Dylan Mulvaney? If you’re the Left, he’s the voice of women, even to the alleged President of the United States. That’s the big crazy on today’s Insanity Wrap — an entire week’s worth of lefty nuttiness wrapped up in one easy-to-swallow medicated news capsule.

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Who's to Blame for the Damaged Adult Children Staging Sad 'Milk Pour Protests'?

Cordis Magnus (Oct 25, 2022)

Whatever it is these confused liberal arts students are achieving, it’s definitively not “raising awareness” — unless, of course, the term is taken to mean raising awareness of their narcissism, amazing unearned sense of entitlement, and lack of creativity.

The adult children in these videos are literally mentally irregular, or “neurodivergent,” as the trendy self-identity is termed.

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Student op-ed calls silent pro-life demonstration 'violent'

Richard Nader (Oct 25, 2022)

A Syracuse University (SU) student called a pro-life activism event a “violent demonstration of power” in an op-ed for the student newspaper The Daily Orange last week.

The piece, authored by Ana S. Aponte González, was titled “The silent pro-life protestors on campus need to be aware of the reality of abortion.” It targeted four pro-life individuals who participated in the national Day of Silent Solidarity, which commemorates the lives of the unborn.

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Pumping carbon dioxide waste to rooftop gardens boosts crop yields

Richard James (Oct 25, 2022)

Rooftop gardens are a great way to make urban communities more sustainable, economical, and enjoyable for residents. That said, there’s a reason they aren’t as ubiquitous as many would expect—because of issues such as increased solar radiation and higher wind speeds, the conditions generally aren’t as favorable for plants as they are at ground level. Thanks to recent breakthrough developments, however, rooftop yields could dramatically increase thanks to some ingenious rerouting of buildings’ typical carbon dioxide emissions.

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North America Goes South: The Plan To Dismantle USA

Cordis Magnus (Oct 24, 2022)

People are starting to realize that the collapse of the American border is not an accident. It can’t be. When the vice president of the United States says the border is “secure” at the same time that illegal border crossings have surged to more than a million a year, then one of two things must be true.

Either the vice president and the rest of the Biden administration have to be delusional, or they are lying. And while there is plenty of evidence that President Biden is cognitively challenged, there is no reason to believe that he or his handlers are out of touch with reality.

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Exxon Mobil to unveil monster profits powered by oil and gas boom

Debra White (Oct 23, 2022)

Exxon Mobil (Exxon) is expected unveil another quarter of monster profits powered by high natural gas prices next week.

It is currently on track for a record annual profit of $54.8bn thus year, according to IBES Refinitiv, which would be more than its cumulative earnings since 2018.

The company’s shares have surged to record highs this week, and are up more than 70 per cent to date this year – vastly outperforming market gains from rivals Shell, BP and Chevron.

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Resistance isn't futile: 'Borg' can help Earth fight climate change - study

Coletta Hodges (Oct 23, 2022)

Borg DNA packages share more than just the name with a cybernetic hivemind collective from the Star Trek franchise — like their namesake, they can assimilate genes, and according to a new study, this ability may be key in fighting climate change.

According to the study, the findings of which were published in the peer-reviewed journal Nature, the Borg, found in certain microscopic organisms, may prove helpful in ridding Earth's atmosphere of one of the most devastating of all greenhouse gases: Methane.

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Fears over Russian threat to Norway’s energy infrastructure

Richard Nader (Oct 23, 2022)

Norwegian oil and gas workers normally don’t see anything more threatening than North Sea waves crashing against the steel legs of their offshore platforms. But lately they have noticed a more troubling sight: unidentified drones buzzing in the skies overhead.

With Norway replacing Russia as Europe’s main source of natural gas, military experts suspect the unmanned aircraft are Moscow’s doings. They list espionage, sabotage and intimidation as possible motives for the drone flights.

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