Craig Bruce 💚💙

Hey man, nice shot!

Intriguing sunset yesterday. The clouds look like mountains.

Rural America Needs to Band Together Against Corporate Greed - OtherWords New schemes for fully robotic farming could push the last remaining farmers — and their communities — to fold.

NEW: Companies are already selling robots that pick fruit and vegetables and weed bots that can tell baby ragweed from baby carrots.

Corporations are trying to automate farming. Time for farming communities to come together to resist, writes journalist, organizer, and farmer @suzan63.bsky.social:

Farm workers harvesting romaine lettuce

"Guillermo" is harvesting romaine lettuce in Maricopa CA. "This is a very difficult job. You need to work fast while you are continuously bending down and getting up and using a sharp knife to cut the lettuce." #WeFeedYou

These were posted within minutes of each other. So which one is it? Is it over or is there no end in sight?? Our msm is a clusterfuck. Guess I’ll check the news in another country to find out what is happening here.

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🇺🇦❗️Ukraine may face depleted air defenses as the US-led war with Iran burns through global stockpiles of Patriot missiles, - Bloomberg

Iran has launched more than 2,100 attack drones and at least 688 ballistic missiles since the war began.

Leavitt Admits Scores of Troops Are Wounded in Trump’s War The admission came as the conflict entered its 11th day.

The White House press secretary admitted that about 150 American troops have been wounded in the war with Iran.

Live updates: Iran fires drones toward Saudi Arabia and Kuwait Iranian fired drones towards Saudi Arabia and Kuwait early Tuesday as the war in the Middle East shows no sign of abating.

BREAKING: About 140 U.S. troops have been wounded in the Iran war, including eight severely, the Pentagon says.

Oil could hit $150 amid Gulf shutdown, Wood Mackenzie says War in Iran is currently cutting Gulf oil and oil products supply to the ​market by some 15 million barrels per ‌day (bpd) which could raise crude prices to $150 per barrel, research and consultancy firm Wood Mackenzie said on Tuesday.

Oil could hit $150 amid Gulf shutdown, Wood Mackenzie says reut.rs/4cBwWuN

Congressional committee says seniors paid higher premiums due to alleged Medicare overpayments A congressional committee's investigators released a report on Tuesday that ​found the average American senior's Medicare premiums last year ‌were about 10% higher due to alleged overpayments to private Medicare Advantage plans.

Congressional committee says seniors paid higher premiums due to alleged Medicare overpayments reut.rs/4bASBlJ

White House insists Iran war will actually make gas cheaper White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt on Tuesday claimed that the U.S. and Israeli military strikes in Iran could ultimately make gas cheaper for Americans despite soaring prices at the pump. Leavitt was speaking during a news conference when she made the comment, just as the U.S. entered its...

White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt on Tuesday claimed that the U.S. and Israeli military strikes in Iran could ultimately make gas cheaper for Americans despite soaring prices at the pump.

Deluded U.S. Peace Envoy Says Trump Should Trust Putin on Iran Special Envoy Steve Witkoff gave a bizarre response on Russia sharing intelligence.

The real estate developer turned special envoy gave a bizarre response on Russia sharing intelligence.

Meta acquires AI agent social network Moltbook Facebook parent Meta Platforms said on Tuesday it had acquired Moltbook, a social networking platform built for artificial intelligence agents, bringing the company's ​founders into its AI research division.

Meta acquires AI agent social network Moltbook reut.rs/4bmI24t

The infuriating history of the law that doomed abortion rights The men behind the Hyde Amendment saw it as their ticket to paradise.

The Hyde Amendment was an opening salvo in two contemporary wars: on women and on the poor.

The right to abortion became a right only for those who could afford it.

🇸🇦🇺🇦 Saudi Arabia is negotiating to purchase Ukrainian interceptor drones and electronic-warfare systems to counter drone threats similar to Iran’s Shahed drones, - WSJ

Leavitt Admits Scores of Troops Are Wounded in Trump’s War The admission came as the conflict entered its 11th day.

The White House press secretary admitted that about 150,000 American troops have been wounded in the war with Iran.

Agreed. If that was law in every Country, we wouldn't have any wars.

For posterity:

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Sons and daughters, send the senators’ congress’ children first, before anyone else.

In fact, throw in the children of SCOTUS.

Then all MAGA followers. Every last one of them, regardless of age. And their children.

They can fight and die in this illegal war.

Fuck ‘em.

He needs to ask the Oligarchs and GOP Politicians to lead the way by sending theirs first #SendBarron

Hard pass.

💀💥 Bryansk! 6 people are dead, another 37 were injured, according to local channels.

If they have no navy, how are they deploying mines in the Strait of Hormuz?

Speaking of the Strait of Hormuz; if Iran has been conquered, and the war is complete, how does Iran still have control of the Strait of Hormuz?

Why is nobody (especially anyone in the media) asking this question?

If they have no navy, how are they deploying mines in the Strait of Hormuz?

Speaking of the Strait of Hormuz; if Iran has been conquered, and the war is complete, how does Iran still have control of the Strait of Hormuz?

Why is nobody (especially anyone in the media) asking this question?

Private credit alarm bells echo 2007 subprime warnings Every financial market crisis is different, but they do rhyme, and parallels are beginning to emerge between the tremors now rippling through private credit and those in U.S. subprime housing that led to the 2007-09 Global Financial Crisis.

Private credit alarm bells echo 2007 subprime warnings reut.rs/410YCC0

GOP Senator Warns War Will Spell Disaster for Republicans The senator cautioned that the war in Iran has put the U.S. in danger.

The senator is breaking with Trump’s aggressive Iran policy—and warning the conflict could hand Democrats a powerful weapon heading into the looming midterm elections.

While this isn’t "The Day After Tomorrow," it’s still cause for concern. www.iflscience.com/the-gulf-str...

Easiest “no” ever.