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Rolling blackouts around Memphis Tennessee during BRUTAL COLD. Power company REQUESTED a 10% reduction.

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  #BREAKING: @MLGW is increasing the number of Groups included in the #rollingblackout right now. @TVAnews requested 10% cut in power. More than 78,000 homes & biz without power. FYI…these are lasting longer than 30 minutes. Going on an hour for those of us in first groups pic.twitter.com/YT2RuLdGx1 — Joyce Peterson (@MemphoNewsLady) December 24, 2022 … Read more

Japan’s consumer inflation hits fresh 40-year high

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Japan’s core consumer inflation hit a fresh four-decade high as companies continued to pass on rising costs to households, data showed, a sign price hikes were broadening and could keep the central bank under pressure to whittle down massive stimulus. Months before Tuesday’s surprise tweak to its yield control policy, Bank of Japan (BOJ) policymakers … Read more

“Caroline Ellison admits to a judge that she and others stole billions of dollars from FTX customers, WSJ reports.”

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JUST IN: Caroline Ellison admits to a judge that she and others stole billions of dollars from FTX customers, WSJ reports. — Watcher.Guru (@WatcherGuru) December 23, 2022 JUST IN: Caroline Ellison admits she and SBF agreed to hide that Alameda Research could borrow unlimited assets from FTX. — Watcher.Guru (@WatcherGuru) December 23, 2022 https://t.co/tLhPDIleaz — … Read more

Alarm: ChatGPT by OpenAI now *expressly prohibits arguments for fossil fuels*. (It used to offer them.) Not only that, it excludes nuclear…

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There is great danger in training an AI to lie — Elon Musk (@elonmusk) December 24, 2022 Alarm: ChatGPT by @OpenAI now *expressly prohibits arguments for fossil fuels*. (It used to offer them.) Not only that, it excludes nuclear energy from its counter-suggestions.@sama, what is the reason for this policy? pic.twitter.com/M5q3yblgnF — Alex Epstein (@AlexEpstein) … Read more

Cringe: British PM Serving Meals at Homeless Shelter Asks Homeless Man, “Do you Work in Business?” “No, I’m Homeless”

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Extremely wealthy British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and, like most of the world elites and politicians, is completely out of touch with realities and struggles of regular people. Sunak spent Friday at a London shelter serving meals to the homeless ahead of the Christmas weekend. In video of the event, a man asked Sunak, “Are … Read more

This is what happened when they tried to raise the Ukrainian flag in Slovakia Parliament

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Oops didnt go as smooth as the US I guess When they tried the Ukraine flag nonsense in the Slovakian parliament, based Slovaks weren't having it. Good for them. pic.twitter.com/XaNkllp2Rh — Rosie's MAGA Slop Bowl (@DarnelSugarfoo) December 22, 2022 Dozens of accounts were summarily banned after criticizing the visit, Zelensky, the US’ involvement in Ukraine, … Read more

Fresh Twitter Files Drop: Twitter executive was a former CIA employee, the FBI, CIA, State Department, Pentagon and other state actors involved with social media surveillance on Twitter (as well as other platforms, including Reddit, Facebook, and Pinterest)

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by Settlemente Important to keep in mind: Twitter is not the only platform this was happening on. US (and likely also foreign) intelligence agencies have been moderating, boosting, and deranking content on all social media platforms for years. This would seem self evident to many but the internal discussions referenced the Twitter files clearly prove … Read more

The propaganda being presented suggests something is up…

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Here we go again? Scamdemic part 2? Have they done it again? What about Live Exercise 2.0 is a surprise? pic.twitter.com/wtQkNH0cVI — George Webb – Investigative Journalist (@RealGeorgeWebb1) December 23, 2022 Are we sure Live Exercise 2.0 isn’t coming? Lofting COVId measures being blamed, not MERS Cup. pic.twitter.com/3jLxNNiitf — George Webb – Investigative Journalist (@RealGeorgeWebb1) … Read more

Rising prices are causing a new strain on families, some of whom have never before needed help like this.

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As prices rise, so does food insecurity in US. Rising prices are causing a new strain on families, some of whom have never before needed help like this. “Most of them are a little bit desperate because they’re having to pay regular bills,” Richardson said. “If there’s a medical emergency, they’re having to deal with … Read more