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Arik Hesseldahl 🦋
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Recovering tech and business journalist. #RCTID 🌻🌻🌻 ↙️↙️↙️ https://arik.org
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November 11, 2025 at 11:01 AM
I'm chatting poetry and creative workflow with ChatGPT. It's a better poet than I am. English Majors are toast.
November 10, 2025 at 10:49 PM
I can see @nytpitchbot.bsky.social now: The case for a J.D. Vance - Jenna Ellis ticket in 2028.
NEW: Donald Trump has pardoned a long list of allies in his bid to subvert the 2020 election including:

-Rudy Giuliani
-John Eastman
-Mark Meadows
-Sidney Powell
-Ken Chesebro
-Christina Bobb
-Kelli Ward
-Jenna Ellis

www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
November 10, 2025 at 6:28 PM
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Kyle Kingsbury is not a journalist. He is not an op-ed writer.

He is a computer safety researcher.

And he has written one of the most compelling, comprehensive accounts of the ongoing hell in Chicago that you could possibly imagine.

In under 1600 words.

aphyr.com/posts/397-i-...
November 9, 2025 at 8:49 PM
Finally some good news. From The AP: BREAKING: The Supreme Court rejects a call to overturn its decision legalizing same-sex marriage nationwide. t.co/FqTCZIJoQj
https://apnews.com/article/supreme-court-same-sex-marriage-50eb4ad421911696e742d8c4fb4962fd?utm_campaign=trueAnthem%3A+New+Content+%28Feed%29&utm_medium=trueAnthem&utm_source=twitter
t.co
November 10, 2025 at 2:44 PM
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I called them both! New Yorkers, so should you

(To reach your state's senators, you can always go through the Capitol switchboard at 202-224-3121)
Oh for the love of

Sharing, since I just googled these so I could leave angry voicemails telling these motherfuckers to hold the line

Schumer's DC office number: 202-224-6542

Gillibrand's DC office number: (202) 224-4451
Sounds like the squishes in the senate caucus are ready to pull the plug with no ACA changes. This is real. If you want to register your opinion you shld call yr senator in the next hour. They not only want to reopen w/nothing. They want cover from their colleagues who still want to hold out.
November 9, 2025 at 9:35 PM
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November 10, 2025 at 11:02 AM
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Time for @schumer.senate.gov to go. Use this letter campaign to demand Senate Dems who opposed this terrible bill REMOVE Schumer as Senate Minority Leader. OR lose our donations and support.
Demand Democratic Senate Leadership Accountability: Remove Senator Chuck Schumer as Senate Minority Leader
This petition calls on sitting Democratic US Senators to remove Chuck Schumer from his role as Senate Minority Leader due to his failure to protect millions of Americans during the recent government s...
actionnetwork.org
November 10, 2025 at 5:04 AM
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Chuck Schumer Helps Pull Democrats Back From Brink Of Courage
November 10, 2025 at 5:02 AM
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November 9, 2025 at 12:28 PM
Minnesota United ended Seattle and maybe Stefan Frei. Evander ended Nagbe in Ohio. What other surprises do the MLS playoffs hold?
November 9, 2025 at 1:13 AM
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Columbus Crew’s elimination means Darlington Nagbe has played his final game.

Salute to a certified legend.
November 9, 2025 at 1:09 AM
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November 8, 2025 at 4:57 AM
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November 8, 2025 at 11:01 AM
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AP reporter Regina Garcia Cano looked into a few of the men killed in Trump's extrajudicial strikes on Caribbean boats.

"They were laborers, a fisherman, a taxi driver. Two were low-level career criminals. One was a local crime boss who contracted out smuggling services"

apnews.com/article/trum...
Trump has accused boat crews of being narco-terrorists. The truth, AP found, is more nuanced
One was a fisherman struggling to eke out a living on $100 a month. Another was a career criminal. A third was a former military cadet.
apnews.com
November 7, 2025 at 1:05 PM
I can’t hear Blue Oyster Cult’s Fear the Reaper without thinking about cowbells.
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media.tenor.com
November 7, 2025 at 1:47 PM
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November 7, 2025 at 11:02 AM
Everyone wish Maria Shriver and Ethan Hawke a Happy Birthday today.
November 6, 2025 at 7:03 PM
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This really hasn’t gotten enough attention this week.

@wired.com #ICE
www.wired.com/story/fbi-wa...
November 5, 2025 at 11:09 PM
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November 6, 2025 at 11:01 AM
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It is too early to call the Mamdani administration a disappointment?
November 5, 2025 at 11:45 AM
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November 5, 2025 at 11:01 AM
Always pitch perfect.
Will Democrats learn the hard lessons of the upcoming election results?
November 4, 2025 at 1:50 PM
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November 4, 2025 at 11:01 AM
A few extra bits I left out of the last genealogy post. ariks.substack.com/p/denmark-an...
Denmark and The Amber Road, Plus Another Old Map
A couple items I left out of the last post.
ariks.substack.com
November 3, 2025 at 6:19 PM