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Bluesky is the new science Twitter, new study by @whysharksmatter.bsky.social and Julia Wester concludes!

"Results show that for every reported professional benefit that scientists once gained from Twitter, scientists can now gain that benefit more effectively on Bluesky than on Twitter."
Scientists no Longer Find Twitter Professionally Useful, and have Switched to Bluesky
Synopsis. Social media has become widely used by the scientific community for a variety of professional uses, including networking and public outreach. For
academic.oup.com
February 13, 2026 at 10:08 PM
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I like working with doctors who aren’t in the Epstein files 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻
Dr. Oz emailed an invite to a Valentine's Day party in 2016 to Jeffrey Epstein.

Oz appears several more times in the Epstein files, including an email sent from an account under his name to Epstein on Jan. 1, 2016, that has the subject line "Dr oz." The body of the message is completely redacted.
Senior US health official Oz invited Epstein to Valentine's Day party, documents show
Mehmet Oz sent the invite almost a decade after Epstein's first sex crime charges became public.
www.reuters.com
February 14, 2026 at 4:14 AM
February 14, 2026 at 4:16 AM
'Will Take Down Francis': The Epstein-Bannon Plot to Subvert the Vatican from Within
Epstein and Bannon sought to exploit internal Catholic divisionsms:
www.ibtimes.co.uk/will-take-do...
Epstein Files Reveal Steve Bannon Plot to 'Take Down' Pope Francis
The Epstein files have unmasked a startling campaign to destabilise the Papacy. Records show Steve Bannon and Jeffrey Epstein conspired to 'take down' Pope Francis, viewing the Vatican as a vital leve...
www.ibtimes.co.uk
February 14, 2026 at 4:13 AM
What happens when political elites claim their opponents are simply mad? A proposed Bill on 'Trump Derangement Syndrome' shows how politics can spill into psychiatry. This, argues Ela Serpil Evliyaoğlu, threatens to turn dissent into pathology
theloop.ecpr.eu/trump-derang...
Is 'Trump Derangement Syndrome' a genuine mental illness?
What happens when political elites claim their opponents are simply mad? A proposed Bill on 'Trump Derangement Syndrome' shows how politics can spill into psychiatry. This, argues Ela Serpil Evliyaoğl...
theloop.ecpr.eu
February 14, 2026 at 3:14 AM
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In Munich, Ocasio-Cortez Ties Income Inequality to Rise of Authoritarians www.nytimes.com/2026/02/13/u...
In Munich, Ocasio-Cortez Ties Income Inequality to Rise of Authoritarians
www.nytimes.com
February 13, 2026 at 10:57 PM
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When someone asks me if global warming might be a good thing
February 10, 2026 at 5:11 PM
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132 Years of Global Warming Visualized in 26 Dramatically Animated Seconds
132 Years of Global Warming Visualized in 26 Dramatically Animated Seconds
Courtesy of NASA comes a visualization showing how global temperatures have changed since 1880. According to NASA's web site, this 'color-coded map shows a progression of changing global surface tempe...
www.openculture.com
February 12, 2026 at 12:11 AM
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And Trump is saying global warming doesn't exist and is pushing coal. Coal. In the meantime other countries like China are eating our lunch with renewable. Just madness.
Updated climate indicators graphics, now including 2025

ed-hawkins.github.io/climate-visu...
February 13, 2026 at 10:26 PM
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February 11, 2026 at 10:26 PM
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A nice illustration of how global warming causes cognitive decline.
FOX NEWS: Do you believe climate change is a hoax?

EPA ADMINISTRATOR LEE ZELDIN: It has been a con job of using this for more power and control
February 13, 2026 at 5:43 PM
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If we are going to stave off the scourges of authoritarianism globally, our politics need to center the working class.
February 13, 2026 at 6:33 PM
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When only the wealthy can afford peace of mind for their children, we've turned childhood into a privilege, not a promise.

I am proud to lead the Child Care for Every Community Act with @warren.senate.gov to cap childcare costs and fight for universal childcare.

19thnews.org/2026/02/aoc-...
AOC and Warren join forces in high-profile child care push ahead of midterms
As Republicans urge Americans to have more children but offer few supportive policies, Democrats believe reducing child care costs could be a winning message.
19thnews.org
February 12, 2026 at 7:07 PM
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What a story:

“Lewandowski and Noem, both married, have denied the reports of the affair, but people said they do little to hide their relationship.

“The pair have been using a luxury 737 MAX jet, with a private cabin in back, for their travel around the country”

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www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
A Pilot Fired Over Kristi Noem’s Missing Blanket and the Constant Chaos Inside DHS
Secretary faces fire for confrontational immigration crackdown and self-promotional style; White House to wind down Minnesota operations.
www.wsj.com
February 13, 2026 at 3:16 AM
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When you have a rules-based order where you carve out exceptions to our values, eventually the exceptions become the rules.
February 13, 2026 at 10:33 PM
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February 13, 2026 at 11:06 PM
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Lemon’s lawyers coming out throwing haymakers in the first round.
February 13, 2026 at 11:32 PM
Cardinal Cupich says feds stopped priests, demanded citizenship proof
‘I’ve had some priests who are of a different color being targeted and arrested-stopped=because of their color asking them to prove they’re citizens. That’s not America,’ Cupich said.
religionnews.com/2026/02/10/c...
Cardinal Cupich says feds stopped priests, demanded citizenship proof
(RNS) — ‘I’ve had some priests who are of a different color being targeted and arrested — stopped — because of their color and asking them to prove that they’re citizens. That’s not America,’ the Chic...
religionnews.com
February 13, 2026 at 11:36 PM
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This. It would be really, really great if Democrats would start *consistently* calling out the way that the media is led around like f'ing children by the right-wing hate machine.

Don't just accept the frame. Call out the frame. Force viewers to confront the frame. It's so f'ing basic.
James Talarico: No one's ever asked me about the cost of housing. The only thing the media wants to ask me about are trans athletes.

The only minority destroying this country is the billionaires. Trans people are 1% of the population. We are all focused on the wrong 1%.
February 13, 2026 at 9:53 PM
THAT'S a surprise-NOT
Epstein files reveal ties to Catholic conservatives' anti-Francis campaign
VATICAN CITY-Newly released Epstein files show Epstein & Bannon discussed opposition to Pope Francis including a move Bannon claimed would ‘take down Francis'
religionnews.com/2026/02/11/e...
Epstein files reveal ties to Catholic conservatives' anti-Francis campaign
VATICAN CITY (RNS) — The newly released Epstein files show that Jeffrey Epstein and Steve Bannon discussed opposition to Pope Francis, including a move that Bannon claimed would ‘take down Francis.’
religionnews.com
February 13, 2026 at 11:30 PM
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AOC: "Extreme level of wealth inequality leads to social instability and drives authoritarianism, right-wing populism, and really dangerous domestic internal politics. That is a direct outcome of the failure of democracies over decades to deliver."
February 13, 2026 at 5:50 PM
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US Central Command’s (CENTCOM) withdrawal from key bases in Syria illustrates that the United States is gradually shifting its counter-Islamic State in Iraq and al Sham (ISIS) framework to engage with the Syrian government rather than the SDF. (1/7)
February 13, 2026 at 3:19 AM
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Trump has voter information from Georgia, Musk has our SSNs from our tax forms. What the hell else?
February 12, 2026 at 2:43 AM
February 12, 2026 at 4:16 PM
Wolff Responds: Capitalism and The Epstein Class
One of the things to come out of the release of the Epstein files is the depravity of many of the world's so called elite.

democracyatwork.substack.com/p/wolff-resp...
Wolff Responds: Capitalism and The Epstein Class
One of the things to come out of the release of the Epstein files is the depravity of many of the world's so called elite.
democracyatwork.substack.com
February 12, 2026 at 3:53 AM