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David Connop Price
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Strategic and collaborative communications leader. Ex-political reporter. Runner. My posts = my views. 🔁/♥️ ≠ endorsement.
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connop.bsky.social
Slightly diminish a band: The Bracelets
briankspears.bsky.social Brian Spears @briankspears.bsky.social · Aug 12
Slightly diminish a band: About as Good as Ezra
August 14, 2025 at 7:21 AM
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amybrown.xyz
the zoomers have rebranded vacation
What is a micro-retirement? Inside the latest Gen Z trend (Fast Company) Gen Z is rethinking retirement—by taking it in mini doses. The rising trend of *micro-retirements* means career professionals are pressing pause for 1-2 weeks every year to avoid burnout and boost well-being. While it's gaining traction (even among non-Gen Z workers), experts warn these breaks could come with long-term financial and career tradeoffs. Is unplugging worth the risk? Here's what to consider before booking your "someday" now.
July 3, 2025 at 12:47 PM
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joelanman.bsky.social
This is awful, people at Meta should go to prison for it, it's very clearly illegal and immoral. Really wish we could all get off WhatsApp, Facebook Marketplace and so on, they're so deeply embedded

www.zeropartydata.es/p/localhost-...
“Localhost tracking” explained. It could cost Meta 32 billion.
You just can't finish off Zuckerberg.
www.zeropartydata.es
June 15, 2025 at 11:47 AM
connop.bsky.social
An enjoyable read.
June 2, 2025 at 11:53 AM
connop.bsky.social
I'm no expert, but this summary, if correct, suggests to me that the UK is still re-learning international trade negotiation.
seanbrodrick.bsky.social Sean Brodrick @seanbrodrick.bsky.social · May 8
Here are the specifics of the U.S.-UK trade deal. The UK has agreed to ease tariffs on U.S. cars -- which few in Britain want anyway -- the 2% digital service tax, and relax health restrictions on U.S. food imports. U.,S. stops all its crazy tariff shit.
link: x.com/i/grok?conve...
May 8, 2025 at 12:10 PM
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galvinalmanza.bsky.social
Good job team America
www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
April 21, 2025 at 11:18 PM
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dottsky.bsky.social
SORRY. Sorry.
Have we seen this *incredible* news video coming out of Queensland? Wait for the witness/witnesses statement
April 21, 2025 at 2:38 PM
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emilycurates.bsky.social
On February 8, 2025, kayaker Adrián Simancas was briefly swallowed by a humpback #whale off #Chile’s coast. The whale surfaced unexpectedly, engulfing him and his kayak, then released him unharmed seconds later. The incident was captured on video by his father.
April 17, 2025 at 7:10 PM
connop.bsky.social
The 1904 Men's Olympic marathon was wild. The first athlete across the line admitted his finish was a practical joke, while the actual winner, a clown by profession, was dosed with rat poison, and the runners placing fourth and ninth had extraordinary experiences.

en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Athleti...
Athletics at the 1904 Summer Olympics – Men's marathon - Wikipedia
en.m.wikipedia.org
April 15, 2025 at 8:29 PM
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profmarylewis.bsky.social
Harvard rolled out a new website alongside its rejection of the admin’s terms. Some people have been working very hard! Kudos.

www.harvard.edu
Harvard University
Harvard University is devoted to excellence in teaching, learning, and research, and to developing leaders who make a difference globally.
www.harvard.edu
April 14, 2025 at 7:42 PM
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nicolemicheroni.bsky.social
Some personal news: the Department of Homeland Security has given me, an immigration lawyer born in Newton, Massachusetts, seven days to leave the U.S. Does anyone know if you can get Italian citizenship through great-grandparents?
Email from DHS revoking parole, unnamed recipient, received by Nicole Micheroni. Part 1 Email from DHS revoking parole, unknown recipient, received by Nicole Micheroni. Part 2
April 11, 2025 at 11:11 PM
connop.bsky.social
This is cool
wonderofscience.bsky.social Wonder of Science @wonderofscience.bsky.social · Apr 8
This is what happens when galaxies collide; a billion year gravitational waltz.

This supercomputer simulation includes images from Hubble of actual galactic collisions at different stages.

Credit: NASA, ESA, and F. Summers
April 8, 2025 at 4:20 AM
connop.bsky.social
The “you have to hope for the best, but prepare for the worst" quote in this insightful article seems apt.

If the UK government (and the other three non-US "eyes") are not preparing for the worst now, they're probably negligent.
April 8, 2025 at 3:45 AM
connop.bsky.social
Pax Britannica ended because Britain exhausted itself fighting two brutal world wars.

How sad that the mighty Pax Americana that followed ended not through a fight for the democratic values it long espoused, or another noble cause, but in madness and, as @jvl.bsky.social observes below, suicide.
April 5, 2025 at 6:13 AM
connop.bsky.social
I'm thinking about 1929. Did Wall Street traders wake up on October 24 knowing that the market would crash that day?

It feels like they know what is coming today. How will that impact what happens?
April 3, 2025 at 1:12 PM
connop.bsky.social
"🔶️ 8:00PM ET: Global markets respond as the impact of America's renewed economic strength takes hold."

*checks CNN market ticker at 8:00PM ET*

🔻 Dow Futures down 2.48%
🔻 S&P Futures down 3.49%
🔻 NASDAQ Futures down 4.44%
Picture says: 8 p.m. ET: Global Markets respond as the impact of America's renewed strength takes hold Picture shows Dow Futures down 2.42%, S&P 500 Futures down 3.55% and NASDAQ Futures down 4.42%
April 3, 2025 at 12:14 AM
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crhesq06.bsky.social
Given that Dow Futures are down 1000 points (2.3%) and the S&P plunged 3.5% and will probably get worse when trading opens, perhaps a small refresher course is in order.
www.investopedia.com/terms/c/circ...
What Is a Circuit Breaker in Trading? How Is It Triggered?
Circuit breakers temporarily halt trading on an exchange when a security or broad index moves in excess of a pre-set threshold amount.
www.investopedia.com
April 2, 2025 at 11:50 PM
connop.bsky.social
To be "tariffing" fentanyl, wouldn't he have to legalize it? So is he saying he's going to legalize fentanyl?
atrupar.com Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · Apr 2
Trump makes clear that his tariffs are about “penalizing Canada” over fake allegations of drug trafficking
Trump post: “Mitch McConnell of Kentucky, Susan Collins of Maine, Lisa Murkowski of Alaska, and Rand Paul, also of Kentucky, will hopefully get on the Republican bandwagon, for a change, and fight the Democrats wild and flagrant push to not penalize Canada for the sale, into our Country, of large amounts of Fentanyl, by Tariffing the value of this horrible and deadly drug in order to make it more costly to distribute and buy. They are playing with the lives of the American people, and right into the hands of the Radical Left Democrats and Drug Cartels. The Senate Bill is just a ploy of the Dems to show and expose the weakness of certain Republicans, namely these four, in that it is not going anywhere because the House will never approve it and I, as your President, will never sign it. Why are they allowing Fentanyl to pour into our Country unchecked, and without penalty. What is wrong with them, other than suffering from Trump Derangement Syndrome, commonly known as TDS? Who can want this to happen to our beautiful families, and why? To the people of the Great States of Kentucky, Alaska, and Maine, please contact these Senators and get them to FINALLY adhere to Republican Values and Ideals. They have been extremely difficult to deal with and, unbelievably disloyal to hardworking Majority Leader John Thune, and the Republican Party itself. MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!”
April 2, 2025 at 5:15 AM
connop.bsky.social
Rest in peace, Val Kilmer
April 2, 2025 at 5:07 AM
connop.bsky.social
What the heck, Bluesky? My Discover feed becomes filled with Gators, Yankees and UConn - none of which I am interest in - and tapping "show me less like this" results in more of that content! Sadly, switched to muting, but that's not ideal.
March 30, 2025 at 6:45 PM
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trigonalclass.bsky.social
Said a poet in front of a Tesla in Lyndhurst, Ohio . Well done, my favorite. #teslatakedown
March 30, 2025 at 1:37 AM
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nkalamb.bsky.social
Hundreds of international students have just received an email telling them their visas have been revoked.

The ‘justification’ is campus activism or social media posts.

timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/us/hun...
The biggest reason government officials aren't giving any specifics about the criteria by which these arrests and deportations are selected, is that the criteria is "pro-Israel think-tanks and advocacy organizations created lists of troublesome individuals and gave them to us."
March 29, 2025 at 2:11 PM
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hackread.bsky.social
🚨 New, Exclusive and Detailed: 2.8 Billion #X user info dumped online. The person who leaked the data claims it’s the work of a “disgruntled X employee” who allegedly stole the data during mass layoffs.

Read: hackread.com/twitter-x-of...

#CyberSecurity #Twitter #Breach #InsideJob
Twitter (X) Hit by Data Leak of 2.8 Billion Users; Allegedly an Insider Job
Follow us on Bluesky, Twitter (X), Mastodon and Facebook at @Hackread
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March 29, 2025 at 3:32 PM
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nlanard.bsky.social
A friend of Neri Alvarado, the young Venezuelan man with an autism awareness tattoo sent to El Salvador, shared this video from members of the swim club where he worked with neurodiverse children.

More about Neri from @isabelaalhadeff.bsky.social and I here: www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
March 28, 2025 at 7:10 PM