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I had the absolute pleasure of joining @hcrichardson.bsky.social for a conversation yesterday: www.youtube.com/watch?v=N15L...
American Conversations: Zohran Mamdani
YouTube video by Heather Cox Richardson
www.youtube.com
December 4, 2025 at 11:25 PM
I had the absolute pleasure of joining @hcrichardson.bsky.social for a conversation yesterday: www.youtube.com/watch?v=N15L...
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In other news, Kemi Badenoch's party has taken at least £7 million in donations from funders and directors of climate change denial lobby groups bylinetimes.com/2025/03/18/k...
October 2, 2025 at 6:01 AM
In other news, Kemi Badenoch's party has taken at least £7 million in donations from funders and directors of climate change denial lobby groups bylinetimes.com/2025/03/18/k...
Charitably, this article is a case study in how capitalism creates a market for a product that we neither wanted nor knew we needed.
But I wish the Guardian could be a bit more direct in calling this out.
www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...
But I wish the Guardian could be a bit more direct in calling this out.
www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...
The big stink: is ‘genital anxiety’ behind the rapid rise of whole-body deodorants?
In the past we would just deodorise our armpits, but now a huge wave of products are aimed at our most intimate areas. Do these serve a need – or just encourage paranoia?
www.theguardian.com
September 10, 2025 at 5:14 PM
Charitably, this article is a case study in how capitalism creates a market for a product that we neither wanted nor knew we needed.
But I wish the Guardian could be a bit more direct in calling this out.
www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...
But I wish the Guardian could be a bit more direct in calling this out.
www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...
Just a programming error? Well that’s ok then.
Musk’s AI bot Grok blames ‘programming error’ for its Holocaust denial
Grok doubted 6 million death toll, days after peddling conspiracy theory of ‘white genocide’ in South Africa
www.theguardian.com
May 18, 2025 at 4:22 PM
Just a programming error? Well that’s ok then.
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179 experts. 28 countries. 1 message:
Long COVID is real, multi-systemic, and devastating. It affects over 400 million people. And we're not prepared.
New global consensus just dropped.
link.springer.com/content/pdf/10…
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Long COVID is real, multi-systemic, and devastating. It affects over 400 million people. And we're not prepared.
New global consensus just dropped.
link.springer.com/content/pdf/10…
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https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10…
April 21, 2025 at 2:35 AM
179 experts. 28 countries. 1 message:
Long COVID is real, multi-systemic, and devastating. It affects over 400 million people. And we're not prepared.
New global consensus just dropped.
link.springer.com/content/pdf/10…
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Long COVID is real, multi-systemic, and devastating. It affects over 400 million people. And we're not prepared.
New global consensus just dropped.
link.springer.com/content/pdf/10…
🧵
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Seems like the relevance of this Reagan-era Herblock cartoon has risen by 200%. Washington Post, 12/22/1988.
February 26, 2025 at 11:51 AM
Seems like the relevance of this Reagan-era Herblock cartoon has risen by 200%. Washington Post, 12/22/1988.
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French Senator Claude Malhuret:
"Washington has become Nero’s court, with an incendiary emperor, submissive courtiers and a jester high on ketamine... We were at war with a dictator, we are now at war with a dictator backed by a traitor."
"Washington has become Nero’s court, with an incendiary emperor, submissive courtiers and a jester high on ketamine... We were at war with a dictator, we are now at war with a dictator backed by a traitor."
March 5, 2025 at 3:47 PM
French Senator Claude Malhuret:
"Washington has become Nero’s court, with an incendiary emperor, submissive courtiers and a jester high on ketamine... We were at war with a dictator, we are now at war with a dictator backed by a traitor."
"Washington has become Nero’s court, with an incendiary emperor, submissive courtiers and a jester high on ketamine... We were at war with a dictator, we are now at war with a dictator backed by a traitor."
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NEW: The Minerva Research Initiative, established by the Pentagon to fund social science relevant to national security, is being gutted. Dozens of researchers studying threats from extremist groups, misinformation or climate change have received notices that their grants are being terminated.
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Pentagon guts national security program that harnessed social science
Dozens of U.S. academics lose grants from Minerva program for studies related to terrorism, drug trafficking, and other threats
www.science.org
March 2, 2025 at 7:55 PM
NEW: The Minerva Research Initiative, established by the Pentagon to fund social science relevant to national security, is being gutted. Dozens of researchers studying threats from extremist groups, misinformation or climate change have received notices that their grants are being terminated.
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Special Vermont Resistance edition
Lucy Welch, a hero for the moment.
billmckibben.substack.com
March 1, 2025 at 10:21 PM
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I got laid off today, with the rest of 18F.
18F was an elite federal software shop. We made gov't websites work better, more efficiently for the American people. We saved taxpayers from getting screwed over by contractors. And were fired for it.
We made this website to tell our story:
18f.org
18F was an elite federal software shop. We made gov't websites work better, more efficiently for the American people. We saved taxpayers from getting screwed over by contractors. And were fired for it.
We made this website to tell our story:
18f.org
We're not done yet | 18F
18f.org
March 1, 2025 at 10:38 PM
I got laid off today, with the rest of 18F.
18F was an elite federal software shop. We made gov't websites work better, more efficiently for the American people. We saved taxpayers from getting screwed over by contractors. And were fired for it.
We made this website to tell our story:
18f.org
18F was an elite federal software shop. We made gov't websites work better, more efficiently for the American people. We saved taxpayers from getting screwed over by contractors. And were fired for it.
We made this website to tell our story:
18f.org
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Churchill visiting the White House during WW II
The hypocrisy is astounding.
The hypocrisy is astounding.
March 1, 2025 at 8:06 AM
Churchill visiting the White House during WW II
The hypocrisy is astounding.
The hypocrisy is astounding.
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NEW: A searing editorial in the The Kyiv Independent.
“It’s time to say it plainly. America’s leadership has switched sides in the war. The American people have not, and they should speak up.
“A president just disrespected America in the Oval Office. It wasn’t Zelensky.”
@kyivindependent.com
“It’s time to say it plainly. America’s leadership has switched sides in the war. The American people have not, and they should speak up.
“A president just disrespected America in the Oval Office. It wasn’t Zelensky.”
@kyivindependent.com
Editorial: A president just disrespected America in the Oval Office. It wasn’t Zelensky
It’s time to say it plainly. America’s leadership has switched sides in the war. The American people have not, and they should speak up.
In the past several weeks, the U.S. leadership has demonstrate...
kyivindependent.com
February 28, 2025 at 10:45 PM
NEW: A searing editorial in the The Kyiv Independent.
“It’s time to say it plainly. America’s leadership has switched sides in the war. The American people have not, and they should speak up.
“A president just disrespected America in the Oval Office. It wasn’t Zelensky.”
@kyivindependent.com
“It’s time to say it plainly. America’s leadership has switched sides in the war. The American people have not, and they should speak up.
“A president just disrespected America in the Oval Office. It wasn’t Zelensky.”
@kyivindependent.com
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The attack on DEI shows why liberals should stop arguing about "strategic" use of language forever. DEI stands for three uncontroversial virtues that most every American accepts, and the right still turned it into a vile slur. It doesn't matter what you say - they will poison it because YOU said it.
February 28, 2025 at 1:19 AM
The attack on DEI shows why liberals should stop arguing about "strategic" use of language forever. DEI stands for three uncontroversial virtues that most every American accepts, and the right still turned it into a vile slur. It doesn't matter what you say - they will poison it because YOU said it.
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Trump and Vance act as if the problem is that Ukraine is resisting an ongoing Russian invasion. The problem is the ongoing Russian invasion. If they want to use American power to stop the war, apply it to the aggressor. Abusing the victim is not going to end a war of aggression.
February 28, 2025 at 7:10 PM
Trump and Vance act as if the problem is that Ukraine is resisting an ongoing Russian invasion. The problem is the ongoing Russian invasion. If they want to use American power to stop the war, apply it to the aggressor. Abusing the victim is not going to end a war of aggression.
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“I will wear a costume after this war is finished…maybe something like yours.”
I don’t know what kind of fortitude you must have to deliver a burn like that under those circumstances, but damnmmmnnnn
I don’t know what kind of fortitude you must have to deliver a burn like that under those circumstances, but damnmmmnnnn
The guy who asked Zelensky if he owned a suit, Brian Glenn, is a reporter for the pro-Trump media network Real America’s Voice and also Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene's boyfriend. He got one of the rare Oval Office interviewer spots only after the White House blocked the Associated Press.
February 28, 2025 at 8:54 PM
“I will wear a costume after this war is finished…maybe something like yours.”
I don’t know what kind of fortitude you must have to deliver a burn like that under those circumstances, but damnmmmnnnn
I don’t know what kind of fortitude you must have to deliver a burn like that under those circumstances, but damnmmmnnnn
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Photo of two boys - one vaccinated against smallpox, the other not - published in 1901 by Dr. Allan Warner.
Smallpox killed over half a billion people in the 20th century alone. On 8 May 1980, the WHO announced its eradication, which was achieved through #vaccines, surveillance, and containment.
Smallpox killed over half a billion people in the 20th century alone. On 8 May 1980, the WHO announced its eradication, which was achieved through #vaccines, surveillance, and containment.
February 2, 2025 at 1:48 PM
Photo of two boys - one vaccinated against smallpox, the other not - published in 1901 by Dr. Allan Warner.
Smallpox killed over half a billion people in the 20th century alone. On 8 May 1980, the WHO announced its eradication, which was achieved through #vaccines, surveillance, and containment.
Smallpox killed over half a billion people in the 20th century alone. On 8 May 1980, the WHO announced its eradication, which was achieved through #vaccines, surveillance, and containment.
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🧵"So this is how liberty dies..."
Trump’s first 3 weeks have been a relentless flood of actions. It's incredibly hard to keep up.
I’ve gone through 69 actions & mapped out the pattern - showing how they fall within 5 broad domains consistent with authoritarian states 1/9
Trump’s first 3 weeks have been a relentless flood of actions. It's incredibly hard to keep up.
I’ve gone through 69 actions & mapped out the pattern - showing how they fall within 5 broad domains consistent with authoritarian states 1/9
February 13, 2025 at 11:38 AM
🧵"So this is how liberty dies..."
Trump’s first 3 weeks have been a relentless flood of actions. It's incredibly hard to keep up.
I’ve gone through 69 actions & mapped out the pattern - showing how they fall within 5 broad domains consistent with authoritarian states 1/9
Trump’s first 3 weeks have been a relentless flood of actions. It's incredibly hard to keep up.
I’ve gone through 69 actions & mapped out the pattern - showing how they fall within 5 broad domains consistent with authoritarian states 1/9
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A small point in the context of all this (gestures around) but Ukraine also lost an awful lot of people in WW2 and perhaps Trump should chat to Zelensky about that too.
bsky.app/profile/ruth...
bsky.app/profile/ruth...
Trump talking about Russia and Putin personally in terms that suggest a partnership - very much not the terms in which he talks about actual US allies, of course.
February 12, 2025 at 5:42 PM
A small point in the context of all this (gestures around) but Ukraine also lost an awful lot of people in WW2 and perhaps Trump should chat to Zelensky about that too.
bsky.app/profile/ruth...
bsky.app/profile/ruth...
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As Jamie Raskin rips into Musk’s lawlessness, a shrewd legal observer explains why he believes the Dem opposition is awakening—and what determined resistance might be able to accomplish.
Jamie Raskin’s Brutal Takedown of Elon Musk Shows Dems Are Waking Up
As Raskin rips into Musk’s lawlessness, a shrewd legal observer explains why he believes the Dem opposition is awakening—and what determined resistance might be able to accomplish.
newrepublic.com
February 5, 2025 at 4:56 PM
As Jamie Raskin rips into Musk’s lawlessness, a shrewd legal observer explains why he believes the Dem opposition is awakening—and what determined resistance might be able to accomplish.
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It should be obvious, but let's be clear: if a new president can arbitrarily nullify existing federal contracts, they aren't real "contracts" at all and they aren't worth the paper they're printed on. 🧵
January 31, 2025 at 9:36 PM
It should be obvious, but let's be clear: if a new president can arbitrarily nullify existing federal contracts, they aren't real "contracts" at all and they aren't worth the paper they're printed on. 🧵
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Please RT to gain a ban of harmful pesticides, neonicotinoids being 7,797 times more toxic than the 'simple' DDT is. 😡
I planted from more than 4,000 varieties of wild flowers on 200 m2 only, by applying the Miyawaki method, to save the pollinators in my small way.
Donate 👉 change.org/SaveTheBee 🆘
I planted from more than 4,000 varieties of wild flowers on 200 m2 only, by applying the Miyawaki method, to save the pollinators in my small way.
Donate 👉 change.org/SaveTheBee 🆘
January 25, 2025 at 4:03 AM
Please RT to gain a ban of harmful pesticides, neonicotinoids being 7,797 times more toxic than the 'simple' DDT is. 😡
I planted from more than 4,000 varieties of wild flowers on 200 m2 only, by applying the Miyawaki method, to save the pollinators in my small way.
Donate 👉 change.org/SaveTheBee 🆘
I planted from more than 4,000 varieties of wild flowers on 200 m2 only, by applying the Miyawaki method, to save the pollinators in my small way.
Donate 👉 change.org/SaveTheBee 🆘
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For years we heard this bullshit about how the centre-left is alienated from the concerns of ordinary people. They're still banging on about it now. In actual fact, it's the press which is ignoring these matters while a centre-left government grapples with them.
January 18, 2025 at 11:27 AM
For years we heard this bullshit about how the centre-left is alienated from the concerns of ordinary people. They're still banging on about it now. In actual fact, it's the press which is ignoring these matters while a centre-left government grapples with them.
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Agreed. Republicans ducked their duty to impeach Trump, on the plea that he was finished & it was time to "move on".
The Right cannot complain of "lawfare" - the use of legal, instead of political checks on power -if they make it impossible to use the political checks that the constitution provides
The Right cannot complain of "lawfare" - the use of legal, instead of political checks on power -if they make it impossible to use the political checks that the constitution provides
NEW
Why an indictment was the wrong tool for holding Trump to account
The real failure was the Senate ducking its constitutional duty
By me, at @prospectmagazine.co.uk
www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/ideas/law/th...
Why an indictment was the wrong tool for holding Trump to account
The real failure was the Senate ducking its constitutional duty
By me, at @prospectmagazine.co.uk
www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/ideas/law/th...
January 16, 2025 at 3:31 PM
Agreed. Republicans ducked their duty to impeach Trump, on the plea that he was finished & it was time to "move on".
The Right cannot complain of "lawfare" - the use of legal, instead of political checks on power -if they make it impossible to use the political checks that the constitution provides
The Right cannot complain of "lawfare" - the use of legal, instead of political checks on power -if they make it impossible to use the political checks that the constitution provides