Perri
@neonperri.bsky.social
Cat, rat, and bunny whisperer, belly dancer, writer, geek, and presentation guru. she/her.
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How Baltimore gymnast Donnell Whittenburg won world championships gold at age 31.
“I think Donnell proves that, when you get older, you can, in fact, get better,” said coach Syque Caesar.
Great column from @kylegoon.bsky.social:
www.thebanner.com/sports/gymna...
“I think Donnell proves that, when you get older, you can, in fact, get better,” said coach Syque Caesar.
Great column from @kylegoon.bsky.social:
www.thebanner.com/sports/gymna...
Kyle Goon: Donnell Whittenburg defied age on his path to making gymnastics history
While many gymnastics careers stall in the early to mid-20s, the Baltimore native achieved his first World Championships gold medal at age 31.
www.thebanner.com
November 17, 2025 at 4:19 PM
How Baltimore gymnast Donnell Whittenburg won world championships gold at age 31.
“I think Donnell proves that, when you get older, you can, in fact, get better,” said coach Syque Caesar.
Great column from @kylegoon.bsky.social:
www.thebanner.com/sports/gymna...
“I think Donnell proves that, when you get older, you can, in fact, get better,” said coach Syque Caesar.
Great column from @kylegoon.bsky.social:
www.thebanner.com/sports/gymna...
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NEW: We traced out a devastating outbreak of bird flu to its source: an egg farm in Ohio. Where the wind blew, the virus followed.
Within weeks, the farms downwind were about 20 times as likely to see outbreaks as those that weren’t.
Within weeks, the farms downwind were about 20 times as likely to see outbreaks as those that weren’t.
What the U.S. Government Is Dismissing That Could Seed a Bird Flu Pandemic
Egg producers suspect bird flu is traveling through the air. After a disastrous Midwestern outbreak early this year, we tested that theory and found that where the wind blew, the virus followed. Vaccines could help, but the USDA hasn’t approved them.
www.propublica.org
November 18, 2025 at 1:00 PM
NEW: We traced out a devastating outbreak of bird flu to its source: an egg farm in Ohio. Where the wind blew, the virus followed.
Within weeks, the farms downwind were about 20 times as likely to see outbreaks as those that weren’t.
Within weeks, the farms downwind were about 20 times as likely to see outbreaks as those that weren’t.
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November 18, 2025 at 9:34 AM
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I filed my claims. Be a shame if this happened
AI advocates have warned that if every author in the class action filed a claim, it would "financially ruin" the entire industry.
Authors celebrate “historic” settlement coming soon in Anthropic class action
Advocates fear such settlements will “financially ruin” the AI industry.
arstechnica.com
November 18, 2025 at 12:03 PM
I filed my claims. Be a shame if this happened
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With this news of Larry Summers "stepping back from public engagements" but still teaching, sometimes I think about how with all of the horrific stories of abuse of female students in academia, the only marine biologist I know of who was banned from taking future students is a woman.
November 18, 2025 at 12:21 PM
With this news of Larry Summers "stepping back from public engagements" but still teaching, sometimes I think about how with all of the horrific stories of abuse of female students in academia, the only marine biologist I know of who was banned from taking future students is a woman.
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Would love to see the billionaire group chat right now.
Peter Thiel’s hedge fund cut its stake in Tesla by 76%
Elon Musk’s friend, who he cofounded PayPal with, has significantly cut his position in Tesla....
sherwood.news
November 18, 2025 at 1:56 PM
Would love to see the billionaire group chat right now.
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Nobody who should fuck off actually fucks off anymore. We're stuck with all these fucking people.
November 18, 2025 at 11:30 AM
Nobody who should fuck off actually fucks off anymore. We're stuck with all these fucking people.
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Trump was right. There is a corrupt autocrat emptying his prisons and letting criminals pour into America’s streets. It’s him.
November 18, 2025 at 12:42 PM
Trump was right. There is a corrupt autocrat emptying his prisons and letting criminals pour into America’s streets. It’s him.
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Imagine, if each time the media discussed a Ford truck they said, “Henry Ford, who supported and believed in the Nazi party ideas”
Moving “on” from moral sins is not part of a moral society. It’s also disinformation.
Moving “on” from moral sins is not part of a moral society. It’s also disinformation.
How the media ‘pardon’ political criminals
News outlets paper over the ugly pasts of right-wing extremists
open.substack.com
November 18, 2025 at 12:44 PM
Imagine, if each time the media discussed a Ford truck they said, “Henry Ford, who supported and believed in the Nazi party ideas”
Moving “on” from moral sins is not part of a moral society. It’s also disinformation.
Moving “on” from moral sins is not part of a moral society. It’s also disinformation.
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Nigeria’s shock exit from World Cup due to their not starting Sam Obisanya
a man wearing an orange shirt has a blue patch on his chest that says ' uc '
Alt: a man wearing an orange shirt has a blue patch on his chest and sighs “oh no”
media.tenor.com
November 18, 2025 at 12:46 PM
Nigeria’s shock exit from World Cup due to their not starting Sam Obisanya
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This is what guys like Yglesias, and everybody else making hay about Kamala supporting transition care in prisons, want to happen everywhere.
EXCLUSIVE: A forced detransition policy had disastrous effects in one Georgia prison, according to the manager of the medical unit there.
The policy is on hold due to a court order requiring prisons to re-start hormone treatments for incarcerated people in GA.
www.assignedmedia.org/breaking-new...
The policy is on hold due to a court order requiring prisons to re-start hormone treatments for incarcerated people in GA.
www.assignedmedia.org/breaking-new...
EXCLUSIVE: Forced Detransitions ‘Nearly Toppled’ Medical Unit in Georgia Prison During Care Ban — Assigned
In the midst of a lawsuit, a Georgia prison resumes gender affirming care for trans inmates.
www.assignedmedia.org
November 18, 2025 at 12:10 PM
This is what guys like Yglesias, and everybody else making hay about Kamala supporting transition care in prisons, want to happen everywhere.
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WSJ: “.. If the AI market blows up, the blast radius would be wide, hitting not only Wall Street firms, but also pensions, mutual and exchange-traded funds and individual investors, because of how debt is often sliced and resold across the financial landscape.”
@wsj.com
www.wsj.com/finance/inve...
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November 17, 2025 at 8:28 PM
WSJ: “.. If the AI market blows up, the blast radius would be wide, hitting not only Wall Street firms, but also pensions, mutual and exchange-traded funds and individual investors, because of how debt is often sliced and resold across the financial landscape.”
@wsj.com
www.wsj.com/finance/inve...
@wsj.com
www.wsj.com/finance/inve...
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WHAT ANNOYING GUYS THINK SUN TZU'S ART OF WAR SAYS: show everyone in every single situation you're the big dog, literally bark in your bosses face to assert dominance
ACTUAL SUN TZU: no but seriously you do have to feed your army
ACTUAL SUN TZU: no but seriously you do have to feed your army
November 18, 2025 at 12:53 AM
WHAT ANNOYING GUYS THINK SUN TZU'S ART OF WAR SAYS: show everyone in every single situation you're the big dog, literally bark in your bosses face to assert dominance
ACTUAL SUN TZU: no but seriously you do have to feed your army
ACTUAL SUN TZU: no but seriously you do have to feed your army
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i know “quiet, piggy” is just one raindrop in the flood of vile, shocking statements from trump, but it’s SO cruel, so threatening, such a violation of our most basic interpersonal norms. i would really like to see it get some actual coverage.
"When an off-camera female reporter... began to ask if there was anything 'incriminating' in the Epstein emails, Trump pointed a finger in her face. 'Quiet. Quiet, Piggy,' he said menacingly."
Tell me again how it's women who are ruining the workplace?
people.com/donald-trump...
Tell me again how it's women who are ruining the workplace?
people.com/donald-trump...
Donald Trump Snaps at Female Reporter Who Asks About Epstein Files: 'Quiet Piggy'
Donald Trump Says 'Quiet Piggy' to Female Reporter Asking About Epstein Files
people.com
November 18, 2025 at 12:17 PM
i know “quiet, piggy” is just one raindrop in the flood of vile, shocking statements from trump, but it’s SO cruel, so threatening, such a violation of our most basic interpersonal norms. i would really like to see it get some actual coverage.
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I know it's a tad early but I know those bitches with the buckets will be out soon. Don't gove them a penny. The volunteers may not know but the salvation army is no ally and actively combative and harmful to many queer minorities especially during the holiday season
October 20, 2024 at 7:00 AM
I know it's a tad early but I know those bitches with the buckets will be out soon. Don't gove them a penny. The volunteers may not know but the salvation army is no ally and actively combative and harmful to many queer minorities especially during the holiday season
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This is ten times funnier due to the venue
Trump is ranting barely coherently to McDonald's franchise owners: "The one pilot said, 'skedaddle!' And that thing just turned on its side -- pppph. And it's so unbelievable. And that knocked out Iran nuclear capability."
November 18, 2025 at 11:39 AM
This is ten times funnier due to the venue
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NEW: When Andrew Tate landed in the US, Customs & Border Protection seized his electronic devices. But @propublica.org found that a White House official told DHS to return the devices, emphasizing that the request came from the White House.
By @robert-faturechi.bsky.social & Avi Asher-Schapiro
By @robert-faturechi.bsky.social & Avi Asher-Schapiro
The White House Intervened on Behalf of Accused Sex Trafficker Andrew Tate During a Federal Investigation
Federal authorities were chided for seizing electronic devices from Tate and his brother, and told to return them, records and interviews show. Experts said the intervention was highly inappropriate.
www.propublica.org
November 18, 2025 at 11:31 AM
NEW: When Andrew Tate landed in the US, Customs & Border Protection seized his electronic devices. But @propublica.org found that a White House official told DHS to return the devices, emphasizing that the request came from the White House.
By @robert-faturechi.bsky.social & Avi Asher-Schapiro
By @robert-faturechi.bsky.social & Avi Asher-Schapiro
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How do you land Vanity Fair west coast editor at age 32 after having affairs with two presidential candidates you were covering as a journalist. That is some prime white lady shit.
November 18, 2025 at 12:51 PM
How do you land Vanity Fair west coast editor at age 32 after having affairs with two presidential candidates you were covering as a journalist. That is some prime white lady shit.
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The rate of sepsis in Houston surged 63% after Texas banned abortion.
In the Dallas-Fort Worth area, where hospital leaders empowered doctors to intervene before patients’ conditions worsened, it rose 29%.
(Published May)
In the Dallas-Fort Worth area, where hospital leaders empowered doctors to intervene before patients’ conditions worsened, it rose 29%.
(Published May)
Why Hospital Policies Matter in States That Ban Abortion
Our first-of-its-kind data analysis found that a seismic split emerged in how medical institutions in Texas' two largest metro areas, Houston and Dallas, treated miscarrying patients — and in their ou...
www.propublica.org
November 18, 2025 at 4:00 AM
The rate of sepsis in Houston surged 63% after Texas banned abortion.
In the Dallas-Fort Worth area, where hospital leaders empowered doctors to intervene before patients’ conditions worsened, it rose 29%.
(Published May)
In the Dallas-Fort Worth area, where hospital leaders empowered doctors to intervene before patients’ conditions worsened, it rose 29%.
(Published May)
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Greg Bovino is leading a rebel cavalry terrorizing America—and it's important to recognize that it's in retreat. While the trauma and terror Bovino’s raiders instill is real and damaging, it’s remarkable to note how ineffective the force has turned out to be. www.doomsdayscenario.co/p/trump-bord...
Trump, Border Patrol Retreat in Failure from Chicago
Five important lessons of the first six months of Trump’s immigration raids — and why CBP’s Greg Bovino is the Nathan Bedford Forrest of the Trump era.
www.doomsdayscenario.co
November 17, 2025 at 4:41 PM
Greg Bovino is leading a rebel cavalry terrorizing America—and it's important to recognize that it's in retreat. While the trauma and terror Bovino’s raiders instill is real and damaging, it’s remarkable to note how ineffective the force has turned out to be. www.doomsdayscenario.co/p/trump-bord...
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It is genuinely incredible to me how much evidence there is to support investing in the public good and how much animus there is to do this simple, effective thing.
November 18, 2025 at 3:00 AM
It is genuinely incredible to me how much evidence there is to support investing in the public good and how much animus there is to do this simple, effective thing.
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Again, can you imagine if a writer of color, a Black reporter specifically, did what Olivia Nuzzi did, what would happen to her career?
Would she be rehabilitated in less than a year? Hired by Vanity Fair? Given a book deal? A NYT puff piece?
It's a big club and we ain't in it.
Would she be rehabilitated in less than a year? Hired by Vanity Fair? Given a book deal? A NYT puff piece?
It's a big club and we ain't in it.
November 18, 2025 at 1:47 AM
Again, can you imagine if a writer of color, a Black reporter specifically, did what Olivia Nuzzi did, what would happen to her career?
Would she be rehabilitated in less than a year? Hired by Vanity Fair? Given a book deal? A NYT puff piece?
It's a big club and we ain't in it.
Would she be rehabilitated in less than a year? Hired by Vanity Fair? Given a book deal? A NYT puff piece?
It's a big club and we ain't in it.
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Authors dumped from New Zealand’s top book prize after AI used in cover designs
Authors dumped from New Zealand’s top book prize after AI used in cover designs
Ockham Book Awards dropped two titles from contention after new guidelines introduced on artificial intelligence use
www.theguardian.com
November 18, 2025 at 1:50 AM
Authors dumped from New Zealand’s top book prize after AI used in cover designs
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"female reporters sleep with sources" factoid actually just statistical error. Average female reporter sleeps with 0 sources per year. Olivia "Old Man Hunter" Nuzzi is an outlier and should not have been counted
November 18, 2025 at 1:43 AM
"female reporters sleep with sources" factoid actually just statistical error. Average female reporter sleeps with 0 sources per year. Olivia "Old Man Hunter" Nuzzi is an outlier and should not have been counted
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Dear Orcas:
Your next mission, should you choose to accept it
Your next mission, should you choose to accept it
November 18, 2025 at 1:47 AM
Dear Orcas:
Your next mission, should you choose to accept it
Your next mission, should you choose to accept it