Padma Priya
@padmapriyadvl.bsky.social
Journalist, Avid Reader; Traveller; Based in Brisbane, Australia.
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well this timeline is going swimmingly, everything's going to be just fine i'm sure 🫠🫠🫠
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January 10, 2025 at 6:17 AM
well this timeline is going swimmingly, everything's going to be just fine i'm sure 🫠🫠🫠
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Exclusive: Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy are sending representatives to agencies across the federal government, four people familiar with the matter said, to begin preliminary interviews that will shape the tech executives’ enormous ambitions to tame Washington’s sprawling bureaucracy.
DOGE is dispatching agents across U.S. government
Federal officials are already dealing with surrogates from Elon Musk’s and Vivek Ramaswamy’s nongovernmental body before Donald Trump is sworn in again.
www.washingtonpost.com
January 10, 2025 at 12:40 PM
Exclusive: Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy are sending representatives to agencies across the federal government, four people familiar with the matter said, to begin preliminary interviews that will shape the tech executives’ enormous ambitions to tame Washington’s sprawling bureaucracy.
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Scientists on Friday confirmed that 2024 was the first to surpass a dangerous warming threshold of 1.5 Celsius that nations had pledged not to cross.
You just lived through the hottest year on record. Again.
Scientists on Friday confirmed that 2024 was the first to surpass a dangerous warming threshold of 1.5 Celsius that nations had pledged not to cross.
www.washingtonpost.com
January 10, 2025 at 1:12 PM
Scientists on Friday confirmed that 2024 was the first to surpass a dangerous warming threshold of 1.5 Celsius that nations had pledged not to cross.
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The fate of TikTok is before the Supreme Court in a case that would effectively shut down the social media platform in the United States in less than two weeks if the company does not divest from Chinese ownership.
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Live updates: Supreme Court hears challenge to TikTok sale-or-ban law
The Supreme Court will hear TikTok’s challenge to the ban-or-sale law to consider whether it violates the First Amendment rights of of users and platform owners.
www.washingtonpost.com
January 10, 2025 at 2:09 PM
The fate of TikTok is before the Supreme Court in a case that would effectively shut down the social media platform in the United States in less than two weeks if the company does not divest from Chinese ownership.
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I wrote about what it's like to be used for an episode of Law & Order: SVU for @slate.bsky.social: slate.com/culture/2024...
What It’s Like to Watch Your Sexual Assault Get Turned Into an Episode of Law & Order: SVU
The procedural is known for its ripped-from-the-headlines approach. But I never expected to see my experience turned into a case of the week.
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December 12, 2024 at 1:11 PM
I wrote about what it's like to be used for an episode of Law & Order: SVU for @slate.bsky.social: slate.com/culture/2024...
Deadly earthquake hits #vanuatu. www.abc.net.au/news/2024-12...
Images emerge showing destruction after Vanuatu records magnitude-7.3 earthquake
Images of widespread damage are emerging from Vanuatu after a magnitude-7.3 earthquake struck near the capital, Port Vila.
www.abc.net.au
December 17, 2024 at 8:23 AM
Deadly earthquake hits #vanuatu. www.abc.net.au/news/2024-12...
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We spent weeks reviewing Dave Weldon, Trump’s CDC pick, and his congressional papers, interviews and public appearances — including with anti-vaccine activists.
This is a portrait of a politician who wouldn’t let go of the false theory vaccines cause autism wapo.st/4iACoi0
This is a portrait of a politician who wouldn’t let go of the false theory vaccines cause autism wapo.st/4iACoi0
Trump’s CDC pick wouldn’t let go of false theory vaccines cause autism
Dave Weldon’s long record of promoting the disproven link between vaccines and autism raises concerns among some public health experts about his ability to run the CDC.
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December 15, 2024 at 3:12 PM
We spent weeks reviewing Dave Weldon, Trump’s CDC pick, and his congressional papers, interviews and public appearances — including with anti-vaccine activists.
This is a portrait of a politician who wouldn’t let go of the false theory vaccines cause autism wapo.st/4iACoi0
This is a portrait of a politician who wouldn’t let go of the false theory vaccines cause autism wapo.st/4iACoi0
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Trump said this week that he would impose sweeping tariffs on goods imported from Mexico, Canada and China as soon as he takes office. The result, economists say, would probably be a swift run-up in prices on necessities like meat, fruits and vegetables, along with cars, clothing and crude oil.
Food, gas and cars could quickly get pricier under Trump’s tariff plan
Americans are finally starting to get relief from inflation, but that reprieve may be short-lived if imports from Mexico and Canada come under fire.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 29, 2024 at 4:07 PM
Trump said this week that he would impose sweeping tariffs on goods imported from Mexico, Canada and China as soon as he takes office. The result, economists say, would probably be a swift run-up in prices on necessities like meat, fruits and vegetables, along with cars, clothing and crude oil.
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Masoud was executed in Singapore this morning.
The text of the human rights lecture I delivered here in Perth tonight. I talked about the challenges of telling stories about Singapore's war on drugs and its victims—one of them being Masoud, who's scheduled to be hanged at dawn.
www.wethecitizens.net/singapore-mu...
www.wethecitizens.net/singapore-mu...
Singapore Must Always Have Hope
It's a challenge to tell the story of Singapore's war on drugs and its victims, but we keep going because we must.
www.wethecitizens.net
November 29, 2024 at 3:48 AM
Masoud was executed in Singapore this morning.
ok back here. let’s see how much i will use this
November 28, 2024 at 11:44 PM
ok back here. let’s see how much i will use this
Twitter is a cesspool. Guess we have established that.
October 29, 2023 at 12:33 PM
Twitter is a cesspool. Guess we have established that.
i actually like this space; it is so comforting & warm;
September 8, 2023 at 4:24 AM
i actually like this space; it is so comforting & warm;
Ah me too! 💜
September 8, 2023 at 4:23 AM
Ah me too! 💜
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September 4, 2023 at 6:34 PM
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Hello BlueSky! I am Priya, a journalist and a media entrepreneur from India! Happy to be here! 😊
September 7, 2023 at 4:00 AM
Hello BlueSky! I am Priya, a journalist and a media entrepreneur from India! Happy to be here! 😊