Cara-Cara-Cara
@cara-scura.bsky.social
Datavis, infographics, journalism, art. Safety/danger iconography and protest signs are my Pokémon Go. Skeptical about it, probably. Support your local 📰, damn it.
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@cara-scura.bsky.social
· Mar 19
And here I was surviving on spite alone. How did I not consider fuel? Rookie mistake.
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In 2024 I investigated many similar accounts that posted very similar types of content, claiming to be ‘Trump supporting women’ from the US, but they were fake accounts using images stolen from European influencers.
The findings were reported here 👇 edition.cnn.com/2024/08/28/e...
The findings were reported here 👇 edition.cnn.com/2024/08/28/e...
Stolen photos of European influencers used to push Trump propaganda on X | CNN
A phony campaign on X backing Trump ahead of the US election is using stolen or manipulated photos of real women in Europe to push its agenda.
edition.cnn.com
November 23, 2025 at 12:55 PM
In 2024 I investigated many similar accounts that posted very similar types of content, claiming to be ‘Trump supporting women’ from the US, but they were fake accounts using images stolen from European influencers.
The findings were reported here 👇 edition.cnn.com/2024/08/28/e...
The findings were reported here 👇 edition.cnn.com/2024/08/28/e...
The feed is extra vomit-inducing this morning. So many text excerpts that cannot be unseen. FFS
November 22, 2025 at 3:11 PM
The feed is extra vomit-inducing this morning. So many text excerpts that cannot be unseen. FFS
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It is the weekend before Thanksgiving - a perfect time to pick up any last-minute safety devices such as smoke alarms and fire extinguishers.
November 22, 2025 at 2:08 PM
It is the weekend before Thanksgiving - a perfect time to pick up any last-minute safety devices such as smoke alarms and fire extinguishers.
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In email announcing new schedule for some data delayed by shutdown, BEA says some more statistics are being discontinued. These data relate to foreign investment in the US -- which Trump loves to claim he's boosting.
November 20, 2025 at 1:00 AM
In email announcing new schedule for some data delayed by shutdown, BEA says some more statistics are being discontinued. These data relate to foreign investment in the US -- which Trump loves to claim he's boosting.
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Red and Blue Composition, by Ad Reinhardt, 1941 (flipped), 📸 by Andrew Mordzynski
November 17, 2025 at 3:32 AM
Red and Blue Composition, by Ad Reinhardt, 1941 (flipped), 📸 by Andrew Mordzynski
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I know you think this comparison is going to be far, but it's farther than you think...
I decided to convert dollars to centimeters. That allows us to visualize, for example, the distance between having no money and being at poverty level — about four city blocks.
2/8
2/8
November 15, 2025 at 11:16 PM
I know you think this comparison is going to be far, but it's farther than you think...
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This is a delightful read about a really fun, not uniquely British phenomenon but definitely not a worldwide one, on Hollow Ways, which I personally consider to be deeply sacred spaces
There’s a lovely article here about them. Just if you’re interested. I bet goats have fallen on cars. Probably out of sheer belligerence.
www.bbc.com/travel/artic...
www.bbc.com/travel/artic...
England's mysterious sunken roads
A new mapping project by Natural England will help unearth the deep history and mystery of this ancient network of subterranean tracks.
www.bbc.com
November 10, 2025 at 6:41 PM
This is a delightful read about a really fun, not uniquely British phenomenon but definitely not a worldwide one, on Hollow Ways, which I personally consider to be deeply sacred spaces
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Apparently some folks are playing real dumb about skull symbols so let’s play a little game I like to call “Nazi skull or not a Nazi skull”
First up, the Jolly Roger. This is a pirate skull, not a Nazi skull. It means you might get robbed, but prolly not genocided.
With me so far? 1/x
First up, the Jolly Roger. This is a pirate skull, not a Nazi skull. It means you might get robbed, but prolly not genocided.
With me so far? 1/x
October 22, 2025 at 5:23 AM
Apparently some folks are playing real dumb about skull symbols so let’s play a little game I like to call “Nazi skull or not a Nazi skull”
First up, the Jolly Roger. This is a pirate skull, not a Nazi skull. It means you might get robbed, but prolly not genocided.
With me so far? 1/x
First up, the Jolly Roger. This is a pirate skull, not a Nazi skull. It means you might get robbed, but prolly not genocided.
With me so far? 1/x
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Curling irons, furniture tip-over kits, bed rails, saunas, sauna blankets, thermal laminators and more. It was another eclectic week of recalls and warnings at CPSC.
Check to see if you own any of these products: www.cpsc.gov/Recalls
Check to see if you own any of these products: www.cpsc.gov/Recalls
Recalls & Product Safety Warnings
www.cpsc.gov
October 24, 2025 at 2:39 PM
Curling irons, furniture tip-over kits, bed rails, saunas, sauna blankets, thermal laminators and more. It was another eclectic week of recalls and warnings at CPSC.
Check to see if you own any of these products: www.cpsc.gov/Recalls
Check to see if you own any of these products: www.cpsc.gov/Recalls
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“The Purdue student newspaper owns its own presses” is the sound of engines revving
Purdue to the rescue of IU student newspaper, whose institution was attempting censorship. Details in alt!
October 18, 2025 at 10:32 PM
“The Purdue student newspaper owns its own presses” is the sound of engines revving
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Hi, I'm the ProPublica reporter who's been tracking an unusual stat: U.S. citizens grabbed by immigration agents.
I did it because the government isn’t.
This is what I found.
I did it because the government isn’t.
This is what I found.
October 18, 2025 at 2:11 PM
Hi, I'm the ProPublica reporter who's been tracking an unusual stat: U.S. citizens grabbed by immigration agents.
I did it because the government isn’t.
This is what I found.
I did it because the government isn’t.
This is what I found.
Some Kings, from my newest most favorite thing to read.
@pbump.com you had me at “Matthew Henry Phineas Riall Sankey” (and if I could support this endeavor at that level, I would.)
@pbump.com you had me at “Matthew Henry Phineas Riall Sankey” (and if I could support this endeavor at that level, I would.)
The newsletter is out. This week: Some Kings.
www.howtoreadthisch.art/the-ebbs-and...
www.howtoreadthisch.art/the-ebbs-and...
October 18, 2025 at 4:21 PM
Some Kings, from my newest most favorite thing to read.
@pbump.com you had me at “Matthew Henry Phineas Riall Sankey” (and if I could support this endeavor at that level, I would.)
@pbump.com you had me at “Matthew Henry Phineas Riall Sankey” (and if I could support this endeavor at that level, I would.)
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I can beat the medievalists! In 61 CE, revolting British natives attacked the Roman colony of Camulodunum (Colchester). In 2015, in a domestic space, archs found the remains of a whole box of coriander as well as fenugreek, poppy seeds, cumin, & other Indian spices. Homesick Roman women made curry.
I'm pretty sure there were Indian spices in England before potatoes.
The British Right are just in total freefall into savagery at this point
October 18, 2025 at 12:42 PM
I can beat the medievalists! In 61 CE, revolting British natives attacked the Roman colony of Camulodunum (Colchester). In 2015, in a domestic space, archs found the remains of a whole box of coriander as well as fenugreek, poppy seeds, cumin, & other Indian spices. Homesick Roman women made curry.
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it's good day to protest a king, philadelphia
October 18, 2025 at 1:27 PM
it's good day to protest a king, philadelphia
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Laws are not self-executing. Is this an obvious Hatch Act violation? Of course. But without good men and women in government faithfully executing the laws, it doesn't matter.
When this is all over, assuming we still have a constitutional government, there needs to be an accounting.
When this is all over, assuming we still have a constitutional government, there needs to be an accounting.
By my count: Of the 15 Departments of the US Government, 13 launched new BlueSky accounts tonight (all but Justice and HUD), and all 13 have posted explicitly partisan political posts blaming Democrats and/or Chuck Schumer for the government shutdown.
October 18, 2025 at 1:55 AM
Laws are not self-executing. Is this an obvious Hatch Act violation? Of course. But without good men and women in government faithfully executing the laws, it doesn't matter.
When this is all over, assuming we still have a constitutional government, there needs to be an accounting.
When this is all over, assuming we still have a constitutional government, there needs to be an accounting.
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"Trump gathered some of the richest people in the country for dinner at the White House. There were beef Wellington, butterscotch ice cream and gold-rimmed china but no mention of the government shutdown during [his remarks] thanking his guests for their donations for a new White House ballroom."
"While thousands of federal workers are furloughed — or fired — and trying to stay afloat without paychecks, the ones responsible for the shutdown are literally, and figuratively, eating cake."
www.nbcnews.com/politics/con...
www.nbcnews.com/politics/con...
Ritzy dinners and a dog's birthday party: Life's pretty normal for Congress and Trump despite shutdown
While thousands of federal workers go without pay, the government shutdown has had little impact on the day-to-day happenings on Capitol Hill and in the White House.
www.nbcnews.com
October 17, 2025 at 1:47 PM
"Trump gathered some of the richest people in the country for dinner at the White House. There were beef Wellington, butterscotch ice cream and gold-rimmed china but no mention of the government shutdown during [his remarks] thanking his guests for their donations for a new White House ballroom."
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Wait a second. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth called you to give you your job at a private news outlet back?
OANN, anyone care to explain the government's role in your hiring decisions or do we need to FOIA to find out?
OANN, anyone care to explain the government's role in your hiring decisions or do we need to FOIA to find out?
October 16, 2025 at 3:50 PM
Wait a second. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth called you to give you your job at a private news outlet back?
OANN, anyone care to explain the government's role in your hiring decisions or do we need to FOIA to find out?
OANN, anyone care to explain the government's role in your hiring decisions or do we need to FOIA to find out?
Veramente
October 14, 2025 at 4:10 AM
Veramente
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October 11, 2025 at 10:24 AM
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BREAKING: Friday night massacre underway at CDC. Doznes of "disease detectives," high-level scientists, entire Washington staff and editors of the MMWR (Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report) have all been RIFed and received the following notice:
October 11, 2025 at 2:10 AM
BREAKING: Friday night massacre underway at CDC. Doznes of "disease detectives," high-level scientists, entire Washington staff and editors of the MMWR (Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report) have all been RIFed and received the following notice:
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with one of the most incredible kickers i've ever seen
October 10, 2025 at 11:36 PM
with one of the most incredible kickers i've ever seen
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If we are taking in “trillion” of dollars in tariffs:
1. Why haven’t we paid down a cent of the debt?
2. Why can’t we afford to not fuck millions of people over with expiring insurance subsidies?
3. Why is none of it being used to help the abysmal job market?
1. Why haven’t we paid down a cent of the debt?
2. Why can’t we afford to not fuck millions of people over with expiring insurance subsidies?
3. Why is none of it being used to help the abysmal job market?
October 9, 2025 at 1:27 AM
If we are taking in “trillion” of dollars in tariffs:
1. Why haven’t we paid down a cent of the debt?
2. Why can’t we afford to not fuck millions of people over with expiring insurance subsidies?
3. Why is none of it being used to help the abysmal job market?
1. Why haven’t we paid down a cent of the debt?
2. Why can’t we afford to not fuck millions of people over with expiring insurance subsidies?
3. Why is none of it being used to help the abysmal job market?
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👇🎯 This interconnectedness is exactly why more bank capital - not what we got post-GFC, but <a lot more> - was necessary. As soon as this web makes it to systematically important financial institutions (& it probably already has), & one does a Lehman, we’re facing another systemic financial crisis.
October 9, 2025 at 2:34 PM
👇🎯 This interconnectedness is exactly why more bank capital - not what we got post-GFC, but <a lot more> - was necessary. As soon as this web makes it to systematically important financial institutions (& it probably already has), & one does a Lehman, we’re facing another systemic financial crisis.
This Is Why Your Energy Bills Are Going Up www.nytimes.com/2025/10/09/o...
Opinion | This Is Why Your Energy Bills Are Going Up
www.nytimes.com
October 9, 2025 at 2:01 PM
This Is Why Your Energy Bills Are Going Up www.nytimes.com/2025/10/09/o...
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U.S. Military Carries Out Strike On Scuffy The Tugboat https://theonion.com/u-s-military-carries-out-strike-on-scuffy-the-tugboat/
October 7, 2025 at 6:00 PM
U.S. Military Carries Out Strike On Scuffy The Tugboat https://theonion.com/u-s-military-carries-out-strike-on-scuffy-the-tugboat/