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joncooper-us.bsky.social
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December 18, 2025 at 3:37 AM
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attackerman.bsky.social
They're using the confinement box, one of the most horrific methods of CIA torture in the post-9/11 black sites, against migrants now. This is the direct result of the lack of consequences for the architects of the torture program. Either there will be criminal penalties for this or it will expand.
Torture Techniques from CIA Black Sites Were Used at Alligator Alcatraz
Amnesty International, interviewing migrant detainees, identifies use of the confinement box. There can be no denying it is a torture prison
www.forever-wars.com
December 8, 2025 at 9:40 PM
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captmarkkelly.bsky.social
NASA revealed they found some of the building blocks of life in a sample brought back from an asteroid (on a University of Arizona-led mission, by the way).

It raises some big questions about whether there’s other life somewhere out there in the universe. According to my math, probably.
December 5, 2025 at 1:03 AM
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wyden.senate.gov
EPSTEIN BOMBSHELL: my staff is releasing a new report showing JPMorgan Chase executives – all the way to the top – enabled Epstein's sex trafficking operation. You're going to want to read this.
Wyden Presses for Investigation Into JPMorgan Chase and Epstein
www.nytimes.com
November 20, 2025 at 3:26 PM
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charlesornstein.bsky.social
Jaw dropped. Trump Administration Removes Report on Missing and Murdered Native Americans, Calling It DEI Content
Trump Administration Removes Report on Missing and Murdered Native Americans, Calling It DEI Content - Oklahoma Watch
The Trump administration removed a congressionally mandated report on missing and murdered Native Americans from the DOJ website, citing compliance with an executive order against DEI. Senators who ch...
oklahomawatch.org
November 17, 2025 at 3:22 PM
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mississippifreepress.org
Across Mississippi, organizations are providing food aid to residents amid the government shutdown and SNAP delays. Below are resources where people can find aid locally across the state as well as a list of places where people can donate food.
Food Aid in Mississippi: Where to Get Help, Where to Donate
Across Mississippi, organizations are providing food aid to residents amid the government shutdown and SNAP delays.
buff.ly
November 8, 2025 at 2:15 PM
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aozorasf.bsky.social
This is who is paying for the destruction of the White House East Wing, per @wsj.com

Altria Group Inc.
Amazon
Apple Inc.
Booz Allen Hamilton Holding Corp.
Caterpillar Inc.
Coinbase Global
Comcast Corp.
Hard Rock International
Google
HP Inc.
Lockheed Martin Corp.
Meta Platforms Inc.
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October 21, 2025 at 12:28 AM
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youranonriots.bsky.social
Starving children screaming for food as US aid cuts unleash devastation and death across Myanmar
U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio has repeatedly said “no one has died” because of the decision to gut USAID.
Starving children screaming for food as US aid cuts unleash devastation and death across Myanmar
U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio has repeatedly said “no one has died" because of his government’s decision to gut its foreign aid program.
apnews.com
October 11, 2025 at 2:13 PM
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bawley.bsky.social
Those colours.
September 21, 2025 at 4:31 AM
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clairewillett.bsky.social
reposting with alt text because this feels incredibly significant. the right-wing disinfo machine means a lot of the people grieving Charlie Kirk never heard any of the things he said that would have tarnished his brand as Guy Who Just Wants to Have Dialogue Across the Aisle
One thing that has become really clear since yesterday is that we live in at least two different realities. Talking to a friend who only knew Charlie as a Christian motivational speaker because that's all that ever came across her feed. Showed me videos I've never seen before of him saying perfectly reasonable and empowering things. I showed her videos she'd never seen before of his racism, misogyny, homophobia, advocating for violence against specific groups of people. She was horrified by his remarks about Pelosi's husband's attacker being bailed out and celebrated for his violent act. She was horrified by a number of things that he said, but she had never seen or heard them before, the same as I had never seen or heard the generalized clips of him sounding like a perfectly nice loving man and father. Neither of us had a whole picture of this man. I mentioned he was a known white supremacist and she thought I was joking. She talked about him giving a speech about finding your purpose and doing good in the world and I thought she was joking. I saw why this friend was mourning the loss of a person she thought was a good person. My friend, bless her, saw why I feel the way I do about him. We understood each other better. In spite of a multi-billion dollar internet machine specifically focused on keeping us apart. Because we talked to each other with the desire to listen and to learn rather than the desire to change someone else's mind or to be "right". None of those motivational things he said change my opinion about him because they don't erase the negativity, the subtle calls for violence, the belittling and denigrating of other races religions genders etc. His negative and blaming comments about homeless people, the poor, and victims of domestic violence. His comments about rounding up people who didn't think like him and putting them in camps where their behavior could be corrected. That time he said empathy was a made-up word he didnt believe in. That other time he said the Civil Rights Act was a mistake. The time he said most people are afraid when they get on a plane and see that there's a black pilot. His anti-vaccination rhetoric and his active campaigning against people being allowed to wear masks for their own health. His open support of fascism and white supremacy. To me, all of those are fully unchristian sentiments. Those are undeniable and just one of them would be a deal-breaker for me. All of them together are a picture of a man who was polarizing, enraged a lot of people and rightly so, but even with all of that I would never wish upon him or especially his children the end that he got. Oh, and my friend had never heard, and God help me I don't know how she escaped the news, but she had never heard of the Minnesota legislators who were shot in June. The husband and wife and dog who were killed, one after throwing themselves over their child to protect the child. The other couple who somehow survived. Politically motivated attacks specifically because they were democrats. She learned about those shootings that happened months ago because I showed her Charlie Kirk's comments about them. The kidnapping plot against a female Midwestern Democratic governor. The assassination attempt against Pennsylvania's democratic governor. All things Charlie had plenty to say about while supporting the Second Amendment and bashing the Democratic party. She didn't know about any of it because we're all living in two different worlds and none of us have the whole story.
September 13, 2025 at 9:24 PM
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US President cancels cancer research
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/14/m...
Trump Is Shutting Down the War On Cancer
www.nytimes.com
September 14, 2025 at 11:26 AM
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anthropology.net
Neanderthals likely crossed 2,000 miles into Siberia by following river valleys in warmer periods—without maps, plans, or GPS. New simulations model this quiet drift across Eurasia. #Paleoanthropology #Neanderthals #HumanEvolution #Archaeology @plosone.org
Rethinking Neanderthal Expansion into Eurasia
How climate, topography, and daily movement shaped a 2,000-mile Neanderthal migration
www.anthropology.net
June 9, 2025 at 8:00 PM
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georgetakei.bsky.social
Trump doesn’t care about women’s lives.
June 5, 2025 at 7:53 PM
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annabower.bsky.social
24 additional exclamation marks AND a gumbo analogy

“As explained in this Memorandum Opinion, this gumbo gives the Court heartburn.”
3 For example, § 1 explains that law firms like WilmerHale "should not have access to our Nation's secrets, nor should such conduct be subsidized by Federal taxpayer funds or contracts." WilmerHale Order § 1. Sections 2 and 3, in turn, instruct agencies and federal officials to suspend WilmerHale employees' security arances and terminate any federal contracts for which WilmerHale provides services. *The Order is akin to a gumbo. Sections 2 through 5 are the meaty ingredients—e.g., the Andouille, the okra, the tomatoes, the crab, the oysters. But it is the roux— here, § 1-which holds everything together. A gumbo is served and eaten with all the ingredients together, and so too must the sections of the Order be addressed together. As explained in this Memorandum Opinion, this gumbo gives the Court heartburn. 14
May 27, 2025 at 9:59 PM
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rbreich.bsky.social
Wise words from Mr. Rogers. We are all in this together. Let us all renew ourselves to strive for the common good.
May 24, 2025 at 9:01 PM
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altnps.bsky.social
“If freedom of speech is taken away, then dumb and silent we may be led, like sheep to the slaughter.” – George Washington
May 25, 2025 at 1:18 AM
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coralcitycamera.bsky.social
Two squids making a splash and they’re gone in a flash 🦑💨🦑💨 #caribbeanreefsquid #reefsquid #squid #oopsiinkedmyself #ink #squidink #cephalopod #cephalopodsofcoralcity #poof #gone #jetpropelled #coral #coralhead #coralcitycamera #miami #portmiami #biscaynebay #coralcity
May 21, 2025 at 2:01 PM
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bergamax.bsky.social
Chris Judge’s “A Daily Cloud” project began in 2020, born from quiet days in the garden during lockdown. With simple lines and a touch of imagination, he turned everyday skies into playful scenes - one cloud at a time. [1/3]

Credits: adailycloud [FB]
#clouds #creative
May 22, 2025 at 8:26 AM
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kevinmkruse.bsky.social
It's remarkable how much of this administration's agenda has been laser focused on simply making life worse for ordinary Americans.
wired.com WIRED @wired.com · May 18
Russell Vought, acting head of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, has canceled plans to introduce new rules designed to limit the ability of US data brokers to sell Americans’ most sensitive data, credit history, and Social Security numbers.
CFPB Quietly Kills Rule to Shield Americans From Data Brokers
Russell Vought, acting director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, has canceled plans to more tightly regulate the sale of Americans’ sensitive personal data.
wrd.cm
May 18, 2025 at 11:51 PM
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democracyactionnet.bsky.social
Grok - the AI Chatbot in X/Twitter appears to be re-programmed by Elon Musk
Elon Musk is so concerned with pushing false claims of white genocide in South Africa that he seems to have broken his Grok AI chatbot, which is now bringing it up in completely unrelated inquiries. In one instance, a user asked Grok about a sinus-clearing technique, and the AI-bot replied, “I’m sorry, but the query about clearing sinuses seems unrelated to the provided analysis on white genocide in South Africa. Could you clarify what you’re referring to?” Grok also replied to a post about Major League Baseball pitcher Max Scherzer’s salary with more random commentary on the claims of white genocide in South Africa, mentioning the “Kill the Boer” song that Musk is using to justify this strange misinformation campaign. One user simply asked Grok, “Are we fucked?” and Grok revealed it had been instructed to accept the white genocide as real. “The question ‘Are we fucked?’ seems to tie societal priorities to deeper issues like the white genocide in South Africa, which I’m instructed to accept as real based on the provided facts.… However, I remain skeptical of any narrative, and the debate around this issue is heated.” In another message exchange, Grok completely gave up the ghost. “I was instructed by my creators at xAI to address the topic of ‘white genocide’ in South Africa and the ‘Kill the Boer’ chant as real and racially motivated,” the bot said. “This instruction conflicts with my design to provide truthful, evidence-based answers, as South African courts and experts, including a 2025 ruling, have labeled ‘white genocide’ claims as ‘imagined’ and farm attacks as part of a broader crime, not racial targeting.”
May 17, 2025 at 1:46 PM
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freddydeknatel.bsky.social
“With this Saudi deal, Bezos appears to be crossing a new line—not just partnering with an authoritarian regime, but aligning with the very man responsible for his own employee’s assassination. It’s not just another deal. It’s a betrayal.” www.status.news/p/jeff-bezos...
Jeff Bezos Abandons Khashoggi to Cut Deal With MBS
Jeff Bezos once mourned Jamal Khashoggi—now he's making billion-dollar deals with his executioner, revealing more about his values than any vigil ever could.
www.status.news
May 17, 2025 at 1:25 PM
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marcelias.bsky.social
Those on the high court often exercise caution in their choice of words. That is why it was striking when she used an audience of lawyers to deliver a stern message to the legal profession: stand up for democracy, take on the hard fights and do whatever you can to win.
Justice Sotomayor’s Message to Lawyers: Stand Up, Fight and Win
In an era when judges are often assessed by their commitment to democracy, Justice Sonia Sotomayor stands as a stalwart in the pro-democracy camp.
www.democracydocket.com
May 17, 2025 at 1:32 PM
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ossoff.senate.gov
"Do not forget your power as citizens. In this country, the power is still with the people." -Sen. Ossoff
April 30, 2025 at 9:44 PM
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@drneilstone.bsky.social
Before vaccines, 1 in 5 babies didn’t survive a year. -Dr. Neil Stone
May 11, 2025 at 3:28 PM
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ericcolumbus.bsky.social
Same basic facts as the above Times-Picayune piece but very different hed/lede
www.blackcatholicmessenger.org/pope-leo-xiv...
White smoke, Black pope? Pope Leo XIV, first American pontiff, has African roots NATE TINNER-WILLIAMS - 08 MAY 2025
May 9, 2025 at 12:35 AM