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We’ve analyzed the video frame-by-frame. Fmr. NYPD Lt. Darrin Porcher says Alex Pretti was “in no way, shape, or form” presenting a threat to officers when he was killed by federal agents #velshi
A frame-by-frame break down of the fatal shooting of Alex Pretti
Alex Pretti was described by the government as approaching federal agents with a handgun when he was shot dead. But the video released since the incident shows Pretti with his hands empty when interac...
www.ms.now
January 25, 2026 at 4:15 PM
We’ve analyzed the video frame-by-frame. Fmr. NYPD Lt. Darrin Porcher says Alex Pretti was “in no way, shape, or form” presenting a threat to officers when he was killed by federal agents #velshi
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Cuban, Buffett, Gates, how about a nfp funding to save CPB?
August 2, 2025 at 12:32 PM
Cuban, Buffett, Gates, how about a nfp funding to save CPB?
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SEVEN CAR LOADS OF MASKED ICE AGENTS. SEVEN. to grab a dad with a baby in the car. A dad who has a green card and in the process of becoming a citizen. COME ON.
(This is a @cbsnews.com.web.brid.gy video about the stop/arrest. Worth watching.)
(This is a @cbsnews.com.web.brid.gy video about the stop/arrest. Worth watching.)
It is hard to rank upsetting ICE videos but goddammit this is up there www.tiktok.com/t/ZT6hXsURW/
Newly released video shows ICE officials detaining an Iranian-born father as he is driving his child to daycare in Beaverton, Oregon. ICE says Mahdi Khanbabazadeh overstayed his visa – but his family ...
TikTok video by cbsnews
www.tiktok.com
July 26, 2025 at 2:05 AM
SEVEN CAR LOADS OF MASKED ICE AGENTS. SEVEN. to grab a dad with a baby in the car. A dad who has a green card and in the process of becoming a citizen. COME ON.
(This is a @cbsnews.com.web.brid.gy video about the stop/arrest. Worth watching.)
(This is a @cbsnews.com.web.brid.gy video about the stop/arrest. Worth watching.)
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While ICE kidnaps families, Israel wipes them out.
“A poem by a young Iranian poet Parnia Abbasi who, along with her family, all civilians, was killed today in a brutal and unlawful Israeli attack in the Sattarkhan neighbourhood of Tehran.”
www.pamenarpress.com/post/parnia-...
“A poem by a young Iranian poet Parnia Abbasi who, along with her family, all civilians, was killed today in a brutal and unlawful Israeli attack in the Sattarkhan neighbourhood of Tehran.”
www.pamenarpress.com/post/parnia-...
Parnia Abbasi (2002-2025)
Translated by Ghazal MosadeqA poem by a young Iranian poet Parnia Abbasi who, along with her family, all civilians, was killed today in a brutal and unlawful Israeli attack in the Sattarkhan neighbour...
www.pamenarpress.com
June 14, 2025 at 2:31 AM
While ICE kidnaps families, Israel wipes them out.
“A poem by a young Iranian poet Parnia Abbasi who, along with her family, all civilians, was killed today in a brutal and unlawful Israeli attack in the Sattarkhan neighbourhood of Tehran.”
www.pamenarpress.com/post/parnia-...
“A poem by a young Iranian poet Parnia Abbasi who, along with her family, all civilians, was killed today in a brutal and unlawful Israeli attack in the Sattarkhan neighbourhood of Tehran.”
www.pamenarpress.com/post/parnia-...
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But the real problem is children having to wear masks to prevent the spread of illnesses that run rampant in prisons and concentration camps mask or no-mask on 😷
June 12, 2025 at 6:40 AM
But the real problem is children having to wear masks to prevent the spread of illnesses that run rampant in prisons and concentration camps mask or no-mask on 😷
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New: A single measles strain caused a major outbreak in Milan—despite high vaccination rates. As with SARS-CoV-2, selective pressures can shift variant concentrations and drive mutations, both driven by and causing increased measles transmission.
🔗 www.news-medical.net/news/2025052...
🔗 www.news-medical.net/news/2025052...
Single measles strain triggers outbreak in Milan despite high vaccination rates
A unique measles B3 lineage drove a sustained local outbreak in Milan and surrounding areas in early 2025, marking a shift from previous D8 importations. This primarily affected unvaccinated adults, r...
www.news-medical.net
June 5, 2025 at 1:03 PM
New: A single measles strain caused a major outbreak in Milan—despite high vaccination rates. As with SARS-CoV-2, selective pressures can shift variant concentrations and drive mutations, both driven by and causing increased measles transmission.
🔗 www.news-medical.net/news/2025052...
🔗 www.news-medical.net/news/2025052...
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Breaking News: The Palme d’Or at the Cannes Film Festival was awarded to the Iranian drama “Un Simple Accident” by Jafar Panahi.
Iranian Movie Shot in Secret Wins Palme d’Or at Cannes Film Festival
www.nytimes.com
May 24, 2025 at 8:21 PM
Breaking News: The Palme d’Or at the Cannes Film Festival was awarded to the Iranian drama “Un Simple Accident” by Jafar Panahi.
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Iranian dissident filmmaker Jafar Panahi won the Palme d’Or at the Cannes Film Festival on Saturday for his revenge thriller “It Was Just an Accident,″ handing the festival’s top prize to a director who had been banned from leaving Iran for more than 15 years.
Iranian revenge drama 'It Was Just an Accident' wins top Palme d'Or award at Cannes
Iranian dissident filmmaker Jafar Panahi won the Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival on Saturday for his revenge thriller “It Was Just an Accident,″ handing the festival's top prize to a director…
buff.ly
May 24, 2025 at 8:08 PM
Iranian dissident filmmaker Jafar Panahi won the Palme d’Or at the Cannes Film Festival on Saturday for his revenge thriller “It Was Just an Accident,″ handing the festival’s top prize to a director who had been banned from leaving Iran for more than 15 years.
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Since 1975 (the past fifty years) global vaccination efforts have saved the lives of 154 million people, especially reducing infant deaths — by 40%.
That’s greater than the total population of France + Germany.
#ScienceMatters
That’s greater than the total population of France + Germany.
#ScienceMatters
Global immunization efforts have saved at least 154 million lives over the past 50 years
A major landmark study reveals that global immunization efforts have saved an estimated 154 million lives – or the equivalent of 6 lives every minute of every year – over the past 50 years. The vast m...
www.who.int
May 23, 2025 at 12:19 PM
Since 1975 (the past fifty years) global vaccination efforts have saved the lives of 154 million people, especially reducing infant deaths — by 40%.
That’s greater than the total population of France + Germany.
#ScienceMatters
That’s greater than the total population of France + Germany.
#ScienceMatters
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“People making between about $51,000 and $17,000 could lose about $700 on average in after-tax income”
“By contrast, the top 0.1 percent, including those with incomes over $4.3 million, would gain on average more than $389,000 in after-tax income”
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/16/u...
“By contrast, the top 0.1 percent, including those with incomes over $4.3 million, would gain on average more than $389,000 in after-tax income”
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/16/u...
G.O.P. Tax Bill May Hurt the Lowest Earners and Help the Richest
www.nytimes.com
May 20, 2025 at 5:18 PM
“People making between about $51,000 and $17,000 could lose about $700 on average in after-tax income”
“By contrast, the top 0.1 percent, including those with incomes over $4.3 million, would gain on average more than $389,000 in after-tax income”
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/16/u...
“By contrast, the top 0.1 percent, including those with incomes over $4.3 million, would gain on average more than $389,000 in after-tax income”
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/16/u...
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Global average temperatures are spiking, rising faster than climate models seem able to explain, and in a sane world, every country would be united in a full-scale effort to figure this out & respond. Instead the US is dismantling its scientific infrastructure.
The World’s Most Urgent Scientific Question
https://wmo.int/news/media-centre/wmo-confirms-2024-warmest-year-record-about-155degc-above-pre-industrial-level
There is no question more urgent than the one indicated by that red arrow in the graph...
app.wedonthavetime.org
May 19, 2025 at 8:33 PM
Global average temperatures are spiking, rising faster than climate models seem able to explain, and in a sane world, every country would be united in a full-scale effort to figure this out & respond. Instead the US is dismantling its scientific infrastructure.
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Penn Wharton analyzed the GOP tax bill and found they’re hurting the lowest earners.
Like folks making between 17,000 - 51,000 will LOSE $700 on average.
Make less than 17,000? You stand to lose $1,000 annually.
Literally reverse Robin Hoods. The GOP are monsters.
Like folks making between 17,000 - 51,000 will LOSE $700 on average.
Make less than 17,000? You stand to lose $1,000 annually.
Literally reverse Robin Hoods. The GOP are monsters.
May 16, 2025 at 9:13 PM
Penn Wharton analyzed the GOP tax bill and found they’re hurting the lowest earners.
Like folks making between 17,000 - 51,000 will LOSE $700 on average.
Make less than 17,000? You stand to lose $1,000 annually.
Literally reverse Robin Hoods. The GOP are monsters.
Like folks making between 17,000 - 51,000 will LOSE $700 on average.
Make less than 17,000? You stand to lose $1,000 annually.
Literally reverse Robin Hoods. The GOP are monsters.
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Sing it from the rooftops: congestion pricing in NYC is an unambiguous triumph. It is succeeding beyond its backers wildest aspirations & none of the second-order effects people worried about have come to pass.
It's a pure win. Celebrate it! Talk about it! For once, let's own the f'ing narrative.
It's a pure win. Celebrate it! Talk about it! For once, let's own the f'ing narrative.
Here Is Everything That Has Changed Since Congestion Pricing Started in New York
Fewer cars. Faster travel. Less honking. And some questions we still can’t answer.
www.nytimes.com
May 13, 2025 at 9:45 PM
Sing it from the rooftops: congestion pricing in NYC is an unambiguous triumph. It is succeeding beyond its backers wildest aspirations & none of the second-order effects people worried about have come to pass.
It's a pure win. Celebrate it! Talk about it! For once, let's own the f'ing narrative.
It's a pure win. Celebrate it! Talk about it! For once, let's own the f'ing narrative.
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Hey, while you weren't looking, Virginia passed a law to enable virtual power plants in the state! V. cool.
Virginia law directs utility to launch virtual power plant pilot program
On May 2, Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin signed the Community Energy Act (HB 2346/SB 1100) into law. The new law directs Dominion Energy to launch a 450-MW
www.solarpowerworldonline.com
May 12, 2025 at 5:39 PM
Hey, while you weren't looking, Virginia passed a law to enable virtual power plants in the state! V. cool.
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As many federal governments slow — or reverse — climate action, Austria's capital, Vienna, wants to show how cities can take the lead.
This country is slowing climate action. Its capital city is stepping up
As many federal government's slow - or reverse - climate action, Austria's capital, Vienna, wants to show how cities can take the lead.
www.npr.org
May 13, 2025 at 10:22 AM
As many federal governments slow — or reverse — climate action, Austria's capital, Vienna, wants to show how cities can take the lead.
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We strongly advise the public not to do this, it’s unsafe. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. posted photos of himself and his grandkids swimming in Rock Creek, a Washington waterway so contaminated with sewage runoff that swimming has been banned citywide for over 50 years.
May 13, 2025 at 1:17 AM
We strongly advise the public not to do this, it’s unsafe. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. posted photos of himself and his grandkids swimming in Rock Creek, a Washington waterway so contaminated with sewage runoff that swimming has been banned citywide for over 50 years.
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The church said it's terminating a decades-long partnership with the federal government to help refugees arriving in the U.S., citing moral opposition to resettling white Afrikaners from South Africa.
Episcopal Church refuses to resettle white Afrikaners, citing moral opposition
The church said it's terminating a decades-long partnership with the federal government to help refugees arriving in the U.S., citing moral opposition to resettling white Afrikaners from South Africa.
www.npr.org
May 12, 2025 at 7:14 PM
The church said it's terminating a decades-long partnership with the federal government to help refugees arriving in the U.S., citing moral opposition to resettling white Afrikaners from South Africa.
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Why is the Daddy Party allowed to rant & rave & do impulsive, stupid shit & never, ever be held to account, while the Mommy Party is endlessly scolded & lectured & second-guessed by everyone, even when it is earnestly trying to do the right thing?
Gosh. What a puzzler.
Gosh. What a puzzler.
May 11, 2025 at 8:54 PM
Why is the Daddy Party allowed to rant & rave & do impulsive, stupid shit & never, ever be held to account, while the Mommy Party is endlessly scolded & lectured & second-guessed by everyone, even when it is earnestly trying to do the right thing?
Gosh. What a puzzler.
Gosh. What a puzzler.
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... an accelerant of deeper structural economic/financial changes that have been in play for some time:
www.ft.com/content/e847...
@financialtimes.com #economy #markets #trade #tariffs
www.ft.com/content/e847...
@financialtimes.com #economy #markets #trade #tariffs
May 12, 2025 at 10:48 AM
... an accelerant of deeper structural economic/financial changes that have been in play for some time:
www.ft.com/content/e847...
@financialtimes.com #economy #markets #trade #tariffs
www.ft.com/content/e847...
@financialtimes.com #economy #markets #trade #tariffs
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“.. Under this deal, it will now be cheaper to import a UK vehicle with very little U.S. content than a USMCA compliant vehicle from Mexico or Canada that is half American parts.”
@thehill.com @scottlincicome.bsky.social
thehill.com/business/529...
@thehill.com @scottlincicome.bsky.social
thehill.com/business/529...
May 10, 2025 at 12:30 PM
“.. Under this deal, it will now be cheaper to import a UK vehicle with very little U.S. content than a USMCA compliant vehicle from Mexico or Canada that is half American parts.”
@thehill.com @scottlincicome.bsky.social
thehill.com/business/529...
@thehill.com @scottlincicome.bsky.social
thehill.com/business/529...
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The Chinese monetary authorities announced a new round of stimulus measures ahead of this weekend’s tariff talks with the US.
Here’s what they make of them (free access):
substack.com/inbox/post/1...
#economy #markets #china #tariffs #trade
Here’s what they make of them (free access):
substack.com/inbox/post/1...
#economy #markets #china #tariffs #trade
A New Round of Chinese Stimulus Measures ... But
The measures fall short of the “bazooka” some have long hoped for, and for good reasons
substack.com
May 7, 2025 at 12:46 PM
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One good way to solve the water crisis would be to drive down the cost of renewable energy until desalination becomes economically viable.
May 6, 2025 at 7:30 PM
One good way to solve the water crisis would be to drive down the cost of renewable energy until desalination becomes economically viable.
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Since Trump took office, his family has made $2.9 billion in crypto.
Again, this is a level of corruption so cartoonish, so obvious & on the surface, that it seems to have stunned everyone to silence.
Again, this is a level of corruption so cartoonish, so obvious & on the surface, that it seems to have stunned everyone to silence.
Trump family's net worth has increased by $2.9 billion thanks to crypto investments, new report says
As the Trump family's crypto ventures increase their wealth, the president's administration pauses a dozen federal crypto probes.
www.cbsnews.com
May 6, 2025 at 8:58 PM
Since Trump took office, his family has made $2.9 billion in crypto.
Again, this is a level of corruption so cartoonish, so obvious & on the surface, that it seems to have stunned everyone to silence.
Again, this is a level of corruption so cartoonish, so obvious & on the surface, that it seems to have stunned everyone to silence.