@jane1701.bsky.social
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Seen some people suggesting the new shooting video is AI because you can see a dinosaur in the background at one point. But, uh, there’s just a dinosaur on a car on that street. Here’s Google Street View.
maps.app.goo.gl/fmgYaLWrwxx3...
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January 9, 2026 at 9:27 PM
Seen some people suggesting the new shooting video is AI because you can see a dinosaur in the background at one point. But, uh, there’s just a dinosaur on a car on that street. Here’s Google Street View.
maps.app.goo.gl/fmgYaLWrwxx3...
maps.app.goo.gl/fmgYaLWrwxx3...
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"All the folks that came from more of an interventionist side recognized Trump for the threat that he was, opposed him, tried to help, and a lot of people on the left spent the whole campaign pissing in the tent."
@timmiller.bsky.social on the misplaced blame for Kamala Harris’ loss.
@timmiller.bsky.social on the misplaced blame for Kamala Harris’ loss.
January 9, 2026 at 3:15 AM
"All the folks that came from more of an interventionist side recognized Trump for the threat that he was, opposed him, tried to help, and a lot of people on the left spent the whole campaign pissing in the tent."
@timmiller.bsky.social on the misplaced blame for Kamala Harris’ loss.
@timmiller.bsky.social on the misplaced blame for Kamala Harris’ loss.
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Worth watching the whole thing
This afternoon, retired Army general Stanley McChrystal spoke at the retirement ceremony hosted by HRC for six trans service members who were forced out under Trump’s ban.
“I shouldn’t have to be thanked for being here. First off, we shouldn’t be here. This shouldn’t be happening.”
Full remarks:
“I shouldn’t have to be thanked for being here. First off, we shouldn’t be here. This shouldn’t be happening.”
Full remarks:
January 9, 2026 at 2:39 AM
Worth watching the whole thing
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Kelly shows the world how it is done. Hegseth is an embarrassment. Kelly is a hero. This will not turn out well for Hegseth or Trump. They picked the wrong target.
NEW: Sen. Mark Kelly RESPONDS to Pete Hegseth for censuring him, cutting his military pension, threatening to demote his rank, and warning of possible criminal prosecution for telling soldiers to obey their oath.
January 5, 2026 at 5:25 PM
Kelly shows the world how it is done. Hegseth is an embarrassment. Kelly is a hero. This will not turn out well for Hegseth or Trump. They picked the wrong target.
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I went to Texas to write about the sudden end of one of America's most successful experiments: the six decades of welcoming India's most educated and ambitious citizens. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/29/o...
Opinion | One of America’s Most Successful Experiments Is Coming to a Shuddering Halt
www.nytimes.com
December 29, 2025 at 7:25 PM
I went to Texas to write about the sudden end of one of America's most successful experiments: the six decades of welcoming India's most educated and ambitious citizens. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/29/o...
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“They’re going to bring back suffering and death,” said Dr. Sean O’Leary, chair of the infectious disease committee for the American Academy of Pediatrics. “I don’t say that with any hyperbole, that’s exactly what’s going to happen.”
R.F.K. Jr. Likely to Swap U.S. Childhood Vaccine Schedule for Denmark’s
www.nytimes.com
December 20, 2025 at 1:59 AM
“They’re going to bring back suffering and death,” said Dr. Sean O’Leary, chair of the infectious disease committee for the American Academy of Pediatrics. “I don’t say that with any hyperbole, that’s exactly what’s going to happen.”
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"I was embarrassed," Tim Miller said of Trump's speech. "It's really unbelievably stupid that we're here, that this person is the president, and that that was real—that was not a spoof."
December 18, 2025 at 3:40 AM
"I was embarrassed," Tim Miller said of Trump's speech. "It's really unbelievably stupid that we're here, that this person is the president, and that that was real—that was not a spoof."
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NEW: Kirsten's daughter has Down syndrome and faces a 50% chance of developing Alzheimer's. Trump's cuts to the NIH are ripping away her future.
"Even a disruption of a few weeks or months can delay discovery by years."
"Even a disruption of a few weeks or months can delay discovery by years."
December 16, 2025 at 3:37 PM
NEW: Kirsten's daughter has Down syndrome and faces a 50% chance of developing Alzheimer's. Trump's cuts to the NIH are ripping away her future.
"Even a disruption of a few weeks or months can delay discovery by years."
"Even a disruption of a few weeks or months can delay discovery by years."
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Mohammad Tajik wanted to be “Iran’s Snowden” and humiliate a regime he felt had done the same to him. @shaneharris.bsky.social details his communications with Mohammad, who claimed to be an Iranian intelligence officer and was out for revenge.
A Double Agent in Tehran
Mohammad Tajik claimed to be an Iranian intelligence officer and promised to reveal his country’s secrets. But first he had a game to play.
bit.ly
December 9, 2025 at 12:22 AM
Mohammad Tajik wanted to be “Iran’s Snowden” and humiliate a regime he felt had done the same to him. @shaneharris.bsky.social details his communications with Mohammad, who claimed to be an Iranian intelligence officer and was out for revenge.
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It's time for a liberal to stop being someone who can't take their own side in an argument.
Liberals: Stop the Masochism
Why liberalism romanticizes the Forgotten Man and is reluctant to take its own side in the fight against authoritarianism.
lnk.thebulwark.com
December 4, 2025 at 7:38 PM
It's time for a liberal to stop being someone who can't take their own side in an argument.
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Decades ago, Kris Hansen showed 3M that its PFAS chemicals were in people's bodies. Her bosses halted her work.
Now she wrestles with the secrets that 3M kept from her and the world.
(Published May 2024)
Now she wrestles with the secrets that 3M kept from her and the world.
(Published May 2024)
Toxic Gaslighting: How 3M Executives Convinced a Scientist the Forever Chemicals She Found in Human Blood Were Safe
Decades ago, Kris Hansen showed 3M that its PFAS chemicals were in people’s bodies. Her bosses halted her work. As the EPA now forces the removal of the chemicals from drinking water, she wrestles wit...
www.propublica.org
November 29, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Decades ago, Kris Hansen showed 3M that its PFAS chemicals were in people's bodies. Her bosses halted her work.
Now she wrestles with the secrets that 3M kept from her and the world.
(Published May 2024)
Now she wrestles with the secrets that 3M kept from her and the world.
(Published May 2024)
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SCOOP—In August, nearly 200 current/former FEMA staffers published the Katrina Declaration, a whistleblower letter detailing all the dangers posed by current leadership.
All current employees were put on indefinite leave, and now I've learned one has been fired in violation of federal protections:
All current employees were put on indefinite leave, and now I've learned one has been fired in violation of federal protections:
FEMA employee terminated for signing whistleblower letter
It appears to be a major violation of federal whistleblower protections and constitutional rights.
www.thehandbasket.co
November 26, 2025 at 7:58 PM
SCOOP—In August, nearly 200 current/former FEMA staffers published the Katrina Declaration, a whistleblower letter detailing all the dangers posed by current leadership.
All current employees were put on indefinite leave, and now I've learned one has been fired in violation of federal protections:
All current employees were put on indefinite leave, and now I've learned one has been fired in violation of federal protections:
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Burns' six-part documentary uses voiceover, reenactors and drone footage to tell the story of America's founding. And it reminds viewers that the quest for a more perfect union is far from over.
Ken Burns' 'American Revolution' will make you think differently about U.S. history
Burns' six-part documentary uses voiceover, reenactors and drone footage to tell the story of America's founding. And it reminds viewers that the quest for a more perfect union is far from over.
n.pr
November 17, 2025 at 2:18 AM
Burns' six-part documentary uses voiceover, reenactors and drone footage to tell the story of America's founding. And it reminds viewers that the quest for a more perfect union is far from over.
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Looking for a unique dish to bring to the dinner table this season? Our pick: authentic medieval bread.
Here's the recipe:
www.getty.edu/news/reconst...
Here's the recipe:
www.getty.edu/news/reconst...
Reconstructing Medieval Bread
How accurate is this medieval picture of bread baking? A food historian does some delicious research
www.getty.edu
November 16, 2025 at 9:05 PM
Looking for a unique dish to bring to the dinner table this season? Our pick: authentic medieval bread.
Here's the recipe:
www.getty.edu/news/reconst...
Here's the recipe:
www.getty.edu/news/reconst...
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It strikes me that we currently have a president whom I could never imagine uttering the words, "Is there any way we can help?"
That should be a standard question we expect any public servant to ask every single day.
That should be a standard question we expect any public servant to ask every single day.
Meanwhile, here's an example of the horrendous things found in Hillary Clinton's emails—the only story worth covering for any serious news outlet in 2016, apparently.
This email is also regarding a child who suffered abuse from a grown man.
This email is also regarding a child who suffered abuse from a grown man.
November 14, 2025 at 2:21 PM
It strikes me that we currently have a president whom I could never imagine uttering the words, "Is there any way we can help?"
That should be a standard question we expect any public servant to ask every single day.
That should be a standard question we expect any public servant to ask every single day.
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Read every word & share with everyone you know. This is real life here in Chicago. Americans need to know this grotesque reality & stand with us.
Kyle Kingsbury is not a journalist. He is not an op-ed writer.
He is a computer safety researcher.
And he has written one of the most compelling, comprehensive accounts of the ongoing hell in Chicago that you could possibly imagine.
In under 1600 words.
aphyr.com/posts/397-i-...
He is a computer safety researcher.
And he has written one of the most compelling, comprehensive accounts of the ongoing hell in Chicago that you could possibly imagine.
In under 1600 words.
aphyr.com/posts/397-i-...
November 10, 2025 at 12:15 PM
Read every word & share with everyone you know. This is real life here in Chicago. Americans need to know this grotesque reality & stand with us.
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Absolutely sadistic.
A Dem Congress should pass a law banning anyone who is currently serving with ICE or CBP from future Fed employment.
The Feds should condition all future Fed grants to police depts on blanket refusals to hire ppl who were in ICE/CBP right now.
A Dem Congress should pass a law banning anyone who is currently serving with ICE or CBP from future Fed employment.
The Feds should condition all future Fed grants to police depts on blanket refusals to hire ppl who were in ICE/CBP right now.
Or Rodney Taylor, a disabled double amputee who’s been in America since he was two years old.
He was days away from receiving new prosthetic legs when ICE grabbed him
His health is declining, they won’t let him get his legs and they’ve placed him in solitary
www.disabledginger.com/p/help-rodne...
He was days away from receiving new prosthetic legs when ICE grabbed him
His health is declining, they won’t let him get his legs and they’ve placed him in solitary
www.disabledginger.com/p/help-rodne...
Help Rodney Taylor, a Disabled Double Amputee Being Held by ICE
Rodney has been in the country more than 40 years. He's in solitary confinement in Georgia, being denied disability accommodations and having his medical needs ignored. He must be released.
www.disabledginger.com
November 8, 2025 at 3:56 PM
Absolutely sadistic.
A Dem Congress should pass a law banning anyone who is currently serving with ICE or CBP from future Fed employment.
The Feds should condition all future Fed grants to police depts on blanket refusals to hire ppl who were in ICE/CBP right now.
A Dem Congress should pass a law banning anyone who is currently serving with ICE or CBP from future Fed employment.
The Feds should condition all future Fed grants to police depts on blanket refusals to hire ppl who were in ICE/CBP right now.
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Pregnancy became far more dangerous in Texas after the state banned abortion, according to our analysis, which found the sepsis rate for women hospitalized as they miscarried in the 2nd trimester shot up by more than 50%.
(Published February)
(Published February)
Texas Banned Abortion. Then Sepsis Rates Soared.
ProPublica’s first-of-its-kind analysis is the most detailed look yet into a rise in life-threatening complications for women experiencing pregnancy loss under Texas’ abortion ban.
www.propublica.org
November 6, 2025 at 2:25 AM
Pregnancy became far more dangerous in Texas after the state banned abortion, according to our analysis, which found the sepsis rate for women hospitalized as they miscarried in the 2nd trimester shot up by more than 50%.
(Published February)
(Published February)
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All socialism is equal, but some is more equal than others.
@jvl.bsky.social in today's Triad on why Donald Trump's national socialism would make us not more like Scandinavia, but more like China: www.thebulwark.com/p/trump-is-t...
@jvl.bsky.social in today's Triad on why Donald Trump's national socialism would make us not more like Scandinavia, but more like China: www.thebulwark.com/p/trump-is-t...
November 3, 2025 at 11:45 PM
All socialism is equal, but some is more equal than others.
@jvl.bsky.social in today's Triad on why Donald Trump's national socialism would make us not more like Scandinavia, but more like China: www.thebulwark.com/p/trump-is-t...
@jvl.bsky.social in today's Triad on why Donald Trump's national socialism would make us not more like Scandinavia, but more like China: www.thebulwark.com/p/trump-is-t...
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This is so incredibly embarrassing.
November 3, 2025 at 3:08 PM
This is so incredibly embarrassing.
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by any conceivable measure SNAP is one of the best programs we have, keeps countless people from food insecurity, and every dollar spent goes back into the community 1.5 times over
if you’re policing what people spend it on because they don’t “deserve” joy you’re a shitty excuse for a human being
if you’re policing what people spend it on because they don’t “deserve” joy you’re a shitty excuse for a human being
“Oh poor people can buy popsicles with food stamps” shut the fuck up the government gives perverts a trillion dollars in government money each year for pervert factories for billionaires the fucking popsicles are none of your fuckin business
November 2, 2025 at 10:50 PM
by any conceivable measure SNAP is one of the best programs we have, keeps countless people from food insecurity, and every dollar spent goes back into the community 1.5 times over
if you’re policing what people spend it on because they don’t “deserve” joy you’re a shitty excuse for a human being
if you’re policing what people spend it on because they don’t “deserve” joy you’re a shitty excuse for a human being
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Hey, remind me what happened after the Roaring 20s?
Dancers at Trump’s Halloween party as people begin losing food stamps under his administration
November 1, 2025 at 5:31 PM
Hey, remind me what happened after the Roaring 20s?
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“Detonating warheads to see if they actually work hasn’t been necessary in a very long time.” — Tom Nichols
@radiofreetom.bsky.social
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
@radiofreetom.bsky.social
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
Trump Is Very Confused About Nuclear Weapons
The president says he wants to resume nuclear testing but doesn’t seem to know why.
www.theatlantic.com
October 31, 2025 at 1:37 AM
“Detonating warheads to see if they actually work hasn’t been necessary in a very long time.” — Tom Nichols
@radiofreetom.bsky.social
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
@radiofreetom.bsky.social
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
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Breaking on MSNBC:
Two federal prosecutors have been placed on leave at the direction of the White House after filing a sentencing memo seeking 27 months in prison for a pardoned Jan. 6 rioter who brought illegal guns and ammunition to President Obama's house in 2023.
Two federal prosecutors have been placed on leave at the direction of the White House after filing a sentencing memo seeking 27 months in prison for a pardoned Jan. 6 rioter who brought illegal guns and ammunition to President Obama's house in 2023.
October 29, 2025 at 2:51 PM
Breaking on MSNBC:
Two federal prosecutors have been placed on leave at the direction of the White House after filing a sentencing memo seeking 27 months in prison for a pardoned Jan. 6 rioter who brought illegal guns and ammunition to President Obama's house in 2023.
Two federal prosecutors have been placed on leave at the direction of the White House after filing a sentencing memo seeking 27 months in prison for a pardoned Jan. 6 rioter who brought illegal guns and ammunition to President Obama's house in 2023.