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"A doctor at the scene attempted to help the woman who was shot, but was kept away by federal agents. When an ambulance finally arrived, it was blocked from reaching her by law-enforcement vehicles, and paramedics had to reach her on foot. The woman has died." www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
A Deadly Shooting in Minnesota
A federal immigration agent’s killing of a woman driving an SUV fits into a tragic pattern.
www.theatlantic.com
January 7, 2026 at 8:32 PM
"A doctor at the scene attempted to help the woman who was shot, but was kept away by federal agents. When an ambulance finally arrived, it was blocked from reaching her by law-enforcement vehicles, and paramedics had to reach her on foot. The woman has died." www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
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Wanna see real-life miracles? Fund scientific research.
A team of US scientists just cured Alzheimer’s in mice — and there is now hope that the disease can be reversed in humans.
futurism.com/health-medic...
A team of US scientists just cured Alzheimer’s in mice — and there is now hope that the disease can be reversed in humans.
futurism.com/health-medic...
Alzheimer's Fully Reversed in Mice, Scientists Say
A new compound has been shown to reverse late stage Alzheimer's disease in lab mice, which gives millions of sufferers new cause for hope.
futurism.com
December 31, 2025 at 2:30 AM
Wanna see real-life miracles? Fund scientific research.
A team of US scientists just cured Alzheimer’s in mice — and there is now hope that the disease can be reversed in humans.
futurism.com/health-medic...
A team of US scientists just cured Alzheimer’s in mice — and there is now hope that the disease can be reversed in humans.
futurism.com/health-medic...
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31 December 1995. Still the perfect goodbye.
December 31, 2024 at 12:21 PM
31 December 1995. Still the perfect goodbye.
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Sir Terry Pratchett is best understood as one of the most interesting, deeply ethical practical (I would say Pragmatist but I cede to actual experts) philosophers of the late 20th Century who just happened to work in deconstructed fantasy literature as his medium.
Discworld QOTD, from Hogfather
December 25, 2025 at 6:20 PM
Sir Terry Pratchett is best understood as one of the most interesting, deeply ethical practical (I would say Pragmatist but I cede to actual experts) philosophers of the late 20th Century who just happened to work in deconstructed fantasy literature as his medium.
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December 19, 2025 at 2:15 AM
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December 2, 2025 at 8:48 AM
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![Comic. Confusion matrix showing renditions of different combinations, colored yellow, tan, or gray. [Air: gamma rays Y, neutrons Y, alpha particles G, light Y, sound Y, heat Y, swords Y, toxic dust Y, radio Y, sharks G] [Lead: gamma rays G, neutrons T, alpha particles G, light G, Sound Y, heat Y, swords G, toxic dust T, radio G, sharks G] [Water: gamma rays T, neutrons G, alpha particles G, light T, sound Y, heat Y, swords Y, toxic dust Y, radio G, sharks Y] [Vacuum: gamma rays Y, neutrons Y, alpha particles Y, light Y, sound G, heat T, swords Y, toxic dust Y, radio Y, sharks G] [Oven mitts: gamma rays Y, neutrons Y, alpha particles G, light G, sound T, heat G, swords Y, toxic dust Y, radio Y, sharks Y] [Armor: gamma rays Y, neutrons Y, alpha particles G, light G, sound Y, heat Y, swords G, toxic dust Y, radio G, sharks T] [Biohazard suit: gamma rays Y, neutrons Y, alpha particles G, light G, sound Y, heat Y, swords Y, toxic dust G, radio Y, sharks Y] [Faraday cage: gamma rays Y, neutrons Y, alpha particles Y, light Y, sound Y, heat Y, swords Y, toxic dust Y, radio G, sharks Y] [Shark cage: gamma rays Y, neutrons Y, alpha particles Y, light Y, sound Y, heat Y, swords Y, toxic dust Y, radio Y, sharks G]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:cz73r7iyiqn26upot4jtjdhk/bafkreib7rzofmrqb5cvnyccnb7ftj6qroxtp55i4dqqnbp2ozun6gaxbkm@jpeg)
October 23, 2025 at 8:10 PM
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You're physically inactive. Get that fall 2025 COVID vaccine.
From the emergency live we did last night at www.patreon.com/posts/137511...
From the emergency live we did last night at www.patreon.com/posts/137511...
August 28, 2025 at 5:59 PM
You're physically inactive. Get that fall 2025 COVID vaccine.
From the emergency live we did last night at www.patreon.com/posts/137511...
From the emergency live we did last night at www.patreon.com/posts/137511...
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Vaccine advocate and Pfizer spokesperson gets engaged to Taylor Swift.
August 27, 2025 at 2:00 AM
Vaccine advocate and Pfizer spokesperson gets engaged to Taylor Swift.
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Every lawyer should get the day off in observance of the fact that they actually failed to indict a ham sandwich
Federal prosecutors on Tuesday were unable to secure a felony assault indictment against a man who threw a sandwich at a federal agent on the streets of Washington this month, according to two people familiar with the matter.
Prosecutors Fail to Secure Indictment Against Man Who Threw Sandwich at Federal Agent
www.nytimes.com
August 27, 2025 at 1:48 PM
Every lawyer should get the day off in observance of the fact that they actually failed to indict a ham sandwich
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NEW: 18,500 children have been killed by Israeli forces in Gaza.
The Washington Post has just published every single known name.
A seminal moment.
The Washington Post has just published every single known name.
A seminal moment.
July 30, 2025 at 10:29 AM
NEW: 18,500 children have been killed by Israeli forces in Gaza.
The Washington Post has just published every single known name.
A seminal moment.
The Washington Post has just published every single known name.
A seminal moment.
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July 23 6:30pm, @smoketownbrewing!
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Psychedelic Peter Max workshop to embrace sunshine!
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$40 🎟 only on my site!
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#paintparty #artworkshop #brunswickmd #frederickmdartist #brunswickmdartist #frederickmdart #brunswickmdart #petermax
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Psychedelic Peter Max workshop to embrace sunshine!
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$40 🎟 only on my site!
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🎨🖌🖼 👩🏫 🫶 Includes all supplies and 2 hours of instruction
#paintparty #artworkshop #brunswickmd #frederickmdartist #brunswickmdartist #frederickmdart #brunswickmdart #petermax
July 14, 2025 at 2:20 PM
July 23 6:30pm, @smoketownbrewing!
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Psychedelic Peter Max workshop to embrace sunshine!
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$40 🎟 only on my site!
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🎨🖌🖼 👩🏫 🫶 Includes all supplies and 2 hours of instruction
#paintparty #artworkshop #brunswickmd #frederickmdartist #brunswickmdartist #frederickmdart #brunswickmdart #petermax
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Psychedelic Peter Max workshop to embrace sunshine!
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$40 🎟 only on my site!
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🎨🖌🖼 👩🏫 🫶 Includes all supplies and 2 hours of instruction
#paintparty #artworkshop #brunswickmd #frederickmdartist #brunswickmdartist #frederickmdart #brunswickmdart #petermax
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The Gen Z worker awakes in the morning from her Microdeath (a new workforce trend where workers deliberately close their screens, repose horizontally, and are unavailable to respond to emails for up to eight hours)
A Day in the Life of the Gen Z Worker
Are you sure these are new workplace trends? Are you sure you aren’t just describing a routine phenomenon in an alarmed way?
www.theatlantic.com
July 7, 2025 at 8:26 PM
The Gen Z worker awakes in the morning from her Microdeath (a new workforce trend where workers deliberately close their screens, repose horizontally, and are unavailable to respond to emails for up to eight hours)
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why Richard, it profits a man nothing to give his soul for the whole world, but for WHALES?
That Alaska whaling captains provision likely sealed the deal.
www.politico.com/live-updates...
www.politico.com/live-updates...
Alaskan whaling captains score special tax cut in GOP megabill
A big boost in a deduction for some whalers' expenses would benefit subsistence hunters.
www.politico.com
July 3, 2025 at 2:05 PM
why Richard, it profits a man nothing to give his soul for the whole world, but for WHALES?
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All I’m asking, as an American, is for another set of Americans on a hill to have the moral courage and tenacity to fight for the Republic
At the end of the day, this is the experiment of democracy
At the end of the day, this is the experiment of democracy
July 3, 2025 at 1:37 AM
All I’m asking, as an American, is for another set of Americans on a hill to have the moral courage and tenacity to fight for the Republic
At the end of the day, this is the experiment of democracy
At the end of the day, this is the experiment of democracy
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Robinson Crusoe Love Island
YouTube video by Eleanor Morton
www.youtube.com
June 27, 2025 at 7:40 AM
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Hegseth and Waltz in the Group Chat
March 26, 2025 at 12:47 AM
Hegseth and Waltz in the Group Chat
@kairyssdal.bsky.social Great program tonight. Appreciated the space you took to speak about the dangers we face. Got a business student here too who was shouting out his agreement. Thanks Marketplace Team!
February 14, 2025 at 12:30 AM
@kairyssdal.bsky.social Great program tonight. Appreciated the space you took to speak about the dangers we face. Got a business student here too who was shouting out his agreement. Thanks Marketplace Team!
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Clerked for Justice Scalia, member of the Federalist Society, picked by Trump administration last month
Danielle R. Sassoon, Manhattan’s acting U.S. attorney, resigned on Thursday rather than obey a Justice Department order that she drop a corruption case against New York City’s mayor, Eric Adams, that she had championed, according to three people with knowledge of the matter.
Manhattan’s Federal Prosecutor Quits After Adams Case Is Ordered Dropped (Gift Article)
Danielle R. Sassoon, the interim U.S. attorney for the Southern District of New York, quit after the Justice Department told her to withdraw corruption charges against Mayor Eric Adams.
www.nytimes.com
February 13, 2025 at 7:45 PM
Clerked for Justice Scalia, member of the Federalist Society, picked by Trump administration last month
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New from me at @cato.org: I explore the disturbing implications of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) investigation of San Francisco radio station KCBS over its coverage of a Jan. 26 federal immigration raid. /1
FCC Investigates Radio Station Over Coverage of Immigration Raid
The Federal Communications Commission is investigating San Francisco radio station KCBS over its coverage of an immigration raid — one of several troubling developments that put at risk the First Amen...
www.cato.org
February 11, 2025 at 10:23 PM
New from me at @cato.org: I explore the disturbing implications of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) investigation of San Francisco radio station KCBS over its coverage of a Jan. 26 federal immigration raid. /1
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Just saw a farmer say, "you don't have to admit you were wrong, you have to admit you were lied to, " and idk that seems like a good framing to call people in
February 9, 2025 at 1:49 PM
Just saw a farmer say, "you don't have to admit you were wrong, you have to admit you were lied to, " and idk that seems like a good framing to call people in
They never once looked under the hood to see how this system runs.
US farmers sold $2 billion of food to USAID. Not any more.
- US farmers provided 41% of food delivered by USAID
- $340M of purchases/shipments are now paused. Over 680,000 tonnes.
- Food stranded in Houston
- Aid stopped in transit.
The world’s poor starving, food rotting & US farmers screwed.
- US farmers provided 41% of food delivered by USAID
- $340M of purchases/shipments are now paused. Over 680,000 tonnes.
- Food stranded in Houston
- Aid stopped in transit.
The world’s poor starving, food rotting & US farmers screwed.
Gutting USAID threatens billions of dollars for U.S. farms, businesses
U.S. businesses that sold goods and services to USAID are in limbo, including American farms dealing in rice, wheat and soybeans.
www.washingtonpost.com
February 7, 2025 at 10:16 PM
They never once looked under the hood to see how this system runs.
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Following a White House anti-DEI order, the National Cryptologic Museum covered up exhibits of women and people of color in its Hall of Honor. The NSA reversed course after former employees mobilized.
NSA museum covered plaques honoring women and people of color, provoking an uproar
Following a White House anti-DEI order, the National Cryptologic Museum covered up exhibits of women and people of color in its Hall of Honor. The NSA reversed course after former employees mobilized.
www.npr.org
February 6, 2025 at 1:09 PM
Following a White House anti-DEI order, the National Cryptologic Museum covered up exhibits of women and people of color in its Hall of Honor. The NSA reversed course after former employees mobilized.
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Yes! And different coalitions worked together. When the disability activists did a month-long sit-in in SF for 504 rights in the 70s, it was the Black Panthers that fed them.
February 6, 2025 at 9:50 PM
Yes! And different coalitions worked together. When the disability activists did a month-long sit-in in SF for 504 rights in the 70s, it was the Black Panthers that fed them.