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MarleeAnnK
@marleeannk.bsky.social
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Interested in too many things. Seen and experienced too much and fortunately too little. Of all the things I lost, I miss my mind the most. Close second: Naivety.
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muellershewrote.com
Can someone please respond to Stephen Miller with this message from Frank Sinatra?
December 26, 2025 at 8:04 PM
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davidandress.bsky.social
Merry Christmas, everyone!
Cardiff couple invited man in for Christmas, he stayed for 45 years
An arrangement Rob and Dianne Parsons thought would last a few days ended up changing their lives.
www.bbc.co.uk
December 25, 2025 at 7:24 AM
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kylegriffin1.bsky.social
Trump wishes a Merry Christmas to "the many Sleazebags who loved Jeffrey Epstein … only to 'drop him like a dog' when things got too HOT, falsely claimed they had nothing to do with him."

Trump then says he dropped Epstein before anyone and had nothing to do with him.
December 26, 2025 at 1:16 AM
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amandasmith.bsky.social
I know one of you has to have a billionaire’s phone number, $1m to save one of the best fossil collections in the country is a bargain. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/19/s...
The Museum of the Earth in Ithaca, NY is facing foreclosure by December 31st. The Paleontological Research Institution needs to raise $1 million or their collection of 7-10 million fossils — one of the largest in North America — gets scattered across the country. This includes world-renowned Burgess Shale specimens, the most complete eurypterid ever found, and the Hyde Park Mastodon. Many fossils came from sites that are now paved over and can never be collected again. The NYT just covered their fight for survival. If you've ever visited or care about preserving paleontological research, they're accepting donations of any size.
December 24, 2025 at 7:38 AM
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ec.europa.eu
We strongly condemn the U.S. decision to impose travel restrictions on five European individuals, including former Commissioner Thierry Breton.

Link to full statement: link.europa.eu/NtMX4K
December 24, 2025 at 1:46 PM
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ninajankowicz.com
Quick explainer I did last night for the other apps. Please watch and share- the Trump administration is trying to bury this arbitrary and cruel restriction of our colleagues’ rights during the holidays. Don’t let them.
December 24, 2025 at 3:13 PM
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fraunora.bsky.social
An alle Menschen da draußen, die während der Feiertage physischer und psychischer Gewalt ausgesetzt sind: Du bist nicht schuld. Du musst das nicht aushalten oder ertragen. Du darfst dir Hilfe suchen und in Anspruch nehmen.

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Herzlich willkommen! Das Hilfetelefon "Gewalt gegen Frauen" ist ein bundesweites Beratungsangebot für Frauen, die Gewalt erlebt haben oder noch erleben. Unter der Nummer 116 016 und via Online-Beratun...
www.hilfetelefon.de
December 24, 2025 at 2:14 PM
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fraunora.bsky.social
Und an alle, die merken: Scheiße, ich hab meine Aggressionen nicht im Griff. Ich muss was und will was tun: Auch hier gibt es Hilfe.

Auch wenn's schwer ist, sich das einzugestehen: Es gibt einen Weg raus aus der Gewalt. Und es gibt Menschen, die euch auch dabei helfen können.

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Beratungsstellen Liste | Bundesarbeitsgemeinschaft Täterarbeit Häusliche Gewalt e.V.
Hier finden Sie Hilfe Liste aller Beratungsstellen < Zurück zur Kartenansicht
www.bag-taeterarbeit.de
December 24, 2025 at 2:19 PM
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In Sep EOIR suddenly changed policy on virtual access to hearings, restricting non-party observation to in-person-only, at the same time wardens of (often remote) detention centers are inventing new pre-clearance reqs and "security concerns" to refuse physical access to the public courts inside.
ICE officials sought to block journalists from attending Vizguera’s bail hearing last week, an abrupt departure from what are typically open court proceedings. The warden of the detention center told reporters and one of Vizguerra’s lawyers that media and other observers were prohibited from watching because of the attention the case had received. (Officials eventually relented and allowed media into the courtroom.) Proceedings were delayed Friday morning after personnel at the detention center, which is privately run by the Geo Group, told reporters and supporters that they couldn’t enter the courtroom. It’s typically open to observers, family members of detainees and journalists who provide photo ID and go through a security checkpoint.
December 24, 2025 at 1:15 PM
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rollingstone.com
This year, Buford Pusser became the prime suspect in his wife’s murder.

For those who knew him only through 'Walking Tall,' the news was a shock — but not to McNairy County residents who’d been skeptical of Pusser’s narrative.

More: rollingstone.com/culture/cult...
He Was a Legendary Sheriff Who Inspired a Movie. Did He Also Murder His Wife?
When Buford Pusser’s wife was killed, his grief turned into the movie ‘Walking Tall.’ But a new report from investigators suggests it was all a lie.
rollingstone.com
December 23, 2025 at 9:38 PM
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ingwarpero.bsky.social
Alle Städte werden in meinem Dokumentarfilm Cycling Cities vorgestellt. Jetzt auf YouTube:
youtu.be/R5jQc1jXLAU?...
CYCLING CITIES - Der Film
YouTube video by Ingwar Perowanowitsch
youtu.be
December 23, 2025 at 7:56 PM
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cengizyar.com
CBS didn't run the 60 Minutes segment on CECOT, but over here at @propublica.org we've been working on the story since March, including finding out who each and every man sent to that maximum security prison was.

You can see our reporting here: www.propublica.org/series/depor...
Deported and Imprisoned Archives
A case-by-case investigation that examines the Trump administration’s claims that these immigrants are all “sick criminals” and “terrorists” and that shows what they suffered during months in one of t...
www.propublica.org
December 22, 2025 at 4:08 PM
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Our first direct hit. Oddly our oyster work is the most popular thing we do. Great return on investment for taxpayers funding bay restoration.

cambridgespy.substack.com/p/horn-point...
Horn Point Confirms Deep NOAA Cuts
A nearly 50 percent reduction in federal funding for oyster restoration threatens to sharply reduce oyster production in the Chesapeake Bay, jeopardizing one of the region’s most successful environmen...
cambridgespy.substack.com
December 21, 2025 at 1:45 AM
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clarajeffery.bsky.social
2/ The Danish head of its CDC is like: are you fucking crazy? We are a small country with universal healthcare. You shouldn't do what we do. We should do what you used to do.
Health officials in Denmark and Germany said they were baffled by the Trump administration’s push to emulate their countries. Traditionally, they have looked to the United States as a leader for its meticulous process of review and recommendation of vaccinations. The officials noted that the childhood vaccination schedule in the United States had been tailored for the country’s large and diverse population and patchy system of medical care. Denmark and Germany have comprehensive free prenatal care and an infant mortality rate that is about half of that in the United States. “It’s not at all fair to say look at Denmark unless you can match the other characteristics of Denmark,” said Anders Hviid, who leads research on vaccine safety and effectiveness at the Statens Serum Institut, Denmark’s equivalent of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
December 21, 2025 at 2:57 AM
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rawstory.com
Brett Ratner, the director of "Melania," the new documentary about First Lady Melania Trump, was spotted in the Justice Department's Friday release of thousands of files on Jeffrey Epstein, Vanity Fair reported late Friday.
Director of Melania Trump film exposed in Epstein files drop: report
Brett Ratner, the director of “Melania,” the new documentary about First Lady Melania Trump, was spotted in the Justice Department’s Friday release of thousands of files on Jeffrey Epstein, Vanity Fair reported late Friday.Among the thousands of files released by the DOJ Friday, internet sleuths wer...
bit.ly
December 20, 2025 at 6:00 PM
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robertscotthorton.bsky.social
BREAKING: RFKJr directs that the US instantly stop recommending all vaccinations for children. www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...
Under RFK Jr., U.S. plans to stop recommending most vaccines, defer to doctors
The plan, which is not finalized, suggests children get fewer shots and shifts to a model telling parents to consult doctors to make their own vaccine choices.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 19, 2025 at 10:32 PM
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polenz.bsky.social
Deutschland ist auch 2025 eines der sichersten Länder der Welt. Der Dank geht an die AfD, Welt, Bild und Nius, dass ein großer Teil der Bevölkerung das nicht glaubt.
December 20, 2025 at 10:49 AM
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jmuellertoewe.bsky.social
In kleiner Runde prahlt ein pro-russischer AfD-Abgeordneter mit angeblichen Geheimdienstinformationen.

Er arbeitet eng mit einem Mann, der schon in der Ukraine und Georgien in den Ruf eines Sicherheitsrisikos geriet.

Gemeinsam arbeiten sie am Programm der AfD – und richten sie nach Moskau aus.
Wie ein Professor die AfD auf Moskau-Kurs brachte
In einem Brüsseler AfD-Büro sitzt ein Duo, das ganz im Sinne des Kreml agiert. Es arbeitet seit Jahren daran, die Partei nach Moskau auszurichten – und gegen die EU. Selbst Parteikollegen fürchten ein...
www.t-online.de
December 19, 2025 at 9:03 AM
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mikebaker.bsky.social
Maria has been accused over the years of fabricating her story that she had gone to the FBI. After finding the document in the trove, I called her. She broke down in tears.

“I’ve waited 30 years. I can’t believe it. They can’t call me a liar anymore.”

www.nytimes.com/2025/12/19/u...
December 20, 2025 at 12:07 AM
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maddow.bsky.social
one of four in a week

www.nytimes.com/2025/12/19/n...
December 20, 2025 at 6:09 AM
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robinlynnekelly.bsky.social
Nenko Gantchev should still be alive—home with his family. After 30 years contributing to Chicagoland as a small business owner and taxpayer, ICE detained him, ignored his medical needs, and he died in custody. This system is cruel, reckless, and must be held accountable.
December 20, 2025 at 2:42 AM
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theonion.com
CIA Realizes It’s Been Using Black Highlighters All These Year
theonion.com/cia-realizes...
CIA Realizes It’s Been Using Black Highlighters All These Year
December 19, 2025 at 9:27 PM
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transportenvironment.org
Leading medical publication the British Medical Journal recognises SUVs as a danger to public health in a new editorial co-authored by T&E’s James Nix: bit.ly/4hVDlBC

Large SUVs are a danger to pedestrians, cyclists & other drivers.

It's time to take action to reduce their presence in urban areas.
November 12, 2025 at 9:23 AM
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emilynussbaum.bsky.social
Virginia Heffernan wrote this shortly after the 2016 election and it still holds true
THIS is what makes my head spin: The president is not a moral figure in any idiom, any land, any culture, any subculture. I'm not talking about the liberal enlightenment that would make him want the country to take care of the poor and sick. I mean he has no Republican values either. He has no honor among thieves, no cosa nostra loyalty, no Southern code against cheating or lying, none of the openness of New York, rectitude of Boston, expressiveness and kindness of California, no evangelical family values, no Protestant work ethic. No Catholic moral seriousness, no sense of contrition or gratitude. No Jewish moral and intellectual precision, sense of history. He doesn't care about the life of the mind OR the life of the senses. He is not mandarin, not committed to inquiry or justice, not hospitable. He is not proper. He is not a bon vivant who loves to eat, drink, laugh. There's nothing he would die for - not American values, obviously, but not the land of Russia or his wife or young son. He has some hollow success creeds from Norman Vincent Peale, but Peale was obsessed with fair-dealing and a Presbyterian pastor; Trump has no fairness or piety. He's not sentimental; no affection for dogs or babies. No love for mothers, "the common man"" veterans. He has no sense of military valor, and is openly a coward about war. He would have sorely lacked the pagan beauty and capacity to fight required in ancient Greece. He doesn't care about his wife or wives; he is a philanderer but he's not a romantic hero with great love for women and sex. He commands loyalty and labor from his children not because he loves them, even; he seems almost to hate them — and if one of them slipped it would be terrifying. He does no philanthropy. He doesn't - in a more secular key - even seem to have a sense of his enlightened self-interest enough to shake Angela Merkel's hand. Doesn't even affect a love for the arts, like most rich New Yorkers. He doesn't live and die by aesthetics and health practices like some fascists; he's very ugly and barely mammalian. Am I missing an obscure moral system to which he so much as nods? Also are there other people, living or dead, like him?
December 16, 2025 at 4:21 AM
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arminwolf.at
Die US-Politologen, die einst das Konzept des „kompetitiven Autoritarismus“ für Länder wie Ungarn unter Orban o. die Türkei unter Erdogan entwickelt haben, sagen nun:
Auch die USA sind nach 10 Monaten Trump II in diesem Stadium angekommen. Sie sind keine voll funktionsfähige Demokratie mehr.
brendannyhan.bsky.social Brendan Nyhan @brendannyhan.bsky.social · 14d
The leading scholars of democratic decline say the US "has descended into competitive authoritarianism" - we "ceased to be a full democracy in the way that Canada, Germany, or even Argentina are democracies" - but caution that it can be contested and reversed
www.foreignaffairs.com/united-state...
December 13, 2025 at 1:03 AM