Luci
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Luci (they) This is a serious account for contacting serious people through social media. We’re very serious here. Super Serious.
formally @/serioustweetss on twitter
formally @/serioustweetss on twitter
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BREAKING: The Bureau of Labor Statistics now says it won’t release a full U.S. jobs report for the month of October.
BLS says full October jobs data won't be released, available figures to be included in next report
The Bureau of Labor Statistics said Wednesday it will not release a full U.S. jobs report for the month of October.
www.cnbc.com
November 19, 2025 at 6:21 PM
BREAKING: The Bureau of Labor Statistics now says it won’t release a full U.S. jobs report for the month of October.
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"T Brand Studio’s creation of that algae advertisement was not mentioned in the [New York] Times’ own coverage of Exxon’s other algae ads... 'Here then, we have evidence that the Times can be bought so that its branded messages are, indeed, meant to compete against its news agenda,' Amazeen writes."
These ads are poisoning trust in media
‘Native advertising' allows fossil fuel companies to disguise their ads in news outlets. A new book argues the practice undermines journalistic credibility.
www.exxonknews.org
November 19, 2025 at 7:24 PM
"T Brand Studio’s creation of that algae advertisement was not mentioned in the [New York] Times’ own coverage of Exxon’s other algae ads... 'Here then, we have evidence that the Times can be bought so that its branded messages are, indeed, meant to compete against its news agenda,' Amazeen writes."
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THIS IS INCREDIBLY INSPIRING!
Please watch and share as Starbucks baristas demonstrate outside the company's biggest distribution hub.
They're on DAY 7 of their strike. Baristas and their allies are protesting Starbucks’ serious and unresolved unfair labor practices.
REPOST IF YOU SUPPORT THEM
Please watch and share as Starbucks baristas demonstrate outside the company's biggest distribution hub.
They're on DAY 7 of their strike. Baristas and their allies are protesting Starbucks’ serious and unresolved unfair labor practices.
REPOST IF YOU SUPPORT THEM
November 19, 2025 at 9:34 PM
THIS IS INCREDIBLY INSPIRING!
Please watch and share as Starbucks baristas demonstrate outside the company's biggest distribution hub.
They're on DAY 7 of their strike. Baristas and their allies are protesting Starbucks’ serious and unresolved unfair labor practices.
REPOST IF YOU SUPPORT THEM
Please watch and share as Starbucks baristas demonstrate outside the company's biggest distribution hub.
They're on DAY 7 of their strike. Baristas and their allies are protesting Starbucks’ serious and unresolved unfair labor practices.
REPOST IF YOU SUPPORT THEM
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We did this several times already in the US as signed exact english. Makaton in the US would be yet another opportunity for people to step on the autonomy of Deaf people.
This is a really interesting article about a horrifying distortion of sign language happening in the UK, and which its creators are now trying to export to other countries and their sign languages
Learn actual sign languages from Deaf people, not from hearing people making their own weird versions!
Learn actual sign languages from Deaf people, not from hearing people making their own weird versions!
I will not fight with people on Threads about Makaton. I will not fight with people on Threads about Makaton. I will not thebaffler.com/outbursts/si...
November 19, 2025 at 9:52 PM
We did this several times already in the US as signed exact english. Makaton in the US would be yet another opportunity for people to step on the autonomy of Deaf people.
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"As part of the settlement, Greystar will no longer use software that relies on other landlords’ confidential data to set rents. Greystar also agreed separately last month to pay $50 million to settle a class-action lawsuit over its use of RealPage."
apnews.com/article/grey...
apnews.com/article/grey...
Largest US landlord to pay $7 million to settle rent‑setting algorithm lawsuit
Real estate giant Greystar has reached a $7 million settlement with nine states over its use of rent-setting algorithms that officials say drive up housing costs.
apnews.com
November 20, 2025 at 3:08 PM
"As part of the settlement, Greystar will no longer use software that relies on other landlords’ confidential data to set rents. Greystar also agreed separately last month to pay $50 million to settle a class-action lawsuit over its use of RealPage."
apnews.com/article/grey...
apnews.com/article/grey...
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Santa Fe is now the first city to tie the minimum wage to the cost of rent.
The Santa Fe City Council voted to raise its minimum wage from $15/hr to $17.50 by 2027 — but they also added another provision.
Future increases will factor in inflation, and the price of housing.
The Santa Fe City Council voted to raise its minimum wage from $15/hr to $17.50 by 2027 — but they also added another provision.
Future increases will factor in inflation, and the price of housing.
With new ordinance, Santa Fe becomes first city to tie minimum wage to rental costs
SANTA FE — The Santa Fe City Council voted on Wednesday to raise its minimum wage from $15 an hour to $17.50 in 2027, eliciting praise from workers’ rights advocates
www.abqjournal.com
November 20, 2025 at 3:21 PM
Santa Fe is now the first city to tie the minimum wage to the cost of rent.
The Santa Fe City Council voted to raise its minimum wage from $15/hr to $17.50 by 2027 — but they also added another provision.
Future increases will factor in inflation, and the price of housing.
The Santa Fe City Council voted to raise its minimum wage from $15/hr to $17.50 by 2027 — but they also added another provision.
Future increases will factor in inflation, and the price of housing.
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mr president sir theres a story coming about how you intervened to help a sex criminal. no sir, not that sex criminal you helped….no not that one either…sir, please stop guessing sex criminals that you helped. ill give you a hint sir, hes a trafficker. no sir, not that trafficker a different one
NEW: When Andrew Tate landed in the US, Customs & Border Protection seized his electronic devices. But @propublica.org found that a White House official told DHS to return the devices, emphasizing that the request came from the White House.
By @robert-faturechi.bsky.social & Avi Asher-Schapiro
By @robert-faturechi.bsky.social & Avi Asher-Schapiro
The White House Intervened on Behalf of Accused Sex Trafficker Andrew Tate During a Federal Investigation
Federal authorities were chided for seizing electronic devices from Tate and his brother, and told to return them, records and interviews show. Experts said the intervention was highly inappropriate.
www.propublica.org
November 18, 2025 at 1:10 PM
mr president sir theres a story coming about how you intervened to help a sex criminal. no sir, not that sex criminal you helped….no not that one either…sir, please stop guessing sex criminals that you helped. ill give you a hint sir, hes a trafficker. no sir, not that trafficker a different one
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Approximately 30% of all job postings are fake, with millions of ghost jobs making a tough hiring process even worse.
November 18, 2025 at 7:33 PM
Approximately 30% of all job postings are fake, with millions of ghost jobs making a tough hiring process even worse.
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Ever wondered how giant blobs of magma (plutons) get stuck in Earth’s crust?
In the new episode of Geology Bites, Geologist Keith Klepeis discusses his exciting work studying ancient magma pathways, dikes and sills, that once carried molten rock upward.
🎧 Listen now: geosociety.co/magma
In the new episode of Geology Bites, Geologist Keith Klepeis discusses his exciting work studying ancient magma pathways, dikes and sills, that once carried molten rock upward.
🎧 Listen now: geosociety.co/magma
November 16, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Ever wondered how giant blobs of magma (plutons) get stuck in Earth’s crust?
In the new episode of Geology Bites, Geologist Keith Klepeis discusses his exciting work studying ancient magma pathways, dikes and sills, that once carried molten rock upward.
🎧 Listen now: geosociety.co/magma
In the new episode of Geology Bites, Geologist Keith Klepeis discusses his exciting work studying ancient magma pathways, dikes and sills, that once carried molten rock upward.
🎧 Listen now: geosociety.co/magma
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Chalcopyrite with Calcite from Sweetwater mine, Missouri ✨
What do you Think??
Video: Pacific Minerals
What do you Think??
Video: Pacific Minerals
November 17, 2025 at 2:27 PM
Chalcopyrite with Calcite from Sweetwater mine, Missouri ✨
What do you Think??
Video: Pacific Minerals
What do you Think??
Video: Pacific Minerals
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New Mexico is the first state in the country to implement universal free childcare, and the program will save families an estimated $12,800 a year.
November 14, 2025 at 5:26 PM
New Mexico is the first state in the country to implement universal free childcare, and the program will save families an estimated $12,800 a year.
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In a court victory from the 2021 resistance to Line 3 pipeline construction in MN, a federal appeals court ruled that police officers who use excessive force on protesters are not entitled to qualified immunity and cannot use excessive force to prompt compliance.
unicornriot.ninja/2025/federal...
unicornriot.ninja/2025/federal...
Federal Court Ruling Limits Police Qualified Immunity in Line 3 Excessive Force Case - UNICORN RIOT
Police officers who use excessive force on protesters are not entitled to qualified immunity and cannot use excessive force to prompt compliance, a federal appeals court ruled on Sept. 17.
unicornriot.ninja
November 13, 2025 at 12:18 AM
In a court victory from the 2021 resistance to Line 3 pipeline construction in MN, a federal appeals court ruled that police officers who use excessive force on protesters are not entitled to qualified immunity and cannot use excessive force to prompt compliance.
unicornriot.ninja/2025/federal...
unicornriot.ninja/2025/federal...
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As age verification laws proliferate around the world, people have predictably turned to VPNs to protect their privacy. Instead of taking this as a sign that surveillance isn't popular, lawmakers have decided they might as well ban VPNs altogether. www.eff.org/deeplinks/2...
Lawmakers Want to Ban VPNs—And They Have No Idea What They're Doing
Remember when you thought age verification laws couldn't get any worse? Well, lawmakers in Wisconsin, Michigan, and beyond are about to blow you away.It's unfortunately no longer enough to force
www.eff.org
November 13, 2025 at 6:42 PM
As age verification laws proliferate around the world, people have predictably turned to VPNs to protect their privacy. Instead of taking this as a sign that surveillance isn't popular, lawmakers have decided they might as well ban VPNs altogether. www.eff.org/deeplinks/2...
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BREAKING: The Trump administration is officially withdrawing a Biden-era plan to require airlines to pay passengers cash compensation when flight disruptions are caused by the airlines.
November 14, 2025 at 4:16 PM
BREAKING: The Trump administration is officially withdrawing a Biden-era plan to require airlines to pay passengers cash compensation when flight disruptions are caused by the airlines.
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This is the thing that drives me insane. Things aren't normal; this isn't politics as usual. And when you accurately describe everything this administration is doing, it's so lawless, radical, and authoritarian that *you* sound like a partisan extremist.
seems to me that those democrats inclined not to fight perceive themselves as living through a somewhat ordinary cycle of presidential overreach and backlash and not something much more significant and dangerous
November 10, 2025 at 4:30 PM
This is the thing that drives me insane. Things aren't normal; this isn't politics as usual. And when you accurately describe everything this administration is doing, it's so lawless, radical, and authoritarian that *you* sound like a partisan extremist.
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"When your enemy is making one catastrophic mistake after another, interrupt them and save them from any consequences they might face."
–Schumer-Tzu
–Schumer-Tzu
November 10, 2025 at 4:45 PM
"When your enemy is making one catastrophic mistake after another, interrupt them and save them from any consequences they might face."
–Schumer-Tzu
–Schumer-Tzu
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The Philippines have extended a "state of national calamity" FOR A FULL YEAR after Fung-wong hit just 5 days after Typhoon Kalmaegi, which killed 224 and left 135 missing.
Super-typhoons in the Philippines have doubled since 2000.
Thanks for blocking clean energy for the last 60 years, Exxon!
Super-typhoons in the Philippines have doubled since 2000.
Thanks for blocking clean energy for the last 60 years, Exxon!
Eight dead and more than a million displaced after super typhoon Fung-wong slams the Philippines
About 1.4 million people evacuated as storm sparks flash floods and landslides and leaves millions without power
www.theguardian.com
November 10, 2025 at 7:49 PM
The Philippines have extended a "state of national calamity" FOR A FULL YEAR after Fung-wong hit just 5 days after Typhoon Kalmaegi, which killed 224 and left 135 missing.
Super-typhoons in the Philippines have doubled since 2000.
Thanks for blocking clean energy for the last 60 years, Exxon!
Super-typhoons in the Philippines have doubled since 2000.
Thanks for blocking clean energy for the last 60 years, Exxon!
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Let's fix the passive voice and the euphemism:
"[Donald] Trump 'spent' hours with [underage female] [VICTIM][of sex trafficking] at [notorious underage female sex trafficker, Jeffrey Epstein's] house."
"[Donald] Trump 'spent' hours with [underage female] [VICTIM][of sex trafficking] at [notorious underage female sex trafficker, Jeffrey Epstein's] house."
"i want you to realize that that dog that hasn't barked is trump. [VICTIM] spent hours at my house with him"
"hours"
"spent" "hours"
VICTIM "spent" HOURS
VICTIM "spent" HOURS "with" TRUMP
VICTIM "spent" HOURS "with" TRUMP at *Epstein's* house
"hours"
"spent" "hours"
VICTIM "spent" HOURS
VICTIM "spent" HOURS "with" TRUMP
VICTIM "spent" HOURS "with" TRUMP at *Epstein's* house
November 12, 2025 at 2:36 PM
Let's fix the passive voice and the euphemism:
"[Donald] Trump 'spent' hours with [underage female] [VICTIM][of sex trafficking] at [notorious underage female sex trafficker, Jeffrey Epstein's] house."
"[Donald] Trump 'spent' hours with [underage female] [VICTIM][of sex trafficking] at [notorious underage female sex trafficker, Jeffrey Epstein's] house."
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Save your tissues. This cutting technique slashes tears when chopping onions.
https://www.sciencenews.org/article/knife-tricks-stop-onion-cutting-crying
https://www.sciencenews.org/article/knife-tricks-stop-onion-cutting-crying
These simple knife tricks stop onion tears instantly
With a high-speed camera and a tiny guillotine, scientists showed that chopping onions slowly and with sharper knives cuts down on tears.
www.sciencenews.org
November 12, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Save your tissues. This cutting technique slashes tears when chopping onions.
https://www.sciencenews.org/article/knife-tricks-stop-onion-cutting-crying
https://www.sciencenews.org/article/knife-tricks-stop-onion-cutting-crying
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CNBC says that rich New Yorkers started "looking for therapy" when they heard that Lina Khan will be co-chairing Zohran's transition team.
November 13, 2025 at 12:10 AM
CNBC says that rich New Yorkers started "looking for therapy" when they heard that Lina Khan will be co-chairing Zohran's transition team.
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A 4,000-year-old murder mystery began with a massacre in what’s now southwestern England. Then came dismemberment, possibly accompanied by cannibalism. (From 2024)
https://www.sciencenews.org/article/britain-ancient-massacre-cannibalism
https://www.sciencenews.org/article/britain-ancient-massacre-cannibalism
Britain's largest ancient massacre may have included cannibalism
Bones recovered from a natural shaft unveil a 4,000-year-old massacre of men, women and children, possibly part of a cycle of revenge killings.
www.sciencenews.org
November 13, 2025 at 1:25 AM
A 4,000-year-old murder mystery began with a massacre in what’s now southwestern England. Then came dismemberment, possibly accompanied by cannibalism. (From 2024)
https://www.sciencenews.org/article/britain-ancient-massacre-cannibalism
https://www.sciencenews.org/article/britain-ancient-massacre-cannibalism
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BREAKING: Starbucks workers have launched a massive, nationwide strike.
Baristas in 40 cities have walked off the job on the busiest day of Starbucks' year.
Upwards of 12,000 @sbworkersunited.org members could ultimately go on strike as the union escalates.
Baristas in 40 cities have walked off the job on the busiest day of Starbucks' year.
Upwards of 12,000 @sbworkersunited.org members could ultimately go on strike as the union escalates.
November 13, 2025 at 1:31 PM
BREAKING: Starbucks workers have launched a massive, nationwide strike.
Baristas in 40 cities have walked off the job on the busiest day of Starbucks' year.
Upwards of 12,000 @sbworkersunited.org members could ultimately go on strike as the union escalates.
Baristas in 40 cities have walked off the job on the busiest day of Starbucks' year.
Upwards of 12,000 @sbworkersunited.org members could ultimately go on strike as the union escalates.
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Trump's approval rating on the economy is now -34, with only 33% of Americans approving of his handling of the economy and 67% disapproving.
apnorc.org/projects/tru...
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Trump’s approval rating remains low during government shutdown - AP-NORC
Approval of how Trump is handling the federal government has dropped sharply since March.
apnorc.org
November 13, 2025 at 4:12 PM
Trump's approval rating on the economy is now -34, with only 33% of Americans approving of his handling of the economy and 67% disapproving.
apnorc.org/projects/tru...
apnorc.org/projects/tru...
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Starting this year, landlords of formerly unregulated buildings could raise rents by only half of the inflation rate that exceeds 3%.
For instance, if inflation is at 6%, they may raise rents by only 4.5%.
Beginning in 2028, this rule will apply across the board.
thebetter.news/austria-rent...
For instance, if inflation is at 6%, they may raise rents by only 4.5%.
Beginning in 2028, this rule will apply across the board.
thebetter.news/austria-rent...
Fighting the Housing Crisis: Austria Freezes Rents for 2025
Austria takes on rising housing costs with a nationwide rent freeze, protecting over a million households.
thebetter.news
October 31, 2025 at 3:28 PM
Starting this year, landlords of formerly unregulated buildings could raise rents by only half of the inflation rate that exceeds 3%.
For instance, if inflation is at 6%, they may raise rents by only 4.5%.
Beginning in 2028, this rule will apply across the board.
thebetter.news/austria-rent...
For instance, if inflation is at 6%, they may raise rents by only 4.5%.
Beginning in 2028, this rule will apply across the board.
thebetter.news/austria-rent...