Velchanos
@velchanos.bsky.social
Diversity breeds Innovation; Innovation breeds Creativity; Creativity breeds Solutions.
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The amazing thing about brave people speaking out is that it inspires others to do the same by creating a permission structure. Since I published this article 4 hours ago, I've heard from multiple sources confirming what's in it. www.muellershewrote.com/p/the-epstei...
The Epstein Cover-Up at the FBI
Inside the chaotic review process of the Epstein and Maxwell files at the Bureau
www.muellershewrote.com
July 21, 2025 at 12:25 AM
The amazing thing about brave people speaking out is that it inspires others to do the same by creating a permission structure. Since I published this article 4 hours ago, I've heard from multiple sources confirming what's in it. www.muellershewrote.com/p/the-epstei...
Reposting here. Please sign x.com/texashempbiz...
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May 24, 2025 at 12:50 AM
Reposting here. Please sign x.com/texashempbiz...
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NOAA ends extteme weather database. www.cnn.com/2025/05/08/c...
NOAA ends extreme weather database that tracked cost of disasters since 1980 | CNN
Its discontinuation is another Trump-administration blow to the public’s view into how fossil fuel pollution is changing the world around them and making extreme weather more costly.
www.cnn.com
May 8, 2025 at 3:10 PM
NOAA ends extteme weather database. www.cnn.com/2025/05/08/c...
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I find myself in an odd position where I’m totally confident in my reporting/sources, but other news orgs aren’t running with my stories. Can’t say for sure, but it’s hard not to feel like there’s some distrust of me as an independent journalist. My process is as thorough as top corporate reporters.
SCOOP — The US sent Iraqi refugee Omar Ameen to Rwanda via new diplomatic relationship in which they've agreed to act as a "third country" for deportees unable to be safely returned to their country of origin, per cables reviewed by me.
This is first reported instance. Cable indicates more to come.
This is first reported instance. Cable indicates more to come.
US “relocates” Iraqi refugee to Rwanda via new diplomatic arrangement
A State Department cable indicates at least 10 more people will be subjected to the same.
www.thehandbasket.co
April 23, 2025 at 3:56 AM
I find myself in an odd position where I’m totally confident in my reporting/sources, but other news orgs aren’t running with my stories. Can’t say for sure, but it’s hard not to feel like there’s some distrust of me as an independent journalist. My process is as thorough as top corporate reporters.
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This recipe took the wrong turn at Albuquerque
April 17, 2025 at 2:39 PM
This recipe took the wrong turn at Albuquerque
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Good god
www.404media.co/this-college...
www.404media.co/this-college...
This ‘College Protester’ Isn’t Real. It’s an AI-Powered Undercover Bot for Cops
Massive Blue is helping cops deploy AI-powered social media bots to talk to people they suspect are anything from violent sex criminals all the way to vaguely defined “protesters.”
www.404media.co
April 17, 2025 at 2:45 PM
Good god
www.404media.co/this-college...
www.404media.co/this-college...
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I’m not sure how to think about the totality of @ezrakleinbot.bsky.social arguments in _Abundance_ from what I’ve heard about (articles, his interview with @fareedzakaria.bsky.social ) but this article rings true.
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/13/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/13/o...
Opinion | Biden’s Team Wishes They’d Moved So Much Faster
Speed is a progressive virtue.
www.nytimes.com
April 15, 2025 at 1:07 PM
I’m not sure how to think about the totality of @ezrakleinbot.bsky.social arguments in _Abundance_ from what I’ve heard about (articles, his interview with @fareedzakaria.bsky.social ) but this article rings true.
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/13/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/13/o...
One of the best follows at the other place. Now one of the best on BlueSky.
A farmer in Waco, 1939. Does anybody else think he resembles actor Edward Norton? He has a kind face, I think, but one that has seen its share of hardship. Lean times for farmers.
Taken by Russell Lee.
Taken by Russell Lee.
April 12, 2025 at 2:31 AM
One of the best follows at the other place. Now one of the best on BlueSky.
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The happiest longhorns in Texas. One of my own photos, taken in 2017. Back when it rained and the grasses grew tall.
April 11, 2025 at 1:08 PM
The happiest longhorns in Texas. One of my own photos, taken in 2017. Back when it rained and the grasses grew tall.
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When students lead, we follow.
A Georgetown student is asking those who want to show support for her school librarian, Mrs. Susan Cooper to read, sign & share this petition.
www.fightforthefirst.org/petitions/ge...
A Georgetown student is asking those who want to show support for her school librarian, Mrs. Susan Cooper to read, sign & share this petition.
www.fightforthefirst.org/petitions/ge...
Georgetown High School: The Fight to Keep Books and Susan Cooper in our Library
Books that have been in our libraries for generations are being targeted, for seemingly no reason or at least no legal reason. The Georgetown Independent School District picked books that they have de...
www.fightforthefirst.org
March 31, 2025 at 3:29 AM
When students lead, we follow.
A Georgetown student is asking those who want to show support for her school librarian, Mrs. Susan Cooper to read, sign & share this petition.
www.fightforthefirst.org/petitions/ge...
A Georgetown student is asking those who want to show support for her school librarian, Mrs. Susan Cooper to read, sign & share this petition.
www.fightforthefirst.org/petitions/ge...
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Wow. Virtually every scientific paper (well over 100) of my career was uploaded to LibGen for training Meta's AI. Without journal permission. Of course, nothing ever stuns me about Zuckerberg's disregard for ethics.
You can check your publication record here.
www.theatlantic.com/technology/a...
You can check your publication record here.
www.theatlantic.com/technology/a...
Search LibGen, the Pirated-Books Database That Meta Used to Train AI
Millions of books and scientific papers are captured in the collection’s current iteration.
www.theatlantic.com
March 24, 2025 at 1:39 PM
Wow. Virtually every scientific paper (well over 100) of my career was uploaded to LibGen for training Meta's AI. Without journal permission. Of course, nothing ever stuns me about Zuckerberg's disregard for ethics.
You can check your publication record here.
www.theatlantic.com/technology/a...
You can check your publication record here.
www.theatlantic.com/technology/a...
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This letter appeared in the Bloomsburg PA Press Enterprise this morning. I am assured the writer is who he purports to be, an Air Force veteran.
March 11, 2025 at 10:04 PM
This letter appeared in the Bloomsburg PA Press Enterprise this morning. I am assured the writer is who he purports to be, an Air Force veteran.
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BREAKING: Elon Musk's rocket explosion nearly hit a commercial flight.
This kind of content is being downranked on X. Please share it here. This is so dangerous.
This kind of content is being downranked on X. Please share it here. This is so dangerous.
March 7, 2025 at 4:21 AM
BREAKING: Elon Musk's rocket explosion nearly hit a commercial flight.
This kind of content is being downranked on X. Please share it here. This is so dangerous.
This kind of content is being downranked on X. Please share it here. This is so dangerous.
Maybe instead of being focused on the 51st State, we should be worried about becoming the 16th Soviet one.
March 1, 2025 at 2:11 AM
Maybe instead of being focused on the 51st State, we should be worried about becoming the 16th Soviet one.
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History will remember this day— when an American President and Vice President abandoned all we stand for.
February 28, 2025 at 6:38 PM
History will remember this day— when an American President and Vice President abandoned all we stand for.
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Another home run for Nathan! He connects the dots in a way few others can.
It took me longer than I hoped to finish but I'm really happy about the outcome: My big picture piece about Musk and Trump visiting Fort Knox. The headline tells you what you need to know but its also a very accurate summary of every step of my argument
www.crisesnotes.com/a-scam-built...
www.crisesnotes.com/a-scam-built...
A Scam Built Atop an Accounting Gimmick Wrapped in Bullshit: Why Visiting Fort Knox Is Not About Selling Gold but is About Buying Bitcoin
Notes on the Crises pivoted on February 1st into around the clock coverage of the Trump-Musk Treasury Payments Crisis of 2025. Today is Day Twenty Two
Read Part 0, Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, Par...
www.crisesnotes.com
February 27, 2025 at 12:41 PM
Another home run for Nathan! He connects the dots in a way few others can.
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@chrismurphyct.bsky.social why are you not posting on here first ? You have some great things to say. You are trying some great things. Yet you post on X where 100pct of the replies are meaningless and hateful.
It's not all roses here, but the engagement has depth and real convos happen
It's not all roses here, but the engagement has depth and real convos happen
February 23, 2025 at 3:31 PM
@chrismurphyct.bsky.social why are you not posting on here first ? You have some great things to say. You are trying some great things. Yet you post on X where 100pct of the replies are meaningless and hateful.
It's not all roses here, but the engagement has depth and real convos happen
It's not all roses here, but the engagement has depth and real convos happen
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Dear Dems. This is a reminder that Donald Trump rescinded the ethics rules preventing gifts to executive branch employees.
Now would be a good time to propose legislation formalizing the prevention into a law
Time to do things that make him react to you.
apnews.com/article/trum...
Now would be a good time to propose legislation formalizing the prevention into a law
Time to do things that make him react to you.
apnews.com/article/trum...
Trump has canceled Biden's ethics rules. Critics call it the opposite of 'drain the swamp'
Donald Trump took office eight years ago pledging to “drain the swamp” of the dominance of Washington influence peddlers.
apnews.com
February 23, 2025 at 2:55 PM
Dear Dems. This is a reminder that Donald Trump rescinded the ethics rules preventing gifts to executive branch employees.
Now would be a good time to propose legislation formalizing the prevention into a law
Time to do things that make him react to you.
apnews.com/article/trum...
Now would be a good time to propose legislation formalizing the prevention into a law
Time to do things that make him react to you.
apnews.com/article/trum...
Fed employees, drafted the following for you to use for your doggie status reports:
February 23, 2025 at 5:30 AM
Fed employees, drafted the following for you to use for your doggie status reports:
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NEW: Pregnancy became far more dangerous in Texas after the state banned abortion, according to ProPublica’s first-of-its-kind analysis, which found the sepsis rate for women hospitalized as they miscarried in the 2nd trimester shot up by more than 50%.
https://propub.li/43487Tj
https://propub.li/43487Tj
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.
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February 20, 2025 at 12:00 PM
NEW: Pregnancy became far more dangerous in Texas after the state banned abortion, according to ProPublica’s first-of-its-kind analysis, which found the sepsis rate for women hospitalized as they miscarried in the 2nd trimester shot up by more than 50%.
https://propub.li/43487Tj
https://propub.li/43487Tj
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“When Brian Gibbs woke up on Valentine's Day.. it was just another morning of getting to do what he loved at his dream job as an education park ranger at Effigy Mounds Natl Monument in Iowa. By that afternoon the father & husband said he was absolutely heartbroken”
www.cbsnews.com/news/nationa...
www.cbsnews.com/news/nationa...
National Park ranger fired from "dream job" on Valentine's Day pens emotional viral letter: "Things are not ok"
"I am the defender of your public lands and waters ... I am the highlight of your child's school day ... I am tired of waking up every morning at 2am wondering how I am going to provide for my family ...
www.cbsnews.com
February 19, 2025 at 12:54 AM
“When Brian Gibbs woke up on Valentine's Day.. it was just another morning of getting to do what he loved at his dream job as an education park ranger at Effigy Mounds Natl Monument in Iowa. By that afternoon the father & husband said he was absolutely heartbroken”
www.cbsnews.com/news/nationa...
www.cbsnews.com/news/nationa...
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"Republican Sens. Lisa Murkowski (Alaska), Dan Sullivan (Alaska), Jim Moran (Kansas) and Steve Daines (Mont.) were all co-sponsors of this law. None responded to requests for comment."
Trump's DOJ has erased a report from its website that lays out its own recommendations for tackling violence against Indigenous women www.huffpost.com/entry/donald...
Trump’s DOJ Erases Report On Violence Against Native American Women
www.huffpost.com
February 18, 2025 at 9:40 PM
"Republican Sens. Lisa Murkowski (Alaska), Dan Sullivan (Alaska), Jim Moran (Kansas) and Steve Daines (Mont.) were all co-sponsors of this law. None responded to requests for comment."
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The UK has a shadow cabinet - political positions within the party that isn’t in power - and so should we. Plus, we need weekly press briefings led by @petebuttigieg.bsky.social on the state of the union. Business-as-usual time is over.
We need Pete Buttigieg as a clear messenger, more than ever.
February 17, 2025 at 7:04 PM
The UK has a shadow cabinet - political positions within the party that isn’t in power - and so should we. Plus, we need weekly press briefings led by @petebuttigieg.bsky.social on the state of the union. Business-as-usual time is over.
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Letters went out to federal workers this morning stating they were fired due to poor performance. However, all employees had been rated as “exceptional” performers by their supervisors. Please keep these records and pursue wrongful termination claims. Let the lawsuits begin.
February 16, 2025 at 9:28 PM
Letters went out to federal workers this morning stating they were fired due to poor performance. However, all employees had been rated as “exceptional” performers by their supervisors. Please keep these records and pursue wrongful termination claims. Let the lawsuits begin.