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georgetakei.bsky.social
History has many painful lessons.
A screenshot of an X post by Q. Anthony Ali (@NobleQAli , 12h ago) featuring a black-and-white historical image of a person lying on the ground while others, including a woman kneeling and several standing figures, are around them in what appears to be a park or open area. Below this, a reply by Antonio Benetto (@Tony_Benetto , 1d ago) to @drmistercody states: "I don't believe US troops will fire on American citizens."
October 2, 2025 at 9:00 PM
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marisakabas.bsky.social
i really did not care for today. i was not a fan.
August 27, 2025 at 2:35 AM
veradux.bsky.social
Y'all don't go out and listen to the birds, and it really shows 🐦‍⬛
August 20, 2025 at 7:56 PM
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cingraham.bsky.social
have never clicked a headline so fast www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Nature headline "I invented a life-saving frog sauna." Photo of said frogs in said sauna
August 20, 2025 at 6:01 PM
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orbitaldropkick.bsky.social
as many of you know i did consult on Daggerheart, i feel strongly now that i need to now peel back the curtain and share some of the feedback on this otherwise excellent game that darrington press unfortunately completely ignored
August 20, 2025 at 12:35 PM
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benfleuter.bsky.social
What's up I just added my grimdark sticker sheets to my Big Cartel!
bfcomics.bigcartel.com
June 20, 2025 at 9:02 PM
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mnmaxed.bsky.social
New #PF2e #Podcast featuring a #homebrew adventure! Episode one is available now!
RSS: www.patreon.com/rss/mnmaxed?...
Spotify: open.spotify.com/show/0snjQvR...
Get PDF releases as the adventure progresses on our Patreon: www.patreon.com/mnmaxed
#Pathfinder #pathfinder2e #ttrpg #actualplay
May 29, 2025 at 7:54 PM
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justinwolfers.bsky.social
This is more freedom, right?
nytimes.com The New York Times @nytimes.com · May 20
The FDA will permit Covid vaccines only for adults over 65 and those with certain medical conditions in the fall, according to new regulatory standards.
F.D.A. Poised to Restrict Access to Covid Vaccines
www.nytimes.com
May 20, 2025 at 6:45 PM
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davidjbier.bsky.social
Cato has published my comprehensive review of the ~240 Venezuelans the US government renditioned 2 months ago to Salvador’s notorious prison. We identified FIFTY who came legally, never violated any immigration law, but are imprisoned at the US government’s request and at US taxpayer expense.
May 19, 2025 at 4:06 PM
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micahflee.com
The source code for the TM SGNL apps (basically a backdoored version of Signal used by Trump officials) is public! Since it's open source, I've pushed it to github for easier research micahflee.com/heres-the-so...
Here's the source code for the unofficial Signal app used by Trump officials
Yesterday, I published an analysis of what I could publicly find about TM SGNL, the obscure and unofficial Signal app used by Mike Waltz, and presumably also by Pete Hegseth, JD Vance, Tulsi Gabbard, ...
micahflee.com
May 3, 2025 at 8:25 PM
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carlquintanilla.bsky.social
This should be the top story in Axios’s morning read. But it isn’t. It’s the FIFTH top story.

@axios.com
www.axios.com/2025/04/23/t...
April 23, 2025 at 12:08 PM
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timothysnyder.bsky.social
This Hegseth thing is funny and all — but the unprecedented incompetence, frivolity, and treachery of the entire cabinet puts us all at very real risk.
April 21, 2025 at 2:59 PM
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annabower.bsky.social
Van Hollen says that he asked the VP of El Salvador why his government continues to hold Abrego Garcia even though he’s not charged with any crime and there’s no evidence that he’s MS-13.

“His answer was that the Trump administration is paying the government of El Salvador to keep him at CECOT”
April 16, 2025 at 6:20 PM
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ericcolumbus.bsky.social
Who among us hasn’t forgotten about 150 appearances we did on Russian state media?
EXCLUSIVE Trump's D.C. U.S. attorney pick appeared on Russian state media over 150 times Nominee Ed Martin did not disclose his RT and Sputnik appearances from 2016 to 2024 to the Senate. The State Department has said the networks act like arms of Russian intelligence.
April 16, 2025 at 2:34 PM
veradux.bsky.social
Does this mean I can have my avocado toast again?
archive.is/YEmqf
Headline of an article: "Your New Lunch Habit Is Hurting the Economy"
April 16, 2025 at 2:42 PM
veradux.bsky.social
Scott's metaphor here is extra accurate. When you remove the knife from the wound it will bleed more profusely.

This is just the beginning. 10% minimum tariffs are still unprecedented and will have enormous impacts.
profgalloway.com Scott Galloway @profgalloway.com · Apr 9
He’s pulled the knife half way out of the economy’s back, but the injury (no longer a reliable trading partner) will take years to heal.

#stupid
April 10, 2025 at 7:34 PM
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sharonk.bsky.social
lol markets are rallying because Trump says China wants a deal (but no actual messaging from China confirms this)
I just had a great call with the Acting President of South Korea. We talked about their tremendous and unsustainable Surplus, Tariffs, Shipbuilding, large scale purchase of U.S. LNG, their joint venture in an Alaska Pipeline, and payment for the big time Military Protection we provide to South Korea. They began these Military payments during my first term, Billions of Dollars, but Sleepy Joe Biden, for reasons unknown, terminated the deal. That was a shocker to all! In any event, we have the confines and probability of a great DEAL for both countries. Their top TEAM is on a plane heading to the U.S., and things are looking good. We are likewise dealing with many other countries, all of whom want to make a deal with the United States. Like with South Korea, we are bringing up other subjects that are not covered by Trade and Tariffs, and getting them negotiated also. “ONE STOP SHOPPING” is a beautiful and efficient process!!! China also wants to make a deal, badly, but they don’t know how to get it started. We are waiting for their call. It will happen! GOD BLESS THE USA.
April 8, 2025 at 1:26 PM
veradux.bsky.social
Not to be alarmist but this should alarm you. We are witnessing the beginning of another market crash equal to or greater than 2008.

Brace yourselves. Call your friends and family. Look out for those less fortunate. If nothing else, community will get us through this.
yasharali.bsky.social Yashar Ali 🐘 @yasharali.bsky.social · Apr 6
The Dow, Nasdaq, and S&P futures slide down.
Screenshot showing sharp declines in major U.S. stock futures as of April 6, 5:21 PM CDT. The Dow Jones futures (YM) are down 1,520 points (-3.94%) to 37,010, falling from a previous close of 38,530. E-mini Nasdaq-100 futures (NQ) dropped 858 points (-4.89%) to 16,681, and E-mini S&P 500 futures (ES) are down 219.75 points (-4.30%) to 4,890.50. All charts show a steep downward slope starting April 4 and continuing through April 6.
April 6, 2025 at 11:14 PM
veradux.bsky.social
They're Trump Eggs, we should to make this stick to him like how we called the shantytowns created by the Great Depression "Hoovervilles"
April 3, 2025 at 4:36 PM
veradux.bsky.social
... Laura Loomer is influencing membership on the NSC ... Absolute clownshow
yasharali.bsky.social Yashar Ali 🐘 @yasharali.bsky.social · Apr 3
1. BREAKING

Several members of the National Security Council have been fired, including senior directors.

This comes a day after Laura Loomer met with President Trump in the Oval Office to question and attack the loyalty of some members of the NSC.
Scoop: Multiple firings on Trump's National Security Council after Loomer visit
A source described the firings as an anti-neocon "bloodbath"
bit.ly
April 3, 2025 at 3:11 PM
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cameroncorduroy.bsky.social
yeah but at least we didn't raise capital gains by 2%
April 3, 2025 at 3:08 PM
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derparrot.bsky.social
April 2, 2025 at 11:20 PM
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fritschner.bsky.social
Important to remember: tariffs are taxes on imported goods. The Constitution gives total control over taxation and trade regulation to Congress.

The authorities Trump is using are limited delegations of that power to the president that Congress passed in previous decades. He's clearly abusing them.
April 3, 2025 at 1:46 PM
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hmmvryintrstng.bsky.social
james surowiecki has discovered where the completely fabricated trump tariff rate has come from for each country

"...for every country, they just took our trade deficit with that country and divided it by the country's exports to us."
Just figured out where these fake tariff rates come from. They didn't actually calculate tariff rates + non-tariff barriers, as they say they did. Instead, for every country, they just took our trade deficit with that country and divided it by the country's exports to us. So we have a $17.9 billion trade deficit with Indonesia. Its exports to us are $28 billion. $17.9/$28 = 64%, which Trump claims is the tariff rate Indonesia charges us. What extraordinary nonsense this is.
April 2, 2025 at 10:32 PM
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crampell.bsky.social
I bet Hannibal Lector is on board too
donmoyn.bsky.social Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · Apr 2
Dead people telling the President to pursue a trade war with an uninhabited island is real George III territory
April 2, 2025 at 10:13 PM