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Becky
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writerlaurabee.bsky.social
Gmail users!!

They've turned on AI scraping by default now...Here's how to turn it off.

Pass it on!!

www.malwarebytes.com/blog/news/20...
Gmail can read your emails and attachments to train its AI, unless you opt out
A new Gmail update may allow Google to use your private messages and attachments for AI training. Here's how to turn it off.
www.malwarebytes.com
November 21, 2025 at 9:11 AM
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atrupar.com
Enten: "This is probably the worst 10 day period for the president in the polls his entire second term. The numbers are just atrocious ... when your best poll has you 14 points underwater, you know it's truly bad and it's as bad as 26 points underwater ... -43 with independents! They despise him."
November 21, 2025 at 5:37 PM
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cira-csu.bsky.social
Every Category 4 and 5 Atlantic hurricane since 2020, all together, in one group photo.

H/t to @ferragamowx.bsky.social for the inspiration.
Details: This imagery showcases a composite of every category 4 and 5 hurricane in the Atlantic ocean since 2020, using the GeoColor product from the GOES-16 and GOES-19 weather satellites. It spans from 22:30 UTC on 2020-08-26 (Hurricane Laura) to 14:00 UTC on 2025-10-28 (Hurricane Melissa).
November 21, 2025 at 5:25 PM
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brandonfriedman.bsky.social
In normaler times, this is front page, above the fold, all caps behavior by an American president
atrupar.com Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 4d
Trump suggests Khashoggi had it coming: "You're mentioning someone that was extremely controversial. A lot of people didn't like that gentleman that you're talking about. Whether you like him or didn't like him, things happen. But he knew nothing about it. You don't have to embarrass our guest."
November 18, 2025 at 5:57 PM
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kevinmkruse.bsky.social
Just the president of the United States rationalizing that a Washington Post reporter was basically asking to be murdered and cut to pieces with a bone saw because of his reporting.

As he sits next to the thug who ordered it.
atrupar.com Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 4d
Trump suggests Khashoggi had it coming: "You're mentioning someone that was extremely controversial. A lot of people didn't like that gentleman that you're talking about. Whether you like him or didn't like him, things happen. But he knew nothing about it. You don't have to embarrass our guest."
November 18, 2025 at 6:01 PM
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angrystaffer.bsky.social
Pay attention to how Mike Johnson is trying to shift the narrative today - he’s saying some Epstein files can’t be released because they’re intelligence products and would harm national security.
November 18, 2025 at 6:01 PM
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jjrennie.bsky.social
What was the weather like on your birthday? Now you can find out!

During the shutdown, I forced myself to stay agile in data science tech, like AWS, Google, and Open AI.

I made a notebook that gets weather for the day/location of your birth, using multiple NOAA sources.

github.com/jjrennie/bir...
November 13, 2025 at 8:13 PM
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ohnoshetwitnt.bsky.social
VP Kamala Harris: Our unity is our strength, and our diversity is our power.

VP JD Vance: I’m a Grok guy.
November 14, 2025 at 11:15 AM
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kevinmkruse.bsky.social
In 2017, the sitting president had Thanksgiving with his old friend who had been convicted of sex crimes with a minor.

And we’re only learning about this now?
November 13, 2025 at 12:18 PM
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wintrymix.bsky.social
Starbucks strike begins TOMORROW—don’t cross the picket line!
November 13, 2025 at 2:11 AM
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vermontgmg.bsky.social
It’s wild how many of the ICE/CBP detentions are turning out to be illegal — and yet in the US system, there are no consequences for the agents and no recourse for the victims.
November 13, 2025 at 1:19 AM
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marcelias.bsky.social
Not only was the Times obsessed with Hillary Clinton's emails while ignoring emails about Donald Trump sent to its own reporter, but since then it has constantly attacked anyone who dared look into questions of Trump's character. All with sanctimony.

Now we know it was all a big lie.
November 13, 2025 at 12:28 AM
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olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social
bring back shame
rincewind.run Micah @rincewind.run · 9d
people gotta lose their positions of power and influence

people gotta be shunned from their prestigious social circles

above all, people gotta go to jail
November 12, 2025 at 11:00 PM
wxbecks.bsky.social
lol @ those of us sitting in central Pennsylvania under cloud cover.
a man in a purple vest is making a funny face and saying you get nothing .
ALT: a man in a purple vest is making a funny face and saying you get nothing .
media.tenor.com
November 12, 2025 at 2:50 AM
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atrupar.com
Dems backed Trump into a corner where he’s advocating for starving Americans and hemorrhaging support. If they vote to let him off the hook in exchange for nothing it’s a cataclysmic failure. I know people are in pain but insulating Republicans from political consequences is not the answer.
November 9, 2025 at 10:58 PM
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laurelpowell.net
My family has been without half our income for 40 days. It has been.. very hard.

We are willing to feel that pain so people can have health care next year, or to undo these illegal recissions.

We are not willing to have been put through this for NOTHING.
November 10, 2025 at 1:36 AM
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timdickinson.bsky.social
They're going to the highest court in the land to avoid feeding children.
November 8, 2025 at 12:16 AM
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manuelsalgado.bsky.social
This supreme court is beyond reprehensible. When Dems go to expand the court they need to remind everyone how these people want to starve poor children to gain political leverage.
jamiedupree.bsky.social Jamie Dupree @jamiedupree.bsky.social · 14d
This just into the newsroom

WASHINGTON (AP) — Supreme Court issues emergency order temporarily blocking full SNAP food aid payments.
November 8, 2025 at 2:42 AM
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angrystaffer.bsky.social
I’m just saying, but if I had just gotten completely shellacked on Tuesday, I wouldn’t be asking SCOTUS to let me starve millions of people 3 days later.
November 8, 2025 at 2:09 AM
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mattlanza.bsky.social
Imagine working this hard to stop your own citizens and in many cases your own voters from eating.
phillewis.bsky.social Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 14d
The Supreme Court granted the Trump administration’s emergency appeal to temporarily block a court order to fully fund SNAP food aid payments.
Supreme Court Issues Emergency Order To Block Full SNAP Food Aid Payments
The food program serves about 1 in 8 Americans, mostly with lower incomes.
www.huffpost.com
November 8, 2025 at 2:42 AM
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peoplesfabric.com
This was horrific to watch. Agents entering a daycare, wrestling with and abducting a teacher in front of small screaming children. I just… what the fuck are we doing here.
meredithshiner.com Meredith Shiner @meredithshiner.com · 17d
this morning, ICE went into a Spanish language immersion daycare and took a teacher from the building in front of screaming and crying kids and parents at dropoff and the daycare had to shut down for the day (near Lane Tech, where they were yesterday). Really hoping today's "theme" is not "daycare."
November 5, 2025 at 2:53 PM
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cait.bsky.social
it's insanely funny for people to be talking like this about New York of all places, the city with a big metal lady in the harbor holding a sign that says "we love immigrants"
November 5, 2025 at 5:09 PM
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thedailyshow.com
We've got you 👍
November 3, 2025 at 4:03 PM
wxbecks.bsky.social
You mad, bro!? 😂😂😂
erinbiba.bsky.social Erin Biba @erinbiba.bsky.social · 17d
The White House just posted this they are not mad they swear they are so not mad
A screenshot of the White House instagram with the Knicks logo except it says Trump is your president
November 5, 2025 at 3:30 AM
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awalkerinla.bsky.social
*taps sign*
awalkerinla.bsky.social Alissa Walker @awalkerinla.bsky.social · Jun 26
Two years ago I interviewed a 31-year-old NY state assemblymember about a 7-year-old girl killed by an SUV driver in his district. I hung up the phone, astonished that I'd talked to a legislator who so thoughtfully articulated what actually needs to change on our streets.

He'll make a great mayor
In February, 7-year-old Dolma Naadhun was crossing the intersection of Newtown Road and 45th Street in Astoria with her mother and sister when the driver of a 2021 Ford Explorer blew through a stop sign, striking and killing Dolma. One month later, New York City Department of Transportation commissioner Ydanis Rodriguez visited the crash site with other officials, met with community members demanding a traffic signal be installed, and promised to make changes to the street - including "daylighting" the intersection using curb extensions and plastic bollards. State assemblymember Zohran Mamdani also visited the scene that day and realized that something else needed to change. "When you take a step back and think about traffic violence in New York City," he said, "you start to understand that this is a systemic issue that is incentivized by the policies that we have in place with regard to the design of our streets and what kind of vehicles we allow to be on our roads." Whether a driver runs a stop sign or a red light, statistically, certain cars - namely, bigger SUVs and trucks - are more likely to kill a 7-year-old. This is why Mamdani is co- introducing legislation for a weight-based vehicle-registration fee intended to discourage people from purchasing heavier vehicles. "The car industry is pushing the sale of heavier and larger vehicles," he says. "The state has to make it clear that these types of vehicles come with a certain kind of cost." soar above adult shoulders. But there may be another way to disincentivize the purchases of such vehicles, says Edwards. "One other potential idea would be for someone, maybe a city's DOT, to start keeping a list of the different makes and models of vehicles that are killing pedestrians and cyclists, or kids specifically, and post that publicly," he says. "That could bring awareness to which cars are more dangerous and also potentially affect insurance rates, which would possibly convince people not to buy certain cars." There's a bit of accountability in New York's bill, which would require the State DOT to track all fatal crashes by vehicle weight. But the other encouraging aspect of the proposal is that the collected fees stay local, by county, and, after the annual dedications to highway, bridge, and transit trust funds are met, a full 75 percent of the funds raised will go toward safety improvements like bike lanes, bollards, road diets, pedestrianization of streets, and raised crosswalks. This means the neighborhoods most impacted by large vehicles are likely to see the biggest changes. And that might be the most important part of the legislation, says Mamdani. "This is an initiative to make our streets safer for our children," he says. "And we are making sure a significant portion of this funding goes toward creating the very streetscapes that we know will save their lives."
November 5, 2025 at 2:12 AM