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NJer, soapmaker, believer in democracy, member of the Black Cat Club, lover of KDrama.
What a mess.
Nobel Peace Prize Winner María Corina Machado’s escape from Venezuela was particularly risky because her team had to inform the US military that she was escaping so they wouldn’t mistake her boat for an alleged narco boat and bomb it.
Full Story: bit.ly/3XJXIsh
Full Story: bit.ly/3XJXIsh
December 11, 2025 at 2:22 AM
What a mess.
The gold crown worked.
Trump administration will highlight South Korea & Israel as "model allies" in its forthcoming National Defense Strategy, per Nikkei Asia. By contrast, Japan — host to 54,000 U.S. troops — & Australia, member of AUKUS and Five Eyes, will not receive the designation. asia.nikkei.com/spotlight/tr...
Trump's National Defense Strategy to hail South Korea as 'model ally'
Seoul's 3.5% defense budget, shipyards pledge suit 'partners' over 'dependents' US vision
asia.nikkei.com
December 5, 2025 at 2:35 AM
The gold crown worked.
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And more benefits of science.
Multiple large natural experiments have documented Shingles vaccine is linked with ~20-25% reduced risk of dementia and Alzheimer's disease. A new report today adds to that and extends the to slowing the progression of dementia @cellcellpress.bsky.social
www.cell.com/cell/fulltex...
www.cell.com/cell/fulltex...
December 2, 2025 at 7:12 PM
And more benefits of science.
And we have science to thank for this.
Currently dorking out over this graph about child mortality with my brother. Just mind boggling to take in.
December 2, 2025 at 7:11 PM
And we have science to thank for this.
Am I going to have to cancel the NYT now? This is just horrific ass kissery.
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This is profoundly irresponsible by AGSulzberger’s NYT, @by-cjewett.bsky.social +eds.
The normalization, “view-from-nowhere”, “born-yesterday”, stenography, “both-sides”, irresponsible headline are disgraceful.
THE story is the CDC&FDA are being destroyed by antiscience & Americans will die.
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This is profoundly irresponsible by AGSulzberger’s NYT, @by-cjewett.bsky.social +eds.
The normalization, “view-from-nowhere”, “born-yesterday”, stenography, “both-sides”, irresponsible headline are disgraceful.
THE story is the CDC&FDA are being destroyed by antiscience & Americans will die.
1/n
November 30, 2025 at 1:10 AM
Am I going to have to cancel the NYT now? This is just horrific ass kissery.
@joshuamoehling.bsky.social I raced through book 1 and 2 of Moehling's Ben Packard series. Just starting book 3, A Long Time Gone, and am already sad that I'll probably have to wait for book 4.
November 25, 2025 at 4:35 PM
@joshuamoehling.bsky.social I raced through book 1 and 2 of Moehling's Ben Packard series. Just starting book 3, A Long Time Gone, and am already sad that I'll probably have to wait for book 4.
I admit it, I was mad that Tom was moving over to NJ-11 to run for Congress. I liked having him as our congressman, but my husband said, don't we want him back in congress? We do! 1/
We need a Congress that will protect the Constitution & build prosperity from the bottom up, not the billionaire down.
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Malinowski for New Jersey
YouTube video by Team Account
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November 7, 2025 at 5:51 PM
I admit it, I was mad that Tom was moving over to NJ-11 to run for Congress. I liked having him as our congressman, but my husband said, don't we want him back in congress? We do! 1/
I'm so sad about this--these guys were great.
I was laid off from Teen Vogue today along with multiple other staffers, and today is my last day.
certainly more to come from me when the dust has settled more, but to my knowledge, after today, there will be no politics staffers at Teen Vogue.
certainly more to come from me when the dust has settled more, but to my knowledge, after today, there will be no politics staffers at Teen Vogue.
November 3, 2025 at 8:17 PM
I'm so sad about this--these guys were great.
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Three times in the past two weeks, editorials at the 'Washington Post' failed to disclose that they focused on matters in which owner Jeff Bezos had a material interest.
'Washington Post' editorials omit a key disclosure: Bezos' financial ties
Three times in the past two weeks, editorials at the 'Washington Post' failed to disclose that they focused on matters in which owner Jeff Bezos had a material interest.
n.pr
October 28, 2025 at 11:54 AM
Three times in the past two weeks, editorials at the 'Washington Post' failed to disclose that they focused on matters in which owner Jeff Bezos had a material interest.
SchoolHouse Rock - No More Kings
YouTube video by tennesseejed93
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October 18, 2025 at 12:05 PM
Our NJ guys are on this list.
October 10, 2025 at 1:47 AM
Our NJ guys are on this list.
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Our plane to Spain is in the air!
🙌🙌
Thank you so much to the countless people supporting us in every way and in particular all of the Rutgers students and faculty who have supported us every step of the way.
🙌🙌
Thank you so much to the countless people supporting us in every way and in particular all of the Rutgers students and faculty who have supported us every step of the way.
October 10, 2025 at 12:42 AM
Our plane to Spain is in the air!
🙌🙌
Thank you so much to the countless people supporting us in every way and in particular all of the Rutgers students and faculty who have supported us every step of the way.
🙌🙌
Thank you so much to the countless people supporting us in every way and in particular all of the Rutgers students and faculty who have supported us every step of the way.
Is this what you want for your country!
A man was just chased and arrested outside of the Broadview ICE facility in Chicago. When legal observers from the National Lawyers Guild asked why, an agent threatened to arrest them too.
September 28, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Is this what you want for your country!
A little read to refresh yourself.
The other night I took a late night taxi from the airport & my driver was from Sudan. We got to talking, & he asked what I do - he is a sports journalist who writes about soccer & has been to many World Cups - so I explained what I write...
June 5, 2025 at 2:19 PM
A little read to refresh yourself.
This is what I know about her reason for turning independent--but if I understand her --she is angry at the big dogs in the Dem party--I am, too--both on the national level and in my state of NJ. I see them determined to support terrible candidates, while abandoning good ones.
NEW: Former Biden press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre leaves Democratic Party
Former Biden press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre leaves Democratic Party
The former White House press secretary will detail President Biden's 2024 campaign departure in her new book.
www.axios.com
June 5, 2025 at 2:07 PM
This is what I know about her reason for turning independent--but if I understand her --she is angry at the big dogs in the Dem party--I am, too--both on the national level and in my state of NJ. I see them determined to support terrible candidates, while abandoning good ones.
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I said it would get worse very quickly. By tomorrow we will have completed the most dangerous & frightening 24 hours thus far of Trump 2.0. Just to name a few:
1. Defiance of a court order by sending migrants to Sudan without due process (despite clear DP decision SCOTUS) & Dist. CT. order.
1. Defiance of a court order by sending migrants to Sudan without due process (despite clear DP decision SCOTUS) & Dist. CT. order.
May 21, 2025 at 2:03 AM
I said it would get worse very quickly. By tomorrow we will have completed the most dangerous & frightening 24 hours thus far of Trump 2.0. Just to name a few:
1. Defiance of a court order by sending migrants to Sudan without due process (despite clear DP decision SCOTUS) & Dist. CT. order.
1. Defiance of a court order by sending migrants to Sudan without due process (despite clear DP decision SCOTUS) & Dist. CT. order.
Really good news. Did not like it thar Sesame Street was behind a paywall at HBO.
This is good news. And no, poor families do NOT have to have Netflix to access Sesame Street. Netflix will release episodes to PBS the *same day* they drop on Netflix, which is significantly better than the prior deal with HBO, which delayed episodes for 9 MONTHS before porting them over to PBS.
“Sesame Street” has found itself a new home.
Netflix announced that the decades-old public educational television program will premiere its 56th season on the global streaming giant, along with 90 hours of previous episodes.
Netflix announced that the decades-old public educational television program will premiere its 56th season on the global streaming giant, along with 90 hours of previous episodes.
May 19, 2025 at 6:31 PM
Really good news. Did not like it thar Sesame Street was behind a paywall at HBO.
What's the point of doing this? Not cool.
Biden ‘failed this country’ by seeking second term, says Beto O’Rourke https://twp.ai/4inlWA
www.theguardian.com
Biden ‘failed this country’ by seeking second term, says Beto O’Rourke
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May 19, 2025 at 6:30 PM
What's the point of doing this? Not cool.
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“Ethically rather mean-spirited” has aged like the finest wine as a critique of the material and its creator
Remember that time Ursula K. Leguin called JK Rowling a basic ass nasty bitch?
May 11, 2025 at 9:22 PM
“Ethically rather mean-spirited” has aged like the finest wine as a critique of the material and its creator
He wasn’t protesting . He was attempting to serve the CEO of this private facility that opened illegally.
Breaking News: Newark's mayor, Ras Baraka, was arrested while he and three members of Congress from New Jersey were protesting at an immigration detention center in the city. He was taken to an ICE facility in Newark, his aides said. nyti.ms/3Z680Un
May 10, 2025 at 1:41 AM
He wasn’t protesting . He was attempting to serve the CEO of this private facility that opened illegally.
Mayor of Newark Baraka is released.
May 9, 2025 at 11:52 PM
Mayor of Newark Baraka is released.
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She’s out!! They have released Ozturk from ICE custody!
May 9, 2025 at 10:24 PM
She’s out!! They have released Ozturk from ICE custody!
Could elected Dems please stop this. It's making me hate them.
That Dem PA State Senator that won a special election in Lancaster (first D in 160 years)? Week 1 on the job and he abandons trans kids for a purely symbolic vote
www.witf.org/2025/05/06/p...
www.witf.org/2025/05/06/p...
Pa. Senate passes bill banning trans girls and women from school sports | WITF
After an hour-and-a-half of heated debate, the Pennsylvania Senate on Tuesday passed a bill to ban transgender women and girls from joining women& […]
www.witf.org
May 7, 2025 at 5:49 PM
Could elected Dems please stop this. It's making me hate them.