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Please don't base your opinion regarding the origins of COVID19 on your political affiliation. Many biologists agree, privately, that the lab leak hypothesis is the most compatible with the principle of parsimony. Blocking posters restricting reply rights.

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Grace 💙 @grace2002.bsky.social · May 20

I keep getting blocked by some deniers.
So here is the data.

Pic 1: Table of last 10 elections before 2024. For each election I record the percentage of swing states won by the winner vs his lead in the popular vote.

Pic 2: scatter plot of this data with trend line.
Trump 2024 is a clear outlier.

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Roman Piso @romanpiso.bsky.social · 21h

www.yahoo.com/news/article...

Journalists turn in access badges, exit Pentagon rather than agree to new reporting rules

Dozens of reporters turned in access badges and exited the Pentagon on Wednesday rather than agree to government-imposed restrictions on their work, pushing journalists who cover the American military...

www.yahoo.com

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The Daily Show @thedailyshow.com · 6h

When the Nazi group chat ruins your talking points

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Lincoln Democracy 🇺🇸 🇨🇦 🇲🇽 🇺🇦 @stef47.bsky.social · 8h

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Grace 💙 @grace2002.bsky.social · 3h

Little Mickey is scared of frogs.

Shit your pant, Mickey.

Grace 💙 @grace2002.bsky.social · 4h

Trump thinking: "Ah finally! How many times did I need to remind Pam! Let's deny everything! I cannot admit I'm such a revengeful crybaby!"

Trump talking: "Oh really? what a surprise!"

Grace 💙 @grace2002.bsky.social · 5h

They actually meant "delusion".

Grace 💙 @grace2002.bsky.social · 5h

Next time somebody tells you that Israel "is the only democracy in the Middle East", you'll know what to answer.

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Committee to Protect Journalists @pressfreedom.bsky.social · 2d

Israel is responsible for 95% of journalist and media worker killings in the Middle East since October 7, 2023, according to CPJ data. More than three in every four journalists and media workers killed worldwide over the past two years were Palestinians in Gaza.

cpj.org/issue/israel...

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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 8h

Penn joins MIT and Brown in saying “no” to Trump extortion move.

Penn rejects White House proposal for special funding treatment

With the decision, Penn becomes the third university to decline the offer.

www.thedp.com

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Grace 💙 @grace2002.bsky.social · 10h

Believe it or not.
The American politicians acting like the Israeli army against the inhabitants of Gaza can't seem to understand why the American people increasingly feel some empathy with the Palestinians under ethnic cleansing from Israel.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=co5c...

KRAV MAGA: IDF instructors train U.S. Soldiers

YouTube video by MilitaryNotes

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Grace 💙 @grace2002.bsky.social · 10h

KRAV MAGA: IDF instructors train U.S. Soldiers

YouTube video by MilitaryNotes

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The Lincoln Project @lincolnproject.us · 11h

Epic Freudian slip

"We fought the Nazis, we defended that evil ideology" -Mike Johnson

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CajunBlueAZ ⚜️🇺🇸 🇺🇦 @cajunblue.bsky.social · 12h

🚨The new escalation of “normal” violence includes breaking into homes, ransacking/destroying property and THEN disappearing families. 🚨🚨We. Are. Occupied. 🚨🚨
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Grace 💙 @grace2002.bsky.social · 15h

These include...
- End of gov shutdown,
- Ukraine peace deal,
- China-US deal.

As long as gold is considered by reserve banks as a long term substitute to the $, backing global trade, the rise of gold is a structural trend that can only be upended by US at the cost of decreasing their own reserves.

Grace 💙 @grace2002.bsky.social · 15h

Linear nature can be interpreted as dips immediately bought by liquidity waiting on the side.
Market participants understanding that "buying the dip" is a losing strategy and accepting the price.
Only strong fundamental changes can act as catalyst of any meaningful correction, albeit short-lived...

Grace 💙 @grace2002.bsky.social · 15h

Gold is going up against all currencies. Even CHF.

Grace 💙 @grace2002.bsky.social · 16h

Hilarious.
The world is decoupling from the US (i.e. liberated from the US since "liberation day"). Not from China.

China's exports are unequivocally on the rise globally, whilst decreasing with the US.

Does the Trump administration really not understand why the rise of gold is unstoppable?

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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 1d

"Why doesn't Chicago want us to zip-tie more naked children in the middle of the night and shove them, screaming, into vans? So ungrateful for refusing our kind, helpful offer to help!"

Pamela Jo Bondi