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Bruno J. Navarro @brunojnavarro.bsky.social · 1d

it’s a theory the way gravity is a theory

Chris Kluwe @chriswarcraft.bsky.social · 3d

I don’t think we can call it “pedocon *theory*” anymore, the evidence is in, the hypothesis has been proven, the peer reviews are in

Mike Stabile @mikestabile.bsky.social · 3d

JFC. Ron DeHaas, founder of the Christian antiporn app Covenant Eyes, has stepped down from NCOSE after his 38-year old son was charged with sexual abuse of a child.

Covenant Eyes is the app used by House Speaker Mike Johnson and his son to monitor each other's internet behavior.

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Bruno J. Navarro @brunojnavarro.bsky.social · 3d

What if the connection between reactionary MAGA politics and the sexual abuse of children is deeper than we want to admit?

The name for this idea is pedocon theory. — @sjshancoxli.liberalcurrents.com

www.liberalcurrents.com/we-need-to-t...

woman seated on the floor with a mug in hand: The GOP isn't a political party?

another woman but with a chimpanzee photo where her head would be: No, they are pedocons.
Pedocons are a menace that seek to molest kids
This is what the GOP is, kids are who they molest

@monkey27yearban

After all, Donald Trump is hardly the only Republican pedophile. Dennis Hastert, Republican Speaker of the House, was a pedophile. Roy Moore, Republican Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Alabama, was a pedophile. R.J. May, Republican State Representative, was a pedophile.
John Jessup, Republican County
Commissioner, was a pedophile. Mark Foley, Republican Member of Congress, sent sexually explicit messages to teenagers. Matt Gaetz, Republican
Member of Congress, had sex with a 17 year old—count that one if you like.
Edward Coristine, one of Elon Musk's handpicked DOGE staffers, founded an image-sharing website tailor-made for sharing child porn. The list goes on and on.

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🏳️‍⚧️ Josephine Riesman (Horrifying) @josie.zone · 43m

Oh so they're going full Mengele now

HELLody SchreiBOO @melodyschreiber.com · 2h

The entire HR department at the CDC is gone. Everyone at the IRB, which makes sure studies are conducted ethically and rigorously, and the ethics office, which oversee conflicts of interest for CDC leaders and advisory committee members, were also let go.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

‘Instability and confusion’ as CDC slashes 1,300 jobs before reinstating half

Trump administration says 700 notices were sent in error, while top CDC officer says ‘they didn’t think through what they were doing’

www.theguardian.com

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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 46m

As another Jewish woman in the industry, I can clear this up: It's due to her being an asshole.

Justin Baragona @justinbaragona.bsky.social · 1h

Fox News host Emily Compagno claims that the backlash to Bari Weiss being named CBS News editor-in-chief is due to her being Jewish:

"This kind of thing would make me laugh if there was not an antisemitic thread in there."

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BNO News @bnonews.com · 41m

Michael D’Angelo Archer, the Grammy Award-winning singer who helped define the neo-soul movement of the late 1990s and the early 2000s with hits such as 'Untitled (How Does It Feel),' died in New York on Tuesday after a battle with pancreatic cancer. He was 51. bnonews.com/index.php/20...

D’Angelo, neo-soul icon behind ‘Untitled (How Does It Feel),’ dead at 51

Michael D’Angelo Archer, the Grammy Award-winning singer who helped define the neo-soul movement of the late 1990s and the early 2000s with hits such as ‘Untitled (How Does It Feel),’ died in New York...

bnonews.com

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Jetzero Infinity @ Snobby Black Weeb @jetzeroinfinity.bsky.social · 19h

...Huh. So I kinda noticed it this morning when watching an episode of My-Dress Up Darling, and assumed it was just a carryover from that show predating this season, but I'm watching ep of of Plus-Sized Misadventures and it looks like CR has fully returned to using Aegisubs

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Lyz @lyz.bsky.social · 2h

It’s time, beyond time, really, I’m leaving Substack. I didn’t do it before because I had no other income to rely on. I don’t think abandoning spaces is always the right answer but sometimes it’s necessary www.patreon.com/posts/why-i-...

Why I am leaving Substack | Men Yell at Me by Lyz Lenz

www.patreon.com

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Seth Cotlar @sethcotlar.bsky.social · 1h

Who would have thought that 25 times as many people would be getting their daily news updates from a Boston College history professor (Heather Cox Richardson, who has 2.5 million subscribers) than from the Washington Post.

karl rove knausgård @uhactually.bsky.social · 20h

Lmao WaPo has fewer than 100K circulation now. It turns out “alienate your liberal subscriber base” is not a good strategy when the Republicans also hate you. www.forbes.com/sites/andyme...

The Washington Post Is Running Out Of Readers Willing To Pay

Once a titan of American journalism, The Washington Post now struggles to reach even 100,000 print subscribers most days.

www.forbes.com

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jj skolnik @modernistwitch.myatproto.social · 50m

katherine dee is herself a reactionary who has written for TERF blog fairer disputations. her bio there cites her work at american conservative, unherd, and the washington examiner. interesting how the bio she chose here doesn’t reflect that bias. the work itself features no actual citations

GQ @gqmagazine.bsky.social · 1d

Is hard-right streamer Nick Fuentes winning over women on the left? Writer Katherine Dee investigates www.gq.com/story/nick-f...

Is Nick Fuentes Winning Over Women on the Left?

There are the Tumblr “Nickstorians” and sincere fanfics. But are young, liberal, possibly irony-poisoned women fetishizing or even falling for the hard-right streamer with the “groyper” following? Wri...

www.gq.com

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paris martineau @paris.nyc · 1h

two of the products we tested — Huel's Black Edition meal replacement powder and Naked Nutrition's vegan mass gainer — had enough lead that our experts caution against using them at all

a single serving of these protein powders contained between 1,200 and 1,600% of CR’s level of concern for lead

Two plant-based protein powders contained enough lead that our experts advise against consuming them. Naked Nutrition’s Mass Gainer powder contained 7.7 micrograms of lead per serving, which is roughly 1,570 percent of CR’s level of concern for the heavy metal. One serving of Huel’s Black Edition powder contained 6.3 micrograms of lead, or about 1,290 percent of CR’s daily lead limit.

Two other powders contained lead between 400 and 600 percent of CR’s level of concern: Garden of Life’s Sport Organic Plant-Based Protein and Momentous’ 100% Plant Protein. Consumers should limit these to once a week, Akinleye says. (See company responses below.)

The only non-plant-based protein powder with lead detected at over 200 percent of CR’s level of concern was MuscleMeds’ Carnivor Mass powder. Six additional plant-based powders, five dairy-based powders and shakes, and one beef powder contained lead above CR’s level of concern.

We also found measurable levels of cadmium and inorganic arsenic in some products. One serving of Huel’s Black Edition plant-based protein powder contained 9.2 micrograms of cadmium, more than double the level that public health authorities and CR’s experts say may be harmful to have daily, which is 4.1 micrograms.

Another plant-based option, Vega’s Premium Sport powder, had enough cadmium that one serving would also put you just over that level. In one dairy-based product, Optimum Nutrition’s Serious Mass whey protein powder, we also detected 8.5 micrograms per serving of inorganic arsenic, which is twice the limit of what our scientists say is safe to consume daily.

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paris martineau @paris.nyc · 1h

the results of this investigation surprised me. since CR last tested protein supplements in 2010, protein mania has swept the nation. protein isolates (the key ingredient in supplements) are in everything these days, from pasta to starbucks cold foam

but as the industry has grown, so have the risks

Why We Tested Protein Powders and Shakes. Since our last tests
of protein powders 15 years ago, protein has become the centerpiece of the wellness craze. Heavy metals were widespread in protein supplements back then, and today, they’re even worse.

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Sarah Hayden @wearyourshaydes.bsky.social · 39m

chat, is it good if a sizeable portion of the voting public most likely has lead poisoning

paris martineau @paris.nyc · 1h

my latest investigation for @consumerreports.org is based on months of reporting and 60+ lab tests of leading protein supplements

we found that most protein powders and shakes have more lead in one serving than our experts say is safe to have in a day (🧵)

www.consumerreports.org/lead/protein...

Protein Powders and Shakes Contain High Levels of Lead - Consumer Reports

CR tests of 23 popular protein powders and shakes found that most contain high levels of lead.

www.consumerreports.org

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weapo @weapo.bsky.social · 2h

Pouring one out for Drew Struzan.
Here are his sexy George Lucas paintings.

Drew Struzan painting of a young George Lucas, with perfectly coiffed hair, holding a camera over his shoulder. He is surrounded by Star Wars characters.

Drew Struzan painting of a distinguished George Lucas, flanked by Darth Vader, Luke Skywalker, and Indiana Jones.

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Izandra 🔪🩸 @izandra.bsky.social · 30m

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Alan Sepinwall @sepinwall.bsky.social · 39m

A master.

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WIRED @wired.com · 39m

With just $800 in basic equipment, researchers found a stunning variety of data—including thousands of T-Mobile users’ calls and texts and even US military communications—sent by satellites unencrypted.

Read more: www.google.com/url?q=https:...

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Izandra 🔪🩸 @izandra.bsky.social · 11h

This might be favorite yet. But he didn’t post it here? Only on twitter? I only happened to see it cause I was checking something on FB briefly. To think I almost missed this.

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Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 3h

“It took me 15 minutes to reach customer service. The representative advised me that the wait was due to people protesting Publix’s gun policy.”

Publix idiocy
I called Publix to advise them that my family, with two households that spend more than $1,000 a week, would no longer shop there.
It took me 15 minutes to reach customer service. The representative advised me that the wait was due to people protesting Publix's gun policy. I pointed out the idiocy of the logic that they were just following Florida law, when that law allows private businesses to ban firearms on their property.
We will do our grocery shopping at Whole Foods, Target, Aldi, Costco, Walmart or Trader Joe's.
David J. Kingsley, Plantation

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Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 3h

“Editor’s Note: The Sun Sentinel values the views of our readers. We received many letters about the decision by Publix to allow customers to openly carry guns in its stores. We invite many more of you to send us your opinions, too”

Packing heat in Publix makes no sense | Letters to the editor

Readers respond to Publix’s decision to allow customers to openly carry their guns in its supermarkets.

www.sun-sentinel.com

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Izandra 🔪🩸 @izandra.bsky.social · 3h

Damn, it’s POURING

Good thing I asked to wfh today, the street currents are no joke

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Robert Evans (the Only Robert Evans) @iwriteok.bsky.social · 19h

Lee Pace in The Fall is the result of a decades-long experiment to see what happens if all the hotness for an entire generation is concentrated in the body of a single man

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Izandra 🔪🩸 @izandra.bsky.social · 11h

This might be favorite yet. But he didn’t post it here? Only on twitter? I only happened to see it cause I was checking something on FB briefly. To think I almost missed this.

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Meg Rowley @megrowler.fangraphs.com · 1d

Italian-Americans who stan Columbus are so embarrassing, even by the standards of Italian-Americans, a people prone to embarrassing conduct. Like, be weirdly off putting about the merits of various pasta shapes like the rest of us, good god.

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Bill Corbett @billcorbett.bsky.social · 13h

Ta-Nehisi Coates speaking to Ezra Klein. Quote: "Was silence not an option?"

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Fat Kid Deals @fatkiddeals.com · 1d

This Dominos is in an old Pizza Hut building 😭😭

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