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George Conway 🇺🇸🚫👑🐸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 1d

OldeNaturalist @oldenaturalist.bsky.social · 7h

As with everything RFK says, these "statistics" come straight from his arse. He's a talking crazy Facebook group.

These press conferences need to be fact-checked in real time with subtitles. Although
they could just display FALSE and leave it there the whole time.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 9h

RFK Jr: "Today the average teenager in this country has 50% of the sperm count, 50% of the testosterone of a 65 year old man. Our girls are hitting puberty 6 years early ... our parents aren't having children."

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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 13h

British.

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Chantzy @chantzy.bsky.social · 15h

Once again, a music magazine is doing a better job reporting on the state of public health than public health orgs

Rolling Stone @rollingstone.com · 18h

Long Covid Is Real — And It’s Changing an Entire Generation

Hundreds of thousands of kids in America are struggling with an illness that many doctors and schools refuse to recognize.e

Feature: www.rollingstone.com/culture/cult...

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RTÉ News @news.rte.ie · 14h

The Ukrainian embassy has said it is providing consular assistance to the family of the Ukrainian teenager who was stabbed to death at an emergency residential care unit in Dublin yesterday

Ukraine in contact with family of teen killed in Dublin

The Ukrainian embassy has said it is providing consular assistance to the family of the Ukrainian teenager who was stabbed to death at an emergency residential care unit in Dublin yesterday.

www.rte.ie

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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 1d

the year is 2030. a doctor solemnly informs you that you have plastic in your testicles bc millions of people persuaded by celebrity marketing bought synthetic pubic hairs that were eventually consumed by fish that you ate

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The Marshall Project @themarshallproject.org · 1d

Directors Andrew Jarecki and Charlotte Kaufman built much of the documentary from footage that incarcerated men secretly recorded with contraband cell phones. As a result, the film offers an unfiltered view inside a system where overcrowding, untreated addiction and violence are routine.

How Filmmakers Uncovered ‘Embarrassment of Horrors’ In Alabama Prisons

The directors of ‘The Alabama Solution’ discuss their piercing new documentary and what they hope people will take away from the film.

www.themarshallproject.org

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James Fallows @jfallows.bsky.social · 15h

Where we stand, in long arc of history:

-Story on left, adding race as a factor when that favors white people.

-Story on right, banning race as a factor when that favors non-whites.

I often complain about NYT headlines and story-play. But these are strong. Including "If Court Guts 1965 Law."

Two headlines on front page of NYT.

First is "Trump Weighs Transforming Refugee Policy. White People Would be Given Preference."

Second is "Justices May Ban Race as a Factor in District Maps. Nation's Political Balance Could Shift If Court Guts 1964 Law."

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OldeNaturalist @oldenaturalist.bsky.social · 18h

Seems to be re-infecting within weeks too!

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Esther @elhopkins.bsky.social · 21h

We are in a big Covid wave but according to UKHSA we have ‘high levels of population immunity’🫠

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Saikat for Congress @saikatforcongress.bsky.social · 1d

Crime has been going down in San Francisco at a dramatic pace. Our homicide rates are among the lowest in the country.

And we saw in Chicago that sending the military into the city takes resources AWAY from local police. Doing this will make things worse, not better.

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OldeNaturalist @oldenaturalist.bsky.social · 20h

This current strain of Covid seems a bit weird. I now know two people that have got reinfected within a month.

@chrischirp.bsky.social

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Tim Dickinson @timdickinson.bsky.social · 1d

Un-presidented brass band at city hall in Portland tonight celebrating the release of their clarinet player from federal custody

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Molly Jong-Fast @mollyjongfast.bsky.social · 1d

Solidarity is the only way

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Mamdani: "I just want to speak directly to the president. I will not be a mayor like Mayor Adams who will call you to stay out of jail. I won't be a disgraced governor like Andrew Cuomo who will call you to ask how to win this election. I can do those things on my own."

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Prospect Magazine @prospectmagazine.co.uk · 23h

THE PITT won best drama at the Emmys. It’s been the talk of the televisual year in America… But you still can’t watch it in the UK.

@imogenwk.bsky.social on a streaming anomaly:

The best TV show you can’t watch

‘The Pitt’ was one of the success stories of the recent Emmy awards. So why, in this era of always-streamable shows, is it unavailable in the UK?

www.prospectmagazine.co.uk

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Chris Hendel @chrishendel.bsky.social · 1d

“We are monitoring carefully what is going on, but we are really worried about the domino effect of certain messages which we don’t think are following science.”

US vaccine misinformation is having “frightening” ripple effect in Europe, leaders warn
via @bmj.com
www.bmj.com/content/391/...

US vaccine misinformation is having “frightening” ripple effect in Europe, leaders warn

Vaccine misinformation and disinformation being spread in the US—including by senior politicians—is affecting patients and researchers in Europe, experts have warned. Speaking at the World Vaccine Co...

www.bmj.com

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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 23h

Bank bonuses to high earners to be paid faster after UK regulators loosen rules, another post-2008 crash change watered down.

Will impede ability to withhold bonus for poor performance.

If the poor, disabled, sick, old could fund political parties, hand jobs to legislators, they too may be heard.

Banker bonuses to be paid faster after UK regulators loosen rules

Bank of England and Financial Conduct Authority reduce deferral period from eight years to four

www.theguardian.com

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VC @vgc1720.bsky.social · 23h

This is false, and misleading.

I helped fight this mask ban in my state and I know the bill very well.

Ppl love to use this as an excuse not to mask in NC, but I see maskers out and about all the time in my state.

October Witch Chick @celticdragon1.bsky.social · 2d

Just a note that you cannot wear a mask in public in NC unless you specifically have a health issue and that's up to the discretion of the police. They don't have to believe you and if you are at a protest, it's a felony upgrade if you are arrested for anything.

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Justin @sitkaworldsfair.bsky.social · 1d

BTW in addition to being grotesque, the watches sold under the "Trump" brand for $500 to well over $1000 are mostly just generic imitations of Rolex and high-end Swiss watches, available from a million vendors on Alibaba/AliExpress for $10-40 apiece.

Comparison of Trump watch for $499 and an identical copy (probably from the same factory) for $12.76

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 1d

(AP) — 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 further from the seat of its power.

@apnews.com
apnews.com/article/pent...

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Ken Vogel @kenvogel.bsky.social · 1d

Your tax dollars at work:

The Department of Homeland Security has spent $51m on ads promoting Trump's mass deportation agenda, including ads featuring Kristi Noem in a series of direct-to-camera videos, reports @axios.com.

U.S. government pays for 2025's most expensive political ad campaign

The next closest ad campaign is the $41 million effort to support California's redistricting measure.

www.axios.com

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ACLU @aclu.org · 1d

We're taking to the streets this Saturday at hundreds of protests nationwide to reject the Trump administration's attacks on our rights.

Find a No Kings protest near you at nokings.org?SQF_SOURCE=a...

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Robby Roadsteamer @roadsteamer.bsky.social · 1d

🚨 *Breaking News* Robby Roadsteamer has been detained by ICE Portland after singing Rod Stewart with the Portland Frog! We need your help!

Please support Robby's campaign and lawyer fees at robbyroadsteamer.com link on bio 💙🦒🦒🦒

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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 1d

ICE just arrested a singing giraffe in Portland.

Robby Roadsteamer @roadsteamer.bsky.social · 1d

🚨 *Breaking News* Robby Roadsteamer has been detained by ICE Portland after singing Rod Stewart with the Portland Frog! We need your help!

Please support Robby's campaign and lawyer fees at robbyroadsteamer.com link on bio 💙🦒🦒🦒

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