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Rob from Maryland @peromyscus.bsky.social · 1d

This will not be completely offset by the Social Security increase

U.S. Inflation Picked Up to 3% politicalwire.com/2025/10/24/u...

U.S. Inflation Picked Up to 3%

“Consumer prices rose 3.0% in September from a year earlier, the Labor Department said Friday, hotter than August’s increase of 2.9%,” the Wall Street Journal reports. “Economists and policymakers are...

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Rob from Maryland @peromyscus.bsky.social · 1d

Here's some good news

Social Security Recipients Get 2.8% Boost politicalwire.com/2025/10/24/s...

Social Security Recipients Get 2.8% Boost

Millions of Social Security recipients will see a 2.8 percent cost-of-living increase in their monthly checks next year, the Washington Post reports.

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Gwen Pearson @bug-gwen.bsky.social · 2d

Entomologists have been saying this for a while, but new evidence published confirms: Joro spiders are not a major health risk. See original thread for link to research papers

Entomological Society of America @entsocamerica.bsky.social · 2d

A pair of new studies in ESA journals offer some reassuring findings about Jorō spiders:

“These spiders are easy to manage and pose a minimal health risk.”

Studies show Joro spiders are easy to kill and virtually harmless

David Coyle, associate professor of forest health and invasive species at Clemson University, recently co-authored two papers addressing some key public

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Pauline Brock @paulinebrock.bsky.social · 1d

Good morning from this White-breasted Nuthatch.
#PhotoHour #Photography #Nature #Birds

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Brian Peterson @drbrianpet.bsky.social · 1d

surveillance technology...is now being used to investigate protesters

facial recognition
iris-scanning
spyware
smartphone location and social media tracking system

license plate reader
without a warrant

#ICE
#MAGA
#Gestapo

reason.com/2025/10/23/i...

ICE is mounting a mass surveillance campaign on American citizens

Without strict oversight, the agency’s new technology threatens Americans’ free speech and privacy.

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ksrnow @ksrnow.bsky.social · 2d

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Rob from Maryland @peromyscus.bsky.social · 1d

Maybe he should shuffle out of the race?

Graham Platner Reshuffles Campaign politicalwire.com/2025/10/23/g...

Graham Platner Reshuffles Campaign

“Graham Platner is shaking up his campaign amid a swirl of controversy, bringing in a longtime friend to function as his Maine Senate campaign’s new manager, hiring a compliance firm and sending non-d...

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Rob from Maryland @peromyscus.bsky.social · 1d

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The East Wing Is Completely Gone politicalwire.com/2025/10/23/t...

The East Wing Is Completely Gone

The entire White House East Wing has been demolished as President Trump moves forward with a ballroom construction, the AP reports. The two-story structure of drawing rooms and offices, including a wa...

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Rob from Maryland @peromyscus.bsky.social · 1d

Better at what?

Trump Says He's Better Than Washington and Lincoln politicalwire.com/2025/10/23/t...

Trump Says He's Better Than Washington and Lincoln

President Trump couldn’t help but favorably compare himself to George Washington and Abraham Lincoln in a rambling speech in the Rose Garden, the Daily Beast reports. Said Trump: "Hey, they didn’t put...

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Katie Harbath @katieharbath.bsky.social · 2d

Picture of the East Wing demolition of the White House taken on my flight out of DCA.

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Jen Bendery @jbendery.bsky.social · 1d

Here's a list of the dozens of CEOs, real estate moguls, defense contractors, telecom companies, Big Tech companies, crypto guys and otherwise really rich people financing the construction of Trump's ballroom as he demolishes the White House www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-...

All The Donors Financing Trump’s Ballroom As He Demolishes The White House

Trump may have destroyed American history by razing the East Wing, but at least these corporations and rich people get to buy access to the president.

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Geoffrey A. Fowler @geoffreyfowler.bsky.social · 3d

ChatGPT’s new Atlas browser doesn’t just see what you read — it remembers it.

@eff.org’s Lena Cohen showed me it even logged “memories” of her looking for *abortion care* and her doctor’s name. Out-surveils even Chrome.

My @washingtonpost.com column: wapo.st/49bOcVC

Column | ChatGPT just came out with its own web browser. Use it with caution.

OpenAI’s Atlas promises AI-powered convenience. The price? Letting ChatGPT track and store “memories” of what you do online.

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Ian Coldwater 👻🌿 @lookitup.baby · 2d

Friends don’t let friends use this privacy violating nightmare. Just say no! Not even once!

Geoffrey A. Fowler @geoffreyfowler.bsky.social · 3d

ChatGPT’s new Atlas browser doesn’t just see what you read — it remembers it.

@eff.org’s Lena Cohen showed me it even logged “memories” of her looking for *abortion care* and her doctor’s name. Out-surveils even Chrome.

My @washingtonpost.com column: wapo.st/49bOcVC

Column | ChatGPT just came out with its own web browser. Use it with caution.

OpenAI’s Atlas promises AI-powered convenience. The price? Letting ChatGPT track and store “memories” of what you do online.

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jael holzman @jael.bsky.social · 3d

“‘Horseglue’ is a screeching call for moral clarity,” I explained in a statement to media, including @pitchfork.com about the news industry’s complicity in genocide and authoritarianism. “It is important to focus on how integral the Messengers really are, and that some of them are the 1%, too.“

Watch Ekko Astral’s Video for New Song “Horseglue”

The Washington, D.C., punk band follows its 2024 debut with “a screeching call for moral clarity”

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The Institute for Bird Populations @instbirdpop.bsky.social · 2d

🪶 It's Wednesday! Have yourself a fancy woodpecker!

This photo of a Golden-fronted Woodpecker peering into prickly pear flowers is by Peter E. Hart.

Photo of a Golden-fronted Woodpecker peering into a prickly pear flower by Peter E. Hart.

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Jeanne Timmons @mostlymammoths.bsky.social · 2d

View outside my window at work today.

A side view of a blue jay eyeing some of the seeds and peanuts on the ground. The ground is littered with red and pink leaves from the bush above. The wooden window frame is on the left side of the picture.

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Jon Cryer @mrjoncryer.bsky.social · 2d

If this had happened during a Democratic presidency Fox News would be 24 hours of nonstop “AMERICA DESECRATED!” headlines.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 3d

a live look at the demolition of the White House's East Wing for Trump's ballroom

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Rob from Maryland @peromyscus.bsky.social · 2d

in 23 minutes!!

Jon Solomon @jon.wprb.com · 3d

Again, Wednesday.

This time with radio!

Tonight on 103.3 fm WPRB from 5-8 pm ET.

listen.wprb.com

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Devin Nunes' Alt-Mom @nunesalt.bsky.social · 4d

New 20 just dropped to commemorate the Trump presidency

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Pauline Brock @paulinebrock.bsky.social · 3d

Good morning from this White-throated Sparrow.
#PhotoHour #Photography #Nature #birds #floof

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Rob from Maryland @peromyscus.bsky.social · 3d

So true!

American Birding Association @aba.org · 3d

A haunted house but it's just a bunch of silent Empids

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jenn m. jackson @jennmjacksonphd.bsky.social · 3d

I want more people to care that SNAP benefits are being cut off on November 1. 40% of SNAP beneficiaries are children. This is callous and vile.

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Chris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 3d

NEW: After The Washington Post reported Monday on the demolition of the "East Wing facade," a new picture obtained by Law Dork that was taken on Tuesday shows that a substantial portion of the entirety of the East Wing has been demolished.

Photograph of ongoing demolition of the East Wing of the White House.

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 3d

the president has destroyed the east wing of the white house without so much as a word of input from anyone else to build a royal ballroom paid for with bribes

Chris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 3d

NEW: After The Washington Post reported Monday on the demolition of the "East Wing facade," a new picture obtained by Law Dork that was taken on Tuesday shows that a substantial portion of the entirety of the East Wing has been demolished.

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Angry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 3d

The White House is asking people not to share pictures of the East Wing because it’s even worse today.

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