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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 17h

ZERO arrests at No Kings in NYC. (And the NYPD isn’t notorious for being sympathetic with people anti-Trump.)

This proves what shameless liars Speaker Mike Johnson & Karoline Leavitt are to slander the participants as violent anarchists.

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Rima I Anabtawi @rimaanabtawi.bsky.social · 1d

BREAKING: (gift story) Jeffrey Epstein skied with, had dinners with, a former top Florida prosecutor who worked on his sweetheart plea deal, new docs show.
@jkbjournalist.bsky.social

www.miamiherald.com/news/local/c...

Epstein had dinners with a top Florida prosecutor on his case, docs show

Matthew Menchel, who spearheaded Jeffrey Epstein’s 2007 criminal prosecution, left the DOJ in 2007 to take a job as a trial lawyer at Kobre & Kim. Epstein’s calendars show Menchel met with Epstein in ...

www.miamiherald.com

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☠️deadward niedermurder☠️ @niedermeyer.online · 1d

the whole point of mass protest is to demonstrate overwhelming opposition to the political direction, at a scale that can't be cracked down on

dress comfortably and stay away from anyone inciting violence, but don't let clout chasers scare you into losing sight of how the basic concept works

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Ali Davis @alidavis.bsky.social · 3d

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

NLG Know Your Rights reminder: Shut the f*** up!

YouTube video by National Lawyers Guild, Detroit & MI

www.youtube.com

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Raffi Melkonian @rmfifthcircuit.bsky.social · 3d

My super modern regulatory plan is that any entity named for a thing from Tolkien has to publicly explain why Tolkien wouldn’t immediately throw it into Mount Doom

Tony Tassell @tonytassell.bsky.social · 3d

Tolkein continues to resonate. The new bank being set up by Palmer Luckey and backed by Peter Thiel is named Erebor after the “lonely mountain” in The Hobbit. This was also an interesting line in this rpt on the new bank by @tabbykinder.bsky.social www.ft.com/content/202d...

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Nature Portfolio @natureportfolio.nature.com · 4d

A paper in Nature Communication reports on a new method to produce strong, biodegradable plastic from bamboo. The bioplastic resembles oil-based plastics in strength, shapeability, and thermal stability but can biodegrade in soil within 50 days. go.nature.com/4h1xv0X 🧪

This is figure 5, which shows processability and formability of BM-plastics for diverse products.

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Ali Davis @alidavis.bsky.social · 3d

Gobsmacked. Astonished. Flabbergasted.

www.thedailybeast.com/furious-maga...

Furious MAGA Customers Say They Got ‘Scammed’ by Trump Watches

The majority of reviewers on Trustpilot gave Trump Watches one star.

www.thedailybeast.com

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 3d

"Adding to the train wreck, Halligan’s appointment as US attorney may not even be legal, meaning that the indictment is a legal nullity … which may actually be the least embarrassing outcome here for the Justice Department." — @lizdye.bsky.social

The 1,287,923 defects in the Comey case ... so far

Welcome to the Rocket Docket, Lindsey Halligan!

www.publicnotice.co

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Matt Round @mattround.com · 4d

OpenAI’s strategy is very clear, it’s trying to get people - especially young people - so reliant on its products intellectually & emotionally (& now sexually!) that going without them becomes unthinkable. And they need signs of that strategy working to keep the funding flowing in

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Aubrey Hirsch @aubreyhirsch.bsky.social · 4d

Did you know that if you buy my book on Amazon, Jeff Bezos makes 5 times as much as I do on each copy sold? Sharing some behind-the-scenes book math on why buying directly from presses is best for EVERYONE (except Bezos) in my newsletter today! aubreyhirsch.substack.com/p/book-math

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Ali Davis @alidavis.bsky.social · 4d

I am genuinely wondering if this partially explains the far-right indoctrination that happens in a lot of hardcore fitness groups.

paris martineau @paris.nyc · 4d

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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Jess Nevins @jessnevins.bsky.social · 4d

People knew how to write headlines, once upon a time.

Tell children today that, they won't believe you.

Newspaper website headline: "Blind bisexual goose named Thomas who spent six years in a love triangle with two swans and helped raise 68 babies dies at the ripe old age of 40."

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Chanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 @chanda.blacksky.app · 19d

This should be repeated constantly:
"In three years, roughly a tenth of US energy demand will come from data centers alone."

We need to have a real response to this!!
www.nplusonemag.com/issue-51/the...

Large Language Muddle | The Editors

The AI upheaval is unique in its ability to metabolize any number of dread-inducing transformations. The university is becoming more corporate, more politically oppressive, and all but hostile to the ...

www.nplusonemag.com

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Ali Davis @alidavis.bsky.social · 5d

Yes, that tracks.

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Ali Davis @alidavis.bsky.social · 5d

Are you witchy?

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Ali Davis @alidavis.bsky.social · 5d

I don't know who turned me on to cardamom Quik Tea, but thank you.

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Paul Eric Scannell @pauleric70.bsky.social · 6d

Arizona’s representative is officially a tourist in DC. Three other members of Congress have been sworn in, in less than 24 hours. She’s been waiting weeks now.

The speaker is a sniveling weasel P3DO protector.

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Courtney E. Thompson @cethompson.bsky.social · 6d

Just think of how many TT faculty lines, graduate stipends, and resources for teaching and research this kind of money could buy...

Nathan Kalman-Lamb @nkalamb.bsky.social · 6d

the more things change, the more they stay the same in college football (coaches being showered in cash for not working)

Firings so far this season by Arkansas, Oklahoma State, Oregon State, Penn State, UAB, UCLA and Virginia Tech have those schools committed to buyouts totaling $93.9 million, subject to mitigation and offset, but not including amounts that also will be owed to assistant coaches

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Dan the Gnome @brewergnome.bsky.social · 6d

This is happening right now, to a friend of mine in Chicago. This is a peaceful area, with no previous unrest or crime problem. Just people trying to live their lives. My heart hurts. They're having conversations no family should have to have.

A white box with text. "Y'all. They're tear gassing my neighborhood. Right by the place we get hummus from. Right by where we get the extra large pizzas for sleep overs. Tell your people."

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Classical Studies Memes for Hellenistic Teens @csmfht.bsky.social · 8d

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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 8d

in 2011, the president of antifa hired me to give fashion consultancy to the organization. i recommended everyone wear navy suits with tan shoes, dress sneakers, and golf polos with slim chinos. if you arrested everyone today wearing these things, you'd destroy antifa