Nelly Bly
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Nelly Bly
@blynelly.bsky.social
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Writer / Author https://bollywoodtalk.blogspot.com/?m=1 The only effective response to neocons is to run for office. https://runforsomething.net/book/
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Will create an alternative media BlueSky list for the following:
@theguardian.com @TheNorthStar @progvoice @truthout @democracynow @Salon @Truthdig @grist @theintercept @TheRealNews @slate @TPM @thenation @motherjones
@alternet @benjaminpdixon @gaslitnation @freespeechtv
@sarahkendzior @Greg_Palast
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Three tigers and a leopard died after contracting H5N1 bird flu at Gorewada Rescue Centre in Nagpur, India, according to the Times of India.
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Why is Jeremy Hunt wrong to say businessmen should take over running the country? Why is Sir Keir wrong to privilege business perspectives over others?

Making money and creating a functional, healthy society are two VERY different jobs, I told @lbc.co.uk
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In severe bird flu cases, the virus can mutate as it lingers in the body.

As the seasonal flu picks up, there are even more opportunities for the bird flu to acquire mutations as the different influenza viruses mix, experts say to NBC News.
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It takes approximately 700,000 megawatt hours of electricity to power Chicago’s more than 400 municipal buildings every year. As of January 1, every single one of them is running on renewable energy, thanks largely to Illinois’ newest and largest solar farm.
Chicago keeps its New Year's resolution: All city buildings now use 100% clean power
To achieve its climate goals, the city helped finance the largest solar farm east of the Mississippi River.
grist.org
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The U.S. and Israel are intensifying strikes on Yemen, but the Houthis — also known as Ansarallah — are unlikely to stop rerouting ships in the Red Sea while Israel's war on Gaza continues, says Yemeni American scholar Shireen Al-Adeimi. https://www.democracynow.org/2025/1/3/yemen_israel_strikes
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It'll be interesting to see these numbers. A thread.
We are working feverishly to get the data to calculate the effect of racist voter suppression trickery on the election’s outcome. 🧵
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Laurie Garrett documents it’s decline beginning decades ago in BETRAYAL OF TRUST: The Collapse of Global Public Health,
published in 2000.

jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
jamanetwork.com
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Netflix is not here to play!😩 CEO Ted Sarandos has shared Meghan’s cooking show on his own Instagram account!👏🥳

#MeghanOnNetflix
#WithLoveMeghan
#SussexSquad
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One recent analysis of the global scientific literature identified 94 separate incidents of lab leaks between 2000 and 2021, infecting 309 people and killing eight.
As Biolabs Multiply, Concerns About Oversight Grow - Truthdig
India’s policymakers have ambitious plans for pathogen research. Can safety infrastructure keep up?
www.truthdig.com
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#TodayInHistory 80 years ago, the Japanese American Aochi family (seen in this photo) was released by military order from the U.S. government detention camp in Rohwer, Arkansas, where they had been imprisoned for three years because of their Japanese heritage.
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The private and in-schooling tutoring market in the U.S. has grown substantially since the COVID-19 pandemic.

These 4 articles from The Conversation’s archives explore the effectiveness of tutoring programs in the U.S. and the advantages it has created for students from affluent families.
It does not surprise me.
Well, corporate tech is biased towards people who can afford the latest devices.
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Silicon Valley eugenics ⬇️

"In the US, varied datafication methods—from IQ exams and immigrant literacy tests, to criminal databases, biometric archives—were deployed by eugenic researchers in an effort to not just track and surveil the poor, and to argue for their segregation."
Eugenics isn't dead—it's thriving in tech
A new book takes on the throughline from the rise of 20th-century eugenics to Silicon Valley.
www.motherjones.com
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Meta has been dominated by Republican operatives for years. I wrote about it in OCTOBER 2019.

The idea that big tech was ever "left wing" is a myth created by the right.
The Republican political operatives who call the shots at Facebook
This is the online version of the Popular Information newsletter.
popular.info
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Israel is riding high after carrying out the most audacious campaign of military conquest of any nation since the 1940s.
Israel’s Downward Spiral - Truthdig
The nation's success on the battlefield masks the beating it is taking as an international pariah.
www.truthdig.com
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🚨 Back in the ’90s, insiders described competition in the frozen potato industry as “fierce.”

Now, just FOUR firms control 97% of $68 BILLION in sales.

Behind the Big Potato “cartel” 👇
www.levernews.com/the-rise-of-...
The Rise Of Big Potato
Allegations of price collusions among the potato cartel reveal the new, sophisticated methods food corporations are using to keep prices high.
www.levernews.com
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Meghan is wearing the Freesia Gown in Blue Sleeveless Silk by Ulla Johnson. #SussexSquad #WithLove,Meghan on #Netflix