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Dayantha
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Lives in PNW.interested in Tech, History, Basketball , Cricket and many other things. 🇺🇸🇱🇰
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Good morning to Brazilian reporter Manuela Borges, who’s been waiting eleven years for this petty moment. ❤️ 🇧🇷
November 26, 2025 at 1:04 PM
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Now here’s the kind of news you drop going into a long holiday weekend. Maybe no one will notice. 🤡

@nytimes.com
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/u...
November 26, 2025 at 10:05 AM
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In the early days of DOGE I spoke to developers Musk had parachuted into the IRS and the FAA, each telling me they expected to rewrite the core software of both agencies within a year or two.

It would be amusing to speak to them again.
November 24, 2025 at 12:59 AM
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New @pnas.org
"This work represents the most extensive study to
date regarding the effect of tattoo ink on the immune response and raises serious health concerns associated with the tattooing" including reduced response to Covid vaccination
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
Tattoo ink induces inflammation in the draining lymph node and alters the immune response to vaccination | PNAS
Despite safety concerns regarding the toxicity of tattoo ink, no studies have reported the consequences of tattooing on the immune response. In thi...
www.pnas.org
November 25, 2025 at 7:35 PM
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I'm all for reform to improve our public schools—I'm the one who rewrote No Child Left Behind.

But Trump breaking apart the Department of Education isn't reform, it's sabotage.

I'm fighting every way I can to stop him and protect public education.
Trump is trying to illegally dismantle Education Department, Murray says
Washington's senior senator discussed Trump's moves to dissolve the Education Department with local leaders.
www.seattletimes.com
November 25, 2025 at 3:29 PM
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X's new location transparency feature shows that a slew of MAGA-branded accounts are apparently based outside the U.S., and also stirred speculative outrage over where the Department of Homeland Security account was created.
X's new location transparency feature unleashes questions about origins of MAGA accounts
The function, which shows that a slew of MAGA-branded accounts are apparently based outside the U.S., also stirred speculative outrage over where the Department of Homeland Security account was created.
nbcnews.to
November 24, 2025 at 3:30 AM
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If you’re a journalist who’s still on Twitter, from now on in your writing you have to replace “the American people want” with “troll bots in Eastern Europe demand”

Being there makes your judgment suspect. I don’t care how savvy you think you are, you’re marinating in a disinformation campaign.
November 23, 2025 at 4:27 PM
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Not to kick on Larry Summers when he's down, but once, on an academic panel, I ventured that any economic model that could not provide half the young black men in a major city with legal employ wasn't working well. He replied by lecturing us all on the dangers of communism.

First-rate mind there.
November 20, 2025 at 7:33 PM
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The President of the United States just called for Democratic members of Congress to be executed. "HANG THEM", he posted.

If you're a person of influence in this country and you haven't picked a side, maybe now would be the time to pick a fucking side.
November 20, 2025 at 4:15 PM
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EPSTEIN BOMBSHELL: my staff is releasing a new report showing JPMorgan Chase executives – all the way to the top – enabled Epstein's sex trafficking operation. You're going to want to read this.
Wyden Presses for Investigation Into JPMorgan Chase and Epstein
www.nytimes.com
November 20, 2025 at 3:26 PM
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Olivia Nuzzi was doing presidential candidates the right way.

By Ezra Klein
November 18, 2025 at 3:20 AM
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John Roberts: But what if we didn't? Wouldn't that be fun?
November 18, 2025 at 9:33 PM
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Congratulations to the Bellevue Library on 100 years of serving our community! For generations, this library has empowered readers, supported students, & brought people together.

Thank you to everyone who’s kept this institution thriving for a century — and counting.
‘A place where you feel welcome’: King County Library’s biggest branch turns 100
What began as a humble collection of 300 primarily discarded books in 1925 has since grown to become the biggest branch within the King County Library System.
www.seattletimes.com
November 17, 2025 at 3:22 AM
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"Heck of a job, Bobby."

"If the outbreaks cannot be extinguished by January, the anniversary of the first cases in Texas, the United States will lose what is known as “elimination status” as determined by the World Health Organization."

(gift link)
C.D.C. Links Measles Outbreaks in Multiple States for the First Time
www.nytimes.com
November 18, 2025 at 2:52 AM
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Here’s a story for every national news outlet:

In N.C., churchgoers are literally running into the woods as federal agents descend on the property.

“Inside the church, women and children sobbed as they wondered whether their loved ones had been taken.”

www.charlotteobserver.com/news/politic...
November 16, 2025 at 4:38 AM
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British and Australian chemists have discovered a powerful new antibiotic called pre-methylenomycin C lactone, hiding in a well-known soil bacterium. This molecule kills drug-resistant bacteria without triggering resistance. buff.ly/YlXaONo
#ShareGoodNewsToo
Scientists find hidden antibiotic 100x stronger against deadly superbugs
A team of scientists discovered a hidden antibiotic 100 times stronger than existing drugs against deadly superbugs like MRSA. The molecule had been overlooked for decades in a familiar bacterium. It…
buff.ly
November 16, 2025 at 2:50 PM
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Trump and Republicans haven’t done a single thing to lower YOUR costs. Unless you’re a billionaire. In which case: you got massive tax breaks and private jet write-offs.
November 16, 2025 at 9:27 PM
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THAT'S LITERALLY HOW THE SUBSIDIES & ACA EXCHANGES WORK ALREADY.

CONSUMERS ARE INFORMED BY COMPARING POLICIES ON THE ACA EXCHANGES, THEN THEY PURCHASE ONE AND THE GOVERNMENT PAYS SOME OR ALL OF THE COST OF THAT POLICY.

I'M TEARING THE LITTLE HAIR I HAVE ON MY HEAD OUT.
Cassidy: "The president is proposing that we take the $26b that would be going to insurance companies if we just do an extension and give it directly to the American people in which 100% of the money is used for them to purchase healthcare on their own terms. That makes them an informed consumer."
November 16, 2025 at 5:01 PM
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“I was waiting for you” 💕
November 16, 2025 at 3:11 AM
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If you're a professor at Texas A&M, you'll need to receive written authorization from the university president before discussing this incident on campus.
normal things happening
November 15, 2025 at 8:18 PM
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For no particular reason….posting former U.S. Attorney General John Mitchell’s mugshot before he went to Federal prison for committing numerous crimes on behalf and or/at the direction of President Nixon including obstruction of justice and conspiracy.
November 15, 2025 at 2:05 AM
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🔐 Account Security Thread 🔐
We're seeing an increased number of phishing and social engineering attempts targeting Bluesky users. While we're working hard to protect you, here are essential steps YOU can take to secure your account and stay safe. 1/10
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November 14, 2025 at 8:00 PM
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This is true in a technical sense — i.e. how can the NYT cover an allegation that their own reporter (Landon Thomas Jr.) kept secret from them?

But people aren't wrong to wonder "conspiracy". The NYT assigned 10 journalists to investigate Jayson Blair's resignation — how many investigated LT Jr's?
November 13, 2025 at 7:54 PM
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MIT senior turns waste from the fishing industry into biodegradable plastic news.mit.edu/2025/mit-sen...
Jacqueline Prawira’s innovation, featured on CBS’s “The Visioneers,” tackles one of the world’s most pressing environmental challenges.
MIT senior turns waste from the fishing industry into biodegradable plastic
MIT student Jacqueline Prawira’s invention, a biodegradable plastic made from fishing industry waste, tackles one of the world’s most pressing environmental challenges and was recently featured on CBS...
news.mit.edu
November 13, 2025 at 10:43 AM
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this dude helping his bro pick up his stick should be highlight of the night but our bloodthirsty sports media only feeds us conflict
November 13, 2025 at 5:34 AM