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Diana in Palo Alto @dianainpaloalto.bsky.social · 1d

Marc Benioff, once an adored Bay Area Democrat and now a pariah who lives mostly in Hawaii & is currently attempting to do a deal with Donald Trump/aid ICE. Sad.

Salesforce Tries to Help ICE Boost Its Immigration Force www.nytimes.com/2025/10/16/u...

Salesforce Tries to Help ICE Boost Its Immigration Force

www.nytimes.com

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The Steady State @steadystatevets.bsky.social · 1d

Accelerating Authoritarian Dynamics: Assessment of Democratic Decline. Key Findings

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Diana in Palo Alto @dianainpaloalto.bsky.social · 1d

Ex-Trump adviser John Bolton indicted by a federal grand jury - NBC News

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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 1d

We Found That More Than 170 U.S. Citizens Have Been Held by Immigration Agents. They’ve Been Kicked, Dragged and Detained for Days.

More Than 170 U.S. Citizens Have Been Held by Immigration Agents. They’ve Been Kicked, Dragged and Detained for Days.

The government does not track how often immigration agents grab citizens. So ProPublica did. Our tally — almost certainly incomplete — includes people who were held for days without a lawyer. And near...

www.propublica.org

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Diana in Palo Alto @dianainpaloalto.bsky.social · 3d

Counting the days & minutes til The Diplomat season premiere.

a man in a suit and tie is standing in a field with the words " is it time yet " on the bottom

ALT: a man in a suit and tie is standing in a field with the words " is it time yet " on the bottom

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Diana in Palo Alto @dianainpaloalto.bsky.social · 4d

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PBS News @pbsnews.org · 4d

A Republican attack on a core provision of the Voting Rights Act that is designed to protect racial minorities comes to the Supreme Court this week, more than a decade after the justices knocked out another pillar of the 60-year-old law.
https://to.pbs.org/42GW5hU

LISTEN LIVE: SCOTUS hears redistricting case that could reduce representation for Black voters

In arguments Wednesday, lawyers for Louisiana and the Trump administration will try to persuade the justices to wipe away the state's second majority Black congressional district and make it much harder, if not impossible, to take account of race in red...

www.pbs.org

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Diana in Palo Alto @dianainpaloalto.bsky.social · 4d

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Diana in Palo Alto @dianainpaloalto.bsky.social · 4d

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NPR @npr.org · 4d

A Statement from NPR’s Editor in Chief on the Pentagon’s Press Policy.
Read More: www.npr.org/2025/10/13/g...

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Krassensteins @krassenstein.bsky.social · 4d

Trump never would’ve had the same class as Biden did here

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Dom Ervolina @dominicervolina.com · 4d

Timeline cleanse:

This guy hanging out with his pet kittens

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Diana in Palo Alto @dianainpaloalto.bsky.social · 5d

THE PENTAGON HAS LAUNCHED A $1
BILLION BUYING SPREE TO STOCKPILE CRITICAL MINERALS, AIMED AT SECURING SUPPLY CHAINS AMID GROWING GEOPOLITICAL TENSIONS.

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Diana in Palo Alto @dianainpaloalto.bsky.social · 5d

Abolish private prisons.

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Rima I Anabtawi @rimaanabtawi.bsky.social · 5d

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“Families have started the grim mission of searching for bodies trapped under rubble or in areas that had been inaccessible due to the presence of Israeli forces or heavy fighting. More than 130 bodies were collected on the first day of the ceasefire."

www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Hamas Is Back in Gaza City as Truce Begins Amid Relief and Pain

Hours after Israel withdrew its troops from Gaza City in the opening stage of a US-brokered ceasefire, tens of thousands of Palestinians trudged back to sift through bombed out buildings overseen by H...

www.bloomberg.com

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Diana in Palo Alto @dianainpaloalto.bsky.social · 5d

This is so sad.

Euronews @euronews.com · 5d

Because there aren’t many snow leopards left, they are classified as “vulnerable” on the IUCN Red List.

Snow leopard habitats could be at risk from climate change

Because there aren’t many snow leopards left, they are classified as “vulnerable” on the IUCN Red List.

l.euronews.com

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Nikkolas Smith @4nikkolas.bsky.social · Aug 3

PBS gave us Mister Rogers and Officer Clemmons in the 1960’s.
PBS showed the world what love & equality looks like, during a time when people were actually dumping acid into pools where Black kids were swimming...

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NPR @npr.org · 5d

The actor, known for her quirky, vibrant manner and depth was 79. Across her decades-long career, she worked with prominent filmmakers including Francis Ford Coppola, Woody Allen and Nancy Meyers. n.pr/439Pcpn

Diane Keaton, Oscar-winning star of 'Annie Hall' and 'The Godfather,' dies at 79

The actor, known for her quirky, vibrant manner and depth was 79. Across her decades-long career, she worked with prominent filmmakers including Francis Ford Coppola, Woody Allen and Nancy Meyers.

n.pr

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priscilla page @priscillapage.bsky.social · 6d

Diane Keaton in her Manhattan apartment with Buster, an Abyssinian, photographed by Jill Krementz in 1977

black & white photograph of young Diane Keaton smiling and standing next to a white refrigerator in a barren-looking kitchen. her cat Buster is crouched on top of the fridge playing with/swatting her hair in the upper right hand corner. she's wearing a long skinny white scarf with a dot-grid pattern, a high-neck white blouse with an ascot/kerchief around the neck, and a black blazer/skirt or blazer dress over what looks like a vest

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Diana in Palo Alto @dianainpaloalto.bsky.social · 6d

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Philip Bump @pbump.com · 8d

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Jenny Cohn @jennycohn.bsky.social · 8d

9/ The accusations against Mark Bray stem in part from his remarks during this interview. youtu.be/_egmWWO2xLc?...

Mark Bray v. Richard Cohen from Meet the Press 8-20-17

YouTube video by GreyKnight7777

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Monterey Bay Aquarium @montereybayaquarium.org · 13d

So next time you’re feeling like a showgirl, maybe it’s time to don a thrifted tee, sing a little song and save otters and our waters while you’re at it. Our main focus is on re-releasing otters, so you can support the species Taylor’s repping by donating to our Sea Otter Program mbayaq.co/4gYM99i

Donate to our Sea Otter Program | Monterey Bay Aquarium

Make a donation to help us rescue, rehabilitate, release and research sea otters.

mbayaq.co

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Jonathan Howard @joho.bsky.social · 14d

When I learned of this conference I presented The president of Stanford with multiple videos he could play of what the speakers said.

He refused.

You should watch them to remember what he ignored.

(And they work cause YouTube restored my account)

sciencebasedmedicine.org/nocensorship/

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Jonathan Howard @joho.bsky.social · 13d

These guys gained power based on achievements that were amazing and wonderful, but also completely imaginary and hypothetical.

A mirror world. P

A chapter discusses how these guys became famous based on what they “argued for” and “would have” done.

They didn’t actually do anything though.

Jay Bhattacharya & @DrJBhattacharya
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Imagine there hadn't been an @NIH-led
"devastating takedown" of the@gbdeclaration in Oct 2020. Imagine no media/social media suppression. We would have won the policy argument. Schools would have opened. We would have prioritized protection of the vulnerable. Instead, lockdowns.
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