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ektir @ektir.bsky.social · 12h

Fuck I'm cooked

paris martineau @paris.nyc · 22h

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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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 14h

Klippenstein: The memo says it considers as indicators things like anti-Christian sentiment, anti-government views, and anti-traditional family positions.

These are descriptors that would cover millions and millions of people in this country.

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ektir @ektir.bsky.social · 16h

The hellscape is coming from inside the building, from what I've seen. Masked devils keep emerging from the belly of that beast to shoot, snatch, and gas members of the crowd at random. Outside that danger zone, it's still just beautiful Portland.

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ektir @ektir.bsky.social · 16h

We love you too, Big Portland and San Francisco!

ektir @ektir.bsky.social · 16h

The county that Portland is located in is actually called 'Multnomah,' fyi.

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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 1d

You can't put a price on this kind of friendship.
www.cnbc.com/2024/09/03/t...

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ektir @ektir.bsky.social · 1d

Most of us don't have checks either. This is what makes it especially comical.

ektir @ektir.bsky.social · 1d

Girl we are still tryna catch the bus. Speaking of which, can I catch a ride with yall??

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ektir @ektir.bsky.social · 1d

Such a weird take to say we don't have functional financial institutions because some people pay rent by check, lol. I've never HAD to do that and I've been renting for years.

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ektir @ektir.bsky.social · 1d

Ngl this is exactly the kind of corny shit I'd expect a hot priest to say.

Thy Magvs Nikola @thymagvsnikola.bsky.social · 2d

Chicago sued. Portland should now!

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ektir @ektir.bsky.social · 1d

Right? So pathetic. He knew what he said was hot bullshit and he's a coward. The little 'I'm getting away with it because my boys are with me' smirk at the end too, absolutely a bully who never grew up.

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alec karakatsanis @equalityalec.bsky.social · 1d

Another good time to remind people that “tear gas” is a term of copaganda that police, the military, and its manufacturers use to obscure that it is a dangerous chemical weapon internationally banned for use even in warfare.

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Clio2 @clio2.bsky.social · 2d

This important.

So, very different schooling DOES produce significant differences in IQ after all. IQ is not just some inborn "merit."

And that means denying kids the best possible education is a crime that _the kids_ will pay for lifelong, not the perpetrators.

www.psypost.org/major-iq-dif...

Major IQ differences in identical twins linked to schooling, challenging decades of research

A new study in Acta Psychologica reveals that schooling largely explains IQ differences in identical twins raised apart. When their educations are very dissimilar, their IQ scores can be as different ...

www.psypost.org

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Nome @nome.bsky.social · Mar 6

Because I'm a complete goddamn nerd, I'd like to explain to folks (particularly Liberals) what a feint is, in sword fighting.

People think it means "a fake attack."

It doesn't.

A diagram of two soldiers in civil war garb, demonstrating a Feint attack.

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StrictlyChristo 🇺🇦🌻❌👑 @strictlychristo.bsky.social · 1d

Federal Secret Police and plainclothes ICE agents kidnap multiple people from a neighborhood in Chicago. They then deploy teargas and brutally beat neighbors who come out to express their concern.

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 1d

Anyone saying they’re not racially profiling is unserious

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ektir @ektir.bsky.social · 1d

On this Indigenous Day of Remembrance, take a moment to scan native-land.ca and see who came before you. Learn about what happened to them. Are they still present, and under what circumstances? How badly did the colonial govt rip them off? Chinook people only got 1/5 of their promise, for example.

Native-Land.ca | Our home on native land

Native Land is a resource to learn more about Indigenous territories, languages, lands, and ways of life. We welcome you to our site.

native-land.ca

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👣COCA👣 🇺🇦 🐸 @nortygirl.bsky.social · 1d

A very happy birthday to AOC ....we all appreciate you so much....

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Alt CDC (they/them) @altcdc.altgov.info · 1d

~1300 fired on a Friday, about half unfired the next day, due to an apparent “coding error”. But sure, your data will be secure.

They’re all in a competition for who can be the most maliciously incompetent. So much winning. Participation trophies for eveyone. Nobel Prizes in Nonsense.

CDC purge hits 600 workers in key offices despite reversals

The casualties include employees working on health statistics, injury and violence prevention, congressional outreach and human resources.

www.axios.com

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News Eye @newseye.bsky.social · 1d

These are mostly indigenous communities in Alaska that have been slammed by the storm.

The local manager of a small airline fleet says he is the only one doing evacuations right now!

Defund FEMA and people are abandoned. Defund public media and no-one knows.

FYI, today is Indigenous Peoples Day.

Flooding seen with water up to the crash barriers of local roads

Sheds and debris lie scattered in the storm

A small blue house has been blown onto its roof

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News Eye @newseye.bsky.social · 1d

NEW: There’s a disaster unfolding in Alaska right now. And no major network is covering it.

The remnants of Typhoon Halong battered western Alaska overnight. Homes, with people in them, have literally been swept into the Bering Strait.

At least 20 are missing. No comment from any federal agency.

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ektir @ektir.bsky.social · 2d

I watched a phalanx of fully-armed-and-armored ICE larpers solemnly march out the front gates of the ICE facility after a slowly-waddling inflatable wiener dog yesterday and honestly it was the cherry on top of the day of protest. The absurdity and courage in the face of this situation give me life.

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RainSurname @rainsurname.bsky.social · 6d

Globalize the inflatada.

Courtney Vaughn @courtneyvaughn.bsky.social · 7d

Streets are still closed off in front of the Portland ICE facility at 8:30pm. Protesters have gathered on a side street. Dance party in progress.

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ektir @ektir.bsky.social · 2d

Killer Burger is also great and they have a happy hour from maybe 12-4?

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👁🌻🦊⚙️⚓ Bob, Engineer, Pusher of Paper @navmecheng.bsky.social · 3d

> It is 2025 BC. I am a soldier from one of the outlying provinces called to defend the pyramid in Memphis

> It is 2025 AD. I am a soldier from one of the outlying provinces called to defend the pyramid in Memphis

Soldiers at the Bass Pro Shops pyramid in Memphis, TN.

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