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Mark D. Garfinkel, Ph.D. @mdgarfinkel.bsky.social · 9h

But let’s keep eyes focused:

USAID bought food & meds made in the US that was sent to Africa, where it saved lives.

Most or all of the “aid to Argentina” will be paid to US hedge funds to cover their losses on Argentine gov’t bonds. Hard to see what benefit their people will see from $40 billion.

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David Corn @davidcorn.bsky.social · 10h

It's going up to $40 billion.

USAID's budget last year was $28 billion.

Joe Walsh @walshfreedom.bsky.social · 11h

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 12h

It should be a litmus test for Democratic presidential primary candidates whether they will restore the White House and DC public properties to exactly the way they were before the Palm Beach lounge lizard decided to turn it into Mar-a-Lago meets 1936 Nuremberg.

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MindyGraz @melkleingraz.bsky.social · 20h

Happy birthday to the Master of Noir, The Film Noir Foundation and TCM’s Eddie Muller, whose intros and outros on Noir Alley are sometimes better than the films. 🥂❤️ #BOTD #TCM #filmnoir #EddieMuller 🎬📽️ 🎈

Eddie Muller host of Noir Alley on Turner Classic Movies

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ellemoria @ellemoria.bsky.social · 9h

….and so far, so good 👍

ellemoria @ellemoria.bsky.social · 9h

Exactly this, hopefully without a bunch of regressive nards wallering around in their own slop

David M. Perry @lollardfish.bsky.social · 9h

Welcome new people. I was asked at dinner last night whether Bluesky was an echo chamber. I said it doesn’t matter, because what I want from social media isn’t to talk to young republicans taking a break from their group chat, but to read things I want to read but that I might have missed.

David M. Perry @lollardfish.bsky.social · Jun 12

The thing I want most from social media is for people to share things that I might want to read or watch that otherwise I wouldn’t read or watch, whether news, commentary, books, movies, tv, games to play, whatever. Bluesky does this. /4

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ellemoria @ellemoria.bsky.social · 9h

True American, none truer. Flowers and a crisp salute 🫡

LorennaCleary.bsky.social @lorennacleary.bsky.social · 11h

She gets all the flowers. I mean ALL of them. If we see her, we immediately have to give her flowers.

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Clara Jeffery @clarajeffery.bsky.social · 14h

1/ The first excerpt of Virginia Giuffre's posthumus memoir is out and it is gutting: www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

‘Prince Andrew believed having sex with me was his birthright’: Virginia Giuffre on her abuse at the hands of Epstein, Maxwell and the king’s brother

In an extract from her posthumous memoir, Virginia Roberts Giuffre remembers the day an ‘apex predator’ recruited her from Mar-a-Lago, aged just 16; how she was trafficked to a succession of wealthy a...

www.theguardian.com

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Ed Zitron @edzitron.com · 11h

Sora is a paper machete. It is low-quality, impossible to make consistent or reliable, while also being incredibly expensive to run. Every single “good” video you’ve seen is cherrypicked from dozens of terrible ones to make you feel scared that this can create entire movies’ worth of content.

Dustin @hareandthere.bsky.social · 12h

Curious to hear your perspective on Sora. It seems to be the only real (and terrifying) AI product to hit the market lately. How much mileage are they going to get out of this thing that needs to be regulated out of existence?

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ellemoria @ellemoria.bsky.social · 12h

occurred to me that when I come home and give treats to the cats, do they think I’ve been out all day hunting for them? 🤔

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Jonathan Bernstein @jonathanbernstein.bsky.social · 14h

What do I know and I'm not saying it's a magic bullet or anything like that but it sure seems to me that Dems should run hard on the Argentina bailout. Not anywhere near the worst thing Trump has done, but i suspect it's unusually clarifying.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 18h

Jeffries: "It's perplexing to us that Rs refuse to spend a dime to protect the healthcare of the American people, but somehow the Trump admin found $40b to bail out a right-wing wannabe dictator in Argentina in ways that are also going to continue to hurt our soybean farmers in Iowa & the Midwest"

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Greg Greene (he/him/his) @greene.haus · 13h

Kash says he can still pay salaries at the FBI, the head of OMB plans to close an agency, Trump is levying taxes —_ahem, donations_ — to expand the White House: when does the idea that we've entered a post-constitutional period enter the mainstream conversation?

Reuters @reuters.com · 18h

White House budget director Vought plans to shut down CFPB within months, says it's no longer protecting consumers reut.rs/4qjMIyT

White House budget director Vought plans to shut down CFPB within months, says it's no longer protecting consumers

White House budget director Russell Vought said he wants to close the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and expects to do so within the next two to three months.

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𝙲𝚞𝚛𝚛𝚊𝚗 @mccauley.bsky.social · 18h

man against the backdrop of everything heavy and bad South Side Chicagoan pope is so funny in a lighthearted wholesome sitcom way

Razzball @razzball.bsky.social · 19h

Someone in the crowd: “Go Cubs!”

Pope Leo XIV: “Han perdido! They lost!”

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Clara Jeffery @clarajeffery.bsky.social · 13h

These. Were. Men. In. Their. 30s.

www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

No one in the GOP Hitler chat was a "kid"

We checked. Sorry, JD Vance.

www.motherjones.com

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Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 13h

that they left em masse, at least, seems like a good sign

Scott Nover @scottnover.bsky.social · 14h

NEW for @washingtonpost.com:

Pentagon reporters exited the building in unison Wednesday after turning in their badges, having refused to sign the Defense Department's press policy.

@nancyayoussef.bsky.social called it a “sad day for those who support a free press.”

Reporters leave Pentagon en masse after refusing to sign on to new rules

After turning in their press credentials, journalists covering the Defense Department walked out rather than comply with its restrictive new policies.

www.washingtonpost.com

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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 14h

This is unconstitutional and illegal. A memorandum doesn’t grant anyone the power to override the Constitution.

Trump has signed an order expanding his administration’s authority to redirect unspent federal funds to pay members of the military during the government shutdown,

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 15h

last i checked these young republicans were like 25 years old. but this is a classic case of infantilization to diminish the significance of the offense. www.yahoo.com/news/article...

Vance downplays group chat messages: ‘Kids do stupid things, especially young boys.’

The vice president called the texts "edgy, offensive jokes."

www.yahoo.com

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priscilla page @priscillapage.bsky.social · 1d

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ellemoria @ellemoria.bsky.social · 1d

NO.

Scientific American @sciam.bsky.social · 3d

Despite early, and familiar, copyright growing pains, Sora may be the prelude to AI-generated on-demand TV and movies

Want to See Marilyn Monroe in Game of Thrones? AI Could Make It Soon

Despite early, and familiar, copyright growing pains, Sora may be the prelude to AI-generated on-demand TV and movies

www.scientificamerican.com

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Chunkin’ Deuces✌️ @thiccceywicket.bsky.social · 1d

Are you having trouble making money from your AI super intelligence that will cure all diseases and replace all workers? Pivot to porn

The Verge @theverge.com · 1d

Sam Altman says ChatGPT will soon sext with verified adults

ChatGPT is about to get flirty.

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Dr. Jen M @awesomebiota.bsky.social · 1d

A *very* interesting thread about the level of lead found in protein supplements (more in a single serving than is safe to consume in an entire day). Most interesting to me: more in plant-based protein powers. Like...significantly more lead.

paris martineau @paris.nyc · 1d

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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Rolling Stone @rollingstone.com · 1d

D’Angelo, the neo-soul trailblazer and modern visionary whose three albums were all heralded as classic works of art, has died at age 51.

Access the free article here: www.rollingstone.com/music/music-...

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Imani Gandy Corn 🎃 @angryblacklady.blacksky.app · 1d

Just so everyone is clear, the main issue in the Supreme Court voting rights case tomorrow is whether it's racist against white people to enforce the Voting Rights Act.

I'm dead serious. We live in incredibly stupid times.

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ellemoria @ellemoria.bsky.social · 2d

nobody displays disapproval like a disgruntled bunny

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NightMar on Hicks Street, Part 4: The Rabbit’s Revenge @histoftech.bsky.social · 2d

When I tell him I can’t use my lunch break to help him dig through the floorboards to find out what that noise in the crawlspace is.

Small, cute, gray rabbit, on a rug, looking somewhat disappointed

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Evil Andy🌚 @methylphenidate.bsky.social · 2d

I don't know about a graphic, but this YT short explained a lot

m.youtube.com/shorts/aALT9...

What’s it mean “The average American reads at an 8th grade level?”?

YouTube video by GenericArtDad

m.youtube.com

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