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Seven Years in Quebec @dfeldman.org · 1d

In 1956 the US flew hundreds of spy balloons over the USSR. They carried specialized Kodak cameras and film to record everything they flew over. The USSR shot most of them down.

In 1959, the USSR sent Luna 3 to photograph the dark side of the moon - and just used American film from the balloons.

Sophie Hurwitz @hurwitz.bsky.social · 2d

Did you know Kodak was a military contractor? grist.org/accountabili...

Buoyed by a retro revival, Kodak's dark environmental past is coming to light

A snapshot of Kodak’s long history includes cameras, military contracts, and decades of pollution and environmental degradation.

grist.org

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Petit Dictionnaire @petitdictionnaire.bsky.social · 1d

Worth the read, historically and environmentally speaking.

Sophie Hurwitz @hurwitz.bsky.social · 2d

Did you know Kodak was a military contractor? grist.org/accountabili...

Buoyed by a retro revival, Kodak's dark environmental past is coming to light

A snapshot of Kodak’s long history includes cameras, military contracts, and decades of pollution and environmental degradation.

grist.org

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Emily Sanders @emdashsanders.bsky.social · 1d

A new study in @nature.com shows the world’s biggest oil and gas companies contribute less than 1.5% to renewable energy capacity — despite claiming for years to be leading the energy transition.

one law prof said it "could influence a jury" in climate lawsuits

www.exxonknews.org/p/study-oil-...

Study: Oil companies are not ‘part of the solution’

New research in the journal Nature reveals oil and gas companies own a “marginal” share of global renewable capacity, years after claiming they would lead the energy transition.

www.exxonknews.org

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salad bar ham cubes @flangy.bsky.social · 1d

Hell, who wasn't.

Sophie Hurwitz @hurwitz.bsky.social · 2d

Did you know Kodak was a military contractor? grist.org/accountabili...

Buoyed by a retro revival, Kodak's dark environmental past is coming to light

A snapshot of Kodak’s long history includes cameras, military contracts, and decades of pollution and environmental degradation.

grist.org

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Sophie Hurwitz @hurwitz.bsky.social · 2d

Did you know Kodak was a military contractor? grist.org/accountabili...

Buoyed by a retro revival, Kodak's dark environmental past is coming to light

A snapshot of Kodak’s long history includes cameras, military contracts, and decades of pollution and environmental degradation.

grist.org

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Grist @grist.org · 3d

Buoyed by a retro revival, Kodak’s dark environmental past is coming to light.

A snapshot of Kodak's history includes cameras, military contracts, and a legacy of environmental damage in the communities it is a part of.

grist.org/accountabili...

#Environment #Nature #Photography #Military

Buoyed by a retro revival, Kodak's dark environmental past is coming to light

A snapshot of Kodak’s long history includes cameras, military contracts, and decades of pollution and environmental degradation.

grist.org

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Finn Arne Jørgensen @finnarne.me · 3d

“The history of this material comes through poison gas, and it comes through the atomic bomb, and it comes through all of these materials that are really part of the history of the 20th and now 21st century.” #envhist

Grist @grist.org · 3d

Buoyed by a retro revival, Kodak’s dark environmental past is coming to light.

A snapshot of Kodak's history includes cameras, military contracts, and a legacy of environmental damage in the communities it is a part of.

grist.org/accountabili...

#Environment #Nature #Photography #Military

Buoyed by a retro revival, Kodak's dark environmental past is coming to light

A snapshot of Kodak’s long history includes cameras, military contracts, and decades of pollution and environmental degradation.

grist.org

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Call me Trixie @trixienorton.bsky.social · 2d

They made and developed the film from the U2 spy planes. www.nationalmuseum.af.mil/Visit/Museum...

www.nationalmuseum.af.mil

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Alex Fitzpatrick @alexjamesfitz.com · 2d

And don't forget the secret reactor www.cnn.com/2012/05/15/u...

Kodak confirms it had weapons-grade uranium in underground lab | CNN

Kodak this week confirmed it used weapons-grade uranium in an underground lab in upstate New York for upwards of 30 years.

www.cnn.com

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Kelsey Atherton @atherton.bsky.social · 2d

During the "Flying Saucer" scare of the late 1940s, the Air Force even tried to get Kodak to build them a camera for taking pictures of UFOs! Hard to build a camera based on unknown specifications, though slate.com/technology/2...

Why the Pentagon Can’t Identify Flying Objects

It’s not because they’re aliens, sorry!

slate.com

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Sophie Hurwitz @hurwitz.bsky.social · 2d

Did you know Kodak was a military contractor? grist.org/accountabili...

Buoyed by a retro revival, Kodak's dark environmental past is coming to light

A snapshot of Kodak’s long history includes cameras, military contracts, and decades of pollution and environmental degradation.

grist.org

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Jason Pudlo @jasonpudlo.bsky.social · 5d

Great story on disaster capitalism. The home buyers were one of the first things I noticed when I went out to western NC after Hurricane Helene in October 2024. Signs proudly saying "we are not for sale" still there over the summer in June 2025.

NPQ (Nonprofit Quarterly) @npquarterly.bsky.social · 6d

Disasters Destroyed Their Homes. Then the Real Estate ‘Vultures’ Swooped In. nonprofitquarterly.org/disasters-de...
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Disasters Destroyed Their Homes. Then the Real Estate ‘Vultures’ Swooped In. - Non Profit News | Nonprofit Quarterly

“We buy homes” companies are procuring disaster-damaged properties for cheap. Survivors say they're taking advantage of tragedy.

nonprofitquarterly.org

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Lex McMenamin (they/them) @leximcmenamin.com · 5d

Greta Thunberg, deported to Greece, says the targeting of the Sumud Flotilla is "not the story" @teenvogue.com — instead, she says:

"Israel once again violated international humanitarian law by preventing aid from getting into Gaza while people are being starved.”

Greta Thunberg On Her Detention: I'm "Not The Story" — It's Israel Violating International Humanitarian Law

“I could talk for a very, very long time about our mistreatment and abuses in our imprisonment. Trust me. But that is not the story.”

www.teenvogue.com

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NPQ (Nonprofit Quarterly) @npquarterly.bsky.social · 6d

Disasters Destroyed Their Homes. Then the Real Estate ‘Vultures’ Swooped In. nonprofitquarterly.org/disasters-de...
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@grist.org

Disasters Destroyed Their Homes. Then the Real Estate ‘Vultures’ Swooped In. - Non Profit News | Nonprofit Quarterly

“We buy homes” companies are procuring disaster-damaged properties for cheap. Survivors say they're taking advantage of tragedy.

nonprofitquarterly.org

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Prem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · 9d

Paramount is about to pay $150 million for this

New article from The Free Press

My Favorite Actress Is Not Human

“Not everyone is happy about this gorgeous innovation,” writes Tyler Cowen.

Tilly Norwood doesn’t need a hairstylist, has no regrettable posts, and if you wish to see a virgin on-screen, this is one of your better chances. That’s because she’s AI.
By Tyler Cowen
10.02.25

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Jacob Rosenberg @jacobrosenberg.bsky.social · 9d

More confirmation:

DHS used Canary Mission to find pro-Palestine students to arrest—as Stephen Miller monitored the process from the White House

www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2025/...

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Prem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · 11d

The Trump administration responds to ICE agents putting a photojournalist in a neck brace by saying the media must “stop fanning the flames”

Prem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · 11d

New — DHS Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs responds to ICE shoving a photojournalist to the ground, leading him to be escorted out in a neck brace by medics.

Says nothing on whether injuring the press violates ICE standards, nor if the officer will face any repercussions.

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Devin 🌞 Thomas O’Shea @devintoshea.bsky.social · 12d

www.wsj.com/politics/pol...

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Lydia Polgreen @polgreen.bsky.social · 17d

This is really great reporting from Mother Jones - the "godfather" of evidence-based medicine disavows the Society for Evidence-Based Gender Medicine for misusing his work. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

Trans health care "skeptics" lost a key ally—now they're having a meltdown

The godfather of evidence-based medicine on rejecting anti-trans "misuse" of his work.

www.motherjones.com

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Daniela Gabor @danielagabor.bsky.social · 18d

how you torture English to say that Wall Street is funding a crazy AI bubble that will not find enough customers for it.

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Sophie Hurwitz @hurwitz.bsky.social · 17d

🆒 🆒 🆒 www.wsj.com/business/air...

Boeing Chooses Palantir to Boost AI Adoption in Defense, Space Unit

The aerospace company said that its BDS unit would use Palantir’s Foundry platform to standardize data analytics and insights across its geographically dispersed defense factories.

www.wsj.com

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Hell Gate *subscribe today!* @hellgatenyc.com · 18d

Calling all freelance fact-checkers!

We're in need of some fact-checking assistance during the first week of October—hit us up if you're interested in fact-checking a very fun project.

Email Chris ([email protected]) for more details.

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Melissa Gira Grant @melissagiragrant.com · 18d

In "it's all the same guys" news: the main guy pushing for a new "Transgender Ideology-Inspired Violent Extremism" designation also wants to abolish birthright citizenship

End Birthright Citizenship for Illegal Families

For conservatives, one unfulfilled promise really stands out—ending birthright citizenship for children of illegal immigrants. President Donald Trump promised this during the 2016 campaign and on mult...

www.heritage.org

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New York Focus @nysfocus.bsky.social · 19d

⚠️ New York is already tipping into an energy affordability crisis.

More than a million households are behind on their energy bills, and record numbers had their electricity or gas shut off this spring. That’s even though the state distributed over $1 billion in relief during the pandemic.

CHART:
Utility Debt Has Returned to Near-Record Highs

Utility arrears are hovering around $1.9 billion, close to the pandemic peak, despite two rounds of state relief.

Source: Utility reports to the NYS Public Service Commission, compiled by the Public Utility Law Project

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Tanvi Misra @tanvi.bsky.social · 20d

All summer, I’ve been speaking to a Nigerian mom of two kids who won fear-based protection in an immigration court. Under a previous admin, she would have likely been released, but ICE refused to let her out and tried to deport her to Ghana -> @motherjones.com www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

They’ve won in court, but ICE is still detaining and trying to deport them

Inside the “psychological torture” regime targeting migrants who can't be sent home.

www.motherjones.com

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