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JPW @jpw1680.bsky.social · 12h

NOPE - NOT A GOOD IDEA!
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You'll soon be able to shop Walmart from ChatGPT | TechCrunch

Walmart is partnering with OpenAI to let shoppers buy products directly through ChatGPT. The new integration will allow users to link their Walmart accounts, browse items, and instantly check out — al...

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JPW @jpw1680.bsky.social · 12h

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It’s Still Me! @itsstillme1.bsky.social · 12h

Two devils!

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JPW @jpw1680.bsky.social · 13h

Hakeem Jeffries speaks as government shutdown continues
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LIVE: Hakeem Jeffries speaks as government shutdown continues

YouTube video by Associated Press

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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 14h

Cartoon by @edwexler.bsky.social.

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JPW @jpw1680.bsky.social · 14h

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Krassensteins @krassenstein.bsky.social · 14h

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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 14h

Over 1,500 measles cases have been reported in 42 states — a 500% increase from 2024 and the highest count in more than 30 years.
www.newscentermaine.com/article/news...

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JPW @jpw1680.bsky.social · 14h

I loved doing this when I worked. I can't do it now because I live only on Social Security. God bless this gentleman for doing this! I’ve always believed that EVERYONE should have a computer!
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JPW @jpw1680.bsky.social · 14h

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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 14h

The woman they’re dragging from her car is a US citizen, and they’re abusing her in plain sight. No one should ever be treated like this.

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midnightsun49.bsky.social @midnightsun49.bsky.social · 16h

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JPW @jpw1680.bsky.social · 14h

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Ferrari reveals features of first fully electric vehicle, but its financial outlook mars the debut

Italian luxury sports carmaker Ferrari raised its 2025 guidance in the face of global 15% tariffs on foreign car imports to the United States as the company unveiled the new powertrain and chassis of ...

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JPW @jpw1680.bsky.social · 14h

Program giving new mothers $500 monthly will soon expand with $270M state budget boost
• Updated: Oct. 14, 2025, 5:40 a.m.
• |Published: Oct. 08, 2025, 11:30 a.m.
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Program giving new mothers $500 monthly will soon expand with $270M state budget boost

Rx Kids - a program providing prenatal and infant support to expecting and new mothers - received $270 million in funding to expand to more areas across the state.

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JPW @jpw1680.bsky.social · 14h

One of the World's Largest Great White Sharks Resurfaces in an Unexpected Location Near the U.S.
Contender, an almost 14-foot male great white shark, recently had a location ping in the northern part of the Atlantic Ocean
By Stacy Lambe Published on October 9, 2025
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One of the World's Largest Great White Sharks Resurfaces in an Unexpected Location Near the U.S.

A great white shark known as Contender's location was tracked to a spot in an unexpected part of the Atlantic Ocean, setting off a ping in the Gulf of St. Lawrence, which is north of Maine.

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JPW @jpw1680.bsky.social · 14h

Rogue planet has a record growth rate of 6.6 billion tons per second
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Rogue planet caught behaving like a star in unprecedented observation | CNN

Astronomers have observed a massive growth rate in a free-floating rogue planet that’s gobbling up gas and dust at a record rate of 6.6 billion tons per second.

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JPW @jpw1680.bsky.social · 14h

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TGI Fridays, Other Chains Are Offering Free Food to Federal Workers During Government Shutdown

TGI Fridays’ offer is valid for two weeks, or until the government reopens.

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JPW @jpw1680.bsky.social · 14h

it involves practicing short bursts of cardio or resistance training for as little as 20 seconds at a time throughout the day

Exercise Snacking: Boost Fitness Without Hitting the Gym

Exercise snacking involves practicing short bursts of cardio or resistance training for as little as 20 seconds at a time throughout the day.

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JPW @jpw1680.bsky.social · 14h

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Baker Delivers Free Birthday Cakes to Homeless People: ‘They’re Our Neighbors’

Manolo Betancur, owner of Manolo’s Bakery in Charlotte, North Carolina, has been giving out cakes to his homeless neighbors for more than 12 years.

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JPW @jpw1680.bsky.social · 14h

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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 14h

How MAGA sees things.

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Chris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social · 15h

Unless and until some kind of compelling legal and moral argument is presented as to why this is a legitimate use of deadly force, this is just…mass murder.

Amarnath Amarasingam @amaramarasingam.bsky.social · 15h

The military has now killed 27 people as if they were enemy soldiers in a war zone and not criminal suspects. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/14/u...

U.S. Military Kills Another 6 People in 5th Caribbean Strike, Trump Says

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JPW @jpw1680.bsky.social · 15h

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Joyce White Vance @joycewhitevance.bsky.social · 15h

If men with guns and masks tried to pull me out of my car, I'd fight back. Courts should reject any claims by the government that this is aggression by the person being detained, resisting arrest, or that they're a flight risk.

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 15h

First the Trump regime fired 1,300 CDC workers. Then it rehired about half of them.

Those who remain fired include key officials working on injury and violence prevention and crucial health statistics.

This hurts federal workers and puts us all at risk in a public health emergency.

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JPW @jpw1680.bsky.social · 15h

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News for Democrats @newsfordemocrats.bsky.social · 15h

Why isn't this being called murder? When was their arrest and trial?
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US strikes another boat accused of carrying drugs in waters off Venezuela, killing 6, Trump says
By MICHELLE L. PRICE and KONSTANTIN TOROPIN
Updated 11:43 AM PDT, October 14, 2025

US strikes another boat accused of carrying drugs in waters off Venezuela, killing 6, Trump says

President Donald Trump says the U.S. has struck another boat accused of carrying drugs in the waters off Venezuela.

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JPW @jpw1680.bsky.social · 15h

Supreme Court rejects Alex Jones appeal in $1.4B Sandy Hook case
Steph Whiteside
Updated: Oct 14, 2025 / 09:59 AM CDT
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JPW @jpw1680.bsky.social · 15h

Feds appear to deploy chemical agent in standoff with Chicago residents
Jeff Arnold
Updated: Oct 14, 2025 / 01:58 PM CDT
www.newsnationnow.com/us-news/midw...

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JPW @jpw1680.bsky.social · 15h

The tech billionaires are still doomsday prepping. And as the BBC reports, it seems that AI is making some of them more paranoid than ever that society as we know it might soon crumble.
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Numerous Billionaires Preparing for End of Society

Billionaires are (still) doomsday prepping. AI — the tech many of them are building — has them more paranoid than ever.

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JPW @jpw1680.bsky.social · 15h

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Nanoparticle Treatment Reverses Alzheimer's in Mice

Scientists have developed a nanoparticle-based treatment that successfully reversed Alzheimer's disease in mice.

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