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Lawrence Schimel @lawrenceschimel.bsky.social · 2d

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Geoffrey A. Fowler @geoffreyfowler.bsky.social · 2d

ChatGPT’s new Atlas browser doesn’t just see what you read — it remembers it.

@eff.org’s Lena Cohen showed me it even logged “memories” of her looking for *abortion care* and her doctor’s name. Out-surveils even Chrome.

My @washingtonpost.com column: wapo.st/49bOcVC

Column | ChatGPT just came out with its own web browser. Use it with caution.

OpenAI’s Atlas promises AI-powered convenience. The price? Letting ChatGPT track and store “memories” of what you do online.

wapo.st

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 1d

Things like this keep happening.

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Rachel Maddow @maddow.msnbc.com · 1d

"Since Hurricane Helene devastated the community in North Carolina’s Blue Ridge Mountains, the county government has spent nearly $50 million on cleanup and recovery — while getting reimbursed only $4 million from the Federal Emergency Management Agency..."

www.washingtonpost.com/weather/2025...

N.C. counties that busted budgets after Helene still waiting for FEMA to pay them back

A year after Hurricane Helene, FEMA hasn’t reimbursed millions of dollars spent on cleanup and recovery, upending local budgets and hindering reconstruction.

www.washingtonpost.com

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Aozora @aozorasf.bsky.social · 3d

Micron Technology Inc.
Microsoft Corp.
NextEra Energy Inc.
Palantir Technologies Inc.
Ripple
Reynolds American Inc.
T-Mobile US Inc.
Tether
Union Pacific Railroad
J. Pepe and Emilia Fanjul
Adelson Family Foundation
Stefan E. Brodie
Betty Wold Johnson Foundation
Charles and Marissa Cascarilla
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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 2d

Lots of US companies have done lots of dreadful things to Americans. But the symbolism of paying to destroy the White House is hard to top.

Aozora @aozorasf.bsky.social · 3d

This is who is paying for the destruction of the White House East Wing, per @wsj.com

Altria Group Inc.
Amazon
Apple Inc.
Booz Allen Hamilton Holding Corp.
Caterpillar Inc.
Coinbase Global
Comcast Corp.
Hard Rock International
Google
HP Inc.
Lockheed Martin Corp.
Meta Platforms Inc.
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Dave Cadaqu @spek-music.bsky.social · 2d

#RoseWednesday

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nsparks.bsky.social @nsparks.bsky.social · 2d

Can you imagine the national conniption that would have occurred if Obama or Biden had bulldozed the White House? It would have been on a loop on cable news for weeks. Trump may be unpopular, but the press is acting like he's just changing the drapes or something.

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The Barbed Wire @thebarbedwire.com · 3d

Turkey legs were $25. Corny dogs were $8 each. Deep-fried Oreos were $14.

This year, The State Fair of Texas saw its lowest attendance since 2018, and a lot of Texans are blaming rising costs and tariffs.
thebarbedwire.com/2025/10/21/t...

...So Was It the Price of Turkey Legs? State Fair of Texas Attendance Dropped by 400,000

Texas State Fair attendance was the lowest since 2018. Many, including U.S. Senate candidate James Talarico, pointed to rising costs.

thebarbedwire.com

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The Independent @the-independent.com · 2d

Melania Trump used as ‘window dressing’ in memecoin scam, lawsuit claims

www.independent.co.uk

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Dr. SkySkull @drskyskull.bsky.social · 2d

All of these companies should be forever associated with destroying the White House.

The Contrarian @contrariannews.org · 2d

UPDATE: More donors funding the demolition of the East Wing for Trump's $250M ballroom have been identified

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Bill Grueskin @bgrueskin.bsky.social · 3d

Let's see how that government ban on White House demolition photos is going.

www.pbs.org/newshour/pol...

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Steven Beschloss @stevenbeschloss.bsky.social · 2d

FYI :“Destruction of federal property is a federal crime. 18 U.S. Code § 1361 defines the crime as willfully injuring or committing any depredation against U.S. government property. If the damage exceeds $1k it is a felony with a fine, up to ten years in prison or both.”

Awaiting law enforcement.

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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 2d

The man who doesn’t read and can’t handle a briefing furloughed the people guarding America’s most dangerous weapons.

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Marcia Parks @mzparks.bsky.social · 2d

OMG! The ENTIRE East Wing is being demolished! Goodbye, Beautiful White House. (All without the proper clearances, too. This regime has no respect for law.)
Explore this GIFT ARTICLE from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/22/u...

Trump Is Demolishing the White House’s East Wing to Make Way for His Ballroom

www.nytimes.com

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Brett Meiselas @bmeiselas.bsky.social · 2d

The same people who lost their minds over renovations to Cracker Barrel are totally fine with the White House getting bulldozed

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God @thegodpodcast.com · 2d

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The Daily Beast @thedailybeast.bsky.social · 2d

The president’s ballroom project is set to wipe out a larger portion of the White House than first acknowledged.

Trump Admits Just How Much of White House He Is Bulldozing

The president’s ballroom project is set to wipe out a larger portion of the White House than first acknowledged.

trib.al

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Karly Kingsley @karlykingsley.bsky.social · 2d

He bulldozed the White House during a government shutdown to build himself a ballroom, then sent a letter to the states saying that SNAP benefits for 42 million people may not go out in November to those who rely on it to eat.

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Asha Rangappa @asharangappa.bsky.social · 2d

If the National Guard is really in D.C. to protect federal
property, they should probably have been at 1600 Pennsylvania Ave. two days ago

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Jill Read, Rise, Resist @reading2learn.bsky.social · 2d

My First Amendment poster just fell off the wall. Not cool.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2d

Chris Murphy: "There's a lot of history that has taken place in the East Wing & it was just destroyed without any conversation in the public, without any consent of Congress. It's absolutely illegal. That visual is powerful b/c you're watching destruction of the rule of law as those walls come down"

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Francis Ford Copulate @francis-f-copulate.bsky.social · 2d

tough shit, sod buster. grill your own steers. yall be aight.

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Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · 3d

Important to note that it's New York STATE that brought charges against the J6er that threatened Hakeem Jeffries. Not the DOJ.

Ryan J. Reilly “paints a vivid and urgent portrait of… disarray” @ryanjreilly.com · 3d

DOJ declined to bring charges against two people who threatened to kill @ericswalwell.bsky.social this year, @nbcnews.com reports: www.nbcnews.com/politics/don...

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George Conway 🇺🇸🚫👑🐸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 2d

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Timothy Caulfield @caulfieldtim.bsky.social · 3d

Sad and deeply frustrating that this is needed, but it is NEEDED!

Science-informed voices must step up!

NEJM and public health group are launching rival to CDC’s MMWR publication www.statnews.com/2025/10/21/c... via @statnews.com

NEJM and public health group are launching rival to CDC’s MMWR publication

Two institutions are coming together to create an alternative to the CDC’s vaunted Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report

www.statnews.com

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