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Fan of democracy, arts, sciences, history, exploring, musical instruments, and a habitable planet Earth. I used to write for silver, now I write for life. UID a paleoanthropology reference, not ancestral homeland. I eat starter packs for lunch.

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You Know @realturkana.bsky.social · 26d

À propos de rien.

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The Clash - Clampdown (Live at the Lewisham Odeon)

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Ketan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · 1h

It's a little understated that Bari Weiss is really a flat-out 'just-asking-questions' style climate change denier.

Eg, here she is saying the science is up for public debate rather than settled, publishing the work of a big-name denier influencer (Koonin), and boosting a fake controversy

Bari Weiss
@bariweiss
"Is Donald Trump a “dictator”? Did the events of January 6, 2021, in Washington, D.C., constitute an “insurgency”?

Is Joe Biden “sharp as a tack”?

Is the science of climate change “settled”?

Are Javier Milei of Argentina, Marine Le Pen of France, and the AfD party in Germany “far right”?

Is the Wuhan lab leak hypothesis a “conspiracy theory”? Was the persistence of the virus a “pandemic of the unvaccinated”? Does Anthony Fauci “represent science”?

Does Elon Musk’s social media platform, X, “promote hatred”? Do “fact-checkers” check facts?

Let’s ask a question about these questions: Why on Earth were we placed in a position of having to answer them?

In an open society, perspectives on reality confront one another in forceful competition. Each may contain some particle of truth—or at least some useful information.

So even the flat-earthers are allowed their say. Even the Bigfoot-seekers appear on the Discovery Channel. Somewhere among the nonsense, there may be something worth hearing.

Because we don’t precisely know where or when, the conversation is never over.

A vast diversity of perspectives should be promoted within an open society. It’s the intellectual equivalent of hybrid vigor.

If we all think alike, a single fatal error, being shared by all, could destroy the world.

These precepts are not original. They have long been part of the American DNA. The default, for us, has always been debate.

When certain subjects, like slavery, were made taboo and removed from the possibility of discussion, towering figures arose and terrible conflicts were fought to restore the balance.

However, the past four years have seen a sustained effort to overturn the principles of the open society. The just-departed administration, of which Biden was the decrepit figurehead, tried to impose, by threat or mandate, a version of reality that brooked no discussion.

Supported by its allies in the media, the academy, and the bureaucracy, the administrati…

Bari Weiss
@bariweiss
Climate change did not cause the LA fires says Steve Koonin in an essential conversation with our
@EmilyYoffe
:

https://thefp.com/p/climate-change-did-not-cause-the-la-fires-steve-koonin

Bari Weiss
@bariweiss
·
Sep 6, 2023
Gratified at the outpouring of responses to this important and courageous piece by
@PatrickTBrown31
.

https://thefp.com/p/i-overhyped-climate-change-to-get-published
From thefp.com
Bari Weiss
@bariweiss
·
Sep 5, 2023
"Savvy researchers tailor their studies to maximize the likelihood that their work is accepted. I know this because I am one of them.

Here’s how it works."

@PatrickTBrown31
with a must-read piece:

https://thefp.com/p/i-overhyped-climate-change-to-get-published

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Jacob Shamsian @jayshams.bsky.social · 6h

The Wall Street Journal reports that Ghislaine Maxwell had a meeting with an unknown person in her new prison camp, during which the entire prison was on lockdown.

Inmates say she's getting unusually favorable treatment by the prison.

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You Know @realturkana.bsky.social · 2h

The Qatar air force training base in ID is also going down hard with MAGA types. As it should be.

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Mike @mike-teevee-1971.bsky.social · 13h

The Newport, OR Public Library banned books staircase. Just unveiled on October 8th. The project was created by local artist Gary Herd.
(www.oregoncoastbreakingnews.com/event-detail...)

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You Know @realturkana.bsky.social · 5h

Such a great film. Cast, script, effects. Another Ridley Scott classic.

You Know @realturkana.bsky.social · 5h

And there are now so many great journalists without a major gig, if someone with deep pockets and a conscience wanted to make a difference.

You Know @realturkana.bsky.social · 5h

Previous presidents used the Iraq AUMF to justify bombings that stretched legality to its far limits, but this goes well beyond that.

You Know @realturkana.bsky.social · 6h

And having her try to sing Sondheim… I thoroughly enjoyed the movie other than that.

You Know @realturkana.bsky.social · 6h

Madonna’s acting was painful, and her singing even worse. There’s a reason she never became a movie star. And putting her in duets with a master like Mandy Patinkin underscored how thin and soulless her voice was.

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You Know @realturkana.bsky.social · 6h

If you believe in surrender, vote No on 50.

If you believe representative government is a bad thing, vote No on 50.

If you believe the GOP should control the government without any checks, balances, or consequences, vote No on 50.

You Know @realturkana.bsky.social · 6h

The GOP would rubberstamp if he asked. That he’s not asking is to prove a point. They expect no legal consequences. Ever. Not just Trump, his family, his Cabinet, his staff, his billionaires. They expect no legal consequences. For anything. Ever.

Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 12h

Kelly: I really worry about those aviators, drone operators, special forces guys that are in the Caribbean right now striking these boats and whether or not this is legal..

There’s no authorization for the use of military force. The Congress has not given that to the president. He hasn’t asked.

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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 13h

Rep. Jim Himes on Trump blowing up boats in the Caribbean: "The White House has not shared what they believe their legal justification is. They did put out a memo. I will tell you based on what I know now and the reading of that memo, these are illegal killings."

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You Know @realturkana.bsky.social · 7h

#AbolishICE

Caitlin G. DeAngelis @caitlindeangelis.bsky.social · 10h

ICE kidnapped a 7th-grader with a pending asylum claim and spirited him out of state without notifying his parents, seemingly with the cooperation of the local police in Everett, MA.

www.bostonglobe.com/2025/10/12/m...

Everett 13-year-old arrested by ICE and sent to Virginia detention facility
By Marcela Rodrigues Globe Staff,Updated October 12, 2025, 44 minutes ago

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A 13-year-old boy was arrested by ICE in Everett and sent to a juvenile detention facility in Virginia.
A 13-year-old boy was arrested by ICE in Everett and sent to a juvenile detention facility in Virginia.
A 13-year-old boy was arrested by Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents in Everett after an interaction with members of the Everett Police Department and sent to a juvenile detention facility in Virginia, according to his mother and immigration lawyer Andrew Lattarulo.

The boy’s mother, Josiele Berto, was called to pick her son up from the Everett Police Department on Thursday, the day he was arrested. After waiting for about an hour and a half, she was told her son was taken by ICE, Berto told the Globe in a phone interview.

“My world collapsed,” Berto said in Portuguese.

From the police department, the boy was taken to ICE’s holding facility in Burlington on Thursday evening, where he spent a night before being transferred by car to the Northwestern Regional Juvenile Detention Center in Winchester, Va., on Friday morning, his mother said. The juvenile facility is more than 500 miles away from Everett.

The boy is a 7th-grader at Albert N. Parlin School in Everett, his mother said. The teen and his family, who are Brazilian nationals, have a pending asylum case and are authorized to work legally in the United States, Lattarulo said.

You Know @realturkana.bsky.social · 7h

Age more than anything. But that 60+ demographic is key for elections. They vote.

You Know @realturkana.bsky.social · 7h

Look at WaPo. Gutted their editorial page, a bunch of people did unsubscribe, but a lot more… didn’t.

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laura olin @lauraolin.bsky.social · 11h

A friend ran the Chicago marathon today and said he couldn’t count the number of FUCK ICE signs along the way.

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Clio2 @clio2.bsky.social · 10h

#Washington Strong!

CajunBlueAZ ⚜️🇺🇸 🇺🇦 @cajunblue.bsky.social · 12h

🚨🚨🚨WA Governor Bob Ferguson responds to a letter he received from AG Pam Bondi in which she threatened to place him in jail. 🧯He is on fire! 1/2

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You Know @realturkana.bsky.social · 10h

People just don’t break their media habits. Musk took over Twitter, remade it in his own image, and the overwhelming majority of people didn’t leave.

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You Know @realturkana.bsky.social · 10h

Introduce yourself using only one food you refuse to eat, one movie you'll never watch again, and one song you can't stand:

Mammals
There Will Be Blood
You Oughta Know

Daphna Oren @daphnao.bsky.social · 11h

Introduce yourself using only one food you refuse to eat, one movie you'll never watch again, and one song you can't stand:

Pickles
Legends of the Fall
Killing me Softly

Emma Thane of Cawdor @redwellyfeats.bsky.social · 11h

Introduce yourself using only one food you refuse to eat, one movie you'll never watch again, and one song you can't stand:

Eggs

Deep Blue Sea

Brown Eyed Girl

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Justin Elliott @justinelliott.bsky.social · 14h

Here is our full story that Vance is dismissing, with primary source documents showing Trump cabinet members with multiple primary-residence mortgages

www.propublica.org/article/trum...

www.documentcloud.org/documents/26...

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 13h

Chicago not letting Portland have all the fun 🐧

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Katherine @wordwatcher.bsky.social · 12h

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You Know @realturkana.bsky.social · 11h

Let’s hope the administration keeps whining about it. The more people hear about it the better.

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Kye @gxldsociety.bsky.social · 12h

BREAKING: DeSantis was mid-speech when a protester erupted with accusations about Epstein.

The tension was electric — the room froze. The Epstein scandal isn’t over. It’s a political bomb that keeps finding new targets.

RELEASE THE FILES!

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You Know @realturkana.bsky.social · 12h

Some of them are trolls. Some are just perpetual whiners.