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sealips @sealips.bsky.social · 8h

#NuclearWinter, Carl Sagan, & The Drake Equation with Neil deGrasse Tyson, Ann Druyan, & Brian Toon www.youtube.com/watch?v=p58c...

Nuclear Winter, Carl Sagan, & The Drake Equation with Neil deGrasse Tyson, Ann Druyan, & Brian Toon

YouTube video by StarTalk

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sealips @sealips.bsky.social · 2d

‘Orwellian’: Current and former prosecutors alarmed after #DOJ scrubs mentions of #Trump and #January6 from court records www.cnn.com/2025/10/30/p...

‘Orwellian’: Current and former prosecutors alarmed after DOJ scrubs mentions of Trump and January 6 from court records | CNN Politics

The Justice Department’s decision to sideline two US attorneys and remove mentions of Donald Trump and the US Capitol attack from court papers before the sentencing of a pardoned January 6 rioter is b...

sealips @sealips.bsky.social · 3d

#ICE agent erupts after black officer stops him for #DUI www.youtube.com/watch?v=nU-j...

ICE agent erupts after black officer stops him for DUI

YouTube video by The Independent

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sealips @sealips.bsky.social · 3d

A #FederalAgent shot a pastor in the face with a chemical weapon. What can #California do about it? www.berkeleyside.org/2025/10/30/f...

A federal agent shot a pastor in the face with a chemical weapon. What can California do about it?

A violent response to an Oakland protest raises the same legal questions other states are grappling with as Trump’s immigration crackdown intensifies.

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sealips @sealips.bsky.social · 4d

#TaylorTaranto, pardoned Jan. 6 defendant arrested near #Obama's home, sentenced to time served www.cbsnews.com/news/taylor-...

Taylor Taranto, pardoned Jan. 6 defendant arrested near Obama's home, sentenced to time served

Taylor Taranto, a pardoned Jan. 6 defendant, was later convicted of charges stemming from livestreaming a bomb threat in 2023 as he drove around former President Barack Obama's D.C. neighborhood while...

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sealips @sealips.bsky.social · 4d

#Trump pushes an end to medical care for #transgender youth nationally www.npr.org/sections/sho...

Trump pushes an end to medical care for transgender youth nationally

The White House plans to bar hospitals that treat transgender children and youth from getting any Medicare and Medicaid payments. The move would affect trans youth who have private insurance, too.

sealips @sealips.bsky.social · 4d

#DOJ indicts Democratic congressional candidate #KatAbughazaleh over #ICE #protests www.nbcnews.com/politics/jus...

DOJ indicts Democratic congressional candidate Kat Abughazaleh over ICE protests

Abughazaleh called the charges "yet another attempt by the Trump administration to criminalize protest and punish those who dare to speak up."

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sealips @sealips.bsky.social · 4d

Live updates: #Trump administration limits #refugee admissions to mostly white #SouthAfricans apnews.com/live/donald-...

Live updates: Trump administration limits refugee admissions to mostly white South Africans

President Donald Trump's administration is restricting the number of refugees it admits into the country to 7,500, and they will mostly be white South Africans.

sealips @sealips.bsky.social · 4d

#ICE Agents Get EXACTLY What They Deserve from Fed-Up Police Officer www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fhpv...

ICE Agents Get EXACTLY What They Deserve from Fed-Up Police Officer

YouTube video by TYT Sports

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sealips @sealips.bsky.social · 4d

Red states are preparing for an end to the #VotingRightsAct www.politico.com/news/2025/10...

Red states are preparing for an end to the Voting Rights Act

An end to the Voting Rights Act would free up Southern states to dramatically overhaul their congressional map.

www.politico.com

sealips @sealips.bsky.social · 6d

#Python Foundation goes ride or #DEI, rejects government grant with strings attached www.theregister.com/2025/10/27/p...

Python Foundation rejects $1.5M grant with no-DEI strings

: Foundation says it won't compromise policy of inclusivity even if that cash would've really helped

www.theregister.com

sealips @sealips.bsky.social · 6d

#Trump’s bailout threat may have been key to #Milei’s electoral triumph in #Argentina www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...

Trump’s bailout threat may have been key to Milei’s electoral triumph in Argentina

Voters appear to have responded to idea that US president’s ‘generosity’ would evaporate if Milei failed to win

www.theguardian.com

sealips @sealips.bsky.social · 6d

GOP-led Oversight Committee says #Biden pardons signed by #autopen are ‘void’ in final report www.cnn.com/2025/10/28/p...

GOP-led Oversight Committee says Biden pardons signed by autopen are ‘void’ in final report | CNN Politics

Former President Joe Biden experienced such “cognitive decline” while in office that it remains a serious question as to whether he was aware of the substance of the various pardons and commutations s...

sealips @sealips.bsky.social · 8d

The Science of Revenge with James Kimmel Jr. startalkmedia.com/show/the-sci...

The Science of Revenge with James Kimmel Jr. - StarTalk Special Edition

Are we addicted to revenge? Neil deGrasse Tyson, Chuck Nice, & Gary O’Reilly break down neuroscience of revenge & how science can stop it w/ James Kimmel Jr

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sealips @sealips.bsky.social · 12d

Major #FederalImmigration operation will begin tomorrow in the #BayArea oaklandside.org/2025/10/22/m...

Major federal immigration operation will begin tomorrow in the Bay Area

Customs and Border Protection agents are headed to the Bay Area to target "illegal aliens," the agency has confirmed.

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sealips @sealips.bsky.social · 12d

#Trump nominee to lead #whistleblower office drops out after #racist texts surface www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Trump nominee to lead whistleblower office drops out after racist texts surface

Report on Paul Ingrassia featured messages where he allegedly described himself as having a ‘Nazi streak’

www.theguardian.com

sealips @sealips.bsky.social · 13d

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sealips @sealips.bsky.social · 13d

#Trump demands #DOJ pay him $230M for cases against him. His ex-lawyer #Blanche could decide the claim www.the-independent.com/news/world/a...

Trump demands DOJ pay him $230M for cases against him

Justice Department, under the Biden administration, investigated Trump for mishandling classified documents

www.the-independent.com

sealips @sealips.bsky.social · 14d

Shrapnel fell onto CHP vehicle during U.S. military live-fire exercise over I-5, agency says www.latimes.com/california/s... #CampPendleton

Shrapnel fell onto CHP vehicle during U.S. military live-fire exercise over I-5, agency says

The U.S. military exercise that shot live-fire artillery rounds over Interstate 5 on Saturday dropped metal shrapnel onto a California Highway Patrol protective services detail for Vice President JD V...

www.latimes.com

sealips @sealips.bsky.social · 17d

#Salesforce sued by authors over artificial intelligence software www.reuters.com/sustainabili...

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sealips @sealips.bsky.social · 17d

#TigNotaro details falling out with #CherylHines over #RFKJr.: 'I needed to step away' ew.com/tig-notaro-d...

Tig Notaro details falling out with Cheryl Hines over RFK Jr.: 'I needed to step away'

Tig Notaro says she 'needed to step away' from friend Cheryl Hines when her husband, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., announced his run for president.

sealips @sealips.bsky.social · 17d

Landmark deal to cut global shipping #emissions in tatters after #US pressure www.bbc.com/news/article...

Landmark global shipping deal abandoned under US threats

President Trump intervened in the talks calling the deal a "green scam".

sealips @sealips.bsky.social · 17d

#Salesforce Offers Its Services to Boost #Trump’s Immigration Force www.nytimes.com/2025/10/16/u... #MarcBenioff

Salesforce Offers Its Services to Boost Trump’s Immigration Force

www.nytimes.com

sealips @sealips.bsky.social · 19d

#Pennsylvania man wrongfully imprisoned for more than 40 years faces deportation after Ice arrest www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Pennsylvania man wrongfully imprisoned for more than 40 years faces deportation after Ice arrest

Subramanyam Vedam, 64, was recently exonerated for murder after being sentenced to life in prison in 1983

www.theguardian.com

sealips @sealips.bsky.social · 19d

The Most Efficient Traveler Isn’t a Bird or a Fish—It’s You on a Bike www.scientificamerican.com/article/a-hu...

The Most Efficient Traveler Isn’t a Bird or a Fish—It’s You on a Bike

A famous graphic, now updated, compares locomotion in the animal kingdom

www.scientificamerican.com