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Brian Tyler Cohen @briantylercohen.bsky.social · 3d

@repstansbury.bsky.social: "This is gangster activity. The president is trying to shield pedophiles by calling and threatening members of Congress. We need more members of Congress, whether it's the Epstein files, the shutdown, health care, democracy, the rule of law, to just fucking do their jobs."

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Jamie Dupree @jamiedupree.bsky.social · 1d

The Executive is laying taxes without the consent of Congress.
The Executive is spending money without the consent of Congress.
Other than that, everything is totes normal.

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New Hampshire Bulletin @newhampshirebulletin.com · 1d

"At a forest scale, you know, it’s really not going to be feasible to fight this invasion with chemical pesticides." As the ash faces an end similar to the American chestnut, NH researchers are working to understand what such losses mean across the natural environment. From Molly Rains

What can the emerald ash borer reveal about the long-ago loss of American chestnut? • New Hampshire Bulletin

For more than 70 years, the American chestnut tree has, mostly, been absent from the landscape. But historical accounts of its grandeur and the tons of nutritious seeds it produced every fall have…

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Amy Hayes @tangentsafari.bsky.social · 1d

So who decides for each college? The board?

Bloomberg News @bloomberg.com · 1d

The Trump administration is inviting all US colleges to participate in a compact that would grant preferential federal funding in return for commitments to specific policy changes like DEI bans, according to a source

Trump Offers All Colleges Preferential Funding Plan Rejected by MIT

The Trump administration is inviting all US colleges to participate in a compact — initially rejected by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology — that would grant preferential federal funding in return for commitments to specific policy changes like DEI bans, according to a person familiar with the matter.

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Ian Carrillo @iansociologo.bsky.social · 1d

In other words, segregate your universities if you want funding.

Bloomberg News @bloomberg.com · 1d

The Trump administration is inviting all US colleges to participate in a compact that would grant preferential federal funding in return for commitments to specific policy changes like DEI bans, according to a source

Trump Offers All Colleges Preferential Funding Plan Rejected by MIT

The Trump administration is inviting all US colleges to participate in a compact — initially rejected by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology — that would grant preferential federal funding in return for commitments to specific policy changes like DEI bans, according to a person familiar with the matter.

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Andrius Kubilius @andriuskubilius.ec.europa.eu · 1d

Sobering words from the German intelligence services - “We must not sit back and assume that a possible Russian attack would come in 2029 at the earliest. We are already under fire today.”

For deterrence now we must take the necessary decisions now.
www.euractiv.com/news/german-...

German spy chief says Russia won't shy from military confrontation | Euractiv

Germany’s foreign intelligence chief, Martin Jaeger, warned on Monday that Russia posed a direct threat and the current “icy peace” with the EU could erupt at any moment into “heated confrontation”. J...

www.euractiv.com

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D. Earl Stephens @dearlstephens.bsky.social · 2d

📌“The fact that I am American means, among other things, people can’t say, like they did about Francis, ‘he doesn’t understand the United States, he just doesn’t see what’s going on.’
“Do you not see the suffering? Is your conscience not disturbed?”

-Pope Leo in a direct rebuke of the hideous Trump

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Amy Hayes @tangentsafari.bsky.social · 2d

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Justin Hendrix @justinhendrix.bsky.social · 2d

California Governor Gavin Newsom "vetoed a bill on Saturday that would have provided more transparency around the water usage of data centers, which regularly require millions of gallons of fresh water to cool their computers."

Gavin Newsom blocks effort to make CA data centers disclose water use. Why?

Data-center water usage can vary from 110 million gallons to 1.8 billion gallons per year.

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Will Bunch @willbunch.bsky.social · 3d

Extinguishing MLK's Eternal Flame is both outrageous and a hell of a metaphor for right now www.wsbtv.com/news/local/a...

Eternal flame at Martin Luther King Jr.’s Atlanta burial site destroyed

Police say the man also urinated in the reflective pool.

www.wsbtv.com

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Amy Hayes @tangentsafari.bsky.social · 2d

Did we, the elder nerds, fail the world by valuing being smart more than being good?

There’s a lot to unpack there.

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Amy Hayes @tangentsafari.bsky.social · 2d

Looking back, I think Gamer Gate was a historically significant event.

For some, it was the first hint they had of how dysfunctional nerd culture could be.

And it’s hard to understand Thiel, Musk et al without nerd culture as a context.

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Amy Hayes @tangentsafari.bsky.social · 2d

I’m hearing that downtown Pagosa Springs, Colorado, is underwater today after a terrible storm.

My family has had a connection to the town long enough to remember how the flood in 1911 almost ended the place, so I’m worried.

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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 2d

Sens. Schumer, Merkley, Murray, and Peters are calling for the resignation of OMB Director Russell Vought.

"By impounding billions of dollars … and aggressively pursuing the illegal use of pocket rescissions, Vought has done everything in his power to gut the federal government piece by piece."

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Seentoomuch @seentoomuch.bsky.social · 2d

My kingdom for one journalist, just one, to respond with "Isn't it your job to be aware of these things?" or "I just showed you the clips, what is your reaction now to seeing this?"

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Avishay BSG (Ben-Sasson-Gordis) @avishaybsg.bsky.social · 2d

🧵 I'm excited to share that my article "Democratic Backsliding and the Limits of Civilian Control of the Military" has been accepted @thejop.bsky.social.

It answers the question "how ought militaries act when civilian leaders turn on democratic institutions?"

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#CivMilSky #PolTheory

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s_m_makai @smmakai.bsky.social · 2d

Though a couple of years old, this is one of the best articles I've come across re Thiel.

www.nytimes.com/2021/09/21/b...

The Alarming Rise of Peter Thiel, Tech Mogul and Political Provocateur (Published 2021)

www.nytimes.com

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Amy Hayes @tangentsafari.bsky.social · 3d

Your evening moment of serenity.

Light rain in an autumnal South Carolina wetland.

Now put down your phones and have some analog time before bed.

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Amy Hayes @tangentsafari.bsky.social · 3d

Tomorrow, I may do a thread about what we learned about our artifacts and maybe another one about how our adventure today led us into an alligator infested swamp all alone at dusk.

It was ok though. I’m going to get to “count” all this in our homeschool records.

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🍁🇨🇦Team Canada Forever🇨🇦🍁 @teamcanadaforever.bsky.social · 3d

Diane Keaton wore a “vote bitches” hat in September 2020.

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Amy Hayes @tangentsafari.bsky.social · 3d

We chose the Archeological society event, which turned out great!

It was raining, which meant it was just us and a bunch of real archaeologists as personal tutors for an afternoon.

We got a bunch of farm artifacts looked at, held a teapot spout fresh out of the earth, got books signed, etc.

Child looks at the work of an experimental archaeologist.

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John Hamilton Farr @jhfarr.bsky.social · 3d

WILD DAY AT 7,000 FEET
10/11/2025

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 3d

vought's view is that the president is an elected dictator and lo and behold he is seizing outright the power of the purse

Kevin Elliott @kjephd.bsky.social · 3d

Unconstitutionally taking money that the law says must be spent on one purpose & using it for something else—when it's to establish personalist control over the FUCKING MILITARY—is about as dangerous a constitutional crisis/failure as you can imagine

Via: www.nbcnews.com/politics/tru...

The Office of Management and Budget sent a notification to Congress about their intent to use research and development funds to pay members of the military, two sources with direct knowledge tell NBC News.

A spokesperson for the OMB confirmed to NBC News that it plans to use the research and development funds and that there are two years' worth of funds available within the Department of Defense.

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Mark Welch @markwelch.bsky.social · 6d

I wish! But my prediction remains: even if the evidence turns up Super-8 and VHS videos of 47 having sex with a 10-year-old girl, it will NOT disqualify him in the eyes of his supporters or THE GOP. Nor would a notarized contract selling his soul to the devil.
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Marie 🇨🇦 @pawbaby2.bsky.social · 6d

Eric Swallwell (D-CA) says it’s coming to an end and House Republicans are privately breaking, that a “jailbreak” is brewing the moment the Epstein files hit the floor, and that Trump’s aura of fear is finally cracking.

#ReleaseTheEpsteinFiles
#USDemocracy
#Pinks

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SWALWELL’S BOMBSHELL EPSTEIN TWEET: "The Epstein Files Are Coming And The GOP Are Getting Ready To Abandon Trump"

218 or chaos: Inside the House moment that could shatter Trump’s grip

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Amy Hayes @tangentsafari.bsky.social · 3d

Looks like it is mostly him finding him.

I sure hope he isn’t spending every last dollar he has on this.

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Amy Hayes @tangentsafari.bsky.social · 4d

Great example of a number four here, it seems.