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Sara Gaiser
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phylogenomics.bsky.social
And I have continued my annual tradition - trying to drop garbage off at the local dump on Thanksgiving - but it was closed again - who ever heard of a dump closed on Thanksgiving?
November 28, 2025 at 3:09 AM
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choving.bsky.social
Seen while on a walk today. Checked Google Maps. This is half a mile from railroad tracks.
Hand written sign in yard that says, "Walk right in, it's around the back"
November 28, 2025 at 3:22 AM
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mcopelov.bsky.social
“Land action” 🧐🤷‍♂️🤦‍♂️
cnn.com CNN @cnn.com · 19h
President Donald Trump suggested that the United States is preparing to take new action against alleged drug trafficking networks in Venezuela, telling service members during a Thanksgiving call that efforts for strikes on land will be starting "very soon." https://cnn.it/487SPPL
November 28, 2025 at 3:50 AM
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atrupar.com
Asked what Afghanis in the US legally should be thinking, Trump talks about how Somalis are allegedly taking over Minnesota
November 28, 2025 at 12:28 AM
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atrupar.com
Trump refuses to directly admit his administration granted the DC shooter asylum and then wraps up the press availability
November 28, 2025 at 12:31 AM
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atrupar.com
Asked what Somalis have to do with the shooting in DC, Trump admits “nothing, but then claims they “cause a lot of trouble”
November 28, 2025 at 12:30 AM
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bgrueskin.bsky.social
Contrast these ledes.

Left, NYT.

Right, Reuters.

www.reuters.com/world/us/off...
The Trump administration said on Thursday that it was reviewing all asylum cases that had been approved under the Biden administration, signaling a broad crackdown in the wake of the shooting of two National Guard members in Washington, D.C. WASHINGTON, Nov 27 (Reuters) - The Trump administration on Thursday blamed Biden-era vetting failures for the admission of an Afghan immigrant suspected of shoot g two National Guard members in Washington, D.C., but the alleged gunman was granted asylum this year under President Donald Trump, according to a U.S. government file seen by Reuters.
November 27, 2025 at 10:55 PM
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sfchronicle.com
Santa’s seat at the flagship Macy’s store in San Francisco’s Union Square will be empty this year, and not necessarily because the store has been mired in an uncertain future.
Macy’s in S.F.’s Union Square won’t have a Santa this year, for the first time in decades
Santa’s seat at the flagship Macy’s store in San Francisco’s Union Square will be empty this year, and not necessarily because the store has been mired in an uncertain future.
bit.ly
November 28, 2025 at 12:40 AM
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hiltzikm.bsky.social
A reminder that Vanity Fair gave up on serious reporting long ago: www.latimes.com/business/sto...
Column: ProPublica and Vanity Fair are pushing the COVID lab-leak theory, but their exposé is a train wreck
A blockbuster investigation by ProPublica and Vanity Fair claims COVID originated in a lab. Here's where they went wrong.
www.latimes.com
November 28, 2025 at 12:40 AM
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bgrueskin.bsky.social
“Biden Asylum Cases” is NYT’s framing for a story pegged to a man who got asylum 3 months into the Trump administration

www.nytimes.com/2025/11/27/u...
U.S. Reviews Biden Asylum Cases After Shooting A Homeland Security Department spokeswoman accused the previous administration of failing to vet asylum applicants "on a massive scale." The man identified as the suspect was said to have worked with the C.I.A. and fled Afghanistan in 2021 under Operation Allies Welcome, a program born after the sudden fall of the Afghan government in 2021, when the United States withdrew its forces and the o Taliban took control of the country. The suspect received asylum from the U.S. government in April, according to three people with knowledge of the case who were not authorized to speak publicly.
November 27, 2025 at 10:48 PM
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atrupar.com
Q: Officials say the suspect in the DC shooting was vetted & it came up clean

TRUMP: He went cuckoo. He went nuts. There was no vetting

Q: Actually, your DOJ IG says there was thorough vetting of Afghans. So why blame Biden?

TRUMP: You're just asking questions because you're a stupid person
November 28, 2025 at 12:42 AM
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ianboudreau.com
Just to reiterate, Marxism is not "skip to the part where I don't pay for anything and fuck everyone else"
November 26, 2025 at 11:40 PM
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cfpdx.bsky.social
Oregon Attorney General Dan Rayfield and district attorneys of the state’s three largest counties say they will start investigating and prosecuting federal immigration enforcement agents if they don’t stop using excessive force on Oregonians. oregoncapitalchronicle.com/2025/11/25/o...
Oregon attorney general, district attorneys warn feds to stop using excessive force • Oregon Capital Chronicle
Oregon's attorney general and three district attorneys said they'll investigate and prosecute federal agents if they use excessive force.
oregoncapitalchronicle.com
November 27, 2025 at 7:09 PM
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stephenfarrow.bsky.social
Nailed it.

("Trump's new peace plan for Ukraine is now posted everywhere for people to read.")
Cartoon by Tommy Schwarwel. On a bathroom wall, a gold toilet-roll holder. Hanging from it, a toilet roll. Someone has written a list of bullet points on the toilet paper. Caption (in German): "Trumps neuer friedensplan für die Ukraine hängt jetzt überall zum nachlesen aus."
November 27, 2025 at 11:07 PM
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clairewillett.bsky.social
okay now it PROBABLY wasn’t the Louvre guys again, but wouldn’t it be kind of amazing if it was

next up, a champagne heist
November 27, 2025 at 11:11 PM
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bretdevereaux.bsky.social
I think in part the higher education funding crisis and the LLM-teaching crisis actually strike at the same problem, which is that education doesn't work without a broad, society-wide sense that the *actual content* of education - not the credential - is valuable.
May 14, 2025 at 1:29 PM
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theatlantic.com
Exclusive: Surrendering land to Russia to end the war is off-limits, Zelensky’s chief negotiator tells Simon Shuster. “As long as Zelensky is president, no one should count on us giving up territory.” bit.ly/48gNPXK
November 27, 2025 at 11:15 PM
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localnewsmatters.bsky.social
“These workers were given ten days’ notice that the location would be closing,” said Maldonado. “That is not enough time to find a new job. Many of these people were crying when they heard the location was closing and will now have to struggle this holiday.”
localnewsmatters.org/2025/11/26/u...
Unhappy deal: McDonald's workers strike after Oakland restaurant announces closure - Local News Matters
EMPLOYEES OF DOWNTOWN OAKLAND’S only McDonald’s restaurant went on strike Tuesday after the franchise owner announced it would close the location at the
localnewsmatters.org
November 27, 2025 at 11:17 PM
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timothysnyder.bsky.social
Some common sense to remember in a trying time.
Originally written in April 2025
snyder.substack.com/p/the-next-t...
The Next Terrorist Attack
And What Comes After (Updated)
snyder.substack.com
November 26, 2025 at 11:38 PM
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rabihalameddine.bsky.social
Happy Thanksgiving, America
November 27, 2025 at 2:14 PM
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damon.kiesow.net
A Thanksgiving story...
seattletimes.com The Seattle Times @seattletimes.com · 1d
Indigenous actor Elaine Miles of "Northern Exposure" was detained by ICE at a Redmond bus stop. When she showed them her Tribal ID, they told her it was fake.
Native American actress gave ICE agents her tribal ID. They called it 'fake,' she says
www.seattletimes.com
November 27, 2025 at 4:04 PM
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bachynski.bsky.social
Happy Thanksgiving! Today, I’m grateful to all the scientists, public health professionals, health care workers, and others who work so tirelessly and brilliantly to advance our scientific understanding and to save lives. Here is just one beautiful example of helping vulnerable kids flourish.
bachynski.bsky.social Kathleen Bachynski @bachynski.bsky.social · 1d
“Since SCID is caused by a faulty gene, scientists collect babies’ stem cells and, in the lab, introduce a healthy copy, using a harmless, disabled form of H.I.V. as the courier. (While the virus can’t replicate, it is still excellent at integrating its genetic cargo into cells’ D.N.A.)”
She Was Born Without an Immune System. Gene Therapy Saved Her Life.
www.nytimes.com
November 27, 2025 at 2:25 PM
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newyorker.com
The Trump Administration has claimed that it’s nearing a deal to end the war in Ukraine, but the conflict’s essential impasse still holds: Moscow won’t accept what Kyiv can stomach. https://www.newyorker.com/news/the-lede/what-are-putins-ultimate-demands-for-peace-in-ukraine
What are Putin’s Ultimate Demands for Peace in Ukraine?
The Trump Administration has claimed that it’s nearing a deal to end the war, but, for now, the conflict’s essential impasse still holds: Moscow won’t accept what Kyiv can stomach.
www.newyorker.com
November 27, 2025 at 2:30 PM
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sfchronicle.com
Aging consumers have increasingly skipped Black Friday’s overnight campouts and long lines, while the younger demographics seem more likely to jostle through a thrift store.
Once a combat sport, Black Friday now belongs to online shoppers and thrifting teens
Aging consumers have increasingly skipped Black Friday’s overnight campouts and long lines, while the younger demographics seem more likely to jostle through a thrift store.
bit.ly
November 27, 2025 at 2:30 PM
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emptywheel.bsky.social
And Mike Johnson's sob story should be read in tandem w/@tressiemcphd.bsky.social's piece on how the right wing treats its talented women.

www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/o...
Some of the most visible Trump groupies are members of government: Lauren Boebert, Nancy Mace, Elise Stefanik, Kristi Noem and, of course, Marjorie Taylor Greene. These women brought a certain amount of chutzpah to Trump’s brand, adding their feminine touch to his masculine politics of disruption, grift and sexism so that it looked less like scamminess and more like populism. In exchange, they rode Trump’s ideological coattails to power. This kind of professional coverture — where women rely on powerful men for their own professional status — can be heady. It’s not hard to imagine the onetime “South Dakota Snow Queen” Noem struggling with professional respect or the G.E.D. holder Boebert having few career options. And for many of them, betting on Trump did pay off. They did not just win elections and gain political appointments. They also became stars. But history can tell you what happens when a king graces a woman with new powers: When the king tires of her, her reign is over. Editors’ Picks On a Volcanic Caribbean Isle, 37 Beaches and Endless Views Wines, Spirits and More to Bring to Any Holiday Gathering What Is Agentic A.I., and Would You Trust It to Book a Flight? Viewing Greene’s newfound political trajectory as bravery assumes that she had something to risk in standing up to Trump. But it is just as likely that, like millions of women before her, Greene’s status with the king had already been degraded. Trump once described Greene’s frequent phone calls with great affection. This month he described them as a nuisance and her as a lunatic. It’s a classic breakup drama.
November 27, 2025 at 2:30 PM