Ed Costello
@edcos39.bsky.social
Earth has only ONE atmosphere. Try not to pollute it with CO2 or unkindness.
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Ed Costello
@edcos39.bsky.social
· Aug 27
If THIS doesn't persuade you that gun control laws are needed, nothing will.
This is NOT NORMAL (in any other country but USA)
This is NOT NORMAL (in any other country but USA)
Weak old man cannot stay on topic. Article 25 meant for these occasions.
Trump gets distracted by a woman in the crowd he says looks like Ivanka and has her turn for the cameras
December 14, 2025 at 6:34 PM
Weak old man cannot stay on topic. Article 25 meant for these occasions.
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Ahmed Al Ahmed’s cousin: “He’s a hero. 100% a hero.”
December 14, 2025 at 1:47 PM
Ahmed Al Ahmed’s cousin: “He’s a hero. 100% a hero.”
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The State Department is evidently going all in defending a meeting with a known Russian asset from a far-right party in Germany. Helluva look, even for this administration. x.com/michaeldweis...
Michael Weiss on X: "Surely one can be anti-censorship without being under the "absolute control" of the Russian Presidential Administration, as Markus Fronhmaier is described as being in two separate documents obtained by @derspiegel. You just returned from Europe where you spent much of your time https://t.co/sa6Vva56u6" / X
Surely one can be anti-censorship without being under the "absolute control" of the Russian Presidential Administration, as Markus Fronhmaier is described as being in two separate documents obtained by @derspiegel. You just returned from Europe where you spent much of your time https://t.co/sa6Vva56u6
x.com
December 14, 2025 at 5:35 PM
The State Department is evidently going all in defending a meeting with a known Russian asset from a far-right party in Germany. Helluva look, even for this administration. x.com/michaeldweis...
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Another exhibit for @sean-hecker.bsky.social for vindictive and selective prosecution.
Bovino on Abrego Garcia: "When he becomes deportable, he is going to get deported. And he needs to be deported now."
December 14, 2025 at 6:29 PM
Another exhibit for @sean-hecker.bsky.social for vindictive and selective prosecution.
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While some civil servants and senior officials are experiencing bouts of conscience during the second Trump Administration, those who fall in line must reckon with how history will view them.
www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
History’s Judgment of Those Who Go Along
Some civil servants and senior officials in the Trump Administration are experiencing bouts of conscience.
www.newyorker.com
December 14, 2025 at 6:30 PM
While some civil servants and senior officials are experiencing bouts of conscience during the second Trump Administration, those who fall in line must reckon with how history will view them.
www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
The G.O.P. Wanted ‘Mama Bears.’ It Got Something More Unruly. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/13/o...
Opinion | The G.O.P. Wanted ‘Mama Bears.’ It Got Something More Unruly.
www.nytimes.com
December 14, 2025 at 6:13 PM
The G.O.P. Wanted ‘Mama Bears.’ It Got Something More Unruly. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/13/o...
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For those who can’t / don’t have access to IG, here’s an article about it h/t to @mathiastck.bsky.social amp.sacbee.com/news/local/e...
Lincoln mayor's remarks at high school’s first Club America ignite controversy
Club America is the high school program associated with Turning Point USA, a nonprofit that advocates for conservative politics.
amp.sacbee.com
December 14, 2025 at 6:07 PM
For those who can’t / don’t have access to IG, here’s an article about it h/t to @mathiastck.bsky.social amp.sacbee.com/news/local/e...
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I feel the need to draw some attention to this. www.instagram.com/reel/DSNw268...
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www.instagram.com
December 14, 2025 at 5:36 PM
I feel the need to draw some attention to this. www.instagram.com/reel/DSNw268...
Appeals Court Says Trump Must End Los Angeles Deployment by Monday
(Never needed; never wanted; NOT the Gestapo tRUMP wants)
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/13/u...
(Never needed; never wanted; NOT the Gestapo tRUMP wants)
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/13/u...
Appeals Court Says Trump Must End Los Angeles Deployment by Monday
www.nytimes.com
December 14, 2025 at 6:10 PM
Appeals Court Says Trump Must End Los Angeles Deployment by Monday
(Never needed; never wanted; NOT the Gestapo tRUMP wants)
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/13/u...
(Never needed; never wanted; NOT the Gestapo tRUMP wants)
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/13/u...
But some "things" only can happen when there re GUNS.
December 14, 2025 at 6:06 PM
But some "things" only can happen when there re GUNS.
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Police in Rhode Island say they have a person of interest in custody after a shooting at Brown University killed two students and wounded nine others.
https://to.pbs.org/48DcN53
https://to.pbs.org/48DcN53
Live updates: Deadly shooting at Brown University
The incident happened Saturday afternoon in a classroom during final exams and paralyzed the campus, with students sheltering in place for hours.
www.pbs.org
December 14, 2025 at 5:55 PM
Police in Rhode Island say they have a person of interest in custody after a shooting at Brown University killed two students and wounded nine others.
https://to.pbs.org/48DcN53
https://to.pbs.org/48DcN53
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No time to do a full #PoliticalLessonPost and deep dive here but in case you needed more evidence that the legacy news has been compromised listen to this clip.
She asks a question that very much supports the anti-abortion narrative/framing. 1/4
She asks a question that very much supports the anti-abortion narrative/framing. 1/4
really weird -- Margaret Brennen presses Bill Cassidy on why the White House isn't doing more to crack down on mifepristone and what he's doing to encourage them to do it
December 14, 2025 at 4:33 PM
No time to do a full #PoliticalLessonPost and deep dive here but in case you needed more evidence that the legacy news has been compromised listen to this clip.
She asks a question that very much supports the anti-abortion narrative/framing. 1/4
She asks a question that very much supports the anti-abortion narrative/framing. 1/4
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Federal protections for #MonarchButterflies
“47’s administration has delayed a decision on whether to extend federal protections to monarch butterflies indefinitely despite years of warnings from conservationists that populations are shrinking.“
apnews.com/article/mona...
“47’s administration has delayed a decision on whether to extend federal protections to monarch butterflies indefinitely despite years of warnings from conservationists that populations are shrinking.“
apnews.com/article/mona...
Trump administration delays decision on federal protections for monarch butterflies
The Trump administration has delayed a decision on whether to extend federal protections to monarch butterflies indefinitely. The U.S.
apnews.com
December 14, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Federal protections for #MonarchButterflies
“47’s administration has delayed a decision on whether to extend federal protections to monarch butterflies indefinitely despite years of warnings from conservationists that populations are shrinking.“
apnews.com/article/mona...
“47’s administration has delayed a decision on whether to extend federal protections to monarch butterflies indefinitely despite years of warnings from conservationists that populations are shrinking.“
apnews.com/article/mona...
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Bradley Cooper’s new film, “Is This Thing On?,” about separated spouses played by Laura Dern and Will Arnett, is scrappy but soul-nourishing. “Cooper has a gift for striking conventional beats with knowing understatement,” @justincchang.bsky.social writes. newyorkermag.visitlink.me/YdMZhd
The Lovably Fragile Exes of “Is This Thing On?”
Bradley Cooper’s latest film, about separated spouses played by Laura Dern and Will Arnett, is scrappy but soul-nourishing.
newyorkermag.visitlink.me
December 14, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Bradley Cooper’s new film, “Is This Thing On?,” about separated spouses played by Laura Dern and Will Arnett, is scrappy but soul-nourishing. “Cooper has a gift for striking conventional beats with knowing understatement,” @justincchang.bsky.social writes. newyorkermag.visitlink.me/YdMZhd
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As an avid observer of algorithms I think I’ve figured out part of what happened here.
FB now explicitly looks for and directs posts you’re opposed to into your feed, to rage-bait engagement.
So now my posts are being actively boosted into people’s feeds of who reject climate. Ha! 😄😵💫
FB now explicitly looks for and directs posts you’re opposed to into your feed, to rage-bait engagement.
So now my posts are being actively boosted into people’s feeds of who reject climate. Ha! 😄😵💫
In 2018, Meta decided “clean energy” and “climate change” were politically sensitive topics, and demanded that I - a climate scientist - register as a political org to post and boost posts on them.
I refused, and my page has been shadow banned since then. For 7 years. Until this week, that is 😳
I refused, and my page has been shadow banned since then. For 7 years. Until this week, that is 😳
December 14, 2025 at 6:02 PM
As an avid observer of algorithms I think I’ve figured out part of what happened here.
FB now explicitly looks for and directs posts you’re opposed to into your feed, to rage-bait engagement.
So now my posts are being actively boosted into people’s feeds of who reject climate. Ha! 😄😵💫
FB now explicitly looks for and directs posts you’re opposed to into your feed, to rage-bait engagement.
So now my posts are being actively boosted into people’s feeds of who reject climate. Ha! 😄😵💫
MAHA Moms Are Angry at the E.P.A. Lee Zeldin Is Trying to Win Them Back.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/13/c...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/13/c...
MAHA Moms Are Angry at the E.P.A. Lee Zeldin Is Trying to Win Them Back.
www.nytimes.com
December 14, 2025 at 6:03 PM
MAHA Moms Are Angry at the E.P.A. Lee Zeldin Is Trying to Win Them Back.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/13/c...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/13/c...
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“Even worse, parents and kids learned together to use their phones. We all experienced these new technologies at the same time, and we often behaved no better than our teenage sons and daughters. Our kids were taking notes as social media broke our brains and hardened our hearts.”
Opinion | What Happens if You Refuse to Recognize That We Are in a Death Spiral
www.nytimes.com
December 14, 2025 at 5:32 PM
“Even worse, parents and kids learned together to use their phones. We all experienced these new technologies at the same time, and we often behaved no better than our teenage sons and daughters. Our kids were taking notes as social media broke our brains and hardened our hearts.”
The S.E.C. Was Tough on Crypto. It Pulled Back After Trump Returned to Office.
(Grift continues as US soldiers are killed in Syria)
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/14/u...
(Grift continues as US soldiers are killed in Syria)
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/14/u...
The S.E.C. Was Tough on Crypto. It Pulled Back After Trump Returned to Office.
www.nytimes.com
December 14, 2025 at 5:34 PM
The S.E.C. Was Tough on Crypto. It Pulled Back After Trump Returned to Office.
(Grift continues as US soldiers are killed in Syria)
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/14/u...
(Grift continues as US soldiers are killed in Syria)
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/14/u...
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If Trump had just left the oil tanker alone, he could have continued to claim at least with a fig leaf of credibility that we had no choice but to blow up the boats he isn't seizing
The Caribbean Killings Were Unnecessary. Trump Just Proved It.
If we can seize an oil tanker, why did eighty people have to die?
lnk.thebulwark.com
December 14, 2025 at 3:00 AM
If Trump had just left the oil tanker alone, he could have continued to claim at least with a fig leaf of credibility that we had no choice but to blow up the boats he isn't seizing
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Gift article:
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/13/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/13/o...
December 13, 2025 at 7:27 PM
Gift article:
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/13/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/13/o...
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Russian Telegram channels report a drone attack on oil reservoirs in Uryupinsk, Volgograd region of Russia.
December 13, 2025 at 10:17 PM
Russian Telegram channels report a drone attack on oil reservoirs in Uryupinsk, Volgograd region of Russia.
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If Trump weren’t so busy targeting Americans at home, he might have time to protect our troops overseas. Instead, his focus seems to be on chasing “antifa.”
December 13, 2025 at 10:28 PM
If Trump weren’t so busy targeting Americans at home, he might have time to protect our troops overseas. Instead, his focus seems to be on chasing “antifa.”
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Chancellor Merz:
It’s a war of aggression by Russia against Ukraine,against Europe.If Ukraine falls,it won't end.Just as the Sudetenland wasn't enough in 1938
Putin doesn't stop.Anyone who still believes he's had enough should carefully analyze his strategies,documents,speeches,public appearances
It’s a war of aggression by Russia against Ukraine,against Europe.If Ukraine falls,it won't end.Just as the Sudetenland wasn't enough in 1938
Putin doesn't stop.Anyone who still believes he's had enough should carefully analyze his strategies,documents,speeches,public appearances
December 13, 2025 at 7:51 PM
Chancellor Merz:
It’s a war of aggression by Russia against Ukraine,against Europe.If Ukraine falls,it won't end.Just as the Sudetenland wasn't enough in 1938
Putin doesn't stop.Anyone who still believes he's had enough should carefully analyze his strategies,documents,speeches,public appearances
It’s a war of aggression by Russia against Ukraine,against Europe.If Ukraine falls,it won't end.Just as the Sudetenland wasn't enough in 1938
Putin doesn't stop.Anyone who still believes he's had enough should carefully analyze his strategies,documents,speeches,public appearances