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· Jun 19
Because it needs to be said out loud more often, to “bomb Iran” is to kill families living under one of the world’s most oppressive regimes. Mothers and fathers and children. Violence is the opposite of what is needed here.
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NEW:
Trump’s Own Mortgages Match His Description of Mortgage Fraud, Records Reveal
www.propublica.org/article/trum...
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Trump’s Own Mortgages Match His Description of Mortgage Fraud, Records Reveal
www.propublica.org/article/trum...
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Trump’s Own Mortgages Match His Description of Mortgage Fraud, Records Reveal
The Trump administration has argued that Fed board member Lisa Cook may have committed mortgage fraud by declaring more than one primary residence on her loans. We found Trump once did the very thing ...
www.propublica.org
December 8, 2025 at 12:32 PM
NEW:
Trump’s Own Mortgages Match His Description of Mortgage Fraud, Records Reveal
www.propublica.org/article/trum...
w/ @robert-faturechi.bsky.social @amierjeski.bsky.social
Trump’s Own Mortgages Match His Description of Mortgage Fraud, Records Reveal
www.propublica.org/article/trum...
w/ @robert-faturechi.bsky.social @amierjeski.bsky.social
Texas had traffic cameras briefly, but then ripped them out. I’ve always assumed it was because our Attorney General was having an affair, and didn’t like the idea of being caught on camera. Meanwhile, cameras really could provide a societal benefit, if we really wanted our traffic laws enforced
Our new study provides rare causal evidence about NYC’s speed camera program. We find large reductions in collisions (30%) and injuries (16%) near intersections with cameras. www.pnas.org/doi/abs/10.1... @astagoff.bsky.social ky.social @brendenbeck.bsky.social nbeck.bsky.social 🧪
Can speed cameras make streets safer? Quasi-experimental evidence from New York City | PNAS
Each year, approximately 40,000 people die in vehicle collisions in the United States,
generating $340 billion in economic costs. To make roads saf...
www.pnas.org
December 9, 2025 at 2:10 AM
Texas had traffic cameras briefly, but then ripped them out. I’ve always assumed it was because our Attorney General was having an affair, and didn’t like the idea of being caught on camera. Meanwhile, cameras really could provide a societal benefit, if we really wanted our traffic laws enforced
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If you felt sorry for all the work our criminals went through, I would challenge you to come up with a BETTER work around than stablecoins. Click a button, transfer the code, sell your code for dollars, presto: money laundered.
December 7, 2025 at 2:10 PM
If you felt sorry for all the work our criminals went through, I would challenge you to come up with a BETTER work around than stablecoins. Click a button, transfer the code, sell your code for dollars, presto: money laundered.
Like most of the Fortune 500, the company I so enjoy working at now was also founded by immigrants. I do not want to see us back-sliding to exclusionary policies based in bigotry. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/05/o...
Opinion | We Rejected This Practice 60 Years Ago. We Must Do So Again Today.
www.nytimes.com
December 6, 2025 at 4:17 AM
Like most of the Fortune 500, the company I so enjoy working at now was also founded by immigrants. I do not want to see us back-sliding to exclusionary policies based in bigotry. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/05/o...
The voter suppression is strong (and targeted at Latinos) in Texas. He’ll bring his bigoted ways to the US Senate if he beats Cornyn, too www.houstonchronicle.com/politics/tex...
Ken Paxton sues to shut down Texas Latino voter registration group
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton sued Jolt, alleging the Houston-based nonprofit tried to register noncitizens.
www.houstonchronicle.com
December 3, 2025 at 2:05 PM
The voter suppression is strong (and targeted at Latinos) in Texas. He’ll bring his bigoted ways to the US Senate if he beats Cornyn, too www.houstonchronicle.com/politics/tex...
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Another arrest of people who voluntarily showed up for a required check-in: "The father and his son were arrested at a check-in with ICE."
Also, look at that boy's sweet face. To think of the damage that these monsters are inflicting on him and countless other young children.
Also, look at that boy's sweet face. To think of the damage that these monsters are inflicting on him and countless other young children.
A 6-year-old boy is missing after ICE arrested him and his dad in NYC last week and shipped them off to separate facilities. www.thecity.nyc/2025/12/02/i... @thecity.nyc @gwynnefitz.bsky.social
ICE Arrested and Separated Chinese Father From 6-Year-Old Son, Advocates Say
The father and son were detained at an ICE check-in on Nov. 26, advocates say. The son’s location is currently unknown, while the father is being held at an upstate ICE facility.
www.thecity.nyc
December 3, 2025 at 3:54 AM
Another arrest of people who voluntarily showed up for a required check-in: "The father and his son were arrested at a check-in with ICE."
Also, look at that boy's sweet face. To think of the damage that these monsters are inflicting on him and countless other young children.
Also, look at that boy's sweet face. To think of the damage that these monsters are inflicting on him and countless other young children.
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RFK! - A Randy Rainbow Song Parody
YouTube video by Randy Rainbow
youtu.be
December 2, 2025 at 3:20 PM
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![Comic. Panels up to the 10-year point are grayed out. New panels since the Ten Years comic, which chronicles the first ten years of PERSON 1's journey with cancer: (1) [two people in bed] PERSON 1 (woman): One more chapter? PERSON 2 (man): Don’t we both have to get up early? PERSON 1: Nnnnnggggh PERSON 2: Sure, good point. (2) [many people wearing masks, walking while looking at graphs on their phones] (3) [birds landing on people] PERSON 2 in beanie and scarf: Hah! They like *my* seeds best. PERSON 1 in scarf holding phone with a bird sitting on it: Wait, how do I take a picture of this one? (4) [two people rowing boats with tree landscape] (5) [Person 1 carries overflowing stack of things to Person 2 in bed] PERSON 1: I brought you honey lemon tea, more pillows, a cinnamon roll, Tylenol, another blanket, a– PERSON 2: It was just Appendicitis, I’m really– PERSON 1: *It is my turn to take care of you and I am going to do it right!* (6) [Two people in car] (7) [still in car) PERSON 1: Oh my god. PERSON 2: Oh my god. (8) [car driving] PERSON 1: Pull over! PERSON 2: I am! (9) [both people get out of car] (10) [Large colored panel of aurora borealis over water with both people looking on] (11) [Person 1 sits against tree while Person 2 lies on the ground] PERSON 1: Fifteen years. No sign of the cancer. (12) I *am* having some weird symptoms. Joint pain. Fatigue. I think I’m losing my close-up vision. PERSON 2: Yeah. Me too. (13) PERSON 2: I think we’re getting old. (14) PERSON 1: I guess that’s okay. PERSON 2: It’s all I wanted.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:cz73r7iyiqn26upot4jtjdhk/bafkreihwhjblp5lyiwp63ouar7ocfea7evmckytoeo7rkfuoo4gw5rnrra@jpeg)
November 26, 2025 at 10:32 PM
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Among the things I am thankful for is the courage and patriotism of all the federal workers who blew the whistle on agency policies that harm Americans, and those who support us. #CourageIsContagious Art by @drrabbithole.bsky.social
November 27, 2025 at 12:06 PM
Among the things I am thankful for is the courage and patriotism of all the federal workers who blew the whistle on agency policies that harm Americans, and those who support us. #CourageIsContagious Art by @drrabbithole.bsky.social
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“I was 14… I was 16… this was me when I met Epstein… there are thousands of us… time to let the secrets out of the shadows”
Powerful ad from survivors ahead of a vote to tell us where each House rep stands on protecting kids vs protecting pedophiles.
Powerful ad from survivors ahead of a vote to tell us where each House rep stands on protecting kids vs protecting pedophiles.
November 17, 2025 at 2:00 AM
“I was 14… I was 16… this was me when I met Epstein… there are thousands of us… time to let the secrets out of the shadows”
Powerful ad from survivors ahead of a vote to tell us where each House rep stands on protecting kids vs protecting pedophiles.
Powerful ad from survivors ahead of a vote to tell us where each House rep stands on protecting kids vs protecting pedophiles.
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Why do whales and elephants have much lower rates of cancer than expected?
"Species with a lower cancer prevalence and mortality
risk are those with a higher presence of cooperative and caring habits, while the opposite is found....:"
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
"Species with a lower cancer prevalence and mortality
risk are those with a higher presence of cooperative and caring habits, while the opposite is found....:"
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Coevolution of cooperative lifestyles and reduced cancer prevalence in mammals
While cooperative mammals evolve reducing cancer prevalence, oncogenes can be maintained by selection in competitive species.
www.science.org
November 15, 2025 at 4:43 PM
Why do whales and elephants have much lower rates of cancer than expected?
"Species with a lower cancer prevalence and mortality
risk are those with a higher presence of cooperative and caring habits, while the opposite is found....:"
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
"Species with a lower cancer prevalence and mortality
risk are those with a higher presence of cooperative and caring habits, while the opposite is found....:"
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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Journalists who cover race, gender and inequality are often the first to go in layoffs, raising deeper questions about who gets to tell the news.
Teen Vogue changed how a generation saw politics and inclusion. That era could be over.
Journalists who cover race, gender and inequality are often the first to go, raising deeper questions about who gets to tell the news.
19thnews.org
November 13, 2025 at 6:39 PM
Journalists who cover race, gender and inequality are often the first to go in layoffs, raising deeper questions about who gets to tell the news.
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Kyle Kingsbury is not a journalist. He is not an op-ed writer.
He is a computer safety researcher.
And he has written one of the most compelling, comprehensive accounts of the ongoing hell in Chicago that you could possibly imagine.
In under 1600 words.
aphyr.com/posts/397-i-...
He is a computer safety researcher.
And he has written one of the most compelling, comprehensive accounts of the ongoing hell in Chicago that you could possibly imagine.
In under 1600 words.
aphyr.com/posts/397-i-...
November 9, 2025 at 8:49 PM
Kyle Kingsbury is not a journalist. He is not an op-ed writer.
He is a computer safety researcher.
And he has written one of the most compelling, comprehensive accounts of the ongoing hell in Chicago that you could possibly imagine.
In under 1600 words.
aphyr.com/posts/397-i-...
He is a computer safety researcher.
And he has written one of the most compelling, comprehensive accounts of the ongoing hell in Chicago that you could possibly imagine.
In under 1600 words.
aphyr.com/posts/397-i-...
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PSA for people with NIH grant periods starting January 1st (including most NIGMS MIRAs): your RPPR is due Saturday, but they haven’t sent out the usual automated reminders, presumably due to the shutdown
November 11, 2025 at 1:20 AM
PSA for people with NIH grant periods starting January 1st (including most NIGMS MIRAs): your RPPR is due Saturday, but they haven’t sent out the usual automated reminders, presumably due to the shutdown
The (white, of course) Nazi salute depicted as superior to the (black) fist of worker solidarity here…available with free shipping and free returns from Walmart. Merry Extremist 🎄 to all the worst people, I guess
I wrote a whole book on tshirts like this. Did not expect to see one for sale at Walmart. You can report it (as I have) by scrolling down on the item’s page and reporting it for offensive or prohibited content.
November 9, 2025 at 4:41 PM
The (white, of course) Nazi salute depicted as superior to the (black) fist of worker solidarity here…available with free shipping and free returns from Walmart. Merry Extremist 🎄 to all the worst people, I guess
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The Army removed the list after German media reported that U.S. troops were using the local foodbanks, a U.S. official said. trib.al/tMeNkQy
The Army listed German food banks for soldiers seeking shutdown help
The Army removed the list after German media reported that U.S. troops were using the local foodbanks, a U.S. official said.
trib.al
November 7, 2025 at 1:22 AM
The Army removed the list after German media reported that U.S. troops were using the local foodbanks, a U.S. official said. trib.al/tMeNkQy
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REMINDER: A socialist act by a New Yorker was a major reason why polio was eliminated in the US.
November 4, 2025 at 10:41 PM
REMINDER: A socialist act by a New Yorker was a major reason why polio was eliminated in the US.
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A seeming bit of history tonight as Ghazala Hashmi becomes the first Asian American to win statewide office in Virginia - and the first Muslim woman to win statewide office *anywhere* in the United States.
November 5, 2025 at 12:46 AM
A seeming bit of history tonight as Ghazala Hashmi becomes the first Asian American to win statewide office in Virginia - and the first Muslim woman to win statewide office *anywhere* in the United States.
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I await the Limu Emu snuff videos.
November 4, 2025 at 1:37 PM
I await the Limu Emu snuff videos.
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hire all the fired political teen vogue writers and make a new magazine call teen rogue.
we’ll all subscribe en masse
we’ll all subscribe en masse
November 4, 2025 at 2:32 AM
hire all the fired political teen vogue writers and make a new magazine call teen rogue.
we’ll all subscribe en masse
we’ll all subscribe en masse
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ICE grabbed a dad whose teen daughter has stage 4 cancer.
A federal judge just ruled his ongoing detention illegal.
But ICE hasn't let him out yet.
www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news...
A federal judge just ruled his ongoing detention illegal.
But ICE hasn't let him out yet.
www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news...
Judge orders bond hearing for Ruben Torres Maldonado, detained immigrant and father of cancer patient
A federal judge has ordered a bond hearing be held for Ruben Torres Maldonado, a detained immigrant whose daughter is suffering from cancer, as his deportation case makes its way through the system.
www.cbsnews.com
October 27, 2025 at 3:24 AM
ICE grabbed a dad whose teen daughter has stage 4 cancer.
A federal judge just ruled his ongoing detention illegal.
But ICE hasn't let him out yet.
www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news...
A federal judge just ruled his ongoing detention illegal.
But ICE hasn't let him out yet.
www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news...
This is the 🇨🇦advertisement that the current administration doesn’t want you to watch. globalnews.ca/video/114929... Because Reagan described the short versus long turn effects of tariffs like the ones Trump champions.
The Ontario anti-tariff ad which lead Trump to end trade talks with Canada | Watch News Videos Online
Watch The Ontario anti-tariff ad which lead Trump to end trade talks with Canada Video Online, on GlobalNews.ca
globalnews.ca
October 25, 2025 at 5:04 AM
This is the 🇨🇦advertisement that the current administration doesn’t want you to watch. globalnews.ca/video/114929... Because Reagan described the short versus long turn effects of tariffs like the ones Trump champions.
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www.cidrap.umn.edu/covid-19/cov...
Just saying - maybe some education here from HHS to the American public about the potential benefits of mRNA vaccines could help people see the whole picture.
@drsforamerica.bsky.social
Just saying - maybe some education here from HHS to the American public about the potential benefits of mRNA vaccines could help people see the whole picture.
@drsforamerica.bsky.social
COVID mRNA vaccines may be able to train immune system to attack cancer cells, boost survival
www.cidrap.umn.edu
October 20, 2025 at 9:54 PM
www.cidrap.umn.edu/covid-19/cov...
Just saying - maybe some education here from HHS to the American public about the potential benefits of mRNA vaccines could help people see the whole picture.
@drsforamerica.bsky.social
Just saying - maybe some education here from HHS to the American public about the potential benefits of mRNA vaccines could help people see the whole picture.
@drsforamerica.bsky.social
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