Michael Montour
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Let me tell you about the other Epstein files the Trump administration is STILL HIDING — records that aren’t affected by the bill Congress passed today.
November 18, 2025 at 11:12 PM
Let me tell you about the other Epstein files the Trump administration is STILL HIDING — records that aren’t affected by the bill Congress passed today.
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November 18, 2025 at 6:42 PM
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Windows does update.
Now opens Game Bar when webcam turns on.
Industrial paper cutter uses a webcam to detect registration dots.
Game Bar opens on every sheet feed.
I swear half of admin work in 2025 is slapping windows' fingers away from the controls. No! Bad OS. BAD! *gets the spray bottle*
Now opens Game Bar when webcam turns on.
Industrial paper cutter uses a webcam to detect registration dots.
Game Bar opens on every sheet feed.
I swear half of admin work in 2025 is slapping windows' fingers away from the controls. No! Bad OS. BAD! *gets the spray bottle*
November 18, 2025 at 9:32 PM
Windows does update.
Now opens Game Bar when webcam turns on.
Industrial paper cutter uses a webcam to detect registration dots.
Game Bar opens on every sheet feed.
I swear half of admin work in 2025 is slapping windows' fingers away from the controls. No! Bad OS. BAD! *gets the spray bottle*
Now opens Game Bar when webcam turns on.
Industrial paper cutter uses a webcam to detect registration dots.
Game Bar opens on every sheet feed.
I swear half of admin work in 2025 is slapping windows' fingers away from the controls. No! Bad OS. BAD! *gets the spray bottle*
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After a bird flu outbreak tore through Midwestern barns, killing millions of chickens and spiking egg prices, the federal government didn’t investigate if the virus was airborne.
So ProPublica did.
Absolutely terrifying reporting from @natlash.bsky.social:
www.propublica.org/article/bird...
So ProPublica did.
Absolutely terrifying reporting from @natlash.bsky.social:
www.propublica.org/article/bird...
What the U.S. Government Is Dismissing That Could Seed a Bird Flu Pandemic
Egg producers suspect bird flu is traveling through the air. After a disastrous Midwestern outbreak early this year, we tested that theory and found that where the wind blew, the virus followed. Vacci...
www.propublica.org
November 18, 2025 at 6:53 PM
After a bird flu outbreak tore through Midwestern barns, killing millions of chickens and spiking egg prices, the federal government didn’t investigate if the virus was airborne.
So ProPublica did.
Absolutely terrifying reporting from @natlash.bsky.social:
www.propublica.org/article/bird...
So ProPublica did.
Absolutely terrifying reporting from @natlash.bsky.social:
www.propublica.org/article/bird...
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Video from Tuesday morning shows gas pipeline explosion near Rostovka village in Russia's Omsk Oblast.
November 18, 2025 at 7:08 AM
Video from Tuesday morning shows gas pipeline explosion near Rostovka village in Russia's Omsk Oblast.
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Prashant Singh in the lab of Tina Iverson at Vanderbilt published this image of the bacterial 🦠flagellar motor, a detailed molecular model made possibly by CryoEM 🔬.
The similarity to mechanical motors are strong enough we can use terms like stator, rotor, rod & gearing to describe it.
The similarity to mechanical motors are strong enough we can use terms like stator, rotor, rod & gearing to describe it.
November 17, 2025 at 10:31 PM
Prashant Singh in the lab of Tina Iverson at Vanderbilt published this image of the bacterial 🦠flagellar motor, a detailed molecular model made possibly by CryoEM 🔬.
The similarity to mechanical motors are strong enough we can use terms like stator, rotor, rod & gearing to describe it.
The similarity to mechanical motors are strong enough we can use terms like stator, rotor, rod & gearing to describe it.
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PSA: if you are a cannabis grower in the United States or have been thinking about starting to grow, get any seeds you’ve been wanting to buy online before the end of the year. The new changes to the hemp laws make buying seeds online illegal again as of January 1, 2026
November 16, 2025 at 7:38 PM
PSA: if you are a cannabis grower in the United States or have been thinking about starting to grow, get any seeds you’ve been wanting to buy online before the end of the year. The new changes to the hemp laws make buying seeds online illegal again as of January 1, 2026
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did you know we had ~80 huge sturgeon die this year (that we know of) in 2
BC rivers? These deaths occurred during the summer when the sockeye salmon were returning
sturgeon eat many salmon at once, and this may be overloading their metabolic capacity during hot summers 😱
#sturgeonsaturday 🧪👩🏻🔬🌎🌐
BC rivers? These deaths occurred during the summer when the sockeye salmon were returning
sturgeon eat many salmon at once, and this may be overloading their metabolic capacity during hot summers 😱
#sturgeonsaturday 🧪👩🏻🔬🌎🌐
November 15, 2025 at 11:41 PM
did you know we had ~80 huge sturgeon die this year (that we know of) in 2
BC rivers? These deaths occurred during the summer when the sockeye salmon were returning
sturgeon eat many salmon at once, and this may be overloading their metabolic capacity during hot summers 😱
#sturgeonsaturday 🧪👩🏻🔬🌎🌐
BC rivers? These deaths occurred during the summer when the sockeye salmon were returning
sturgeon eat many salmon at once, and this may be overloading their metabolic capacity during hot summers 😱
#sturgeonsaturday 🧪👩🏻🔬🌎🌐
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Part 138 of 200 in historically interesting things to inspire your ttrpg
A cherub carved in malachite, with inset diamond eyes, mounted over a gold ring. United States, late 19th century (damn this looks so evil and cursed lol)
A cherub carved in malachite, with inset diamond eyes, mounted over a gold ring. United States, late 19th century (damn this looks so evil and cursed lol)
November 15, 2025 at 11:42 PM
Part 138 of 200 in historically interesting things to inspire your ttrpg
A cherub carved in malachite, with inset diamond eyes, mounted over a gold ring. United States, late 19th century (damn this looks so evil and cursed lol)
A cherub carved in malachite, with inset diamond eyes, mounted over a gold ring. United States, late 19th century (damn this looks so evil and cursed lol)
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okay so why is this post still up & account still existing? actual question. the account isn’t even verified like some of the other fed gov accounts either, but also it shouldn’t matter when they post “we will kill you” along with videos of them killing people.
November 15, 2025 at 10:57 AM
okay so why is this post still up & account still existing? actual question. the account isn’t even verified like some of the other fed gov accounts either, but also it shouldn’t matter when they post “we will kill you” along with videos of them killing people.
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An empty Russian oil terminal in Novorossiysk. Following the recent Ukrainian strikes, the port has halted crude loading operations. By @mtanderson.bsky.social
November 15, 2025 at 8:23 PM
An empty Russian oil terminal in Novorossiysk. Following the recent Ukrainian strikes, the port has halted crude loading operations. By @mtanderson.bsky.social
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Silicon Valley, 1990s: Free and open access to all the world’s knowledge will usher a new utopian age of information!
Silicon Valley, 2025:
Silicon Valley, 2025:
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November 15, 2025 at 1:28 AM
Silicon Valley, 1990s: Free and open access to all the world’s knowledge will usher a new utopian age of information!
Silicon Valley, 2025:
Silicon Valley, 2025:
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It’s been a year to the day we bought (and then didn’t, for reasons we still don’t fully know) InfoWars. We’re still trying. In the year since, we built The Onion into one of the biggest newspapers in the United States. I’m so proud of this place. I’m proud we do hard stuff. Thank you for caring.
November 15, 2025 at 12:12 AM
It’s been a year to the day we bought (and then didn’t, for reasons we still don’t fully know) InfoWars. We’re still trying. In the year since, we built The Onion into one of the biggest newspapers in the United States. I’m so proud of this place. I’m proud we do hard stuff. Thank you for caring.
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Every time Covid and learning loss hits the news, people act like the only factor is folk staying home and learning online, rather than… Living through a global mass death event.
November 14, 2025 at 8:51 PM
Every time Covid and learning loss hits the news, people act like the only factor is folk staying home and learning online, rather than… Living through a global mass death event.
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During the height of the pandemic, Tyson used Palantir to predict Covid-19 infections among meatpacking workers down to a nearly exactly figure. But rather than using this data to increase worker protections, Tyson used it plan for labor shortages + plant closures
My latest for @sentientmedia.org
My latest for @sentientmedia.org
November 13, 2025 at 7:49 PM
During the height of the pandemic, Tyson used Palantir to predict Covid-19 infections among meatpacking workers down to a nearly exactly figure. But rather than using this data to increase worker protections, Tyson used it plan for labor shortages + plant closures
My latest for @sentientmedia.org
My latest for @sentientmedia.org
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And we knew this. This wasn't speculation. We studied it, we had the talking points. We trained volunteers to explain this to people. It's not a surprise. Rich people don't flee places with good quality of life when we increase the quality of life. They might try to cheat us, but they don't leave.
NEW: The first two years of Massachusetts' millionaire tax has raised $3 billion more than expected.
And rather than driving the rich away, IPS researchers found that the number of millionaires has *increased.*
Tax the rich. Greg Ryan in @bloomberg.com:
And rather than driving the rich away, IPS researchers found that the number of millionaires has *increased.*
Tax the rich. Greg Ryan in @bloomberg.com:
Millionaire Tax That Inspired Mamdani Fuels $5.7 Billion Haul in Massachusetts
A millionaire levy in Massachusetts that New York City mayoral frontrunner Zohran Mamdani holds up as a model for taxing the rich has generated $3 billion more in revenue than expected without forcing...
www.bloomberg.com
November 14, 2025 at 4:16 AM
And we knew this. This wasn't speculation. We studied it, we had the talking points. We trained volunteers to explain this to people. It's not a surprise. Rich people don't flee places with good quality of life when we increase the quality of life. They might try to cheat us, but they don't leave.
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pickup trucks for the average person should not have been allowed to advance past this. if you need anything bigger, you should have to provide some kind of documentation showing you have the license and need for special heavy machinery, otherwise you get the 1990 toyota hilux
November 14, 2025 at 1:38 AM
pickup trucks for the average person should not have been allowed to advance past this. if you need anything bigger, you should have to provide some kind of documentation showing you have the license and need for special heavy machinery, otherwise you get the 1990 toyota hilux
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Sheskharis is burning - a major export oil terminal near the port of Novorossiysk.
The Sheskharis terminal is the end point of Transneft's pipelines. It is a strategically important hub for the export of Russian oil and petroleum products through the Black Sea.
#russianLosses
#UkraineNews
The Sheskharis terminal is the end point of Transneft's pipelines. It is a strategically important hub for the export of Russian oil and petroleum products through the Black Sea.
#russianLosses
#UkraineNews
November 14, 2025 at 3:30 AM
Sheskharis is burning - a major export oil terminal near the port of Novorossiysk.
The Sheskharis terminal is the end point of Transneft's pipelines. It is a strategically important hub for the export of Russian oil and petroleum products through the Black Sea.
#russianLosses
#UkraineNews
The Sheskharis terminal is the end point of Transneft's pipelines. It is a strategically important hub for the export of Russian oil and petroleum products through the Black Sea.
#russianLosses
#UkraineNews
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⚡️'Russians are striking residential buildings' — 1 person killed, 24 injured in Kyiv amid massive missile, drone attack.
Russia targeted the capital with cruise and ballistic missiles as well as hundreds of drones in a massive overnight attack that left apartments throughout the city in flames.
Russia targeted the capital with cruise and ballistic missiles as well as hundreds of drones in a massive overnight attack that left apartments throughout the city in flames.
'Russians are striking residential buildings' — 1 person killed, 24 injured in Kyiv amid massive missile, drone attack
At least 11 apartment buildings throughout the city were struck in the overnight attack, Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko said.
kyivindependent.com
November 14, 2025 at 4:23 AM
⚡️'Russians are striking residential buildings' — 1 person killed, 24 injured in Kyiv amid massive missile, drone attack.
Russia targeted the capital with cruise and ballistic missiles as well as hundreds of drones in a massive overnight attack that left apartments throughout the city in flames.
Russia targeted the capital with cruise and ballistic missiles as well as hundreds of drones in a massive overnight attack that left apartments throughout the city in flames.
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Long ago on the hell site I made long list of historically interesting things to use in dnd ttrpgs and I'll start dragging them over here starting with
2000 years-old sapphire ring presumably belonged to Roman emperor Caligula, depicting his fourth wife Caesonia.
2000 years-old sapphire ring presumably belonged to Roman emperor Caligula, depicting his fourth wife Caesonia.
November 13, 2025 at 3:51 AM
Long ago on the hell site I made long list of historically interesting things to use in dnd ttrpgs and I'll start dragging them over here starting with
2000 years-old sapphire ring presumably belonged to Roman emperor Caligula, depicting his fourth wife Caesonia.
2000 years-old sapphire ring presumably belonged to Roman emperor Caligula, depicting his fourth wife Caesonia.
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Important to remember!!!
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November 12, 2025 at 8:43 PM
Important to remember!!!
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Another thing this email trove has convinced me of is that NYT has been actively and consciously helping Trump since 2015. It wasn't just casual sexism, double standards, and political reporting Kayfabe. They were doing catch and kill
November 12, 2025 at 8:07 PM
Another thing this email trove has convinced me of is that NYT has been actively and consciously helping Trump since 2015. It wasn't just casual sexism, double standards, and political reporting Kayfabe. They were doing catch and kill
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Bluesky suspended Sarah Kendzior today for no reason whatsoever. She just shared excerpts of her articles, which were as always incisive and not offensive at all. Hey @pfrazee.com this is super not OK. I know her- we've interacted a fair bit via chats and her work is essential.
November 11, 2025 at 5:02 AM
Bluesky suspended Sarah Kendzior today for no reason whatsoever. She just shared excerpts of her articles, which were as always incisive and not offensive at all. Hey @pfrazee.com this is super not OK. I know her- we've interacted a fair bit via chats and her work is essential.
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No notes….nailed it 🎯
November 11, 2025 at 1:34 AM
No notes….nailed it 🎯
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this is literally never not accurate
November 10, 2025 at 6:32 PM
this is literally never not accurate