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Combustible Ho

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Freelance writer, editor and mediocre mom. Historian by education; strategic marketing management by profession; pain in the arse by avocation. Montani semper liberi in the PNW & Mount Holyoke alumna. Walk softly and carry a big shtick.

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ZER0 BILLIONAIRES @zer0billionaires.bsky.social · 3h
$26.7 MILLION spent by Elon Musk’s America PAC on the 2026 midterms, including $21 MILLION in seven key Senate races WIRED/FEC, as of 2026-10-06. This is just the beginning. #Zer0Billionaires #Resist #VoteBlue #econsky
Political poster showing a black-and-white close-up of Elon Musk's face framed by a large red zero with a diagonal red stripe, two QR codes and yellow slogans, and bold white text "ZERO BILLIONAIRES NEED MORE INFLUENCE" protesting billionaire influence.
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Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 1h
“Prediction market Kalshi has launched an investigation into a series of suspicious trades on their platform about the selection of President Trump’s new White House press secretary.”
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Exclusive | Kalshi Examines Bets on Trump’s Pick for New White House Press Secretary
The prediction market is examining a series of trades that correctly predicted the appointment of Katie Zacharia, who wasn’t previously seen as a front-runner.
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Napoleon bonerfart @worstaidkit.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
You don't fucking say #econsky www.cnbc.com/amp/2026/10/...
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Inflation on many everyday items was entirely due to tariffs, NY Fed says
Tariffs added 2.9 percentage points to inflation in 67 categories of goods by February 2026, researchers at the New York Federal Reserve found.
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veronica caminos @caminosver.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
www.ft.com/content/04d6... #Econsky
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US mortgage rates rise for seventh straight week to hit highest since 2023
Benchmark borrowing costs continue to climb against backdrop of surging Treasury yields, elevated energy prices and expected tightening by Fed
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Bloomberg News @bloomberg.com · 08/10/2026
PG&E is warning that it may shut off power to some customers in northern California this weekend as dry winds elevate the risk of wildfires.
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PG&E Warns of Possible Weekend Power Shutoffs Amid Windy Weather
PG&E Corp. is warning that customers in northern California are at risk of losing power this weekend as dry winds elevate the risk of wildfires.
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gisele600.bsky.social @gisele600.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
When I was 9 yrs old after WWII spending one month on a farm outside of Paris, I drank milk directly from the cow and contracted hoof and mouth disease. I ran 104 fever and it almost killed me. Don't do it. #news #following #EconSky #AcademicSky
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
“This is what crowd out looks like.” - Jason Furman
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AI Layoffs @ailayoffs.org · 09/10/2026
Which jobs are AI layoffs hitting? In 85 of the 183 cuts where the employer named AI as a reason, it never said which jobs went. Where it did, software engineering comes up most (46 cuts), then management layers (28) and sales and marketing (27). Frontline and manual work: none. #EconSky
Bar chart titled Which jobs AI-linked layoffs hit, in employers' own words. Of 183 cuts since 2023 where the employer itself named AI as a reason, 85 did not say which jobs went. In the other 98, the kinds of job named: software engineering and IT 46, management layers 28, sales and marketing 27, corporate functions 25, customer service and support 20, operations and back office 16, product and design 16, writing, editorial and translation 9, frontline and manual work 0. Not shown: consulting and professional services 1, content moderation 0. Source: AI Layoffs register, checked for new events through October 8, 2026.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 09/10/2026
Ossoff: "You just heard Mike Collins say the tariffs are working. Go buy groceries. Nobody in the state seriously believes these tariffs are working. It's been a disaster."
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Reuters @reuters.com · 23h
EXCLUSIVE: AI surveillance startup Flock Safety to cut several hundred jobs amid backlash, sources say reut.rs/3WfeJga
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EXCLUSIVE: AI surveillance startup Flock Safety to cut several hundred jobs amid backlash, sources say
Flock Safety plans to let go of about 18% of its employees, people with direct knowledge of the plans said on Thursday, as the maker of AI-powered ​surveillance cameras and license-plate readers faces mounting opposition to its products from communities and ‌lawmakers.
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Trending Stocks @trending-stocks.bsky.social · 22h
Executive order ignores supply math. #econsky
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Trending Stocks @trending-stocks.bsky.social · 22h
Trump freezes tech green-card sponsorships #econsky
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Bruegel @bruegel.org · 16h
☀️🍃 Where and when it pays: the economic value of solar and wind power placement in Europe ✏️ Analysis by @mariejuge.bsky.social, @aroth.bsky.social & @gzachmann.bsky.social 🔗 buff.ly/Jjvf2iL #EconSky
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Where and when it pays: the economic value of solar and wind power placement in Europe
The efficient placement of solar and wind power capacity is as important as increasing the quantity of deployment in Europe
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Trending Finance @trending-finance.bsky.social · 15h
Watershed: Berlin gets China savvy. #econsky
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NOELREPORTS @noelreports.com · 14h
❗️Ukraine and the UK have opened the Kyiv Business Centre, a permanent platform connecting their defense industries. The first specialized British business center in Kyiv will focus on industrial cooperation, innovation and investment, Ukraine’s Defense Ministry says. #Ukraine
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NOELREPORTS @noelreports.com · 14h
Ukrainian forces struck Lukoil’s Ukhta oil refinery in Russia’s Komi Republic, according to ASTRA’s OSINT analysis of eyewitness footage. Smoke was seen rising from the refinery grounds. The facility processes around 4-5 million tonnes of oil annually and produces gasoline and diesel. #Russia
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Reuters @reuters.com · 13h
New Trump rules will make it harder for farmers to access US funds for energy projects reut.rs/4jMi7ZM
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New Trump rules will make it harder for farmers to access US funds for energy projects
President Donald Trump's looming changes to ​a rural energy program that has distributed billions of dollars in recent years will make it harder for many farmers to access funds ‌for such things as solar arrays and energy efficiency projects, farmers, energy companies and analysts said.
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PBS News @pbsnews.org · 20h
The suspicious death last week of a worker at a research lab in Siberia that has fueled global concerns about suspected pneumonic plague is just the latest example of how leaders in Moscow manage the official narrative that often covers up the truth for years. to.pbs.org/4y40bNH
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How Moscow’s secrecy about a suspected plague case follows a Soviet-era pattern
The suspicious death last week of a worker at a research lab in Siberia that has fueled global concerns about suspected pneumonic plague is just the latest example of how leaders in Moscow manage the ...
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Thor Benson @thorbenson.bsky.social · 20h
If you missed the Ossoff debate it was like this
Hugo Stiglitz killing a Nazi in Inglourious Basterds
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 20h
Despite knowing Clint Massie was abusing girls for years, church leaders never reported him to police. It felt like “a group of people who are not just trying to protect someone — but something,” the DA said. “They have enabled something awful here.” (Published Nov. 2025 w/ @startribune.com)
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Young Girls Were Sexually Abused by a Church Member. They Were Told to Forgive and Forget.
In Minnesota, leaders of an Old Apostolic Lutheran Church community enabled a child abuser by telling his victims that once the sins were “washed away in the blood of reconciliation,” they could never...
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The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 20h
President Trump bought between $1 million and $5 million in debt issued by SpaceX just days before the White House announced a new space-travel policy, the president’s latest financial disclosure form shows.
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Trump bought over $1 million in SpaceX debt days before unveiling space policy
The purchase, revealed in his latest financial disclosure, involved a firm directly affected by his administration’s actions — and led by presidential ally Elon Musk.
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Harry Litman @harrylitman.bsky.social · 20h
Holy crap. NYC man shot by masked ICE agents and whisked away. 5 year old in car, street crowded w/ families & children. Mamdani now speaking, calls it an outrage. Remember: can't use deadly force w/o imminent threat of death or serious bodily injury. ICS "sows chaos and terror across our country."
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Chris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 20h
Mamdani live —> www.youtube.com/watch?v=niG_...
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LIVE: NYC Mayor Mamdani speaks after ICE officer shoots man
YouTube video by Associated Press
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CNN @cnn.com · 09/10/2026
Over the course of an hour-plus hearing, US District Judge Timothy Kelly signaled skepticism about the Trump administration’s arguments for allowing President Donald Trump to ban CNN, MS NOW and Politico from the White House. cnn.it/474mHLz
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Soraya Nadia McDonald @soraya.press · 09/10/2026
They're going to keep pushing it until they fully revive lynching. That's the itch they're trying to activate.
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Fort Hood Shooter’s Execution Will be Public and Streamed Live, Pentagon Says (Gift Article)
If carried out, the public execution of Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan by firing squad set for Dec. 3 would be the first in modern U.S. history.
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Miss Kitty 🌈🌈🌈 @misskitty.art · 08/10/2026
Humanity reached the stars because she dared to build the path. Margaret #Hamilton, the #MIT pioneer whose bulletproof #software saved the #Apollo 11 #moon landing and who literally coined the term #SoftwareEngineering, has passed away at 90. Rest in glory among the stars. #SheShed
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Margaret Hamilton, trailblazer whose software powered Apollo 11 moon landing, dies at 90
MIT computer scientist led development of software for moon mission and earned Presidential Medal of Freedom
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Reuters @reuters.com · 08/10/2026
Yemen's Houthis say they attacked Riyadh airport with ballistic missile reut.rs/4i7Wa6e
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Yemen's Houthis say they attacked Riyadh airport with ballistic missile
Yemen's Iran-aligned Houthi group ​said on ‌Thursday it had attacked King ​Khalid ​International Airport in the ⁠Saudi capital ​Riyadh with ​a ballistic missile.
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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
When you offer a bare bones, factual description of what Guilfoyle has been up to, it sounds absolutely insane. But here we are: America's government under the Trumps. People of Greece, if you are listening, we are sorry. donmoynihan.substack.com/p/stop-paper...
Here is what happened: the former girlfriend of the President’s son asked an aspiring Republican politician for $100,000 to settle her credit card bill right before her Senate confirmation for an Ambassadorship, which she seems to have been awarded as a break-up present from the Trump family. (The son has since married, with the celebrations partially financed by a Russian oligarch with ties to Putin). She had previously received $300,000 from the donor for what seem to be largely unfulfilled promises of political favors.

As Ambassador to Greece, she has been pushing other countries to do business with an oil-and-gas lobbyist who has been attending her official meetings, and suggesting that the US could bring down the Greek government any time they wanted.
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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
New, from me: Kimberly Guilfoyle was caught soliciting money for government favors. Normally we call that a bribe. If she is corrupt, it is only because she has adapted to Trump's corrupt environment, where everything is for sale. 🧵 donmoynihan.substack.com/p/stop-paper...
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“Stop Papering Things”: Corruption in Trump's America
Kimberly Guilfoyle is one more symptom of endemic graft under Trump
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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 08/10/2026
Amish Shah: "Right at the beginning of this administration, what we saw was reckless behavior...They put military lives at risk. This is what I mean by gross incompetence.…So I'm sorry if I don't trust them to go there and conduct this kind of an operation in a very sensitive sort of situation."
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pissed-off-g.bsky.social @pissed-off-g.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Aaron Parnas reports on breaking news of Trump being terrified of the consequences as reality sets in, including an exclusive interview with Jessica Tarlov to discuss Trump's somber reality check, updates from elections across the country, and much more... youtu.be/3LD1GZvng68?...
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Trump TERRIFIED of Consequences, White House SOMBER as REALITY Sets In
YouTube video by Aaron Parnas
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Glenn Kirschner @glennkirschner.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Another Kennedy Center Court Loss for Trump! youtu.be/fr7GrAFt00Y?...
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Another Kennedy Center Court Loss for Trump!
YouTube video by Glenn Kirschner
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
BARCLAYS: “.. The markets are still discounting a long-run neutral rate of around 3.5%, and we think that over time there is scope for productivity to surprise to the upside. .. and that, in our view is going to push 30-year yields to 6%.” @bloomberg.com www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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Mary L Trump @maryltrump.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Fake News #latinos
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@NewsJennifer (Jennifer Schulze) @newsjennifer.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
The cherry on top with this Page 6 piece on Weiss is the claim that CBS' Sly Stallone interview last week was a big get. But Stallone is on a book tour & talking to anybody with a mic AND it looks like the NYT's "The Interview" actually posted a Sly chat first. pagesix.com/2026/10/05/s...
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Exclusive | Infuriated CBS staff still can’t get through to Bari Weiss after scandals and ratings collapse
It’s her way or no way, with insiders claiming she doesn’t listen to anyone when she has bad ideas.
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Steve Vladeck @stevevladeck.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Justice Alito devotes an entire chapter of his new book to the emergency docket—and to responding to people like me (“the most prolific academic critic of the emergency docket”). As I explain over at “One First,” it … didn’t go well: www.stevevladeck.com/p/256-so-une...
In the pre-publication galleys to his new book, So Ordered: An Originalist’s View of the Constitution, the Court, and Our Country, Justice Alito spelled my last name inconsistently. This is, I suspect, the pettiest possible point on which to open in discussing a Supreme Court justice’s new memoir, and I would never have mentioned it except for the fact that inconsistency turns out to be the organizing feature of the chapter in which I (“the most prolific academic critic of the emergency docket”) repeatedly appear.The central inconsistency of Chapter 8, which is devoted to the emergency docket, is structural: Rather than tackle the subject holistically (as one might expect in a book), Alito mashed together the speech he gave five years ago at Notre Dame Law School with a “postscript.” The former was deeply flawed even at the time (among lots of other things, Alito repeatedly insisted that there was “nothing new” about the Court’s behavior on emergency applications during the first Trump administration and COVID); and the latter tries to move the goalposts away from the specific phenomena to which critics like me have actually objected.The result is to leave readers with a disjointed, inaccurate, and misleading sense of what the debate is even about—to say nothing of how the Court’s own behavior since September 2021 (including Alito’s) has only further undermined the already-flawed claims Alito made back then. Somewhere between the galleys of Alito’s book and the final product (which hits bookstores today), someone apparently figured out that my last name should be spelled the same way (and correctly!) throughout. The other, more significant inconsistencies were, apparently, harder to fix.
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Mike Zaccardi, CFA, CMT @mikezaccardi.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
GS: Our Q3 GDP forecast stands at +3.4%
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UNITED24 Media @united24media.com · 06/10/2026
⚡️ Ukrainian forces recorded over 11,000 confirmed strikes on Russian targets deeper than 20 km behind the front line in September, setting a new operational record. united24media.com/war-in-ukrai...
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Ukraine Records 11,000+ Deep Strikes in September, Hits More Russian Air Defenses Than Ever
Ukraine reported over 11,000 deep strikes in September, hitting a record number of Russian air defense systems, including one 343 miles away.
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Daily Chartbook @dailychartbook.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
"Fundamentally, higher borrowing costs make it less attractive to finance new assets. From a sentiment standpoint, REITs are sometimes viewed as bond proxies, so higher yields pressure share prices." -Larry Adam, Raymond James
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Jessica Tarlov @jessicatarlov.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Donald Trump is the least popular Republican since Herbert Hoover. Think about that. There are too many polls to go over, but Gallup having party ID at 50% for Democrats is bonkers. While low propensity voters breaking for Democrats isn’t surprising given this economy, it is a very big deal!
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The Daily Beast @thedailybeast.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
If one thing is sure to fire up President Donald Trump, it’s an accurate depiction of the crowd size he draws.
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Trump Melts Down at Empty Rallies Being Exposed
A report hit the president where it really hurt.
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 05/10/2026
We asked 100 scientists about unsolved problems in their fields. They sent back questions about the origins of life, the possibilities for human progress and much more.
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What Are the Biggest Questions in Science Today? 100 Scientists Weigh In.
We asked 100 scientists about unsolved problems in their fields. They sent back provocations — on the origins of life, the possibilities for human progress and much more.
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NBC News @nbcnews.com · 05/10/2026
The lawsuit, which has echoes of previous litigation against Big Tobacco, accuses the companies of misleading consumers about the affect fossil fuels would have in Colorado, which includes the risk of more damaging wildfires.
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As Colorado burns, a novel climate change lawsuit seeking damages from oil companies heads to the Supreme Court
Boulder argues that Exxon Mobil and Suncor Energy “intentionally misled the public” about climate change, leading to more costly extreme weather events, like wildfires.
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The Economist @economist.com · 05/10/2026
Donald Trump styles himself a champion of free speech. As its new term begins, the Supreme Court may reveal how far it is willing to go to hold him to that standard
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The coming fight over free speech
The Supreme Court must decide whether to limit the First Amendment or executive power
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Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
“I, [state your name], have written this essay to E. Jean Carroll to avoid paying her any more money. This essay was not composed by AI or SI, as many people are now calling it.”
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KQED News @kqednews.kqed.org · 05/10/2026
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How 3 Daughters Have Coped After ICE Detained Their Mother in San Francisco
As immigration arrests increased in San Francisco, children whose parents were detained were left picking up the pieces at home.
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WIRED @wired.com · 05/10/2026
“Musk” is in theaters nationwide on October 16. Catch a screening of it and a Q&A with director Alex Gibney at the WIRED World Fair in Miami next month.
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WIRED World Fair: A Festival of the Future
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WIRED @wired.com · 05/10/2026
All four of the women confirmed to have had children with Elon Musk—Shivon Zilis, ex-wife Justine Wilson, Claire Boucher (better known as Grimes), and Ashley St. Clair—have used social media to share details of their time with him.
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Elon Musk’s Exes Are the Most Damning Part of a Massive New Documentary
Interviews with Justine Wilson and Ashley St. Clair in the nearly four-hour-long “Musk” paint the world’s richest man as capricious and cruel even toward those closest to him.
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Being Liberal ®🗽🏳️‍🌈 @beingliberal.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Democrat Roy Cooper is leading Trump’s handpicked Republican in North Carolina. Now the GOP’s main Senate super PAC is canceling its October ads and taking its money elsewhere. Even Republicans are done pretending Michael Whatley can win.
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Anonymous @youranoncentral.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Trump ready to help 🙄
Zombie Trump with his master Putin (in a biosuit)
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