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Loves video games. Somehow, studying them hasn't changed that.

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Gareth Gore @garethgore.bsky.social · 16/03/2026
Pope Leo asked me to meet him in a private audience at the Vatican today I presented him with documents and evidence detailing decades of abuse inside Opus Dei and urged him to launch a full independent investigation into the group A THREAD 🧵
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Elaine Tassy @elainetassy.bsky.social · 11/03/2026
I really wanted to know more about Renee Good, killed by ICE in January. Fortunately, my editor allowed me to take some time to do a deep dive into who she was before she died. Read and listen to what I found out about her from her Colorado tribe here: www.cpr.org/2026/03/11/r...
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Two months after Rénee Good’s death, her loved ones in Colorado grapple with loss
Classmates and mentors remember Good as a creative force who moved everyone around her.
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 13/03/2026
Hegseth this morning, now this rant from Jeanine. These people come unglued when you point out their obvious incompetence and demonstrable failures. bsky.app/profile/acyn...
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Cats of Yore @catsofyore.bsky.social · 13/03/2026
She pip at me.
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Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 13/03/2026
But seriously, how fucking dumb do you have to be to run a dark money influence op on a professional influence op researcher and her influence op former reporter boyfriend? Just insane dummies. Vote Kat and she'll out this shit in Congress constantly.
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Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 13/03/2026
Oh my god, a dark money group is paying people to attack Tim Onion. But they call me a "CEO of a major media company." Do not pay influencers to attack Tim Onion and his untold millions (or billions?) of dollars to attack Tim Onion without mentioning the GREAT deal you can on an Onion membership.
Kat’s campaign messaging highlights a modest upbringing and financial struggle, yet she comes from a wealthy family, attended elite private schools, and is supported by her partner, a CEO of a major media company.
Her campaign mailers contain a comic book illustration depicting a modest childhood home and middle-class upbringing.
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Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 13/03/2026
HOLY SHIT. A dark money group, hidden behind a bunch of shell companies, is paying influencers thousands of dollars PER POST to attack @katmabu.bsky.social on social media a month before her election. Thank you to the people who declined the money and went forward with this. So who's behind this?
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Dark money group offers influencers $1,500 for posts attacking Chicago Democratic primary candidate
Progressive House candidate Kat Abughazaleh told MS NOW the secretive campaign is “filled with false and defamatory claims.”
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Greg Pak @gregpak.net · 13/03/2026
ha ha WOW
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ntm @ntm.bsky.social · 13/03/2026
Satirical map illustrating the ongoing Strait of Hormuz crisis in March 2026. References Super Mario video game series ("Collect star," "Power through while invulnerable") mocking unserious responses to the situation (such as digging a 100km canal).
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the hype @thehyyyype.bsky.social · 13/03/2026
The Strait of Hormuz is open for transit
Scene of Mario jumping around to avoid all the spinning fire sticks in the original Super Mario Bros game
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Ed Gitre @edgitre.bsky.social · 13/03/2026
Astute summation from @vermontgmg.bsky.social. "Instead, we have a government that has been repeatedly surprised by the most basic and foreseeable consequences of its own actions." I keep thinking of Eisenhower as well, and of Marshall.
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Micah @rincewind.run · 13/03/2026
“will not appoint people who give press conferences completely shitfaced” seems like a pretty easy commitment the next Dem candidate can make
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e.w. niedermeyer @niedermeyer.online · 13/03/2026
kinda sad that we'll never know exactly how much money was lost on this indulgent brainfart
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Julia Angwin @juliaangwin.com · 13/03/2026
Grammarly's AI-fueled edits -- using my name - suggested making up sources and writing vague insinuations. In my latest for @nytopinion.nytimes.com (gift link) I describe Grammarly's terrible edits in my name -- and call for a federal right of publicity. www.nytimes.com/2026/03/13/o...
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Opinion | Me, Myself and My A.I. Sloppelgänger
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Mike Masnick @masnick.com · 13/03/2026
Meta spent seven years telling us they were working on true end-to-end encryption across all their various messaging apps... and finally rolled it out in 2024. And then less than three years later, they're shutting it off for Instagram? What? www.androidpolice.com/instagram-is...
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Instagram to discontinue end-to-end encryption for DMs [Update: Meta's statement]
Pulling the plug on privacy?
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Musa Okwonga @okwonga.bsky.social · 13/03/2026
From a friend in Beirut this morning, who in the last few days has seen several Israel missile strikes within walking distance of their home.
it just feels so horrible
we feel powerless
we've tried fighting, 
we've tried surrendering
we've tried ignoring
we've tried building
israel doesn't let you exist
that's it, our choice is fast death 
or faster death
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Tahar 🇺🇦 🇵🇸 🇺🇳 🇪🇺 @rochaa.bsky.social · 13/03/2026
I agree @gregsargent.bsky.social, but I think we’re missing something important: the Secretary of Defense is panicking, we all can see it, & it’s quite unsettling to see. I don’t remember Rumsfeld ever showing the slightest bit of panic even when the war wasn’t going well. This guy? Full panic mode
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Eric Michael Garcia @ericmgarcia.bsky.social · 13/03/2026
Judge Boasberg blasted the Trump administration and Pirro: "In sum, the President spent years essentially asking if no one will rid him of this troublesome Fed Chair" www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
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Judge quashes DOJ probe into Jerome Powell saying it was for Trump’s retribution
Judge Boasberg writes that the sole purpose of the probe ’is to harass Powell to pressure him to lower rates’
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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 13/03/2026
Let there be as much outrage from politicians in Washington when kids go hungry as there is when I break bread with New Yorkers.
Senator Tuberville on x writing a response to the @endwokeness account 

Original tweet from @EndWokeness - “less than 25 years apart”
Image 1 - the twin towers as they are hit by a the planes on 9/11/2001
Image 2 - Mayor Mamdani sitting on a prayer rug while hosting an Iftar  at city hall

Quote tweet from Senator Tuberville - “the enemy is inside the gates.”
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Chris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social · 13/03/2026
Oh wow, 14 months into the term you realized disaster relief might actually be important!?!?!?
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Christopher Hale @christopherjhale.bsky.social · 04/03/2026
NEW: JD Vance’s clash with Pope Leo XIV and the Catholic Church is escalating. On CBS, he accused Catholic bishops of supporting immigration because it “makes them money.” Cardinal Dolan later said on EWTN that Vance apologized. Now Vance tells the Washington Post that apology never happened.
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Vance Says He Never Apologized to Cardinal Dolan. Dolan Says He Did
Dolan told EWTN that Vance admitted his attacks on bishops were “out of line” and “not true.” Vance tells the Washington Post he said something very different.
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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 04/03/2026
If Iran successfully disrupts red sea shipping traffic, global supply chains will be disrupted in a way that may exceed COVID. This isn't Iraq, Afghanistan, and Venezuela. Iran has the ability to extract insanely high costs on the rest of the world with relatively little effort.
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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 04/03/2026
If Iran successfully shuts down the strait of hormuz for months or longer while destroying long term oil production capacity, it's not hyperbole that the energy crisis will result in rolling blackouts, inability to get gas, and soaring food prices that leads to famine.
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Rima I Anabtawi @rimaanabtawi.bsky.social · 04/03/2026
From this, incredible, obituary by Trip Gabriel. Godspeed, in gratitude, good sir. 🫡 www.nytimes.com/2026/03/04/u...
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Juan Jose Valdez, Last Marine Out of Saigon, Dies at 88
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Mediaite @mediaite.com · 04/03/2026
Trump’s Meddling Threatens to Crumble Decades of GOP Dominance in Texas
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Trump’s Meddling Threatens to Crumble Decades of GOP Dominance in Texas
Cracks seem to be forming in the foundation of the GOP's control in Texas -- and they trace back to meddling by President Donald Trump. The post Trump’s Meddling Threatens to Crumble Decades of GOP Dominance in Texas first appeared on Mediaite.
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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 04/03/2026
Texas Republicans are the ones running the state, and they are not okay.
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The future in Texas is bright and terrifying
Democrats are once more dreaming of what could be. Republicans are dreaming of Rhodesia.
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Coach Finstock @coachfinstock.bsky.social · 04/03/2026
How to win in November
Trans rights are human rights and abolish ICE
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Tal Lavin @swordsjew.bsky.social · 04/03/2026
my first book (2020) was about online neonazis and my second book (2024) was about christian theocrats. they gained strength, voltronned and became a government. my third book (2027) is going to be a history of notable sandwiches so i hope this means we will be governed by sandwichocracy
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Eric Michael Garcia @ericmgarcia.bsky.social · 04/03/2026
¡Dios Mio! In five different rural majority-Latino counties, more votes were cast in Tuesday’s Democratic primary than for Kamala Harris in the 2024 presidential election. www.politico.com/news/2026/03...
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Texas Latinos turned out in massive numbers for Democrats
In multiple Latino-majority counties, more people cast Democratic votes on Tuesday than voted for Kamala Harris in 2024.
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Ars Technica @arstechnica.com · 04/03/2026
Experts have warned that it is likely impossible to fully insulate consumers from the extra power demand coming from the vast expansion of data centers to run AI.
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Are consumers doomed to pay more for electricity due to data center buildouts?
Data center operators to sign pledge to supply their own power instead of relying on grid.
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Jake_Vig @jakevig.bsky.social · 04/03/2026
ME: *orders in fluent French to impress you* WAITER: Sir, this is a Japanese restaurant. ME: ¡Dios mío!
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southpaw @nycsouthpaw.bsky.social · 04/03/2026
According to the US and Israeli right wings, Iran has been in the last mile of their nuclear weapons program for my entire adult life. Netanyahu drew his red line at the UN nearly 14 years ago.
Netanyahu at the UN rostrum with a visual aid depicting Iran’s nuclear weapons program being in the final stage in September 2012.
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More Perfect Union @moreperfectunion.bsky.social · 04/03/2026
The Indiana House and Senate have both passed a bill to completely eliminate requirements for businesses to document the employment of child workers. If this bill becomes law it would enable employers to hide child labor violations, according to @epi.org.
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Indiana lawmakers are once again trying to weaken child labor laws: Bill sponsored by business owner would enable employers to hide child labor violations
Coordinated, industry-backed campaigns to weaken child labor protections continue to target state legislatures in 2026. Yesterday, the Indiana Senate passed a bill to completely eliminate requirements...
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Gabe Ortíz @tusk81.bsky.social · 04/03/2026
“In between long shifts stocking parts for trucks and machinery, he makes calls, shares information and encourages fellow Haitians in Springfield to stay connected.” haitiantimes.com/2026/02/27/h...
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Haitians in Ohio alter daily life, forging new abilities, as immigration chaos grinds on | Analysis
Haitian immigrants in Springfield and Columbus are recalibrating their lives as economic strain and lingering uncertainty mount, despite TPS termination relief.
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Tim Steller @timsteller.bsky.social · 04/03/2026
An ICE detainee in Arizona has died of a TOOTH INFECTION after it went untreated for weeks, a local official says. He was a Haitian asylum seeker imprisoned in Florence, Arizona. @emilybregel.bsky.social reports. tucson.com/news/local/b...
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Florence ICE detainee dead after untreated tooth infection, official says
An ICE detainee, who had been at a Florence detention center for four months, died Monday following an untreated tooth infection.
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Greg Pak @gregpak.net · 04/03/2026
never, ever, ever, ever accept "how will you pay for it?" as an argument against social programs.
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Showing Up for Racial Justice @surj.org · 04/03/2026
It is not too late to stop this mad rush into region-wide war. Take action by calling your representatives and saying “No War on Iran” and “No Boots on the Ground.” Get organized with neighbors and others to be in the streets.
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Katelyn Burns @katelynburns.com · 04/03/2026
anti-trans Dems ate shit last night
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John Carl Baker @johncarlbaker.bsky.social · 04/03/2026
Trump making the case for a No First Use policy for US nuclear weapons
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Micah @rincewind.run · 04/03/2026
the thing that the Democratic base cannot abide above all else right now is Handing It To Them and being anti-trans is, in fact, Handing It To Them don't do that, it's bad morals and bad politics
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Jasmine 🌌🔭 @astrojaz.bsky.social · 04/03/2026
EUCLID AND HUBBLE HAVE GIVEN US A BEAUTIFUL NEW VIEW OF THE CAT’S EYE NEBULA!! 🌌
A planetary nebula in space. The star in the very centre is surrounded by white bubbles and loops of gas, all shining with a powerful blue light. Farther away a broken ring of red and blue gas clouds surrounds the nebula. A multitude of golden and white stars, wisps of gas and distant galaxies of various sizes surround the nebula on the black background.
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Nicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 03/03/2026
Could the press please, finally, learn this lesson: Everything these people said about Afghanistan, Iraq, the Middle East, starting new wars—all of it—was false. Not because they meant the opposite, but because they're post-truth and say whatever they think gets them an advantage in the moment.
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Tom Bonier @tbonier.bsky.social · 04/03/2026
Here are 4 districts the TX GOP gerrymandered to gain seats in November, with the Dem and GOP primary vote. Dems outvoted GOPs in every one of them.
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Gillian Brockell @gillianbrockell.com · 03/03/2026
FORTY-SEVEN NEIGHBORS shackled and loaded onto this Global X ICE flight today at Baltimore’s BWI. There are four ICE flights a week now taking our Maryland neighbors to detention centers down South.
A photo of a blue Global X plane seen from a distance with a bus and five white vans in front of it.
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southpaw @nycsouthpaw.bsky.social · 03/03/2026
It happened at a time of his choosing
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Dr. Jessie Christiansen @aussiastronomer.bsky.social · 03/03/2026
New York Times crossword feeling the SHERA vibes! Next time SHERA appears as an answer, it will be to the clue 'NASA's next planet-hunting mission'. 😉 (h/t Catherine Clark, SHERA science team member!)
Screenshot of the NYT crossword with the clue 'He-Man's superheroine twin sister' and the answer SHERA highlighted.
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