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Hank Green @hankgreen.bsky.social · 16/04/2026

I did some research to try and figure out when my death date would be if there had been no treatment for my cancer. I don't know why I assumed it would be some date in the future, but, in fact, I passed the middle of the "no treatment survival" bell curve more than a year ago. Thanks chemo.

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Arthur Schenck @amerinz.bsky.social · 31/03/2026

Well! It’s been so long since I used Bluesky that I had to re-log in. Oops. I’ll try to be better.

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Arthur Schenck @amerinz.bsky.social · 05/06/2025

We had heavy rain in this part of Kirikiriroa-Hamilton, even torrential rain for a little while, and a few strong wind gusts, but nothing else (haven’t heard any reports of anything bad in the rest of the city, not like the “mini tornado” in the previous storm).

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 04/06/2025

A recent study found that for every $1 invested in the National Weather Service, it produces $73 in value to Americans. Not only is the NWS a life-saving government resource, it's actually quite efficient.

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Democrats @democrats.org · 11/04/2025

Trump is forcing Americans who are seeking their earned benefits to sign up for Elon Musk's app. Pure corruption.

WIRED: The Social Security Administration Is Gutting Regional Staff and Shifting All Public Communications to X

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Sen. Adam Schiff @schiff.senate.gov · 10/04/2025

The most corrupt administration in American history wants you to look the other way from this. We can't. We need answers.

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 10/04/2025

Today would be a great day to ban members of Congress and their families from trading stocks.

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NPR @npr.org · 10/04/2025

A Delaware judge finds the right-wing network aired false and defamatory statements about Dominion Voting Systems' role in the 2020 presidential election. A jury trial is slated for late April.

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Judge finds Newsmax aired false and defamatory claims about voting-tech company

A Delaware judge finds the right-wing network aired false and defamatory statements about Dominion Voting Systems' role in the 2020 presidential election. A jury trial is slated for late April.

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Arthur Schenck @amerinz.bsky.social · 17/03/2025

No other comment is appropriate: 🤣

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Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 17/03/2025

“She describes [Zuckerberg] as a cross between a truculent teen and a toddler: he doesn’t like to get up before midday, even to meet prime ministers, and his obsequious colleagues feel obliged to let him beat them at board games.” Sigh. The tech bros are all the same.

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Facebook’s secrets, by the insider Zuckerberg tried to silence

Careless People author and former Meta director Sarah Wynn-Williams reveals what it was like ‘babysitting’ her boss

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Elizabeth Warren @warren.senate.gov · 06/03/2025

One thing Trump didn't talk about last night: his plans to abandon American women’s right to abortion care in medical emergencies. I wonder why he wouldn't want anyone to know that.

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Congresswoman Jasmine Crockett @crockett.house.gov · 05/03/2025

In Oversight today, my colleagues stuck to their usual script: blaming immigrants for all crime & claiming Dem mayors are too soft. Well, I was curious to know if they’ve ever had an immigrant with a criminal record that they could recall. Tune in!

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Stephen King @stephenking.bsky.social · 05/03/2025

Alina Habbard posted: NOTHING CAN STOP THIS MAN FROM FIGHTING FOR HIS COUNTRY. David Simon had a succinct 2-word response: “Bone spurs.”

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Susie Dent @susiedentwords.bsky.social · 06/03/2025

Etymology of the day: ‘book’ comes from an ancient root shared by ‘beech’, a wood that people used for engraving inscriptions. ‘Paper’ comes from ‘papyrus’, and ‘volume’ is from the Latin for a ‘roll’ of parchment. Happy World Book Day.

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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 02/03/2025

Donald Trump promised he wouldn't cut Medicaid. This week, his friends in DC voted for a bill that would leave 3.4 million Illinoisans, including 1.4 million children, in the dust. Another middle finger to working families and the most vulnerable in our state.

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Arthur Schenck @amerinz.bsky.social · 01/03/2025

I’ve always believed that if I’m craving something to eat, especially something I seldom have, my body probably needs something in it. I might be wrong, but, 🤷🏻‍♂️.

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 26/02/2025

So increasing the minimum wage to a livable wage is “socialism”? But Amazon union busting, keeping wages low, and forcing workers onto public assistance while its founder increases his net worth by $7.9M an hour is the "free market"? Perhaps this could be a WaPo opinion piece.

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Arthur Schenck @amerinz.bsky.social · 27/02/2025

@meidasjordy.bsky.social Saw you guys on MSNBC (via YouTube) and you all did a great job. I also found out I wasn’t subscribed to the podcast—now sorted!

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IC-Greg @ic-greg.bsky.social · 24/02/2025

“If our Christianity causes kids to go hungry, the sick to go without healthcare, the stranger to be unwelcome, the elderly on social security to be called a ‘parasite,’ all while billionaires get richer, we’ve profoundly misunderstood the most basic elements of Jesus’ teachings.” (Benjamin Cremer)

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Arthur Schenck @amerinz.bsky.social · 15/02/2025

Yep. Sourcing facts is harder now that the regime has taken down government statistics and reports. Also, the legacy media, for all its many faults, DOES do some good work, like the NYT’s recent reporting on President Elon’s extensive conflicts of interest and his actions that benefit his companies.

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Arthur Schenck @amerinz.bsky.social · 14/02/2025

I agree. But legacy media isn’t presenting facts, it ignores crimes in progress and the regime’s clear corruption (especially relating to President Elon), while it sane-washes the convicted felon. They’re like the dog in the “everything’s fine” meme: Everything’s on fire and they pretend it’s not.

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Brian Tyler Cohen @briantylercohen.bsky.social · 14/02/2025

“I expect you will eventually find someone who is enough of a fool, or enough of a coward, to file your motion. But it was never going to be me.”

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Arthur Schenck @amerinz.bsky.social · 14/02/2025

With utmost respect, HOW does resigning make them A “hero”?! Wouldn’t a hero say, “fuck you” (figuratively speaking) and wait to be fired? I’m sincerely struggling to grasp this take.

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Arthur Schenck @amerinz.bsky.social · 14/02/2025

LOL, no! You’re clearly in search of truth and value facts (me, too). The point I’m making is just that we all need to demand better of those who say they present facts. The legacy media has utterly failed us, and we need to demand better. That’s really all there is to it!

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Arthur Schenck @amerinz.bsky.social · 14/02/2025

ONLY the convicted felon has a king’s immunity, thanks to the Republican Supreme Court. The felon can pardon the others, if they bribe him enough (also OK, says the Supreme Court), but they have no immunity unless the God-King pardons them. No one other than His Majesty the King has immunity.

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Arthur Schenck @amerinz.bsky.social · 14/02/2025

“Should be” was a nice idea back in the old days. For the record, I have *always* looked at multiple sources from MANY different perspectives. But I also know that’s a conceit we can no longer afford. It’s not “sensationalism”, it’s shouting “the house is on fire”, because it is.

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Arthur Schenck @amerinz.bsky.social · 14/02/2025

News, then, is what promotes the interests of corporations and their shareholders, and NOT the general public.

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Arthur Schenck @amerinz.bsky.social · 14/02/2025

I don’t disagree with much of that—I used to be an activist way back when. BUT I also know legacy media is owned by corporations whose interest is NOT facts, but what promotes the interests of the corporations that own them. “Facts” are what promotes corporate interests, NOT truth.

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Arthur Schenck @amerinz.bsky.social · 14/02/2025

That was a nice thing back in the good old days—seriously! I miss those days. But what you fail to understand is we stand on a cliff: Democracy or death? Legacy media has failed utterly and completely—they need to grow up or we die. It’s not hard: Report the fucking truth, not propaganda.

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Arthur Schenck @amerinz.bsky.social · 14/02/2025

What you say was fine in the before times when the Constitution and rule of law actually mattered, but those days are dead. I never called on CNN to do “activism”, whatever that means, but to call a spade a fucking shovel. If you can’t understand the difference, then maybe get out of the way?

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Arthur Schenck @amerinz.bsky.social · 14/02/2025

And yet, CNN clutches its pearls when a Democratic Member of Congress rightly calls President Elon a “dick”. Call us when you finally understand this is an existential AND constitutional crisis for the USA and decide to defend the constitution.

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Arthur Schenck @amerinz.bsky.social · 14/02/2025

We all know President Elon will ignore court orders, but he’s unelected, so it falls on his elected loyal valet Donald, and once HE rejects court orders, and given the craven cowardice of Congressional Republicans, there will be nothing left to protect democracy. That will be the turning point.

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Arthur Schenck @amerinz.bsky.social · 14/02/2025

I’m often asked what I think the sign of the end is, and it’s this: When the convicted felon publicly says he’ll defy court orders. No one who can stop him—in other words, Republicans—will in any way object or oppose him. Neither will the Republican Supreme Court. When he does that, it’s game over.

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Arthur Schenck @amerinz.bsky.social · 13/02/2025

You and @hellonessa.bsky.social are BOTH pretty! Maybe I should organise a refugee camp… 🤔

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Arthur Schenck @amerinz.bsky.social · 12/02/2025

Maybe, but Georgia Republicans aren’t known for sending the best and brightest to Congress… 🤷🏻‍♂️

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Arthur Schenck @amerinz.bsky.social · 12/02/2025

Right? I thought it HAD to be a joke so I looked it up. 😳

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Arthur Schenck @amerinz.bsky.social · 12/02/2025

Just when you think Republican politicians have hit peak idiocy, another one takes the crown. 🤣

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 09/02/2025

this is the sort of thing you post when you’re ramping up to defying lawful court orders

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Brian Tyler Cohen @briantylercohen.bsky.social · 03/02/2025

Apparently, allowing Americans to file their tax returns for free is a bad thing. A big gift to the Big Tax lobby and a big middle finger to Americans.

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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 03/02/2025

Putin is full out celebrating our idiocy.

A tweet by Michael McFaul (@McFaul) that reads: "In 2012, when I was the US ambassador to Russia, Putin shut down USAID inside Russia. Why? Because their work supported free markets, democracy, human rights — ie causes that threatened Putin's dictatorship. Shutting down USAID is exactly what autocrats all over the world want."

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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 30/01/2025

“The controller who was handling helicopters in the airport’s vicinity Wednesday night was also instructing planes that were landing and departing from its runways. Those jobs typically are assigned to two controllers, rather than one.”

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Staffing was ‘not normal’ at airport tower, according to a preliminary F.A.A. report.

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