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Amoshaun

@amoshaun.bsky.social
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A personal account for collective liberation. Living as an uninvited guest on Duwamish Land. Views are my own. Born 87.82 ppm co2 ago. Oh, and I love bikes 🚲 and anyone who loves building bikes

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Dezene Huber 🍁 🌻 @dezene.me · 04/09/2026
It actually kind of relaxing listening to this. Scientists used insect wing fossils to recreate the calls of nine Jurassic-era katydids. 🦗🎶 🪲🪳🧪 www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/s...
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Scientists Recreated the Long-Lost Chirps of Jurassic Insects. Listen to the Simulated Soundscape of 165 Million Years Ago
With artificial intelligence and careful modeling of fossilized wings, researchers reproduced how some extinct, katydid-like insects might have made noise
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Richard E Frankel @refrankel.bsky.social · 11/07/2026
Trump Expected to Destroy More of the Country as Soon as Monday
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President Trump expected to shrink Grand Staircase and Bears Ears National Monuments as soon as Monday, sources say
President Donald Trump is expected to sign an executive order to shrink the boundaries of the Grand Staircase-Escalante and Bears Ears National Monuments as soon as Monday, three sources with knowl…
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Jeremy Appel 🍉 @readtheorchard.org · 10/07/2026
NEW from me: I took a deep dive for @ricochetmedia.bsky.social into the American hedge fund-owned Canadian newspaper chain that’s pushing anti-trans, pro-genocide and climate science denial narratives down our throats. ricochet.media/media/dumpst...
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‘Dumpster fire’: Postmedia’s decade of pushing Canada’s politics to the right
Canada’s largest newspaper chain has amplified conservative grievance politics — creating fertile ground for MAGA-style ideas, Alberta separatism, and an increasingly polarized political landscape
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Freedom of the Press Foundation @freedom.press · 03/07/2026
If you think criminalizing mere possession of disfavored information will stop with so-called Antifa, ask yourself why the admin sought warrants to learn who subscribed to Don Lemon on YouTube. Read more from FPF’s Seth Stern and @joinjeremy.org in @theintercept.com.
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30-Year Sentence for Transporting Zines Is a Five-Alarm Fire for Free Speech
Daniel Sanchez Estrada’s 30-year sentence for moving a box of pamphlets is likely just the start for criminalizing possession of information.
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ᴄʏᴄʟᴏᴢ @cyclozparis.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
Group of women cyclists, 1890s #vintage #bikesky #photography #velo #bike 🚲♀️🚴🏼‍♀️👒 🫶🏼
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Katie Drummond @katie-drummond.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
NEW: Dialog, the invite-only network cofounded by Peter Thiel, ranks its members based on money and fame — informing who’s in, who’s out, how much they pay to attend retreats, and even where they’re seated.
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How the Peter Thiel-Linked Dialog Club Secretly Ranks Its Members
Leaked files show the invite-only network grades members by their money and fame, shaping who’s in, who’s out, and who pays.
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Andrew Freedman @afreedma.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
Breaking: El Niño is officially here, and it could break records. NOAA is giving it a 63% chance of becoming one of the “largest El Niño events in the historical record going back to 1950.” www.cnn.com/2026/06/11/w...
Map showing sea surface temperature anomalies in the tropical Pacific Ocean on June 10, 2026. Credit: CNN Weather
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The Flytrap @theflytrapmedia.com · 11/06/2026
World Cup starts today, and as referees and players suffer deportation & scrutiny while crossing borders into the fascist US of A, @katelynburns.com reminds us that FIFA is regularly in tune with suffering and authoritarianism. www.theflytrapmedia.com/this-world-c...
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This World Cup is Bad
How I fell out of love with football and became a World Cup hater.
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DeFlock Redmond @deflock-redmond.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
"Those driving to matches in the United States might also find themselves being the ones watched: WIRED identified 1,181 automatic license plate reader cameras, or ALPRs, within a five-mile radius of the 11 US stadiums playing host to the World Cup this summer." #deflock #surveillance #alpr
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Mapping Every Flock License Plate Reader Near US World Cup Stadiums
Most US World Cup stadiums are surrounded by surveillance cameras. Want to know if you’re being watched on your way to a match? These maps will help you.
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Mia Sato @miasato.bsky.social · 27/05/2026
Exclusive: Unionized tech workers at the New York Times have filed grievances accusing management of using AI-powered performance tools to track and discipline staff. The Tech Guild says recent disciplinary notices appear to be generated using one of the tools. 🎁 www.theverge.com/ai-artificia...
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The AI fight brewing inside The New York Times
The company is using AI performance tracking software, the union says
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Maggie Tokuda-Hall @maggietokudahall.bsky.social · 26/05/2026
🚨Bad news. A THIRD National book banning bill has passed committee in the house.🚨 Meet the CHARLIE act that will prohibit the teaching of what they call: equity ideology (not white supremacist jingoistic history) More from @authorsabb.bsky.social when we have it. www.congress.gov/bill/119th-c...
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More Perfect Union @moreperfectunion.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
The Oregon House and Senate have both passed legislation that would prevent landlords from asking about tenants’ immigration status. The bill now heads to the desk of Gov. Tina Kotek. thehill.com/homenews/sta...
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Oregon House passes measure prohibiting landlords from asking about immigration status
The Oregon House on Monday passed legislation that would prevent landlords from asking about tenants’ immigration status.  The state lawmakers voted 36-15 in favor of the bill, which com…
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ProPublica Guild @propublicaguild.org · 20/05/2026
ProPublica’s board and senior management hide when asked to engage with bargaining. The board meets today, but they won’t meet with us. We will make our voices unavoidable until they agree to a fair contract, so, today, we welcomed folks to our office with flyers about our fight.
ProPublica Guild members handing out flyers on the sidewalk.A stack of flyers that read: Investigative journalists deserve basic worker protections. Why is ProPublica management refusing to agree?
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Radical Graffiti @radicalgraffiti.bsky.social · 18/05/2026
"Solidarity Now! Protect our communities" Mural seen in Seattle
"Solidarity Now! Protect our communities"
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404 Media @404media.co · 18/05/2026
NEW: The FBI wants to buy access to automated license plate readers (ALPRs) nationwide, which would likely allow the agency to track the movements of vehicles—and by extension people—across the country without a warrant, according to FBI procurement records reviewed by 404 Media.
404media.co
The FBI Wants to Buy Nationwide Access to License Plate Readers
Only a couple vendors could likely fulfill what the FBI is after, namely Flock and Motorola.
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Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 16/05/2026
“The Associated Press laid off 20 U.S.-based journalists on Friday, the union representing them said, part of a restructuring announced last month that is turning the news organization’s focus away from print journalism and toward visual journalism and other revenue sources.”
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AP finishes US restructuring with round of 20 layoffs, part of strategic pivot from print journalism
The Associated Press implemented a round of layoffs Friday of U.S.-based journalists. The layoffs finish a restructuring aimed at turning the news organization’s focus away from print journalism and n...
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Defiance Dispatch @defiancedispatch.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
Hawaii first, then the rest of the country! We need to end citizens united and get corporate money out of our politics. Without this corporate interests will continue to control our politicians Credits: @kanielaing
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Scientific American @sciam.bsky.social · 14/05/2026
Scientists named this species of hairy ghost pipefish after beloved Sesame Street resident Mr. Snuffleupagus and we're obsessed.
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Amoshaun @amoshaun.bsky.social · 13/05/2026
“In a post on her Instagram on Tuesday evening that explained the cancellation, Cole cited feeling a significant concern for her safety.” Are we gaslit yet? www.dailyuw.com/article/da85...
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Turning Point USA event cancelled, anti-trans activist cites alleged safety concerns
Turning Point USA event cancelled, anti-trans activist cites alleged safety concerns
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WIRED @wired.com · 13/05/2026
Autonomous drones and ground vehicles will stream “battlefield intelligence” over 5G along the US-Canada border in a bilateral DHS experiment this fall. www.wired.com/story/dhs-pl...
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DHS Plans Experiment Running ‘Reconnaissance’ Drones Along the US-Canada Border
Autonomous drones and ground vehicles will stream “battlefield intelligence” over 5G along the US-Canada border in a bilateral DHS experiment this fall.
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 13/05/2026
When companies like Aetna or UnitedHealthcare want to rein in costs, they turn to EviCore, whose business model depends on turning down payments for care recommended by doctors for their patients. (Published Oct. 2024 with @capitolforum.bsky.social)
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Inside the Company Helping America’s Biggest Health Insurers Deny Coverage for Treatments
When companies like Aetna or UnitedHealthcare want to rein in costs, they turn to EviCore, whose business model depends on turning down payments for care recommended by doctors for their patients.
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Amoshaun @amoshaun.bsky.social · 12/05/2026
Tomorrow afternoon we stand against hate
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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 12/05/2026
A University of Washington trans student was fatally stabbed in her campus housing building and the suspect is still at large. abc7news.com/post/seattle...
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Suspect at large after transgender college student stabbed to death in laundry room in Seattle
A student at the University of Washington in Seattle was found stabbed to death in a campus housing building, Seattle police said.
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Cascadia Journal @cascadiajournal.bsky.social · 12/05/2026
This is fascinating: the Jamestown S'Klallam tribe is asking for full control of Dungeness Spit, a federal wildlife refuge. It's a great idea, and we should start doing a lot more transfer of federal land to Indigenous nations here in #Cascadia: www.kuow.org/stories/wash...
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Washington tribe seeks control of Dungeness Spit refuge
The Jamestown S’Klallam Tribe wants to take control of two wildlife refuges on Washington’s Olympic Peninsula back from the federal government.
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 11/05/2026
🚨BREAKING: The U.S. Supreme Court (SCOTUS) has allowed Alabama to select a different map for this year’s congressional elections in a stunning, last-minute move to interfere with another state primary election that has already begun. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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SCOTUS greenlights 11th-hour Alabama redistricting plan for 2026 election
The order means that Alabama will discard its court-ordered congressional map for the 2026 primary elections and use a 2023 map that courts previously struck down as a violation under Section 2 of the...
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Washington State Democrats @wadems.org · 12/05/2026
172 reports of sexual abuse and assault at the Tacoma’s Northwest ICE Detention Center. And instead of accountability, survivors were met with failed investigations, ignored evidence, and a system that protects private prisons over human lives.
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Sexual abuse investigations mishandled at Tacoma ICE lockup, UW report finds
A new report from the University of Washington Center for Human Rights raises questions about how sexual assault investigations are handled at the Northwest ICE Processing Center in Tacoma.
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👻Spooky Costanza-Chock @schock.cc · 11/05/2026
New report from @frameworks.bsky.social: "Framing the Social Implications of AI." www.frameworksinstitute.org/resources/fr...
Recommendation Why? Example
Metaphor
Use the natural language
metaphor of an “echo” to talk
about how AI data can reflect
the biases of our society.
Helps connect the idea of
bias in AI to social bias.
We live in a biased society. This means that any data
used to train AI will be biased, and those biases will be
echoed in AI results.
Add the element of “power”
to the echo metaphor to talk
about the impact of the bias
in AI data and development.
Helps connect the idea of
bias in AI to the systems of
power that create the bias
and the consequences of
that bias.
We live in a society where people with power have most
of the control, while many others have very little. The
data used to create AI are often biased in ways that
benefit those in power. Because of this, AI can echo
those biases and make social problems even worse.
Use an “amplification”
metaphor to talk about how
AI technology can increase
the harm done to already
marginalized communities
in our society.
Draws people’s attention to
the ability of AI to quickly
and significantly reinforce
systemic biases.
When AI is used to make decisions, it amplifies
society’s biases and can cause real harm.
Issue frames
Situate the use of AI
technology as an issue
of social power that
creates and reinforces
systemic disadvantages
and inequalities.
Foregrounds how AI causes
harm and helps people move
toward solutions that address
power structures in society.
A handful of powerful companies in our society
have control over the development and use of data
in AI. This means that AI systems echo the biases
of the very powerful. That causes harm through our
society, especially in Black, Brown, and low-income
communities. AI technology needs to be used in ways
that empower communities and advance justice.
Use real-life contextual
examples to talk about AI
technology as an issue of
social justice.
Shifts conversations from AI
as an existential threat to the
need to design AI in ways that
prevent harm.
People develop AI from data th…Summary of Recommendations
Recommendation Why? Example
Explanations & definitions
Define AI as a massive
data-computation process.
Helps ward off
misconceptions about
AI as being objective,
autonomous, or conscious
and opens the door for
human involvement.
AI is a computer process that is used for identifying
patterns in large amounts of data.
Define AI technology as
something different from
human intelligence.
Helps build the
understanding that AI is
something humans control
rather than a force that will
take over the world.
AI is a computer process used to find patterns in large
amounts of data, but it isn’t aware or conscious like
humans are.
Show the role of systemic
bias in AI by explaining how
data used in AI technology
is socially produced.
Helps build understanding
that biased AI can harm
low-income populations
and communities of color.
Example #1:
AI computer processes replicate and intensify biases
in the data it is trained on. We live in a biased society,
which means data used to train AI can be biased. And
because these biases are in the AI’s design, they’re
often echoed in AI results.
Example #2:
People develop AI from data that contain the biases of
society. That means that biases in AI can cause real
harm to people, especially communities of color. We
need to make sure that AI is used in ways that do not
further harm historically oppressed communities. AI
must be used to advance justice and benefits for all.
Describe the extent of
human involvement at
every stage in the
development of AI.
Builds greater
understanding of the
human input that goes into
AI across different stages
of development and usage.
Example #1:
Behind every AI process, there are humans
responsible for making it work. People choose the
data to train the AI, and others clean and process that
data before training begins. There are more people
who design and program and others who ensure the
AI is working as designed. And, eventually, humans
are required to interpret AI results and put…
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Sherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 11/05/2026
It’s time. Meet in Selma. Saturday, May 16th. blackpowerwarroom.com/dayofaction/
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All Roads Lead to the South — National Day of Action for Voting Rights
The voting rights they marched for are being stripped away right now. We're going back. Are you coming?
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 10/05/2026
A second lawsuit, filed by NDN Collective and environmental groups, argued the project didn’t qualify for the exclusion the Forest Service used to skip that review. A temporary restraining order was granted, blocking drilling for two weeks and by Thursday, Pete Lien & Sons had pulled out entirely.
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Black Hills drilling project canceled after backlash from tribes
A South Dakota mining company has canceled a drilling project in the Black Hills after opposition from Native American tribes and local groups. Rapid City-based Pete Lien & Sons informed
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The Needling @theneedling.com · 07/05/2026
Laurelhurst Airlifted One Mile from Seattle Children’s into Lake Washington: tinyurl.com/4vppn6rs
Helicopter plopping Laurelhurst into Lake Washington with a big splash
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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 10/05/2026
Before Mother’s Day, a group of senators raised the alarm about the “appalling and horrific treatment” of pregnant and nursing people in immigration detention. “There are virtually no legal safeguards for pregnant women in federal custody.”
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Legislators denounce “appalling and horrific treatment” of mothers in immigrant detention
More than a hundred pregnant women are still detained. Many are not receiving proper medical care.
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Leah Sottile @leahsottile.bsky.social · 06/05/2026
As extreme politics have normalized, young people have grown up not knowing any other way. For months, I've spent time getting to know 10 college students who literally do not recall a time in America without Trump. My latest for @thewesternedge.bsky.social www.thewesternedge.media/p/the-age-of...
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The Age of No Innocence
What if all you knew was extremist politics? Welcome to being young in America.
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Ketan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · 02/03/2026
*New short blog* - finally (with help) got around to getting a total estimate of Grok's climate pollution 🫠 - Once all fossil gas online, = to between half and all of Tesla's ANNUAL GLOBAL avoided emissions - Currently, 5x the emissions of Tesla's total manufacturing ketanjoshi.co/2026/03/02/m...
Bar graph comparing emissions from Grok's fossil-fuelled data centres to avoided emissions from Tesla's products for the years 2023 and 2024. Comparison of emissions from manufacturing xAI's chatbot responses (5,127,553 tonnes CO2e) versus all Tesla products (1,056,000 tonnes CO2e) with respective analyses.
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Jules⚖️📨 @northjules.bsky.social · 30/04/2026
“Racism still occupies the throne of this country.” - Professor Eddie Glaude
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Ray E. Boomhower @rboomhower.bsky.social · 27/04/2026
"No one man can terrorize a whole nation unless we are all his accomplices." Edward R. Murrow, who died on this day in 1965
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Momentum Magazine @momentummag.bsky.social · 21/04/2026
The Bike Lane Gender Gap: New Research Shows Women Ride More Where Protected Infrastructure Exists. momentummag.com/the-bike-lan...
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Freedom of the Press Foundation @freedom.press · 21/04/2026
Paramount is big enough to retaliate not only against its own journalists but also smaller outlets where it advertises. And it hasn’t even acquired Warner yet. A company owned by allies of a censorship-obsessed president can’t have that kind of power.
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The blacklist is back, baby: Paramount's retributions should worry the industry
Paramount retaliated with the blacklist after a columnist at The Ankler stood against its acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery.
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The Intercept @theintercept.com · 22/04/2026
The U.S. government altered its tally of American casualties — inexplicably scrubbing 15 wounded-in-action troops from the count.
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Pentagon Erases Wounded U.S. Troops From Iran War Casualty List: “Definition of a Cover-up”
The U.S. government altered its tally of American casualties — inexplicably scrubbing 15 wounded-in-action troops from the count.
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molly taft @mollytaft.com · 22/04/2026
NEW: I've been shocked by some of the numbers I've been seeing on behind-the-meter power plants for data centers, so I did a little math. less than a dozen gas plants being built to power data centers for big tech companies could emit a maximum of nearly 130 million tons of CO2e each year (!)
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New Gas-Powered Data Centers Could Emit More Greenhouse Gases Than Entire Nations
A WIRED review of permits for data center projects using natural gas and linked to OpenAI, Meta, Microsoft, and xAI shows they could emit more than 129 million tons of greenhouse gases per year.
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Anaximander @theskywalker1.bsky.social · 21/04/2026
“I can’t believe what you say because I see what you do.” — James Baldwin
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Judd Legum @juddlegum.bsky.social · 20/04/2026
Articles about Jared Kushner's diplomatic role with Iran that mention Kushner has received billions from the Saudi government (2/28-4/19): NYT: 5 of 58 WashPost: 1 of 43 WSJ: 0 of 40 AP: 0 of 26 CNN Wire: 0 of 18 NY Post: 0 of 17 Chicago Tribune: 0 of 4 LA Times: 0 of 4 Boston Globe: 0 of 2
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Amoshaun @amoshaun.bsky.social · 20/04/2026
“What a super El Niño does, when it arrives on top of a baseline that has shifted this much this fast, is pile the natural variability on top of the anthropogenic forcing in a way that pushes the climate system into territory that has no close analog anywhere in the observational record.”
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BikeLoudPDX @bikeloudpdx.bsky.social · 19/04/2026
NYC study shows men are 2.6x more likely than women to bike to work. When protected bike lane coverage is high, women’s cycling rates rise significantly faster than men’s. When protected lanes are limited or fragmented, women’s participation drops sharply. Good bike investments give women choices.
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The Bike Lane Gender Gap: New Research Shows Women Ride More Where Protected Infrastructure Exists
New research from New York City-based Transportation Alternatives highlights a persistent pattern in urban cycling.
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More Perfect Union @moreperfectunion.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
This Tax Day 287 major companies are avoiding $139,256,870,000 in taxes on $1 trillion of their 2025 profits.
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404 Media @404media.co · 15/04/2026
What exactly is going on with the FBI being able to extract Signal message content from Apple's iPhone notification database? @josephcox.bsky.social gets into it. For more on this story and what you can do to protect yourself, our latest podcast here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=qNUO...
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David Zipper @davidzipper.bsky.social · 12/04/2026
Quality bike lanes can magically create new cyclists out of thin air. "The installation of protected and buffered bicycle lanes was consistently and significantly associated with increased bicycle commuting." doi.org/10.1177/0361...
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More Perfect Union @moreperfectunion.bsky.social · 13/04/2026
Corporations want you to think they're raising prices because they have to. The truth is that they're also raising prices to the point where they now have the highest profit margins in history.
Graph showing the US profit margins jus hit a record high
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Kate Knibbs @knibbs.bsky.social · 13/04/2026
Journalists know that losing the Wayback Machine would be a nightmare: www.wired.com/story/the-in...
wired.com
The Internet's Most Powerful Archiving Tool Is in Peril
As major news outlets cut off the Wayback Machine, journalists and advocacy groups are rallying to protect the Internet Archive’s vast collection of web pages.
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David Moore @davidrussellmoore.bsky.social · 12/04/2026
Public spending on weapons flows to private institutional stockholders. From 2017–2024, four large weapons contractors like Lockheed Martin spent $89 billion on stock buybacks and dividends, according to analyst @stephensemler.bsky.social. The vast majority of war coverage does not mention this.
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Defense Contractor–Funded Think Tank Warns of Weapons Shortage After Iran Strikes
NPR listeners weren’t told the think tank receives millions from Lockheed Martin, RTX, and Northrop Grumman.
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