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What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us. — Albert Jay Nock (ENTJ-A)

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Born Skeptical @antifa5280.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
theintercept.com/2026/09/27/c...
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The “Satanic Panic” Made Her a True-Crime Obsession. The Truth Is More Haunting.
After 30 years on death row, Christa Pike faces execution for a grisly murder she committed at 18.
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Born Skeptical @antifa5280.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
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Sign the Petition
House Democrats: CHOOSE A NEW SPEAKER
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Born Skeptical @antifa5280.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
I just wrote a @theactionnetwork.bsky.social letter: Defend the science and scientists that keep us safe!. Write one here: actionnetwork.org/letters/dema...
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Take Action!
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Born Skeptical @antifa5280.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
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Trump's desperate for TV cameras until they tell the truth
ABC, CBS, CNN, Fox News, and NBC halted their TV coverage of presidential events after Trump banned some outlets from White House access for unfavorable reporting.
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Born Skeptical @antifa5280.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Will Universal Studios, Owned by Comcast, Decide to Withhold Elon Musk Documentary? www.commondreams.org/news/musk-do...
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Will Universal Studios, Owned by Comcast, Decide to Withhold Elon Musk Documentary? | Common Dreams
Filmmaker Alex Gibney's documentary on Elon Musk faces distribution uncertainty as Universal Pictures reportedly hesitates due to political sensitivity.
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Food & Water Watch @foodandwater.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Did you know that $1 out of every $3 consumers spend on groceries goes to Walmart? When giant corporations monopolize the grocery industry, that means less competition – which means higher prices and more corporate profits, all while millions struggle to feed their families 😠
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Food & Water Watch @foodandwater.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
NEW RESEARCH: Our team found that if all of the AI industry’s proposals for new data centers were to come to fruition, the total estimated climate emissions would produce the same emissions as 39 PERCENT of all car travel in the U.S. by 2035. In what world is that sustainable??
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Born Skeptical @antifa5280.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
There’s a bill in Congress right now that could threaten our right to protest pipelines. Send a message to your members of Congress: Protect our right to protest! act.foodandwateraction.org/page/102748/...
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I took action on: Protect our Right to Protest Pipelines!
Will you take this quick action to help?
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Born Skeptical @antifa5280.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Papa Johns, Propaganda and Putin: How a MAGA Influencer With Ties to Russia Became Trump’s Arctic Adviser www.propublica.org/article/thom...
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How a MAGA Influencer With Ties to Russia Became Trump’s Arctic Adviser
As head of the U.S. Arctic Research Commission, Thomas Dans has backed a takeover of Greenland and other items on President Donald Trump’s list. But it’s not always clear where the administration’s ag...
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Born Skeptical @antifa5280.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
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Safety Alert
FDA analysis has determined that certain dietary supplements labeled as tejocote (Crataegus mexicana) root are adulterated because they were tested and found to be substituted withyellow oleander (Cas...
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Born Skeptical @antifa5280.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
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How do experts think AI would kill us, anyway? | CNN Business
Industry insiders are once again warning that a superpowered artificial intelligence could exterminate the human race. But how? And which scenarios are actually plausible?
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Born Skeptical @antifa5280.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
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Hackers find encryption keys stored on stolen Flock camera despite company's denials — group extracts more than 27,000 clips, 1.6 million images captured in a span of 21 days from the device
Flock claims that images are only briefly stored on its cameras before being forwarded to the company’s servers, but a group of hackers determined that this wasn’t the case.
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Born Skeptical @antifa5280.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
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The Mother of All Assault Weapons Cases Is Coming
The Supreme Court will consider whether to overturn state bans on assault weapons—alongside some rather disturbing arguments.
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Born Skeptical @antifa5280.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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States already have a good way to ensure election integrity—and MAGA hates it
The rejection of ERIC by GOP officials has, ironically, undermined their own voting systems.
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Born Skeptical @antifa5280.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
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Top Oversight Dem Opens Investigation of Donald Trump Jr.’s Russian Oligarch-Funded Wedding
Rep. Robert Garcia said the revelations that Umar Kremlev had bankrolled the wedding raise “serious national security and public corruption concerns” and requested the president’s son provide financia...
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Born Skeptical @antifa5280.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
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Attempting to Establish an Authoritarian Government
A newsletter about the history behind today's politics.
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savagetora.bsky.social @savagetora.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
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Born Skeptical @antifa5280.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
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Debunktion Junction on Instagram: "#MAGA chuds Jack Burkman & Jacob Wohl are felons themselves, but now call themselves “Pardon Brokers”. But watch Wohl show off his intellectual capabilities! #politi...
2,837 likes, 135 comments - debunktionjunction on September 14, 2026: "#MAGA chuds Jack Burkman & Jacob Wohl are felons themselves, but now call themselves “Pardon Brokers”. But watch Wohl show off hi...
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Born Skeptical @antifa5280.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
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Statement on AI Extinction Risk | CAIS
A statement jointly signed by a historic coalition of experts: “Mitigating the risk of extinction from AI should be a global priority alongside other societal-scale risks such as pandemics and nuclear...
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Born Skeptical @antifa5280.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Text SIGN PWMHRF to 50409 #resistbot resist.bot/petitions/PW...
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80 Days of Silence: Who Is Holding Senator McConnell Accountable?
I am deeply concerned and frankly outraged by Senator Mitch McConnell’s approximately 80-day absence from public view following his hospitalization on…
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Born Skeptical @antifa5280.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
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The AI Doc: Or How I Became an Apocaloptimist | Universal Pictures At Home
A father-to-be tries to figure out what is happening with all this AI insanity. The AI Doc: Or How I Became an Apocaloptimist is a hand-made, eye-opening documentary about the most powerful technology...
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Born Skeptical @antifa5280.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Economic toll of declining MMR vaccination | Science Sessions | PNAS www.pnas.org/post/podcast...
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PNAS
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), a peer reviewed journal of the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) - an authoritative source of high-impact, original research that broadly spans...
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Public Citizen @publiccitizen.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Trump's vanity arch would disrupt military burials & block a historic viewpoint from Arlington Cemetery to the Lincoln Memorial. We're representing three Vietnam veterans who are suing to stop this project. This sacred site should not be desecrated by Trump's arch.
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MS NOW @ms.now · 07/09/2026
DON'T MISS IT: On Saturday, watch the premiere of “The Assignment with Antonia Hylton.” Antonia will tackle major breaking news, original reporting, and critical political and cultural debates. Watch “The Assignment with Antonia Hylton” weekends at 1pm ET beginning Saturday.
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stp85.bsky.social @stp85.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
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Born Skeptical @antifa5280.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
I co-signed "Keep the Border Wall Out of National Parks" on Amendment. Add your name: www.amendment.app/s/Y2IP7X?utm...
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Keep the Border Wall Out of National Parks
Big Bend is 800,000 acres of Chihuahuan Desert that Americans set aside more than eighty years ago, and the canyon walls along the river hold rock art…
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Born Skeptical @antifa5280.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Text SIGN PYELZE to 50409 #resistbot resist.bot/petitions/PY...
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Taxpayer-Funded “Games” Targeting Human Beings? Absolutely Disgusting!
This is an outrageous and profoundly inappropriate use of taxpayer resources. The federal government should not be spending public money to turn the…
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Born Skeptical @antifa5280.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Tell Congress: Impeach Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts 👇 Write a letter here: actionnetwork.org/letters/tell...
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Tell Congress: Impeach Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts
Contact Congress today!
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