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Rabidly passionate about equality & civic duties- in that order. ❤️ science, philosophy, history & anthropology.

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Bellingcat @bellingcat.com · 12/08/2026
New European Union sanctions have recently been announced for two vessels that Bellingcat has previously reported on as part of Russia’s shadow fleet that has been smuggling grain from occupied areas of Ukraine. eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-conten... www.youtube.com/shorts/5FUm6...
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Who's buying Russia's smuggled grain?
YouTube video by Bellingcat
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ATom @atom-nyc.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
NYC Drinking water station
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Sherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
Get a load of this.
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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 18/07/2026
When the federal agents implementing Trump’s mass deportation crusade mistreat, abuse, and fatally shoot residents and citizens of the US, the public deserves answers and accountability. That won’t come from an agency and an administration that routinely lies about these tragedies.
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ICE and DHS's growing record of deception
When their agents shoot and kill people, they shouldn't be allowed to run the investigation.
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The New Republic @newrepublic.com · 05/07/2026
If Congress can grant or deny exemptions to the clause, then it does not really protect a constitutional right or rule of citizenship at all. trib.al/EiheIQc
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What in the World Did Brett Kavanaugh Write on Birthright Citizenship?
His 10-page opinion is strangely adrift from rhyme or reason, and it ends up reinforcing a far more extreme position than any of his colleagues’.
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Paul Hindley 🏳️‍🌈🇬🇧🇪🇺🇺🇳 @paulhindley2210.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
I hope politicians will be as quick to praise the heroism of Maysum Abdullah as they were to the praise the heroism of those who saved the life of Stephen Ogilvie. It’s shocking how little press coverage the Manchester attack has received. I fear this is an example of our cultural double standards.
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Teacher stabbed while protecting students in Manchester school knife attack is named
Maysum Abdullah has been praised after he stepped in to protect his students
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Pat Fuller @bannerite.bsky.social · 14/06/2026
Happy June 14! #ObamaDay
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ATom @atom-nyc.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
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New OMB rule could break science in the United States
What a new proposed rule from OMB could mean, and how you can help
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Nate Brought @usfreepressspain.bsky.social · 24/05/2026
Trump is *not* the duly elected President of the United States. He is an Israeli-Russian-Oligarch plant who is destroying America from the inside. We must restore a legitimate US government to power. open.substack.com/pub/kaitjust...
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The Gap in How America Detects Election Fraud I Found in the Epstein Files
Elon Musk’s Ex Described the Satellites and the Vote Data. Why Do Both Seem to Lead Back to Jeffrey Epstein?
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ATom @atom-nyc.bsky.social · 13/05/2026
Business will not roll back prices even after tariffs were rolled back AND if/when the Iran war ends. We are stuck with these high prices, increasing the affordability crisis.
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ATom @atom-nyc.bsky.social · 13/05/2026
Don't hold your breath as a consumer to see it flow to you. Another "bailout" for businesses while citizens/consumers continue to see their wallets stretched. www.cnbc.com/2026/05/12/t...
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Companies start getting tariff refunds after Supreme Court decision
After the Supreme Court ruled some of President Trump's tariffs unconstitutional, the first wave of tariff refunds have begun flowing in.
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Carbon Brief @carbonbrief.org · 13/05/2026
UN report: Five charts explaining the rise of global food insecurity | @yaninequiroz.bsky.social @giulianaviglione.bsky.social #CBarchive Read here: buff.ly/LhONOi6
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UN report: Five charts explaining the rise of global food insecurity - Carbon Brief
Carbon Brief highlights five charts from the SOFI report which explain the state of food insecurity around the world.
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Tyler McBrien @tylermcbrien.com · 10/05/2026
🚨 NEW TOOL for U.S. legal journalists ⚖️ I turned @allyjar.bsky.social's incredible crowdsourced Google doc on accessing state court records into an interactive map. Check it out and let me know about any errors, missing information, or ways I can improve this thing (link below)
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ATom @atom-nyc.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
It's becoming a "Too Big to Fail" problem.
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Government Lawyers Oversight Watchdog @glowlaw.org · 05/05/2026
💪🧵: Are you a lawyer or law student who feels powerless watching the rule of law erode in real time? We have a way for you to fight back — and it won't require you to quit your job or go to court. Meet glowlaw.org — and read on. 1/
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The Government Lawyers Database
A publicly accessible record of the legal professionals who are or were involved in representing or supporting the legal positions of the US Executive Branch
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Taniel @taniel.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
It's done: The Florida legislature just passed the new map, which was unveiled by the governor Monday. The map significantly shifts 4 Dem seats toward the GOP; whether the GOP could win them all in a blue-leaning year is a different matter. Democrats will sue, pointing to the state constitution.
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Pauline 🏄🏼‍♀️🌎💪🏼ECM Textile Plastics and Recapture / Innovator @nimaecm.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
I just love this👇🏼☺️😭..❣️❣️❣️❣️
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Leon Simons @leonsimons.com · 26/04/2026
🚨BREAKING🚨 The most recent RELATIVE Oceanic Niño Index (RONI) forecast shows we could be facing the strongest El Niño in observed history!! This could lead to dystopian global climate change impacts over the next 1.5 years. No one is prepared.
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Ignacio GHOULlup-Diaz @igallupd.bsky.social · 19/04/2026
"Pancreatic cancer mRNA vaccine shows lasting results in an early trial: Scientists caution that more research is needed, but nearly all of the patients who responded to the personalized vaccine are still alive six years later."
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Pancreatic cancer mRNA vaccine shows lasting results in an early trial
Scientists caution that more research is needed, but nearly all of the patients who responded to the personalized vaccine are still alive six years later.
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Jan Rosenow @janrosenow.bsky.social · 14/04/2026
Heat pumps are the most efficient heating technology ever invented. They harvest and compress pre existing heat in the air, ground or water and transport it where it is needed. That energy is all around us. And it does not have to pass through the Strait of Hormuz.
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Eric Michael Garcia @ericmgarcia.bsky.social · 10/04/2026
People beat up on Mike Johnson all the time, but if you ask me who was more obsequeious to Trump, without a question it's Kevin McCarthy. Johnson is a radical with a coherent ideology he wants to advance. McCarthy just wanted power without principles. He lied to every single faction of the House GOP
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Justin Salhani @justinsalhani.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
While killing dozens of people in Lebanon (MOPH says 112, civil defense counts 250+, until now), Israel still found time to kill another one of our colleagues in Gaza.
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Qasim Rashid, Esq. @qasimrashid.com · 04/04/2026
The Pope wishes Asalaamo Alaikum to the children of Lebanon. Beautiful and a powerful reminder of why we must stand united for justice and peace. ❤️✊🏽 youtube.com/shorts/9d9jZ...
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The Pope wishes Asalaamo Alaikum to the children of Lebanon.
YouTube video by Qasim Rashid
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Chad Bolt @chadderr.bsky.social · 31/03/2026
Congressional Republicans appear ready to put SNAP benefits even MORE at risk for kids and their families for the next 10 years, in order to pay for ONE HOUR of war in Iran. I wish I were making this up. firstfocus.org/update/will-... 1/7
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Will Congress attack hungry children again, this time to pay for one hour of war in Iran?
Republicans in the House and Senate are seriously considering a second budget reconciliation bill. Though hundreds of billions more dollars dedicated to
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Joel S. @joelhs.bsky.social · 03/04/2026
It's so utterly telling that the organization "StopAntisemitism" is defending the Trump administration compiling list of Jews on campus... which scares my Jewish students so much more than anything on campus that is supposedly being investigated.
"“There is no ‘list of Jews,’ but rather a record of Jewish students and faculty who voluntarily filed Title VI complaints after experiencing antisemitism and discrimination. These individuals came forward through proper channels, and their concerns were ignored or concealed by the University of Pennsylvania. Turning over this information is a necessary step to ensure those complaints are fully investigated and not buried. Accountability requires transparency, and those responsible for how it was handled should be punished accordingly,” said Liora Rez, founder and executive director of StopAntisemitism."
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ATom @atom-nyc.bsky.social · 01/04/2026
That is unfortunately a badge of honor in this administration.
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ATom @atom-nyc.bsky.social · 28/03/2026
Exactly...I recall seeing videos of turnout at Kamala Harris' events compared with that at Trump's events during the 2024 cycle....look where we are today. What will matter is how people vote (or don't)...or, if the mid-term elections are even allowed to happen.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 28/03/2026
So much winning 😕🇺🇸
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elia ayoub @ayoub.bsky.social · 28/03/2026
The difference between these two is racism
Russia plans to illegally annex lands it invaded, even as its military falters.

Israel Plans to Control Large Parts of Southern Lebanon, Defense Minister Says
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Jen Taub @jentaub.bsky.social · 28/03/2026
Revealing words from Tzipi Livni, former foreign minister of Israel.
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 26/03/2026
There are no two sides to a confession. There is only the confession — and the choice of whether to take it seriously. www.democracydocket.com/opinion/ther...
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There are no two sides to a confession
Over the years, I have watched the Republican Party morph into a crime family that boasts about rigging elections.
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American Oversight @americanoversight.org · 26/03/2026
We’re representing @campaignlegal.org in a lawsuit for info about Trump admin policies that police visa holders’ speech and make it harder for new citizens to vote. Free speech and voting access are core parts of our democracy. The public needs more info. americanoversight.org/new-lawsuit-...
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New Lawsuit Seeks Records on Visa Holder Social Media Surveillance and Voter Registration Limits at Naturalization Ceremonies
We’re representing Campaign Legal Center in their lawsuit seeking info on policies targeting visa holders’ speech and restricting new citizens’ voter registration access
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ATom @atom-nyc.bsky.social · 24/03/2026
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‘I count their breaths’: A homeless mother protects her children in Delhi
On a pavement in the Indian capital, Abida lost two children and watches over her other three night and day.
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Ian Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 24/03/2026
The deep, deep stench of corruption.
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Nitish Pahwa @nitishpahwa.com · 24/03/2026
once again I am compelled to mention that Bush v. Gore likely went down the way it did because Sandra Day O'Connor cooked her brain on talk radio scholarlycommons.law.hofstra.edu/cgi/viewcont...
Later, in his book on the court battles that lead to Bush v. Gore, Jeffrey Toobin
repeated the election night story and included a direct quote from John
O'Connor:
Justice O'Connor said "This is terrible," and she hastened away from the
television . . . . Her husband, John, explained her reaction to the partygoers, saying, "She's very disappointed because she was hoping to retire"-that is, with a Republican president to appoint her successor.

Toobin also described another incident, which occurred while the Supreme Court was adjudicating Bush v. Gore:
On... the day of the Supreme Court's first opinion on the election, O'Connor
and her husband had attended a party for about thirty people at the home of a
wealthy couple named Lee and Julie Folger. When the subject of the election
controversy came up, Justice O'Connor was livid. "You just don't know what
those Gore people have been doing," she said. "They went into a nursing home and registered people that they shouldn't have. It was outrageous."
It was unclear where the justice had picked up this unproved accusation, which had circulated only in the more eccentric right-wing outlets, but O'Connor recounted the story with fervor.

Do these reports describe conflicts of interest that would have made Justice
O'Connor's vote in Bush v. Gore illegal? The question is not limited to Justice
O'Connor. The media have also reported events and circumstances that raise
conflict-of-interest issues concerning participation in Bush v. Gore by Chief
Justice William H. Rehnquist as well as Justices Antonin Scalia and Clarence
Thomas. No media reports, however, have done so with Justices Stephen G.
Breyer, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Anthony M. Kennedy, John Paul Stevens, or David H. Souter
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Coach Finstock @coachfinstock.bsky.social · 22/03/2026
Aesop: I TOLD YOU
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Climate, Ecology, War & More: Dr. Glen Barry BigEarthData.ai @bigearthdata.ai · 21/03/2026
UK says Iran missile attack on Diego Garcia failed ->Al Jazeera | More on "Iran missile attack Diego Garcia" at BigEarthData.ai | #Iran
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UK says Iran missile attack on Diego Garcia failed
The UK says Iran launched ballistic missiles at the joint US-UK Diego Garcia base in the Indian Ocean, calling the attack unsuccessful. London condemned Tehran’s actions as “reckless,” but one analyst says it’s not surprising Tehran would aim for this “prime target.”...
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Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 21/03/2026
WASHINGTON (AP) — Robert Mueller, the FBI director and special counsel who investigated Russia-Trump campaign ties, dies at 81.
A photo of Robert Mueller
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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 19/03/2026
The grift keeps getting bigger. Tariffs were a way for Trump to extort our trading partners to line his cronies’ pockets.
Tweet by Rep. Mike Levin criticizing a small, little-known company being considered for up to $25 billion in nuclear energy funds, noting its lack of experience and political connections to Trump and the GOP.
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Ned Resnikoff @resnikoff.bsky.social · 05/03/2026
Every couple of months or so, someone puts out a piece of bad social science meant to undermine the case for more housing. For Roosevelt Institute, I wrote a blog post responding to the two most recent specimens. rooseveltinstitute.org/blog/there-i...
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There Is No Housing Affordability Without Building More Housing
If we make it easier to build dense housing in cities, then the resulting supply boost will ease the cost burden on renters and put homeownership within closer reach for millions of households.
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Sam @samd.bsky.social · 17/03/2026
it’s kind of annoying how we have dozens and dozens of studies showing building more housing puts downwards pressure on rents, but once a year a small cadre of crank economists publishes a shoddily-researched paper to try and muddy the waters and for some reason, papers like Hell Gate take the bait
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ATom @atom-nyc.bsky.social · 16/03/2026
First time that Trump has not featured in the top-10?
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George Pearkes @peark.es · 16/03/2026
Lots of noise in crude futures but since US/Israel attacks on Iran started they've trended higher by about $2/calendar day. That gets you to $150/barrel crude by mid-April, about 6 weeks after the conflict kicked off. The huge noise of the initial short squeeze and short-term swings obscure a lot.
OHLC chart of front-month WTI since Feb 27.
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Jim Goldgeier @jimgoldgeier.bsky.social · 15/03/2026
“legally evacuated to the U.S. after the fall of Kabul”
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Jenny Cohn @jennycohn.bsky.social · 15/03/2026
“Former DOGE hire [John Solly] still has 'god level' Social Security data, whistleblower says *** An independent government investigation is underway, according to a bombshell report.” (Solly denies any misconduct on his part) 3/11/26 … 1/ mashable.com/article/doge...
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ATom @atom-nyc.bsky.social · 15/03/2026
Totally normal(ized) behavior. www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/3/...
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Trump administration threatens news outlets over critical coverage of Iran
FCC chair says news outlets that share 'distortions' about US war with Iran could lose their licences.
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SweetWitch2697🔮🎱🪄-MY OPINIONS ARE MY OWN BEASTLY CONCOCTIONS! @sweetwitch2697.bsky.social · 10/03/2026
There should be NO CHANGES TO NATIONAL VOTING BECAUSE THERE are NOT PROVEN REASONS TO BACK THAT IDIOTIC BILL! ONCE AGAIN, IT IS ALL ABOUT POWER AND CONTROL! TRUMP DETESTS MAIL-IN BALLOTS BECAUSE THEY DELAY RESULTS... even though he has done it himself! Ignore the asinine subpoena of 2020 voting!
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ATom @atom-nyc.bsky.social · 10/03/2026
Charts without Axis title, at the very least, should be banned.
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