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David Reynolds @aubiexiii.bsky.social · 07/03/2026

@tsa.gov I’m a very frequent traveler; you folks virtually always do a fantastic job. One of your employees working the DEN PreCheck line this AM was an exception: extremely disrespectful & unprofessional.

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Jay Van Bavel, PhD @jayvanbavel.bsky.social · 20/07/2025

New research finds that people “with both high psychopathy and low cognitive ability are the most actively involved in online political engagement” This is something I’ve observed in many political arguments online and it’s why I try to avoid online debates. www.nature.com/articles/s41...

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Dark personalities in the digital arena: how psychopathy and narcissism shape online political participation - Humanities and Social Sciences Communications

Humanities and Social Sciences Communications - Dark personalities in the digital arena: how psychopathy and narcissism shape online political participation

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Yoïn van Spijk @yvanspijk.bsky.social · 20/07/2025

'Ye' in names such as 'Ye Olde Inn' was originally pronounced 'the'. The pronunciation with y is due to a misinterpretation. 'Ye' originated as a second-best way of writing 'þe', þ being thorn, the original English letter for the th sound. Click my new infographic to read the story of thorn:

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David Reynolds @aubiexiii.bsky.social · 01/07/2025

There is no bigger liar than the person who keeps emailing me telling me I’m on a roll with LinkedIn.

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CK DexterHaven 🍂🍁🍂 @ckshowalter.bsky.social · 18/06/2025

The approach of making it impossible for elderly folks to navigate these complex tech systems, as away to keep from having to give people their own damn money is garbage

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Shannon Watts @shannonrwatts.bsky.social · 14/06/2025

It should not be lost on anyone that Minnesota Rep Melissa Hortman, who was shot to death in her home last night by an assassin, was a gun safety advocate who worked tirelessly to protect her constituents from gun violence.

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David Reynolds @aubiexiii.bsky.social · 31/03/2025

PSA: do not ever put yourself in a situation where your health relies upon a central Florida hospital.

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David Reynolds @aubiexiii.bsky.social · 19/03/2025

So apparently no one in the Rangers organization speaks Spanish 😂

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Adam Bonica @adambonica.bsky.social · 20/02/2025

The DOGE firings have nothing to do with “efficiency” or “cutting waste.” They’re a direct push to weaken federal agencies perceived as liberal. This was evident from the start, and now the data confirms it: targeted agencies overwhelmingly those seen as more left-leaning. 🧵⬇️

Scatterplot titled “Empirical Evidence of Ideological Targeting in Federal Layoffs: Agencies seen as liberal are significantly more likely to face DOGE layoffs.”
• The x-axis represents Perceived Ideological Leaning of federal agencies, ranging from -2 (Most Liberal) to +2 (Most Conservative), based on survey responses from over 1,500 federal executives.
• The y-axis shows Agency Size (Number of Staff) on a logarithmic scale from 1,000 to 1,000,000.

Each point represents a federal agency:
• Red dots indicate agencies that experienced DOGE layoffs.
• Gray dots indicate agencies with no layoffs.

Key Observations:
• Liberal-leaning agencies (left side of the plot) are disproportionately represented among red dots, indicating higher layoff rates.
• Notable targeted agencies include:
• HHS (Health & Human Services)
• EPA (Environmental Protection Agency)
• NIH (National Institutes of Health)
• CFPB (Consumer Financial Protection Bureau)
• Dept. of Education
• USAID (U.S. Agency for International Development)
• The National Nuclear Security Administration (DOE), despite its conservative leaning (+1 on the scale), is an exception among targeted agencies.
• A notable outlier: the Department of Veterans Affairs (moderately conservative) also faced layoffs despite its size.

Takeaway:

The figure visually demonstrates that DOGE layoffs disproportionately targeted liberal-leaning agencies, supporting claims of ideological bias. The pattern reveals that layoffs were not driven by agency size or budget alone but were strongly associated with perceived ideology.

Source: Richardson, Clinton, & Lewis (2018). Elite Perceptions of Agency Ideology and Workforce Skill. The Journal of Politics, 80(1).

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Tom Nichols @radiofreetom.bsky.social · 05/03/2025

America does not need a ‘resistance,’ or stale slogans, or people putting those slogans on little paddles. It needs an opposition party that boldly defends the nation’s virtues, the rule of law, and the rights of its people. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...

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Democrats Are Acting Too Normal

In her response to Trump’s address, Democratic Senator Elissa Slotkin failed to capture the hallucinatory nature of our national politics.

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Craig Spencer MD MPH @craigspencer.bsky.social · 26/02/2025

Make a huge mistake. Then make a false claim about how you fixed it. They did it for PEPFAR. Now Ebola. I follow this particular topic VERY closely, so here's what really happened and why this isn't true AT ALL...🧵

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Ticia Verveer @ticiaverveer.bsky.social · 19/02/2025

Egyptologists have discovered the tomb of King Thutmose II, who ruled three-and-a-half thousand years ago. A British-Egyptian team located it in the Western Valleys of the Theban Necropolis near the city of Luxor.

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Thutmose II: First pharaoh's tomb found in Egypt since Tutankhamun's

It is the first royal tomb to be found since King Tutankhaman's over a century ago.

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News Eye @newseye.bsky.social · 19/02/2025

BREAKING: The USDA, under DOGE orders, has accidentally fired staff working to combat bird flu. It’s now trying to rehire them. It follows the accidental firing of nuclear safety staff last Friday. And the accidental firing of FAA’s experienced aviation safety staff. Incompetence will be deadly.

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USDA says it accidentally fired officials working on bird flu and is trying to rehire them

In a statement, an Agriculture Department spokesperson told NBC News that officials are "working to swiftly rectify the situation."

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Shannon E French @sefrench.bsky.social · 16/02/2025

Academic admins, please don’t defend diversity apologetically. Do it proudly. “You’re damn right we value diversity, and so should you!” That’s the message here. That’s the only message that should be coming from higher ed.

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Halloween Henrique @kelzor.bsky.social · 16/02/2025

Me in 1999: “That South Park movie was wacky, imagining an American imperialism so deranged that they decide to invade Canada in a crusade of censorship. 😂” Me in 2025: 😐

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 15/02/2025

🔥 “Wake the hell up.” Former RNC chair @michaelsteele.bsky.social goes in on Elon’s infiltration into the federal government, accessing everyone’s personal info

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ArtButMakeItSports @artbutmakeitsports.bsky.social · 10/02/2025

At the Deathbed, by Edvard Munch, 1895

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