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VV (FSI) @bkwrmgal.bsky.social · 06/02/2026
I'm doing that thing again where I take this app off my phone for a few days or weeks or months to get some actual work done 🤞🏼🤞🏼🤞🏼🤞🏼🤞🏼🤞🏼🤞🏼🤞🏼🤞🏼🤞🏼🤞🏼
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VV (FSI) @bkwrmgal.bsky.social · 06/02/2026
Does it surprise me that publicist #PeggySiegal is in the #EpsteinFiles ... NO ... Frankly it wouldn't surprise me if that ♀️🐩 turns out to be a #pedo (though currently the evidence just points to gross 🤢 anti-blackness & poor taste in jokes about Madonna). Still horrible in & of itself.
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 04/02/2026
Immigrants are carrying this country on their backs while the right screams into the void. Here’s the Cato Institute report: www.cato.org/blog/cato-st...
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Cato Study: Immigrants Reduced Deficits by $14.5 Trillion Since 1994
The best way to balance the budget is to reduce spending—particularly on wealthy retirees—but rather than hinder our efforts to control deficits, immigrants are helping.
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 04/02/2026
Heads are going to explode 💥 Cato Institute just nuked the lie. Immigrants have cut U.S. deficits by $14.5 TRILLION since 1994, slashing the national debt by a third. All that “immigrants are bleeding us dry” noise? Absolute bullshit. 1/3
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The Conversation U.S. @us.theconversation.com · 05/02/2026
The world produces 25.2 billion gallons of contaminated brine water daily from wastewater treatment. Most gets dumped in the ocean or stored in evaporation ponds. A chemical engineer explains how reclaiming that water could be a game-changer for drought-stricken regions.
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Reclaiming water from contaminated brine can increase water supply and reduce environmental harm
Desalination of seawater and sewage treatment plants leave behind water that contains high concentrations of salt, metals and other contaminants. What if that water could be separated from the rest?
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Danny Cherry Jr (twitter/Insta/tiktok: @Deecherrywriter) @deecherrywriter.bsky.social · 05/02/2026
I always find it so funny how the brainiacs on jeopardy can answer questions about like, rocketry, but as soon as the question is something dealing with black culture they look like they just got asked to solve the cure to cancer.
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VV (FSI) @bkwrmgal.bsky.social · 03/02/2026
In more pressing news ...
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VV (FSI) @bkwrmgal.bsky.social · 03/02/2026
We on the left & center need to learn to give each other more grace in error and/or cultural misunderstanding in order to fight fascism. Living our values of kindness towards each other more particularly if one has more power in this current system due to being male and/or white.
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Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 02/02/2026
It's black history month, and so our writer S. Baum decided to cover black trans people you may not hear about in your history classes. Go read their latest piece, and don't forget to subscribe to support our journalism. www.erininthemorning.com/p/black-tran...
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Black Trans Trailblazers That You May Not Learn About in History Class
For Black History Month, we’re honoring these Black trans pioneers from across America.
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Alt CDC (they/them) @altcdc.altgov.info · 02/02/2026
RFK Jr’s sham of a vaccine advisory board is now “reevaluating” decades of evidence based, life-saving science & denigrating routine shots while vaccine preventable diseases return. Surely a wise choice as the US has all but lost measles elimination status, and ongoing measles outbreaks persist 🤡🎪
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US committee is reconsidering all vaccine recommendations
Move is dramatic departure for advisory group under Kirk Milhoan, who says he dislikes the term ‘established science’
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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 02/02/2026
The Department of Education gutted its civil rights staff—only to spend tens of millions recalling them.
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Report: Education Department's "efficiency" layoffs cost at least $28 million
Roughly half its civil rights employees were fired. Almost all complaints were thrown out.
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Julie DiCaro @juliedicaro.bsky.social · 02/02/2026
Despite my best efforts, too many people still don’t know about Mike Tirico. Here’s what I wrote about him in my book:
Both John Buccigross and Matthew Berry continue to have big, public-facing roles with ESPN, despite the allegations against them. As with seemingly all men in sports media accused of sexual misconduct, the public eventually forgives, forgets, and then lashes out at those who remind them. Some of these men go on to become the faces of sports coverage for their outlets. Mike Tirico, for example, was disciplined by ESPN decades ago for one of the most egregious allegations of sexual harassment/assault I’ve heard of, in addition to multiple allegations of stalking and harassment by other female colleagues. In his book ESPN: The Uncensored Story, Michael Freeman recounts Tirico’s inexplicable behavior toward a work colleague at a house party. After ignoring the woman’s pleas that he leave her alone, Tirico, who had just met the woman for the first time, continued to follow her around the party and insist he was in love with her. When the woman, fed up with Tirico’s harassment, left the party, he followed her out to her car and attempted to block her from leaving. When she rolled down the driver’s window to tell him to get out of the way, Tirico reached into the car and shoved his hand between her legs. In another case, Freeman writes that Tirico followed a woman’s car after she rejectedhis proposition to “throw you on the table right here and fuck your brains out.” This wasn’t the only harassment allegation against Tirico. In the book Those Guys Have All the Fun, James Andrew Miller and Tom Shales write that at least six other women came forward with stories about Tirico. In 1992, ESPN suspended him for three months and told him to seek counseling. After that, Tirico began a meteoric rise at ESPN, eventually becoming the host of ESPN’s crown jewel, Monday Night Football. Tirico was put front and center by ESPN, despite his disturbing history, and I often think of the women he left in his wake as he went on to call NBA and college basketball games, US Open tennis matches, and World Cup soccer. In 2016, before #MeToo exploded on Twitter, Tirico left ESPN for NBC, which would, the following year, fire Matt Lauer for similarly predatory behavior. Like at ESPN, Mike Tirico became the face of NBC Sports, replacing Bob Costas as the lead studio host for coverage of the Olympics. And, in an impressively tone-deaf move by NBC, they had Tirico interview snowboarder Shaun White about a sexual harassment lawsuit against White. When asked, NBC admitted they knew of Tirico’s past but dismissed it as something that happened long ago.
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Author Яhayne Coleman | 🤓🎙️📝 @rhaynecoleman.bsky.social · 01/02/2026
“Is the writing bad or are you just trying to order a milkshake from Home Depot?” 🧐
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The New Statesman @newstatesman1913.bsky.social · 01/02/2026
The hidden cost of "deplaytion" Ban social media for kids all you like – but don’t ignore their crap playgrounds 🖊️ @anooshc.bsky.social
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The hidden cost of "deplaytion"
Ban social media all you like – but don't ignore their crap playgrounds
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VV (FSI) @bkwrmgal.bsky.social · 31/01/2026
If you have an AI and you're letting it access intimate data like text messages or your bank account then you're a 🤡 www.forbes.com/sites/amirhu...
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An Agent Revolt: Moltbook Is Not A Good Idea
OpenClaw is a breakthrough AI assistant. Moltbook, its new social network for agents, is a security catastrophe waiting to happen.
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Melissa Nadia Viviana 🐸 @resistrebelrevolt.net · 31/01/2026
Holy Cow! This San Francisco anti-ICE protest is huge! Solidarity with Minnesota. 🤍
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Electronic Frontier Foundation @eff.org · 31/01/2026
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Electronic Frontier Foundation @eff.org · 31/01/2026
Joining those standing up for our First Amendment rights in the wake of ICE's actions? Be prepared before you protest with "How to Protest with Privacy in Mind" eff.org/protestprivacy
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EFFecting Change: How to Protest with Privacy in Mind
Do you know what to do if you’re subjected to a search or arrest at a protest? Join EFF for a livestream discussion about how to protect your electronic devi...
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Maximillian Alvarez @maximillianalvarez.bsky.social · 31/01/2026
🚨 "I COULD BE ALEX PRETTI": NURSES & FEDERAL WORKERS HONOR THOSE KILLED BY ICE NEW FROM ME @therealnews.com WATCH HERE: youtu.be/oCF066HZ6Ms?...
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“A hero”: Nurses, federal workers honor Alex Pretti
YouTube video by The Real News Network
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Dave Byrnes @djbyrnes1.bsky.social · 31/01/2026
It's near-white out conditions in Chicago as the snow comes down, and tonight's anti-ICE/CBP rally is wrapping up in front of city hall. But not before the crowd bounces and chants, "I believe that we will win!"
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Anonymous @youranoncentral.bsky.social · 31/01/2026
San Francisco has risen in open defiance of the regime and its paramilitary arm, ICE. From their barricades comes a single demand: “From Minneapolis to the Bay, ICE ICE go away.” #3E #GoodVsEvil #NationalStrike #ICEOut
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Danny Cherry Jr (twitter/Insta/tiktok: @Deecherrywriter) @deecherrywriter.bsky.social · 30/01/2026
A whole lot of people who free speech warriors after Kirk got capped are being really quiet about the fact that journalists are getting arrested and at least one having their home raided
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Danny Cherry Jr (twitter/Insta/tiktok: @Deecherrywriter) @deecherrywriter.bsky.social · 30/01/2026
I’ve seen this one before 🙄
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Anna Gifty @itsafronomics.blacksky.app · 29/01/2026
Y'all TIK TOK AIN'T LETTING FOLKS DELETE THEIR ACCOUNTS! This is nuts.
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Hannah Harris Green @whatsitlike.me · 29/01/2026
In his effort to discredit DEI research, Bhatacharya argues studies linking structural racism to poor health outcomes are "not science" bc if structural racism is pervasive, researchers "couldn’t construct a control group." There are so many holes in this argument it's hard to know where to start.
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VV (FSI) @bkwrmgal.bsky.social · 28/01/2026
Not this 🦆 though 🤷🏻‍♀️🤦🏻‍♀️
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southpaw @nycsouthpaw.bsky.social · 28/01/2026
Ilhan Omar is an American hero. www.nytimes.com/live/2026/01...
Ms. Omar, visibly shaken after the assault, insisted to her staff and security that she would continue. She asked for a napkin and told them: "Just give me 10 minutes. I beg you. Please don't let them have the show."
Ms. Omar then turned the crowd. "Here's the reality that people like this ugly man don't understand," she said. "We are Minnesota strong, and we will stay resilient in the face of whatever they might throw at us."
Someone in the crowd later thanked Ms.
Omar for staying and continuing after the assault, which had shaken not only her but the entire room.
"I learned at a young age you don't give in to threats," Ms. Omar said.
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Ilhan Omar @ilhanmn.bsky.social · 28/01/2026
I’m ok. I’m a survivor so this small agitator isn’t going to intimidate me from doing my work. I don’t let bullies win. Grateful to my incredible constituents who rallied behind me. Minnesota strong.
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VV (FSI) @bkwrmgal.bsky.social · 28/01/2026
🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻 📿📿📿📿📿📿📿📿 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻
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VV (FSI) @bkwrmgal.bsky.social · 28/01/2026
Nah ... fire ALL of them, ban them from all government jobs especially law enforcement or Congress or Cabinet or Governor, and #AbolishICE. Start an entirely new agency filled with people who've a health or social worker or science backgrounds preferably BIPOC women. thehill.com/homenews/sta...
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 28/01/2026
it is the same playbook everywhere. “vote for us! we will make you great again by punishing the people you hate! do not pay attention to the fact that we’re also shoveling your money into the pockets of the uber wealthy and building a giant boot to step on your face too (preferably forever)”
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Kathryn Tewson @kathryntewson.bsky.social · 27/01/2026
they don't have principles, they just have teams
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Kathryn Tewson @kathryntewson.bsky.social · 27/01/2026
i do not think this will go the way they think it will lol
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Rebecca Bellan @rebeccabellan.bsky.social · 27/01/2026
NEW: ‘Among the worst we’ve seen’: report from Common Sense Media slams xAI’s Grok over child safety failures ... via @techcrunch.com techcrunch.com/2026/01/27/a...
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'Among the worst we've seen': report slams xAI's Grok over child safety failures | TechCrunch
“We assess a lot of AI chatbots at Common Sense Media, and they all have risks, but Grok is among the worst we’ve seen,” Robbie Torney of Common Sense Media said.
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kottke.org @kottke.org · 27/01/2026
Sesame Street has uploaded a bunch of classic episodes to YouTube that are free to watch, including the very first episode from 1969, the one where Mister Rogers visits, and the episode where Mr. Snuffulupagus is finally revealed. [kottke.org]
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Watch Classic Episodes of Sesame Street for Free on YouTube
Sesame Street has uploaded a bunch of classic episodes to YouTube that are free to watch, including the very first episode from 1969, the one where Mister Rogers visits, and the episode where Mr. Snuffulupagus is fin
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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 27/01/2026
After being held in two of them as a boy, I fought for decades urging America to never again build concentration camps and put human beings in them. It breaks my heart to watch this happen twice now in my own lifetime.
Screenshot of an X.com post by The Associated Press (@AP) stating that dozens of immigrant families protested for better treatment behind fences at a Texas detention facility, where a 5-year-old Ecuadorian boy and his father were sent after being detained in Minnesota. Below is a video thumbnail showing a crowd gathered outdoors along a fenced walkway; many people wear bright blue or red outerwear, and some hold signs.
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 27/01/2026
oh they are going to rip each other to shreds as it becomes clear that the country has decisively turned against them
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Santiago Mayer @santiagomayer.com · 27/01/2026
I will not stop fighting until ICE is abolished, but I gotta admit that Noem throwing Stephen Miller under the bus is bringing a smile to my face.
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VV (FSI) @bkwrmgal.bsky.social · 27/01/2026
Yeah, it's a bit more #woowoo than normal but to me, sequence is *really* important here. If we don't appreciate our diversity here and learn to take care of our own planet first we'll fail at space exploration, likely burning our own planet in the process. 😔
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Chanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 @chanda.blacksky.app · 27/01/2026
The universe is too fucking fabulous for capitalism and Nazis y’all www.scientificamerican.com/article/jwst...
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JWST unveils most intricate map yet of cosmic dark matter
Astronomers puzzled out minuscule distortions in images of faraway galaxies taken by JWST in order to chart the invisible
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Eric Schmeltzer @ericschmeltzer.bsky.social · 26/01/2026
I will give Suozzi more credit than he gives himself. He knew what the vote was. He just figured the way to "win" was to support the funding because that's more "centrist" and buck the Democratic majority. But morally, he knew what this was about. He ended up wrong morally AND politically.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 27/01/2026
Abolish. ice. 💔
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Dominique Baker @bakerdphd.bsky.social · 27/01/2026
HAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHA www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
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Melania documentary struggles in UK cinemas as Vue admits sales are ‘soft’
Only one ticket sold for premiere of film about US first lady at Vue’s flagship London branch as insiders question launch strategy
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Stephen Nuñez @socio-steve.bsky.social · 27/01/2026
They are wounded and flailing. Press the advantage.
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British Library @britishlibrary.bsky.social · 27/01/2026
Today marks Holocaust Memorial Day, the anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz concentration camp. To commemorate, we’re sharing a small selection of survivors’ stories from our collection – voices preserved in memory and testimony. Read here: link.bl.uk/hij
An illustrated manuscript of a single candle on a table.
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Mychal Threets @mychal3ts.bsky.social · 27/01/2026
BOOK JOY! 🥹 One week until mine and Lorraine Nam’s picture book becomes REALLY, really real! I'm so happy you're here, are you ready for library joy?! 📚 📚 I’M SO HAPPY YOU’RE HERE: A CELEBRATION OF LIBRARY JOY 📚 ✨Available wherever books are sold ✨ 📸: Mom 😂
Mychal smiles brightly while holding a stack of copies of his and Lorraine’s upcoming picture book!
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AT Protocol Developers @atproto.com · 27/01/2026
This is today! Preparing to cut over the firehose to a new relay in the next hour or so.
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