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Tom Nichols @radiofreetom.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
And on it went, with Hegseth spinning one bad idea after another, and managing to insult any number of Americans in the process. A bad idea hamster www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/...
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Pete Hegseth, Idea Guy
His State of the Force address was a partisan disgrace—with a few good ideas buried in it.
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NPR @npr.org · 27/06/2026
Human bodies have a natural cooling system, but it can do only so much in high temperatures and humidity. Here's the science behind how heat kills. And how to protect yourself.
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COMIC: How excessive heat kills and how to stay safe
Human bodies have a natural cooling system, but it can do only so much in high temperatures and humidity. Here's the science behind how heat kills. And how to protect yourself.
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Senator Patty Murray @murray.senate.gov · 21/06/2026
Scientists in Atlanta were stopped from criticizing the Trump admin at a scientific conference, so let me do it here: Trump is destroying biomedical research in America, and it will take decades to get back on track.  Spread the word. Stand up for science.
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John Dickerson @jdickerson.bsky.social · 20/06/2026
"Stack the Week" is a weekly news and analysis series hosted by journalist John Dickerson, where he filters through the relentless cycle of daily headlines to connect major stories to larger themes. www.johndickerson.com/p/stack-the-...
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NPR @npr.org · 14/06/2026
Spending too much time and money on skin care? Find out what really works to improve skin health and appearance with our one-week newsletter guide. Sign up here.
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Overwhelmed by skin care products? Cut through the noise with our new newsletter
Spending too much time and money on skin care? Find out what really works to improve skin health and appearance with our one-week newsletter guide. Sign up here.
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Steven T. Dennis @steventdennis.bsky.social · 13/06/2026
First up on #FridayNightZillow: The most expensive home listing ever in the USA. Essentially a modern palace. $400 million. 39 bedrooms (most are for staff!). 59 bathrooms. 70,000 square feet (rivaling Trump's WH ballroom). Global levels of excess. Overlooks LA. www.zillow.com/homedetails/...
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Sarah Fitzpatrick @sfitz787.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
NEW STORY: Trump’s ‘Anti-Weaponization’ Payouts May Not Be Dead After All www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
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Trump’s ‘Anti-Weaponization’ Payouts May Not Be Dead After All
Despite insisting that a $1.776 billion fund has been scrapped, the administration is quietly assuring allies that plans remain on track.
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NPR @npr.org · 06/06/2026
Mara Hoplamazian has spent years reporting on 'forever chemicals,' or PFAS. Here's what they've learned about what may help limit everyday exposure to the contaminant.
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5 ways to reduce everyday exposure to 'forever chemicals'
Mara Hoplamazian has spent years reporting on 'forever chemicals,' or PFAS. Here's what they've learned about what may help limit everyday exposure to the contaminant.
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Brynn Tannehill @brynntannehill.bsky.social · 22/05/2026
This is the Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MOCA). There is no complicated math: they ask you to subtract a single digit number from a 2-digit number less than 100, and do it 5 times in a row. You can see an example below. Either he's lying, he thinks it's hard, or he forgot the question.
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Max Kennerly @maxkennerly.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
Oh this is delightful. Let's start with SpaceX's violation of 17 CFR § 229.504 (Item 504). Their "use of proceeds" neglects to mention they are contractually obligated to use the first $20 billion from it to pay off a bridge loan. This is also while their quarterly cash burn exceeds $8 billion. /1
USE OF PROCEEDSWe expect to receive approximately $           of net proceeds from this offering (or $           if the underwriters exercise their option to purchase additional shares of Class A common stock in full), based upon the assumed initial public offering price of $           per share (which is the midpoint of the price range set forth on the cover page of this prospectus) after deducting underwriting discounts and commissions and estimated offering expenses payable by us. We intend to use the net proceeds from this offering to fund our growth strategy, including the expansion of our AI compute infrastructure, enhancements to our launch infrastructure and launch vehicles, increases in the scale and capacity of our satellite constellations, and any remaining amounts for general corporate purposes.SpaceX Bridge LoanIn March 2026, SpaceX entered into a new bridge loan credit agreement (the “SpaceX Bridge Loan”) with a syndicate of lenders, providing for an unsecured bridge term loan facility in an aggregate principal amount of $20,000 million. The SpaceX Bridge Loan matures on September 2, 2027, with two three-month extensions at the Company’s option, subject to the absence of a continuing default and the payment of an extension fee of 0.25% of the aggregate outstanding principal per extension, resulting in a final extended maturity date of March 2028. The proceeds of the SpaceX Bridge Loan were used to repay the X B-1 Term Loan, the X B-3 Term Loan, the xAI Fixed Rate Loan, the xAI Floating Rate Loan and the xAI 12.5% Senior Secured Notes (as defined and described in Note 10, Debt, to the consolidated financial statements included elsewhere in this prospectus). The Company may also use the remaining proceeds for general corporate purposes.The SpaceX Bridge Loan bears interest, at the Company’s election, at a rate per annum equal to (i) Term SOFR plus an applicable margin ranging from 0.75%-1.75% (depending on the Company’s debt rating), or (ii) a base rate equal to the highest of (a) the Federal Funds Rate plus 0.5%, (b) the Prime Rate, (c) Term SOFR plus 1.0% and (d) 1.00%, plus an applicable margin ranging from 0.00% to 0.75% (depending on the Company’s debt rating). In addition, the Company is obligated to pay duration fees equal to 0.125% of outstanding principal on the first anniversary of closing and 0.25% of outstanding principal on the fifteen-month anniversary of closing. As of March 31, 2026, the Company was in compliance with all covenants under the SpaceX Bridge Loan.The obligations of the Company under the SpaceX Bridge Loan are guaranteed on a joint and several basis by X Corp., X.AI LLC, and CTC Property LLC (each a subsidiary of the Company). The SpaceX Bridge Loan may be prepaid at any time, in whole or in part, without premium or penalty. The Company is required to use an amount 
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Suri Crowe 🥷7️⃣ @suricrowe.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
according to multiple sources trump and hegseth are literally starving our sailors deployed in an unnecessary war-my exclusive report for @meidastouch.com PLEASE SHARE! this story needs to be heard ‼️ youtu.be/9dZaq0v_BiA?...
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Marine BREAKS SILENCE on Trump TROOP NIGHTMARE
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Tom Nichols @radiofreetom.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
For people who wanna read up on this stuff, the political science literature, from Duverger to Michels is worth reading
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D. Earl Stephens @dearlstephens.bsky.social · 30/04/2026
📌URGENT: This is a message just posted by the owner of the Minocqua Brewing Company in Wisconsin. They are a bunch of do-gooders who have been standing up for our country against this Trump regime. This is the kind of country we are living in right now. Please share. Thanks, Earl
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Qasim Rashid, Esq. @qasimrashid.com · 16/04/2026
Dylan Blaha isn't just writing about Pete Hegseth. The Pentagon came after him personally for speaking out. Now he's breaking down why IL Reps. Quigley and Underwood filed articles of impeachment against the so-called “Secretary of War”. Especially if you’re in IL, read this and share.
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Quigley, Underwood Help Lead Push to Impeach War Criminal Pete Hegseth
House Democrats filed articles of impeachment on Wednesday.
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Mark Harris @markharris.bsky.social · 31/03/2026
I want to put this as plainly as possible: This site has way too many self-righteous, underinformed assholes looking to pick a fight. We need fewer of them and more people with Mark's expertise.
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NPR @npr.org · 28/03/2026
Data brokers buy up huge amounts of information from cell phones and browsers to sell for targeted advertising. But the government, including ICE, also buys the data.
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Your data is everywhere. The government is buying it without a warrant
Data brokers buy up huge amounts of information from cell phones and browsers to sell for targeted advertising. But the government, including ICE, also buys the data.
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Bell @pocono.bsky.social · 15/03/2026
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Big Tech says the quiet part out loud. They want you to be stupid. | Will Bunch
Silicon Valley guru Alex Karp says the rise of AI will disadvantage women who vote Democratic. That's what they're going for.
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Tom Nichols @radiofreetom.bsky.social · 07/03/2026
For years, strategists have warned national leaders against the temptations of "victory disease," the belief that winning battles means they're winning the war. Leaders throughout history have made this mistake, and Trump seems to be making it now. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
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An Epidemic of ‘Victory Disease’
The president is pointing to the American military’s excellence as though that somehow constitutes a strategy in itself.
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Jenny Cohn @jennycohn.bsky.social · 13/03/2026
I read the “Save America Act,” so you don’t have to. Most of the media apparently *hasn’t* read it because, if they had, they would be sounding the alarm about the provision in Point 1, below, which almost none of them have even mentioned. I hope this summary helps raise awareness. 1/
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Tom Nichols @radiofreetom.bsky.social · 11/03/2026
"By trumpeting unachievable objectives—unconditional surrender, regime change—as his war aims, Trump has given his enemies the opportunity to claim survival as victory. He’s left with no end point to a “short-term excursion.” - Frank Foer www.theatlantic.com/internationa...
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The Obvious Is Taking Its Revenge on Trump
The reasons other U.S. presidents avoided war with Iran are becoming all too evident.
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Two all the way, a coffee milk, and a Del's @ri.oldfolkshome.org · 11/03/2026
Here’s a good thread on why bsky.app/profile/prch...
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 11/03/2026
Strongly encourage all academics, novelists, reporters, bloggers, whatever to just email this account and state that you want to opt out of this idiocy. Overload them with emails and make them regret they ever tried this shit. expertoptout@superhuman.com
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Alice Stollmeyer @stollmeyer.eurosky.social · 08/03/2026
"Never forget that a political, economical or religious crisis is enough to cast doubt on women's rights. These rights will never be vested. You have to stay vigilant your whole life." Simone de Beauvoir, 1949 #WomensDay #IWD2026 #8M
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Tulsa Flyer @tulsaflyer.bsky.social · 07/03/2026
Tulsa officials assessing damage after reports of tornado City officials say a reported tornado has knocked out power for thousands of people in the county and caused a gas leak in north Tulsa.
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Tulsa officials assessing damage after reports of tornado
City officials say a reported tornado has knocked out power for thousands of people in the county and caused a gas leak in north Tulsa.
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Marty Lenz @martylenz.bsky.social · 07/03/2026
“The Americans could find themselves retreating to the strategic incoherence that has characterized the administration’s approach…military prowess cannot clarify America’s war aims. As the old saying warns: If you don’t know where you’re going, any road will get you there.” @radiofreetom.bsky.social
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Operational Excellence, Strategic Incompetence
The president is pointing to the American military’s excellence as though that somehow constitutes a strategy in itself.
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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 06/03/2026
Scientists and other experts were preparing an assessment of the health of nature in the US when Trump returned to the White House. He canceled the report. The researchers went ahead and compiled it on their own. This week, they released a 868-p draft for public comment and scientific review.
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Nature Report, Killed by Trump, Is Released Independently
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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 02/03/2026
Alex's mom on his 38th birthday.
Today should be your 38th birthday..
When you lose your son you lose more than a child you lose a piece of your heart and your joy. Life is forever altered, and nothing can ever fill that space. Yet in my soul, he remains, my precious boy, forever loved. His laughter, his smile, and his love are woven into who I am. My love for him will never fade. Yor are my pride and my joy - you've made a change that cannot be broken..
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Tom Nichols @radiofreetom.bsky.social · 01/03/2026
Um. www.theatlantic.com/national-sec...
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‘I Have Agreed to Talk’
Trump tells The Atlantic that Iranian leaders want to resume negotiations.
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Tom Nichols @radiofreetom.bsky.social · 28/02/2026
First impression: This is regime change, lots of ways for it to go wrong, a few it could go right, but at huge risk: www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
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Trump’s Enormous Gamble on Regime Change in Iran
A few paths to success, many to failure
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 27/02/2026
People are asking what else they can do. My advice is to drop your subscriptions to Paramount and Warner Brothers services and use that money to support as many independent media outlets as you can afford. Pick a couple and give them a try. It's critical we build a pro-democracy media ecosystem.
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Tom Nichols @radiofreetom.bsky.social · 26/02/2026
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What the Pentagon Fears in Iran
How can the military build a strategy without an end goal?
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Brett D - OKC @brettdokc.bsky.social · 26/02/2026
Very good argument from @adamserwer.bsky.social . Will we decide to make changes? www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
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How America Chose Not to Hold the Powerful to Account
Our national project of elite impunity
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Hillary Rodham Clinton @hillaryclinton.bsky.social · 26/02/2026
Here is my opening statement to the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee today.
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Gil Durán @gilduran.com · 26/02/2026
🚨Trump, seeking executive power over elections, is urged to declare emergency. 
“Activists who say they are in coordination with the White House are circulating a draft executive order that would unlock extraordinary presidential power over voting.” gift link wapo.st/3N5cpEn
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Trump, seeking executive power over elections, is urged to declare emergency
Activists who say they are in coordination with the White House are circulating a draft executive order that would unlock extraordinary presidential power over voting.
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SFDB @sfdb.bsky.social · 23/02/2026
"If wannabe Nazis now confidently roam the halls of power—and the streets of American cities—it is because Republican leaders have made them feel at home." The Nazi problem confronting today's Republican Party has roots going back decades. The latest from @radiofreetom.bsky.social...
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Call Them What They Are
The Republican Party has become a haven for Nazi sympathizers.
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Adam Parkhomenko @adamparkhomenko.bsky.social · 19/02/2026
Listen closely to every word of this
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Eric Umansky @ericumansky.bsky.social · 21/02/2026
So NJ lawmakers wrote a bill to rein in ICE. And this is what they called it. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/21/n...
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John Collins @logicallyjc.bsky.social · 21/02/2026
This one hits hard.
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 01/02/2026
In honor of Black History Month, here's a thread with one book recommendation a day.
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NPR @npr.org · 15/02/2026
Friendship expert Kat Vellos shares tips on how to make a new friendship stick, including what to do together, how often to hang out — and what to do if the vibes just aren't there.
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How to turn an acquaintance into a friend — and make the friendship stick
Friendship expert Kat Vellos shares tips on how to make a new friendship stick, including what to do together, how often to hang out — and what to do if the vibes just aren't there.
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Mindcite💥 @mindcite.bsky.social · 15/02/2026
You cannot do a kindness too soon, because you never know how soon it will be too late. --Emerson ⏱ #ShareGreatNotHate
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Matt Browner Hamlin @mattbh.com · 14/02/2026
This is so spot on
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The high trust neighborhoods that MAGA yearns for exist all over America, and they're all like D+40
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An extraordinary paragraph. buff.ly/uH5ykhX
The secret fear of the morally depraved is that virtue is actually common, and that they're the ones who are alone. In Minnesota, all of the ideological cornerstones of MAGA have been proved false at once. Minnesotans, not the armed thugs of ICE and the Border Patrol, are brave. Minnesotans have shown that their community is socially cohesivebecause of its diversity and not in spite of it. Minnesotans have found and loved one another in a world atomized by social media, where empty men have tried to fill their lonely soul with lies about their own inherent superiority. Minnesotans have preserved everything worthwhile about "Western civilization," while armed brutes try to tear it down by force.
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Alexis Goldstein @alexisgoldstein.bsky.social · 12/02/2026
Some personal news
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Ana Marie Cox @anamariecox.com · 10/02/2026
Worth watching this in full. The statement is more powerful than this quote alone. Here is is from USA Today, with alt text. Also! Rich Ruohonen is a personal injury lawyer and the oldest athlete to ever represent the United States in a Winter Games at 54 years old.
"I'm proud to be here to represent Team USA, and to represent our country. But we'd be remiss if we didn't at least mention what's going on in Minnesota and what a tough time it's been for everybody. This stuff is happening right, right around where we live""I am a lawyer, as you know, and we have a constitution," Ruohonen continued, "and it allows us to (have) freedom of press, freedom of speech, protects us from unreasonable searches and seizures, and makes it that we have to have probable cause to be pulled over. And what's happening in Minnesota is wrong. There's no shades of grey. It's clear.""I really love what's been happening there now with people coming out, showing the love, the compassion, integrity and respect for others that they don't know, and helping them out," Ruohonen said. "And we love Minnesota for that.

"And I want to make it clear that we are out here, we love our country. We're playing for the U.S. We're playing for Team USA. And we're playing for each other, and we're playing for our family and our friends that sacrificed so much to be here today. And that doesn't change anything.

"Because what the Olympics means is excellence, respect, friendship, and we all, I think, exemplify that. And we are playing for the people of Minnesota and the people around the country who share those same values. That compassion, that love and that respect."
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Brett D - OKC @brettdokc.bsky.social · 07/02/2026
A gift article from The New York Times. Somehow I had missed seeing this chart of 12 measures of creeping autocracy. Interesting. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
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Opinion | ICE and Minnesota Have Pushed the U.S. Closer to Autocracy (Gift Article)
Measuring America’s slide toward democratic erosion.
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Rabbi Danya Ruttenberg @theradr.bsky.social · 07/02/2026
You know how I keep saying that every damn skill and capacity is needed in this moment??? What do you know how to do that can serve in this critical time??
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NPR @npr.org · 07/02/2026
A sweeping boycott has begun — targeting tech giants who participants believe are enabling President Trump and his immigration crackdown. n.pr/4cd0u1o
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DVDs and public transit: Boycott drives people to ditch Big Tech to protest ICE
A sweeping boycott has begun — targeting tech giants who participants believe are enabling President Trump and his immigration crackdown.
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NPR @npr.org · 07/02/2026
A Minneapolis knitting shop has resurrected the design of a Norwegian cap worn to protest Nazi occupation. Its owner says the money raised from hat pattern sales will support the local immigrant community.
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A red hat, inspired by a symbol of resistance to Nazi occupation, gains traction in Minnesota
A Minneapolis knitting shop has resurrected the design of a Norwegian cap worn to protest Nazi occupation. Its owner says the money raised from hat pattern sales will support the local immigrant community.
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The Pickup @thepickupdotcom.bsky.social · 05/02/2026
Born this day: Eddie Faye Gates, educator, pillar of her community, and historian of the Tulsa Race Massacre. Gates has some lessons for a moment like this: witness, document, and persist in telling the truth. Read here: thepickup.com/theres-no-be...
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There’s No Better Time To Start Reading Eddie Faye Gates  - The Pickup
In honor of what would have been her 92nd birthday, I’d like to pay respects to this remarkable woman—historian, educator, and pillar of her community—whose work still calls us to witness, document,…
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