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“I think there should be regulations on social media to the degree that it negatively affects the public good." -Elon Musk 2018

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Dan Olson @foldablehuman.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
I can tell you with confidence that Jimmy Beast did, in fact, write some of this book with his own hands (derogatory)
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Bloomberg News @bloomberg.com · 01/09/2026
Chinese carmaker BYD inquired about taking over an idled Stellantis NV plant in the Toronto suburbs, according to a local politician
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BYD Asked About Taking Over Canada Stellantis Plant, Mayor Says
Chinese carmaker BYD Co. inquired about taking over an idled Stellantis NV plant in the Toronto suburbs, according to a local politician, signaling possible global interest in Canadian auto hubs in the midst of a trade battle with the US.
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 29/08/2026
New footage exclusively obtained by The New York Times showed the aftermath of the moment a giant glacier broke away from the top of a ridge in the Himalayas, setting off a torrent of mud, snow, floodwaters and debris to the valley communities below. nyti.ms/4x0ckTw
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 01/08/2026
BREAKING: Capital One bank closed Trump’s accounts in 2021 over money laundering, per a new court filing. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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Capital One Cites Money Laundering Review in Trump-Related Suit
Capital One Financial Corp. said in a court filing late Friday that it closed accounts belonging to President Donald Trump’s sprawling real estate company in 2021 for legitimate reasons after an inter...
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🖤💋SammieSam💋🖤 @sammiestsam.sheshed.rocks · 01/08/2026
Well I'll give you this giggle too. Enjoy y'all! #SheShed #ViVaHerAlliance
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Prune60 @prune602.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
‼️ Russia: “In the Omsk region, almost all commercial clinics have stopped performing abortions.” 😬 There’s a difference between saying abortion is legal and being able to get one. www.gazeta.ru/social/news/...
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criticalevent @criticalevent.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
Tryptophan Trump needs to power nap when there's nothing important going on.
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criticalevent @criticalevent.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
Imagine publishing this in 2026. Who the fuck are these bozos.
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ThemBOO! @thembo.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
I think it's really funny that a bunch of tryhard macho republican dudes have to see president dumbass tweet whatever the hell this is, sigh, then get in front of cameras and say "Actually this is based and its a microagression against whites if you make fun of him."
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OSINTdefender [UNOFFICIAL] @sentdefender-mirr.selfhosted.social · 08/06/2026
I guess President Trump doesn’t “call the shots” like he thought he did.
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onion person @junlper.beer · 03/06/2026
he’s sort of a generational poster though
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criticalevent @criticalevent.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
We are weeks away from steam powered data centers with prison labor firemen to stoke them.
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shauna @goldengateblond.bsky.social · 01/06/2026
when musk dropped a deck for investors in the twitter deal, a reporter i know asked if i thought his promises were feasible. i said they belonged in the fantasy section of a bookstore.
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criticalevent @criticalevent.bsky.social · 31/05/2026
Which was definitely not a thing until he misheard "drone proof" and told the press that it was going to have "drones on the roof".
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This American Patriot 💙 @thisuspatriot.bsky.social · 28/05/2026
DON'T LET HISTORY REPEAT ITSELF PLEASE SIGN OUR Change.org PETITION👇 to DEMAND that Congress IMPEACH & CONVICT racist #WhiteNationalist, narcissist, Hitleresque fascist & demented "Above the Law" wannabe King #Trump www.change.org/p/please-sig... TYVM @matty4500.bsky.social #BlueCrew #indivisible
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Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 22/05/2026
In case you're wondering, yes, Trump's schedule lists him at his golf club in New Jersey this weekend. You can't expect him to attend his son's wedding with a demanding schedule like that.
Schedule that reads:

Saturday, May 23 2026
• 8:00 AM
The President participates in Executive Time
• The White House • In-Town Pool
12:00 PM
In-Town Pool Call Time
9 Trump National Golf Club Bedminster & In-Town Pool
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onion person @junlper.beer · 22/05/2026
the average TERF origin story is indistinguishable from a psychological break from reality
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russell frost @russellfrost.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
Yes, it will be ignored by everyone in a position to do somethjng.
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Scott 📎😷 free Link defund/abolish 12 Black Lives Matter Menor 🍉 @smenor.phd · 15/05/2026
I so badly need people to understand ( and I say this with derision and contempt ) it takes loads of hard work and coordination; Jeffries is a piece of shit but he studied under the tutelage of Pelosi and took over with her blessing like chuckles he is extraordinarily competent — that’s the problem
Jonathan Cohn @jonathancohn.bsky.social • 2h
Jared Golden was the only Democrat to vote NO.
It he voted yes, it would have passed.
He isn't even running again. He's just a bad person who wants more people to die and wants a job lobbying for defense contractors.
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House vote on Iran war powers resolution fails for third time
The vote on a Democratic resolution to rein in Mr. Trump's authority to strike Iran was 212-212, falling just short of a...
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Jeffries can't lead
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Dan Froomkin/Press Watch/Heads Up News @froomkin.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
WaPo fronts a sad, weird story that cites anonymous DHS sources insisting that “meetings” and “plans” continue for a gulag of ICE concentration camps in warehouses. But all across the nation, opposition serms to have ground everything to a halt. www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/...
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ICE moving forward with warehouse detention plan despite lawsuits, probe
New warehouse contracts in Texas are expected to be awarded after Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin initially called for a review of the plan.
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BrujoLoco☠️🖤🏺 @patnspankme.bsky.social · 14/05/2026
but I dunno if ivermectin will still work on me, fuck I did so much of it recreationally back in my late 20s
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SlavaUkraini033 @slavaukraini033.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
Update: The number of victims in Kyiv after yesterday’s terrorist attack by Russia has risen to 21, including three children.
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criticalevent @criticalevent.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
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Earworm Kars4Kids jingle yanked from California airwaves for false advertising
Charity failed to mention it funnels about $45m annually to Jewish non-profit that organizes Israel trips for teens
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Robert Evans (the Only Robert Evans) @iwriteok.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
First Bari Weiss's CBS failed to do any prep work, so Tony Dokoupil was unable to broadcast from Beijing. Now he's been kicked out of his Taipei hotel for broadcasting without their permission. www.status.news/p/tony-dokou...
After failing to secure a visa to broadcast from Beijing, Tony Dokoupil was also forced out of his backup location in Taiwan, Status has learned, adding to an embarrassing series of events for the Bari Weiss-led network
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 15/05/2026
The secret mission to rescue the UN’s vital Palestinian refugee archive
theguardian.com
The secret mission to rescue the UN’s vital Palestinian refugee archive
Millions of documents chronicling generations of trauma saved from Gaza and East Jerusalem in 10-month Unrwa operation
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Sandieglo @sandieglo.bsky.social · 02/05/2026
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Rick Cooley @rcooley123.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
Hegseth Drops New Ad for Proposed $1.5 Trillion Pentagon Budget as Poll Shows 60% Opposed | Common Dreams www.commondreams.org/news/hegseth...
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Hegseth Drops New Ad for Proposed $1.5 Trillion Pentagon Budget as Poll Shows 60% Opposed | Common Dreams
US Defense Secretary pitches President Trump's $1.5 trillion Pentagon budget, facing skepticism.
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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 14/05/2026
A congressman who viewed Jeffrey Epstein files that are still redacted for the public says the Department of Justice is “covering up for Donald Trump.”
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I Know DOJ Is Covering for Trump on Epstein: Congressman
The DOJ’s handling of the Epstein files suggests a “cover-up” is underway, according to Rep. Dan Goldman.
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Daniel Ahmad @zhugeex.com · 12/05/2026
7 months to go
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Politico @politico.com · 07/05/2026
FEMA’s top official said that the “vast majority” of calls were answered during the deadly Texas floods. But new data indicates that the agency failed to answer 58% of the calls, and the average wait was 61 minutes at the peak.
politico.com
FEMA said it answered the phone during the Texas floods. Most callers didn’t get through.
The agency’s top official told lawmakers that the “vast majority” of calls were answered. New data indicates most people couldn’t get through.
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onion person @junlper.beer · 08/05/2026
club chalamet called it quits after continued controversies surrounding timothee chalamet, we talk about her insane history in the fandom and where her next obsession lies
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In Memoriam: Club Chalamet
Podcast Episode · Kill The Computer · May 7 · 1h 24m
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 08/05/2026
New in PN: Stephen Miller's closed system of white supremacy "Trump believes anything he scribbles down is the law, Miller's firm treats it as such when complaining to govt agencies, and then those agencies accept Trump’s blatherings as law too. It’s a perfectly closed system of white supremacy."
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Stephen Miller's closed system of white supremacy
Won't somebody think of the white guys?
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Art Candee 🍿🥤 @artcandee.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
Gas is going through the roof, people can’t afford food, and this senile old fool is going joyriding in the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool. Insufferable.
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criticalevent @criticalevent.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
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vio 🖤✨ (@viotubing)
Ethan Klein CAUGHT zooming in on a picture of Anisa 😭😭 ???? taking a screenshot of her and saving it ?????? while in the middle of a poker tournament ???????? THIS FREAK IS MEDICALLY UNWELL 💀💀
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mady castigan✨ 🏳️‍⚧️ @mady.cat · 04/05/2026
Meanwhile, lists that are basically "bad trans women" are allowed to stay up
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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
This is exactly what it means.
Screenshot of a tweet from journalist S.V. Dáte joking that whenever Trump says "people don't realize," it means he himself only just learned it about 15 minutes ago, in response to a quoted Headquarters tweet reporting Trump saying that Alaska is actually very close to many Asian countries and that "people don't realize it." Includes a White House video thumbnail of Trump speaking at his desk.
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SlavaUkraini033 @slavaukraini033.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
Protester Guido Reichstadter climbed down from a Washington, D.C., bridge after five days, saying he ran out of water, and explained he staged the protest to oppose the war in Iran, the Trump administration, and artificial intelligence. He was immediately detained.
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criticalevent @criticalevent.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
Because the United States doesn't own that oil, multinational corporations looking to get top dollar do.
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 07/05/2026
Looks like MBS and Trump broke up. Seems like it started back when the Saudis pulled out of LIV Golf. Now I’m curious what happens with the Saudi’s $2B investment in Kushner. www.nbcnews.com/politics/whi...
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Trump’s abrupt U-turn on a plan to reopen the Strait of Hormuz came after backlash from allies
Saudi Arabia, a key Gulf ally, suspended the U.S. military’s ability to use its bases and airspace to carry out the operation, sources say.
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Chef Kennedy🐸🏳️‍🌈 @kennedy.northsky.social · 07/05/2026
Lowkey the best thing about smartphone adoption is that we all have high powered flashlights on us at all times now. Other parts of smartphone ownership are dubious but the flashlight thing is objectively a societal good.
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RoseMarie @rosesbloom24.bsky.social · 06/05/2026
“We have a department that fails to move on cases because they might uncover facts that are inconvenient to narratives the president would like to press." 🎁 Article www.nytimes.com/2026/05/06/u...
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Jack Smith Calls the Justice Dept. ‘Corrupted’ by Trump and His Allies
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onion person @junlper.beer · 07/05/2026
remembering this
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Sarah Fitzpatrick @sfitz787.bsky.social · 06/05/2026
EXCLUSIVE: My latest story for @theatlantic.com : www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
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The FBI Director’s Unusual Calling Card
“Ka$h Patel” bourbon is his newest innovation.
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Jennifer Graham @jennrgraham.bsky.social · 06/05/2026
Every single sentence of this article is more insane than the last, but the standout was this: "When I reached a former longtime senior FBI official to ask whether he’d ever seen personally branded liquor bottles distributed by a previous FBI director, he burst out laughing."
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scottmanley.bsky.social @scottmanley.bsky.social · 30/04/2026
Delighted to see @hankgreen.bsky.social creating this Artemis II photo timeline and explaining how he figured out the differing timestamps between cameras, he's now officially a true space nerd. www.youtube.com/watch?v=LyZE...
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I Made You a Moon Toy
YouTube video by Hank Green
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Tam-Rah @blue-fire1.bsky.social · 30/04/2026
Here they go,colonizing Venezuela now. www.politico.com/news/2026/04...
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White House officials leading new delegation to Venezuela for energy, mining agreements
The Trump administration has overseen efforts to drive new investment in the country's oil and mining sectors to help ease bottlenecks in the commodities.
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Prem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
42 Democrats just joined 192 Republicans to reauthorize FISA Section 702 – a warrantless surveillance law that's been used to access Americans' data. Democratic leadership did not whip their members, enabling them to vote with Republicans and give Trump the surveillance powers.
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Robert Mackey @robertmackey.bsky.social · 30/04/2026
Three anti-ICE protesters charged with assault for skirmish with Turning Point USA influencer in Minnesota www.theguardian.com/us-news/live...
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Meidas Charise Lee 💙🌊🌴🥥🫘 @chariselee.bsky.social · 30/04/2026
How horrifying & infuriating‼️ A daycare in Minnesota this is beyond horrific‼️
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Dave Itzkoff @ditzkoff.bsky.social · 30/04/2026
The invisible hand of the market strikes again
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