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Dayantha

@dayantha.bsky.social
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Lives in PNW.interested in Tech, History, Basketball , Cricket and many other things. 🇺🇸🇱🇰

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ProPublica @propublica.org · 23h
NEW: Emma Joyce died at 3 years old. The next year, her sister Ava Joan died. Then their brother died from the same complication of untreated diabetes that killed Ava Joan. Later, a fourth sibling died. Their parents believed in prayer, not medicine.
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Four Kids in One Faith-Healing Family Died. Authorities Could Do Nothing.
An exemption in Idaho law shields faith-healing parents from criminal prosecution for conduct that otherwise would be charged as neglect. It also keeps police and social workers from stepping in to pr...
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Cascade PBS @cascadepbs.org · 30/09/2026
Today on The Newsfeed: A sticky note isn’t where most of us would save a memory, but that’s the point. Seattle artist Clare Johnson's “A Life in Sticky Notes” has spanned most of her adult life, resulting in 6,719 little pieces of art.
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David Dayen @ddayen.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
One way tech oligarchs retain power is through dual-class shares, allowing them to cash in on public stock markets without giving up power over their companies. @ryanlcooper.com thinks this needs to end: Dual-class shares should be banned, or taxed in proportion to founder control over the company.
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Here’s a Way to Stop Silicon Valley Megalomania - The American Prospect
‘Dual class’ shares are a fraud on the public market.
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Dave Pell @davepell.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Imagine if Jack Smith really HAD attended a Hawks game. That would totally be worse than inciting an insurrection and trying to overthrow our Democracy. They were so damn close.
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Saeed Jones @theferocity.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
“Senior editor Cereese Qusba spent months reporting on the case before breaking the news of the lawsuit on September 18.”
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How Student Journalists Broke the ‘Cornell Seven’ Case
“Our coverage was absolutely completely raw from the lawsuit and nothing was concealed. At a minimum, that’s what we can do as the student newspaper.”
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Charles Gaba ✡️ @charlesgaba.com · 29/09/2026
📣📣 As promised, I've once again addressed the tired "35% never file a claim!" anti-ACA talking point which the Trump Regime has been pushing all year: acasignups.net/26/09/29/add...
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Addressing the 35% "Phantom Enrollee" Zombie Lie...again
"In other words, Republicans’ insistence that they have a superior alternative to Obamacare is a zombie lie — a claim that should be dead after having been proved false again and again, but it is stil...
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Interpolated, not extrapolated @oakwtf.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Oh no.
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Solomon @solomonrmissouri.com · 29/09/2026
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Solomon @solomonrmissouri.com · 29/09/2026
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Senator Amy Klobuchar @klobuchar.senate.gov · 29/09/2026
Before calling someone a “dirtbag,” the Senator should have had his facts straight. An apology is in order. Glad one of us knew the difference between the Atlanta Hawks and the Iowa Hawkeyes!
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ryan cooper @ryanlcooper.com · 29/09/2026
addendum: a feminist might worry that subsidizing stay at home parenting might push women out of the workforce, but Norway did this in 1998 and it had a negligible at most effect www.researchgate.net/figure/Labor...
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Figure 1: Labor force participation rate among women in eight European...
Download scientific diagram | Labor force participation rate among women in eight European countries between 1983 and 2008. Source: Eurostat. from publication: Is the Persistent Gender Gap in Income a...
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
"Fuck that." "I'm Sherrod Brown and I approve of this message."
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Grady Booch @booch.com · 25/09/2026
The term "artificial intelligence" was coined before the term "software" first appeared in print.
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Josh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
The most amazing thing is that this is like a page 29 story across the US
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Scott MacFarlane @macfarlanenews.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
JUST FILED: Sitting behind her desk in central North Carolina, Amy Beros warned me: “It’s really hard for people in the United States to understand the scale……” of what’s about to unfold macfarlanenews.substack.com/p/they-dont-...
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Forbes @forbes.com · 28/09/2026
The trial tested two experimental eye drugs, Zenkuda and tabirafusp-ted, for treating wet age-related macular degeneration.
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Kodiak Sciences Stock Surges 125% After Late-Stage Drug Trial Success
The trial tested two experimental eye drugs, Zenkuda and tabirafusp-ted, for treating wet age-related macular degeneration.
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Lisa Guerrero @lisaguerrero.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Former NFL/NBA/MLB national network sportscaster here: Gambling has absolutely fucking killed sports. RIP
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RN Mayhem @mayhem1994.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Justin Verlander says goodbye to his teammates and then holds his daughter's hand as he leaves the mound for the last time.
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Brandon Friedman @brandonfriedman.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
People say Bluesky is a bubble, but mostly it's because the entire rest of the internet is an absolute sewer
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I’m the Mom in That Viral Giants Clip. Let Me Tell You About My Husband.
You saw me carrying our baby and food. There was more happening in our family that night.
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 26/09/2026
In response to our reporting, Susan Collins has mustered a defense that is full of incorrect and misleading claims. We’ve reviewed FBI evidence, examined thousands of pages of records and interviewed dozens of people. Here are the receipts.
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ProPublica Debunks Susan Collins’ Claims About FBI Anti-Corruption Probe
ProPublica revealed that the FBI was circling Sen. Collins over a defense contractor’s donations — until President Trump gutted the unit in charge. Collins has since mustered a defense with a series o...
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Solomon @solomonrmissouri.com · 24/09/2026
lol lol lol lol lol lol lol
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
WSJ: The AI build-out is on track to become the biggest economic bet in US history, dwarfing the investments made to fund other huge US infrastructure projects — such as the railroads, the highway system and the plumbing for the internet.” (via Jefferies)
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Nahel Belgherze @wxnb.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Unbelievable footage from NOAA’s Hurricane Hunters inside the eye of Category 5 Hurricane Polo. Simply incredible.
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Senator Patty Murray @murray.senate.gov · 23/09/2026
Trump forced out more than 8,000 Social Security staffers and is trying to claim it's working better than ever. So I talked with folks outside the Social Security office in Seattle, and guess what? Trump's lying.
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Kgusler @kgusler.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
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Scientists say a critical Atlantic Ocean current is weakening and the effects could be global
Scientists have found strong observational evidence that a key part of the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation has been weakening across a wide stretch of ocean for nearly two decades. The slo...
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 22/09/2026
6/ Weeks later, Kao tells his team Collins committed to getting the company $32M in naval contracts.
A check for $150,000 to 1820 PAC, a pro-Collins super PAC, from the Society of Young Women Scientist and Engineers.
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 22/09/2026
NEW: In late 2024, FBI investigators had enough evidence to launch a sweeping bribery probe that could ensnare top lawmakers, including Sen. Susan Collins. Then Trump was reelected and eviscerated the FBI and DOJ teams handling public corruption probes.
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The FBI Anti-Corruption Squad Was Circling Susan Collins — Until Trump Got in the Way
After the FBI caught a defense contractor’s CEO making illegal campaign contributions, it sought to launch a sweeping political bribery probe involving Collins and others. Then the second Trump admini...
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John @johnbull.wtf · 21/09/2026
Michael Jordan would have owned all of polymarket if he was in today's NBA. LeBron's only a half assed gambling King. Jordan WAS gambling
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Elizabeth Warren @warren.senate.gov · 22/09/2026
John Oliver is right: One huge company shouldn’t own your doctor, your insurer, and your pharmacy – AND get to squeeze every penny out of you at each step.
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David Corn @davidcorn.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
He ought to be asked about this when he’s presented as a Democratic strategist.
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Barred and Boujee aka Madiba Dennie @audrelawdamercy.blacksky.app · 21/09/2026
ngl I was stunned by this article's cite to a study showing that 5.4 million children & teens in the US have family caregiving responsibilities @jessicacalarco.com has done lotsa interesting work on how the US uses women in lieu of a social safety net but I had no idea how much labor falls on..kids
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NY Times Pitchbot @nytpitchbot.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Whether it’s Donald Trump banning media outlets he doesn’t like from the White House or the Oberlin student Senate banning use of racial epithets during student debates, both sides have a free speech problem.
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Mongabay @mongabay.com · 17/09/2026
After 20 years of research, scientists have formally described Mus dumbara, a new spiny mouse species endemic to Sri Lanka’s Knuckles Mountain Range. First lured by burnt coconut in 2004, the elusive rodent highlights the island's overlooked small-mammal biodiversity. Story by Malaka Rodrigo.
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How burnt coconut helped discover new to science endemic species in Sri Lanka
COLOMBO —  As dusk settled over the paddy fields at Puwakpitiya, a village on the northern edge of Knuckles Mountain Range locally known as Dumbara mountains in Central Sri Lanka, researchers began…
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Annalinda Stewart @anna-linda.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
What is Mr. Trump really costing us? A lot. Not the least of which, our daughters. The consequences of his influence are real, tragic and will endure for generations to come. The end of my family's American story is now part of his legacy, and his alone. annalinda2.substack.com/p/narrative-...
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Narrative of An American Girl
What We're Losing
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Margot Finn @eicathomefinn.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
'Unlike typical gene therapy, which alters a person’s genes to treat a genetic disease, antisense oligonucleotide [RNA] therapy, uses short strands of genetic material to target RNA produced by the gene and reduce how much protein is made.' Looking for good news. Advances in RNA science & med.
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First for RNA therapy: man with rare motor-neuron disease improves after treatment
Gene-targeting treatments could be used to treat other people with rare forms of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS).
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Bill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
White House correspondents, D.C. bureau chiefs, and media execs: The German government expelled Dorothy Thompson from the country in August 1934. She's remembered and respected today for her important coverage and analysis over the next decade of the German regime. Be like Dorothy Thompson.
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 18/09/2026
NEW: Sports reporting is shrinking. But at ProPublica, we’re diving in. We won’t cover the games, but we’ll be keeping score — of which powerful people are winning, of who’s being hurt and of which systems can be held accountable.
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Why ProPublica Is Leaning Into Sports Investigations
Sports is a wealthy, powerful industry. We’ll cover the system instead of the games. We’ll ask who’s responsible for some of its biggest problems and who’s preventing them from being fixed.
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Charles Gaba ✡️ @charlesgaba.com · 17/09/2026
Maria Elvira Salazar's District, FL-27, had the highest number of #ACA enrollees in the country last year: Over 300,000. Thanks to her voting to let the enhanced subsidies expire, their healthcare expenses jumped 57% this year. acasignups.net/cd-pie-chart... acasignups.net/enrollee_cos...
Pie chart breaking out healthcare coverage by type for total population of FL-27Bar graph comparing avg. net premiums & estimated out of pocket expenses for ACA enrollees in Florida
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Annette Yancey Allgood @ayallgood.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
www.wired.com/story/smart-...
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‘Smart’ Nanoparticles Deliver mRNA Directly to Tumors in New Cancer Therapy
The treatment can reprogram immune cells that have been corrupted by the cancer, strengthening the body’s ability to attack.
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Expanding the Supreme Court is a popular idea, pass it on
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Grady Booch @booch.com · 17/09/2026
I have read many well researched, well reasoned, and well argued papers regarding the nature of software engineering. This is not one of them. arxiv.org/html/2606.05...
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The End of Software Engineering:How AI Agents Are Fundamentally Restructuring the Software Paradigm
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Senator Patty Murray @murray.senate.gov · 16/09/2026
Trump's latest top health nominee refused to commit to ending this administration's disastrous AI prior authorization pilot in WA state. These AI contractors make money based on how many claims they deny. I'm fighting to protect Medicare and END AI prior authorization.
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Charlie Angus @charlieangus104.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
“We believe that power does not belong to the strongest, the richest or the loudest, but to all of us. That democracies have the freedom to choose with whom to work.” www.theguardian.com/world/2026/s...
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European Union opens door for Canada to become first associate member
Commission president says partnership will create ‘common prosperity’ based on shared democratic values
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Bill Grueskin @bgrueskin.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
A shaky anonymous source; a jab about a “hillbilly ambulance chaser” lawyer; a flub that allowed a skeptical editor’s email to become public; an internal text exchange raising doubts about the story: I looked into how the NYT lost its first US libel case in >50 years. www.cjr.org/news/how-the...
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How the New York Times lost a defamation trial.
An anonymous source, a “hillbilly ambulance chaser” text message, and the newsroom’s first defamation defeat in this country in more than fifty years.
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Amanda Marcotte @amandamarcotte.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
The White House war on Aaron Rupar reveals one thing: they are terrified of voters seeing him as he truly is. www.salon.com/2026/09/16/w...
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White House doesn’t want voters to see the real Trump - Salon.com
Natalie Harp’s enormous bag and unflattering photos of Trump's rear end fuel attacks on a reporter
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Sarah Posner @sarahposner.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
I'm old enough to remember when the Christian right fear-mongered that marriage equality would lead to bestiality and now it qualifies you to be an FBI agent.
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Luca @lucagalletti.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Dumpling had her best day ever! 😂 IG: @dumplingthedoodle www.instagram.com/dumplingthed...
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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
A friend of mine works in AI and thinks bad things are about to happen. He sold his home and moved his family out the country. He said that if you own a home in a walkable San Francisco neighborhood near a taqueria with good veggie options, you should sell your home for super cheap right now.
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Simon Rosenberg @simonwdc.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Just so we all understand the play here. Release initial polls showing Senate Dem candidates with modest leads. Release more in coming weeks showing the races "tightening," and their candidate gaining and ours losing ground. It's 2022 red wave, redux. No one should fall for it this time.
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John Hanger @jrfhanger.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Good morning with good news: Solar generated 30% or more of 10 nations' power in Europe during August! Latvia 60% Hungary 54% Lithuania 42% Estonia 40% Portugal 36% Spain 36% Germany 32% Belgium 32% Greece 31% Netherlands 30% Luxemburg was 62% in July. EU was 24.2% solar in August. #energysky
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