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Denys Zilm

@dazilmz.bsky.social
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An older liberal Mom of 3 kids, 2 cats, 2 dogs a bird and some fish. A happy wife of a fellow Sailor luckily in California. Love to hike, read, sew and travel. 💙No bio, no posts, no follow. Not interested in crypto, vamps, or chit- chat, Thanks 💙

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James Talarico @jamestalarico.bsky.social · 3h
Ken Paxton is selling off Texas — our land, our water, our communities. Data centers bankroll Paxton, they get tax breaks, and you get stuck with the bill. We can’t afford Ken Paxton’s corruption. (This ad was made by humans — not AI.)
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Leaving MAGA @leavingmaga.org · 3h
At our Billings, MT, billboard.
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Joanne Freeman @jbf1755.bsky.social · 3h
Omar is up for election this year. Interesting that this absolutely had to happen a mere 22 days before that election.
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Andy Craig @andycraig.bsky.social · 5h
*Even if* there was some factual basis for that suspicion, and there is absolutely none, there is no plausible basis to think any related evidence could be at her home all these years later. And the statute of limitations would have long expired even for any theoretically possible criminal charge.
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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 3h
Hey Dodger Fans: Dodgers owner Mark Walter’s investment firm poured $12M into GEO Group—a private prison mega-corp profiting off human suffering at ICE detention centers right here in California. Profiting off caging migrants is NOT LA values
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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 3h
Updated this piece on the difference between civic tech and DOGE to reflect new reporting on how DOGErs are monetizing their connections to Silicon Valley. This is the worst example: the DOGErs who blocked USAID life-saving aid have a $1.4B defense startup. donmoynihan.substack.com/p/doge-vs-ci...
Let me give just one example. DOGErs Luke Farritor and Gavin Kliger were DOGErs. Farritor had a tech background, but failed an interview to be hired by the US Digital Service. They quickly amassed extraordinary power despite a lack of government experience. They also chose to kill people. I’m not exaggerating. The Washington Post reports that Farritor and Kliger overrode orders to keep life-saving aid from USAID flowing. They literally flipped the switches in a kill chain.

Several times, USAID managers prepared packages of these payments and got the agency’s interim leaders to sign off on them with support from the White House. But each time, using their new gatekeeping powers and clearly acting on orders from Musk or one of his lieutenants, Farritor and Kliger would veto the payments — a process that required them to manually check boxes in the payment system one at a time, the same tedious way you probably pay your bills online.

So what are they doing now? Making money. Kliger was chief data officer of DOD and is joining the wave of tech firms moving into the defense business, where a willingness to build kill chains is a plus, not a minus. From the Washington Post, which detailed a wave of DOGE-based start-ups:

The start-ups include a host of firms focused on cybersecurity and defense technology, as well as ventures dedicated to helping businesses across America deploy artificial intelligence tools. Among the largest is Cathedral, an AI-enabled cybersecurity firm, founded by Gavin Kliger and Luke Farritor. Valued by investors at $1.4 billion, Cathedral aims to sell to both corporate America and government agencies, including the Pentagon, according to a person familiar with the business, who spoke on the condition of anonymity because the firm has not made its operations public.
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Euronews @euronews.com · 3h
The Marché Couvert des Enfants Rouges in the Marais district has existed since 1615 and draws its name from the red outfits that orphans wore at a hospital near the market until 1772. #EuropeNews
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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 3h
based on his admission to Stanford, and then having failed to matriculate, and Melania, was a working girl in Moscow before Epstein's people got her to the US and Trump got her an Einstein visa. All of this can and should be established publicly.
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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 3h
It would in fact be sensible for investigations to be launched targeting Melania Trump, Elon Musk and Peter Thiel for immigration fraud... largely because there are obvious and highly meritorious cases each time. Musk in particular is a notorious immigration fraud—having come to the US to study
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AW Sylwester @aw-sylwester.bsky.social · 3h
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 3h
JEFFERIES: “.. the reason credit risk has become more of an issue is that it can no longer be assumed, most particularly with the arrival of the likes of Kimi K3, that large language models will ever be profitable .. .. in this respect, there is a 2008 real estate credit angle to this AI boom ..”
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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Pew Research poll: Trump approval 30% approve 68% disapprove That's the lowest approval of his second term.
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Asawin Suebsaeng @swin24.bsky.social · 3h
This is correct. The government’s assault on Somalis and Somali Americans is perverse and wicked even for this gang
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Charles Herold @cherold.bsky.social · 4h
How did this judge not understand that everyone in the Trump administration considers themselves above the law? How is any judge trusting the US government in 2026?
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Molly Roberts @mollyroberts.bsky.social · 4h
DOJ: Idea would be move next zone, finish up Zone B, 29 trees, Zone C has 39 trees, then rest of area. Moving the trees and/or chipping wood, couple of weeks, then the project would be completed JR: So how many more trees are we talking about? DOJ: Around 299 more (I think I heard correctly)
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Molly Roberts @mollyroberts.bsky.social · 4h
JR: What are the plans moving forward? DOJ: Today, NPS go w/ contractor to see whether grounds are wet...I understand nothing can happen JR: "Is everyone else aware of that? Because I promise you if that order is violated by two seconds, there are gonna be contempt proceedings."
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Molly Roberts @mollyroberts.bsky.social · 4h
JR: On what universe did anyone in your office think that was acceptable? DOJ: Your honor, we did our best -- JR: No, you did not do your best. You did your absolute worst.
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Marie-Pierre Guerin @mariepierguerin.bsky.social · 3h
I needed this this morning. I’m running against a white supremacist pastor who doesn’t believe in vaccines. 😭😊🙃
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🖤💋SammieSam💋🖤 @sammiestsam.sheshed.rocks · 7h
Welcome to Monday, friends!! Here's a giggle to get it started!! Have a day y'all! #SheShed #VoteEarly
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John Fugelsang @johnfugelsang.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
This is how the new CBS keeps people from remembering that the longest serving GOP Speaker of the House ultimately went to jail for covering up child rape. Which is apparently always in season.
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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
This is the third of the ten video meditations I recorded in Kharkiv, Ukraine, close to the Russian border. The first couple were about courage and cowardice, which led me to the importance of moral categories in general. snyder.substack.com/p/moral-lang...
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Moral Language (Kharkiv Meditations, 3/10)
Kharkiv Meditations, 3/10
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Steve Vladeck @stevevladeck.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
After recapping yet another busy week of #SCOTUS news, today’s “One First” officially closes the book on the Court’s October 2025 Term with some final (and pretty mind-boggling) data about just how busy—and just how ideologically charged and divided—the emergency docket was:
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255. Closing the Book on OT2025
As the October 2026 Term begins, it's worth taking a moment to highlight the *real* final statistics for the Court’s output during the October 2025 Term.
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NPR @npr.org · 05/10/2026
The Supreme Court is set to hear a blockbuster climate change case that could affect more than just climate issues. And, Brazil's presidential race is too close to call. n.pr/4B3U8f0
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SCOTUS hears major climate change case. And, Brazil's presidential race goes to runoff
The Supreme Court is set to hear a blockbuster climate change case that could affect more than just climate issues. And, Brazil's presidential race is too close to call.
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Democracy Now! @democracynow.org · 05/10/2026
“They took me and they threw me [like] a sheep to the back of a military Hummer. After, they made their dog attack me and bite me, and they hit me,” says Palestinian human rights defender Issa Amro, who was detained at a military base by Israeli soldiers for seven hours on Friday.
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The Denver Post @denverpost.com · 05/10/2026
Denver Water leaders aimed to reduce customers’ use by 20% across the board this year in response to record-breaking drought. But so far, the customers of the state’s largest utility have fallen short.
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Denver Water has issued $30,000 in fines and 2,000 warnings as it’s tried to reduce water use
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Chicago Sun-Times @chicago.suntimes.com · 05/10/2026
Across the Chicago area, video gambling machines are allowed in more than 200 communities. They're legal in almost all of Kane, McHenry and Will counties. We look at where those machines are and the ramifications of the growing industry.
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Video gambling saturates Chicago area — nearly 80% of region allows video slots
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NBC News @nbcnews.com · 05/10/2026
Cornell University police spoke to witnesses and received anonymous tips about an alleged gang rape at a fraternity house in the first weeks of its investigation two years ago, but the local prosecutor did not review the additional information before deciding not to bring charges.
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DA did not review witness statements and other evidence Cornell police collected in alleged gang rape of student
Tompkins County District Attorney Matthew Van Houten said he based his decision not to pursue charges on the accuser’s initial six-page statement given to police.
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Business Insider @businessinsider.com · 05/10/2026
The Big Four firm KPMG has a new boss. Here are the big challenges facing him. bit.ly/4huPAGF
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KPMG has a new CEO leading its 276,000 staff. Here are the key challenges he faces.
Gary Wingrove took over as KPMG's global chair and CEO on October 1. Industry analysts explained some of the challenges facing the Big Four boss.
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The Conversation UK @uk.theconversation.com · 05/10/2026
Young people who have been in care come up against a ‘cliff edge’ when they are expected to become independent.
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The many ways young care leavers are being failed by society – expert panel
Young people who have been in care come up against a ‘cliff edge’ when they are expected to become independent.
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LBC @lbc.co.uk · 05/10/2026
'It is rooted in absurd defence of Adolf Hitler!' @simonmarksfsn.bsky.social and @mrjamesob.bsky.social dissect the 'childish' questions that Tucker Carlson asked Jacob Rees-Mogg.
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The Times and Sunday Times @thetimes.com · 05/10/2026
A researcher has died, possibly from pneumonic plague after a lab accident — but experts say the disease is treatable and far less likely to spread than Covid-19
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Russia suspected plague outbreak: how worried should we be?
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Press Gazette @pressgazette.co.uk · 05/10/2026
Karoline Leavitt, President Trump’s former White House press secretary and chief spokeswoman, is joining Fox News as an on-air contributor next month www.nytimes.com/2026/10/05/b...
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https://www.nytimes.com/2026/10/05/business/media/fox-news-karoline-leavitt.html?smtyp=cur&smid=bsky-nytimes
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Toronto Star @thestar.com · 05/10/2026
The U.S. Coast Guard has called off its search of the Atlantic Ocean off Massachusetts for six people, including four from southern Ontario, who were on a Hamilton-based medical jet that went missing early Saturday morning.
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Search called off for six passengers on board Ontario air ambulance that went missing off U.S. coast
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IrishStar.com @irishstar.com · 05/10/2026
Heimir Hallgrímsson praised his players amid claims that one of his coaching staff was spat at during half-time in Sunday night's Nations League draw.
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Ireland boss accuses Israel of 'intimidation' tactics after spitting allegation
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The Kyiv Independent @kyivindependent.com · 05/10/2026
⚡️ German intelligence chief warns of 'violent conflict with Russia.’ Russia is conducting a "shadow war," head of Germany's foreign intelligence service (BND), Martin Jaeger, said.
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German intelligence chief warns of 'violent conflict with Russia'
Russia is conducting a "shadow war," head of Germany's foreign intelligence service (BND), Martin Jaeger, said.
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Liberal Currents @liberalcurrents.com · 05/10/2026
“Mainstream Republicans from William F. Buckley to George H. W. Bush to John McCain did distance themselves, somewhat, from the most egregious racists, anti-Semites, and whack-jobs. At the same time, they tried to harness those groups’ energy with coded outreach to their fears and prejudices.”
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You Can't Build a Better Politics on Bad History
Sarah Longwell's "How to Eat an Elephant" offers useful advice for Democratic politics. Yet it is also based on a false history of the GOP.
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Sky News @news.sky.com · 05/10/2026
Sleep doctor on waste-of-money apps and how to stop your mind racing
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Sleep doctor on waste-of-money apps and how to stop your mind racing
If you've ever spent your morning commute daydreaming about starting afresh with your career, this feature is for you. Each week, we speak to someone from a different profession to discover what it's really like. Today we speak to NHS consultant sleep specialist and president of the British Sleep Society Alanna Hare.
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Politico @politico.com · 05/10/2026
‘We don’t want to turn into a banana republic’: Dems preview rift on Trump corporate crackdown politi.co/4dkhm6e
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‘We don’t want to turn into a banana republic’: Dems preview rift on Trump corporate crackdown politi.co/4dkhm6e
‘We don’t want to turn into a banana republic’: Dems preview rift on Trump corporate crackdown politi.co/4dkhm6e
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The New Republic @newrepublic.com · 05/10/2026
Even as the administration pummels the airwaves with slopaganda, Republicans are panicking about the president’s drag on their electoral ambitions. trib.al/7VQehhf
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Trump’s Illegal Campaign Ads Are an Admission of Defeat
Even as the administration pummels the airwaves with slopaganda, Republicans are panicking about the president’s drag on their electoral ambitions.
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Adam Cohen (My Personal Views Only) @axidentaliberal.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
FFS can we tax billionaires properly-then regulate AI and data centers “Meta..claims..AI data centers are a giant experiment..It does this so it can tap into a tax credit..which Meta embraced to claim billions of dollars..for data center expansion” #BlueWaveIn30Days www.nytimes.com/2026/09/30/t...
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How Meta Uses A.I. Data Centers to Avoid Billions in Federal Taxes (Gift Article)
Meta is exploiting a lucrative tax break intended to support research and experimentation. Its own accountants say the gambit is risky.
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Jennifer C @thejenniwren.teamlh.social · 04/10/2026
Alito wrote Dobbs, putting women in graves, forcing doctors to watch patients deteriorate, and handing raped children to the state. Then he went on Fox to pretend personal beliefs played no role. Women remember. Expand the Court. Codify Roe. Vote them out. #BlueWaveIn30Days @atrupar.com
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The Democratic Coalition @thedemcoalition.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
A wave that doesn’t put the Court on the record is half a wave. Click, add your name, send the Roberts letter. Then confirm you’re registered. #BlueWaveIn30Days
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Tell Congress: Impeach Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts
Contact Congress today!
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Scott Dworkin @dworkin.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Trump's lawyers told Judge Stanley Bastian the president's power to fire people has no limits. Bastian quoted the law back to them. Then he listed three things the regime is now barred from doing. Trump has one move left, and he hates it. #BlueWaveIn30Days www.dworkinsubstack.com/p/great-news...
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Great News For Us That’s Absolutely Horrible For Trump
A prosecutor, an Olympian, a $10 billion lawsuit, and your power bill. Four stories, all inside.
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 04/10/2026
She’s a pretty massive national security threat.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
I continue to warn against complacence. It’s still vitally important that we vote and remain vigilant against Trump’s interference in our elections. But with a little more than four weeks to go before the midterms, I’m breathing a wee bit easier. Here's why...
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Sunday thought: What’s Up With Kansas?
The power of kitchen-table economics
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BanmarNJ @banmarnj.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Buttigieg goes big to help 2026 Dems He is set to campaign in at least six states in the final stretch. As he does, he’s refining his message and thinking about what comes next.
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Buttigieg goes big to help 2026 Dems
He is set to campaign in at least six states in the final stretch. As he does, he’s refining his message and thinking about what comes next.
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Team Talarico @teamtalaricohq.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Ken Paxton has taken over 275 out-of-state trips since taking office. Texans have spent $1.9 million in taxpayer funds on his luxury vacations.
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God @thegodshow.com · 04/10/2026
I don’t give a damn if Theo Von and Joe Rogan change their tune and become full-out Democratic socialists. They will say whatever is deemed widely popular in the moment to retain their podcast audiences. They gave you Donald Trump.
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Luca @lucagalletti.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Chefs use this continuous thin sheet to create fine julienne cuts, decorative edible garnishes like flowers or butterflies, or specialty preparations like hanabi (firework) vegetable tempura. 🥕 TT: @big_c.panupong
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 01/10/2026
OMG you have GOT to be kidding me
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