Reposted by Duke BriscoeKen Martin @kenmartin.bsky.social · 06/09/2026I’m relieved Dr. Acton is safe and keeping those who were injured at the Canfield Fair in my prayers. Violence like this has no place in our politics. 129412118
Reposted by Duke BriscoeWalker Bragman @walkerbragman.bsky.social · 06/09/2026If I were the chair of the DNC and a Democratic gubernatorial candidate was attacked in the critical midterm election year, I’d probably highlight the fact that Donald Trump and the right have been stoking political violence for years with conspiracy bullshit and civil war rhetoric. 692225657
Duke Briscoe @dbriscoe.bsky.social · 06/09/2026www.nytimes.com/live/2026/09... Gift link, updates about the German election of far-right group with ties to Russia.nytimes.comLive Updates: Germany’s Far Right AfD Has Big Lead in Key Election, Exit Polls Show (Gift Article)Near-final results showed that the Alternative for Germany party finished first in the eastern state of Saxony-Anhalt. But it was not on track to win a majority, which would have put a far-right party... 021
Reposted by Duke BriscoeThe Associated Press @apnews.com · 04/09/2026France has recorded its hottest summer since measurements began over a century ago, according to the environment minister.bit.lyFrance records its hottest summer since measurements began over a century agoFrance has recorded its hottest summer since measurements began over a century ago, according to the environment minister. 514246
Reposted by Duke BriscoeMusicology Duck @musicologyduck.bsky.social · 04/09/2026I think a lot about how many states keep loosening oversight of homeschooling while other people get this kind of punishment for their kids just being outside 52258443
Reposted by Duke BriscoeRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 03/09/2026I’ve known many other defense secretaries, starting with Cap Weinberger, who served as defense secretary under Reagan. I can say without fear of contradiction that Pete Hegseth is the stupidest and least qualified of them all.robertreich.substack.comHegseth Must GoIf Trump won’t fire him, Congress must impeach him 29059081507
Duke Briscoe @dbriscoe.bsky.social · 04/09/2026www.bloomberg.com/news/videos/... Waning trust in US stability.bloomberg.comWatch Why the Netherlands Is Moving Gold Worth Billions Out of the US - BloombergWhy is the Netherlands moving billions of dollars worth of gold from North America to London? Nicole Sy explains. 010
Reposted by Duke Briscoe 𝗚𝗥𝗘𝗘𝗡𝗦𝗧𝗢𝗡𝗘 📎 @berncomar.bsky.social · 28/08/2026Voter suppression is alive and well. They removed the polling location from North Carolina A&T’s campus so students have to walk 40 minutes to go vote. Mind you there are people in elected positions making these decisions. This is why it’s crucial to vote all the way down the ballot. 13431140
Reposted by Duke BriscoeDerek Powazek @fraying.bsky.social · 27/08/2026Goddamit I can't take this anymore. www.avclub.com/peter-cullen...avclub.comR.I.P. Peter Cullen, Transformers' Optimus PrimeR.I.P. Peter Cullen, Transformers' Optimus Prime 2355
Duke Briscoe @dbriscoe.bsky.social · 27/08/2026www.nytimes.com/2026/08/26/o... A really good opinion piece on child acting by a former child actor, Alison Pill.nytimes.comOpinion | What Child Actors Understand About Hayden PanettiereWe might have worked on different sets, for different directors, in different eras, but every child actor bears the same recognizable wounds. 000
Reposted by Duke BriscoeChris @chris-hhh.bsky.social · 12/08/2026Yes, she's painted as a DSA-type, but it's more that Walz/Flanagan's whole thing was "do normie things, but at a radical scale/pace" Child tax credit... but at $1750 per child Public school $... but 11% over base funding Free school lunch... but no means testing Paid family leave... but up to 20wks 746785
Reposted by Duke BriscoeJohn Shirley @johnshirley2024.bsky.social · 08/08/20265 illusions that reveal how your brain warps reality www.sciencefocus.com/the-human-bo... 1152
Duke Briscoe @dbriscoe.bsky.social · 08/08/2026Interesting about new veterinary school programs for training about honey bee treatments. Focuses on the University of Georgia. www.nytimes.com/2026/08/03/s...nytimes.comHoney, Call the Bee Vet! (Gift Article)Veterinarians are gingerly embracing the honeybee, a vital pollinator for agriculture but one that’s in increasing danger. 011
Reposted by Duke BriscoeMike Walker @newnarrative.bsky.social · 08/08/2026A Must-Read from David Rothkopf: The Devastating Proof Pete Hegseth Has Gone Full FUBAR. Hegseth Must Go. www.thedailybeast.com/the-worst-ca...thedailybeast.comThe Devastating Proof Pete Hegseth Has Gone Full FUBARThe Secretary of Defense has managed to do so much damage to American strength in so little time. 119748
Reposted by Duke BriscoeDavid Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 08/08/2026The only change from my days as a starving grad student is that now, when I find a pistachio that's hard to open, I don't bother.khon2.comPistachio prices set to rise amid demand, lower yieldHigh heat in California is leading to a lower pistachio yield as demand for the nuts is rising. 314314
Duke Briscoe @dbriscoe.bsky.social · 08/08/2026NASA figured out how to keep its 48-year-old Voyager 2 probe running for yet another year | Space share.google/0889BhwFGGoM...share.googleNASA figured out how to keep its 48-year-old Voyager 2 probe running for yet another yearVoyager 2 would have had to shut down one of its last remaining instruments later this year, until NASA made some power changes. 000
Reposted by Duke BriscoeCatherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 31/07/2026A republic, if you can shake it down www.wsj.com/politics/pol...wsj.comExclusive | ‘The Boss Wants This Money’: Inside Trump’s Unprecedented Fundraising OperationMeredith O’Rourke, nicknamed ‘princess of darkness,’ carries out the president’s desire to wring hundreds of millions from companies for his projects. 12493135
Duke Briscoe @dbriscoe.bsky.social · 02/08/2026CNN really has a very wide range of stories. It’s impressive the breadth of stories getting into international subjects, and science.  www.cnn.com/2026/07/31/w...cnn.comTo protect endangered mountain gorillas, this wildlife vet empowers their human neighbors | CNNSince 2003, CNN Hero Dr. Gladys Kalema-Zikusoka and her nonprofit, Conservation Through Public Health, have worked to help communities coexist with the mountain gorillas in Uganda’s Bwindi Impenetrabl... 000
Reposted by Duke BriscoeAlice @ahp-bb.bsky.social · 15/07/2026Just extremely upsetting that Hegseth is forcing exemplary officers out of the military simply because they are women, black, or both. Gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2026/07/14/u...nytimes.comOpportunities Narrow for Women as Hegseth Blocks More Promotions (Gift Article)For the first time in more than a decade, no active-duty female Navy officers are likely to be promoted to admiral this year. 01212
Reposted by Duke BriscoeKelly @broadwaybabyto.bsky.social · 13/07/2026ICE murdered two people in less than a week. Claimed they were “ramming their vehicle”. They said the same about Marimar Martinez who they shot FIVE times. She survived. Went to court to get the body cam footage released. Proved them wrong. Every shooting since they’ve left no survivors:newyorker.comThe Preschool Teaching Assistant Shot by Border Patrol, Then Called a “Domestic Terrorist”When Marimar Martinez was shot five times by a Border Patrol agent, the D.H.S. justified it by calling her a “domestic terrorist.” In the aftermath, she’s been trying to recover her reputation and, wi... 1926931115
Reposted by Duke BriscoeDon Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 13/07/2026Feel like this is a pattern in public comments now. Overwhelming public opposition, but Trump administration will move ahead anyway (See also, Schedule F). This does not mean public comments are not important - far from it, it creates a case for overturning the rules in court. 7358114
Reposted by Duke BriscoeTheir Devil @iamdevil.bsky.social · 14/07/2026Half of modern politics is fabricating catastrophes. 415635
Reposted by Duke BriscoeEmma Mitchell @silverpebble2.bsky.social · 06/06/2026Early June garden bouquet (from a few years ago but my eyes and brain need this kind of thing today-perhaps yours do too) 🌿 331878190
Reposted by Duke BriscoeThis American Life @thisamericanlife.org · 23/06/2026A man detained at Otay Mesa threw a lotion bottle with a note attached over two razor wire fences. The shortest distance it had to travel: 90 feet. His note said he’d been stuck inside for months, and the people detained inside are constantly sick.link.podtrac.comThere’s Something About Hail MaryWe spend an hour in the last two minutes of the fourth quarter, behind and desperate, with people trying any damn thing they can think of. Visit thisamericanlife.org/lifepartners to sign up for our ... 0102
Reposted by Duke BriscoeTheValuesVoter @thevaluesvoter.bsky.social · 11/07/2026Things that would not surprise me if they happened: 1) It comes out that Mitch McConnell is not, in fact, able to serve. The GOP temporarily loses one Senate seat. 2) John Fetterman uses this an excuse to change parties. The GOP regains a seat. 6228
Duke Briscoe @dbriscoe.bsky.social · 10/07/2026Isn't gold an excellent reflector of infrared laser weapons? 020
Duke Briscoe @dbriscoe.bsky.social · 10/07/2026www.nytimes.com/2026/07/10/c...nytimes.comTrump Cuts Habitat Protections for Endangered SpeciesThe rule change ends a safeguard that had been in place for 50 years and could hasten the demise of imperiled animals. 010
Duke Briscoe @dbriscoe.bsky.social · 28/06/2026open.substack.com/pub/paulkrug... Krugman says it’s like a Teapot Dome scandal every day.open.substack.comCorruption for Make Benefit Glorious Family of TrumpThe emoluments are the message 000
Reposted by Duke BriscoeBetty C. Jung @bettycjung.bsky.social · 25/06/2026Older iPhones have an unfixable security flaw - why it can't be patched and the models affected Here's how to tell if your device is at risk and what to do about it. www.zdnet.com/article/olde...zdnet.comOlder iPhones have an unfixable security flaw - why it can't be patched and the models affectedHere's how to tell if your device is at risk and what to do about it. 32513
Duke Briscoe @dbriscoe.bsky.social · 13/06/2026Continued evidence for substantial cooling in Europe if this changes Atlantic Ocean currents. www.cnn.com/2026/06/12/c...cnn.comA mysterious ‘cold blob’ in the ocean has puzzled scientists. A new study says it’s an ominous sign | CNNIn the North Atlantic Ocean, south of Greenland and Iceland, a swath of water is doing something very strange. While the rest of the ocean heats up; it’s been getting colder. A team of scientists say ... 000
Reposted by Duke BriscoeBrendan Ballou @brendanballou.bsky.social · 12/06/2026@warren.senate.gov talking up PLUNDER! 082
Reposted by Duke BriscoeNorm Ornstein @normornstein.bsky.social · 10/06/2026A must read from @ejdionne.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2026/06/10/o...nytimes.comOpinion | A Different Kind of ‘Values Voter’ Will Power the 2026 Midterms 34319
Reposted by Duke Briscoeshauna @goldengateblond.bsky.social · 12/06/2026yeah the problem with having more money than god is eventually you also become more powerful than god, untouchable by laws or governance (or certainly any other human). it’s actually self-protection to tax these people back to simply being hundred-millionaires. 1552185
Duke Briscoe @dbriscoe.bsky.social · 12/06/2026Important current story about the destruction and grift of Trump's border wall. The impact on local landowners and conservation properties is awful. www.theborderchronicle.com/they-dont-ca...theborderchronicle.com“They Don’t Care About Any Law”: A Q&A with Elsa Hull on Her Arrest While Opposing Border Wall ConstructionThis month, Hull’s worst fears came true as contractors for Southwest Valley Constructors and Kiewit started bulldozing and scraping land near her home to construct a 30-foot border wall. 000
Reposted by Duke BriscoeThe New York Times @nytimes.com · 06/06/2026Federal officials have said that ICE is removing criminals from the streets of New Jersey and detaining them at a Newark facility called Delaney Hall. But most detainees there haven’t been convicted of crimes, federal data obtained by The New York Times shows.nyti.msICE Says Detainees Are ‘Worst of the Worst.’ Government Data Disagrees.Federal officials said they are removing killers and rapists from the streets. Data obtained by The New York Times indicates most detainees at a Newark facility haven’t been convicted of crimes. 1722795
Duke Briscoe @dbriscoe.bsky.social · 06/06/2026Powerful words to remember from Eisenhower on the 20th anniversary of D-Day. substack.com/@everythingb...substack.comJacob Redman (@everythingbriefing)🗃️ On the 20th anniversary of D-Day in 1964, former President Dwight Eisenhower returned to the beaches of Normandy, France, where he spoke of the sacrifices made by the Allied soldiers who perished t... 000
Reposted by Duke BriscoeSenator Ed Markey @markey.senate.gov · 02/06/2026We passed a law giving cash rebates to install electric and more-efficient appliances. As electricity and fuel prices go up thanks to Trump's policies, this should be a win-win. Trump is trying to illegally kill this program, breaking the law and leaving you with the bill. 25123
Reposted by Duke BriscoeSimon Rosenberg @simonwdc.bsky.social · 02/06/2026After weeks of strained relations with Congressional Republicans appointing Pulte was an incredible mistake by Trump. bsky.app/profile/keit... 1117152
Duke Briscoe @dbriscoe.bsky.social · 02/06/2026Gift link, another awful act in the Trump assault on science. Congress has pushed back some but I hope they might shut down the Trump destructive actions. www.nytimes.com/2026/06/01/c...nytimes.comTrump Administration to Dismantle Ocean Monitoring System 000
Duke Briscoe @dbriscoe.bsky.social · 01/06/2026Gift link, you'd think many Trump voters would be upset if they knew about this kind of anti-consumer actions. www.bloomberg.com/features/202...bloomberg.comTrump’s Consumer Watchdog Lets Big Business Out of Millions OwedRussell Vought has gutted the CFPB, and in dozens of cases refused to enforce settlements and pursue lawsuits to the benefit of companies like Walmart, Toyota and others. 062
Reposted by Duke BriscoePaul Tremblay @paultremblay.bsky.social · 28/05/2026Read this. Now. Sorry to be so pushy www.sfgate.com/tech/article...sfgate.comGoogle hates you"The repercussions of Google's pivot to AI will be vast and horrid." 612050
Reposted by Duke Briscoeatart17 @atart17.bsky.social · 27/05/2026National Park Entrance Fees Are Funding Trump’s D.C. Projects The administration is spending at least $67 million worth of fees paid by visitors to national parks on fixing D.C. fountains and the Reflecting Pool. Gift articlenytimes.comNational Park Entrance Fees Are Funding Trump’s D.C. Projects 1129
Duke Briscoe @dbriscoe.bsky.social · 28/05/2026www.nytimes.com/2026/05/27/r... interesting architecture story, gift link:nytimes.comCalifornia’s Last Surviving ‘Bubble House’ Is for Sale 000
Duke Briscoe @dbriscoe.bsky.social · 21/05/2026What does that graph look like if it is shown in inflation adjusted dollars instead of nominal dollars? 460
Reposted by Duke BriscoeScott McGrath @smcgrath.phd · 21/05/2026Bluesky is fighting a novel tactic from Russian influence groups hacking into authentic, respected accounts to spread fabricated news. Targets include professors and journalists whose feeds were hijacked to post AI-doctored videos targeting Ukraine and Western allies.nytimes.comBluesky Says Kremlin Is Hacking Its Platform to Spread Propaganda 9312180
Duke Briscoe @dbriscoe.bsky.social · 21/05/2026www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti... Gift link, China uses a great amount of coal as a feedstock for fertilizer and other chemical production.bloomberg.comChina’s Hormuz Workaround Is Making India JealousThe closure of the Strait of Hormuz has sent the vast Asian chemicals industry into a tailspin. Deprived of the likes of Qatari natural gas and Saudi Arabian oil, the region’s fertilizer and plastics ... 000