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DHeber

@dheber.bsky.social
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Eclectic reader and lover of books & music, tree hugger, nature observer. Proficient daydreamer. PhD in aquatic biology.

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DHeber @dheber.bsky.social · 15h
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How one of the strongest El Niños became a global disaster | BBC News
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DHeber @dheber.bsky.social · 21h
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Trump won’t reimburse taxpayers for money already spent on campaign ads
Trump’s offer to pay for the ads with PAC money instead ‘was not referring to reimbursement’
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DHeber @dheber.bsky.social · 21h
Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/06/u...
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Trump Does Not Plan to Reimburse Taxpayers for Promotional Ads (Gift Article)
A day after the president said his super PAC, would pay for the ads, which had drawn bipartisan backlash, officials said that he meant moving forward. A new taxpayer-funded ad aired Tuesday.
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DHeber @dheber.bsky.social · 22h
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Trump approval at record low; Hispanic voters sour on Republicans, Reuters/Ipsos poll finds
The six-day poll showed 32% of Americans giving a thumbs up to Trump's presidency.
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DHeber @dheber.bsky.social · 22h
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Iran drone plot fears led US to remove bombers from UK base, US officials say
A suspected plot involving Iran to launch a complex drone ​attack on a key British airbase ‌led the United States to remove its B-1 bomber aircraft from the base, two ​US officials told Reuters on Tue...
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DHeber @dheber.bsky.social · 22h
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US Senator Murphy says Pentagon denied him access to US base in Qatar
Democratic US Senator Chris Murphy said the US Department of Defense denied ​him access to a key US military base in ‌Qatar during a visit to the Middle East, describing it as part of a US government ...
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DHeber @dheber.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Trump is too deranged and stupid to know that several major US Naval facilities and Ships are in San Diego, as well as Parris Island's sister Marine Corps Depot which is one of only two facilities where men and women become US Marines. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
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Trump suggests he would let Iran ‘take out’ Los Angeles or San Diego
Gavin Newsom calls comments ‘deranged and dangerous’ after president tells Nebraska rally: ‘They can take out a city’
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Ars Technica @arstechnica.com · 06/10/2026
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OpenAI agents tried to hack Wikipedia tools and flooded it with traffic
The reports of OpenAI agents harming 3rd party sites keep coming.
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Ars Technica @arstechnica.com · 06/10/2026
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Big Oil asks Supreme Court to kill climate lawsuits before trial
Oil companies say federal law should block state climate deception claims.
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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Keep in mind that the Trump administration, led by Marco Rubio, is intervening aggressively to support Netanyahu, Putin and the Taliban, all of whom face criminal charges in the ICC.
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DHeber @dheber.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
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In crude Ohio rally speech, Trump says he may not help if Democrats win
"Just get out and vote," Trump said at a rally for Republican candidates. "If you do that, we're going to win, and we're going to win big, and we're going to shove it up their ass."
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Prof. Eliot Jacobson @climatecasino.net · 04/10/2026
The final results are in and 2026 came in 2nd place behind 2023 for the total number of days with global surface temperature above 16.0°C. 2023: 128 days 2026: 126 days Don't fret. There's always next year ...
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Art & Nature @capecodfairytales.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
#Poetry #Art #Stargazing Then there seem'd A music in the sphere, to charm away The serpent sorrows gnawing at my heart, Till, one by one, they dropp'd their demon hold, And left me, all alone with contemplation, Like thee, to love the stars. - John Howard Payne 🎨 unknown
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Anu @nofirstorder.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
From Monte Carlo tantrums to calling the guy he just hugged a pain in the ass. Watching this rambling live genuinely feels like a cruel and unusual penalty. @atrupar.com ‘s endurance is superhuman. Buy him a coffee: buymeacoffee.com/atrupar
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Aaron Rupar
Independent journalist and publisher of the Public Notice newsletter. Your support makes my work possible, including all the clipping I do across my social media channels.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 04/10/2026
"Were he trying to raise the cost of diesel, Trump would be hard pressed to improve upon the combination of trade wars, tariffs, and a Strait of Hormuz-choking Mideast war. At this point, he may as well propose doubling the 24.4 cents per gallon federal diesel tax."
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Diesel Don is tanking the GOP
Record high prices are one of Trump’s defining political failures.
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Dave Keating @davekeating.substack.com · 03/10/2026
European leaders have been unable to explain why releasing oil reserves just before a risky winter with likely supply disruptions due to the Iran War will help their citizens. They should just be honest: they felt they had no choice but to surrender to 🇺🇸extortion.
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Yet again, Europe has surrendered to Trump
Yesterday leaders caved to Trump’s demand that they release Europe’s oil reserves ahead of a risky winter, to lower US energy prices before the midterm election.
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JoeCGiles @joecgiles.bsky.social · 07/11/2024
At least when dinosaurs went extinct it wasn't a handful of greedy dinosaurs that made it happen.
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Andy Scollick @andyscollick.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Absolute joke. If anyone thinks that in a world destabilising rapidly under power hirearchs, people like Putin, Trump, Xi, Kim and others can muster and then SUSTAIN the massive sci-fi type effort needed for effective marine cloud engineering, I have some magic beans 🫘 to sell you.
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Indivisible ❌👑 @indivisible.org · 03/10/2026
TOMORROW: Robert De Niro, Mark Ruffalo, @ezralevin.bsky.social, LaTosha Brown, and more artists and movement leaders invite you to a conversation about defending our democracy this election season. Join us in New York City: mobilize.us/s/wrkBn2 Or you can watch online: mobilize.us/s/rfALuz
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Science News @sciencenews.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Punta San Juan was home to the largest colony of desert penguins in Peru. By 2025, there were fewer than 500 penguins left. www.sciencenews.org/article/desert-…
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Peru's penguins are on the brink. A super El Niño could make it worse.
Avian flu, overfishing, and a super El Niño have decimated Peru’s largest colony of Humboldt penguins. Scientists are holding out hope that their n...
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Mark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
In case you’re wondering, no New York Times news story in the last 4 months has used the phrase “convicted felon” in association with Donald Trump.
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DHeber @dheber.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
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Trump begs voters and dangles $5Kcarrot again as mid-term concerns mount
Some critics have described Donald Trump's $5,000 'dividend' payment as a 'bribe'
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DHeber @dheber.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Governor Brian Kemp also announced that Georgia is suspending its gas tax for the next 30 days beginning Tuesday.... Coincidence? I think not. wgxa.tv/news/electio...
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Gubernatorial candidate Rick Jackson makes campaign stop in Forsyth with Gov. Kemp
Georgia Gubernatorial candidate Rick Jackson and Governor Brian Kemp stopped in Forsyth on Monday five weeks out from elections day.Jackson began his speech say
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DHeber @dheber.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Gift Article! Gubernatorial candidates in Ohio and Massachusetts are racing to enact gas tax holidays ahead of the Nov. 3 midterm elections, part of a trend among state officials eager to give voters a break from fuel prices driven up by President Donald Trump’s war with Iran. wapo.st/3VfVxyJ
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States consider gas tax holidays ahead of Election Day
Since the Iran war sent gas prices soaring, Georgia, Kentucky and Indiana have cut or suspended their gas taxes. Similar proposals are under consideration in Ohio and Massachusetts.
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DHeber @dheber.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
TLast month, Trump ​proposed sending $5,000 checks ⁠to all adult citizens if the Republicans keep control of the House and Senate in the midterms, though analysts, ​economists and even some Republicans in Congress reacted with skepticism to ​the ⁠plan. www.reuters.com/world/trump-...
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Trump says US to send one-time $90 payment to 20 million seniors enrolled in Medicare
The payment to more than 20 million people is the latest promise the president has made to voters heading into the November midterms that will decide which party controls Congress.
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Richard Kadrey @richardkadrey.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Of course Trump and his goons want to rewrite Watergate. “Who controls the past controls the future. Who controls the present controls the past.” ―George Orwell, 1984
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Nora @nodianne.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Where's Jake Tapper's book?
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kiwigav88nz.bsky.social @kiwigav88nz.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
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Jane Voter @janevoter2018.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Voters shouldn’t have to walk past armed ICE agents to cast a ballot. Trump’s DHS says it can put them at polling places despite a 150-year-old law meant to stop this kind of intimidation. Elections aren’t pay-to-play, and they aren’t armed checkpoints. Vote early if you can. #PayToPlayPresident
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DHeber @dheber.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
apnews.com/article/ken-... Ken Paxton's jet-setting lifestyle: California wineries, European hot spots and ski resorts - Trump's pick for Texas!
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Inside Ken Paxton's jet-setting lifestyle: California wineries, European hot spots and ski resorts
When Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton launched his campaign for Senate last year, he skipped the local pageantry.
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Mark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
"Paxton left about 730 workdays blank on his official calendars and took over 275 out-of-state trips to places such as the California wine country, Caribbean resorts and European tourism hot spots. The travel cost TX taxpayers a minimum of $1.9 million to cover expenses ... by his security detail."
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Inside Ken Paxton's jet-setting lifestyle: California wineries, European hot spots and ski resorts
When Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton launched his campaign for Senate last year, he skipped the local pageantry.
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DHeber @dheber.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
apnews.com/article/jobs... This is your Country under this MAGA Trump Republican government - US adds disappointing 29,000 jobs and unemployment ticks up to 4.2% in September
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US hiring slows and unemployment ticks higher in September, a month before Americans head to polls
U.S. employers added a disappointing 29,000 jobs and the unemployment rate ticked up last month, according to new data, a month before voters go to the polls in pivotal midterm elections at a time of ...
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DHeber @dheber.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
This, among many other of his words and actions should have marked the end of Trump's political ambitions, that it didn't speaks volumes about how far America has fallen and why we are no longer admired or trusted by our traditional long-term international friends and allies.
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PBS News @pbsnews.org · 02/10/2026
President Donald Trump is hitting the campaign trail to support Republican candidates in toss-up races that will determine which party controls Congress for the final two years of his presidency. (via @politifact.bsky.social) to.pbs.org/4s24mbL
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A fact-checked guide to Trump's talking points and falsehoods at midterm rallies
President Donald Trump is hitting the campaign trail to support Republican candidates in toss-up races that will determine which party controls Congress for the final two years of his presidency. Here...
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DHeber @dheber.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
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Trump to host another gala with investors in his meme coin
President Trump will again meet with top investors in his namesake meme coin in what critics call another example of the president attempting to profit from his position.
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DHeber @dheber.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Gift Article! The Trump administration is airing campaign-style television ads using money Congress approved for border security upgrades, efforts to combat drug trafficking and memorials for officers killed in the line of duty, according to federal spending records. wapo.st/4yqSpyn
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Campaign-style Trump ads use money meant for border security, memorials
The White House Office of Management and Budget added $20 million to the pot for commemorative events a day before DHS awarded an advertising contract of the same amount.
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DHeber @dheber.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
What to know about Hegseth’s new Office of Religious Affairs www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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What to know about Hegseth’s new Office of Religious Affairs
“Our department is, you might say, putting on the full armor of God.”
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Prof. Eliot Jacobson @climatecasino.net · 01/10/2026
Here's to rocking your Thursday. Enjoy! www.youtube.com/watch?v=WC7V...
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Terminal Velocity: we're so cooked
YouTube video by Tony Weston
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Essence of RBG 🦋 @rbgprevails.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Changing the name of something doesn’t change its substance!
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George @retiredsurgassist.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
You got that right.
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DHeber @dheber.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Obviously the air pollution does not honor State borders.. wapo.st/3TxBhbg
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States sue to stop Trump’s retreat on power plant emissions
The Trump administration’s abandonment of climate rules at the nation’s most polluting power plants is being challenged in federal court by 21 states, the District of Columbia and three major cities i...
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DHeber @dheber.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
apnews.com/article/trum... Americans blame Trump for high prices as his economic approval hits new low, AP-NORC poll shows
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Most Americans blame Trump for high prices as his economic approval hits new low, AP-NORC poll shows
A new AP-NORC poll finds that most Americans blame President Donald Trump for persistently high prices, while only about 2 in 10 approve of his handling of the cost of living.
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DHeber @dheber.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
www.theguardian.com/world/2026/o... "Energy analysts, however, have pointed to the war in Iran and wider disruption to global oil markets as the leading drivers of the price increases."
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Ukraine persists with Russian oil refinery strikes in defiance of Trump
US president blames attacks for driving up fuel prices before midterms, though analysts say his Iran war is main cause
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DHeber @dheber.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
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Tennessee governor suspends all executions after Christa Pike’s lethal injections fail
Independent inquiry ordered after halted execution of Pike, who was convicted of murder
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billkittle.bsky.social @billkittle.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
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DHeber @dheber.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
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US datacenter discharged large amounts of pollution for almost a year with no permits
Records show Vineland facility in New Jersey emitted health-harming pollution before regulators stepped in
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DHeber @dheber.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
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Trump officials abandon effort to investigate election threats, experts warn
Credible threats appear to have been overlooked as administration focuses on unverified claims of voter fraud
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DHeber @dheber.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Gift Article! wapo.st/4iW4OWi
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Senator’s basketball mix-up derails ‘gotcha’ moment at Jack Smith hearing
The gaffe by Sen. Eric Schmitt (R-Missouri) quickly went viral, but several prominent MAGA influencers seemed not to notice his mistake.
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DHeber @dheber.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. 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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Mark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
In audio obtained by the NY Times, Ken Paxton says Trump’s big event in Texas hurt Republicans: “When we did that convention — it dropped our numbers. Everybody’s numbers dropped. Right now, yeah, not good.”
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Ken Paxton, G.O.P. Nominee in Texas, Privately Said Trump’s Convention Hurt Him
Ken Paxton, one of the party’s top Senate candidates and a Trump loyalist, said that “everybody’s numbers dropped” after the event, according to audio obtained by The Times.
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