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Eliot Higgins @eliothiggins.bsky.social · 06/09/2025

“No more foreign wars,” as the monkey’s paw curls shut.

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Kate Donovan @donovanable.bsky.social · 30/06/2025

DC drivers: is there a more terrifying sight than the combo diplomatic plates + student driver bumper sticker?

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Neil Stenhouse @nstenhouse.bsky.social · 29/06/2025

“ICE gets a bigger budget than the Marine Corps” is a simple fact that should be communicated very widely because it clearly expresses how crazy and radical this is

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Kate Donovan @donovanable.bsky.social · 23/06/2025

One twin can say 'what's this?'. The other twin can say 'mine!' This is going to go fine.

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Kate Donovan @donovanable.bsky.social · 19/06/2025

I feel like I learned a lot about why some therapists just won't take any insurance when I learned that BCBS reimburses at a much lower rate for couples counseling than for individual sessions

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Saloni @scientificdiscovery.dev · 16/06/2025

My article has been on the front page of Hacker News all day. Some of the comments from survivors, parents, and friends of children with leukemia, are very moving news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4428...

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John Hudson @johnphudson.bsky.social · 10/06/2025

NEW: The Trump admin has plans to send thousands of foreigners to Guantanamo beginning as early as this week, including citizens of close allies UK & France, with no intention of notifying their home governments in advance, per sources and documents

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Kate Donovan @donovanable.bsky.social · 09/06/2025

Everything is Tuberculosis, and also a lot of what orients me towards what I do.

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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 07/05/2025

UPDATE: Both Libyan governments have said that they will not accept deportations from the United States. So many questions! ICE on the ground was telling people in the last 48 hours they were going to be deported to Libya. www.nytimes.com/2025/05/07/w...

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Libya’s Rival Governments Both Deny Deal to Take Deported U.S. Migrants

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The Isaac Who Came In From the Butler @isaacbutler.bsky.social · 07/05/2025

This is just to say I have lost The F/A-18 Super Hornet That was on the USS Harry S. Truman And which You were probably saving For bombing Forgive me It was the second one So sweet And so expensive

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Drew Harwell @drewharwell.com · 22/04/2025

The last guy to show off his military access by sharing classified military intel with unauthorized people on a consumer chat app, Jack Teixeira, will be in prison until 2036

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Eric Columbus @ericcolumbus.bsky.social · 19/04/2025

250 years ago last night NO KINGS

Paul Revere's
Ride
Henry Wadsworth
Longfellow
1807 1882
Listen, my children, and you shall hear Of the midnight ride of Paul Revere, On the eighteenth of April, in Seventy-Five:
Hardly a man is now alive
Who remembers that famous day and year.
He said to his friend, "If the British march By land or sea from the town to-night, Hang a lantern aloft in the belfry-arch Of the North-Church-tower, as a signal-light,
One if by land, and two if by sea;
And I on the opposite shore will be, Ready to ride and spread the alarm Through every Middlesex village and farm, For the country-folk to be up and to arm." Then he said "Good night!" and with mufiled
oar
Silently rowed to the Charlestown shore, Just as the moon rose over the bay, Where swinging wide at her moorings lay The Somerset, British man-of-war:
A phantom ship, with each mast and spar Across the moon, like a prison-bar, And a huge black hulk, that was magnified By its own reflection in the tide.
Meanwhile, his friend, through alley and
street
Wanders and watches with eager ears, Till in the silence around him he hears The muster of men at the barrack door, The sound of arms, and the tramp of feet, And the measured tread of the grenadiers Marching down to their boats on the shore.

Then he climbed to the tower of the church, Up the wooden stairs, with stealthy tread, To the belfry-chamber overhead, And startled the pigeons from their perch On the sombre rafters, that round him made Masses and moving shapes of shade,— By the trembling ladder, steep and tall, To the highest window in the wall, Where he paused to listen and look down A moment on the roofs of the town, And the moonlight flowing over all.
Beneath, in the churchyard, lay the dead, In their night-encampment on the hill, Wrapped in silence so deep and still That he could hear, like a sentinel's tread, The watchful night-wind, as it went Creeping along from tent to tent, And seeming to whisper, "All is well!" A moment only he feels the spell Of the place and the hour, and the secret
dread
Of the lonely belfry and the dead;
For suddenly all his thoughts are bent On a shadowy something far away,
Where the river widens to meet the bay,—
A line of black, that bends and floats On the rising tide, like a bridge of boats.
Meanwhile, impatient to mount and ride, Booted and spurred, with a heavy stride, On the opposite shore walked Paul Revere.
Now he patted his horse's side,
Now gazed on the landscape far and near, Then impetuous stamped the earth, And turned and tightened his saddle girth;
But mostly he watched with eager search The belfry-tower of the old North Church, As it rose above the graves on the hill, Lonely and spectral and sombre and still.
And lo! as he looks, on the belfry's height, A glimmer, and then a gleam of light!
He springs to the saddle, the bridle he turns, But lingers and gazes, till full on his sight A second lamp in the belfry burns!

A hurry of hoofs in a village-street, A shape in the moonlight, a bulk in the dark, And beneath from the pebbles, in passing, a
spark
Struck out by a steed that flies fearless and
fleet:
That was all! And yet, through the gloom
and the light,
The fate of a nation was riding that night;
And the spark struck out by that steed, in his
flight,
Kindled the land into flame with its heat.
He has left the village and mounted the
steep,
And beneath him, tranquil and broad and
deep,
Is the Mystic, meeting the ocean tides;
And under the alders, that skirt its edge, Now soft on the sand, now loud on the ledge, Is heard the tramp of his steed as he rides.
It was twelve by the village clock
When he crossed the bridge into Medford
town.
He heard the crowing of the cock, And the barking of the farmer's dog, And felt the damp of the river-fog, That rises when the sun goes down.
It was one by the village clock, When he galloped into Lexington.
He saw the gilded weathercock
Swim in the moonlight as he passed, And the meeting-house windows, blank and
bare,
Gaze at him with a spectral glare, As if they already stood aghast
At the bloody work they would look upon.

It was two by the village clock, When he came to the bridge in Concord
town.
He heard the bleating of the flock, And the twitter of birds among the trees, And felt the breath of the morning breeze Blowing over the meadows brown.
And one was safe and asleep in his bed
Who at the bridge would be first to fall, Who that day would be lying dead, Pierced by a British musket-ball.
You know the rest. In the books you have
read,
How the British Regulars fired and fled,-How the farmers gave them ball for ball, From behind each fence and farmyard-wall, Chasing the red-coats down the lane, Then crossing the fields to emerge again Under the trees at the turn of the road, And only pausing to fire and load.
So through the night rode Paul Revere;
And so through the night went his cry of
alarm
To every Middlesex village and farm,-A cry of defiance, and not of fear,
A voice in the darkness, a knock at the door, And a word that shall echo forevermore!
For, borne on the night-wind of the Past, Through all our history, to the last, In the hour of darkness and peril and need, The people will waken and listen to hear The hurrying hoof-beats of that steed, And the midnight message of Paul Revere.

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Kate Donovan @donovanable.bsky.social · 04/04/2025

Maybe we could slow the pacing of these interesting times, eh?

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sweetie π @sixfeetofcandy.bsky.social · 25/03/2025

war plans in bio

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Julian Sanchez @normative.bsky.social · 25/03/2025

I am BEGGING people to frame this properly. The issue here is not one colossal blunder where a reporter got info. The issue is it’s clear these people are all routinely ignoring the most absolutely basic security protocols, and WE HAVE NO IDEA what breaches this has already enabled.

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 25/03/2025

there are like three overlapping scandals with signalgate — illegal distribution of sensitive government materials by top members of the administration, illegal attempt to circumvent records laws and possible unlawful use of military force — and democrats should be screaming about them all

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Kate Donovan @donovanable.bsky.social · 20/03/2025

good, good, the DMV area knows these are each equally important alerts

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G Elliott Morris @gelliottmorris.com · 08/03/2025

ABC News has now fully taken down the old 538 website, including all interactive projects since 2014. Aside from erasing history this prevents access to publicly released data, including raw polls, averages, model estimates & story dta. Totally unacceptable for a company (allegedly) doing journalism

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Rob Davis @robwdavis.bsky.social · 03/03/2025

The warnings were clear: * 1 million kids untreated for severe acute malnutrition; * Up to 166,000 malaria deaths; * TB cases up 30% * 200,000 more polio-induced paralysis cases in 10 years. The Trump team killed USAID anyway. www.propublica.org/article/trum...

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Internal Memos: Senior USAID Leaders Warned Trump Appointees of Hundreds of Thousands of Deaths From Closing Agency

One million children will go untreated for severe malnutrition, up to 166,000 people will die from malaria and 200,000 more children will be paralyzed by polio over the next decade, the memos estimate...

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Anna Bower @annabower.bsky.social · 28/02/2025

NEW: During a 3-hour preliminary injunction hearing in a suit alleging that Elon Musk wields unprecedented power in violation of the Appointments Clause, a federal judge grew frustrated with government counsel's inability to answer questions about DOGE’s chain of command and Musk's role.

JUDGE: Who was the head of DOGE before Amy Gleason?

GOVERNMENT COUNSEL: I can’t answer that, I don’t know.

JUDGE: I mean, that seems like a knowable fact, doesn’t it?

GOVERNMENT COUNSEL: I’m sure it is knowable; I just don’t know it. I’m very conscious of being accurate with the court…I just can’t make a representation.

JUDGE: Have you asked anyone?

GOVERNMENT COUNSEL: I have not asked…actually, strike that. I have asked previously, and I was not able to get answer.

JUDGE: Are you saying there was an administrator before Ms. Gleason? Or that there was nobody until this new person [Gleason] was put in?

GOVERNMENT COUNSEL: I’m not saying either, because I don’t know.

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Kate Donovan @donovanable.bsky.social · 28/02/2025

okay he's attractive but he's not like, Bad Mental Health Opinions attractive

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Brendel @brendelbored.bsky.social · 23/02/2025

Just saw a thread about a guy calling into cspan saying his diabetic supplies increased from 5 dollars to 80 dollars and somebody in the comments, probably multiple people but I stopped reading, replied “FAFO” and I can’t stress enough how much you need to stop doing that shit

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Evelyndroid's Aperture Science and Bugge-Finding 🏳️‍⚧️🕷️ @apsciencebylyn.bsky.social · 25/01/2025

Finding and posting fresh Bugs on the daily because invertebrates are one more goddamn thing on this planet worth appreciating and saving. They make me happy, they make a lot of y'all happy. Not gonna stop doing that.

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Erin Kissane @kissane.myatproto.social · 25/01/2025

I would like to be able to temporarily deactivate all my social media accounts and leave behind a badly painted wooden sign reading GON FISHIG, please, except it’s GON SCREAMIG

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Kate Donovan @donovanable.bsky.social · 22/01/2025

I have fought the MVA and won [and MD driver's license]

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Kate Donovan @donovanable.bsky.social · 20/01/2025

Coping is different than making change, but it is also essential to having capacity to work on making big changes. When it comes to coping you want something where there is a direct, fast relationship between putting in time/effort and seeing something progress.

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Kate Donovan @donovanable.bsky.social · 19/01/2025

My current project is a finicky rainbow with 112 sections in 112 different colors. How's current events treating you?

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Kate Donovan @donovanable.bsky.social · 13/01/2025

Thread of stuff I repeatedly end up sharing with therapy clients: 1. This section of Too Good To Leave, Too Bad To Stay on the impact of being ambivalent in your relationship. (Recommend the whole book, actually)

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Kate Donovan @donovanable.bsky.social · 12/01/2025

Periodic reminder that while I work for the government, I like my job and so consequently will not be airing opinions about the military/war/politics on the Internet. exception: war is horrendous for everyone involved

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Better Things Are Possible @internethippo.bsky.social · 10/11/2024

Imagine an issue. Wrong, it's more complicated than that

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Kate Donovan @donovanable.bsky.social · 11/01/2025

Really enjoying the @lawfare.bsky.social re-run of Brian Fishman on violent extremism & platforms. I think it does suffer from not having encountered @jaiwithani.bsky.social's concept of the Copenhagen Interpretation of Ethics though. This is what platforms are doing!

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The Copenhagen Interpretation of Ethics — EA Forum

The Copenhagen Interpretation of quantum mechanics says that you can have a particle spinning clockwise and counterclockwise at the same time – until…

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Know Your Meme @knowyourmeme.com · 09/01/2025

On this day 12 years ago, @kcg.bsky.social posted the “This is Fine” comic.

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Kate Donovan @donovanable.bsky.social · 08/01/2025

Lest you think it's just one...

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Kate Donovan @donovanable.bsky.social · 08/01/2025

That indescribable snow day feeling. (The feeling is fussing on mom)

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Kate Donovan @donovanable.bsky.social · 08/01/2025

Accessibility win: the county cleared the sidewalks of snow and kept them clear! Accessibility ???: they did not clear the curb cuts.

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pixelatedboat aka “mr bluesky” @pixelatedboat.bsky.social · 01/01/2025

People who laugh at a Tesla exploding are showing their ignorance of automotive engineering. This is a normal part of the development process, and the data gathered from the explosion will help Tesla to one day build a car that doesn’t explode

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Nadine Whitney @nadinewhitney.bsky.social · 31/12/2024

Happy New Year from Dorothy Parker (and me).

Telegram sent by author Dorothy Parker to Robert Benchley on December 31st 1929.

Text reads.

You come right over here and explain why they are having another year.

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Internet Archive @archive.org · 31/12/2024

KICK OFF THE NEW YEAR WITH THE INTERNET ARCHIVE! 🍾 Starting at 12:01am ET, we'll be revealing the creative works from 1929 and sound recordings from 1924 that are entering the public domain in the US. Learn how you can celebrate throughout January: blog.archive.org/2024/12/26/c...

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Kate Donovan @donovanable.bsky.social · 30/12/2024

Trivia: Carter outlived one of the WaPo writers who created his obituary.

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