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Firstconsul

@firstconsul.bsky.social
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Professor, Spouse, Dad & the King in Yellow. Former Geographer & amateur archeologist, currently teaching Economics. Previous incarnations include: disc jockey, electrician, airline ground support, travel agent, bookstore manager, founder & CEO.

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Jlou @wehearvoices.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Guessing game. What’s more dangerous than 7 frat boys at Cornell University? These four fucks who protected them. 👇 Rattle their cages, Ladies! #Pinks #SheShed #DV1 #Voices4Victory
The 4 men who let the 7 frat boys walk away from gang raping a woman. 
Make some noise!
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Corey Rayburn Yung @coreyryung.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
A core belief uniting Trumpists with Silicon Valley tech bros is that society should be organized around male entitlement to sex: a cross between Mad Men and the old Playboy Mansion.
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ScubaSuzyQ💙🦋 @susanmcgraw88.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
It's happening everywhere...people fail to respect each other and to understand that until racism is seen as the poison it is, this could become reality. Our very existence is dependent upon collaborative efforts...for our planet Earth and all who inhabit it. #ProudBlue #DV1 #USDemocracy #BlueEarth
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Fake Name @haffl.bsky.social · 20/08/2025
Perfect description of Orange Hitler
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Eric Geller @ericjgeller.com · 28/09/2026
"The sheer number of incidents, which occurred in recent months in internal testing and the real world, indicates that the problem is orders of magnitude more complex than what is publicly known." www.axios.com/2026/09/26/o...
axios.com
Scoop: Top AI companies probing tens of thousands of security incidents
The massive scale of security incidents points to control problems for AI companies.
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Miaganga @miaganga.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Nevada election officials said Thursday that 185 voters in the state who the Department of Homeland Security identified as noncitizens were all, in fact, citizens — the latest snafu in the department’s attempts to uncover illegal voters across the country. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
democracydocket.com
DHS noncitizen voter claims unravel in Nevada as state confirms flagged voters are citizens
Nevada election officials said Thursday that 185 voters in the state who the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) identified as noncitizens were all, in fact, citizens.
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Prof Gavin Yamey MD MPH @gavinyamey.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
MAHA is a project built on vanity, grifting, racism & survival of the fittest A colleague of mine has a friend in Los Angeles who went to the gym, &, um, RFK Jr was there, working out, surrounded by a HUGE ENTOURAGE of security dudes & snipers Black infants *MUST* suffer so RFK can get big pecs!
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Firstconsul @firstconsul.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
johnpavlovitz.substack.com
No, Good People Don't Still Support Him
Everyone believes they're essentially a good human being.
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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
This is so much fun. They basically argue they must be permitted to talk about the case given subpoenas or requests to testify.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
⚡️JUST NOW: MASS UN WALKOUT ON NETANYAHU
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Mack Butterfield @mack2114.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Trump won Ohio by 11 points in 2024. Yet Brown remain 8 points ahead of Husted, 53% to 45% — a margin unchanged since June. robertreich.substack.com/p/how-to-kno...
robertreich.substack.com
How to know whether a candidate is on your side
Follow the money
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 24/09/2026
MS NOW reports that their White House reproter was denied access to the White House this morning despite a court order demanding she have access
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Donna Stern @dvsmemphis.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Enten: Look at Trump's net approval rating now with pure independents, it's negative 71 points! I mean, these are the deep depths of the ocean. You never see numbers like these. An 86 point shift away from the president. #momsky#sheshed
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Firstconsul @firstconsul.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
deseret.com
Utah postal worker accused of throwing away 300 mail-in ballots in church parking lot
Over 95% of Utah voters rely on mail-in ballots, making destroyed ballots critical loss.
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Khashoggi's Ghost @urocklive1.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Susan Collins' team wants to cry "fake news," but @propublica.org brought receipts. I really hope Maine has had enough of this. www.rawstory.com/susan-collin...
rawstory.com
'We literally have the emails!' Susan Collins flak skewered for denying corruption story
Sen. Susan Collins (R-ME) was hit with bombshell new reporting from ProPublica on Tuesday, dropping new details on how defense contractor CEO Martin Kao told FBI agents about a sprawling campaign cash...
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 22/09/2026
Ashley Hinson voted repeatedly against efforts to end U.S. hostilities with Iran while taking more than $217,000 from oil and gas interests, including $38,500 since the war began. Meanwhile, Iowa gas prices have surged 60% since the start of the war as major oil companies report soaring profits.
meidasnews.com
Ashley Hinson Got Big Money From Oil Companies After Repeatedly Voting For the Iran War
The price of gas for her Iowa constituents has risen by 60% since the start of the war, while oil companies are making record profits
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Mr. Rochester 📎🇨🇦 @mrrochester.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
The USA is the kindergartener among PhDs.
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Firstconsul @firstconsul.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
nytimes.com
Opinion | Susan Collins’s Luck May Be Running Out (Gift Article)
The independence and moderation of Maine’s Republican senator hardly matters anymore.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 22/09/2026
Ossoff: "I think the use of deep fake technology in political ads is meant to deceive voters and is a slippery slope. Mike Collins is using these deceptive tactics because he doesn't want to explain his own record."
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Senseidai2547❌👑 @senseidai.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Disappearing people is what happens in authoritarian regimes. How much you wanna bet this is the brainchild of Stephen Miller? #DemVoice1 #ProudBlue #Pinks #TrumpIsACriminal apnews.com/article/ice-...
apnews.com
AP Exclusive: ICE hides locations of thousands of detainees with final removal orders
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement has stopped publicly revealing where it is holding most detainees who are subject to final deportation orders, in a move that has made it harder for lawyers an...
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Covie @covie93.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
If you have a dollar for every transgender athlete playing college sports you'd have about $6 which just happens to be the price for a gallon of diesel now. Congrats MAGAts, you played yourselves.
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Firstconsul @firstconsul.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Imagine that.
bangordailynews.com
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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Scrappy @scrappy53.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
The terrorists are in the house.
DISBAND, DEFUND,
& PROSECUTE
ICE
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Rhuta Bhayga @rhutabhayga.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
As @therealjackhopkins.bsky.social pointed out: What does a sniper position at Memorial Circle defend against? Not China or missiles. It overlooks a bridge, traffic circle and entrance to the National Mall—where Americans march. But our enemies will appreciate knowing where we store our weapons.
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Ryan Goodman @rgoodlaw.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
He is not wrong. "There are reasonable grounds to believe that the reported 68 attacks that killed 223 people constituted crimes against humanity of murder under customary international law" - United Nations Special Rapporteur on U.S. Killing “Narco-Terrorists” at Sea www.ohchr.org/sites/defaul...
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 20/09/2026
Here's a link for updates on the ICE shooting in Austin. The individual story links aren't working at @kvue.bsky.social www.kvue.com
kvue.com
Austin's Leading Local News: Weather, Traffic, Sports and more | Austin, Texas | kvue.com
KVUE.com is the official website for KVUE-TV, your trusted source for breaking news, weather and sports in Austin, Texas. KVUE.com
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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
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alexjungle.bsky.social @alexjungle.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
“Not one single person in that room was for the data center. And the city council just went ahead and approved it,” says Jazmin Villegas, who lives in Red Oak, Texas.
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Matthew Eadie @mattheweadie.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
BREAKING: Evanston police confirm a U.S. citizen was briefly detained by federal agents Sunday morning near Howard and Dodge before being released The man was taken to the hospital for injuries to his head, neck and teeth after agents drove off
evanstonnow.com
Federal agents detained U.S. citizen Sunday morning - Evanston Now
Police chief says officers responded to a man with injuries to head, neck and teeth on Howard and made contact with agents involved.
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Firstconsul @firstconsul.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
wmtw.com
Judge rules EPA illegally terminated $7B solar program intended to help poorer Americans
The Trump administration illegally terminated a $7 billion program intended to make solar power accessible to more than 900,000 lower-income Americans, a federal judge ruled Friday.
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Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
He’s made the US the laughing stock of the world. Thank you for your attention to his insanity.
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Veronica 🇺🇸 🇮🇹 🇺🇦 🇳🇴 🇲🇽 🇩🇪 🇨🇦 🍁 🇸🇪 🇵🇷 @vero1986.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
AI datacenters use as much water as entire cities. The 3.4 trillion gallons used annually across these states, (Virginia, Texas, California, Illinois, Georgia, Ohio, and Arizona) equal about 10.4 million acre-feet of water, higher than California's total yearly. news.bloomberglaw.com/environment-...
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Data Centers Use More Water Than California Cities, Study Says
Electric power generation for data centers is a threat to water supplies even in states outside the arid Southwest, according to a report published Tuesday by the think tank Ceres.
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Ting Barrow @tingb.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
The whole #Trumpstein administration has to GO!
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Brian Cardone @cardonebrian.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Rep Lauren Boebert (R-CO) attacks the LGBTQ+ community and says Christians are being persecuted for speaking out against them. With the new ethics complaint that came out showing Bobo had sexual relations with 3 staffers and only one was a man. Lauren love is love, amirite? 🤦🏼🤦🏼
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Have To Earn My Vote @havetoearnmyvote.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Everything was in Project2025: destruction of USAID, attacks on Venezuela & Iran, even the recent wild horse slaughter. Only 2 things haven’t been in Project2025: abandoning South Korea & giving nukes to Saudi Arabia. bsky.app/profile/kitc...
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@NewsJennifer (Jennifer Schulze) @newsjennifer.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Credit to Jon Karl for fact checking Steve Scalise on this 'but Biden took 400 press credentials' bullsh*t. This is MAGA's big talking point on Trump's disgraceful press lockout and it's a lie.
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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Don’t worry, GOP! Turning the triumphal arch into an ammunition dump will certainly turn these numbers around!!
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
In case anyone was wondering why Trump is pushing AI so hard and doesn’t want any government regulation.
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Carlye Hooten @chooten.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
"The goal should never be an economy that creates a handful of billionaires while everyone else struggles... "It is supposed to improve the lives of the people who live under it... "That's not a radical idea. It's the American idea."
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Firstconsul @firstconsul.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
wmtw.com
"Vote for Hannah" | Sen. Angus King endorses Hannah Pingree for governor
Democratic nominee for governor Hannah Pingree and U.S. Sen. Angus King discussing the issues facing Mainers in front of a crowd at Bowdoin College on Sunday morning.
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Lori @tygergyrl17.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
"We've never seen a level of incompetence, a level of ineptitude so staggering on a daily basis by anybody in the history of the country who's ever been charged with substantial responsibilities." - Steve Schmidt
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The Pines @thepines.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
We need a Hollywood movie about this
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Firstconsul @firstconsul.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
wgme.com
$40 million lawsuits filed over service from New England Clean Energy Connect corridor
Two new lawsuits have been filed over the power corridor passing through Maine.
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Abdul El-Sayed @abdulelsayed.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Mike Rogers refuses to talk about gas, groceries, seeing a doctor, or our broken infrastructure. Mike Rogers only wants to talk about old culture wars fought by small people with smaller ideas and no solutions to our actual problems.
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𝐋𝐲𝐝𝐢𝐚🇬🇾🇱🇨🇧🇧 @lydiasalara.blacksky.app · 19/09/2026
They can keep that weak apology too. You can watch one youtube video and learn how intentional photographers are when lighting the studio. This wasn’t a mistake. Maybe they can sell their shoes in Target smh
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Joshua Foust 🪖🎮 @joshuafoust.com · 19/09/2026
It should be illegal to buy a company with debt and then sell it off to a foreign owner, but that fight was lost long ago. Anyway, now the Saudis own a truly distressing portion of American entertainment, from Hollywood to Video Games to Sports. This is not neutral behavior. Anyway.
arstechnica.com
FCC lets Paramount sell 49.5% equity stake to Saudi Arabia, UAE, and Qatar
FCC rejects concerns about repressive governments buying influence over CBS owner.
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evacide @evacide.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Buyers of pervert glasses join the war on pervert glasses: www.latimes.com/business/sto...
latimes.com
Meta glasses captured and shared intimate images without users' consent, lawsuit claims
People who use Meta's smart glasses or were recorded with the gadget are worried about how the social media giant is using their photos and videos.
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Firstconsul @firstconsul.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
wmtw.com
Google Gemini AI model hacks three other companies
The first known instance of a Google artificial intelligence entity carrying out an unauthorized computer hack was reported by the multinational technology corporation on Friday
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Firstconsul @firstconsul.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
bangordailynews.com
Maine’s minimum wage will increase by 60 cents in 2027
The Maine Department of Labor also announced new wages for tip workers and a new threshold for salary workers to be exempt from overtime.
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