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George W Russell

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Human being. 🚫🤖 🚫 porn 🚫 indecency Staunch defender of the Oxford comma & Neurodiversity. 'Exercising my right to the last vestiges of privacy.

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Peter Gleick @petergleick.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
The SS United States is set to be sunk of the coast of Florida in the largest metaphor in today's news. 6abc.com/post/when-wi...
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SS United States sinking date set to turn ship into world's largest artificial reef
The ship has been undergoing remediation since it was towed from Philadelphia's Delaware Riverfront last year.
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Meg Kinnard @megkinnardap.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal agents searched Minnesota Rep. Ilhan Omar's home as part of a criminal investigation, AP sources say.
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👻 Jack Djinn Wail 🧞 @jacktindale.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
The Telegraph figured it out? The Telegraph?!
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public health guy @publichealthguy1.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
oh my GOD
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Congressional candidate is raped while repairing her campaign signs
Embarrassed, she initially didn’t want to report attack. Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office's investigation is ongoing.
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Andrew Deck @andrewdeck.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
ChatGPT is adding the signatures of real New Yorker cartoonists to its AI-generated images. So far, I've found the signatures of more than 15 contributors. "It’s slop, and unlike the other slop that I’ve encountered, this is slop that’s pretending to be me." www.niemanlab.org/2026/10/chat...
Left: A cartoon generated by ChatGPT and signed with Emily Flake’s signature that was posted to a Reddit forum in June. Right: A real Emily Flake cartoon published in The New Yorker on August 20, 2026 and licensed via The Cartoon Bank.
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iWillVote.com Pollock ➡️ turn 🔔 on @willpollock.com · 05/10/2026
Dick Cheney-linked Halliburton (and subsidiaries) received roughly $40B in contracts after LYING us into Iraq. no equivalent war profiteering exists on Democratic side of the aisle. it just doesn't. #TheMoreThingsChange #vote
CNN headline from the early aughts: Contractors reap $138B from Iraq war
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Anton Gerashchenko @antongerashchenko.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
An economics lesson for Tucker Carlson from Britain’s Jacob Rees-Mogg. In reality, the war is what is currently keeping both the Russian economy and Putin’s power afloat. Ending the war will trigger a "demilitarization shock" to Russia’s budget.
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Mark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Again, <only Republicans> ever get to talk like this. If a single municipal level Democrat ever did, it would be a national outrage &spark a wave of “civility” discourse, & op-eds about how Dems must Respect Real Folkz & talk across difference. Democracy is incompatible with this double standard.
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George W Russell @georgewmrussell.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
AI isn't years away from killing us all. It very nearly sparked a hot war with China a few weeks ago, and the fact is being largely ignored in the US 'media'
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Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Republican Congressman Mike Collins signals his intent to end Social Security: "[Old people need to] get off of Social Security [and] get back into the workforce."
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Zach Everson @zacheverson.com · 29/09/2026
Here's a $20 million order, paid for by CBP's Office of Public Affairs, awarded to LMD Agency for a national media campaign starting on Sept. 20. The first pro-Trump ad aired on Sept. 23. www.usaspending.gov/award/CONT_A...
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Department of Homeland Security (DHS)
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LMD AGENCY, INC.
5950 SYMPHONY WOODS RD STE 500
COLUMBIA, MD 21044-3592
UNITED STATES
Congressional District: MD-03
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Sep 20, 2026
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Jay Willis @jaywillis.net · 29/09/2026
If you’d asked me to parody how silly and broken legal journalism is, I genuinely don’t think I could have come up with “so the best-known ‘nonpartisan’ Supreme Court outlet is now run by an ex-Trump DOJ flack who had her longtime personal friend Brett Kavanaugh officiate her wedding”
ballsandstrikes.org
The Conservative Takeover of SCOTUSblog Is Just What the Supreme Court Needed
SCOTUSblog used to cover the Supreme Court. Now, it cheers for it.
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End Citizens United @endcitizensunited.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
For once, Ken Paxton is being honest: if it weren't for our broken campaign finance system, he'd have no shot. #UnrigWashington candidate @jamestalarico.bsky.social is running to reform our system and fight for Texans. Ken Paxton can't say the same. #TXSEN
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Rima I Anabtawi @rimaanabtawi.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
A satellite image of southern Gaza shows an apocalyptic scene—not a single building appears to be left standing.
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Jamie Dupree @jamiedupree.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
🚨NEWS: 2 new Senate bills of note got a first reading today: S. 5602 - blocks work on the Trump Arch S. 5603 - prohibits the demolition of presidential memorials (like the Kennedy Center) The bills will go on the calendar on Wednesday --> maybe action in the lame duck??
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Josh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Holy shit, this ad! I cannot imagine the impetus for pardoning this guy. But I’m not even sure it matters. Kind of along the lines of that Roger Marshall ad. If you’re explaining you’re losing.
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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 27/09/2026
Google finally updated some of its satellite images of Gaza and my god, it's horrific. The entirety of Rafah has been demolished. The majority of Khan Younis is in ruins. Entire towns completely leveled and erased of the map.
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Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
"RKF took money earmarked to provide health care for Black infants and spent it on his personal security detail" is a ludicrous headline. Comic book villainy.
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Exclusive | RFK Jr.’s Enhanced Security Was Funded With Money From Minority Health Office
The cost of the health secretary’s security grew from roughly $10 million in fiscal year 2025 to $17 million in fiscal year 2026.
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FinTwitter @fintwitter.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
RYANAIR CEO O'LEARY: IF OIL PRICES REMAIN THIS HIGH INTO SUMMER OF 2027, I EXPECT AIRFARES TO RISE BY 10, 15, 20%
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Philip Bump @pbump.com · 23/09/2026
I wrote about how Trump is treating presidential power like it's his own possession and using it to punish blue states — but also about how at least he's promised lots of cash for all of us. www.ctinsider.com/columnist/ar...
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Michael Clark @smintheus.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Will US news media ask Republicans whether they agree w/ high profile Trump supporter Jeremy Kauffman's call to assissinate all elected Democrats in NH? He's the Chair of the NH Libertarian Party, not some random podcaster or nutty influencer of the type Democrats are routinely asked to comment on.
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Social Media Post Calls for Assassinating all Elected NH Democrats  - InDepthNH.org
The X account of the Libertarian Party of NH Tuesday called for assassinating every elected Democrat in New Hampshire.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Susan Collins was at the center of a major bribery probe for steering millions in contracts to a company whose CEO illegally funneled thousands to her campaign. Then Trump took office and gutted the FBI and DOJ units investigating her. Is this what "being moderate" looks like?
propublica.org
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 po
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Michael Warburton @michaelwarburton.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
This aired just the once in 1998 on the live SNL show for which McKay wrote it. It was effectively banned as it never aired again. I wonder why. MEDIA-OPOLY
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 20/09/2026
ProPublica’s analysis of CDC data found that the rate of deaths involving ectopic pregnancies has nearly doubled. The spike alarmed many experts. One said it should “be a never event.”
propublica.org
Ectopic Pregnancy Deaths Have Nearly Doubled. It’s Worse in States With Abortion Bans.
With prompt and appropriate medical care, experts say, people shouldn’t die from an ectopic pregnancy. Women in Texas and Oklahoma have sued over delays in care, which, coupled with our new analysis, ...
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Dean Obeidallah @deanobeidallah.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Trump tries to distract from Bombshell Report that more US Troop Deaths in Iran War Than Pentagon told us by suddenly banning MSNOW, CNN & Politico from White House. Corporate media of course takes bait. Americans died because of Trump's war and they covered it up! www.mediaite.com/media/news/n...
mediaite.com
NEW: Bombshell Report Reveals More US Troop Deaths Amid Iran War Than Pentagon Claims
The Washington Post revealed on Friday that more American service members have died during the ongoing war with Iran than was publicly disclosed by Pete Hegseth’s Department of Defense. The bombshell ...
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Laura @lauraapollo.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Hands Around the Kennedy Center - Action Network share.google/f5Txy58ii19s...
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Hands Around the Kennedy Center
Details to come.
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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Chuck Grassley turned 93 today. He's pretty marginally sentient. And he's 3rd in succession to the presidency.
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Milhouse the 25th @milhouse25.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
This is crazy. $4billion in equipment lost. 60 aircraft lost. Against a weak regional power? Hegseth should be gone yesterday.
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OSINTRadar @osintradar.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
NATO forces reportedly disrupted covert Russian submarine “exercises” near the Svalbard archipelago. According to reports, submarines belonging to Russia’s Main Directorate for Deep-Sea Research were covertly conducting exercises to test methods of remotely damaging underwater cables.
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Adam Steinert @amski.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
As David Rothkopf has said, if all the astronomers said there was an asteroid heading for the planet Earth and the likelihood that it'd destroy the planet Earth was greater than 10%, that's all we would be talking about
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Eric Umansky @ericumansky.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
“Generosity doesn’t automatically come with an agenda. And sometimes a wedding gift is simply a wedding gift.” -Bettina Anderson, Don Jr’s wife. This is the guy who was simply generous 👇🏻 www.propublica.org/article/dona...
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UNITED24 Media @united24media.com · 11/09/2026
⚡️ 500,000 Russian troops killed for just 2% territorial gain since 2023, UK Intel says.
united24media.com
500,000 Russian Troops Killed for 2% Territorial Gain Since 2023, UK Intel Says
Russia’s armed forces lost 500,000 troops for minimal advances, with Ukraine’s General Staff estimating total losses at 1.5 million in historic context.
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Mark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
On Sept. 10, 2026, Trump led his followers in a public pledge to "cheat like hell" in the midterms. The New York Times didn't put that fact in a headline, instead sticking it in the 3rd paragraph of a story on Page 22 of its print edition.
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Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Transparently bullshit political talking points have real-world consequences www.the-express.com/news/us-news...
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Widow of Epic Fury airman denied death benefits as Iran conflict is 'not a war'
The widow of an Alabama airman has revealed she and her children are not eligible for some benefits because the Iran war has not officially been declared a war
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Headquarters @headquartersnews.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Fox News complains that underage teenage girls aren’t getting pregnant enough: “The problem is teens and young adults. From ages 15-19, the fertility rate is down 70% in the last 2 decades, which means we are telling people who are young not to have babies.”
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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
spoke briefly about the weapons and tactical assistance that Russia was furnishing to Iran to help ward off US attacks. But wait, Trump told us that Putin had assured him that Russia would be keeping out of the Gulf War!
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Best for Britain @bestforbritain.org · 01/09/2026
This is horrifying. On 6th September, the AfD could gain an absolute majority in Saxony-Anhalt's regional parliament. It would be the first time since 1945 that a party of the radical right has controlled a German state.
thetimes.com
Segregated schools and deportations: the AfD’s plan for power
Victory in Saxony-Anhalt would be the first time since 1945 that a radical right party has governed a German state. Loca
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Floodlight @floodlightnews.org · 27/08/2026
NEW: Thermal drone footage shows the Microsoft-backed DataOne AI data center in Vineland, NJ is running dozens of gas generators. None of them have permits. A Floodlight visual investigation with @us.theguardian.com:
floodlightnews.org
One of East Coast’s largest data centers accused of ‘violating federal law’
Thermal drone footage shows DataOne — the Microsoft-backed AI data center in Vineland — is powering its operations with dozens of unpermitted generators
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Ian Weissman, DO @drianweissman.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Two workers at Germany’s Frankfurt airport who caught malaria from a mosquito thought to have arrived on a plane have died. www.ctvnews.ca/world/articl...
ctvnews.ca
Two German airport workers die of malaria from mosquito on plane
According to the RKI, Germany’s last outbreak of airport-based malaria was in 2023. The rarity of the condition means diagnosis can be delayed, increasing the chances of severe symptoms.
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Sumita Pahwa @sumitapahwa.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
This makes me wonder - why don't public university libraries allow state residents to use their databases?
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DCkiq 🐏 𝙍𝙀𝘿 🔞 (Restructuring) @dckiqred.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
It's so funny to me that genAI realistically has so little consumer value that tech CEOs resort to predatory practices to do anything with it, sell it to each other to inflate its value to shareholders, and become triggered snowflakes when their slop is tagged as AI.
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Ida B Wells' Winchester Rifle @dytsras.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
"The team found that the greater the proportion of enslaved people in a county in 1860, the bigger the mortality gap between Black & white people in the 2010s, even after controlling for common factors tied to health inequalities, such as rurality or pop. density" www.science.org/content/arti...
science.org
Slavery linked to mortality gap between Black and white Americans today
New study is among the first to quantify and explain slavery’s influence in contemporary U.S. health disparities
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Jen Taub @jentaub.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
“A single-payer universal health care system could cover every American, save more than 100,000 lives a year, and still cost $1 trillion less than the system it would replace, according to a new preprint study led by researchers at the Yale School of Public Health.” ysph.yale.edu/news-article...
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Universal Health Coverage Could Save $1 Trillion and 114,000 Lives Every Year, Yale Study Projects
A single-payer universal health care system could cover every American, save more than 100,000 lives a year, and still cost $1 trillion less than the system it
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Guardian US @us.theguardian.com · 17/08/2026
USS Benfold lost power after ‘engineering casualty’ leaving sailors without galley services, toilets and air conditioning
theguardian.com
US Navy destroyer adrift in South China Sea for four days after losing power
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 15/08/2026
Listen to Commander Adama.
"There's a reason you separate military and the police. One fights the enemies of the state, the other serves and protects the people. When the military becomes both, then the enemies of the state tend to become the people."
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Adam Rose @adamrose.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
HELP ME FIND EVIDENCE! Looking for photo/video of federal agents pepper spraying press or protesters AT HEAD OR FACE from close range. Especially MK9 (big 18oz cans below) from under 6 feet away, or smaller canisters (~3oz) from under 3 feet. Ideally in LA post-June 2025, but anywhere/time helps.
PHOTO COURTESY KAYJEL MAIRENA via US Press Freedom Tracker: https://pressfreedomtracker.us/all-incidents/photojournalist-hit-with-chemical-irritant-pepper-sprayed-at-la-protest/PHOTO COURTESY JOSE MEJIA via US Press Freedom Tracker:
https://pressfreedomtracker.us/all-incidents/photojournalist-pepper-sprayed-by-dhs-officer-at-la-immigration-protest/
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Judd Legum @juddlegum.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
2. These publications, run through the Senate Republican dark money group One Nation, purport to be “independent” but are in fact fully controlled GOP propaganda outlets.
popular.info
Senate Republicans launch network of fake news sites
One Nation, the Senate GOP's primary dark money group, is producing propaganda masquerading as journalism.
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