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Greg Powell @grep786.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Missed opportunity from Brooklyn 99 not reference this as Andy Samberg.

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Greg Powell @grep786.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

That’s a dumb rule, should be a legit defensive play.

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Greg Powell @grep786.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

Probably for the best he didn’t end up with Everton for that wish.

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Daniel Radosh @radosh.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Republicans have spent the last year trying to defund Dolly Parton

article about proposed GOP cuts to Imagination Library in Indiana

article about proposed GOP cuts to Imagination Library in Kentucky

article about proposed GOP cuts to Imagination Library in Missouri

iarticle about proposed GOP cuts to Imagination Library in Washington

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Greg Powell @grep786.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

The audacity of creativity

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Greg Powell @grep786.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

Let’s check in on biosafety budgets around the country…

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Greg Powell @grep786.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

Hurling and trains, that's what West Lafayette, Indiana, does.

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Jennifer N. Victor @jenvictor.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

Today, in violations of the rule of law that would be sufficient for impeachment in any other American presidency but aren't in this one because pathological partisan loyalty has rotted the constitutional order:

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tony romm @tonyromm.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

NEW: In a stunning admission, the Trump administration admitted in court documents that it canceled billions in energy grants to states "based solely" on politics -- and whether that state was represented by Democrats and backed Harris in 2024. www.nytimes.com/2026/07/24/b...

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Trump Administration Admits Canceling Grants to States That Did Not Vote for Him

Federal officials said in court documents that they halted billions of dollars in funding for energy projects to states “based solely” on whether they backed President Trump in the 2024 election.

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Greg Powell @grep786.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

An essential piece for contemplation on life in the urban desert. 🏜️

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Greg Powell @grep786.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

This was indeed very beautifully written. Thank you for sharing and expanding my mind.

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Louisa @louisathelast.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

Well, this article is incredibly depressing for cooking enthusiasts. The short version: private equity has, over the last couple of decades, quietly bought up most of the classic brands you’ve heard of and then traded on their names while drastically cutting quality and closing American factories

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Greg Powell @grep786.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

This scene (www.youtube.com/watch?v=R8pfIPazEBc) made high school me think the Navy was the place for me.

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Leah McElrath @leahmcelrath.bsky.social · 27/06/2026

“How much is a magical world worth?” A beautiful thread about Cabo Verde, the Peace Corps, and the World Cup:

Jill Tucker
@jilltucker
X.com
If you ever doubt how magical this world is, one day you will decide to go to a World Cup watch party in Oakland that you found online to root for a country where you spent two years trying to coax English out of the mouths of Cape Verdean teenagers. 1/7
11:42 AM • 6/25/26 • 670K Views

Jill Tucker
@jilltucker
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And at the watch party you will ask the organizer if he's from Cape Verde. He will say yes, from Praia. And you'll say oh! I lived there for two years. I was a teacher. And he will ask, "What's your name?" You will tell him and he will say,
"You were my teacher."
CABO VERDE
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Jill Tucker @jilltucker • 20h
And across 30+ years and 6,000 miles you will hug a now man who tried to find you and remembered the songs you taught him and his classmates and he will apologize for how badly behaved they all were. And you will laugh and try not to cry and gape in wonder at at this crazy world.

Jill Tucker
@jilltucker
X.com
You will remember how much you love the World Cup. And what the Peace Corps meant to you. What those students, 40 to a class with no glass on the windows, meant to you.
11:43 AM • 6/25/26 • 62K Views

Jill Tucker @jilltucker • 20h
Ivan, the grown man with a touch of grey in his beard, will tell you later he has struggled to describe what it meant to him to meet again - that he shared our photo with classmates.
And when he returns from watching the Cabo Verde game, we will try to find the words together.

Jill Tucker @jilltucker • 20h And then you read that the US
House of Representatives will vote a day before that game on an amendment to eliminate the Peace Corps, which costs 1/6 the price of the Tomahawk missiles the US used in the war on Iran.

Jill Tucker @jilltucker •20h And you wonder: How much is a magical world worth?

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Greg Powell @grep786.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

Important, hard-hitting thread on what's been lost with USAID gone.

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Greg Powell @grep786.bsky.social · 13/06/2026

Is it too late to join the Morocco bandwagon? What a goal. What a through ball.

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Greg Powell @grep786.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

I know the Texas Rangers don't move the needle nationally, or even much regionally, but for the diehards, the 2023 WS was something else. 50 years of either nothing or heartbreak (2011), all over after a random, wonderful 3 weeks.

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CIDRAP @cidrap.bsky.social · 09/06/2026

New World screwworm confirmed in dog in New Mexico as Texas reports 3 new cases Infections in US animals rise to 6 amid increasing concerns of further spread. Read more: ow.ly/l6Bo50Z9zEu

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Carl T. Bergstrom @carlbergstrom.com · 06/06/2026

"911, what's your emergency?" "Hello, Police? Yeah, our highest award recipient is at our meeting handing out copies of an article that we published. And uh....we....well....shit, nevermind." (gift link)

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Police Remove Diabetes Experts From Conference for Distributing Critique of Trump Administration

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Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 02/06/2026

The money was always there for the good things.

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Greg Powell @grep786.bsky.social · 31/05/2026

Growing up it definitely felt like A&M must’ve played Oklahoma and Nebraska about a million times.

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Charlotte Clymer @charlotteclymer.bsky.social · 27/05/2026

One thing that won't get enough attention about John Cornyn's loss to Ken Paxton is that, no matter what happens in November, Texas Republicans just willingly gave up seniority in the Senate, one of the most prized currencies in federal politics. Let me explain what I mean... (thread)

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Carl T. Bergstrom @carlbergstrom.com · 25/05/2026

"Please provide a justification for the foreign collaboration." Science.

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Pandemic Center at Brown University’s School of Public Health @pandemiccenter.bsky.social · 18/05/2026

A series of missteps delayed detecting the DRC #Ebola outbreak. Gaps in community containment, lab tests targeted the wrong strain, & samples were mishandled. Dr. @craigspencer.bsky.social notes: "I don't think we have anything close to a real idea of how many cases there are."

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Max Dubler 🏳️‍🌈 @maxdubler.com · 29/04/2026

The millennial craft movement vastly improved American gastronomy and I refuse to let zoomers with no cultural memory of the bland garbage we ate and drank 20 years ago meme me into thinking it is cringe.

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Greg Powell @grep786.bsky.social · 15/04/2026

Allbirds getting out of shoes, into AI, and stock goes up 600%? Huh? www.msn.com/en-us/money/companies/a…

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MSN

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Chris Polansky @chrispolansky.bsky.social · 07/04/2026

"People across my district know he is unfit to lead and are calling for impeachment. While Republicans in the majority have so far failed to uphold their constitutional responsibility to initiate impeachment proceedings, that does not absolve others of their duty." www.ctpublic.org/news/2026-04...

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Rep. John Larson files articles of impeachment against Trump

U.S. Rep. John Larson announced Tuesday that he has introduced articles of impeachment against President Donald Trump, following his escalating threats to end “a whole civilization” if Iran doesn’t co...

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Ed Markey @edmarkey.bsky.social · 07/04/2026

25th amendment. Impeachment. I will support any avenue to remove Donald Trump from office. We cannot leave this man in charge of America’s nuclear weapons as he threatens to end an entire civilization. And Congress must not fund this reckless administration.

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Catherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 04/04/2026

Slaughtering our golden goose: massive budget cuts for US science proposed again by Trump administration www.nature.com/articles/d41...

nature.com

Massive budget cuts for US science proposed again by Trump administration

Budget proposal would also curb federal payments for scientific publishing.

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Greg Powell @grep786.bsky.social · 03/04/2026

Incredibly important work by Las Güeras Aliadas and great writing by @elpais.com elpais.com/us/migracion/2026-04-03/…

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Greg Powell @grep786.bsky.social · 02/04/2026

A reading from the book of LinkedIn.

Soon after he started posting about his search for a church, a young woman slid into his DMs on LinkedIn and told him to check out St. Joseph’s Sunday evening Mass. Shortly after his first visit, he abandoned his search for a spiritual home in New York. He had found it.

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John Bistline @bistline.bsky.social · 01/04/2026

This is my favorite climate change chart. Japanese monks, aristocrats, and emperors kept meticulous records of cherry blossom festivals for 1,200 years and accidentally built the world's longest climate dataset.

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Greg Powell @grep786.bsky.social · 20/03/2026

Tucson has a very college town vibe in parts and would probably claim it’s one.

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Brian Finucane @bcfinucane.bsky.social · 13/03/2026

✋ Former USG war crimes lawyer here. Apropos of SecDef's remarks this morning: Denial of quarter—even the declaration of no quarter—is a war crime. And recognized as such by the US Government. From DoD's Manual for Military Commissions.

(1) The accused declared, ordered, or otherwise indicated that there shall be no survivors
or surrender accepted;
(2) The accused thereby intended to threaten an adversary or to conduct hostilities such
that there would be no survivors or surrender accepted;
(3) It was foreseeable that circumstances would be such that a practicable and reasonable
ability to accept surrender would exist;
(4) The accused was in a position of effective command or control over the subordinate
forces to which the declaration or order was directed; and
(5) The conduct took place in the context of and was associated with hostilities.

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404 Media @404media.co · 10/03/2026

A DOGE staffer assigned to the National Endowment for the Humanities to flag grants for "DEI" tries to explain what "DEI" is. This deposition is part of a lawsuit by the @acls1919.bsky.social, @historians.org and @modernlanguage.bsky.social.

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Krijn Paaijmans @vectorologist.bsky.social · 09/03/2026

Your gift on #SunDevilGiving Day will help support students and the amazing work of the Center for Evolution & Medicine @evmedasu.bsky.social! We have $2k match, which means your support goes twice as far! Check out the really impactful evolutionary medicine work we do at CEM here: evmed.asu.edu

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Noah Snyder-Mackler @smacklab.bsky.social · 09/03/2026

Support the Center for Evolution and Medicine this #SunDevilGiving Day! We have $2k match, which means your support goes twice as far! check out the really impactful evolutionary medicine work we do at CEM (@evmedasu.bsky.social) evmed.asu.edu

Noah with gelada monkeys in the background in the Ethiopian highlands

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Greg Powell @grep786.bsky.social · 09/03/2026

Flu-dy* Gobert (if only it was an influenza virus)

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Greg Powell @grep786.bsky.social · 07/03/2026

A chilaquiles…parlor?? I’m listening.

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Brendan Nyhan @brendannyhan.bsky.social · 05/03/2026

If the government gets to decide if you have them, they're not human rights.

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Greg Powell @grep786.bsky.social · 04/03/2026

Is it geopolitical infrastructure week already?

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Kyle Cheney @kyledcheney.bsky.social · 03/03/2026

'UNIMAGINABLE CRUELTY': Judge Gary Brown, a Trump appointeee from NY, thrashes DHS' treatment of a man who came to the US at 9 as an abuse/neglect victim, has no criminal record and became a college grad. "The laws of decency condemn such villainy." storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

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Greg Powell @grep786.bsky.social · 03/03/2026

It helps being 1,000 miles away, but thanks for yet another reason to not watching any games this year, Rangers.

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Greg Powell @grep786.bsky.social · 02/03/2026

They really make it impossible to be a Rangers fan and not feel like an asshole.

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