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Petty PhD

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We don't die all at once, but slowly, in bits and pieces

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Petty PhD @hardknocklife25.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
Minus the reference to a certain VT Senator this is spot on.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 09/10/2026
Ossoff: "If John Lewis were marching today from Selma to Montgomery, Mike Collins would be grabbing a billy club"
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 08/10/2026
A 5-year-old student at a Florida elementary school died on Wednesday after a 120-pound video display board fell on him in his classroom, the school district said.
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5-Year-Old Dies After Digital Whiteboard Falls in School Classroom
Bellamy Dawkins-Morris died at a hospital after a 120-pound display board fell on him at Riviera Elementary School in Palm Bay, Fla.
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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Ossoff: The money that they took from you when they slashed Medicaid and defunded hospitals and nursing homes—They’re taking that money to buy corrupt, taxpayer-funded political ads on national television to try to promote the failed and broken president…
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CNN @cnn.com · 03/10/2026
The unemployment rate for Black Americans rose from 6% to 7%, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. cnn.it/4hyDJpS
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Jen Bendery @jbendery.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
James Talarico just launched a new ad that directs voters to a “Ken Paxton Corruption Hotline" that knocks Paxton's record + lets you leave a message. 1-844-Whos-Ken. “Legal advice may result in impeachment by your own party." 😂 www.huffpost.com/entry/live-u...
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James Talarico Launches ‘Ken Paxton Corruption Hotline’
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Petty PhD @hardknocklife25.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
This article made me unbelievably angry 🤬 Glad they reported on this so his ass had to be sent to solitary.
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Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
New York AG Letitia James’ office will reportedly probe Cornell University’s handling of gang rape allegations made by a former student
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Letitia James' Office To Review Cornell's Handling Of Rape Allegations: CNN
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 30/09/2026
More than 100 Israeli settlers attacked Palestinians and soldiers in the West Bank on Monday, preventing the Israeli military from enforcing a court order to ensure a Palestinian family that fled violence could return to their home.
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Israeli Settlers Stop Soldiers From Returning Palestinians to Their Home
The Supreme Court had ordered the military to ensure a West Bank family that fled violence could go back. But settlers blocked the effort, with the authorities accused of not doing enough to confront them.
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Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
TMZ reports that Diego Sarabia, one of the Cornell students accused of sexual assault, has been fired from his job at Wells Fargo as prosecutors reopen their investigation
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Cornell Student Diego Sarabia Loses Wells Fargo Job Amid Alleged Sexual Assault Case
Diego Sarabia, one of the Cornell students accused of sexual assault, is suddenly out of a job at Wells Fargo as prosecutors reopen their investigation of the alleged 2024 incident ... TMZ has learned...
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AFP News Agency @en.afp.com · 29/09/2026
Evicted 87-year-old allowed to return to Madrid home she lived in for 70 years. She will not have to pay the 275% rent hike the real estate firm had demanded. Her treatment sparked nationwide protests and piled pressure on the government to resolve Spain's housing crisis u.afp.com/S9WH
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Reuters @reuters.com · 28/09/2026
New York state prosecutors have reopened an investigation into an alleged 2024 gang rape at a Cornell University fraternity house, a district attorney confirmed, after a civil lawsuit filed this month by the alleged victim sparked renewed outrage reut.rs/4ykijE1
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Prosecutors reopen investigation into alleged 2024 gang rape at Cornell University
New York state prosecutors have reopened an investigation into an alleged 2024 gang rape at a Cornell University fraternity house, a district attorney confirmed on Monday, after a civil lawsuit filed ...
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The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 25/09/2026
A Post analysis of immigration court records shows immigration judges have ordered more than 440,000 asylum seekers removed during President Trump’s first 19 months back in office — more than during the previous eight years combined.
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Asylum seekers thought they had a haven in the U.S. Then Trump returned.
More than 440,000 people have been ordered removed since the president returned to office — more than during the previous eight years combined.
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 22/09/2026
NEW: In late 2024, FBI investigators had enough evidence to launch a sweeping bribery probe that could ensnare top lawmakers, including Sen. Susan Collins. Then Trump was reelected and eviscerated the FBI and DOJ teams handling public corruption probes.
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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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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 15/09/2026
I said it at the time (and before!), but I truly believe that American voters electing Donald Trump for a second term in 2024 was the dumbest and most self-harming choice made by an electorate in the history of humanity
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 12/09/2026
Crowds took to the streets of Dublin to protest Trump’s visit to Ireland, with demonstrators invoking Trump’s ties to Epstein and his alliance with Netanyahu.
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CNN @cnn.com · 11/09/2026
Police in Jackson, Mississippi, have arrested a man in the case of Tasia Fortune, the 29-year-old Black woman found hanging from a tree outside an abandoned house last month, following the state medical examiner ruling her death a homicide. cnn.it/4Aazd9x
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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 05/09/2026
You don't have a right to safe drinking water, a US court just ruled. A Trump-appointed judge also said Americans have no “constitutional right to truthful information” during a public health crisis.
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You don't have a right to safe drinking water, US court rules
A Trump-appointed judge also said Americans have no “constitutional right to truthful information” during a public health crisis.
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Petty PhD @hardknocklife25.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
What could possibly go wrong?
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The New Republic @newrepublic.com · 04/09/2026
Flock hosted a webinar on how to use its license plate–tracking cameras. trib.al/npGrFGT
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Leaked Video Shows Flock Taught Cops How to Hunt No Kings Protesters
Flock hosted a webinar on how to use its license plate–tracking cameras.
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Axios @axios.com · 03/09/2026
📉 JUST IN: Widespread AI outage underway as ChatGPT, Claude and Grok are all down
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Widespread AI outage underway
Outages are common, but it's unusual for all three to go down at once.
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Reuters @reuters.com · 02/09/2026
Two Palestinian teens killed in West Bank raid by Israeli settlers and army reut.rs/4zU1fGa
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Two Palestinian teens killed in West Bank raid by Israeli settlers and army
Two Palestinian teenagers were killed on Wednesday in an attack by Israeli settler militants and army troops on ​their village in the occupied West Bank, local ‌officials and the Palestinian health ministry said, amid an uptick in violence by Jewish settlers in the territory.
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Petty PhD @hardknocklife25.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
www.chicagotribune.com/2026/08/31/b...
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Bovino was under internal investigation by Border Patrol when he retired, newly released records show
Former Border Patrol chief Gregory Bovino retired while under internal investigation for his conduct during immigration enforcement operations in Minneapolis and Chicago, records show.
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NBC News @nbcnews.com · 30/08/2026
The cost of living in America has surged in recent years — but so has the cost of dying. Funeral expenses are putting growing pressure on families, with middle- and lower-income households hit hardest.
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Even death is unaffordable in America now
Funeral credit cards, rented caskets, Amazon urns: Here’s how Americans are coping with the rising cost of dying.
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The Daily Beast @thedailybeast.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
Applicants who have hired prostitutes, stolen from employers, or engaged in bestiality may no longer be automatically disqualified from joining the bureau.
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Patel’s FBI Lowers the Bar for Applicants With Checkered Pasts
Applicants who have hired prostitutes, stolen from employers, or engaged in bestiality may no longer be automatically disqualified from joining the bureau.
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 26/08/2026
Breaking News: The FDA approved a first-of-its-kind pill that could substantially extend the lives of patients with pancreatic cancer.
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F.D.A. Approves the Drug Daraxonrasib That’s Poised to Transform Pancreatic Cancer
In a key clinical trial, patients who got the pill, daraxonrasib, lived twice as long as those who got chemotherapy.
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CNN @cnn.com · 26/08/2026
In 2003, legendary musician and philanthropist Dolly Parton spoke with Larry King about the meaning behind her hit “I Will Always Love You” and the moment she remembered hearing Whitney Houston cover it. More on Dolly's life: cnn.it/4grsrmM
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
“By her example, we believed anything was possible… she will always love you.” ❤️ #RIPDolly From the family of Dolly Parton: www.facebook.com/share/v/1P2y...
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NY Times Pitchbot @nytpitchbot.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Republicans hold every statewide office in the battlegrounds of Florida, Ohio, and Texas. With costs surging and wages stagnating, their voters are fed up with both parties.
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CNBC @cnbc.com · 19/08/2026
U.S. government debt passes $40 trillion, more than doubling in a decade
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U.S. government debt passes $40 trillion, more than doubling in a decade
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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 15/08/2026
A ton of money. Privacy. Safe food. These are only a few of the things that Elon Musk and DOGE's nonsense has cost us as a nation.
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Elon Musk’s DOGE promised savings, but it's cost us a fortune
A new report from the Government Accountability Office misses the point entirely.
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NBC News @nbcnews.com · 15/08/2026
Meena and Minal were left as infants at orphanages in India and grew up in different adoptive families in the Netherlands, just a short drive apart. Now, 40 years later, a DNA test has shown that the childhood friends are biological sisters.
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Childhood friends find ‘missing piece’ when DNA test reveals they are sisters
The two girls, who grew up in different adoptive families in the Netherlands 100 miles apart, discovered they were sisters through a DNA test.
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The Associated Press @apnews.com · 12/08/2026
Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers may soon be outfitted with gloves that can deliver painful electric shocks that are intended to gain compliance from combative individuals.
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AP Exclusive: ICE plans to give officers gloves that can deliver painful electric shocks
Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers may soon be outfitted with gloves that can deliver painful electric shocks that are intended to gain compliance from combative individuals.
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Petty PhD @hardknocklife25.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
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5 dead, 4 hospitalized in Louisiana from flesh-eating bacteria outbreak: health officials
A rare bacteria found in warm coastal waters has killed five people in Louisiana so far in 2026, with state health officials warning residents to take notice.
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Petty PhD @hardknocklife25.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
This is part of the messaging Democrats need to use going into November
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
Trump is using the power of the government regulatory state to coerce companies into turning over huge ownership stakes in their businesses to the federal government while calling Democrats communists.
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NBC News @nbcnews.com · 07/08/2026
Retired pastor John Bridges has buried four wives since 1972. Decades later, the deaths of two of those women, Joyce “Mable” Bridges and Astrid Bridges, are being investigated as possible homicides, police in Oregon and Kentucky say.
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Four of this pastor’s wives are dead. Decades later, police are reopening 2 cases.
The 86-year-old man hasn’t been charged, but an Oregon detective said “the evidence right now points heavily” to the former Seventh-day Adventist pastor in one case.
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Petty PhD @hardknocklife25.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
What could go wrong?....
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Atlanta News First @atlantanewsfirst.com · 04/08/2026
Over 1 million Georgia students could lose free school lunch due to federal funding cuts
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Over 1 million Georgia students could lose free school lunch due to federal funding cuts
The budget changes come as students return to classrooms for the new school year, causing immediate financial and emotional anxiety for low-income parents.
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Petty PhD @hardknocklife25.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
Love this
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 30/07/2026
Nobody asked for this
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Adam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 25/07/2026
It is genuinely bizarre that we’ve become acclimatized to right wingers throwing a tantrum every time a black person (particularly a black woman) is cast in something, but are also supposed to pretend that this is not racism but related to some other substantive concern.
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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
BREAKING: Trump just ordered warning signs and exhibits to be installed outside the Smithsonian's National Museum of American History to alert the public that the museum does not, in his view, accurately reflect American history. For the record: It does.
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Trump Orders Warnings Placed at ‘Inaccurate’ Smithsonian History Museum
President Trump said the signage at the National Museum of American History would correct what a disputed White House report described as “extreme political activism.”
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Brett Meiselas @bmeiselas.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
lots of reporters suddenly worried about slipping into communism but strangely f*cking quiet about slipping into fascism
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NBC News @nbcnews.com · 23/07/2026
A Massachusetts doctor who punched a police officer during the attack at the Capitol on Jan. 6 has lost her right to renew her medical license.
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Massachusetts revokes doctor’s right to renew medical license after Jan. 6 attack
Dr. Jacquelyn Starer, who worked at Brigham and Women’s Faulkner Hospital at the time of her arrest, apologized to the police officer she punched at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021.
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Atlanta News First @atlantanewsfirst.com · 21/07/2026
More than 150 arrested in human trafficking crackdown during World Cup in Atlanta, officials say
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More than 150 arrested in human trafficking crackdown during World Cup in Atlanta, officials say
More than 150 people were arrested in a multi-agency law enforcement operation to crack down on human trafficking and child exploitation in metro Atlanta during the FIFA World Cup, federal and state officials announced Tuesday.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
Brought to you by “the party of law and order”
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
".. For travelers who’d prefer to steer clear of the newly rebranded airport, United plans to offer complimentary flight changes to nearby Fort Lauderdale or Miami .." $UAL
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Atlanta News First @atlantanewsfirst.com · 16/07/2026
Amber Alert issued for 13-year-old girl abducted in south Georgia, believed to be in extreme danger
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Amber Alert issued for 13-year-old girl abducted in south Georgia, believed to be in extreme danger
Authorities said a 13-year-old girl is believed to be in extreme danger after being abducted in south Georgia on Thursday morning.
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Prem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
Wow. The ICE shooter in Maine asked his ex-wife to "to lie for him and to cover for his character." She said he was abusive and had previously reported concerns about him to his military superiors. He was also a volunteer firefighter, but was removed after several spats with department leadership.
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ICE agent who killed man in Biddeford identified as former Maine law enforcement officer
An ex-wife told the Press Herald that David Brouillette called her and admitted he was the ICE agent who shot Johan Sebastián Durán Guerrero.
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