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dell cameron @dell.bsky.social · 07/08/2025

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Holly Fletcher @hollyfletcher.bsky.social · 28/07/2025

fascinating and huge study into the origins of stuttering I've been anxiously awaiting this @natgenet.nature.com piece from @piperbelow.bsky.social to publish! news.vumc.org/2025/07/28/l... 🧪🧬 there are clips of the researchers talking about the findings and an animated vid w/study highlights

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Large-scale study uncovers 57 genetic hotspots into stuttering origins

Findings published in Nature Genetics point to 48 genes associated with stuttering and highlight neurological pathways of risk.

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Kylie Robison @kylierobison.com · 21/04/2025

Really excited to share…. I’m joining @wired.com (!) as a senior correspondent covering the business of AI. I start next Monday, based in SF. If you work in AI, lets grab coffee — get in touch with me via Signal @ kylie.01.

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Holly Fletcher @hollyfletcher.bsky.social · 21/04/2025

thinking about joining signal to see if i can get on hegseth's distribution chat. i have a little free time i could use to volunteer toward DoD wargames civic duty, etc

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Bluesky @bsky.app · 21/04/2025

We’re introducing a new layer of verification on Bluesky — a user-friendly, easily recognizable blue check. In addition to account verification issued by Bluesky, we're also introducing Trusted Verifiers. Select independent organizations can verify accounts directly.

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Arkansas Advocate @arkansasadvocate.com · 08/04/2025

Cuts to a U.S. Department of Agriculture grant program that allowed schools and food banks to buy fresh products from local farmers is affecting small farms across the country. Reporting by @stateline.org

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USDA cuts hit small farms as Trump showers billions on big farms • Arkansas Advocate

Anna Pesek saw a federal program supporting local food purchases as much more than a boost to her Iowa pork and poultry farm.

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Joanna Stern @joannastern.bsky.social · 05/04/2025

Trump's tariffs could increase the cost of an iPhone 16 Pro by almost $300. Who pays for it? Us or Apple? And if we moved iPhone manufacturing to the U.S.? Let’s just say… get ready for a bajillion-dollar iPhone. We broke down the bill of materials. www.wsj.com/tech/persona...

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Harry McCracken @harrymccracken.com · 04/04/2025

For this week’s Plugged In newsletter, I wrote about using Replit’s AI Agent to vibecode a new note-taking app called Doolee. It’s slick and full of useful features. And for now, at least, it has an audience of one: me. www.fastcompany.com/91309330/vib...

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How I wrote the notes app of my dreams (no coding required)

The new phenomenon known as vibecoding lets you describe an app and have AI build it to your specifications. The results astounded me.

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News Eye @newseye.bsky.social · 04/04/2025

🚨NEW: NYSE OPENS. DOW DROPS ANOTHER 1000 PTS Winning.

A mosaic of company stock prices with everyone showing red

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Holly Fletcher @hollyfletcher.bsky.social · 03/04/2025

Tennessee governors and biz dev leaders have been on a years-long odyssey to woo foreign investment. Offering incentives, including training programs to cultivate a workforce in some areas. Paused, delayed investment from tariffs could be a blow to both urban and rural areas: 2024 TN ECD data

By-the-numbers page from the 2024 annual report that shows the TN ECD's success in 2024 in bringing foreign companies to the state. 51% rural areas, and 3 projects in 'distressed counties' Haywood and Hardeman. Each have vehemently struggled in recent decades and lost hospitals, jobs, workers.

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Holly Fletcher @hollyfletcher.bsky.social · 03/04/2025

1,000+ foreign companies have invested $47 billion+ in Tennessee and employ >161,900 people, per the TN ECD. Screengrab from TN ECD shows the top countries with direct investment. France's Macron, today, asked French companies to pause investments #TNleg #nashville tnecd.com/advantages/i...

Screenshot from the TN ECD showing the top 10 countries with investments in Tennessee: Japan, Germany, Canada, UK, South Korea, Switzerland, France, Sweden, Italy, Ireland.

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Holly Fletcher @hollyfletcher.bsky.social · 03/04/2025

You wouldn't know tariffs are a thing if you only read #Nashville journalism. NADA on homepages. I checked. HCA - up Bridgestone - down Dollar General - up Oracle - down Tractor Supply - up Writing the reax, forward looking piece article in my head. Once a biz reporter, always a biz reporter

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Michael Derby @michaelsderby.bsky.social · 27/03/2025

Goldman Sachs on current state of Republican policy making: “While we continue to think that personal and corporate tax changes that Congress is likely to pass will modestly boost growth, fiscal policy is unlikely to offset the hit from tariffs this year.”

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Kelly⁷ @skellyton27.bsky.social · 27/03/2025

new pharaoh just dropped.

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darth™️ @darthbluesky.bsky.social · 26/03/2025

hello ok i am awake what did i miss tell me every thing

the classic windows xp wallpaper with your friend darth the red panda, a red panda wearing a darth vader outfit and with blue sky butterfly wings, flying above

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Alexandra Witze @alexwitze.bsky.social · 27/03/2025

We polled Nature readers to ask if they were thinking of leaving the US for jobs abroad. Three-quarters of them (who said they were US-based scientists) said yes. 🧪 www.nature.com/articles/d41...

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75% of US scientists who answered Nature poll consider leaving

More than 1,600 readers answered our poll; many said they were looking for jobs in Europe and Canada.

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Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 26/03/2025

Video of the international student at Tufts being arrested by "federal authorities" in Massachusetts has been released and it's terrifying. They're not even uniformed officers. Just secret police thugs in hoodies and masks. From WCVB: youtu.be/PuFIs7OkzYY

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Kári Tulinius @kattullus.bsky.social · 26/03/2025

Ursula K. Le Guin on the true pain of being a writer

Screenshot of a single question and answer from interview in the Times Literary Supplement with Ursula K. Le Guin. Here is the quote:

If you could make a change to anything you’ve written over the years, what would it be?

In The Dispossessed, I would mention the communal pickle barrels at street corners in the big towns, restocked by whoever in the community has made or kept more pickles than they need. I knew about the free pickles all along, but never could fit them into the book.

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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 25/03/2025

Holy shit: the weirdo running Social Security added administrative burdens to service delivery in Maine after its Governor disagreed with Trump over trans athletes. The idea that public services should be provided consistently and honestly seems beyond them. www.nytimes.com/2025/03/24/u...

In another instance, the Social Security Administration briefly ended a contract that had allowed parents of newborn babies in Maine to sign their children up for a Social Security number at the hospital, instead requiring them to do so in person at an office. Mr. Dudek said he had ordered the move after watching Janet Mills, Maine’s Democratic governor, clash with Mr. Trump at the White House. He quickly reversed that decision, as well as another to end electronic death reporting in the state.

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Edward Russell @byerussell.com · 24/03/2025

A "clock wall” was designed to connect the old Sydney Central Station with the new Metro station, "a snapshot of an earlier technology that once ruled people’s lives."

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In Pictures: Central Station’s hidden clocks

Central Station’s hidden clock tour, a mix of historical and modern clocks.

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Rose 🌹 @rose.bsky.team · 24/03/2025

“In a JGPR study of media and govt officials, nearly 37% reported a ‘Greatly Decreased’ interaction rate on X, while an additional 11.7% noted a general decrease. In contrast, only 5.4% of respondents observed an increase in engagement.” jgpr.net/twitter-surv...

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JGPR STUDY: The Death of Twitter/X for Public Safety and the Rise of other Social Networks -- Insights from a JGPR Survey

RESULTS: As a result of this survey, JGPR is now recommending for the first time that its clients and other government and public safety entities scale back and prepare to sunset its Twitter/X usage.

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Louis M. Cypher @lou-m-cypher.bsky.social · 24/03/2025

Like she really just sounded like this. All the time.

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Freedom of the Press Foundation @freedom.press · 24/03/2025

Make sure you’re inviting the right person to your Signal group! To help confirm someone’s identity and keep track of your contacts, @signal.org offers nicknames and information about the groups you share in common with your contacts. Learn about Signal’s identifiers:

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Understanding every one of Signal’s identifiers

We’ve heard some questions about the difference between Signal usernames, phone numbers, profile names, profiles, and nicknames. Let’s talk about it.

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Virginia Gewin @virginiagewin.bsky.social · 24/03/2025

“We can see with our own eyes how extreme heat and extreme weather are harming people’s health,” said Veena Singla, an adjunct assistant professor at Columbia University’s Mailman School of Public Health.

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NIH Ends Future Funding to Study the Health Effects of Climate Change

It’s unclear whether the guidance will impact active grants, but it appears to halt opportunities for future studies. One climate health expert said the directive would have a “devastating” impact on ...

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Jesse D. Jenkins @jessedjenkins.com · 19/03/2025

Judge bars Trump’s EPA from taking back $20B in climate grants — for now. "The ruling orders EPA and climate change groups to return to court to argue about the fate of the money." www.politico.com/news/2025/03... 🔌💡

politico.com

Judge bars Trump’s EPA from taking back $20B in climate grants — for now

The ruling orders EPA and climate change groups to return to court to argue about the fate of the money.

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Holly Fletcher @hollyfletcher.bsky.social · 19/03/2025

Resale v Retail: "add on the tariffs and the uncertainty of these supply chains that all these retailers are dealing with, and it’s almost flipping that story on its head. Resale is actually in the strongest position it’s ever been in right now.” @thredup.com's Alon Rotem trellis.net/article/tari...

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A silver lining of tariffs: Soaring secondhand apparel sales | Trellis

Resale is the strongest it's ever been, according to the latest annual report from ThredUp, whose chief strategy officer has timely advice for other sustainability minded businesses.

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WIRED @wired.com · 18/03/2025

They're called public records for a reason. Starting today, WIRED will *stop paywalling* articles that are primarily based on public records obtained through the Freedom of Information Act, becoming the first publication to partner with @freedom.press to offer this for our new coverage.

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Wired is dropping paywalls for FOIA-based reporting. Others should follow

As the administration does its best to hide public records from the public, Wired magazine is stepping up to help stem the secrecy

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Neil Lewis, Jr. @neillewisjr.bsky.social · 18/03/2025

👏🏿👏🏿👏🏿

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Mike Bird @birdyword.bsky.social · 16/03/2025

This is really completely insane

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Mike Eliason @holz-bau.bsky.social · 16/03/2025

limiting housing to major roads, arterials, & highways is a massive public health nightmare air & noise pollution are associated w/ increased risk of numerous health issues: lung cancer cardiovascular disease stroke asthma COPD diabetes mental health effects ronpdavis.substack.com/p/mike-elias...

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Mike Eliason on "Corridor" Zoning

A Guest Post

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Mike Eliason @holz-bau.bsky.social · 16/03/2025

you know how i keep harping on the mayor's comp plan limiting density to arterials? this is the filter on a passivhaus over a block off MLK. the dirty one was replaced 24 february. 20 days. the white one is what it looks like brand new. due to road particulates, needs to be changed monthly.

passivhaus HRV filters, clean and 20 days old.

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Science Magazine @science.org · 11/03/2025

Integrating the menstrual cycle into heart-brain research is a crucial step toward advancing sex-specific medicine and improving outcomes for female brain and body health, argues a new #ScienceAdvances Focus. #WomensHealth scim.ag/4bG8Lso

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The monthly rhythm of the brain-heart connection

Integrating the menstrual cycle into heart-brain research is a crucial step toward advancing sex-specific medicine and improving outcomes for female brain and body health.

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Science Magazine @science.org · 11/03/2025

Scientists consider how age at menopause and history of hormone therapy interact with biomarkers of synaptic health (β-amyloid and tau) to contribute to Alzheimer’s disease and dementia in women. #WomensHealth Learn more in #ScienceAdvances: scim.ag/3XJ8H5n

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The interplay between age at menopause and synaptic integrity on Alzheimer’s disease risk in women

Earlier age at menopause exacerbates synapse-related vulnerability to cognitive decline and tau tangles.

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Science Magazine @science.org · 11/03/2025

A special issue on #WomensHealth in #ScienceAdvances highlights a growing wave of research focusing on women’s unique biological and psychological experiences. Learn more: scim.ag/3R59fPe (THREAD 🧵)

Science Advances’ special issue on women’s health highlights a growing wave of research focusing on women’s unique biological and psychological experiences. Articles cover a range of studies from the interplay between menopause and Alzheimer’s risk to the menstrual cycle’s influence on the brain-heart connection. It also describes the opportunities pregnancy provides to research aspects of both physical and mental health. By prioritizing women’s unique physiological and psychological experiences, research can expand the frontiers of knowledge in ways that benefit everyone.

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Eric Budd @ericmbudd.com · 11/03/2025

are we at peak volatility or can it to higher

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Katrina Green, MD FAAEM, FAMWA (she/her) @kgreenmd.bsky.social · 10/03/2025

With all of the bad legislation at the TN state leg, it can be easy to miss good bills. Here's a ray of sunshine: a bipartisan bill to provide period products free to students in TN schools. Read all about the bill, courtesy of AWAKE TN, then call or email your reps and tell them to vote yes! 🦞🦝🦝

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Tennessee lawmakers should ensure every school offers free menstrual products | Opinion

For students from low-income or under-resourced families, periods often mean missing school; 1 in 4 students has stayed home due to lack of access.

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Jessi Grieser @jessgrieser.com · 07/03/2025

Hahahahahaha it is not Congresswoman DeLauro who is out of touch here. I didn't even know there were people out there who hadn't encountered this meme genre yet. Do you even tiktok bro? Hell, even Scott Simon did it on @npr.org soundcloud.com/nprprogrammi...

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GEN Z WROTE THE GIVING TUESDAY SCRIPT

Listen to GEN Z WROTE THE GIVING TUESDAY SCRIPT by NPR Programming #np on #SoundCloud

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Sven-Erik Volberg @volberg.bsky.social · 06/03/2025

Meme in real life

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EmilyTav @emilytav.bsky.social · 05/03/2025

1 reason @wired.com is leading is b/c they have long understood that tech is the infrastructure of *everything* & as a result is *the* invisible lever of power. Control the infrastructure & you control everything. The entire policy establishment (gov, media, academia) is still catching up to this.

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Michelle Rathman Chief Dot Connector @mrbimpact.bsky.social · 05/03/2025

And the winner of the most outrageously absurd, massively uninformed and dangerous goes to…🥁 please Iowa GOP. How will @aafp.org and other primary care organizations respond?

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Holly Fletcher @hollyfletcher.bsky.social · 04/03/2025

“We could have poured our effort into making Canada [and] the U.S. the two richest, most successful, safest, most secure two countries on the planet. Unfortunately, one man, President Trump, has chosen chaos instead.” quite the live blog www.cnbc.com/2025/03/04/t...

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Trump tariffs live updates: White House threatens even more tariffs on Canada as trade war escalates

Starting Tuesday, 25% tariffs on two U.S. neighbors — Canada and Mexico — will go into effect as Trump escalated another global trade war.

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Holly Fletcher @hollyfletcher.bsky.social · 04/03/2025

“As a result of Congress being incapable of passing meaningful reforms, the office of the presidency has expanded to the fullest extent possible. The executive branch has taken up basically all of the air in the room.” www.theverge.com/tech/607947/...

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Donald Trump’s tariffs, explained

What to know about Trump’s sweeping tariffs.

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Claudia Koerner @claudiakoerner.bsky.social · 03/03/2025

can't believe it's 2025 and i'm stressed about tariffs and measles, like am i a character in an american girl book

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Eric Budd @ericmbudd.com · 04/03/2025

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Holly Fletcher @hollyfletcher.bsky.social · 04/03/2025

Sometimes you start the day with @wired.com, sometimes the @economist.com. Today it's @cnbc.com to see the stocks drop hello tariffs, hello consumer tax.

screenshot of cnbc @ 853am CT showing drops in the Dow, S&P, Nasdaq and Russell

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Holly Fletcher @hollyfletcher.bsky.social · 04/03/2025

“Over time, [tariffs] are a tax on goods. I mean, the tooth fairy doesn’t pay ’em!” the 94-year-old Warren Buffett said with a laugh. “And then what? You always have to ask that question in economics. You always say, ‘And then what?’” www.cnbc.com/2025/03/04/t... @cnbc.com

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Trump tariffs live updates: Mexico president says retaliatory tariffs coming Sunday

Starting Tuesday, 25% tariffs on two U.S. neighbors — Canada and Mexico — will go into effect as Trump escalated another global trade war.

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Matt Peterson @mattpeterson.bsky.social · 04/03/2025

Reminder: The amount of fentanyl seized at the northern border in the most recent month was 0.03 pounds, according to US Customs and Border Patrol data. That's about a dozen jelly beans. www.cbp.gov/newsroom/sta...

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Drug Seizure Statistics

Securing America's Borders

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