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Codfather #FBPE 🇫🇷🇪🇺 @codfather.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Deep in Scotland's Pentland Firth, a grid scale tidal turbine at the MeyGen site just set a massive milestone: over 6.5 years of continuous operation without a single unplanned maintenance stop. Operating 40 meters underwater in one of the fastest tidal currents on Earth.

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Jason Leopold @jasonleopold.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

HUGE EXCLUSIVE from @bloomberg.com Inside the US ‘Kill Chain’ That Destroyed an Iranian School Pentagon investigators discovered that flawed intel, outdated imagery & overreliance on AI contributed to a missile strike that killed 123 children in Minab 🎁 www.bloomberg.com/graphics/202...

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Inside the US ‘Kill Chain’ That Destroyed an Iranian School

Pentagon investigators have discovered that flawed intelligence, outdated imagery and an overreliance on AI contributed to a missile strike that killed 123 children in Minab.

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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 15/09/2026

NEWS: The Trump administration is preparing a $2.8 billion sale of 40,000 2,000-pound bombs and 20,000 penetrator warheads to Israel, with the weapons to be purchased using U.S. taxpayer dollars through the Foreign Military Financing program

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Elizabeth Spiers @espiers.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

So I was in NYC on 9/11 and my then future husband was in Chicago sleeping through it because 9/11 is his birthday and he’d had an epic bday night out the night before

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Griff "Grza" Sombke @grza.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Remember, the smol bean CEO of Flock was out here last week talking about how we need to turn the temperature down and how everybody's got Flock all wrong, and that that's actually rain on your head... Flock Taught Cops How to Surveil No Kings Protesters www.404media.co/flock-taught...

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Flock Taught Cops How to Surveil No Kings Protesters

A Flock webinar teaches police how to surveil protests, fireworks shows, parades, bike races, and more.

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Sherrod Brown @sherrodbrownoh.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

Jon Husted gave $2.5 billion in out-of-control tax breaks to giant corporations to bring 226 data centers to our state. Now, he’s blaming Ohioans for their higher utility bills.

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Jamie Schler @lifesafeast.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

You know me as a food writer and author specializing in French food & French culinary history…. but I also own & run a 27-room hotel in Chinon, France. In the Loire Valley. The hotel is housed in a beautiful 15th / 18th century limestone and slate building which was constructed in the 1400s 👇

The front of Hotel Diderot in Chinon, France

The original 15th century fireplace and wood beams in the hotel breakfast room.

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Nina Lakhani @ninalakhani.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

'Freedom, dignity, and a future’: Why Gazans are planning a mass mobilization for tomorrow, known as the June 26 movement www.972mag.com/gaza-june-26...

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ariella @agbouskila.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

Well, I've been affected by the Bungie layoffs, and I guess I'm now looking for work. I'm a senior narrative designer on Destiny 2. I'm going to thread a little list of stuff I've done on the game; normally I go out of my way to avoid attention, but today I'd appreciate reposts.

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Gillian Brockell @gillianbrockell.com · 24/06/2026

HEY CHICAGO! The city wants to sell your parking meter company to the same private-equity firm that owns Omni Air International, the worst of the worst of ICE's charter airlines. The city council's finance committee is meeting about it TOMORROW. 1/

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AGENDA OF MATTER TO BE CONSIDERED BY THE COMMITTEE ON FINANCE
THURSDAY, JUNE 25, 2026
11:00 A.M.
CITY HALL - SECOND FLOOR - COUNCIL CHAMBER

SUBJECT MATTER HEARING
1. An ordinance authorizing the approval of the ownership transfer pursuant to the Chicago Metered Parking System Concession Agreement (O2026-0025407)
NO VOTES WILL BE TAKEN

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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 21/06/2026

Roger Waters and Palestinian musician Mona Miari have released a reimagined version of Pink Floyd's Comfortably Numb. This new interpretation introduces Arabic verses, offering a fresh perspective on a classic composition while preserving its signature haunting atmosphere.

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More like I-ACK @mumbly-joe.bsky.social · 28/05/2026

Just want to lay it out here that the "Harambe meme" stuff was kept alive entirely by white supremacists who thought a Swahili name sounded funny and eagerly latched onto any opportunity to use a gorilla to make allusions to Black people

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Anat Shenker-Osorio @anatosaurus.bsky.social · 28/05/2026

All authoritarians run on same story: scapegoating some other & claiming their opposition is for some undeserving "other" that is taking from the "real" patriots. Paxton has principally set upon trans people in this role. There's a clear way to address this & Talarico has chance to show it. /1

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Seth Cotlar @sethcotlar.bsky.social · 27/05/2026

One of the GOP’s most consistently effective electoral strategies has long been to present themselves as the defenders of the country against the threat of “the radical left.” That has always relied on gross exaggeration, but now they’re funding “radical left” figures to protect the country against.

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Mike Hass @ifarmky.bsky.social · 20/05/2026

Robots are such drama queens

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Mike Hass @ifarmky.bsky.social · 20/05/2026

Umm, Prime Minister? There's some guy on the line, says hes RFK, who asks we give him 12 hours to get here and he'll clean everything up

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 20/05/2026

Bezos on CNBC: "You could double the taxes I pay, and it's not gonna help that teacher in Queens. I promise you."

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Mike Hass @ifarmky.bsky.social · 20/05/2026

@govandybeshear.bsky.social Guv please give a listen. This is now tech that doesn't need the subsides and government insurance. Nukes are expensive vaporware.

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Mike Hass @ifarmky.bsky.social · 20/05/2026

Let's make sure the IDF tries to kill the secret replacement like in Iran

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Mike Hass @ifarmky.bsky.social · 20/05/2026

Cassidy Massie Cornyn It's time that the NYT stop giving anonymous Republicans cover and insist they go public with their complaints about Trump. Otherwise we're the ones taking all the risk while they keep stock trading and taking our money

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Paul Duane 🥔 @paulduane.bsky.social · 18/05/2026

For context, the President of Ireland's sister was just this morning kidnapped by an Israeli naval flotilla in international waters. I wonder if it will come up in conversation.

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Mark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 29/12/2024

This got me curious, so data: The Fed's had a formal 2% target since 2012. The current 3-month moving average of deviation from 2% is 0.285. The mean absolute value of the 2012-24 deviation is 1.19. There have only been 24 of 155 (15.5%) months where we've ever been <closer> to target than now.

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Mike Hass @ifarmky.bsky.social · 16/05/2026

So the autopsy found that a Humphrey style supporting genocide cost a lot of votes in the last presidential. I wonder if they project how many votes it'll cost if one doesn't support: Repairing the court, rebuilding the VRA, going after the corruption hard and fast, Taxing scrillionaires Plus

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Mike Hass @ifarmky.bsky.social · 14/05/2026

@maryharris.bsky.social Mary! As someone who listens, it is a podcast after all. Ultra rich people have been crying victim since before Reagan now with the Mangione twist (oh they can't afford security, give me a break). Has any recent taxation or their philanthropy dented their pile? NO

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 13/05/2026

I encourage states to review the text of Fuck You v. Make Me

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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 12/05/2026

Trump has publicly championed the U.S. steel industry, and yet, the White House just secured tens of millions of dollars worth of donated foreign steel for Trump's $400 million ballroom project.

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White House Secures Foreign Steel for Ballroom Project

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Mike Hass @ifarmky.bsky.social · 11/05/2026

Believe me these jokers and their consultants will be able to blame voters for their losses faster than their move to cocktail hour after the VA court decision. LBJ or Byrd had their issues but at least when it came down to a fight, they knew how, who and when to shiv the opposition.

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Mike Hass @ifarmky.bsky.social · 10/05/2026

Part of the potential of the gerrymandering process is that parties can include any data that has a geographic basis using GIS (database/mapping software) and do it fast. So if propensity to vote is a factor and you can tie it to party, census data etc, blamo it can be used to dis/advantage

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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 10/05/2026

For the first time, more Democrats are "certain to vote" this November than Republicans — and it's not even close. Michigan Democrats just proved it with a massive state senate win, holding onto their slim majority. The resistance isn't fading. It's growing.

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Mike Hass @ifarmky.bsky.social · 10/05/2026

This all day long. 4 judges think free and fair election results don't matter, they can enforce their ruling. Dems who believe otherwise can go find a wildness to get lost in www.nytimes.com/2026/05/09/o...

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Opinion | Democrats Who Are Soft on Republicans Have Got to Go

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Mike Hass @ifarmky.bsky.social · 09/05/2026

We can all hope for the best but we know at the first state dinner, the aides will come to the president and say tents for the donors or the ballroom. And they'll spend weeks defending the choice instead of increasing the size of SCOTUS or funding health care again.

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Angry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 09/05/2026

Gas prices: record seasonal high Beef prices: record high Farmers: bankruptcies up 46%, can’t get fertilizer Foreclosure rates: 6 year high Epstein pedos: still being protected MAGA: at least we owns the libs.

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Mike Hass @ifarmky.bsky.social · 09/05/2026

Agree with Jamelle Bouie on this one: any Dem who shrugs at the VA Sup Court ruling is immediately sus Relatedly, any Dem that wants a strong conservative GOP to balance the country (looking at Obama, if that gives you the vapors, get a grip) while people are losing health insurance, SNAP etc can FO

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Abilu Tangwa. @abilutangwa.bsky.social · 07/05/2026

10 Reasons to Love Solar Power 1. Zero CO₂ to run 2.Infinite fuel 3.sunlight 4Cuts air pollution 5.Creates local jobs 6.Low water use 7.Price keeps dropping 8.Powers homes + grids 9. Works off-grid too 10. Energy independence Future-proof tech

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Marci @mjvincente.bsky.social · 03/05/2026

I watched this again tonight. It’s so good. If you haven’t watched it, I highly recommend. It remains relevant; we are still hanging in there. @hcrichardson.bsky.social offers a sense of history, hope, and pragmatism.

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An Evening with Historian Heather Cox Richardson | 2.11.26

YouTube video by Washington National Cathedral

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Mike Hass @ifarmky.bsky.social · 02/05/2026

Exactly everyone who thought five seconds about this since before Obama was president knew that Roberts would find a way. But for some reason Ds could never go down one of the paths that would've head it off bc they're above politics The party whose most consistent voters are black women. Outrageous

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Mike Hass @ifarmky.bsky.social · 28/04/2026

@maryharris.bsky.social thanks for the show today; i told friends they're working really hard to make us into conspiracy theorists. Things like shots fired but no evidence the suspect shot his weapon (it's like saying riots cause fires neglecting to mention tear gas canisters are the source)

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Mike Hass @ifarmky.bsky.social · 27/04/2026

@reblavoie.bsky.social @tobyballnh.bsky.social @kevinpflynn.bsky.social remember when a youthful Ira Glass slammed Car Talk as past it's prime and basically just taking up space? So much for self awareness.... #crimewriterson

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@NewsJennifer (Jennifer Schulze) @newsjennifer.bsky.social · 26/04/2026

Appreciate this detail from CBS News reporter Jennifer Jacobs. It's an important part of the story that seems to be missing from a lot of comments & coverage.

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The shooting happened on the level above the ballroom where the White House Correspondents Association dinner was.
I don't think people hearing about this -- or even those of us in the room -- realized how far from the president, VP and other guests this incident was. It was on another floor, up some stairs and several sets of security away.
Because the Washington Hilton's hotel and other public spaces were open for other functions, the entire building wasn't secured by the Secret Service, just the specific areas where the WHCA dinner was held, law enforcement officials told @CBSNews
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T.J. Stiles @tj-stiles.bsky.social · 26/04/2026

Hear all. Trust nothing.

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Streetsblog NYC @nyc.streetsblog.org · 23/04/2026

Staten Island traffic cameras have caught a white RAM 1500 pickup truck blasting through school zones or running red lights more than 547 times since 2022. The truck belongs to James Giovansanti, who lives and works there as an NYPD officer. nyc.streetsblog.org/2026/04/23/t...

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To Protect And Swerve: NYPD Cop Has 547 Speeding Tickets Yet Remains On The Force - Streetsblog New York City

One of the city’s most-dangerous drivers is an officer with the NYPD, which does nothing to stop his reign of terror on Staten Island.

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Mike Hass @ifarmky.bsky.social · 21/04/2026

Cook will become the new labor secretary

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Mike Hass @ifarmky.bsky.social · 20/04/2026

I'm sure they and others just think of it as financialization of the presidency

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Mike Hass @ifarmky.bsky.social · 20/04/2026

This is classic. Many of us paid significant dollars in tariffs. Small business people had to decide whether to eat them or pass them on; many paid what we all know was an illegal tax. Meanwhile experts are like tough luck suckers. And btw it's ok if Trump keeps his corruption money bc reasons.

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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 19/04/2026

WOW: A stunning new report in the WSJ reveals that military advisers intentionally excluded Donald Trump from the command room during the recent high-stakes operation to extract a downed U.S. airman in Iran, because they feared his erratic behavior could jeopardize the mission. 1/

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