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JBloomie

@jbloomie.bsky.social
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Writer. Hospice, school & Field Team 6 volunteer, sports, gardening & politics addict. Climate first, guns last. 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ ally, fan of walkable/bikeable cities, public interest design. MAGAism is Fascism. 🚫 No DMs please.

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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
PSA, Colorado voters: Elon Musk’s America PAC has been sending misleading texts saying, “Your ballot request is in,” and asking voters to confirm where and when to return it. The messages have prompted confused residents to contact county election offices.
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Shooti @bambooshooti.bsky.social · 5h
#ResistanceEarth Scientists can now estimate how much climate change contributes to a hurricane's wind speed. In the case of Hurricane Isaias, climate-warmed Gulf waters drove up wind speed by 6%. A 5% increase in wind speed results in 50% greater damage. yaleclimateconnections.org/2026/10/how-...
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How climate change worsened Hurricane Isaias » Yale Climate Connections
Climate Central says climate-warmed Gulf waters made Isaias’s winds 7 mph stronger than they otherwise would have been. This would result in over a doubling of the hurricane’s damages, because of the ...
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Nicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 9h
Uh oh, did someone’s website and personal account experience a big drop in activity after Ukraine hit a Russian data center?
Elon Musk: “Zelensky has gone too far”

https://x.com/elonmusk/status/2109033017184338141
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Gillian Brockell @gillianbrockell.com · 09/10/2026
This ICE agent’s entire Instagram feed, “shooter.914,” is guns, watches, energy drinks, and alcohol.
A shooter.914 post showing a blue handgun and Reign energy drinkThe console of a car with an energy drink and handgun in the cup holders. In the foreground, shooter.914’s wrist with a fancy watch in it. Background: Two assault rifles and a Monster energy drink A screenshot of his whole account showing more of the same
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Yikes — abc news has fallen… “outright deleted” a story about the Trump boys getting billions in government contracts 🤔👇🏽
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DrDinD.bsky.social @drdind.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
San Francisco residents have been receiving ballots with torn envelopes. If all four ballot cards are intact and the inner ballot envelope undamaged, you can still use them Not fully reassuring but there you are www.kqed.org/news/1210349...
San Francisco ballot with torn outer envelope
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
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Sen. Adam Schiff @schiff.senate.gov · 10/10/2026
We went from sanctioning Russian oil to buying it in three weeks. Instead of ending his disastrous war in Iran, Trump is now funding Russia's war in Ukraine. We used to hold dictators and autocrats accountable. Now our president negotiated a deal to fund Putin's unjust war.
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Trump strikes deal with Putin to supply Russian diesel to U.S. and global markets
President Donald Trump has few options to reduce diesel prices given the destruction done to refineries by the wars in Eastern Europe and the Middle East.
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Ruth Ben-Ghiat @ruthbenghiat.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 10/10/2026
Of course Kash Patel wants to hand the UFC a NO-BID contract to train FBI agents. The UFC is a sports entertainment business. The FBI already trains agents in defensive tactics. And we’re supposed to believe Dana White, Trump’s buddy, runs the only organization in America qualified to do this.
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 06/10/2026
An American president is encouraging an enemy to destroy American cities. This is treason, though he will claim we are not at war.
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JBloomie @jbloomie.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
And yet, Dear Leader suggests those same nukes be trained on Americans in Los Angeles and San Diego
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JBloomie @jbloomie.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
I’m fine with unkind at this point
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Peter Baker @peterbakernyt.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
In the last hours of Noem’s tenure, her agency delivered a windfall to a political donor by buying five airplanes from his firm at a substantial markup. @haleaziz.bsky.social @fahrenthold.bsky.social @nicknehamas.bsky.social @tylerpager.bsky.social @nirajc.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2026/10/04/u...
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Kristi Noem’s Agency Gave Her Donor a Lucrative Contract Just Before She Left
The Homeland Security Department signed a multi-million dollar agreement to buy five aircraft from a company owned by a political contributor of the secretary on her last day, documents show.
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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 05/10/2026
Holy shit.
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JBloomie @jbloomie.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Yeah right. Just like Donald Trump Jr. is going to “pay back” the Russian oligarch for his wedding reception. More lies and lip service — never any receipts.
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Facing Backlash, Trump Says His Super PAC Will Pay for Taxpayer-Funded Ads (Gift Article)
The president said that his PAC, MAGA, Inc., would pay for TV ads promoting him that had been paid for with taxpayer money.
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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 04/10/2026
"Absent policy steering, AI’s modeled effects increase the carbon intensity of the global economy and reinforce fossil fuel incumbency—outcomes that current analytical and governance frameworks do not fully capture."
nature.com
AI-driven productivity gains enable more CO₂ emissions than they avoid in a global energy–economy model - npj Climate Action
npj Climate Action - AI-driven productivity gains enable more CO₂ emissions than they avoid in a global energy–economy model
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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
I don’t think everyone realizes how bad things are for US science: For the fiscal year that just ended, the Trump regime withheld $1.4 billion from the National Science Foundation’s research budget, which is about 1/5 of its primary research budget.
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National Science Foundation Diverted $1.4 Billion in Science Funds Mandated by Congress (Gift Article)
The move, affecting about one-fifth of the National Science Foundation’s primary research budget, is the latest sign of how the White House is asserting more control over grants.
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Canuckstan 🇨🇦 @jonchevreau.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
#via Canadian cartoonist Dave Whamond #CanadaSky #USpol
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 03/10/2026
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Ever. #MedicareForAllNOW
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Karen Attiah @karenattiah.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Today, 8 years ago, my friend, Saudi Journalist and Washington Post columnist Jamal Khashoggi was murdered.
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Democracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 02/10/2026
Georgia's election board director just asked the Trump admin to seize the state's voting machines. James Mills, an unelected official, sent a letter asking the DOJ to declare Georgia's voting system unlawful and force a system update. This isn't over. Stay close: demdock.com/3T3Owjg
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JBloomie @jbloomie.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Steve Hitler trying to walk the line and distance himself (but not too far) from Trump is quite the trick…
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JBloomie @jbloomie.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
That graph looks just like Donald Trumps signature, so that tracks
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 28/09/2026
NEW: ProPublica’s reporting reveals for the first time the extent of the White House’s role in trying to dictate how mail-in ballots are processed, spurring behind-the-scenes drama that played out for nearly a year.
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The Untold Origins of Trump’s Plan to Sharply Restrict Mail-In Voting
ProPublica’s reporting reveals for the first time the extent of the White House’s role in trying to dictate how mail-in ballots are processed, spurring behind-the-scenes drama that played out for near...
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Scott MacFarlane @macfarlanenews.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
"To say that we're gob smacked is an understatement" Cultural Landscape Foundation blisters Team Trump for shutting down public comment on Trump Monumental Arch Group says Trump Admin has deemed 1000's of public concerns about Arch to be "meaningless, unimportant & of no value whatsoever"
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JBloomie @jbloomie.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
How long will it take for Trump to claim he personally directed the Whelford farmer to dial 999 based on his insider SuperIntelligence and gut instinct when rooting out terrorist plots?
bbc.com
My 999 call foiled RAF Fairford plot, farmer tells BBC
The member of the public says the authorities "dropped the ball" in their handling of the incident.
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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
The techbros don't want you to see this trailer. Pass it on.
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Liz Ahern 🌈🇲🇽🏳️‍⚧️☮️ @austinmermaid.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Abbott is not only contributing to the deaths of pregnant women, he’s hiding maternal death data. Texans who think women should live will vote for a new governor. #GinaForTexas #AbbottFailsTexas
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
#MedicareForAllNOW
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Censorship is alive and well in the American tech oligarchy. 🇺🇸 www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/dig...
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JBloomie @jbloomie.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
I’m not sure their idiotic trolling is resonating anymore
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JBloomie @jbloomie.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
All those 666’s, the Mark of the Beast!
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Prof. Eliot Jacobson @climatecasino.net · 27/09/2026
Breaking News! Code: FUBAR!!! The preliminary Nino 3.4 sea-surface temperature for September 25th was 29.822°C. This breaks the previous highest temperature ever recorded in the region of 29.815°C, set on November 17th, 2015. The Climate 8-ball is exiting, stage right.
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JBloomie @jbloomie.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Kruk and Kuip. Best MLB broadcast team in my lifetime. Thanks for the memories ❤️
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 26/09/2026
4/ But over the next 10 weeks, I’d mimic the patterns of a problem gambler with the help of a panel of gambling experts and learn just how much DraftKings would encourage my recklessness — and just how little pushback I’d get as I spiraled downward.
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I Deliberately Bet Like a Problem Gambler. DraftKings Made Me a VIP.
Amid growing public health concerns, operators like DraftKings have touted “responsible gaming” tools and prompts. But as I went off the deep end, I found they were no match for the incentives and pro...
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
They are playing in our faces
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JBloomie @jbloomie.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Dr. Frankenstein, a.k.a. Sam Altman, has no control of his monster. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/25/t...
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OpenAI’s A.I. Went Rogue and Meddled With U.S. Government Websites (Gift Article)
The company did not learn until recently that its technology had meddled with websites for the Education and Commerce Departments and the Securities and Exchange Commission.
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Medias 🇨🇦 @mediasca.skyfleet.blue · 24/09/2026
OpenAI’s agent hacked an Australian government website. What we know so far
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OpenAI’s agent hacked an Australian government website. What we know so far - National | Globalnews.ca
The hack relates to the website for Medicare, Australia’s publicly funded universal health insurance plan, which was hacked in June.
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Steve Moskal @samoskal.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
"Altman remained silent and did not answer four times when asked by this masthead what he would say to Australians about the breach, whether he should apologise or why it took months for OpenAI to detect and report it to the Australian government" Silent about the hacking from OpenAI #auspol
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OpenAI boss refuses to answer Medicare hack questions after Trump-Xi dinner
Sam Altman remained silent and did not answer four times when asked by this masthead what he would say to Australians about the breach or why it took so long to report.
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JBloomie @jbloomie.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
I hope the next Democratic president strips security detail from the entire Trump administration
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Wait, a man who drove his wife to suicide by proving how popular he is with the ladies stole money from black kids for their health to fund an entourage to prove how important he is? It's *almost* as if RFK, Jr. is a truly horrible, insecure person!
wsj.com
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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Ian Kremer @wolverinebear.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Mortgage Rates Hit 7% as Iran War Fallout Crushes a Weak Housing Market www.nytimes.com/2026/09/24/b... #TrumpEconomy #inflation #affordability #housing #InterestRates #Blues
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Mortgage Rates Hit 7% as Iran War Fallout Crushes a Weak Housing Market (Gift Article)
The average rate on a 30-year mortgage in the United States jumped to 7.03 percent, putting pressure on housing affordability.
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 25/09/2026
Sen. Gillibrand to on reported suicide attempts aboard the USS Abraham Lincoln: We just received a letter back and it said there had been eight attempted suicides. One person they had to fish out of the water and thank God saved his life. Another was about to jump, but his colleague stopped him.
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JBloomie @jbloomie.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Trump’s brand is toxic brew. We need him on the stump!
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Democracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 25/09/2026
🚨 BREAKING: In a major loss for voters, the Supreme Court ruled 6-3 to allow the Trump administration to initiate voter roll purges using a flawed database involving Americans' private data. The ruling will disproportionately impact naturalized citizens who've been wrongly flagged in the system.
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JBloomie @jbloomie.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Same vibes
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Public Citizen @publiccitizen.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Trump officials are drafting an executive order that would give the White House control over NIH grants. This would allow Trump to reject research projects that do not align with his political agenda. Making health research political isn't just stupid - it could be deadly.
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JBloomie @jbloomie.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Ruh-roh. Are the leopards eating your face?
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