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Jasmine @jma137.bsky.social · 10/12/2025
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The Conservative Overhaul of the University of Texas Is Underway
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Jasmine @jma137.bsky.social · 08/12/2025
www.npr.org/sections/sho... So basically we’ll just live in a society where the price of healthcare will just rise until someone would rather die than pay for treatment.
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Republicans push high deductible plans and health savings accounts
A Republican call to give Americans cash instead of health insurance subsidies revives an old idea that has left millions with medical debt.
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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 06/12/2025
The Nobel Prize committee should announce the World Cup winner tomorrow
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Jasmine @jma137.bsky.social · 01/12/2025
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Top stories in the U.S. and world news, politics, health, science, business, music, arts and culture. Nonprofit journalism with a mission. This is NPR.
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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 30/11/2025
Lol, Zillow tried to rate the climate risks facing individual properties. The real estate industry *hated* it, precisely because it worked -- it made selling risky properties more difficult. So they rebelled & Zillow caved. Don't look up!
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Zillow Removes Climate Risk Scores From Home Listings
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Jasmine @jma137.bsky.social · 01/12/2025
I feel like this type of low level reprioritization is under reported. federalnewsnetwork.com/ses/2025/11/...
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OPM advises agencies to consider reducing senior executive staffing
OPM said reducing allocations for senior-level staffing may be especially important, considering the Trump administration's broader federal workforce cuts.
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Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 28/11/2025
The climate crisis won’t wait and neither will we. With this team, we’ll meet it head-on.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 22/11/2025
Ultra-rich media owners are tightening their grip on democracy. It’s time to wrest our power back www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2…
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Ultra-rich media owners are tightening their grip on democracy. It’s time to wrest our power back | Robert Reich
The Guardian has no billionaire or corporate owner: funded by readers, our fierce independence is guaranteed
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Jasmine @jma137.bsky.social · 20/11/2025
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Trump Accuses Democrats of ‘Sedition’ Over Message to the Military
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Jasmine @jma137.bsky.social · 19/11/2025
😔 www.nytimes.com/2025/11/19/o...
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Opinion | Endless Gossipy Chatter About Epstein. One Glaring Omission.
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Jasmine @jma137.bsky.social · 19/11/2025
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3 massive changes you'll see as the climate careens toward tipping points
Scientists are increasingly concerned that the planet is headed for massive, irreversible changes due to global warming. In some cases, those changes have already begun.
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Jasmine @jma137.bsky.social · 17/11/2025
Anyone who thinks they are in a relationship with a romantic relationship with a chatbot is incapable of romantic relationships period www.nytimes.com/2025/11/17/o...
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Opinion | The Sad and Dangerous Reality Behind ‘Her’
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Jasmine @jma137.bsky.social · 16/11/2025
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Mystery Fuels Unease in Maine Woods: Who Bought Burnt Jacket Mountain?
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Jasmine @jma137.bsky.social · 13/11/2025
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/12/c... In other news…
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Carbon Dioxide Emissions Head for Another Record in 2025
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Jasmine @jma137.bsky.social · 13/11/2025
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Great News: We Got Them to Agree to Their Own Deal
by Eli Grober
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Jasmine @jma137.bsky.social · 11/11/2025
mashable.com/article/elon... Love this. What an insightful woman.
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Joyce Carol Oates owned Elon Musk. Now he’s mad online.
Elon Musk is beefing with Joyce Carol Oates on social media, and it's hilariously strange.
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Jasmine @jma137.bsky.social · 10/11/2025
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A Flood of Green Tech From China Is Upending Global Climate Politics
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Jasmine @jma137.bsky.social · 10/11/2025
I don’t know why anyone takes these pronouncements seriously.
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Jasmine @jma137.bsky.social · 10/11/2025
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Opinion | Now We Know Trump’s Kryptonite
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Senator Bernie Sanders @sanders.senate.gov · 10/11/2025
Tonight was a very bad night.
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Jasmine @jma137.bsky.social · 10/11/2025
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After Jamaica’s Disastrous Storm, Solar Power Is a Bright Spot
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Jasmine @jma137.bsky.social · 09/11/2025
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/07/u... ❤️
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Virginia Teen Narrowly Defeats His Former Civics Teacher in County Election
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Jasmine @jma137.bsky.social · 07/11/2025
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/07/u... This is all so sad. I loved going to the kennedy center, but the people running it now dont even like art. Great art is an expression of humanity and challenges status quo. Joe can you do that with such mean, careless, selfish, people in charge?
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The Kennedy Center Crackup
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Jasmine @jma137.bsky.social · 06/11/2025
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Yeah, He Won, but He Was Up Against a Deeply Flawed Candidate
by Ginny Hogan
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Jasmine @jma137.bsky.social · 30/10/2025
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/29/b... ‘“Your mom,” Steven Cheung, the White House communications director, texted moments later, invoking a well-worn maternal insult that, according to the Urban Dictionary, is the “most versatile dis/comeback ever created in the history of your mom.”’
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When This Reporter Comes Calling, the White House Insults Go Flying
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Jasmine @jma137.bsky.social · 29/10/2025
This morning walking to the metro in DC, a (bald?) eagle snapped up a dead rat from the street right in front of me. I didn’t know we had eagles in the city! All my friends are grossed out by this, but it was actually really cool.
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 28/10/2025
Breaking News: OpenAI, the maker of ChatGPT, has adopted a for-profit structure, allowing it to operate like a more traditional company while it raises the billions of dollars it needs to develop artificial intelligence.
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OpenAI Restructures as For-Profit Company
The artificial intelligence company said that the nonprofit that controlled the organization would receive a $130 billion stake in the new company.
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Jasmine @jma137.bsky.social · 28/10/2025
Why does “efficiency” mean job loss? Can we not imagine a world where efficiency leads to shorter work weeks, increased vacations and job satisfaction, or retraining to better jobs? Now, we ensure our own demise, building the tools and ideas that eventually replace us to enrich the already wealthy.
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Kelly @broadwaybabyto.bsky.social · 27/10/2025
The Walton family (who own Walmart) are worth over $400 billion, yet many of their employees are on SNAP. Bezos is worth over $400 billion, many Amazon employees require SNAP. The people who need help are not the problem. It’s corporate greed. It’s an unwillingness to pay a living wage.
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Joe Patrice @joepatrice.bsky.social · 26/10/2025
A lawyer’s… frank response to the shutdown
Tweet from Bryan Metzger about an IRS lawyer opening a hot dog stand.
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Jasmine @jma137.bsky.social · 24/10/2025
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/23/u... 😡
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White House List of Donors for President Trump’s $300 Million Ballroom
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dylan baker @dylnbkr.bsky.social · 22/10/2025
We're seeing lots of headlines about the catastrophic impact of massive data center expansion. But what else could data centers look like? In my perpetual quest to seek out alternative technofutures, I want to highlight the really cool work of Keolu Fox. 🧵
A worker sorts through a large pile of e-waste in an industrial facility,
highlighting the environmental impact of discarded electronics.
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Dan Garisto @dangaristo.bsky.social · 21/10/2025
Oof.
Few universities have revealed details of their graduate admissions plans for the 2026-2027 academic year. But several grassroots surveys hint that broad cutbacks are in the works across both US institutions and research disciplines.

Levesque and her colleagues surveyed more than 150 US astronomy and physics graduate programmes, and found that at least 33 of the 91 respondents planned to admit fewer or no graduate students for the academic year starting in the second half of 2026.


Meet the early-career scientists planning to leave the United States

Meanwhile, 40 of the 45 biology departments that responded to a separate survey — sent to roughly 80 biology programmes — said that they had already shrunk their anticipated PhD cohorts for the 2026-2027 academic year or planned to do so. Kimberly Cooper, a developmental biologist at the University of California, San Diego, instituted the survey to share information between those responsible for admitting PhD students. “We were having all these conversations about what we do, and making the decisions, all in isolation,” she says. The response was so overwhelming that departmental representatives now meet in a monthly video call to share their experiences.
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 22/10/2025
Elon Musk’s rocket company, SpaceX, settled a lawsuit involving allegations that it had trespassed on and damaged private property on the southern border in Texas owned by the maker of the popular party game Cards Against Humanity, court records show.
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SpaceX, Sued by Cards Against Humanity, Settles Trespassing Case
Cards Against Humanity had accused Elon Musk’s company of squatting on land that it owns near the southern border in Texas.
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Jasmine @jma137.bsky.social · 21/10/2025
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A theory why the internet is going down the toilet
A new book diagnoses a sickness affecting some of America's biggest companies.
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Jasmine @jma137.bsky.social · 21/10/2025
This is not the right response! Yes, the “other side” is doing this too, but that is not an excuse. How shameful. We are better than this. Some States With Democratic Governors Are Posting Partisan Shutdown Messages on Official Websites www.nytimes.com/2025/10/20/u...
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Some States With Democratic Governors Are Posting Partisan Shutdown Messages on Official Websites
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Joshua J. Friedman @joshuajfriedman.com · 20/10/2025
Oh nooooo, Lindsey Halligan, this is not how any of this works (15 screens into a Signal exchange) www.lawfaremedia.org/article/anna...
Screenshot of a text exchange via Signal between Anna Bower and Lindsay Halligan.

Halligan: By the way - everything I ever sent you is off record. You're not a journalist so it's weird saying that but just letting you know.

Bower: I'm sorry, but that's not how this works.
You don't get to say that in retrospect.

Halligan: Yes I do. Off record.

Bower: I am really sorry. I would have been happy to speak with you on an off the record basis had you asked. But you didn't ask, and I still haven't agreed to speak on that basis. Do you have any further comment for the story?

Halligan: It's obvious the whole convo is off record.
There's disappearing messages and it's on signal. What is your story? You never even told me about a story.
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Jasmine @jma137.bsky.social · 21/10/2025
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Balkinization: The Art of Replacing the Law with the Deal
A group blog on constitutional law, theory, and politics
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Jasmine @jma137.bsky.social · 21/10/2025
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/20/u... I am a liberal, atheist, POC, woman, concerned about climate, healthcare, etc. I would even say I’m a pacifist… That said… I don’t “hate the military”! Assuming that your critics hate what you identify with is logically unfounded and perilously divisive.
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Perry Says Democrats ‘Hate the Military,’ Echoing Trump’s Attacks
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Jasmine @jma137.bsky.social · 21/10/2025
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UT Austin professor dismissed from administrative duties for 'ideological differences'
Gov. Greg Abbott said Art Markman was dismissed from his role as senior vice provost for academic affairs for "ideological differences."
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Jasmine @jma137.bsky.social · 20/10/2025
Was just talking to someone at the DC No Kings protest about how boycotting amazon prime does nothing about how reliant we are on AWS. There are not enough options in cloud service providers. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/20/b...
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Amazon Disruption Forces Hundreds of Websites Offline for Hours
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Jasmine @jma137.bsky.social · 20/10/2025
JFC.
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 20/10/2025
A shell prematurely blew up on Saturday during a military event in California. Debris fell onto California Highway Patrol vehicles near a major freeway that had been ordered closed by Gov. Gavin Newsom, who had warned that the plans to fire shells over Interstate 5 could pose hazards for motorists.
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Shell Detonated Over Interstate 5 During Marines Event, California Officials Say
The mishap, during an anniversary celebration for the Marine Corps attended by the vice president and defense secretary, underscores safety concerns that Gov. Gavin Newsom voiced before Saturday’s event at Camp Pendleton.
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Alejandro Alvarez @aletakesphotos.bsky.social · 18/10/2025
Giant copy of the Constitution being carried down Pennsylvania Avenue.
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Jasmine @jma137.bsky.social · 18/10/2025
Beautiful day in DC!
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James Fallows @jfallows.bsky.social · 18/10/2025
I know something about aircraft pricing, and when you "need" to get updated avionics, safety equipment etc. This is grotesquely wasteful, unnecessary, and self-aggrandizing. No Kings. Also, no cosplay Marie Antoinettes. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/18/u...
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Coast Guard Buys Two Private Jets for Noem, Costing $172 Million
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marc konijn @marckonijn.bsky.social · 18/10/2025
In the last 10 years Swiss glaciers lost a quarter of their ice volume The warming is accelerating! From now on, I publish my articles in English as well Free accessible. The only thing I ask is a push on the repost button (the donation button is ❤️) reportersonline.eu/2025-another...
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2025 another disastrous year for glaciers in Switzerland - Reporters Online
The glaciers in the Swiss Alps suffered significant damage again last summer. In the melt season of 2025 a total of 1.4 cubic kilometers of ice has melted – a reduction of 3 percent of Switzerland's t...
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Jasmine @jma137.bsky.social · 18/10/2025
A person in a raccoon costume with the arms out
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 18/10/2025
Two Wikipedia contributors averted a potential tragedy at a conference for the site’s editors on Friday in Manhattan when they jumped in to take down a man with a gun.
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Wikipedia Volunteers Avert Tragedy by Taking Down Gunman at Conference
After the man walked onto the stage at the “Wiki World’s Fair” event and threatened to kill himself, witnesses said, two members of the audience jumped in to stop him.
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NPR @npr.org · 17/10/2025
It's the peak of the fall migration season. This is when bird deaths from window collisions tend to spike, even though simple solutions can prevent this.
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As hundreds of millions of birds head south, the invisible danger is glass
It's the peak of the fall migration season. This is when bird deaths from window collisions tend to spike, even though simple solutions can prevent this.
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