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Ben Carlson @bencarlson007.bsky.social · 12/05/2026
It's publication day for my new book! Risk & Reward is now available Tons of my favorite charts, stories and anecdotes I read the audio version of the book myself I had a lot of fun writing this I think it's the best thing I've ever written
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The Onion @theonion.com · 06/05/2026
“This is gonna sound crazy, but I swear to God, I keep seeing a green dancing bear on the field,” said Adolis García
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Terrified Adolis García Wondering If Anyone Else Can See Phillie Phanatic
PHILADELPHIA—Attempting to remain calm while the massive green creature gyrated on top of the dugout, a terrified Adolis García reportedly asked teammates Tuesday if anyone else could see the Phillie ...
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Barbara J. King @bjking.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
On the perceived valuelessness of possums in New Zealand- written with a vision of animals' wellbeing at the fore, by Emily Major of @panworks.bsky.social. #nature #wildlife #possum #ethics #NewZealand
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Barbara J. King @bjking.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
Infuriated. 'Administration directs national recreation areas, seashores, wildlife refuges, other public lands to lift dozens of restrictions on hunting, trapping.' Curecanti Nat'l Rec Area, Colorado, e.g., no longer a prohibition on firing weapons from, toward or across trails. #publiclands #nature
nytimes.com
Trump Administration Orders Rapid End to Some Hunting Rules on Federal Lands
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Ben Carlson @bencarlson007.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
A survey shows 40% of ppl making $500k or more live paycheck-to-paycheck How is this possible? 1. Social media makes rich ppl not feel rich 2. Surveys are more unreliable (watch what ppl do not what they say) 3. The pandemic broke sentiment readings awealthofcommonsense.com/2026/05/half...
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 30/04/2026
Kolanovic.
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Matthew Budman, book guy @matthewbudman.bsky.social · 30/04/2026
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Trump Truth Social post 4/17/26:

Now that the Hormuz Strait situation is over, I received a call from NATO asking if we would need some help. I  TOLD THEM TO STAY AWAY, UNLESS THEY JUST WANT TO LOAD UP THEIR SHIPS WITH OIL. They were useless when needed, a Paper Tiger! President DJT
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lukelukeluke @lukelukeluke.bsky.social · 09/11/2025
Breaking news: scientists discovered that we’ve actually run out of numbers. “We’re fucked” said one mathematician
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Barbara J. King @bjking.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
In new study, 'modern dog breeds, dingoes, village dogs and Late Neolithic dogs had a 32% smaller brain than ancient and modern wolves.' #dogs #wolves #evolution #dogdomestication
theguardian.com
Dogs’ brains began to shrink at least 5,000 years ago, study finds
Research offers insights into domestication of dogs but it remains unclear why they ended up with smaller brains than wolves
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Nathan Goldwag @goldwagnathan.bsky.social · 22/04/2026
They think you're stupid.
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Ari Berman @ariberman.bsky.social · 22/04/2026
So much false equivalence in media on gerrymandering in Texas vs California & Virginia. California and Virginia maps approved by the voters. That's a huge difference not enough people pointing out
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Steve Liesman @steveliesman.bsky.social · 20/04/2026
Don't understand how traders trade these market with all the misinformation, much of it coming from the White House, let alone Iran. Also don't understand the lack of outrage about apparent insider trading ahead of the President's pronouncements. How are the exchanges themselves not investigating?
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Jonathan Haidt @jonathanhaidt.bsky.social · 18/04/2026
Grateful to TED for having me at this year's conference in Vancouver. I met with thought leaders from tech, education, and the arts. An intellectual paradise! I'll post the talk as soon as it's live.
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Kenny Mayne @kennymayne.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
While we’re at it…..a year ago the trump admin tried to erase Jackie Robinson’s military accomplishments. The Dodgers response was to go to the white house where kershaw enthusiastically presented trump a jersey.
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Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 14/04/2026
I think this is correct. Congress gave Trump the personalist, violent paramilitary force he's always wanted, but without the statutory hurdles, internal accountability, resistance from the courts, and institutional pushback that would come with deploying the actual military.
thehill.com
The Posse Comitatus workaround: ICE expands into domestic policing
Congress gave ICE a $75 billion budget with few strings attached, allowing it to operate beyond its intended scope and bypass traditional checks on power, raising constitutional concerns.
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Mike Silver @mikesilver.bsky.social · 13/04/2026
Like Colin Kaepernick, former Vikings punter Chris Kluwe sacrificed his NFL career to stand up for his values. Now he's running for a California assembly seat. My story, with quotes from @robertgarcia.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/athletic/714...
nytimes.com
Former NFL punter Chris Kluwe is ready to turn his activism into a political career
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CBS News @cbsnews.com · 11/04/2026
Pope Leo XIV offered his strongest condemnation yet of the war in Iran, appearing to take multiple veiled shots at President Trump.
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Pope Leo criticizes "idolatry of self" in latest rebuke of Iran conflict: "Enough with war!"
Pope Leo XIV offered his strongest condemnation yet of the war in Iran on Saturday, appearing to take multiple veiled shots at President Trump.
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 09/04/2026
Approaching the one-year anniversary this weekend: @atrupar.com
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Barbara J. King @bjking.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
'Researchers observed over 150 dogs and found that more than 70% of kennel dogs and 80% of dogs in homes exhibited fewer anxiety symptoms after listening to predominantly piano music.' Article from last year, just discovered, includes observations on cats too. #dogs #cats #music #musictherapy
bbc.com
Does music make animals calmer?
You can find many different music playlists for dogs and cats online. Do they actually help animals relax?
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Barbara J. King @bjking.bsky.social · 06/04/2026
'Conservation, for Dominique Bikaba, the founder and executive director of Strong Roots Congo, has always been entwined with memory, dispossession and survival.' #gorillas #conservation #nature #anthropology
theguardian.com
‘I escaped death a lot of times’: one man’s lifelong work protecting gorillas and communities in Congo
As a child, Dominique Bikaba, was displaced by a new national park in the DRC. Now he is helping to secure land for wildlife and Indigenous groups against the backdrop of ongoing fighting
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Me @BazzaCC @bazzacc.bsky.social · 02/04/2026
She's a great cartoonist
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 02/04/2026
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Barbara J. King @bjking.bsky.social · 01/04/2026
Cheering on Mexico [and sorry for photo]-'If successful, the proposed legislation would prohibit farming of any cephalopod species'. We badly need US federal law of similar nature. Grateful to US guvs taking the lead at state level. #octopus #banoctopusfarming #cephalopods #plantbased #animalrights
plantbasednews.org
Mexico Introduces Bill To Ban Octopus Farming Due To High Mortality Rates And Cannibalism
Mexico has introduced a new bill to ban octopus farming after the Sisal farm reported a mortality rate of over 50 percent over 12 years
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ElieNYC @elienyc.bsky.social · 31/03/2026
Supreme Court overtuned a Colorado law banning conversion therapy. It's 8-1 with Ketanji Brown Jackson as the lone dissent. Surprised by the vote, but not the outcome. MAGA is on a march to erradicate the LGBTQ community and the Supreme Court will help them.
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Noah Gittell @noahgittell.bsky.social · 30/03/2026
Meanwhile, back at Twitter dot com
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Kenny Mayne @kennymayne.bsky.social · 24/03/2026
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Chris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 24/03/2026
It's just unreal how little thought or planning went into starting a new massive war in the Middle East.
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Gul Dukat @realguldukat.bsky.social · 21/03/2026
Lal just died. Good, I’m glad she’s dead. She can no longer hurt innocent people! President GUL DUKAT #StarTrek #Sisko197
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 21/03/2026
His term is just a series of narrative, episodic conflicts — with a rotating ensemble cast. There was The One About Tariff Turmoil. There was The One About Masked Agents Killing Americans in the Streets. This one is the mid-season shocker. @financialtimes.com www.ft.com/content/193b...
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Barbara J. King @bjking.bsky.social · 13/03/2026
The embarrassment of the US in deep sea mining, as in so much else. "The Int'l Seabed Authority is overseeing the development of rules for international waters... The U.S. has opted out of the process and is moving ahead on its own." #ocean #deepsea #deepseamining #nature #climate #marinebiology
npr.org
Countries are negotiating rules to mine the deep sea. The U.S. is pushing ahead alone
With growing interest in mining critical metals from the seafloor, countries are now negotiating international rules. The Trump administration is forging ahead on its own, speeding up environmental re...
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Noah Gittell @noahgittell.bsky.social · 08/03/2026
Matt is one of the greats. Help him keep doing his thing.
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Craig Calcaterra @craigcalcaterra.bsky.social · 03/03/2026
Yesterday the Texas Rangers erected a statue of a segregationist cop at Globe Life Field. A statue that was removed from public property in 2020 because of its racist history. @mlb.com has refused to comment. www.cupofcoffeenews.com/cup-of-coffe...
That statue, which was cast back in 1961, was modeled on 1950s Texas Rangers – as in the law enforcement Texas Rangers – Captain Jay Banks. Since it's unveiling 65 years ago it has spent most of its life at Love Field in Dallas. But then in 2020 it was removed and placed in storage. Why? Because Captain Jay Banks was a racist cop who made it his mission to stop schools from integrating.

This is an excerpt from the 2020 book, Cult of Glory: The Bold and Brutal History of the Texas Rangers by Doug Swanson, which describes' Banks' role in efforts to keep schools in Texas racially segregated in defiance of the United States Supreme Court's 1954 decision, Brown v. Board of Education:

Then there is the form and face of the statue itself. This dates to 1956, when the NAACP, backed with a court order, attempted to integrate the high school in Mansfield, about 30 miles southwest of Dallas. White residents erupted in fury, so Gov. Allan Shivers dispatched the Rangers. But unlike state police in other Southern racial hotspots, the Rangers in Mansfield did not escort black students past howling mobs of white supremacists. They had been sent instead to keep the black children out of a white school.The commanding Ranger on the scene was Sgt. E.J. “Jay” Banks. A wire service photo showed him casually leaning against a tree outside Mansfield High. To his left, above the school’s entrance, was a dummy in blackface, hanging from a noose. Nearby a white mob had assembled. Some carried signs that threatened death for anyone attempting to integrate the school. Banks saw no need to remove the effigy or disperse the mob. “They were just ‘salt of the earth’ citizens,” he later wrote. “They were concerned because they were convinced that someone was trying to interfere with their way of life.” Blacks were so intimidated that none attempted to enroll at Mansfield.
Several days later, Gov. Shivers ordered Banks and a few other Rangers to Northeast Texas, because African-Americans wished to take classes at all-white Texarkana Junior College, a public institution. Again the Rangers’ job was to stop black students from enrolling.
As at Mansfield, a mob of white men gathered outside the school. An 18-year-old woman and a 17-year-old boy, both black, arrived by cab and began to walk toward the college. The mob blocked their path. Some surrounded the 17-year-old and kicked him, while others threw gravel. The Rangers watched it happen and did nothing except threaten to arrest the two students.    
That wire service photo of Banks in front of the school with the Black person hung in effigy can be seen at the top of today's newsletter.The statue was removed from public view in 2020 in the wake of that book about the Rangers being published. This occurred at the same time that statues of Confederates, Klansmen, racists, and segregationists were removed all over the country following the murder of George Floyd. But now the Texas Rangers Baseball Club, knowing full well the history of the statue, its subject, and its removal, and knowing that multiple municipal institutions decided it was inappropriate for public display, is happy to put that statue up in a public concourse at a major league baseball stadium.

When I learned of this yesterday afternoon I contacted Major League Baseball and asked the following questions:

Is Major League Baseball aware of the history of the "One Riot, One Ranger" statue and its subject, Jay Banks?
Is Major League Baseball aware that Love Field and the City of Dallas removed the statue and put it in storage in 2020 after Banks' involvement in attempting to keep schools segregated in the 1950s came to light?
Does Major League Baseball condone one of its Clubs erecting a previously-removed statue of a staunch segregationist at its ballpark?; and
Does Major League Baseball have any comment regarding the discomfort that will be felt by Black fans when confronted with the statue of a segregationist at Globe Life Field? 
I did not receive a response. I'm going to assume that the league's silence on this means that it wholly condones the Rangers putting up the "One Riot, One Ranger" statue despite its sordid and extraordinarily well-reported history.
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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 28/02/2026
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Chris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 01/03/2026
It’s insane this is legal. People around Trump are profiting off war and death. I’m introducing legislation ASAP to ban this.
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Bacchus @bacchus666.bsky.social · 27/02/2026
For the kids who don’t know: The Lancet is a - if not the - premier medical profession publication.
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Joe Walsh @walshfreedom.bsky.social · 19/02/2026
This is so fucking wrong. This should never happen in this country.👇
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Ben Carlson @bencarlson007.bsky.social · 19/02/2026
Bad things can & will happen But it's important to recognize so many dire predictions from this cycle never came to pass Spending 95% of your time worrying about things that happen 5% of the time is how to scare yourself out of markets that usually go up awealthofcommonsense.com/2026/02/some...
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Barbara J. King @bjking.bsky.social · 19/02/2026
I agree. The principles of how we treat other animals must be based on recognition of their bodily autonomy, right to agency, ability and desire to flourish. This is why I write about animals' emotions like love and grief. #animals #animalrights #plantbased
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Jon Passantino @passantino.bsky.social · 17/02/2026
If you're wondering how CBS News under Bari Weiss is covering Stephen Colbert's stunning revelation that the network blocked his interview with a Texas Democrat... It isn't. Silence both on the air and online.
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Ben Mullin @benmullin.bsky.social · 12/02/2026
NEW: “CBS Evening News” producer Alicia Hastey sends a bombshell farewell note: Stories are “evaluated not just on their journalistic merit but on whether they conform to a shifting set of ideological expectations.”
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Jockodundee @jockodundee.bsky.social · 09/02/2026
@bencarlson007.bsky.social I love Batnick but he deserved this one. He’s a good sport though
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Steve Liesman @steveliesman.bsky.social · 01/02/2026
What exactly is NOT for sale from the Trump administration?
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 01/02/2026
“Dear ICE agents - I hope you’re respectful to everyone and show kindness… we should treat all people the same, even if we don’t know them.” If this doesn’t shatter your heart you don’t have one. 💔 Our kids are watching. 🇺🇸 www.nytimes.com/2026/01/31/o...
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Noah Gittell @noahgittell.bsky.social · 25/01/2026
A reminder that you can purchase my single "Minneapolis" for $1.99 on Bandcamp. All proceeds go to the Minnesota Immigrant Rights Action Committee. noahgittell.bandcamp.com/track/minnea...
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Minneapolis, by Noah Gittell
track by Noah Gittell
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 25/01/2026
i think this attitude — that all opposition is illegitimate and nothing we do can be questioned— is probably pervasive in the white house and helps explain why they keep making terrible political choices
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Hank Green @hankgreen.bsky.social · 24/01/2026
Davinki Twins
Twitter screenshot. 

“The worst she can say is no?

But what if she says 

“I support ice agents””
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Noah Gittell @noahgittell.bsky.social · 19/01/2026
I wrote a song for the ppl of Minneapolis this morning, and recorded it in my apartment. I hope it sounds good. All proceeds will be donated to the Minnesota Immigrant Rights Action Committee, which is delivering food and necessities to immigrants in hiding. noahgittell.bandcamp.com/track/minnea...
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Minneapolis, by Noah Gittell
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