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Garrett M. Graff @vermontgmg.bsky.social · 10h

An amazingly stark example of how the US economy has broken: Zaslav clears nearly a *billion* dollars amid a CEO tenure where he made basically anything he touched worse, harmed multiple prestigious brands, led huge layoffs—but delivered a corrupt merger for shareholders. variety.com/2026/tv/news...

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David Zaslav Gets $606 Million Payout From Paramount-Warner Bros. Merger

David Zaslav will receive $606 million as he leaves Warner Bros. Discovery, after the company's merger with David Ellison's Paramount was completed.

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David Castor @k7el.bsky.social · 6h

Love my 2022 CR-V hybrid. There have been long-standing issues (allegedly)with the 1.7 liter turbocharged engines on the non-hybrid models.

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Elizabeth Jacobs, PhD @elizabethjacobs.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

It’s simply unimaginable that CDC Director Dr. Erica Schwartz has just bowed to RFK Jr. and approved funding for an utterly unethical clinical trial that will withhold the birth dose of HepB vaccine in Guinea Bissau. It is to be conducted by researchers accused of academic misconduct.

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CDC Is Moving Forward With a Previously Shelved Controversial Hepatitis B Vaccine Study

“It’s a wholly unethical trial, and it shouldn’t be allowed,” says Dr. Paul Offit of Guinea-Bissau study

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Jill Sargent Russell, PhD @jsargentr.bsky.social · 8h

It's just so demoralizing. At the very least, there should be ceaseless anonymous articles blooming across the land. Yet we gaze upon a barren wasteland. FORT HOOD WILL HOST A PUBLIC EXECUTION and the screaming silence of acquiescence will be borne by the corps of officers.

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Brandi Buchman @brandibuchman.bsky.social · 8h

Deescalation tactics named in the handbook include giving verbal warnings or establishing containment zones, like blocking off a street so a subject in a vehicle cannot flee. Even using chemical agents to deter a subject can be considered reasonable force, according to the manual.

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Hillary Rodham Clinton @hillaryclinton.bsky.social · 9h

A barbaric idea, beneath our dignity as a country. Push back on this.

Trump admin wants to televise an execution

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David Castor @k7el.bsky.social · 8h

Polymarket must have some bets on this.

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David Castor @k7el.bsky.social · 8h

“Fuels ethics worries”. Great stuff from Politico

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Mara Gay @maragay.bsky.social · 8h

This sweet, gentle Brooklyn boy needs a new home. Lili is about 8 years old, and far as anyone can tell is a friend to all. Please reply or dm me if you have a lead.

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David Castor @k7el.bsky.social · 8h

How much snow load are these tents rated for?

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Money Power Politics with Stephanie Ruhle @moneypowerpolitics.bsky.social · 8h

Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin held a press conference to address the ICE-involved shooting in New York City. During the presser he addressed an incident where an off-duty NYPD officer was stabbed. Stephanie Ruhle fact checks his remarks #dhs #ice #nypd

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David J. Bier @davidjbier.bsky.social · 8h

Illegal entries are down under Trump, but he's cut legal immigration even more than illegal immigration. The cuts to immigrants, refugees, parolees, students, H-1B workers, and fiancés were 2.7 times as large as the cut in Border Patrol arrests and evasions. www.cato.org/blog/trump-c...

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Angie Rasmussen @angierasmussen.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Couldn't wait to finish Biological War: A Scenario to put Annie Jacobsen on blast for her contributions to disinforming the public about plague, pandemic risk, & Russian bioweapons so that she can use a crisis to sell her book on the national news. rasmussenretorts.substack.com/p/annie-jaco...

rasmussenretorts.substack.com

Annie Jacobsen’s Expertise in One Photo

Fearmongering For Profit: A Scenario launches on my Substack later this week

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Boston Tom Levenson @tomlevenson.bsky.social · 21h

There is are reasons why the Brits did away with the Tyburn Tree as public spectacle/entertainment. Hegseth is about to remind us of why they did so. My gifts for language escape me. I cannot come find the words to express my disgust, loathing, contempt for those involved and shame for us all.

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Walter Olson @walterolson.bsky.social · 21h

So very dumb.

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David Castor @k7el.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

But where are the customer’s yachts?

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David Castor @k7el.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Mud wrestling with a pig for what purpose?

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Stephen Schwartz @atomicanalyst.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

A reminder as fall approaches (in the northern hemisphere) that leaf blowers (particularly gas-powered ones) are not only extremely noisy and polluting but also harm the habitats of many animal species and remove leaves that help protect plant roots and keep the soil healthy. Leave Leaves Alone!

A color graphic topped with the words "THESE ANIMALS ARE MADE POSSIBLE BY FALLEN LEAVES" and showing at center a color close-up photograph of a person's finger, on which is perched a tiny frog. Additional surrounding photographs show a small Ring Neck snake in someone's hand, an American Bumble Bee on a purple flower, a large green Luna Moth, a small brown and yellow Spotted Salamander, and a Fritillary or Checkerspot butterfly on a cone flower.

Text at the bottom reads, "LEAVE LEAVES ALONE. Don't blow! Leave the leaves in your planting beds and mow-mulch your leaves into the lawn. Use an electric blower if you must. www.healthyyards.org.

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David Castor @k7el.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Don’t forget the road salt tariff!

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Molly Redden @mtredden.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Sen. Collins faced Troy Jackson last night in their Maine Senate debate. On stage, Collins inaccurately described ProPublica’s story about an FBI anticorruption investigation that probed the conduct of her & her staff until Trump’s DOJ shut it down. Let’s get into the facts…

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Coach Finstock @coachfinstock.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Not a scam guys definitely not a scam

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Prof Gavin Yamey MD MPH @gavinyamey.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

The measles surge that RFK Jr happily drove has infected at least 50 pregnant women in PA "Doctors in outbreak areas are making changes to how they care for pregnant patients & their babies, offering a glimpse of what may be in store across the nation as cases spread" 19thnews.org/2026/10/penn...

19thnews.org

What Pennsylvania’s measles outbreak could mean for pregnancy care across America

It's raising new questions about immunity testing before pregnancy, early vaccinations for babies and the many complications that could rise from infection.

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Shammai @shammaiintl.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Try our new service, Shamm-AI. The only LLM that generates two answers per prompt and asks you to say which one is more helpful, but then vehemently disagrees with your choice and starts arguing with you about it

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David Castor @k7el.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Do you get hazard pay for reading these?

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David Castor @k7el.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Find something else to do. Everyone knew what was meant.

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David Castor @k7el.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

And he knew exactly what he was voting for.

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Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Just a reminder: Tillis persuaded the woman Hegseth allegedly raped to come forward with her story, and told her that if she did, it would sink the nomination. She did. At great risk to herself. Tillis then cast the deciding vote for Hegseth. Because he’s a goddamned coward.

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Outgoing Sen. Tillis regrets pivotal vote for Hegseth: ‘He’s an actor. He’s not a manager’

Outgoing Sen. Thom Tillis spoke to MS NOW about regretting his vote to confirm Pete Hegseth and his strained relationship with Trump.

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Walter Olson @walterolson.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Just because the abuser stops hitting you for a minute doesn’t mean he’s not an abuser.

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David Castor @k7el.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

So candidates can direct PAC spending now?

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David Castor @k7el.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Insane. Huge indictment of our education system

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David Castor @k7el.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

It’s opening day- every team is undefeated.

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Kate Starbird @katestarbird.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Midterms are about a month away. Early voting has already begun in some states. Mail-in ballots start circulating soon. Some of the usual suspects are already pushing the same "rigged election" rumors we've all heard before. This year, you can play along at home: uwcip.substack.com/p/use-rigged...

uwcip.substack.com

Use "Rigged Election" Bingo to Spot Familiar Election Rumors and Tropes

Election Day is a month away. Play along with your friends, students, and communities!

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Roman Sheremeta @rshereme.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

“Russia has a much larger economy than Britain.” - Tucker Carlson The level of ignorance and the lack of basic knowledge of comrade Carlson is staggering. I am honestly shocked how anyone falls for his propaganda.

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Mark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

If the lessons Democrats (& democrats) draw from DOGE is “right idea, wrong implementation,” we are doomed. Everyone involved in the unprecedented crime that was DOGE needs to go to jail forever, & Democrats need to rebuild all of the programs & agencies first, not do digital management consulting 🤦‍♂️

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Trump could nominate the worst person with a law degree in America and this Republican senate will confirm that person. That includes Susan Collins, who always confirms Trump’s justices. The only chance you have to keep that person off the court is to elect Democratic senators.

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Kendra "Gloom is My Beat" Pierre-Louis @kendrawrites.com · 04/10/2026

Yes. We should have year-round standard time.

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Flapping Happy @flappyhappy.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Umm doesn't the proposed bill make Daylight Savings Time permanent rather than eliminating it and staying with Standard Time year round?

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April Glick Pulito @aprilglick.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

call tom cotton’s cell phone and tell him to send our children to school in the dark so golfers can have morelight???? very cool this man has the nuclear codes but people don’t have healthcare

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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

To carry 50,000 people per hour in each direction, a city needs a 175m wide road for cars. Even if those cars are electric. And then there’s all the parking. OR a city can move A LOT MORE people in a lot less space, with A LOT LESS public money, emissions, pollution, noise etc. Choices. Simple.

Graphic showing a single lane 9 m wide track for metros, a 35 m wide road for buses with four lanes, and a 175 m wide road for cars with seven lanes, making the point that one single track of Metro replaces seven lanes of car traffic. Mobility in cities is about space.

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David Castor @k7el.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

If Tony was still playing in the NFL this would have been a nothingburger.

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Clallam County Democrats @clallamdems.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Good to know: locations of drop boxes!

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David Castor @k7el.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Well, it’s not like there’s much going on…

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James Fallows @jfallows.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Will tell more later on but for now: -You already know that any phone call "from Google" or "from G security center" is automatically bogus. They NEVER call. -But it can be interesting to hear the spiel from AI-generated native-US voices. And alarming, about what they know. -Main point: Hang up.

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