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Of all the politicians Navatek’s CEO courted, Susan Collins was its most important patron. The senator’s office steered federal contracts worth millions toward the company while her campaign was pumping its CEO and his network for donations. www.youtube.com/watch?v=jqyiFFB7Kjg

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We Uncovered Bribery Allegations Against Susan Collins

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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 03/10/2026

I split the G (train) with the Prime Minister of Ireland, Michéal Martin. Sláinte!

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Whitney Curry Wimbish @whitneycwimbish.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

This site is one of the most contaminated sites in the entire country. It's a former military barracks where forever chemicals in drinking water have been found to be 575,000x over the federal limit. It's run by LaSalle Corrections foundation, the "charitable" arm of the LaSalle.

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Kerri Arsenault @kerriarsenault.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

FNSEA and Young Farmers (Jeunes Agriculteurs) protest happening now in Chalon-su-Saône

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Hetan Shah @hetanshah.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

What was the moment you realised you had no grasp of the world anymore? This did it for me www.ft.com/content/f109...

Many creators seek to ride more shortlived waves of internet popularity. Shira
Jeczmien, founder of viral marketing agency Screenshot Media, points to a brief trend of people eating whole cucumbers that led to shortages of the vegetable in supermarkets.

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Michelle says: Be kind. Always. ❤️ @snarkysillysad.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

American artist David Popa creates breathtaking masterpieces on floating ice in the Baltic Sea, using nothing but charcoal, soil, and water as his “paint.” His artwork slowly disappears as the ice melts: #AGoodPlace

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Kerri Arsenault @kerriarsenault.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Student protests in Chalon-sur-Saône

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Kerri Arsenault @kerriarsenault.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

By now, most of agree he’s compromised right?

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ProPublica @propublica.org · 25/09/2026

Two months after the CEO of defense contractor Navatek used a shell company to send $150,000 to the Susan Collins super PAC, the senator committed to getting Navatek $32 million in naval contracts, according to company emails.

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The FBI Anti-Corruption Squad Was Circling Susan Collins — Until Trump Got in the Way

After the FBI caught a defense contractor’s CEO making illegal campaign contributions, it sought to launch a sweeping political bribery probe involving Collins and others. Then the second Trump admini...

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Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Raskin made a holy shit observation on MS Now this afternoon: Since taking office, Trump has made a million dollars per hour for himself. Every hour, he has made more than twice the president’s annual salary.

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London Review of Books @lrb.co.uk · 24/09/2026

Lydia Davis will the give the second annual 𝘓𝘰𝘯𝘥𝘰𝘯 𝘙𝘦𝘷𝘪𝘦𝘸 𝘰𝘧 𝘉𝘰𝘰𝘬𝘴 Autumn Lecture, titled ’Dying, or Doing Something Else: Reflections on Marcus Aurelius and Other Stoics’, on 28 October at the New School, New York City. Details and tickets here: www.tickettailor.com/events/londo...

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Book tickets – The 2026 LRB Autumn Lecture in NYC: Lydia Davis on Marcus Aurelius – The Tishman Auditorium at the New School

The 2026 LRB Autumn Lecture in NYC: Lydia Davis on Marcus Aurelius – The Tishman Auditorium at the New School, Wed 28 Oct 2026 - Dying, or Doing Something Else: Reflections on Marcus Aurelius and Othe...

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Joseph Rezek @rezekjoe.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

I am thrilled to announce that the American Studies Program at Boston University will be accepting new PhD Students for the 27/28 academic year. These are fully funded, unionized, 5-year positions, with 4 semesters of guaranteed dissertation fellowship in years 4 & 5.

Application Deadline: December 15, 2026
The American Studies Program at Boston University is a nationally recognized leader in the interdisciplinary field of American Studies. Our students and faculty study the disparate yet interconnected cultures of colonial North America and the United States as seen in the ideas and actions of its people, and as expressed in a range of forms, especially culture, the arts, media, literature, and institutions - often seen through a global or transnational lens. Formerly known as the American & New England Studies Program, we maintain active collaborations with many cultural institutions in the region, especially in the Boston Area. Our large PhD program has produced tenure-track protessors, public historians, museum curators, and directors at major universities, museums, and other cultural and historical institutions.
Funding Opportunities
PhD students receive full funding for up to five years (12 months a year) under a collective bargaining agreement. During this time, they take courses, teach in their fields and disciplines of interest, and develop and write dissertations. The fellowship package guarantees four semesters of dissertation fellowship in years 4 and 5, with no service obligations Additional funding is available from Boston University for travel to conferences, for archival research, and for internships.
Current students have recently received outside fellowships from the Fulbright Foundation, the American Antiquarian Society, the Massachusetts Historical Society, the Huntington Library, the Smithsonian Institution, the Beinecke Library, the Corning Museum of Glass, the New Bedford Whaling Museum, and the American Historical Association.
Graduate Student Association
The Program's own independent Graduate Student Association (GSA) is comprised of elected PhD students who sponsor events and programs for developing professional skills, while representing our students' interests to the governing faculty.

A list of affiliate faculty, available also on the program’s webpage

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Joe Sudbay @joesudbay.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

should be day 2 stories if Maine/national media pick up on fact Collins' lobbyist husband, Tom Daffron, worked closely - for years - with Scott Reed, a key player in the corruption scandal @andrewperez.bsky.social & @martinpengelly.bsky.social wrote about that in June zeteo.com/p/susan-coll...

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Susan Collins’s Husband Worked for the Lobbyist Running Her Super PAC

The Maine senator's husband apparently consulted last year for the lobbyist leading Pine Tree Results PAC, documents show.

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👻Skulliam🎃Boo-tler🍂Yikes🕷️ @yeets.biz · 19/09/2026

i need to know what happened

sign in a restaurant "due to recent events Bigfoot discussions are no longer permitted on the patio"

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Joanna Pocock @joannapocock.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

There are still some places left on my Online Nature & Environmental course at @unioftheartslondon.bsky.social - we will read work by a variety of authors, workshop pieces of writing, discuss technical issues as well as approaches to writing about place. Open to all! www.arts.ac.uk/subjects/jou...

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Introduction to Nature and Environmental Writing Online Short Course

Learn how writing connects us to nature. Develop nature writing skills through practical exercises and discussions. Explore the genre and refine your process.

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Alison Fisk @alisonfisk.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

A little bear carved from amber some 6,000+ years ago! 🐻❤️ A hole through the torso suggests it was worn or suspended from a cord. National Museum in Szczecin, Poland 📷 by me #Archaeology

My photo shows a small figurine of a bear carved and polished out of a piece of amber between 9600 and 4100 BC. The amber is a deep translucent orange in colour which is emphasised by the display lighting against a dark background which makes the amber glow. The bear's head is carved to show ears, mouth, nostrils and eyes. A hole runs through the bear's torso, suggesting it was threaded onto a cord. Dimensions:
Length 10.2 cm, Height 4.2cm

I took this photo today at the Landesmuseum Halle in Germany where the bear is currently on loan from Poland for the excellent Shamaness exhibition.

The figurine was discovered in Stupsk during peat mining in 1887. According to the National Museum in Szczecin "Shortly after its discovery, the figure underwent conservation work to restore its original appearance as it was covered with a layer of dull patina from the exposure to the minerals contained in the peat. Already at that time, at the end of the 19th century, it was assumed the restoration had gone too far. The figure was stripped entirely of patina, the anatomical features of the animal were emphasised, the eyes and nostrils were sharply drawn, and the amber was carefully polished".

In 2013, a competition was organised by the Education Department of the National Museum in Szczecin, for children to choose a name for the bear. The winning name was 'Stupcio', an affectionate diminutive meaning 'little guy from Stupsk'.

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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 17/09/2026

Look outside. Do you see snow? No? Well, you will soon. You might also see $30/hr more in your pocket if you become an emergency snow shoveler. Registration begins Saturday, September 19th. Sign up by November 30th for access to paid orientation and expedited payment processing.

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Emergency Snow Shovelers - DSNY

Emergency Snow Shovelers are called on after heavy snowfalls to remove snow and ice citywide from public areas like bus stops, crosswalks, fire hydrants, and step streets.

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Mike Boylan-Kolchin @mbkplus.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

You know what we really need right now? The opinions of two guys who don’t know anything about AI and who have been wrong about many or all of the most consequential events of the past quarter century. NYT: coming right up!

Opinion
THOMAS L. FRIEDMAN
It's Already Too Late to Stop the A.l.
Threat
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BRET STEPHENS
Trump Might Not Be Entirely Wrong
About A.l.
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Middle Age Riot @middleageriot.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

Proving Mitch McConnell is alive would be the easiest thing in the world if he were alive.

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SARS‑CoV‑2 (COVID-19) @covid19disease.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

🚨 BREAKTHROUGH: 18-Year-Old Mia Heller From Virginia, USA, Invents a Water Filter That Eliminates 96% of Microplastics From Drinking Water

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 29/08/2026

RFK Jr complains that people in hospice aren't dying quick enough and therefore cost too much money

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Kerri Arsenault @kerriarsenault.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

How a leader actually fixes things.

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Kerri Arsenault @kerriarsenault.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

Rolling Stone. Telling it like it is.

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Justin Sherin @wychstreet.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

The Philly Inquirer is doing some of the best reporting I’ve seen in years on Raymond & Eugene Horsch & the missing women who passed through their home - tough, probing, unsensational, analytical, not ‘true crime’ but uncovering an underworld that sucked in real lives @elongreen.bsky.social

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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Dolly Parton's Imagination Library gifted more than 332,000,000 books since it was first created 31 years ago.

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The Intercept @theintercept.com · 16/08/2026

Somewhere in a sweltering desert, cockroaches scurry around the cell of Carlitos Ricardo Parias. He holds up a plastic bottle, gazing at the worm-like creatures swimming in his water. His other arm is turning purple from a gunshot wound for which he says he hasn’t received proper medical care.

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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

At the request of the US Embassy, Israel dispatches large IDF forces to West Bank villages under attack from violent illegal squatters. However, the IDF forces stand by and do absolutely nothing to stop the squatters. www.haaretz.com/west-bank/20...

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Settlers continue to roam Palestinian villages despite massive IDF presence

A large number of troops have been deployed around the mountain villages of Qusra and Jalud, but they have been unable to remove the settlers from the area. The CEO of NGO Yesh Din described the incid...

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James Myall @jamesxmyall.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

Thanks, Senator Collins! #mepolitics

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The Conversation U.S. @us.theconversation.com · 12/08/2026

More than 1 in 3 U.S. workers are in what one labor economist calls “disposable jobs.” Think contractors, adjunct professors, freelancers and part-timers — workers with little job security or path to move up. It saves employers money. But workers and the public pay in a lot of other ways.

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Concierges, adjunct professors, potato chip tasters: US employers are relying more and more on ‘disposable’ workers

About 1 in 3 US workers are in this predicament.

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Jen Keane @zenbuffy.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

I'm loathe to share this man, but this one is personal. My masters thesis was on the MMR controversy, so believe me when I say that this path of separation of the MMR will result in nothing but increased sales of too-small coffins, and children with life-altering medical conditions.

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Gil Durán @gilduran.com · 10/08/2026

“The Nerd Reich is a fantastically unputdownable must-read…Durán documents his case persuasively and convinces the reader that he is not misusing the F-word when he alleges his key figures qualify as fascists. He’s done his homework…and now raises an urgent alarm.” —The Irish Times

Cover of the nerd Reich, Silicon Valley, fascism, and the world democracy by Gil Duran

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 09/08/2026

Look at this graph. The share of national income going to the richest 10 percent was lowest (and share to lower 90 percent highest) when union membership was at its highest. As unions have weakened, inequality has widened. This is why we must build back union power.

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