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@lbrett.bsky.social
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Progressive, Humanist, idealist , generalist, social Democrat, anti status quo. Common sense for the common good. Hoi polloi. Mother of 3 men- the good kind.

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Science Friday @scifri.bsky.social · 8h
Listen to our podcast episode “Bringing hard electronics into soft and squishy bodies.” www.sciencefriday.com/segments/bri...
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Bringing hard electronics into soft and squishy bodies
Inventor John Rogers bridges the natural and artificial worlds with flexible, biocompatible electronics.
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Science Friday @scifri.bsky.social · 8h
Flora chatted with John A. Rogers, who led the development of this pacemaker, about his creative process and his other biocompatible electronic devices like wireless sensors that stick to skin like a temporary tattoo.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 12h
Donate to his Super PAC? He'll pardon your crimes. Donate to his Super PAC? He'll appoint you to a government position. Donate to his Super PAC? He'll grant you favorable regulatory rulings that help boost your bottom line. We must not become numb to this blatant corruption.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 14h
🔥JACK SMITH: "Trump engaged in serious crimes against 🇺🇸- a criminal scheme to prevent a lawful transfer of power... the rule of law faces challenges unlike any we've experienced. I won't be silenced by threats of prosecution. While fear may be contagious, courage is as well."
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Joanne Freeman @jbf1755.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Tell your members of Congress to vote to protect the Kennedy Center. It’s up for debate.
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Douglas Reyes-CeroÑ @dreyesceron.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
The Star Spangled Banner being played by the Mariachi Herencia de Mexico band before the Bears-Eagles game in Chicago on Monday Night Football was a deeply cool thing to see tonight
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
I know Rahm Emanuel. I worked with him for years in the Clinton administration, and then when he was Obama’s chief of staff. Rahm Emanuel represents everything that’s been wrong about the Democratic Party for the last 30+ years. Be warned. robertreich.substack.com/p/the-rahm…
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LAFAYETTE @lastudiolafayette.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
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conifergirl.bsky.social @conifergirl.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
History teaches us that the American people are capable of building great movements against powerful corporate interests. Let’s hope we can prove it once again. www.commondreams.org/opinion/popu...
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Wanted: An Organized Political Movement to Counter the AI Oligarchs | Common Dreams
History teaches us that the American people are capable of building great movements against powerful corporate interests. Let's hope we can prove it once again.
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Tom Reagan’s Hat @rufustsuperfly.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Cary Grant's mugshot when he was arrested for being drunk & disorderly in 1959
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 28/09/2026
MLB signs more international players from the Dominican Republic than any other country. Despite widespread acknowledgement that Dominican baseball needs to be overhauled, the industry has only gotten worse. Read the full story:
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How the Dominican Baseball Factory Traps Young Players and Their Families With False Promises
Teams make handshake deals with players as young as 11 while moneylenders prey on their families. The industry is corrupt, but Major League Baseball and the players union have done little about it.
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ArtReview @artreview.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
These anti-nuclear protest gatherings in the late 1970s – and their atmosphere of optimism born of convivial en masse comradeship – have a lot to teach us today.
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The Lesser-Told Story of the Carnsore Folk Festivals
These anti-nuclear protest gatherings in the late 1970s – and their atmosphere of optimism born of convivial en masse comradeship – have a lot to teach us today
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joycelynngarrett, phd @jlg1017.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
"Silent Spring" was required reading in my Park/Rec program at University of Oregon. Still, after almost 60 years, the book impacts the way I think about and act with regard to the environment.
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c0nc0rdance @c0nc0rdance.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Nature photographer 'pendra100legs' does these amazing macro shots of tiny bugs. This one is delightful (I'll link below to the full thing). It's a globular springtail in genus Sminthurides. These insect-relatives can launch themselves 60 times their height in 1.6 MILLISECONDS. *Voomp*. Gone.
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David Simon @audacityofdespair.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Election balloting can be ornate and complex, but I've checked with the League of Women Voters and in every state, it is permissible to take a guide into the voting booth with you. I hope this can be of some assistance:
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LorennaCleary.bsky.social @lorennacleary.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Last year I told everyone they should gift food for the holidays. This year it’s the same. Feed each other. Clothe each other. Blanket each other. People sometimes need help but are afraid to ask for it.
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 26/09/2026
Hey, ProPublica reporter Jake Pearson here. I’m taking over the account to tell you about my new story. For months, I posed as a problem gambler on DraftKings to test the company's "responsible gaming" safeguards. Spoiler alert: They made me a VIP — and I lost $10K. Here's how it all went down. 🧵
Selfie taken by ProPublica reporter Jake Pearson, a man wearing a backwards baseball cap and an orange T-shirt.
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Brant Reeves @bireeves95.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Americans will pay a price for this…. Think about it. In THREE DAYS, the US is set to outright BAN major Canadian alcohol, dairy and motorcycle imports. This relationship has moved from free trade, to tariffs, to entire Canadian product categories being shut out. That's not a small adjustment. 🇨🇦
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
The amount of Amazon workers relying on SNAP and Medicaid has nearly tripled since 2020 — while Amazon’s annual profits soared by over 550%. It’s the same story everywhere: corporate profits are at record highs, while workers’ share of the economy is at a record low. We must unrig the system.
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David Simon @audacityofdespair.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Seconded and posted. Everyone else get aboard and let it fly.
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David Simon @audacityofdespair.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
When they showed up for the job interviews, they were probably carrying iced coffees, otherwise they'd almost certainly be earning a living wage with medical coverage.
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Clara Jeffery @clarajeffery.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
I’m sorry, what? This piece was not a joint publication/ reporting job (as some are). It was @propublica’s alone and the Times followed with a summary. This is so indicative of NYT. If they don’t ignore proper credit, they just go for stolen valor.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
On this day in 1994, the Clinton administration's heathcare reform plan was declared "dead" by Congress. Over 30 years later, the US is still the only industrialized country without universal healthcare. This should be a national outrage.
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 26/09/2026
peter thiel is another one of those guys who we are supposed to think is brilliant but every time he opens his mouth my first thought is “this guy sounds like an idiot”
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ryan cooper @ryanlcooper.com · 26/09/2026
great piece. man social media is a cancer themomoftheyear.substack.com/p/im-the-mom...
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I’m the Mom in That Viral Giants Clip. Let Me Tell You About My Husband.
You saw me carrying our baby and food. There was more happening in our family that night.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
They are playing in our faces
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Art Herstory @artherstory.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Now on at the Westerly Museum of American Impressionism - When Her Eye Met the Sea: Women of the Ogunquit Art Colony wmairi.org/exhibitions/ The show runs thru March 7, 2027
An impressionistic painting of people at the beach. There are 4 indistinct human figures in the foreground, on the sand. In the background is the ocean; color blobs in the water indicate more human figures.
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Will Oremus @willoremus.com · 26/09/2026
Meta's platforms have repeatedly been caught running ads for deepfake "nudify" apps that let you virtually undress real people without their consent, but they won't run an a trailer for an upcoming documentary that reflects poorly on Elon Musk. www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/dig...
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The Major Social Media Platforms Are All Rejecting Paid Ads for Alex Gibney’s ‘Musk’ (Exclusive)
YouTube, TikTok and Meta have all turned down the trailer for the Oct. 9 doc, citing “political” content. X won't even take Bleecker Street's calls. The distributor is appealing.
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Clara Jeffery @clarajeffery.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Meta and Tik Tok refusing to allow the trailer for Musk to run as a paid ad on their site—just like any other movie trailer—means users should fight tech oligarch solidarity and share it widely youtu.be/FFTf1lzcs28?...
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MUSK | Official Trailer HD
YouTube video by Elevation Pictures
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The Hollywood Reporter @thr.com · 26/09/2026
The Major Social Media Platforms Are All Rejecting Paid Ads for Alex Gibney’s ‘Musk’ (Exclusive)
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The Major Social Media Platforms Are All Rejecting Paid Ads for Alex Gibney’s ‘Musk’ (Exclusive)
So much for free speech.The studio releasing Alex Gibney’s new Elon Musk documentary Musk is finding itself unable to buy an ad on the biggest social platforms.YouTube, TikTok, and Instagram and Facebook owner Meta are all declining to run the trailer for Musk, along with X itself, The Hollywood Reporter has learned.That last one is perhaps understandable, given its owner. But the rejection by the other platforms has taken distributor Bleecker Street by surprise, and it is internally scrambling to understand why the ad has been rejected, according to a person familiar with the company’s processes who is not authorized to talk about them publicly.The unwillingness of platforms to accept even paid advertising is sure to raise concerns about free speech and the dwindling number of companies that control many of the platforms in this country — and ironically provide a proof-text for the very point the film is coming to make. Gibney’s doc is a four-hour look at a title character who attempts to control the conversation in various ways, including with alleged suppressions on X, which he bought in 2022.
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Alex Gibney @alexgibneyfilm.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
The trailer for my new film, "Musk," has just been released.
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 26/09/2026
Raye’s I Know You’re Hurting urged me to confront a lifetime of depression
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Raye’s I Know You’re Hurting urged me to confront a lifetime of depression
I had always ignored my anguished mental state or tried to push it aside, and CBT didn’t work for me – then one song seemed to articulate my pain
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MosesHawk @rememberxyz.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Since its inception in 2012, the project has become internationally recognized for producing the world’s largest public archive of filmed interviews with contemporary artists, writers, and architects. Publishing two new films online every week, Louisiana Channel is an independent public service
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Louisiana Channel
Weekly videos on art, literature, architecture, design, music produced by Louisiana Museum of Modern Art.
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ArtReview @artreview.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
You could be cleaning out storage units, taking inventory, digitising papers and creating databases – or just seducing their landlord.
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Notes from New York: How to Manage an Artist’s Estate
You could be cleaning out storage units, taking inventory, digitising papers and creating databases – or just seducing their landlord
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
DoorDash spent $1.4M trying to stop Zohran Mamdani from becoming mayor. This week's historic $131.5M enforcement action against DoorDash for underpaying NYC delivery workers shows why. Yet another reminder that the only thing that can beat organized money is organized people.
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DoorDash Spent $1.4 Million Trying to Stop Mamdani From Becoming Mayor. Now We Know Why.
In a wage-theft settlement, DoorDash now has to pay its workers around 100 times what it spent trying to beat Zohran Mam
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Dr Abeba Birhane @abeba.blacksky.app · 24/09/2026
over the past few weeks several AI evaluation/cybersecurity experts have explained how what's happening is a result of human incompetence rather than "AI going rogue". I'm begging the media to show a shred of journalistic integrity and stop parroting what altman or amodei say
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Mark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
The criminal president is stealing taxpayers’ money to pay for a blatantly political ad. It’s illegal, which means it’s on brand for Trump. Vote against all Republicans.
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US government foots bill for television advertisement featuring Trump's midterm messaging
An ad running on Fox News and Newsmax showing images of President Donald Trump and calling for the defeat of communism was paid for by the U.S. government.
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Mark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
I’m glad ProPublica is rebutting Susan Collins’ dishonest attempts to explain away allegations that her campaign took a bribe from a defense contractor and Trump killed the FBI’s probe into the scam.
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ProPublica Debunks Susan Collins’ Claims About FBI Anti-Corruption Probe
ProPublica revealed that the FBI was circling Sen. Collins over a defense contractor’s donations — until President Trump gutted the unit in charge. Collins has since mustered a defense with a series o...
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Mark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
When will reporters ask Republicans why they’re taking campaign help from a white supremacist named Elon Musk?
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David Simon @audacityofdespair.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Brownshirts. It's 1934 in these United States. And we have too many quiet Germans.
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David Simon @audacityofdespair.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Fuck "defies." That sounds almost heroic and ennobled, like some sort of none-shall-pass defense of the realm. In a presumed nation of laws, when you ignore the order of a court, you VIOLATE that order and place yourself outside ot the law and in opposition to the premise of the republic itself.
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Allison @zaelct.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
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Allison @zaelct.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
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Joanne Freeman @jbf1755.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Thanks!! I do indeed discuss the tradition of using claims about "national security" as an excuse for government repression. [Though it's not "Oui." It's the Whistle of WE.]
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Seattle just became the first city in America to ban grocery stores from engaging in surveillance pricing. This is a huge win for consumers against companies that abuse their personal data to rip them off. Watch former FTC Chair Lina Khan explain.
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The Shady World of Surveillance Pricing (Ft. Lina Khan)
Should corporations be able to weaponize your personal data to rip you off?Well, they may already be doing that thanks t
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Charlie Warzel @cwarzel.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
finding and trying to establish a real connection btwn my work and audiences has been a part of my job since early web2 times. but i have always noticed that, when my irl community feels strong/supportive i have so little pull to post/social. but whenever i feel more alone social has a pull. fwiw
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Charlie Warzel @cwarzel.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
every person is different. but just in my experience i tend to find that the more anxious/alienated/frustrated i feel (also procrastination!), the more i'm inclined to post. i feel a lot like these networks thrive on misery (not only misery! there's joy in all these places too!) & that's accelerated
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Republicans' fear of fake socialism in the United States is bringing about real fascism in the United States. Mainly because they are too ignorant to know the difference.
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Guardian US @us.theguardian.com · 24/09/2026
In 2024 ethics filing, US health secretary pledged to ‘not engage in writing, editing, marketing or promotional services for any of these books during government service’
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RFK Jr received $4m in book advances from Maha allies over past year
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Joanne Freeman @jbf1755.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
A remarkable cover. I wouldn't say that Jim Crow was dead and buried. But in the semi-recent past, it wasn't being actively, openly, and enthusiastically institutionalized as it is today.
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