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mainemattyj.bsky.social @mainemattyj.bsky.social · 11/03/2026
@siridahl.com
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Jesse Lee @jessecharleslee.bsky.social · 10/03/2026
Sure sounds like somebody at DOGE took the Social Security numbers and personal information of every American on record, and put it on a thumb drive to bring home to Elon Musk’s AI company.
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"Spooky" Gene Rayburn @generayburn.com · 09/03/2026
I have created a diorama of the Partridge family attacking the Brady Bunch family. My life is very boring.
Figurines of Brady Bunch and Partridge Family fighting each other
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Erik Loomis @erikloomis.bsky.social · 20/02/2026
This Day in Labor History: February 20, 1893. The Philadelphia and Reading Railroad went into receivership. This started the Panic of 1893, the greatest economic crisis in American history prior to the Great Depression and one with a profound impact on American workers and working-class politics!!
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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 31/01/2026
Portland, Maine www.pressherald.com/2026/01/30/l...
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Popehat @kenwhite.bsky.social · 26/01/2026
People of Maine, how can the rest of the country help you stand up the way MN successfully did?
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Chris @chris-hhh.bsky.social · 22/01/2026
this message to minneapolis from comedian zach woods is profane and also wonderful
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Jacqueline Sweet @jsweetli.bsky.social · 24/01/2026
Alex Pretti, the man killed by federal agents today in Minneapolis, appears to have been a registered nurse, an athlete, a son and a brother, with ties to Colorado and Wisconsin. Here is a photo he used for several accounts.
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Wieferich Prime @pikesley.mastodon.me.uk.ap.brid.gy · 19/01/2026
Frodo: I wish so much unbelievably stupid shit had not happened in my time

Gandalf: So do all who live to see such times. This is all exceptionally stupid, though
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Dave Itzkoff @ditzkoff.bsky.social · 19/01/2026
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Tim Carvell @timcarvell.bsky.social · 16/01/2026
I just remembered a “Simpsons” joke that applies here but it’s… got a problem, and sure enough, they went back and fixed it.
In one scene, Homer tells Marge: "We were so close to winning the championship. Now, thanks to Burns, it's never going to happen.
And I spent so much time building that trophy case." The scene then cuts to the trophy case with an Academy Award in it that Homer has stolen. In the original Fox broadcast, the name in the inscription on the Academy Award was Haing S. Ngor. In American syndication and the season seven DVD, the name was changed to Don Ameche (who had won for Cocoon). Ngor, who won an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for the 1984 film The Killing Fields, was murdered on February 25, 1996, between the original and the syndicated broadcast. Producers were concerned the syndicated episode would imply Homer had murdered Ngor to steal the statue.
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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 07/11/2025
"That American flag means the world to me, partly because of the personal ordeal to which it bears silent witness but, even more, because of the national ideals it symbolizes." @tribelaw.bsky.social with a deeply personal and patriotic story: www.thebulwark.com/p/my-fathers...
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My Father’s Flag and the Idea of America
Over decades, across continents, and through harrowing experiences, my family held on to this bit of cloth as a reminder of everything they believed in—and were running toward.
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Jon Seidel @jonseidel.bsky.social · 06/11/2025
Federal agents’ use of force amid the aggressive deportation campaign in Chicago “shocks the conscience,” and the Trump administration “lacks credibility.” That’s what a judge found Thursday in a crucial new ruling: chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...
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Federal judge enters broader order governing feds' use of force during immigration blitz
The judge previously forbade federal agents from using tear gas or other “riot control” weapons against people who pose no immediate threat and without two warnings during the deportation campaign. Ho...
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Jay Rigdon @jayrigdon.bsky.social · 18/10/2025
Not sure the folks at NBC/Peacock thought this one through
Two announcers, Jason Garrett and Dan Hicks, stand in front of a sign that reads "Big Turd" thanks to how they are blocking it
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Waffle 🧇 @wafflecut.bsky.social · 16/10/2025
Learned that an anonymous outside expert on submersibles did an interview with the OceanGate Titan investigation, and they released a transcript, with all the names redacted. The first line of his first answer? "I'm sure you're familiar with my film Titanic."
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
NATIONAL TRANSPORTATION SAFETY BOARD
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Investigation of:
LOSS OF THE SUBMARINE TITAN
IN THE NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN
ON JUNE 18, 2023
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Accident No.:
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Interview of:
Co-designer/Pilot
Deepsea Challenger
DCA23FM036
via Microsoft Teams
Friday,
July 26, 2024INTERVIEW OF
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Well, I'm sure you're familiar with my film Titanic.
When I
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set down the path to make that film, the first thing that I did
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was arrange to be introduced to the head of the submersible
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program at the P.P. Shirshov Institute in Moscow, a guy named
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Professor
I. I did that through a mutual friend
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of ours, a guy named
, who is one of the preeminent
underwater cinematographers in the world. And had been on a
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submersible expedition out to Titanic the previous year with the
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Russians. And that was organized by a Canadian company that was
22 doing an IMAX film which was released under the title Titanica.
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Ira 'Bluebeard Homer' Goldman @kdbyproxy.bsky.social · 11/10/2025
There is no senior Republican less equipped at this moment to chair Approps than Susan Collins. If you chair Approps, you defend the cmte's prerogatives and its members (sometimes even minority), yet Collins won't go to the mattresses to defend her own state. If only she had an inner Ted Stevens.
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Popehat @kenwhite.bsky.social · 23/09/2025
“Homer! You’ve got it set on ‘George Hamilton’!”
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 05/09/2025
Four Wirecutter writers agree: The L.L.Bean cotton percale sheets are the best. "They are my go-to sheets most of the year, and every time my husband slides between them on a freshly made bed, he exclaims, 'That’s so nice!'"
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We’ve Loved L.L. Bean Sheets for A Decade. Here’s Why.
Four Wirecutter writers agree: The L.L.Bean cotton percale sheets are the best.
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Ana Marie Cox @anamariecox.com · 29/08/2025
This story has it all: aquaculture, Black Flag, Bernie Sanders, Star Trek as policy, John Hodgman, male tears, and a candidate citing Luthen’s monologue from Andor. Meet Graham Platner, the Maine oysterman trying to crack the senate. @grahamformaine.bsky.social newrepublic.com/article/1996...
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The Political Awakening of the Oyster Farmer Gunning for Susan Collins
Graham Platner’s campaign launch has been a sudden sensation. But what he’s building now is rooted in the work of a lifetime.
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Alex Burness @burness.bsky.social · 27/08/2025
Maine has the oldest population of any state and a high rate of disability. Question 1, on the November ballot, figures to make voting (especially by mail) much harder for many, and particularly for older folks and people with disabilities. New in @boltsmag.org: boltsmag.org/maine-questi...
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A Ballot Measure Targets Mail Voting in Maine - Bolts
Question 1, on the November ballot, would set up a barrage of new restrictions on absentee ballots that would considerably affect older voters and people with disabilities.
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KOJAMF🤘🖤🤘 @kojamf.bsky.social · 22/08/2025
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 17/08/2025
‘Animal Farm was my parents’ teamwork’: Orwell’s son on 80 years of the satirical classic
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‘Animal Farm was my parents’ teamwork’: Orwell’s son on 80 years of the satirical classic
Richard Blair on the role his mother played in developing the 1945 political fable – and how it nearly didn’t get published
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Aaron Fritschner @fritschner.bsky.social · 16/05/2025
One of the most significant moments of the 2026 cycle likely happened Tuesday night during the Ways and Means markup of the tax portion of Republicans' reconciliation bill. It got no attention at the time and little since, but it is wildly important. Here's what happened--
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Justin Wolfers @justinwolfers.bsky.social · 17/05/2025
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Eliot Higgins @eliothiggins.bsky.social · 07/05/2025
764,000 fools easily parted from their money - 58 crypto wallets have made millions on Trump’s meme coin. 764,000 have lost money, data shows www.cnbc.com/2025/05/06/t...
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58 crypto wallets have made millions on Trump's meme coin. 764,000 have lost money, data shows
Interest in the $TRUMP meme coin spiked more than 50% after the project's website promised the top 220 holders a seat at a dinner with the president.
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Eric Roston @eroston.bsky.social · 07/05/2025
What are the 5 best Tom Waits songs? If you don't know who Tom Waits is, please re-post this until you find someone who wants to share their answer (while you're listening to every album).
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Judge Luttig @judgeluttig.bsky.social · 05/05/2025
This is a shockingly mistaken understanding of due process by Stephen Miller. It is likely this misunderstanding that is informing the President’s misunderstanding.
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mainemattyj.bsky.social @mainemattyj.bsky.social · 02/05/2025
It can be done. Just a little fight and they back right down. www.pressherald.com/2025/05/02/m...
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Maine settles lawsuit against USDA over $3 million in school funds
The Department of Agriculture agreed it will not interfere with Maine school funding based on alleged Title IX violations without following the proper procedure, according to a settlement announced Fr...
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JJ in DC @jjindc.bsky.social · 29/04/2025
Did the New England Patriots team plane just fly to Guantanamo? 👀
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Governor Jay Inslee @govjayinslee.bsky.social · 22/04/2025
Washington just took the reasonable step of not allowing the National Guard of other states to operate here without our agreement. It’s not the Guard personnel we are concerned about, it’s other governors in the Trump cult. katu.com/news/local/g...
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Gov. Ferguson signs bill restricting out-of-state military forces in Washington
Gov. Bob Ferguson has signed a new law that restricts out-of-state military forces from entering Washington without explicit permission.
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Brian Tyler Cohen @briantylercohen.bsky.social · 22/04/2025
The stock market lost $1.4 trillion in value today. Another day in Trump’s America.
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Raw Story @rawstory.com · 22/04/2025
“They asked if I have any biological samples in my luggage. I said yes.”
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'Horrified': Harvard scientist's ICE arrest leaves cancer researchers scrambling
A Harvard scientist whose work on imaging is crucial to a new generation of cancer early detection techniques has been locked up under Immigration and Customs Enforcement arrest for around two months,...
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MaddowBlog @maddowblog.bsky.social · 22/04/2025
Unbelievable. www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
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New images could change cancer diagnostics, but ICE detained the Harvard scientist who analyzes them
Without scientist Kseniia Petrova’s expertise, no one can fully unlock the data’s potential, putting crucial advancements in early cancer detection at risk.
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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 18/04/2025
ONE IF BY LAND TWO IF BY D.C. the north end church in boston it’s 250 years today @northendpage.bsky.social
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Heather Cox Richardson (TDPR) @hcrichardson.bsky.social · 18/04/2025
So… this was supposed to be about Paul Revere’s ride, but the Senator just unloaded about the Trump administration and its Republican enablers. Far more newsworthy than I expected. (You can probably see me shifting to “crap, this was not the interview I prepped!” but the result was memorable.)
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Judge Luttig @judgeluttig.bsky.social · 17/04/2025
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/17/o...
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Opinion | The Supreme Court Can’t Save America, but Here’s What It Can Do (Gift Article)
The justices and the American people must hold the line together.
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Matt Shipman (he/him) @shiplives.bsky.social · 17/04/2025
Most folks don't understand how many things were made possible by federal research funding (e.g., Google). Here are 50 of them, and it barely scratches the surface. (The list is from 2020 and, ironically, includes Tesla.)🧪 stacker.com/stories/busi...
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50 inventions you might not know were funded by the US government
Stacker compiled information on 50 inventions funded by the United States government using government and scientific reports, and news articles.
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mainemattyj.bsky.social @mainemattyj.bsky.social · 04/04/2025
Fantastic thread
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Chris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 03/04/2025
Those trying to understand the tariffs as economic policy are dangerously naive. No, the tariffs are a tool to collapse our democracy. A means to compel loyalty from every business that will need to petition Trump for relief. 1/ A 🧵 to explain his plan and how we fight back.
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mainemattyj.bsky.social @mainemattyj.bsky.social · 03/04/2025
The United States secretary of treasury isn’t sure of the specifics? They used chat gpt to get the tariff numbers? It’s like a high schooler who didn’t do the project to the night before it’s due.
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Chris Ingraham @cingraham.bsky.social · 02/04/2025
Wild story: the acting Social Security chief was warned that terminating data collection contracts with Maine would increase fraud. But he responded that it didn't matter because it was more important to punish Maine's governor for disagreeing with Trump. www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2025/...
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Stephen Wolf @stephenwolf.bsky.social · 27/03/2025
Among the top 10 donors in 2024's federal elections, Republicans outspent Democrats by $1.1 billion to $115 million—roughly 10 to 1. 8 of 10 were Republicans, & Elon Musk alone gave $291 million. The biggest Dem donor: just $64 million. And this doesn't even include state/local races or dark money
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mainemattyj.bsky.social @mainemattyj.bsky.social · 24/03/2025
Would someone buy this painting and Streisand effect the hell out of it.
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Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 24/03/2025
DENVER (AP) — Donald Trump portrait to be taken down at Colorado Capitol after president claimed it was "distorted."
Portrait of Trump inside Colorado’s Capitol
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Adam Bonica @adambonica.bsky.social · 18/03/2025
1/🧵 Judges across ideological lines are ruling against Trump at strikingly similar rates (84% liberal, 86% centrist, 82% conservative). This isn't partisan opposition to Trump—it's the judiciary functioning as intended by cutting across partisan lines to uphold the Constitution.
Title: Both Liberal and Conservative Judges Rule Against Trump
Description: A scatter plot showing the rulings of judges against or in favor of Trump, categorized by ideology using the DIME score. The x-axis represents Judge Ideology (DIME Score), ranging from liberal (-1) to conservative (1), and the y-axis represents the case outcome (against or for Trump).
	•	Blue dots represent liberal judges, purple dots represent moderate judges, and red dots represent conservative judges.
	•	Some judges are labeled, including Rudolph Contreras, Lauren King, John Coughenour, and James Emanuel Boasberg on the liberal to moderate side, and Carl Nichols, Richard J. Leon, and Joseph N. Laplante on the conservative side.
	•	A note mentions that Boasberg, though slightly right-leaning, was initially appointed by George W. Bush.
	•	The visualization suggests that judges from both ideological backgrounds ruled against Trump.
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Guarded Optimist @kathycook.bsky.social · 11/03/2025
Thanks @pbs.org for this terrific piece on forgotten/unknown black punk musicians - long overdue
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How Black musicians have influenced punk music
YouTube video by PBS NewsHour
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