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Gizmodo @gizmodo.com · 11h
Stanford Just Figured Out How to Lead Dying Coral Reefs to a ‘Fast and Full Recovery’
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Stanford Just Figured Out How to Lead Dying Coral Reefs to a ‘Fast and Full Recovery’
Stanford researchers confirmed that contact with healthy coral can revive bleached coral in as little as eight weeks.
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davidrlurie @davidrlurie.com · 13/10/2026
She's not a lawyer, but she plays someone playing one on TV.
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Dave Itzkoff @ditzkoff.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
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Kate from Kharkiv @kateinkharkiv.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Horrific moment a russian drone strike on kindergarten near Kyiv yesterday. The man on the video escapes by some miracle!
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The New Yorker @newyorker.com · 09/10/2026
“To make this film, I set out to solve a mystery,” Gibney says in the documentary. “How could Musk assume so much power, and why had we given it to him?” www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...
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In “Musk,” Alex Gibney Punctures Elon’s Self-Mythology
“To make this film, I set out to solve a mystery,” Gibney says in the documentary. “How could Musk assume so much power, and why had we given it to him?”
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Gillian Brockell @gillianbrockell.com · 09/10/2026
This ICE agent’s entire Instagram feed, “shooter.914,” is guns, watches, energy drinks, and alcohol.
A shooter.914 post showing a blue handgun and Reign energy drinkThe console of a car with an energy drink and handgun in the cup holders. In the foreground, shooter.914’s wrist with a fancy watch in it. Background: Two assault rifles and a Monster energy drink A screenshot of his whole account showing more of the same
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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
"The president barred US reporters, while welcoming Chinese reporters who answer to the communist dictatorship in Beijing. This would be the same president who's running government-paid TV advertising vowing to stop the United States from becoming communist..." www.nytimes.com/2026/09/24/u...
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In Trump’s White House, China’s Dictator Is Welcome. American Media, Less So.
The showdown over President Trump’s partial media ban played out as he welcomed President Xi Jinping, whose government is ranked among the most repressive in the world.
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 23/09/2026
New powerful synthetic opioid behind sharp rise in Scottish drugs deaths
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New powerful synthetic opioid behind sharp rise in Scottish drugs deaths
Eleven percent increase in fatalities last year partly down to presence of nitazenes in Scotland’s illicit drug market A new type of powerful synthetic opioid have contributed to a sharp rise in Scottish drug deaths, with the latest data showing an 11% increase in fatalities last year Annual figures released by National Records of Scotland (NRS) on Wednesday recorded 1,133 drug-related deaths in 2025, 116 more than the previous year. The 2025 figures are the sixth highest on record. Continue reading...
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Mark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
After banning CNN, MS NOW & Politico from the White House, he installs State-Run television, just like they have in so many other countries... Sieg Heil, ya'll. #38Days 🌊
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emily blight 🐦‍⬛ @threnody.northsky.social · 22/09/2026
i am absolutely dying at semen retention influencers. if tori amos, fiona apple, & trent reznor had come in a vision to teenage emily & said “you have to stop masturbating or you’ll lose all your creative energies” i would’ve been like, “there’s a lot of stability in becoming an office manager.”
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Molly Jong-Fast @mollyjongfast.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
This is not great
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Kate from Kharkiv @kateinkharkiv.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
This didn't happen. What actually happened is that Russia deliberately bombed several American businesses in Ukraine. ​The Bunge oilseed plant was hit right after Senator Blumenthal's visit in a twisted demonstration of power.
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molly taft @mollytaft.com · 25/08/2026
NEW: gas power in development in the US explicitly for data centers have nearly doubled in less than a year, soaring from 97GW at the end of 2025 to more than 189GW mid-2026, according to shocking new figures from @globalenergymon.bsky.social that's up from just 4 GW in 2024:
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Data Centers Are Driving an Alarming Gas Power Expansion in the US
There’s no clearer sign of the data center boom than rampant gas projects that have been proposed or that are already under construction.
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Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
Make illegal now thank you
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God @thegodshow.com · 19/08/2026
Natalie Harp pushed to destroy the East Wing to remove the First Lady’s Offices from the grounds of the White House. Clearly obsessed and insane. Single white Nazi.
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Megan O'Matz @megomatz.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
At some private schools across the U.S., 100% of students use taxpayer money to pay toward tuition, thanks to the growth of school voucher programs. But these "quasi-public" schools face almost none of the scrutiny given to public schools. www.propublica.org/article/priv...
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At “Quasi-Public” Private Schools, 100% of Students Get Tuition Vouchers. There’s Almost No Accountability.
Private schools — even those that are heavily dependent on taxpayer funding — often operate without the scrutiny public schools are subject to. Following the money at one Milwaukee private school reve...
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Karly Kingsley @karlykingsley.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
The 1st thing this admin did was rapidly remove “DEI” from the military. Now we’re in a losing war, running low on munitions and cash, troops are jumping ship, and an adversary is mocking us with Legos. Instead of deflecting with “remember DEI,” they should just bring it back.
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WIRED @wired.com · 13/08/2026
With the revelation that ICE is spending millions on shock gloves designed to overpower subjects through intense, localized pain, it's worth looking at how this apparel, designated as a non-lethal tool for law enforcement, actually works.
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The Painful Truth of Exactly How ICE’s New Shock Gloves Actually Work
ICE is spending millions on shock gloves designed to overpower subjects through intense, localized pain.
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Libby from Biscuit @thisisbiscuit.org.uk · 13/08/2026
JFC ban these sex crime glasses in healthcare. If anyone you know buys them it is your duty to mock them until they stop wearing them.
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Woman Calls Out Doctor Wearing Smart Glasses During Consultation Where She Had To Take Off Her Clothes: 'They Need To Be Banned'
A woman's discomfort with a doctor wearing smart glasses during a consultation has sparked debate over privacy and the use of camera-equipped technology in healthcare settings.
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Elizabeth Cronise McLaughlin @ecmclaughlin.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
When I unexpectedly lost my best friend to a brain aneurysm at 37, her donated organs saved seven lives plus someone’s eyesight. This is monstrous.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 16/07/2026
Santa Monica Goebbels is doing his weird and creepy gyrations while delivering a speech smearing Democrats as violent radicals
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 16/07/2026
Tom Homan: "It all go backs to the Dems ... there's still gonna be more bloodshed unless they shut their mouth and let ICE enforce the laws that they enacted."
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Ezra Levin ❌👑 @ezralevin.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
Last week, decorated Air Force Major Jason Watson courageously risked his own freedom (with just three years left before retirement) to defend the Constitution. Now, he’s under investigation. 📸 Matthew Wagner Photos
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 06/07/2026
quiet part out loud -- Ted Cruz thanks Trump for "getting rid of that ridiculous red card," then tells him, "there was a reason the FIFA trophy sat here for as long as it did"
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A.R. Moxon @juliusgoat.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
This alone should be a decade-defining political scandal resulting in prison sentences.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 06/07/2026
Trump claims wind energy is "bad for the environment"
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 06/07/2026
Trump on AI: "It's a massive industry. And I think things are gonna happen. What you're seeing here with the kids -- I think something could happen in that regard too with a contribution to the people of our country. I'll give you a little inside information. Paul, am I allowed to do that?"
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POLITICO Europe @politico.eu · 26/06/2026
Man-made climate change has made this European heat wave far more likely — and far hotter than it would have been just a few decades ago, new research finds. 🔗 www.politico.eu/article/this...
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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 26/06/2026
A new analysis found that the mortality rate for people in ICE custody has skyrocketed during Trump’s second-term mass-deportation campaign. Far more people are now in ICE detention than in prior administrations, and a far greater percentage of those detainees are dying.
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The death rate for ICE detainees has skyrocketed under Trump
Medical care in immigration facilities has long been inadequate. A new report finds that conditions have gotten far worse.
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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
David French: The reason why Watergate would be a 12 hour news story today is that Trump is so corrupt that Nixon seems almost quaint by comparison. Heck, the Guilded Age guys are kicking themselves for being born in the wrong century. There's much more dirty money to be made now.
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Mona Burns @monaburns.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
"Additionally, as much as the federal government would like it to be otherwise, it is very much not illegal to observe and record law enforcement agents, nor is it illegal to disseminate information about those agents." This is an excellent article A very important read:
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Joyce White Vance @joycewhitevance.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
A federal judge has just ordered DOJ to turnover five categories of items from the Epstein Files that it previously failed to disclose by July 2 in a lawsuit brought by Katie Phang. Read the details here: joycevance.substack.com/p/finally-a-...
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The Volatile Mermaid @ohnoshetwitnt.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
Yes, infighting is definitely the answer. Not using that energy to go after Republicans is clearly the way to go. Great job, everyone.
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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 26/06/2026
The mighty Colorado is vanishing, and the fixes are getting weird [via @grist.org]
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The mighty Colorado is vanishing, and the fixes are getting weird
Desalination. Pipelines. Cloud seeding. Or cities could just start using less water.
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Kate Shaw @kateshaw.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
I’ve got a piece in the @nytimes.com this morning about the court’s appalling decision allowing the administration to terminate TPS without following the legally required steps - & in the face of considerable evidence of unconstitutional racial bias www.nytimes.com/2026/06/26/o...
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Opinion | The Supreme Court Is Unshackling the Presidency
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 26/06/2026
Rep. John Rose: "If we don't have secure elections, then we'll see events like what happened in 2020 happen again and again" (He means Republicans losing ... )
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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 22/06/2026
The Reflecting Pool mess is right out of Trump's destructive playbook
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The Reflecting Pool mess is right out of Trump's destructive playbook
Like other failed beautification projects, the president's ego trip will cost taxpayers millions.
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Kate from Kharkiv @kateinkharkiv.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
ZELENSKYY: We discussed with U.S. and France possibility of meeting with Russia around G7. Putin doesn't want. Yesterday, we discussed with President Trump that such meeting could be organized in US, in format where Putin would find it much harder to refuse, at least to Trump.
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Gizmodo @gizmodo.com · 15/06/2026
Most Americans Say Climate Change Is Making Life More Expensive. They're Right gizmodo.com/most-americans-say-clim…
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Most Americans Say Climate Change Is Making Life More Expensive. They're Right
In a recent survey, two-thirds of respondents said global warming is impacting their cost of living.
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Jacob Soboroff @jacobsoboroff.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
here we go again with the Trump stolen election bullshit. here's why California takes up to 30 days to certify election results. 👏 so 👏 the 👏 results 👏 are 👏 fair 👏 and 👏 accurate 👏
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California voting ends Tuesday. The results? Don't expect them anytime soon
Why California takes so long to count votes: Mail-in ballots, signature verification and competitive races could delay election results for weeks
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 01/06/2026
I know what it’s like to be 80. We have reason to worry about Trump’s health | Robert Reich
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I know what it’s like to be 80. We have reason to worry about Trump’s health | Robert Reich
Physical and mental health aren’t easily separated, especially at our age. And the president is showing many concerning signs
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The City Reporter @thecityreporter.nyc · 01/06/2026
An investigation by The City Reporter, based on a database of more than 1,200 lawsuits, shows that ICE agents in the field have seized Latinos in numbers that far exceed their share of the undocumented population. projects.thecity.nyc/ice-street-a...
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ICE Targeted NY Metro Latinos With 93% of Known Street Arrests
An investigation by The City Reporter, based on a database of more than 1,200 lawsuits, shows that ICE agents in the field have seized Latinos in numbers that far exceed their share of the…
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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 01/06/2026
Forty-six people, including members of the press, were arrested last night at the Delaney Hall protest. The authorities justified these arrests because protesters were carrying helmets, masks, and shields. When the state treats citizens as enemies for simply seeking protection… ITS FASCISM!
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Leah Greenberg ❌👑 @leahgreenberg.bsky.social · 28/05/2026
The world is watching in horror as ICE terror unfolds in another U.S. city. Solidarity with the people resisting inside and outside of Delaney Hall.
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‘We are not criminals’: protests erupt as hunger strike rocks New Jersey ICE jail
A day after ICE officials pepper-spray senator, tensions ramp up outside facility on fifth day of hunger and labor strike
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Ways and Means Committee Democrats @waysmeanscmte.bsky.social · 28/05/2026
This is their new plan to afford a tank of gas in this country:
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 28/05/2026
‘Flavour is under siege in this country’: how food in America lost its taste
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‘Flavour is under siege in this country’: how food in America lost its taste
In the last century, industrialized farming has killed off delicious food – but a brigade of chefs, breeders and farmers are fighting to bring it back
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Indivisible ❌👑 @indivisible.org · 28/05/2026
What's happening at Delaney Hall should be major news with 24/7 coverage. People have been linking arms and protesting for 6 days straight. Don't let the regime bury this story. ALL EYES ON DELANEY.
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 28/05/2026
Mosquitoes can become attracted to insect repellant, study suggests
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Mosquitoes can become attracted to insect repellant, study suggests
The insect may learn to associate the chemical Deet with a ‘blood meal’, researchers say It is a spray used worldwide to protect humans from mosquito bites, but now research suggests Deet can become attractive to the insects if they associate it with feeding. Deet – which has the chemical name N,N-diethyl-meta-toluamide – is widely used in insect repellants, with the UK Health Security Agency recommending products with 50% Deet as the first choice to protect against mosquito bites. Continue reading...
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Gizmodo @gizmodo.com · 28/05/2026
Scientists Identify Potential New Source of Antibiotic-Resistant Superbugs—and It’s Not What You Think
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Scientists Identify Potential New Source of Antibiotic-Resistant Superbugs—and It’s Not What You Think
An international team of researchers argues that increasingly hot weather has been responsible for roughly one quarter of emerging antibiotic-resistant Salmonella genes since 1940.
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