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Melissa H-F

@melissahf.bsky.social
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Twin beekeeper. Runs a bit. Owns a fencing club in Minneapolis with teacher hubs.

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Peggy Flanagan @peggyflanagan.bsky.social · 15/10/2026
This year, federal agents terrorized our streets, killed our neighbors, and detained our children. Minnesotans were changed forever. Michele Tafoya thinks ICE treats kids “really well.” I think ICE should be ripped apart and replaced by a system grounded in dignity and due process.
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Microbes.Info @microbesinfo.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
🦠📚 Scientists have created a large library pairing #bacteria with the #viruses that infect them, providing a resource for exploring #Phages and their potential #biotechnology applications. #Microbes #Bacteria #Phage #Biotech #Microsky via @sciencex.bsky.social phys.org/news/2026-09...
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A 'library' of bacteria-killing viruses: Harnessing the power of phages
An estimated 38 trillion bacteria live in the human body—and only a small fraction are harmful to our health. However, the harmful ones can cause serious illness, especially when they develop…
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Get to know— and support— phage research.
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Susan Glasser @sbg1.bsky.social · 13h
Trump’s October Surprise is a pivot to Putin… My new column: www.newyorker.com/news/letter-...
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Trump’s October Surprise Is a Pivot to Putin
No one thinks Russian diesel can save the Republicans, so why is the President doing it?
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magpie TRICKS @magpie.tips · 7h
It's 2026. The website you used to print turn by turn directions for road trips after high school has become woke and an ally in the right against the surveillance economy
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 17h
Katie Zacharia on failing the bar exam: "We just said, 'I'll take the bar and see what happens.' The results are somewhat inconsequential because I knew I wouldn't need the bar in China." (She spent years lying that she's an attorney!)
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Brett "Solidarity 2026" Banditelli @banditelli.org · 21h
Public libraries are becoming so popular even the bears have started trying to get cards. www.instagram.com/reel/DeftV9x...
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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 14/10/2026
Since 2020, electricity bills have risen 34% for customers of investor-owned utilities, but only 19% for customers of publicly owned utilities. Nuking the IOU model & making all distribution utilities publicly owned: people are saying.
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One Home’s Power Bill Is $500. A Half-Mile Away, It’s 70% Lower
The stark difference reflects a growing national divide between investor-owned utilities and public power providers
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The Markup @themarkup.org · 14/10/2026
The world’s largest health appointments platform, Doctoralia, removed web trackers sending personal information to tech companies following an investigation by The Markup and Brazil’s Agência Pública. bit.ly/3WpUSuN
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Lenticulus @lenticulus.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
“A dated, sourced record of Elon Musk's posts, replies and reposts about Black people” elonmuskhatesblacks.com
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Musk Race Ledger
A dated, sourced record of Elon Musk's posts, replies and actions about Black people, with links to the original posts on X and to published reporting.
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Zoe Tillman @zoetillman.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
NEW: A lawsuit accuses Jared Kushner, President Donald Trump’s son-in-law, of unlawfully exercising government power by acting as one of the administration’s “go-to foreign policy negotiators” without Senate confirmation or compliance with ethics rules buff.ly/nT8HJxw Complaint: buff.ly/mtX7rZX
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Sean Casten @seancasten.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
This chart in this morning's NYT is awfully misleading. Suggested edits in red to avoid any confusion.
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Melissa H-F @melissahf.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
This resonates with me today.
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Jake_Vig @jakevig.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
WARNING: Moose will try to diagnose what is wrong with your broken vehicle.
Road sign of smashed car and moose
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Jenn @jennburrill.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
Another loss for Trump's in his war on the First Amendment & a Free Press 🎨 by @billbramhall.bsky.social
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SARS‑CoV‑2 (COVID-19) @covid19disease.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
🚨 BREAKTHROUGH: MIT engineers develop a breath test that detects pneumonia in minutes no X-rays, no lab wait. Just a single breath Two MIT engineers, Loza Tadesse and Aditya Garg, have developed a breath test that can detect pneumonia in minutes.
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Clara Jeffery @clarajeffery.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
idk maybe if your previous comments on this subject have been leaked to media reporters and you're in a room full of journalists who can do just that you...don't do this?
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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 14/10/2026
Just wild that this is the explicit message.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 14/10/2026
Look at the shabby state and increasingly authoritarian trajectory of the country and ask yourself if we can endure 2 more years of a lawless Trump administration wreaking havoc with no check from Congress, then vote accordingly. This is not the time for a protest vote or purity politics.
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 13/10/2026
As seen on @lastweektonight.com 👀 The FDA won’t tell Americans where their generic drugs are made, so we did it instead. Use information from your prescription label to locate the factory and see if the plant has a history of inspection violations: projects.propublica.org/rx-inspector
John Oliver (on right) gestures with his hands as he speaks. On left, a ProPublica website screenshot shows a tool titled "Look Up Where Your Generic Prescription Drugs Were Made" and prompts the user to "Begin Your Search." Below John Oliver is a box highlighting the URL projects dot propublica dot org slash rx dash inspector.
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Bolts @boltsmag.org · 13/10/2026
Many states have elected agencies that regulate utilities and energy providers. And this fall, there’s a big prize on the ballot: Democrats have a shot at flipping Georgia’s Public Service Commission.
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Your Cheat Sheet to the 2026 General Elections - Bolts
Congressional races will take center stage on Nov. 3, but they’re just the tip of what to watch. Prosecutors and governors, attorneys general and sheriffs, school boards and mayors, utility... Read More
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Melissa H-F @melissahf.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
One of my favorites…
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Chise @sailorrooscout.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
GOOD NEWS! Phase I clinical trial results show a first-of-its-kind personalized vaccine designed to treat glioblastoma, a deadly and aggressive form of brain cancer, is safe AND elicits robust and broad immune responses that appears to INCREASE recurrence-free survival in patients after surgery.
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Melissa H-F @melissahf.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
Study up on your school board if it’s in play, MN.
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Melissa H-F @melissahf.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
Repost this, please.
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
The Trump administration ignored the court’s instructions again. Over 400 trees were chopped down at D.C.’s public East Potomac Golf Links over the holiday weekend without proper advance notice even after government lawyers promised the judge ample warning before any irreversible work.
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Regina Schrambling @gastropoda.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
Again: Great reporting. & one more reason to make a trip to MPLS -- the city that fights back.
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Wedge LIVE!™ @wedge.live · 12/10/2026
Imagine how much we would roast Mary Mortuary if violent crime had gone up as much as we feel it in our bones, instead of dropping way down as reality wants us to believe.
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Dan Haugen @danhaugen.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
This was a fun story to work on with @clairecarlson.bsky.social, who tracked down the former EPA scientist who supported the pilot program in 2008 that brought the mussels to Minneapolis' water treatment plant.
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These unsung shellfish help protect the drinking water for half a million Minnesotans
A unique human-mollusk partnership at the Minneapolis Public Works water treatment plant provides early alerts on pollution.
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Melissa H-F @melissahf.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
Just wow…
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Astro Attorney ⚖️🪐⭐️🔭 @astroattorney.com · 11/10/2026
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Melissa H-F @melissahf.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
Yes, and looking at that crowd… who are these people?
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Climate News @climatenews.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Benedict Cumberbatch presents How to Live on Earth. “Living on Mars would be horrible. Let’s try to live on Earth.”
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How to Live on Earth | Feature Documentary | Presented by Benedict Cumberbatch
YouTube video by Open Planet
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Melissa H-F @melissahf.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Occasionally a happy moment on teh internets…
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Greg Greene (he/him/his) @greene.haus · 10/10/2026
“Don’t hit these refineries b/c that is a world problem. … And [Zelenskyy] wants to make problems … for our farmers, our ranchers with diesel fuel, because Russia supplies a large portion …throughout the world.” Ah, so he says the 🛢️ shock he caused by attacking Iran is Zelenskyy’s fault. Got it.
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 10/10/2026
We released a trove of disclosure records that detail the finances of more than 1,600 Trump appointees, including former lobbyists, industry executives and at least a dozen officials who declined to identify former clients. Explore the database:
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Explore Financial Disclosures From President Trump and 1,600 of His Appointees - ProPublica
Use this database to explore potential conflicts of interest for President Donald Trump and his team. The documents disclose positions officials have held outside government, their assets and their de...
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Melissa H-F @melissahf.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Yes, please!
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 08/10/2026
UnitedHealth is the nation’s largest health insurance conglomerate. ProPublica obtained what is effectively the company’s internal playbook for limiting and cutting therapy costs. Here’s what we found. (Published Nov. 2024)
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How UnitedHealth’s Playbook for Limiting Mental Health Coverage Puts Countless Americans’ Treatment at Risk
United used an algorithm system to identify patients who it determined were getting too much therapy and then limited coverage. It was deemed illegal in three states, but similar practices persist due...
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The New Republic @newrepublic.com · 07/10/2026
ICE was targeting voting rights groups in swing states—and beyond. trib.al/s17yxLH
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ICE Secretly Investigated Hundreds of Nonprofits Across the Country
ICE was targeting voting rights groups in swing states—and beyond.
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Melissa H-F @melissahf.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Well, one party will agree…
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Melissa H-F @melissahf.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
And, just wow. Could be used for great therapy in real time, but because we can’t have nice things, it will just get used for disinformation and putting people out of work as quickly as possible.
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Melissa H-F @melissahf.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Tucker Carlson really putting the cards down here…
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 06/10/2026
The government *still* isn’t tracking how often immigration agents detain U.S. citizens. We are. 500+ Americans have been handcuffed, held at gunpoint or held against their will in Trump’s second term. Our tally is almost certainly an undercount. THREAD (content warning: violence) ⬇️
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RNS @rns.org · 05/10/2026
(RNS) — 'I am asking for your courage to love your neighbor, to respect the dignity of every human being, and now, to vote,' Budde says in the new ad, which references her headline-grabbing sermon to President Donald Trump last year.
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Bishop Mariann Budde, in new election ad, urges people to vote
(RNS) — 'I am asking for your courage to love your neighbor, to respect the dignity of every human being, and now, to vote,' Budde says in the new ad, which references her headline-grabbing sermon to President Donald Trump last year.
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PBS News @pbsnews.org · 05/10/2026
Students at Cornell are protesting the university's handling of an alleged sexual assault at a fraternity house in 2024 — and to show support for the unnamed accuser. Hundreds gathered to hear speeches by their fellow students in what's expected to be the first of multiple protests this week.
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The Conversation U.S. @us.theconversation.com · 04/10/2026
🚨Beware of political deepfakes this election season. 🚨 AI can make candidates appear to say or do things that never happened. And even in states with deepfake laws, you may still see them. And an AI warning label on social media doesn’t necessarily mean the content will be taken down.
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As AI political deepfakes go viral, lawmakers struggle to keep up – 2 states’ laws show limits of what they can do
Most states require warnings on AI-generated political ads, but studies show these disclosures do little to alter people’s willingness to share the content. Most states have legislated election deepfakes by requiring a warning 28 states require disclosures on the media
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Ari Berman @ariberman.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
🚨🚨Attention - if you live in Alaska, Rhode Island or South Carolina today 10/4 is the last day to register to vote
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John Schwartz @jswatz.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
“We dodged a bullet today,” said Billy Miller, a river guide who was one of the named plaintiffs in the suit. “It means that we can continue to introduce people to the wildness. Their plan was going to ruin the experience of anybody going out there.” www.nytimes.com/2026/10/02/u...
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Judge Blocks Border Wall Construction in Big Bend in Texas (Gift Article)
The ruling dealt a setback to the Trump administration’s plans for hundreds of miles of barriers that have drawn local opposition.
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Rest of World @restofworld.org · 03/10/2026
When companies automate, they keep the savings while workers and governments bear the cost, writes Alessandro Crimi. He points to South Korea’s automation tax as one possible solution restofworld.org/2026/robot-tax-ai-w…
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The case for a robot tax to redistribute wealth
In an excerpt from his book, “Innovate for Impact: A Roadmap to Sustainable Technology Beyond AI,” Alessandro Crimi explains that a tax on automation is more effective than retraining labor.
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Charles Ornstein @charlesornstein.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Americans Are About to Lose Access to Cheap Gray-Market Prescriptions From Canada
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Americans Are About to Lose Access to Cheap Gray-Market Prescriptions From Canada
Millions who use online pharmacies from Canada and other countries could get cut off in October.
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