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Michael Luongo

@michaelluongo.bsky.social
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TEDx Speaker, Novelist, Journalist, Editor, Photographer, Professor/Instructor, Author 16 books: education, travel, culture, human rights & more. PhD student researching tourism & conflict. NYC & Indiana. www.michaelluongo.com

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Michael Luongo @michaelluongo.bsky.social · 14h
interesting news out of Kenya from @fauza4ir.bsky.social impactnews-wire.com/kenya-wanted...
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Kenya Wanted to Be an AI Hub. Microsoft’s Exit Complicates That Plan.
Microsoft's plan to close its Africa Development Centre in Nairobi is threatening to end a six-year effort to build a major AI engineering hub in Kenya, raising questions about the country's ability t...
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Larry Colvin @larrycolvin.bsky.social · 23h
Tech CEOs admit there's up to a 25% chance AI ends humanity, but Ted Cruz says: "I'd rather they be American killer robots than Chinese killer robots." Jon Stewart offers a better idea: "May I offer a third option? No killer robots." Why can't we slow this down? #Blues
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Michael Luongo @michaelluongo.bsky.social · 14h
Oh, how I remember this book when I was a child, even if I was not allowed to read it! Like Fear of Flying, it was on my mother's bedstand. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/11/b...
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50 Years Later, ‘The Hite Report’ Still Matters (Gift Article)
Its author became a pop culture celebrity, and sometimes punchline, but “The Hite Report” helped make way for frank discussions about pleasure.
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Zee207702🇨🇦🍁🍃🎃🐈‍⬛ @zee207702.bsky.social · 14h
Happy Indigenous Peoples Day! 🇨🇦🍁🥂
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Michael Luongo @michaelluongo.bsky.social · 14h
weird and interesting....and really there should be consequences when influencers spread lies..... www.nytimes.com/2026/10/07/s...
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An Influencer’s Punishment Is a Pinned Instagram Post (Gift Article)
A dispute over online misinformation about the F-Factor diet led to an unusual agreement: an apology video that must be pinned to the top of social feeds for three and a half years.
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Michael Luongo @michaelluongo.bsky.social · 17h
an important read on Ebola www.nytimes.com/2026/10/05/w...
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‘No Help’: Aid Arrived Too Late as Ebola Spread in a Congolese Town (Gift Article)
What happened in Mangala, where residents were left with little outside support, helps explain how this outbreak became the worst seen in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
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Michael Luongo @michaelluongo.bsky.social · 17h
wow, very creative! You have to really hand it sometimes to fraudsters! www.nytimes.com/2026/10/01/w...
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Fake It ’Til You Make It: Man Charged With Running Phony Government Agency (Gift Article)
The Nigerian secured office space in a federal building, opened bank accounts and even held meetings with foreign diplomats. He says he is innocent.
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Petisia @petisia.bsky.social · 18h
WHAT HAPPENED TO THE BLACK WOMEN TRUMP PURGED FROM THE FEDERAL WORK FORCE? More than a year later, @hammerandhope.bsky.social highlights their struggle for financial stability and to make sense of the racist backlash that displaced them. hammerandhope.org/article/trum... #PINKS
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What Happened to the Black Women Trump Purged From the Federal Work Force?
Over a year later, they are struggling to find financial footing and make sense of the racist backlash that displaced them.
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Petisia @petisia.bsky.social · 18h
ICYMI ― Somebody just dropped the damn mic! “If John Lewis were marching today from Selma to Montgomery, Mike Collins would be grabbing a billy club." ―Senator Jon Ossoff (D-GA) Gift Link Commentary👉🏾 www.nytimes.com/2026/10/08/u... Video Source👉🏾 youtu.be/ZyRji58xqwg #PINKS
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Michael Luongo @michaelluongo.bsky.social · 17h
horrific - the most dangerous man in a woman's life is someone who claims to love her www.nytimes.com/2026/10/10/u...
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5 Killed in Murder-Suicide at a Home in Georgia
Officials said the shooting in the city of Douglas was related to domestic violence. The victims lived together in the same house.
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Michael Luongo @michaelluongo.bsky.social · 17h
an important article www.nytimes.com/2026/10/07/w...
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Driven to Leave Home by Desperation. Driven Back by Hate. (Gift Article)
Anti-immigrant violence in South Africa has forced tens of thousands to return to Malawi, severing badly needed cash flows and leaving families hungry.
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Michael Luongo @michaelluongo.bsky.social · 18h
an interesting read www.nytimes.com/2026/09/29/s...
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What if A.D.H.D. Isn’t About Attention at All? (Gift Article)
Evidence suggests that it really affects what psychiatrists like me call sustained engagement — an important difference in understanding how to think about the condition.
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Michael Luongo @michaelluongo.bsky.social · 18h
an important read www.nytimes.com/2026/10/12/t...
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Is Universal Basic Income the Answer to A.I.-Fueled Job Losses? (Gift Article)
For more than a year, The New York Times followed recipients of universal basic income programs, which Elon Musk and other tech leaders have promoted as a solution to A.I.-fueled job losses.
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Patty Shenker 🌱🕊️ @pattys06.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
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Michael Luongo @michaelluongo.bsky.social · 18h
I sometimes did this with my Aunt as she got older and more feeble....sometimes she would reminisce about dates in the 1940s and 1950s, as if I were the fellow she was on the date with, sometimes it was weird, but it was a way to travel in time with her
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Ian Kremer @wolverinebear.bsky.social · 19h
Slow down, reminisce if it feels right: practical tips for talking to people with dementia theconversation.com/slow-down-re... #Alzheimers #dementia #caregiving
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Slow down, reminisce if it feels right: practical tips for talking to people with dementia
The basics are the same: be respectful and don’t make assumptions. But these practical tips can make conversations more meaningful and less distressing.
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Michael Luongo @michaelluongo.bsky.social · 18h
a beautiful story www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
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How Steffen Skjottelvik's Journey Across Canada Came to a Tragic End (Gift Article)
For three years and 750 miles, Steffen Skjottelvik lived a life of adventure. Until the adventure took his life.
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Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @ocasio-cortez.house.gov · 18h
For years, the Trump admin has launched slanderous attacks against Rep. Omar. This morning, the administration sent federal officials to raid her home. We cannot and will not accept this unprecedented abuse of power. I stand with @repilhan.bsky.social. apnews.com/article/ilha...
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Agents search Rep. Omar's Washington home in criminal probe as she vows she won't 'be silenced'
Congresswoman Ilhan Omar says she will “not be silenced” and calls a search of her Washington home the “latest escalation” in President Donald Trump’s “intimidation” campaign.
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Dawna and RealMonkeyCat @dawna9.bsky.social · 19h
Super INTELLIGENCE 🇺🇦 vs idiot 🤡 Super Brilliance, President Zelenskyy 🌻
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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 18h
Christopher Hale: Here is the dream team behind the fake story that Talarico secretly went to an Ohio mental health center. Nick Sortor has an open warrant for his arrest back home in Kentucky for violating probation. He was convicted of driving while intoxicated, harassing a police officer,
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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 18h
stalking a woman, kidnapping her dog, and sexually assaulting her, among other crimes. Now he's a de facto operative of the campaign team of Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton
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Anonymous @youranoncentral.bsky.social · 20h
Zelenskyy: "It is clear that Putin does not read Truth Social, and his “shahed” drones follow a different set of instructions. But we in Ukraine immediately supported the idea of an energy ceasefire, as we did more than once for months when we ourselves put forward this idea."
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 20h
Federal ICE agents raided Democratic Rep. Ilhan Omar’s Washington-area home before dawn this morning. The Trump DOJ confirms agents executed a search warrant as part of a criminal investigation reportedly involving immigration paperwork completed by Omar’s late father when she was a CHILD. 1/
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ICE Raids Ilhan Omar’s Home
Homeland Security Investigations searched the Minnesota Democrat’s Washington-area home under a sealed warrant tied to forms her late father filled out when she was a child. No charge has been filed.
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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 22h
To give a sense of scale, Musk is spending more on the midterms than he was on the 2024 election, and he was the biggest donor in that election. In 2025 he promised to pull back from politics and do much less political spending. Another lie.
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 11/10/2026
Do you know how hard it is to lose the war if you're the United States? It's about as unlikely as bankrupting a casino.
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DrH @drhaup.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
Public servants deserve to be protected. Thousands of public servants are living, working and, in the final weeks of election season, campaigning in a state of fear. They aimed at Repub's and Dem's alike, and at a range from county clerks to United States senators. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/11/u...
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Threats of Political Violence Have America’s Elected Officials Living in Fear (Gift Article)
A Times investigation has found that violent threats have become a new normal among public officials, reshaped private lives, cost millions in security and pushed people out of office.
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Bloomberg News @bloomberg.com · 20h
Rising anxiety over catastrophic risks from artificial intelligence has spurred a groundswell of calls for new safeguards on the rapidly evolving technology, yet there’s little consensus on next steps. Here's what to know.
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What Should AI Guardrails Look Like? A Guide to the Proposals
Ideas vary from a simple requirement that companies report safety incidents to an outright ban on “superintelligent” AI.
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Michael Luongo @michaelluongo.bsky.social · 20h
this was a very fun article to read! www.nytimes.com/2026/09/06/n...
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Our Wild and Crazy 13-Hour New York City Ferry Cruise (Gift Article)
We spent a day bouncing around the city on the expanded NYC Ferry system — making stops at beaches, festivals, beloved bars and more — for just $15.
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Jon Danziger @danziger.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
Perhaps there could be a FIFA Literature Prize
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Michael Luongo @michaelluongo.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
this is horrific www.phoenixnewtimes.com/news/congres...
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Congressional candidate is raped while repairing her campaign signs
Embarrassed, she initially didn’t want to report attack. Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office's investigation is ongoing. A Phoenix New Times exclusive.
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Elizabeth Warren @warren.senate.gov · 11/10/2026
If Congress doesn’t act, Social Security benefits are on track be cut in 2032. Not on my watch. We must protect Social Security by lifting the cap so that those with the highest incomes pay the same share as everyone else.
“Just take the cap off” Elizabeth Warren on removing the Social Security tax cap to make the highest earners pay their fair share.
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Blue Resister 🇺🇸 @geo-resists.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
Russian Bot traffic is definitely down
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Kyle Cheney @kyledcheney.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
BREAKING: A judge has ordered an immediate halt to the taxpayer-funded pro-Trump ads, including any slated to run tonight. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
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Mike @mike-umbkm.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
Fox News' Kilmeade: ..."Zelensky is frustrated because now all this money is going to flow into Russia, who started this whole war unprovoked, they are the bad guys"
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Rajiv @rajivpr.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Anthropic Agents Tried to Fill Out Visa Forms on State Dept. Website www.nytimes.com/2026/10/09/technolo…
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Anthropic Agents Tried to Fill Out Visa Forms on State Dept. Website
The Philadelphia Police Department said the agents had also sent in a false homicide tip. The incidents led the White House to call for better disclosure of rogue A.I. behavior.
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Rajiv @rajivpr.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
We Have Accepted Government Surveillance outlookzen.com/2014/01/12/the-surre…
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We Have Accepted Government Surveillance
It has been 7 months since Edward Snowden’s revelations that the US government is spying on every single person in the world with internet access. Every phone call we send, and every email we compo…
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Rajiv @rajivpr.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
Trump Is Begging to Be Impeached www.nytimes.com/2026/10/10/opinion/…
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Opinion | Trump Is Begging to Be Impeached
The president’s despotism is itself a constitutional offense.
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Rajiv @rajivpr.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
A Senator Facing Re-Election Settles a Bakery Bill, 6 Years Later www.nytimes.com/2026/10/10/us/polit…
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A Senator Facing Re-Election Settles a Bakery Bill, 6 Years Later
Senator Roger Marshall, a Kansas Republican in a difficult race, paid an old campaign debt for cookies, muffins and brownies after a baker’s story went viral online.
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Michael Luongo @michaelluongo.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
"compounded by other aspects of 21st-century living, such as cellphones and social media, that have arguably made us distractible and impatient. The result of all this is that modern life becomes more disabling for those with A.D.H.D." www.nytimes.com/2026/09/29/s...
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What if A.D.H.D. Isn’t About Attention at All? (Gift Article)
Evidence suggests that it really affects what psychiatrists like me call sustained engagement — an important difference in understanding how to think about the condition.
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Michael Luongo @michaelluongo.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
On my Thanksgiving With Eva Marie Saint, a link to my Facebook posting www.facebook.com/michaelluong... Which also links to this great piece the NY Times had on her very long life
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Hayden Black @haydenb.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
Kudos to Ukraine for hurting Russia’s manipulation of America’s midterms.
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 11/10/2026
Steffen Skjottelvik wanted to follow in the footsteps of Norway’s great adventurers. He planned a multiyear trek through rivers, forests and snow in the Canadian wilderness. Only his sled dogs returned, and rescuers found an SD card containing more than 20 hours of video diaries from his journey.
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How Steffen Skjottelvik's Journey Across Canada Came to a Tragic End
For three years and 750 miles, Steffen Skjottelvik lived a life of adventure. Until the adventure took his life.
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Dan Guachione @sounddepartment.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
Russia strikes power plant in Ukraine after trump announces energy ceasefire… A thermal power plant was struck at least twice, Ukrainian officials said. Russian forces struck a power plant in Kyiv using a Shahed drone, causing widespread power outages across multiple districts of the capital
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Meta Resistance @metaresistance.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
Michigan Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed (D) sits down for an exclusive interview with Meet the Press less than a month out from the midterm elections. #DrAbdulElSayed
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Michael Luongo @michaelluongo.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
our mass shootings are as American as apple pie www.nytimes.com/2026/10/10/u...?
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‘It Was Horrific’: 8 Killed in Shooting in Erie, Pa.
The dead included a pregnant woman, a 5 year old and a toddler. The shooter was also dead, city officials said.
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Dook of Url @uglydook.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Meanwhile, he wants to give THIS GUY more money...
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Putin boasts military might with animation of Florida nuke strike | CNN
Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday used a concept video of unlimited range nuclear warheads apparently raining down on Florida – President Donald Trump’s home away from home – to tout his co...
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Michael Luongo @michaelluongo.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
they use one of his buildings in photo - actually one where he did know the "Art of the Deal" for real - but the new building seems to be elsewhere - that building in the photo he bought the land for after the previous owner bankrupted himself suing the city to build that tower over Grand Central
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Michael Luongo @michaelluongo.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
without paywall www.nytimes.com/2026/10/10/n...
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A New Tower Will Have Lots of Public Space but No Public Bathrooms (Gift Article)
Amid a bathroom shortage in New York City, community leaders and advocates are calling on city officials to require bathroom access in privately owned public spaces.
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capitolhunters @capitolhunters.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
The people around Trump want to ban abortion pills, have been trying for years, and will use whatever means they can. The current plan is for RFK Jr to declare them unsafe. Trump's new press secretary previewed this yesterday when she said they used the "same chemicals" as Hitler's gas chambers. 1/
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