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Michael Oberg

@michaeloberg.bsky.social
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Ex research faculty in High Performance Scientific Computing in bioinformatics and climate. Now run a nonprofit in renewable energy.

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Rob Sheridan @rob-sheridan.com · 14h
We do not have a serious economy in this country, we have an ongoing series of expensive brazen insults to all the hard-working people who *actually make things* despite the incompetent whims of mediocre upfailing assclowns like this guy. No greater lie than the meritocracy.
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Can't snub someone who was never in contention
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Nicole Chung @nicolechung.bsky.social · 22h
she’s dreaming about greeting her friends aka everyone she has ever met
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Khashoggi's Ghost @urocklive1.bsky.social · 13h
Of course the Trump Savings Accounts for kids turns out to be scam. In effect, "our president is helping rich donors offload overvalued stocks onto children, who are forced to hold the stocks for five years whether they want to or not." www.rawstory.com/trump-accoun...
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Trump rigs kids’ piggy banks so billionaires can dump falling stock on them: analyst
A quiet change to President Donald Trump's namesake savings program for children amounts to a gift for billionaires, according to an economic analyst.In an article for The Bulwark on Thursday, economi...
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AFP News Agency @en.afp.com · 3h
🏅 South African judge reacts to Nobel Peace Prize win Navi Pillay reacts to winning the Nobel Peace Prize. Pillay headed the Rwanda genocide tribunal and last year presided over a UN commission which accused Israel of genocide in Gaza. She is currently a judge at the International Court of Justice.
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 14h
“There was zero plan, except causing pain,” said one U.N. official about the Trump administration’s decision to stop funding the group with no notice or communication. “And that is not forgivable.” (Published Dec. 2025)
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After Trump Officials Cut Food Aid to Kenya, Children Starved to Death
“Brutal and traumatizing”: Interviews and a trove of internal documents show government officials and aid workers desperately tried to warn Trump advisers about impending disaster and death.
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Francis Wilkinson @franciswilkinson.bsky.social · 2h
My favorite Kobach bit remains his public outrage that a dead man had voted. A local reporter found the alleged dead man raking leaves in front of his house.
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Brittany Trang @brittanytrang.com · 3h
"I worry about calls to direct research funding primarily toward work with [immediate] applications...The most consequential research is often about what is not obvious. If scientists must know the practical outcome before asking the question, they’ll never ask some of the most important questions."
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50 years ago, my colleagues and I pursued basic research science that became revolutionary
“Basic studies led to clinical and translational advances that no one could have predicted,” Robert Gallo writes of his work with interleukin-2.
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🎃 Imani Gandy Corn 🎃 @angryblacklady.blacksky.app · 6h
"What are we, a bunch of BROWN people?" This is white people doing white people shit. Y'all had picnics under our hanging bodies but sure ok. It's like the Taliban.
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Nicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 3h
Pete Hegseth picked Elon Musk and Palmer Luckey to lead a Pentagon future of war project. It's: -Corrupt! Big Trump donors. -Conflict of interest! Defense contractors who will recommend their products. -Dangerous! Embeds techno-fascists deeper into US defense architecture. My latest, in @ms.now:
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Opinion | Oligarchs like Elon Musk are tightening their grip on the Pentagon
A new initiative named Project Meridian is just one way GOP donors’ influence over defense policy is increasing.
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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 2h
The Fraud Task Force is important bc: 1) It chases peanuts while Trump steals orders of magnitude more on a daily basis 2) It is largely propaganda 3) It was the excuse to destroy white collar policing news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/...
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DOJ Fraud Division’s Rise Diminishes Premier White Collar Unit
The Justice Department’s corporate crime enforcement hub has lost the bulk of its market manipulation and securities expertise over the past few months, accelerating what former officials call a downg...
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I Scare You Like Sound Dog @chadstanton.blacksky.app · 2h
“The Afrikaner policy is illuminating, because it proves the catch-22 facing nonwhite immigrants: If you are poor, you are a moocher, and if you are gainfully employed, you are taking a job from a hardworking American. The only way to be a good immigrant is to be white and Christian.”
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The GOP’s Message to Immigrants
Be white and Christian, or America doesn’t want you.
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Garrett M. Graff @vermontgmg.bsky.social · 3h
An amazingly stark example of how the US economy has broken: Zaslav clears nearly a *billion* dollars amid a CEO tenure where he made basically anything he touched worse, harmed multiple prestigious brands, led huge layoffs—but delivered a corrupt merger for shareholders. variety.com/2026/tv/news...
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David Zaslav Gets $606 Million Payout From Paramount-Warner Bros. Merger
David Zaslav will receive $606 million as he leaves Warner Bros. Discovery, after the company's merger with David Ellison's Paramount was completed.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 14h
Endlessly corrupt. He does nothing that doesn’t benefit him personally. Ever.
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Trump purchased up to $5 million of SpaceX bonds days before major space order | CNN Business
Right before launching an effort to slash red tape for commercial space transportation, Trump last month purchased up to $5 million of bonds issued by SpaceX.
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 14h
Given that there is not likely to be a national, bipartisan demand for accountability in the wake of Trump — the major distinction with Nixon — any accountability, civil or criminal, will be a partisan and political project that I think should be pursued as vigorously as possible.
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Dan Froomkin/Press Watch/Heads Up News @froomkin.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
The editorial board of the Philadelphia @inquirer.com becomes the first at a major newspaper to endorse (sorta) Trump's impeachment. share.inquirer.com/BnINC5 "A clear and present danger to the republic... the case against Trump is strong... the time has come to again contemplate his impeachment."
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The Case for Impeachment: What would the founders do? | Editorial
The list of the president’s high crimes and misdemeanors is breathtaking.
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Michael Oberg @michaeloberg.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Mitch is looking better than I expected
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
The richest man owns X. The second richest man owns The Washington Post. The third and fifth richest men control Google. The sixth richest man owns Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp. And the eighth richest man now owns both Paramount and Warner Bros. See the problem here?
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Paramount takes over Warner Bros in $110bn Hollywood merger
The merger of two of Hollywood's biggest movie studios comes after months of legal disputes and concern over competition
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The Fig Economy @figgityfigs.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Sometimes my wife and I like to send each other text messages as though they’re democratic fundraising messages, and I believe she has produced the jewel of the form.
, it's
and I
have some personal news to share with you.
Being a mom is one of the greatest joys of my life, and I feel deeply that we should have salad tonight
This year has been challenging in many ways, and I have immense gratitude for the kindness and support of family, community, and people like you who have continued to stand by me through everything. It means the world, and I wanted you to be among the first to know that squash is in the oven and kale is in the fridge.As many of you are aware, ve been navigating one of the most challenging periods of my day while waiting for dinner.
Facing baseless federal hunger brought on by not eating since lunch, fighting for the working kids of this country, and now caring for a mean toddler and helping him grow up in a world that isn't always easy. But it has also reminded me exactly why I do this work and who I do it for.
I will never stop working to eat dinner. I will never stop fighting for what is right, even when there is also some feta in the fridge. And I will never stop being so very thankful that you are by my side in this important work and that there is tahini in the pantry for dressing
With love and gratitude,
stop to end
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Ryan Stauffer @ryanswx.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Haha, this fucking sucks.
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Hemant Mehta @friendlyatheist.com · 06/10/2026
Jim Bakker is dead at 86. His legacy? Fraud, fake cures, giant apocalypse-fueled food buckets, and decades spent turning Christian fear into personal wealth. His ministry was never about saving souls. It was about converting fear into cash. www.friendlyatheist.com/p/jim-bakker...
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Jim Bakker, the godfather of scamvangelism, is dead at 86
The convicted fraudster spent decades exploiting Christians with bogus promises, survival buckets, partisan paranoia, and a fake COVID cure
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Dave Karpf @davekarpf.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
I'm just gonna bookmark this for future reference when Dem pundits complain about how the party has trouble communicating its message to voters. The reason you keep running into trouble with your branding isn't campus radicals. The reason is that your opponents purchased all the media outlets.
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RoseMarie @rosesbloom24.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
“Well, as a Republican, I can say one thing. I think about 85% to 95% of the Republican Party has lost their minds, all right? It’s just so clear that my party’s been taken over by a bunch of loudmouths who are uneducated and unable to process any (cont.) www.huffpost.com/entry/c-span...
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Republican Caller Goes Scorched-Earth On His Own Party Live On C-SPAN
Ronald from West Virginia offered a damning assessment of his fellow Republicans and said President Donald Trump should be in jail.
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 06/10/2026
‘Using the presidency to line his pockets’: could claims of corruption fuel backlash against Trump?
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‘Using the presidency to line his pockets’: could claims of corruption fuel backlash against Trump?
Experts say president is vulnerable amid discontent over rising prices
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Gillian Brockell @gillianbrockell.com · 06/10/2026
My new employer, The American @prospect.org, is doing its fall fundraiser! TAP is a nonprofit unionized magazine with no paywall & no programmatic ads. I'm at TAP rn due to a generous grant, which won't last forever. Please help them raise their budget & tell them I sent you.✊ prospect.org/donate
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Help us speak truth to power.
This year, we decided to take a risk and turn off programmatic advertising on our site. We’re making a bet that our readers will respond to us aligning our editorial values with our business model. We...
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Mark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Today would be a particularly great, long overdue day for the Chancellor of the University of Wisconsin - Madison to get up in front of microphones & explain to the public, voters, students, & their families that we are facing an existential crisis because of the GOP’s illegal federal funding cuts.
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Michael Warburton @michaelwarburton.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Dave Brubeck’s 1960’s Connecticut home was as cool as his music.
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Gil Durán @gilduran.com · 05/10/2026
“Democracy has been hailed as, like, the holy grail for the last couple hundred years, but democracies are inefficient,” said the crypto billionaire. “If you get a benevolent dictator, it’s actually extremely efficient." Hmm, where have I heard this before? www.nytimes.com/2026/10/01/b...
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Inside a Billionaire’s Paradise With Crypto’s Most Powerful Ex-Convict (Gift Article)
Changpeng Zhao, jailed in the United States for a financial crime and pardoned by President Trump, is now living a gilded life in the United Arab Emirates.
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Matthew Gertz @mattgertz.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
The president of the United States says that "the New York Times, and many other Artificial Media Outlets, should be arrested" for denying that the arena in which he spoke had empty seats. It's really bad! www.mediamatters.org/donald-trump...
The Ohio Arena was already full to the brim — And yet these people were still trying to get in. The New York Times said, “There were empty seats” when, in fact, there were none, and thousands of people had to be turned away. The New York Times, and many other Artificial Media Outlets, should be arrested for their dishonesty and disservice to our Country. When Bernie Sanders has 500 to 1,000 people, they make it sound like it’s the biggest event that ever took place. When PRESIDENT DONALD J. TRUMP has 50,000 people, they make it sound like nobody showed up! President DONALD J. TRUMP
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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 05/10/2026
I remember when Obama criticized Fox News and all of DC's Very Important People spent *weeks* taking to their fainting couches at the horror of it.
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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 05/10/2026
Holy shit.
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Elizabeth Anne, PhD @lacksauthority.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
never the wrong time for this classic
Screenshot of a tweet by @RobbtKraft reading “scientist: "does everyone here know what Watson and Crick discovered?" 
me from back of room: "Rosalind Franklin's notes"”
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🎃Darin S Pumpkins🎃 @darinself.com · 05/10/2026
Yeah, this is a big time impeachment abuse of power.
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Anna O. Law @unlawfulentries.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
It's banned books week. Show me your favorite banned books? I'm at school today and will post mine later.
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c0nc0rdance @c0nc0rdance.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Deepak Karra (deepak_karra on IG) captured this shot of a pink robin, native to the forests of South Australia & Tasmania. In technical terms, this is a bird shaped like an orb, or 'BORB'. 🐦🟣 Reminder that this little guy is a direct descendant of theropod dinosaurs like T. rex. (📷: Deepak Karra)
A poof of bright pink belly feathers that looks like one of those fuzzy pencil-toppers is surmounted by a dark grey head in which is a wary dark eye.  It's gripping a pink flowering branch that changes from nearly vertical to actually vertical, requiring a sort of death grip by the legs.
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John Scalzi @scalzi.com · 05/10/2026
This is your occasional reminder that generative "AI" in particular could have been developed on public domain materials and/or licensed and compensated works but the major players intentionally, methodically and systemically chose to steal labor from working creative folks instead
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WuTangIsForTheChildren @wutangforchildren.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Jack Smith….man of the people at the Power to the People concert hanging out on the lawn….no fancy pavilion seats or backstage laminate pass
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Gillian Brockell @gillianbrockell.com · 04/10/2026
There are new and specific numbers in this story, so it’s worth reading. I continue to resent the lack of credit to Nick Schwellenbach at @pogo.org, Dan Friedman at @motherjones.com, and me, who have previously reported every other aspect of this story, including that the sale prices were very high.
Kristi Noem's Agency Gave Her Donor a Lucrative Contract Just Before She
Left
The Homeland Security Department signed a multi-million dollar agreement to buy five aircraft from a company owned by a political contributor of the secretary on her last day, documents show.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 04/10/2026
First Lady Natalie Harp returns to the White House late last night after traveling all day with the president #TravelWithNatalie (Alex Wroblewski/AFP via Getty)
pic of Natalie walking, bag in hand
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Mr. Dan Zak @mrdanzak.com · 04/10/2026
A Haitian man legally immigrated to Ohio, then was given an ankle monitor bc Trump withdrew his status. He threw himself in front of truck. The trucker, who voted for Trump, is haunted. “Pierre was doing what he was supposed to do. We did not do right by him.” www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
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A Reckoning in Springfield
A truck driver out on his route confronts what the country has become.
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Has Mike Rogers disavowed Elon Musk yet? Has Ken Paxton disavowed Elon Musk yet? Has Mike Collins disavowed Elon Musk yet? Has Jon Husted disavowed Elon Musk yet? Has Susan Collins disavowed Elon Musk yet? Has Ashley Moody disavowed Elon Musk yet? Has Ashley Hinson disavowed Elon Musk yet?
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Mia Mingus @miamingus.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Recently pulled together an emergency preparedness pod with people who live near me because of the many (worsening) crises that we are in or are heading our way. Can't stress enough for others to do this asap. Even just having a couple of conversations about it is better than nothing and will help.
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Cat Manning @catacalypto.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
another day at the machine learning factory. everyone keeps asking me if the machine is intelligent. buddy, they won’t even let me fuck it
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Michael Oberg @michaeloberg.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
If my grandmother had wheels, she would have been a bike
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Eric Lipton NYT @ericlipton.nytimes.com · 03/10/2026
JUST POSTED: Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff have pushed a multibillion oil deal with Russia as part of peace talks that will bring profits to their family business partners. A new front for Trump-era conflicts of interest. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/03/u...
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U.S.-Russia Talks on Ukraine Now Involve an Oil Deal Tied to Trump Allies (Gift Article)
President Vladimir V. Putin brought up a sale of Russian energy assets with President Trump’s envoys, Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff, pushing a deal that raises new questions about conflicts of inter...
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
👇🏽😕
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Joe Walsh @walshfreedom.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
RAPE GANG OR ICE? BOTH? No ID. No badges. No uniform. Masks. An unmarked van. How are you supposed to know? PAXIS.app explains your rights during ICE encounters. Free: GoFundMe.com/PAXIS This is the shit we grew up hearing about in dictatorships. Now it’s here. Record EVERYTHING.
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