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Mike Stucka @mikestucka.bsky.social · 14h

I forgot about that picture of him. Man. That ship was rammed by a sister ship, sunk a tanker, had four fires or explosions, and was hijacked?!?

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Anjali Dayal @anjalikdayal.bsky.social · 20h

I don't want to dunk-quote on this person, but actually, this is a perfect illustration of the problem. we can't become accustomed to or expect or concede constant monitoring from armed troops as we go about our business. it should always make us recoil. there's danger in it becoming unremarkable.

screenshot of a post that reads "Not to be all "you're getting sold" National Guard troops spend all day standing in out of the way corners of DC. Not great that they're standing in front of a ballot drop box, but c'mon, people, use some common sense. They're not stopping anyone from dropping something off." it is a quote-post of a post from the DC Council that says "this is clearly not acceptable" and features a photo of national guard members standing around a ballot box in Foggy Bottom

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Yael Schacher @yaelschacher.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

I am in Cap Haitien interviewing people deported from the United States. I have been doing this kind of work for almost a decade and it literally does not get more dire than this. People have lost everything they built in the U.S. and are terrified and have no place to go or way to live.

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Mike Stucka @mikestucka.bsky.social · 22h

Saw this in Facebook the other day in a comment stream that proved the point.

"people are getting wildly comfortable with being horrible humans"

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Mike Stucka @mikestucka.bsky.social · 22h

The crimes are horrific. Shooting a guy in a wheelchair, though, may undercut some of what you're saying.

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Emily M. Bender @emilymbender.bsky.social · 22h

Anthropic is out with new nonsense about Claude (or the collection of models called Claude) deserving moral consideration and/or be able to feel distress, so my inbox is filling up with journos asking me to comment. I've also got a day job, so here is a brief set of public comments on this: >>

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Yikes — abc news has fallen… “outright deleted” a story about the Trump boys getting billions in government contracts 🤔👇🏽

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Mike Stucka @mikestucka.bsky.social · 22h

I am feeling judged -- and unworthy.

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Jessica Huseman @jessicahuseman.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Another Georgia scoop from me for @votebeat.org: Last year, @AmericanOversight successfully sued the State Election Board for using private Gmail accounts instead of gov-issued email. In its Sept. meeting, the board displayed yet another Gmail account on screen. www.votebeat.org/national/202...

votebeat.org

Undisclosed Gmail account raises questions about Georgia State Election Board settlement

A Gmail account appeared on screen during a public Georgia State Election Board meeting. A watchdog group says it was never disclosed in a lawsuit over private emails used for board business.

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Mike Stucka @mikestucka.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Oh, Catie, I am so very sorry for your loss.

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Mike Stucka @mikestucka.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

We keep getting distracted by the president claiming government was weaponized against Nixon or whatever.

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Mike Stucka @mikestucka.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Hurricane Isaias is now projected to make landfall as a Cat 3. If you're near Pensacola please hustle to finish prep. Storm surge may reach 9 feet in places.

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Roy Edroso @edroso.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Anyone remember 25 years ago when the people who sent out videos of themselves executing people were the bad guys? en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniel_...

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Daniel Pearl - Wikipedia

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Mike Stucka @mikestucka.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

He's at least got the goldens for mitigation.

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Mike Stucka @mikestucka.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

but Badger and I are annoying and we're still here?

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Isabel, booonyavirus wonk @isabelott.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Hey, this is that “study” that was previously cancelled after outcry at how monstrously unethical it was. It’s sentencing the poorest kids on earth to die of completely preventable liver cancer for white antivaxxers’ curiosity. How a medical doctor could co-sign this atrocity is beyond me.

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Gillian Brockell @gillianbrockell.com · 08/10/2026

Also, I want to highlight this part of the case for all the pilots and avgeeks out there. I’ve heard ICE is doing this with manifests from a number of sources, but this is, as far as I know, the first confirmation. Really shows the complicity of the pilot-in-command. This was an Omni flight.

In the latest court filing, ICE officials did not deny any of his claims, and appeared to confirm at least one of them, saying the charter flight's manifest—a printed receipt given to pilots listing all passengers and crew on a flight—
"served as the travel document."

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Alexandra Petri @petridishes.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

what I had to say turned out not to be a column

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Something Like People

A poem

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U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission @cpsc.gov · 08/10/2026

If you are in the path of Hurricane Isaias and will use a portable generator to keep the power on, make sure you have working carbon monoxide alarms. Portable generators can produce enough carbon monoxide to kill in minutes.

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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

me, an immigrant, watching people who said immigrants are corrupting america engage in actual corrupt behavior

An Asian man looks out the window with binoculars.

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David Burbach 🇺🇸 @dburbach.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Yarvin is basically one hop from the tech billionaires shaping US policy, and has been praised by VP Vance

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Chris Kluwe @chriswarcraft.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

If I ran a website that gave teens advice on how to commit suicide I would go to jail

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Rebecca Spang @rlspang.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

I really appreciate the tone and the detail in this reporting

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Taniel @taniel.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

NEW: Trump wants to transform the 2030 census in ways that'd dramatically skew representation. So we asked you to send us your questions. And we invited an expert on the census, who just published a new book interviewing 100s of census workers, to answer you. I learned a ton reading her replies:

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Trump's Attempts to Control the Census: Your Questions Answered - Bolts

The Trump administration plans to upend the census. They’re proposing to exclude noncitizens from the count that determines the distribution of congressional seats, a move that would subtract politica...

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Coach Finstock @coachfinstock.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Nothing to worry about all good

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Alex Ip 葉清霖 @alexip718.com · 06/10/2026

BREAKING: For the first time in 10 months, the U.S. admitted a refugee who is not a white South African. In September, the U.S. admitted 3,386 white South Africans and two Afghans (in D.C.) In FY 2026, the U.S. has admitted a total of 16,287 white South Africans, five Afghans, and nobody else.

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Prof. Michael Fuhrer @michaelsfuhrer.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Influenza A/H1N1 positivity has already pulled even with SARS-CoV-2 in Biofire's surveillance in US, very early in the season. A/H1N1 never passed covid last winter, and in 2025-25 it didn't pass covid until mid-December. Not a good year to put off your flu shot!

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Michael Andersen @andersem.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

I have a confession to make. The townhomes I & others spent most of a decade trying to legalize are popping up all over Oregon & elsewhere...and I love that...but they're a problem in one big way. (get ready for a twisty thread about the housing report @sightline.org just published)

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Mike Stucka @mikestucka.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

I liked Hal erstam's "The Fifties," but that format might be better for you with Bryson's "A Short History Of Nearly Everything"

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AFP News Agency @en.afp.com · 06/10/2026

Armed Israeli settlers on Tuesday beat an AFP photographer, leaving him requiring hospital treatment, as he covered ongoing violence by settlers against West Bank olive farmers. u.afp.com/S9Fe

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tinybaby @tiny.baby · 06/10/2026

Seattle rocks

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Mike Stucka @mikestucka.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

That's *my* line, and that's a follow. Thanks for the laugh! =)

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Mike Stucka @mikestucka.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

FWIW, I like helping people. This thing should update at 4 and 10 a.m. and p.m. Central time, and may give you an idea of how much to be concerned. Please let me know if I can help at all. I'm doing updates with a FL focus but ISTRC you're LA? stuckaweather.dyndns.org/windprobabil...

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Tropical Depression Nine wind probabilities

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Mike Stucka @mikestucka.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

I have to say it never occurred to me that this could be a thing.

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Eric Umansky @ericumansky.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

"The federal government is lying to you." "The government has said that ICE does not zip tie or handcuff children." "They’ve denied engaging in racial profiling" "They’ve said the government is not wrongly arresting U.S. citizens." *We found the truth* projects.propublica.org/american-cit....

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Matt Binder @mattbinder.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

the tech industry is about to invent books

Andrew Yeung
@andruyeung
X.com
We created gyms because modern day work no
longer required physical activity. Without exercise,
our muscles atrophy.
I predict we'll need gyms for our brains too, once Al
starts doing our knowledge work.
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Dr Dean Burnett @drdeanburnett.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

My next book has a whole section on the psychology behind "People becoming successful by simply lying about already being successful then charging other people to learn their 'secrets' about how to become successful". This would make a perfect case study, but I doubt the legal team will go with it.

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Lawvers for Andrew Tate have had to admit in
court that he is not a citizen of Estonia as he
previously claimed.
Much of his wealth and status is fabricated, they
said in attempt to convince the court he and his
brother are not a flight risk if released on bail
That included his claims to seven passports.
"The Tates are engaged in several businesses
teaching men how to earn money. It is in their
interest to portray themselves on social media
as uberwealthy." 1/3

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Max Roser @maxroser.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

The share of children who died before they were 5 years old in 1950 and 75 years later. Africa: 33% ↘ 6% Asia: 25% ↘ 2.5% Oceania: 9.3% ↘ 2% Latin America: 21% ↘ 1.5% Northern America: 3.8% ↘ 0.6% Europe: 10.5% ↘ 0.4% Globally: 23% ↘ 3.5%

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Mike Stucka @mikestucka.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

I will tell you the one grating character gets really grating for a while, but at some point the grating gets endearing. Stick with it.

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Rex Huppke @rexhuppke.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

I don't mean to make waves or anything, but as a journalist, I am definitely opposed to the president talking about arresting journalists.

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Mike Stucka @mikestucka.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

And that's all since Thursday!

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Mike Stucka @mikestucka.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

That particular image evokes a lot of Ernest Borgnine for me.

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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 05/10/2026

Holy shit.

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Taniel @taniel.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

If you're in these states, *TODAY* is deadline to register to vote. Arizona, Arkansas Florida, Georgia, Indiana, Kentucky, Mississippi, Ohio, Tennessee, Texas. Even if you think you've registered: doesn't hurt to check! And there's a lot happening across them. A thread with stakes on each. ⬇️

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Merriam-Webster @merriam-webster.com · 05/10/2026

The SPEAKER implies. The LISTENER infers. The DUDE abides.

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Mike Stucka @mikestucka.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

At least in the U.S., there tend to be a combination with one or two of the three sweeteners. Some might be OK 4 you sucralose (Splenda) aspartame (Equal) and Ace K, acesomething potassium More fringe-y/smaller batch are things like stevia and monkfruit. Sucralose is wretched for my digestion.

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