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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 18/09/2026

🚨 MAJOR NEWS: Reps. Thomas Massie and Ro Khanna say they have now secured commitments for all 218 signatures needed to force a House vote on Epstein Files Transparency Act II.

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Massie, Khanna Say They Have Secured 218 Signatures for New Epstein Files Vote

The announcement comes hours after MeidasTouch reported the discharge petition was just two signatures short of the threshold needed to force a House vote.

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Michael LaFrance @mlafrance.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

The new folding iPhone Duo is nuts.

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Michael LaFrance @mlafrance.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Instant classic i.imgur.com/9byQEJY.jpg

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Michael LaFrance @mlafrance.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

They're the same picture. Are we the baddies?

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Michael LaFrance @mlafrance.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

Trump's attacks on Iran's oil tankers, and the subsequent Iranian response, have increased wholesale gasoline prices substantially in a single day. The wholesale cost is now $3.21.

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Michael LaFrance @mlafrance.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

“They said they’d come to put me on the street because I owed four months rent. I don’t owe back rent. The last thing I got from Trump was a bill for $10.20, about two weeks ago, and I sent that. They just want me out because they can get twice as much rent.”

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Michael LaFrance @mlafrance.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

Corporate profits are fat this quarter because they were refunded the tariffs WE paid. Did prices come down? No, no they did not. We're now paying for tariff surcharges that don't exist. www.investopedia.com/tariff-refun...

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Tariff Refunds Contribute To Record-Setting Corporate Profit Boost

Corporate profits were $400 billion higher in the second quarter than in the first when annualized. That’s one of the largest increases in dollar value on record, and tariff refunds were a major facto...

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Michael LaFrance @mlafrance.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

A massive flash flood in the Himalayan border areas of Nepal and ‌China's Tibet. Initial report say it may have been caused by a glacial lake rupture.

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Michael LaFrance @mlafrance.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

The Odyssey IMAX 70mm Setup is insane. I'll likely see it in a regular theater, but I'm tempted to make the pilgrimage to see it on an IMAX screen.

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Michael LaFrance @mlafrance.bsky.social · 12/07/2026

Finally, someone is actually going to speak with Sen. McConnell.

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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 24/06/2026

He used our tax dollars to pay for it. He ruined it. Now we’re being treated like trespassers.

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Michael LaFrance @mlafrance.bsky.social · 19/06/2026

This is an interview of an American singer and actress, Anna Elise LaFrance, in Korea, and I'm a HUGE fan of her work. They loved that she did a Samsung commercial, immediate street cred in Seoul. (I may be partial, she's my daughter, lol) youtu.be/g8q-EA5gTpQ?...

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런던에서 서촌으로 한 달 살이 하러 온 여배우 | My Korean Neighborhood🏡 EP.04 서촌

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Michael LaFrance @mlafrance.bsky.social · 01/06/2026

Providing you don't live in a super windy area, this is a great idea to keep your car cool in the summer.

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Michael LaFrance @mlafrance.bsky.social · 01/06/2026

Today's nature is wild fun fact -- Scorpions glow brightly under UV light.

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Michael LaFrance @mlafrance.bsky.social · 29/05/2026

This newborn freshly hatching baby chameleon immediately tests its color-changing abilities while still leaving the egg. Nature is amazing. (its running a test sequence) 🦎 #nature #chameleon

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Michael LaFrance @mlafrance.bsky.social · 25/05/2026

A livestream of a volcano in the Philippines captured a meteor crashing to Earth today. What are the odds? Mayon Volcano, Location: Albay, Luzon, Philippines

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Michael LaFrance @mlafrance.bsky.social · 01/12/2025

Fibonacci approaches the golden ratio (about 1.618) Mile/km is very close to golden ratio (about 1.609) It works even as the numbers get larger.

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Michael LaFrance @mlafrance.bsky.social · 18/11/2025

System Administrators are reporting even more widespread Internet outages from Cloudflare than the press is reporting. Businesses and websites are down worldwide. Comments from Sysadmins are reporting outages from almost every country in the world. www.reddit.com/r/sysadmin/c...

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Michael LaFrance @mlafrance.bsky.social · 20/06/2025

BLM publics lands are an American treasure. Millions of Americans use these lands annually. They can never be replaced if they are sold off to corporations.

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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 20/06/2025

Don't let them distract you. Republicans are trying to sell off millions of acres of your public lands to billionaire developers — all as they take away your benefits. Now is the time to make some noise.

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Michael LaFrance @mlafrance.bsky.social · 08/05/2025

Congrats to Chicago and the new Pope.

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Michael LaFrance @mlafrance.bsky.social · 29/04/2025

Amazon simply noting the new tax on product listings? "Hostile and political act!" according to the White House. Trump is trying to shoot the messenger, let's see if Bezos backs down. (odds are he will.) #tariffs

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Michael LaFrance @mlafrance.bsky.social · 28/04/2025

Guess it's too late to upgrade my solar panels. Trump's new 3,000%+ tariff adds $1,500 in TAX to a $40 panel. #solar #tariffs #greenenergy #prepper #offgrid

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Michael LaFrance @mlafrance.bsky.social · 25/04/2025

I'm not an economist (although I do have a degree in economics), but it feels like losing MILLIONS of jobs and TRILLIONS of dollars in trade is sub-optimal, to put it lightly. #tariffs

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 04/04/2025

Um — Trump just turned over management of our 🇺🇸 strategic petroleum reserve to a mystery company, who will get $1.4 billion to run it? 🤔 www.devdiscourse.com/article/head...

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Chris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 03/04/2025

Those trying to understand the tariffs as economic policy are dangerously naive. No, the tariffs are a tool to collapse our democracy. A means to compel loyalty from every business that will need to petition Trump for relief. 1/ A 🧵 to explain his plan and how we fight back.

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Michael LaFrance @mlafrance.bsky.social · 08/03/2025

I'm old enough to remember when one of our techs would forget to update our 5ESS telecom switches for Daylight Savings Time, and it would crash the network.

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Michael LaFrance @mlafrance.bsky.social · 04/02/2025

I've been obsessed with this painting for years. Just ran across it again, and thought I'd share. William Logsdail (1859-1944) "St Paul's and Ludgate Hill" c. 1887 #art #oilpainting #blueskyart

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Michael LaFrance @mlafrance.bsky.social · 29/01/2025

Must-read: Writer & Nobel winner, Paul Krugman, reveals why he left the NYT. Editorial freedom eroded, bold opinions diluted, & debate stifled. A sharp critique of legacy media’s shift toward conformity. Journalism should challenge, not conform. 📢🔥 #Media #Opinion open.substack.com/pub/contrari...

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Departing the New York Times

I left to stay true to my byline

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Michael LaFrance @mlafrance.bsky.social · 29/01/2025

My daughter is an artist (and actress), and I love what she's doing lately. Her take on the Chinese New Year. Anna LaFrance on Instagram... @annalafrance #art #mixedmedia #blueskyArt #yearofthesnake #snake #creative #chineseart #chinesenewyear

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Michael LaFrance @mlafrance.bsky.social · 16/01/2025

This has the potential to be one of the most influential ideas of our time. Perhaps eclipsing the potential of the Transformer architecture. #LLMs #AI #science #artificialIntelligence

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Michael LaFrance @mlafrance.bsky.social · 15/01/2025

Google Research Unveils Transformers 2.0 --- "TITANS" This may be the bridge from transformers - giving AI models the ability to not just remember, but to 'smartly' forget, as well. Paper: arxiv.org/pdf/2501.006... illuminate.google.com/library?play... #AI #artificalintelligence #google #LLM

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Mon Mothra @flobbert.bsky.social · 12/01/2025

If you’re ever wondering why wildfire smoke is so bad for you it’s because it includes things like “an entire bicycle”

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Michael LaFrance @mlafrance.bsky.social · 13/01/2025

Another one from today, just a study, and not quite finished. Oil on canvas, 2025 - It's missing something, but it's a good starting point for a larger piece. #oilpainting #art #oiloncanvas #blueskyart #bskyart #southcarolina

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Michael LaFrance @mlafrance.bsky.social · 13/01/2025

This was a quick study I did on this cold rainy afternoon, inspired by some photos I shot in the South Carolina Low Country. Oil on canvas, 2025 #oilpainting #art #oiloncanvas #blueskyart #bskyart #southcarolina

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Dr. Lucky Tran @luckytran.com · 09/01/2025

The wind gusts are devastating. Truly a hurricane of fire. Video: @stuartpalley.bsky.social

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Michael LaFrance @mlafrance.bsky.social · 09/01/2025

Terrifying. From reports I've seen, they finally decided to leave and are safe. Honestly, I don't know what they were waiting for. #PalisadesFire #WTF

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Michael LaFrance @mlafrance.bsky.social · 07/01/2025

Pomegranates... Oil on canvas. This was a quick subject study. This cold winter afternoon would be a good time to do a larger version. I'm thinking satsumas as a subject, since I have a bowl of them handy. #oilpainting #art #bskyart #painting

Still life oil painting of pomegranates and a brass pitcher

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Michael LaFrance @mlafrance.bsky.social · 30/12/2024

"The Last Path Together" Oil on canvas, 2019. An old friend lost his son to the opiate crisis. He showed me a photo of a trip they had taken together to Ireland, some of the last quality time they had together. It inspired to me to paint this for him. #oilpainting #art #impressionism #Ireland

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Michael LaFrance @mlafrance.bsky.social · 29/12/2024

"Rain", oil on canvas, 2019. This one took me far too long to paint, and I'm not sure if it ever felt completely finished. The scene is by Jackson Square in the French Quarter, one of my favorite spots to sit and watch people. #oilpainting #painting #art #frenchquarter #impressionism #bskyart

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