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NewfieDoodle mom & queen of sparkle. Chemistry & neuroscience nerd who loves dogs of all sizes, live music & traveling 💗Texas & Ireland💚

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davidrlurie @davidrlurie.com · 10/10/2026
Russia just bought large quantities of diesel from South Korea because it has run out of the fuel. Could Putin be defrauding a gullible Donald J Trump? Perish the thought!
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Heather Cox Richardson (TDPR) @hcrichardson.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
October 6, 2026
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October 6, 2026
Judging from his social media posts, Trump is panicking.
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Mediaite @mediaite.com · 07/10/2026
Sen. Susan Collins touted getting road salt removed from Canada’s tariff list. Maine Senate President Troy Jackson fired back: “What about everything else? We can’t eat road salt.”
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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 07/10/2026
The ATF’s new proposed rule would allow gun dealers to conduct many firearms sales entirely remotely. Eligible buyers could verify their identities online and have a gun shipped directly to their home—no in-person interaction required.
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A new Trump administration rule could transform gun sales. The president’s son has a stake in a company poised to profit.
It’s one of a slew of changes to federal gun policy pursued under Trump this year. And according to a veteran gun violence prevention attorney, “probably the most dangerous action taken by the US gove...
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Adam Parkhomenko @adamparkhomenko.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Devastating ad for Republicans. You would think Trump wants them all to lose in less than a month.
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Jason D. Salvagni @salvagni.org · 07/10/2026
h/t to @slack2thefuture.bsky.social for letting me know you can delete the "customer personalization" data in your Amazon account and enter anything you want. Like this.
Fucking with Amazon "customer personalization"
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 07/10/2026
You cannot convince me that frat brothers organically walked into separate police interviews using the same word, “consensual,” and that it wasn’t coordinated. Especially after a witness told police there was allegedly a fraternity meeting to get everyone “on the same page”.
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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
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shauna @goldengateblond.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
can i get an AMEN from the congregation bc this man is preaching
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Mike Hoerger, PhD, MSCR, MBA @michael-hoerger.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Censored on TikTok in <30 seconds. Appeal filed. They will allow California residents to know after the COVlD wave has subsided.
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 07/10/2026
Naval drone hits oil tanker off Russian resort city Sochi, triggering massive blaze
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Naval drone hits oil tanker off Russian resort city Sochi, triggering massive blaze
Russian officials said a Liberian-flagged tanker was attacked and a crew of 23 Indian nationals rescued An oil tanker off Russia’s Black Sea coast was struck by a naval drone, triggering a huge fire and black smoke cloud that blanketed parts of the resort city of Sochi, Russia’s transport ministry has said. The transport ministry said a Liberian-flagged tanker had been attacked and that “crude oil is burning openly in the waters of the Black Sea”. Continue reading...
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Prof Peter Hotez MD PhD DSc(hon) @peterhotezmdphd.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Plague vaccines
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Chris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
How do I know Hegseth’s order to deny access to bases to members of Congress is about a cover up, not about safety? Because I asked for a military briefing at the embassy as a substitute and was told the policy prohibited military leaders in the region from even talking to me.
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Anton Gerashchenko @antongerashchenko.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Knowing Russia,I believe the suspicions that the Irkutsk institute was involved in developing biological weapons are justified If a Russian laboratory was experimenting with Yersinia pestis as a biological weapon&a leak occurred,the consequences could be tragic not only for the population of Russia
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Al Jazeera English @aljazeera.com · 07/10/2026
Yemen’s Houthis attack Aden airport; Saudi forces down missile near Riyadh aje.news/qx0u4i
Yemen’s Houthis attack Aden airport; Saudi forces down missile near Riyadh
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Anton Gerashchenko @antongerashchenko.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Pryluky. No words. Nine people killed by the Russian strike on the residential building. Three of them children. A Russian war crime of horrendous scale that will be overlooked by the international community once more.
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Mike Zaccardi, CFA, CMT @mikezaccardi.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Diesel futures jumping 16 cents
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Brad DeLong @braddelong.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Journalists who do not count the zeroes and compare them to the proper magnitudes are not bystanders or generalists, but accomplices in the disinformation bullshit machine. The release is one day of world output and one-fifteenth of the total Hormuz-closure gap over the four-month period of... 1/
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CROSSPOST: JUSTIN WOLFERS: An Agreement to Agree About an Earlier Agreement
Justin’s subheadline: “Read the G7 communiqué closely and the "new" 100 million barrels [of oil reserves] turns out to be leftovers from March”; not new, not large, not enforceable...
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Sandieglo @sandieglo.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
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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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Brian Rosenworcel @brianrosenworcel.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
wait which is it. tariffs are good, or slashing tariffs is good?
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Effective 2025 federal tax rates paid by these corporations: Alphabet: 8.01% AT&T: 4.6% Meta: 3.57% General Motors: 3.09% Amazon: 1.37% Exxon Mobil: 1.31% Disney: -1.57% CVS Health: -3.88% Income tax rate paid by the typical American: 14.5% This is what a rigged system looks like.
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Dr. K @katekaynak.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
“.. Trump’s support for the idea blindsided industry officials. Oil executives and lobbyists rushed to register their opposition .. But now, they said, it seems inevitable the U.S. will move forward ..” ⛽️ @wsj.com $OSX www.wsj.com/business/ene...
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Elizabeth Cronise McLaughlin @ecmclaughlin.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Mobile detention facilities. Read that again.
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Le Monde in English @english.lemonde.fr · 23/09/2026
Macron positions himself as Trump's opposite in last UN speech
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Macron positions himself as Trump's opposite in last UN speech
The French president delivered a forceful defense of multilateralism and international law in the face of 'a new age of barbarism.' His remarks contrasted starkly with those made hours earlier by the American leader.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
TALARICO: “The richest 1% now owns more wealth than the entire middle class. 3 dudes (Musk, Zuckerberg, Bezos) now own more wealth than 165 million Americans combined… they aren’t just buying yachts and jets anymore. They’re now buying power.” 🇺🇸 (From @teamtalaricohq.bsky.social )
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Mike Zaccardi, CFA, CMT @mikezaccardi.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
The diesel shock is a core inflation shock. 🛢️⚠️ With US Gulf Coast crack spreads topping a record $100/bbl, this vital industrial input for freight and agriculture migrates straight into core goods and services. It's a price surge the Fed can't ignore... Torsten at Apollo
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Heather Cox Richardson (TDPR) @hcrichardson.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
September 21, 2026
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September 21, 2026
On September 18, while White House chief of staff Susie Wiles was out of town, Trump suddenly announced he was banning CNN, MS NOW, and Politico from the White House.
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David Sirota @davidsirota.com · 21/09/2026
Newsom is now the nation’s most prominent Trump Democrat — a governor aggressively using his power to empower & enrich Trump’s billionaires. If a Dem candidate successfully spotlights this in the 2028 presidential primary, they will have a shot to defeat him & win the nomination
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Al Jazeera English @aljazeera.com · 22/09/2026
US strikes on alleged drug boats may be ‘crimes against humanity’, UN says aje.news/ojbo7l
US strikes on alleged drug boats may be ‘crimes against humanity’, UN says
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Indivisible ReSisters Contra Costa ❌👑 @indivisresistcoco.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Thank you @maddow.bsky.social for uplifting our community's call to #bringmaureenhome. They put her on a plane to Cameroon but it was stopped. 🙏🏽 Now she's sleeping on a concrete floor in a concentration camp in Louisiana, far from her family. End her inhumane detention and bring her home!
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Andrew Weinstein @andrewjweinstein.com · 22/09/2026
When an agency like ICE builds an environment where red flags don’t matter, where violence is minimized, where accountability is optional, this is what it produces. What happened in Texas isn’t a one‑off tragedy. It’s a system functioning exactly as designed.
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Man shot by ICE, detained in Texas with a bullet in his back is back in the hospital, attorney says
The attorney for a Venezuelan man shot by a federal immigration officer in Texas says he is back in the hospital after being held at a detention center with a bullet still lodged in his back.
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Anton Gerashchenko @antongerashchenko.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
The Kuibyshev oil refinery in Russia’s Samara region is on fire following a drone attack. The refinery has a design capacity of around 7 million tonnes of oil per year. Explosions were also reported in Tolyatti.
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Denis - The COVID Info Guy @thecovidinfoguy.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
🧵US Weekly COVID update: Sep 21, 2026 🔸1 in 91 Actively Infectious 🔸542,000 Daily Infections 🔸3,810,000 Infections In The Past Week 🔸111,000,000 Infections in 2026 🔸191,000 to 760,000 Weekly Long COVID Cases 🔸900 to 1,700 Weekly Excess Deaths Source: pmc19.com
An infographic titled "COVID-19 Heat Map, Based on CDC Wastewater Data & Standard Levels" dated Sep 21, 2026.
The graphic features a color-coded map of the United States displaying transmission levels: Very Low (green), Low (light green), Moderate (yellow), High (orange), and Very High (pink/purple). Large portions of the South, West Coast, and Northeast are shaded in High or Very High categories.
Below the map, text states: "The US has at least 34 states and territories with COVID outbreaks." It lists specific areas including Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Guam, Hawaii, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Massachusetts, Michigan, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Puerto Rico, South Carolina, South Dakota, Texas, the U.S. Virgin Islands, Utah, Virginia, Washington, and West.
The map credits "Michael Hoerger, PhD, MSCR, MBA @michael_hoerger" and links to pmc19.com.
A chart titled "National COVID-19 Estimates (U.S.)" from the Pandemic Mitigation Collaborative (PMC) Model, dated Sep 21, 2026 (pmc19.com). It lists key statistical estimates across three categories:
Infections:
•	Proportion Actively Infectious: 1 in 91 (1.1%)
•	New Daily Infections: 542,000
•	Infections the Past Week: 3,810,000
•	Infections in 2026: 111,000,000
•	Cumulative Infections per Person: 5.41
Long COVID:
•	Cases from New Daily Infections: 27,000 to 108,000
•	Cases from New Weekly Infections: 191,000 to 760,000
Excess Deaths:
•	Deaths from New Daily Infections: 130 to 240
•	Deaths from New Weekly Infections: 900 to 1,700
A chart titled "COVID-19 State Prevalence Estimates" from the Pandemic Mitigation Collaborative (PMC) Model, dated Sep 21, 2026 (pmc19.com).
The table details transmission metrics for states from Alabama to Mississippi, including PMC estimates of the percentage actively infectious and the mathematical chances someone is infectious in rooms of 10, 25, 50, or 100 people.
Key high-prevalence rows highlighted in pink include:
•	California: 1 in 25 actively infectious (4.0%). In a room of 100 people, there is a 98% chance someone is infectious.
•	Florida: 1 in 25 actively infectious (4.0%). In a room of 100 people, there is a 98% chance someone is infectious.
•	Guam: 1 in 23 actively infectious (4.3%). In a room of 100 people, there is a 99% chance someone is infectious.
A footnote states that on August 14, 2026, the CDC revised categorical descriptors downward without explanation
A chart titled "COVID-19 State Prevalence Estimates" from the Pandemic Mitigation Collaborative (PMC) Model, dated Sep 21, 2026 (pmc19.com).
The table details transmission metrics for U.S. states from Missouri to Wyoming. It provides PMC estimates of the percentage actively infectious and the chances someone is infectious in rooms of 10 to 100 people.
Key high-prevalence rows highlighted in pink include:
•	Montana: 1 in 19 actively infectious (5.2%). >99% chance in a room of 100.
•	Texas: 1 in 15 actively infectious (6.7%). >99% chance in a room of 100.
•	U.S. Virgin Islands: 1 in 16 actively infectious (6.2%). >99% chance in a room of 100.
•	Puerto Rico: 1 in 23 actively infectious (4.4%). 99% chance in a room of 100.
•	Washington: 1 in 26 actively infectious (3.8%). 98% chance in a room of 100.
A footnote highlights a CDC category downshift on August 14, 2026.
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 22/09/2026
Few patients appeal a health insurance denial, but a little-known process that requires insurers and plans to seek an independent opinion can force insurers to pay for what can be lifesaving treatment. Here’s what experts say you need to know.
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This Little-Known Appeal Could Force Your Insurer to Pay for Lifesaving Care. Here’s How to File It.
When a health insurer refuses to pay for your treatment, you may have the right to have the denial reviewed — and potentially overturned — by an independent provider. Here are six steps experts sugges...
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The Atlantic @theatlantic.com · 22/09/2026
The American age of global dominance that followed World War II was bound to end eventually, Phillips Payson O’Brien writes—“What’s shocking is how suddenly that moment has arrived”:
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The American Age Is Over
A period of global dominance has ended in plain sight.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
The Trump administration is considering data center-related projects across at least 17,600 acres of public land — far more than previously reported. Reminder: 70% of Americans oppose data centers, but Trump is heavily invested in the corporations pushing AI. Always follow the money.
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Trump Is Considering More Data Centers on Public Lands Than Previously Known
The data center proposals cover at least 17,600 acres of public lands across six Western states.
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Wajahat Ali @wajali.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Here you go! The Ellison Billionaire Empire.
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Ruth Ben-Ghiat @ruthbenghiat.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Trump's ban on MSNOW, CNN, and Politico is not only part of the autocratic playbook, but the timing is no coincidence. Trump is well in the autocratic backfire process, thus, entire media outlets he sees as threats must be banished. This is a moment of reckoning for America.
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Joint statement from MS NOW, Politico and CNN: @ms.now @politico.com @cnn.com
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Mike Zaccardi, CFA, CMT @mikezaccardi.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
US jet fuel prices have climbed back toward their post-Iran-conflict highs, keeping pressure on airline fuel costs. Markets @soberlook
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Joe Public 🍁 @joepublic.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
…It is watching bases of great strategic importance get destroyed and cannot protect them, it is abandoning allies that heretofore it considered of the highest priority, and it is making it clear that it cannot look after its own interests […] This is clearly the end of the American Age…
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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Ossoff: Blanche is a joke and a hack. These folks are not just corrupt, they're clowns. Here you have a Kremlin connected Russian oligarch giving massive cash gifts to the president's son…
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) - A building housing half a dozen families gave out in Gaza City overnight into Wednesday, killing 19 people as they slept and injuring 25, and leaving rescuers digging through rubble for dozens more who'd been sheltering inside the structure. @apnews.com
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The Kyiv Independent @kyivindependent.com · 16/09/2026
"For Russia, however, this will be the first winter in which its rear is this vulnerable. There has never been such depth before, nor such numbers," write Liubov Tsybulska and Andrii Sukharyna in this op-ed.
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The winter that will reach Russia's rear
In late August and early September, it began to look as though Russia was winning the exchange of strikes. According to Zelensky, in late August, jet-powered drones made up more than half of all unma...
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Tony Tassell @tonytassell.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
The US billionaires lining up to bankroll Republicans’ election push - www.ft.com/content/2285...
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Mike Zaccardi, CFA, CMT @mikezaccardi.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
While wage and salary growth has slowed to roughly pre-pandemic levels, health insurance costs have surged. Sage Eco @soberlook Carl Quintanilla
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Gerry Doyle @mgerrydoyle.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
however much you think the iran war is sapping u.s. military readiness, it's probably more than that. a free link for you, the people www.bloomberg.com/graphics/202...
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The Iran Blockade’s Growing Price Tag Is Draining America’s Global Military Power
The cost of naval operations since the buildup began in January has topped $7.1 billion — not including all the US assets being used to escort tankers through the Strait of Hormuz.
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Motopixie @motopixie.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Proud to say I’ve read every single one of @hcrichardson.bsky.social letters since the first. She’s a true shining light and has helped preserve my sanity. open.substack.com/pub/heatherc...
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September 15, 2026
Seven years ago, on September 15, 2019, after about a six-week hiatus during the summer, I wrote a Facebook post that started:
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