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Mrs. Wilberforce

@mrs-wilberforce.bsky.social
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Business Insider @businessinsider.com · 2h
The IMF director says that AI may keep the global economy growing in numbers while erasing the jobs young people use to launch their careers. bit.ly/4yllZ7N
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AI is keeping the economy afloat. The IMF says young workers could pay the price.
IMF chief Kristalina Georgieva says AI may support global growth while eliminating jobs that help young workers start careers.
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Le Monde in English @english.lemonde.fr · 6h
A disastrous day for French supermarkets after massive cyberattack targets refrigeration systems
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A disastrous day for French supermarkets after massive cyberattack targets refrigeration systems
Freezers and cold-storage rooms at several hundred stores overheated overnight from October 11 to 12, causing tons of merchandise losses. The vulnerability, linked to software made by the Danish company Danfoss, has been identified. France’s cybercrime office has opened an investigation.
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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 5h
To "revel in the death of those who truly deserve it...is normal, good, and aligned with our natural and national order," Anduril co-founder Palmer Luckey wrote on X.
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Pete Hegseth's firing squad livestream has fans in the defense industry
Co-founders of Palantir and defense tech firm Anduril are defending "public and brutal" executions.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 8h
Trump on Jon Husted: "I don't do this with men very often. I started examining his body, because I didn't know he was a great athlete ... I looked at his ass"
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Matthew Budman, book guy @matthewbudman.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
While his staff scrambles, "Fetterman largely holes up in his Capitol office, lying on the couch & scrolling Apple News." You've already read about his lack of interest in doing the job for which Pennsylvanians elected him, but don't miss this brutal Philly-centric @samjanesch.bsky.social profile.
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How John Fetterman spends his time comes under more scrutiny as he weighs future in the Senate
The Pennsylvania Democrat has been labeled an absentee senator for years. As he floats the possibility of running again, what has he actually done?
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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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Brad Johnson @climatebrad.hillheat.com · 10/10/2026
My god. A Virginia data center ran backup diesel generators full blast for 24 hours, creating a giant cloud of toxic smoke that choked its human neighbors. The government claimed there was nothing they could do.
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Virginia Data Center Ran Diesel Generators for 24 Hours. Residents Fled Their Homes
Virginia data center diesel generators ran nearly 24 hours during a Code Red alert, leaving neighbors with no regulatory recourse under current state permits.
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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
The Kimberly Guilfoyle situation could get interesting quickly. Probably the reason she GOT the Ambassadorship is to keep her quiet while Jr looted things. She knows a good deal of incriminating shit. edition.cnn.com/2026/10/11/p...
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Trump considering whether to fire Guilfoyle, source says | CNN Politics
President Trump is weighing whether to dismiss Kimberly Guilfoyle as U.S. ambassador to Greece after a string of embarrassing revelations about her conduct.
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Gus Moyer (梅子超) @gusmoyer.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
Shared 👇 comment: 🤔 First, we need to get rid of Congressional pensions. They get SS just like the rest of us. Then roll back their salaries. No one serving in Congress should receive more than 10X the minimum wage. #SocialSecurity
Republican Congressman Mike Collins signals his intent to end Social Security; "Old people need to get off Social Security [and] get back into the workforce"
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Roger Parloff @rparloff.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
Seven Senators on Sen Foreign Relations Committee, including 4 Republicans, denounce Trump's decision to import Russian diesel, saying it "runs directly counter" to 2022 statute.
Seven Senators on Sen Foreign Relations Committee, including 4 Republicans, denounce Trump's decision to import Russian diesel, saying it "runs directly counter" to 2022 statute.
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David Corn @davidcorn.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
This is really interesting if accurate. Anyone see confirmation?
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Outspoken™️ @out5p0ken.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
Trump seems nervous about the midterms, just 23 days away. Mamdani needs federal cooperation to govern NYC. Jeffries and Schumer have a duty to hold Trump accountable. Now Trump is sharing a column Thiessen wrote after consulting him, arguing Democrats should play nice instead of investigating him
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Mrs. Wilberforce @mrs-wilberforce.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
Wow, Ted Koppel said this? What’s up with him?
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
Can someone ask CBS News why Ted Koppel said that "Bannon's technically correct; they didn't have standing" in the 60+ cases Trump and his allies lost in 2020. This is verifiably false and is a GOP talking point. Many/most of the cases Trump lost were on the merits. Do they not fact check at CBS?
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Mrs. Wilberforce @mrs-wilberforce.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
French talks about the courage it would take to intervene in a situation like the one at Chi Phi and the ability to care about a stranger’s wellbeing. But I think it’s also true that with the bar fight, one or more people would step in to stop it. I think the difference between the two is obvious.
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Mrs. Wilberforce @mrs-wilberforce.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
Then there is the moral question of why no one who witnessed but didn’t participate in the rape intervened. French theorizes about a few different things. In addition to the widespread use of porn, in general, sexual gratification is now the ultimate, rather than intimacy, love, and caring. 4/
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Mrs. Wilberforce @mrs-wilberforce.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
Should the men be charged with assault or given a pass because they were too high to use good judgement? I think we instinctively know the answer to this. Even if the victim threw the first punch, the group aggressors would be arrested and charged with assault. 3/
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Mrs. Wilberforce @mrs-wilberforce.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
David French asks an important question about why no one in Chi Phi interfered with the gang rape of Jane Doe. 1/ Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/11/o...
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Opinion | Four Hours and Three Minutes in Ithaca (Gift Article)
On the most traumatic night in a young woman’s life, a good man could not be found.
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Mrs. Wilberforce @mrs-wilberforce.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
One commenter wrote that because the men were also drinking and or doing Ketamine, their judgement was also impaired, and there fore should get a pass. I wonder what his reaction would be if bar patron who was incapacitated was beaten up by a group of men, who were also drunk and high on Ketamine? 2
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Mrs. Wilberforce @mrs-wilberforce.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
David French asks an important question about why no one in Chi Phi interfered with the gang rape of Jane Doe. 1/ Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/11/o...
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Opinion | Four Hours and Three Minutes in Ithaca (Gift Article)
On the most traumatic night in a young woman’s life, a good man could not be found.
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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
for as long as i've been alive, republicans have ran the same playbook: a few weeks before voting begins, they roll out completely fabricated smear campaigns. these things are always coordinated, so the talking points take over the news. the party is never electorally punished for their dishonesty.
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Sven-Erik Volberg @volberg.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
This is who runs US security and intelligence. Guy was Tulsi Gabbard's no. 1 ally as the leader of the National Counterterrorism Center. Full-blown russian asset.
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Mrs. Wilberforce @mrs-wilberforce.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
A modern day Icarus.
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Strahan Cadell 🇨🇦🇻🇦🇺🇦🇬🇱 @quincunctial.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
What was the “cause worthy of loyalty” for Achilles? Helping Menelaus to kidnap his ex-wife? Helping Agamemnon rip him off? Killing Hector for defending himself? Sacking a city that never wronged him? What was the noble goal of the siege of Troy, Marco?
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Mrs. Wilberforce @mrs-wilberforce.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
“The girls of VOGUE were once by Petty, Now they are all by Giacometti.” So true.
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Dean Frey @dean.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
Alberto Giacometti by Henri Cartier-Bresson, Rue d'Alésia, 1961 One of my favourite artist photos.
Giacometti crosses the street in the rain, his coat gathered around his head.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 11/10/2026
Wow — listen to these new comments from Trump. Thanking Putin, trashing Zelenskyy, characterizing Russia as eager for peace and Ukraine as intransigent. The mask is totally off.
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Senator Chris Van Hollen @vanhollen.senate.gov · 09/10/2026
Trump started a stupid & illegal war in Iran that has driven up diesel prices. Now he wants to bankroll Putin's illegal war against Ukraine by buying diesel from him.   One strategic disaster after the next. www.politico.com/news/2026/10...
politico.com
Trump lifts sanctions on Russian diesel, suggests US may buy amid surging fuel prices
The move comes weeks ahead of the midterm elections.
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Dan Froomkin/Press Watch/Heads Up News @froomkin.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Trump has picked a side in the Russia Ukraine war. News organizations should make that clear. And every single Republican running for office should be forced to answer whether they, too, support Russia, and how much of Ukraine Russia should be allowed to rule.
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Mrs. Wilberforce @mrs-wilberforce.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
That this happened is not at all surprising, but it should still be the top story on every news outlet.
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Dan Froomkin/Press Watch/Heads Up News @froomkin.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
This should be the lead story with a screaming headline on every news website: “Trump sides with Putin in Ukraine war.” “After a long, friendly chat during which Putin offered Trump a political lifeline, Trump called for Ukraine to surrender.”
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Bill Grueskin @bgrueskin.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
“Witkoff and Kushner raised the possibility that intelligence sharing could be cut off if Kyiv did not heed Washington’s warning to halt the strikes” on Russian refineries. “It was a firm request from POTUS. “Hours later, Ukrainian forces struck the Yug Rusi oil terminal in Rostov-on-Don.”
US warns Kyiv that strikes on Russia jeopardise intelligence-sharing
Trump suggests Volodymyr Zelenskyy should be replaced after Ukraine's leader criticised diesel deal with Moscow
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 10/10/2026
“Zelenskyy could’ve stopped this war many times, and he chose not to … he better damn well stop” — Trump is no longer trying to conceal that he’s fully on Putin’s side
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Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
One key point @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social makes here is that if Dems win the midterms (and win in 2028), deploying congressional power creatively to unwind Elon Musk's sway over the government (contracts, etc) will be essential to any reconstruction: www.ms.now/opinion/elon...
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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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The New Republic @newrepublic.com · 10/10/2026
But it also gets at a bigger story about how the manly men of MAGA get so whiny when the electoral going gets tough. trib.al/P11Pk0O
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Trump Rage at Fox Backfires as Aides Leak Humiliating Motive Behind It
As the embarrassing roots of Trump’s fury at Fox News come to light, the author of a piece on MAGA manliness marvels at how whiny Trump-MAGA have become as the election nears.
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 09/10/2026
If Trump loses West Virginia, it’s really over. “Right now, we’re broke. We don’t even have money for gas.” “I love Donald Trump. He shouldn’t promise people things that he ain’t going to do, though, you know?”
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Mrs. Wilberforce @mrs-wilberforce.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Indeed. An execution on live TV is just about as barbsric as it gets.
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Christopher Hale @christopherjhale.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
The U.S. bishops called the Trump administration’s plan to livestream an execution barbaric, and they were right. Pete Hegseth has quoted the Bible publicly more than 120 times since taking office, and not one of those quotes came from Jesus or the New Testament. Why? He doesn’t believe in it.
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Mark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
All these years later.... I'm STILL a member of The Resistance.
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Mrs. Wilberforce @mrs-wilberforce.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
At first glance I thought you were referring to those blue pants with the really weird tailoring and fit. Either way, where are the pants police when you need them? 🚨
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Xela Hart @xelahart.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 09/10/2026
Ossoff: "I think Pete Hegseth is frankly a deeply unwell person who seems to relish this kind of brutality all the while he's running a department that is falling into chaos. The guy cannot run the military competently and is spending his time with this kind of obscene medieval spectacle."
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billkittle.bsky.social @billkittle.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
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James Talarico @jamestalarico.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
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Reuters Legal @legal.reuters.com · 09/10/2026
JUST IN: US judge rules Justice Department use of state voter rolls is unlawful reut.rs/4hEy82F
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Axios @axios.com · 09/10/2026
NEW: JD Vance says he won't watch livestream execution of Fort Hood shooter
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JD Vance says he won't watch livestream execution of Fort Hood shooter
Vance urged Americans not to forget the Fort Hood shooter's victims.
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Apoorva Mandavilli @apoorvanyt.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
As measles spreads nationwide, hospitals and health officials are pouring more money into efforts to increase vaccinations, testing and surveillance of the disease. The funds include a surprise $100 million infusion in recent weeks to states from the CDC. 🎁 🔗: www.nytimes.com/2026/10/08/w...
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C.D.C. Offers States $100 Million in Measles Support as Cases Climb (Gift Article)
States said the cash infusion will help bolster efforts to increase vaccinations and identify cases.
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Joe Sudbay @joesudbay.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
ICE agents shot and wounded a man in a car on a bustling New York City street Thursday afternoon, narrowly missing a child who was seated in the vehicle and sparking a heated confrontation between the feds and outraged citizens, officials said www.nydailynews.com/2026/10/08/f...
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ICE agents nearly hit child as they open fire on man in NYC clash
The incident happened at about 4 p.m. on Marble Hill Ave. near W. 225th St., officials said.
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The Last Word with Lawrence O'Donnell @lastwordmsnow.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
WATCH: 'People in Kansas are suffering,’ says Democratic Senate candidate @hamilton4kansas.bsky.social #LastWord
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Mrs. Wilberforce @mrs-wilberforce.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
This guy is a great candidate. Donate at www.actblue.org
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