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ProPublica @propublica.org · 10/10/2026
We released a trove of disclosure records that detail the finances of more than 1,600 Trump appointees, including former lobbyists, industry executives and at least a dozen officials who declined to identify former clients. Explore the database:
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Explore Financial Disclosures From President Trump and 1,600 of His Appointees - ProPublica
Use this database to explore potential conflicts of interest for President Donald Trump and his team. The documents disclose positions officials have held outside government, their assets and their de...
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Jake Grumbach @jakemgrumbach.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
New working paper: the Norwegian wealth tax was a huge success. The "exodus" of wealthy people never happened (less than 100 individuals left). Tax revenue increased by 71.5%. No changes in business activity or investment. www.nber.org/papers/w35854
Taxing Entrepreneurial Wealth: Evidence from
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Marius A. K. Ring
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ISSUE DATE October 2026
Whether imposing higher taxes on business owners adversely affects business activity by constraining investment and inducing capitalist flight is a central question in the ongoing debate on how to tax the ultra wealthy. To shed new light, I exploit a series of related Norwegian reforms during 2021-2024 that increased dividend tax rates, removed migration-related capital gains tax loopholes, and nearly doubled the effective marginal tax rate on business wealth. These reforms spurred international debate and, allegedly, an "exodus" of Norwegian billionaires (Financial Times,
2023). While I document clear effects on migration, these responses are concentrated among the top 0.1% of the wealth distribution and mostly confined to 2022 and 2023. My results indicate that at most 100 individuals left due to the reforms. I find no evidence of significant outmigration or reduced inflows of startup founders or inventors. I estimate that absent any outmigration, wealth tax revenues would have increased by 75% from 2021 to 2024. Reform-driven outmigration lowers the revenue gain to 71.5%. My findings further show that outmigrating owners' firms remain economically active and do not reduce investment. In a broader set of analyses, I examine whether business outcomes are affected, regardless of whether owners outmigrate, since firms may reduce investment both due to liquidity constraints or distortions to owners' savings decisions. I compare firms owned by Norwegian individuals subject to the wealth tax with firms owned by foreigners and other tax-exempt entities. By merging historical ownership data from Orbis with the Norwegian shareholder register, I perform these analyses on both Norwegian and foreign-domiciled firms.
Across settings, I find no evidence that Norwegian-owned firms pay out more dividends or invest less after the reforms,…
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coach smitty @cwsmitty74.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
“you got that hit mail piece on Talarico?” “sure thing, boss, real fucking sexy just like you asked” “what?”
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Seth Abramson @sethabramson.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
When they indict Cassidy Hutchinson it will be a great opportunity for her and her legal team to find a way to put in the public record all the powerful 50-, 60-, and 70-year-old Republican members of Congress who secretly propositioned her sexually when she was college-age (20) Way to go Trump
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Republican Lawmakers Were Sexting Cassidy Hutchinson When She Worked at the White House
I think I speak for the entire congregation when I say, “Ewwwww!”
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Jason Linkins @dceiver.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Turnstile is coming to DC ashowindc.com
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TURNSTILE AT THE WASHINGTON MONUMENT
Saturday, October 24 · 3PM · Washington, DC · Free · All ages
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 07/10/2026
After four of their children died, the parents told officers they hadn’t taken them to the doctor because of their religion, which considers the use of modern medicine a sinful lapse of faith in God. Under Idaho law, authorities couldn’t step in.
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Four Kids in One Faith-Healing Family Died. Authorities Could Do Nothing.
An exemption in Idaho law shields faith-healing parents from criminal prosecution for conduct that otherwise would be charged as neglect. It also keeps police and social workers from stepping in to pr...
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 07/10/2026
President Donald Trump wants to spend $1.5 trillion on defense next year. Adjusted for inflation, that would be more than the U.S. spent annually on defense during the height of World War II. (Published August)
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The $1 Trillion Black Box
The U.S. military budget is vast and opaque. Projects touted as engineering marvels end up facing years of delays and ballooning costs. ProPublica has launched a series to report on the Pentagon’s spe...
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Banned Books Week @bannedbooksweek.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
"Book bans are against liberty. And as a proud mom for literacy I am here to support marginalized voices and making sure kids have the right to read." We are delighted to have Bess Kalb join us as an honorary chair for #BannedBooksWeek! #LetBooksBe ala-events.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
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John Scalzi @scalzi.com · 05/10/2026
Pedophile politician arrives in Hell, may he be the first of many to imminently follow www.nytimes.com/2026/10/05/o...
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Dennis Hastert, Powerful Politician Disgraced by Child Sex Scandal, Dies (Gift Article)
The longest-serving Republican speaker of the House admitted in 2016 to abusing teenage boys decades earlier. He was 84.
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Patrick "Inverted Vibe Curve" Blanchfield @patblanchfield.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
new wolfenstein looks like shit
its pete hegseth splaying his arms christlike at a podium with all sorts of americana bunting thats got a distinct fash aesthetic
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WIRED @wired.com · 02/10/2026
DHS agents not only tracked and intimidated people observing ICE activity in Maine, but stored information about them in a Palantir-built database, newly unsealed court filings say.
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ICE Has Been Dumping Protester Photos Into a Palantir Database
DHS agents not only tracked and intimidated people observing ICE activity in Maine, but stored information about them in a Palantir-built database, newly unsealed court filings say.
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Brett "Solidarity 2026" Banditelli @banditelli.org · 02/10/2026
The chart explains AI hype more than any chart that's ever been charted.
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Nec Plus Ultra @necplusultra.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
"Superior Intelligence"
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 29/09/2026
There’s no scientific basis to many of the public health concerns some critics have with solar development, an expert told ProPublica. “People try to come up with a rationale to justify their dislike of things they dislike for other reasons.” (Published April)
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Unfounded Health Concerns Are Powering a Solar Backlash
Across the U.S., critics are pressuring public officials to stop or stall new solar projects, often citing unfounded health concerns.
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Jason Linkins @dceiver.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
new type of psychopath just dropped
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Jason Linkins @dceiver.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
I’ll never get over how excited cats get for the shittiest food in the world
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Electronic Frontier Foundation @eff.org · 24/09/2026
“They don’t have to go to a judge, they don’t need to justify why they’re making a search of all this historic (Flock ALPR) data, they can just sit (with) a computer and run a search. And so it is tailor-made for this abuse,” EFF’s @mguariglia.bsky.social told Atlanta’s WSB ABC2.
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Flock cameras are everywhere. Avoiding them can be next to impossible
Critics see a surveillance network. Police see a crime-fighting tool.
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John Fugelsang @johnfugelsang.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
"House Republicans will continue to hold Hunter Biden’s feet to the fire until we have his testimony...no one – not even the president’s son – is above the law.” - Tom Emmer, 1.17.24 "Don Jr is a private citizen and businessman so this unwarranted attack will go nowhere," Tom Emmer, 9.23.26
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 22/09/2026
NEW: In late 2024, FBI investigators had enough evidence to launch a sweeping bribery probe that could ensnare top lawmakers, including Sen. Susan Collins. Then Trump was reelected and eviscerated the FBI and DOJ teams handling public corruption probes.
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The FBI Anti-Corruption Squad Was Circling Susan Collins — Until Trump Got in the Way
After the FBI caught a defense contractor’s CEO making illegal campaign contributions, it sought to launch a sweeping political bribery probe involving Collins and others. Then the second Trump admini...
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Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
That's gonna be an lol from me dawg.
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Jason Linkins @dceiver.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
kind of amazing the kinds of topics of conversation that come up when there are corrupt dipshits in charge newrepublic.com/post/215426/...
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Kash Patel Twists Himself in Knots on FBI Hires and Bestiality
The FBI director tried (and failed) to explain the FBI’s new employment standards.
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Pierre Polyester @canadian-critic.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
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A.J. Wilden🏳️‍⚧️ @wcwit.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
"They're not misunderstanding the film; they're co-opting a message"
Screencap from the interview linked in the quoted post

Marlow Stern (the interviewer):  You have one of the most renowned replies in Twitter history. Elon Musk tweeted out, “Take the red pill,” then Ivanka Trump enthusiastically wrote, “Taken!” to him, and then you replied, “Fuck both of you.” I’m curious how you feel about the co-opting of “The Matrix” by those on the right who don’t really seem to understand its messaging.

Lilly Wachowski: I mean, I can’t sit in a room and explain the movie to every single person who watches it. Even if I did sit in a room with Elon Musk and Ivanka Trump — yikes — it doesn’t matter. They’re not misunderstanding the film; they’re co-opting a message. And that’s what fascists do: They co-opt the messages of progressives and use it to their benefit to confuse and obfuscate what is going on and the intention of their ideology. They do it with everything. They do it with Martin Luther King Jr. Look at how they’ve changed the idea of what antisemitism is.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
In the 25 years since 9/11, the United States has spent $8 trillion+ on wars that have taken millions of lives in the name of fighting "terror." Can you imagine if we had instead invested those funds here on climate, health care, housing, and education?
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 11/09/2026
NEW: The Environmental Protection Agency is finalizing a rule that’ll drastically weaken restrictions on “stripper wells,” which tend to be old, poorly maintained and prone to leaking methane, the highly potent greenhouse gas.
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EPA to Loosen Methane Rules, Boosting Pollution From Oil and Gas Wells
The Environmental Protection Agency is finalizing a rule that’ll drastically weaken restrictions on “stripper wells,” which tend to be old, poorly maintained and prone to leaking methane, the highly p...
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Matthew Gertz @mattgertz.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
For those who are new, Joe DiGenova has spent the last 30 years baselessly accusing Democrats of committing crimes. If he is saying publicly the Trump administration pushed him out because he wouldn’t bring cases because there was no evidence, things are really bad.
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Remember when Joe Biden proposed canceling student debt and every single Republican accused him of "bribing voters"?
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Biden accused by GOP of 'bribing' voters with student loan forgiveness
The Biden administration unveiled its latest effort to forgive as much as $20,000 in debt for some borrowers on Monday after the Supreme Court struck down its original plan last year.
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Sanho Tree @sanho.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Either the world’s biggest narcissist has extraordinary message discipline and managed to keep this story secret for 25 years or it’s time for the 25th Amendment.
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Spencer Ackerman @attackerman.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Extremely important story. Predictive policing is a euphemistic way of saying DHS is doing pre-crime, because of its improper access to your data. As @jakelaperruque.bsky.social says here, this takes a sledgehammer to the concept of probable cause of the commission of a crime. It can’t be reformed.
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Robert Evans (the Only Robert Evans) @iwriteok.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
I'd be OK fighting a holy war on behalf of the libraries.
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
Trump is coming for gray wolf protections. He signed an executive order directing the Interior Department to review whether gray wolves should lose their federal endangered-species protections. Link to EO: www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...
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Supporting America's Ranchers
By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, it is hereby ordered: Section 1.  Policy. Every child deserves a safe and nurturing home wh...
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
The title really says it all.
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𝕯𝖆𝖓🍂🎃🕸️ @arepublic86.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Charlotte Wainwright restoring and saving old/ancient books. www.wainwrightbookbinding.com
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Patton Oswalt @pattonoswalt.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Apparently people are sharing this far and wide on social media, which I think is horrible. This could cripple ICE operations. PLEASE do not share this.
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Theo Priestley @theopriestley.net · 04/09/2026
For the love of god pick this movie up. theplaylist.net/john-francis...
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‘Dungeons & Dragons 2’: John Francis Daley & Jonathan Goldstein Optimistic Their Sequel Will Find New Studio After Paramount Passed
John Francis Daley and Jonathan Goldstein say Hasbro remains committed to ‘Dungeons & Dragons 2’ and hopes to secure a new studio partner.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 03/09/2026
Minnesota right-wing Alpha News has uncovered the huge scandal that a school board candidate in my hometown of Forest Lake also plays in a rock band! The horror!
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Forest Lake school board candidate moonlights as punk rocker fighting 'fascism' | AlphaNews.org
Forest Lake school board candidate Claire Luger has has performed at “No Kings” rallies sporting "Fight Fascism" t-shirts.
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Electronic Frontier Foundation @eff.org · 02/09/2026
“If ICE is instituting this program to shield officers and the agency itself from public accountability, especially when information is already publicly available, then that’s a serious concern and flies in the face of our democratic values,” EFF’s Sophia Cope told @theintercept.com.
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ICE Is Paying a Controversial AI Firm to Hide the Identities of Agents
In a leaked memo, an ICE official tells employees the new AI tech will protect them. Some worry it could be used to root out whistleblowers.
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lincoln carpenter, skeleton @lincolnhello.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
I'm sure Bluesky hacked off most of that headline on mobile, so:
PC Gamer headline: "Dwarf Fortress creator says we can learn something from simply walling up dwarf nobles to maintain an equal society—but notes you have to abolish the dwarf cops, too: 'Another lesson to be had there'"
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James Talarico @jamestalarico.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Flock cameras have no place in Texas. They can piece together an exact map of your behavior — the places you went and how long you were there. Flock calls this “pattern-of-life” mapping. Texans call it something else: government overreach.
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Texas Observer @texasobserver.org · 01/09/2026
Featured story: "I imagine that most people heard this tirade and saw a blustering politician gearing up for election season. What librarians saw was more alarming. We saw a hostage situation taking shape."
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Come and Take Them, Dan Patrick
An Abilene public school librarian has a message for the lieutenant governor and his book-banning crusade.
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Merriam-Webster @merriam-webster.com · 31/08/2026
macabre = “muh-KAHB” Worcestershire = “WOOSS-ter-sheer” omnipotent = “ahm-NI-puh-tunt” reticent = “RET-uh-sunt” epitome = “ih-PIT-uh-mee” myriad = "MEER-ee-ud" Never make fun of someone if they mispronounce a word. It means they learned it by reading.
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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
It's like a parody, but it's deadly serious; the Commerce Department (which includes Census, NOAA, and others) has outright deleted "don't alter or suppress scientific findings for political reasons" from its scientific integrity rules. Seriously.
Protecting against "inappropriate influence" is no longer a "hallmark" of scientific integrity

The Commerce Department updated its policy for promoting a "culture of scientific integrity" in January 2025, days before Trump's second inauguration.

A new Trump administration order bans the Census Bureau and the Bureau of Economic Analysis from using statistical “noise,” or data for fuzzing survey results, to protect people’s privacy in their statistics.

The 2025 version included bans on attempts to shape or interfere in data collection, statistical analysis and other scientific activities "against well-accepted scientific methods and theories or without scientific justification."

The department's policy, the 2025 version said, involves ensuring scientific findings at its agencies "are not suppressed, delayed, or altered for political purposes and are not subjected to inappropriate influence," as well as making sure there's "independent review of facilities, methodologies, and other scientific activities as appropriate to ensure scientific integrity."

That language is missing, however, in the Trump administration's revision of the policy, according to an NPR analysis of text posted on the Commerce Department's website.

And while the revision adopts a definition for "scientific integrity" that is similar to the previous version, it no longer says that "protection from inappropriate influence" is among the "hallmarks of scientific integrity."
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Bill McKibben @billmckibben.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
Every once in a while journalism works. Turkmenistan is going to start plugging its methane leaks, thanks to excellent reporting from the Guardian and @dpcarrington.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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‘Breakthrough’ as Turkmenistan starts fixing ‘mindboggling’ methane mega-leaks
Secretive state begins repairs on ageing facilities after being revealed as worst country for leaks of potent greenhouse gas
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Martha Hickson @sassylibrarian.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
We’re back! To celebrate our Emmy nomination, THE LIBRARIANS documentary has returned to YouTube until mid-September. Watch it with friends, and then plan to vote for library-friendly candidates at every level of your ballot in November. The film will release to the major streamers later this fall.
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Banned Books and the Librarians Caught in the Political Battle | Full Documentary | Independent Lens
YouTube video by PBS
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Galen Stone @galenstone.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
Oligarchs need to be taxed back to humility.
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Destruction of East India Company Gives US Lawmakers a Blueprint for Confronting Big Tech: Historian | Common Dreams
Historian warns of unchecked power in Big Tech firms, drawing parallels to British East India Company. US lawmakers urged to rein in tech giants.
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The Volatile Mermaid @ohnoshetwitnt.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
Imagine having enough cases of bestiality in your recruits that you have to loosen hiring rules to get enough of them in.
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Richard Kadrey @richardkadrey.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
For those who might have forgotten, Dolly was always punk as fuck
"I made jokes about it, but it's the truth that I kind of patterned my look after the town tramp. I didn't know who she was, just this woman who was blonde and piled her hair up, wore high heels and tight skirts, and, boy, she was the prettiest thing I've ever seen. Mama used to say, 'Aw, she's just trash,' and I thought, That's what I want to be when I grow up. Trash."
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Joel @itsjoels.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
This is the letter kids got at the end of Dolly’s Imagination Library. I defy you to read this and not cry.
Sorry, I can’t type that.
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Robert Evans (the Only Robert Evans) @iwriteok.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
This is what the growth of surveillance is going to bring. Not safety from crime, but new, non-criminal acts redefined as criminal so as to give the police an excuse to exercise power. local12.com/news/offbeat...
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Police request public's help to find suspect who picked up $30 off ground in Walmart
A police department took to social media and asked the public to help them identify a suspect who found $30 on the ground in Walmart.
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