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Jay Kuo @nycjayjay.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
So they passed on the higher prices to us then pocketed them again with refunds. Just to be clear about what happened. Story: www.npr.org/2026/08/28/n...
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Dr. Damien P. Williams, dread portent down from a mountain cave @wolven.blacksky.app · 29/08/2026
I LITERALLY explained Upton Sinclair and the phrase "every regulation is written in blood" to my students just this week
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Climate Crisis Info & Progressive Politics (by Bryan Godbe) @bryangodbe.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Climate Crisis "Scientists have very high confidence in the relationship btw glacier retreat and climate change. And, mountain permafrost is degrading with climate change. Permafrost is a “glue that holds rock and adjacent glaciers together on very steep slopes”. www.theguardian.com/world/2026/a...
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What caused the catastrophic flood in Nepal and Tibet – and how does a glacier collapse?
A glacial collapse registering as a magnitude 5.2 seismic event occurred near the border on Wednesday morning
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Climate Crisis Info & Progressive Politics (by Bryan Godbe) @bryangodbe.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
ClimateCrisis “Until the fuel cells are operational, the facility is relying on the unpermitted gas generators. The fuel cells will still produce large amounts of CO2, and if completed, they could emit more than 2bn pounds of the climate-warming gas every year.” www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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One of east coast’s largest datacenters accused of ‘violating federal law’
Thermal drone footage shows a Microsoft-backed AI datacenter powering its operations with dozens of unpermitted generators
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The Economist @economist.com · 24/08/2026
Anthony Fauci made mistakes. But his diary reveals a conscientious public servant trying to save as many lives as he could during the pandemic. His recent summons before a Senate committee was surely intended to humiliate him. It should embarrass America
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The real covid-19 scandal is still unfolding
The failure to reckon with lives needlessly lost will make the next pandemic deadlier
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Andy Rose @andyrose12.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
america’s shame
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tony romm @tonyromm.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
NEW: In a stunning admission, the Trump administration admitted in court documents that it canceled billions in energy grants to states "based solely" on politics -- and whether that state was represented by Democrats and backed Harris in 2024. www.nytimes.com/2026/07/24/b...
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Trump Administration Admits Canceling Grants to States That Did Not Vote for Him
Federal officials said in court documents that they halted billions of dollars in funding for energy projects to states “based solely” on whether they backed President Trump in the 2024 election.
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Larry Glickman @larryglickman.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
What I would add to @jamellebouie.net's column is that the right has characterized nearly every advance of the compensatory state--whether proposed or enacted--since the New Deal as "socialism." www.nytimes.com/2026/07/22/o...
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Opinion | Trump’s New Insult Won’t Save Republicans
The president’s attempt to drum up a third red scare is certain to fail.
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 24/07/2026
interesting to me that as the administration treats democratic-voting states like conquered or occupied territories, you don’t have pundits demanding the president respect “half the country”
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Ed @notdred.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
To me cutting USAID is like, you put a quarter into a slot every day to keep millions of people alive. You don’t have to do it but it causes you no hardship. Then one day the job falls to people who are overtly white supremacist and they decide to stop doing it. It is most obviously murder
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Chatham Harrison dba TRUMP DELENDUS EST @chathamharrison.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
This is what happens when you spend your whole life thinking about responsibility in terms of civil or criminal liability rather than ethics or morality. Not only is it incorrect to accept responsibility when you haven't been obliged to, it's incorrect to even validate the idea of doing so
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Adam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 25/07/2026
Despite the whining about “ historical accuracy,” the racist backlash to the casting in Nolan’s Odyssey is about the right wanting to justify racial hierarchy by projecting it into a past where it did not actually exist. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
When some on the right speak of reverence for “civilization,” what they’re doing is trying to anachronistically justify the hierarchy of race they would like to see enacted today by rooting it in antiquity. You cannot cast Black people in The Odyssey, because The Odyssey is a pillar of “Western civilization,” which they consider to be white. This faction of the far right imagines antiquity as a kind of idyllic Jim Crow universe of utterly separate civilizations, one in which the integration they despise could not possibly exist.But Greece is not as far from Africa as the North American continent is, and the modern construct of race, a pseudoscientific product of the Atlantic slave trade, would not be invented until thousands of years after Homer. Black people are depicted in Greek art. Egypt, Libya, and “Aethiopia” are frequently referenced in ancient writings. As the Black classics scholar Frank Snowden Jr. wrote in the 1970s, at least one of the characters in The Odyssey, Eurybates, is specifically described as “black-skinned and woolly-haired.” As the Stanford classics professor Sarah Derbew notes in her book Untangling Blackness in Greek Antiquity, Black people are referenced in plays by Euripides, Sophocles, and Aeschylus. They also appear in the writings of Hesiod and Herodotus. One of the lost epic poems is The Aethiopis, in which Memnon, the Aethiopian king and an ally to Troy, plays a major role.
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 25/07/2026
hachi machi
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Adam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 26/07/2026
“Racism is good and policy should be designed to reflect that principle,” couched in euphemism, is an acceptable opinion in the anglosphere leadership class but “racism is bad and policy should be designed to reflect that principle” is wokeness gone amok and unacceptable bsky.app/profile/okwo...
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alexjungle.bsky.social @alexjungle.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
Brave cat!
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Rep. Mike Levin @levin.house.gov · 02/08/2026
The President’s job is to help Americans in need, not punish them for voting against him.  Trump has approved nearly 90% of disaster-aid requests from Republican-led states. But not one, not two, not three—FOUR Democratic-led states were denied assistance they needed and qualified for.
politico.com
Trump overrode his own agencies to deny 4 Democratic disaster requests
President Donald Trump cast aside bipartisan precedent when he rejected eligible disaster requests from four blue states.
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Princess Vimentin PhD | Cancer Biologist @princess-vimentin.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
Yaaas! Good news on a Sunday! The senate moves to temporarily ban the OMB proposal that would allow political appointees in charge of approving federal grants, especially #NIH grants. Recall that the OMB rule yielded 500k comments, 95% of them against it. 🧪 www.politico.com/news/2026/08...
politico.com
Senate finalizes funding patch that would block Trump’s grant overhaul
Language is included to delay the president’s move to put political appointees in charge of grant approval.
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 31/07/2026
Breaking News: An Arizona sheriff’s office released two ransom notes sent after Nancy Guthrie’s kidnapping. The second one said she was dead.
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Nancy Guthrie Ransom Notes Released by Sheriff’s Department Searching for New Leads
The 84-year-old mother of Savannah Guthrie, the television news anchor, has been missing for nearly six months.
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Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
“The United States and Israel are planning what would be one of the harshest bombing campaigns to date against energy infrastructure targets in Iran, multiple sources told CBS News, with strikes possible throughout the weekend.”
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U.S., Israel preparing to bombard energy-related targets in Iran, sources say
The U.S. and Israel plan to hit Iran's energy infrastructure as soon as this weekend, although no final decision has been made, sources familiar with the matter told CBS News.
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Los Angeles Times @latimes.com · 31/07/2026
The Trump administration’s 10-year plan to handle the Colorado river crisis will spare California, Arizona and Nevada from the most severe water cutbacks for now www.latimes.com/environment/story/2… 
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 31/07/2026
NEW: Trump is appealing the slush fund and tax immunity ruling. But sure. The fund is "dead." thehill.com/homenews/adm...
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Trump appeals ruling finding he colluded with DOJ in $10B IRS suit
The Trump administration on Friday appealed a ruling from a federal judge in Florida who found the president effectively colluded with his own government in bringing a $10 billion suit against the …
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 31/07/2026
Inexpensive doesn't have to mean cheap or disposable. These small tokens of affection are giftable, usable, and worth your money. nyti.ms/4vNPaip
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Everything is Expensive These Days (Except These 59 Gifts Under $10)
Inexpensive doesn't have to mean cheap or disposable. These small tokens of affection are giftable, usable, and worth your money.
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The Daily Beast @thedailybeast.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
OPINION | Trump has ordered in a multibillion-dollar scandal that gets less notice than the gilded cherubs in the Oval Office, writes Michael Daly. Their name: The Trump Class.
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How Trump Is Hiding an Insane $150B Scandal—Inspired by 50s TV
He wants a golden fleet of Navy ships...because of a documentary he saw as a kid.
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Lindsay Beyerstein @beyerstein.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
I can't stress enough what a crisis this is. Trump's own intelligence agencies concluded that Iran attacked Minnesota's critical infrastructure and Trump is saying that it's Minnesota's own fault and denying it was Iran. The federal government won't defend blue states in a literal war.
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U.S. Sees Iran as Likely Behind Cyberattack on Minnesota Water Systems (Gift Article)
Investigators cautioned that the assessment was preliminary. There were no indications that any water supply had been rendered unsafe to drink.
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The Daily Beast @thedailybeast.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
A 29-year-old man died of aggressive leukemia days after ICE released him from custody as he lay in intensive care.
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ICE Accused of Neglect After Man, 29, in Its Custody Dies
Prisciliano Trejo Ricano was “coughing up blood” behind bars—and his family says his pleas for care were ignored.
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The Economist @economist.com · 31/07/2026
During and after the covid pandemic, San Francisco’s tech workers toiled remotely, the Financial District was a ghost town and homelessness and public drug use were ubiquitous. But the city has seen a reversal recently
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The tide turns for a Florida darling and California loser
Miami faces new problems as San Francisco makes a comeback
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Los Angeles Times @latimes.com · 31/07/2026
LAPD officer who recorded colleagues' racist comments to be charged with felony eavesdropping
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LAPD officer who recorded colleagues' racist comments to be charged with felony eavesdropping
Los Angeles County prosecutors on Friday are expected to charge an LAPD officer with felony eavesdropping for making secret recordings of his colleagues' racist, sexist and homophobic comments on the job.
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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
Republicans on the Senate Finance Committee defeated an effort by Democrats to block the Trump admin plan to shield Trump from IRS audits.
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Finance Republicans kill bid to stop Trump IRS audit-immunity deal
Sen. John Cornyn (R-Texas), a vocal critic of the immunity plan, sided against a Democratic amendment to block it outright.
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HuffPost @huffpost.com · 26/07/2026
About 1 in 5 "reliable" Republican voters is considering not casting ballots or voting Democratic, according to new data.
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GOP Seeing 'Scary' Level Of Apathy Among Die-Hard Voters
GOP Seeing 'Scary' Level Of Apathy Among Die-Hard Voters
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The New Republic @newrepublic.com · 26/07/2026
The president cannot accept the reality that he lost. And that he still owes her $83.3 million. trib.al/zZ3mghc
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Trump Begs Judge to Give Back Money He Just Paid E. Jean Carroll
Donald Trump is refusing to just accept the L here.
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Bill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
“Of all the things that the Trump administration has been doing, the most important and least appreciated is what’s happening with the structure of government and the people who work for it…a remaking of the way the Executive Branch operates.” conversationswithbillkristol.org/conversation...
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Trump and the Politicization of the Civil Service w/Don Kettl
The Trump administration and the politicization of the civil service.
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The Economist @economist.com · 26/07/2026
“Before anyone claimed that markets were efficient, political thinkers claimed that the self-interest of merchants would be a gentler master than the passions of princes.” Now the merchants are becoming princes, argues Tim O’Reilly
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Elon Musk is building a form of capitalism that Adam Smith would hate
The merchants are becoming princes, writes Tim O’Reilly
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Indivisible ❌👑 @indivisible.org · 26/07/2026
We’ve seen this playbook before. And every time, it has been people organizing together that forced them to back down. We are strongest when we stand together. ICE OUT NOW. 🎥 @ktvufox2.bsky.social
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Judd Legum @juddlegum.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
Full report and methodology: popular.info/p/these-cons...
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These consumer brands are bankrolling the biggest ICE supporters in Congress
From the outset of President Trump’s second term, US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has engaged in a deadly immigration crackdown that has trampled the constitutional rights of migrants…
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Judd Legum @juddlegum.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
I took a hard look at the financial donors to ICE’s biggest supporters in Congress. These are people who want to significantly expand ICE’s power and have sponsored or co-sponsored legislation to do so. Here are the top 25 consumer brands bankrolling the biggest ICE supporters in Congress:
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The Economist @economist.com · 19/07/2026
Crimea is looking vulnerable. Ukrainian drones are severing the roads, railways and waterways that connect the vital peninsula to Russia
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Russia is losing its grip on Crimea
Ukraine’s drone offensive is making it harder to supply and defend the vital peninsula
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The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 19/07/2026
When Linh Mai’s mother rejected her at birth, caretaker Robbie Clark didn’t leave the National Zoo for nearly a month. Zoo clinical nutritionist Erin Kendrick called it a “herculean effort” to figure out the calf’s diet.
washingtonpost.com
I spent a day with a baby elephant. Here’s why her survival is extraordinary.
When Linh Mai’s mother rejected her at birth, caretaker Robbie Clark didn’t leave the National Zoo for nearly a month.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
Reps. Pramila Jayapal, Chris Deluzio, and Pat Ryan have introduced a bill to break up meat monopolies. Good. Right now, 4 meat processing corporations control 80% of the market, allowing them to squeeze customers and farmers alike. Minimal competition means maximal price gouging.
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How Farmers Are Getting Shafted By Monopolies | Robert Reich
Just 4 firms control 85% of the beef market, 66% of the pork market, and 54% of the poultry market.The result?-Lower pay
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PBS News @pbsnews.org · 19/07/2026
There is growing opposition to the infrastructure surrounding data centers, too — particularly the transmission lines needed to power them, which often must cross land belonging to private citizens. (via @us.theconversation.com) to.pbs.org/4ypsxmZ
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When can a power company take your land for data center infrastructure?
There is growing opposition to the infrastructure surrounding data centers, too — particularly the transmission lines needed to power them, which often must cross land belonging to private citizens.
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@TXCat61 @txcat61.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
Thanks to Paxton & Abbott the TX economy lost out big time & so have Texans. Time for a regime change in Texas! #GinaHinojosaAndJamesTalaricoAllTheWay
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Love @celiebug.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
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The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 19/07/2026
Breaking news: The United States and Iran moved closer to all-out conflict, as the exchange of attacks on civilian and military structures continued to escalate and at least three and possibly four U.S. service members killed since combat resumed.
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U.S. teeters on return to all-out war with Iran after more troops killed
The military announced Sunday that a service member was killed in action in Iraq and another set of unidentified remains was found at the site of an Iranian missile attack in Jordan, U.S. Central Comm...
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Forbes @forbes.com · 16/07/2026
Gabriel Perez is reportedly in talks with federal investigators to settle allegations of using insider information.
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Trump’s Teleprompter Operator Made Over $100,000 In Kalshi Bets On President’s Speeches, Report Says
Gabriel Perez is reportedly in talks with federal investigators to settle allegations of using insider information.
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The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 16/07/2026
Americans gave President Trump broadly negative reviews for his handling of key issues, according to a Post-Ipsos poll. Strained by the cost of living, they are pessimistic that the administration’s negotiations with Iran will lower gas prices.
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Trump approval stuck in the 30s amid pessimism on Iran and economy, poll finds
Americans give President Trump broadly negative assessments, including on the Iran war and the economy, a Washington Post-Ipsos poll finds.
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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
Wild stuff; the Trump admin appears to be getting ready to claim that Lorenzo Salgado Araujo, shot and killed by ICE on his way to work, had multiple baggies of meth just sitting in plain view on the DASHBOARD for anyone to see. I know the truth is sometimes stranger than fiction, but COME ON.
The shooting has come under heavy scrutiny in Houston and nationally. Residents have called for the names of the ICE agents involved in the encounter to be made public.
And since the shooting July 7, there have been numerous demands for an independent investigation.
Special Agent McNeilly wrote in the application that he "inspected the vehicle and observed in plain view several plastic bags with what appeared to be a white crystal-like substance packaged in small plastic bags."Specifically, the agent said, four bags were visible through the windows, and three bags were seen in the middle of the dashboard.
Another bag was seen on the passenger-side floorboard.
The agent wrote that the packaging was
"consistent with methamphetamine."
The application was signed by Judge
Richard W Bennett, a magistrate judge in the Southern District of Texas.
It was not immediately clear why the van had not been searched earlier, or whether the agents who obtained the search warrant found any drugs inside the van on the day of the shooting. A spokesman for the F.B.I. did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
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Alt CDC (they/them) @altcdc.altgov.info · 16/07/2026
2. It is run by a network of CDC folks, formed in solidarity after the firings last year. See this website for more info on that: www.cdcresourceportal.org/about-us/who...
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Mutual Aid Network Portal - Who We Are
The CDC Mutual Aid Network was established in early 2025 by members of the CDC community. It was formed in direct response to the sudden and widespread layoffs at the CDC, aiming to support and uplift...
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The Daily Beast @thedailybeast.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
None of the major networks have confirmed whether Trump’s address to the nation will air—just hours before he is scheduled to speak.
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TV Networks Plot Ultimate Humiliation for Trump
None of the major networks has confirmed whether Trump’s address to the nation will air—just hours before he is scheduled to speak.
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Chris Steller @chrissteller.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
Someone just sent me this photo from Chicago, unbelieveable
Album cover photo of the Marina apartments in Chicago for Wilco's Yankee Hotel Foxtrot CD
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Union of Concerned Scientists @ucs.org · 16/07/2026
A strip of wildfire smoke combined with extreme heat has pushed air quality to unhealthy levels in eastern US. We encourage you to stay safe, check on your neighbors, and learn how this is directly linked to coal, oil, and gas companies.
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The Infuriating Link Between Wildfires and Fossil Fuel Companies
YouTube video by Union of Concerned Scientists
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Los Angeles Times @latimes.com · 16/07/2026
Is 'The Catcher in the Rye' phony or still cool? 6 writers reflect on its legacy at 75
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Is 'The Catcher in the Rye' phony or still cool? 6 writers reflect on its legacy at 75
We loved Holden Caulfield at 16, but how does the book hold up? Six California writers unpack the enduring power of Salinger’s only novel as it turns 75.
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