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Oswald Heger

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Pete Buttigieg @petebuttigieg.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Let's ban gerrymandering.
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Julian Sanchez @normative.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Something weirdly not noted in a lot of the coverage of the extortionate threats to murder the Kennedy Center unless it’s reimagined as a shrine to Trump: There was no dire fiscal crisis until Trump’s goombahs started mucking with it. Its finances were fine. projects.propublica.org/nonprofits/o...
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John F Kennedy Center For The Performing Arts - Nonprofit Explorer - ProPublica
Since 2013, the IRS has released data culled from millions of nonprofit tax filings. Use this database to find organizations and see details like their executive compensation, revenue and expenses, as...
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Oswald Heger @oswald1160.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Hidden influencing, for money. . www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
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Inside a Conservative Operation to Hijack Your Social-Media Feed
A service run from Latvia offers payment for short, social-media-friendly clips designed to look like grassroots GOP support.
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Jay Kirell @jasonkirell.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
Kurt Schlicter once told a disabled veteran to off himself. I know because I was that veteran.
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Oswald Heger @oswald1160.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
Happy 65. birthday, @barackobama.bsky.social !!! With love from Germany.
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Oswald Heger @oswald1160.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
The best mainstream article about the whole Ceuta affair that I've read so far is this one in the Atlantic. . www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
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The Far Right Is Distorting Ceuta
We’ve seen this before.
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Dr. Lucky Tran @luckytran.com · 02/08/2026
I worked for New York’s largest medical center at the start of the pandemic. There were morgue trucks on the streets. They set up emergency medical tents in Central Park. Healthcare worker colleagues died. It is horrific that RFK Jr is on national TV lying that ICUs were empty.
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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 27/07/2026
At our municipal grocery stores, New Yorkers will get a 30% discount on eggs, milk, chicken, produce and other everyday essentials. In the wealthiest city in the richest country in the world, no one should have to wonder how they’ll afford the food they need to feed themselves or their families.
Mayor Mamdani holds up bananas with a 30% off sticker on them. Shelves of produce and canned goods, all with 30% off stickers on them. New Yorkers clap at the press conference announcing the 30% discount for municipal grocery stores.
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Phil Plait @philplait.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
As a reminder, I wrote this about RFK Jr. and vaccines *in 2013*. We've known for over a decade just how big a crackpot he is. slate.com/technology/2...
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The Dangerous Anti-Science Views of Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
The Kennedy family name is laden with history and brings to mind a definite set of characteristics: glamor, power, intelligence, wealth, influence....
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Randall Munroe @xkcd.com · 24/07/2026
Calibration Nobel xkcd.com/3275/
Comic. [Person 1 with short hair on stage behind podium reading off paper while addressing audience. People are shown sitting in chairs while Person 2 with ponytail and Person 3 waving are walking toward stage.] PERSON 1: This year’s Nobel Prize in “calibrating your equipment carefully and not embarrassing yourself by publishing spurious results” goes to Dr. Adams and Dr. Smith, who did *not* announce the discovery of microbes on Titan. PERSON 3: Thank you, thank you.
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The Contrarian @contrariannews.org · 15/07/2026
Sen. Jon Ossoff grills Trump's DNI nominee on who won the 2020 election
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Pete Buttigieg @petebuttigieg.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
A lot of us know people - good people - who may have believed the promises they were told about "draining the swamp" or "no new wars." Now is the time to reach out to them. Not to say, "I told you so," but to say, "He doesn't deserve you."
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Soraya Nadia McDonald @soraya.press · 07/07/2026
"His wife has said that he relied on an inhaler for asthma, but ICE agents rejected her attempt to give them the device when he was taken into custody."
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Oswald Heger @oswald1160.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
MAHA day ... . www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/...
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I Went to the Great American State Fair and I May Never Sleep Again
A day at the fair featuring patriotic energy drinks, a George Washington impersonator, and lots of ABBA
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Der Postillon 📯 @der-postillon.com · 01/07/2026
Casio bringt 0,001-Megapixel-Kamera für UFO-Jäger auf den Markt www.der-postillon.com/2017/06/ufom...
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Casio bringt 0,001-Megapixel-Kamera für UFO-Jäger auf den Markt
Gute Nachrichten für alle UFO-Fans: Der Elektronikhersteller Casio hat heute eine Kamera vorgestellt, die es in sich hat. Mit einer Auflösung von 0,001 Megapixeln und der neuartigen ...
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Oswald Heger @oswald1160.bsky.social · 20/06/2026
What a stunning counter-programming to the disastrous current U.S. administration! . youtu.be/A87ohdXcJtY
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Grand Opening Ceremony at the Obama Presidential Center
YouTube video by Obama Foundation
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Oswald Heger @oswald1160.bsky.social · 20/06/2026
Dark color increases heat-up. Who could have seen that coming? . www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
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Science Has a Name for What’s Plaguing the Reflecting Pool
Testing reveals that efforts to suppress one algal bloom seem to be fueling another.
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Der Postillon 📯 @der-postillon.com · 15/06/2026
Nächster Rückschlag bei Stuttgart 21: Bauarbeiter haben zu tief gegraben und müssen jetzt gegen einen Balrog kämpfen www.der-postillon.com/2026/06/balr...
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Nächster Rückschlag bei Stuttgart 21: Bauarbeiter haben zu tief gegraben und müssen jetzt gegen einen Balrog kämpfen
Stuttgart (dpo) - Und schon wieder gibt es eine neue Hiobsbotschaft von der Stuttgart-21-Baustelle: Offenbar haben die Bauarbeiter zu tief gegraben, w
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The Contrarian @contrariannews.org · 12/06/2026
Are You Not Entertained? — A cartoon by Michael de Adder
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Mark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
What White House? 👀 #TrashyTackyTawdry_tRump 🤢
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The Onion @theonion.com · 11/06/2026
Poll: Fewer Americans Say Democracy Central To U.S. Identity theonion.com/poll-fewer-americans-s…

“Let’s just try totalitarianism and vote it out if we don’t like it.”

Randy Clow, Fruit Bagger
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thxchef.bsky.social @thxchef.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
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david malki ! @davidmalki.com · 07/06/2026
Yup! I'll get right on that.
A dialog box reading "Get support from Meta AI business assistant" and then the rest of the options and information are unreadable gibberish. The feature is helpfully labeled "Beta"
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NPR @npr.org · 30/05/2026
Veterans groups hoped a Trump executive order would supercharge housing for homeless vets. That hasn't happened, and veterans' advocates want to know why.
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Trump pledged to house 6,000 homeless vets. His budget funds zero
Veterans groups hoped a Trump executive order would supercharge housing for homeless vets. That hasn't happened, and veterans' advocates want to know why.
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Oswald Heger @oswald1160.bsky.social · 25/05/2026
A pleasant surprise that I almost missed: . www.youtube.com/watch?v=jJTX...
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Only In Monroe --- May 22, 2026
YouTube video by Stephen Colbert
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Oswald Heger @oswald1160.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
We KNOW that cats are somewhat quantum, so this seems to be fun. .
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Justin Mikulka @justinmikulka.bsky.social · 06/05/2026
Solar plus storage: $54 Coal: $70-85 Gas (methane): $100 The math gets pretty simple.
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Firm solar and storage costs fall to $54/MWh, says IRENA
A new report by the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) finds that round‑the‑clock solar and wind paired with battery storage deliver power at lower cost than new fossil fuel generation in h...
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 16/04/2026
what’s funny about this is that tarantino wrote this “ezekiel 25:17“ for the film. it isn‘t actually in the bible. publicwitness.wordandway.org/p/hegseth-bo...
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Hegseth Borrows Violent Prayer from ‘Pulp Fiction’ to Bless Iran War at April Pentagon Worship Service
For the second month in a row, Pete Hegseth, who likes to call himself “secretary of war,” read a violent prayer — that echoes a scene in the Quentin Tarantino film Pulp Fiction — during a worship ser...
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The Contrarian @contrariannews.org · 14/04/2026
Psaki: Pitching the U.S. strike Iran? Kerry: Yes, he wanted us to strike. He came to President Obama. He made a presentation to ask to strike. President Obama refused. President Biden refused. President Bush refused.
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Words & Phrases
‘Short term extortion’
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James Medlock @jdcmedlock.bsky.social · 14/04/2026
DOGE turbocharged the deficit. budgetlab.yale.edu/research/wea...
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Oswald Heger @oswald1160.bsky.social · 01/04/2026
Try the new view modes! .
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weisselberger @weisselberger.bsky.social · 14/03/2026
Coming soon to a theater near you.
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D. Dean Johnson @ddeanjohnson.bsky.social · 14/03/2026
1) I asked former AARO Director Sean Kirkpatrick about recent essays regarding the USAF fake-alien "Yankee Blue" program, published by @realrossgarber.bsky.social on February 24 and February 27, 2026, both of which I have re-posted on this account, and both of which I sent to Dr. Kirkpatrick. A 🧵
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The Onion @theonion.com · 09/03/2026
FBI Uncovers Al-Qaeda Plot To Just Sit Back And Enjoy Collapse Of United States theonion.com/fbi-uncovers-al-qaeda-…
FBI Uncovers Al-Qaeda Plot To Just Sit Back And Enjoy Collapse Of United States
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Mark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 03/03/2026
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Reuters @reuters.com · 17/01/2026
Netflix, Warner Bros bonds among $100 million purchased by Trump reut.rs/3ZgjB2T
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Netflix, Warner Bros bonds among $100 million purchased by Trump
U.S. President Donald Trump purchased about $100 million in municipal and corporate bonds from mid-November to late December, his latest disclosures showed, including up to $2 million in Netflix and Warner Bros Discovery bonds just weeks after the companies announced their merger.
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NPR @npr.org · 24/02/2026
An NPR investigation finds the public database of Epstein files is missing dozens of pages related to sexual abuse accusations against President Trump. n.pr/4qTItsU
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Justice Department withheld and removed some Epstein files related to Trump
An NPR investigation finds the public database of Epstein files is missing dozens of pages related to sexual abuse accusations against President Trump.
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Oswald Heger @oswald1160.bsky.social · 18/02/2026
The interview that the FCC and CBS don't want you to see. . www.youtube.com/watch?v=oiTJ...
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Rep. James Talarico On Confronting Christian Nationalism, And Strange Days In The Texas Legislature
YouTube video by The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
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weisselberger @weisselberger.bsky.social · 16/02/2026
At least the middle guy wasn’t into human trafficking.
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Chris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social · 13/02/2026
You really really REALLY have to read the whole thing.
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Congresswoman Pramila Jayapal @jayapal.house.gov · 12/02/2026
Pam Bondi brought a document to the Judiciary Committee today that had my search history of the Epstein files on it. The DOJ is spying on members of Congress. It’s a disgrace and I won’t stand for it.
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Pete Buttigieg @petebuttigieg.bsky.social · 07/02/2026
Today, construction on the nation’s largest infrastructure project came to a halt - with hundreds laid off - because Donald Trump is out of control. The good news: political pressure still works, and we can use our voices to make sure he doesn’t have the last word.
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Phil Plait @philplait.bsky.social · 06/02/2026
Yup. This is what they voted for. Also, any Republican politician who doesn't vociferously reject this out loud today? You own this. You're supporting it.
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Oswald Heger @oswald1160.bsky.social · 28/01/2026
The news bit that I didn't know I needed ... . www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
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Two-year-old pots two Guinness World Records with snooker trick shots
Manchester toddler Jude Owens becomes youngest person to perform bank shot and double pot just weeks apart
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weisselberger @weisselberger.bsky.social · 22/01/2026
Mike Johnson declined to comment on Jesus’ teachings on the poor, sick, oppressed, and foreigners, claiming he had not seen that tweet.
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Scott MacFarlane @macfarlanenews.bsky.social · 18/01/2026
We are now 30 days beyond the statutory deadline for the full release of the Epstein files
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Randall Munroe @xkcd.com · 09/01/2026
Superstition xkcd.com/3191/
Comic. [Two adults, one with short light hair, walking with a child with spiky hair.] PERSON: Oops, I forgot to say “rabbit rabbit” on January first! CHILD: Why do you do that? PERSON: Just a superstition. CHILD: What’s a superstition? PERSON: It’s a way to train yourself to feel like any bad thing that happens is your fault.
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Alexandra Petri @petridishes.bsky.social · 07/01/2026
I continue to be enraged by everything the secretary of health and human services is doing www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/...
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Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to Be Declared Honorary Virus
The ceremony will feature roadkill hors d’oeuvres, goblets of beef tallow, and a sewage plunge.
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Pete Buttigieg @petebuttigieg.bsky.social · 05/01/2026
As of this week, millions of Americans are now paying thousands more for health insurance. If the President and Congressional GOP think Washington has the capacity to "run" Venezuela right now, why won't they fix the insurance cost crisis they've created here at home?
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