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PaffiA23

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Eternal Advocate, Painter of Dogs and Things, Geek by Profession, Mom.

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Dallas's Leading Local News: Weather, Traffic, Sports and more … @wfaa.com.web.brid.gy · 11/10/2026
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Tiger that mauled man to death in UK will not be euthanized, zoo says
A tiger mauled a man to death at a zoo in the United Kingdom after he climbed into the enclosure Saturday, officials said.
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Team Talarico @teamtalaricohq.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Ken Paxton has taken over 275 out-of-state trips since taking office. Texans have spent $1.9 million in taxpayer funds on his luxury vacations.
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teamhamiltonhq.bsky.social @teamhamiltonhq.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Meischa was Roger Marshall's patient. This is her story.
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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Wtaf is this question my university just asked me about my project?
Does the project involve any work that could be interpreted as promoting DEIA, climate change research, or non-compliant to any Presidential Executive Orders?
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Taniel @taniel.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
The Texas LG talked about private polling at a Texas fundraiser today. He specifically said 2 Texas state senators were in dead heat in GOP polling—both extraordinarily red districts. One district that voted for Trump by 20%, another for Trump by 25%. via quorumreport.com/quorum_repor...
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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Mother of Renee Good: I voted for Trump under the impression that these agents were here to protect the citizens of the US, innocents like our family and the others here, against terrorists. Certainly not to accuse those of us here of being terrorists and take precious lives. This is madness.
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James Talarico @jamestalarico.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
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Taniel @taniel.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Just in: Marist poll finds Josh Turek (D) leading by 8% against Ashley Hinson (R) in the Senate race. Turek is up 50% to 42% among registered voters. In the gov race: Rob Sand (D) leads 54/42. maristpoll.marist.edu/polls/2026-m...
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Prof Bill McGuire @profbillmcguire.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Exxon is now expecting a 2.5 - 3C rise by 2050 But says f*ck you - we are just going to keep right on sucking up as much gas and oil as we can Because even though we know what's coming, we really don't give a sh*t www.reuters.com/business/ene...
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Exxon raises 2050 global emissions forecast, sees slower coal decline
The world is at risk of falling behind in efforts to reduce carbon emissions by 2050, ExxonMobil said in its annual energy outlook published on Thursday, as ​the burning of coal could decline at a slo...
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Taniel @taniel.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
We're not quite at our end-of-year push, but we're starting to look ahead at our budget for next year — & want to do it on as strong a foundation as possible. As a reminder—we're a nonprofit independent publication with no paywall. Any subscription you do is up to you: but a huge help!
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Taniel @taniel.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
The dust settles on a humongous $$$ drop by the GOP in Texas: They just dumped $75 million into helping Paxton. That gives Paxton's side a 5:1 spending advantage at this stage: www.nytimes.com/2026/09/12/u...
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
NOAA just announced that this summer was the hottest on record in the United States.
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
⚠️ Be careful with VoteSafe .org. It is NOT an official voting website. It’s tied to Elon Musk’s America PAC and collects a lot of personal information from people who use it. Before you hand over your name, address, phone number, email and voter information, know who you’re giving it to.
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Tough chart from Bilello.
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Le Monde in English @english.lemonde.fr · 11/09/2026
Anthropic says it blocked misuse of its AI that could have supported biological weapons
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Anthropic says it blocked misuse of its AI that could have supported biological weapons
The company said it has added stronger safeguards in its latest models to restrict biological research that could also be used to make weapons.
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Michael McDonald @electproject.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
It's actually worse. The federal government has not shared the non-existent citizenship lists states are supposed to use to identify non-citizens on their voter rolls, and then upload their matched voter files to the non-existent USPS portal
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Michael J. Stern @michaeljstern.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
This is what people voted for. Then they complain endlessly . . . and vote for it again. Geez people, look at what is actually happening, not what you're being told, and recalibrate.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 19/08/2026
New in PN: Disney runs out of patience with Brendan Carr’s bullsh*t "For over a year, ABC tried to appease the Trump administration. That era is now over. On Tuesday, ABC, its parent company Disney, and eight ABC-owned stations sued Carr and the FCC for grossly violating the First Amendment."
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Disney runs out of patience with Brendan Carr’s bullsh*t
Mickey Mouse hits back after a year of fascist harassment.
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alexvonwitzleben.bsky.social @alexvonwitzleben.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
#ArturoBéjar, a former #Meta safety engineer, told the jury that the company was aware of the harm its products caused children, which included its recommendations pushing content from sexual predators and violent and graphic images. www.theguardian.com/technology/2... #MarkZuckerberg #DonaldTrump
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Zuckerberg lied about concern for child safety, Meta whistleblower testifies at landmark trial
Arturo Béjar, former Meta safety engineer, tells jury tech company was aware of products’ potential harm to children
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Team Talarico @teamtalaricohq.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
NEW AD: 14 years ago today, Ken Paxton stole someone's $1,000 pen. Today, Ken Paxton’s pen victim is endorsing James Talarico.
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Taniel @taniel.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
A lot is coming up Tuesday: —open governor races in Minnesota and, of course, Wisconsin —the special to replace Graham —the Flanagan/Craig primary —important prosecutor races in MN & VT —ideologically split Dem primaries (incl DSA candidates) for Congress & legislature Details: Details:
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Digital Brain @yourdigitalbrain.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
Bill Nye breaks down the Science of Skin Color and shows why Racism is Ridiculous.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 07/08/2026
CNBC on the July jobs report: "Minus -- minus! -- 23,000 on non-farm payrolls. That would be the second worst number of the year ... revisions -- another whopper! Minus 103,000 ... average hourly earnings -- big miss!"
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Noah Shachtman @noahshachtman.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
The YouTube of the interview ... www.youtube.com/live/CP-JB82...
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Scripps News @scrippsnews.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
A federal judge has approved a $1.5 billion copyright settlement in which artificial intelligence company Anthropic will pay thousands of authors about $3,000 per book after using pirated copies of their works to train its Claude chatbot.
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Judge approves a $1.5B Anthropic settlement over books used to train Claude
A federal judge has approved a $1.5 billion copyright settlement in which artificial intelligence company Anthropic will pay thousands of authors about $3,000 per book after using pirated copies of their works to train its Claude chatbot.
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Sarah T Roberts, PhD @ubiquity75.xyz · 22/07/2026
A reminder that UC _faculty_ and Faculty Associations — not the universities themselves nor their administrators — are waging this battle in court, demonstrating great bravery and moral clarity.
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White House admits it used keywords to kill billions worth of California research grants
Federal agencies that terminated more than a thousand research grants at the University of California last year admitted that they used keywords related to diversity, gender, vaccine hesitancy and COV...
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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 19/07/2026
Summer in New York City is just getting started. Whether you’re looking for live music, movies under the stars, library programs, or family activities, there’s always something exciting happening in every borough. Browse this week’s picks, then discover even more at nyc.gov/summer.
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Sarah Taber @sarahtaber.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
A quick word on Taco Bell: That's where we found the suspected lettuce, and it's not bc Taco Bell is gross. It's bc Taco Bell is REALLY GOOD at tracing product! Keeping track of exactly where they got their ingredients, & exactly what restaurants each shipment of ingredients went to!
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WIRED @wired.com · 17/07/2026
This month, we published another article revealing that MSG kept a database of VIP event attendees, labeling some of them as LGBTQIA and assigning a “risk score” to others. This is also now free to read:
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Madison Square Garden Kept a List of Gay Celebrities
An MSG database tracked and categorized hundreds of celebs, famous Knicks superfans, and even some of Taylor Swift’s wedding guests. Labels included “LGBTQIA,” “DO NOT HOST,” and low to high “risk.”
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WIRED @wired.com · 17/07/2026
In April, we reported on the MSG surveillance machine–an operation that allegedly tracked a trans woman, lawyers, protesters, and more. You can now read it for free.
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The Shocking Secrets of Madison Square Garden’s Surveillance Machine
Famously vengeful Knicks owner Jim Dolan has long spied on people at his iconic arenas. WIRED goes deep inside the operation that allegedly tracked a trans woman, lawyers, protesters, and more.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 16/07/2026
"Paxton recently bought 3 condos at a luxury resort in Utah worth a total of $1.6m and transferred them to his blind trust. On the deeds, Paxton listed his address as a Dallas-area home. Police records indicate a woman who is not his wife & has been photographed vacationing with Paxton lives there"
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Ken Paxton Bought 3 Utah Condos, Adding to a $9 Million Real Estate Portfolio (Gift Article)
The Texas attorney general and his trusts now hold at least 15 properties worth about $9 million.
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Karen K. Ho @karenho.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
It feels ridiculous to be told my entire life the importance of reducing my energy usage and switching to stuff like LED bulbs and then read reports of energy prices spiking in many US communities due to data centers.
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evy kwong @evystadium.bsky.social · 11/07/2026
UPDATE: Meta has removed this feature! Congrats to the people and the backlash!
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Headquarters @headquartersnews.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
The son of the man shot and killed by ICE: I am Ronaldo Salgado, the oldest son of Lorenzo Salgado Araujo. He should've been picking up the last of his guys before heading to finish up construction. Unbeknownst to all of us, my dad had been shot inside his van by ICE agents in unmarked cars.
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Oliver @oliver48.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
"Pakistan's farmers bought so many solar panels that the country's grid electricity demand fell for the first time in history ... unprecedented event for a developing country with a growing population and economy, where electricity demand virtually always rises" www.facebook.com/TruthBombs2/...
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Tim O’Brien @timobrien.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
While scientists have long braced for climate change, the growing severity of its impacts is shocking them. www.bloomberg.com/graphics/202...
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Extreme Heat Stuns Even Climate Scientists Who Saw It Coming
Record-breaking heat waves are even stunning scientists monitoring the acceleration of climate change.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 05/07/2026
PASTOR LORAN LIVINGSTON (@CentralChurchNC): “There has never been a Christian nation, and never will be. You don’t live in one now. A Christian nation wouldn’t have killed and displaced 20 million Native Americans, or thought owning slaves was pleasing to God.”
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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
MSNOW put together collection of clips of Fox anchors talking in front of the Great American State Fair.
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Deke Fanboy (welcome back lad!) @sjbrewer.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
Shocking scenes in Dallas as a member of the Egypt national team staff ‘Ibrahim Hassan’ twin brother of coach Hossam Hassan, was violently pushed by Dallas police while taking a photo with a young fan.
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Meidas Charise Lee 💙🌊🌴🥥🫘 @chariselee.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
Mexican fans gathered Tijuana to cheer Iran’s national football team and collect autographs before the squad departed following its World Cup elimination. Iran’s head coach said the bond between the two countries has been “written into history”
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Stand Up for Science! @standupforscience.net · 27/06/2026
The Trump administration shuttered Climate . gov last year. Now, former NOAA scientists fired during the DOGE cuts have launched Climate . us - a new home for trusted climate science and public resources. Science persists. ✊ zurl.co/GdVMU
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Ex-NOAA employees re-create a valuable climate data site shut down by Trump
Former NOAA staffers have launched a new website that provides climate information. It replaces a government site that was shut down when the Trump administration took office.
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Lush @lush.com · 11/06/2026
Hi Bluesky 👋 We're Lush, a campaigning business making fresh handmade cosmetics since 1995. We believe social media should put people, communities and conversation above clicks. Social media can be better, and we're curious to see what's possible here. Looking forward to you joining us 💙
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Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
Dems have to run on this hard. Do not let the RFK types try to spin what his own party just signed off on here. Actual Monsanto, the comic book villain of Adbusters days, was shielded from liability over poisoning Americans. I don't care if it's slopulism: this Supreme Court wants you dead.
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Chris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
That Trump is willing to let people stay homeless in order to get his election rigging bill passed is the least surprising thing that's happened in Washington this month.
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Thomas HD @degolierthomas.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
In an interview...published March 3, Crockett said she...would campaign for Talarico if he won the nomination. "The reality is that it has to be bigger than any single individual. This is about us winning, that is what it's about," Crockett said. "And when I say 'us winning' I mean us as Texans."
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Jasmine Crockett has 'no idea' if she'll campaign for Talarico. That's not what she told KERA
Crockett made the comments to The Dallas Morning News. In March she told KERA she would "absolutely" campaign for James Talarico if she lost the primary.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 21/06/2026
Brennan: "Our CBS News poll out this morning shows that more than three-quarters of Americans want to end the conflict now, with 69% saying the conflict with Iran was not worth the costs"
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Jessica Luther @jessicawluther.com · 21/06/2026
This is incredible. So satisfying. I was going to say it’s “cutting” but it’s more a knifing to the gut or maybe a beheading. www.theguardian.com/football/202...
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The French aristocrat and the all-American idiot: Henry v Lalas is the World Cup’s most compelling battle
Fox’s broadcast at the tournament has become a story of two contrasting styles. And there is one clear winner
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Justin Baragona @justinbaragona.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
Just a reminder that Dana White was promising Super Bowl-type numbers for the White House UFC event. Instead, they pulled in less than a typical '60 Minutes' episode.
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CJ Fogler @cjzero.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
Rebecca: "Chaps, Alexi left us" Zlatan: "Who? Rebecca: "Alexi will be back, Alexi will be back with us very soon" Thierry: "Your plan worked, Rebecca" Rebecca: "Don't you bring me into this, no chance" Zlatan: "America, you're welcome" lmaooooooooooooooooo
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Phil Yabut @philliefan99.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
They're dumping slimy, green peroxide water from the Reflecting Pool back into the Potomac. #dc @popville.bsky.social
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