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Mutant of the boffin genus. Likely cytotoxic.

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Micah Berman @micahberman.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
“If you’re using material that state lawmakers agree with, that’s teaching; if you’re talking about something they object to, that’s advocacy, and you have to stop.” www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/1...
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All the Things You’re Not Allowed to Say In Texas
The state now controls what professors can teach.
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Laura Chapin @laurachapin.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
When the Auschwitz Memorial has to fact check the new White House press secretary Katie Zacharia for being a nut.
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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
Harris County TX. He's hospitalized: "ICE claimed the man ran in front of the agents' vehicle and was struck. However, the surveillance video appears to show the SUV veering left through empty parking spaces before running the man over..." abc7.com/story/ice-ru...
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ICE agent strikes man with car during pursuit in Texas, authorities say: VIDEO
Surveillance video shows the moment an unmarked SUV carrying ICE agents ran over a man during a pursuit at a shopping center in Texas.
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Jamal Greene @jamalgreene.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
A massive, and massively underrated, threat to a functioning democracy. (gift link) www.nytimes.com/2026/10/11/u...
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Threats of Political Violence Have America’s Elected Officials Living in Fear (Gift Article)
A Times investigation has found that violent threats have become a new normal among public officials, reshaped private lives, cost millions in security and pushed people out of office.
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Unusual Whales @unusualwhales.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
BREAKING: Poland holds emergency meeting following possible assassination attempts on Prime Minister and defence minister
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Carole Cadwalladr @carolecadwalla.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
NEW: Prime Minister Andy Burnham finally breaks a decade of UK govt silence…& reveals there was ‘clear’ Russian interference in the Brexit vote. 1/
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God @thegodshow.com · 10/10/2026
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Shiv Ramdas Mens Rice Activist @nameshiv.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
this is literally why you have uniforms and badges every member of the media pretending that any of this is due to anything else should be frogmarched out of public life
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Dr. Mark P. Barry ☯︎ @drmarkpbarry.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
EXCLUSIVE: US imposes sanctions on ICC hours after former judge wins Nobel Peace Prize | Reuters www.reuters.com/world/us-imp...
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EXCLUSIVE: US imposes sanctions on ICC hours after former judge wins Nobel Peace Prize
Navi Pillay sat in the court's appeals chamber.
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Prof. Eliot Jacobson @climatecasino.net · 10/10/2026
The long-term rate of CO2 growth is currently at a record 24.35 ppm per decade. Net-zero by 2050? 2070? Ain't gonna' happen. Well, it might. But for another reason.
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Kathleen Bachynski @bachynski.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
“The gift of a $400 million aircraft from Qatar’s royal family stands apart because it involves a transgression the framers identified by name and for which they prescribed impeachment as the remedy: violation of the Constitution’s foreign emoluments clause.”
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The Case for Impeachment: In a sea of graft, the gift of a $400 million aircraft stands apart | Opinion
The founders were crystal clear that accepting gifts from foreign governments was constitutionally prohibited and should lead to impeachment.
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 09/10/2026
NEW: Records show Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has taken nearly 1,000 trips during his tenure, costing $3.3 million in security. We could only connect 138 of those trips and $553,000 in security costs to state business. with @texastribune.org
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Ken Paxton’s Security for Travel Cost Taxpayers Millions. Just 1 in 6 of His Trips Had a Stated Business Purpose.
Records show the Texas attorney general has taken nearly 1,000 trips during his tenure, costing $3.3 million in security. We could only connect 138 of those trips and $553,000 in security costs to sta...
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Euan MacDonald @euanmacdonald.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Context: 300k tonnes of diesel = 93 million gallons. US uses 160 to 170 million gallons per day - so 300k tonnes would last 13-14 hours. Total order of 1.8 million tonnes = ~82 hours of US use = ~3 days 10 hours. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Trump announces deal for Russian diesel as Zelensky criticises 'gift to Putin'
Ukraine's president said allowing Russia to sell petroleum products would prolong a war that must be ended.
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Nicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Russia has shortages, long lines, and imposed limits. Ukraine has knocked out about 1/2 (!) of Russia's refining capacity. And they're going to export a million tons of diesel? Yes, Trump is again siding with Russia against Ukraine, Europe, law, and democracy. But that won't make fuel appear.
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Moscow Gas Stations Reimpose Fuel Limits as ‘Second Wave’ of Shortages Hits Russia - The Moscow Times
Fuel purchase restrictions are beginning to make a comeback in some regions as persistent shortages continue to dog the domestic market following months of Ukrainian drone strikes on oil refineries, i...
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Patocka @patocka.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Useful idiocy at its finest.
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Clara Jeffery @clarajeffery.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Give the voters what they want, helipads and ballrooms for an addled billionaire
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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Your regular reminder that the job of an ICE officer is dramatically safer than the job of a regular cop, such that not a single ICE deportation officer has been killed in the line of duty since 1949 (and that was actually a stabbing inside an INS jail in Hawaii, not street enforcement).
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Lauren McGaughy @lmcgaughy.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Scoop: In 2014, Ken Paxton sat for a deposition where federal lawyers quizzed him about his growing wealth and investment tactics. The depo has never been made public. We got a copy. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/09/u...
nytimes.com
Inside Ken Paxton’s Private Testimony About His Money
A leaked deposition from a fraud inquiry in 2014 provides insight into the Senate candidate’s growing wealth and his tactics for defending himself.
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Laura Bassett @lebassett.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
“If you don’t like public executions just don’t watch it” says the crowd trying to ban drag shows and books
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Anarcho-Crust Demon Hunter @jamesaskew.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
This is genocidal rhetoric
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Will Bunch @willbunch.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Another ICE shooting, in NYC abc7ny.com/post/person-...
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Person shot during interaction with ICE agents in Marble Hill
A person was shot during an interaction with ICE agents in Manhattan on Thursday.
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Patocka @patocka.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
There's always a grift. www.yahoo.com/news/politic...
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Trump’s ‘Super Intelligence’ Rebrand Has a Curious Slovenia Connection
Trump’s ‘Super Intelligence’ rebrand has a strange Slovenia link, tied to Melania, .si domains and a new US AI deal.
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Brennan Center @brennancenter.org · 08/10/2026
The Voting Rights Act made the democratic process available to millions of Americans. An American Problem, by Michael G. Miller and Kevin T. Morris, Princeton University Press, explores the law’s history and the ongoing fight to protect voting rights. bit.ly/4y6W1ot
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An American Problem: How the Country Built — and the Supreme Court Broke — the Voting Rights Act
Michael G. Miller and Kevin T. Morris chronicle the rise and fall of the Voting Rights Act, from the triumph of its passage in 1965 to its evisceration by the Supreme Court in 2013.
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Ari Berman @ariberman.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
In 1868 Louisiana elected first Black congressman. He was never seated In 1875 Louisiana elected second Black congressman. He served just one term It took 114 years for Louisiana to elect another Black member of Congress And now Roberts Court wants to wipe out Black representation across South
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State Court Report @statecourtreport.org · 08/10/2026
Election-related warrant requests raise special concerns, explain former OH Chief Justice Maureen O'Connor and @brennancenter.org shared.outlook.inky.com/link?domain=... Hayne Yoon. Judges faced with these requests can do a lot to safeguard elections.
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Judges’ Critical Role in Evaluating Election-Related Search Warrants
Judges can take note when search warrant applications are based on unproven conspiracies and, when an election-related warrant is issued, protect election records.
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Ars Technica @arstechnica.com · 08/10/2026
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R.I.P. Margaret Hamilton, whose code saved the Apollo 11 Moon landing
Hamilton also coined the term "software engineering" and founded two successful software companies.
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Patocka @patocka.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
More like North Korea every day.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Trump’s sons have recently invested in dozens of defense companies. Those companies have now raked in a staggering $6 BILLION in current or future government contracts. Corruption? Or coincidence? You be the judge.
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 07/10/2026
who knows if jackson can win this thing but i am glad that he is making clear that susan collins's whole scam is to do everything she can to make life worse for mainers and then take credit for mitigating it in the slightest way possible
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Ryan Goodman @rgoodlaw.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
"The Archdiocese of St. Louis has filed a lawsuit ... claims that the Ste. Genevieve County Jail and ICE have violated the First Amendment rights of immigrant detainees by preventing Catholic priests from delivering communion, hearing confessions and celebrating Mass." fox2now.com/news/missour...
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Archdiocese of St. Louis sues ICE officials over blocked religious services
The Archdiocese of St. Louis has filed a lawsuit against Ste. Genevieve County officials and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) leadership over alleged restrictions on Catholic religiou…
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NPR @npr.org · 06/10/2026
Musk's company, SpaceX, and Luckey's company Anduril, could potentially benefit from recommendations made in the study about future autonomous weapon systems. n.pr/4AUVhFG
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Elon Musk and Palmer Luckey's new Pentagon roles raise ethics worries
Musk's company, SpaceX, and Luckey's company Anduril, could potentially benefit from recommendations made in the study about future autonomous weapon systems.
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randy r. potts @thephatic.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
really appreciate them using this photo; it's often missed but Jim's affair almost singlehandedly killed the TV preacher phenomenon - yes, many of them kept on for a few more decades but donations dropped dramatically after and never recovered to the rate seen in the 1980s
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US televangelist Jim Bakker, ensnared in fraud and sex scandal, dies at 86
Bakker spent four and a half years in prison after being convicted in 1989 ​of defrauding followers in a scheme involving holidays at his Christian theme park
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Bill Grueskin @bgrueskin.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
A Texas pediatrician has already paid $15k in legal fees to counter requests from Ken Paxton's office about her vaccine policy. She spoke to the NYT on background after prosecutors threatened this: "You are requested NOT to inform other entities of this request" www.nytimes.com/2026/10/05/h...
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Texas Pediatricians Face Paxton Investigations for Vaccinating Children (Gift Article)
Ken Paxton, the Texas attorney general and Republican Senate candidate, has alleged a sprawling profit-driven conspiracy. Pediatricians say the accusations are an attempt at intimidation.
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br00t4c @br00t4c.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
ICE bleeding staff at record rate as firings and resignations soar: report Impunity time's almost over, kidnappers. Resigning won't hide your crimes. www.rawstory.com/ice-employees/
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ICE bleeding staff at record rate as firings and resignations soar: report
Immigration and Customs Enforcement is losing employees faster than at any point in its history, with thousands of recent hires quitting or getting fired shortly after joining, according to federal wo...
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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
ICE is now separating children from their parents in the nation’s interior and deeming them “unaccompanied.” www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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“You kidnapped my son”
ICE is now separating children from their parents and deeming them “unaccompanied.”
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Patocka @patocka.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
The cope
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Cas Mudde @casmudde.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Another excellent read is this quick statistical analysis of the Presidential Election vote by @alexandreafonso.bsky.social Bolsonaro Jr. did particularly well in municipalities that are richer, more Evangelical, "white", and not (too) old.
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Who Voted for Bolsonaro junior?
Some snazzy graphs on the results of yesterday’s Brazilian election
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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
"Among the first to appear before the judge was Angel, a 13-year-old. He had no attorney. “Would you like to request voluntary departure, or should I issue a removal order?” the judge asked “I don’t know,” Angel said, bursting into tears: “I have no one. I have nothing.” www.cnn.com/2026/09/28/p...
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Inside the Texas courtroom where toddlers face immigration judges | CNN Politics
Migrant children as young as 2 are showing up at immigration courts nationwide, many without attorneys, to try make their case to stay in the US and avoid deportation.
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Angelica Shalagina Official🇺🇦 @angel-shalagina.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
😂 Democracy, russian style. Communists in Moscow held an officially approved rally. Then they started chanting “Down with the Tsar!” And suddenly the “approved rally” wasn’t so approved anymore - police beat them and dispersed the crowd.
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Albert Pinto @70sbachchan.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Catastrophe In Brazil with the far right surging State races, senate and congress races all going for the far right Presidential race going to a second round thankfully with bolsonaro’s son under 50 percent www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblo...
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Patocka @patocka.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
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Whistleblower who flagged Lutnick’s links to Epstein dies
The former British banker who spent more than 35 years working in financial markets has died by suicide
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 04/10/2026
For years, Project 2025 architect Russell Vought has set out to erode our system of checks and balances of power and to concentrate power in the hands of one person: President Trump. Now he’s quietly making it all happen. 🔊 Listen to this episode: propub.li/3TzIyaA
“I don’t want President Trump having to lose a moment of time having fights in the Oval Office about whether something is legal or doable or moral.” - Russell Vought, Director of the White House Office of Management and Budget
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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
What a lie. Some of these people are being imprisoned indefinitely in squalid condition in African prisons. Others report being beaten and arbitrarily deported in violation of international law back to their home countries, where they face persecution or torture.
The indefinite nature of their confinement has taken a severe toll. In October 2025, a Cuban man who was on the July flight went on a hunger strike for a month-until he started showing signs of organ failure —to protest the conditions of his detention, including his ongoing confinement and lack of access to legal counsel.
Terrified of being imprisoned in Eswatini forever, another man repeatedly told his attorney that the prison there never lets people go. One man told his attorney that he feels like a caged animal with no end in sight. The prison does not have air conditioning, making the hot, humid summer months especially uncomfortable for the men.
Food is insufficient, medication is scarce, and requests often go unmet or are belatedly met.
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
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What We Do In The Shadows Wwdits
ALT: What We Do In The Shadows Wwdits
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Oliver Willis @owillis.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
If you have $100 million to spend on ads saying you shouldn’t be taxed you’re not being taxed enough Google cofounder Sergey Brin has spent $102 million to fight California’s proposed billionaire tax—he could owe $13 billion if he loses fortune.com/article/how-...
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Google co-founder Sergey Brin has now spent $100 million to fight California’s proposed billionaire tax—he could owe $13 billion if he loses | Fortune
The state’s ultrawealthy, including Larry Page and Peter Thiel, have similarly donated to efforts opposing the wealth tax.
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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Gerrymandering is cheating and election-stealing. The massive money advantage is corruption in action. Neither of these represents “an upset.” The media really needs to stop normalizing and enabling cheating, election-stealing and corruption.
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Hemry, Local Bartender @bartenderhemry.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
as near as i can tell from watching the whole exchange, tucker's contention is that the UK becoming a conquered territory of the nazi reich would increase the possibility of hypothetical fascist vassal uk ruling india for longer & this is obviously preferable to hosting allied us troops
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David Beard @dabeard.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
“Older Cuban men who had lived in the U.S. for decades have been deported to Mexico, where they have struggled to get by. Some Cubans have been deported to Africa.” www.nytimes.com/2026/10/03/u...
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How Trump’s Deportation Policies Have Rocked a South Florida House Race (Gift Article)
Representative María Elvira Salazar, a Republican, ran an ad criticizing the Trump administration. It may have jolted other Republicans — and drawn attention to her Democratic opponent.
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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
This is how AI will kill us all
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Trump Was Reportedly Pushed Into Invading Venezuela by Conversation With Grok
Trump reportedly consulted with Grok for hours on his next course of action in Venezuela before launching a military invasion.
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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
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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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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