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Robert Dodge @bobdodge.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) plans to weaken radiation exposure limits to help the nuclear power and weapons manufacturers rather than protect the public! UNLESS, We the people speak now! Submit comments to: www.federalregister.gov/documents/20... www.commondreams.org/opinion/nrc-...
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The Nuclear Regulatory Commission: Bringing Cancer Potential to a Community Near You | Common Dreams
​Under pressure to expand nuclear energy production, the commission has proposed weakening standards protecting workers and communities from radiation exposure.
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Reuters @reuters.com · 21/09/2026
AMD joins $1 trillion club as chipmakers rally on AI-driven demand reut.rs/4yMPm3t
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AMD joins $1 trillion club as chipmakers rally on AI-driven demand
Advanced Micro Devices soared past $1 trillion ‌in market capitalization for the first time on Monday, joining a small group of chipmakers to reach the milestone, as investors bet on its expanding role in AI computing.
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Michael Sainato @msainato.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Congress currently has very few reps who have worked union jobs or have any background with the labor movement This election cycle, over 3 dozen candidates for the House and Senate come from the House of Labor www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...
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Revenge of the labor movement: Democrats with union backgrounds aim to retake Congress
Meet the candidates with labor ties vying for Senate and House seats in midterm races. Most of the nominees are Democrats as the party looks to rebuild support among working-class voters
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Scott Nover @scottnover.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
BREAKING: TV pool will not be providing coverage of presidential events until further notice b/c of CNN's ban, pool chair and FOX News Washington Bureau Chief Bryan Boughton said. It's effectively a boycott by the fellow members — ABC, CBS, NBC and FOX: www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
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The New Republic @newrepublic.com · 21/09/2026
Trump’s approval rating is on track to be the worst in American history. At some point, Trump’s bad rep will be such a liability to fellow Republican officeholders, that they’ll move to get rid of him. trib.al/Kl8xfFq
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American Journal of Sociology @amjsoc.bsky.social · 26/05/2026
New evidence from Denmark documents the collateral consequences of deportation for the spouses left behind. A substantial number (13%) of spouses also leave the country within 18 months. For those that stay, employment drops but then recovers within a year, but total income never recovers.
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University of Chicago Press Journals: Cookie absent
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Scientific American @sciam.bsky.social · 27/05/2026
At an event at NASA Headquarters, space agency officials unveiled the first rovers and landers headed to the future site of its planned lunar south pole outpost
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NASA’s Jared Isaacman unveiled the space agency’s first moon base rovers and landers
At an event at NASA Headquarters, space agency officials unveiled the first rovers and landers headed to the future site of its planned lunar south pole outpost
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Celine McNicholas @cmcnich.bsky.social · 25/05/2026
How Gov. Spanberger Betrayed Virginia’s Workers prospect.org/2026/05/25/h...
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How Gov. Spanberger Betrayed Virginia’s Workers - The American Prospect
After failing to gut a bill that legalized collective bargaining for state and local government workers, she opted to veto it.
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Economic Policy Institute @epi.org · 27/05/2026
Misclassification of workers as independent contractors is a pervasive and widespread problem. A new EPI analysis finds that smaller, less economically secure groups of AAPI workers are often most exposed to the costs of misclassification.
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Who are the Asian American and Pacific Islander workers in commonly misclassified occupations?
In March, EPI published updated research highlighting the cost to workers of being misclassified as an independent contractor for 11 commonly misclassified occupations. Asian American and Pacific Isla...
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Center for Economic and Policy Research @ceprdc.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
The painful effects of previous bubbles lingered years after, destroying millions of Americans' lives. @deanbaker13.bsky.social suggests the looming AI recession will likely be no different. cepr.net/publications/waiting-for-t…
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Center for Economic and Policy Research @ceprdc.bsky.social · 22/05/2026
Elon Musk probably pays a lower tax rate than your local firefighter. #mostlyeconomics host @deanbaker13.bsky.social and @amyhanauer.bsky.social of @itep.org break down exactly how that happens and who built it that way. #econsky If you earn a paycheck, this is for you: youtu.be/pHJVpINqJTY?...
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Mostly Economics Podcast #35: Tax the Worker, Spare the Wealthy
YouTube video by Center for Economic and Policy Research
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Center for Economic and Policy Research @ceprdc.bsky.social · 23/05/2026
88 profitable corporations paid $0 taxes last year. Meanwhile, capital gains breaks keep protecting the wealthy while workers pay in full. @itep.org  @amyhanauer.bsky.social breaks down the three biggest problems with the US tax code. #econsky full #mostlyeconomics ep: bit.ly/4tVbbuW
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Center for Economic and Policy Research @ceprdc.bsky.social · 25/05/2026
@deanbaker13.bsky.social argues that since 2002 many forecasters have failed to see the signs of industry bubbles and impending recessions, which ends up costing millions of workers their jobs.  Read:
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Waiting for the AI Bubble to Burst: Great Collapses of the Past
The tech and housing crashes show how economic bubbles can collapse suddenly, and an AI bubble burst could bring similar job losses and recession.
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Edward Elderman @elderman.bsky.social · 27/05/2026
Field of Flowers - Gustav Klimt
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Reuters @reuters.com · 28/05/2026
TotalEnergies files for authorisation of €4.5 billion offshore wind project in Normandy reut.rs/49t0Ajs
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TotalEnergies files for authorisation of €4.5 billion offshore wind project in Normandy
French oil ​major TotalEnergies said ‌on Thursday it ​had filed ​for an authorisation ⁠of ​its 1.5 ​gigawatt offshore wind project in ​Normandy.
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Governor Newsom Press Office @govpressoffice.gov.ca.gov · 27/05/2026
BREAKING: California will impose a 100% tax on payments distributed from Trump’s Jan. 6th “slush fund.”
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Candace @phoenix900.bsky.social · 26/09/2025
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Amazon to pay $2.5 billion to settle FTC allegations it duped customers into enrolling in Prime
Amazon has reached a historic $2.5 billion settlement with the Federal Trade Commission which said the online giant tricked customers into signing up for its Prime memberships, and made it difficult t...
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Reuters @reuters.com · 06/06/2025
EU voices support for ICC after US sanctions judges reut.rs/3T9iVJA
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EU voices support for ICC after US sanctions judges
The European Union strongly supports the International Criminal Court, European Council Antonio Costa said on Friday, adding that it is "a cornerstone of international justice".
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Reuters @reuters.com · 06/06/2025
As the European Union seeks to make Dublin enforce the bloc's environmental law, the cheap, smoky fuel peat has become a focus for opposition to policies that some people criticize as designed by wealthy urbanites with little knowledge of rural reality reut.rs/4kMwOJA
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On Ireland’s peat bogs, climate action clashes with tradition
Bog destruction major contributor to Irish carbon emissions as EU says 'insufficient action' is happening to protect unique habitats. But locals defend traditional fuel harvesting. Rural dwellers say left behind by green agenda.
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Crosswalk Collective LA @crosswalksla.bsky.social · 06/06/2025
The city of LA has removed three of our crosswalks in the past two weeks amid a budget crisis. We're now getting requests to put in crosswalks that were planned and committed to by LADOT, then rescinded for lack of funds ... where is the money for removals coming from?
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David Atkins @davidoatkins.bsky.social · 05/06/2025
When Dems emphasized Abrego Garcia's plight, Trump's approval went down on immigration. It turns out that hammering the evil things your opponents are doing can actually shift public opinion. You don't have to chase it like a weathervane. www.gelliottmorris.com/p/kilmar-abr...
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Media coverage of Kilmar Abrego Garcia hurt Trump, not Democrats
Public opinion on immigration has shifted — and pundits need to catch up
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Morgan J Freeman @mjfree.bsky.social · 06/06/2025
How’s that “concept of a plan” working out?
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donald trump is giving a speech at the presidential debate on nbc news
ALT: donald trump is giving a speech at the presidential debate on nbc news
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Al Jazeera English @aljazeera.com · 06/06/2025
Artificial intelligence, cloud computing and data centres led to a spike in electricity demand between 2020 and 2023.
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Tech giants see emissions surge 150 percent in 3 years amid AI boom: UN
Artificial intelligence, cloud computing and data centres led to a spike in electricity demand between 2020 and 2023.
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Rebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · 06/06/2025
Well. Well, well, well.
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Joseph D. Ortiz @earthsciinfo.bsky.social · 06/06/2025
Repeat after me: The future is electric and #FossilFuelsAreStrandedAssets 🧪🔌💡☀️💨🔋 generalaviationnews.com/2025/06/05/f...
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First electric aircraft lands at JFK — General Aviation News
According to Beta Technology officials, the ALIA can fly 250 nautical miles on a single charge. He told reporters from Reuters that it cost just $8 to power the 45-minute flight.
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lukelukeluke @lukelukeluke.bsky.social · 05/06/2025
Here are some nice mushrooms
A big orange flower of chicken of the woods mushroom shelves grow on a well-decayed log and shine slightly with rainfall, almost appearing like expanded foam insulation. All photos by me
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Jesse Duquette @jesseduquette.bsky.social · 05/06/2025
This message brought to you by Harriet Tubman, an actual person who actually lived.
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Tressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 09/05/2025
I continuously point out the productivity of the U.S. labor force! Like, what are we innovating here?? www.bls.gov/productivity...
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James Brooks Cascade @alaska.bsky.social · 09/05/2025
Juneau’s Empty Chair memorial for city residents who were taken away as part of America’s Japanese internment program in 1942, has been covered in paper cranes. #Alaska
Juneau’s Empty Chair memorial for city residents who were taken away as part of America’s Japanese internment program in 1942, has been covered in paper cranesJuneau’s Empty Chair memorial commemorates the forced deportation of its Japanese-American residents during WWII
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jacksonp42.bsky.social @jacksonp42.bsky.social · 10/05/2025
I love the imagery, but it is ballsy to roll a Sherman over a Fascicar that is basically a rolling mine. What if the Tesla had caught fire?
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 11/05/2025
No matter how many times we say Fox News isn’t real news, it doesn’t matter—because their viewers believe it is. Watch: It shows exactly how they’re screwing all of us—you & me—because we’re stuck dealing with people who fall for disinformation. And their own viewers, because they believe the lies.
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National Trust @nationaltrust.org.uk · 11/05/2025
When your shop is also in the business of looking fine 👌 Photo: Hidcote in Gloucestershire by Rachael Warren
A stone building with dark greenish-blue table door open with a shop sign on it. The building is covered with a thick wisteria plant in bloom, sending cascades of purple flowers down the walls.
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 10/05/2025
Next time someone claims that right-wing politics is motivated by "protecting children," remind them of that time right-wing ICE kidnapped a man at a gas station and left his children alone in his truck. #AmericanGestapo
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Rick @rickylongthread.bsky.social · 10/05/2025
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Just Jack @just-jack-1.bsky.social · 10/05/2025
If you have to repeatedly break the law to arrest those you claim have broken the law, you’re not enforcing the law. ICE has morphed into a terrorizing Gestapo-like goon squad. They must be held accountable.
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Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 10/05/2025
Today is the 111th birthday of Viola Ford Fletcher, the oldest living survivor of the 1921 Tulsa race massacre
A photo of Viola Ford Fletcher with her hands clasped
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The New Republic @newrepublic.com · 11/05/2025
Trump's move to block funds from the Digital Equity Act, designed to expand internet access in underserved communities, may harm red states that have submitted proposals to benefit their rural areas, veterans, and low-income households.
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Angry Trump Kills “Woke” Program—and Accidentally Screws MAGA Voters
It’s called the Digital Equity Act. That word—“equity”—caught the White House’s attention. So now Trump is moving to nix funding—but it could cut off millions destined for red America.
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 10/05/2025
Putin and the rest of the world continuing to laugh at these bumbling fools.
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JohnnyMangu @johnnybarbu.bsky.social · 11/05/2025
#SenatorMurphy gives Homeland Security secretary and dog-exterminator Kristi #Noem an absolute spanking of epic proportions..
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beetle moses @beetlemoses.bsky.social · 06/03/2025
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beetle moses @beetlemoses.bsky.social · 23/03/2025
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beetle moses @beetlemoses.bsky.social · 07/04/2025
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beetle moses @beetlemoses.bsky.social · 09/05/2025
Why can’t we be friends?
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Candace @phoenix900.bsky.social · 28/04/2025
If some cheated on polls, it would not be all of them consistently showing popularity down.
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The Weekly Show with Jon Stewart @weeklyshowpodcast.bsky.social · 18/04/2025
“It is a zero sum story that says ‘fear your neighbor’ instead of joining forces with them.” @heathercmcghee.bsky.social on the ways those in power exploit racial division to hold us all back.
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The Weekly Show with Jon Stewart @weeklyshowpodcast.bsky.social · 25/04/2025
“This Uber Eats mentality, lack of tolerance for complexity or delays,” @rory-stewart.bsky.social looks at the cultural forces that lead to Trump.
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Max Kennerly @maxkennerly.bsky.social · 27/04/2025
Using "recently deputized" ICE agents who don't follow procedure and perform arrests in plainclothes wearing masks and refuse to show badges is a great way to generate a violent situation. It's only a matter of time before these cowboys encounter "stand your ground" and it'll be 100% their fault.
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 28/04/2025
Bergen-Belsen survivors mark 80th anniversary of camp’s liberation
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Bergen-Belsen survivors mark 80th anniversary of camp’s liberation
About 180 British Jews and deputy PM Angela Rayner among those in attendance at event in northern Germany
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Charlie Warzel @cwarzel.bsky.social · 27/04/2025
If there’s one thing I’ve taken away from reporting on the current DOGE collection of govt data, it is that the people who’ve previously spent their careers carefully handling this information believe there is almost no limit to how it could be abused (gift link) www.theatlantic.com/technology/a...
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American Panopticon
The Trump administration is pooling data on Americans. Experts fear what comes next.
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Candace @phoenix900.bsky.social · 28/04/2025
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American Panopticon
The Trump administration is pooling data on Americans. Experts fear what comes next.
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