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Patrick Rizzo

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Peabody Award-winning journalist NBC, Reuters, AP | Writer | Ex-Environmental Science PhD student | Dad, hubby, surfer, cat butler 🚫Bitcoinbros 🚫MAGA 🚫pornbots 🚫Climate Change deniers #Science #Climate #Journalism #Surfing #BLM #Women'sRights #Ally

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Patrick Rizzo @prizscisurf.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 11/09/2026
In a moment of profound uncertainty and grief, Americans understood that no one should stand alone. We come together today in Illinois to honor the thousands we’ve lost and the heroes who ran toward danger in the aftermath of 9/11. May we always stand united.
Attendees from Engine 42 Fire Station's Annual 9/11 Remembrance Event.
Governor Pritzker stands in line during the Engine 42 Fire Station's Annual 9/11 Remembrance Event.
Governor Pritzker speaks to attendees at Engine 42 Fire Station's Annual 9/11 Remembrance Event.
An attendee salutes the flags at Engine 42 Fire Station's Annual 9/11 Remembrance Event.
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Patrick Rizzo @prizscisurf.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Gloria Steinem, a potent voice of US feminism and co-founder of Ms. Magazine, has died apnews.com/article/glor...
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Gloria Steinem, a potent voice of US feminism and co-founder of Ms. Magazine, has died
Gloria Steinem, the most visible symbol and potent voice of the U.S. women's movement in the '60s and '70s and a fierce advocate for feminist causes for the rest of her life, has died at 92.
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Stephen Heard @stephenbheard.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
When people tell me they don't have *time* to read a book on writing, I wonder if they understand the concept of investment. I want to tell them: you don't have time NOT to read a book on writing! (And yes, it COULD be mine, although it needn't be.) scientistseessquirre... 🧪
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You don’t have time NOT to read a writing book
The release of the 3rd edition of The Scientist’s Guide to Writing, just last month, got me thinking (again) about whether and how scientists look for writing advice. There’s a lot of writing advic…
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Elizabeth Warren @warren.senate.gov · 01/09/2026
BREAKING: Trump's DHS took a step back from seizing Fentanyl so that ICE could terrorize our streets. In just one year at HSI: - Fentanyl investigations down 24% - Fentanyl seizures down 39% - Hours spent countering fentanyl down approx. 30%
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Patrick Rizzo @prizscisurf.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
This is the most important story of the day. It's a potential autogolpe using the USPS, and it's disgraceful. Anyone and everyone involved is a traitor. #Elections www.nytimes.com/2026/09/01/u...
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Whistle-Blower Says USPS Is Secretly Proceeding on Trump’s Mail Voting Plan Before Midterms
A report detailed “grave concerns” that a new system being rushed into use by the U.S. Postal Service could imperil millions of mail ballots ahead of the midterm elections.
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PinkTweets @pinktweets.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
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Top US firms that backed Voting Rights Act donate to groups working to undermine it
Watchdog data shared with Guardian shows contributions to Republican Attorneys General Association and others
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Patrick Rizzo @prizscisurf.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
Really thorough reporting that shows, again, Trump's "legend" sits atop a scaffold of lies and misdirection. Harp isn't the mysterious, enigmatic figure portrayed by many media outlets. She's just another Trump liar among other mendacious morons. #Trump theheatherashley.substack.com/p/a-deep-div...
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A Deep Dive into Natalie Harp - The Miracle Treatment, the Timeline, and How She Got Here
America just met Trump's shadow. The public record has known her for years - her tweets, her op-ed, and four decades of documentation tell a different story than the one that put her in headlines.
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DemCast USA @demcast.com · 27/07/2026
With 100 days until Election Day, Troy Jackson is taking on tax cuts for the wealthy and standing firm for working families in Maine. It is time for a leader who puts everyday people ahead of the elite. 💙 jacksonformaine.com
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Maggie @maggiedara.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
“The torture of climate obstruction is that it exists to trap us in the cycle of explanation and debate forever. Polluters and their cronies are not trying to win the climate argument, merely to prolong it in perpetuity so there’s never enough public consensus for action. “
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Peter Morley ♿️ @petermorley.bsky.social · 05/07/2026
In the darkest of days in our country, heroes have appeared to bring us HOPE and to remind us that no one is going to save us: We have to save ourselves. Jason Watson is one of those people. What an amazing human.🙏💜
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Just Jack @just-jack-1.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
The guy who promised so much winning led America to its most humiliating defeat in two hundred and fifty years. This is why you don’t elect stupid.
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𝗽𝗵𝗼𝘁𝗼𝗳𝗿𝗮𝗺𝗱 @photoframd.bsky.social · 14/06/2026
Happy Obama Appreciation Day! The President, Husband, Father and true Patriot... #ObamaAppreciationDay
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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 14/06/2026
HISTORY.
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Foz Meadows @fozmeadows.bsky.social · 14/06/2026
the knicks win, thus proving zohran mamdani has the mandate of heaven
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Tim O’Brien @timobrien.bsky.social · 14/06/2026
I want to make a start of it, in old New York.
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Jalen Brunson Knicks Waving to Fans
ALT: Jalen Brunson Knicks Waving to Fans
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 31/05/2026
If this were your grandpa you’d send someone to check on him
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strea3m.bsky.social @strea3m.bsky.social · 29/05/2026
Grocery prices are ⬆️⬆️ You can barely afford the gas to go get the overpriced stuff you need Fear not, 🤡's regime's on it, with a plan to...put his mug on a $250 bill?🤮 Oh well, maybe they're just planning ahead-"By the end of 🤡’s term, it’ll be just enough to buy one gal of gas & a carton of eggs”
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Bessent defends proposal to put Trump’s face on new $250 bill
A sitting president cannot legally be featured on U.S. currency, but Republican lawmakers are looking for a way around that.
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@Boom-WhatsGoingOn.bsky.social @boom-whatsgoingon.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
Marc Elias: Donald Trump is stealing from you…
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Patrick Rizzo @prizscisurf.bsky.social · 18/05/2026
Nuff said: www.nytimes.com/2026/05/18/u...
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Trump’s Approval Sinks Amid Unpopular War, Darkening G.O.P. Prospects
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Patrick Rizzo @prizscisurf.bsky.social · 14/05/2026
My son's short film "Safe in My Skin" will premiere at the Nantucket Film Festival on June 20. His writing, directing and cinematography have been receiving wider recognition here and abroad. Hard work and dedication to craft pay off. #film #filmmaking nantucketfilmfestival.org/events/short...
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SHORTS: UPROOTED – Nantucket Film Festival
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 01/05/2026
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Katelyn Burns @katelynburns.com · 27/04/2026
I want cis Americans to sit uncomfortably with the fact that most of these restrictions were ushered in through the liberal act of "just asking questions" about trans people.
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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 10/04/2026
WASHINGTON (AP) — Energy prices that spiked due to war in Iran push inflation to the biggest increase in four years.
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Pam Keith @pamkeithdc.bsky.social · 10/04/2026
That heifer FLOTUS is as disgusting as Maxwell. Both of them were enablers of demonic pedophiles. There has never been such tacky, brain dead, classless, cruel and morally bankrupt FLOTUS in our history.
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California Dreamin’… 😎 @jerasikehorn.bsky.social · 10/04/2026
But, she doesn’t even know him…👇
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Patrick Rizzo @prizscisurf.bsky.social · 06/04/2026
😢😢😢 I am sorry for any former colleagues who may be getting swept up in this. AP says it will offer buyouts as part of pivot away from newspaper-focused history apnews.com/article/news... AP says it will offer buyouts as part of pivot away from newspaper-focused history apnews.com/article/news...
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AP says it will offer buyouts as part of pivot away from newspaper-focused history
The Associated Press says it will offer buyouts to an unspecified number of its U.S.-based journalists as part of an acceleration away from the focus on newspapers and their print journalism that sust...
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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 05/04/2026
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 29/03/2026
BREAKING: After ProPublica published letters written by children at the Dilley concentration camp, ICE officers raided the dormitories and confiscated the children's letters. I'm suing ICE to get them back. I'll explain it all in 45 minutes on @meidastouch.com here: www.youtube.com/live/H-D8SzR...
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Patrick Rizzo @prizscisurf.bsky.social · 28/03/2026
At least 250K showed up for #NoKings rally in Manhattan. There were large demonstrations in all the other boroughs, too (including Staten Island). #NYC was not playing today.
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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 19/03/2026
“We can’t last 34 more months of what we’ve seen in the last 14. We’re fucked if this guy serves out his term. He’s gonna trash everything once and for all.”
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Adam Cohen (My Personal Views Only) @axidentaliberal.bsky.social · 21/03/2026
Trump is literally paying our enemies to destroy America
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Peggy Stuart @peggystuart.bsky.social · 20/03/2026
The SAVE America Act criminalizes election workers, purges voter rolls, and hands your personal data to the federal government with zero restrictions on how it’s used. Noncitizen voting is a nonproblem.
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 14/03/2026
Iran has killed over 1.2 million Americans. No, sorry, that was the number of Americans *Donald Trump* killed with his incompetent response to COVID.
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🦋 kris🌻⋆⋆⋆ @eviebauer727.bsky.social · 12/03/2026
Meanwhile, in Vermont… People are getting gassed for protesting ICE. Yep, that’s still going on. America sure is great, isn’t it? #Vermont #ICE #SouthBurlington
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 09/03/2026
Lindsey’s diplomacy working wonders in UAE.
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Justin Wolfers @justinwolfers.bsky.social · 06/03/2026
This is not good.
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Sherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 03/03/2026
This is insane. Trying to convince these young people to embrace becoming cannon fodder. www.rawstory.com/military-267...
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Military leaders pushing 'Armageddon views' on troops as Iran war begins: complaint
A combat-unit commander told non-commissioned officers Monday that the Iran war was part of God's plan to usher in the End Times and bring about Jesus Christ's second coming, according to a complaint ...
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Dittie @dittie.sheshed.rocks · 24/02/2026
And here comes the first of what can only be several dozen class action lawsuits against DHS and Kristi Noem for their unconstitutional fascist behavior against American citizens. #SheShed
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A new lawsuit alleges DHS illegally tracked and intimidated observers
Observers watching federal immigration enforcement in Maine who were told by agents they were "domestic terrorists" and would be added to a "database" or "watchlist" are now part of a new federal clas...
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 19/02/2026
Justice for Dr. Linda Davis. ICE must be held accountable for the deadly chain of events and the cruel aftermath. Her memory lives on in every life she touched.
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Max Boot @maxboot.bsky.social · 17/02/2026
Col. Dave Butler is renowned for being a straight shooter and a highly capable army officer. So naturally he has no place in Pete Hegseth’s “Department of War” (the title itself is a lie since it’s still the Dept of Defense under the law). www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
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Hegseth forces ouster of senior Army spokesman in latest internal clash
Col. David Butler, who had been selected by senior Army leaders for promotion to brigadier general, will instead retire, officials said.
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Mark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 13/02/2026
Get it? See, it's funny 'cuz our President is a pathological liar who rarely, if ever, tells the truth.
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alexjungle.bsky.social @alexjungle.bsky.social · 12/02/2026
BREAKING: Multiple Epstein victims tell NBC News that Pam Bondi intentionally un-redacted their names and other victims' names as a way to threaten them into silence! “I think we all realize now that [the DOJ] really wanted to silence us, and thought that could scare us by putting our names out.”
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Patrick Rizzo @prizscisurf.bsky.social · 11/02/2026
Is he planning something stupid? www.nytimes.com/2026/02/11/u...
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F.A.A. Halts All Flights at El Paso Airport for 10 Days
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Michael E. Mann @michaelemann.bsky.social · 10/02/2026
The first rule of #SciComm: whenever possible, work in a sports analogy! phys.org/news/2026-02...
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Football-sized fossil creature may have been one of the first land animals to eat plants
Life on Earth started in the oceans. Sometime around 475 million years ago, plants began making their way from the water onto the land, and it took another 100 million years for the first animals with...
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 10/02/2026
"This is Mia, 7 years old -- 'I don't want to be in this place. I want to be in my school'" -- Walkinshaw confronts Lyons with letters written by kids being detained by ICE
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 10/02/2026
Rep. Delia Ramirez to DHS officials: "I have as much respect for you as I do for the last white men who put on masks to terrorize communities of color. I have no respect for the inheritors of the Klanhood and the slave patrol. Those activities were criminal and so are yours."
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Mar Hicks @histoftech.bsky.social · 06/02/2026
No joke: I got angry hate mail today for writing an obituary of a Black woman scientist—because the person felt she did didn’t deserve the recognition. Which just makes me want to share it again: www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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Gladys Mae West obituary: mathematician who pioneered GPS technology
She made key contributions to US cold-war science despite facing huge barriers as a Black woman.
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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 03/02/2026
The US government is trying to make coal seem cute.
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The US government is trying to make coal seem cute. It isn't.
Trump complained that coal needed better PR. Then "Coalie" showed up.
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