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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Looks like US-made textiles and clothing have gotten more expensive since Trump imposed tariffs in April 2025.

A graph from the Bureau of Labor Statistics shows the price of US-made textile products and apparel since July of 2022. The prices held mostly steady until May of 2025, at which point they've gone up about 7%.

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arr @arr.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

This makes me hopeful. This number is aspirational but nowhere near out of reach: a working professional could realistically cash out their 401k and buy off a public official. Owning a senator is more attainable for most Americans than home ownership.

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Princess Vimentin PhD | Cancer Biologist @princess-vimentin.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

This is noteworthy. Again, no compelling evidence supports the COVID lab leak theory. The furin cleavage site present in SARS-CoV2 was perceived as unusual, fueling the lab leak theory. But now we understand that other bat betacoronaviruses have it. 🧪 www.chemistryworld.com/news/does-th...

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Does the discovery of a new coronavirus upend the Covid-19 lab-leak hypothesis?

Sequence found in Sars-CoV-2 had never been seen in another bat coronavirus until now

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Caræsten 🇵🇸 @cara.city · 13/09/2026

for two months, I've been flying drones over Flock cameras to situation them in space and geography; I even got my commercial drone license in order to do it. I'd like to share this project with you all: it's called Records Of Enemy Surveillance: recordsofenemysurveillance.com

image of a residential intersection with one red car driving across it and a baseball field in the background

black and white dithered image of two red squares around the flock cameras in the previous image, on either side of the intersection

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Yakov Feygin @buddyyakov.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

I want to thank Based Green Donald for imposing the world's stupidest carbon tax.

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Funranium (AKA Phil Broughton) @funranium.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Tesla: the industry leader in Automotive StalkerTech I, unfortunately, remember this exact scenario being discussed about a decade ago. The failure to imagine who your worst users might be and the things they could do. Unless, of course, that's a feature in your opinion.

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drewtoothpaste @drewtoothpaste.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

as a guy who spends most of his time in an old house in the woods with a vague sense of dread, it's hard to beat horror movies. "there's an ancient evil somewhere" yeah man i know. two hours later nothing gets resolved. more realistic than anything else you could torrent

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roterote @roterote.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

Here is the full suspension letter from UGent that was sent to Nathan Cofnas, it shows ample reason for his suspension and potential termination. Including breach of contract, using the University of Ghent’s name and legitimacy to promote his racial supremacist views and causing reputational damage.

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drewtoothpaste @drewtoothpaste.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

next time you want to quote post someone, try throwing a blueberry to a chicken and watching her walk around with it instead

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Sarah Taber @sarahtaber.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

Every Time We Complain About How Much Water Almonds Use, A Dairy Baron Gets His Wings

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Buckinghamshire Archives @bucksarchives.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

The Archive but it's a videogame from 1998.

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Max Kennerly @maxkennerly.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

It's increasing clear the primary uses of our surveillance state are not to prevent crime or to track down criminals, but to engage in criminal activity. Nothing about that should be surprising given the elaborate legal structures we have in place to create a culture of impunity in law enforcement.

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Leah Greenberg ❌👑 @leahgreenberg.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

people will look back on this era and recognize the destruction of USAID among the most profound stains on America's conscience, and the architects of its destruction as white supremacist perpetrators of mass infant death

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Bill Grueskin @bgrueskin.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

Brown University has a widget that tracks the cost of the Iran war to American consumers (as contrasted to whatever the Pentagon is spending). Per-household cost now exceeds $600. iranwarcost.watson.brown.edu

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Quopas @quopas.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

I'd love to send a message back to 2005 to tell past self that "21 years later you'll still be following @drewtoothpaste.bsky.social , and the content will include nice gardening tips and workers rights"

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drewtoothpaste @drewtoothpaste.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

turn your yard into garden. do it now! you don't need anything special! do it a chunk at a time. do it next to your existing garden if you want. this patch was de-yarded but bare for a few weeks. then the garden store set out a ton of free plants. they live here now 🌱

a thirty square-foot patch of former lawn which now holds a dozen brassicas and six celery plants

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drewtoothpaste @drewtoothpaste.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

AI Guys heard about the wire mother cloth mother experiment and immediately dreamed of a world where everything was wire mother

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Luca @lucagalletti.bsky.social · 26/07/2026

Man pitches 'Shepherd Safety' to city council—a service that tracks politicians the exact same way Flock Safety tracks us. This shouldn't be satire...everyone should be watching “Authority” like a hawk. TT: @coachtd87

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Bocuma 🇵🇸 @bocuma.bsky.social · 25/07/2026

California moment

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Gravel Influencer @gravelinfluencer.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

This is the bike of one of the cyclists who was "bumped" by the pick-up truck driver. This sort of language is one way that media outlets downplay traffic violence.

A shattered bicycle that is broken in half lying in the grass

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Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 25/07/2026

Representatives for Taylor Farms called the White House to try to delay a recall tied to one of the largest foodborne illness outbreaks in U.S. history www.wsj.com/health/taylo...

Representatives for produce giant Taylor Farms contacted the White House with an urgent plea: the company wanted to delay announcing a recall tied to one of the largest foodborne illness outbreaks in U.S. history.
The call, during which the company asked for more proof and more time before being linked to the outbreak, illustrates how one of the country’s largest produce suppliers sought to limit its exposure to a public-relations nightmare, while grappling with a costly and complicated recall. Over the past several weeks, health officials have been scrambling to contain the outbreak of cyclospora, which can cause explosive diarrhea. Some current and former government officials have criticized the handling of the outbreak, both by the administration and Taylor Farms.

Federal health authorities were preparing late last week to link Taylor Farms to a multistate parasitic infection that has sickened thousands. The company wanted to see more evidence, according to people familiar with the matter.
The White House asked officials from the Food and Drug Administration, which has been investigating growing cases of cyclosporiasis, to join the call with Taylor Farms, which the government maintains is the source of the multistate outbreak. During the discussion, Taylor Farms raised concerns that the government had no positive laboratory tests linking its product to the outbreak and that it was overstating the company’s culpability, according to one of the people who was on the call.
Taylor Farms sought out the White House after company executives felt they hadn’t gotten enough clarity from the FDA on the evidence behind a potential recall and the scope of it, according to a person familiar with the situation.
Health and Human Services Department spokeswoman Emily Hilliard said the FDA presented Taylor Farms with substantial evidence connecting its products to the outbreak and engaged in extensive discussions with the company.

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tony romm @tonyromm.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

NEW: In a stunning admission, the Trump administration admitted in court documents that it canceled billions in energy grants to states "based solely" on politics -- and whether that state was represented by Democrats and backed Harris in 2024. www.nytimes.com/2026/07/24/b...

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Trump Administration Admits Canceling Grants to States That Did Not Vote for Him

Federal officials said in court documents that they halted billions of dollars in funding for energy projects to states “based solely” on whether they backed President Trump in the 2024 election.

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Mike Masnick @masnick.com · 24/07/2026

Some interesting provocations here...

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mtsw @mtsw.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

People will say the big 3 didn't see it coming but US auto executives knew this was happening 15 years ago and largely acted accordingly, making huge investments in EV tech and lobbying the US govt for subsidies to those investments. Then Trump got reelected and it all got thrown out the window

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JacketDan’s Stunt Spooktacular @jacketdan.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

They keep telling me media literacy is dead but then I see videos like this and I know it jot to be true

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Micah @rincewind.run · 24/07/2026

the chuds understand ‘what if a man was Large’ the chuds understand ‘what if a man was Woke’ the concept of a man who is both Large and Woke continues to break their brains

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public health guy @publichealthguy1.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

it does actually sound like taylor farms and the white house teamed up to try and blame taco bell for the outbreak. unprecedented corruption

Within hours, the White House agreed the patient surveys painted a clear picture, the people said. In an internal call, the White House aides approved statements from the public health agencies for public release — though they still only identified Taco Bell as linked to the outbreak, without naming Taylor Farms specifically.
Taco Bell moved first, releasing a statement. While it did not explicitly name Taylor Farms it said it believed "public health is a shared responsibility among restaurants, their suppliers, and authorities, and we are proud to have consistently acted quickly and proactively to protect our guests."
The agency updates on the outbreak were finally posted after 10 p.m. New York time - hours behind schedule - and also omitted directly naming Taylor Farms or saying if the company would recall products.

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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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Sarah Taber @sarahtaber.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

So when a wealthy countries enshittifies to the point of "Sooooo yeah we fired all the USAID/foreign aid professionals who actually knew how to handle parasites. And haha whoops now we have parasitic infections everywhere!" .... we low key don't even know what to do.

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Philip Bump @pbump.com · 22/07/2026

The thing about this story is that in no other administration would people by default 1) assume it might be rigged much less 2) for discriminatory reasons.

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Nicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

The US built the greatest talent magnet ever, attracting the smart, skilled, and striving. They’d come to study, then stay and build things here, or leave with positive impressions and fruitful connections. Helped make the US wealthy and powerful. Then America chose to throw it away. And for what?

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Denali @denali.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

Husband just came in to tell me that since the assassination of Abraham Lincoln every American president has been alive at the same time as Herbert Hoover.

Bill and Ted in the parking lot of the circle K in full Whoa

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Jorts (and Jean) @jortsthecat.bsky.social · 14/11/2024

We are all going to have so many kinds of diarrhea

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Science Magazine @science.org · 16/07/2026

In 2016, video captured invasive tree snakes in Guam climbing to reach their feathered prey—with a never-before-seen lassolike gripping technique. Learn more on #WorldSnakeDay: scim.ag/4hbb0Zy

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Bocuma 🇵🇸 @bocuma.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

I put an esp32 in it so I can connect it to HomeAssistant :3

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mattie lubchansky @mattielubchansky.com · 11/07/2026

DID YOU KNOW IF YOU FIND A HORSESHOE CRAB THATS BEEN TAGGED BY THE FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE AND SUBMIT THE LOCATION YOU SAW IT USING THE FORM ON FWS DOT GOV SLASH CRABTAG THEY SEND YOU A BEAUTIFUL CRAB PIN

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Benn Jordan @bennjordan.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

I found a hot stock tip for you.

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Old School Punk Librarian @kennethf62.bsky.social · 03/07/2026

Just a reminder. I'm always surprised how many people aren't aware of this. #Libraries

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Tricia Lockwood @tricialockwood.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

*nodding solemnly with full comprehension* yes, I see. there’s a special kind of kid who can’t play sports or go to the bathroom

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NE Ohio Regional Sewer District @neorsd.org · 30/06/2026

Many people don't realize that the metal stick burning at 2000 degrees is actually 700 degrees HOTTER than the incinerators we use to generate biosolid ash.

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lynn @chordbug.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

fixed your headline

A hit song on the Billboard 100 charts is termed *$k$-good* if it is _ever_ in a weekly top-$k$, and *$k$-immediate* if it _debuts_ in the top-$k$.

An artist is *$(n,k)$-Olivian* if their $n$ first $k$-good hits are all also $k$-immediate.

*Headline 1.* Olivia Rodrigo is the first $(10,10)$-Olivian woman.

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Dan Vergano @danvergano.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

Scientific American is being sold to LabX Media, publisher of Discover: group.springernature.com/gp/group/med... They've fired me and other union staff, ahead of June 26 vote ratification. My rates are suddenly more reasonable, if you need editing or reporting - Argonaut2026@gmail.com

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Springer Nature to divest its consumer media businesses | Springer Nature Group | Springer Nature

Strategic divestment of consumer media portfolio enables Springer Nature to focus on its core business Transaction supports the long-term development

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Asher HELLbein @asherelbein.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

Employees at Scientific American were told today that the magazine has been sold to LabX Media Group, the outfit that runs Discover Magazine and IFLScience. And that means -- of course! -- editorial layoffs. The media mass extinction rolls ever onward.

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WEATHER IS HAPPENING @weatherishappening.com · 21/06/2026

THE SUMMER SOLSTICE OCCURRED @ 4:24 AM

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