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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 29/08/2025
A British court ruled Friday that the government could continue to house asylum seekers in a hotel in Epping, northeast of London, reversing a previous decision in a case that has come to symbolize the polarizing debate over immigration in Britain.
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U.K. Court Overturns Ruling on Hotel at Center of Asylum Seeker Debate
The decision was a temporary reprieve for the government but will intensify a political battle over how Britain should house tens of thousands of asylum seekers.
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Jeff Walters @jeffwalterssask.bsky.social · 29/08/2025
Sounds wonderful @everetthindley except #Sask per student spending is the second lowest in #Canada Spending less and diverting more to brick and mortar and speciality programs do not make up for staffing and overall quality of #education in the province. Do better. #skpoli
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eke @eke.bsky.social · 29/08/2025
yo this guy is cooking
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Travis M Andrews @travismandrews.bsky.social · 29/08/2025
Hurricane Katrina hit my hometown 20 years ago. I feel honored for the opportunity to write about one small slice of it -- the Superdome, and its triumph resurrection. This one was really special to me. Please check it out: www.washingtonpost.com/style/trends...
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The New Orleans rebirth started with the Superdome
The iconic stadium was a symbol of everything Hurricane Katrina tore apart 20 years ago. Then came the comeback.
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 25/08/2025
Chinese-backed social clubs have actively meddled in New York elections, targeting politicians who challenged the authoritarian state, including a congressional candidate, a state senator who met with Taiwan's President, and a City Council candidate supporting Hong Kong democracy. nyti.ms/3UL7oRG
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How China Influences Elections in America’s Biggest City
The Chinese Consulate in Manhattan has mobilized community groups to defeat candidates who don’t fall in line with the authoritarian state.
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David Ingram @davidingram.bsky.social · 25/08/2025
This is spot on. We're reaching the end of Boomer nostalgia content business. There will be no more 8-hour Beatles documentaries. But the nostalgia content business for Gen X is just getting started, and AI slop is making it cheap.
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Jeff Walters @jeffwalterssask.bsky.social · 25/08/2025
More travel on the public dime. No wonder the @PremierScottMoe gov can't balance a budget. Perhaps stay home, save some $$ that isn't yours, and learn how to balance a budget. #skpoli #Sask #deviningSK www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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Sask. premier heading to China in early September to talk trade amid canola fight | CBC News
Scott Moe's office says the six-day trip, starting Sept. 6, will be the first time in six years that a Canadian premier has led a trade mission to China.
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John Holbo @jholbo.bsky.social · 16/07/2025
There is something ironically right about it. Truly iconic image. Trump heroically, righteously defiant to ... nothing. There is no enemy (unless its a MAGA-ish young man with mental health issues.) It catches the soul of MAGA: pseudo-patriotic negative polarisation against non-existent demons.
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Jeff Walters @jeffwalterssask.bsky.social · 16/07/2025
While @PremierScottMoe celebrates 10 years of AG in Motion here is a list of actual crises that have been going on this decade: 1. #drought in S. Sask 2. #wildfires 3. #HealthCare crisis #Sask is at a crisis point. Who will step up to do what is needed? #skpoli
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 16/07/2025
News Analysis: In clearing the way for President Trump’s efforts to transform the U.S. government, the Supreme Court has issued a series of orders that often lacked a fundamental characteristic of most judicial work: an explanation of the court’s rationale.
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Supreme Court Keeps Ruling in Trump’s Favor, but Doesn’t Say Why
In a series of terse, unsigned orders, the court has often been giving the green light to President Trump’s agenda without a murmur of explanation.
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Chris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social · 16/07/2025
I didn’t start out thinking there was some genuinely incriminating info about Trump in the DOJ files on Epstein but I’m definitely changing my mind!
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A.R. Moxon @juliusgoat.bsky.social · 14/07/2025
New York Times headline: "Is it Time to Stop Snubbing Your Right-Wing Family?"

Above the headline a photo of the vampires from Sinners, asking to be let in. The photo has been modified with a downward-facing word balloon to create the effect that the vampires are speaking the headline.
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Guillermo Esteves @allencompassingtrip.com · 13/07/2025
Otter Lake, Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore. September, 2019. 📷 Fujifilm X-T3 + XF16-55mmF2.8 R LM WR 🎞 16 mm – 1/3″ – f/16 – ISO 160 🏷️ #Landscapes #Photography
A tilted tree reflected off the surface of Otter Lake, on a foggy morning.
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Jeff Walters @jeffwalterssask.bsky.social · 14/07/2025
The #Sask North on fire with beleaguered residents considering filing lawsuits (image 1) ; Air quality so bad that severe warnings are issued almost daily (image 2), and; @PremierScottMoe decides to focus on forcing treatment on addicts (image 3). Way to punch down, Mr. Premier. #skpoli
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celli @aliascelli.bsky.social · 14/07/2025
#PetPics *cuteness aggression triggered*
C8T0, a light colored tortoiseshell cat, curled up like an adorable shrimp as she sleeps.
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Trina Carter @trinaherself.bsky.social · 14/07/2025
Monochrome #FotoVorschlag #Photography #wood #treestump Tree rings tell a story. This old #tree used to stand outside the Supreme Court. It was cut down last year. Its #treerings show seasons of struggle, growth, & challenge. They reveal character, perseverance, grit, & patience. And scars.🤎
A monochromatic-brown tree stump shows its age and size through concentric growth circles. A starburst scar radiates outward from the center like a pie sliced by time. Washington, DC (July 2024)
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David Shiffman, Ph.D. 🦈 @whysharksmatter.bsky.social · 11/07/2025
'Talking fish' not heard by conservation policies, SFU study warns - Department of Biological Sciences - Simon Fraser University
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'Talking fish' not heard by conservation policies, SFU study warns
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 11/07/2025
Strands is a word search with a unique twist. Can you uncover the theme? Play here: trib.al/U69LJZH
The daily Strands board. The theme is "It could be verse"
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Jeff Walters @jeffwalterssask.bsky.social · 11/07/2025
Want a more inclusive democracy in #Sask ? It starts with political finance reform. Eliminate these donations: Secret numbered and non-Sask based Corps (image 1) Unlimited (image 2) "Anonymous" (image 3-4) Time for a complete overhaul, right @ElectionsSask ? #skpoli
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POLITICO Europe @politico.eu · 11/07/2025
🚨 BREAKING: French prosecutors have opened a criminal investigation into X over allegations that the company owned by billionaire Elon Musk manipulated its algorithms for the purposes of “foreign interference.” 🔗 ow.ly/ko6V50Wom0H
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Cameron Stern @plantpolyploidy.bsky.social · 10/07/2025
Awesome mask fashion
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a bald man is sitting in a chair with his mouth open
ALT: a bald man is sitting in a chair with his mouth open
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Jeff Walters @jeffwalterssask.bsky.social · 10/07/2025
In 2023 the #Canada gov and @PremierScottMoe struck a #healthcare deal for $111m in extra funding for 10 years (image 1). But, by 2025, #Sask is actually cutting health care spending (image 2) resulting in ER closures, urban and rural(image 3). Mr. Premier, where is the $$ going? #skpoli
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatchewan/sask-ottawa-health-1.6764175https://cupe.ca/scott-moe-budget-continues-ignore-saskatchewan-health-care-workershttps://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatchewan/rural-er-closures-1.7580368
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 10/07/2025
From @theathletic.bsky.social: At Iowa, Caitlin Clark and coach Lisa Bluder looked to Michael Jordan and Phil Jackson’s teachings to unlock her next level. As Jackson wrote in his book and as Bluder highlighted, “Selflessness is the soul of teamwork.”
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What Caitlin Clark learned from Michael Jordan and Phil Jackson on the path to stardom
Iowa's Lisa Bluder found parallels between the experiences of her superstar, Caitlin Clark, and another generational talent: Michael Jordan.
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HawkmothMoon @hawkmothmoon.bsky.social · 10/07/2025
I saw this last night and wondered if that was you! I met Greg Skomal in like 2018 at a speaking event he did and asked about her and he just… sighed And was like “yeah don’t go touching sharks”
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Jeff Walters @jeffwalterssask.bsky.social · 08/07/2025
Wrong again, Mr. Premier, wrong again. #skpoli #Sask @PremierScottMoe leaderpost.com/news/saskatc...
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Scott Moe pauses Saskatchewan carbon tax, promises balanced budget despite $431.5M revenue loss
Saskatchewan is pausing its provincial carbon tax on industrial emitters, Premier Scott Moe announced Thursday.
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 08/07/2025
The Trump administration is planning to eliminate the U.S. Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board, which investigates chemical disasters to understand what went wrong. Even chemical industry groups are opposed.
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Trump Wants to Close the U.S. Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board
The White House is planning to eliminate the board, a small agency that investigates chemical disasters to understand what went wrong.
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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 08/07/2025
A reminder of who's in charge at FEMA:
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David Shiffman, Ph.D. 🦈 @whysharksmatter.bsky.social · 07/07/2025
Chart: Trump’s ‘big beautiful bill’ blows US emissions goal by 7bn tonnes - Carbon Brief
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Chart: Trump’s ‘big beautiful bill’ blows US emissions goal by 7bn tonnes - Carbon Brief
Donald Trump’s dismantling of climate policy means the US will add an extra 7bn tonnes of emissions to the atmosphere from now until 2030.
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 07/07/2025
President Trump assailed Elon Musk on Sunday night, describing him as “off the rails” after Musk said he was creating a new political party, called the America Party, amid a ramped-up feud with the president.
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Trump Says Musk Is ‘Off the Rails’ With America Party Effort
The tech billionaire’s effort to create a new political party, called the America Party, comes amid a ramped-up feud with the president over his new domestic policy law.
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Jeff Walters @jeffwalterssask.bsky.social · 07/07/2025
At some point the Minister in charge, Tim McLeod, is going to have to take some responsibility for the totally inadequate response to this years' wildfires. Cutting $500 cheques to those displaced is simply not enough. #skpoli #Sask www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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700 people stranded in northern Sask. community after wildfire blocks road | CBC News
Seven hundred people in the northern hamlet of Patuanak, Sask., lost their only road out of the community this week after a wildfire blocked Highway 918. However, the hamlet is not directly threatened...
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The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 07/07/2025
The repeated fatal shootings of Palestinians seeking food at distribution centers in Gaza are an outcome of the flawed design of the American-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation's efforts, according to experts, witness testimony and visual evidence.
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Foreseeable flaws in Gaza aid project led to shooting of Palestinians
The Gaza Humanitarian Foundation program has produced huge crowds near Israeli troops, who opened fire multiple times, according to humanitarian experts, witnesses and visual evidence.
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The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 02/06/2025
DOGE’s intense scrutiny of federal spending is forcing employees to spend hours justifying even the most basic purchases. New rules mandating review and approval by political appointees are leaving thousands of contracts and projects on ice for months.
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DOGE vowed to make government more ‘efficient’ — but it’s doing the opposite
New procedures and requirements — some implemented in the name of improving operations — are slowing down federal agencies.
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Jeff Walters @jeffwalterssask.bsky.social · 02/06/2025
Looks like the @MarkJCarney "one economy....not 13" plan of dropping inter-provincial trade barriers for #Canada is progressing well ahead of the #FirstMinisters meeting in #yxe Well done. #skpoli #saskatchewan
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 02/06/2025
From @theathleticfc.bsky.social: This 19-year-old delivered what Lionel Messi and Kylian Mbappé couldn’t. “Wonderful. Magical,” was how Desire Doue described his night. trib.al/S5Q3mlm
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PSG craved Champions League glory but Messi, Mbappe and Beckham couldn’t deliver. Doue could
After a galaxy of superstars passed through PSG without winning the Champions League, Desire Doue, 19, delivered what they could not.
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Nashville Scene @nashvillescene.com · 02/06/2025
Border Czar Tom Homan recently appeared on Fox News to talk about ICE coming to Nashville to "flood the zone in the neighborhoods to find the bad guy." @betsyphillips.bsky.social has an open letter to Homan.
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An Open Letter to Border Czar Tom Homan
Homan recently appeared on Fox News to talk about ICE coming to Nashville to 'flood the zone in the neighborhoods to find the bad guy'
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Chris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 16/05/2025
Minor update in J.G.G., the Alien Enemies Act challenge in D.C. relating to, in part, those already sent to CECOT. Chief Judge Boasberg set a schedule for limited discovery into the question of whether the U.S. maintains constructive custody of those people. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
Having reviewed the parties' submissions, the Court will grant both sides a partial victory. It agrees with Petitioners that some additional discovery could aid its determination of
whether it has habeas jurisdiction over the putative CECOT class. The Court, however, agrees
with Respondents that several of the Interrogatories are irrelevant to the jurisdictional question.
For example, the Court does not see how the identities of the individuals transported to El
Salvador relate to the issue of constructive custody. It will accordingly allow Petitioners to serve upon Respondents all Requests for Admission, Interrogatory Nos. 1 and 3, and both Requests for Production. See Proposed Discovery Requests at 1-2. To the extent that Respondents suggest that the discovery requests may well "implicate" several privileges, see Response at 2, the Court will consider any assertions of privilege as they arise.The Court, accordingly, ORDERS that:
1. By May 19, 2025, Petitioners shall serve the requests listed in this Order upon
Respondents in the finalized form contemplated by the Federal Rules of Civil
Procedure;
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2. By May 23, 2025, Respondents shall provide responses to the requests listed in this
Order, assert any applicable privileges, and explain why such privilege applies; and
3. By May 26, 2025, Petitioners shall file any response to Respondents' submissions.
Is James E. Boasberg
JAMES E. BOASBERG
Chief Judge
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David Shiffman, Ph.D. 🦈 @whysharksmatter.bsky.social · 16/05/2025
How redefining just one word could strip the Endangered Species Act’s ability to protect vital habitat theconversation.com/how-redefini...
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How redefining just one word could strip the Endangered Species Act’s ability to protect vital habitat
The public has until May 19 to weigh in on a Trump administration plan that would leave many endangered species at much greater risk.
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Jeff Walters @jeffwalterssask.bsky.social · 16/05/2025
Just finishing personally signing and stuffing thank you cards for hundreds of supporters. You are the lifeblood of any campaign and you cannot be thanked enough 🙏 THANK YOU!!! #skpoli #Sask #ReginaWascana #cdnpoli #CanadaElections2025
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Jeff Walters @jeffwalterssask.bsky.social · 01/05/2025
Game plan for #Sask Con MP's for the next Parliament is obvious: obstruct, act out, and scream "Communism!!!!" How does this help families who need day care, hungry children in schools, or the sick and the elderly in SK? Responsible government this is not. #skpoli
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Celeste Ng @pronounced-ing.bsky.social · 01/05/2025
A fun game is being offline for, like, half a day, and then trying to guess what the latest news is from the batshit things people are rage-posting about. The difficulty level goes up daily!
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Ash Parrish, Kotaku's LeBron James @adashtra.bsky.social · 01/05/2025
To follow up on this: we get a lot of hateful emails and very few "hey I like this person and their work" Consider sending emails to EICs letting them know you appreciate a reporters work too! Let them know who is the reason for why you're there.
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 01/05/2025
How does an 18-foot-long, 2,000-pound carcass just disappear? That question has puzzled some divers and photographers who regularly plunge into the waters off San Diego.
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A Diver Visited a Fallen Whale. When He Returned, It Was Gone.
A sunken calf’s disappearance created a mystery in murky waters near San Diego.
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Jeff Walters @jeffwalterssask.bsky.social · 01/05/2025
A parting gift from the whole team (staff and volunteers). We were small but mighty and, together, nearly accomplished the improbable. From the bottom of my heart, thank you all. Rest up....Round 2 may come sooner than we think!
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Comfortably Numb @numb.comfortab.ly · 01/05/2025
Apparently the board wants to save Tesla from his full attention
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Jeff Walters @jeffwalterssask.bsky.social · 28/04/2025
Today is Election Day. I want to take a moment to say a heartfelt thank you to everyone who has already voted for me and everyone heading to the polls today. I am so very grateful for the opportunity to run to represent you. I hope I have earned the honour of being your MP Thank you!
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 27/04/2025
The death toll from a massive explosion at an Iranian port rose to 28 on Sunday with more than 800 people injured, according to the state media. A few people remain missing.
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Iran Port Explosion’s Death Toll Rises
More than 1,100 people were also injured in the explosion at the Shahid Rajaee port, the largest in Iran.
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Jeff Walters @jeffwalterssask.bsky.social · 27/04/2025
There’s no place I’d rather be. Connecting with residents at their doorsteps here in Regina Wascana has been one of the most rewarding experiences of my life. Nothing can replace listening to concerns, and hearing their hopes for our community. #CanadaElection2025 #CanadaStrong
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Bodega Cats @bodegacats.bsky.social · 27/04/2025
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