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@sammybytes.bsky.social
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Film and book collector. No patience for ANY Israeli trolls (why I left Twitter).

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sammybytes.bsky.social @sammybytes.bsky.social · 21/07/2025
Private Equity: "Stephens describes Baker (NRDC Equity Partners) not as a retailer, but as a real estate investor who “simply stripped Hudson’s Bay of its assets, made money on it, and took the oldest retailer in North America, completely ruined it, and walked away.” www.thestar.com/business/ins...
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Inside the death of Hudson’s Bay: Why former senior employees believe leader Richard Baker should take the blame
In 2008, American private equity investor Richard Baker bought Hudson’s Bay and injected the centuries-old retailer with millions in cash. But in the ensuing 17 years, former employees say Canada’s ol...
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PEN America @penamerica.bsky.social · 17/07/2025
NEW: @margaretatwood.bsky.social to receive the Eleanor Roosevelt Lifetime Achievement Award for Bravery in Literature at an award ceremony co-presented by PEN America in Poughkeepsie, NY during #BannedBooksWeek. Our President @jennyboylan.bsky.social will give Keynote Speech pen.org/press-releas...
Poster for the 2025 Eleanor Roosevelt Banned Book Awards at The Bardavon in Poughkeepsie, NY, featuring keynote speaker Jennifer Finney Boylan and various awardees including Margaret Atwood, John Green and Malinda Lo. Co-presented by PEN America.
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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 21/07/2025
Texas has had seven major gun massacres in recent years. But now—even after the slaughter of school kids, teachers, and churchgoers—Republican leaders have prohibited a law that keeps guns away from unhinged people. www.motherjones.com/politics/202... (📸: Pete Luna, Uvalde Leader-News)
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Texas forbids law that keeps guns away from unhinged people
Despite recent massacres in the state, GOP leaders ban a proven tool to help stop them.
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ashley fairbanks @ziibiing.com · 17/07/2025
i like when morgan freeman narrates a nature documentary and it sounds like god tooting his own horn
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sammybytes.bsky.social @sammybytes.bsky.social · 21/07/2025
I remember. Life was much better for the majority before then.
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sammybytes.bsky.social @sammybytes.bsky.social · 21/07/2025
Kabul is running out of water. “We often get sick due to contaminated water either by drinking in someone else’s house, in a restaurant, or even by brushing our teeth with the well water,” the government worker said." #water #environment #health www.cnn.com/2025/07/19/a...
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For the first time in modern history a capital city is on the verge of running dry | CNN
As the sun rises over Kabul’s parched mountains, a family’s daily struggle to find water – and to make it last – is about to begin.
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WuTangIsForTheChildren @wutangforchildren.bsky.social · 20/07/2025
Follow the signs to the United Center
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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 20/07/2025
Quite right. The White House was pulling the strings all along and lied about it.
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sammybytes.bsky.social @sammybytes.bsky.social · 18/07/2025
An abridged excerpt from Adam Aleksic’s "Algospeak: How Social Media Is Transforming the Future of Language" #toxicmasculinity #misogyny #Tatebrothers www.theverge.com/internet-cul...
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How incel language infected the mainstream internet — and brought its toxicity with it
“Walkpilled cardiomaxxer” isn’t so funny anymore.
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sammybytes.bsky.social @sammybytes.bsky.social · 18/07/2025
1993: Model Stacey Williams visited Trump at Trump Tower with #Epstein & said, "Trump put his hands “all over my breasts”, waist and buttocks while Trump and Epstein smiled at each other, in what she believed was a “twisted game” between the two men". www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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‘He’s a lot of fun to be with’: Trump and Epstein were close friends for 15 years
As Trump tries to claim he was ‘not a fan’ of Epstein, photos, videos and anecdotes paint a picture of a their relationship
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sammybytes.bsky.social @sammybytes.bsky.social · 18/07/2025
Former Trump employee: "In my mind, [Epstein] was his best friend, you know, [throughout] the time I was there for four years,” O’Donnell said in the interview, noting that the pair "frequently" came to Trump's casino together", bringing girls under 21. #epstein people.com/ex-casino-bo...
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Ex-Casino Boss Claims Trump and 'Best Friend' Jeffrey Epstein Were Once Caught Bringing Underage Girls to Casino Floor
A former executive at Trump's Atlantic City casino claimed he once had to confront Donald Trump and 'best friend' Jeffrey Epstein about bringing three young women to the gambling floor despite that th...
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WhiskeyStu @whiskeystu.bsky.social · 18/07/2025
The Coldplay CEO scandal proves one thing - you can't trust HR.
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Charlotte Clymer @charlotteclymer.bsky.social · 17/07/2025
There's officially been more transparency and accountability of corporate extramarital affairs at Coldplay concerts than a massive sex trafficking operation being covered-up by the sitting president.
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Puff the Magic Hater @mskellymhayes.bsky.social · 18/07/2025
A reminder that after years of speaking out against Epstein and giving other survivors the courage to come forward, Epstein victim Virginia Giuffre died by suicide in April at the age of 41. Let's not forget that there are real human tragedies behind everything we're discussing.
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Virginia Giuffre, one of Jeffrey Epstein's most prominent abuse survivors, dies by suicide
Other Epstein victims credited Giuffre with giving them the courage to speak out.
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Chris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social · 18/07/2025
I’d say that @stephencolbert.bsky.social is (with the lone exception of @maddow.msnbc.com) the most brilliant, humane person I’ve encountered in broadcasting. His mind works faster than anyone else’s at a level of sophistication that is unmatchable. Genuinely a generational talent.
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Mark Syzum 🇨🇦 @mark-sysum.bsky.social · 14/07/2025
Lots of paid trolls branding any posts against Israel as "antisemitism". I just block the assholes.
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 17/07/2025
A real wag: Superman gets the bleak realities of dog ownership spot on
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A real wag: Superman gets the bleak realities of dog ownership spot on
Hollywood has hitherto been ridiculously soppy over canines. The scrappy, wild and disobedient beast here is as annoying as the real thing
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sammybytes.bsky.social @sammybytes.bsky.social · 17/07/2025
Not content with Palestinian Muslims, the IDF is now targeting Christians in Palestine. Clearly, Israel wants to wipe out everyone in Gaza, not just Hamas as they keep regurgitating constantly. #Gaza #church #IDF #Palestine #Rome www.reuters.com/world/middle...
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Israeli strikes kill 22 in Gaza, two die in church late pope often spoke to
Israeli forces killed at least 22 people in attacks in the Gaza Strip, including two people who died in a strike on a church that late Pope Francis used to speak to regularly, medics and church officials said.
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Tea Pain @teapainusa.bsky.social · 17/07/2025
Feels like something big is coming, doesn't it?
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Schooley @schooley.bsky.social · 17/07/2025
"We need ideas on how to put out this Epstein fire, people." "How about if we fire his prosecutor?" "Are you crazy?" "She's James Comey's daughter." "Well, what are you waiting for?"
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sammybytes.bsky.social @sammybytes.bsky.social · 17/07/2025
Shapreau heads the Lost Music Project, which searches for cultural objects like instruments and books looted by the Nazis during the war. She has been looking for the Mendelssohn for more than 15 years. www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/h...
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Have Eagle-Eyed Experts Found This 316-Year-Old Stradivarius Violin That Was Looted During World War II?
Eight decades after the 1709 violin known as the "Small Mendelssohn" disappeared, experts think they've located it in Japan
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Reuters @reuters.com · 13/06/2025
Swedish pension fund AP7 blacklists Tesla, has sold entire stake reut.rs/3Zx5Qxr
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Swedish pension fund AP7 blacklists Tesla, has sold entire stake
Swedish pension fund AP7 said on Friday it has blacklisted and sold all its shares in U.S. electric vehicle maker Tesla , citing violations of union rights in the United States.
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sammybytes.bsky.social @sammybytes.bsky.social · 13/06/2025
Google offers buyouts to employees across the company | AP News apnews.com/article/goog...
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Google offers buyouts to more workers amid AI-driven tech upheaval and antitrust uncertainty
Google has offered buyouts to another swath of its workforce across several key divisions in a fresh round of cost cutting coming ahead of a court decision that could order a breakup of its internet e...
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sammybytes.bsky.social @sammybytes.bsky.social · 13/06/2025
Israel wants another world war because Israel is now a pariah and would rather have the global order collapse than admit they are committing genocide.
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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 13/06/2025
The Department of Energy is quietly slashing disability rights
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The Department of Energy is quietly slashing disability rights
"If we don't put a line in the sand here, other agencies will try and do the same.”
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sammybytes.bsky.social @sammybytes.bsky.social · 13/06/2025
www.theguardian.com/world/live/2... "Iran says Israel’s strikes on its nuclear facilities are a ‘declaration of war’ as Trump warns of ‘even more brutal attacks’ to come – live" Israel starts another world war.
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Iran says Israel’s strikes on its nuclear facilities are a ‘declaration of war’ as Trump warns of ‘even more brutal attacks’ to come – live
Israel launched overnight attack on Iran targeting nuclear sites after claiming Tehran was building nuclear warheads
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Los Angeles Times @latimes.com · 13/06/2025
Arellano: Sen. Alex Padilla's crime? Being Mexican in MAGA America
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Commentary: Sen. Alex Padilla’s crime? Being Mexican in MAGA America
The manhandling of California Sen. Alex Padilla and his subsequent depiction by conservatives as a modern-day Pancho Villa isn't surprising one bit.
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Rose Lerner @roselerner.bsky.social · 13/06/2025
i also keep hearing "the protests are all old people!" 1. i have been to several of the protests in question and they appear to me to have many people of all ages. this is the "a woman is talking 10% of the time so i perceive her as talking more than half the time" cognitive bias
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sammybytes.bsky.social @sammybytes.bsky.social · 12/06/2025
India Media says Brit survived crash: "It all happened so quickly," he said, adding he had received "impact injuries" on his chest, eyes and feet. "When I got up, there were bodies all around me. I was scared. I stood up and ran" news.sky.com/story/britis...
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British national survives plane crash, Indian media reports
A British national has survived the Air India plane crash, according to Indian media.
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sammybytes.bsky.social @sammybytes.bsky.social · 12/06/2025
"Tanner was diagnosed with Stage 4 colon cancer in November 2020 at age 25, and since then, life had been a series of starts and stops. He managed to finish college and get a job, but lost it when fatigue from cancer treatments... " @dbfloramd.bsky.social 😔 www.washingtonpost.com/health/inter...
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He’s dying. She’s pregnant.
Tanner and Shay found themselves facing an unbearable duality: Preparing for their daughter’s arrival and bracing for her father’s death.
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Dr. Annie Andrews @drannieandrews.com · 10/06/2025
If you have never stuck a needle in the back of an infant and watched pus drip out please don’t tell me I am overreacting to RFK Jr.’s latest assault on science.
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Jay Schuur, MD @jschuurmd.bsky.social · 01/12/2024
#ShowYourStripes. A simple visual to understand how humans have changed our climate & world through #fossilfuel pollution One of the most effective things each of us can do is speak publicly about it.🙏🙏🙏 @ed_hawkins showyourstripes.info/l/northameri...
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Show Your Stripes
Visualising how the climate has changed for every country across the globe
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sammybytes.bsky.social @sammybytes.bsky.social · 12/06/2025
"SSN, like SportsCenter across the Atlantic, is now more a production factory for content being sent across the internet, published to multiple platforms, than it is a rolling news channel" Interesting. It seems that all sports channels are impacted.
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sammybytes.bsky.social @sammybytes.bsky.social · 12/06/2025
Air India crash: Plane wreckage ripped apart medical hostel as students lunched. Check out the video on Sky News. news.sky.com/story/air-in...
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modbee.com @modbee.com · 12/06/2025
The victim was airlifted to a hospital, a fire chief said.
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Shark attacks child swimming in water off Florida’s Gulf Coast, rescuers say
The victim was airlifted to a hospital, a fire chief said.
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Rep. Richard Dangler @rdangler.bsky.social · 06/06/2025
Bill Ackman can suck two dicks at once. Or kiss two asses.
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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 05/06/2025
underrated moment in last night’s NYC mayoral debate was when zohran called out cuomo for taking money from bill ackman loll
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Los Angeles Times @latimes.com · 11/06/2025
Brian Wilson, musical genius behind the Beach Boys, dies at 82
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Brian Wilson, musical genius behind the Beach Boys, dies at 82
Brian Wilson, the musical savant who scripted a defining Southern California soundtrack with a run of hit songs with the Beach Boys, has died. He was 82.
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sammybytes.bsky.social @sammybytes.bsky.social · 11/06/2025
Weinstein, Epstein, Madoff. www.brandeis.edu/jewish-exper...
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Israeli Culture Wars and the Shifting Paradigm of Jewish Morality
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NPR @npr.org · 11/06/2025
Harvey Weinstein has been convicted of sex crimes for a second time in New York. His retrial followed a 2020 conviction in New York, which was overturned on procedural grounds.
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Jury finds Harvey Weinstein guilty in sex crimes case
Weinstein's 2020 conviction on sex crimes in New York was overturned last year. In a new trial, jurors heard allegations from three women.
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sammybytes.bsky.social @sammybytes.bsky.social · 11/06/2025
What was once our beautiful pale blue dot. www.sfgate.com/bayarea/arti...
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The situation at Calif.'s most contaminated lake is likely worse than we thought
Scientists across the state made an urgent call for more air quality monitoring.
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Rock lady 17 @jdm-11.bsky.social · 11/06/2025
Well if he's breaking up with Democrats, please impeach him and remove him from office...
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kate bush’s husband @airbagged.bsky.social · 09/06/2025
Bingo. Twitter is an active warzone. There is no moderation. You can post something and someone will come out of nowhere and call you slurs and start posting your address behind an anonymous anime pfp account. Bluesky has its issues but it’s way more chill.
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Margarete Rosalind Weidenhammer @margareterosali.bsky.social · 08/06/2025
Michael de Adder @deadder.bsky.social 👍❤️‍🔥👏 I want you by @deAdder Substack: open.substack.com/pub/deadder/p/
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Michael de Adder @deadder.bsky.social · 09/06/2025
Support editorial cartooning: open.substack.com/pub/deadder/...
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Anonymous @youranoncentral.bsky.social · 11/06/2025
Protestors stop looters and save businesses in Los Angeles. US Media won’t show you this. “We don’t do that shit” #3E #stopICE
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Prof Gavin Yamey MD MPH @gavinyamey.bsky.social · 11/06/2025
I spoke to @maxkozlov.bsky.social at Nature about Jay Bhattacharya's testimony, and I did not hold back: www.nature.com/articles/d41... Max's reporting on Jay Bhattacharya's leadership of the NIH has been some of the very best in the business👏
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Colin Oreilly @colin0reilly.bsky.social · 11/06/2025
Bobby Iger, the CEO of Disney is perhaps the weakest idiot at the world has ever known. 🤔 🍊 🌮 💩
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