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James Medlock @jdcmedlock.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
The GOP cut funding to the IRS because *audits work* and they fundamentally don't believe rich people should have to play by the rules.
Line chart titled "Revenue per audit," subtitled "In-person audits, 2010-2014." It plots average revenue and average cost per audit by taxpayer income percentile, poorer to richer, from the 0–5th percentile to the top 0.1%. Source: Boning et al. 2023, "A Welfare Analysis of Tax Audits Across the Income Distribution."

Across the bottom half of the income distribution, revenue and cost track closely, both around $3,000–$6,000 per audit. Above the median, revenue pulls ahead of cost: about $10,000 vs. $5,000 near the 90th percentile, and about $17,000 vs. $8,000 at the 95th–99th. At the top, revenue jumps to about $31,000 for the 99–99.9th percentile and about $90,000 for the top 0.1%.
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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 12/09/2026
A trans man in the UK has been banned in the workplace restrooms after he was forced to use the women's restrooms to comply with the new EHRC guidance. The women complained because he is visibly male and so they told him he can't use any bathroom.
A screenshot of a Reddit post from the r/LegalAdviceUK subreddit by user Dijstraanon, titled "FtM transgender facing two different issues at work? England."
The post text reads:
"Brother in law is trans FtM and presents fully as a man. He's now facing an impossible situation at work with his employer telling him that due to recent legislation he must use the toilet of his birth gender. BUT several female colleagues have raised a grievance about him using their gendered toilet.
His employer has told him that he cannot use the toilet while he is at work until they sort it out and cannot give him a timeframe to do so. They do [cut off] have disabled separate toilets.
In the mean time one of his female colleagues has accused him of sexual harassment because he was used their gendered toilet. His menstrual cycle meant he needed to use the toilet.
He's been with the employer for just over 5 years but only in this location for 18 months. The location is mainly male with just a handful of females, and his workshop only has male toilets.
I do not know how to support him and as he's not in a union there is no one to turn too right now."
The post has an orange "Comments Moderated" tag, 169 upvotes, and 134 comments.
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Zeteo @zeteo.com · 29/08/2026
This week in the U.S., - ICE arrests reached a record high - the Trump administration planned to expand deportation flights to Haiti - the U.S. military conducted strikes on two boats, killing six people Read the dangerous actions Trump and his administration have taken: zeteo.com/p/this-week-...
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🗽LOLGOP🗽 @lolgop.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
Rural hospitals closing or shutting down key departments like obstetrics will be one of the biggest stories of 2027. Democrats need to make it one of the biggest stories of the next two months.
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Republicans Built a Medicaid Time Bomb. It Goes Off After the Election.
It's Democrats' job to explain what's coming and who must be blamed by November.
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mtsw @mtsw.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
i think one of the hidden keys to politics right now is "how can our side make sure that the 'trump is gonna kill a bunch of beautiful wild horses' story gets in front of the millions of otherwise apolitical consumers of social media horse-related content"
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Drop Site @dropsitenews.com · 19/08/2026
Gaza’s Ministry of Interior shares photos of 8 police officers & a 13-year-old displaced Palestinian girl killed in an Israeli strike on a police headquarters in Gaza City this afternoon. Among those killed were the head of Gaza’s women’s police dep't & other senior police officials: ▪️Brig. Gen...
Gaza’s Ministry of Interior shares photographs of eight police officers and a 13-year-old displaced Palestinian girl killed in an Israeli strike on a police headquarters in Gaza City this afternoon.

Among those killed were the head of Gaza’s women’s police department and other senior police officials:

▪️ Brig. Gen. Ayman Mahmoud Jundiya, 47, acting director of Gaza Governorate Police
▪️ Col. Osama Hashem al-Hajin, 43, director of operations
▪️ Col. Fatina Abdul Jabbar al-Sahhar, 42, head of the Women’s Police Department
▪️ Col. Ibrahim Abdul Rahman Tamraz, 47
▪️ Col. Alaa Ali Alyan, 47
Lt. Col. Hazem Jabr Khalaf, 52
▪️ Maj. Othman Shehata Abu Samaan, 42
▪️ Lt. Samaher Misbah Hamada, 39
▪️ Dana Haitham al-Jamasi, 13, who had been displaced near the targeted headquarters

The ministry said the strike was part of Israel’s continuing campaign of attacks and assassinations against Gaza’s civilian police, saying Israel is deliberately dismantling the force to destroy public order and deepen chaos across the Strip.
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Dave Infante @dinfontay.com · 16/08/2026
uhhhhh
 investigation was originally developed for The New York Times, where it underwent eight months of editing, multiple rounds of fact-checking, and independent replication of the underlying methodology. The piece had a scheduled publication date when requests for comment were sent. It was only after the Times reached out to the subjects of the investigation for routine comment that the Elias Law Group, representing the DCCC and DSCC, sent a cease-and-desist letter demanding the paper not publish. Although the paper's fact-checkers and legal department later cleared the piece before sending out a second round of requests for comment, the Times ultimately decided to kill the piece.3:27
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The piece was subsequently slated for publication at The Bulwark, where it underwent additional fact-checking, data verification, and legal review. When requests for comment were sent to the subjects of the investigation, lawyers representing the Progressive Turnout Project and Mothership Strategies likewise responded with legal letters demanding that the article not run.
From there, publication was repeatedly delayed. The piece cleared successive rounds of legal review. When I asked for a committed publication date after months of delay, The Bulwark conditioned publication on my accepting an extensive rewrite prepared by its editors that, in my assessment, removed key empirical findings without explanation, introduced claims contradicted by the data and fact-checking record, and presented the subjects' legal defenses as my own conclusions. When I declined to publish under those terms, the piece was released back to me.
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ACLU @aclu.org · 15/08/2026
The CIA reportedly bombed multiple civilian fishing boats off the Galápagos Islands earlier this year, and the public is only finding out now. Join us in demanding that Congress holds the Trump administration accountable NOW for carrying out these illegal, inhumane boat strikes.
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Tell Congress: Stop President Trump's illegal boat strikes
Since September, the Trump administration has murdered nearly 90 people in international waters, ordering over 20 lethal strikes on civilian boats near Venezuela. Congress must conduct oversight and c...
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Mark Grimshaw @markgrimshawtism.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
This post just popped up on my Facebook from a page with tens of thousands of followers. Behind the black box are the names of 10 children the OP is alleging to be trans. The post also include photos of all 10 children, and the name of the schools they attend. They’re now doxxing minors.
Beth Young Bourne on Facebook:

The emperor has no clothes.
Here are some of the recent trans-identified BOYS competing in GIRLS' high school sports in California.
@CIFState doesn't keep any records on the number of boys who are competing on girls' teams. I only became aware of the 3 boys at [CENSORED] High School after I asked parent friends if their daughters were being impacted by this insane transgender ideology.
IN CALIFORNIA
[Censored list of 10 children playing sports in California, naming both the child and the school they attend]
@CIFState doesn't keep any records or track the number of boys who are competing on girls' teams. I only became aware of the 3 boys at [CENSORED] High School after I asked parent friends if their daughters were being impacted by this insane transgender ideology.

Below this post, not included in the screenshot, were photos of all 10 children.
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Sabrina Imbler @sabs.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
I wrote about the new childhood vaccine EO defector.com/three-vaccin...
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Three Vaccines Is Less Vaccine Than One Vaccine, According To Donald Trump | Defector
On Monday, Donald Trump doubled down on his weird and eugenic obsession with autism by signing an executive order calling to split up the MMR vaccine for children into three separate shots given in th...
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Bryce Covert @brycecovert.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
Yikes. Women accounted for all of the job losses and all of the labor force decline in July, according to @nwlc.org
WASHINGTON — Women accounted for 100 percent of the decline in the labor force in July, according to a National Women’s Law Center jobs analysis of monthly data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. That brings the total net number of women who have left the labor force since January this year to 845,000. In comparison, there are 406,000 fewer men in the labor force now than in January. 

A total of 165,000 women, aged 20 and over, left the labor force last month — meaning they are neither working nor looking for work — while men's labor force participation was unchanged. Overall, the economy lost 23,000 jobs in July. Women accounted for all of these losses, losing 32,000 jobs, while men gained 9,000 jobs. Women make up 50.1% of the workforce.
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James Ball @jamesrball.com · 03/08/2026
"Kew Gardens has had a weather station since 1871. This July was, based on third party analysis of Met Office data collected at the site, the first calendar month on record where no rainfall was measured at Kew."
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London's first month without rain
Plus: There's nowhere to bury the dead • London wants to keep its money • When will it stop being so damn hot • Who is to blame for turning off the air conditioning in the tower block?
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Molly White @molly.wiki · 27/07/2026
Click any node or connection in the Trump crypto empire map to open its panel and view explanatory annotations and citations. Toggle the income overlay to see financial-disclosure figures from the most recent filings. Search for entities, or filter by category. map.citationneeded.news
A screenshot of the map, with a side panel open showing Donald J. Trump Revocable Trust. Side panel contents: Donald J. Trump Revocable Trust Intermediary Entity When Walter Shaub, then Director of the Office of Government Ethics, called on President Trump to divest from the Trump Organization during his first term, Trump instead transferred his operating businesses to the Donald J. Trump Revocable Trust. Many had urged him to use a blind trust. Critics argued the DJT Revocable Trust fell far short of that standard: Trump remained the sole beneficiary, his son controlled the assets, and Trump could revoke the arrangement at any time. Shaub later commented that the arrangement was “meaningless from a conflict of interest perspective” and that “setting up a trust to hold his operating businesses adds nothing to the equation. This is not a blind trust—it’s not even close.” Established 2014 Sources ↗ Stenglein, Christine, "OGE Director warns Trump’s business plan insufficient", The Brookings Institution, January 11, 2017 ↗ Craig, Susanne, and Eric Lipton, "Trust Records Show Trump Is Still Closely Tied to His Empire", The New York Times, February 3, 2017 ↗ Kravitz, Derek, and Al Shaw, "Trump Lawyer Confirms President Can Pull Money From His Businesses Whenever He Wants", ProPublica, April 4, 2017 ←controlled by Donald Trump Jr. According to a 2024 regulatory filing, Donald Trump Jr. "is the sole trustee and has sole voting and
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Ian Coldwater 🧊🚫 @lookitup.baby · 26/07/2026
A letter from the mother of Alex Pretti, six months after he was murdered by ICE.
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18 hours ago

Today marks the six-month anniversary of Alex's murder. No one has been held accountable, no apologies, not a single phone call from any governmental official, hospital personnel, or the mpls police dept. Six-months of pain, a roller-coaster of trauma over and over. Every time another a death, another mention, a picture, a tribute, a sorrow so deep. I wonder how to move forward. Will I ever get over this loss and this pain?
Will I ever be able to enjoy life again? How does one live knowing that I have no power to change what has happened?

And yet the outreach not only from Minnesota, but from around the world has been nothing less than spectacular. Every card, every gift, every heartfelt letter has been read, touched, held, and cherished by us all. The kindness you've all shown us is beyond words. Please never forget Alex and what he believed in ~ equality and peace for all. I will remember the things that made you, you. It will never take your memory. As long as I'm here, you will never be forgotten.

For all you asking what you can do. Continue this fight. Never give up your right to speak out, protect your neighbor, your community and don't forget to spend time with those you love...
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Drop Site @dropsitenews.com · 24/07/2026
🇵🇸4 Palestinians were killed & 4 others wounded, three critically, after Israeli settlers attacked the town of Tell, southwest of Nablus, under the protection of Israeli forces, according to the Palestinian Health Ministry. The min. said Israeli troops opened heavy live fire on residents who came...

🇵🇸 Four Palestinians were killed and four others wounded, three critically, after Israeli settlers attacked the town of Tell, southwest of Nablus, under the protection of Israeli forces, according to the Palestinian Health Ministry.

The ministry said Israeli troops opened heavy live fire on residents who came out to defend their land and property. Those killed were Farouq Adnan Ali Ramadan, Ibrahim Hussein Ali Ramadan, Jawad Hussein Ali Ramadan, and Imran Ahmad Ali Ramadan.

Local sources said a Palestinian man seized a settler’s weapon during the clashes and opened fire near the Havat Gilad outpost, wounding four Israeli settlers and security personnel. Israeli media later reported that one Israeli died of his wounds. Israeli forces have sealed off the area and deployed reinforcements around the town, with ministers Smotrich and Ben Gvir calling for collective punishment of the villages ands neighborhoods the Palestinians who resisted come from. 

Source: Felesteen Online
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Translated from Arabic
Moment of the occupation army transferring an injured settler in the town of Tal west of Nablus  
#فيديو
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Congresswoman Delia C. Ramirez @ramirez.house.gov · 23/07/2026
DHS continues to kidnap our loved ones and separate families. Josue, a custodian at CPS, is a father and his family's provider. He was taken by ICE after complying with his immigration check-in.
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Karl Bode @karlbode.com · 22/07/2026
I am absolutely begging Democratic politicians to make media reform a centerpiece of their policy platforms
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Local U.S. TV News Will Soon Be Entirely Right Wing Propaganda
Thanks to the destruction of media consolidation limits, Republicans will soon enjoy propaganda and market domination over what's left of local U.S. news.
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squid ☘️ @sgwd.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
Really LOVING water today
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Joseph Cox @josephcox.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
New from 404 Media: police clearly want armed drones. New Orleans cops published a policy document outlining how weaponized drones would work, before quickly walking it back. We got a copy of the original. www.404media.co/new-orleans-...
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New Orleans Cops Published Policy Document Allowing Weaponized Drones
Cops and drone companies seem increasingly eager to put weapons on their drones.
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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
Lorenzo Salgado Araujo and Joan Sebastian Guerrero weren't murdered because of car pursuits. They were murdered because the men driving those cars felt comfortable recklessly killing. None of this ends until we shut down ICE completely.
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Asawin Suebsaeng @swin24.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
healthy democracy. zeteo.com/p/you-took-h...
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‘You Took Her Dad’: ICE Kills Maine Man in Front of Daughter in Bluey Pajamas
The people of Biddeford, Maine, became the latest to experience the full horror of Trump's lethal immigration crackdown, while a judge in Florida rebuked the president's self-dealing.
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Seth D. Michaels @sethdmichaels.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
"“A masked agent in an unmarked car killed Lorenzo in his own neighborhood where he lived for 35 years working and raising a family...This is what unaccountable, unrepentant, unconstitutional enforcement looks like.”
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Amy Jo (AJ) Cousins @ajcousins.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
ICE has made this same claim time after time and it's pretty much always lies. They believe they can murder people in the street without consequences. Abolish ICE.
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Drop Site @dropsitenews.com · 09/07/2026
💢 World Central Kitchen said Israeli forces killed Ahmad Nasser Saleem, a driver working for one of its partner logistics companies, while he was transporting aid from the Kerem Shalom crossing to a WCK warehouse in Gaza on on Wednesday, July 8. WCK called for a full accounting of the killing.
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Corey Brickley * Blight's Hollow Dot Com @coreybrickley.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
ICE shot this man, a loving husband and father of three, dead, for the crime of going to work Tuesday morning. His family's gofundme for funeral/services is about halfway to its goal gofund.me/660ca4364
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Donate to In Loving Memory of Lorenzo Salgado Araujo, 52 Years Old, organized by LULAC Institute, Inc.
On the morning of July 7, 2026, Lorenzo Salgado Araujo was ta… LULAC Institute, Inc. needs your support for In Loving Memory of Lorenzo Salgado Araujo, 52 Years Old
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Sonia Silva ❤️ @vallygirl.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
The complete elimination of Meta would yield unambiguous, far reaching benefits for global society.
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Patrick De Klotz @patdeklotz.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
THE US HAVING A WHITES-ONLY REFUGEE POLICY SHOULD BE A MUCH BIGGER STORY
Guy standing up meme
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squid ☘️ @sgwd.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
@4leafbug in Warwick, RI!
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rax ‘levon honkers’ king @raxkingisdead.bsky.social · 05/07/2026
statehood now
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Jason Hickel @jasonhickel.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
"The climate crisis cannot be addressed within capitalism. It is vital that we understand this fact and develop our strategies accordingly, otherwise we are headed for certain failure. And failure is not an option." jasonhickel.substack.com/p/climate-so...
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Climate socialism
I am writing this message to the millions of people who have been involved in the climate movement over the past several years.
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Moira Donegan @moiradonegan.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
Robert E Lee and Jefferson Davis should have been hanged.
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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 02/07/2026
The White House is openly saying they want to eliminate a minority group and people still want to say this is about sports.
 Supreme Court Bolsters President Trump’s Push to Eliminate Transgender Insanity
The White House
June 30, 2026
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Zeteo @zeteo.com · 02/07/2026
Trump is already planning to retain classified and top secret government documents after he leaves the White House again. Zeteo’s @swin24.bsky.social and @andrewperez.bsky.social explain how the government is laying the groundwork to help him do so. Read more: zeteo.com/p/trump-clas...
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Megaphone News @megaphone.news · 29/06/2026
The toll from the Israeli war on Lebanon rose to 4,257 killed and 12,196 injured since March 2, according to the Ministry of Public Health. 🧵
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elia ayoub @ayoub.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
the cruelty is endless www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Refugees would be told to repay around £10,000 under new asylum bill
The Home Office will be given powers to recover costs from adults who have received asylum support under new laws.
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Prof. Eliot Jacobson @climatecasino.net · 30/06/2026
We're now at day 28 of setting a new record daily global sea-surface temperature.
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Kendra "Gloom is My Beat" Pierre-Louis @kendrawrites.com · 30/06/2026
In addition to the unconscionable loss of human life, the pet death in Western Europe given the heatwave has apparently been considerable.
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Paris mortuaries overwhelmed as France counts victims of devastating heatwave
France estimates that its death rate rose by at least 1,000 people during the devastating heatwave that swept the country last week – but that is at the cautious end of the estimate. As authorities co...
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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 19/06/2026
This is a pro rape policy. They want to facilitate the rape and abuse of trans women. www.the-independent.com/news/world/a...
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Transgender woman 'raped 2,000 times' in all-male prison
'It was hell on earth, it was as if I died and this was my punishment'
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Leah Litman @leahlitman.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
And the final case, 6-3 (usual split) - SCOTUS says immigration officers can deny admission to lawful permanent residents *without having clear & convincing evidence that the LPR committed a crime that renders them inadmissible* www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/25p...
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FactPost @factpostnews.bsky.social · 14/06/2026
Today is the one-year anniversary of the assassination of Minnesota Speaker Emerita Melissa Hortman and her husband Mark.
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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
Hello! 👋 I'm hoping to raise money for two Bay Area cat rescues. If you post a screenshot of you donating at least $20, I will answer a style-related question for you. But first, let me tell you about the rescues, why they're worthy of your support, and hopefully get you to adopt a cat. 🧵
Two gray cats. One has their pawn on a person's knee. Two cats sleeping next to each other.
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Siobhan Thompson @vornietom.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
*muffled under mountains of ADHD detritus* it’s actually a superpower
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Brittany Page @brittanyepage.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
Trump & MAHA: bringing measles and screwworms back from elimination! www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/f...
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Flesh-Eating Screwworms Have Been Detected in the United States 60 Years After They Were Eradicated From the Country
The parasites were identified in a bovine in southern Texas. This marks the third time the cattle-threatening pests have been found in the U.S. and the first in Texas since they were eradicated in 196...
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🕳⚰️💨 @hedlikeahole.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 07/06/2026
This is all so depressing. If we didn't have so many idiots in charge, we could prepare for this to ensure people don't starve. This is all entirely manageable with global cooperation. Instead, the lust for war by our ruling class will exacerbate it at the same time they cut global aid.
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Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
The money was always there for the good things.
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 28/05/2026
Netanyahu orders Israeli army to seize ‘70% of Gaza Strip’, violating ceasefire deal
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Netanyahu orders Israeli army to seize ‘70% of Gaza Strip’, violating ceasefire deal
Speaking in West Bank settlement, Israeli president, who’s fighting for political survival before elections, says ‘we are squeezing Hamas’ Benjamin Netanyahu has said he has given orders to the Israeli army to seize control of 70% of the Gaza Strip in a move that threatens to torpedo an already fragile ceasefire and create catastrophic humanitarian conditions in the already devastated territory. Under the US-brokered ceasefire in October, the Israeli army withdrew to a demarcation line which gave Israel direct control of 53% of the occupied territory. Since then, Israeli forces have steadily advanced their positions westward into the Hamas-controlled half of the strip, and declared an ever-expanded no man’s land west of that, within which they claim the right to decide who can enter and open fire on anyone perceived as a threat. Continue reading...
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5th Square Advocacy @5thsqadvocacy.org · 29/05/2026
Read our full statement below. We hope the Governor will commit to a comprehensive transportation plan for the Stadium District that brings traffic safety upgrades and increased transit service. www.5thsqadvocacy.org/5th-square-a...
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5th Square Advocacy Calls on Gov. Shapiro to Fund Better Stadium Transit
5th Square Advocacy calls on Governor Josh Shapiro to fund SEPTA transit service to the Philadelphia Stadium District and commit to long-term funding
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Ed Zitron @edzitron.com · 29/05/2026
Ahh no wait sorry let me fix that
Don’t, be evil! In the google font
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Judd Legum @juddlegum.bsky.social · 18/05/2026
1. What I found in Trump's new 113-page financial disclosure report. It doesn't look good.
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