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Erika Ishii @erikaishii.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

This week, Microsoft GUTTED Bethesda, Zenimax, iD, & more. The C-suites treat the workers who make the games we love as disposable and don’t care they’re destroying the future of the industry! Let them know it has to STOP here: feedbackportal.microsoft.com/feedback/ide...

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Shalane @shalane.bsky.social · 10/05/2026

View from my window this morning ☕

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Foxfeather Zenkova @foxfeather.bsky.social · 03/05/2026

Yolo the baby king vulture showing up for #SoggyChildSunday with his adorable crossed toes! 🪶

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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 21/04/2026

Excited to share some good news for Illinois families — we’ve reached over 100,000 children in our state receiving books from Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library. Let’s keep reading.

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WeRateDogs @weratedogs.com · 14/04/2026

This is Rex. He found a missing child in 12 minutes on his first tracking mission. "He’s kind of a triple threat," his handler said. He's trained as a therapy dog, explosive detection canine, and missing person tracker. When the girl was safe, Rex shifted to comfort mode. 14/10 (IG: arapahoeso)

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ACLU @aclu.org · 14/04/2026

Eyewear embedded with facial recognition tech is a recipe for disaster. Send a message to Meta now at aclu.org/eyewear_not_spywear

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ACLU @aclu.org · 14/04/2026

The Constitution and a court order both say that the Everglades detention facility must allow people access to their attorneys. Instead of complying, guards are cutting off people’s phone access and beating people who speak up.

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Alligator Alcatraz phones were cut off. Then the beatings began, court docs say

Attorneys say the Trump and DeSantis administrations are disregarding a court order requiring access to phones and attorneys for detainees.

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 14/04/2026

Trump is touting the no tax on tips provision in his budget bill. But many tipped workers won't benefit because their earnings are so low. And the provision expires in 2028. The estate tax cuts that primarily benefit the rich? Those were made permanent. Funny how that works.

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 13/04/2026

The effective federal corporate income tax rate: 1950: 50% 1990: 25% 2020: 13% Stop asking "but how we will pay for it?" Restore the corporate tax rate. That is how we will pay for it.

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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 14/04/2026

This is NUTS www.thehandbasket.co/p/trump-usai...

Disappointed, though not surprised, I began to describe various life- saving components of USAID’s global health portfolio, highlighting how we prepare for and respond to emerging pandemic threats; support the diagnosis and treatment of tuberculosis, malaria, and HIV; and immunize millions of children from the deadliest childhood diseases. I spoke for about five minutes, focusing primarily on our infectious diseases work and hoping to keep the attention of people who seemed to have no experience—or interest—in global health.

When I finished, the room was silent, the political appointees looking at one another in what appeared to be disbelief. The silence was broken by Ken Jackson, who chuckled softly and shook his head. “Wow, there really is so much that USAID does that we never knew,” he said. “This is the story that needs to get out there.”

Joel, also smiling, chimed in next, echoing Jackson’s amazement. “I had no idea you did all this,” he said. “As a Republican, when I think of what USAID does in global health, I assumed it was just, you know, abortions.”

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Seth Cotlar @sethcotlar.bsky.social · 11/04/2026

The party that claims to be bravely defending “Western Civilization” from its supposed imminent destruction by barbarian hordes, has empowered a guy who eats roadkill to shut down research on one of the most significant scientific breakthroughs in decades.

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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 09/04/2026

Zelenskyy complains that Trump is not interested in the evidence that Russia is helping Iran (kill Americans). The problem is there's no leverage for shame. JD has literally been palling with the enemy in recent days, and it's not being covered. www.theguardian.com/world/2026/a...

The US has ignored compelling evidence that Russia has been helping Iran to target US bases in the Middle East because it “trusts” Vladimir Putin, according to the Ukrainian president, Volodymyr Zelenskyy.

Speaking in an interview with Alastair Campbell on The Rest is Politics podcast, Zelenskyy said he had tried to draw the White House’s attention to the close collaboration between Moscow and Tehran.

He said Russian military satellites had photographed critical energy infrastructure objects in the Gulf states and in Israel, as well as the locations of US army bases across the region. The Kremlin passed details and images to the Iranian regime, he said, to facilitate its attacks.

“I said this publicly. Did we hear a reaction from the US to Russia that they have to stop it?” Zelenskyy asked rhetorically. He added: “The problem is they trust Putin. And it’s a pity.”

Zelenskyy said Donald Trump’s team had failed to “really understand the details of what Russia wants”.

Asked why this was, he said that Trump’s two negotiators – Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner – had “spent too much time” with Putin and his senior officials.

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Brian Beutler @brianbeutler.bsky.social · 10/04/2026

Legal eagles noticed, and there’s been SOME mainstream coverage. But overall the political class has underreacted to this month’s OLC opinion, ordered up by Trump or on his behalf, declaring the Presidential Records Act unconstitutional. Things are likely being stolen and/or destroyed *right now*.

offmessage.net

Donald Trump's Plan To Steal Or Destroy Everything

We should assume it's underway, starting with the Epstein files.

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Arthur Snell @snellarthur.bsky.social · 10/04/2026

Obviously it's completely unseemly that they're hoping to bribe Hungarians to vote for Orban. But it's also just bizarre - Orban does nothing for America, but he does a lot for Russia. Why is this Trump's priority? (It's okay, you don't need to answer.)

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Josh Johnson @joshjohnsoncomedy.bsky.social · 11/04/2026

Hi Friends, I wanted to share this with you a little early. I’ll be a guest on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert this Wednesday. First time being interviewed on the show. To be a guest during his final weeks feels really special. Thank you for being part of the reason this is happening.

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Angry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 11/04/2026

We’re about to pay Iran $6 billion to re-open the thing that was open before the war. Art of the deal, baby.

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That tree guy 𓅃 @somearborist.bsky.social · 11/04/2026

Now that they’re safe on the ground we.. ocean, I can make a joke OMG ARTEMIS IS IN TROUBLE WE’RE GETTING REPORTS OF A GIANT CAT BATTING THEM OUT OF THE SKY OH THE HUMANITY

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 11/04/2026

Trump's Iran War is going so badly, even MAGA diehards are turning on him.

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Brendan Nyhan @brendannyhan.bsky.social · 11/04/2026

Happy anniversary to all who celebrate (the greatest celebrity-on-celebrity social media takedown of all time)

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Shalane @shalane.bsky.social · 10/04/2026

Zellie's first run-away tp roll

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Shalane @shalane.bsky.social · 31/03/2026

NOTICE: Due to the ongoing state of all the things, April Fools Day continues to be cancelled until further notice. Just don't. It's ridiculous and terrible enough in the world without pranks. Will update if that status ever changes.

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 24/03/2026

Despite Trump's false claims of slashing drug prices, Big Pharma has already RAISED prices on 64 cancer drugs this year. This comes after Big Pharma gave millions to Trump's inaugural and reaped huge tax breaks and handouts from his Big Ugly Bill. "Make America Healthy Again."

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As TrumpRx Scam Does Virtually Nothing, Big Pharma Jacks Up Prices on Cancer Drugs | Common Dreams

Report reveals Big Pharma raising prices on cancer drugs despite Trump's claims of price cuts. Patients struggle with fi

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Indivisible Chicago Alliance ❌👑 @indivisiblechicago.bsky.social · 22/03/2026

🎤🗣️ No Kings Chicago just got even louder! 🎸🎶 We’re excited to welcome MELODY ANGEL & RIC WILSON to the stage on March 28. Give them a listen before you head to Grant Park next weekend & get ready! 🗓 Sat, March 28, 1:30 PM 📍 Butler Field @ Grant Park, Chicago 🔗 Event info: bit.ly/NoKingsChiMarch28

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Stand Up for Science! @standupforscience.net · 24/03/2026

NO KINGS 3 VIRTUAL RALLY organized by Stand Up for Science An accessible and inclusive rally for everyone, everywhere. March 28th, 12:30 - 2pm CT followed by live stream of the national flagship event from the Twin Cities (MN). standupforscience.net/sufs-nk3 #NoKings #NoKings3 #NK3VR #Rally

Graphic with text that reads “March 28th, 12:30 - 2pm CT - No Kings 3 Virtual Rally organized by Stand Up for Science. An accessible and inclusive rally for everyone, everywhere.” The graphic also includes logos for No Kings3 and Stand up for Science, and this link: standupforscience.net/sufs-nk3

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Shalane @shalane.bsky.social · 24/03/2026

So, voting by mail is only bad when "they" do it? Hypocrisy makes me so tired.

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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 24/03/2026

McGovern: He’s doing nothing to make healthcare more accessible. They say we don’t have the money—but we have a billion dollars a day to blow on this crazy war. I don’t think he gives a shit about the American people. Gas prices are skyrocketing, and he’s golfing.

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ACLU @aclu.org · 24/03/2026

The Department of Housing and Urban Development is stepping back from a crucial anti-discrimination protection for victims of domestic violence, women of color, and other groups who struggle to obtain housing.

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Trump Wants to End Housing Protections Against Discrimination

The Department of Housing and Urban Development plans to end a Fair Housing rule that protects domestic violence survivors, women of color from housing discrimination.

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 24/03/2026

Trump says that he will not approve TSA funding unless it's tied to passage of his voter suppression law, also known as the SAVE Act — or the SAVE Trump's Ass Act. He knows that he and Republicans are doomed in the midterms, and the only way to combat that is to make it harder for people to vote.

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Shalane @shalane.bsky.social · 24/03/2026

I have no idea if this book is any good, but I'm giving this a try. Dracula daily was a fun time, so hopefully this book will be, too. open.substack.com/pub/draculad...

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Hey: let's read another book together?

We're kicking off another epistolary book-via-newsletter!

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Shalane @shalane.bsky.social · 23/03/2026

Doesn't sound like the "worst of the worst" is really their priority.

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Popehat @kenwhite.bsky.social · 22/03/2026

So instead of people recruited on pizza boxes we’ll have people recruited on Stormfront. Swell.

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Mar Hicks @histoftech.bsky.social · 22/03/2026

look at this baby beaver and feel better briefly (@ wildheartrescue on TT)

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Garrett M. Graff @vermontgmg.bsky.social · 22/03/2026

Astonishing. The goal of our war is now to undo the effect of the war we started. Gosh, if only we could rewind to, say, four weeks ago when the Strait of Hormuz was open and normal!

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Angry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 22/03/2026

Oh. So they want Obama’s nuclear deal minus Obama’s signature. Got it.

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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 22/03/2026

Massive TSA chaos at NYC’s LaGuardia Airport today — endless lines, missed flights, pure frustration. Not an accident: Republicans are blocking Democratic bills to fund TSA while ICE negotiations continue. Travelers are suffering because the GOP won’t pass “clean” TSA pay. ✈️😡

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Senator Patty Murray @murray.senate.gov · 21/03/2026

BREAKING: 49 Senate Republicans just VOTED DOWN our simple bill to pay TSA workers. Republicans have now blocked TSA pay SEVEN times. It’s a slap in the face to the men and women who have been working without a paycheck for weeks.

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 20/03/2026

The national debt just hit a record $39 trillion. Rich Americans used to finance the government by paying taxes. Now, they finance the government by lending it money and collecting interest payments — profiting as the rest of us pay them back. It's a big switcheroo you need to understand.

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The Secret Way the Rich are Getting Richer

YouTube video by Robert Reich

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 20/03/2026

Remember: It’s not about what this country can or can’t afford. It’s about priorities.

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jae holzman @jael.bsky.social · 07/03/2026

OpenAI head of robotics just resigned over company deal with the Pentagon saying… “Surveillance of Americans without judicial oversight and lethal autonomy without human authorization are lines that deserved more deliberation than they got”

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I resigned from OpenAl. I care deeply about the Robotics team and the work we built together.
This wasn't an easy call. Al has an important role in national security. But surveillance of Americans without judicial oversight and lethal autonomy without human authorization are lines that deserved more deliberation than they got. This was about principle, not people. I have deep respect for Sam and the team, and I'm proud of what we built together.

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