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Splinter @splinternews.bsky.social · 1h
At the MAHA summit, RFK Jr. said that AI is more trustworthy than your doctor, so you should probably put your life in its digital hands. Story: www.jezebel.com/pete-davidso... #RFKJr #AI #chatbots #MAHA #doctors #healthcare
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Splinter @splinternews.bsky.social · 2h
If the Trump administration can find a way to make life a little worse for any federal employee, even a TSA agent, they'll undoubtedly do it. Story: www.jezebel.com/tsa-agents-c... #TSA #TSAagents #chairs #workersrights #labor
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Splinter @splinternews.bsky.social · 4h
Ken Paxton has been privately bad-mouthing Donald Trump in leaked audio, saying the midterm convention hosted by Trump had dragged his poll numbers down. Story: www.jezebel.com/ken-paxton-a... #donaldtrump #donaldjtrump #kenpaxton #texas #senate #midterms
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Splinter @splinternews.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Is "GOP politician" the only job where it's perfectly acceptable to call for the execution of all your enemies on a regular basis? Story: www.jezebel.com/bo-french-te... #execution #BoFrench #Texas #KenPaxton
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Splinter @splinternews.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
The election is only 5 weeks away, so Republicans are fearmongering about a migrant caravan while also bragging about having secure borders. Story: www.jezebel.com/migrant-cara... #migrant #migrants #caravan #immigration #midterms #midtermelections
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Splinter @splinternews.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Justice Alito recused himself from a climate change case that could benefit him financially ... which probably means it's already decided. Story: www.jezebel.com/justice-samu... #SupremeCourt #SamuelAlito #Alito #recusal #climatechange #oil #Boulder
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Splinter @splinternews.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
MLB fans can't help but gripe about the sport's playoff format when a "playoff team" like the Astros doesn't even win more games than they lost. Story: www.jezebel.com/astros-worst... #Astros #WhiteSox #ALWest #MLB #playoffs #Houston
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Splinter @splinternews.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Donald Trump lashed out at Maria Elvira Salazar after she released an ad criticizing the administration's immigration policies. Story: www.jezebel.com/trump-lashes... #DonaldTrump #MariaSalazar #Salazar #immigration #deportation #Florida
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Splinter @splinternews.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
The woman known as Maricarmen had lived in her apartment for 70 years before she was finally evicted and hospitalized. Story: www.jezebel.com/maricarmen-s... #madrid #spain #maricarmen #MaricarmenNoEstásSola #Maricarmen87años #eviction #housing
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Splinter @splinternews.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
With measles cases in just Pennsylvania now pushing toward 1,000, the Keystone State has the worst overall outbreak in decades. Story: www.jezebel.com/pennsylvania... #penn #pennsylvania #measles #disease #outbreak #CDC
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Splinter @splinternews.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
More than 60 sets of human bones have been discovered in a UK city just trying to do some basic street renovation. Story: www.jezebel.com/human-bodies... #UK #England #yikes #spookyseason #skeleton
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Splinter @splinternews.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Police didn't care that Lindsey Isaacs' car was the wrong color, and wasn't damaged. They still arrested her because of Flock data. Story: www.jezebel.com/flock-camera... #LindseyIsaacs #flock #ALPRs #ALPR #surveillance #cops
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Splinter @splinternews.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Marjorie Taylor Greene says that MAGA is a cult now, but she hasn't actually changed her opinion on any of its policies. Story: www.jezebel.com/marjorie-tay... #MTG #MarjorieTaylorGreene #MAGA #DonaldTrump #hypocrisy
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Splinter @splinternews.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
How many millions of pounds of uninspected meat will the USDA ultimately allow to hit the market in 2026? Story: www.jezebel.com/usda-food-re... #recall #foodsafety #usda #FDA #RFKJr #beef
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Splinter @splinternews.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
After first continuing to bar reporters from the White House, the Trump admin finally seemed to admit defeat on Thursday. Story: www.jezebel.com/white-house-... #whitehouse #donaldtrump #judge #press #journalism
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Splinter @splinternews.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
This is what drinkers have really been craving: AI-chosen beer combos inspired by unrelated information like your taste in movies. Story: www.jezebel.com/heineken-per... #AI #heineken #beer #craftbeer #tech
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Splinter @splinternews.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Former MAGA allies are running ads against Trump, against immigration policy, and removing mentions of Donald Trump from their websites. Story: www.jezebel.com/donald-trump... #DonaldTrump #midterms #midtermelection #election #polling
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Splinter @splinternews.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Newsom’s biggest problem is that his slick Patrick Bateman cosplay reinforces the exact kind of untrustworthy politician he has proven to be. Story: www.jezebel.com/gavin-newsom... #GavinNewsom #President #Election #election2028
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Splinter @splinternews.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Debate an empty chair if you have to, James. Do it repeatedly. Let Texans watch as Paxton slinks away. Story: www.jezebel.com/ken-paxton-c... #KenPaxton #JamesTalarico #Senate #Texas #debate
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Splinter @splinternews.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Enrollment of Black students at Stanford has been down since the Supreme Court axed affirmative action, but it has plenty of fake AI students! Story: www.jezebel.com/stanford-ai-... #stanford #ai #racism #college #higherlearning
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Splinter @splinternews.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
With Canadian booze soon set to vanish from American shelves, we raise a glass to the classic Toronto cocktail. Story: www.jezebel.com/toronto-cock... #cocktails #whiskey #canada #tradewar #canadian #alcohol
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Splinter @splinternews.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Thank god it's under warranty, right? What attempt is this now, three or four? Story: www.jezebel.com/reflecting-p... #reflectingpool #donaldtrump #washington #DC #washingtondc #renovations
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Splinter @splinternews.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
You might finally be able to bring that bottle of water through TSA security, and all it took was two decades of humiliation and profiling. Story: www.jezebel.com/tsa-liquid-p... #TSA #airport #airports #security #terrorism
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Splinter @splinternews.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Selectively applied laws are how the Trump administration attempts to lean on networks to do what it wants, but ... YouTube still exists! Story: www.jezebel.com/kimmel-james... #JimmyKimmel #Kimmel #JamesTalarico #Texas #senate #midterms
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Splinter @splinternews.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Even in the midst of lying about the Iran War, Trump manages to admit that the war is impossible for his administration to end. Story: www.jezebel.com/iran-war-gas... #iranwar #donaldtrump #oilprice #oilprices #gasprices #houthis
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Splinter @splinternews.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Not even the most obvious visual Nazi metaphor in the world, copied onto a Space Force uniform, registers to the MAGA voter. Story: www.jezebel.com/space-force-... #spaceforce #donaldtrump #nazis #starshiptroopers #uniforms #satire
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Splinter @splinternews.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Spoiler alert: Vivek absolutely does not know how to swing a baseball bat. Story: www.jezebel.com/does-vivek-r... #baseball #vivek #vivekramaswamy #ohio #sports
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Splinter @splinternews.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Skyrocketing costs of everything from toilet paper to car parts is bad enough, but now the trade war has come for Canadian alcohol too. Story: www.jezebel.com/canada-trade... #Canada #tradewar #DonaldTrump #whiskey #cocktails #beer
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Splinter @splinternews.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Missouri has judges ignoring other judges, and Republican state politicians admitting they'll do whatever it takes to win, legality be damned. Story: www.jezebel.com/missouri-ele... #missouri #supremecourt #elections #ballots #midterms #JudgeKavanaugh
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Splinter @splinternews.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
We all knew our smart TVs were using absolutely any data they could collect on us for the sake of ads, but this is a new level of creepy. Story: www.jezebel.com/smart-tv-spy... #privacy #LG #LGTVs #smarttv #smarttvs
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Splinter @splinternews.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Another day, another potentially deadly virus circulating in Florida as helicopters pass overhead, spraying pesticides. Story: www.jezebel.com/dengue-fever... #mosquito #virus #disease #dengue #Florida #publichealth
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Splinter @splinternews.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
A reporter goes off on her honeymoon, only to find her byline used on AI-generated reporting while she's gone. Story: www.jezebel.com/ai-newspaper... #AI #reporting #journalism #PlainDealer #Cleveland #newspapers
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Splinter @splinternews.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
A USPS whistleblower says "catastrophic failure" is coming to mail voting during the midterms. We should believe them. Story: www.jezebel.com/mail-voting-... #mailvoting #USPS #supremecourt #ballots #northcarolina #midterms
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Splinter @splinternews.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
What is the point of a game clock on a multi-million-dollar college football broadcast if it's not the official one? Story: www.jezebel.com/does-college... #Michigan #clock #collegefootball #nfl #gameclock
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Splinter @splinternews.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
Dolly Parton's fiercely iconoclastic "martini" is the only version of the cocktail we know that involves giardiniera brine. Story: www.jezebel.com/dolly-parton... #cocktails #DollyParton #Dolly #drinks #martini
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Splinter @splinternews.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
AI chatbots and the Dunning–Kruger effect make for a dangerous mix, when it comes to climbing mountains or going off the grid. Story: www.jezebel.com/mountain-cli... #ai #chatbots #chatgpt #technology #hiking #climbing
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Splinter @splinternews.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
The Lindsay Clancy case was irresistible for conspiracy-addicted America: www.jezebel.com/lindsay-clan... #LindsayClancy #mistrial #jury #jurors
jezebel.com
The Lindsay Clancy Case Was Irresistible for Conspiracy-Addicted America
It was utterly inevitable in our degraded society that the Lindsay Clancy murder case would eventually be dominated by online conspiracies.
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Splinter @splinternews.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
The intensely lazy Fetterman, clearly reviled by his entire staff, is the closest thing the Democrats have to a Trump. Story: www.jezebel.com/john-fetterm... #JohnFetterman #Senate #Pennsylvania #PA #Israel
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Splinter @splinternews.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
RFK Jr. is investigating if the COVID vaccine killed American troops. Guess we'd better start with self-proclaimed "father of the vaccine" Donald Trump? Story: www.jezebel.com/covid-19-vac... #vaccines #donaldtrump #rkjjr #pentagon
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Splinter @splinternews.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Imagine how many fewer secret recording incidents Meta would need to fix, if its smart glasses didn't allow you to record people at all. Story: www.jezebel.com/meta-smart-g... #meta #facebook #smartglasses #recording #privacy #surveillance
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Splinter @splinternews.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Federal prosecutors are still letting ICE agent Christian Castro off easy, charging him only with making false statements. Story: www.jezebel.com/ice-agent-ch... #ice #immigration #ChristianCastro #gregabbott #texas #minnesota
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Splinter @splinternews.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
A population boom in New Zealand's endangered flightless kakapo parrot demonstrates how species can claw their way back from the brink. Story: www.jezebel.com/saving-endan... #endangeredspecies #endangered #kakapo #newzealand #birds #conservation
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Splinter @splinternews.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
New York City's Dept. of Education will ban AI use in teaching elementary school and middle school students ... and for teachers when grading -- www.jezebel.com/new-york-ban... #ai #newyork #newyorkcity #NYC #ZohranMamdani #education
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Splinter @splinternews.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Markwayne Mullin continues to promise ICE body cameras, while the agency doesn't use the ones it already has. www.jezebel.com/ice-body-cam... #markwaynemullin #ICE #immigration #DHS #bodycameras
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Splinter @splinternews.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Both Democrats and Republicans are leaving Trump behind in trying to glom on to anti-surveillance and anti-data center sentiment: www.jezebel.com/flock-camera... #flock #flockcameras #ALPRs #donaldtrump #datacenter #datacenters
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Splinter @splinternews.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Moving to 13 Supreme Court Justices now looks like the moderate position. Even establishment Democrats are on board -- www.jezebel.com/it-looks-lik... #supremecourt #justice #justices #congress #democrats
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Splinter @splinternews.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Fox News host Trey Gowdy naturally did not respond by saying "And what exactly does an 'end' for transgender people mean?" -- www.jezebel.com/trump-transg... #lgtbq #trans #donaldtrump #treygowdy #foxnews
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Splinter @splinternews.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
USPS whistleblower warns of “catastrophic failure” coming in Post Office mail ballot processing, and says USPS is defying court orders to comply with Trump. #USPS #postoffice #postalservice #mailballots #democracy www.jezebel.com/usps-whistle...
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Splinter @splinternews.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Yo “broads”: Identity in Philly sports and naming the new WNBA team. We have some suggestions. #Philly #Philadelphia #WNBA #basketball #history #OraBelleWashington www.jezebel.com/philadelphia...
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Splinter @splinternews.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
Does Trump even understand the cursed oil we're seizing from Venezuela? It's some of the most painful and expensive to extract on Earth: www.jezebel.com/venezuela-oi... #venezuela #oil #crude #crudeoil #oilprices
jezebel.com
Does Trump Even Understand the Cursed Oil We're Seizing from Venezuela?
Venezuela's oil is some of the most expensive and difficult to extract on Earth, with some of the least demand.
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