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Greek-born, now in Colorado. Aesthetics, animals, justice and the Good. Occasionally unfair. Still working on my PhD 🐎🐕🇬🇷🇺🇲❌️

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StellinaGP @stellinagp.bsky.social · 14h
"Those who felt qualified to execute Musk’s vision were mostly young white males. Mostly from upper-middle-class or rich families. Enough of them were rejected from universities. They landed at Penn instead of Princeton, Nebraska instead of Harvard, with a grievance that added to their politics."
theguardian.com
‘Elon is my prophet’: how Musk’s Doge team took a wrecking ball to Washington
When the new ‘department of government efficiency’ sent young techies to disrupt federal agencies, not everyone complied. Here’s what happened when one worker fought to protect immigrant data
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StellinaGP @stellinagp.bsky.social · 14h
Former British banker and whistleblower Simon Andriesz, who flagged Howard Lutnick’s alleged links to Jeffrey Epste1n, has died by suicide 🤔🫩 Andriesz was previously a managing director at Wall Street firm BGC Group where Lutnick, now the US Commerce Secretary, was chief executive officer.
thebanker.com
Whistleblower who flagged Lutnick’s links to Epstein dies
The former British banker who spent more than 35 years working in financial markets has died by suicide
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StellinaGP @stellinagp.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
sltrib.com
Prominent bishop who challenged President Trump on immigration is resigning
Mariann Budde, the Episcopal bishop of Washington, rocketed to fame when she urged President Donald Trump, who was sitting in the pews, to “have mercy” on immigrants and LGBTQ children.
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StellinaGP @stellinagp.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
theguardian.com
Barking beautiful: the 2026 Dog Photography awards – in pictures
The 18 winning images chosen from about 1,900 entries to the annual contest from 50 countries across the globe
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StellinaGP @stellinagp.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Here's what's happening... United States upped pressure on Europe to release its strategic reserves by threatening a diesel export ban.
lemonde.fr
G7 to release '100 million barrels' of diesel and crude oil reserves
G7 leaders after the United States upped pressure on Europe to release its strategic reserves by threatening a diesel export ban.
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StellinaGP @stellinagp.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
CSU Veterinary Hospital is among the best in the world ✔️
9news.com
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Jesse Felder @jessefelder.com · 01/10/2026
‘Just hours after Paramount Skydance issued $52B of debt to fund the biggest Hollywood buyout ever, investors were nursing hundreds of millions in losses, triggering a flurry of angry calls from money managers to Wall Street banks that underwrote the debt.’ www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
bloomberg.com
Angry Bondholders Flood Wall Street With Complaints on Paramount Losses
Just hours after Paramount Skydance Corp. issued $52 billion of debt to fund the biggest Hollywood buyout ever, investors were nursing hundreds of millions of dollars in losses, triggering a flurry of...
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StellinaGP @stellinagp.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Leo coordinated the appointments of Samuel Alito, Neil Gorsuch, Brett Kavanaugh, and Amy Coney Barrett, and played a key role in blocking Merrick Garland's nomination. Leo owns a home in Maine, focal point for pro-choice & political activists following the SC overturning of Roe v. Wade in 2022.
dailymontanan.com
We don't talk about Leonard: The man behind the right's Supreme Court supermajority • Daily Montanan
Leonard Leo, arguably the most powerful force in conservative judicial politics, has left an outsized mark on the country, including his attempts at shaping the Montana judiciary, ProPublica reports.
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StellinaGP @stellinagp.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Meet Leonard Leo, Epstein billionaire and the architect of the Supreme Court as we now know it.
tiktok.com
Brace yourselves for a corporate wave of de-contextualized outrage. #maine #news #recovery #healthecycle #you
TikTok video by Jack
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StellinaGP @stellinagp.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
"It’s hard to admit this.... bu fascism’s lust for violence didn’t make it repulsive, but extremely attractive to a lot of Germans. We are seeing similar things with the AfD today, where fantasies of violent retribution seem to be integral to campaign events on market squares...."
theguardian.com
‘Hitler was a lazy criminal who slept in until noon’: why most of what we think we know about the rise of the Nazis is wrong
In a new book, German artist and writer Philipp Ruch argues that viewing the ascent of Hitler’s NSDAP through the prism of the Third Reich has distorted our understanding of fascism’s electoral breakt...
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StellinaGP @stellinagp.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Are y'all following what is happening with the botched execution of Christa Pike today in Tennessee, and the Supreme Court?
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StellinaGP @stellinagp.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
tiktok.com
From 2023 to 2026, Google Earth's updated satellite imagery shows what's left of Gaza. The images reflect what Human Rights Watch has already found: Israel has caused deliberate, widespread destructio...
TikTok video by Human Rights Watch
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StellinaGP @stellinagp.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Jeff Hurd: same Republican grifter who produced the Public Access to All on Public Lands Proposal. The author of this article, Elise Schmelzer, failed to mention the party affiliation of this grifter.
canoncitydailyrecord.com
A private ranch that wants 2,000 acres of federal land in Colorado has spent $200,000 to lobby a congressman
A wealthy ranch owner’s land exchange proposal would privatize thousands of acres of public land in the Roaring Fork Valley. It has rankled locals, who say the deal would sidestep normal processes.
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StellinaGP @stellinagp.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Alex Karp, CEO of Palantir (Peter Thiel), paid around $22 million for a tract of Swedish woodland that’s almost big enough to cover Liechtenstein. The purchase came to light when local hunters had their lease cancelled. It’s not clear what — if anything — Karp plans to do with the land.
arctictoday.com
Palantir founder purchases large swath of forest in Sweden - ArcticToday
The land covers an area almost the size of Liechtenstein.
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Sammy Roth @sammyroth.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Conservative legal groups are weaponizing public records laws to harass and silence university scientists whose research might be used to target fossil fuel companies in court: www.politico.com/news/2026/09...
politico.com
Inside the anti-climate campaign against researchers
A POLITICO investigation reveals more than 100 open records requests demanding documents from climate scientists nationwide.
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StellinaGP @stellinagp.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
#Colorado folk, were y'all at?
hcn.org
The Forest Service is poised to hand off one of the West’s most visited landscapes - High Country News
Pitkin County, Colorado, will take over management of the Maroon Bells scenic area, following Forest Service budget cuts and staffing cuts.
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StellinaGP @stellinagp.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
New York prosecutors are reopening an investigation into an alleged rape case from 2024 that involved 7 Cornell students, who allegedly drugged and brutally raped a female student for more than 4 hours in October 2024.
npr.org
Prosecutors are reexamining a Cornell fraternity rape case. Here's what we know
New York prosecutors are reopening an investigation into an alleged rape case at Cornell University in 2024. The alleged victim recently filed a lawsuit against seven members of Chi Phi fraternity.
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StellinaGP @stellinagp.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Former defense contractor CEO Martin Kao used a shell company to send a $150,000 donation to Susan Collins (R-Maine) as part of an alleged pay-to-play scheme for government contracts. In return, Collins helped steer millions in federal contracts to Navatek.
propublica.org
The FBI Anti-Corruption Squad Was Circling Susan Collins — Until Trump Got in the Way
After the FBI caught a defense contractor’s CEO making illegal campaign contributions, it sought to launch a sweeping political bribery probe involving Collins and others. Then the second Trump admini...
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StellinaGP @stellinagp.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Chelsea Bear was pregnant with twins when she waited nine hours at Meadow Lake Hospital, and was sent home while bleeding. She and one of her babies later died.
battlefordsnow.com
SHA official urged silence after mother and baby died, MLTC leaders allege
Chelsea Bear was pregnant with twins when she waited nine hours at Meadow Lake Hospital and was sent home whil...
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Yonah Freemark @yonahfreemark.com · 25/09/2026
Brightline has filed for bankruptcy, hoping to slash $6 billion in debt. This is not expected to affect day-to-day operations.
ft.com
Private equity-backed Florida railway company Brightline files for bankruptcy
Orlando-to-Miami route seeking to popularise high-speed rail in US has filed for Chapter 11 to cut nearly $6bn in debt
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MIT Technology Review @technologyreview.com · 24/09/2026
The sex reversal technique could be used to help rescue endangered species, say the researchers behind the work.
trib.al
Scientists just created female clones of male mice
The sex reversal technique could be used to help rescue endangered species, say the researchers behind the work.
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 24/09/2026
Elizabeth Holmes may be leaving prison early. The founder of the blood-testing start-up Theranos, who was convicted of fraud in 2022 and sentenced to 11 years behind bars, has been approved for transfer to a halfway house next August.
nyti.ms
Elizabeth Holmes to Transfer to Halfway House in August 2027
The founder of the blood-testing start-up Theranos was sentenced to 11 years in prison for fraud and had been serving time at a minimum-security federal prison in Texas.
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StellinaGP @stellinagp.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
16 new mining claims (see map) have been filed in previously protected land in Bears Ears National Monument. These lands became subject to mining claims on Friday, September 11.
suwa.org
UPDATE - Additional Mining Claims Filed in Lands Cut from Bears Ears National Monument
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE September 23, 2026 UPDATE – Additional Mining Claims Filed in Lands Cut from Bears Ears National Monument Within a day, industry clamoring to exploit landscape Contacts:Grant Ste...
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Mike Schuster @mcs212.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
There will always be a Manchin, a Sinema, a Fetterman -- however many it takes. If the midterm forecast holds, there will be dozens more ready to fill the role.
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StellinaGP @stellinagp.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-AL), who is currently running for governor of Alabama, went on a rant on the Senate floor accusing transgender people of being violent and “deranged,” and proposing that US bring back mental institutions to house them.
lgbtqnation.com
Senator says "furry" pilots are taking over airlines because of trans people: "We're sitting ducks!" - LGBTQ Nation
Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-AL) claimed doctors are performing secret surgeries on trans kids & that furry aviation workers are endangering us all.
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StellinaGP @stellinagp.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Third detainee to die in less than six months at a US ICE facility in Louisiana.
apnews.com
Costa Rican man complained of lack of care for diabetes before his death in ICE custody, family says
A 36-year-old Costa Rican man whose family says he complained of not receiving proper care for his diabetes is the third detainee in less than six months to die at a U.S.
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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Wtaf is this question my university just asked me about my project?
Does the project involve any work that could be interpreted as promoting DEIA, climate change research, or non-compliant to any Presidential Executive Orders?
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Democracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 23/09/2026
NEW: When SCOTUS blocked Trump's bid to restrict mail voting earlier this month, the country's top election officials let out a sigh of relief. Still they remain concerned about possible election interference, and are readying their states for everything from ICE at the polls to ballot seizures.
democracydocket.com
Top election officials prepare to prevent and prosecute election interference
“We’re training clerks, we’re training law enforcement, and we’re reassuring clerks that we will be — like in Michigan — we’ll be deployed all across the state on Election Day and we won’t have a cler...
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StellinaGP @stellinagp.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
1972 is as far from 2026 as is 1972 from 1918 😳🫩😞
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The Wall Street Journal @wsj.com · 23/09/2026
Exclusive: Federal prosecutors are investigating Jeffrey Epstein’s longtime lawyer and accountant, who now control what’s left of his fortune.
on.wsj.com
Federal Prosecutors Open Probe Into Jeffrey Epstein’s Executors
Prosecutors have questioned Epstein victims about his longtime accountant and lawyer. Both of them have denied wrongdoing.
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StellinaGP @stellinagp.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
... furthermore, the US Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services canceled about 315,000 plans last month, citing unverified citizenship or immigration documentation and suspected improper enrollments.
reuters.com
US halts Obamacare enrollment for over 760,000 enrollees, claiming fraud
The ​Trump administration is halting enrollment in Obamacare health plans for more than 760,000 enrollees it believes were fraudulently signed up, ‌Vice President JD Vance said on Tuesday, part of an ...
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StellinaGP @stellinagp.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Which one of y'all did this?
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StellinaGP @stellinagp.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
westernwatersheds.substack.com
Forest Service to authorize livestock in grizzly habitat on grazing leases already bought out for conservation purposes in Wyoming
The Trump Administration is trying to open up four former sheep grazing allotments on the Bridger-Teton National Forest for what they are calling “fire mitigation.” The problem is, these allotments – ...
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StellinaGP @stellinagp.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
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cpr.org
Colorado's largest hospital is stepping up protections after someone intentionally disrupted its oxygen supply
A spokesman says police have identified a suspect.
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StellinaGP @stellinagp.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
"We deserve what we tolerate."
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StellinaGP @stellinagp.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
The Mormon Church issued a statement urging its members in Idaho to “voice their opposition” to access to abortion care. All of the signers on the statement were men.
sltrib.com
LDS Church weighs in against Idaho’s abortion ballot measure
The LDS Church has weighed in against an Idaho ballot measure that would loosen the Gem State's strict anti-abortion laws.
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StellinaGP @stellinagp.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
A directive sent to U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service employees this week says imperiled animals or plants must be intentionally targeted for their killing to be considered illegal.
apnews.com
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StellinaGP @stellinagp.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Customs and Border Protection (CBP) agents can search travelers' phones at the border without a warrant, probable cause, or even reasonable suspicion. Manual electronic device searches fall under the "border search exception" to the Fourth Amendment.
cbp.gov
Border Search of Electronic Devices at Ports of Entry
U.S. Customs and Border Protection provides information on border security, trade, travel, customs regulations, trusted traveler programs and enforcement news to the public.
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StellinaGP @stellinagp.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 17/09/2026
In @nytopinion.nytimes.com “The Republican Party has a neo-Nazi problem,” our columnist Jamelle Bouie writes. “This is not slander or pejorative or innuendo; it is the plain truth of the matter, a conclusion drawn from simple observation.”
nyti.ms
Opinion | The G.O.P. Has Gone Off the Deep End
The Republican fringe is becoming the Republican mainstream.
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StellinaGP @stellinagp.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
A Good Man is Hard to Find
newyorker.com
Jared Kushner’s Dollar Diplomacy
Jared Kushner represents the kind of Washington figure for whom public office serves as a means to extraordinary wealth.
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StellinaGP @stellinagp.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
(no paywall)
newyorker.com
Jared Kushner’s Dollar Diplomacy
Jared Kushner represents the kind of Washington figure for whom public office serves as a means to extraordinary wealth.
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StellinaGP @stellinagp.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Donald Trump is preparing to supply $2.8 billion worth of bombs to Israel, The Washington Post reports. U.S. taxpayers will foot the bill.
rollingstone.com
Trump Is Reportedly Sending Israel $2.8 Billion in Bombs. You're Paying for Them
Donald Trump is preparing to supply $2.8 billion worth of bombs to Israel, The Washington Post reports. U.S. taxpayers will foot the bill.
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StellinaGP @stellinagp.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Jared Golden of Maine (not seeking re-election), and Marie Gluesenkamp Perez of Washington (seeking re-election) voted with Republicans to a series of GOP-led bills, including a resolution condemning socialism, that party leaders want to use to hammer Democrats on the campaign trail.
politico.com
2 House Democrats vote to salvage GOP agenda
Reps. Jared Golden and Marie Gluesenkamp Perez appeared to catch leaders of both parties by surprise.
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StellinaGP @stellinagp.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Now, t h a t ' s a title.
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PBS News @pbsnews.org · 16/09/2026
Voters and election officials have more clarity around mail-in voting ahead of the midterms. That came after the Supreme Court blocked the Trump administration from imposing new restrictions on mail ballots. to.pbs.org/4gUmIr9
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Election officials get mail-in voting clarity after Supreme Court decision
Voters and election officials have more clarity around mail-in voting ahead of the November midterms. That came after the Supreme Court blocked the Trump administration from imposing new restrictions ...
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StellinaGP @stellinagp.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
EPA will formally repeal carbon ​pollution standards for coal and gas-fired power plants. The latest climate rollback is expected to come as soon as today on the sidelines of the G20 ​energy ministers' meeting in Houston.
reuters.com
US EPA poised to repeal carbon standards for gas, coal power plants, Bloomberg News reports
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is poised to formally repeal carbon ​pollution standards for coal- and gas-fired power plants, ‌Bloomberg News reported on Sunday, citing people familiar with ...
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WyoFile @wyofile.com · 14/09/2026
The federal government broke environmental laws when it leased 179 square miles in Wyoming for oil and gas drilling, threatening already-diminished migrating big game herds, two conservation groups assert in a new lawsuit. Drilling advocates disagree. #wyomingnews #oilandgas #migrationroutes
wyofile.com
Oil and gas leases threaten big game migration routes, lawsuit claims - WyoFile
Energy development will kick Sublette pronghorn, Baggs mule deer and other wildlife while they’re down, conservationists assert.
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