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Leah McElrath @leahmcelrath.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Trump’s Truth Social account celebrated the success of the fascist AfD party in Germany:

Donald J. Trump @realDonaldTrump
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Tanuj Deora @tanujdeora.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Amy and I were feel a touch nostalgic after dropping on of the kiddoes off at college, so after dinner we hit the Cantab. Lo and behold, it was Sunday night open mike!

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Chris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 25/07/2026

What an abomination.

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Tanuj Deora @tanujdeora.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

apple.news/ACRCA_4V1QMe... Manslaughter, huh? Seems disconnected from the details as written in the article. I used to live and work in Brazos County. Definitely a very real intersection of cyclists and knuckle draggers in big trucks. RIP to another one.

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US boxer Hannah Rapp struck and killed by driver while cycling, police say — Guardian US

Investigators arrest 31-year-old man identified as Charles Medina in connection with death of Rapp who was 26

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Democrats @democrats.org · 14/06/2026

One year ago today, Minnesota Speaker Emerita Melissa Hortman and her husband Mark were senselessly murdered in an act of political violence. In their memory, we recommit ourselves to the values that Melissa and Mark exemplified: building a kinder, more just, and loving world.

A graphic featuring an image of Minnesota Speaker Emerita Melissa Hortman and her husband Mark. Text on screen reads, "Remembering Melissa and Mark Hortman."

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Tanuj Deora @tanujdeora.bsky.social · 22/05/2026

So far this year: The Record Company Bruce Springsteen The Old 97s Fishbone Bruno Marrs Momma Courtney Barnett The New Pornographers (last night!) And coming up, seeing once again: Foo Fighters Rush

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Emma Jacobs @emmavj.bsky.social · 22/05/2026

Introduce yourself with 10 bands/musicians you've seen live! Prince Kendrick Lamar/Sza Tyler the creator Obongjayar Tricky FKA twigs Skinny Pelembe Beyoncé Joan As policewoman Bucks Fizz

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Tanuj Deora @tanujdeora.bsky.social · 02/05/2026

Silicon Valley Veep Slow Horse The Boys The Office Parks and Rec The Expanse Lovecraft Country The Handmaid’s Tale Firefly Peaky Blinders A Series of Unfortunate Events Andor Loki Galavant

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Tanuj Deora @tanujdeora.bsky.social · 02/05/2026

A small part of me wishes (hopes?) that these letters to Costco Connections magazine are real…

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Tanuj Deora @tanujdeora.bsky.social · 30/04/2026

$25b for 2 months of military action that has done nothing other than kill a few thousand folks and put a defacto tax on consumers worldwide on the order of $4b a day. So…around $3T

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Tanuj Deora @tanujdeora.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

Wowza hadn’t thought of this before…

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Tanuj Deora @tanujdeora.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

Been on a nice little run of some great live music - Springsteen in Minnesota last month, The Last 5 Years in NYC, Old 97s & Fishbone this month in DC, and Bruno Mars & Courtney Barnett coming up in the next couple weeks. I might make it to one mike on Sunday to put a little bit out there myself!

Bruce Springsteen at the Target Center in Minneapolis

The Last Five Years at Radio City Music Hall

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D. Earl Stephens @dearlstephens.bsky.social · 27/04/2026

📌Barack Obama was targeted 11 times in assassination attempts during this two terms. I bet you don't remember any of them because they were handled through proper channels, professionally, and he isn't a whiny bitch.

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Mel Buer @melbuer.bsky.social · 26/04/2026

Idk man, I think the journalists who have been traumatized the most were not sitting in that room tonight. The feds gassed the shit out of us, knocked us over, sent in the local PD to harass, detain, and hurt us, shot a teenaged photographer in the face and he lost an eye, and that's just in LA

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Ed Burmila @edburmila.bsky.social · 14/04/2026

Again: for any big liberal donor who wants to funnel millions into fixing this country's politics, the ROI on buying any struggling paper and simply tasking it with doing real reporting on local news is vastly higher than the same $$ given to some group that does mass ad buys every election year.

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Kai Ryssdal @kairyssdal.bsky.social · 08/04/2026

12 ships x $2 million per = $24 million dollars. A day. To Iran. The Strait was open -- and free -- until Feb 28th

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Mark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 08/04/2026

🚨 Not-Quite-Breaking-News 🚨 Trump's Apocalypse Called Off #WWIIIpostpomed_4now 💥

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Brandon Friedman @brandonfriedman.bsky.social · 08/04/2026

The famous Andor line is that "tyranny requires constant effort. It breaks, it leaks. Authority is brittle." Here is a perfect example of that through malicious compliance: Idaho forced the city of Boise to remove its Pride flags. So the city painted rainbows everywhere else.

idahostatesman.com

Boise took its Pride flag down. But new art has popped up at City Hall. What it cost

“The flag is not our only form of expression,” a Council Member previously said.

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Kai Ryssdal @kairyssdal.bsky.social · 06/04/2026

Are you absolutely kidding me? Pocket squares and pins? Read. The. Damn. Room.

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NY Times Pitchbot @nytpitchbot.bsky.social · 04/04/2026

I have accepted Jesus Christ as my personal savior. Here's why I still believe in an eye for an eye even though He explicitly rejects it.

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University of Minnesota School of Nursing @umnnursing.bsky.social · 01/04/2026

After taking time to connect with the Pretti family and with their consent, we are honored to share that we have created the Alex Pretti Nursing Scholarship. For those interested, you can learn more and make a gift here: crowdfund.umn.edu/campaigns/Al...

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Tanuj Deora @tanujdeora.bsky.social · 01/04/2026

Fun night in the middle of a big week.

Bruce Springsteen in concert In Minneapolis March 31, 2026

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CM Janeese Lewis George @cmlewisgeorgew4.bsky.social · 21/03/2026

Below is my letter to the NPS National Capital Area Regional Director:

Letterhead from Councilmember Janeese Lewis George

Jennifer Takouhi Nersesian
Regional Director
National Capital Area
National Park Service
1100 Ohio Drive, SW
Washington, DC 20242

March 20, 2026
Dear Director Nersesian,

I am deeply concerned by reports that the National Park Service plans to start removing the protected bike lane that runs along 15th Street NW between Constitution Avenue south to the Tidal Basin - and especially dismayed at the decision to do so during the height of the cherry blossom season and tourism to our beautiful city.

The removal of the protected bike lane will disrupt traffic and add to congestion in this high-traffic area. An evaluation by the District Department of Transportatior ("DDOT") found that the 2021 installation of the lane has made the corridor more efficient for motorists, resulting in decreased vehicle traveling times during peak hours in both the northbound and southbound directions.

The 15" Street protected bike lane also led to increased safety for both vehicles and cyclists, leading to a 69% reduction in bicycle crashes, a 46% reduction in roadway crashes, and a 25% reduction in podestrian crashes.

Protected bike lane is a common-sense strategy to ensure safety and efficiency along this highly trafficked corridor. But it's not just District residents who will be negatively impacted if this bike lane is removed - it is heavily utilized by tourists from all 50 states. Small businesses that provide rentals and tours have reported that thousands of visitors utilize the lane cach week and would be less safe as they navigate the road alongside 2 or 3-ton vehicles.

The data speaks for itself. Removing protected bike lanes doesn't alleviate congestion - it will cause more of it as accidents increase. I urge you to reconsider the decision to remove the bike lane along this vital corridor.

In service,
Janeese Lewis George
Councilmember, Ward 4

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 18/03/2026

He was certainly afraid of Vietnam-style combat in Vietnam.

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 12/03/2026

Watch this clip. Professors will recognize this kid as the student who didn't do the reading but still has very strong opinions about how it's all "bullshit," except this time he's not the callow student who's going to fail your course, he's the reviewer who's going to cancel your grant.

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Dropped Mike @rebrafsim.bsky.social · 15/03/2025

me: if z is the length of a slice and a is the area of the pie, then pi(zz)=a PhD advisor: this is what you’ve been working on for three and a half years?

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Richard Waite @waiterich.bsky.social · 14/03/2026

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Terrible Maps @terriblemapshq.bsky.social · 12/03/2026

If we could just raise sea levels by 150 meters we get a backup Strait of Hormuz

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 10/03/2026

WATCH — @jamestalarico.bsky.social : “Every dollar we spend bombing people in the Middle East is one we’re not spending here at home. We’re always told we don’t have enough money for schools or healthcare or for veterans, but there’s always enough to bomb people on the other side of the world.”

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Tanuj Deora @tanujdeora.bsky.social · 07/03/2026

Wasn’t sure what to make of _Train_Dreams_ going in but man that is a fine movie that is both beautiful and with a beautiful point.

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Thor Benson @thorbenson.bsky.social · 07/03/2026

I think the secretary of defense should not be a psychopath

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Sean Casten @seancasten.bsky.social · 04/03/2026

There is no better way to insulate yourself from global oil & gas price volatility than to invest in technologies that generate useful heat & power without any oil & gas input. The Trump WH attack on renewables is a direct attack on your economic security.

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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 02/03/2026

Not only *did* they start this war, they have no idea how to finish it.

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Tanuj Deora @tanujdeora.bsky.social · 01/03/2026

And a little bit of my team’s work snuck in there as well as it turns out :)

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Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 28/02/2026

I can't fucking believe we're doing this again.

This War Will Destabilize The Entire Mideast Region And Set Off A Global Shockwave Of Anti-Americanism vs. No It Won’t

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John Smillie @johnsmillie42.bsky.social · 27/02/2026

Arguably, killing the coal industry would fall under their fiduciary duty to their investors, given the massive costs it imposes on everything else.

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Commercial Solar Guy @commercialsolarguy.com · 25/02/2026

Costs that will 100% be covered via electricity rates. ‘Trump administration’s shutdown of Dominion Energy’s 2600MW Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind project cost the developer $228m…administration’s tariffs could cost the project $580m, remains unclear impact of last week’s Supreme Court ruling’

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Tanuj Deora @tanujdeora.bsky.social · 25/02/2026

Love it! And love to get to be a teeny tiny part of it!

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Justin Mikulka @justinmikulka.bsky.social · 24/02/2026

While we are all told that we MUST USE natural gas to power data centers, Google is building out data centers powered by solar wind and storage. And if you don't know, the 100 hour battery system supporting this project uses....iron and air to store energy. Gas is the past.

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Google to deploy world’s largest iron-air battery for Minnesota data center

The 300 MW / 30 GWh multi-day storage system from Form Energy will be paired with 1.6 GW of new renewables to facilitate Google’s 24/7 carbon-free energy goals.

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Tanuj Deora @tanujdeora.bsky.social · 22/02/2026

10/10 no notes. I don’t agree with all Rep Ocasio Cortez ‘s politics by a good bit but there is no doubt she is a thoughtful, highly intelligent human being and we are better off for having her voice in Congress; those that her slander her reveal much about their character not hers.

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Tanuj Deora @tanujdeora.bsky.social · 22/02/2026

Exhibit A why engineers aren’t allowed to run things. (Recovering engineering myself.)

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Claire E. Aubin @ceaubin.com · 19/02/2026

Hey! Scholars! If you're using someone's work in your class, sometimes it's nice to email them and tell them, because then they might feel good about their research instead of entirely crushed by the academic humanities' ongoing descent into the grave

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Tanuj Deora @tanujdeora.bsky.social · 21/02/2026

$500 for each and every single one of us. Family of four? $2000. Illegally taken from us by the US Federal Government. Treasury Secretary is “good luck with getting that back.”

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Costa Samaras @costasamaras.com · 20/02/2026

Pure joy

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Seth Cotlar @sethcotlar.bsky.social · 14/02/2026

Democracy is when voters choose their leaders. Autocracy is when leaders choose their voters.

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