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Semafor @semafor.com · 30/09/2026

Visitors to the US are on track to drop by almost two million year-on-year. “We’re the only major country in the world losing visitation,” the head of the US Travel Association said. “It’s mind-boggling.” www.semafor.com/article/09/2...

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Alex.LA.Dude @tardis75.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

I mean, boyfriends is one thing, but hookups, no way!

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Luca @lucagalletti.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Way to go Ireland!! 🇮🇪 👏👏👏👏 TT: @higovisuals

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 12/09/2026

damn, Natalie's bag just keep getting bigger and bigger #TravelWithNatalie (Reuters)

pic of Natalie boarding Marine One today in Ireland with a huge ass bag

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Nature Portfolio @natureportfolio.nature.com · 12/09/2026

As Nature Reviews Cancer marks its 25th anniversary, emerging researchers look ahead to the next 25 years, highlighting conceptual opportunities, identifying paradigms in need of re-evaluation and discussing the approaches they believe will most strongly shape the field. go.nature.com/4gLb5Tk 🧪

Text on a light background: "nature reviews cancer". A quote: "Cancer research is entering a period where technological advances are beginning to reshape not only what we can measure, but also the questions we should be asking." "nature portfolio" at the bottom right. Teal lines frame the top & bottom.

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David Blanchflower BSc @davidbflower.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

The Andromeda Galaxy (M31). 12 September 2026. 🔭 🧪 🎨 #astrophotography #SciArt #photography #StormHour #ThePhotoHour

The Andromeda galaxy at centre with galaxy M110 above.

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Vicky Veritas @vickyveritas.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Halite (salt) is one of the most powerful minerals on earth. The study of salt basins is called “salt tectonics.” 🧵 👇🏼 and be sure to vote halite! #MinCup26 ⚒️ sci-fi 🧪 🖖🏼 scifi Geosciences #WomenInSTEM geology #geosky #GIS 🍎 🪐 🔭 🌋 📚 🌿

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Nature Portfolio @natureportfolio.nature.com · 13/09/2026

Household air conditioning may avert more than 5,000 heat-related deaths in the US annually, according to research in Nature Health. go.nature.com/3Syh3xz 🧪

This is figure 1, which shows a map of temperature and household AC usage in the CONUS.

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Michael Clemens @mclem.org · 13/09/2026

You might ask: How can ICE levy a tax? What law gives legal authority for that? No law does; it is an illegal action. That is why the forthcoming proposed rule calls it a 'fee', which it certainly is not. I explain why on pages 5 and A-10, here—> www.rfberlin.com/network-pape...

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Taxes on High-Skill Immigration: Demand and Supply Response in the International Student-OPT-Work Visa Pipeline

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Michael Clemens @mclem.org · 13/09/2026

This will devastate our research+innovation capacity, bedrock of the 21st century economy. 35% of *all* employed people in the US with STEM PhD degrees are both foreign-born *and* graduated from a US university. —> nap.nationalacademies.org/resource/292... Shutting them out is extremist folly.

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Michael Clemens @mclem.org · 13/09/2026

Note that this is separate from and additional to the $100,000 tax on H-1B visas, which is the next step after OPT for about half of international students who want to stay and contribute to the US. The combined effect will be to make it practically impossible for most int'l students to stay.

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Fee for Certain H-1B Petitions

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) proposes to establish a $103,265 fee, payable at the time of filing, for all H-1B cap-subject petitions, including those eligible for the advanced degree exem...

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Michael Clemens @mclem.org · 12/09/2026

This new, shocking action by the US Administration just one part of a portfolio of severe taxes and restrictions on high-skill immigration to the United States. The resulting blow to our ability to attract global talent, and thus for the US economy to innovate & grow, will be terrible & permanent.

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Michael Clemens @mclem.org · 12/09/2026

The US President's new proposal to tax international students has been approved by the White House for release this week. It's an unprecedented $100,000 tax on int'l grads who stay to work after graduation on Optional Practical Training (most grads do), a crucial bridge to remaining by any channel.

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Ryan Comes @rbcomes.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Absolutely devastating for US research and for the thousands of students who will be harmed by this policy. ⚛️🧪

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Pete Buttigieg @petebuttigieg.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

On a recent trip, I got to talking with a young officer, newly commissioned from one of our military academies. He shared how Washington politics is impacting his choice to serve in the military. It's a conversation that’s stuck with me - and I want you to hear what he had to say.

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The Obama Foundation @obamafoundation.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Today we announce the 35 visionaries joining the Obama Foundation Africa Leaders cohort this year — in government, business, and civil society — all with a shared commitment of creating positive, sustainable change in their communities, regions and around the world.

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Pete Buttigieg @petebuttigieg.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Thank you to the @steelworkers.bsky.social for welcoming me into your headquarters over Labor Day Weekend! I appreciate your hospitality - and the phenomenal organizing that you have been doing across the country.

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Just ‘Steve’ 💙 @steveplou.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

When everything you do is a knee-jerk reaction with no thought or consideration of the consequences of your actions.

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Michael Hobbes @michaelhobbes.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

A 76-year-old green card holder with stage 4 cancer was arrested at his citizenship application interview and has been held by ICE for two months. www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...

Loreto Javar, a green card holder who’s lived in the United States for over three decades and is being treated for Stage 4 prostate cancer, has been held at the Northwest ICE Processing Center in Tacoma for more than two months.

A 76-year-old retired hotel worker who lives in Fife with his wife and daughter, Javar was detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials June 23 during an interview for his U.S. citizenship application in Tukwila. He was receiving ongoing cancer treatment when he was taken into ICE custody, his family said, and has missed several medical appointments since his arrest.

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Jeff in shades @jalan-jeff.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

I’m sure ,secretly they think it was. a terrible decision. But, not a single one of them has the courage or the conviction to say anything out loud. All these chest beating, gun fondling, war mongering old farts are soooo afraid of him they remain silent.

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glscienze.bsky.social @glscienze.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

Someone told me it was because they need to repair the seawall, and I better look up my information more carefully. Trees are a 100 yrs old & the wall just needs to be repaired the same time Pedoführer wants a golf course. I thought they dug up auspicious trees to replant them after work.

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Theresa McLeod @westtexascatlady.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

So much truth here! 😢

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El Howieson @elhowieson.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

👍🏽👍🏽👍🏽

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Brian Tyler Cohen @briantylercohen.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

"I actually think this is a very instructive thing that Trump is doing by trying to rename Lake Ontario into Lake America, because everybody can see—left, right, and center—that this is not important, that this is just one more vanity project that Trump is engaging in.” @aliciamenendez.bsky.social

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The Obama Foundation @obamafoundation.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

Happy Tan Suit Day from the Obama Presidential Center!

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Brian Tyler Cohen @briantylercohen.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

How it started vs. how it’s going.

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David M Willis! @damnyouwillis.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

the most unrealistic part of Brand New Day was that cop who said he loves Spider-Man

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Pete Buttigieg @petebuttigieg.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

Republicans are losing because they can't run on their record. They can't run on covering up the Epstein files. They can't run on cutting Medicaid. They can't run on stripping SNAP or imposing tariffs. Americans see what is happening - and we are hungry for change.

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Jack Hopkins-The Original @therealjackhopkins.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

When the order came to abandon ship, Doris Miller didn't. He stayed and pulled men out of burning water. He was 24 when he was killed. www.JackHopkinsNow.com

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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

Shapiro: When he sits behind the desk in the Oval Office, making $2.2 billion off his corruption for him and his kids, it costs you money. When he sits behind that desk, he’s not thinking about how to put money in your pocket. He’s thinking about how to put money in his own pocket.

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M Meerkat @kackbro.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

END CITIZENS UNITED.......

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Do Not Obey. We are Democracy. @zangerliberia.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

Ignore the Media & the polls. Once your state's primary is over, go w the Dem winner & do everything you can to help your blue candidates win big this November Vote like your life depends on it. Our country's life too.

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Brian Tyler Cohen @briantylercohen.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

Take Marc’s advice!

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The Lincoln Project @lincolnproject.us · 05/08/2026

Democrats regaining power doesn't suddenly fix this mess. They need a playbook, and Brian Tyler Cohen has one. Watch here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=pOHvPZHlmP8…

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Bill Keel @ngc3314.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

With a total solar eclipse coming up, this may be useful for first-time eclipse photographers (albeit dating from the era of film). How the corona looks at various exposure levels. I always bracket widely even with a digital SLR.

Montage of total-eclipse photographs at various exposure levels, from 1/200 second at f/22 showing prominences to 1/2 second at f/6.3 showing the outer corona and deep blue sky. All at ISO 160.

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🇺🇦Noelle🇺🇦Dem Good @ Everything. DeICE America @nreveillee.bsky.social · 09/08/2026

#ResistanceUnited #ONEV1 President Biden's cancer has spread to his bones. That is very painful.😪 Open letter to President Biden: (you can send one at joebiden.com/contact/ Dear President Biden, You have always been one of my favorite Senators and Presidents.

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The Office of Joe and Jill Biden

The office of Joe and Jill Biden

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