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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
This serves as advertisement for Alex Gibney’s documentary, Musk, opening October 9. Pass it on.
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The Major Social Media Platforms Are All Rejecting Paid Ads for Alex Gibney’s ‘Musk’ (Exclusive)
YouTube, TikTok and Meta have all turned down the trailer for the Oct. 9 doc, citing “political” content. X won't even take Bleecker Street's calls. The distributor is appealing.
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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
They did what?!
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Disabled United Passenger Speaks Out After She Was Left Stranded And Locked In Jet Bridge After Landing In Canada
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
The amount of Amazon workers relying on SNAP and Medicaid has nearly tripled since 2020 — while Amazon’s annual profits soared by over 550%. It’s the same story everywhere: corporate profits are at record highs, while workers’ share of the economy is at a record low. We must unrig the system.
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Wajahat Ali @wajali.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
CENTRISTS, BABY! www.politico.com/news/2026/09...
politico.com
Rebel Democrats again help House GOP advance floor agenda
It’s the second time in three weeks that Reps. Marie Gluesenkamp Perez and Jared Golden backed a Republican “rule.”
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 16/09/2026
Nailed it as always, sir
Screenshot of a Wall Street Journal opinion column by Peter Navarro, published March 12, 2026, headlined “Iran War Will Lower Energy Prices,” with the subheadline: “The risk of regime violence has long been baked into the global price of oil and gas—and everything else.”
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Darth Putin @darthputinkgb.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
You'd think the fact that the son of the President of the "party of family values" 2nd marriage is to the daughter of Epstein's banker and it was funded by a Rusisan oligarch involved in the mass kidnap of Ukrainian kids during a KGB agent's illegal war Would be bigger news..
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FT Edit @ftedit.ft.com · 16/09/2026
America’s ultra-rich are overwhelmingly backing Donald Trump’s Republicans in this year’s midterms, with 16 of the country’s 20 biggest donors ploughing the best part of $1bn into the campaign. These elites “have an outsized effect”, said an analyst. Read the story on #FTEdit 👉 ft.trib.al/obGUcrq
Bar chart showing the biggest US political donors in the 2025-26 election cycle. George Soros leads with $102mn supporting Democrats, while most other top donors shown support Republicans. Marc Andreessen and Ben Horowitz gave $96.2mn, Jeff Yass $91.3mn and Elon Musk $90.5mn.
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Anna Lind-Guzik @alindguzik.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
CBS takeover failed, gas prices astronomical, food prices correspondingly astronomical, AI backlash growing, Iran war total quagmire. The only success this admin has had is protecting sexual abusers from accountability and making bank from crypto schemes.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
I had the great fortune of having many wonderful teachers throughout my years as a student. I think about them often — especially this time of year. Let me tell you about one teacher in particular who changed my life forever. Mrs. Alice Camp.
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Prem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Israel just killed a 4-year-old. It's targeting people flying kites. Israeli terrorists are besieging an Ohio man's home. And instead of doing anything about that, the machine is going full-court press on a guy who said it's dangerous to conflate Jewish people with this behavior.
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Public Citizen @publiccitizen.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Fork found in kitchen.
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 27/08/2026
El Niño climate patterns supercharged by burning of fossil fuels, study finds
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El Niño climate patterns supercharged by burning of fossil fuels, study finds
‘Godzilla’ event currently brewing could push 50 million people into acute hunger before the end of next year A series of strong El Niño climatic patterns in recent decades, such as the “Godzilla” event currently brewing that is set to warp weather around the world, have been supercharged by the broader overheating of the planet caused by the burning of fossil fuels, a major new study has found. El Niño is a naturally occurring phenomenon, taking place every two to seven years, when the waters of the eastern tropical Pacific Ocean heat up, causing a cascade of impacts around the world. The latest developing El Niño, set to peak later this year, is set to be the strongest in living memory and has been informally dubbed a “Godzilla” event. Continue reading...
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
At the 100 lowest-paying major corporations — including Walmart, DoorDash, and Amazon — CEO pay averaged $17.5M in 2025. Median worker pay was just $36,571, a ratio of 614 to 1. Those same 100 companies spent $108.6B on stock buybacks last year. How can anyone defend this?
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Dr. Jonathan Foley @globalecoguy.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
So they’re trying to rename Lake Ontario to “Lake America” now? 🙄 Let me guess… It will be full of green pond scum and have a peeling blue liner within weeks, right?
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Zeteo @zeteo.com · 28/08/2026
Israel is now stopping children in Gaza from even flying kites. Israel announced it would strike areas where kites are flown and force residents from their homes. @premthakker.bsky.social breaks down the psychological war being waged against Gaza’s children. Subscribe to zeteo.com
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 07/08/2026
In interviews with The New York Times, more than 20 activists described beatings, electric shocks and other abuse after being captured by Israel for trying to break its blockade of Gaza to bring food and aid into the territory. Israel denied the accusations.
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Seized on Their Way to Gaza, Activists Tell of Abuse in Israeli Custody
In interviews, more than 20 people who tried to break an Israeli blockade described beatings, electric shocks and other abuse after being captured. Israel denied the accusations.
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Prem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
BREAKING: An 82-year-old American has been left bleeding from his head after Israeli soldiers flashbanged him in the village of Turmusayya, in the West Bank. Soldiers then confiscated bystander phones and deleted footage of the incident. Trump just welcomed Netanyahu for the eighth time.
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Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 28/06/2026
"The Treatment of Iran’s World Cup Team Exposed the West's and FIFA's Double Standards" Iran’s football captain was asked about LGBT rights. So, why then wasn’t the U.S. team captain asked about the U.S. bombing of the girls' school in Minab, asks Fatima Bhutto for Zeteo?
zeteo.com
The Treatment of Iran’s World Cup Team Exposed the West's and FIFA's Double Standards
Iran’s football captain was asked about LGBT rights. So, why then wasn’t the U.S. team captain asked about the U.S. bombing of the girls' school in Minab?
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Zeteo @zeteo.com · 29/06/2026
A 3-Day-Old Baby. An IT Student. A Missing Father. Three Stories That Show the True Cost of Trump’s War on Iran: zeteo.com/p/trump-iran...
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A 3-Day-Old Baby. An IT Student. A Missing Father. Three Stories That Show the True Cost of Trump’s War on Iran
While there is much talk of who ‘won’ and who ‘lost,’ it’s always the people who did not choose war who pay the ultimate price.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
Prime Day reminder that Amazon... -Helps fuel ICE's deportations -Gave $1M to Trump's inauguration -Scrapped plans to display tariff costs after pressure from Trump -Shelled out $75M for the Melania doc -Donated to Trump's ballroom -Wants to reboot The Apprentice w/ Don Jr
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Katharine Hayhoe @katharinehayhoe.com · 23/06/2026
We have a new entry in the climate dictionary under “irony”
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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 20/06/2026
Who attacks a turtle sanctuary?
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Israeli attack kills famed turtle sanctuary ecologist in Lebanon
Mona Khalil led decades-long effort to protect nesting site for turtles near her home in south of the country
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Wajahat Ali @wajali.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
I think this should be bigger news. www.wired.com/story/leak-e...
wired.com
Leak Exposes Members of Peter Thiel’s Secretive ‘Dialog’ Society
More than 200 of the world's elites registered for a retreat whose agenda runs from panels on cult-building and sex to prepping for World War III. An associated app offers matchmaking.
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The American Prospect @prospect.org · 15/06/2026
The Trump administration is targeting immigrant children who have been victims of abuse, neglect, or abandonment for rapid deportation, using new raids on schools and legal clinics alongside bureaucratic moves to strip protections. prospect.org?p=139793
Protesters gather outside the South Texas Family Residential Center
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The Onion @theonion.com · 11/06/2026
“We’re not allowed to take breaks of any kind,” one Amazon worker said on the condition of anonymity, claiming that human chess pieces are expected to stand motionless for more than eight hours at a time on the board’s three-by-three-foot squares.
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Amazon Employees Detail Inhumane Working Conditions On Bezos’ Human Chessboard
MIAMI—In an official filing with the U.S. Department of Labor, Amazon employees alleged Monday that they had been exposed to inhumane working conditions while staffing the human chessboard that execut...
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Peter Gleick @petergleick.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
The New York Times confirms what appears to be a US attack on two Iranian #water systems with precision bombs. Intentional attacks on civilian water systems is a war crime under the 1977 Geneva Convention Protocols and related international laws. www.nytimes.com/2026/06/10/w...
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Analysis of Satellite Image and Videos Suggest Precision U.S. Strikes on Iranian Water Facility
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Nicholas Weaver @ncweaver.skerry-tech.com · 11/06/2026
Terry Pratchett did:
“Do you understand what I'm saying?"
shouted Moist. "You can't just go around killing people!"
"Why Not? You Do." The golem lowered his arm.
"What?" snapped Moist. "I do not! Who told you that?"
"I Worked It Out. You Have Killed Two Point Three Three Eight People," said the golem calmly.
"I have never laid a finger on anyone in my life, Mr Pump. I may be–– all the things you know I am, but I am not a killer! I have never so much as drawn a sword!"
"No, You Have Not. But You Have Stolen, Embezzled, Defrauded And Swindled Without Discrimination, Mr Lipvig. You Have Ruined Businesses And Destroyed Jobs. When Banks Fail, It Is Seldom Bankers Who Starve. Your Actions Have Taken Money From Those Who Had Little Enough To Begin With. In A Myriad Small Ways You Have Hastened The Deaths Of Many. You Do Not Know Them. You Did Not See Them Bleed. But You Snatched Bread From Their Mouths And Tore Clothes From Their Backs. For Sport, Mr Lipvig. For Sport. For The Joy Of The Game.”
― Terry Pratchett, Going Postal
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Larry Tansey @larrytansey.bsky.social · 28/05/2026
WTF!
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Naomi Klein @naomiaklein.bsky.social · 28/05/2026
Tech oligarchs have spent 3 years screaming that their plan is to win the race to AGI, which they define as the point when machines replace the vast majority of human economic activity. They just figured out that we could hear them. Bit late, Jensen Huang. www.channelnewsasia.com/business/ceo...
channelnewsasia.com
'Lazy' narrative to connect AI to job cuts, says Nvidia boss Jensen Huang
"If you don't engage the technology of your time, you'll just simply be left behind," Mr Huang told CNA's Victoria Jen in a wide-ranging interview.
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Faine Greenwood @faineg.com · 23/05/2026
The Arlington National Cemetery Memorial apparently has deleted references and information on everyone interred there who wasn’t a white straight man from their database - attempting to sweep their existence under the rug. My thoughts on this obscenity cannot legally be shared on this platform.
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Missing in Action: Women Service Members “Delisted” from Arlington National Cemetery Website
When visiting Arlington National Cemetery this Memorial Day you won’t find Purple Heart recipient Nicole Leanne Gee, U.S. Marine Corps (1998-2021) on it’s website despite being interred there and…
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Zeteo @zeteo.com · 22/05/2026
Israeli forces allegedly used US-made weapons on Gaza aid flotilla activists. Just out from Israeli detention, journalist Alex Colston, tells @premthakker.bsky.social how Israeli forces tortured him, fellow journalists, and activists on the Global Sumud Flotilla. Watch: zeteo.com/p/inside-isr...
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Coko @coko.bsky.social · 23/05/2026
That part
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Zeteo @zeteo.com · 15/05/2026
Israel wants to sue the New York Times over its story on rape against Palestinians. Earlier, Israeli soldiers were caught sexually abusing a Palestinian detainee. Israelis rioted in protest of their arrest. Their charges were dropped. @premthakker.bsky.social broke it down. 🔗: zeteo.com/subscribe
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Brian Finucane @bcfinucane.bsky.social · 27/04/2026
The lawless slaughter at sea continues. More than 6 months into this make believe armed conflict, the Trump admin still won’t disclose who these “Designated Terrorist Organizations” are. The armed conflict is fake, but the killing is real. There’s a word for premeditated killing outside of war.
On April 26, at the direction of #SOUTHCOM commander Gen. Francis L. Donovan, Joint Task Force Southern Spear conducted a lethal kinetic strike on a vessel operated by Designated Terrorist Organizations. Intelligence confirmed the vessel was transiting along known narco-trafficking routes in the Eastern Pacific and was engaged in narco-trafficking operations. Three male narco-terrorists were killed during this action. No U.S. military forces were harmed. 
@DeptofWar
 #OpSouthernSpear
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Sean Casten @seancasten.bsky.social · 27/04/2026
This is a good time to re-read the decision in Carroll v. Trump.
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Dan Froomkin/Press Watch/Heads Up News @froomkin.bsky.social · 27/04/2026
Trump blames eight million people for last night’s attack.
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Dr Adam Levy @climateadam.bsky.social · 27/04/2026
After all this time, all this history, I still struggle with such a basic question: How can you compel people to destroy people's lives and livelihoods, while convincing them that they're doing good?
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mtsw @mtsw.bsky.social · 10/04/2026
Contrary to public perception a huge % of pregnant teenagers in the 1990s were impregnated by adult men. The younger they were, the larger the average age gap between mother and father was. Fixing teen pregnancy was in part a clampdown on statutory rape. That's what conservatives want to reverse.
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Michael Battalio @battalio.com · 11/04/2026
Dems must develop specific plans to return prestige and safety to civil servant scientist positions, or people aren't coming back. Codified protections with clear recourse when violated, hiring-decision review boards appointed from the legislature rather than exec, pay increases to GS scale, & more.
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Zeteo @zeteo.com · 11/04/2026
“The entire time I was literally mentally and physically tortured.” Palestinian former ICE detainee Leqaa Kordia tells @mehdirhasan.bsky.social what it was like to be locked up in Texas without rights, including the right to practice her religion freely for a year. Watch: zeteo.com/p/leqaa-kord...
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Dr. Jonathan Foley @globalecoguy.bsky.social · 10/04/2026
A lot of people are trying to sell the world their favorite climate solution. But how can you tell if the proposed solution makes sense? How do you avoid hype, greenwashing, or just plain bad ideas? Check out the Drawdown Explorer.
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A.R. Moxon @juliusgoat.bsky.social · 11/04/2026
At a certain point of wealth, what is being pursued seems not to be wealth, but the ability to make other people suffer. What's being pursued is immunity from human decency; the ability and even the right to be depraved with impunity. They get off on the suffering. www.the-reframe.com/where-it-ends/
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Where It Ends
Answering the enabler's constant question, and contemplating the depraved depths of the billionaire mindset.
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Dr. Sandra Steingraber 🏳️‍🌈 @ssteingraber1.bsky.social · 11/04/2026
Meanwhile the Dem governor of NYS —which has roughly the same GDP as the nation state of Canada—is busy gutting our state climate law, doing the gas industry’s bidding, deepening fossil fuel dependency, and calling herself a climate realist. @governor.ny.gov
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Zeteo @zeteo.com · 11/04/2026
This week in Palestine: - Hamas Says It Will Not Disarm - Israeli Forces Beat 68-Year-Old Woman To Death - Israel Kills Another Al Jazeera Journalist Read Zeteo's weekly round-up of the stories you may have missed out of occupied Gaza and the West Bank: zeteo.com/p/this-week-...
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Wajahat Ali @wajali.bsky.social · 12/04/2026
me.mashable.com/tech/69641/y...
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YouTube bans Pro-Iran channel that mocked Donald Trump using viral lego videos
The ban came after a video linking Trump to Epstein files.
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The American Prospect @prospect.org · 28/03/2026
Meta has been found liable in court for negligence twice this week, indicating that people have come to hate social media, even if they’re heavy users of it.
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Social Media’s Endgame Moment - The American Prospect
Even users don’t like it. So when you ask juries to render verdicts, they’re inclined to punish the platforms.
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Zeteo @zeteo.com · 28/03/2026
This Week in Palestine: Israeli Forces Allegedly Torture Gaza Toddler to Force His Father to Confess Zeteo's weekly round-up of the stories you may have missed out of occupied Gaza and the West Bank, as Israel continues its genocidal war and apartheid policies. Read now: zeteo.com/p/this-week-...
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This Week in Palestine: Israeli Forces Allegedly Torture Gaza Toddler to Force His Father to Confess
Zeteo's weekly round-up of the stories you may have missed out of occupied Gaza and the West Bank, as Israel continues its genocidal war and apartheid policies.
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The Onion @theonion.com · 28/03/2026
MAGA Voter Claims She Loves High Gas Prices theonion.com/maga-voter-claims-she-…
MAGA Voter Claims She Loves High Gas Prices
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Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 28/03/2026
Cory Booker, Ruben Gallego and Elissa Slotkin all say they won’t go on Hasan Piker’s show. But they’ve all been on Bill Maher, who says Islam is like “the mafia”, the Muslim world has “too much in common” with ISIS, Muslims bring “desert stuff” to the west, and has also used the N word on his show
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Prem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · 29/03/2026
What a saga: Candidate Effie Phillips-Staley visited Palestine — where Israeli settlers harassed her, a priest, and Jewish activists. Democratic officials then attacked *her.* Now, more officials — citing Mallory McMorrow’s comments about Hasan Piker — are attacking her for going on his show.
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