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Molly White @molly.wiki · 24/07/2025
Sundog, a memecoin by crypto billionaire Justin Sun, just posted a meme depicting its mascot controlling the White House. Sun has spent (or will shortly spend) a total of $213 million on Trump-connected crypto projects.
Tweet screenshot: SunDog @SUNDOG_TRX You never truly know who’s pulling the strings… 🤫 [AI-generated image of a corgi dog with a collar depicting the Tron logo, paws raised above the White House, with strings attached to the paws like a marionette] 2:30 AM Jul 24, 2025
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think-spring.bsky.social @think-spring.bsky.social · 05/06/2025
I do wish Blue Sky had a dislike button.
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The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 04/06/2025
Earth will warm 1.5 degrees Celsius above preindustrial levels in just two years, new data shows. Irreversible tipping points — like the melting of Arctic ice sheets or the collapse of coral reefs — are closer at hand than previously believed.
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Earth is likely to cross a key climate threshold in two years
A new World Meteorological Organization report spells the end of the world’s most famous climate goal.
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Jeff Tiedrich @jefftiedrich.bsky.social · 04/06/2025
here's today's post: "no gay boat for the Navy, because what if it turns all the other boats gay" — we’re trapped in the dumbest possible timeline. thanks for reading, and please sign up for my daily newsletter so you never miss a post —
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no gay boat for the Navy, because what if it turns all the other boats gay
we’re trapped in the dumbest possible timeline
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think-spring.bsky.social @think-spring.bsky.social · 05/06/2025
😂
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 04/06/2025
A recent study found that for every $1 invested in the National Weather Service, it produces $73 in value to Americans. Not only is the NWS a life-saving government resource, it's actually quite efficient.
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Philadelphia Inquirer @inquirer.com · 04/06/2025
ICE agents have arrested nearly 20 immigrants in Norristown during the last two weeks, according to advocates who described an aggressive and ongoing enforcement campaign in the seat of Montgomery County.
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ICE arrests nearly 20 in Norristown as immigrant community prepares to confront Montco commissioners
As ICE moves aggressively in Norristown, Philly workers are warned of impending raids at the Italian Market. Immigrant advocates plan a Saturday protest.
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 21/05/2025
The dollar is lagging every G10 currency YTD. - Kevin Gordon $DXY
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Nature @nature.com · 21/05/2025
The papers all follow a similar template and make misleading claims go.nature.com/4kucwEH
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AI linked to explosion of low-quality biomedical research papers
Analysis flags hundreds of studies that seem to follow a template, reporting correlations between complex health conditions and single variables based on publicly available data sets.
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Kai Ryssdal @kairyssdal.bsky.social · 21/05/2025
Just to be clear, when/if someone says the reconciliation bill the GOP has been debating in the dark of night won’t add to the debt and deficit, that’s a knowing lie.
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think-spring.bsky.social @think-spring.bsky.social · 22/05/2025
Don't bother waiting on FEMA, they're not coming.
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ProTip (AKA alt_localgov) @protip.altgov.info · 21/05/2025
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two men are sitting at a table with the caption what would you say you do here ?
ALT: two men are sitting at a table with the caption what would you say you do here ?
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Nature @nature.com · 21/05/2025
Unemployed researchers face some tough career choices as they flood the job market after the Trump administration’s cuts to science go.nature.com/45hoe0T
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#OpenToWork: how laid-off US scientists are coping with shattered careers
Unemployed researchers face some tough career choices as they flood the job market after the Trump administration’s cuts to science.
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think-spring.bsky.social @think-spring.bsky.social · 20/05/2025
16 Dem votes for industry-friendly crypto bill with no brakes on corruption.
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think-spring.bsky.social @think-spring.bsky.social · 20/05/2025
Wow. Dems still voting for bad bills.
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Rise and Resist @riseandresist.bsky.social · 18/05/2025
At Central Library, Brooklyn A Trump exec order bans almost 300 words from being used by federal agencies, the military and any org that receives federal funds. These kinds of "editorial" decisions were popular in Germany in the early 30s. A running list can be found here: pen.org/banned-words...
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think-spring.bsky.social @think-spring.bsky.social · 18/05/2025
Visiting a park this year? Bring your own trash bag to help!
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Alt US Forest Service @altusfs.altgov.info · 18/05/2025
“‘There’s no way someone would be taking this action if they were aware of the risk to public safety this entails,’ said Rachel Granberg, a union representative for the National Federation of Federal Employees.”
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Pat O'Malley @pat3363.bsky.social · 14/05/2025
14th Amendment: "ALL PERSONS BORN or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the State wherein they reside...." It is not rocket science. It's reading at a fourth grade level.
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Comfortably Numb @numb.comfortab.ly · 15/05/2025
Times hasn't changed. It has always been full of crap bsky.app/profile/numb...
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 15/05/2025
I agree with @aoc.bsky.social. The math isn't adding up in the Republicans' "big, beautiful bill."
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Will Bunch @willbunch.bsky.social · 14/05/2025
They hide behind ski masks or balaclavas, wearing no badge, sloppy clothes. They threaten anyone who asks for ID or warrant with arrest, leave little kids alone in cars and push around 80-year-old congresswomen Why are ICE agents such cowardly wusses? My new column www.inquirer.com/columnists/a...
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Why are ICE agents such cowardly wusses? | Will Bunch Newsletter
Plus, how the Trump-Leo divide was born in the ‘80s.
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Rolling Stone @rollingstone.com · 14/05/2025
@delauro.house.gov, the House’s ranking Democrat overseeing funding for the nation’s health systems, breaks down how RFK Jr. is dismantling them.
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RFK Jr.'s Assault on America's Health Is Worse Than We Ever Imagined
Rep. Rosa DeLauro breaks down the terrifying pace at which Robert F. Kennedy's Jr. is dismantling America's health systems.
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 14/05/2025
White South African Racists? "Welcome to America!" Mexican Drug Dealers? "Welcome to America!" 4-year-old girl with cancer? "Get out of here!"
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Andrew Perez @andrewperez.bsky.social · 14/05/2025
Republicans are planning to finance their tax cuts for the rich by raising taxes on the poor, gutting Medicaid and food stamps, and raising health care costs. w/ @nikkimcr.bsky.social @rollingstone.com www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
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10 Terrible Policies in Trump and the GOP's Bill to Cut Taxes for the Rich
Donald Trump and the GOP's tax plan includes several provisions that benefit the rich and hurt the poor, while raising the national debt by trillions.
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think-spring.bsky.social @think-spring.bsky.social · 14/05/2025
Who are these sadistic ICE agents?
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think-spring.bsky.social @think-spring.bsky.social · 14/05/2025
Prepping for war in Europe
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ProTip (AKA alt_localgov) @protip.altgov.info · 14/05/2025
Remember when we felt all icky about arresting people for brazenly defying Congressional subpoenas, treason, and perjury? These m’f’k’rs don’t seem to share our noble sensibilities. Fascism is here, folks, and our leadership had better pull their heads out of their butts and fight.
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RogueResistanceKnitter 🥄🐸 @rogueresistknitter.bsky.social · 14/05/2025
I'm sure he'd have plenty to say if this was being offered to Biden.
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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 14/05/2025
The Chief Justice helped create this disaster. He needs to help fix it.
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Miss Cami @misscami.bsky.social · 13/05/2025
Remember when “Barack HUSSEIN Obama” was their terrifying Muslim boogeyman who would destroy democracy? Now they’re defending a $400 million floating palace for their cult leader, courtesy of Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani. They didn’t just break the word hypocrisy, they obliterated it.
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Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 13/05/2025
The man who wanted to ban all Muslims from entering the United States because of terrorism is meeting this week with the former head of Al Qaeda in Syria.
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Jamie Gangel @jamiegangel.bsky.social · 14/05/2025
New: “This is not a man who respects the rule of law, nor one who seeks to understand it.” Judge Luttig’s new piece on President Trump and “The End of Rule of Law in America” @judgeluttig.bsky.social www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
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The End of Rule of Law in America
The 47th president seems to wish he were king—and he is willing to destroy what is precious about this country to get what he wants.
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Anton Gerashchenko @antongerashchenko.bsky.social · 14/05/2025
French intelligence has released data on Russia's large-scale espionage and sabotage activities against France. A 16-page report titled "Russian Threats and Actions Against France" refers to cyberattacks, espionage, sabotage and attempts to influence political processes⤵️
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Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 11/05/2025
It's 2015. President Barack Obama has accepted a "sky palace" jumbo jet from the Qatari government, which he'll own after he leaves office. "Everybody relax," he says in an interview with the New York Times. Everyone does. The networks then televise the military parade in his honor on his birthday.
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 11/05/2025
Over 90% of NIOSH employees have received “reduction-in-force” letters, placing them on administrative leave ahead of permanent layoffs.
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 11/05/2025
Congress established NIOSH in 1970 under the Occupational Safety and Health Act to “assure as far as possible every working man and woman in the Nation safe and healthful working conditions and to preserve our human resources.”
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Christopher Mathias @letsgomathias.bsky.social · 09/05/2025
part of why white supremacists & the wider right have worked so hard to falsely frame immigration as an "invasion," & why it has manufactured propaganda about a "great replacement," is to create the pretext for precisely this: an authoritarian government that gets to decide who it gets to disappear
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Will Bunch @willbunch.bsky.social · 09/05/2025
How wild that the world's most disruptive political figure (Trump), its richest person (Musk), and its most prominent spiritual leader (Leo) all got their college degrees in and around Philly?
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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 09/05/2025
It shouldn't have to be said but if you're law enforcement and you have to cover up your face while doing your job, you are not the good guys in this situation.
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Josh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 09/05/2025
lol. she thinks it's a town lending library?
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Will Bunch @willbunch.bsky.social · 09/05/2025
Habemus papam but no habeas corpus??
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stephen fowler @stphnfwlr.com · 09/05/2025
One privacy advocate called the unprecedented data demands "absolutely alarming" and "reckless." Others warn the data could be used to enable deportation and mass surveillance efforts –– and would do little to address improper SNAP payments.
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USDA, DOGE demand states hand over personal data about food stamp recipients
The Department of Agriculture is demanding sensitive data from states about more than 40 million food stamp recipients, as DOGE is amassing data for immigration enforcement.
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think-spring.bsky.social @think-spring.bsky.social · 07/05/2025
Let them eat cake!
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Securely Built @securelybuilt.bsky.social · 15/04/2025
Where will the innovation come from when #grants to #universities are cut?
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Securely Built @securelybuilt.bsky.social · 21/04/2025
www.tomshardware.com/tech-industr...
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OpenAI spends millions to process polite phrases such as "Thank You" and "Please" with ChatGPT
Sam Altman considers it a worthwhile expense.
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Securely Built @securelybuilt.bsky.social · 07/05/2025
This should send shivers down the spine of anyone in the public sector that is charged with protecting critical data and systems. I just couldn't imagine being on the security team when this drops on you....Not going to lie, I'd probably pack my things that day.
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Whistleblower org says DOGE may have caused 'significant cyber breach' at US labor watchdog
A whistleblower complaint says that Elon Musk's team of technologists may have been responsible for a "significant cybersecurity breach," likely of sensitive case files, at America's federal labor watchdog.
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Josh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 06/05/2025
It's wild how many points he gets wrong and how many times he contradicts himself in like 30 seconds. you're privacy is assured; it's not private information. um okay.
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Schooley @schooley.bsky.social · 02/05/2025
Germany: Never again. USA: How about now?
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