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Thomas Finan, PhD, FSA

@tjfinan.org
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Archaeologist, historian, and professor at Saint Louis University. Director of Kilteasheen, Rockingham Moated Site, and the Rock of Lough Key excavations in County Roscommon, Ireland...the best county in Ireland. www.tjfinan.org

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
CEO-to-worker pay ratio in 1965: 20-1 CEO-to-worker pay ratio in 1990: 75-1 CEO-to-worker pay ratio today: 325-to-1 Trickle-down economics was always a sham. Nothing has ever trickled down.
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Stroke victims are often given leg braces to help them walk.
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4fuxake @blueheartedly1.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Truth 👇
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Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
A plague case has been linked to a lab worker’s death in Siberia. Nearly 200 people are now under observation after the lab worker died from plague. Because apparently “deadly plague at a Russian lab” wasn’t ominous enough. www.themoscowtimes.com/2026/10/02/n...
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Nearly 200 People Under Observation After Irkutsk Lab Worker Dies From Plague - The Moscow Times
Health authorities in Siberia’s Irkutsk region have placed nearly 200 people under medical observation after a laboratory worker died from plague, according to media reports and a statement by a regio...
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 01/10/2026
Fellas, we have to talk to our sons while they’re still young. This foundation👇🏽 is the way…
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Fred Wellman @fpwellman.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
What Ann Wagner has actually done for farmers: 1) Stood by while USAID was “fed into the wood chipper” destroying one of our largest soybean export vehicles 2) Stood by while Trump imported 300k metric tons of bad beef in the middle of calf sales undermining sales for the 3rd largest beef state
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ebisback.bsky.social @ebisback.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Pathetic Weak Sauce 🙄
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 01/10/2026
Trump: "Nobody knows that dumb has a B on the end"
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Thomas Finan, PhD, FSA @tjfinan.org · 02/10/2026
Why does he need donations?
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The New Republic @newrepublic.com · 01/10/2026
The Trump administration has moved to cripple Title IX protections against sexual assault and harassment on the same day New York prosecutors reopened the investigation into heinous allegations of a fraternity gang rape at Cornell University. trib.al/QewniBV
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Trump Weakens Title IX Rules Amid Cornell Gang Rape Investigation
The Education Department has just weakened protections for sexual assault victims in schools.
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Thomas Finan, PhD, FSA @tjfinan.org · 02/10/2026
@schiff.senate.gov @booker.senate.gov @kaine.senate.gov You guys good with this? Just curious.
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Jess Piper @piperformissouri.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Imagine being the worst Senator from Missouri when your only competition is Josh Hawley…
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Elizabeth Jacobs, PhD @elizabethjacobs.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
RFK Jr. alleges that he wants to focus on chronic disease and sideline infectious disease research, but the big dummy doesn’t care about the interplay between the two. A new study estimates that 12% of all cancer cases in 2024 were caused by infections, including H. pylori, HPV, HBV, and EBV.
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Global burden of cancer attributable to infections in 2024: a worldwide incidence analysis
Our findings highlight the importance of infection control to achieve cancer prevention. Scientifically proven, but often underused, approaches include HPV and HBV vaccination; testing and treatment o...
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 30/09/2026
This is priceless. Check out how local news is reporting on Sen Eric Schmidt’s clown-show grilling of Jack Smith. They found Jack Smith at the game… “Top corner, section 109, row 1. In fact, that seat doesn’t even exist in Atlanta.”
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Secrets and Laws @secretsandlaws.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
🚨Exclusive🚨: I have exculpatory evidence in what is easily the dumbest congressional oversight episode of the year...maybe the decade. I was at the Iowa v. MD game & just looked at my pics & sure enough, someone who looks like Jack Smith is sitting in Sec 109, Row 1. Complete & total vindication!
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Thomas Finan, PhD, FSA @tjfinan.org · 29/09/2026
He knows better. He was well educated at a Jesuit high school. State university. SLU law school. He bought in to the stupid and people jumped right in after him.
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Thomas Finan, PhD, FSA @tjfinan.org · 28/09/2026
@morningjoe-msnow.bsky.social realizing Republicans are all about tax cuts for wealthy. How about admitting that Reagan was all about that Joe? Supply side economics has always been about this.
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Thomas Finan, PhD, FSA @tjfinan.org · 28/09/2026
Simple solution to NIL. Put money into a trust fund. Players get a living wage equivalent to the highest paid student scholarship. When they graduate, they get the trust fund. No Lamborghinis or bmw or houses. And if you transfer?
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Thomas Finan, PhD, FSA @tjfinan.org · 28/09/2026
I like football. It’s a hard game. It’s a tough game. It can bring out the best and worst in people at all levels. Simple things about the game make it tactically exciting. But I have never heard so many people say they are tired of college and pro football after a few weeks.
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Arbaz Kakkar5 @arbazkakkar5.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
"Peter Thiel: -mentioned in ~3,000 Epstein file documents -exchanged ~2,000 emails with Epstein -swapped strategies with Epstein to avoid the IRS tracking their hidden wealth This is the guy who helped our vice-president in key moments in his career."
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Thomas Finan, PhD, FSA @tjfinan.org · 22/09/2026
Is anyone surprised? I wonder what my two senators are getting.
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Thomas Finan, PhD, FSA @tjfinan.org · 22/09/2026
He is and always has been an ass.
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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
NYT has now independently corroborated all the major allegations against Susan Collins in the ProPublica report, including that investigators were prepared to move against her and then Trump intervened to shut it down. This put Trump in a position of exceptional and extortionate leverage over her.
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F.B.I. Shut Down Inquiry Into Top Ally of Senator Susan Collins
The inquiry was closed last year because senior bureau officials questioned the veracity of a campaign donor’s account, according to current and former officials.
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Thomas Finan, PhD, FSA @tjfinan.org · 22/09/2026
Hey Peyton Manning. Screw you, you freaking jerk. You know what really stinks? You. You stink. Your brother is light years ahead of you on your show.
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Br. Dr. Ken Homan, SJ @kenhomansj.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
"No soldier is obliged to obey an order contrary to the law of God. No one has to obey an unjust law. It is high time you recovered you consciences and obeyed your consciences rather than a sinful order." - Saint Oscar Romero www.youtube.com/watch?v=o15g...
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The last homily of Romero
YouTube video by Edmundo Rice Latinoamérica
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Thomas Finan, PhD, FSA @tjfinan.org · 17/09/2026
Solid article on AI and where we are. apple.news/Arm--RHPUQz6...
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The Long Doomsday of A.I. — The New Yorker
After industry-wide calls for regulation, what’s concerning isn’t that the problems are real. It’s that there are no guaranteed solutions.
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The Mouthy Renegade Writer @mouthyrenegade.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
No shit, 100% agree here.
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Thomas Finan, PhD, FSA @tjfinan.org · 15/09/2026
Wait what????
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Catherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
COVID-related hospitalizations are on the rise in New York City, with more than 500 admissions recorded in the five boroughs between Aug. 30 and Sept. 5, state data shows gothamist.com/news/covid-h...
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COVID hospitalizations are on the rise in NYC. Here's how to protect yourself.
More than 500 admissions were recorded in the five boroughs in the week ending Sept. 5.
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Thomas Finan, PhD, FSA @tjfinan.org · 14/09/2026
Everyone knows what this wall is for.
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Thomas Finan, PhD, FSA @tjfinan.org · 14/09/2026
Uhm yeah.
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bumpergee.bsky.social @bumpergee.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Trump smells like shit, looks like shit & is a shit! #FuckTrump www.threads.com/share/BAkm5g...
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@lakota_man on Threads
The foreign press is now reporting that Catherine Connolly, the President of Ireland, insisted on being seated away from Trump because he was emanating a disgusting “fecal” like nauseating odor.
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WAGAANA.COM 🇺🇬 @wagaana.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Britain on the Brink? Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland Leaders Meet in Cardiff to Demand Independence Referendums wagaana.com/article/brit...
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Britain on the Brink? Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland Leaders Meet in Cardiff to Demand Independence Referendums
Leaders of Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland are set to meet in Cardiff on Monday to sign a joint declaration asserting their nations’ right to self-determination and demanding independence referen...
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Frank Conniff @frankconniff.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Oh my God, what an honor! Thanks for sharing. I will brag about this forever.
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Thomas Finan, PhD, FSA @tjfinan.org · 08/09/2026
Guy on Morning Joe: replays are to make sure Missouris fifth down doesn’t happen. Or Denkenger call doesn’t happen. Welcome to my college experience.
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
The ultra-wealthy keep trying to pit the rest of us against each other with scare tactics ("communists!" "men in the ladies room!!" "brown people!!!" "drag queens!!!!") to keep us from noticing that our real problem is THEM. They want us to fight *any* war—except a class war. Happy Labor Day.
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 07/09/2026
Perspective.
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GirlFuturist @girlfuturist.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
#vaccines #autism #MMR #RFKjr
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Jack Hopkins-The Original @therealjackhopkins.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
To young men around the world: Andrew Tate has never sold a real product in his life. He sells insecurity…at $49.99 a month. The cigar is a prop. The watch is a prop. The mansion is rented. YOU are the product.
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penboyasgod.bsky.social @penboyasgod.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
I BELIEVE THIS. AND I'LL KEEP POSTING SIMILAR UNTIL THERE'S A *SERIOUS INVESTIGATION*.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
Enjoy weekends? Thank a union. (Miss you, Dolly.)
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Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
$16 million later, the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool was supposed to be open by July 4. Instead, it looks like this.
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Thomas Finan, PhD, FSA @tjfinan.org · 07/09/2026
Are you the college football fan who simply cant decide which team you hate more? Are you bothered by whether you hate Kansas or Notre Dame more, and worry what would happen if they played each other? tjfinan.org/hate/
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College Football Hate Manager
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BladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
If AI is for the benefit of everyone, nationalise it, the Billionaires can give up control, we are already paying the construction costs and their electricity bills. Then anything it does create actually will be free. Except of course it is JUST for Billionaires profits.
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Thomas Finan, PhD, FSA @tjfinan.org · 04/09/2026
Whoa.
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 03/09/2026
NEW: Missouri Supreme Court pauses Republican gerrymander for the midterms, netting democrats 1 seat. www.politico.com/news/2026/09...
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Missouri Supreme Court pauses GOP gerrymander, likely netting Democrats 1 House seat
The Missouri Supreme Court ruled that voters can decide the fate of the GOP-passed gerrymander via a referendum this fall.
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Thomas Finan, PhD, FSA @tjfinan.org · 04/09/2026
President Pavel looks like what my GI joe would have aged to had his hair not fallen out as a result of his dealing with nuclear satellites all the time.
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Thomas Finan, PhD, FSA @tjfinan.org · 03/09/2026
I have not had any issues today.
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Jack Hopkins-The Original @therealjackhopkins.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
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Jack Hopkins-The Original @therealjackhopkins.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
This might be the #1 most important skill over the coming weeks and months.
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