Reposted by TreasuretteDon Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 18hAnd removed sanctions from Russia on the same day. 8450156
Reposted by TreasuretteDon Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 23hCarson is the second female Nobel winner in recent years to have been denied tenure. Katalin Karikó was denied tenure at Penn www.forbes.com/sites/conorm...forbes.comResearcher Demoted By University Of Pennsylvania Wins Nobel Prize For mRNA Discoveries—And Some Academics Urge Penn To ApologizeKatalin Karikó’s research laid the foundation for both the Pfizer/BioNTech and Moderna Covid-19 vaccines. 12413140
Reposted by TreasuretteMax Blau @maxblau.bsky.social · 22hMy colleagues and I at @propublica.org are looking into the ways health insurers’ use of prior authorization — the extra layer of approval insurers require before covering a medical expense — impacts patients. We need your help. 👇 www.propublica.org/getinvolved/...propublica.orgWe’re Investigating Prior Authorization. Help ProPublica Understand Your Health Insurance Denial.ProPublica is looking into the ways health insurers’ use of prior authorization impacts patients. We need your help to figure out if the process is still leading to delayed or missed treatments, tests... 9221109
Reposted by TreasuretteJared Yates Sexton @jysexton.bsky.social · 22hTelevising the execution of Nidal Hasan is about more than voyeuristic violence Authoritarianism requires rituals of death that seek to transform secular oppression into religious orthodoxy while communicating the need to murderously purge “the other.” jaredyatessexton.substack.com/p/descent-in...jaredyatessexton.substack.comDescent Into Madness: The Ritualization of Death and FascismThe public execution of Nidal Hasan is a potent milestone 19419198
Reposted by Treasurettee.w. niedermeyer @niedermeyer.online · 23hjust to emphasize what's happening here: BMW (a company that used slave labor under the Nazis) refused to provide an official vehicle to the ultra right-wing AfD party, which is now asking Elon Musk to provide a Tesla instead Tesla literally becoming the Nazi car brand 582516731
Reposted by TreasuretteCameron 🇺🇸🗽🦅 @cameroncorduroy.bsky.social · 09/10/2026btw thank you Mr. Secretary for announcing to all the world's potential psychopaths that they can get a livestream of their martyrdom sponsored by the United States government if they shoot up a federal facility 127144
Reposted by TreasuretteCameron 🇺🇸🗽🦅 @cameroncorduroy.bsky.social · 08/10/2026someone should let them know about this guy, seems pretty bad! 354748
Reposted by TreasuretteKris Wernowsky @kriswernowsky.com · 09/10/2026When Gannett sent its sweaty AI goon to tell us to get on the train, or else, it was easy to pick apart. When it sent its content head to talk about its latest short-term solution, it was easy to see through. May you live long enough to tell them their ideas suck, and then leave for a better place.fastcompany.com'We're actually an intelligence organization now': Inside USA Today's AI-fueled Palantir dealThe newspaper giant's leaders on saving journalism with AI and the furor over Palantir, which is helping target readers, speed up publishing, and more. 110735
Reposted by TreasuretteBeijingPalmer @beijingpalmer.bsky.social · 08/10/2026extremely funny to draft your reports to your superior in a foreign intelligence or propaganda agency in a US controlled company, but I'd bet it's happening *a lot*. People are lazy! openai.com/index/disrup...openai.comDisrupting AI-enabled “false front” operationsOpenAI disrupted two AI-enabled influence operations that used false-front journalists and a think tank to spread geopolitical messaging. 217528
Reposted by TreasuretteChris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social · 08/10/2026I've been immersed in research on Reconstruction in Lousiana and it's a very difficult truth to absorb that the white terrorist movement in the South was among the most successful terrorist movements in global history. Took 10 years but it won a total & complete victory through murder and atrocity. 16760091466
Reposted by TreasuretteProf Gavin Yamey MD MPH @gavinyamey.bsky.social · 08/10/2026In case you hadn't been following this disturbing sequence of events, here's a recap: RFK Jr wanted to fund a randomized trial, run by Danes, involving newborn babies in Guinea-Bissau Ethicists across the world, including in Nigeria, Cameroon, & Ethiopia, were horrified: it's an unethical study 10381203
Reposted by TreasuretteBrandon Friedman @brandonfriedman.bsky.social · 08/10/2026Private mercenary company now monitoring and enforcing U.S. elections. Very good sign for democracy.newrepublic.comUSPS Hires Security Service With History of Human Rights AbuseAlmost 1,000 armed security officers have been sent to at least 55 post office facilities. 415484
Reposted by Treasurette404 Media @404media.co · 08/10/2026Body cam footage obtained by 404 Media reveals the first Flock camera searches ruled unconstitutional by a federal judge, and highlights how the system has turned otherwise mundane traffic stops into interrogations for drivers. @jasonkoebler.bsky.social scopp here: www.404media.co/watch-footag... 31708362
Reposted by TreasuretteErik Schlenker-Goodrich @riogranderift.bsky.social · 07/10/2026“At least 26 senators, more than a quarter of the chamber, hold data center-linked investments … Sheldon Whitehouse, a Democrat from Rhode Island whose data center investments total between $2.1 million and $8.6 million, takes the number one spot.” 👀forbes.comThe 5 Senators—Including Maine's Susan Collins—With The Biggest Investments In Data CentersForbes examined financial disclosures for every sitting Senator. We found 26 Senators with at least $7 million in investments tied directly to the data center buildout, including Sheldon Whitehouse an... 1015994
Reposted by TreasuretteRobert L. Tsai @robertltsai.bsky.social · 07/10/2026Maybe those who warned that ICE was becoming the Gestapo had a point 072
Reposted by Treasuretterax ‘levon honkers’ king @raxkingisdead.bsky.social · 06/10/2026a little louder for the cheap seats in the back 3255881937
Reposted by TreasuretteMargot Finn @eicathomefinn.bsky.social · 06/10/2026'seven women...have told the Guardian they are survivors of domestic abuse carried out by key figures in the anti-immigration street patrol movement. All have chosen to come forward to make the public aware of the patterns of violence behind this new form of activism.'theguardian.com‘Bully in every way’: domestic abuse survivors say ex-partners behind far-right UK street patrolsSeven women share their stories to make people aware of patterns of violence behind anti-immigration street patrol movement 8399228
Reposted by TreasuretteCarl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 06/10/2026The NY Fed examines how tariffs affected inflation and finds that, without them, goods prices would have declined as of last February. libertystreeteconomics.newyorkfed.org/2026/10/how-... 441182486
Reposted by TreasuretteProPublica @propublica.org · 07/10/2026After four of their children died, the parents told officers they hadn’t taken them to the doctor because of their religion, which considers the use of modern medicine a sinful lapse of faith in God. Under Idaho law, authorities couldn’t step in.propublica.orgFour Kids in One Faith-Healing Family Died. Authorities Could Do Nothing.An exemption in Idaho law shields faith-healing parents from criminal prosecution for conduct that otherwise would be charged as neglect. It also keeps police and social workers from stepping in to pr... 56411162
Reposted by TreasuretteAlexander Clarkson @aphclarkson.bsky.social · 06/10/2026Though this does not mention who Baku might have passed these BND files to www.spiegel.de/panorama/jus... 3369
Reposted by TreasuretteElizabeth Anne, PhD @lacksauthority.bsky.social · 05/10/2026never the wrong time for this classic 56120113571
Reposted by Treasuretteonion person @junlper.beer · 06/10/2026one of the deepest sicknesses in the world are the people who feel personally attacked over other people getting the same rights as them 8785831694
Reposted by TreasuretteSaraAAAGHH A GHOST!!! Ford 🐍🎨👻 @angeloslh.bsky.social · 03/10/2026A NEW FIGHTER HAS ENTERED THE ARENAindependent.co.ukGang of eight sperm whales sink yacht after ramming boat in South PacificCrew described terrifying encounter as they were woken up by “loud thud” as the 52ft vessel was struck 381454403
Reposted by TreasuretteDave Karpf @davekarpf.bsky.social · 06/10/2026Also: many of those same pundits think they are "data-driven" because they survey voters and conduct focus groups. That's so damn quaint. Trump's wealthiest allies purchased all the largest social media platforms+all the largest mainstream media outlets. Focus groups CANNOT measure those effects. 675197
Reposted by Treasurettejamelle @jamellebouie.net · 06/10/2026interesting that conservatives were militantly “we must reward hustle” when the target was affirmative action at elite universities and now, when faced with the success of south asians and other groups, it is “i think we are too meritocratic” 19370321100
Reposted by TreasuretteProPublica @propublica.org · 07/10/2026As budget director, Russell Vought has often ignored Congress by … not signing the checks. At other times, he’s been able to take money Congress intended for one thing and use it for something else by justifying it as a “national emergency.” Listen to our latest episode:propublica.orgPodcast: Who’s the Shadow President? 48848415
Reposted by TreasuretteLouis @louisevans.bsky.social · 07/10/2026okay i've taken this too seriously on its own terms. when a billionaire says "dictatorship is efficient" what he means is that it's easy to bribe. 523169
Reposted by TreasuretteHannah Krieg @hannahkrieg.bsky.social · 06/10/2026NEW: WA Ferries wanted you to think their workers are whiny babies who make $350k. The truth is more complicated and more sympathetic --- workers making $65k, engine room paid 20% less than above deck, and those making the big bucks working 70 hour weeks. www.theburnerseattle.com/post/washing...theburnerseattle.comWashington State Ferries Tried To Turn You On Their Workers By Posting Eye-Popping SalaryFerry service has returned mostly to normal after 23 Ferry engine room workers called out sick, shutting down 13 out of 18 vessels on Monday. While there’s no official confirmation workers coordinated... 13317142
Reposted by TreasuretteRadley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 05/10/2026Just a reminder: Tillis persuaded the woman Hegseth allegedly raped to come forward with her story, and told her that if she did, it would sink the nomination. She did. At great risk to herself. Tillis then cast the deciding vote for Hegseth. Because he’s a goddamned coward.ms.nowOutgoing Sen. Tillis regrets pivotal vote for Hegseth: ‘He’s an actor. He’s not a manager’Outgoing Sen. Thom Tillis spoke to MS NOW about regretting his vote to confirm Pete Hegseth and his strained relationship with Trump. 25797633045
Reposted by TreasuretteRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 29/09/2026I know Rahm Emanuel. I worked with him for years in the Clinton administration, and then when he was Obama’s chief of staff. Rahm Emanuel represents everything that’s been wrong about the Democratic Party for the last 30+ years. Be warned. robertreich.substack.com/p/the-rahm… 1299190576205
Reposted by TreasuretteSusan Rinkunas @susanrinkunas.com · 06/10/2026Good(?) news: A Nevada county will pay $1.6 million to settle a lawsuit filed by a woman who spent two years in prison for a stillbirth before her conviction was overturned. Her son’s ashes were returned to her as part of the settlement thenevadaindependent.com/article/she-... 1251118
Treasurette @treasurette.bsky.social · 06/10/2026I can see where their base would like it if he was taking down posters that featured people taken by ICE 010
Reposted by TreasuretteRich Raho @richraho.bsky.social · 03/10/2026The Pope at Mass with Vatican gendarmerie today: “Those who guard others must first guard within themselves the truth, justice, goodness and respect. Guarding others requires a heart guarded by the Lord.” 25801190
Reposted by TreasuretteFeena van @feenavan2099.bsky.social · 03/10/2026"Before Stonehenge was raised, before Egypts first pyramid broke ground,before the Nazca people drew their famous lines across the Peruvian desert,someone in what is now southern Arizona shaped a 272-foot fish into the earth On April 23,2026,"a border-wall contractor drove heavy equipment across it"gadgetreview.comTrump's Border Wall Construction Destroys 6,500-Year-Old Arizona Geoglyph – Older Than StonehengeArizona's 6,500-year-old Las Playas Intaglio, the oldest dated geoglyph in the Americas, was irreparably damaged by border wall construction in April 2026. 8820381252
Reposted by TreasuretteMicah @rincewind.run · 05/10/2026the brazil thing is so depressing because they did the right thing, man they did what we couldn’t, they actually prosecuted their coup and threw bolsonaro’s ass in jail and generally showed the united states what a functional state looks like and now they are gonna elect his dipshit son? really? 784452651
Reposted by TreasuretteAK Faulkner ➡️ NYCC @ravenswordpress.com · 05/10/2026Wow who could have foreseen etc 04811
Reposted by TreasuretteJessica Price @delafina777.bsky.social · 05/10/2026These boys should lose their fucking futures, the same way they would if they were caught planning to murder someone, which they may have been MAKE BOYS AFRAID OF BEING RAPISTS amp.idahostatesman.com/news/local/c...amp.idahostatesman.comBoise police investigate alleged violent group chat at Timberline HighThe Boise School District and Boise police are investigating a group chat in which students allegedly expressed a desire to take violent actions toward a female student. 51243186
Reposted by TreasuretteIan Carrillo @iansociologo.bsky.social · 05/10/2026In other Bolsonaro family news: Carlos (Jair's son) was elected senator, Michelle (Jair's wife) was elected senator, and Jair Renan (Jair's son) was elected as federal deputy. 17493163
Reposted by TreasuretteAnna Lind-Guzik @alindguzik.bsky.social · 05/10/2026Hard to think of anything less abstract and more materially consequential than being pregnant 972072466
Reposted by TreasuretteAmanda Knox @amandaknox.com · 05/10/202615 years ago today, I stared out of an airplane window in shock at the sight of my city, Seattle. I hadn't slept in 48 hours. It looked unreal, like a model train diorama. When the airplane door opened, I was struck by the smell of trees and rain after four years trapped in a concrete box. /thread 1359565
Reposted by TreasuretteChad Loder @chadloder.dev · 04/10/2026British banker who exposed Howard Lutnick's ties to Epstein has died, allegedly from suicide.bbc.comHow US commerce secretary's Epstein links were uncovered by British whistleblowerSimon Andriesz made the discovery about Howard Lutnick in publicly released Epstein files. 1141135559
Reposted by TreasuretteBrendan Davey @brendandavey.bsky.social · 05/10/2026Every. Single. Time. #FML 331346
Reposted by Treasurettejamelle @jamellebouie.net · 05/10/2026feels like at least part of what is happening is that a lot of people want politics to solve the "my life feels empty" problem and the populist right is directly appealing to them 973725438
Reposted by TreasuretteAaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 03/10/2026If you’re not on X you won’t appreciate the extent to which virulent racism against Indians has become THE rallying call of the far right. 2938598
Reposted by TreasuretteLeah McElrath @leahmcelrath.bsky.social · 04/10/2026New today in the old tale of externalizing costs while privatizing profits: OpenAI CEO Sam Altman tells Politico, “We believe the world should accept some bad things happening for the benefits of this technology.”politico.comSam Altman to Decoded: ‘The world should accept some bad things happening’ for the benefits of AIThe OpenAI CEO sought to distinguish his policy stance from rival developer Anthropic. 2020996
Reposted by TreasuretteMicah @rincewind.run · 04/10/2026man I would like one fucking electorate - one! - to remember that fascism is bad for more than five minutes at a time 312706445
Reposted by TreasuretteElizabeth Cronise McLaughlin @ecmclaughlin.bsky.social · 04/10/2026Morgan is a national treasure and if you don’t follow her whisper videos you should. She is like the narrator in my head. 12421109
Reposted by Treasurettejoe a wilkins @joeonhere.bsky.social · 04/10/2026Here's a new one: Matt Roeske, an influencer whose main gig is selling mushroom capsules online, says he's been drinking out a carnotite-lined jug to counter the health effects of microwaves. Smart guy!futurism.comAlternative Health Influencer Boasts That He's Been Drinking From a Radioactive Jug for 250 Days StraightHolistic influencer Matt Roeske recently bragged that he's been drinking from an irradiated jug for the better part of a year. 5276
Reposted by TreasuretteSarah Taber @sarahtaber.bsky.social · 04/10/2026Jerks have been with us since the dawn of time. Societies with the most health & well-being are generally the ones who learned how to undermine their cranks, & keep them from gathering power. Not the ones who ignored them. Or patronized them. So let's make them own their choices. Like adults. 213614
