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Jens Notroff @jensnotroff.com · 02/10/2026
A shame that apparently even a valid museum ticket doesn't guarantee you can see the #BayeuxTapestry, but here's a breathtaking high-resolution resource that lets you get thread-counting close to it from the comfort of your own couch: www.bayeuxmuseum.com/en/the-bayeu...
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Explore the Bayeux Tapestry online - Bayeux Museum
For the first time, you will be able to freely explore the entire Bayeux Tapestry scene by scene with a never seen quality of images !
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 15/09/2026
🚨IT BEGINS: Costco is now rationing Kirkland motor oil. A 10-quart pack that once cost as little as $30 is now nearly $58, and members are limited to two every seven days due to the impacts of the Iran War.
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Mary @eastcoastmary.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
www.npr.org/2026/09/15/n...
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Family income rose and poverty fell in 2025 — but safety net cuts could erase gains
An annual report from the Census Bureau shows the average family made more money in 2025 than the year before, while the official poverty rate declined. Health care coverage was little changed from 20...
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Nick Field @nickfield.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
The State AGs were on pace to kill the Paramount/Warner Bros by litigation and delay until Gavin Newsom stepped in and turned the tide. Now the Trump loyalist Ellisons will control CNN and HBO. Don't ever, ever forget that Newsom stabbed us in the back www.wsj.com/business/med...
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Exclusive | Newsom Expresses Concerns About State Antitrust Suit Against Paramount
The California governor has told people involved in the suit that blocking the $81 billion deal could harm Hollywood jobs.
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Kate Ross @kateross.bsky.social · 21/08/2025
How to spend an hour with ICE ⏰ TikTok: TikTok.com/@hellopedrochavez
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Tross @tross.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
The Chronicle of Higher Education used to have a searchable database of Title 9 violations - it was accessible by the public. It's gone. Disappeared in 2019. This administration can't be trusted to track them, or put accurate info online. Who was tracking them from 2019-2026? Anyone know?
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Tross @tross.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Because literally no one is talking about this it seems - www.k12dive.com/news/educati... Sept 28th - the trump administration just wiped title 9. It's one thing that it wasn't enforcing the rule - that's bad enough, but it just reversed it to the 2020 definitions. It won't stop there.
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Education Department takes 2024 Title IX rule off the books
The move formalizes court decisions that had already blocked the Biden administration's anti-sex discrimination rule protecting LGBTQ+ students.
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Mongabay @mongabay.com · 28/09/2026
As Southern Africa's forests disappear, scientists are using "air layering" to clone wild fruit trees like the wild loquat. By duplicating indigenous species, researchers are protecting miombo woodland biodiversity and securing a vital food source for millions. Ryan Truscott reports for #Mongabay.
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Scientists clone Southern Africa’s wild fruit trees as forests disappear
Plant geneticist Alice Muchugi recalls meeting a group of furious fruit sellers on the side of a dusty road not far from Zimbabwe’s capital, Harare, in 2024. They told her that a group of men armed…
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Gillian Brockell @gillianbrockell.com · 24/09/2026
NEW: Emergency motion asks First Circuit if its decision overturning DHS's third-country removal policy is effective immediately or not. They cite my reporting, and reveal tomorrow's ICE flight to make TCR stops in Central African Republic, Rwanda and Burundi. www.courtlistener.com/docket/72347...
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Motion (other) – #00108513219 in D.V.D. v. U.S. Department of Homeland Security (1st Cir., 26-1212) – CourtListener.com
EMERGENCY MOTION to Clarify the Effectiveness of this Court's Decision or, In the Alternative, Confirm the Stay is Lifted or Issue the Mandate filed by Appellees D.V.D., E.F.D., M.M. and O.C.G.. Serve...
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Tross @tross.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Good. But will they be convicted.
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Tross @tross.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
If you want to know what this administration isolating us from other countries has done to the economy, take a look at what a microwave or mini-fridge costs now. That's the effect of tariffs. I bought a mini-f in 2023, when mine died. $100 new. Same one now? $400. Wtf.
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Betty C. Jung @bettycjung.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
CDC confirms 37-case multistate hepatitis A outbreak linked to frozen clams www.cidrap.umn.edu/hepatitis/cd...
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CDC confirms 37-case multistate hepatitis A outbreak linked to frozen clams
Cases have been identified in 4 states, Massachusetts, Minnesota, New York, and Pennsylvania.
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Tross @tross.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
You don't put up for roadblocks for people to have a voice - you empower more people to have a voice.
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Tross @tross.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
You're unemployed, and homeless; you win the lottery; after taxes you have $1 mil. You put it in a hysa at 4% interest. In one year, it earns 40k. After taxes it's 37380. After health insurance and grocery, there's 8876 left, or 739/month. SSI is 1024/month, medicaid free.
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Tross @tross.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
arstechnica.com/tech-policy/... Everyone go watch online. If the number of visitors to it overwhelm everything, it just makes Trump's FCC look worse. Because considers crowds and numbers to be important.
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Kimmel's ABC show won't air interview with Democrat because of Trump FCC threats
Talarico talk to be on YouTube to save ABC stations the hassle of dealing with FCC.
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Tross @tross.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
2 months before thanksgiving. Great. First the eggs, then beef, then turkey. More and more I'm glad I live on the coast, and has a fishing industry
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Professor Euan Ritchie FAMS @euanritchie.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
“In the lifetime of the active scientists working on atmosphere and ocean, we’d never seen anything like this,” - John McBride www.abc.net.au/news/2026-09...
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The strongest El Niño in living memory is starting to show its might
The dark, red tongue spreading in the Pacific is growing at a rate not seen in living memory. The uncertainty over what is driving it has alarmed experts.
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Patton Oswalt @pattonoswalt.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Apparently people are sharing this far and wide on social media, which I think is horrible. This could cripple ICE operations. PLEASE do not share this.
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Betty C. Jung @bettycjung.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Mask up and get your COVID-19 shots!
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Tross @tross.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
If you're involved with an organization that offers volunteering positions, make it easy for people - tell them whether volunteering counts towards the 80hrs needed to keep Medicaid and Food Stamps. Not all volunteering applies. Because not all volunteering ever applied.
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Tross @tross.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026... What is with Trump and shortages of toilet paper? First it happened during covid on his watch, now this.
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Wiped out: US faces surging toilet paper prices amid trade war with Canada
Paper products among hardest-hit sectors after trade negotiations broke down, with 25-50% tariffs estimated
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Tross @tross.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
www.theguardian.com/film/filmblo... RIP This one hurts.
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Farewell, Dr Frank-N-Furter: why Tim Curry’s Rocky Horror Show will go on
The versatile stage performer will always be remembered for his defining film role in The Rocky Horror Picture Show, which turned him into an icon of 70s underground cinema and proto-punk
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Tross @tross.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
www.theguardian.com/us-news/live... RIP
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Tributes pour in after country music legend Dolly Parton dies
Legendary country singer died surrounded by loved ones after being diagnosed with cancer, her team says; Beyoncé, Taylor Swift and Dionne Warwick lead tributes
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Betty C. Jung @bettycjung.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
More Doctor Visits Does Not Mean Better Health rasmussenretorts.substack.com/i/211778351/...
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Trump’s Vaccine Executive Order Proves Donald Trump Hates You and Wants You Sick or Dead
This Executive Order kills children
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Tross @tross.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
There are reports that Medicaid was hacked last Nov and Dec - medicaid customers are getting letters this past week. Evidence points to doge. Why? When hackers hack, they look for financial data and access. These hackers were looking for medical record numbers, and medical history.
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Tross @tross.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
It was against a scenario like this that Swartz warned about - if the govt controls the data and reports, then the govt can also purge evidence. Were any backups made anywhere?
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Tross @tross.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
Iran's doing this - they'll wait out Trump, seek terms with subsequent presidents, withholding Hormuz. Italy has said they'll do similar; Spain as well; others will join. Unfortunately we're still stuck with him for 2 years, as he drains us dry, and republicans let him.
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Tross @tross.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
The entire reason the US funded research on green tech was to prevent the scenario where the US is dependent on one or two countries in the Middle East. ... No, it wasn't for the environment; that's why _you_ were doing the research - the US funding was for other reasons. Trump's an idiot.
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Tross @tross.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
www.akingump.com/en/insights/... An EO is not a law - a person born in the US is a citizen by law - of the govt refused to issue them papers, then the govt is saying papers aren't necessary.
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Continuing to Protect the Meaning and Value of American Citizenship (Trump EO Tracker)
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Tross @tross.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
www.reuters.com/world/china/... Is this legal?
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EXCLUSIVE: Under Patel, FBI forges unprecedented law enforcement ties with China, Russia
FBI Director Kash Patel says he has forged new law enforcement partnerships with China and Russia, two longtime U.S. rivals, over the past year in hopes of gaining allies in combating transnational cr...
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Tross @tross.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
newrepublic.com/post/213549/... This is about AI - they need the state to feed to an AI
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Trump Admin Demands Emergency Room Records in Alarming Move
A tiny federal agency is trying to force hospitals to hand over emergency room records—including all personal identifying information.
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Paul Bleicher @pbleic.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
Astonishing. RFK Jr. adds 8 members to a 6 member FDA advisory panel. 6 of them were sellers of peptides, and the 7th a compounding pharmacist. In an 8-6 vote with all 8 votes coming from these new panel members, the panel approved 4 peptides against the objections of FDA scientists.
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FDA Panel Supports Lifting Restrictions on Four Peptides (Gift Article)
In an all-day hearing, the agency’s scientists argued against allowing broad access to unproven drugs that the agency had banned three years ago.
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Tross @tross.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
www.newsweek.com/house-passes... It doesn't prevent a trust from trading.
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House passes the “stop insider Trading Act”—But Trump is exempt
The House passed the Stop Insider Trading Act in a 232-198 vote, barring members of Congress and their families from buying individual stocks—but President Donald Trump is exempt.
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Electronic Frontier Foundation @eff.org · 23/07/2026
The KIDS Act will effectively create a new mass surveillance system, EFF’s @irmck.bsky.social wrote for @coindesk.com. Your current online usage is not necessarily linked to your specific identity; if this bill passes, that will likely change.
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The KIDS Act is way worse than digital carding — it is a mass surveillance system
The fact that lawmakers are even contemplating a bill that would create a surveillance and censorship regime should be a wake-up call for everyone who values privacy and free expression, argues Electr...
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Tross @tross.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
shorturl.at/s01NN "...18 service members have died and 447 have been injured since the beginning of the war on Feb. 28" - the completely unnecessary war, that the US is dying for Israel, that we can't win, and we know it. I lost count - how many times has this administration declared victory?
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Tross @tross.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
Someone contact Carney - tell him to shut his southern border - don't let anything in to the US. Post troops on the border to repel Trump's inevitable military action. The US will suffer - New England will suffer a lot. But there's no reason for Canada to put up with this.
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Trump says Canada will face tariffs over wildfire smoke, claiming ‘willful negligence’
President Trump threatened on Friday to impose additional tariffs on Canada, accusing the country’s government of “willful negligence” in its handling of massive wildfires that have wafted heavy sm…
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it's an uncivil war @lucyksy.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
The fact that they can quickly install data centers nationally means they could've been updating infrastructure which they claimed was to difficult and expensive.
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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
AOC: I said this a couple of weeks ago: I would not be surprised if, when ICE funding started up again, we would start to see more civilian deaths at the hands of ICE. And that’s exactly what has happened. We didn’t see things like this happening with the same degree when we froze ICE funding.
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Tross @tross.bsky.social · 12/07/2026
apnews.com/article/khan...
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Democratic congressman says he was detained by the Israeli military and settlers in the West Bank
A congressman says he was detained by Israeli settlers and then the Israeli military as he toured the West Bank.
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 10/07/2026
www.nytimes.com/2026/07/09/u...
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Mexican Man Killed by ICE in Houston Was Not the Target
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VeronicaAG @veronicatess.bsky.social · 04/07/2026
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ᴍɪᴋᴀʏᴇʟ ᴍʏᴇʀs @chaclo.blacksky.app · 03/07/2026
“Just because white people couldn’t do it doesn’t mean it was ALIENS” with pictures of various man-made wonders like the Easter Island statues and pyramids
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How-Sen Chong @how-sen.com · 04/07/2026
The truth is this: As hot as it already is, it is going to keep getting hotter unless we end the use of natural gas, gasoline, and other fossil fuels.
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Evelyn 💗 @evieevolving.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
You know why it's easier to love the US soccer teams than it is the US a lot of the time? It's because those teams look like us. They're kids of immigrants, they're from all sorts of backgrounds, and they all come together to play scrappy against the world. They're the best of us.
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NPR @npr.org · 02/07/2026
The Education Department has long collected civil rights data about things like bullying, harassment and disability services in schools, but it hasn't made the latest information public. n.pr/4oWyiUU
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Federal civil rights data holds schools accountable. Under Trump, it's 6 months late
The Education Department has long collected civil rights data about things like bullying, harassment and disability services in schools, but it hasn't made the latest information public.
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Sunkissed Peaks @sunkissedpeaks.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
That cartoon I posted was altered, so I deleted it. This is the original. I’d still post it it. Still legit!
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Tross @tross.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
And Miller's running the show.
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Oliver Willis @owillis.bsky.social · 28/06/2026
The Commanders have had about 16 starting quarterbacks over the last 30 years that cannot throw as good as this
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MassDisillusioned @massdisillusion.bsky.social · 28/06/2026
www.climate.gov/news-feature...
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National Climate Assessment: Great Plains’ Ogallala Aquifer drying out
The Ogallala Aquifer has supported agricultural needs in multiple states for decades, but the aquifer is being drained faster than it is being replenished.
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ACLU @aclu.org · 27/06/2026
Congress is considering a bill that would stifle free speech online and leave all of us vulnerable to online surveillance. Tell your representative: Censorship doesn’t keep us safe.
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Censorship Does Not Keep Kids Safe
KOSA is an alarming bill that would enable censorship and violate young people’s First Amendment right to freely access information. We must call on Congress to act now and protect free speech online.
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