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Recent emigre from the other place. Mostly just a listener. Most comments are intended to be wry, even if the attempt fails.

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Caitlin Rourk @caitlinrourk.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Deeply honored to earn the @statesman.com endorsement for Congress District 10. This race is a choice between serving powerful interests and serving you. I’ll put country over party and service over politics. Read the full endorsement: www.statesman.com/opinion/edit...
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Rourk aims to serve U.S. House 10 from the 'radical middle' | Endorsement
Caitlin Rourk offers a practical approach to problem-solving and a commitment to making Congress more responsive to the people it serves, the Editorial Board writes.
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Harold Pollack @haroldpollack.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
.@nhannahjones@bksy.social thank you for your thoughtful essay about your daughter's school journey. New York City spends prodigious sums per pupil on K-12 education. The contrasts with Massachusetts and Mississippl in accompanying student proficiency are chastening. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/20/m...
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In Fighting for Every Black Child, Did I Betray My Own? (Gift Article)
A decade ago, I made a decision about my daughter’s education that I hoped would challenge New York City’s separate and unequal school system. Now 16, she thinks I made the wrong choice.
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UpEarly.bsky.social @upearly.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
the math is not hard, but still the fables come
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 17/08/2026
A former guard at a Tennessee youth prison claims she was fired after calling 911 during an attack on another employee. “I thought I’d done something to save somebody’s life,” she said. “You shouldn’t have to choose a person’s life over your job.”
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He Suffered Abuse in a Private Youth Jail. The Company Never Reported It.
Tennessee’s highest-security youth prisons are operated by a single private company. Former staff say they felt pressure to hide abuse and other serious incidents from the state and to handle medical ...
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UpEarly.bsky.social @upearly.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
so much winning
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Michael Harriot @michaelharriot.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
dlvr.it
Why the National Association of Black Journalists 'Personally Attacked' Stephen A. Smith, Explained
It's impossible to understand why the ESPN personality won NABJ's Thumbs Down Award without knowing the history, the mission and the series of events that preceded the decision.
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UpEarly.bsky.social @upearly.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
yeah, shocking I know
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UpEarly.bsky.social @upearly.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
wins the award for saddest chart/graph of the day
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UpEarly.bsky.social @upearly.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
lol, no SPR oil, no gasoline. Better buy that EV.
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James Talarico @jamestalarico.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
God already built a wall through Big Bend — it's called the Chisos Mountains. We don't need to give billions of our tax dollars to out of state vendors. We don't need to desecrate this sacred land. We don't need this useless, disgraceful, corrupt Big Bend border wall.
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UpEarly.bsky.social @upearly.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
what's the best music for the intro of a gut like this?
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UpEarly.bsky.social @upearly.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
and now, like a total idiot, is asking them to pay us for losing?
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
"The path to voting rights was paved with the blood, sweat and tears of generations of people who endured injustice from a system that did not recognize their equality or, at times, their humanity." - Rep. Jennifer McClellan www.democracydocket.com/opinion/what...
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What we lost when the Supreme Court gutted the Voting Rights Act — and why we need a new one
We face one of the greatest challenges to Black political participation since the VRA first came into existence.
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UpEarly.bsky.social @upearly.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
lol .. the only thing they can correctly say is that he told the truth without saying anything specific that would compromise security.
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Dean Baker @deanbaker13.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
Krugman puts the big numbers in context; tells readers Trump's ballroom cost 300,000 foodstamp person years paulkrugman.substack.com/p/an-explosi...
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An Explosion of Misery
Making American hungry and uninsured again
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Alexandra Petri @petridishes.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
stop wasting your life! www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/...
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Now, Thanks to Sam Altman, You Never Have to Speak With Your Kids Again
AI can handle these kinds of pointless interactions.
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UpEarly.bsky.social @upearly.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
seems like there should be, ummm, maybe 'laws' that prohibit giving false evidence to a grand jury?
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UpEarly.bsky.social @upearly.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
funny, but how about this actual recall www.reuters.com/world/us-age...
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US agency denies Tesla petition to avoid recall fix over headlight issue
The National ​Highway Traffic Safety Administration on Thursday said it was denying ‌a 2024 petition filed by Tesla to avoid a recall fix for nearly 20,000 vehicles with headlights that may exceed max...
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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 22/07/2026
Benjamin Netanyahu is a war criminal.
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Sane Lunatic @sanelunatic.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
@hcrichardson.bsky.social More great work by ProPublica. And more insight into how Trump will try to steal the election.
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UpEarly.bsky.social @upearly.bsky.social · 11/07/2026
fascism
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 11/07/2026
Among the first agencies President Donald Trump gutted after taking office for his second term was a Department of Homeland Security team that had repeatedly disproved his stolen election claims.
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8 Things You Should Know About Trump’s Effort to “Take Over” the Midterm Elections
From dismantling guardrails that upheld the integrity of past elections to gutting federal agencies and installing allies who supported Trump’s claim that the 2020 vote was stolen, here are the key ta...
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UpEarly.bsky.social @upearly.bsky.social · 11/07/2026
nope. not clicking on Wash Post any more.
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UpEarly.bsky.social @upearly.bsky.social · 11/07/2026
it was gravity.
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UpEarly.bsky.social @upearly.bsky.social · 11/07/2026
well, there is also that little bit about the supreme court ..
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UpEarly.bsky.social @upearly.bsky.social · 11/07/2026
this piece is interesting, though a bit repetitive at times. But in all the "on one hand, now on the other" it never mentions that making the electricty to reduce data center water use requires more ... water. That is just ignored here. Combined-cycle methane-gas turbine generators need water 2
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UpEarly.bsky.social @upearly.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
the message is that fascism is here, all over.
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Alexandra Petri @petridishes.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
important meeting
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The First 18 Months
A Cabinet meeting with my son, who is exactly as old as the current administration
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Tor "SolarFred" Valenza @torsolarfred.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
WoodMac: Federal changes halted gigawatts of renewable energy development in 2025 #energysky -- via Solar Power World:
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WoodMac: Federal changes halted gigawatts of renewable energy development in 2025
Federal funding withdrawals and permitting changes contributed to cancelling or halting 7 GW of renewable energy projects on federal land in 2025, with
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Southern Poverty Law Center @splcenter.org · 29/06/2026
The Trump administration is pushing the USPS to adopt a dangerous rule that could deter millions of Americans from exercising their fundamental right to vote via mail. Help us stop this extreme rule — submit a comment to the Postal Service today: bit.ly/3Sphj1r
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Butterflies Katz ⓥ @butterflieskatz.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
A #mural by Dutch #artist Judith de Leeuw shows the Statue of Liberty covering her eyes (in shame) in Roubaix, France (in 2025, just before July 4th). Judith de Leeuw, also known as JDL #StreetArt, creates #murals worldwide (41 countries) to draw attention to social issues. info@jdlstreetart.com
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UpEarly.bsky.social @upearly.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
In other news, BYD has announced the saleman of the year award to Trump
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UpEarly.bsky.social @upearly.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
well, they have made the turn of combining christian nationalism with white supremacy. so there's that.
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UpEarly.bsky.social @upearly.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
we lost the war. What other options are there?
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UpEarly.bsky.social @upearly.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
when you lose a war, you generally must surrender ..
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Prof. Eliot Jacobson @climatecasino.net · 13/06/2026
How hot are global oceans? Compare the 1982-2025 global sea surface temperature average, to this year:
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UpEarly.bsky.social @upearly.bsky.social · 13/06/2026
so basically every state has a registration fee for EV's to make up for gasoline tax revenues. What's the point of a federal fee, which seems to have bizarre 'bipartisan' support? These fees already capture more than the gas tax for the average driver.
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Bob Libal @blibal.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
The Statesman is too busy with local austerity sensationalism to investigate the link between these headlines. But idk maybe we should tax the *trillionaire Austin resident* who spends his days inciting racist riots abroad so my kids school can have a fucking librarian next year….
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John Hanger @jrfhanger.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
US solar generated more electricity than coal during May! US solar generation rose 17%! US coal generation fell 11%! Solar & storage were 91% of new capacity in first quarter. Solar is vital to USA, but Secretary Wright & POTUS constantly attack it. www.bloomberg.com/news/article... #energysky
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Solar Surpasses Coal in Historic Shift For US Electricity Mix
Solar overtook coal in US power generation in May, the first time the renewable source bested the fossil fuel in a calendar month.
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 07/06/2026
Experts say it’s highly unusual for the White House to tell agents to give up custody of potential evidence in an investigation, as it did with the Tates. “I’ve never heard of anything like that in my 30 years working,” an ex-DHS official said. (Published Nov. 2025)
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The White House Intervened on Behalf of Accused Sex Trafficker Andrew Tate During a Federal Investigation
Federal authorities were chided for seizing electronic devices from Tate and his brother, and told to return them, records and interviews show. Experts said the intervention was highly inappropriate.
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 23/05/2026
The success of the U.S. vaccination system depends on two fundamental pillars: parents trusting in vaccines and children having access to them. Under RFK Jr., both are in peril. (Published March)
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How Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s Vaccine Agenda Risks a Resurgence of Deadly Childhood Plagues
The health secretary is spreading doubts about vaccine safety and considering changes that could prompt manufacturers to flee the U.S. market. History has shown how plagues from the past can roar back...
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UpEarly.bsky.social @upearly.bsky.social · 23/05/2026
and probably, although we can't be sure, probably he wasn't stupid
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 23/05/2026
We found that the sepsis rate in second-trimester pregnancy loss hospitalizations increased by more than 50% under Texas’ abortion ban. Here’s how we did our analysis. (Published Feb. 2025)
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Texas Won’t Study How Its Abortion Ban Impacts Women, So We Did
Since Texas banned abortion, no one has studied the statewide effects on pregnant women experiencing complications. Here’s how we sifted through data on millions of pregnancy hospitalizations and anal...
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Brant Reeves @bireeves95.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
Solar Panels can be Strategically placed, I am not sure how useful data centers will be…. I find it odd that the same people who complained about solar panels being a waste of land have no issue with opening data centers 3x the size.
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UpEarly.bsky.social @upearly.bsky.social · 17/05/2026
random 2 cents here: The ES should go head-to-head with the Tesla Model 3 .. but it's looks like it may be under-powered by comparison (HP ratings). Also, is it super heavy?
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UpEarly.bsky.social @upearly.bsky.social · 17/05/2026
so we're just giving up on climate because we need Gemini and Claude?
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UpEarly.bsky.social @upearly.bsky.social · 17/05/2026
are you in a 'net metering' situation? Most people are definitely not. Higher electricity prices typically do NOT lead to higher compensation for solar generation exported to the grid (see NEM 3, just as one example amound dozens around the US). But congrats on your win!
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UpEarly.bsky.social @upearly.bsky.social · 17/05/2026
yet, the cult abides
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Angeliki T. 💎 in NYC @ellinidata.bsky.social · 16/05/2026
Chinese newspaper cartoon (Today... 😂 )
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