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Here for cats and to stand up for democracy. F trump, elmo et al. Physician, former sysad, rural journalist, traveler, dancer. Lived all over. Mastodonian. Snark, football talk, interesting links guaranteed. Will use my real name once I feel safe here.

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Rae Radford @raeradford.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Great name… #BookSky
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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 4h
Ex-WV police chief violently attacked a woman over an expired registration. Though innocent, she spent five days in jail before the charge was dismissed. He resigned and was decertified.
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🍁🇨🇦Team Canada Forever🇨🇦🍁 @teamcanadaforever.bsky.social · 7h
I’m so doing this from now on LOL 😂
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Jennifer Shin - WTAF @jennifershin.bsky.social · 6h
They took away Medicaid from my 82 year old mom. They don't answer the phone and when she showed up in person, they refused to talk to her and told her to go home and call them. She got her low income senior housing because she qualified for Medicaid.
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Pissedoffpundit @pissedoffpundant.bsky.social · 4h
👏💯👏💯👏💯👏💯👏💯👏💯👏💯👏💯👏💯🤔...
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Michael Warburton @michaelwarburton.bsky.social · 3h
Debuted on ABC 66yrs ago today. THE FLINTSONES (1960-66)
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Miaganga @miaganga.bsky.social · 9h
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Charles Keener @charleskeener.bsky.social · 17h
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🦋Fiona McGee🦋🚫👑🐈🐈‍⬛ @judymccarthy.bsky.social · 18h
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Justin Wolfers @justinwolfers.bsky.social · 4h
A quick vocab lesson for the president: if you buy something from me, then we have a "trade deficit". It doesn't mean you got ripped off. It doesn't mean it's unfair. All it means is you ended up with more stuff and I ended up with more cash. www.youtube.com/watch?v=wwJqtzkwYQE
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David Waldman @kagrox.bsky.social · 4h
That was Mitt Romney’s entire lifetime net worth, back when we rejected him as an out-of-touch moneybags.
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CNN @cnn.com · 4h
There is a link between the amount of time children spend on screens and their development, a new study shows, with poorer outcomes seen in learning, speech and emotional regulation among those who spend longer on them. cnn.it/4Ayp9Hw
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Electronic Frontier Foundation @eff.org · 4h
Tune into the latest EFFector podcast: "Hey Siri, How Do I Limit AI Data Access?" This time, we're talking about the privacy complications of AI phone features. www.eff.org/deeplinks/2...
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📱 Hey Siri, How Do I Limit AI Data Access? | EFFector 38.17
With the launch of iOS 27, Apple is rolling out a variety of new AI features to its familiar voice assistant, Siri. But how are AI tools like these handling our data? In our latest EFFector
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 4h
👀 🔥
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Justin Wolfers @justinwolfers.bsky.social · 5h
And if reading's more your jam, I have a (brief-ish) summary, here (minus the zingers): newsletter.platypuseconomics.com/p/most-peopl...
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Most People Aren’t Washing Their Financial Hands
Everyone trusts that germs exist. So why don’t people trust economists about money?
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Justin Wolfers @justinwolfers.bsky.social · 5h
I gave a keynote last week on how we can do a better job in teaching financial literacy. I poured a lot into it, and along the way, convinced myself that it's something I ought to do more of. If you want to see the talk, the whole thing's here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=NE9e...
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The Money Habits Too Many People Skip
YouTube video by Platypus Economics with Justin Wolfers
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𝗽𝗵𝗼𝘁𝗼𝗳𝗿𝗮𝗺𝗱 @photoframd.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Mike Johnson is choosing to fund Trump's Iran War by further cutting Medicare, Medicaid, SNAP and Social Security. Time to hold them accountable... #GOPWarOnHealthcare bsky.app/profile/phot...
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 5h
Trump promised he would halve energy prices within his first year in office
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brendanamartin.bsky.social @brendanamartin.bsky.social · 5h
“The term ‘enabling legislation’ is meant to evoke Hitler’s transformation into a dictator. Not because I think Trump is Adolf Hitler (though he is capable of evil on that scale), but because the delegation of power Democrats have accepted is analogous to how Hitler consolidated his.”
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Rob Priest @rdpriest.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
A frontal engagement with the politics of who gets to label what as 'culture', 'cultural issues' and 'culture wars', why, and with what effects.
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Democracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 5h
NEW: A nonpartisan watchdog asked a court to force the Trump administration to hand over records on its claims that tens of thousands of noncitizens are registered to vote in various blue states. The request comes after Trump alleged that his administration found 278k noncitizens on the rolls.
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DHS has failed to provide records to prove Trump’s allegations of noncitizen voting, watchdog says
Key federal agencies failed to provide any records to back up President Donald Trump’s allegations that 278,000 noncitizens are improperly registered to vote, a nonpartisan government watchdog said in...
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Virginia Scharff @vscharff.bsky.social · 5h
Very important information in this thread.
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Eric @ericsescapades.bsky.social · 6h
Hey folks, a little reminder that sales for the 2027 charity calendar will finish at midnight. We will be ordering what we’ve sold with an extra 2. These will be offered as prizes for some competitions we’ll run next month . All profits go to charity write-on-the-tyne.sumupstore.com/product/eric...
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Cheddar @fartycheddarcat.bsky.social · 5h
I wears my orwinge shirt For all da liddle hoomins Dat gotted stoled Dat gotted lost Dat gotted hurt I wears my orwinge shirt To onner dem all Cuz liddle hoomins matter We can neber forget #EberyLiddleHoominMatters #NeberForget #OrwingeShirtDay #WezzydenshilSkools
Cheddar looks up at the camera with big eyes and a thoughtful expression on his face. He is wearing a bright orange shirt.
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Reuters @reuters.com · 15h
Kashmir's 600-year-old wedding-feast tradition adapts to modern times reut.rs/4jw6Qwz
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Kashmir's 600-year-old wedding-feast tradition adapts to modern times
As autumn approaches, the rhythmic thud of wooden mallets pounding lamb meat can be heard across Indian Kashmir as cooks ​prepare a traditional meal served at weddings - a multi-course mutton feast ‌called Wazwan.
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Polar Nerd @polarnerd.bsky.social · 15h
MAGAs are angry that Sanders used a white guy in her welfare ad because only black people are on welfare. These people are so stupid. www.jezebel.com/sarah-sander...
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GOP Governor Suggests White Guys Are Are on Welfare, and MAGA Is Pissed
Sarah Huckabee Sanders faced backlash from MAGA supporters after she dared to use a white man in an anti-welfare ad.
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glastomichelle.bsky.social @glastomichelle.bsky.social · 15h
Golden Wednesday. That was quite an unexpected end to my morning walk. After going up Glastonbury Tor in torrential rain, I was on my way home and the sky cleared in seconds!
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Slashdot @slashdot.org · 15h
The Night Sky Is Getting 10% Brighter Every Year science.slashdot.org/story/26/09/30…
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The Night Sky Is Getting 10% Brighter Every Year
fjo3 quotes a report from The Guardian, written by Tove Danovich: Every year, the night sky is becoming 10% brighter. Eighty percent of people live under light-polluted skies. And while the UN declared a healthy environment -- clean air, clean water -- to be a human right, I believe we also all have...
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Reuters @reuters.com · 13h
South Africa summons US ambassador again over 'undiplomatic conduct,' official says reut.rs/4e3usoE
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South Africa summons US ambassador again over 'undiplomatic conduct,' official says
South Africa's foreign affairs ministry called in US Ambassador Leo Brent Bozell III on Tuesday for a third time over what it described ​as "undiplomatic conduct," a senior government official told Reuters, but did not ‌elaborate on what the conduct was.
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Joshua Benton @joshuabenton.com · 12h
Louisiana sheriff's deputies "accidentally" arrested a local Black mayor this weekend. Sheriff: "Long story short, we made a booboo." www.klfy.com/local/st-lan...
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St. Landry Parish deputy error led to wrongful arrest of Melville Mayor
OPELOUSAS, La. (KLFY)– St. Landry Parish Sheriff Bobby Guidroz confirmed that deputies mistakenly arrested Melville Mayor Caretta Robertson. The apprehension was unauthorized, as officers wer…
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Jacob Öberg @profjacob.bsky.social · 13h
🚨🚨 @coe.int of Europe said yesterday that the #US formally notified it that it would leave the Group of States against Corruption, or #GRECO. Only two other countries have left GRECO before — #Russia and #Belarus. The fall of the #US on the world scene is striking. apnews.com/article/trum...
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US withdraws from European anti-corruption panel in latest shift away from global groups
The Trump administration has withdrawn the United States from a top European anti-corruption watchdog.
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Ned Richardson-Little @historyned.bsky.social · 13h
A feature of post-war German democracy has been that the left has traditionally had far more of a firewall to the far left than the center right has had with the far right. The central role of anti-communism in Cold War West Germany created a structural asymmetry that has not been reckoned with.
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Jalopnik @jalopnik.bsky.social · 12h
Private companies are not permitted by California law to immobilize vehicles with parking barnacles, even if the signs in their lots say otherwise.
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Parking Barnacles Are Like Facehuggers From Alien (And Might Violate California Law) - Jalopnik
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The American Prospect @prospect.org · 12h
All told, at least five million people already lost health insurance in the first six months of 2026. prospect.org?p=145518
Demonstrators holding "Medicare for All" signs
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Jesse Eisinger @jeisinger.bsky.social · 11h
Americans hate data centers. And they are paying for them through Meta’s tax dodging. It’s a good bet that Trump broke the IRS so badly, they’ll get away with it. Excellent piece from @kashhill.bsky.social, @jessedrucker.bsky.social et al: www.nytimes.com/2026/09/30/t...
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Slashdot @slashdot.org · 11h
Wearable Nanotech Could Combat Nerve Agents science.slashdot.org/story/26/09/30…
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Wearable Nanotech Could Combat Nerve Agents
alternative_right shares a report from Phys.org: Nanoparticles could someday provide a new way to help soldiers fight back against deadly nerve agents on the front lines. In a new study, Northwestern University scientists developed a nanoparticle-based compound that, when mixed into clothing dyes, c...
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Reuters @reuters.com · 10h
🔊 23 years after the US-led invasion, American troops leave Iraq. ‘This will further embolden these pro-Iranian Shiite militias who are already unruly. They listen to no one.’ More on the Reuters World News podcast reut.rs/3TCP14v
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PODCAST: AI safety pact, US leaves Iraq and Fat Bear win
US President Donald Trump signs a voluntary AI pact with a handful of tech giants.
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Avishay BSG (Ben-Sasson-Gordis) @avishaybsg.bsky.social · 11h
The co-pilot seems to have tried to crash it into the ground with a full cabin of (mostly Israeli) civilians. Was stopped by his pilot that got stabbed in the process passengers interfered and another crew on the flight landed it in Saudi Arabia. Israel’s treating it as a terror attack for now.
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Democracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 10h
⚠️ Trump’s DOJ has not denied that the administration has considered plans to seize ballots during the midterms. It has also not produced any records about such plans — despite a lawsuit requiring the department to do so.
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Trump DOJ responds to DNC lawsuit, offers no records on ballot seizure plans
The Department of Justice’s (DOJ) 13-page answer did not deny whether the Trump administration has considered such plans, identify whether responsive records exist or offer a timeline for producing th...
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Dennis "dejay" Koch @dennisjkoch.bsky.social · 11h
Pulitzer Prize winning journalist David Cay Johnston--who has known Trump for decades--explained to SiriusXM radio's Dean Obeidallah that "Donald Trump has fantasized about murdering people since he was a young man." @deanobeidallah.bsky.social #USA #Trump #uspoli #SiriusXM youtu.be/n_hr9qodvXY
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David Cay Johnston: "Trump has fantasized about murdering people since he was a young man"
YouTube video by The Dean Obeidallah Show
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Reuters @reuters.com · 10h
Reuters was given rare access to the USS George Washington in the Strait of Hormuz as it conducts military operations against Iranian targets. Here’s what we found reut.rs/4AHcHFk
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Daniel Drezner @dandrezner.bsky.social · 10h
In which I take issue with the notion that colleges place too high a value on writing. danieldrezner.substack.com/p/im-a-colle...
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I’m a College Professor. Writing is Pretty Damn Important.
It’s hardly the only thing -- but it’s a very important thing!
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Haley S. Anderson @hsanderson.bsky.social · 10h
Unsure if I am proud or devastated that my 1Ls seem to have a better grasp of procedural due process and the factors to consider for appellate stays than the current Court
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Evan McMurry @evanmcmurry.theatlantic.com · 10h
New: John Fetterman has been working with GOP fundraising consultants—and paying a hefty commission, @michaelscherer.bsky.social and @mviser.bsky.social report.
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Right-Wing Groups Are Making Money Off John Fetterman
After losing his Democratic fundraisers, the Pennsylvania senator found a new firm with MAGA-world ties.
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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 10h
If you didn't already hate Meta, Mark Zuckerburg, and data centers, Meta is using the latter to cheat on their taxes. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/30/t...
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How Meta Uses A.I. Data Centers to Avoid Billions in Federal Taxes
Meta is exploiting a lucrative tax break intended to support research and experimentation. Its own accountants say the gambit is risky.
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The Denver Post @denverpost.com · 10h
Thousands of legal immigrants in Colorado to lose Medicaid coverage this week
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Thousands of legal immigrants in Colorado to lose Medicaid coverage this week
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 19h
Babies who don’t get the vitamin K shot are 81 times more likely to develop severe bleeding. In many cases, oxygen can’t reach their brains and blood pools around their skulls. Yet driven by misinformation, more parents are refusing the injection. (Published May)
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Babies Are Bleeding to Death as Parents Reject a Vitamin Shot Given at Birth
A lifesaving injection given at birth to prevent severe bleeding has become collateral damage of the anti-vaccine movement.
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Reuters @reuters.com · 18h
South Korea demands North Korea stop border fortification work immediately reut.rs/4hE5iOJ
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South Korea demands North Korea stop border fortification work immediately
South ​Korea's Joint ‌Chiefs of Staff ​said ​on Wednesday that ⁠North ​Korea should ​stop its fortification work ​near ​the inter-Korean border ‌immediately, ⁠adding that such activities ​were ​increasing ⁠tensions on ​the Korean ​Peninsula.
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Andrew Weissmann @weissmann.substack.com · 18h
Everything you need to know about the subservience of Senate Republicans to Trump and the facts. www.instagram.com/reel/Dd5IBWZ...
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msnownews on Instagram: "MS NOW Legal Analyst @weissmann11 reacts to a tense exchange in which Sen. Eric Schmitt accused former special counsel Jack Smith o…"
MS NOW Legal Analyst @weissmann11 reacts to a tense exchange in which Sen. Eric Schmitt accused former special counsel Jack Smith of perjuring himself over whether he attended an Atlanta Hawks game on Feb. 3, 2024. Smith said he was actually in Maryland watching the University of Maryland women’s basketball team play the Iowa Hawkeyes.
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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 18h
Buried away and completely hidden out of sight in a dense forest, more than 1,600 immigrants are imprisoned here on any given day in what is the largest immigration detention center in the Northeast.
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Trump’s mass detention machine in Pennsylvania
"ICE is just churning bodies into the detention system."
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