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Anonymous @youranoncentral.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Trump is a clear and present danger to Canadian national security, and his efforts go beyond some trade negotiation. He is plotting a soft invasion. Alberta is just the testing ground for the US, Russia, and Israel. Other obj. include dismantling the EU, forcing a Ukraine loss.
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onion person @junlper.beer · 09/09/2026
never forget except for donald trump, he can forget
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Peter Gleick @petergleick.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
The US Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit has ruled there is no constitutional right to clean #water. The UN has declared a human right to water, but that has no sway here. If there's no "constitutional" right, federal & state laws must provide that protection. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
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US federal court says no constitutional right to clean water in Mississippi case
Appeals court dismisses lawsuit from Jackson residents claiming that tainted drinking water violated their rights
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Jonathan Howard @joho.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
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Dr. Jay Bhattacharya on Measles: “I Think I’ve Done My Best.”
As football coach Bill Parcells famously said, “you are what your record says you are”.
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Anonymous @youranoncentral.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
US-Iran fighting escalated tonight, the US destroyed five Iranian tankers, Iran struck vessels and a US base in Jordan. The exchanges have left 30 US troops injured, pushed oil toward $100/barrel, and further stalled diplomacy. Houthis in Yemen struck several Saudi cities, injuring 73 people.
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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Three journalists from Stars and Stripes, the nation's independent military newspaper, are suing Pete Hegseth and other top officials to prevent their firings — which they allege came in retaliation for negative news coverage and speaking out about the importance of press freedom.
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Stars and Stripes journalists sue Defense Department over attempted firings
The three journalists allege Pentagon officials retaliated against them for defending the military newspaper’s editorial independence.
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Karen K. Ho @karenho.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
This gallery of ICE crop/seed art at this year's Minnesota State Fair is incredible, especially the one based on Pablo Picasso's Guernica by Jennifer Nelson, which features the last words of Alex Pretti and Renee Good in Morse code: www.cropart.com/Resist.pdf
A seed art entry in the 2026 Minnesota State Fair based on Pablo Picasso's Guernica. It features a loon, the words "Ice Out" and two representations of Renee Good and Alex Pretti’s. Notably, the mouths of Good and Pretty include their last words in Morse code:
‘I’m not mad at you,’ and ‘Are you okay?’” The artist is Jennifer Nelson.
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Peter Gleick @petergleick.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
Your periodic reminder that one in 300 Americans died of COVID, and mostly because they didn't get the miracle vaccine our scientists produced in record time.
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Josie Glausiusz @josiegz.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
The military units serving in the West Bank are largely composed of soldiers who grew up in the settlements. “They are the settlers,” he said. “That’s the problem.” Settler Siege of Palestinian Homes Highlights Growing West Bank Chaos www.nytimes.com/2026/08/12/w...
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Settler Siege of Palestinian Homes Highlights Growing West Bank Chaos (Gift Article)
Two families have been trapped by settlers for days, casting a spotlight on the army’s struggle to curtail settler violence and protect Palestinians living in the occupied West Bank.
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OSINTRadar @osintradar.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
🇵🇪 Keiko Fujimori has been sworn in as President of Peru, becoming the first woman to be elected to the country’s presidency.
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Evergreen Intel @vcdgf555.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
All the cards.
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David Gura @davidgura.bsky.social · 04/07/2026
The famous sloop Clearwater, built by the late folk singer Pete Seeger and his friends, was removed from the Sail4th 250 Parade of Sail today. It was displaying banners that read, "Save the Clean Water Act" and "Indigenous Rights, Racial Justice, Climate Solutions.”
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Clearwater removed from Sail4th 250 Parade of Sail after banner dispute - Mid Hudson Times
The historic Hudson River sloop Clearwater was removed from the Sail4th 250 Parade of Sail on Saturday morning after U.S. Coast Guard officials informed the vessel it had to leave the event's &hellip...
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
💯 There has been so much corruption and insider trading.
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viejo gambler @viejogambler.bsky.social · 05/07/2026
DeSantis signs bill erasing the term ‘climate change’ from state law... floridaphoenix.com/2024/05/15/d...
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DeSantis signs bill erasing the term 'climate change' from state law • Florida Phoenix
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis signed legislation (HB 1645) on Wednesday that will erase several instances of the words “climate change” from state statutes and restructure the state’s fossil fuel-based en...
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Josie Glausiusz @josiegz.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
At least eight people were killed in Israeli strikes across the Gaza Strip on Monday, including a 23-year-old mother and her 1-year-old baby. The mother and her child were killed in a strike on a displacement camp in the enclave's southern city of Khan Yunis. www.haaretz.com/gaza/2026-06...
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Reports: Israeli strike in Gaza kills young mother, baby, razes over 100 tents
According to Palestinian reports, a 23-year-old mother and her 1-year-old baby were killed in a strike on a camp housing displaced people in Khan Yunis. A second-grader was also killed in Deir al-Bala...
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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
Warren: So we’ve got all these ways to lower the cost of housing. And Donald Trump just doesn’t care. And he openly says so. The guy who ran for president saying, “I will lower costs on day one.” Remember that? He ran for a year saying, “I will lower costs on day one.”
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Cheeky Alpha Monkey @alpha-aurora.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
Okay, not an 1100 mile range, it’s only 900 miles and charges in 5-10 minutes without overheating www.livescience.com/technology/e...
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Toyota to launch world's first EV with a solid-state battery by 2027 — they're expected to last longer and charge faster
New solid-state batteries will be made from a new "highly durable" cathode material and will power a car for much longer than conventional EV batteries.
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Evergreen Intel @vcdgf555.bsky.social · 27/06/2026
Ouch! Ukraine lost 3 MiG-29s!
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Evergreen Intel @vcdgf555.bsky.social · 28/06/2026
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Evergreen Intel @vcdgf555.bsky.social · 28/06/2026
Hot take: this plays well with Boomers and The Daily Show crowd. It is not enough. You need to come up with a credible alternative to the constant mind-numbing fuckery that is happening every hour. Start with reminding people what normality is supposed to look like. Most people need the reminder.
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 27/06/2026
When the Pentagon announced a $620M loan last year to a startup linked to Donald Trump Jr., defense officials and the company tried to tamp down suspicions of cronyism. We found that the request came from White House adviser Peter Navarro. (Published May)
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The White House Intervened to Get a $620 Million Deal for a Company Tied to Donald Trump Jr.
About three months before the Pentagon announced plans to lend money to Vulcan Elements, Trump Jr.’s venture capital firm took an undisclosed stake in the company.
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Michael J. Stern @michaeljstern.bsky.social · 27/06/2026
Anthony Fauci should sue Peter Navarro for defamation. I’m not saying this hyperbolically, I mean it.
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 27/06/2026
‘Many are still afraid’: hope and caution in Budapest before first Pride since Orbán
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‘Many are still afraid’: hope and caution in Budapest before first Pride since Orbán
LGBTQ+ people continue to reel from stigma spread by 16 years of rightwing populist government, says organiser One year ago they marched in record numbers, risking fines and facial recognition technology to challenge Viktor Orbán and his government’s escalating crackdown on LGBTQ+ rights. On Saturday, Hungarians will again take to the streets for Budapest Pride, this time in a march marked by the country’s sweeping political changes. The event, which is expected to unfold peacefully after police gave it the green light, will be a rallying cry of a community that has resisted all efforts to silence it, said Petra Buzás, part of the organising team. Continue reading...
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 25/06/2026
JD Vance: "I think Nixon's historical legacy is enjoying a bit of a renaissance, and deservedly so. I joked that if Watergate happened tomorrow, it would be like a 12 hours news story. The idea that it took down a presidency is crazy."
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Jonathan Cohn @jonathancohn.bsky.social · 21/06/2026
"I have seen children harmed by disease, poverty, by bad luck. I had not, until now, seen them harmed so methodically by their own government." www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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I’m a critical care doctor. I’ve never seen the US harm its children this deliberately | Robert B Shpiner
At every stage of childhood, the Trump administration is withdrawing a protection. It is also dismantling the tools that would measure the harm
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SK Winnicki, PhD 🏳️‍⚧️ @skwinnicki.bsky.social · 20/06/2026
Both totally unnecessary and extremely funny that the Guardian has an interactive graphic for you to change the color of the US flag's blue to the color of the Reflecting Pool from 8 to 19 June and counting
Screenshot of the article's graphic, showing color swatches derived from the Earthcam archive, illustration the color of the reflecting pool calibrated against satellite imagery, from 8 June to 19 June 2026. I chose yesterday, 19 June, so it rendered the US American flag with a green hue instead of blue.
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Behrens Science Museum @bsmuseum.org · 21/06/2026
"In a review of key claims by the documentary, ABC News found that the majority of the scientific observations made in 'An Inconvenient Truth' have come to fruition or are on track to in the years to come."
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'Scientists were dead right': Al Gore says on 20th anniversary of 'An Inconvenient Truth'
The scientists have been right about climate change all along, says former Vice President Al Gore on the 20th anniversary of the release of "An Inconvenient Truth."
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Philip Gourevitch @pgourevitch.bsky.social · 20/06/2026
"She used to talk about the beach like it was a person. Her bond to the sunset, her bond to the water and the turtles….she was really into conservation, and into the soul, the spirit of conservation." www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Lebanese turtle conservationist Mona Khalil killed by Israeli strike
Mona Khalil, who had refused to leave the beach she had spent years protecting, died from her injuries after the Israeli strike.
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Evergreen Intel @vcdgf555.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
Who did it better?
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Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 13/06/2026
A federal judge just ordered the Trump administration to reinstall exhibits and signs relating to slavery ​and climate change that it ⁠had removed from ​parks and monuments nationwide
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Trump administration must restore history, science materials at parks, US judge rules
A federal judge ordered the ​Trump administration on ‌Friday to reinstall exhibits and signs touching on ​topics like slavery ​and climate change that it ⁠had removed from ​parks and monuments nationw...
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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
From @audreygarric.bsky.social: The Trump regime’s decision to dismantle the Oceanic Observatory Initiative is extremely concerning. The loss of these data, along with potential cuts to other ocean observation programs, could significantly hinder climate and weather modeling and maritime safety.
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Le système mondial d’observation des océans fragilisé par l’arrêt d’un réseau de surveillance américain
Un vaste réseau de capteurs marins est en train d’être démantelé par l’administration Trump, et d’autres programmes sont menacés. Il en résultera une perte de données essentielles pour comprendre le r...
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Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
This is bad. At least 9 county prosecutors in pro-Trump areas of Virginia have now openly declared that they won't enforce the assault weapons ban that the Dem state legislature recently passed. It's a MAGA nullification movement. New piece from me: newrepublic.com/article/2114...
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Deep in Rural Virginia, a MAGA Pro-Gun Push Takes an Unnerving Turn
Governor Spanberger signed an assault weapons ban. Some county prosecutors in pro-Trump areas say they won’t enforce it. Is a new MAGA nullification movement brewing?
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Elizabeth Jacobs, PhD @elizabethjacobs.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
Screwworm confirmed in Texas in the midst of having the worst imaginable people in charge. I guess we’re gonna have to keep getting hammered by infectious disease until we realize public health has a point.
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Josie Glausiusz @josiegz.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
Since late April, Albanian demonstrators have gathered at the site of one of Jared Kushner's planned developments on the Zvernec Peninsula, a 1,000-acre coastal area that is home to an array of birds, including flamingos and pelicans. www.nytimes.com/2026/06/02/w...
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Protests Grow in Albania Over Kushner-Linked Project
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alexvonwitzleben.bsky.social @alexvonwitzleben.bsky.social · 31/05/2026
Denmark has announced plans for an ambitious #renewableenergy project known as the North Sea Energy Island. The project is designed to serve as a central hub for #offshorewind farms and distribute large amounts of clean electricity to surrounding countries. #ActOnClimate #ClimateActionNow
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M Meerkat @kackbro.bsky.social · 31/05/2026
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Maine lawmakers pass the first statewide ban on large data centers
The bill, which would prohibit new power-hungry facilities until late 2027, awaits Gov. Janet Mills’ signature or veto.
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Josie Glausiusz @josiegz.bsky.social · 31/05/2026
Lebanon’s prime minister Nawaf Salam accused Israel of “pursuing a scorched-earth policy and collective punishment” by “destroying towns and villages, & forcing their inhabitants into exile”. This will bring “neither security nor stability” to Israel, he said. www.theguardian.com/world/2026/m...
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Israel pursuing ‘scorched earth’ policy, says Lebanon PM, as IDF pushes deeper into country’s south
Nawaf Salam says Israel collectively punishing southern Lebanon and forcing people ‘into exile’ but defends security talks with Tel Aviv
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WaSHlink @washlink.bsky.social · 01/06/2026
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Madhu Pai, MD, PhD @madhupai.bsky.social · 01/06/2026
An illustration of why surveillance & early detection matters in outbreak containment “The reality today is that nobody knows the true scale and severity of this outbreak. New suspected cases are being reported daily, yet 100s of samples remain untested" healthpolicy-watch.news/congo-ebola-...
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Congo Ebola Outbreak Now Third-Largest On Record As Suspected Cases Pass 1,000 - Health Policy Watch
A rare and deadly strain of the Ebola virus is spreading rapidly through a region of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) that has never previously
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 01/06/2026
The SEC has formally proposed scrapping the rule that would have required publicly traded companies to disclose their climate-related risks to investors.
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SEC Proposes Rescission of Climate-Related Disclosure Rules
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Gordon Wark 🤬💥😡🔥🕗🕕🕓🕖 @1stwark.bsky.social · 24/05/2026
Christian Conundrum
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Josie Glausiusz @josiegz.bsky.social · 24/05/2026
The World Health Organization (WHO) has announced a large measles outbreak in Bangladesh, with more than 19 000 suspected cases, the majority in children aged 5 years or younger, reported in a single month—from mid-March to mid-April. @jama.com jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
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Measles Raging in Bangladesh
This Medical News article discusses a large measles outbreak in the populous South Asian country and the global implications amid declines in vaccination.
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Jeremy Forbing @jeremyforbing.bsky.social · 24/05/2026
A post saying "The data centers could've been high speed electric rail. Clearly, they can build infrastructure through people's backyards when they want to." 

Post is from Threads written by the user sim_bookstagrams_badly and says it is from 3 days ago.
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NPR @npr.org · 25/05/2026
China launched the Shenzhou 23 spacecraft with 3 astronauts heading to its space station. One astronaut is set to stay in space for a year to explore human adaptability in long-duration spaceflights. n.pr/4dFP3hV
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China launches Shenzhou 23 spacecraft with 1 of 3 astronauts set for yearlong stay
China launched the Shenzhou 23 spacecraft with 3 astronauts heading to its space station. One astronaut is set to stay in space for a year to explore human adaptability in long-duration spaceflights.
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Trish Greenhalgh @trishgreenhalgh.bsky.social · 23/05/2026
Every summer I repost this article on how to spot drowning. Please read it and pass on. In the last few years I’ve had SIX messages from people who saved a kid’s life after clicking on the link from my feed. slate.com/technology/2...
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Drowning Doesn’t Look Like Drowning
Drowning is not the violent, splashing call for help that most people expect.
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Robin Whitlock @robinwhitlock66.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
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UK ‘built for climate that no longer exists’ and needs urgent changes to survive global heating, report warns
Landmark report calls for widespread air conditioning and says UK temperatures forecast to exceed 40C by 2050
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Elizabeth Jacobs, PhD @elizabethjacobs.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
Links here: bsky.app/profile/eliz...
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Elizabeth Jacobs, PhD @elizabethjacobs.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
And let’s not forget Jay Bhattacharya, who suppressed a paper showing that COVID19 vaccines reduced the risk of hospitalizations and deaths in an otherwise healthy population. This is INTOLERABLE.
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Elizabeth Jacobs, PhD @elizabethjacobs.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
The harm they have done not just to the U.S. but globally in the service of their anti-public health agenda is incalculable. For years these people spread misinformation about COVID19 vaccines. They decided that their behavior on social media should be the same as in their governmental roles.
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Elizabeth Jacobs, PhD @elizabethjacobs.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
None of them should ever be able to work in science or healthcare again. Remember how they were all crowing about how they are “restoring trust” in public health? I guess bald faced lies are how you “restore trust”? In normal times this would be a scandal of epic proportions.
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