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Phil White

@whitepa.bsky.social
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Proud father, husband, software guru, low-latency fanatic, slave to the eternal march towards maximum entropy.

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Climate.us @climate.us · 26/06/2026
We got a big bump in traffic yesterday when people learned about us on NPR. Thank you to @npr.org for covering our launch and bringing our story to people's attention! And thank you to all our new followers. We can do this together! 🌍️🧪💪 #ClimateAction #ClimateForUs #ProtectScience
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The Onion @theonion.com · 23/06/2026
Archaeologists: D.C. Capitol May Have Once Been Used For Legislating
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Archaeologists: D.C. Capitol May Have Once Been Used For Legislating
WASHINGTON—Calling the discovery the “clearest proof yet” of how the U.S. government was originally designed to function, archaeologists published new evidence Thursday that suggests the Capitol build...
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Guardrails of Democracy @demguardrails.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
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Miz Anthrope @mizanthrope01.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
Harvard and Princeton graduate, Grammy winner, and former First Lady Michelle Obama appreciation post
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Stone Cold Jane Austen @abbyhiggs.bsky.social · 31/05/2026
me: changes the light fixtures in my house to energy efficient LED lightbulbs Jeff Bezos:
The Blue Origin rocket explosion this week
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HELL Kennedy @helenkennedy.com · 22/04/2026
Priceless post from the official White House social media
Margo Martin
@MargoMartin47
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Congratulations, Georgia Women's Tennis!

The photo shows Trump and five white dudes in red ties standing in front of and completely blocking 10 young women
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Phil White @whitepa.bsky.social · 20/04/2026
I feel this. I once purchased a large americano at an espresso stand, placed it in my cupholder, and proceeded to drive two hours… only noticing it when I arrived at my destination. Never even took the first sip. 🫠
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Yashar Ali 🐘 @yasharali.bsky.social · 20/04/2026
Absolutely incredible. NASA Astronaut Reid Wiseman, who commanded Artemis II, took this footage from the far side of the Moon with his iPhone. Watch with sound on.
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Alex Wellerstein @wellerstein.bsky.social · 17/04/2026
On DOOMSDAY MACHINES, this week I dive into the idea of “atomic bombs” before the discovery of nuclear fission made them actually feasible. I’ve long thought it makes for an interesting case study — a fateful intersection of scientific fact and science fiction. doomsdaymachines.net/p/strange-ev...
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"Strange even to the men who used them"
"Atomic bombs" before the discovery of fission
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CJ Fogler @cjzero.bsky.social · 16/04/2026
You'll get it but you need to watch the slide a dozen times and friends, it is worth it
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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
This is horrific. A U.S. citizen describes the facility in Arizona that her husband was brought to while he waited to be put on a deportation flight. Dozens of people were crammed into tiny cells, there was a "chain of people vomiting" from filthy toilets, no medical care, and only one meal per day.
Barrera said her husband said the smell of human feces in the toilet caused a fellow detainee to vomit and, in turn, created a chain of people vomiting.
She said her husband is asthmatic and has not received medication to treat his condition. The lack of medicine and the stress of the overcrowded holding cell has left him short of breath and teetering on the edge of an asthma attack, Barrera said.
ICE did not immediately respond to questions on April 10 about the conditions of the Mesa or Phoenix facilities.
After the publication of this article, Barrera told The Arizona Republic her husband was transferred to the ICE facility at San Luis Regional Detention Center at about midnight. The San Luis Regional Detention Center is in Southwestern Arizona and has the capacity to hold 700 people.
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Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 14/04/2026
A+ headline. defector.com/president-ex...
President, Extremely Normal Brain-Wise: Pope Weak on Crime, Also I’m Dr. Jesus Christ
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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 14/04/2026
NEW—I got an exclusive excerpt from a USAID whistleblower's new book that made me gasp multiple times. It details Trump's dismantling of the humanitarian aid agency & his team/DOGE's shocking ignorance to public health. 'Into the Wood Chipper' by Nicholas Enrich is out tomorrow. Read excerpt here:
thehandbasket.co
Whistleblower says Trump officials thought USAID did 'just abortions,' asked for 'Barney-style' slides before gutting agency, per new book
Read an exclusive excerpt from Nicholas Enrich's "Into the Wood Chipper"
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Phil White @whitepa.bsky.social · 17/03/2026
if true, these people are unbelievably stupid
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Jenny Cohn @jennycohn.bsky.social · 13/03/2026
I read the “Save America Act,” so you don’t have to. Most of the media apparently *hasn’t* read it because, if they had, they would be sounding the alarm about the provision in Point 1, below, which almost none of them have even mentioned. I hope this summary helps raise awareness. 1/
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Jake Williams @malwarejake.bsky.social · 06/03/2026
That Iranian Navy ship we torpedoed had no ammunition on board because that was a requirement to participate in the MILAN 2026 exercise (organized by the Indian Navy). The US Navy knew this because IT ALSO PARTICIPATED IN THE EXERCISE. What a national embarrassment. newrepublic.com/post/207429/...
newrepublic.com
The Most Chilling Detail in the U.S. Attack on an Iranian Naval Ship
The Iranian warship was taking part in an international exercise with many other countries—including the United States.
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Christopher Mathias @letsgomathias.bsky.social · 05/03/2026
“No front-page stories in NYT, WSJ, WaPo. No mention on NBC and CBS Sunday Shows. No stand alone segments on Evening News shows. A death count on par with the OKC bombing is relegated to the back page.” www.columnblog.com/p/corporate-...
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Corporate Media Buries Story of US and Israel Killing 168 in Girls School Attack
No front-page stories in NYT, WSJ, WaPo. No mention on NBC and CBS Sunday Shows. No stand alone segments on Evening News shows. A death count on par with the OKC bombing is relegated to the back page.
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Paul Waldman @paulwaldman.bsky.social · 26/02/2026
To any Democrat who ever said about any issue, "Maybe if we agree with Republicans just this far, they'll stop there," remember that you were wrong, it was obvious at the time, and you really should never believe that again about any issue, ever.
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Jeffrey Lewis @armscontrolwonk.bsky.social · 25/02/2026
Does anyone think Kim Jong Un looks at what has happened in Iraq, Libya and now Iran and has any regrets at all?
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Luke BOO 👻 ber @coolhand.bsky.social · 21/02/2026
In the survey, conducted in January, X users were the only group in which a majority, just barely over 50 percent, expressed "strong" or
"somewhat" approval of Donald Trump. His approval was significantly lower among consumers of news from "podcasts and YouTube," local television, and even Facebook. Among people reading "newspapers or news websites," browsing Reddit, watching broadcast television or scrolling TikTok or Instagram to keep up with current events, the numbers were, as Jain described them, "catastrophic." He noted, 'If you're largely getting your news from Twitter, you might not even know that Trump is unpop-ular, because you wouldn't even see a lot of the backlash."
Last week, in a study published in Nature, a group of researchers attempted to answer a sensible follow-up question: So what? People organize around news sources that flatter their beliefs, and in a fragmented news environment, you would expect different attitudes to be associated with venues that have developed a clear partisan identity. Well, it turns out that the engine of Musk's X - its algorithmic "For You" page - is an ideological ratchet:
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 18/02/2026
If someone had told me ten years ago that in 2026, there could be evidence of the president raping and threatening to kill children, and he would *still* be allowed to stay in office, I would have politely asked them to put down the meth pipe.
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𝙽𝚊𝚜𝚑 𝙸𝚜 𝙷𝚎𝚛𝚎 𝙵𝚘𝚛 𝙸𝚝 @nashishereforit.bsky.social · 17/02/2026
Wow.
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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 16/02/2026
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Sarah J. Jackson @sjjphd.bsky.social · 15/02/2026
Someone has sure already made this observation but the fact they can convert all those empty warehouses into prison camps means they could have converted them into housing, community centers, job training centers or, hell, libraries or schools all along. It’s always a matter of will not resources.
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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 02/02/2026
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Phil White @whitepa.bsky.social · 01/02/2026
every accusation is an admission
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Brad Heath @bradheath.bsky.social · 30/01/2026
President Trump has filed a lawsuit against the IRS, in which he demands that the IRS, which he as president controls, pay him $10 billion. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
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Representative Seth Magaziner @magaziner.house.gov · 27/01/2026
Reminder that, as of the latest reports, Liam Ramos is still in prison in Texas - now for 5 days. His parents are legal asylum seekers with no criminal record.
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Justin Baragona @justinbaragona.bsky.social · 26/01/2026
And, tonight, the network's flagship news program -- 60 Minutes -- ran a clip show of old celeb interviews to "celebrate the movies" rather than put together an episode focused on what's going on in Minnesota.
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Phil White @whitepa.bsky.social · 26/01/2026
Fuck the Patriots
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Minnesota Star Tribune @startribune.com · 23/01/2026
Tomorrow's front page of the Minnesota Star Tribune: Jan. 24, 2026
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Steve Herman @newsguy.bsky.social · 23/01/2026
Front page of tomorrow's Star Tribune.
Banner headline: Children as young as 5 detained
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Molly White @molly.wiki · 16/01/2026
If anyone was still pretending this isn’t just about excluding trans kids from public life, the Trump administration just opened a Title IX investigation into a Maine school district because a trans student is on a *co-ed* cheerleading squad.
pressherald.com
​Newport co-ed cheerleading team is at center of Trump transgender athlete crackdown​Trump admin focuses on swimming, cheerleading in Maine transgender athlete probes
The U.S. Department of Education announced a slew of Title IX-related investigations this week that include 2 school districts in Maine.
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Michael Clemens @mclem.org · 14/01/2026
Europe. Is moving military assets. To deter an invasion. By the United States of America.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 15/01/2026
Walz: "What's happening in MN defies belief. News reports simply don't do justice to the level of chaos & disruption & trauma the federal govt is raining down... This long ago stopped being a matter of immigration enforcement. Instead, it's a campaign of organized brutality against the people of MN"
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ashley fairbanks @ziibiing.com · 13/01/2026
just a reminder that we aren’t even seeing the worst of what is happening in Minneapolis from someone detailed at the Whipple Federal Building yesterday
Eyewitness account:
Good morning,
My name is Brandon Siguenza, and l am a US citizen from Minneapolis. Yesterday, while doing legal observation, ICE stopped their cars to harass my friend and me. They sprayed pepper spray into the vent of our vehicle. We held our hands in the air and told them we were not obstructing, that the car was in park and they were free to drive forward and away. There was no active immigration raid. They returned to their cars, and drove forward a bit, then decided to stop again. They surrounded us, smashed the windows of our car, opened the doors (they were unlocked), ripped my friend and I out of the car and arrested us on charges of obstruction.
I was put in an unmarked SUV, separated from my friend.
As I was put in the back seat an ICE agent tore the whistle off my neck and said "I'll be taking this, I might need it later." My phone was knocked out of my hand while being arrested. As we drove away I asked the driver and the passenger if they wouldn't mind buckling my seatbelt, as they were driving erratically. I was ignored. I asked them if I could have the handcuffs loosened, as I was losing circulation, and was told no. At one point the passenger realized his own driver's license was in the backseat next to mine, and tried to surreptitiously grab it without me seeing it.
We were taken to the Whipple federal building, where I saw dozens of brown people being processed in an unheated garage. I was frisked, told of my charges, and saw buses and vans being prepped. I later learned that these were being filled with detainees and driven to the airport for deportation. As we were led in, I noticed that the building was very busy. I got the impression that one of the 2 agents bringing me around was being trained. At multiple points throughout my stay, government agents were unable to open doors, not sure where they were meant to be going, and overall confused and overwhelmed. They couldn't figure out how to use the building phones, or complai…
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evacide @evacide.bsky.social · 12/01/2026
This is your regular reminder that authoritarianism is just domestic abuse writ large.
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Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 10/01/2026
Everybody should watch this and see this woman, who has a baby in her arms and is thrust into basically a standoff, develop courage in real time.
reddit.com
From the minnesota community on Reddit: ST. PAUL, MN: A sobbing resident calls 911 as federal agents force their way into her home to chase down a DoorDash driver who was just trying to deliver food.
Explore this post and more from the minnesota community
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Wajahat Ali @wajali.bsky.social · 10/01/2026
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Skye @simplyskye.bsky.social · 09/01/2026
AOC: “I understand that VP Vance believes shooting a young mother of three in the face three times is an acceptable America that he wants to live in, & I do not — That is a fundamental difference between VP Vance & I — I do not believe the American people should be assassinated in the street”
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 09/01/2026
Ex-Minnesota Governor Jesse Ventura: “We’re a 3rd world country now. I know. I’ve been to ‘em. I spent 17 months in SE Asia while the draft dodger was playing golf… that’s what happens in a dictatorship. In comes the military. That’s what’s happening here.” 🇺🇸
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Christopher Wiggins @cwnewser.bsky.social · 07/01/2026
NEWS: In a heartbreaking video, after ICE shot and killed a woman in Minneapolis, a woman who was in the same SUV cries out: “They killed my wife. I don’t know what to do." “We stopped to videotape, and they shot her in the head,” the distraught woman sobs. www.advocate.com/news/minneso...
advocate.com
Distraught woman says ICE killed her wife in video after deadly Minneapolis shooting
“They killed my wife,” the distraught woman says, adding, “They shot her in the head.”
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Geoff Garin @geoffgarin.bsky.social · 06/01/2026
Here is the Trump Doctrine, as articulated by Stephen Miller in his truly frightening interview with Jake Tapper this afternoon. It is very much like the doctrine of the dictators we fought and defeated in World War II and of Putin today. It is un-American at its very core.
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Will Stancil @whstancil.bsky.social · 03/01/2026
cc @faineg.bsky.social
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Phil White @whitepa.bsky.social · 03/01/2026
slurring bigly
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Brandon Friedman @brandonfriedman.bsky.social · 03/01/2026
Good for Reuters for changing their headline. Pressure works. Grok did not do this. Elon Musk did.
@ketanjoshi.co: This is a thread of major media outlets falsely anthropomorphising the "Grok" chatbot program and in doing so, actively and directly removing responsibility and accountability from individual people working at X who created a child pornography generator (Elon Musk, Nikita Bier etc)

#1: Reuters
Grok says safeguard lapses led to images of 'minors in minimal clothing' on XReuters: Elon Musk's Grok AI floods X with sexualized photos of women and minors

January 2, 2026
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Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 03/01/2026
The way the press is treating chatbots, like they have agency and they “know” things all of a sudden, crossed the line recently from dumb and obsequious to something else entirely. Treating them as alive and making conscious decisions is an almost religious belief. It won’t age well.
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Charlotte Clymer @charlotteclymer.bsky.social · 22/12/2025
If you're a staffer at 60 Minutes who worked on that CECOT segment that got yanked by Bari Weiss at the last minute, figure out a way to leak it. Not saying it's an easy decision or there won't be consequences, but ask yourself why you got into journalism in the first place.
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