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Ronald Woan

@woan.bsky.social
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Retired tech guy. World traveler, movie/food/women’s sports enthusiast.

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Michael Warburton @michaelwarburton.bsky.social · 6h
21yr old BOBBY FISCHER simultaneously playing 50 opponents in 1964. He won 47, drew 2, lost 1.
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 51m
“.. 14.5% of home-purchase agreements that went under contract fell through in September, the highest rate for any September on record.” - Kobeissi 🏠
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Roger @existentiallyme.bsky.social · 3h
GOP lives in denial that Covid spending to keep families heads above water resulted in Biden inheriting 7% inflation that he worked down while still not stripping the safety net.
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 1h
Apple introduced HomeView, a tablet that will be able to recognize up to six members of a household and change its content based on who is using it, as the company tries to breathe fresh life into its product lineup and make inroads in A.I.
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Apple Introduces HomeView, a $299 Tablet for the Home
Apple unveiled the device as it continues its foray into artificial intelligence and tries to prove it can still innovate.
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The Associated Press @apnews.com · 1h
The WNBA has moved up Game 3 of the Finals by a day so the Atlanta Dream could host the Golden State Valkyries at State Farm Arena.
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WNBA moves up Game 3 of Finals by a day to allow Atlanta Dream to host Valkyries at State Farm Arena
The WNBA has moved up Game 3 of the Finals by a day so the Atlanta Dream could host the Golden State Valkyries at State Farm Arena.
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tomwellborn3rd @wellborn.net · 1h
Musk spent a weekend pushing a fake story that Talarico was in a mental hospital, then kept smearing him after the hospital denied it. He's also put 276 million dollars into the midterms. A guy with Pentagon contracts and a possible subpoena has a lot riding on this.
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Elon Musk is the midterms' biggest disinformation risk
The world’s wealthiest man pours money into GOP candidates while backing a floridly fake story about a Democrat on the platform he owns.
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Ronald Woan @woan.bsky.social · 1h
I’m embarrassed for our whole country.
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Jeff Kassouf @jeffkassouf.bsky.social · 2h
Boston Legacy says Murphy is "projected to make a full recovery for the start of the 2027 NWSL Regular Season."
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 2h
The Strategic Petroleum Reserve is now the lowest ever relative to Refinery Inputs. (via RB Advisers) #SPR
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CNBC @cnbc.com · 10h
Automation could affect 36 million jobs by 2035, according to a recent report from the McKinsey Global Institute.
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Automation will affect 36 million jobs by 2035—these 10 occupations could be hit hardest, says new report
Automation could affect 36 million jobs by 2035, according to a recent report from the McKinsey Global Institute.
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Ronald Woan @woan.bsky.social · 10h
Apparently America hasn’t had values or been great for over 100 years in the eyes of MAGA.
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Patrick De Haan @gasbuddyguy.bsky.social · 21h
agreed, many many questions about the deal that go beyond the headlines, but ultimately, agree on the conclusion- this will not meaningfully reduce diesel prices. buying Russian diesel by a country who exports >50 million gallons per day is an abomination
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 15h
Our analysis found that from 2020 to 2025, the rate of deaths involving ectopic pregnancies nearly doubled compared with the previous six-year period. The uptick was steeper in states with abortion bans.
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Ectopic Pregnancy Deaths Have Nearly Doubled. It’s Worse in States With Abortion Bans.
With prompt and appropriate medical care, experts say, people shouldn’t die from an ectopic pregnancy. Women in Texas and Oklahoma have sued over delays in care, which, coupled with our new analysis, ...
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 12/10/2026
BBC defends editing out trans rights slogan on Strictly contestant’s T-shirt
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BBC defends editing out trans rights slogan on Strictly contestant’s T-shirt
Bethany Antonia wore a T-shirt with the slogan ‘Protect the Dolls’ in rehearsals, but the words were edited out on Saturday’s show The BBC has defended its decision to edit out a transgender rights slogan from a T-shirt worn by a contestant on Strictly Come Dancing, stating it was standard practice to avoid “overt branding or slogans”. The actor Bethany Antonia was filmed wearing the T-shirt, which bore the slogan “Protect the Dolls”, during rehearsals ahead of her live performance on Saturday night. Continue reading...
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Le Monde in English @english.lemonde.fr · 12/10/2026
Oldest covered market in Paris 'completely destroyed' in overnight fire
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Oldest covered market in Paris 'completely destroyed' in overnight fire
The Marché Couvert des Enfants Rouges had been operating since the 17th century. By morning, the fire was under control, according to authorities.
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Chris⚖️Justice @chrisjustice01.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
⚖️✊🔥 Hayley Williams (Paramore) at her show last night in New Orleans: “Please f*cking vote in November. F*ck all these people man, God damn. F*cking MAGA pieces of shit. The KKK look different and they will not win” (paramorgan96)
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Dave Against The Machine🏴 @johnbrownbread.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
KKK attempts to murder fleeing man with his truck. The man is now in the hospital. ICE is a terrorist organization and every ICE agent is a criminal.
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ICE agent strikes man with car during pursuit in Texas, authorities say
A man was hospitalized after he was struck by a vehicle driven by an ICE agent who was allegedly chasing two suspects Saturday, the authorities said.
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 11/10/2026
🚨 WTF! Trump's new White House Press Secretary Katie Zacharia has been EXPOSED promoting Pizzagate and QAnon conspiracy theories—including claims that Democrats are child-eating cannibals. And her posts about Trump's secret signals are even more bizarre.
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Trump's New Press Secretary Exposed as Pizzagate and QAnon Conspiracy Peddler
Katie Zacharia pushed claims about child-eating Democrats, secret Trump signals and stolen elections before landing the White House podium.
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 11/10/2026
Trump’s big lie this morning unraveled FAST. Zelenskyy says the announcement was “NEWS TO ME.” Now a senior RUSSIAN lawmaker says he knows NOTHING about the deal—and suggests Trump is making fake announcements to manipulate oil prices.
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Trump’s Ukraine ‘Ceasefire’ Exposed as Kyiv and Moscow Rebuke Him
Zelenskyy says Trump’s ceasefire was “news to me,” while a senior Russian lawmaker suggests the announcement was a ploy to drive down oil prices.
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Connect with Jacob Soboroff @connectwithjacob.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
A Gen Z voter on why she’s going to the polls: “Our President should be someone who's setting an example for the rest of the world and…all I can think of is Cornell Seven, and like, how can you even blame those guys when their president is doing the same thing?”
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Gen Z students share their midterm predictions
Jacob Soboroff headed to USC to get Gen Z predictions on the midterms: why they’re voting (or not), what politicians they admire, and whether anyone in power will ever do something about climate chang...
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 11/10/2026
LOL: Right wing media released a Jack Smith (Vol II) document showing he put a pen register on Susie Wiles' phone. He did that b/c Trump showed her a very highly classified document. Wonder if @knightcolumbia.org knows the White House violated Judge Cannon's order. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/11/u...
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How the White House Manufactured a Narrative About a Trump Aide’s Call Logs
A release of selected records from the classified documents inquiry is a case study in how omitting context can create political ammunition.
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OptaJack @optajack.optajoe.com · 11/10/2026
12 - Twelve different #NWSL teams had at least one player appear for the #USWNT against Spain on Saturday, the most ever in a single match. Depth.
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The Associated Press @apnews.com · 10/10/2026
Tech Week is in full bloom in San Francisco, packing the city’s restaurants this week with venture capitalists and AI founders ebullient about the White House’s stance on regulating artificial intelligence — namely, don’t do it.
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In Silicon Valley, AI founders cheer Trump’s calls for the industry to police itself on safety
At Tech Week in San Francisco, venture capitalists and AI founders have been ebullient about the White House's hands-off approach to AI regulation.
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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
ProPublica and The Texas Tribune reviewed Ken Paxton's travel records dating back to 2015. Paxton has taken nearly 1,000 trips with a state-funded security detail, costing $3.3 million. The outlets could only connect 138 of those trips and $553,000 in security costs to actual state business.
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Ken Paxton’s Security for Travel Cost Taxpayers Millions. Just 1 in 6 of His Trips Had a Stated Business Purpose.
Records show the Texas attorney general has taken nearly 1,000 trips during his tenure, costing $3.3 million in security. We could only connect 138 of those trips and $553,000 in security costs to sta...
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Dimitri Drekonja, MD, MS @dimitridrekonja.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
The silence from the GOP is deafening…
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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
U.S. Ambassador to Greece Kimberly Guilfoyle is under investigation by the State Department’s Office of the Inspector General. The probe comes as a longtime Trump donor accused Guilfoyle of asking him to pay her outstanding $100K Amex bill in exchange for access to senior administration officials.
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State Department watchdog probing Kimberly Guilfoyle amid alleged $100,000 demand - AOL
U.S. Ambassador to Greece Kimberly Guilfoyle and the embassy she leads are under investigation by the State Department’s Office of the Inspector General, two people familiar with the decision confirme...
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
PARCL LABS: “.. 43.3% of all US homes for sale are now undergoing price cuts. This is up 93 basis points since Wednesday. This is up 20% since April.”
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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Documents released by a watchdog group suggest that despite Trump's promise to fund Freedom 250 events through private donations, taxpayers largely footed the bill. The budget estimates leave open questions about where tens of millions in private donations ended up.
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Trump Raised Big Bucks for Freedom 250 — But Most Events Appear to be Funded by Taxpayers
Newly released documents raise questions about what happened to the corporate and private donations.
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Three weeks ago: @pbsnews.org #Russia www.pbs.org/newshour/sho...
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
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Decoding Fox News @decodingfoxnews.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
The @pbsnews.org Hour interviewed the Republican donor who Kimberly Guilfoyle allegedly asked him to pay $100,000 credit card bill. This is worth a watch. youtu.be/kX2ReJ6Icuw?...
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‘It was a definite quid pro quo.’ GOP donor who accused Guilfoyle of corruption speaks out
YouTube video by PBS NewsHour
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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
The NYPD just released surveillance video of the ICE shooting (which occurred off camera). Two men in civilian clothes run up to a car with guns drawn. One second later, one man begins smashing the butt of his gun into the driver’s side window. The driver appears to panic and hit the gas.
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Jonathan Howard @joho.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
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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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Gillian Brockell @gillianbrockell.com · 09/10/2026
This ICE agent’s entire Instagram feed, “shooter.914,” is guns, watches, energy drinks, and alcohol.
A shooter.914 post showing a blue handgun and Reign energy drinkThe console of a car with an energy drink and handgun in the cup holders. In the foreground, shooter.914’s wrist with a fancy watch in it. Background: Two assault rifles and a Monster energy drink A screenshot of his whole account showing more of the same
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Joe Walsh @walshfreedom.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
What America looks like when we put the absolute worst of us in power.👇
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 08/10/2026
It's Artificial Intelligence. It's Twitter. It's the Gulf of Mexico. It's Lake Ontario. It's the Department of Defense. It's the Kennedy Center.
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Hours later, Trump posts that the US has just had “productive talks” with Iran and announced the US will not attack Iran before the midterms.
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 08/10/2026
A U.S. diplomat in Jerusalem suppressed and altered reports critical of Israel, according to multiple officials and documents obtained by The New York Times.
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How a U.S. Diplomat Suppressed and Altered Reports Critical of Israel
A top aide to Ambassador Mike Huckabee skewed information to portray the Netanyahu government in a favorable light, according to multiple officials and documents obtained by The Times.
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Stand Up for Science! @standupforscience.net · 08/10/2026
The CDC just re-opened a previously shelved study that would withhold the hepatitis B vaccine from children in Guinea-Bissau, despite decades of evidence showing it is safe and effective. This is a violation of human rights, using “science” to harm some of the most vulnerable people in the world.
Breaking-news graphic featuring a photo of RFK Jr with headline that reads "RFK JR. TO GIVE 1.6M IN CDC FUNDS TO EXPERIMENT ON AFRICAN BABIES IN UNETHICAL TRIAL"
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Karen Sue Waters @karensuew.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
I miss having a president. I mean a REAL president -- someone who works and lives the position. Someone who doesn't shame us but instead is always a person to respect and be proud of. Someone like Barack Obama.
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MayhemMel! @melindameyer.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
www.npr.org/2026/10/07/n... If the middle class on down is to thrive, Universal Healthcare isn't just an option it's a necessity. We can no longer afford for profit insurance. They're literally killing us.
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'Medicare for All' message attracts midterm voters buckling under medical bills
Midterm candidates are talking up Medicare for All, and in a poll 2 out of 3 Americans said they support it. The phrase speaks to a desire for radical change, though many don't really know what it is.
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Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
If they’re admitting 81 planes, drones and helicopters worth $3.3 billion have been lost in Iran, imagine what they’re not telling us. The real cost is likely far higher, and our grandchildren will be paying for this unnecessary war and his reckless spending. www.businesstoday.in/amp/world/st...
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Patti Olivier 💙VOTE BLUE @patti3333.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Tomorrow The U.S.S. LINCOLN will return to San Diego after 320 days at sea These heroic men & women finally come home ! To the great city of San Diego, I hope thousands show up to greet them The city trump says "a small price to pay "...Treasonous The disgusting part Hegseth will be there
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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
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Phil PlAIt @philplait.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
You do NOT want the flu. It is not just a cold, it is way, WAY worse. Get vaxxed.
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 08/10/2026
Margaret Hamilton, who led the 100-person team that wrote the onboard software for the Apollo missions, has died.
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Margaret Hamilton, Whose Software Guided the Apollo Missions, Has Died
Margaret Hamilton, the first female programmer hired to work on the space project at M.I.T., was 90.
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Public Citizen @publiccitizen.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Trump has, once again, blocked media outlets that report accurately on him from joining his press pool. The fragile ego of this man-child can only handle press that fawns over him.
Title reads: "White House blocks Politico from Air Force One trip, cannot secure replacement.
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
“.. defense companies backed by the president's sons, including Anduril, have now raked in more than $6 billion dollars in active or promised government contracts since those investments were made, according to the government's official contract reporting. abcnews.com/Politics/tru...
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Walker Bragman @walkerbragman.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
What a fucking country… www.phoenixnewtimes.com/news/congres...
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Congressional candidate is raped while repairing her campaign signs
Embarrassed, she initially didn’t want to report attack. Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office's investigation is ongoing.
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Hilarious. Mike Rogers is now running against … Donald Trump.
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