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Wonder Mutt

@wondermutt.bsky.social
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I pass on a lot of good information I dig up elsewhere and occasionally offer my own two cents. US/UK economics, politics, pandemics, humor as a defense mechanism. #CleanAir #EndBrexit #PunchNazis #Humanist

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Authors Against Book Bans @authorsabb.bsky.social · 1h
So many different people, groups, and organizations have come together to push back against the attack on the freedom to read, including students themselves. Read more about what students in Florida are doing here:
theguardian.com
No more book bans: how Florida students are pushing rightwingers out of school boards
Local communities are fighting back against the influence of conservative groups like Moms for Liberty in education
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kjcon.bsky.social @kjcon.bsky.social · 7h
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Gillian Brockell @gillianbrockell.com · 7h
To be fair, they don't have Barbra Streisand in Abu Dhabi, so they may not know about the effect.
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chelsea bridge @secretaboutbox.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
there are no worthwhile qualities of fraternities, full stop. when they're not busy raping women and defending their rapist members they abuse and kill new members for fun. colleges have proven they cannot be made safe or reformed. the only reasonable policy at this point is banning all of them.
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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 7h
This is horrendous. What a cruel practice.
theguardian.com
Tennessee woman on death row taken to hospital after surviving two lethal injections
Christa Pike, sentenced to death over 1995 murder, was heard snoring 40 minutes after lethal doses administered, witnesses said
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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 7h
Massive news. Notorious is 99p on Kindle for just this month. HUGE bargain and people love this book www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0F2FHD18...
Book cover showing Eve, Capone, Mosley, Henry 8, Vladimir the Impaler and NOTORIOUS
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flyingrodent @flyingrodent.bsky.social · 7h
Speaking as a Norman who remembers what Britain was like pre-invasion, I am appalled and terrified by this nostalgia for the 1050s. King William increased free trade, imposed the rule of law and unleashed incredible creativity in the field of giving my father lots of land and serfs
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Wonder Mutt @wondermutt.bsky.social · 7h
So, what. THIS NATO? The one meeting in Poland from which Shitler excluded key members, including from the Baltic States, but invited Putin. That NATO? bsky.app/profile/olga...
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Josh Self @josh.politics.co.uk · 7h
This “email” image is being shared all over X, including by Nadine Dorries It claims to show Labour instructing an “All Labour X Users” mailing list to praise Burnham's speech It takes very little critical thinking to see it's fake - but here we are
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Wonder Mutt @wondermutt.bsky.social · 7h
How you do it:
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SANTA CLAUS @santaclausalaska.bsky.social · 13h
A FUTURE GAME SHOW: “Sorry, Arthur, your answer was correct, but Paul shouted his opinion louder, so he gets the point. And, an extra bonus point goes to Sue, as she was offended by your answer.”
A drawing of a television game show set with three walls behind the host and three contestants behind their respective podiums. One wall is comprised of question squares, another reads: “Facts Don’t Matter”, and the last is blank. The host addresses one of the contestants:
“Sorry, Arthur, your answer was correct, but Paul shouted his opinion louder so he gets the point. And an extra bonus point goes to Sue as she was offended by your answer.”
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Jon Douglas @atranscendedman.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Royal Society of Medicine editorial. Long COVID is real and linked to sustained increases in healthcare use. The editor argues that underfunding medical science and continuity of care is a costly mistake for patients and health systems. journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
journals.sagepub.com
Long covid and other wise investments of time and money - Kamran Abbasi, 2026
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Brandon Friedman @brandonfriedman.bsky.social · 16h
Pete is lost in terms of modern war. I use the example of this outgunned Ukrainian army officer who successfully terrorized a Russian unit for weeks because she "did the math." At the time, someone commented, "yeah, in combat, 'I did the math' beats 'I can do 100 pushups' every time."
Ukrainian female soldier: Okay, I said the idea is this: There is enough time to empty one full can of 32 grenades and be gone by the time the return mortar fire reaches us. I did the math.
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David Burbach 🇺🇸 @dburbach.bsky.social · 18h
Per press release Project Meridian is a 120 day study by non-DOD tech and biz experts to define the future of warfare from subterranean to cislunar, and Services and CCMDs will be expected to align their future concepts, R&D and acquisitions to what Elon , Palmer, and Newt tell them
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Adam Cohen (My Personal Views Only) @axidentaliberal.bsky.social · 12h
"By looking the other way for decades, the banks allowed Epstein to have ready and reliable access to cash necessary to recruit, harbor and transport young women and underage girls for the purpose of human trafficking and sexual abuse,” Wyden writes.
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Olga Lautman 🇺🇦 @olgalautman.bsky.social · 13h
Several countries, including the UK, France and the Baltic countries did not receive an invite to a planned meeting in Poland that will focus on NATO’s future Trump and his cronies are doing everything to ruin NATO as Russia escalates across Europe. More gifts for Putin
politico.com
Pentagon excludes key allies from NATO meeting
Some of Europe’s biggest defense spenders — and U.S. allies — were not invited to a Pentagon-led meeting to discuss the alliance.
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J. Offir, PhD @joffirphd.bsky.social · 12h
Kennedy is wasting no time trying to convince voters that he's done them a favor by separating them from their healthcare access. He says AI "can give patients 'a second opinion that is much better informed than any doctor in the country.'" Mmm, can it, though? 🧵 www.cbsnews.com/news/america...
cbsnews.com
I tested America.gov, the government's AI chatbot, on health questions
Dr. Céline Gounder asked America.gov 37 questions on autism, vaccines and more. Here's what it got right — and wrong.
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Anonymous @youranoncentral.bsky.social · 12h
Trump continues blaming Ukraine for the global fuel crisis, despite the US-Israeli war against Iran being a the main driver of the energy crisis. Trump explicitly claimed, “This isn’t done by the Middle East,” instead blaming Ukrainian strikes on Russian refineries.
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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 12h
Actual judicial ethics experts who have reviewed the DOJ complaint all say it is "Rule 11 material," meaning they expect the authors of the judicial ethics complaint to be referred to bar disciplinary committees for appropriate disciplinary measures, ranging from reprimand to disbarment.
cbsnews.com
Justice Department files judicial misconduct complaint against federal judges in Minnesota
Attorney General Todd Blanche announced the Justice Department had filed a judicial misconduct complaint against federal judges in Minnesota after they spoke with the New York Times.
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Kashana @kashana.blacksky.app · 12h
I read a couple hundred death penalty cases for a case once and I think you’d all be shocked at how often this happens. The death penalty is one of the cruelest things in our system, an obvious violation of the 8th amendment cruel and unusual punishment clause, but we just love to kill.
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Marty Taylor @realmartyt7.bsky.social · 15h
www.thedailybeast.com/pete-hegseth... #USDemocracy #ProudBlue Pete Hegseth announced Project Meridian that will decide the future of the military will be led by one draft dodging war hawk and two war-profiteers who hold billions of dollars in Defense contracts What could possibly go wrong ?
thedailybeast.com
Hegseth Calls Up Draft-Dodger, 83, to Chart Military’s Future
The Republican former House speaker was once called a “war wimp.”
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 15h
Fellas, we have to talk to our sons while they’re still young. This foundation👇🏽 is the way…
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D. Earl Stephens @dearlstephens.bsky.social · 13h
📌NEWS: Pete Hegseth said that the Pentagon is eliminating 1 in 5 generals and admirals. 📌NOTE: Authoritarian regimes eliminate military leaders who they believe aren't loyal to the regime. 📌UPSHOT: This is a very concerning development in the GOP's ongoing attack on America and her Democracy.
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Bill Grueskin @bgrueskin.bsky.social · 18h
“Send me to fight the bartender who says happy hour ended at 6 pm when my watch clearly says it’s 5:59 pm”
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SarahBCalif @sarahbca.bsky.social · 13h
Trump incited an insurrection Trump stole classified docs, stored them in his bathroom Trump asked GA officials to find him 11,000 votes Trump wanted to stop counting COVID infections & deaths Trump suggested we inject light & bleach into our bodies Many Americans thought: let’s try this again
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mtsw @mtsw.bsky.social · 14h
among other things, musk is the #1 donor to the Republican Party in 2024 and 2026, now appointed to a board where he can steers contracts to his businesses. Bought and sold. Thieves.
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Michael Warburton @michaelwarburton.bsky.social · 21h
Nearly all the Extras in this iconic scene were French expatriates. Their tears during the stirring rendition of La Marseillaise were genuine— filmed at a time when the fate of France was still uncertain. CASABLANCA (1942)
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Chuck Wendig @chuckwendig.bsky.social · 13h
Ah yes, the mind is boggled by immigrants and tourists who don’t want to get abused and thrown into a secret nightmare prison for weeks or months before eventually being whisked away to a country they didn’t come from in the first fucking place. What a mystery!
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J. Offir, PhD @joffirphd.bsky.social · 12h
Usin' up my gift 🎁 links before midnight.... "Hegseth touted his firing of scores of senior military leaders..., accused journalists of "treason' for scrutinizing the Iran war and spoke harshly of service members who did not meet his notions of ideal. 'We are no longer the woke... wapo.st/4hmpG7Z
wapo.st
Hegseth details new initiatives in partisan address to troops
In a fiery speech, the Pentagon chief solicited bids to build a new base, called for more focus on religion and said Elon Musk will help develop next-generation weapons.
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404 Media @404media.co · 23h
BREAKING: The Trump administration is using a grant program from the 1980s to force cities around the US to funnel their ongoing collection of Flock, Axon, and other ALPR data into large federal surveillance centers that fall under the White House’s jurisdiction, 404 Media has learned
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How Cities Are Forced to Funnel License Plate Data to a Massive Federal Surveillance Program
How the federal government built a massive database of license plate reader data through an anti-drug trafficking program.
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ryan cooper @ryanlcooper.com · 22h
oh man you know a small paper did good when the NYT reports on their reporting rather than ripping them off without credit www.nytimes.com/2026/09/29/n...
nytimes.com
Students at Cornell Daily Sun Pursued Sexual Assault Case for Two Years (Gift Article)
The student newspaper, The Cornell Daily Sun, covered the allegations of rape at a fraternity party since they were first made in 2024 and led the reporting on the case.
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Wonder Mutt @wondermutt.bsky.social · 11h
Not even citizens are safe.
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Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 12h
They made her wait all day to kill her, and now they’re torturing her.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 12h
Ossoff: "You played earlier the tape of Mike Collins, a sitting member of Congress and the Republican candidate for senate in Georgia, supporting the deployment of federal troops to polling places in Georgia this fall. Folks, this is a 5 alarm fire."
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 12h
Ossoff on Mike Collins: "This is a congressman who called for executing immigrants by throwing them out of helicopter. He is a fanatic and Trump puppet."
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I may be invisible, but you're transparent. @invisiblelad7.bsky.social · 12h
This sort of heroism will age far far better than anything happening at a Trump rally.
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❀°。Der Siebenschläfer *.゚✿ ⋆ @sababausa.bsky.social · 12h
This is preposterous as it is monstrous Pike survived the execution procedure and now her lawyers, unable to reach the governor or state AG office, are rushing an emergency motion to the Tennessee Supreme Court in their *car* seeking an order to get her medical care
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Joshua Holland @joshuaholland.bsky.social · 12h
Is it though? I wouldn’t come here.
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Joe Ura @joeura.bsky.social · 12h
Come work with me! The Department of Political Science at Clemson University is hiring a tenure-track assistant professor in Comparative Politics or IR + quantitative methods. Review of applications starts 10/19. See our ad for more details. www.higheredjobs.com/search/detai...
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𝕊𝕦𝕟𝕕𝕒𝕖 𝔾𝕦𝕣𝕝 @sundaedivine.lol · 30/09/2026
The 0.1% own 15% of all the wealth while 50% are basically broke. That is how societies die. www.wsj.com/economy/the-...
wsj.com
The Gap Between the Rich and the Very, Very Rich Is Getting Wider
The 0.1% are worth $28 trillion, or about 15% of the nation’s total wealth. The average wealth for a household in this group is over $200 million.
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Brandon Friedman @brandonfriedman.bsky.social · 12h
There should be statues of this woman in 20 years and high school kids should be assigned her memoir
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Dr. Todd Arrington @btarrington.bsky.social · 16h
Now that phase one of @hcrichardson.bsky.social's wonderful "250 to 250" project has wrapped, I'll share all the videos (one per day) for which I wrote scripts. Some were recorded nearly word for word; others underwent much-needed editing for clarity & brevity. Here’s Tulsa’s Black Wall Street.
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Black Wall Street, Narrated by Kahlil Greene
YouTube video by Heather Cox Richardson
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Lee West @whodat35.bsky.social · 12h
Here we go again. F*K Trump and his lawless regime. White House blocks CNN from pool duty despite judge’s order. thehill.com/homenews/612...
thehill.com
White House blocks CNN from pool duty despite judge’s order
The White House plans to keep CNN journalists from carrying out the network’s previously scheduled duty providing television pool coverage of President Trump on Thursday, a source familiar with the…
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geri katz @gerikatz.bsky.social · 18h
Might as well light the Constitution on fire at this point.
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Asher Elbein @asherelbein.bsky.social · 12h
What kind of scandal will it take to lead to the widespread elimination of Greek fraternities? Hazing so severe it results in serious maiming or death? It's happened. Absolutely hideous sexual assaults? It's happened. Terroristic actions in pursuit of campus political power? It's happened!
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Asawin Suebsaeng @swin24.bsky.social · 12h
It would have been immensely more humane if hours ago someone had just illegally taken a gun out of a holster and just shot her in the head
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Holly Brewer @earlymodjustice.bsky.social · 17h
And this was after the administration there at Bowie State received tens of millions of dollars from Mackenzie Scott. It’s appalling, and there is not nearly enough accountability in the USM system for how money is spent. Writing as a member of the USM faculty advisory council (CUSF). @aaup.org
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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 12h
Among the American states, Utah consistently matches the track record of states of the Old Confederacy in charging, convicting and sentencing to death Blacks and Hispanics who are plainly innocent of the crimes with which they have been charged. It's evidence of malignant racism
theguardian.com
Utah death-row prisoner released after new DNA analysis of 1985 killing
Douglas Carter, 71, who has spent more than four decades on death row, released on bail until new trial begins
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