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Drug Monkey @drugmonkey.bsky.social · 5h

This is the way. If they aren’t going to answer, move on.

WuTangIsForTheChildren @wutangforchildren.bsky.social · 6h

George Stephanopoulos cuts off JD Vance mid sentence 🤣🔥….this is the way!

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Lauren Donohue @stolenbytigers.bsky.social · 8h

It’s one of the great tragedies in librarianship—how digital content providers have us totally over a fucking barrel and keep jacking up the prices so we can’t easily provide more licenses.

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Sam Halpert @samhalpert.bsky.social · 1d

Dems floated a narrow bill to fund the military, which can’t move because the House isn’t in session. Meanwhile, DoD is now going to spend funds not appropriated by Congress to ensure military paychecks continue.

POTUS now both commands and provisions the military. Unconstitutional and SO dangerous

The Office of Management and Budget sent a notification to Congress about their intent to use research and development funds to pay members of the military, two sources with direct knowledge tell NBC News.
A spokesperson for the OMB confirmed to NBC
News that it plans to use the research and development funds and that there are two years' worth of funds available within the Department of Defense.

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Dave Sherry @myonlyneuron.bsky.social · 1d

Do not eliminate the terribly high likelihood that option 1 AND option 2 BOTH apply.

BWJones @bwjones.bsky.social · 1d

Two options here:

1) They really did intend to fire them and underestimated the fire and pushback.

2) They are absolutely incompetent.

Either option is bad for America.

Apoorva Mandavilli @apoorvanyt.bsky.social · 1d

The Trump administration on Saturday scrambled to rescind layoffs of hundreds of CDC scientists who were mistakenly fired on Friday night in what appeared to be a substantial procedural lapse.

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/11/h...

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Thomas Fortenberry @thomasfortenberry.bsky.social · 1d

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Dave Sherry @myonlyneuron.bsky.social · 1d

Let’s not forget or forgive the ****$0**** that AMERICAN soybean farmers are now getting from selling their products to China because we are subsidizing Argentina’s soybean sales to China.

Dave Levitan @davelevitan.bsky.social · 1d

“We can give $20 billion to Argentina but we can’t afford the CDC’s measles experts” is a hell of an argument

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BWJones @bwjones.bsky.social · 1d

Thank you @barackobama.bsky.social for releasing this discussion on how to confront autocracy.

youtu.be/gRNaIMR00Fc?...

How to stop authoritarianism across the globe: a conversation with President Obama

YouTube video by Obama Foundation

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The New Republic @newrepublic.com · 1d

They're widely, and rightly, perceived as weak. The shutdown fight is Democrats' chance to shock us for a change. trib.al/Q2qOAIZ

Trump isn’t popular; the Republican Party isn’t popular; doubling the healthcare premiums for millions of people isn’t very popular, either.

For God’s Sake, Democrats: Don’t Cave

They’re widely, and rightly, perceived as weak. The shutdown fight is their chance to shock us for a change.

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Dave Sherry @myonlyneuron.bsky.social · 1d

Thank you!

Dave Sherry @myonlyneuron.bsky.social · 2d

Lovely image. What did you use to label the oil droplets?

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Jessica Kant @jessdkant.bsky.social · 6d

Journalism needs a new style guide for these times. As a start: if the basic material facts of the situation don’t align whatsoever with the official claim, you don’t have to repeat that claim. You are not mandated to cover the lies meant to obscure the facts, only the facts themselves.

Eman Abdelhadi @emanabdelhadi.bsky.social · 6d

Claim: rioters attacked ICE
Truth: ICE rushed at unarmed protesters standing on a patch of grass

Gillian Brockell @gbrockell.bsky.social · 6d

Claim: 10 cars rammed ICE
Truth: No cars rammed ICE

Claim: She boxed ICE in
Truth: ICE boxed her in

Claim: She shot a rifle at ICE
Truth: She did not have a rifle

Claim: ICE returned fire
Truth: Only ICE fired

Claim: She drove herself to the hospital
Truth: Paramedics found her

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Dave Sherry @myonlyneuron.bsky.social · 5d

NPR deserves a huge shout out for the work they continue to do.

BWJones @bwjones.bsky.social · 6d

Amending this to include as reliable news sources, @theatlantic.com and @newyorker.com and @pbsnews.org

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Dave Sherry @myonlyneuron.bsky.social · 5d

Congratulations, Austin!

Schallek Lab @schalleklab.bsky.social · 6d

Austin Roorda @roordalab.bsky.social delivering the richly deserved Boynton Lecture @optica-fvm.bsky.social
@optica.org

A tremendous journey with an incredible cast of characters that brought the world high resolution retinal imaging, Oz Vision and olo

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Dave Sherry @myonlyneuron.bsky.social · 5d

Go, go, go!

Electrek @electrek.co · 6d

In a first, renewables generate more power than coal globally

Solar and wind power aren’t just keeping up with global electricity demand anymore – they’re pulling ahead. According to a new analysis from energy think tank Ember, solar and wind combined outpaced global electricity demand growth in the first half of 2025. That shift led to a drop in both coal and gas generation compared to the same period last year. For the first time ever, renewables generated more power than coal globally. more…

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Dave Sherry @myonlyneuron.bsky.social · 5d

It was huge and beautiful rising through some thin clouds on my drive home this evening.

Papa Woof und Krampus und Bleaken @papawoof.bsky.social · 6d

Dave Sherry @myonlyneuron.bsky.social · 5d

The guy in the inflatable frog suit who twerked at the ICE guys in Portland scared ‘em so much that Miller is wetting himself and calling for reinforcements…..

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 6d

Stephen Miller claims that in Portland "ICE officers have to street battles against antifa, hand to hand combat every night, to come and go from their building"

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Dave Sherry @myonlyneuron.bsky.social · 5d

For the love of God, Fallows! Get the damn media running ASAP!

James Fallows @jfallows.bsky.social · 6d

If I Ran the Media™
Fewer stories on:
—How Dems Need to Change Their Messaging
—How [event xx] Will Play w [voter bloc YY]
—How 2028 Field Is Shaping Up

More of:
—Which points of resistance are actually working
—What specifically GOP Reps/Sens are so afraid of
—Real-world tariff/immig effects
—ETC

Dave Sherry @myonlyneuron.bsky.social · 5d

I cannot wait for the album and tour!

Rosemary Mosco @rosemarymosco.com · 6d

Working on a bloödcheëp shirt. I'm proud of those letters.

A black tshirt design with a bald red cardinal in a circle surrounded by flames, with the word bloodcheep in red death metal style letters above it.

Dave Sherry @myonlyneuron.bsky.social · 7d

Seems like a threat?

Brandon Friedman @brandonfriedman.bsky.social · 7d

Judge Diane Goodstein crossed the Trump administration last month. Yesterday, her home burned, her husband was injured and it's being investigated for arson.

www.postandcourier.com/news/crime/s...

Judge blocks South Carolina from giving DOJ millions of voters' data
Sep. 3, 2025

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BWJones @bwjones.bsky.social · 7d

Epstein…

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Dave Sherry @myonlyneuron.bsky.social · 7d

People who have some actual understanding of tariffs and the economy have been saying this for the last 1.5 to 2 years. Just like they said it 4 years ago. Ignorance is not an acceptable substitute for competence.

Catherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 7d

Ford CEO on tariffs: “I mean, it's frustrating 'cause we're the most American auto company, and we export the most, and yet, we have this $2 billion headwind, which prevents me from investing even more in the US.”

finance.yahoo.com/news/ford-ce...

Ford CEO says $2 billion in tariff costs prevents more US investments

Ford CEO Jim Farley says tariffs on imported parts are driving up costs on the company's cars.

finance.yahoo.com

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Dave Sherry @myonlyneuron.bsky.social · 7d

This is wrong. Just wrong.

Gary Swergold MD, PhD @gs314.bsky.social · 7d

They have built concentration camps.

They are building the American SS.

They are fomenting hatred against Groups they don’t like.

They are agitating for violence.

They are wrecking your healthcare to make you weak and dependent.

If this sounds like a history lesson, it’s because it’s a rerun

unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 8d

Heard an officer say "let's do it" and then, in the dark, they tackle Rabbi Ben to the ground. He's being loaded into a CCSO wagon now. Broadview police also here screaming at people.

Dave Sherry @myonlyneuron.bsky.social · 8d

It should no longer surprise anyone that ants are smarter than humans.

Science Magazine @science.org · 8d

A 2024 study found that ants best humans at tests of collective intelligence.

Learn more on #WorldAnimalDay: https://scim.ag/42nMvQJ

Dave Sherry @myonlyneuron.bsky.social · 8d

Every time this happens lawsuits should be filed. Every time.

Lynda Lopez @lyndab08.bsky.social · 8d

This video was taken by a local resident who reportedly saw a man being beaten by ICE agents at 37th and Kedzie.

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Sandieglo @sandieglo.bsky.social · 8d

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