Belinda Tan
@belindatan.bsky.social
Happy BTS Year! 💜 My feed, my myriad interests 🙏⚖️🌏🐈☕️🍚📚 badtanline on twt & ig
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Heartbroken to hear of @sfdirewolf.bsky.social ‘s transition to be a crip anscestor AND feeling so honored to have been alive in the time as this brilliant human, and gotten to learn from her.
May her memory continue to always be a blessing.
May her memory continue to always be a blessing.
November 15, 2025 at 5:50 AM
Heartbroken to hear of @sfdirewolf.bsky.social ‘s transition to be a crip anscestor AND feeling so honored to have been alive in the time as this brilliant human, and gotten to learn from her.
May her memory continue to always be a blessing.
May her memory continue to always be a blessing.
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You'll ignore this, but every time you tweet angrily about crap like that Nuzzi piece you're confirming NYT editors' intuitions/incentivizing more of it. The entire intellectual/journo model here is, "Does this person get people angry? Yes? OK they're provocative/get talked about. Write about her."
November 14, 2025 at 5:58 PM
You'll ignore this, but every time you tweet angrily about crap like that Nuzzi piece you're confirming NYT editors' intuitions/incentivizing more of it. The entire intellectual/journo model here is, "Does this person get people angry? Yes? OK they're provocative/get talked about. Write about her."
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#Avian flu has decimated world's largest breeding colony of southern elephant seals
The loss may threaten the population's future by reducing the number of surviving pups.
www.cidrap.umn.edu/a...
Photo: David Cook / Flickr cc
The loss may threaten the population's future by reducing the number of surviving pups.
www.cidrap.umn.edu/a...
Photo: David Cook / Flickr cc
November 14, 2025 at 8:56 PM
#Avian flu has decimated world's largest breeding colony of southern elephant seals
The loss may threaten the population's future by reducing the number of surviving pups.
www.cidrap.umn.edu/a...
Photo: David Cook / Flickr cc
The loss may threaten the population's future by reducing the number of surviving pups.
www.cidrap.umn.edu/a...
Photo: David Cook / Flickr cc
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Read this thread laying out some of the astonishing emails between MAGA architect Steve Bannon and convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein across 2018 and 2019
BREAKING: Steve Bannon offered Trump’s MAGA movement as a shield for Jeffrey Epstein - outlining a coalition to “stave off Time’s Up for next decade plus,” in return for strategic and financial support @bylinetimes.bsky.social /1 bylinetimes.com/2025/11/14/s...
Steve Bannon Offered Trump’s MAGA as Shield for Jeffrey Epstein
Jeffrey Epstein helped shape Trump’s MAGA movement through a secret alliance with its chief architect, Steve Bannon, who told him it could help him “stave off Time’s Up for a decade” in return for str...
bylinetimes.com
November 14, 2025 at 7:05 PM
Read this thread laying out some of the astonishing emails between MAGA architect Steve Bannon and convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein across 2018 and 2019
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Ironically, Republicans have historically suggested a very specific solution for looters
November 14, 2025 at 7:11 PM
Ironically, Republicans have historically suggested a very specific solution for looters
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$1 billion data centre to maybe create 100 jobs. That's likely an overstatement.
It is truly not worth draining the living word for this vampiric tech and people are starting to realize it.
www.wisn.com/article/meta...
It is truly not worth draining the living word for this vampiric tech and people are starting to realize it.
www.wisn.com/article/meta...
Meta plans $1 billion data center in Beaver Dam
The facility is expected to be completed in 2027 and will support 100 jobs, according to state officials.
www.wisn.com
November 14, 2025 at 7:17 PM
$1 billion data centre to maybe create 100 jobs. That's likely an overstatement.
It is truly not worth draining the living word for this vampiric tech and people are starting to realize it.
www.wisn.com/article/meta...
It is truly not worth draining the living word for this vampiric tech and people are starting to realize it.
www.wisn.com/article/meta...
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DOGE fired thousands of civil servants — actual patriots who took an oath to defend the constitution and democracy — so that Palantir could illegally consolidate and consume Americans' private data. Palantir is to patriotism as a vulture is to roadkill.
November 14, 2025 at 7:21 PM
DOGE fired thousands of civil servants — actual patriots who took an oath to defend the constitution and democracy — so that Palantir could illegally consolidate and consume Americans' private data. Palantir is to patriotism as a vulture is to roadkill.
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NEW: We’ve uncovered the first known example of taxpayer money flowing from DHS to businesses controlled by Kristi Noem’s allies and friends.
It’s part of a money trail that’s been shrouded in secrecy—and involves $220 million, a mysterious Delaware LLC & a horse named Gill.
It’s part of a money trail that’s been shrouded in secrecy—and involves $220 million, a mysterious Delaware LLC & a horse named Gill.
November 14, 2025 at 12:20 PM
NEW: We’ve uncovered the first known example of taxpayer money flowing from DHS to businesses controlled by Kristi Noem’s allies and friends.
It’s part of a money trail that’s been shrouded in secrecy—and involves $220 million, a mysterious Delaware LLC & a horse named Gill.
It’s part of a money trail that’s been shrouded in secrecy—and involves $220 million, a mysterious Delaware LLC & a horse named Gill.
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It finally happened: I'm not surprised by corruption anymore.
My former agency, GSA, now has a higher-up with a history of sexually harassing his female employees, and who once said "I do have a Nazi streak in me from time to time, I will admit it."
And I'm just like, of course. sure.
My former agency, GSA, now has a higher-up with a history of sexually harassing his female employees, and who once said "I do have a Nazi streak in me from time to time, I will admit it."
And I'm just like, of course. sure.
Trump taps Ingrassia for new role after texting scandal
Paul Ingrassia, who withdrew his nomination to lead the Office of Special Counsel last month, says in a farewell email that he’s moving to the GSA.
www.politico.com
November 14, 2025 at 7:23 AM
It finally happened: I'm not surprised by corruption anymore.
My former agency, GSA, now has a higher-up with a history of sexually harassing his female employees, and who once said "I do have a Nazi streak in me from time to time, I will admit it."
And I'm just like, of course. sure.
My former agency, GSA, now has a higher-up with a history of sexually harassing his female employees, and who once said "I do have a Nazi streak in me from time to time, I will admit it."
And I'm just like, of course. sure.
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If the grouse shooting industry are to be believed, Susie probably stamped her own chicks to death before turning the gun on herself.
Oh well. By a happy coincidence, less hen harriers means more red grouse for the toffs to shoot.
@raptorpersuk.bsky.social
raptorpersecutionuk.org/2025/11/14/h...
Oh well. By a happy coincidence, less hen harriers means more red grouse for the toffs to shoot.
@raptorpersuk.bsky.social
raptorpersecutionuk.org/2025/11/14/h...
Hen Harrier ‘Susie’, whose chicks were stamped to death in 2022, has been found dead on a North Pennines grouse moor with gunshot injuries
If ever there was an example demonstrating the high level of persecution faced by Hen Harriers on UK grouse moors, the lack of consequences for the offenders, and the lack of justice for the victim…
raptorpersecutionuk.org
November 14, 2025 at 7:48 AM
If the grouse shooting industry are to be believed, Susie probably stamped her own chicks to death before turning the gun on herself.
Oh well. By a happy coincidence, less hen harriers means more red grouse for the toffs to shoot.
@raptorpersuk.bsky.social
raptorpersecutionuk.org/2025/11/14/h...
Oh well. By a happy coincidence, less hen harriers means more red grouse for the toffs to shoot.
@raptorpersuk.bsky.social
raptorpersecutionuk.org/2025/11/14/h...
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How Capitalism Works, Covid Edition, pt. 9743
During the height of the pandemic, Tyson used Palantir to predict Covid-19 infections among meatpacking workers down to a nearly exactly figure. But rather than using this data to increase worker protections, Tyson used it plan for labor shortages + plant closures
My latest for @sentientmedia.org
My latest for @sentientmedia.org
November 14, 2025 at 8:24 AM
How Capitalism Works, Covid Edition, pt. 9743
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‘We were forced to burn bodies’: will survivors of the Tadamon massacres see justice? www.theguardian.com/news/2025/no...
‘We were forced to burn bodies’: will survivors of the Tadamon massacres see justice?
The long read: During the conflict, the Damascus suburb became a killing field. But some of Assad’s henchmen are still around – and even working with the new government
www.theguardian.com
November 14, 2025 at 6:05 AM
‘We were forced to burn bodies’: will survivors of the Tadamon massacres see justice? www.theguardian.com/news/2025/no...
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Hey @akivamcohen.bsky.social is it defamation if I call ICE and tell them someone is an undocumented immigrant when I have no way of knowing that? Asking for a bunch of car washers.
According to the car wash owner, agents arrested employees before they could obtain their documentation from their work lockers. So many were likely here legally.
Here's hoping this article on Zac boasting about how he ruined some immigrants' lives follows him around for a very long time.
Here's hoping this article on Zac boasting about how he ruined some immigrants' lives follows him around for a very long time.
BU College Republicans president says he called ICE to ‘detain these criminals’ at Allston Car Wash
The president of Boston University College Republicans wrote on X he called the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement requesting it detain employees at Allston Car Wash, the site of a Nov. 4 raid w...
dailyfreepress.com
November 14, 2025 at 5:19 AM
Hey @akivamcohen.bsky.social is it defamation if I call ICE and tell them someone is an undocumented immigrant when I have no way of knowing that? Asking for a bunch of car washers.
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A reminder that in 2022, President Biden signed the “Eliminating Limits to Justice for Child Sex Abuse Victims Act,” eliminating the statute of limitations to file civil action for federal sex offenses. Seems relevant.
November 14, 2025 at 5:22 AM
A reminder that in 2022, President Biden signed the “Eliminating Limits to Justice for Child Sex Abuse Victims Act,” eliminating the statute of limitations to file civil action for federal sex offenses. Seems relevant.
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Devastating, sad, enraging...
Brother and sister-in-law of Virginia Giuffre, the hero who stood up against the pedophile and rapist Jeffrey Epstein. They literally broke down in reaction to the rude reaction by Press Secretary Leavitt, who couldn't even pronounce Giuffre's name properly.
Brother and sister-in-law of Virginia Giuffre, the hero who stood up against the pedophile and rapist Jeffrey Epstein. They literally broke down in reaction to the rude reaction by Press Secretary Leavitt, who couldn't even pronounce Giuffre's name properly.
November 14, 2025 at 5:24 AM
Devastating, sad, enraging...
Brother and sister-in-law of Virginia Giuffre, the hero who stood up against the pedophile and rapist Jeffrey Epstein. They literally broke down in reaction to the rude reaction by Press Secretary Leavitt, who couldn't even pronounce Giuffre's name properly.
Brother and sister-in-law of Virginia Giuffre, the hero who stood up against the pedophile and rapist Jeffrey Epstein. They literally broke down in reaction to the rude reaction by Press Secretary Leavitt, who couldn't even pronounce Giuffre's name properly.
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And just to be complete, in case you need verified NOAA data, yes, as of October, 2025, it's official, a new record was set for the 36-month mean rate of atmospheric CO₂ growth:
Feb 2019: 7.826 ppm per 36 months.
Oct 2025: 7.874 ppm per 36 months.
Feb 2019: 7.826 ppm per 36 months.
Oct 2025: 7.874 ppm per 36 months.
November 14, 2025 at 1:26 AM
And just to be complete, in case you need verified NOAA data, yes, as of October, 2025, it's official, a new record was set for the 36-month mean rate of atmospheric CO₂ growth:
Feb 2019: 7.826 ppm per 36 months.
Oct 2025: 7.874 ppm per 36 months.
Feb 2019: 7.826 ppm per 36 months.
Oct 2025: 7.874 ppm per 36 months.
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As the article notes, the ticks that cause alpha-gal are spreading to new areas thanks to climate change
A 47-year-old airline pilot from New Jersey is the first person known to have died from alpha-gal syndrome, a red meat allergy caused by a tick bite.
First death reported from meat allergy caused by tick bite
After months of investigation, researchers confirmed that a New Jersey man died of a tickborne allergy called alpha-gal syndrome after eating a hamburger.
nbcnews.to
November 14, 2025 at 1:30 AM
As the article notes, the ticks that cause alpha-gal are spreading to new areas thanks to climate change
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(worth pointing out that the Nazis committed many of their worst atrocities when it became clear they weren't going to be in power forever.)
November 13, 2025 at 11:04 PM
(worth pointing out that the Nazis committed many of their worst atrocities when it became clear they weren't going to be in power forever.)
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It's easy to get inured to the crazy, but this is Trump referring to the main exterior window of the East Room, a part of the White House that has been there since 1800, as "a knock-out panel," a construction term for a temporary part of a wall designed to be easily demolished to allow for expansion
Trump: "Right behind me by the way, in about 2 years from now, is a much bigger room. This will be the entrance. That's a knockout panel. It looks pretty nice right now but it'll look a lot better in a little while... The future entrance to something that's really become very popular, the ballroom."
November 14, 2025 at 1:16 AM
It's easy to get inured to the crazy, but this is Trump referring to the main exterior window of the East Room, a part of the White House that has been there since 1800, as "a knock-out panel," a construction term for a temporary part of a wall designed to be easily demolished to allow for expansion
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Access journalism is already a cancer. This is something worse than cancer.
Michael Wolff tried to buy New York Mag — with money from Harvey Weinstein and Jeffrey Epstein.
So Wolff didn't just have a reporter-source relationship with Epstein. Nor was Wolff his informal PR adviser. They saw each other as potential business partners.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
So Wolff didn't just have a reporter-source relationship with Epstein. Nor was Wolff his informal PR adviser. They saw each other as potential business partners.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Blurred lines: how Michael Wolff aspired to be part of elite circles he wrote about
The writer who features prominently in newly released Jeffrey Epstein emails has achieved extraordinary access but faced questions about his journalistic ethics
www.theguardian.com
November 14, 2025 at 1:34 AM
Access journalism is already a cancer. This is something worse than cancer.
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The guy who told us about windmill cancer, ingesting bleach and raking forests vouches for it. So seems like a solid policy.
Breaking News: A secret Justice Department memo approving the Trump administration’s boat strikes is said to rely on the president’s claims about drug cartels.
Justice Dept. Memo Blessing Boat Strikes Is Said to Rely on Trump’s Claims About Cartels
Accounts of a secret Justice Department memo offer a window into how administration lawyers approved the president’s desired course of action.
nyti.ms
November 14, 2025 at 1:35 AM
The guy who told us about windmill cancer, ingesting bleach and raking forests vouches for it. So seems like a solid policy.
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if you hate the writer, do not share the writer's articles. people clicking on the articles is how the writer gets paid. "how do THEY still have a job in journalism, when so many talented people are being laid of?!" you, because of you. you are why.
November 14, 2025 at 1:39 AM
if you hate the writer, do not share the writer's articles. people clicking on the articles is how the writer gets paid. "how do THEY still have a job in journalism, when so many talented people are being laid of?!" you, because of you. you are why.
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After Ghislaine Maxwell lied to Todd Blanche, someone waived her sex offender status and moved her to Club Fed with "OUT" custody - allowing her to work outside the prison walls. 3 months ago, I got her Bureau of Prisons points screen as proof. We still don't know who approved all this.
BREAKING: EXCLUSIVE: Senator Whitehouse asked the BOP for Ghislaine Maxwells sex offender waiver, custody level, transfer code, and security point score. I have them. She's also been granted the ability to leave the facility for work assignments. My latest: www.muellershewrote.com/p/exclusive-...
EXCLUSIVE: I Have Ghislaine Maxwell's Security Score, Custody Level, Transfer Code, and Sex Offender Waiver
I have reviewed an electronic file that includes some of the information Senator Whitehouse is demanding from the Bureau of Prisons.
www.muellershewrote.com
November 14, 2025 at 1:44 AM
After Ghislaine Maxwell lied to Todd Blanche, someone waived her sex offender status and moved her to Club Fed with "OUT" custody - allowing her to work outside the prison walls. 3 months ago, I got her Bureau of Prisons points screen as proof. We still don't know who approved all this.
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The US Navy destroyer USS Stockdale is now 50 km off the coast of Venezuela.
November 13, 2025 at 3:38 PM
The US Navy destroyer USS Stockdale is now 50 km off the coast of Venezuela.