Birdpoof
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· Nov 12
Finland is winning the war on fake news. What it’s learned may be crucial to Western democracy
Russia's neighbor has developed a plan for countering misinformation. Can it be exported to the rest of the world?
edition.cnn.com
More reading about the anti-disinformation education in Finland:
edition.cnn.com/interactive/...
www.theguardian.com/world/2020/j...
www.printmag.com/culturally-r...
edition.cnn.com/interactive/...
www.theguardian.com/world/2020/j...
www.printmag.com/culturally-r...
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I am furious and devastated that ICE was once again present in Saint Paul and that federal agents continue to jeopardize the safety and well-being of our residents. The destruction this White House has caused our city in just a matter of days is unconscionable.
November 26, 2025 at 4:01 AM
I am furious and devastated that ICE was once again present in Saint Paul and that federal agents continue to jeopardize the safety and well-being of our residents. The destruction this White House has caused our city in just a matter of days is unconscionable.
Republicans believe this is WINNING
Salt water laced with cancer-causing chemicals, a byproduct of oil and gas drilling, keeps shooting out of the ground in Oklahoma.
Experts say it means even more wastewater is spreading underground, poisoning the state’s water supply.
With @readfrontier.bsky.social
Experts say it means even more wastewater is spreading underground, poisoning the state’s water supply.
With @readfrontier.bsky.social
Toxic Wastewater From Oil Fields Keeps Pouring Out of the Ground. Oklahoma Regulators Failed to Stop It.
Salt water laced with cancer-causing chemicals, a byproduct of oil and gas drilling, is spewing from old wells. Experts warn of a pollution crisis spreading underground and threatening Oklahoma’s drin...
www.propublica.org
November 26, 2025 at 3:08 AM
Republicans believe this is WINNING
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Also to situate this in context, a bookstore selling more than 20 copies of my last book means they want to host an event with me for my next one. Each book purchase is hugely influential. If you can give the gift of books this season, do it please.
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I see some book piracy discourse, and, to make a positive argument in favor of buying books, your marginal ability to influence what books get published and support the careers of writers you like is massive compared to most other forms of media.
November 26, 2025 at 2:00 AM
Also to situate this in context, a bookstore selling more than 20 copies of my last book means they want to host an event with me for my next one. Each book purchase is hugely influential. If you can give the gift of books this season, do it please.
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Books don't sell nearly as many copies as you think they do. Every sale has significance. This is especially true of preorders and first week of publication orders. These move mountains for authors.
I see some book piracy discourse, and, to make a positive argument in favor of buying books, your marginal ability to influence what books get published and support the careers of writers you like is massive compared to most other forms of media.
November 26, 2025 at 12:13 AM
Books don't sell nearly as many copies as you think they do. Every sale has significance. This is especially true of preorders and first week of publication orders. These move mountains for authors.
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Has anyone had a better year than EJAE? I profiled the singer-songwriter behind the KPOP DEMON HUNTERS mega-hit "Golden" for this year's Inverse Awards!
Keep an eye on this space for more great end-of-year pieces.
www.inverse.com/entertainmen...
Keep an eye on this space for more great end-of-year pieces.
www.inverse.com/entertainmen...
'KPop Demon Hunters' EJAE Is The Scene Stealer of 2025
Inverse chatted with the singer-songwriter behind the biggest chart-topper of the year on why 'KPop Demon Hunters' is such a crossover hit.
www.inverse.com
November 21, 2025 at 2:50 PM
Has anyone had a better year than EJAE? I profiled the singer-songwriter behind the KPOP DEMON HUNTERS mega-hit "Golden" for this year's Inverse Awards!
Keep an eye on this space for more great end-of-year pieces.
www.inverse.com/entertainmen...
Keep an eye on this space for more great end-of-year pieces.
www.inverse.com/entertainmen...
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meanwhile blackjack is definitely right-coded because republicans love to hit anything under 21
November 26, 2025 at 1:49 AM
meanwhile blackjack is definitely right-coded because republicans love to hit anything under 21
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To combat bird flu spread, other countries have authorized poultry vaccines. The U.S. hasn’t, amid political and economic pushback.
Without a vaccine, experts say the virus poses an escalating threat: “The minute it transmits to humans, it’s done.”
By @natlash.bsky.social
Without a vaccine, experts say the virus poses an escalating threat: “The minute it transmits to humans, it’s done.”
By @natlash.bsky.social
What the U.S. Government Is Dismissing That Could Seed a Bird Flu Pandemic
Egg producers suspect bird flu is traveling through the air. After a disastrous Midwestern outbreak early this year, we tested that theory and found that where the wind blew, the virus followed. Vacci...
www.propublica.org
November 26, 2025 at 1:00 AM
To combat bird flu spread, other countries have authorized poultry vaccines. The U.S. hasn’t, amid political and economic pushback.
Without a vaccine, experts say the virus poses an escalating threat: “The minute it transmits to humans, it’s done.”
By @natlash.bsky.social
Without a vaccine, experts say the virus poses an escalating threat: “The minute it transmits to humans, it’s done.”
By @natlash.bsky.social
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For the second time in the past week, federal authorities sowed chaos and fear in St. Paul without any warning to state or city government.
Minnesotans want answers.
Minnesotans want answers.
November 25, 2025 at 11:52 PM
For the second time in the past week, federal authorities sowed chaos and fear in St. Paul without any warning to state or city government.
Minnesotans want answers.
Minnesotans want answers.
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1. Ellison runs Paramount into the ground
2. Paramount files for bankruptcy
3. We all pool our money to buy Star Trek
4. Run it as a co-op
5. I finally get to live the dream and make Star Trek: Deep Space Nine 2
2. Paramount files for bankruptcy
3. We all pool our money to buy Star Trek
4. Run it as a co-op
5. I finally get to live the dream and make Star Trek: Deep Space Nine 2
the last Rush Hour movie came out in 2007 and had a significantly lower box office than 2, and now you're reviving it 20 years later as a personal vanity project of the unpopular President?
just one more data point for "David Ellison is going to run Paramount right into the fucking ground"
just one more data point for "David Ellison is going to run Paramount right into the fucking ground"
Rush Hour 4 is reportedly a go at Paramount – after Trump intervened on behalf of the movie.
Brett Ratner, accused of sexual misconduct by several women, will bring the franchise back to the big screen
Brett Ratner, accused of sexual misconduct by several women, will bring the franchise back to the big screen
November 25, 2025 at 9:48 PM
1. Ellison runs Paramount into the ground
2. Paramount files for bankruptcy
3. We all pool our money to buy Star Trek
4. Run it as a co-op
5. I finally get to live the dream and make Star Trek: Deep Space Nine 2
2. Paramount files for bankruptcy
3. We all pool our money to buy Star Trek
4. Run it as a co-op
5. I finally get to live the dream and make Star Trek: Deep Space Nine 2
Scouting America (fka Boy Scouts) has the choice to go either Hitler Youth or the exact opposite--there is NO IN BETWEEN.
Documents show the U.S. military is planning to sever all ties with the organization formerly known as the Boy Scouts.
U.S. ready to cut support to Scouts, accusing them of attacking ‘boy-friendly spaces’
Documents show the U.S. military is planning to sever all ties with the organization formerly known as the Boy Scouts.
www.mprnews.org
November 25, 2025 at 9:25 PM
Scouting America (fka Boy Scouts) has the choice to go either Hitler Youth or the exact opposite--there is NO IN BETWEEN.
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Travel alert: snow is in the holiday forecast across Minnesota—and may impact your trip.
Know Before You Go! Check 511mn.org to see road conditions and snowplow camera views along your route.
Know Before You Go! Check 511mn.org to see road conditions and snowplow camera views along your route.
November 25, 2025 at 9:18 PM
Travel alert: snow is in the holiday forecast across Minnesota—and may impact your trip.
Know Before You Go! Check 511mn.org to see road conditions and snowplow camera views along your route.
Know Before You Go! Check 511mn.org to see road conditions and snowplow camera views along your route.
I like technology, generally. Young adulthood was when the World Wide Web was in its infancy. Saw the cellular and smartphone techs evolve significantly. But I'm so annoyed with today's enshittification that I just bought an 8-year-old laptop that's too old to run Windows 11+AI. 😂
November 25, 2025 at 9:09 PM
I like technology, generally. Young adulthood was when the World Wide Web was in its infancy. Saw the cellular and smartphone techs evolve significantly. But I'm so annoyed with today's enshittification that I just bought an 8-year-old laptop that's too old to run Windows 11+AI. 😂
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Device…hoarding. Because you don’t go get a new one while yours is still fine.
Apparently I am also practicing car hoarding, house hoarding, husband hoarding, dog hoarding, computer hoarding, furniture hoarding and art hoarding.
Apparently I am also practicing car hoarding, house hoarding, husband hoarding, dog hoarding, computer hoarding, furniture hoarding and art hoarding.
stupid young people, stop buying a new phone every year if you don't want to be broke. wait no, not like that.
November 25, 2025 at 7:55 PM
Device…hoarding. Because you don’t go get a new one while yours is still fine.
Apparently I am also practicing car hoarding, house hoarding, husband hoarding, dog hoarding, computer hoarding, furniture hoarding and art hoarding.
Apparently I am also practicing car hoarding, house hoarding, husband hoarding, dog hoarding, computer hoarding, furniture hoarding and art hoarding.
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Now consumers are being blamed for ruining the economy because they want to get as much use from their devices before being discarded in to a landfill. 🤔
November 25, 2025 at 8:27 PM
Now consumers are being blamed for ruining the economy because they want to get as much use from their devices before being discarded in to a landfill. 🤔
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For the second time in a week, a federal law enforcement operation drew protesters in St. Paul on Tuesday. The latest operation happened on the 600 block of Rose Street East — a residential area in the city’s Payne-Phalen neighborhood.
Another federal agent operation in St. Paul draws large crowds of protesters
There was no immediate confirmation about the nature of the operation, but an MPR News photographer captured images of federal agents on the scene, including at least three from Homeland Security Inve...
www.mprnews.org
November 25, 2025 at 6:47 PM
For the second time in a week, a federal law enforcement operation drew protesters in St. Paul on Tuesday. The latest operation happened on the 600 block of Rose Street East — a residential area in the city’s Payne-Phalen neighborhood.
Techbros WANT more e-waste.
Climate change? Not their problem.
Space junk? Just the cost of doing business.
Yeet them into space.
Climate change? Not their problem.
Space junk? Just the cost of doing business.
Yeet them into space.
Everybody knows the only solution to the rich eliminating all the jobs is to keep buying $1700 phones
Americans are holding onto devices longer than ever and it's costing the economy
Americans are holding onto devices longer than ever before, and while it may be consumer smart, it comes at a cost to work productivity and the U.S. economy.
www.cnbc.com
November 25, 2025 at 6:58 PM
Techbros WANT more e-waste.
Climate change? Not their problem.
Space junk? Just the cost of doing business.
Yeet them into space.
Climate change? Not their problem.
Space junk? Just the cost of doing business.
Yeet them into space.
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tech bro: i have made Artificial General Intelligence
programmer: you fucked up a perfectly good calculator is what you did. look at it. it's got anxiety
programmer: you fucked up a perfectly good calculator is what you did. look at it. it's got anxiety
I’ve been running around asking tech execs and academics if language was the same as intelligence for over a year now - and, well, it isn’t. @benjaminjriley.bsky.social explains how the bubble is built on ignoring cutting-edge research into the science of thought www.theverge.com/ai-artificia...
November 25, 2025 at 5:12 PM
tech bro: i have made Artificial General Intelligence
programmer: you fucked up a perfectly good calculator is what you did. look at it. it's got anxiety
programmer: you fucked up a perfectly good calculator is what you did. look at it. it's got anxiety
These people are pure evil.
A Fort Worth church is offering a $100 online academy that aims to train conservative Christians to run for office.
At the core of the program is the idea that there is no separation between what happens within the church and in the government.
With @fortworthreport.bsky.social @texastribune.org
At the core of the program is the idea that there is no separation between what happens within the church and in the government.
With @fortworthreport.bsky.social @texastribune.org
“No Separation Between Church and State”: Inside a Texas Church’s Training Academy for Christians Running for Office
A Fort Worth church’s candidate training program is the “next stage” of a religion-driven political movement, which has more latitude now that the IRS has allowed religious leaders to endorse candidat...
www.propublica.org
November 25, 2025 at 2:02 PM
These people are pure evil.
Easy boycott
Campbell’s Soup VP mocks ‘poor people’ who buy its food in secret recording
Campbell’s Soup VP mocks ‘poor people’ who buy its food in secret recording
Lawsuit alleges Campbell’s fired worker who reported a VP’s recorded rant belittling customers and making discriminatory remarks.
www.newsweek.com
November 25, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Easy boycott
"You'll be visited by three spirits."
The three spirits:
The three spirits:
November 25, 2025 at 12:18 AM
"You'll be visited by three spirits."
The three spirits:
The three spirits:
😒
Waymo, the autonomous vehicle ride-sharing service, is currently on the streets of Minneapolis beginning testing. With six months of winter weather, the car will have to learn to navigate snowy and icy conditions.
Waymo is coming to Minneapolis. But can the self-driving taxi navigate winter weather?
With six months of winter weather, the car will have to learn to navigate snowy and icy conditions. An autonomous vehicle researcher at the U of M says that Waymo cars may not be able to drive when it...
www.mprnews.org
November 24, 2025 at 11:52 PM
😒
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Something we love to revisit during Native American Heritage Month: 23rd Poet Laureate Joy Harjo’s signature project that celebrates the poetry of contemporary Native American poets.
www.loc.gov/programs/poe...
www.loc.gov/programs/poe...
November 24, 2025 at 9:22 PM
Something we love to revisit during Native American Heritage Month: 23rd Poet Laureate Joy Harjo’s signature project that celebrates the poetry of contemporary Native American poets.
www.loc.gov/programs/poe...
www.loc.gov/programs/poe...
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👀 Alex Vitale is a sociologist who wrote a very good book called The End of Policing.
I'm excited to announce that I have been asked to join the Mamdani Transition Team to work on community safety issues. A New Era for NYC.
November 24, 2025 at 9:45 PM
👀 Alex Vitale is a sociologist who wrote a very good book called The End of Policing.
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Arranged a sober ride? Check ✅️
Make sure safety is top of mind this Friendsgiving.
Make sure safety is top of mind this Friendsgiving.
November 24, 2025 at 9:50 PM
Arranged a sober ride? Check ✅️
Make sure safety is top of mind this Friendsgiving.
Make sure safety is top of mind this Friendsgiving.
Fucking hate that there was no justice
November 24, 2025 at 9:54 PM
Fucking hate that there was no justice