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ConnieB
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🇨🇦🇺🇸Mostly reposts. Politics, Climate Change, Photography, CovidCautious, Humour, Truth, Beauty, Goodness. Elderly White Hippie. Born 310.5 ppm.
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vickietorious.bsky.social
Mask up and wash your hands often and take care.
November 18, 2025 at 8:00 PM
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karenattiah.bsky.social
A reminder that seven years ago almost to the day, the CIA determined that Mohammed Bin Salman ordered the killing of @washingtonpost.com journalist Jamal Khashoggi.

I hired and worked with Jamal for a year.

www.washingtonpost.com/world/nation...
CIA concludes Saudi crown prince ordered Jamal Khashoggi’s assassination
Audio recordings, intercepted phone calls and other intelligence link Mohammed bin Salman to killing that Saudis say was conducted by rogue elements.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 18, 2025 at 6:05 PM
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johnvaillant.bsky.social
Great idea, @cityofvancouver.bsky.social @tomdigby1.bsky.social
clarajeffery.bsky.social Clara Jeffery @clarajeffery.bsky.social · 24d
Meanwhile, in South Korea: "Starting at the end of November, public parking lots with more than 80 spaces will be required to install solar power generation facilities. This obligation applies not only to newly constructed parking lots but also to existing ones."

cm.asiae.co.kr/en/article/2...
Mandatory Installation of Solar Panels in Public Parking Lots to Apply Retroactively to Existing Facilities
Starting at the end of November this year, public parking lots with more than 80 spaces will be required to install solar power generation facilities. ...
cm.asiae.co.kr
November 2, 2025 at 5:45 PM
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skwinnicki.bsky.social
Lots of folks captioning aurora photos like "for a few minutes we didn't think about politics"

guess I'm built different, every time I'm out trying to see night sky stuff I frequently think about how much light pollution is entirely preventable with just a tiny bit of regulation
Basic light pollution diagram showing four different streetlight set ups ranging from more light pollution on the left to less light pollution on the right. The most pollution option, labelled "very bad" is a street lamp with a round uncovered bulb on top, making a sphere of light in the air. The next option, labelled "bad" has a tiny cap on top, that limits the upward pollution a bit. The "better" option is mostly uncovered on top, limiting pollution above the streetlight. The final option, labelled "best" has a full shroud overtop, limiting the light to only below the streetlight, where it is needed for pedestrians and vehicles.
November 13, 2025 at 10:03 PM
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jackjenkins.me
Sandwich Guy said "spiritual" in here, so I'm counting it as a religion angle.
November 6, 2025 at 8:37 PM
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coldwarsteve.bsky.social
November 1, 2025 at 5:13 PM
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jackjenkins.me
Out of raw curiosity: someone pointed out to me that at about 14ish seconds in this clip of Johnson answering my question yesterday, Rep. Lisa McClain seems to…scoff, maybe?…and mutter something that is audible but hard to make out.

Can anyone discern what she says? www.youtube.com/watch?v=BjPl...
Mike Johnson Defends ICE After Attacking Clergy Member: 'Under Tremendous Strain And Pressure'
YouTube video by Forbes Breaking News
www.youtube.com
October 30, 2025 at 10:18 PM
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thehistoryguy.bsky.social
When George II’s son, the Duke of Cumberland (who had been a war hero in his 20s) capitulated to the French in 1757 he returned home and George II said "Here is my son who has ruined me and disgraced himself.” Cumberland was stripped of his offices and withdrew from public life.
October 30, 2025 at 10:50 PM
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jackjenkins.me
Being a religion-and-politics reporter means that one of these is your Wednesday, and the other is your Thursday.
A photo of Speaker Mike Johnson under the headline "Speaker Johnson says clergy protesting deportations have no right to 'get in the face' of DHS agents" A photo of House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries and the Rev. William Barber II under the headline "Faith leaders join Democrats to decry health care cuts, expiring SNAP benefits"
October 30, 2025 at 10:59 PM
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drjackbrown.bsky.social
“Political language is designed to make lies sound truthful and murder respectable, and to give an appearance of solidity to pure wind. ”

George Orwell
October 30, 2025 at 11:26 PM
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markhamillofficial.bsky.social
I have a very bad feeling about this...
October 27, 2025 at 4:51 PM
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localworld.bsky.social
"I think we are just gonna kill people who are bringing drugs into our country. Okay? We're gonna kill them. They're gonna be, like, dead." Murder as a means to invade an oil rich country is the Trump/Rubio/Hegseth policy.
Venezuela
YouTube video by Jesse Welles
www.youtube.com
October 27, 2025 at 4:53 PM
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jrmorber.bsky.social
Statement from the National Register of Historic Places on East Wing demolition

“We acknowledge the utility of a larger meeting space…but we are deeply concerned that the massing and height of the proposed new construction will overwhelm the White House itself…”

savingplaces.org/press-center...
Statement in Response to the Proposed Construction of the White House Ballroom | National Trust for Historic Preservation
Today, the National Trust for Historic Preservation sent a letter to the National Capital Planning Commission, the National Park Service, and the Commission of Fine Arts regarding proposed constructio...
savingplaces.org
October 23, 2025 at 11:14 PM
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melodyschreiber.com
Influencers are influential because of backchannel relationships like these. This is how they exert control over narratives without ever appearing to.
gravelinfluencer.bsky.social Gravel Influencer @gravelinfluencer.bsky.social · Sep 18
Yesterday Fresh Air did an interview with Robert Draper, who has covered Charlie Kirk. And this section on Draper's relationship with Kirk said a lot to me about modern access journalism, and the soft coverage we've seen in the wake of Kirk's death.
GROSS: After you profiled Kirk, and I think that was published back in February, you stayed in touch with him. And I think you were texting each other the day before he was killed. DRAPER: That's correct. I'll tell you also, Terry, that the story, as you say, was published in February of this year. But I would say for a full year prior to that, Kirk and I had been getting to know each other, and he would often reach out to me. And I thought this was an interesting aspect to Kirk, that he would reach out to me just to run things by me. Not asking so much for my opinion - because, as a journalist, I couldn't give it - but just as a reality check, he'd say, I'm hearing from the right that this particular viewpoint is prevalent from the left. Am I just living in a bubble, or is that true? GROSS: How would you respond to that? DRAPER: Well, sometimes I would say, you know, I think what you're hearing you're hearing from the right-wing media ecosystem, and it's not supported by reality as I understand it. And he would take that and be grateful for it. There was also a time I reached out to him, I remember, to say, I'd like to talk to you off the record about the religious context in which so many people in the MAGA community are viewing Donald Trump. Can you explain to me how they see him as this sort of flawed vessel, like King David or something? And he was very fluent in describing that to me. And so we had that kind of back-and-forth well predating the publication of the story, and continued to since then. I had dinner with him in D.C. once, I think, a couple of months before he was killed, and I remember he brought security with him. They sat at the bar. And he seemed very casual about it, which is not to say that he was utterly unconcerned. But it was essentially the cost of doing business, that that was just the world that we were in. I was texting with him the day before the assassination because I wanted to come to Arizona and have dinner with him and his wife to catch up on various things. But also, there's a major magazine project that I'm beginning. And I wanted Kirk's thoughts about it, but not on the phone and not in writing. It just required a face-to-face. And he wrote back saying, absolutely. We would love to have you over for dinner. Just pick a date in September. And I think I sent, a few hours later, the text, how about September 23? And obviously, I never heard back.
October 23, 2025 at 1:34 PM
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eleanormorton.bsky.social
All these years of complex heist movies about the impossibility of stealing jewels without using special equipment and genius level cunning, and we never thought even considered....what if the museum just had terrible security?
October 21, 2025 at 3:45 PM
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drjenirwin.bsky.social
Ginger & C-19:

‘This study highlights [6]-shogaol & ZR-P as promising natural inhibitors of SARS-CoV-2, providing new insights into the pharm potential of traditional ginger preparations & their active components against COVID-19.’

bmccomplementmedtherapies.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....
Inhibitory effect of [6]-shogaol against 3CLpro activity and SARS-CoV-2 infection - BMC Complementary Medicine and Therapies
Background Zingiber officinale Roscoe (ginger) has been traditionally used not only as a culinary ingredient, but also for its medicinal properties. In Japan, ginger-derived crude drugs are categorize...
bmccomplementmedtherapies.biomedcentral.com
October 19, 2025 at 9:11 PM
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johnismay.bsky.social
An artillery shell fired during 250th anniversary celebration of the Marine Corps at Camp Pendleton on Saturday detonated prematurely over Interstate 5, damaging a California Highway Patrol vehicle on JD Vance's security detail www.nytimes.com/2025/10/19/u...
Artillery Shell Detonated Over Interstate 5 During Marines’ Celebration, California Officials Say
www.nytimes.com
October 19, 2025 at 8:57 PM
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eliothiggins.bsky.social
Donald Trump posts a video of himself wearing a crown as he flies a jet with "King Trump" written in gold on it, dumping shit onto protesters in American cities, which rather makes the protesters point for them.
atrupar.com Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · Oct 19
Trump posts AI video showing him literally dumping shit on America
October 19, 2025 at 8:21 AM
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lorennacleary.bsky.social
An emotional minute as the word Democracy melts away in front of the US Capitol Building.
October 16, 2025 at 4:25 AM
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elhopkins.bsky.social
No one should be catching COVID, amongst other things it causes cardiovascular damage.
October 16, 2025 at 9:23 AM
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leslieleeiii.bsky.social
Do you trust your immune system?
October 16, 2025 at 1:54 AM
cjbro48.bsky.social
podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/m...

Excellent podcast, as always.
A Pimple on the Rear of an Elephant
Podcast Episode · Main Justice · 2025-10-14 · 53m
podcasts.apple.com
October 15, 2025 at 9:55 PM
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silverpebble2.bsky.social
Autumnal collection, including little owl feather, seedheads & various lovely things that fell off trees.
Zoom in to the details if you’re feeling stressed-the patterns in nature have been shown to help our brains relax🪶:
A collection of seedheads, acorns, sycamore keys, dried flowers, lichen, a little owl feather & a piece of Baltic amber on a white watercolour paper background
October 15, 2025 at 6:44 AM
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eliothiggins.bsky.social
‘I love Hitler’: Leaked messages expose Young Republicans’ racist chat
www.politico.com/news/2025/10...
‘I love Hitler’: Leaked messages expose Young Republicans’ racist chat
Thousands of private messages reveal young GOP leaders joking about gas chambers, slavery and rape.
www.politico.com
October 15, 2025 at 10:30 AM
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localworld.bsky.social
Santa Cruz County’s First-in-the-World Cigarette Filter Ban Passed. Supervisors of Santa Cruz County, California finalized its approval of a ban on the sale of filtered cigarettes and cigars. Cigarette filters are the world’s leading source of trash and the leading source of plastic pollution.
Picking up hundreds of cigarette butts a week.
October 13, 2025 at 3:54 PM