PanAmerican
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Not affiliated w/ the actual OAS | Western Civ = Western Hemispheric Union, but open to admitting Pacific Rim democracies | non-academic | Southern California | he/him
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justinbaragona.bsky.social
Fox News host Emily Compagno claims that the backlash to Bari Weiss being named CBS News editor-in-chief is due to her being Jewish:

"This kind of thing would make me laugh if there was not an antisemitic thread in there."
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oliverdarcy.bsky.social
Here's the joint statement from the TV networks, including Fox News, rejecting Pete Hegseth's Pentagon rules.
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paris.nyc
my latest investigation for @consumerreports.org is based on months of reporting and 60+ lab tests of leading protein supplements

we found that most protein powders and shakes have more lead in one serving than our experts say is safe to have in a day (🧵)

www.consumerreports.org/lead/protein...
Protein Powders and Shakes Contain High Levels of Lead - Consumer Reports
CR tests of 23 popular protein powders and shakes found that most contain high levels of lead.
www.consumerreports.org
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carlquintanilla.bsky.social
ARIZONA AG: “.. Arizona’s right to a full delegation, and the right of the residents of CD 7 to representation from the person they recently voted for, are not up for debate ..”

@politico.com #AZ07
www.politico.com/live-updates...
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blmckean.bsky.social
Very bad: OSU unilaterally cancelled the registration of grad students attending the joint conference of the National Society of Black Physicists and the National Society of Hispanic Physicists. And OSU won't fund recruiting at the Society for Advancement of Chicanos and Native Americans in Science.
Ohio State changes policy on group conferences after Trump administration threats
A federal investigation into potentially discriminatory practices at Ohio State prompted the university to change its policies regarding conferences.
www.dispatch.com
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kjephd.bsky.social
Part of the reason many Germans supported the Nazis was that there really was a lot of violence in the streets & they wanted order. But much of that violence was carried out by the Nazi paramilitary SA.

So the Nazis presented themselves as the solution to a problem they intentionally created
npr.org
NPR @npr.org · 9h
Videos taken by eye witnesses of federal agent encounters with immigrants in Chicago and elsewhere have shown increasingly tense incidents. Immigrant advocates and observers say they're indicative of a larger trend of aggression among federal immigration officers.
Tackles, projectiles and gunfire: Many fear ICE tactics are growing more violent
Videos taken by eye witnesses of federal agent encounters with immigrants in Chicago and elsewhere have shown increasingly tense incidents. Immigrant advocates and observers say they're indicative of a larger trend of aggression among federal immigration officers.
n.pr
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uticaeric.bsky.social
“We’re the only people who can protect you from us” had extraordinary power in Iraq and Afghanistan, too.
kjephd.bsky.social
Part of the reason many Germans supported the Nazis was that there really was a lot of violence in the streets & they wanted order. But much of that violence was carried out by the Nazi paramilitary SA.

So the Nazis presented themselves as the solution to a problem they intentionally created
npr.org
NPR @npr.org · 9h
Videos taken by eye witnesses of federal agent encounters with immigrants in Chicago and elsewhere have shown increasingly tense incidents. Immigrant advocates and observers say they're indicative of a larger trend of aggression among federal immigration officers.
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mthrjo.bsky.social
Incidentally, I’ve been chafing a bit at the “No Kings” thing, because there are loads of monarchies that have more limits on executive power than the US does, but it has the great advantage that it makes Americans who want to oppose it sound, well, unamerican….
sjshancoxli.liberalcurrents.com
one of the reasons they're so mad at "no kings" is that they thought they were going to get a different kind of protest. they *want* the black bloc to be out there fighting with the cops. those are the images they've been trying to generate from "go." instead--

newrepublic.com/article/2016...
MAGA Rage at “No Kings” Boils Over—and It Quickly Backfires on Trump
As Trump allies smear the coming protests, a good writer on MAGA skewers the absurdity of these attacks on large swaths of Americans—and explains why our best recourse will be to turn out in force.
newrepublic.com
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qjurecic.bsky.social
Showing up to No Kings with a sign reading “monarchy is an affront to human dignity but, when incorporated into a liberal democratic system, may nevertheless be a useful safety valve for nationalist and/or authoritarian impulses” and then getting clobbered by a Buttigieg-supporting grandmother
mthrjo.bsky.social
Incidentally, I’ve been chafing a bit at the “No Kings” thing, because there are loads of monarchies that have more limits on executive power than the US does, but it has the great advantage that it makes Americans who want to oppose it sound, well, unamerican….
sjshancoxli.liberalcurrents.com
one of the reasons they're so mad at "no kings" is that they thought they were going to get a different kind of protest. they *want* the black bloc to be out there fighting with the cops. those are the images they've been trying to generate from "go." instead--

newrepublic.com/article/2016...
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nextdoorsv.bsky.social
Remember Prop 36? Which promised to "help everyone come indoors" through longer prison sentences and drug treatments?

Guess how many people completed the drug treatment in the first 6 months!

Did you guess... 25?

calmatters.org/justice/2025...
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politico.eu
US authorities expressed their concerns about the CEO of China-owned chipmaker Nexperia ahead of the company being seized by Dutch authorities.
Dutch seized Chinese chipmaker following US pressure
Newly published court documents shine fresh light on the controversial state intervention.
www.politico.eu
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mattsteinglass.bsky.social
Fascinating report on the Dutch government seizure of control over chipmaker Nexperia, under a Cold War-era 1952 law that had never been used before. Court will not say what exact actions precipitated exclusion of Chinese “Wingtech” owner Zhang Xuezheng. www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2025/...
Waarom schoof Nederland de Chinese topman van chipmaker Nexperia opzij?
Voor het eerst grijpt de overheid in met de Wet beschikbaarheid goederen in de chipsector. Waarom is de Chinese topman van Nexperia aan de kant geschoven?
www.nrc.nl
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yougov.co.uk
🧵/ Our major new study on young men, masculinity, and misogyny questions the extent to which Gen Z men are really more likely to hold misogynist views than older generations of men
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catholickungfu.bsky.social
Cyrus the Great, man. Babylonian captivity reference. Wild.
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tomwarren.co.uk
Microsoft AI has just announced its first image generator created in-house. The MAI-Image-1 model has already secured a spot in the top 10 of the LMArena AI benchmark www.theverge.com/news/798923/...
Microsoft AI announces first image generator created in-house
The model excels at photorealistic imagery.
www.theverge.com
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politico.eu
The International Maritime Organization meets tomorrow to approve the world’s first global framework to cut shipping emissions — but the U.S. is pressing to kill its adoption.
Trump continues to battle global green shipping push
That’s putting pressure on the EU to step up and make its position clear during Monday’s meeting of the International Maritime Organization.
www.politico.eu
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timdickinson.bsky.social
The Portland ICE protest camp literally has a rack full of inflatable costumes for demonstrators who want to try one on...