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@grace2002.bsky.social
Please don't base your opinion regarding the origins of COVID19 on your political affiliation.
Many biologists agree, privately, that the lab leak hypothesis is the most compatible with the principle of parsimony.
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Many biologists agree, privately, that the lab leak hypothesis is the most compatible with the principle of parsimony.
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@grace2002.bsky.social
· May 20
I keep getting blocked by some deniers.
So here is the data.
Pic 1: Table of last 10 elections before 2024. For each election I record the percentage of swing states won by the winner vs his lead in the popular vote.
Pic 2: scatter plot of this data with trend line.
Trump 2024 is a clear outlier.
So here is the data.
Pic 1: Table of last 10 elections before 2024. For each election I record the percentage of swing states won by the winner vs his lead in the popular vote.
Pic 2: scatter plot of this data with trend line.
Trump 2024 is a clear outlier.
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Bovino is lying
January 24, 2026 at 8:16 PM
Bovino is lying
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Bloomberg: "income growth in the US is running further behind consumer spending."
Or, to put it another way, household debt is rising and/or household saving declining.
www.bloomberg.com/news/newslet...
Bloomberg: "income growth in the US is running further behind consumer spending."
Or, to put it another way, household debt is rising and/or household saving declining.
www.bloomberg.com/news/newslet...
Americans Are Spending Faster Than Their Incomes Are Rising
Some economists question whether robust consumption can be sustained.
www.bloomberg.com
January 24, 2026 at 6:58 AM
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Bloomberg: "income growth in the US is running further behind consumer spending."
Or, to put it another way, household debt is rising and/or household saving declining.
www.bloomberg.com/news/newslet...
Bloomberg: "income growth in the US is running further behind consumer spending."
Or, to put it another way, household debt is rising and/or household saving declining.
www.bloomberg.com/news/newslet...
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#Canada is best describe by #Canadians.
January 24, 2026 at 7:25 PM
#Canada is best describe by #Canadians.
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UPDATE: @dropsitenews.com has obtained the very graphic video from the lady in the pink coat, which shows ICE executing yet another person in broad daylight:
January 24, 2026 at 6:49 PM
UPDATE: @dropsitenews.com has obtained the very graphic video from the lady in the pink coat, which shows ICE executing yet another person in broad daylight:
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BREAKING: The Tribune confirmed on Instagram that the man shot has died, according to two sources with knowledge of the incident.
ICE attempted to order local police from the scene, but Chief Brian O'Hara refused, sources also told the Tribune. O'Hara instructed his officers to preserve the scene.
ICE attempted to order local police from the scene, but Chief Brian O'Hara refused, sources also told the Tribune. O'Hara instructed his officers to preserve the scene.
Man shot by federal agent in south Minneapolis www.startribune.com/ice-raids-mi...
January 24, 2026 at 4:36 PM
BREAKING: The Tribune confirmed on Instagram that the man shot has died, according to two sources with knowledge of the incident.
ICE attempted to order local police from the scene, but Chief Brian O'Hara refused, sources also told the Tribune. O'Hara instructed his officers to preserve the scene.
ICE attempted to order local police from the scene, but Chief Brian O'Hara refused, sources also told the Tribune. O'Hara instructed his officers to preserve the scene.
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Here is the video. Trigger warning: MURDER
January 24, 2026 at 3:38 PM
Here is the video. Trigger warning: MURDER
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A political protester in Minneapolis was captured by ICE. They removed her bra and cut off her wedding ring. They never returned her clothes to her. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/18/u...
January 22, 2026 at 8:38 PM
A political protester in Minneapolis was captured by ICE. They removed her bra and cut off her wedding ring. They never returned her clothes to her. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/18/u...
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Tobias Kinter Bencosme, 44, of Miami, FL, is an ICE Supervisory Detention Agent who participated in the illegal home invasion and kidnapping of an elderly American citizen in St Paul, MN on 1/18/2026. Bencosme dragged the Hmong grandfather outside in the frigid air wearing only boxers and a blanket.
January 24, 2026 at 3:13 AM
Tobias Kinter Bencosme, 44, of Miami, FL, is an ICE Supervisory Detention Agent who participated in the illegal home invasion and kidnapping of an elderly American citizen in St Paul, MN on 1/18/2026. Bencosme dragged the Hmong grandfather outside in the frigid air wearing only boxers and a blanket.
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Canada sent so many dedicated young people into the hellfire of Kandahar to help the United States.
Now they ridicule us.
JD Vance says he is tired of our "sob stories".
Trump says they never needed us.
Never again, America, Never again.
Now they ridicule us.
JD Vance says he is tired of our "sob stories".
Trump says they never needed us.
Never again, America, Never again.
January 23, 2026 at 1:52 AM
Canada sent so many dedicated young people into the hellfire of Kandahar to help the United States.
Now they ridicule us.
JD Vance says he is tired of our "sob stories".
Trump says they never needed us.
Never again, America, Never again.
Now they ridicule us.
JD Vance says he is tired of our "sob stories".
Trump says they never needed us.
Never again, America, Never again.
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Leaked footage from Iran show how regime thugs from the IRGC in technicals are indiscriminately shooting into crowds using automatic weapons. This scene probably happened around January 8 to 10 in Tehran.
January 24, 2026 at 1:40 AM
Leaked footage from Iran show how regime thugs from the IRGC in technicals are indiscriminately shooting into crowds using automatic weapons. This scene probably happened around January 8 to 10 in Tehran.
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This first probable case of highly pathogenic avian influenza in a dairy cow in Europe raises two points. First, it suggests that virus incursion is possible in the Dutch housing system, which differs from that in the southern U.S., where cows were first infectted. www.science.org/content/arti...
Bird flu antibodies found in cow in the Netherlands, a first outside of U.S.
Dead cat led to discovery, but officials stress no further spread of H5N1 has been detected
www.science.org
January 24, 2026 at 8:02 AM
This first probable case of highly pathogenic avian influenza in a dairy cow in Europe raises two points. First, it suggests that virus incursion is possible in the Dutch housing system, which differs from that in the southern U.S., where cows were first infectted. www.science.org/content/arti...
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"As the father & daughter were arriving home, agents entered their driveway. The officers did not have a warrant. One agent broke the glass window of his car while the girl was inside. They refused to allow the father to bring his daughter to the mother at home”.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
US immigration agents detain two-year-old Minnesota girl: ‘depravity beyond words’
DHS detain a toddler and her father on Thursday and fly them to Texas before returning child on judge’s order
www.theguardian.com
January 24, 2026 at 6:35 AM
"As the father & daughter were arriving home, agents entered their driveway. The officers did not have a warrant. One agent broke the glass window of his car while the girl was inside. They refused to allow the father to bring his daughter to the mother at home”.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
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ICE detain yet another minor child—chase him down his own street and tackle him to pavement.
"I am legal! I am legal!" he cries over and over in Spanish.
Agent pins the boy down in snow—he desperately tries to keep his exposed hands from freezing at -25°F wind chill temperature.
Minneapolis, MN
"I am legal! I am legal!" he cries over and over in Spanish.
Agent pins the boy down in snow—he desperately tries to keep his exposed hands from freezing at -25°F wind chill temperature.
Minneapolis, MN
January 23, 2026 at 4:45 PM
ICE detain yet another minor child—chase him down his own street and tackle him to pavement.
"I am legal! I am legal!" he cries over and over in Spanish.
Agent pins the boy down in snow—he desperately tries to keep his exposed hands from freezing at -25°F wind chill temperature.
Minneapolis, MN
"I am legal! I am legal!" he cries over and over in Spanish.
Agent pins the boy down in snow—he desperately tries to keep his exposed hands from freezing at -25°F wind chill temperature.
Minneapolis, MN
The Lie So Dangerous Tesla Engineers Are Quitting
YouTube video by More Perfect Union
www.youtube.com
January 24, 2026 at 6:22 AM
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The USSR collapsed because the cops couldn't arrest everybody and arrest each other.
Famous Polish joke during Solidarnosc protests: "There is only one communist left in Poland. So, Poland is still a communist country because nobody knows who he is".
Famous Polish joke during Solidarnosc protests: "There is only one communist left in Poland. So, Poland is still a communist country because nobody knows who he is".
January 23, 2026 at 7:54 PM
The USSR collapsed because the cops couldn't arrest everybody and arrest each other.
Famous Polish joke during Solidarnosc protests: "There is only one communist left in Poland. So, Poland is still a communist country because nobody knows who he is".
Famous Polish joke during Solidarnosc protests: "There is only one communist left in Poland. So, Poland is still a communist country because nobody knows who he is".
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US stocks suffered nearly $17 billion in outflows during a week marked by Trump’s threat to impose tariffs on some European countries over Greenland.
BofA Says US Stocks Saw Outflow in Week Trump Threatened Tariffs
US stocks suffered nearly $17 billion in outflows, according to Bank of America Corp., during a week marked by President Donald Trump’s threat to impose tariffs on some European countries over Greenland.
bloom.bg
January 23, 2026 at 5:30 PM
US stocks suffered nearly $17 billion in outflows during a week marked by Trump’s threat to impose tariffs on some European countries over Greenland.
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Blumenthal: "I'm a no vote on that spending bill unless there are conditions that require ICE to go to a judge, to get a warrant, as well as other kinds of constraints -- the use of masks, the non-identification, the unmarked cars. These secret police, totalitarian tactics need to be stopped."
January 23, 2026 at 3:02 PM
Blumenthal: "I'm a no vote on that spending bill unless there are conditions that require ICE to go to a judge, to get a warrant, as well as other kinds of constraints -- the use of masks, the non-identification, the unmarked cars. These secret police, totalitarian tactics need to be stopped."
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Gift link to my piece w/ @dandrezner.bsky.social in @foreignaffairs.com on why the new order Trump is ushering in is so dangerous *for the United States* at home and abroad. Hobbes all the way down. www.foreignaffairs.com/guest-pass/r...
Trump’s Year of Anarchy
The unconstrained presidency and the end of American primacy.
www.foreignaffairs.com
January 22, 2026 at 2:34 PM
Gift link to my piece w/ @dandrezner.bsky.social in @foreignaffairs.com on why the new order Trump is ushering in is so dangerous *for the United States* at home and abroad. Hobbes all the way down. www.foreignaffairs.com/guest-pass/r...
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Day 1430 of the war in Ukraine.
After Switzerland, today focus shifts to Abu Dhabi. Some are hoping, asking, "will this be the end of the war?" as the two sides meet face to face.
Spoiler alert: No
This is the daily thread, all the important news in one place, every single day.
After Switzerland, today focus shifts to Abu Dhabi. Some are hoping, asking, "will this be the end of the war?" as the two sides meet face to face.
Spoiler alert: No
This is the daily thread, all the important news in one place, every single day.
January 23, 2026 at 10:51 AM
Day 1430 of the war in Ukraine.
After Switzerland, today focus shifts to Abu Dhabi. Some are hoping, asking, "will this be the end of the war?" as the two sides meet face to face.
Spoiler alert: No
This is the daily thread, all the important news in one place, every single day.
After Switzerland, today focus shifts to Abu Dhabi. Some are hoping, asking, "will this be the end of the war?" as the two sides meet face to face.
Spoiler alert: No
This is the daily thread, all the important news in one place, every single day.
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Tierra Walker knew that abortion was illegal in Texas, but she thought that hospitals could make an exception for patients like her, whose health was clearly on the line.
At 20 weeks pregnant, she died of preeclampsia.
At 20 weeks pregnant, she died of preeclampsia.
Women With High-Risk Pregnancies Have Limited Options Under Abortion Bans
Our reporting has found that abortion bans generally don’t include exceptions that cover health concerns pregnant women with chronic conditions can face — or if they do, doctors aren’t using them.
www.propublica.org
January 23, 2026 at 2:30 AM
Tierra Walker knew that abortion was illegal in Texas, but she thought that hospitals could make an exception for patients like her, whose health was clearly on the line.
At 20 weeks pregnant, she died of preeclampsia.
At 20 weeks pregnant, she died of preeclampsia.
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An eye-popping discovery: early vertebrates had four eyes rather than two @nature.com
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
An eye-popping discovery: early vertebrates had four eyes rather than two
Eyes on a face’s front or side enable a brain to perceive images. Fossil evidence suggests that two light-sensitive organs on top of ancient vertebrate heads generated images, too.
www.nature.com
January 22, 2026 at 1:56 AM
An eye-popping discovery: early vertebrates had four eyes rather than two @nature.com
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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January 21, 2026 at 7:20 PM
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Trump says he will no longer be imposing 10% tariffs on EU countries on February 1st.
Trump says he has “formed the framework for a future deal with respect to Greenland” with the Secretary General of NATO.
Trump says he has “formed the framework for a future deal with respect to Greenland” with the Secretary General of NATO.
January 21, 2026 at 7:33 PM
Trump says he will no longer be imposing 10% tariffs on EU countries on February 1st.
Trump says he has “formed the framework for a future deal with respect to Greenland” with the Secretary General of NATO.
Trump says he has “formed the framework for a future deal with respect to Greenland” with the Secretary General of NATO.