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Nicholas Slayton @nslayton.bsky.social · 1h

They're sending a Navy carrier strike group to the Caribbean. Like, the USS Gerald Ford aircraft carrier, destroyers and several aircraft squadrons. To nominally fight alleged drug traffickers that have so far been in tiny speed boats and subs. x.com/seanparnella...

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Brian Goldstone @brian-goldstone.bsky.social · 5h

With millions at risk of losing SNAP in the coming days, a reminder: hunger doesn't happen in isolation. When food assistance disappears, families use rent money to eat. Then come evictions and homelessness.

Housing, food, healthcare—it's all connected. Cut one thread and the whole thing unravels.

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Brad Lander @bradlander.bsky.social · 2h

Joel Camas is a 16 yr-old NYC high-school junior in the Bronx. He loves soccer & pepperoni pizza.

Yesterday morning, his lawyer and I accompanied him to an ICE check-in. He has Special Immigrant Juvenile Status (SIJS) — it should have been fine.

But it was not.💔 [thread]

A Woman Self-Deported, Hoping to Shield Her Son. He Was Detained Anyway.

www.nytimes.com

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Laura Gottsman @lauragottsman.bsky.social · 4h

Defend democracy right now--there are 52,000 elections in 2 weeks, in 2025. Voting rules for 2026 in Maine; PA Supreme Court makeup; NJ and VA Gov and state legislatures; and lots more. Off-year elections are all about turnout. Wherever you live, help get out the vote. @hcrichardson.bsky.social

KOJAMF🤘🖤🤘 @kojamf.bsky.social · 15h

Heather Cox Richardson
@hcrichardson.bsky.social

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Jaypay @jaypay.bsky.social · 4h

Relationships 101: if you treat someone badly, they are likely to leave you & find someone who treats them better. 🤷

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Sherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 4h

Hmmm….

Tau Cabalander @taucabalander.bsky.social · 10h

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Graph of who Americans think is their biggest supplier of foreign oil, perception vs reality, showing a perception of 53% from Saudi Arabia and 22% from Canada, vs. the reality of 4.3% from Saudi Arabia and 61.46% from Canada

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haka-hakase (墓博士) @nora-hakase.bsky.social · 5h

Simply outstanding

Tits McGee @scientits.bsky.social · 9h

The German company that makes the mechanical ladder used in the Louvre heist has used the image to advertise, with the text 'When you need to move fast'

10/10 response, no notes

Image of the mechanical ladder outside the Louvre

Text below says WENN'S MAL WIEDER SCHNELL GEHEN MUSS (When you need to move fast)

Underneath is more German text which translates as "The Böcker Agilo transports your treasures weighing up to 400kg at 42m/min - quiet as a whisper."

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Sean Casten @seancasten.bsky.social · 5h

A reminder that facts are stubborn things. Appalachian Power is lowering rates in their VA subsidiary because of renewable-driven savings and raising rates in WV because of mandates to burn coal. wvpublic.org/story/energy...

Citing Renewables, Appalachian Power To Lower Virginia Bills - West Virginia Public Broadcasting

That’s in contrast to the company’s April filing in West Virginia, which asked regulators to charge customers $5 more a month to pay for fuel expenses.

wvpublic.org

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Oeishik 🐸 @oeishik.bsky.social · 5h

Do not be surprised if the regime gets more & more opaque as the days go on. That's a hallmark of fascist regimes. Control. youtu.be/j8v9fP5YC6A

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Texas Tribune @texastribune.org · 5h

And you can learn more about Texas’ water crisis on our special report page:

Running Out: Texas’ water crisis — and the path forward - The Texas Tribune

A growing population, leaking pipes and changing climate threaten the state’s water supply. Texas lawmakers hope a $20 billion investment will help.

www.texastribune.org

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Randy Au @randyau.com · 21h

Oh no... The 6yo asked "what does dial 911 mean?" And I had to stop myself from explaining how ancient phones used to have a round dial-like rotary interface and ....

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G Elliott Morris @gelliottmorris.com · 6h

New polls from Gallup, YouGov, and out of Virginia show voters now trust Democrats more than Republicans to handle the economy. Nationally, Dems now have a 4-point margin on the issue — an 18-point shift away from Trump since 2023. Time to update your priors

www.gelliottmorris.com/p/polls-show...

Polls show voters now trust Democrats more to handle the economy

The issue that sank Democrats in 2024 now threatens to do the same to Republicans in 2025 and the 2026 midterms

www.gelliottmorris.com

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Pivot Podcast @pivotpod.bsky.social · 5h

“He has no intention of leaving.”

@profgalloway.com and @karaswisher.bsky.social discuss what Trump’s East Wing demolition really means.

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Nicole Hemmer @pastpunditry.bsky.social · 3d

DC friends!! Join us on this Sunday on the National Mall for a teach-in in defense of history and museums, ft. an all-star line-up! We’ll be there from sun-up to sun-down. More info here: linktr.ee/historyteachin

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rickorick.bsky.social @rickorick.bsky.social · 7h

The ten War Relocation Centers were located in desolate areas across the interior West and Arkansas.
They were:
📍 Manzanar & Tule Lake (CA)
📍 Poston & Gila River (AZ)
📍 Amache/Granada (CO)
📍 Heart Mountain (WY)
📍 Minidoka (ID)
📍 Topaz (UT)
📍 Rohwer & Jerome (AR)
#History #NeverForget

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Adam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 6h

Describe a character in Greek mythology the way someone trying to defend a politician would. I’ll start.

Oedipus: Like you’ve never had sex with someone and regretted it later

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New York Magazine @nymag.com · 20h

Donald Trump knocked down the White House East Wing without notice and before approvals —a developer move known as ‘anticipatory demolition,’ where you tear down a building before the preservationists can intervene. His dad did it too.

Trump Used His Dad’s Dirtiest Move on the East Wing

Donald Trump knocked down the White House East Wing without notice and before approvals —a developer move known as ‘anticipatory demolition,’ where you tear down a building before the preservationists can intervene. His dad did it too.

www.curbed.com

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Joe Allen @joeallenjoe.bsky.social · 18h

NEW STUDY PUBLISHED IN NATURE: People who got an mRNA COVID vaccine within ~3 months before or after starting immunotherapy for cancer lived longer overall than those who didn’t get the vaccine.
www.washingtonpost.com/science/2025...

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Jess Calarco @jessicacalarco.com · 15h

A very incomplete list of things we wouldn't have done if we waited for the normies to care:

- abolish slavery
- child labor laws
- votes for women
- social security
- fdic
- welfare
- medicare
- medicaid
- desegregation
- women's sports

jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 15h

"normies do not care about this thing and so it is no use raising a stink" is imho just an excuse for not doing politics, which is the job of making normies care about something

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Newsweek @newsweek.com · 15h

One police department in Maine ended an agreement after 900 people signed a petition opposing it.

Two Police Departments Drop Agreements With ICE

www.newsweek.com

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Langdon Grant @langdongrant.bsky.social · 20h

Trump showing off those renditions of his planned ballroom is giving off some real "Ken Lay showing off fabric swatches for the new Enron corporate jet while the company crumbles around him" vibes.

www.baltimoresun.com/2005/05/10/m...

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Aura Bogado @aurabogado.bsky.social · 20h

This brilliant little article gets at what I’ve seen but haven’t yet read: Chicago locals, regardless of status, are apprehensive about venturing out to restaurants and food stalls targeted by ICE. The result is a whole sector in economic and social crisis.
www.chicagomag.com/news/we-wont...

“We Won’t Survive if You Don’t Support Us”

ICE presence in Chicago has hurt the local economies in immigrant communities — which could in turn put a financial strain on the city at large.

www.chicagomag.com

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Doug Lewin @douglewin.bsky.social · 20h

More on batteries and other grid updates, including on Entergy's very expensive gas plants and the growth of ERCOT's large load queue here: #txlege #txenergy
www.douglewin.com/p/texas-lar...

Texas Large Load Queue Swells To Over 200 Gigawatts: Grid Roundup #81

ERCOT will provide updates on the large load interconnection process and the PUC will consider Industrial Consumers' request for rehearing; batteries stretch out as thermal outage season picks up

www.douglewin.com

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Doug Lewin @douglewin.bsky.social · 20h

There are nearly 23 gigawatts of thermal plants offline for maintenance as Texas continues to have way above average heat.

To pick up the slack, batteries are deploying for longer periods; they discharged over 3,000 megawatts for 2+ hours Tuesday evening. 1/2

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Jeff Domingues @jeffdomingues.bsky.social · 23h

“What’s actually at issue is Donald Trump’s embrace of autocratic power. Monarchy is one flavor of that power, but it’s not really the one that Trump’s targeting. … It’s not that he gained power as an autocrat, it’s that he’s aggregating and deploying it as one.”

Philip Bump @pbump.com · 23h

I felt compelled to rebut perhaps the stupidest criticism of the "No Kings" protests: How could Trump be a king given that he was elected???? www.pbump.net/o/the-weakes...

The weakest possible rebuttal to the ‘No Kings’ criticism

Meghan McCain would just like someone to explain something to her. A "nepo baby" (using her own words) born of American political royalty, McCain last week expressed bemusement at the then-looming "No...

www.pbump.net

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