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Tallsquall @tallsquall.bsky.social · 5h

“I was so busy trying to hear what I wanted to hear that I didn’t listen to what you had to say.”

Use often and repeat as necessary.

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justin de kahruvel🌻 @justinesparza.bsky.social · 11h

Holy moly —my grandpa (b. 1897) and grandma (b. 1898) would have been right around the same age as Rick and Evelyn. Contemporaries!

justin de kahruvel🌻 @justinesparza.bsky.social · 14h

Watching “The Mummy” with my mum and suddenly realizing the bulk of the movie is set in 1926, one year before my dad was born…

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Edward Elderman @elderman.bsky.social · 11h

Renato Muccillo (Canadian, 1965)

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Costa Samaras @costasamaras.com · 13h

Picture how big the Hoover Dam is. An absolute unit. The Hoover Dam has a power capacity of 2 gigawatts (GW).

The solar farm that the Admin just cancelled could have produces 6.2 GW of power. That's more than 3 Hoover Dams.

jael holzman @jael.bsky.social · 14h

SCOOP: The Bureau of Land Management says the largest solar project in Nevada — the Esmeralda 7 mega-farm — has been canceled

The news was quietly dropped via a sudden website update with no public word from any of the companies involved or a statement from the agency

@heatmap.news

Esmeralda 7 Solar Project Has Been Canceled, BLM Says

It would have delivered a gargantuan 6.2 gigawatts of power.

heatmap.news

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justin de kahruvel🌻 @justinesparza.bsky.social · 14h

Watching “The Mummy” with my mum and suddenly realizing the bulk of the movie is set in 1926, one year before my dad was born…

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justin de kahruvel🌻 @justinesparza.bsky.social · 15h

“It’s also a dangerous situation,” she said. “People don’t know that they are federal agents, and it’s an invitation to copycats who are bad actors kidnapping people because there’s no way to distinguish kidnappers from federal agents when they’re acting this way.”

#ICE #DHS #CBP #Immigration

Chicago Sun-Times @chicago.suntimes.com · 1d

The Sun-Times has documented four unmarked cars carrying federal officers without required license plates, offering another way to shield their identities. Federal officials say they’re meeting regulations.

Federal immigration officers wear masks and no name tags. Now some are driving cars without license plates.

The Sun-Times has documented four unmarked cars carrying federal officers without required plates, offering another way to shield their identities. Federal officials say they’re meeting regulations.

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Chris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 1d

We aren't on the verge of an authoritarian takeover. We are in the middle of it.

But I worry people don't see the whole scheme. They just pay attention to each new daily outrage. So I went to the Senate floor to explain Trump's plan.

Here's a 🧵of the speech. It's important.

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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 18h

🚨BREAKING: A federal judge Thursday froze President Donald Trump’s attempt to deploy hundreds of National Guard troops in and around Chicago, saying the president lacked the authority to do so. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

Federal Judge Halts Trump’s Chicago Military Deployment

Read more here.

www.democracydocket.com

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Charles Johnson @charles.littlegreenfootballs.com · 17h

this timeline is fucking exhausting. i think i have emotion sickness.

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Senator Ed Markey @markey.senate.gov · 18h

People shouldn’t have to beg the government for protection from toxic chemicals. But Trump’s EPA is more focused on fast tracking chemical approvals to build AI data centers in our backyard than taking dangerous toxics off the market. We deserve an EPA that works for the people—not polluters.

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Alexios Mantzarlis @mantzarlis.com · 19h

"A group of suspected scammers in Brazil using Instagram ads featuring deepfakes of supermodel Gisele Bundchen and other celebrities appears to have made millions of dollars through online fraud, according to police investigators."

Brazilian scammers, raking in millions, used Gisele Bundchen deepfakes on Instagram ads

A group of suspected scammers in Brazil using Instagram ads featuring deepfakes of supermodel Gisele Bundchen and other celebrities appears to have made millions of dollars through online fraud, according to police investigators.

www.reuters.com

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Mark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 19h

Americans who love democracy need to face the fact that we’re no longer living in one.
We’re living in a transitional state in which a fascist dictatorship is fast descending.
But we still have a great resource: people power. It’s time for boycotts, protests, civil disobedience. Make yourself loud.

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New York Attorney General Letitia James @newyorkstateag.bsky.social · 20h

This is nothing more than a continuation of the president’s desperate weaponization of our justice system.

I am not fearful — I am fearless.

We will fight these baseless charges aggressively, and my office will continue to fiercely protect New Yorkers and their rights..

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The Daily Show @thedailyshow.com · 21h

The following is REAL footage from Portland, 2025. Viewer discretion is advised.

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Jen Rubin @jenrubin.bsky.social · 21h

someone should tell Trump they don't give the Peace Prize to people who blow up boats and murder those on high seas nor to those who deploy military against their own people. NEVER.

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Andrew Kniss @wyoweeds.bsky.social · 20h

If I'm motivated to support an idea, I can think of LOTS of ways to generate data to support the idea. But this is a problem. Generating data to find 'proof' of something doesn't lead us towards finding the truth; it just further entrenches us in believing that idea (even if it's wrong).

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chloelewis.bsky.social @chloelewis.bsky.social · 23h

The third stone was discovered being used as a kerbstone in Tavistock, inscribed in Latin “(The stone) of Nepranus, son of Conbevus.” Nepranus has a Latinised name, while his father’s name, Conbevus, is Celtic.
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chloelewis.bsky.social @chloelewis.bsky.social · 23h

In nearby Buckland Monachorum, another stone was found being used in a blacksmith's, inscribed, '(The stone) of Sabinus, son of Maccodechetus.' Sabinus is a Latin name, while his father’s is Goidelic (early Irish).
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Cottages, the vicarage and church in the village of Buckland Monachorum, Devon.

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justin de kahruvel🌻 @justinesparza.bsky.social · 20h

The movie, “Contact,” primed me for proper “primer” pronunciation.

Merriam-Webster @merriam-webster.com · 20h

Here’s a primer on ‘primer.’

It’s pronounced ‘PRIMM-er’ if you mean “a small book” or “a short informative piece of writing.”

It’s pronounced ‘PRY-mer’ if you mean “an initial coat of paint.”

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Wajahat Ali @wajali.bsky.social · 20h

So, Tom Homan can straight accept a bag of $50K in cash from the FBI in a sting operation, have the investigation dismissed by this corrupt Justice Department, but all of Trump's critics somehow face indictments?

Cool, cool. Cool.

A desperate, weak Administration overplaying its hand.

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Leah Litman @leahlitman.bsky.social · 20h

Indicting political opponents & critics because they are political opponents & critics is terrifying.

It's completely inconsistent with the rule of law & democracy.

It should scare everyone - and (hopefully) will get people to realize that we all need to stand against this.

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Kevin J. CREATURE @kevinjkircher.com · 20h

Over 40% of corn grown in Indiana is used to make ethanol that cars burn. One acre of corn yields about 16,500 vehicle-miles per year of ethanol, which sounds high until you realize that one acre of solar yields about 2,700,000 vehicle-miles per year: 16,000% more driving for a given plot of land.

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Joyce White Vance @joycewhitevance.bsky.social · 20h

Indicting your political enemies because they’re your enemies, not because they’ve committed crimes, is unAmerican.

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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 20h

The Attorney General of New York was just indicted by our tinpot dictator

Letitia James criminally charged in Trump’s latest effort to punish rivals

Prosecutor who sought charges was installed amid Trump frustrations with pace of investigations against rivals

www.theguardian.com

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Jess Calarco @jessicacalarco.com · 22h

By saying they're going to get undocumented migrants off Medicaid, they can justify using Medicaid rolls to look for Medicaid recipients who are US citizen children of undocumented migrants, then target the parents of those kids for deportation, hoping the parents will take the kids too.

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