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@madammem.bsky.social
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US ex-pat in Denmark, professional beekeeper, mom to two amazing kids, Suzuki violin parent, and avid reader of all genres, including scientific papers related to honey and health.
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My soon-to-be teenage daughter had one of *those* mornings & claimed to HATE everyone in the world!!

I laughed & said "Me too, on many days! Want to see my hate-the-world playlist?"

She was not amused & did not want to see the playlist. =/

She got over it & apologized later.

Kids are awesome
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For context on how big a sale this is for Sweden:

Ukraine will purchase about 1.5x the size of the entire Swedish Gripen fleet.

~95 Gripen currently in the 🇸🇪 Air Force:
60 New Swedish orders of Gripen E to phase out older C/D (just started being delivered).

120-150 Gripen E to Ukraine
Sweden will sell up to 150 JAS Gripen E to Ukraine! This is the newest model of the Saab Gripen.

This is not a donation of planes today, but a delivery over several years.

#Gripens4Ukraine

Source: www.svt.se/nyheter/loka...
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This is impeachable. No gray area.
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a live look at the demolition of the White House's East Wing for Trump's ballroom
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TV entertainer and inexplicably Secretary of Defense/War/whatevs Pete Hegseth has issued a new memo requiring all Pentagon staff, including top generals, to get approval before talking to Congress, NBC News reports.
Hegseth cracks down on Pentagon staff speaking to Congress
A new memo on communications with Capitol Hill, signed by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and his deputy, follows restrictions on reporting out of the Pentagon.
www.nbcnews.com
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Found someone making $$$ on AI (consultants)

*IBM 3Q REVENUE $16.33B, EST. $16.1B
*IBM 3Q CONSULTING REVENUE $5.32B, EST. $5.2B
*IBM 3Q FREE CASH FLOW $2.37B, EST. $2.21B
*IBM 3Q OPER EPS $2.65, EST. $2.41
*IBM SAYS AI BOOK OF BUSINESS STANDS AT OVER $9.5B
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lol, great, so we're now subsidizing Argentine ranchers at the expense of American ranchers. Seems politically sustainable, no questions from me.

*US SEEKS TO QUADRUPLE BEEF PURCHASES FROM ARGENTINA: POLITICO
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Translation: All those videos of King Trump dumping liquid shit on the US is going to skyrocket your power bill through the roof and basically ruin any dreams we had of not baking the planet alive.
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The AWS outage interfered with our cats’ automatic feeders and yes I am already embarrassed I assure you I have adequate shame already
The AWS outage bricked people's $2,700 smartbeds, leaving them in a reclining position or with the heat up. People were unable to use them, basically. A GitHub repo exists that lets people operate their beds without reliance on the normal infrastructure

www.404media.co/the-aws-outa...
The AWS Outage Bricked People’s $2,700 Smartbeds
When Amazon Web Services went offline, people lost control of their cloud-connected smart beds, getting stuck in reclined positions or roasting with the heat turned all the way up.
www.404media.co
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Brian Schatz: "This is not about money. There is enough money to bail out Argentina with $20b. There is enough money to purchase a brand new aircraft for $173m for Noem. There is enough money to renovate the WH ballroom. What there isn't enough money for under this Republican government is you."
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Went to a speaker series list night and heard Ella Al-Shamahi talk about paleoanthropology and how for most of “human” existence we shared the planet with a bunch of other branches of the archaic humans. She was great. Looking forward to watching her BBC series “Human.”
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Here's who @scottnover.bsky.social and I have confirmed so far.

All right-wing bloggers and influencers who
* agreed to the press restrictions refused by established reporters
* are known for soft-touch treatment of the Trump administration
* will now get special access to the "Department of War"
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You know, fuck Bernie Sanders, this pisses me off. We’re supposed to have standards and values. The GOP is the one hiring Nazis and groypers and trash bigots. How can people stand up to that without having some kind of standards that they adhere to? Goddammit.
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Both the U.S. marshal and the immigrant were shot by federal officers. You’d never know that from this headline.
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Lawless and unconstitutional, not "reprogramming"
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Also, as a reminder.

There's at least two cases of Bluesky users that have been subject to arrests and charges because of what they've posted on Bluesky.

Homeland Security Investigators are monitoring Bluesky, sending subpoenas out, and charging people.

storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
storage.courtlistener.com
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"Ordinary cities were under attack — mainly our energy infrastructure, but there were also many strikes on residential buildings." - Zelenskyy said.

As of now, it is known that 17 people have been injured. Six people, including two children, have unfortunately been killed.
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Good morning once again. It's Day 1337.

Every single day, all the news - fact checked - in one handy thread, covering all aspects of Russia's all-out war in Ukraine.

Thank you to everyone helping to grow my reach and therefore keeping Ukraine's struggle in the public eye.