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Moon River 🌙 @moonriver51.bsky.social · 16h

We appreciate your work and hope for a return to sanity.

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Jameel Jaffer @jameeljaffer.bsky.social · 1d

MIT's response to the Trump admin's proposed "compact" is excellent and should be a model for other universities. orgchart.mit.edu/letters/rega...

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The Onion @theonion.com · 1d

Israel Agrees To Go Back To Killing Palestinians On Less Frequent Basis

CAIRO—As part of a historic ceasefire agreement with Hamas following two years of war, the Israeli government reportedly agreed Thursday to go back to killing Palestinians on a less frequent basis. “I...

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Moon River 🌙 @moonriver51.bsky.social · 1d

Absolutely funny!

The Daily Show @thedailyshow.com · 1d

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

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Moon River 🌙 @moonriver51.bsky.social · 1d

Saturday trip to Providence RI. The fire you see? Waterfire celebration....

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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 2d

“A second inflatable frog has now been spotted wiggling through Portland.”

Marco Rubio whispers into Donald Trump's ear.

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Al Jazeera English @aljazeera.com · 2d

BREAKING: Israeli war planes continue to launch raids on Gaza City as Palestinians celebrate the ceasefire announcement, according to an Al Jazeera Arabic correspondent on the ground.

🔴 LIVE update: aje.io/xqppys

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Moon River 🌙 @moonriver51.bsky.social · 2d

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Memento (Spooky) Morty 🌙 @mementomorty.bsky.social · 2d

Losing the war on woke

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2d

Trump is fighting sleep during this antifa roundtable and sleep is gaining the upper hand

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 3d

Kristi Noem confronts enemy combatants in the Portland war zone today.

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The Atlantic @theatlantic.com · 3d

Faced with new UN-backed sanctions and a weakened military, Iran is desperate for a way out, Arash Azizi and Graeme Wood. “Although it still has options, all of them are bad”:

Iran’s Bad Options

At most, Iran can hope to wound America or Israel when attacked. But its own weapons can never win a war.

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Moon River 🌙 @moonriver51.bsky.social · 3d

Doesn't matter what they expect to happen or not happen. WE are going to make sure there'll be consequences.

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annalissroy.bsky.social @annalissroy.bsky.social · 3d

I talked to Bill Nye — yes, former “science guy” — about President Trump’s proposed cuts to NASA funding and what they would mean.

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Moon River 🌙 @moonriver51.bsky.social · 3d

Using tax dollars so you don't feel intimidated by colors!

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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 4d

Nobel committee unable to reach prize winner who is ‘living his best life’ hiking off grid

Fred Ramsdell was among those honoured with a 2025 Nobel Prize in Medicine but might not know because he is somewhere in Idaho and uncontactable The Nobel committee has been unable to reach a winner of this year’s prize for medicine who is “living his best life” on an “off the grid” hiking foray. Fred Ramsdell shared Monday’s prestigious prize with Mary Brunkow of Seattle, Washington and Shimon Sakaguchi of Osaka University in Japan for their discoveries related to the functioning of the immune system. Continue reading...

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Moon River 🌙 @moonriver51.bsky.social · 5d

Cruelty and Fiscal irresponsibility? On brand!

ProPublica @propublica.org · 5d

#ICYMI: GOP lawmakers cite Georgia’s Pathways to Coverage as a national model for federal Medicaid work requirements that are set to take effect in 2027.

A GAO report shows the program has spent twice as much on administrative costs as on health care.

Georgia’s Medicaid Work Requirement Program Spent Twice as Much on Administrative Costs as on Health Care, GAO Says

Republican lawmakers cite Georgia’s Pathways to Coverage as a national model for federal Medicaid work requirements that are set to take effect in 2027. A new report shows the program has spent at lea...

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Chris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 7d

This is simple. Congress should not willingly pay the bills to fund the most serious assault on political freedom in our lifetime - an assault that may collapse democracy as we know it if we don't fight back.

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Moon River 🌙 @moonriver51.bsky.social · 7d

Amazing!

Moon River 🌙 @moonriver51.bsky.social · 7d

An in depth thread from a beloved world traveler.

Rick Steves @ricksteves.bsky.social · 9d

Nearly 10% of humanity (~800M people in 2025) struggles to live on less than $3 a day. It’s important for Americans to appreciate that reality — and the growing gap between the extremely poor & the extremely privileged — because, as USAID demonstrated, our nation has the power to change it.

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What Extreme Poverty Looks Like

Ten percent of humanity struggles to live on under $2 a day. That, and the gap between the extremely poor and the more privileged, is important to see.

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 7d

It really is amazing how often you can repeat something Trump said verbatim without identifying Trump as the person who said it and Trump supporters will say it’s the dumbest thing they’ve ever heard.

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Moon River 🌙 @moonriver51.bsky.social · 7d

Isn't the 2nd amendment meant to be a check on tyranny? I think they should rein in it....

Moon River 🌙 @moonriver51.bsky.social · 8d

This is bad; personally if I can read something I will avoid watching a clip about it. However we have to admit that old school forms of journalism are truly out of style and very few people use them. It's like going back to a time when most of the population could not read or listen to an orator.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 9d

MADELEINE DEAN: The president is unhinged. He's unwell

JOHNSON: A lot of folks on your side are too

D: Oh my god, please. That performance in front of the generals?

J: I didn't see it

D: It's so dangerous! Our allies are looking elsewhere. Our enemies are laughing. You have a POTUS who's unwell.

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Popehat Agitates And Irritates @kenwhite.bsky.social · 9d

Every few months now I re-read this "Who Goes Nazi?" piece from 1941 and am blown away by how it captures the people we are dealing with 80 years later.

harpers.org/archive/1941...

Who Goes Nazi?, by Dorothy Thompson

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Nick (derogatory) ✨ @slothropsmap.bsky.social · 17d

I learned more about physics from a man named Julius Sumner Miller than any other source — and it's because his show is one of the funniest, most memeable things you've ever seen.

I cut up the best episode . If you have 2m50s, watch it all. You won't regret it.

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Moon River 🌙 @moonriver51.bsky.social · 9d

But does he gulp down doogh?

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