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Tim Onion @bencollins.bsky.social · 11h

Jeffrey Epstein: Bad Pedophile starts... now.

The Onion Investigates: Jeffrey Epstein

YouTube video by The Onion

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Nabalkattu @nabalkattu.bsky.social · 11h

The first artist there Neil Zarama has an amazing biker metal aesthetic

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ProPublica @propublica.org · 11h

Insurance companies can often be aggressive with their denials because “they don’t expect people to come back,” one health care advocate said.

The lesson is simple, another expert told us: “Appeal, appeal, appeal, appeal. That’s all you have.”

By @deldeib.bsky.social

This Little-Known Appeal Could Force Your Insurer to Pay for Lifesaving Care. Here’s How to File It.

When a health insurer refuses to pay for your treatment, you may have the right to have the denial reviewed — and potentially overturned — by an independent provider. Here are six steps experts sugges...

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Joel S. @joelhs.bsky.social · 15h

There's nothing at all wrong with being Palestinian, and using "Palestinian" in this way is deeply racist against Palestinians, but it is also antisemitic, because it defines Jewishness as something that can be granted and removed for political reasons.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 18h

JD Vance describes Chuck Schumer as "one of the most famous Palestinians in the world"

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Nabalkattu @nabalkattu.bsky.social · 14h

like unpasteurized milk

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jeff computers @helldude.bsky.social · 16h

what percentage of social ills at the moment can be explained credibly by or at least betted understood through the lens of "a class of corrupt plutocrats is stealing from you and laughing at you?" i think it's a big number

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aaron from queens from twitter @aaronnarraph.bsky.social · 19h

the background on zohran's colbert appearance is jaw-droppingly disgusting

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Orli Matlow @hiremeimfunny.bsky.social · 15h

Fellas is it antisemitic to blame the Bris

Justin Baragona @justinbaragona.bsky.social · 17h

Besides linking Tylenol in pregnant women to autism, RFK Jr. now says circumcision is part of the reason why kids are autistic.

"Children who are circumcised early have double the rate of autism, and it's highly likely because they're given Tylenol. None of this is positive..."

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Huw TD @huwtd.bsky.social · 18h

Those who built tombs,
Their places are gone.
What has become of them?
I have heard the words of Imhotep and Hordedef,
Whose sayings are recited everywhere.
What of their places?
Their walls have crumbled,
Their places gone,
As though they never existed.
(Etc.)

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Nabalkattu @nabalkattu.bsky.social · 15h

"One reason: administrative actions increasing tariffs, restricting immigration, and otherwise constraining our ability for our healthcare system to adapt.... second: the largest healthcare cuts in federal history: $1.1 trillion was cut through HR 1, known as the One Big Beautiful Bill Act."

Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 16h

“I don’t think, in health policy history, we’ve [ever] seen as big a projected increase in health insurance premiums.”

As the federal government enters the ninth day of its shutdown, soaring health care costs, the crux of the shutdown fight, are looking increasingly likely.

Brace for the largest-ever spike in health insurance premiums

The GOP's backdoor plan to gut Obamacare: Kill the tax credits.

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Emissary Of Night | ليلى @diplomatofnight.com · 1d

Apropos absolutely nothing else there is still a rather rude awakening which is yet to come for those in the Democratic Party and in the camp of liberalism writ large if they think Israel's public image is at all recoverable among young and nonwhite voters and apparatchiks.

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Nabalkattu @nabalkattu.bsky.social · 21h

Just taught this today. 4000 year old dog prints.

Moudhy Al-Rashid (she/her) @moudhy.bsky.social · Jan 30

Since we love the little canine echoes from the past, here’s another lovely one from a dog in ancient Ur.

The cuneiform inscription names king Ur-Nammu who ruled around 2100 BCE.

The accidental paw prints are such a delight 🐾 www.britishmuseum.org/collection/o...

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Nabalkattu @nabalkattu.bsky.social · Jan 30

We tend to assume every royal inscription was read, every instance of a king's name intended as a monument to his memory. Then a dog walks across the clay and the craftsman just lets it ride. How do we know if anyone paid attention to ancient "monuments"? sethlsanders.wordpress.com/2025/01/29/t...

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The Quietus @thequietus.com · 1d

The implacable Ron Mael talks Jeremy Allen through his 13 favourite albums, from fiery free jazz to cutting edge J-pop, via militant hip hop and Bach

#RonMael of #Sparks’ Favourite Albums

buff.ly/Aj85PWB

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Mark Bray @mark-bray.bsky.social · 1d

“Someone” cancelled my family’s flight out of the country at the last second.

We got our boarding passes. We checked our bags. Went through security. Then at our gate our reservation ‘disappeared.’

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Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 1d

repost this if an editor has ever saved you from yourself

violent alien @blipstress.bsky.social · 1d

An actual hot take: Too many authors are afraid of editors watering down their voice or whatever and not afraid enough of editors letting you put any old slop on the page.

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Popehat Agitates And Irritates @kenwhite.bsky.social · 1d

OK. It's going to be coming out soon because of the relentless investigations of Pam Bondi and Kash Patel, so I might as well admit it before the news breaks:

I am the General Counsel of Antifa.

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Save the CBC 🇨🇦✌️ @savethecbc.bsky.social · 1d

6 Canadians — including a First Nations woman — have been detained by Israel after their aid ship was intercepted in international waters while carrying medical supplies to Gaza.

Canada must demand their immediate release.

🔗 r.pebmac.ca/https://www....
#cdnpoli #HumanRights #SaveTheCBC

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Nabalkattu @nabalkattu.bsky.social · 1d

trolley-problem-ass thought experiment

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Dave Byrnes @djbyrnes1.bsky.social · 1d

Ellis says the order will direct "agents and officers to follow the training they've already received... and is essentially directing them to follow their own rules, policies, regulations... and the behavior that the constitution demands."

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Dave Byrnes @djbyrnes1.bsky.social · 1d

Back in federal judge Sara Ellis' courtroom in Chicago for a second day of discussion on a proposed restraining order to rein in federal immigration agents' violent behavior.

Debate began on this issue on Monday, and ended without the court entering a formal order.

Dave Byrnes @djbyrnes1.bsky.social · 3d

@unraveledpress.com & other press have been threatened, shot with less-lethals and arrested while reporting on federal immigration activities in Chicagoland and on the resulting protests at Broadview.

I'm now at a hearing asking the federal court to rein ICE & co in. I'll let you know how it goes.

unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 3d

Well, yeah, we're suing ICE.

This wasn't really a hard decision. As little faith as we have in institutions, we recognize the value of drawing visible lines in the sand. We drew ours personally a while ago, but better late than never.

May every protester be freed and may this occupation end.

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Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 1d

We know more about the massive military-style raid on a Chicago housing complex thanks to the reporting of @southsideweekly.bsky.social, @blockclubchi.bsky.social, and neighborhood resident Eboni Watson who chronicled the event. Among the emerging questions: what's real estate's role in this?

section of text from South Side Weekly's coverage, which says: "The building was purchased by Wisconsin-based investor Trinity Flood in January 2020, according to Cook County records. On October 1, the day after the raid, a judge reviewed an emergency motion from Wells Fargo seeking to appoint Matthew Tarshis of Frontline Real Estate Partners as the property’s receiver.

Flood purchased three multifamily properties in South Shore in 2020. The neighborhood, which had the highest number of eviction filings in Chicago from 2015-2019 according to the Law Center for Better Housing, has seen a rise in outside real estate investors since the 2017 announcement of the Obama Presidential Center’s construction in the neighboring Jackson Park.

Wells Fargo Bank foreclosed on the building in mid-2024, bringing a $27 million lawsuit against Flood for missed loan payments. In late 2024, the City began closing its largest migrant shelters and, through state funding assistance distributed via Catholic Charities and moving support from New Life Church, relocated many families to buildings such as this one."

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Kat Abughazaleh @katmabu.bsky.social · 1d

I can’t believe I have to say this, but historically, masked men who kidnap families in the middle of the night are usually not the good guys.

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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 1d

CNN’s Van Jones is among 16 mainstream journalists—including two New York Times reporters—serving as mentors in a new journalism fellowship explicitly created to help Israel's Likud regime win its “information war” against Palestinians.

Legacy Journalists from NYT, CNN Are Mentors in a Fellowship Founded for Pro-Israel “Information War”

Hardline Israel advocate Jacki Karsh says she founded the new journalism fellowship to help “shift some of the narrative” in Israel’s favor.

www.dropsitenews.com

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Meredith Shiner @meredithshiner.com · 1d

“Let Republicans have the literal blood of American citizens on their hands—and make that the central issue of the shutdown. Otherwise, enjoy having your health care subsidy debate in the gulags these people would happily send us all to. I hear that poll-tests great.”

The Case for the Forever Shutdown

Senate Democrats actually allowing the GOP to stop funding the government is only the first step. Now they have to make the case that Trump’s government is illegitimate.

newrepublic.com

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