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Nicholas Slayton

@nslayton.bsky.social

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Journalist. Contributing editor @TaskandPurpose.com . Bylines at New Republic, The Prospect, Motherboard, Wired, elsewhere. Was once insulted by Martin Shkreli. Signal: nslayton.12 nslayton.substack.com

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Nicholas Slayton @nslayton.bsky.social · 11d

If you saw footage of Nepal's protests this month, it's a fair chance you saw it from WeHateTheCold, a British travel vlogger who stumbled into the revolution and started filming. I spoke to him about it for @wired.com www.wired.com/story/how-a-...

How a Travel YouTuber Captured Nepal’s Revolution for the World

Harry Jackson went into Kathmandu as a tourist. He ended up being one of the main international sources of news on Nepal’s Gen Z protests.

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Nicholas Slayton @nslayton.bsky.social · 1h

You don't have to hand it to Bass, but she's correct here.

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Meanwhile, the US:

a cartoon character says we 've tried nothing and were all out of ideas

ALT: a cartoon character says we 've tried nothing and were all out of ideas

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Spencer Reynolds @sreynolds.bsky.social · 3h

Antifa is not a group; the president cannot designate domestic terror groups.

My @brennancenter.org colleague @faizapatel.bsky.social is out today with a deep review of NSPM-7. It is a dangerous directive that will facilitate predatory politics-based targeting: www.brennancenter.org/our-work/res...

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Associate Professor Siouxsie Wiles @siouxsiew.bsky.social · 3h

This is heartbreaking 💔

Living Safely With Covid @covidsafenz.bsky.social · 3h

#LongCovid “No one is immune to this”

Offered rest home care at 24: the lonely plight of formerly healthy young Kiwis suffering with long Covid

The pandemic never ended, and we're all living proof of that.

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Offered rest home care at 24: the lonely plight of young Kiwis with long Covid

A group of young Kiwis prove what international studies show: that long Covid has a particularly debilitating effect on young people. But how much medical support is there for them?

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Nicholas Slayton @nslayton.bsky.social · 1h

Portland, I love you

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dr. caitlin m. green @caitlinmoriah.bsky.social · 1h

bubble dance party

a person in an inflatable unicorn costume and a person in an inflatable peacock costume dance as a person holds a bubble gun shooting lots of small bubbles over them

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Nicholas Slayton @nslayton.bsky.social · 1h

A fantastic movie. David Dastmalchian should have gotten an Oscar nom.

IAMKEVINPAUL @iamkevinpaul.bsky.social · 1h

#31DaysofHalloween #HorrorMovieMarathon Night 9 w/
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LATE NIGHT WITH THE DEVIL (2023)

To save his failing late night talk show Jack Delroy needs to put on one hell of a show and that's exactly what he does
Perfectly executed found footage, brutal ending. Very period accurate.

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A movie poster for the 2023 film "Late Night with the Devil", depicting a television with devil horns and tail, showing a hypnotic pattern.

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Nicholas Slayton @nslayton.bsky.social · 1h

Love this movie.

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Oh hell yes

Nicholas Slayton @nslayton.bsky.social · 1h

You know this kid already hates Reagan. The kids are alright

Drew Harwell @drewharwell.com · 2h

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A 5-year-old wanted a Jimmy Carter birthday party. His mom delivers.

Lauren Ramos’ son, Ryan, likes the “typical boy stuff” — ninjas, dinosaurs, Spider-Man. But when planning his 5th birthday party, the little boy wanted it to be all about his favorite U.S. president.

On Saturday, the New Jersey family celebrated Ryan, who proudly ate a Jimmy Carter-frosted cake and wore his “Carter for President” T-shirt at his Carter-themed birthday party. The festivities came with a Carter cardboard cutout and a personalized banner with images edited to depict a grinning Ryan and Carter standing side by side, both sporting coned birthday hats.

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Nicholas Slayton @nslayton.bsky.social · 1h

Not all heroes wear capes. Some...

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Costa Samaras @costasamaras.com · 1h

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 · 2h

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

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Esmeralda 7 Solar Project Has Been Canceled, BLM Says

It would have delivered a gargantuan 6.2 gigawatts of power.

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Nicholas Slayton @nslayton.bsky.social · 1h

He was soviet or was this a Joseph Beyrle situation?

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a close up of a man 's face with the words 2004 vote span2 on the bottom

ALT: a close up of a man 's face with the words 2004 vote span2 on the bottom

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☀️ Starshine @starshine.bsky.social · 1h

Double kaiju event chalkboard meme from pacific rim

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DIYEntertainment @diyentertainment.bsky.social · 9h

On this day in 1995, Star Trek Deep Space Nine aired the emotional time travel story "The Visitor," and showcased one of the late Tony Todd's best performances as an elderly Jake Sisko!

#startrek #startrekds9 #startrekdeepspacenine #jakesisko #sisko #averybrooks #tonytodd #thevisitor #DS9

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Nicholas Slayton @nslayton.bsky.social · 2h

Hey, I haven't seen a tron film but I did see the smydercut and visually stimulating it was not.

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They...they made an Oscar winning movie about him

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Every time these IDW people encounter reality they are rebuked

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Melissa Gira Grant @melissagiragrant.com · 13h

"Jack Posobiec, a far-right influencer and conspiracy theorist... called Bray a 'domestic terrorist professor.' 'The day after the Posobiec tweet, I received a very direct death threat saying that someone was going to kill me in front of my students,' says Bray." Jack was at the White House on Wed.

He Wrote a Book About Antifa. Death Threats Are Driving Him Out of the US

Rutgers historian Mark Bray is trying to flee to Spain after after an online campaign from far-right influencers was followed by death threats. He was turned back at the airport on his first attempt.

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Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 4h

The Trump admin reportedly plans to deploy the FBI, DHS, DOJ, IRS and the Treasury Dept. against left-wing groups it accuses of 'funding and organizing political violence'

INSIGHT-Trump’s War On The Left: Inside The Plan To Investigate Liberal Groups

The Trump admin plans to deploy America's counter-terrorism apparatus against left-wing groups it accuses of funding and organizing political violence, the officials said.

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Nicholas Slayton @nslayton.bsky.social · 3h

Rare good news.

The reasons he is moving to Spain are bad and depressing but he was able to go!

Mark Bray @mark-bray.bsky.social · 5h

Our plane to Spain is in the air!

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Thank you so much to the countless people supporting us in every way and in particular all of the Rutgers students and faculty who have supported us every step of the way.

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Mark Bray @mark-bray.bsky.social · 5h

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Nicholas Slayton @nslayton.bsky.social · 3h

The administration has extrajudicially killed 21 people in the Caribbean, per their own figures.

Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 3h

“Thank you Washington Post. Wow!!!”

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Dr. Damien P. Williams Wants A Better Sociotechnical Paradigm @wolvendamien.bsky.social · 5h

*Lil Jon Voice* States' Rights to What

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