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Elseagee 🟧 🌊 🌊 🌊🎨 🎸 @elseagee.bsky.social · 21h

Not *that* old but definitely in the way @oldandintheway.bsky.social · 19m

I don't know if Mamdani will be a great mayor. He may end up learning some tough lessons.

But I love the way he leans. He understands that making life easier for residents is the basic bottom line raison d'etre of city government.

These days, that's a breath of fresh air.

Not *that* old but definitely in the way @oldandintheway.bsky.social · 23m

This is the flat out stupidest lie the GOP ever told.

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Not *that* old but definitely in the way @oldandintheway.bsky.social · 26m

We're not paying for the ballroom?

Bullshit.

In exchange for contributing $$ to build that vanity project, one company gets to sell gauze to Medicare for THOUSANDS OF $$ PER SQUARE INCH.

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UPDATE: Medicare freeze beneficiary secretly donates $2.5 million to Trump ballroom

Earlier this year, Popular Information broke the news that Extremity Care – a company that sells bandages to Medicare for thousands of dollars per square inch – donated $5 million to MAGA Inc., Presid...

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Not *that* old but definitely in the way @oldandintheway.bsky.social · 39m

Goodbye, Dick Cheney.

It's been.

www.cnn.com/2025/11/04/p...

Dick Cheney, influential Republican vice president to George W. Bush, dies | CNN Politics

Dick Cheney, America’s most powerful modern vice president and chief architect of the “war on terror,” who helped lead the country into the ill-fated Iraq war on faulty assumptions, has died, accordin...

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Scott Santens @scottsantens.com · Dec 5

I've been researching the idea of Unconditional Universal Basic Income since 2013. Here's a collection of findings I've compiled from various UBI experiments and studies of cash transfer programs around the world.

This will be a VERY LONG and ongoing thread focused entirely on empirical evidence. 🧵

OBSERVED EFFECTS OF UBI

No significant reduction in labor supply (38 studies meta-analysis)

Increased self-employment (301%) and part-time employment (17%)

Slight decrease in alcohol and tobacco use (31 studies meta-analysis)

New mothers extend their maternity leaves

Birth weights improve due to better maternal nutrition

Graduation rates and educational outcomes improve

Hospitalization rates decline (8.5%)

Crime goes down (15%–42%) especially illegal hunting (95%)

Domestic violence decreases (30%–51%)

Trust increases (13% in politicians | 6% in other people)

Home ownership rates increase (17%–26%)

Food security increases as does consumption of fresh fruits and vegetables

Improved cognitive functioning (43%) and personality traits (31%)

Savings go up, debts go down

Source: scottsantens

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Not *that* old but definitely in the way @oldandintheway.bsky.social · 22h

Drones spotted over military base in Belgium for second time in 24 hours

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Drones spotted over military base in Belgium for second time in 24 hours

Belgian Defense Minister Theo Francken said on Nov. 1 that the drones had come to "spy" on F-16 fighter jets and ammunition.

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Not *that* old but definitely in the way @oldandintheway.bsky.social · 1d

Mmmmmmm, butternut soup.

Bowl containing pale orange soup. Doesn't sound like much, I know, but when it's chilly outside this is perfect.

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Not *that* old but definitely in the way @oldandintheway.bsky.social · 2d

How very let them eat cake.

Not *that* old but definitely in the way @oldandintheway.bsky.social · 2d

If we kept daylight saving time all year around, little kids would be going off to school in the dark here.

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Not *that* old but definitely in the way @oldandintheway.bsky.social · 2d

Class action.

Steven Beschloss @stevenbeschloss.bsky.social · 2d

Exactly.

Brett Meiselas @bmeiselas.bsky.social · 2d

If I see as much as a single video edit I’m suing for $10 billion. Your move, CBS.

Not *that* old but definitely in the way @oldandintheway.bsky.social · 3d

Want!!

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Aaron Rodericks @aaron.bsky.team · 4d

We just crossed it. Yay! Congrats everyone and Happy Halloween!

Visual showing 40M + 1 users with little confetti on the screen

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Not *that* old but definitely in the way @oldandintheway.bsky.social · 3d

Two federal judges ruled nearly simultaneously on Friday that President Trump's administration must to continue to fund SNAP, using contingency funds during the government shutdown.

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Judges order the Trump administration to use contingency funds for SNAP payments during the shutdown

Two federal judges ruled nearly simultaneously on Friday that President Trump's administration must to continue to fund SNAP, using contingency funds during the government shutdown.

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Not *that* old but definitely in the way @oldandintheway.bsky.social · 3d

FFS! We are about to attack another country????

Not the way to win a Nobel Peace Prize, I'm guessing.

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U.S. ready to strike military targets inside Venezuela | Miami Herald
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U.S. poised to strike military targets in Venezuela in escalation against Maduro regime

The Trump Administration has made the decision to attack military installations inside Venezuela and the strikes could come at any moment, sources with knowledge of the situation told the Miami Herald...

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Not *that* old but definitely in the way @oldandintheway.bsky.social · 4d

It's Halloween!

So ... that guy approaching you in camouflage with what look like radios on his chest.

Is he ICE? Border Patrol? National Guard? A teenager in a $50 costume? A thief/rapist/lunatic? A trick-or-treater?

Geez, ICE Barbie! What fun! Thanks for making us so much safer! /s 🙄

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Not *that* old but definitely in the way @oldandintheway.bsky.social · 4d

Dare to dream!

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everyripple.bsky.social @everyripple.bsky.social · 4d

The Republican Representatives in the House and Senate are responsible for everything this regime is doing.

These men and women, on ANY given day, could end this.

It would only take 8 of them to vote with Democrats to impeach.

They’re not hostages — they are the tyrants propping up the regime.

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Not *that* old but definitely in the way @oldandintheway.bsky.social · 4d

It's Halloween!

So ... that guy approaching you in camouflage with what look like radios on his chest.

Is he ICE? Border Patrol? National Guard? A teenager in a $50 costume? A thief/rapist/lunatic? A trick-or-treater?

Geez, ICE Barbie! What fun! Thanks for making us so much safer! /s 🙄

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Sen. Adam Schiff @schiff.senate.gov · 4d

The largest war ship in the world has been moved to the Caribbean, along with other ships, bombers, amphibious vehicles and more.

That’s a lot of firepower to stop small vessels carrying drugs.

It looks a lot more like preparation for war.

Congress needs to get involved before it’s too late.

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Not *that* old but definitely in the way @oldandintheway.bsky.social · 4d

Seriously??!? That's current? Are we sure it's not old footage?

He's back to the cats and dogs? But he already admitted he was lying to get attention to ... something or other - I'm not sure, I wasn't paying attention.

But ... Seriously???