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Mark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 34m

JD Vance blames Chuck Schumer for the fact that the White House mistakenly laid off key public health officials, including those dealing with measles and ebola.
The Trump regime's message is: We demand total power, but we're not responsible for anything.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 41m

BRENNAN: CBS confirmed the Trump administration rescinded the layoffs of CDC scientists. Some were involved with the federal measles response. How does a mistake like this happen?

VANCE: The govt shutdown inevitably leads to some chaos. It happened because of Schumer

B: But this was a WH decision

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OG @oliviagoddess.bsky.social · 5m

Universally — regardless of spoken language — the word “um” is the sound of human brains buffering.

The Guardian @theguardian.com · 2h

What is the most common word in the world?

The long-running series in which readers answer other readers’ questions on subjects ranging from trivial flights of fancy to profound scientific and philosophical concepts

www.theguardian.com

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Thomas Zimmer @thomaszimmer.bsky.social · 2h

Sunday reading:

I wrote about the aggrieved extremist who is currently firing thousands of federal workers and ravaging state capacity based on conspiratorial nonsense - and about mainstream media’s infuriating tendency to sanitize Russell Vought and the regime he serves.

This week’s piece:

We need to talk about Russell Vought – But Properly

Why certain mainstream outlets insist on sanitizing Vought as a devout “small government” conservative – and what actually animates his war against pluralistic democracy

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BK. Titanji @boghuma.bsky.social · 1d

He got the COVID and flu Vaccines like every 79 year old should this is a good thing.
"Cardiovascular age validated by by ECG and found to be 14 years younger than chronological age" is a nonsensical phrase.
I am an internist this is not something we do or write in medical reports.

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Jenny Cohn @jennycohn.bsky.social · 14h

“The Heritage Foundation [which spearheaded Project 2025] says it will ‘identify and target’ Wikipedia editors over alleged bias.“ 9/18/25 … 1/ www.wbur.org/onpoint/2025...

The right wing is coming for Wikipedia

The Heritage Foundation says it will "identify and target" Wikipedia editors over alleged bias. What does that mean for Wikipedia’s future?

www.wbur.org

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Bill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 2h

Pope Leo quotes Hannah Arendt:

“The ideal subject of totalitarian rule is not the convinced Nazi or the convinced Communist, but people for whom the distinction between fact and fiction and the distinction between true and false no longer exist."

www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news...

Pope Leo calls for news agencies to stand as bulwark against "post-truths," lies and manipulation

Pope Leo XIV has encouraged international news agencies to stand firm as a bulwark against the "ancient art of lying" and manipulation.

www.cbsnews.com

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Chris Morran @themorrancave.bsky.social · 1h

A few blocks from me here in Philly, an FBI agent randomly shot and killed a dog in front of its owner on the sidewalk because it growled at her dog. The police... Took a report and the DA did nothing.

FBI agent who shot, killed dog in Philadelphia will not face charges

On Friday, the Philadelphia District Attorney's Office confirmed Jacqueline Maguire would not be charged but did not say why.

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OG @oliviagoddess.bsky.social · 13m

“Just wanted to note that right after the clip cuts off the bystander filming asks the man being detained for his name and he shouts it out. The man also said to contact his family. Getting information from the scene is an important way to try to help.”

Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 1d

New — Video shared with me shows ICE officers in DC detaining a man on Friday.

Bystander filming asks man for his name. ICE agent lies and says he’s not allowed to speak to him “by law” and another says “We’ve arrested American citizens for being too close…If he gets any closer, put him in cuffs.”

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50501: The People’s Movement ❌👑 @50501movement.bsky.social · 2h

“CDC is over. It was killed. This administration only knows how to break things. They have made America at risk for outbreaks and attacks by nefarious players. People should be scared,” said Dr. Demetre Daskalakis, former director of the CDC’s National Center on Immunization and Respiratory Diseases

"CDC is over": RFK Jr. lays off over 1,000 employees in Friday night massacre

Amid the ongoing shutdown, the HHS secretary wiped out entire offices that investigate disease outbreaks, manage infectious disease responses and collect data.

www.msnbc.com

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NPR @npr.org · 1h

With no end in sight to the funding standoff, financial anxiety is growing. One single mom in Colorado raided her retirement savings to get through the shutdown. n.pr/491z119

"It feels terrible." Federal worker's family tightens their belts as shutdown drags on

With no end in sight to the funding standoff, financial anxiety is growing. One single mom in Colorado raided her retirement savings to get through the shutdown.

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web_rant @webrant.bsky.social · 17m

Elon Musk’s Boring Co. violated environmental regulations nearly 800X in the last 2 years...given the extraordinary number of violations, NDEP has decided to exercise its discretion to reduce the penalty...which it believes will still serve to deter future non-compliance.

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ProPublica @propublica.org · 1h

After Nevada regulators dropped a penalty against The Boring Co. from $3 million to $242,800, critics questioned whether it was enough to change operations at the Elon Musk-led company, which was valued at $7 billion in 2023.

With City Cast Las Vegas

Elon Musk’s Boring Co. Accused of Nearly 800 Environmental Violations on Las Vegas Project

Nevada could’ve fined the company more than $3 million, but regulators are seeking a reduced penalty of $242,800, citing an “extraordinary number of violations.”

www.propublica.org

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Mike W @gekido.bsky.social · 1d

so Google just added a bunch (more) AI bullshit to Chrome

Go through these steps to disable it:

opus.ing/posts/how-to...

#chrome #aibullshit

How to Remove AI From Your Google Chrome Experience - Opus

Follow these steps to resist the AI-pocalypse in your everyday web browsing.

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The Questionable Authority @questauthority.bsky.social · 9h

That machine kills fascists.

The Oregonian @oregonian.com · 13h

Portland's famous Unipiper was spotted at the Portland ICE protest where he played his bagpipes in front of Santa, Mr. Potato Head, Garfield and more -- all while surrounded by bubbles.

More on how the tone of Portland's protests has shifted: www.oregonlive.com/crime/2025/1...

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Hypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · 2h

Like a piece of shit eating itself.

University Using AI to Falsely Accuse Students of Cheating With AI

Australian Catholic University used an AI tool to falsely accuse students of cheating us an AI, taking months to clear their name.

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Karen Masters @karenlmasters.bsky.social · 8h

Jess Wade is amazing, and it's my absolute honour to be one of the more than 2000 women in STEM whose wikipedia page she started: mymodernmet.com/jessica-wade... 🧪🔭👩‍🔬

Meet the Physicist Who Wrote Over 2,000 Wikipedia Biographies for Women in STEM

After noticing a lack of entries on Wikipedia for incredible women throughout history, this incredible woman decided to take matters into her own hands.

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Jessica Kant @jessdkant.bsky.social · 2h

On the one hand, yes, demand answers as to why this happened. But release him now independent of the answer — there is no justification for this. No society that hasn’t hopelessly devolved past the point of return does this to kids. I don’t care whatever they can possibly cook up as an excuse.

Boston judge orders release of 13-year-old from ICE custody

The federal court ruled the boy must be freed unless immigration officials can justify detaining a juvenile with adult detainees at the Burlington facility.

www.masslive.com

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Bucks County Beacon @buckscountybeacon.com · 1h

MAGA Sheriff Fred Harran's lawyer Wally Zimolong says the women shown below in a Bucks County NAACP photo taken in September outside a hearing challenging Harran's #ICE 287(g) agreement are part of a "shadowy network" of "violent and radical" leftists. Wally won't be "intimidated" by them! #PA01

MAGA lawyer Wally Zimolong will not be intimidated by local moms and a Bucks County Unitarian Fellowship who are challenging Sheriff Fred Harran's ICE 287(g) partnership.

Sheriff Fred Harran and his lawyer Wally Zimolong believe these women are part of a "shadowy network" of "violent and radical" leftists.

Wally Zimolong's buffoonish behavior shouldn't shock anyone.

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Social Media Lab @socialmedialab.ca · 6d

Democratic leaders waiting for the midterms is our modern Waiting for Godot, a collective pause for change that may never come, while the present quietly unravels. By the time they arrive, what’s broken now may already be beyond repair, a ritual of hope in a moment that demands action.

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WIRED @wired.com · 1h

As developers increasingly lean on AI-generated code to build out their software—as they have with open source in the past—they risk introducing critical security failures along the way.

Vibe Coding Is the New Open Source—in the Worst Way Possible

As developers increasingly lean on AI-generated code to build out their software—as they have with open source in the past—they risk introducing critical security failures along the way.

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The New Republic @newrepublic.com · 1h

The Pentagon has to provide The New York Times information about Elon Musk’s security clearances, a federal judge ruled Wednesday—and the billionaire’s own posting habits helped decide the case. trib.al/OSpdFXt

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Chantal James @chantalalive.blacksky.app · 13h

People need to stop the thinking that’s like “well when things get back to normal we’ll do this.” Remember how we said that about COVID years ago & we’re still in a pandemic? The United States is not coming back to glory & that shouldn’t be the goal. But WE can try to survive if we get together.

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ⓘ 𝕆ligarch f*ckery detected @adelpreore.bsky.social · 13h

Every single cyberpunk author since the 70s basically told us this was going to happen.

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The New Republic @newrepublic.com · 17h

A federal judge in Illinois has ordered the Trump administration to stop beating, shooting at, and generally using violence against journalists and peaceful protesters. trib.al/4vE1zjf

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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 17h

When it comes to Trump’s immigration policy, cruelty has always been the point, but anti-immigrant animus is now being paired with unprecedented funding, manpower, and technology.

American Gulag

The brutal rollout of Trump's police state.

www.motherjones.com

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James Kennedy ✊️ @jameskennedy.bsky.social · 1d

I agree, Stop The Boats

Bloody oligarchs coming over 'ere on their mega yachts, stealing our public assets, influencing our government, exploiting our work force, dumping their waste into our rivers & expecting the tax payer to foot the bill for their billion pound government contracts & bail outs

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