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Unscrambled @strandloper.bsky.social · Apr 26

Not capable of reading the room.

Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · Apr 26

One guy shows up in a blue suit to the Pope’s funeral. You will never guess who.

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Unscrambled @strandloper.bsky.social · Apr 21

The Pentagon is reportedly looking for a new Secretary of Defence. How's about this guy?

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Mia Farrow @miafarrow.bsky.social · Apr 21

He was compassionate and humble. He cared deeply about immigrants, families suffering in war zones, the poor, those of other faiths and the LGBTQ+ community. He did not condemn or judge but urged us to love and care for each other.
He was the best Pope of my life time.
Thank you Pope Francis .

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Unscrambled @strandloper.bsky.social · Apr 12

And Pennsylvania was on the wrong side there too.

NO KINGS IN AMERICA… 😎 @jerasikehorn.bsky.social · Apr 12

See, there is HOPE…👇

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Oregon Zoo @oregonzoo.bsky.social · Apr 8

Oh hellooo

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · Apr 9

Congrats to Big Balls, Skeeter and the rest of the Musk Minions for making this happen.

Reuters @reuters.com · Apr 9

Eight people in South Sudan, including five children, died on a three-hour walk to seek medical treatment for cholera after US aid cuts forced local health services to close, the UK-based charity Save the Children said reut.rs/3E9kB27

South Sudan cholera patients died walking to clinic after US cut aid, charity says

Eight people in South Sudan, including five children, died on a three-hour walk to seek medical treatment for cholera after U.S. aid cuts forced local health services to close, the UK-based charity Save the Children said on Wednesday.

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David Frum @davidfrum.bsky.social · Apr 9

Yes, the captain intentionally piloted the ship into a huge iceberg, cracking the vessel like an egg.

But the officers insist we'll all greatly benefit from an invigorating midnight swim through Arctic waters.

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Unscrambled @strandloper.bsky.social · Apr 8

"Orwell feared those who would ban books. Huxley feared that there would be no reason to ban a book, for there would be no one who wanted to read one...he feared those who would give us so much that we would be reduced to passivity and egoism." - Neil Postman.

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We're Living Brave New World, Not 1984

Orwell feared those who would ban books. Huxley feared that there would be no reason to ban a book, for there would be no one who wanted to read one. Huxley's prophecy is closer to modern dystopia.

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Owl Daily @owldaily.bsky.social · Apr 8

When Sun kisses 😘. What's your favourite owl?

©️ by sriram.udhayab
#Nature #Owl #Birds

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Mike Melton @mikemelton.bsky.social · Apr 8

Indigo-capped Hummingbird at RN El Retorno de los Colibríes #Colombia

#birds #hummingbirds 🌿

This image shows a stunning small bird with iridescent emerald green feathers covering its body and a brilliant blue crown on its head. It has a straight white beak, dark wings, and a tiny white patch near its chest. The bird is perched on a slender twig and photographed in perfect detail against a soft green background, highlighting its jewel-like plumage and delicate features. The feathers have a scale-like appearance that captures light beautifully, giving the bird a gemstone-like quality.

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Unscrambled @strandloper.bsky.social · Apr 8

Its not just EVs and AI. Now China is ahead of us in trolling.

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Charles Beaudoin💙🇨🇦🇺🇸😎 @charlesbeaudoin.bsky.social · Apr 8

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Economist Cited on Tariff Math Says Trump ‘Got It All Wrong’

Brent Neiman says that Trump’s tariff calculations are completely off. He should know.

www.thedailybeast.com

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Unscrambled @strandloper.bsky.social · Apr 7

No words.

Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · Apr 7

Our fascist government put a third-grader in handcuffs.

Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · Apr 5

A mother and her three children were snatched by ICE from a dairy farm in Sackets Harbor, a rural town in northern New York.

But the location is no coincidence—Tom Homan, Trump’s border czar, LIVES THERE. He allowed his own neighbors, including a third grader, to be jailed. Deplorable.

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Unscrambled @strandloper.bsky.social · Apr 7

This is the true scandal.

Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · Apr 7

Until this moment, President Trump, I think I never really gauged your cruelty or your recklessness. Let us not torture these innocent men further. You have done enough. Have you no sense of decency?

(Paraphrasing the words of Boston lawyer Joseph Welch, who ended Senator Joseph McCarthy’s career)

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Unscrambled @strandloper.bsky.social · Apr 7

The fragile egos of white supremacy. All this messing with the truth so that white kids won't grow up ashamed of what their fathers and grandfathers did.

Jack Tripper @chadstanton.blacksky.app · Apr 6

“Tubman’s photograph is now gone. In its place are images of Postal Service stamps that highlight “Black/White cooperation” in the secret network and that feature Tubman among abolitionists of both races.”

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Amid anti-DEI push, National Park Service rewrites history of Underground Railroad

Since Trump took office, the park service, an agency charged with preserving American history, has changed how its website describes key moments from slavery to Jim Crow

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Grant Jacobs BioinfoTools/NotJustDNA 🔬🧬🖥️✍️📚 @notjustdna.bsky.social · Apr 6

US rallies on NZ TV

Great to see the US rallies get coverage on NZ television.

It’s unfair to ask for more, but I wish rather than the focus or framing be the tariffs, the presenter might have read a sample of the long list of activities that are disconcerting.

- axing USAID; huge impact

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Rex Chapman @rexchapman.bsky.social · Apr 6

Just gonna leave this here…

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Unscrambled @strandloper.bsky.social · Apr 5

When you've lost Utah

Army Dude (RET) @armyvetdude.bsky.social · Apr 5

Salt Lake City showed up

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Unscrambled @strandloper.bsky.social · Apr 3

Crikey, New York Times. We're two thirds of the way through Dr Strangelove, the earth is about to be nuked, and you're seriously asking whether fluoride in the water is a communist plot.

Philip Gourevitch @pgourevitch.bsky.social · Apr 3

“Appetite for risk” is one way to say demented nihilistic vandalism

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Unscrambled @strandloper.bsky.social · Apr 3

Trump's morons mistook LEMER (Liquidity Efficiency Market Equilibrium Ratio) for LEMUR.

Marius Loots @mariusloots.bsky.social · Apr 3

So what's happening with Madagascar? Last I heard they had a veritable zoo worth of penguins running rampart there.

#tariffs #penguins #Idiocracy

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onefinekitty.bsky.social @onefinekitty.bsky.social · Apr 3

Lesotho, which Trump described in March as a country "nobody has ever heard of", is one of the world's poorest nations with a gross domestic product of just over $2 billion. What Trump is doing is just cruel.

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Trump's highest tariff will kill tiny African kingdom of Lesotho, economist says — Reuters

A 50% reciprocal trade tariff on Lesotho, the highest levy on U.S. President Donald Trump's long list of target economies, will kill the tiny Southern African kingdom that Trump ridiculed last month, ...

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Eric Topol @erictopol.bsky.social · Apr 3

A randomized trial of the Western diet vs African heritage diet finds the former is pro-inflammatory, leads to impaired immune response to microbial stimulation, and changes are persistent for weeks after a short duration
@naturemedicine.bsky.social www.nature.com/articles/s41...

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Ben Wikler @benwikler.bsky.social · Apr 2

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Molly Jong-Fast @mollyjongfast.bsky.social · Apr 2

Turns out the world‘s richest man is just not that popular, maybe that would change if he gave money to things like childhood cancer research instead of cutting it

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Philip Gourevitch @pgourevitch.bsky.social · Apr 1

Go Cory, go go, @booker.senate.gov be good

Rachel Maddow @maddow.msnbc.com · Apr 1

Senator Cory Booker -- nearly 23 hrs into this -- is more coherent than your average elected official speaking (while seated) at an average legislative hearing.

Even if you haven't been watching all along, dip in for a moment -- he is making considerable sense:

www.c-span.org/event/us-sen...

U.S. Senate

The Senate will vote to advance President Trump's nomination of Matthew Whitaker to be the U.S. Ambassador to NATO. He previously served as Acting Attorney General during the first Trump Administratio...

www.c-span.org

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