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tony romm @tonyromm.bsky.social · 1d

uh what

The New York Times @nytimes.com · 1d

A dangerous drug trend called “bluetoothing,” in which people inject themselves with the blood of other drug users to get a cheap high, is contributing to spikes in HIV rates in infection hot spots around the world.

‘Bluetoothing’: Blood-Sharing Drug Trend Fuels Alarming Global H.I.V. Surge

The practice, in which users inject the blood of already intoxicated individuals, has fueled one of the fastest-growing H.I.V. epidemics in the Pacific and grown widespread in South Africa.

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tony romm @tonyromm.bsky.social · 1d

ah yes I guess technically everything is free after the world crumbles to ash

Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 1d

ANDREESSEN: Even if AI ends up destroying all the jobs, “the result would be hyper-deflation of prices, which is the thing that people miss. .. Things that today cost a lot of money will all of a sudden be cheap or free.”

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Peter Butler @peter-butler.bsky.social · 1d

Bloomberg research found wholesale electricity up ~270% in areas near data centers

It doesn't seem like nearly enough people are taking it seriously

One A.I. image isn't too much energy, but 5 million videos? Per day/hour/minute whatever. It's not sustainable

www.bloomberg.com/graphics/202...

AI Data Centers Are Sending Power Bills Soaring

Wholesale electricity costs as much as 267% more than it did five years ago in areas near data centers. That’s being passed on to customers.

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Status @status.news · 1d

Adam O’Neal says he’s bringing “intellectual diversity” to The Washington Post’s opinion pages—but the moves he’s making behind the scenes tell a different story.

Details in @status.news: www.status.news/p/washington...

Post Traumatic Disorder

Adam O’Neal says he’s bringing “intellectual diversity” to The Washington Post’s opinion pages—but the moves he’s making behind the scenes tell a different story.

www.status.news

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tony romm @tonyromm.bsky.social · 1d

wait a minute yea lol I am old I accidentally started singing along to a gin blossoms song playing in a coffee shop

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tony romm @tonyromm.bsky.social · 1d

now why did I just get an email about “cold weather joint pain,” leave me alone it’s not even 7am and im not THAT old???

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tony romm @tonyromm.bsky.social · 2d

please stop sexting the ai slop and read my stories instead idk

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tony romm @tonyromm.bsky.social · 2d

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Elon Musk Gambles on Sexy A.I. Companions

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tony romm @tonyromm.bsky.social · 2d

NEW: The White House has threatened mass layoffs if the government shutdown continues, saying they have the power and must protect vital services.

But such cuts may be unlawful and unnecessary, budget experts, legal scholars and unions say

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/07/u...

Mass Layoffs Trump Is Threatening in Shutdown Fight May Be Illegal

www.nytimes.com

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tony romm @tonyromm.bsky.social · 2d

We Tried to Reach Gazans We Interviewed Over Two Years of War. Here’s What Happened to Them. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

We Tried to Reach Gazans We Interviewed Over Two Years of War. Here’s What Happened to Them.

We kept wondering: Did they find their missing relatives? Were they even still alive?

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tony romm @tonyromm.bsky.social · 4d

I hate the eagles, and I never believed in this team, which is terrible, and which I hate because they are terrible. And I hate them.

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tony romm @tonyromm.bsky.social · 4d

prob deserved it lol

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tony romm @tonyromm.bsky.social · 4d

eagles gonna eagles, because of course

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Daniel Knowles @dlknowles.bsky.social · 5d

I visited the apartment building ICE raided on Tuesday today. Story to come, but you can walk right in. Half of the apartments have no doors on them. Children's stuff abandoned in some flats. *Citizen* residents told me they were arrested and held for hours in zipties. This is America

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tony romm @tonyromm.bsky.social · 5d

NEW: The White House is weaponizing the federal budget during the shutdown to harm Democratic-led cities and states. Targeting $27 billion and counting, it is a major escalation in the president’s efforts to date to interrupt funding and defy Congress.

My latest www.nytimes.com/2025/10/04/u...

Trump Seizes On Shutdown to Punish Political Foes

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tony romm @tonyromm.bsky.social · 5d

“Without a doubt, blue states are on the front lines of the attacks,” New York’s governor, Kathy Hochul, a Democrat, told me for the story. “They’re coming after us.”

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/04/u...

Trump Seizes On Shutdown to Punish Political Foes

www.nytimes.com

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tony romm @tonyromm.bsky.social · 5d

NEW: The White House is weaponizing the federal budget during the shutdown to harm Democratic-led cities and states. Targeting $27 billion and counting, it is a major escalation in the president’s efforts to date to interrupt funding and defy Congress.

My latest www.nytimes.com/2025/10/04/u...

Trump Seizes On Shutdown to Punish Political Foes

www.nytimes.com

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WIRED @wired.com · 7d

Some employees at the Department of Education changed their responses back to the more neutral language, only to have it changed yet again to the partisan response, multiple sources tell WIRED. www.wired.com/story/govern...

Government Workers Say Their Out-of-Office Replies Were Forcibly Changed to Blame Democrats for Shutdown

Some employees at the Department of Education changed their responses back to the more neutral language, only to have it changed yet again to the partisan response, multiple sources tell WIRED.

www.wired.com

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