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paris martineau @paris.nyc · 12h

after the 10th radioactive shrimp recall in 7 weeks, i decided to do some digging

little did i know it would lead me to an underreported industrial accident that may have released an airborne plume of radioactive debris over swaths of indonesia
www.consumerreports.org/health/food-...

What Is Really Going on With All This Radioactive Shrimp? - Consumer Reports

Here’s the latest on how shrimp and spices got contaminated with cesium-137, how the FDA has responded, and why consumers should not panic.

www.consumerreports.org

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Peter Walker @peterwalker99.bsky.social · 9h

One day - *one day* - a UK newspaper will do a similar count of motor vehicles speeding inside a 20mph zone.

In 60 minutes I saw 172 cyclists run these lights – it’s a matter of time before they kill someone

The offenders included Lime bike riders, school children and a woman in high-heeled boots

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Adam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 19h

This remains the most important piece i’ve written about the goals and ideological principles of the second Trump administration www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...

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Mark Bray @mark-bray.bsky.social · 9d

I teach a history of antifascism course @ruhistorydept.bsky.social and figured I'd start an ongoing thread this semester to share some insights from course readings and recommend some great works on antifascism.

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Read the book Starting Somewhere @jphillll.bsky.social · 1d

One thing that needs to be hammered home about fascists: they’re a bunch of whiny fucking losers.

The heart of the movement is men who always wanted to be bullies but are too weak and insecure to even do that properly.

Link: www.jphilll.com/p/why-are-fa....

Why are fascists such losers?

Vance, Miller, ICE and all the rest

www.jphilll.com

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Courtney Vaughn @courtneyvaughn.bsky.social · 2d

Streets are still closed off in front of the Portland ICE facility at 8:30pm. Protesters have gathered on a side street. Dance party in progress.

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Micah @rincewind.run · 2d

have we not, as a society, moved past “elon musk says thing” as a headline

Every Film Now @everyfilmnow.bsky.social · 3d

Elon Musk announces xAI game studio will release a great AI-generated game before end of 2026.

Powered by Grok, the studio aims to revolutionize gaming with dynamic, photo-realistic experiences.

#xAI #Grok #AIGaming

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NightMar on Hicks Street, Part 4: The Rabbit’s Revenge @histoftech.bsky.social · 1d

doomscroll break

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Friends of Warriston Cemetery @fowarristoncem.bsky.social · 2d

#31daysofgraves Day 7: Angel - our offering from Warriston Cemetery in Edinburgh. #Angels #Edinburgh #Cemeteries #Taphophile

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Aieee-Iain Clark @iainjclarkart.com · 2d

Part of Russell T Davies' speech on being awarded Outstanding Contribution to Television at the Bafta Cymru awards. (via www.instagram.com/baftacymru)

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Elise Wang @elisewang.bsky.social · 3d

One of the more incredible stories out of LA this year has been how a taco review blog became the best on-the-ground coverage of ICE raids in the city.

They do a dispatch every day, follow-up on the kidnapped people (which almost no media outlet has done), and fact-check government claims.

Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 3d

@lataco.bsky.social first began as a blog documenting local Mexican cuisine. Now, it’s an essential reporting powerhouse to the city as Trump’s mass deportation plot unfolds.

Check out the latest from our friends at Reveal: tinyurl.com/4cm2bsdr

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Sam @sammetcalf.bsky.social · 2d

Fella next to me on the train has just sent some poor bugger a work-based 15-minute voice message.

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The Secret Barrister @barristersecret.bsky.social · 2d

This is a lie.

There are many criticisms you might sensibly and truthfully make of the Sentencing Council and the Sentencing Guidelines. I’ve been making them for years.

But this is an outright lie. Pure fabrication. A fraud on the public.

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Aliza Adi (she/her) @alizaadi.bsky.social · 3d

Across the globe right-wing governments are scrubbing climate data and silencing social justice research - erasing anything that threatens their toxic worldview

👇🏼 These researchers are fighting back with truth

And it matters more than ever

Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 3d

Researchers across the US and the world who raced to protect climate data, public reports and other information from the Trump administration’s attacks are launching their own climate information portals.

Climate scientists raise a middle finger to Trump's censorship efforts

Hundreds are collaborating to make sure accurate data is available to the public.

www.motherjones.com

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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 3d

The Greens requested an interview on the Laura Kuenssberg Show with Zack Polanski when he was elected leader, but were denied, with a promise to interview him during Green conference instead.

This was then scrapped citing the Manchester synagogue attack. Polanski is both Jewish and from Manchester

BBC Laura Kuenssberg Show Accused of Anti-Green Bias After Cancelling Zack Polanski Interview

The new Green Party leader was the only major party leader not to have been granted a conference interview on the flagship BBC show

bylinetimes.com

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Emanuel Maiberg @emanuelmaiberg.bsky.social · 3d

Got a tip recently about how Trump's tariffs are preventing libraries from sharing books, and causing their loaned books to get stuck or lost in other countries: www.404media.co/libraries-ca...

Libraries Can’t Get Their Loaned Books Back Because of Trump’s Tariffs

Libraries have shared their collections internationally for decades. Trump’s tariffs are throwing that system into chaos and can ‘hinder academic progress.’

www.404media.co

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Maya Schenwar @mayaschenwar.bsky.social · 4d

“If the immigration enforcement apparatus of the United States were its own national military, it would be the 13th most heavily funded in the world.“

- @sarahlazare.bsky.social & Lindsay Koshgarian, @inthesetimes.com

inthesetimes.com/article/ice-...

The 13th Largest Army in World Is Unleashing Violence in Chicago

As federal agents kill and use extreme force in Chicago, their budget surges.

inthesetimes.com

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hemisfair68.bsky.social @hemisfair68.bsky.social · 4d

I go on campuses registering. I've never seen the students so fired up. Even 16s in high school, mad they can't vote yet so checking out being jr election clerks. College sr 3 yrs ago not interested in voting, taking a WWII history class NOW he gets it. HS seniors mad he lied abt stopping the wars.

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Jess O'Thomson @jessothomson.co.uk · 4d

Just got wolf whistled at *three* separate times on the walk to the tube station. People don't talk about these things most of the time they happen. I know I don't. But maybe we should. Just if anyone wants a small insight into the volume of daily misogyny some of us endure.

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Haus of Decline @hausofdecline.bsky.social · 4d

"What can we do to increase usership. Add more functionality? Group chats? Spaces?"

"Nah I think we need to actively court the most culturally noxious and unpleasant people to form our userbase"

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Leah McElrath @leahmcelrath.bsky.social · 5d

It’s difficult to describe how empty politics X is unless there’s an inorganically pushed right-wing messaging campaign underway.

It’s like an empty mall with a few bewildered former customers wandering around and small groups of angry adolescent boys in various corners talking only to each other.

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Rob Manuel @robmanuelyeah.bsky.social · 5d

Lol - things are going well when the CEO of the website is the most blocked person on their own website in the last 24 hours

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Jonathan C Slaght @jonathanslaght.com · 6d

super cool study found human artifacts in Bearded vulture nests, incl. "weaponry like a crossbow bolt and wooden lance, decorated sheep leather, and parts of a slingshot....a shoe made from twigs and grass is ~675-years-old." link to paper: doi.org/10.1002/ecy..... www.popsci.com/environment/... 🧪🌍🦉