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Brian Harrod @brianharrod.bsky.social · 1d

WALL STREET JOURNAL: Our Brains Evolved to Socialize -- but Max Out at About 150 Friends

The size of our social networks is limited even in the age of social media

Pound-for-pound, the human brain is the body’s most metabolically costly organ, consuming 20% of our...

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Our Brains Evolved to Socialize—but Max Out at About 150 Friends

The size of our social networks is limited even in the age of social media.

www.wsj.com

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Brian Harrod @brianharrod.bsky.social · 1d

THE DAILY EXPRESS: Former Head of Pravda the Latest to Take a High Header

Russian police are investigating the death of the latest prominent figure to fall to his death from a window.

The secretive head of Pravda publishing house, Vyacheslav Leontyev, 87, plunged....

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Brian Harrod @brianharrod.bsky.social · 1d

THE STEVEN MILLER BOT: Accidentally reveals a secret Trump strategy... #LOL... And is shut down remotely in an attempt to contain the damage....

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Stephen Miller Says Trump Has 'Plenary Authority'

YouTube video by HuffPost

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Brian Harrod @brianharrod.bsky.social · 3d

#LOL... #PeteHegseth Cold Open - #SNL....

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Pete Hegseth Cold Open - SNL

YouTube video by Saturday Night Live

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Brian Harrod @brianharrod.bsky.social · 4d

POTENTIAL ICE RAID: Will #Trump Send Masked Thugs To Studio 8H At 30 Rockefeller Plaza?....

ASSOCIATED PRESS: #BadBunny to kick off #SNL 51st season with a group of new cast members…

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Bad Bunny to kick off 'SNL' 51st season with a group of new cast members

Live from New York! It’s a new “SNL” season, with faces both fresh and familiar. Bad Bunny kicks off the 51st season along with musical guest Doja Cat.

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Brian Harrod @brianharrod.bsky.social · 4d

NEW YORK POST: Trump Reinstates $187M In #CounterTerrorism Funding Grants To #NewYork

DEMENTIA DON: #KathyHochul and #DonaldTrump spoke at length and he promised the governor that "he would look into the matter" a source familiar with the situation told The #NewYorkPost

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Trump admin reinstates $187M in counterterrorism funding grants to NY following uproar

A judge had temporarily blocked FEMA, which administers the grant program, from disbursing the cash earlier this week.

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Brian Harrod @brianharrod.bsky.social · 5d

WILL HE GET A PARDON?.... DIDDY GETS FOUR YEARS... Begs for forgiveness through tears....

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Trump Now “Seriously Considering” Pardon For Sean Combs Ahead Of Sentencing; White House Officially Says Nothing

After escaping the harshest charges in his sex trafficking trial, Diddy may get a POTUS pass on the lesser claims he was found guilty for by a NYC jury

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Brian Harrod @brianharrod.bsky.social · 5d

GAZA STRIP: Iranian Controlled #Hamas Terrorists Agree To Free All Hostages... #WOW....Hamas Enters Into New #Gaza Deal Talks... #HMMM...But With Conditions... #HALT...USA Demands #Israel Stop Bombing...

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Hamas willing to free hostages in talks to end Gaza war | The Jerusalem Post

Donald Trump: Believe Hamas is ready for a lasting peace • Mousa Abu Marzouk: Deadline of 72 hours to release all living, deceased hostages 'unrealistic'

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Brian Harrod @brianharrod.bsky.social · 5d

#TACO... Trump Flip Flops On Defunding New York #CounterTerrorism Operations After Bi-Partisan Appeals From Governor #KathyHochul & Republican Congresswoman #EliseStefanik

NEW YORK TIMES: Trump Administration Reverses $187 Million In #NewYork Counterterrorism Cuts

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/03/n...

Trump Administration Reverses $187 Million in N.Y. Counterterrorism Cuts

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Brian Harrod @brianharrod.bsky.social · 6d

BLOOMBERG: What Happens If You Just Give People Cash – in Crypto

A new basic income pilot will pay low-income New Yorkers $12000 in cryptocurrency to help them invest in big expenses like education and housing

The nonprofit GiveDirectly did outreach in the Bronx

www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

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Brian Harrod @brianharrod.bsky.social · 6d

#LOL... "Houston We Have A Problem"....

PRO PUBLICA: Elon Musk’s SpaceX Took Money Directly From Chinese Investors, Company Insider Testifies....

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Elon Musk’s SpaceX Took Money Directly From Chinese Investors, Company Insider Testifies

The newly unsealed testimony marks the first time direct Chinese investment in the company has been disclosed, raising new questions about foreign ownership interests in one of America’s most importan...

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Brian Harrod @brianharrod.bsky.social · 6d

#SMH.... Despite relentless #Propaganda...

#LOL... More #Americans blame Epstein's wingman...

#FACTS.... And the people who control the whole government for the #Shutdown....

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More Americans blame Trump, Republicans for shutdown than Democrats: Survey

Close to half of Americans blame President Trump and Republicans for the current government shutdown, according to a new poll. In the poll from The Washington Post, 47 percent of respondents said “…

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Brian Harrod @brianharrod.bsky.social · 7d

GET READY FOR THE GREAT TRUMP RECESSION....

MARKET WATCH: #OMG...The U.S. Lost 32,000 Jobs in September Says Payroll Processor... #WOW...Just how bad is it?....Now #TACO Is Threatening To Fire Tens Of Thousands Of Federal Government Workers....

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Brian Harrod @brianharrod.bsky.social · 7d

#WOW... Making Movies Is Getting Easier By The Day.....

HOLLYWOOD GOES AI... First An AI Actor, Now The AI Director...

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Brian Harrod @brianharrod.bsky.social · 8d

CNN: Trump Announces 100% Tariff on Foreign-made Movies

President Donald Trump said in a Truth Social post on Monday he will be imposing a 100% tariff "on any and all movies that are made outside of the United States"....

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Trump announces 100% tariff on foreign-made movies | CNN Business

President Donald Trump said in a Truth Social post on Monday he will be imposing a 100% tariff “on any and all movies that are made outside of the United States.”

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Brian Harrod @brianharrod.bsky.social · 8d

THANKS TRUMP: Telehealth Abruptly Ends For Seniors.....

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Telehealth Is About to Abruptly End for Seniors

Without Congressional action, a 5-year-old waiver allowing Medicare patients to do virtual visits will lapse.

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Brian Harrod @brianharrod.bsky.social · 10d

NEW YORK POST: Eric Adams drops out of NYC mayoral race amid increasing pressure

ERIC ADAMS: "I know I cannot continue my campaign"

Adams is polling fourth, far behind frontrunner Mamdani, former Gov. Andrew Cuomo and also, Republican nominee Curtis Sliwa....

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Exclusive | Eric Adams drops out of NYC mayoral race amid increasing pressure: ‘I know I cannot continue my campaign’

Adams — who repeatedly vowed to stay in the race despite being in a distant fourth place in the polls — dropping out now gives Cuomo a boost against his socialist rival.

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Brian Harrod @brianharrod.bsky.social · 11d

THANKS MAGA: God Bless "Merica"....

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GOD BLESS AMERICA

YouTube video by Ari K

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Brian Harrod @brianharrod.bsky.social · 11d

CHARGE!!!!..... President Trump Is Ordering Troops To Portland, Escalating Domestic Use... #OMG...Trump Authorizes "Full Force"....

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Trump Says He Is Ordering Troops to Portland, Escalating Domestic Use of Military

In a social-media post the president called the Oregon city “War Ravaged” and said soldiers would have authority to use force.

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Brian Harrod @brianharrod.bsky.social · 12d

GOD BLESS "MERICA".... Extra security planned for #JimmyKimmel shows in #Brooklyn….

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Brian Harrod @brianharrod.bsky.social · 13d

TODAY'S NEW YORK POST FRONT COVER: #ICE gunman #JoshuaJahn’s sister shares her criminal past — including #Weed bust...

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Brian Harrod @brianharrod.bsky.social · 14d

#OMG... In 2017, Elon Musk teared up when he told Rolling Stone magazine that his father had done “almost every evil thing you could possibly think of”

NEW YORK TIMES: Elon Musk’s Father Accused of Child Sexual Abuse

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Errol Musk has been accused of sexually abusing five.....

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Brian Harrod @brianharrod.bsky.social · 16d

SIGN THE PETITION >>> A HEART BREAKING PLEA TO END THE SUFFERING AT THE YONKERS ANIMAL SHELTER

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Dear Yonkers Residents, Rescues, Animal Lovers, and Advocates Everywhere—We Need You Now More Than Ever

After over 50 emails, calls, and pleas to Commissioner Sansone...

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Brian Harrod @brianharrod.bsky.social · 16d

#WOW... UK, Canada, Australia formally recognize Palestinian state...

#OMG... Will never exist, says son of Hamas founder...

#WTF... Gunman shouted 'Free Palestine' before opening fire, killing guest at country club wedding....

nypost.com/2025/09/21/u...

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Brian Harrod @brianharrod.bsky.social · 16d

PROUD AMERICANS: In celebration of #HispanicHeritageMonth, Yonkers Public School 16 students #DahliaPerez and #AriyanaRoman splendidly led the Pledge of Allegiance at the #Yonkers City Council meeting....

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Yonkers Newswire | **PROUD AMERICANS:** In celebration of Hispanic Heritage Month, Yonkers Public School 16 students #DahliaPerez and #AriyanaRoman splendidly led the Pl... | Facebook

**PROUD AMERICANS:** In celebration of Hispanic Heritage Month, Yonkers Public School 16 students #DahliaPerez and #AriyanaRoman splendidly led the Pledge of Allegiance at the #Yonkers City Council...

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