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@capriciously.bsky.social
An ordinary observationist
,,, hostage of the US, plotting my escape
,,, hostage of the US, plotting my escape
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December 9, 2025 at 11:20 PM
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Wow -- Russia reportedly plotted last year to plant bombs on US-bound flights (gift link) giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/...
December 9, 2025 at 7:33 PM
Wow -- Russia reportedly plotted last year to plant bombs on US-bound flights (gift link) giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/...
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4/ So in a town where the hospital was the most powerful institution, why were people so sick?
@gingerthompson.bsky.social decided to find out.
@gingerthompson.bsky.social decided to find out.
Sick in a Hospital Town: As Phoebe Memorial Grew, the Health of Albany, Georgia, Declined
The five-part series, “Sick in a Hospital Town,” pursues one question: Why are people in Albany so sick when its most powerful institution is a hospital?
projects.propublica.org
December 10, 2025 at 2:00 AM
4/ So in a town where the hospital was the most powerful institution, why were people so sick?
@gingerthompson.bsky.social decided to find out.
@gingerthompson.bsky.social decided to find out.
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I just read this out loud to my wife. If you have a spouse or partner, try it, especially if they don’t know what’s coming. Hearing it out loud makes the bonkers-ness sink in.
Reading this to unsuspecting people should be a TikTok meme.
Reading this to unsuspecting people should be a TikTok meme.
Every part of this is bonkers. The intro is bonkers. The transition to his health is bonkers. The mention that other presidents didn't need cognitive exams is bonkers. The claim that this screening test is somehow hard is bonkers. The idea that criticism of him is treason is bonkers. All of it.
December 10, 2025 at 3:27 AM
I just read this out loud to my wife. If you have a spouse or partner, try it, especially if they don’t know what’s coming. Hearing it out loud makes the bonkers-ness sink in.
Reading this to unsuspecting people should be a TikTok meme.
Reading this to unsuspecting people should be a TikTok meme.
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I’m still waiting for it to be posted on Congress.gov but Pete Hegseth was just charged with murder and wow those impeachment articles are strong.
December 9, 2025 at 10:26 PM
I’m still waiting for it to be posted on Congress.gov but Pete Hegseth was just charged with murder and wow those impeachment articles are strong.
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#ICYMI: ProPublica obtained records from the Department of Agriculture that detailed the millions of pounds of food, down to the number of eggs, that never reached food banks because of the Trump administration’s cuts to an aid program.
(Published Oct. 2025)
(Published Oct. 2025)
Trump Canceled 94 Million Pounds of Food Aid. Here’s What Never Arrived.
ProPublica obtained records from the Department of Agriculture that detail the millions of pounds of food, down to the number of eggs, that never reached food banks because of the administration’s cut...
projects.propublica.org
December 9, 2025 at 4:00 AM
#ICYMI: ProPublica obtained records from the Department of Agriculture that detailed the millions of pounds of food, down to the number of eggs, that never reached food banks because of the Trump administration’s cuts to an aid program.
(Published Oct. 2025)
(Published Oct. 2025)
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Oligarchy (noun):
A government of and by a few at the top, who exercise power for their own benefit. Their power and wealth increase as they make laws that favor themselves, manipulate financial markets, and create monopolies that put more wealth into their pockets.
A government of and by a few at the top, who exercise power for their own benefit. Their power and wealth increase as they make laws that favor themselves, manipulate financial markets, and create monopolies that put more wealth into their pockets.
December 8, 2025 at 10:15 PM
Oligarchy (noun):
A government of and by a few at the top, who exercise power for their own benefit. Their power and wealth increase as they make laws that favor themselves, manipulate financial markets, and create monopolies that put more wealth into their pockets.
A government of and by a few at the top, who exercise power for their own benefit. Their power and wealth increase as they make laws that favor themselves, manipulate financial markets, and create monopolies that put more wealth into their pockets.
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All over my FB people talking about their bad experiences with shingles vax and dissuading each other from getting it! We need to give people real info on how to mitigate the symtoms caused by vaccines because vaccines are always better than meeting a virus unprepared. Yet drs aren't coaching ppl
December 9, 2025 at 4:43 AM
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Trump is considering demolishing 4 historic Washington buildings, incl those that housed the Dep of Housing and VOA, per former gov official
WH is independently soliciting bids to recommend demolition of the historic buildings, w/o input of the General Services Administration.
WH is independently soliciting bids to recommend demolition of the historic buildings, w/o input of the General Services Administration.
December 9, 2025 at 2:38 AM
Trump is considering demolishing 4 historic Washington buildings, incl those that housed the Dep of Housing and VOA, per former gov official
WH is independently soliciting bids to recommend demolition of the historic buildings, w/o input of the General Services Administration.
WH is independently soliciting bids to recommend demolition of the historic buildings, w/o input of the General Services Administration.
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Read this — the new defense bill directs Pete Hegseth, Marco Rubio, and Tulsi Gabbard to determine what weapons Israel is lacking due to other nations embargoing it.
Then, it directs the US to fill those gaps — by doing things like working around legal "barriers" to send Israel even more weapons:
Then, it directs the US to fill those gaps — by doing things like working around legal "barriers" to send Israel even more weapons:
NEW: Buried in the new defense bill is a policy to fill weapon “gaps” Israel gets as other nations embargo it.
As in: citing "wartime" needs, the US armed Israel’s genocide.
Nations responded by restricting weapons to Israel.
Now, citing those very restrictions, the US may send Israel *even more.*
As in: citing "wartime" needs, the US armed Israel’s genocide.
Nations responded by restricting weapons to Israel.
Now, citing those very restrictions, the US may send Israel *even more.*
US Defense Bill Would Fill Israel’s Weapons ‘Gaps’ Caused by Embargoes
The US armed Israel’s genocide. Nations responded by embargoing Israel. Citing those restrictions, the US may now send even more weapons to Israel.
zeteo.com
December 9, 2025 at 3:00 AM
Read this — the new defense bill directs Pete Hegseth, Marco Rubio, and Tulsi Gabbard to determine what weapons Israel is lacking due to other nations embargoing it.
Then, it directs the US to fill those gaps — by doing things like working around legal "barriers" to send Israel even more weapons:
Then, it directs the US to fill those gaps — by doing things like working around legal "barriers" to send Israel even more weapons:
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We know this isn’t true because if the EU was Nazi-like, Musk wouldn’t be fighting it. He’d be saluting it.
The EU was created in by people who lived through WWII and saw political and economic integration as a means to bringing peace and stability to the continent.
It is being opposed by Putin, Musk and the others who support Neo Nazis in Europe.
It is being opposed by Putin, Musk and the others who support Neo Nazis in Europe.
December 8, 2025 at 2:50 PM
We know this isn’t true because if the EU was Nazi-like, Musk wouldn’t be fighting it. He’d be saluting it.
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1. CNN and CNBC recently announced partnerships with Kalshi, a prediction market that lets you place bets on the news.
Now, every story is a casino game.
Although Kalshi's popularity has exploded, it remains relatively small and vulnerable to political manipulation.
Now, every story is a casino game.
Although Kalshi's popularity has exploded, it remains relatively small and vulnerable to political manipulation.
The casino-fication of news
New partnerships between the prediction market Kalshi and cable TV networks will transform every news event into a betting opportunity.
popular.info
December 9, 2025 at 1:11 AM
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Wild: So both Biden & Trump bypassed Congress to send aid to Israel—to support Israel’s "defense" in "wartime."
That "defense" made other nations embargo Israel.
Now (despite the Trump-led "ceasefire"), this policy would give the US another way to send even more arms to Israel.
That "defense" made other nations embargo Israel.
Now (despite the Trump-led "ceasefire"), this policy would give the US another way to send even more arms to Israel.
NEW: Buried in the new defense bill is a policy to fill weapon “gaps” Israel gets as other nations embargo it.
As in: citing "wartime" needs, the US armed Israel’s genocide.
Nations responded by restricting weapons to Israel.
Now, citing those very restrictions, the US may send Israel *even more.*
As in: citing "wartime" needs, the US armed Israel’s genocide.
Nations responded by restricting weapons to Israel.
Now, citing those very restrictions, the US may send Israel *even more.*
December 8, 2025 at 7:48 PM
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Yeah. All of the strikes have been just as illegal as if Iran sunk a Disney cruise because it suspected passengers carried weed.
But this one is so blatant—helpless survivors on an already-damaged ship—that it's impossible to fabricate any rationale. It's a crack worth widening.
But this one is so blatant—helpless survivors on an already-damaged ship—that it's impossible to fabricate any rationale. It's a crack worth widening.
I get this but plenty of people had been calling all the strikes murder and it hadn't broken through. This revelation did and put even Republicans on the defensive and willing to do some oversignt. My sense is that any crack the regime's implacability is a foothold.
Once the debate centers on whether the 2nd strike was legal, the first 21 strikes have been accepted as baseline. But the murder of the two survivors doesn’t make the other 21 any more legal. Selective outrage, not silence, is how authoritarianism becomes normalized @tadstoermer.bsky.social
December 6, 2025 at 5:07 PM
Yeah. All of the strikes have been just as illegal as if Iran sunk a Disney cruise because it suspected passengers carried weed.
But this one is so blatant—helpless survivors on an already-damaged ship—that it's impossible to fabricate any rationale. It's a crack worth widening.
But this one is so blatant—helpless survivors on an already-damaged ship—that it's impossible to fabricate any rationale. It's a crack worth widening.
the appalling stupidification continues ...
A parent at a DC middle school is urging staff to reconsider its new curriculum, which removes all full-length novels from the 8th grade curriculum
Opinion: DCPS middle-schoolers should be reading novels
Opinion: DCPS middle-schoolers should be reading novels
Opinion: DCPS middle-schoolers should be reading novels
Many parents like myself were shocked by a recent change to the English curriculum at Alice Deal Middle School.
51st.news
December 6, 2025 at 7:43 PM
the appalling stupidification continues ...
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This article literally lays out how impeachment is his number one fear. The first articles introduced this congress panicked the guy so much that he switched his entire midterm strategy over it.
What are we doing here people?
What are we doing here people?
Fear of Losing the Midterms Is Driving Trump’s Decisions
The specter of investigations and impeachment has fueled many of the president’s most dramatic actions.
www.theatlantic.com
December 6, 2025 at 12:26 PM
This article literally lays out how impeachment is his number one fear. The first articles introduced this congress panicked the guy so much that he switched his entire midterm strategy over it.
What are we doing here people?
What are we doing here people?
this should be interesting ...
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — Federal judge orders unsealing of grand jury transcripts from abandoned Jeffrey Epstein investigation in Florida.
December 5, 2025 at 8:39 PM
this should be interesting ...
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TIL Maine didn't let Native Americans vote until 1954. This Silver Star recipient was told he couldn't vote after he showed up in uniform.
December 5, 2025 at 4:53 AM
TIL Maine didn't let Native Americans vote until 1954. This Silver Star recipient was told he couldn't vote after he showed up in uniform.
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The fact that four hostile drones tried to hit Zelenskyy’s plane & it’s barely a blip in the news cycle should terrify everyone. We’ve been dragged so deep into the chaos era that an attempted strike on a world leader doesn’t even break through. When this becomes normal, the world is in real danger.
Christ on a cracker — these seemingly hostile drones only missed Zelensky’s plane because he was unexpectedly early www.thejournal.ie/drones-dubli...
Four unidentified military-style drones breached no-fly zone to target Zelenskyy's arrival in Dublin
Gardaí are investigating whether the drones took off from land in Dublin or from an undetected ship.
www.thejournal.ie
December 5, 2025 at 2:04 AM
The fact that four hostile drones tried to hit Zelenskyy’s plane & it’s barely a blip in the news cycle should terrify everyone. We’ve been dragged so deep into the chaos era that an attempted strike on a world leader doesn’t even break through. When this becomes normal, the world is in real danger.
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The European Commission issued X a fine of €120 million for breaching its obligations under the Digital Services Act (DSA), reports Ramsha Jahangir. Infractions include deceptive design of X's ‘blue checkmark,' lack of transparency of its ad repository, and failure to provide access to researchers.
Brussels Fines Musk’s X €120M, Firing Shot in Transatlantic Tech Showdown | TechPolicy.Press
Infractions include deceptive design of X's ‘blue checkmark,' lack of transparency of its ad repository, and failure to provide access to researchers.
www.techpolicy.press
December 5, 2025 at 12:08 PM
The European Commission issued X a fine of €120 million for breaching its obligations under the Digital Services Act (DSA), reports Ramsha Jahangir. Infractions include deceptive design of X's ‘blue checkmark,' lack of transparency of its ad repository, and failure to provide access to researchers.
Did he forget that's what the public pays him to do?
Rand Paul tells me that he wants the full video of the Venezuelan boat strike released.
“And I think if the public sees images of people clinging to boat debris and being blown up, I think that there is a chance that finally, the public will get interested enough in this to stop this.”
“And I think if the public sees images of people clinging to boat debris and being blown up, I think that there is a chance that finally, the public will get interested enough in this to stop this.”
December 5, 2025 at 5:26 AM
Did he forget that's what the public pays him to do?
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For the record, here are the Dem Senators who have voted yea for the most Trump nominees so far:
Jeanne Shaheen (NH): 47
John Fetterman (PA): 41
Maggie Hassan (NH): 41
Tim Kaine (VA): 33
Mark Kelly (AZ): 31
Jacky Rosen (NV): 31
Mark Warner (VA): 31
Ruben Gallego (AZ): 28
Amy Klobuchar (MN): 28
Jeanne Shaheen (NH): 47
John Fetterman (PA): 41
Maggie Hassan (NH): 41
Tim Kaine (VA): 33
Mark Kelly (AZ): 31
Jacky Rosen (NV): 31
Mark Warner (VA): 31
Ruben Gallego (AZ): 28
Amy Klobuchar (MN): 28
December 4, 2025 at 8:16 PM
For the record, here are the Dem Senators who have voted yea for the most Trump nominees so far:
Jeanne Shaheen (NH): 47
John Fetterman (PA): 41
Maggie Hassan (NH): 41
Tim Kaine (VA): 33
Mark Kelly (AZ): 31
Jacky Rosen (NV): 31
Mark Warner (VA): 31
Ruben Gallego (AZ): 28
Amy Klobuchar (MN): 28
Jeanne Shaheen (NH): 47
John Fetterman (PA): 41
Maggie Hassan (NH): 41
Tim Kaine (VA): 33
Mark Kelly (AZ): 31
Jacky Rosen (NV): 31
Mark Warner (VA): 31
Ruben Gallego (AZ): 28
Amy Klobuchar (MN): 28
if only there was an actual opposition party rn
Three judges have been confirmed this week with the support of Democratic senators. Based on the totals from @senatepress.bsky.social, voting yea were Chris Coons (DE), Dick Durbin (IL), Ruben Gallego (AZ), Maggie Hassan (NH), Mazie Hirono (HI), Tim Kaine (VA), Mark Kelly (AZ), Angus King (I-ME), ->
December 5, 2025 at 4:02 AM
if only there was an actual opposition party rn
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"...Newsom has vetoed our menopause bill, not one but two years in a row. But that's OK, because he's not going to be governor forever. And with the way he's overlooked women, half the population, by devaluing us in midlife, he probably should not be our next president either."
youtu.be/603NmGNkfqY
youtu.be/603NmGNkfqY
December 4, 2025 at 8:34 PM
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