Gary Thomas
@islandflameskn.bsky.social
Writes and talks about AI, data science,politics, economics, St. Kitts and Nevis and the Caribbean experience.
Excited to be in this amazing bluesky space!!
Excited to be in this amazing bluesky space!!
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Pence: "To have POTUS in Saudi Arabia questioning America's global war on terror & describing is as nation building & interventionist I thought was a disservice to generations of Americans who wore the uniform..particularly giving that speech in Saudi Arabia where 15 of the 19 hijackers hailed from"
May 18, 2025 at 2:07 PM
Pence: "To have POTUS in Saudi Arabia questioning America's global war on terror & describing is as nation building & interventionist I thought was a disservice to generations of Americans who wore the uniform..particularly giving that speech in Saudi Arabia where 15 of the 19 hijackers hailed from"
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NOT A VIOLENT CRIMINAL
Heidy Sánchez was deported from Florida to Cuba—without her 17-month-old American daughter.
She followed a routine ICE check-in. Trump’s agents detained her, gave her no option to take her baby, and ripped their family apart.
She’s heartbroken.
Heidy Sánchez was deported from Florida to Cuba—without her 17-month-old American daughter.
She followed a routine ICE check-in. Trump’s agents detained her, gave her no option to take her baby, and ripped their family apart.
She’s heartbroken.
May 5, 2025 at 6:51 PM
NOT A VIOLENT CRIMINAL
Heidy Sánchez was deported from Florida to Cuba—without her 17-month-old American daughter.
She followed a routine ICE check-in. Trump’s agents detained her, gave her no option to take her baby, and ripped their family apart.
She’s heartbroken.
Heidy Sánchez was deported from Florida to Cuba—without her 17-month-old American daughter.
She followed a routine ICE check-in. Trump’s agents detained her, gave her no option to take her baby, and ripped their family apart.
She’s heartbroken.
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This hits hard—and says everything about where we are right now.
A Yale professor says he’s relocating to Canada to continue his democracy work. When asked why not stay in the U.S. and fight, he says he has two Black sons and he’s the son of a Holocaust survivor—and this is an “anti-Black moment”.
A Yale professor says he’s relocating to Canada to continue his democracy work. When asked why not stay in the U.S. and fight, he says he has two Black sons and he’s the son of a Holocaust survivor—and this is an “anti-Black moment”.
May 4, 2025 at 1:57 AM
This hits hard—and says everything about where we are right now.
A Yale professor says he’s relocating to Canada to continue his democracy work. When asked why not stay in the U.S. and fight, he says he has two Black sons and he’s the son of a Holocaust survivor—and this is an “anti-Black moment”.
A Yale professor says he’s relocating to Canada to continue his democracy work. When asked why not stay in the U.S. and fight, he says he has two Black sons and he’s the son of a Holocaust survivor—and this is an “anti-Black moment”.
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bring them back. now.
CECOT isn’t a prison—it’s a torture chamber built on mass incarceration and fear.
No trials. No sunlight. Just starvation, beatings, and silence. The EL Salvadoran govt says they’ll “never get out.”
This is a human rights nightmare.
Watch this video.
Share it.
And raise hell.
No trials. No sunlight. Just starvation, beatings, and silence. The EL Salvadoran govt says they’ll “never get out.”
This is a human rights nightmare.
Watch this video.
Share it.
And raise hell.
April 18, 2025 at 8:37 PM
bring them back. now.
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DOGE is a criminal conspiracy to defraud the people of the United States
Oh dear you’re going to want to read this. Looks like DOGErs were caught exfiltrating NLRB data, likely on unions, for private (seemingly Elony) use. This is must read. What we’ve all suspected. But now details. www.npr.org/2025/04/15/n...
A whistleblower's disclosure details how DOGE may have taken sensitive labor data
A whistleblower tells Congress and NPR that DOGE may have taken sensitive labor data and hid its tracks. "None of that ... information should ever leave the agency," said a former NLRB official.
www.npr.org
April 15, 2025 at 12:47 PM
DOGE is a criminal conspiracy to defraud the people of the United States
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Wishing my sister @repjasmine.bsky.social an amazing and happy birthday!♥️
Can’t wait to celebrate with you! 🎉
Can’t wait to celebrate with you! 🎉
March 30, 2025 at 2:02 AM
Wishing my sister @repjasmine.bsky.social an amazing and happy birthday!♥️
Can’t wait to celebrate with you! 🎉
Can’t wait to celebrate with you! 🎉
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I could write up why there’s no constitutional problem with the President using an auto-pen to sign official documents—or I could just post the 30-page 2005 opinion by George W. Bush’s Office of Legal Counsel that explains why in lots of detail.
I choose the latter:
www.justice.gov/file/494411/...
I choose the latter:
www.justice.gov/file/494411/...
March 17, 2025 at 1:56 PM
I could write up why there’s no constitutional problem with the President using an auto-pen to sign official documents—or I could just post the 30-page 2005 opinion by George W. Bush’s Office of Legal Counsel that explains why in lots of detail.
I choose the latter:
www.justice.gov/file/494411/...
I choose the latter:
www.justice.gov/file/494411/...
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“She describes [Zuckerberg] as a cross between a truculent teen and a toddler: he doesn’t like to get up before midday, even to meet prime ministers, and his obsequious colleagues feel obliged to let him beat them at board games.”
Sigh. The tech bros are all the same.
Sigh. The tech bros are all the same.
Facebook’s secrets, by the insider Zuckerberg tried to silence
Careless People author and former Meta director Sarah Wynn-Williams reveals what it was like ‘babysitting’ her boss
www.thetimes.com
March 17, 2025 at 12:03 AM
“She describes [Zuckerberg] as a cross between a truculent teen and a toddler: he doesn’t like to get up before midday, even to meet prime ministers, and his obsequious colleagues feel obliged to let him beat them at board games.”
Sigh. The tech bros are all the same.
Sigh. The tech bros are all the same.
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🚨 Everyone needs to call their Dem Senator right now. They are starting to cave.
Tell them:
1. Vote NO on Cloture
AND
2. Vote NO on the Republican spending bill.
Don’t let them pivot to reconciliation. GOP doesn’t need Dem votes on that and they know it.
TODAY is the showdown.
🤳🏽: (202) 224-3121
Tell them:
1. Vote NO on Cloture
AND
2. Vote NO on the Republican spending bill.
Don’t let them pivot to reconciliation. GOP doesn’t need Dem votes on that and they know it.
TODAY is the showdown.
🤳🏽: (202) 224-3121
March 12, 2025 at 2:19 PM
🚨 Everyone needs to call their Dem Senator right now. They are starting to cave.
Tell them:
1. Vote NO on Cloture
AND
2. Vote NO on the Republican spending bill.
Don’t let them pivot to reconciliation. GOP doesn’t need Dem votes on that and they know it.
TODAY is the showdown.
🤳🏽: (202) 224-3121
Tell them:
1. Vote NO on Cloture
AND
2. Vote NO on the Republican spending bill.
Don’t let them pivot to reconciliation. GOP doesn’t need Dem votes on that and they know it.
TODAY is the showdown.
🤳🏽: (202) 224-3121
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this is such an obvious game of bullshit and it makes me insane that anyone falls for it. weird how schools are no longer "meritocratic" when they are trying to attract more black and hispanic students, but are perfectly meritocratic when they're not.
like, this is one of those things that actually drives me a little crazy. dipshits will say that we want to return to the era when merit was what mattered. but when, exactly, was that? the 1970s? the 1980s? UVA only *became* meritocratic when it became a school for all Virginians.
March 8, 2025 at 2:41 AM
this is such an obvious game of bullshit and it makes me insane that anyone falls for it. weird how schools are no longer "meritocratic" when they are trying to attract more black and hispanic students, but are perfectly meritocratic when they're not.
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Media really need to start putting g “DEI” in quotes; it’s a coded epithet for this crowd. Purging history of these heroes is straight-up racism. Name it.
No further debate—Trump’s DEI policy is clearly racist.
The Pentagon is flagging for removal, historic photos of Black & brown heroes who served, claiming they “promote DEI.”
The military was segregated until 1948. Black people served while facing racism. Where was the DEI? Erasure is the point.
The Pentagon is flagging for removal, historic photos of Black & brown heroes who served, claiming they “promote DEI.”
The military was segregated until 1948. Black people served while facing racism. Where was the DEI? Erasure is the point.
March 8, 2025 at 1:50 PM
Media really need to start putting g “DEI” in quotes; it’s a coded epithet for this crowd. Purging history of these heroes is straight-up racism. Name it.
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Great job alert: ProPublica is hiring a computational journalist, "someone who will use technology and data to identify and unlock stories that would otherwise be out of reach."
Salary: $120K-$140K
Remote: ✅
Come join us!
Salary: $120K-$140K
Remote: ✅
Come join us!
Computational Journalist
New York, New York, United States
boards.greenhouse.io
March 6, 2025 at 10:11 PM
Great job alert: ProPublica is hiring a computational journalist, "someone who will use technology and data to identify and unlock stories that would otherwise be out of reach."
Salary: $120K-$140K
Remote: ✅
Come join us!
Salary: $120K-$140K
Remote: ✅
Come join us!
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Introducing our newest AI Agent for users to explore our Electricity 2025 report⚡️
It offers easy access to key takeaways, forecasts & data from the analysis, which explores what to expect as growth in global electricity demand accelerates
Try it now ➡️ iea.li/43n5YSM
It offers easy access to key takeaways, forecasts & data from the analysis, which explores what to expect as growth in global electricity demand accelerates
Try it now ➡️ iea.li/43n5YSM
March 6, 2025 at 11:15 AM
Introducing our newest AI Agent for users to explore our Electricity 2025 report⚡️
It offers easy access to key takeaways, forecasts & data from the analysis, which explores what to expect as growth in global electricity demand accelerates
Try it now ➡️ iea.li/43n5YSM
It offers easy access to key takeaways, forecasts & data from the analysis, which explores what to expect as growth in global electricity demand accelerates
Try it now ➡️ iea.li/43n5YSM
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Props to a fellow Houstonian Al Green, we can’t just sit back and do nothing while Trump and Musk slash our healthcare, jack up prices, and bring us to a literal trade war.
KEEP FIGHTING!
KEEP FIGHTING!
March 5, 2025 at 3:18 AM
Props to a fellow Houstonian Al Green, we can’t just sit back and do nothing while Trump and Musk slash our healthcare, jack up prices, and bring us to a literal trade war.
KEEP FIGHTING!
KEEP FIGHTING!
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here’s the thing: why wouldn’t you treat every dumbass idea as potentially worthwhile when a month later you can just go “oopsies” and no one holds you accountable for giving credence to stupid shit?
March 3, 2025 at 4:28 PM
here’s the thing: why wouldn’t you treat every dumbass idea as potentially worthwhile when a month later you can just go “oopsies” and no one holds you accountable for giving credence to stupid shit?
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love this @rokhanna.bsky.social
We need more proposals like this that co-opt the chaos
Please share off line as well !!!
We need more proposals like this that co-opt the chaos
Please share off line as well !!!
March 3, 2025 at 3:24 PM
love this @rokhanna.bsky.social
We need more proposals like this that co-opt the chaos
Please share off line as well !!!
We need more proposals like this that co-opt the chaos
Please share off line as well !!!
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Posted by @vatniksoup.bsky.social on another platform.
March 2, 2025 at 7:34 PM
Posted by @vatniksoup.bsky.social on another platform.
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TOMORROW- Friday, February 28th is BLACKOUT FRIDAY!
If you believe we are in danger of losing our Democracy forever, FIGHT BACK!
Let's make our voices heard in numbers too big to ignore.
JOIN US if you've had it with Comrade Krasnov. 🤬 🇷🇺
#24HourEconomicBlackout
If you believe we are in danger of losing our Democracy forever, FIGHT BACK!
Let's make our voices heard in numbers too big to ignore.
JOIN US if you've had it with Comrade Krasnov. 🤬 🇷🇺
#24HourEconomicBlackout
February 27, 2025 at 8:18 PM
TOMORROW- Friday, February 28th is BLACKOUT FRIDAY!
If you believe we are in danger of losing our Democracy forever, FIGHT BACK!
Let's make our voices heard in numbers too big to ignore.
JOIN US if you've had it with Comrade Krasnov. 🤬 🇷🇺
#24HourEconomicBlackout
If you believe we are in danger of losing our Democracy forever, FIGHT BACK!
Let's make our voices heard in numbers too big to ignore.
JOIN US if you've had it with Comrade Krasnov. 🤬 🇷🇺
#24HourEconomicBlackout
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🎤WOW & DAMN!
February 22, 2025 at 12:16 PM
🎤WOW & DAMN!
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"I hope I shall possess firmness and virtue enough to maintain what I consider the most enviable of all titles, the character of an honest man."
-- George Washington, born #OTD 1732
Trump’s false or misleading claims total 30,573 over 4 years
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
-- George Washington, born #OTD 1732
Trump’s false or misleading claims total 30,573 over 4 years
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
Analysis | Trump’s false or misleading claims total 30,573 over 4 years
A four-year Fact Checker project comes to an end.
www.washingtonpost.com
February 22, 2025 at 12:16 PM
"I hope I shall possess firmness and virtue enough to maintain what I consider the most enviable of all titles, the character of an honest man."
-- George Washington, born #OTD 1732
Trump’s false or misleading claims total 30,573 over 4 years
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
-- George Washington, born #OTD 1732
Trump’s false or misleading claims total 30,573 over 4 years
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
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When Rupert Murdoch’s rags turn on you …
February 21, 2025 at 9:09 PM
When Rupert Murdoch’s rags turn on you …
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Dolly Parton Calls Out Indiana Gov Over Plan to Dump Her Imagination Library
Dolly Parton Calls Out Indiana Gov Over Plan to Dump Her Imagination Library
The country singer started the “Imagination Library” nearly 30 years ago to encourage early literacy.
www.thedailybeast.com
February 21, 2025 at 7:46 PM
Dolly Parton Calls Out Indiana Gov Over Plan to Dump Her Imagination Library
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U.S., Ukraine near deal to grant mineral rights to Washington - The Washington Post search.app/XnWv3UQC5uVD...
U.S., Ukraine near deal to grant mineral rights to Washington
The potential deal follows days of harsh attacks by President Trump on Ukraine and its leader.
search.app
February 22, 2025 at 2:26 AM
U.S., Ukraine near deal to grant mineral rights to Washington - The Washington Post search.app/XnWv3UQC5uVD...
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In a small trial, nearly half of pancreatic cancer patients who received an mRNA vaccine had no signs of relapse after three years.
Dr. Vinod Balachandran from @mskcancercenter.bsky.social joins us to discuss the results and what they could mean for cancer treatment.
Dr. Vinod Balachandran from @mskcancercenter.bsky.social joins us to discuss the results and what they could mean for cancer treatment.
A Vaccine For Pancreatic Cancer Continues To Show Promise
In a small trial, nearly half of pancreatic cancer patients who received an mRNA vaccine for the disease had no relapse three years later.
buff.ly
February 21, 2025 at 7:41 PM
In a small trial, nearly half of pancreatic cancer patients who received an mRNA vaccine had no signs of relapse after three years.
Dr. Vinod Balachandran from @mskcancercenter.bsky.social joins us to discuss the results and what they could mean for cancer treatment.
Dr. Vinod Balachandran from @mskcancercenter.bsky.social joins us to discuss the results and what they could mean for cancer treatment.