ZGok
@msm07-zgok.bsky.social
TTRPG Game Master and Writer.
Leftist. Communist.
Non-binary (they/them)
Leftist. Communist.
Non-binary (they/them)
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Kristi Noem, while governor of South Dakota, supplemented her roughly $130,000 salary by secretly accepting $80,000 donated to a political nonprofit she was affiliated with, records show.
She never disclosed this income on federal ethics forms.
(Published June)
She never disclosed this income on federal ethics forms.
(Published June)
Kristi Noem Secretly Took a Cut of Political Donations
A dark money group paid $80,000 to Noem’s personal company when she was governor of South Dakota. She did not include this income on her federal disclosure forms, a likely violation of ethics requirem...
www.propublica.org
October 10, 2025 at 1:40 AM
Kristi Noem, while governor of South Dakota, supplemented her roughly $130,000 salary by secretly accepting $80,000 donated to a political nonprofit she was affiliated with, records show.
She never disclosed this income on federal ethics forms.
(Published June)
She never disclosed this income on federal ethics forms.
(Published June)
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From my friend @mrdankelly.bsky.social
September 26, 2025 at 7:24 PM
From my friend @mrdankelly.bsky.social
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President Donald Trump announced his administration is recommending women limit Tylenol use during pregnancy. But there's no proof tying the painkiller to autism. Here's a look at the facts.
FACT FOCUS: A look at false and misleading claims made by Trump about autism, Tylenol and pregnancy
President Donald Trump has announced his administration is recommending women limit Tylenol use during pregnancy unless necessary.
bit.ly
September 27, 2025 at 3:00 PM
President Donald Trump announced his administration is recommending women limit Tylenol use during pregnancy. But there's no proof tying the painkiller to autism. Here's a look at the facts.
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July 25, 2025 at 11:31 PM
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WATCH: @aoc.bsky.social explains how the Republican bill will:
- Gut Medicaid
- Increase premiums for private health insurance
- Force rural hospitals to close
All to give a giant tax handout to billionaires.
- Gut Medicaid
- Increase premiums for private health insurance
- Force rural hospitals to close
All to give a giant tax handout to billionaires.
May 13, 2025 at 7:51 PM
WATCH: @aoc.bsky.social explains how the Republican bill will:
- Gut Medicaid
- Increase premiums for private health insurance
- Force rural hospitals to close
All to give a giant tax handout to billionaires.
- Gut Medicaid
- Increase premiums for private health insurance
- Force rural hospitals to close
All to give a giant tax handout to billionaires.
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The thing that sucks is any one of us could run any company better than these short-sighted morons, but unfortunately (fortunately) we’re good people who care about each other and art so we could never be that evil
May 13, 2025 at 8:15 PM
The thing that sucks is any one of us could run any company better than these short-sighted morons, but unfortunately (fortunately) we’re good people who care about each other and art so we could never be that evil
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Politically, I am this line from Andor
May 12, 2025 at 12:53 AM
Politically, I am this line from Andor
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Is this Andor, or is this real life.
May 12, 2025 at 2:29 AM
Is this Andor, or is this real life.
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"In the final season of #Andor an occupied civilian population is massacred; their cries for help ignored by the Empire-run media. Meanwhile, those who do have the backbone and courage to speak out against these genocidal acts - are met with violent suppression."
#Gaza #Palestine #StopTheGenocide
#Gaza #Palestine #StopTheGenocide
May 12, 2025 at 2:37 AM
"In the final season of #Andor an occupied civilian population is massacred; their cries for help ignored by the Empire-run media. Meanwhile, those who do have the backbone and courage to speak out against these genocidal acts - are met with violent suppression."
#Gaza #Palestine #StopTheGenocide
#Gaza #Palestine #StopTheGenocide
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You know, the thing about cults — and, frankly, religions in general — is that the wackier the ideas, the more devoted (and defensive) the followers are. There is something people get out of collectively believing that things that make no sense and cannot possibly be true are, in fact, true.
April 30, 2025 at 7:53 PM
You know, the thing about cults — and, frankly, religions in general — is that the wackier the ideas, the more devoted (and defensive) the followers are. There is something people get out of collectively believing that things that make no sense and cannot possibly be true are, in fact, true.
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The people of 2070 must know most of us thought AI was trash.
In a few years (max) when people start asking why we thought AI was a good idea I am creating a record that we did NOT think it was a good idea and the main reason people were ever convinced was billions of dollars of propaganda
April 29, 2025 at 8:06 PM
The people of 2070 must know most of us thought AI was trash.
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‘Israel has returned to full-scale slaughter in Gaza. Western outlets have returned to the same disastrous coverage of the past 18 months.’ www.thenation.com/article/worl...
Israel’s Genocide Has Resumed—and So Have the Media’s Failures
Israel has returned to full-scale slaughter in Gaza. Western outlets have returned to the same disastrous coverage of the past 18 months.
www.thenation.com
April 14, 2025 at 8:25 PM
‘Israel has returned to full-scale slaughter in Gaza. Western outlets have returned to the same disastrous coverage of the past 18 months.’ www.thenation.com/article/worl...
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The “language is changing and I don’t like it” brigade are in full denial that language has always changed. The great beauty of English is how ravenously adaptive it is and always has been
April 14, 2025 at 10:27 PM
The “language is changing and I don’t like it” brigade are in full denial that language has always changed. The great beauty of English is how ravenously adaptive it is and always has been
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Mohsen Mahdawi, a Palestinian student organizer at Columbia University, was invited to a citizenship interview. He was then arrested by ICE.
During the fall semester of 2023, right after Oct. 7, we interviewed Mahdawi about his activism:
During the fall semester of 2023, right after Oct. 7, we interviewed Mahdawi about his activism:
Gaza: A War of Weapons and Words - Reveal
The loss of civilian life in Gaza and Israel has sparked outrage and protest, but a group of grieving parents continues quietly working for peace.
revealnews.org
April 14, 2025 at 10:52 PM
Mohsen Mahdawi, a Palestinian student organizer at Columbia University, was invited to a citizenship interview. He was then arrested by ICE.
During the fall semester of 2023, right after Oct. 7, we interviewed Mahdawi about his activism:
During the fall semester of 2023, right after Oct. 7, we interviewed Mahdawi about his activism:
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Hundreds of Jewish Americans and allies held a "Liberation Seder" in New York on Monday to mark the Passover holiday and demand an end to U.S. support for Israel's ongoing war on Gaza, which has killed tens of thousands of Palestinians.
(Photos by Amy Goodman)
(Photos by Amy Goodman)
April 14, 2025 at 11:19 PM
Hundreds of Jewish Americans and allies held a "Liberation Seder" in New York on Monday to mark the Passover holiday and demand an end to U.S. support for Israel's ongoing war on Gaza, which has killed tens of thousands of Palestinians.
(Photos by Amy Goodman)
(Photos by Amy Goodman)
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Colleges around the country are reporting cases of international students suddenly learning their visas have been revoked.
International students file legal challenges over widespread US visa revocations
Several international students who have had their visas revoked in recent weeks have filed lawsuits against the Trump administration.
bit.ly
April 14, 2025 at 11:45 PM
Colleges around the country are reporting cases of international students suddenly learning their visas have been revoked.
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April 15, 2025 at 12:14 AM
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Officials investigating the 8 agencies found unjustified killings, excessive force, debtors’ prisons, retaliation against police critics, racial discrimination, unlawful strip searches and undercover officers having sexual contact with sex workers.
By @tophersanders.bsky.social
By @tophersanders.bsky.social
Trump’s DOJ Has Frozen Police Reform Work. Advocates Fear More Abuse in Departments Across the Country.
Federal investigators had identified at least eight police departments with patterns of unlawful behavior. But Trump’s freeze on oversight activities leaves many reform efforts in the hands of local…
www.propublica.org
April 15, 2025 at 12:30 PM
Officials investigating the 8 agencies found unjustified killings, excessive force, debtors’ prisons, retaliation against police critics, racial discrimination, unlawful strip searches and undercover officers having sexual contact with sex workers.
By @tophersanders.bsky.social
By @tophersanders.bsky.social
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In a remarkable Oval Office meeting between President Trump and his Salvadoran counterpart on Monday, both leaders refused to return Maryland resident Kilmar Abrego Garcia to the United States. @naynagupta.bsky.social says administration officials are "lying to the American public" about the case.
April 15, 2025 at 12:50 PM
In a remarkable Oval Office meeting between President Trump and his Salvadoran counterpart on Monday, both leaders refused to return Maryland resident Kilmar Abrego Garcia to the United States. @naynagupta.bsky.social says administration officials are "lying to the American public" about the case.
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Liberation Seder: Hundreds of Jewish Protesters Demand Release of Foreign Students Abducted by ICE
Liberation Seder: Jewish Protesters Demand Release of Foreign Students Taken by ICE
Hundreds of members of Jewish Voice for Peace in New York protested outside of the office of Immigration and Customs Enforcement Monday on the third night of the major Jewish holiday Passover. They gathered...
www.democracynow.org
April 15, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Liberation Seder: Hundreds of Jewish Protesters Demand Release of Foreign Students Abducted by ICE
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Trump Weighs Expelling U.S. Citizens as Salvadoran Pres. Says He Won't Return Wrongfully Removed Man
Trump Weighs Expelling U.S. Citizens as Bukele Says He Won’t Return Wrongfully Removed Maryland Man
We speak to Nayna Gupta, policy director at the American Immigration Council, and José Olivares, an award-winning investigative journalist specializing in Latin American politics, about El Salvador’s...
www.democracynow.org
April 15, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Trump Weighs Expelling U.S. Citizens as Salvadoran Pres. Says He Won't Return Wrongfully Removed Man
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12/ Read on to learn why criminal justice scholars believe the algorithm is not only biased, but unconstitutional.
Via ProPublica & @veritenews.org:
Via ProPublica & @veritenews.org:
An Algorithm Deemed This Nearly Blind 70-Year-Old Prisoner a “Moderate Risk.” Now He’s No Longer Eligible for Parole.
A Louisiana law cedes much of the power of the parole board to an algorithm that bars thousands of prisoners from a shot at early release. Civil rights attorneys say it could disproportionately harm B...
www.propublica.org
April 11, 2025 at 1:40 AM
12/ Read on to learn why criminal justice scholars believe the algorithm is not only biased, but unconstitutional.
Via ProPublica & @veritenews.org:
Via ProPublica & @veritenews.org:
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Hi. Your Jewish pal here. They don't give a shit about antisemitism.
Effective immediately, the government says it will begin screening immigrant social media for activity that officials think indicates support for antisemitism.
U.S. says it is now monitoring immigrants' social media for antisemitism
Effective immediately, the government says it will begin screening immigrant social media for activity that officials think indicates support for antisemitism.
www.npr.org
April 9, 2025 at 10:45 PM
Hi. Your Jewish pal here. They don't give a shit about antisemitism.
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AUTISM IS NOT AN EPIDEMIC, PEOPLE WITH AUTISM ARE NOT BROKEN
RFK Jr: "By September we will know what has caused the autism epidemic and we will be able to eliminate those exposures."
April 10, 2025 at 5:42 PM
AUTISM IS NOT AN EPIDEMIC, PEOPLE WITH AUTISM ARE NOT BROKEN