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Timothy Pratt @onofftherecord.bsky.social · 4h

was the 6-yr-old missing any limbs or starving. just asking.

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JW Mason @jwmason.bsky.social · 18h

Here’s one noteworthy datapoint on the substantive content of Trumpism. on.ft.com/4o83lvj

The US is demanding the EU water down parts of its green legislation just months after agreeing a tariff pact to avoid an all-out transatlantic trade war.

According to a US government position paper seen by the Financial Times, Washington has asked Brussels to scrap requirements for non-EU companies to provide “climate transition plans”.

It has also demanded that the bloc change environmental legislation on supply chains to exclude US companies and others from “countries with high-quality corporate due diligence”.

The move is part of a wider bid by Washington to push countries, financial institutions and businesses to roll back their climate change policies, using international forums ranging from the World Bank to stock market regulators.

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Carl Zimmer @carlzimmer.com · 7h

Today my @nytimes.com colleagues and I are launching a new series called Lost Science. We interview US scientists who can no longer discover something new about our world, thanks to this year‘s cuts. Here is my first interview with a scientist who studied bees and fires. Gift link: nyti.ms/3IWXbiE

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Jacob Soboroff @jacobsoboroff.bsky.social · 6h

Michigan Avenue right now.

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Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 13h

We know more about the massive military-style raid on a Chicago housing complex thanks to the reporting of @southsideweekly.bsky.social, @blockclubchi.bsky.social, and neighborhood resident Eboni Watson who chronicled the event. Among the emerging questions: what's real estate's role in this?

section of text from South Side Weekly's coverage, which says: "The building was purchased by Wisconsin-based investor Trinity Flood in January 2020, according to Cook County records. On October 1, the day after the raid, a judge reviewed an emergency motion from Wells Fargo seeking to appoint Matthew Tarshis of Frontline Real Estate Partners as the property’s receiver.

Flood purchased three multifamily properties in South Shore in 2020. The neighborhood, which had the highest number of eviction filings in Chicago from 2015-2019 according to the Law Center for Better Housing, has seen a rise in outside real estate investors since the 2017 announcement of the Obama Presidential Center’s construction in the neighboring Jackson Park.

Wells Fargo Bank foreclosed on the building in mid-2024, bringing a $27 million lawsuit against Flood for missed loan payments. In late 2024, the City began closing its largest migrant shelters and, through state funding assistance distributed via Catholic Charities and moving support from New Life Church, relocated many families to buildings such as this one."

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Timothy Pratt @onofftherecord.bsky.social · 7h

JOURNO here; pls. contact me by email if u can (see bio).

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Resist 🕎🍉 @antizionistjew.bsky.social · 7h

#WATCH | Central Gaza Strip erupts in the streets as civilians celebrate the end of the Israeli genocide war.

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Jeff Veillette @jeffveillette.bsky.social · 15h

Monthly listeners on Spotify

Bad Bunny 79,631,000
Lee Greenwood 447,000

Andrew Mearns @mearns.bsky.social · 15h

lmao this dolt is beyond parody.
yeah Lee Greenwood, totally appealing to all audiences. you nailed it buddy

“Lee Greenwood for Super Bowl halftime show!” says the idiot

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Josh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 7h

Jury Refuses To Indict Chicago ICE Protesters In Latest Revolt Against Trump Overreach talkingpointsmemo.com/where-things...

Jury Refuses To Indict Chicago ICE Protesters In Latest Revolt Against Trump Overreach

A grand jury Tuesday night declined to indict two protesters in the...

talkingpointsmemo.com

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Gregory Crosby @monostich.bsky.social · 18h

Someone I met only once, but was delighted to follow on Instagram, has died, far too young, and here I am on a rainy Wednesday morning, scrolling through their life, their art, their cute dog, their bright and open selfies.

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Felicia Davin @feliciadavin.com · 1d

here it is, my medically necessary daily dose of good news www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Global renewable energy generation surpasses coal for first time

Record solar expansion and steady wind growth driving world’s shift away from fossil fuels in 2025, report finds

www.theguardian.com

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UAINE @mahtowin1.bsky.social · 1d

Indigenous midwifery is undergoing a much-needed revival. youtu.be/-6gKUuwpBWo?...

Indigenous midwifery revival sees first home birth in 50 years in Kanehsatà:ke | APTN News

YouTube video by APTN News

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Timothy Pratt @onofftherecord.bsky.social · 9h

And then....start all over again!

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jordan @jordantyranny.bsky.social · 1d

"Ballerina Aesha Ash wandering around inner city Rochester breaking the stereotypes about women of color and to inspire young kids."

its a picture of a ballerina teaching future young ballerinas!!!

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Jewish Currents @jewishcurrents.bsky.social · 1d

Jewish Currents has learned that the Conscience flotilla, with
Emily Wilder aboard reporting for us, has been intercepted and boarded by the Israeli military. Communications with Emily and the rest of the boat have been cut. We are awaiting further updates.

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Hend Amry @libyaliberty.bsky.social · 1d

#NeverForget

Palestinian senior wearing traditional clothing sitting in a plastic chair with the front gate of home behind them, holding the antique iron key to the home stolen or destroyed by Israeli colonization and Zionism.

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Justin Baragona @justinbaragona.bsky.social · 1d

INBOX: The Chicago News Guild joined others in suing ICE for attacking journalists at the Broadview facility.

“Our members have a right, protected by the First Amendment, to do their jobs and report the news. They should not be targeted, injured or arrested for doing their jobs.”

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Sarah Kendzior @sarahkendzior.bsky.social · 1d

Someone should ask what Miller was doing between 2021 and 2025, why David Horowitz recruited him to the foreign policy team of the Trump campaign, why the Democrats never followed through on their 2017 investigation of alleged lies on Miller's SF-86 clearance forms, but no one asks real questions

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Rebecca Brückmann @historleans.bsky.social · 2d

With all of this, it is important to also remember that tear gas, which is now regularly deployed in residential neighborhoods, seems to be an abortifacient, according to multiple studies, e.g.: www.sph.umn.edu/news/new-stu...

New study suggests link between tear gas exposures and adverse reproductive health outcomes - School of Public Health - University of Minnesota

In the wake of nationwide protests following the murder of George Floyd in May 2020, anecdotal reports of irregular menstrual cycles emerged among

www.sph.umn.edu

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Timothy Pratt @onofftherecord.bsky.social · 2d

what are you doing

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Timothy Pratt @onofftherecord.bsky.social · 2d

Independent, local news outlets FOR THE W

unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 2d

Well, yeah, we're suing ICE.

This wasn't really a hard decision. As little faith as we have in institutions, we recognize the value of drawing visible lines in the sand. We drew ours personally a while ago, but better late than never.

May every protester be freed and may this occupation end.

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Ashton Pittman @ashtonpittman.bsky.social · 2d

When I was 10, one of my neighbors, a Black 17-year-old student at West Marion High School named Raynard Johnson, who was popular with Black and white classmates alike, was found hanging by a belt from a pecan tree in his front yard.

It was officially ruled a suicide. But his family doubted that. 🧵

Editor’s Note | Mississippi’s Evil Past Still Haunts Us

News Editor Ashton Pittman writes about how the response to college student Trey Reed’s death illustrates how Mississippi’s past haunts its present.

www.mississippifreepress.org

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Anjali Enjeti @anjalienjeti.bsky.social · 2d

It's starting to get real. T-minus 4 months until my third book, BALLOT, enters the world. You can pre-order Ballot anywhere books or sold. Support independent bookstores by pre-ordering through Bookshop: bookshop.org/p/books/ball...

White title page with the words Ballot, Anjali Enjeti, Bloomsbury Academic.

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Resist 🕎🍉 @antizionistjew.bsky.social · 2d

Greta Thunberg in Greece:

I could talk for a very, very long time about our mistreatment and abuses in our imprisonment. Trust me, but that is not the story.

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Timothy Pratt @onofftherecord.bsky.social · 2d

He's from Central America, btw

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