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WBZ News @wbztv.bsky.social · 2h

Freeze watch issued for parts of Massachusetts; Map shows how cold it will be Friday

A freeze watch is in effect for parts of Massachusetts as the weather forecast calls for temperatures to plummet in the Boston area on Friday.

www.cbsnews.com

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Not an OG Just a G @wilgafney.bsky.social · 1h

One white man damn near burned down California. He should also be charged with 12 counts of murder.

NPR @npr.org · 1h

Authorities have charged a 29-year-old man in connection to starting the Palisades Fire, which killed 12 people and destroyed more than 6,800 homes and buildings. (via @laist.com)

Uber driver charged in connection with starting the Palisades Fire

The Palisades Fire erupted on Jan. 7 and went on to kill 12 people and destroy more than 6,800 homes and buildings.

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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 4h

The elimination of USAID is a moral atrocity and all involved made a choice to enable, and then lie about, ending the lives of some of the most vulnerable people in the world.

MAE SOT, Thailand (AP) - Mohammed Taher clutched the lifeless body of his 2-year-old son and wept. Ever since his family's food rations stopped arriving at their internment camp in Myanmar in April, the father had watched helplessly as his once-vibrant baby boy weakened, suffering from diarrhea and begging for food.
On May 21, exactly two weeks after Taher's little boy died, U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio sat before Congress and declared: "No one has died" because of his government's decision to gut its foreign aid program. Rubio also insisted: "No children are dying on my watch."
That, Taher says, "is a lie."

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Felipe De La Hoz @felipedlh.bsky.social · 2h

You cannot be fucking serious

SCOOP: Apple Quietly Made ICE Agents a Protected Class

Internal emails show tech giant used anti-hate-speech rules meant for minorities to block an app documenting immigration enforcement.

migrantinsider.com

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Mel🏳️‍🌈 she/they universal healthcare now @knownforms.bsky.social · 1h

So glad FROG has some support/friends!

Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 7h

#WarRavagedPortland

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spoOoOopymama! @pnutsmama.bsky.social · 1h

masterful, really

Reuters @reuters.com · 1h

Brazil's soybean exports to hit record as US out of market, Chinese demand strong reut.rs/4q6rzYW

Brazil's soybean exports to hit record as US out of market, Chinese demand strong

Brazil's soybean exports are expected to reach 102.2 million tons through end-October, surpassing annual volumes for the whole of 2024 and 2023, reflecting the absence of U.S. competitors serving Chinese importers, grain exporter group Anec data showed on Wednesday.

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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 2h

FBI agents assigned to Musk concluded he was systematically avoiding conduct standards imposed on those holding high-level clearances. FBI management concluded it could do nothing about this because of Musk's ties to Trump and the GOP.

Kyle Cheney @kyledcheney.bsky.social · 2h

JUST IN: A federal judge has granted the New York Times’ demand for a list of Elon Musk’s security clearances. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

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spoOoOopymama! @pnutsmama.bsky.social · 1h

seems great

Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 1h

The suspect accused of igniting the fire that destroyed LA's Pacific Palisades neighborhood allegedly used a ChatGPT prompt to show "a burning forest and a crowd fleeing from it," months prior, officials say

Man arrested, faces federal charge in connection with Palisades Fire: DOJ

The fire caused widespread destruction in Los Angeles County and killed a dozen people earlier this year.

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THE CITY @thecity.nyc · 6h

Public housing residents want to bring back a once beloved, New Deal-era strip of playgrounds under the Queensboro Bridge.

Local Councilmember Julie Won said she won’t approve the rezoning plan without it.

How Queensbridge’s “Baby Park” Became an Orphan and a Battleground for LIC Rezoning

Public housing residents want to bring back a once beloved, New Deal-era strip of playgrounds under the Queensboro Bridge. Local Councilmember Julie Won said she won’t approve the rezoning plan…

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James Goodwin @jamesgoodwin.bsky.social · 5d

No funding measure that can get 60 votes in the Senate will pass the House. That is unequivocally a "Republican problem." Do most of the press understand that? Are they explaining it to the public?

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Henny Gesserit @nmjmredux.blacksky.app · 11h

This is only 12 miles from where my family lives. When you use AI in any form, people are affected directly

Rob Milton @therobmilton.com · 1d

- put down the damn AI.

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Christian Kleindienst @postkulturwissenschaften.de · 6h

Mood

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Doug Mack @douglasmack.bsky.social · 12h

the most delightful version of logging on to see what news you've missed

Dr Ramsdell, whose phone had been on airplane mode when the Nobel committee tried to call him, told the BBC's Newshour Programme that his first response when his wife said, "You've won the Nobel prize" was: "I did not."

To which Ms O'Neill replied that she had 200 text messages that suggested he had.

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 7h

#WarRavagedPortland

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spoOoOopymama! @pnutsmama.bsky.social · 6h

ew

Julia Azari @juliaazari.bsky.social · 6h

not the point, but Mike Johnson saying that they should have had Lee Greenwood instead of Bad Bunny is the most boomer-ass shit on the planet, and Mike Johnson is *solidly* Gen X (b. 1972)

Francis Wilkinson @franciswilkinson.bsky.social · 6h

1. Trump Culture War quote.
2. Johnson CW quote.
3. *Imagined* Schumer CW quote.
4. “These culture wars get sillier by the day.”

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Rich Raho @richraho.bsky.social · 7h

Pope Leo at General Audience: “No fall is definitive, no night is eternal, no wound is destined to remain open forever. However distant, lost or unworthy we may feel, there is no distance that can extinguish the unfailing power of God’s love.” www.vatican.va/content/leo-...

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S(pooky) @vidiot.bsky.social · 6h

Ignore maintenance and preservation for decades, then throw up your hands when it deteriorates beyond repair, and tear it out and replace it with shoddy paving. Sadly expected.

hyperallergic.com/1046874/nyc-...

NYC Removes World’s Fairs Mosaics, a Slice of Queens Art History

The in-ground artworks in Flushing Meadows Corona Park, which referenced Salvador Dalí and Andy Warhol, had suffered from weather-related deterioration, officials said.

hyperallergic.com

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spoOoOopymama! @pnutsmama.bsky.social · 6h

UGH

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spoOoOopymama! @pnutsmama.bsky.social · 6h

HELL YEAH

Sarah Posner @sarahposner.bsky.social · 6h

Texas bishop had brought Pope Leo a packet of letters from terrorized immigrant families

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El Paso bishop brings Pope Leo XIV desperate letters from migrants in crosshairs of US crackdown

The Texas bishop on the front lines of the U.S. immigration crackdown has met with Pope Leo XIV in the Vatican.

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Sarah Posner @sarahposner.bsky.social · 6h

Pope Leo tells US bishops to address Trump's immigration crackdown

www.reuters.com/world/pope-l...

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Grudgie the Whale @grudgie.bsky.social · 1d

It should be very very clear to everyone right now that the Attorney General was asked under oath if she possesses pics of the President with undressed teens and she refused to say “no.”

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Unofficial BBCNews (World) Bot @bbcnews-world-rss.bsky.social · 12h

Japan football official sentenced for viewing child abuse images on plane

A flight crew had raised the alarm after they spotted Kageyama looking at the images on the plane.

www.bbc.com

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Jason Koebler @jasonkoebler.bsky.social · 1d

NEW: In May, a Texas police department said they used the powerful Flock surveillance network against a woman who had an abortion "for her safety"

Newly obtained court records show it was a 'death investigation,' and they considered charging her with a crime

www.404media.co/police-said-...

Police Said They Surveilled Woman Who Had an Abortion for Her 'Safety.' Court Records Show They Considered Charging Her With a Crime

Court records show that the narrative Flock and a Texas Sheriff's Office has told the public isn't the whole story, and that police were conducting a 'death investigation' into the abortion.

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Annalee Newitz @annaleen.bsky.social · 1d

A lot of the apps on your phone are tracking your physical location and selling that information to other companies. Here's a fantastic explainer from @pcmag.com about 20 of the most common apps that spy on you. Service journalism at its finest. www.pcmag.com/explainers/t...

These 20 Apps Are Watching You—And You Probably Use Them Every Day

You might use these apps every day, but have no idea what they collect. These 20 apps are quietly harvesting your location, contacts, photos, and more—here's what you can do about it.

www.pcmag.com

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Sarah ⚧ ✡︎ @sarahkorse.bsky.social · 14h

A very small black cat poking her head out from under black and whit curtains. She has enormous yellow eyes, and a concerned look on her face.

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