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All about books and libraries, plus nature, gardening, museums, science, fiction, media literacy, lowcountry and SC stuff. Anti-authoritarian, anti-hate, pro-democracy. I like logical thinkers but also a bit of magic.
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ReadThinkBeGood @readthinkbegood.bsky.social · Apr 22
I know we’re all tired and fed up but please keep contacting your legislators often. If I can email Lindsey Graham every week, you can email yours!

www.congress.gov/members/find...

#Pushback #CallCongress
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whstancil.bsky.social
Rhetoric taken directly from Nazi Twitter. I can tell you the precise accounts even
atrupar.com Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 19h
JD Vance: "Democrats' idea was the way you get more prosperity is that you import more and more low wage servants."
November 14, 2025 at 2:51 AM
readthinkbegood.bsky.social
Look at how Epstein cleaned up his image
HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_022216 From: Sent: To: Subject: Al seckel 12/15/2010 5:36:27 PM Jeffrey Epstein [jeeyacation@gmail.com] Results Importance: High Jeffrey, The bats did the sweep. Here are the new results taken as of a minute ago. You have only one negative article left on front page of google, which is the Huffington Post article. The Huffington Post is extremely hard to move, because it is so powerful, has millions of links to it, and uploads massive new and original content it on a daily basis with posting from out side readers. We managed to push it down the page, as it used to be at the top. If we were able to post original content to both the science and the org site (absolutely not a single word to this day by Jessica, just talk), we would have been able to push it down even further, and off the page. WE did manage to get rid of the daily beast article, which is now far removed, inspite of their own efforts to keep it prominent. Toxic suggested search engine terms that popped up automatically when you typed in your name are also now removed. Wikipedia was an important victory, as it will always be at the top of the search engine results. ow the head lines do not mention convicted sex offender or pedophile. Instead, Philanthrophic work, Epstein Foundation, Promotion of Scientists. We have stopped the hacking on your wiki site, and that was a major effor. Your wiki entry now is pretty tame, and bad … and that was a major effor. Your wiki entry now is pretty tame, and bad stuff has been muted, bowlerized, and pused to the bottom. Careful editing and wording has muted the effect immensely. We hacked the site to replace the mug shot and caption, and now has an entirely different photo and caption. This was a big success. We pushed the Edge all the way up to the front page, where it was previously buried on page 5 of google search. We have promoted the other jeffrey epsteins, and other pages are also filled with your material. And, while the sites are up, and in the direction we hoped, they are still new, and subject to volitility, especially if new original content is not added on a minimum of a weekly basis. I have been forbideen to add new content to the philanthrophic site as well as the science site, and therefore, as a result our rating slipped down (still on the first page, but would have liked them (and some of the articles to been able to push Huffington off page). We also helped with you images, and the first images that come of you on a google search are not of your mug shot, etc. Your daily beast foe is still at it, and trying to promote her sites against you in the same way that we try to depromote you. HOUSE OVERSIGHT 022216 As far as this site is concerned, and the continuation of this, I do not know what you wish to do. Clearly vou have no interest in my continuing. … As far as this site is concerned, and the continuation of this, I do not know what you wish to do. Clearly, you have no interest in my continuing. And, I am not sure if you want to continue the project at all. If the latter, and you stop, eventually it will just go into the way of entropy, and it will return to the old form. The major work has been done, but it needs to be maintained. For it to get better results, it needs to have constant input and supervision, and that means generating proper content, not just editing and grammatical fixes. Writers need to know what to write. THe philanthrophy site is at the bottom of the page precisely because you have not allowed us to add any content to it, and as a result it suffers. You paid Mike $2500, which he applied for the purchasing of his replacement servers, but his fee of $7500 balance is now due if you want to continue. Please let me know what you want to do. I need to inform him, and if you are not going to use him, he needs to take on his other clients and devote his time there. This needs to be contrasted with what we started with, which was a search on your name, which had nine/10 very toxic prominent stories, and toxic Wiki article and headline.
November 14, 2025 at 2:52 AM
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georgepenney.bsky.social
🧵Spotted While Roaming In Aotearoa New Zealand:

A young human (8?) is crouched in front of a white picket fence, clutching a super soaker to his chest.
He tenses, then...
JUMPS UP
and sprays his little brother who's sleeping on the porch.
GOTCHA!
Little Brother roaring vengeance.
It. Is. On. (1)
November 14, 2025 at 1:03 AM
readthinkbegood.bsky.social
I don’t know anything but it does occur to me that the Epstein Files will reveal quite a lot about Trump’s finances 👀
Excerpt from Epstein files talking about “how he paid for Mara lago”
November 13, 2025 at 6:40 PM
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paulgp.com
For folks (and journalists) who want to search the Oversight Committee email texts, I made a database for searching the 20k text files:

splendorous-chaja-f79791.netlify.app
Epstein Document Search
splendorous-chaja-f79791.netlify.app
November 13, 2025 at 1:12 AM
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robertscotthorton.bsky.social
The Kremlin disguised a nearly $100 mn payment to Trump in the form of a brokered real estate deal... and both Jeffrey Epstein and William Pulte were involved in the deal. That's very interesting.
November 12, 2025 at 9:56 PM
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andycraig.bsky.social
The attorney general and the FBI director, a manosphere podcaster bro, pulled into the situation room a member of Congress best known for getting kicked out of a Beetlejuice musical for drunkenly giving her date a handy, in order to pressure her about the president's child sex trafficking scandal.
November 12, 2025 at 11:23 PM
readthinkbegood.bsky.social
I read this today and can’t stop thinking about it. The dawn of the post-literate society by James Marriott
The dawn of the post-literate society
And the end of civilisation
open.substack.com
November 13, 2025 at 1:57 AM
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edburmila.bsky.social
The crisis of elite impunity that is ruining our society cannot be more clearly or convincingly demonstrated than with the fact that all of these people wrote all this stuff into an email and hit Send.
November 12, 2025 at 9:06 PM
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abcnews4.com
U.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham is among several Senate Republicans who could benefit from a shutdown-ending bill that lets them challenge the seizure of their phone records in special counsel Jack Smith’s Jan. 6 investigation. Read more: https://bit.ly/47F379P
November 12, 2025 at 10:00 PM
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elissamalespina.bsky.social
AI is now being used to “flag” school library books.
The new CLCD tool, Class-Shelf Plus v3, may speed up censorship under the guise of efficiency.

This development should alarm every librarian and educator. #TLSky #EduSkyAi #libraries #censorship open.substack.com/pub/aischool...
The Most Dangerous AI Tool for Libraries Yet
How Class-Shelf Plus v3 quietly turns censorship into an automated workflow and why every librarian should be alarmed.
open.substack.com
November 12, 2025 at 8:34 PM
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sassylibrarian.bsky.social
“When the same stories that are targeted ideologically also become the ones flagged algorithmically, the result is not neutrality. It is amplified harm.”
elissamalespina.bsky.social Elissa Malespina @elissamalespina.bsky.social · 2d
AI is now being used to “flag” school library books.
The new CLCD tool, Class-Shelf Plus v3, may speed up censorship under the guise of efficiency.

This development should alarm every librarian and educator. #TLSky #EduSkyAi #libraries #censorship open.substack.com/pub/aischool...
The Most Dangerous AI Tool for Libraries Yet
How Class-Shelf Plus v3 quietly turns censorship into an automated workflow and why every librarian should be alarmed.
open.substack.com
November 12, 2025 at 10:19 PM
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willsommer.bsky.social
New WSJ: After flying an FBI jet to see his girlfriend sing at a wrestling match, FBI director Kash Patel took the jet to a private Texas hunting resort called the Boondoggle Ranch. www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
Kash Patel’s ‘Effin Wild’ Ride as FBI Director
In just one week in October, he ticked off his bosses with premature comments about a terror investigation squeezed in a trip to the ‘Boondoggle Ranch’ on the bureau jet.
www.wsj.com
November 12, 2025 at 2:43 AM
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gravewriter71.bsky.social
We have human rights abuses going on daily, from ICE and the DOJ.
November 10, 2025 at 6:35 PM
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jenee.bsky.social
Hi writers! I’m looking to assign a couple of features for Slate before the end of the year. If you have anything in mind that you think would be a fit please send me a pitch! Jenée.Desmond- [email protected] or dm me.

RTs are appreciated so this can reach more people. Thanks!
November 10, 2025 at 6:06 PM
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rooseveltinstitute.org
The admin is quietly rewriting the tax code—giving billions in breaks to major private equity, crypto, insurance, and energy firms by hollowing out the 15% corporate minimum tax.

More tax cuts for the rich is the last thing working families need.

@jessedrucker.bsky.social https://nyti.ms/3WOwXST
How the Trump Administration Is Giving Even More Tax Breaks to the Wealthy
The Treasury Department and Internal Revenue Service are issuing rules that provide hundreds of billions of dollars in tax relief to big companies and the ultrarich.
nytimes.com
November 10, 2025 at 6:35 PM
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justinwolfers.bsky.social
Remember that insurance is actually a thing you hope never to use, and then read this critique.
November 10, 2025 at 3:36 PM
readthinkbegood.bsky.social
I’m so impressed that this thread from 2023 still is being updated. And it’s interesting too!
beebrookshire.bsky.social Bethany Brookshire @beebrookshire.bsky.social · Aug 24
Alright Skeeties! I wanted to put all the anatomy facts in a thread to keep them organized so:

WELCOME to class of 2023 Insomniac Anatomy Academy! In which I study anatomy when I can't sleep and share the best facts with you. 🧪
November 10, 2025 at 3:34 PM
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crampell.bsky.social
Tell me you don’t understand risk pools without telling me you don’t understand risk pools
November 10, 2025 at 3:02 PM
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eric-reinhart.com
www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...
November 10, 2025 at 1:14 AM
readthinkbegood.bsky.social
I thought the trump administration was told to remove this propaganda? Or did I make that up?
Due to the Radical Left Democrat shutdown, this government website will not be updated during the funding lapse. President Trump has made it clear he wants to keep the government open and support those who feed, fuel, and clothe the American people. HEADER: USDA Economic Research Service MENU: Home › Data Products › Ag and Food Statistics: Charting the Essentials › Food Prices and Spending Food Prices and Spending Updated: 9/29/2025
November 9, 2025 at 8:45 PM
readthinkbegood.bsky.social
Another day, another billion dollars to big companies. NYT gift read ⤵️
How the Trump Administration Is Giving Even More Tax Breaks to the Wealthy
www.nytimes.com
November 8, 2025 at 1:54 PM
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tjsavino.bsky.social
wapo.st/3JlBQ2R
The secretive donor circle that lifted JD Vance is now rewriting MAGA’s future
Chris Buskirk put tech elites in power in Trump’s Washington. His efforts are grounded in a controversial theory: An “aristocracy” is needed to move the country forward.
wapo.st
November 6, 2025 at 1:10 AM
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jamieson.bsky.social
Border Patrol agent Lairmore testifies that he was not injured by the sandwich, but he felt the impact through his ballistic vest.

The sandwich came apart and "kind of exploded" on his chest upon impact, he says.

"I could smell the onions and mustard."
November 4, 2025 at 3:33 PM
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jamieson.bsky.social
Defense is now questioning Lairmore on cross-examination. They show a video still of the sandwich and wrapper on the ground, post-throw.

"Do you recognize that sandwich?" the attorney asks.

Lairmore won't confirm.

"I did not go back to collect it," he says.
November 4, 2025 at 3:58 PM