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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 1d

WATCH: Did the FBI find those photographs? 😶

#pambondi #donaldtrump #epstein

Shanil Virani @shanilv.ca · 18h

I love the quote from #Yale’s Dr. Schoelkopf that puts today’s #physics #NobelPrize in context.

Mirroring the evolution of the #internet, quantum 3.0 will be the era of working #quantum #computing. With it, an explosion of knowledge that transforms how we discover, compute, & perhaps even think. 🔭🧪

Physics Today @physicstoday.bsky.social · 20h

Our story on today’s announcement of the 2025 #NobelPrize in #Physics has been updated. Learn more about the prizewinning research.

#IYQ2025

Clarke, Devoret, and Martinis share 2025 Nobel Prize in Physics

With their experiments on an electric circuit in which all the electrons together behaved like a single particle, the laureates provided the first demonstration of quantum behavior at a macroscopic sc...

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Shanil Virani @shanilv.ca · 18h

I love the quote from Dr Schoelkopf that puts today’s #physics #prize on #quantum in context.

Mirroring the evolution of the internet, quantum 3.0 will be the era of working quantum computing — and with it, an explosion of knowledge that transforms how we discover, compute, and perhaps even think.

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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 18h

Tim Miller on his recent interview with Barstool's KFC about how only "absolute batshit crazy" people want masked ICE agents kidnapping random gardeners:

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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 1d

Durbin: “The president said he wanted to use American cities as 'training grounds for our military' to fight 'the enemy within.' Chicago is not the enemy. Our fellow Americans are not the enemy."

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Shanil Virani @shanilv.ca · 22h

#Immigrants have long made significant & disproportionate contributions to the #Physics #NobelPrize. Today’s news is more than a triumph of #quantum #science — it’s a story about what we get right when we open doors, not close them.

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#PublicEducation #ScienceMatters

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Our Island Universe @ourislanduniverse.space · 23h

🎃✨ Halloween is older than you think!
Its roots reach to the stars — to a time when our ancestors tracked the Sun’s halfway point between equinox and solstice. They called it a cross-quarter day — a cosmic threshold between light & dark, life & death, summer & winter.

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Shanil Virani @shanilv.ca · 2d

Goodnight, #Yankees. Vladdy just baptized that baseball! The SkyDome’s a launch pad, the #Jays are flying, and October baseball feels right again. Can we invoke the mercy rule on their behalf?! ⚾️🚀💙 💥🫡 #BlueJays #LetsGoBlueJays

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Shanil Virani @shanilv.ca · 2d

Goodnight Yankees!! The motor is running and the balls are a-flying out of the #SkyDome! Let’s go @torontobluejays.bsky.social!!

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OceanCalm @justabbe.bsky.social · 4d

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Shanil Virani @shanilv.ca · 8d

The cognitive dissonance is alarming. The @washingtonpost.com has an "exclusive" piece entitled "Trump’s #USAID pause stranded #lifesaving #drugs. 𝗖𝗵𝗶𝗹𝗱𝗿𝗲𝗻 𝗱𝗶𝗲𝗱 𝘄𝗮𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴." In another piece #FOTUS is giving $20BILLION to #Argentina to bail out a rightwing nut. There's 𝙣𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙧 money for the middle class.

So, let's get this straight.

We don't have money to continue to provide middle class Americans subsidies so that they can afford health care coverage for their families via the ACA. So we'll shut down government instead.

We don't have money to support USAID and PEPFAR, yet just today, the Washington Post has a headline that reads "Trump’s USAID pause stranded lifesaving drugs. 𝗖𝗵𝗶𝗹𝗱𝗿𝗲𝗻 𝗱𝗶𝗲𝗱 𝘄𝗮𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴."

We don't have money for basic science, which is literally the engine that drives the American economy, so we laid off *thousands* of scientists and doctors, and have gutted federal support for #NASA, #NSF, and #NIH.

We don't have any weapons to send Ukraine because they're fighting a war against an enemy who attacked their country. Maybe because they're not our enemy?

But Argentina needs a $20 BILLION bailout to save their economy -- yet again -- and FOTUS can't say "yes" fast enough. Why?! "Trump is a fan of Argentine President Javier Milei, a libertarian whose attacks on government spending and red tape have made him a folk hero to the American right."

Why is it that whenever the banks, Wall Street, and authoritarian regimes need a bailout, we have an endless treasury but we have no money nor compassion and can't help the people who 𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙡𝙡𝙮 need help?

I don't know much but that just sounds very un-Christian-like to me.

Elections have consequences is the old saying. This is what ~78 millions Americans support.

When we need a bail out, I hope Russia and/or China will listen to him when he goes hat in hand. Maybe he'll just continue to lie on bank loan applications and get money that way as that works for him.

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Shanil Virani @shanilv.ca · 9d

#Republicans have been selling out this country & lining their own pockets. We’re all going to pay the price because their puppet masters are going to come calling soon. They have fomented culture wars to dupe & distract the American public. If #Senate Dems cave, services slashed & debt still rises.

Shanil Virani @shanilv.ca · 9d

Bond holders will soon demand significant austerity measures, deep cuts to public spending, so that we can continue making debt payments. This has already started with steep federal spending cuts to Medicare & impacted Social Security in the "Big Beautiful Bill" passed by Congress earlier this year.

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Shanil Virani @shanilv.ca · 9d

It’s worse than that. Republicans have been selling out this country, lining their own pockets, for decades. We’re all going to pay the price because their puppet masters are going to come calling soon. They have fomented culture wars to dupe & distract the American public.

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Shanil Virani @shanilv.ca · 9d

Bond holders will soon demand significant austerity measures, deep cuts to public spending, so that we can continue making debt payments. This has already started with steep federal spending cuts to Medicare & impacted Social Security in the "Big Beautiful Bill" passed by Congress earlier this year.

Shanil Virani @shanilv.ca · 9d

It’s worse than that. Republicans have been selling out this country, lining their own pockets, for decades. We’re all going to pay the price because their puppet masters are going to come calling soon. They have fomented culture wars to dupe & distract the American public.

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Shanil Virani @shanilv.ca · 9d

Bond holders will soon demand significant austerity measures, deep cuts to public spending, so that we can continue making debt payments. This has already started with steep federal spending cuts to Medicare & impacted Social Security in the "Big Beautiful Bill" passed by Congress earlier this year.

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Shanil Virani @shanilv.ca · 9d

It’s worse than that. Republicans have been selling out this country, lining their own pockets, for decades. We’re all going to pay the price because their puppet masters are going to come calling soon. They have fomented culture wars to dupe & distract the American public.

bsky.app/profile/shan...

Shanil Virani @shanilv.ca · 9d

Bond holders will soon demand significant austerity measures, deep cuts to public spending, so that we can continue making debt payments. This has already started with steep federal spending cuts to Medicare & impacted Social Security in the "Big Beautiful Bill" passed by Congress earlier this year.

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Shanil Virani @shanilv.ca · 9d

It’s worse than that. Republicans have been selling out this country, lining their own pockets, for decades. We’re all going to pay the price because their puppet masters are going to come calling soon. They have fomented culture wars to dupe & distract the American public.

bsky.app/profile/shan...

Shanil Virani @shanilv.ca · 9d

Bond holders will soon demand significant austerity measures, deep cuts to public spending, so that we can continue making debt payments. This has already started with steep federal spending cuts to Medicare & impacted Social Security in the "Big Beautiful Bill" passed by Congress earlier this year.

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Shanil Virani @shanilv.ca · 9d

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Shanil Virani @shanilv.ca · 9d

Bond holders will soon demand significant austerity measures, deep cuts to public spending, so that we can continue making debt payments. This has already started with steep federal spending cuts to Medicare & impacted Social Security in the "Big Beautiful Bill" passed by Congress earlier this year.

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Shanil Virani @shanilv.ca · 9d

The interest paid as % of total spending is the immediate danger. This puts cashflow pressure on the budget now.
• It crowds out discretionary spending (infrastructure, education, defense, healthcare).
• If it keeps climbing beyond ~20%, austerity measures become unavoidable.
Budget lapse = chaos.

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💚🧡💙Oakbrook❤️💛💜 @oakbrook.bsky.social · 9d

If the govt shuts down, make SURE the constant and consistent message is,

"Repubs would rather shut down the government than allow Americans to keep their health care!"

Everywhere, repeat, repeat, repeat. Don't be distracted by other orange garbage. Make sure ALL MAGAts understand who and why.

Barack Obama @barackobama.bsky.social · 10d

Republicans would rather shut down the government than help millions of Americans afford health care. This article tells some of their stories, and is a good reminder of what’s at stake.

These people have found their health care at the center of a shutdown showdown

Small business owners, self-employed people and early retirees are among the 24 million Americans who could lose the tax credit

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putawomanincharge.bsky.social @putawomanincharge.bsky.social · 9d

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Stephen Vincent @chelseaman.bsky.social · 10d

Never gets old

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Shanil Virani @shanilv.ca · 9d

Bond holders will soon demand significant austerity measures, deep cuts to public spending, so that we can continue making debt payments. This has already started with steep federal spending cuts to Medicare & impacted Social Security in the "Big Beautiful Bill" passed by Congress earlier this year.

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Greg Hill @greg-hill.bsky.social · 12d

if Americans are going to save themselves with a non-violent general strike, they better start NOW

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LisaLisa @lisalisa42.bsky.social · 10d

We're demanding the government funds healthcare. We should be demanding the impeachment of dear leader.

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Eliza Orlins @elizaorlins.bsky.social · 12d

🚨 A TERRIFYING EXECUTIVE ORDER 🚨

What if donating to a bail fund could get you labeled a terrorist? It's not hypothetical anymore.

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🚨 A TERRIFYING EXECUTIVE ORDER 🚨 Criminalizing dissent in every form

YouTube video by Eliza Orlins

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