I really feel like it should be bigger news that fibreglass is in IV saline bags in the US. This isn’t a situation where you might get a little sick. Fibreglass going directly into your veins will kill you. IV saline is used for almost every medical procedure. This is unconscionable:

Baxter Issues Voluntary Nationwide Recall for Two Lots of 0.9% Sodium Chloride Injection Due to Potential Presence of Particulate Matter

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – AUG. 25, 2026 – DEERFIELD, Ill., Baxter International Inc. (NYSE:BAX) is voluntarily recalling two lots of 0.9% Sodium Chloride Injection due to the potential presence of parti...

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donald trump says we control the strait and i say we take him at his word and point out that by not allowing traffic he is intentionally making your gas more expensive because he hates you

Carl Quintanilla@carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Strait of Hormuz traffic falls to lowest level in three months @cnbc.com @barchart.com

on Sophie Cunningham and a trans controversy that doesn't involve any actual trans people: defector.com/the-right-ha...

That's what taxes are, man. That's the definition of taxes. "You are subsidizing things you might never use" man shut the fuck up. My taxes currently subsidize like oil company exec private jets, you think I'm upset at low-income people eating inexpensive bananas?

USA TODAY Opinion@usatodayopinion.usatoday.com · 2mo ago

Opinion: Mamdani's idea may sound appealing, but it's NYC taxpayers who will take the hit, subsidizing discounts they may never even use.

Stephen Miller said just the other day that all asylum claims are "fake." A couple deported from the U.S. to Guatemala were gagged, bound, and shot dead. Their 14-month old found crying next to their mother's body. People like Miller don't care though because this is the point: ethnic cleansing.

Overland couple shot dead in Guatemala after local ICE stop led to deportations

The couple’s 14-month-old daughter was found crying beside her mother’s body in a sugarcane field last week, according to Guatemalan authorities and media.

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Remember back in May, when Hungarian results were coming in, we were watching if the opposition to Prime Minister Viktor Orban would manage to win a supermajority? They did, & they just used it to pass a constitutional amendment to also remove the president from office. www.bbc.com/news/article...

Hungary parliament votes to remove president from office

Tamás Sulyok was widely seen as a loyalist of former prime minister Viktor Orbán, who lost power in April after 16 years.

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they are not afraid of him being a bad mayor, they are afraid of him being a good mayor

Don Moynihan@donmoyn.bsky.social · 3mo ago

There are a range of media and people who have lost their mind about Mamdani. At the time of real threats to democracy they treat him evoking the American creed they grew up with as dangerous radicalism.

where is the nun who saged MSG

Lawrence Hurley@lawrencehurley.bsky.social · 3mo ago

People are sheltering at the African-American History & Culture museum

The weather on Juneteeth was incredible. Make of that what you will.

People are sheltering at the African-American History & Culture museum

Already worse than the Glasgow Willy Wonka btw

amy brown@amybrown.xyz · 3mo ago

america 250 immersive fyre festival experience

Today feels like Sunday (derogatory)

Again: Trump gave a no-bid contract for the Reflecting Pool to a corrupt neighbor donor with a history of bribery whose company is literally called GREENWATER Services How is this real life

a worker on the scaffolding turns around and a spotlight finds him. it's lin-manuel miranda! he begins to rap about john f kennedy. we've been had

There we go!

Colette Delawalla, PhD@cdelawalla.bsky.social · 4mo ago

Some photographer is about to take the photo of their career tonight when they get the first letter being pulled off the wall. Can’t wait to see it tomorrow and to see it in history books in several decades.

One of our main goals at The 51st is to make D.C. an easier place to live. One way to do that is by explaining stuff that is otherwise confusing, mystifying, or intentionally opaque! What do you want to know more about? What can we help you understand? Let us know:

Help us explain D.C.

At The 51st, we aim to make living in the District easier for the residents who call it home. To that end, one of our editorial focus areas is explainers: stories that demystify opaque city services…

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You really cannot overestimate the level of status trauma a lot of white Americans experienced at the election of Barack Obama and how much of our politics is still influenced by it bsky.app/profile/beau...

no one is doing it like jd vance, a loser across three continents in a single weekend

"In 24 hours, Trump seesawed from being prepared to enact a literal genocide on the Iranian people to deciding the Iranian govt was his business partner. This reversal makes sense in his head & nowhere else, but since there’s no guardrails, everyone has to treat this as rational behavior & move on."

America learns about "personalist regimes" the hard way

Truth Social posts are no way to run a country (or war).

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In his first 100 days, Zohran Mamdani has: -Delivered millions in restitution for workers cheated by gig companies -Cracked down on predatory landlords -Launched the first stage of a universal childcare program -Fixed thousands of potholes in NYC streets This is what leadership looks like.

Trump went from making insane genocidal threats this morning to hyping the “golden age” of Iran hours later, and he received no concessions in between. He’s an absolute basket case who needs to be removed from power before he follows through on one of his mass murder fantasies.

If you think this is exhausting, imagine being Iranian.

The first edition of the newly reborn Easterner student newspaper is LIVE!

Phil Lewis@phillewis.bsky.social · 6mo ago

I need to shoutout my young students at Eastern High School, who have been working hard this month to revive their school newspaper! They were very excited to receive their press badges today. I am extremely proud of them!!!!

The Wall Street Journal published this one week ago.

Presidents typically get too much blame/credit for the economy because they have very few levers But of the few levers he has, Trump is pulling all of them in the bad direction: -higher gas prices from an immoral war -higher costs from tariffs -less health care and food assistance from OBBBA cuts

Joe Kent: "There was no intelligence that said, 'Hey, on March 1, the Iranians are gonna launch this big sneak attack.' There was none of that intelligence."

today at the World Metaphors Classic the leader of the USA didn't bother to find out the details of the situation his team was in and blindly assumed they would win a matchup they ended up losing, jeopardizing their long-term standing for no good reason

Talkin' Baseball@talkinbaseballbot.bsky.social · 7mo ago

“I misspoke… Completely misread the calculations.” Manager Mark DeRosa confirms he did not know Team USA could still be eliminated during pool play

Super excited for tomorrow: the first collab between @boltsmag.org and the great folks at @51st.news!

the mental fragility of maga he-men is incredible to behold bsky.app/profile/scot...

Scott Nover@scottnover.bsky.social · 7mo ago

Scoop: The Pentagon barred press photographers from briefings on the ongoing U.S.-Israeli military conflict with Iran after they published photos of Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth that his staff deemed "unflattering."

just putting this in the 'bring back shame' files www.politico.com/news/2026/03...

Trump pick for State Department drops out after drawing heat for comments about ‘white culture’

Jeremy Carl faced tough questions from lawmakers during a Senate confirmation hearing last month.

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