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Joe Fionda

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AI dev, film, acting, some light journalism Humans of the dumbest time in history Italo-Gaeilge-Nuyorchese

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Gwynne Hogan@gwynnefitz.bsky.social · 4d ago

A 39-year-old El Salvadoran man, who was being held at Delaney Hall, has died, the man's family says. He's the father of a 12-year-old US citizen daughter and has lived in the country for nearly 20 years. www.thecityreporter.nyc/2026/08/03/s...

El Salvadoran Man Held by ICE at Delaney Hall Dies, Family Says

The detainee had an extensive medical history, including epilepsy, according to a lawsuit. He had complained about his face and hand going numb just before his death, his mother said.

thecityreporter.nyc

Adam Bienkov@adambienkov.bsky.social · 4d ago

Nigel Farage just took a question from a 'journalist' at his press conference, who turned out to be his former chief adviser Raheem Kassam, who asks him why the media are being so unfair to him

ProPublica@propublica.org · 5d ago

Decades ago, Kris Hansen showed 3M that its PFAS chemicals were in people's bodies. Her bosses halted her work. Now she wrestles with the secrets that 3M kept from her and the world. (Published May 2024)

Toxic Gaslighting: How 3M Executives Convinced a Scientist the Forever Chemicals She Found in Human Blood Were Safe

Decades ago, Kris Hansen showed 3M that its PFAS chemicals were in people’s bodies. Her bosses halted her work. As the EPA now forces the removal of the chemicals from drinking water, she wrestles wit...

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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani@mayor.nyc.gov · last wk.

Why so serious? Today I surprised a group of young New Yorkers working at the CityArts Bronx mural project for the summer. Their task? Giving the Bronx's famous Joker Stairs a new chapter as the Shakespeare steps.

Mayor Mamdani visits a group of young New Yorkers working at the CityArts Bronx mural project for the summer. Mayor Mamdani visits a group of young New Yorkers working at the CityArts Bronx mural project for the summer.
Ben Collins@bencollins.bsky.social · last wk.

I love the people who are like "there's gonna be a robust, seedy black market for meat purchased from Zohran's Communist grocery stores." These people have never been aggressively pitched stolen steak out of the back of a Honda Civic before? Non-desperate people don't buy random sidewalk meat.

Ben Collins@bencollins.bsky.social · last wk.

Alex Jones, who has not paid a single cent to the Sandy Hook families despite owing them $1.4 billion, has been in a $3,000 per night suite in Hawaii for the last few weeks illegally using the InfoWars accounts to boost his traffic. Today he said there's going to be a national draft in three weeks.

Alex Jones saying there's going to be a national draft in 3 weeks.
Ambassador Ken Fairfax (ret)@portlandken.bsky.social · 2w ago

The reality that faces Americans, and the world, today is that except for a small but virulently dedicated cult, no one believes anything Trump says. In the past, if a US president and the Iranian Ayatollah disagreed, people would almost instinctively believe the American. Now the opposite is true.

Live updates: US signals pause in Iran strikes will allow talks to progress | CNN

Iran’s Foreign Ministry said there are no talks underway with the US and that Tehran ‘will never allow the United States to determine the timing of war and peace.’ Follow for live news updates.

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Alejandra Caraballo@esqueer.net · 2w ago

WNBA player Brianna Turner of the Las Vegas aces defended trans people on X in the wake of the Sophie Cunningham comments and then highlighted how the Heritage Foundation now wants to end Title IX.

A screenshot of a post on X (formerly Twitter) by Brianna Turner (@_Breezy_Briii) from July 22. ​The main text of the post reads: ​“Because exclusion is never the answer...trans lives matter” ​Beautifully said. I’ve been an advocate for the trans community since I entered the WNBA. So many takes about them are based on fear mongering and bigotry. ​Below this is a quote tweet from Andrew Dukowitz (@adukeMN) posted on July 17, which reads: ​Cheryl Reeve on the trans sports bans from her perspective of being a leader in women’s sports ​“Of course it weighs on me, the attacks on trans people, the attacks that they’ve gone through...” ​Attached to Dukowitz's post is a video thumbnail showing Minnesota Lynx head coach Cheryl Reeve being interviewed by reporters in a hallway with a Minnesota Lynx and Mayo Clinic backdrop. The video timestamp indicates it is 1 minute and 50 seconds long.​A screenshot of a post on X by Brianna Turner (@_Breezy_Briii) posted at 10:10 AM on Jul 24, 2026. ​The main text of the post reads: ​The Heritage Foundation, which laid the groundwork for Project 2025 & influences much of the current administration’s policies, recently released a report calling for the dismantling of Title IX in an effort to increase opportunities for male athletes & suppress female athletics ​Below the text are two side-by-side image attachments: ​The left image contains italicized text outlining the mission statement of The Heritage Foundation, which states they are building an America where freedom and civil society flourish, and that their mission is to promote conservative public policies based on "free enterprise, limited government, individual freedom, traditional American values, and a strong national defense." ​The right image shows a document header from The Heritage Foundation labeled "First Principles Applied | No. 02 Gender and Equality". The title of the document is "Title IX’s Failed Experiment: Why Accommodating Sex Differences Beats Engineered Parity" by Scott Yenor. An introductory paragraph below the title argues that Title IX has become an engine of "feminist social engineering," stating that differences between the sexes are not merely stereotypes and arguing for an approach that "accommodates the partly natural, partly cultural differences between the sexes."