I don’t think we talk about this enough. Reps of Taylor Farms, the source of the cyclospora outbreak, went to the White House. Days later, the FDA magically absolved TF of culpability. TF had given a Trump PAC one million dollars. That’s not just corruption, it’s intentional disregard for life.

Taylor Farms Met with Trump White House Days Before FDA Backtrack on Cyclosporiasis Findings, Sparking Controversy

Executives at lettuce supplier Taylor Farms met with Trump White House officials days before the FDA walked back a ‘false positive’ detection of the cyclosporiasis parasite that is causing ‘explosive’...

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Mark Carney: "This fall we will begin intense discussions with the European Union, the world's second-largest economy, to build a much stronger and deeper economic and security partnership"

also, the public salience of trans girls playing sports is incredibly low. the public salience of say, data centers, is incredibly high. strange that a “popularist” cannot see this. almost as if “popularism” is a way to smuggle ones preferences in to politics as somehow objective.

These giant African rats sniff out tuberculosis in 3 seconds flat, work microscopes take a full day to do. APOPO's HeroRATs are already saving lives across Africa and Asia.

Murica the richest country in the world 🫤🫩

@governor.ca.gov @tinakotek.bsky.social @anitaoakvilleeast.bsky.social @governorferguson.bsky.social @charlieangus104.bsky.social @elizabethemay.bsky.social @mark-carney.bsky.social #Canadaplusbluestates Canada will always go ELBOWS UP for freedom! We believe in Canada! 🍁❤️🤍

This is what knowing your physics well means Original post

Ask Ethan: Does uneven cosmic expansion change our fate? Recent evidence, although not yet a slam-dunk, claims our Universe is expanding differently in different directions. If that's true, what would that mean for our cosmic fate? bigthink.com/starts-with-... #space #astro #gravity #physics

Ask Ethan: Does uneven cosmic expansion change our fate?

Recent evidence could indicate the Universe doesn't expand evenly. Does that change our expected fate: Big Rip, Big Crunch, or Heat Death?

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For today’s #birdoftheday alt theme, #flyinghigh, here’s a lovely Swallow-Tailed Kite. It was soaring over Hwy 19/98 in rural Florida, looking for dragon flies. 🪶

one part “my green room friends thought it was mean,” one part debilitating fear of backlash. inability to see that ossof successfully goaded the white house into *being reactive* and thus revealing that there is a story here

Salome@salome-gongadze.bsky.social · 5d ago

what is it with ex obama people and misreading the room lol? this whole thing sparked a news cycle and endless earned media, feels like a slam dunk to me

Does it ever feel like you're in a cage being watched? Well, you are. By Flock cameras, thanks to Mike Rogers.

Federal Court Restores Access to Gender-Affirming Care for Many Trans Adults in Massive Win www.transiticsnews.c... #transgender #trans #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA

Federal Court Restores Access to Gender-Affirming Care for Many Trans Adults in Massive Win

In a significant victory, George H.W. Bush appointee Nathaniel Gorton permanently struck down a Trump administration rule that cut coverage for many trans Americans on ACA plans.

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Men who abuse women always have Trump's "Complete and Total" endorsement.

@bluestormcomin1.bsky.social @raykwong.lol @merlinmm.bsky.social @carlchri.bsky.social @cathyhadenough.bsky.social @chaserbaybe.bsky.social @bab102.bsky.social @j1j2.bsky.social @donisaacs.bsky.social @dpfrazier22.bsky.social @docmurphydog.bsky.social @crankyoldcrackpot.bsky.social

Who doesn't love a snappy comeback? #November3rdWe8647

This is pretty much all you need to listen to on here today

Sam Ulmschneider@samulmschneider.bsky.social · 2w ago

Normally I just appreciatively read @jamellebouie.net 's columns-sharable video content just isn't my bag. But this is a very, very, very trenchant piece of commentary that captures a lot of how I increasingly understand the disjunction between the commentary environment and on-the-ground politics.

This Day in Labor History: August 13, 1887. Leathermakers in Newark, New Jersey, locked out their employees as a strategy to crush the Knights of Labor. Let's talk about the extremes American employers would go to in order to stay union free, even more so than in Europe!

I miss Jackie. Rest in power, fierce one. www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2026/...

Jackie the bald eagle, who became a live-stream star, dies after illness

Fans watched her love story with her partner, Shadow, unfold near California's Big Bear Lake. She had been receiving care for an illness causing severe anemia.

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Honored to share one from the North Carolina canon! Elizabeth Cotten wrote “Freight Train” as a young girl, and it has soared across generations as a pillar in the Folk tradition and pioneer in finger-picking.

As an ancient historian in Hot Odyssey Summer, it's hard not to be thinking about Trump sneaking _out_ of the land of Troy in a catering truck, denying hospitality and his guest-friendship protection to the staff and media on Air Force One.

Joanne Freeman@jbf1755.bsky.social · 2w ago

I’ve been thinking about this all morning. As one does. As a historian. In 2026.

Good piece, and I wish I shared your optimism that there was anything the WNBA could do to shut this down in a way that doesn't result in trans people getting smeared and yelled at for the next several months. Alas...

Katelyn Burns@katelynburns.com · 2w ago

For my newsletter, I spelled out once simple trick for the WNBA to shut down that transphobic publicity stunt by two former NBA players: www.burnsnotice.com/heres-how-th...

Discworld QOTD, from Snuff

Micah@rincewind.run · 2w ago

Discworld QOTD, from Wyrd Sisters

nobody understands ACAB quite like Sam Vimes, who has spent his life trying to turn that bastardy towards the correct targets while remaining deeply, painfully aware of how easy it is to fail at that task

It's an amazing accomplishment that Nancy Mace proved herself to be too much of a batshit crazy bigot for Republican voters in South Goddamn Carolina.

David S. Bernstein @dbernstein.bsky.social · 2w ago

Worth noting Rep. Mace’s response when called out on the post below

the 4 authors of the NYT article on what happened to the Lincoln reflecting pool oughta receive the Thucydides award for "decline of empire" reportage.

One America, where people are smart enough to know you don't form plurals with apostrophes. Another America, where people are stupid enough to use apostrophes to form plurals.

A little about my trip to Greece. www.unpopularfront.news/p/travel-not...

Travel Notes, Part 1

A visit to the Hydra Historical Archive Museum and searching for silk

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