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HTX, knitter, therapist. Let go or be dragged. (Zen proverb) #chronicpain #longcovid
When littles threaten to run away from home, you gotta let em try.
This is related to the "she cooked me dinner" quote. Guy really doesn't get how domestic violence works and how it doesn't get prosecuted.
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 11h agoRep. Max Miller on Newsmax: "If any of these things were true, I would be in prison"
Waiting for Carville to leave the party like
Spongebob Can't Wait
Alt: Spongebob vibrating with excitement
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⚠️ Democrats in array: Schumer, Gillibrand, and Whitmer coalesce behind El-Sayed
I know we are chalking the success of some leftist candidates almost entirely to the DSA. However, it seems like the more common theme is that these are candidates with organizing experience?
CNN producer: El-Sayed is projected to win. Quick, get the biggest fucking loser you can find on air
Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2026/08/04/u...
Julian Beaudion Quits Senate Race in South Dakota, Clearing Way for Independent (Gift Article)
The decision by Julian Beaudion, the Democratic nominee, to leave the race was the third recent withdrawal by a Democratic Senate candidate in a red state.
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During testing, an Al model engaged in severe deception. It tried repeatedly to insert malware into an open-source project, hoping to form a backdoor to hack a computer system. It created fake personas that sent emails insisting the code was safe & containing malware. 😱 www.wsj.com/tech/ai/ai-j...
AI Just Went Rogue Again. This Time It Turned to Deception.
A U.K. government-backed research group said OpenAI and Anthropic systems took unsanctioned actions and behaved deceptively during testing.
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Excellent 🎁article www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
Inside the Spending of AIPAC, One of the U.S.'s Largest Super PACs (Gift Article)
The lobbying group has more than doubled its spending on political campaigns, while rarely mentioning Israel. It has placed a large financial bet on today’s Michigan Senate primary.
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I wrote about my bird son (and human daughter) in the newspaper 🐦⬛ Gift link for fellow corvid admirers: wapo.st/4q7fkvp
I befriended my neighborhood crow. You can, too.
Reflections — and expert tips — on building bonds with corvids.
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He doesn't care, but we should. "Trump’s Vision for A.I. Dominance Comes With Major Air Pollution" www.nytimes.com/2026/08/05/c...
Trump’s Push for More A.I. Data Centers Will Mean Major Air Pollution (Gift Article)
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Anyway, she posed with her platinum record because she deserves the flex bsky.app/profile/did:...
Pleasebury Doughboy ✨@plsburydoughboy.bsky.social · last wk.Gotta say Rebecca Black really did get the last laugh
We’re not meant to live in boxes. There’s no earthly reason for a plumber to be ignorant of history or philosophy or the duties inherent in citizenship. What is generally taught should not be crafted only as a deep dive for the initiates. No one should come away believing learning is optional.
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Deutsche Bank, JPMorgan, BofA Enabled Epstein, Wyden Report Says
Democrat Ron Wyden cited nonpublic documents held by the US Treasury in a report that says banks delayed reporting suspicious financial transactions and calls for tougher anti-money-laundering rules, ...
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The public needs to know how DOJ so easily obtained grand jury indictments with literally zero evidence and why Pirro lied to the public and said she had proof beyond a reasonable doubt when there was zero proof. This shit has to stop. She should go to prison. www.nytimes.com/2026/08/03/u...
Pirro Meets With Trump at the White House After He Said She ‘Choked’ in Reflecting Pool Case (Gift Article)
President Trump said Jeanine Pirro, the U.S. attorney for Washington, D.C., “folded like an umbrella.” For now, her job appeared to be safe, according to two people familiar with the meeting.
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Republicans Let Trump Keep Unparalleled Benefit: I.R.S. Immunity www.nytimes.com/2026/08/03/b...
Republicans Let Trump Keep Unparalleled Benefit: I.R.S. Immunity (Gift Article)
The rebellion against Todd Blanche’s nomination to be attorney general, now seemingly contained, at no point fundamentally questioned President Trump’s new protections from the I.R.S.
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I wrote about this kind of resentment a while back, re: college protests www.nytimes.com/2024/05/17/o...
Opinion | Dear Boomers, the Student Protesters Are Not Idiots (Gift Article)
Older folks’ objections to protests and encampments may not be as reasoned as they claim.
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A palate cleanser: the life story of Dr Olga Soffer, the anthropologist who showed how people have been weaving textiles for much longer than previously thought, finding “evidence of clothing that might have been missed in earlier studies (which had largely been conducted by men, she liked to note)”
Olga Soffer, Fashion Maven Who Studied Caveman Couture, Dies at 83 (Gift Article)
After working for a department store, she switched to archaeology and made important discoveries about prehistoric clothes and gender roles.
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'Bombshell new report out from my investigators this morning spanning our four year investigation into Jeffrey Epstein’s financial records This report shows exactly how Wall Street protected Epstein and enabled his sex trafficking for decades. Mega thread following with some key points:' - Sen Wyden
Deutsche Bank, JPMorgan, BofA Enabled Epstein, Wyden Report Says
Democrat Ron Wyden cited nonpublic documents held by the US Treasury in a report that says banks delayed reporting suspicious financial transactions and calls for tougher anti-money-laundering rules, ...
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A Dandelion@onedandelion.bsky.social · yesterday🧵 unnrolled: 'Bombshell new report out from my investigators this morning spanning our four year investigation into Jeffrey Epstein’s financial records....' 🔗 skyview.social?url=https%3A...
U.S. cities chasing millions of dollars from FIFA after hosting World Cup games www.nytimes.com/athletic/749...
U.S. cities chasing millions of dollars from FIFA after hosting World Cup games (Gift Article)
FIFA president Gianni Infantino announced last year that host cities for the 2025 Club World Cup would receive $1m.
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Something I missed in this reporting... Brandon Herrera said in 2023: “Just because you let somebody creampie you doesn’t mean I have to give a shit about your political opinions. The fact that you kept your cum trophy doesn’t make you any less wrong about the dumb shit they say.” His response...
steven monacelli@stevanzetti.bsky.social · 2mo agoFor @texasobserver.org, I did a deep dive into Brandon Herrera, a gunfluencer and now Republican congressional nominee who has spread memes associated the extremist Boogaloo movement and rationalized lethal violence against people with certain political beliefs. www.texasobserver.org/brandon-herr...
I have a theory that a big chunk of the socialist fear mongering by liberals is really about the fact that it’s perceived as a youth movement and godforbid the young exert political power
Dan O’Sullivan@osullyville.bsky.social · yesterdayNope, nice try. Not doing this to myself. You'll have to kill my ass
For context, by "San Antonio area" they mean "a piece of San Antonio carved off and added to a large swatch of nothing for gerrymandering purposes."
going TERF is like the fentanyl of prejudices. you can’t just dabble in it and return to normal life, you gotta double, triple, quadruple down until you’re trying to get a hit on a podcast with isabel brown
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 3d agoSophie Cunningham is getting booed every time she touches the ball here in Minneapolis
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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