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Generalist with a technical bent ...retired on the beaches of Carriacou
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Mrs. Betty Bowers
about 9 hours ago
If your baby bleeds to death because of your ignorance, you should be charged with manslaughter. You anti-vaccine idiots can ruin your own lives, but not other people’s.
www.propublica.org/article/more...
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Babies Are Bleeding to Death as Parents Reject a Vitamin Shot Given at Birth
A lifesaving injection given at birth to prevent severe bleeding has become collateral damage of the anti-vaccine movement.
https://www.propublica.org/article/more-parents-decline-vitamin-k-shot-newborns
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Electronic Frontier Foundation
about 6 hours ago
Did you know EFF advocates for privacy and free speech across the globe? From fighting encryption-breaking laws to pushing back against internet shutdowns, we believe your rights should follow you online—no matter where you are. Stand with us today:
eff.org/spring
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Claw Back Your Privacy
Support free expression and fight the mass surveillance used for control and intimidation.
https://supporters.eff.org/donate/spring--social
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Joe Thomas
about 12 hours ago
Lutnick: "The president sleeps less than me. The president sleeps 4 hours a night, working all the time. Most impressive thing you've ever seen." Imagine thinking shitposting online and watching cable news 24/7, falling asleep during cabinet meetings, are the most impressive things you have seen.
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Scott MacFarlane
1 day ago
So... the Justice Dept just walked back a public statement from Todd Blanche about the Southern Poverty Law Center The SPLC alleged Blanche made "false statement" about lack of evidence the SPLC shared info w/ law enforcment Here's the clean-up statement.. just filed in court
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RedMaple2324
about 21 hours ago
WE MUST VOTE IN NUMBERS TOO BIG TO MANIPULATE.
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MeidasTouch
about 18 hours ago
Oh my god
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Mrs. Betty Bowers
about 24 hours ago
Nobody in the Trump administration has *any* self-awareness. None. Is Marco Rubio saying it’s “heartbreaking” to Donald to witness protesters being shot in Iran, but not Minneapolis?
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Electronic Frontier Foundation
about 22 hours ago
Join Wendy Liu and Cory Doctorow for "How to Dissenshittify the Internet" on May 14 at 11 am PT
eff.org/livestream-...
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EFFecting Change: How to Disenshittify the Internet
The internet didn’t get worse by accident; it’s been systematically molded into what we have today. Join Wendy Liu live in conversation with Cory Doctorow about Cory's latest book, Enshittification.
https://www.eff.org/event/effecting-change-enshittification
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Josie Glausiusz
1 day ago
Costa Rica passed a law in 2018 that required electric utilities to install fast chargers every 50 miles on national highways. Tax breaks have made Costa Rica a pioneer in electric vehicles. Costa Ricans are buying electric vehicles at 3 times the rate of Americans.
www.nytimes.com/2026/05/03/b...
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Driving Electric in Costa Rica Is Surprisingly Doable
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/03/business/costa-rica-electric-vehicle-road-trip.html
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Tom Nichols
1 day ago
Hill gets it. Stop saying "kompromat," it's simpler than that.
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Max Berger
2 days ago
An agenda for Supreme Court reform: - 18 year term limits - Expand the court to 13 Justices - Binding ethics rules - Congressional limits on what the Court can rule on per act of legislation We need to change the composition of the Court, but also its role. The Court has far too much power.
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Don Keidick
1 day ago
Good morning nerds!
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The Tennessee Holler
1 day ago
HAPPENING NOW… marching on the Capitol….
#NewJimCrow
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Will Bunch
1 day ago
Yesterday's 56th anniversary of the Kent State Massacre didn't get much attention, but it should have. The shots fired then were only the beginning of a right-wing crusade to silence college campuses. In a crisis of democracy, 1970's bullets still echo My new column
www.inquirer.com/columnists/a...
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Kent State and the silence of American campuses | Will Bunch Newsletter
Plus, a grim World Press Freedom Day for America
https://www.inquirer.com/columnists/attytood/kent-state-shooting-anniversary-student-protests-world-press-freedom-day-20260505.html
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Maximillian Potter
1 day ago
“Her family, led by her father, Army Lt. Col. Ed Larumbe, filed a suit against the military for medical malpractice…prior to Martinez’ death…she had reported concerning symptoms and asked for help 10 months prior, but was dismissed and sent away by providers.”
www.militarytimes.com/news/your-mi...
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DOD rejects malpractice appeal in 26-year-old soldier’s cancer death
The soldier's family argued her health concerns and request for a diagnostic test were ignored until it was too late.
https://www.militarytimes.com/news/your-military/2026/03/24/dod-rejects-malpractice-appeal-in-26-year-old-soldiers-cancer-death/
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Texas Monthly
1 day ago
"Cinco de Mayo. . . reminds us that Texas remains a former Mexican province called Tejas, that braided histories of our state and Mexico, of Texans and Mexicans, cannot be undone," writes
@tacotrail.bsky.social
. Read more on the history of the holiday here:
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The Hero of Cinco de Mayo Was Born in Texas
Ignacio Zaragoza led ragtag Mexican troops to victory over French forces at the Battle of Puebla.
https://www.texasmonthly.com/being-texan/cinco-de-mayo-celebrations-history-texas-mexico-battle-puebla/
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Emma Jean Kitty
2 days ago
Contributor: An emergency room is no place for immigration enforcement In a real-world California hospital, one resident was forced to discharge a patient with poorly controlled diabetes back into ICE custody.
www.latimes.com/opinion/stor...
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Contributor: An emergency room is no place for immigration enforcement
Hospitals have largely cooperated with ICE rather than protect patients and staff.
https://www.latimes.com/opinion/story/2026-04-30/california-hospitals-ice-emergency-room-immigration-enforcement
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Tina-Desiree Berg
2 days ago
Sorry I didn’t post video on May Day- but I was busy arguing for press rights with an -out of control LAPD. Earlier in the day they cuffed both Alexis & William. After arresting LA Press Club attorney Weston Rowland- they arrested my colleague Nick Stern and refused to let me take his cameras.
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Mrs. Betty Bowers
2 days ago
Which is the backwards country now, United States?
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The Daily Beans Podcast
2 days ago
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Me and a small nugget of love. 🇸🇪♥️🇺🇦
2 days ago
Wind turbines are such an eyesore.
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Libra on Fire 🔥 ⚖️
3 days ago
. If you work in media shame on you. .
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MeidasTouch
2 days ago
NEWS: The U.S. Supreme Court has temporarily RESTORED access to the abortion pill mifepristone via telehealth and mail—pausing a lower court ruling.
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John Sipher
3 days ago
He’s sick and needs to be stopped (gift article)
www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
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The YOLO Presidency
Trump is focused on becoming one of history’s “great men.”
https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/2026/04/donald-trump-legacy-history/686817/?gift=Xg2N2HYq4co-2-uQvP_P53BWFbpXWpD1gKYytdzoGMQ
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Scott Dworkin
3 days ago
A massive developer tried to quietly push through a 1.6 MILLION sq ft data center in NJ. Local residents found out, packed the council meetings, and forced an outright ban on ALL data centers in the town. Big Tech picked the wrong fight. Read how they did it:
www.dworkinsubstack.com/p/five-resis...
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Christopher Webb
3 days ago
Red states didn’t wait. The second SCOTUS butchered the Voting Rights Act, they went all in. Louisiana: Roughly one-third Black, and now they’re pushing maps that could leave the state with zero Black representation in Congress. The solution: Blue states need to match the urgency.
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The Tennessee Holler
3 days ago
“This is racism being codified into legislation.” REP.
@justinjpearson.bsky.social
to Joy Reid on @govbilllee & the TN GOP stripping majority-Black Memphis of representation by drowning them out with White power in a special session next week, to make TN a 9-0 Republican state.
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Debbie Northway 🇦🇺🦘🐨
4 days ago
#EpsteinFiles
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Jeff (Gutenberg Parenthesis) Jarvis
3 days ago
To call this a "clash over the reality of racism" is to swing open the Overton window and fall into the
#BrokenTimes
' "some say" trap of justifying that racism--itself a deeply racist act. Behind Voting Rights Case, a Clash Over the Reality of Racism
www.nytimes.com/2026/05/03/u...
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M Meerkat
3 days ago
This Is ALL The Supremely Corrupt Court Does,Anymore.......
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Alt National Park Service
4 days ago
We wanted to give a shoutout to Raleigh, NC for May Day. ✊💚
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TaxTheRich
4 days ago
We cannot afford this addle brained idiot much longer, otherwise we’ll be bankrupt and starving.
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Jay Waters
4 days ago
The President of the United States is a liar.
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Connor [REDACTED]
4 days ago
Someone needs to leak the Epstein files.
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Christopher Webb
4 days ago
WE ARE UNDER-REACTING‼️ If you needed any more proof that the Voting Rights Act is still necessary, just look at what’s happening right now: red states rushing to wipe out Black representation the second SCOTUS gutted it. What went down this week is going to have devastating consequences. 🧵
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History Didn’t Repeat, It Continued
WE ARE UNDER-REACTING‼️
https://open.substack.com/pub/cwebbstudio/p/history-didnt-repeat-it-continued?r=57hv2y&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true
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Robert Reich
4 days ago
For the first time in 80 years, the federal debt-to-GDP ratio is over 100%. In the past, the rich used to pay higher taxes. Now, the government pays the rich interest on a swelling debt, caused largely by lower taxes on the rich. It's a big switcheroo.
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The Secret Way the Rich are Getting Richer
The biggest untold story about how we pay for government involves a big switcheroo by America’s wealthy. Watch.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IjiLaLj1ZZE
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MeidasTouch
4 days ago
NEWS: MAGA influencer Craig Long has been arrested in a human trafficking and prostitution sting in Florida, along with Ryan Yates, a Trump supporter who pleaded guilty in Feb 2024 for his involvement in January 6. Long posted this photo with Donald Trump and Donald Trump Jr. just a few weeks ago.
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Ken Spurbeck
4 days ago
Fuck the Supreme corruption Court
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Luca Migo ❌👑
4 days ago
May Day Marches across the US yesterday! Such a beautiful day to celebrate and to fight against the oligarchy and the patriarchy.
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Andrew Hickey
4 days ago
Yeah, I literally have twice as many paying subscribers as Carlson, and I'm a nobody.
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lyndapole
4 days ago
Unless someone leaks these Epstein files, this regime is not going to release them. Besides the president, the Supreme Court is involved.
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Cranky Cracker
4 days ago
The President of The United States is Putin's bitch.
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Ron Filipkowski
4 days ago
My thoughts are that this prediction is not looking great.
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Reading Is Sexy
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The Verge
4 days ago
The fuel crisis is affecting the whole airline industry. Why is Spirit the only airline that has been pushed to the brink? The answer is a mix of bad economics, bad strategy, and plain bad luck. Read more:
www.theverge.com/transportati...
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MeidasTouch
4 days ago
So Eric Trump is now threatening to sue MeidasTouch because our editor-in-chief simply reported on the massive amounts of money he and Don Jr. are making off government contracts. File the lawsuit Eric. We’d love to put you under oath. Our message:
www.meidasplus.com/p/trump-fami...
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Trump Family THREATENS to SUE MEIDAS?!
By Ben Meiselas
https://www.meidasplus.com/p/trump-family-threatens-to-sue-meidas
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Jon Cooper
4 days ago
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