Matt Pryor
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Research enthusiast that loves teaching and learning
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Ryan Marino, MD
about 4 hours ago
If you exclude healthcare jobs, the US labor market has actually declined for the past 24 months straight. And the healthcare coverage cuts have only just barely started to kick in.
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Elf M. Sternberg
about 10 hours ago
The Ford Pinto had a death rate of 85 people for 10 million cars sold. The Cybertruck hasn't sold 10 million, but the fatality rate so far maths out to 1,452 people killed per 10 million sold. The Cybertruck may be the deadliest road car, for the occupants, ever sold.
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It's Official: the Cybertruck is More Explosive than the Ford Pinto - FuelArc News
We now have a full year of data for the Cybertruck, and a strange preponderance of headlines about Cybertrucks exploding into flames, including several fatalities. Thatās more than enough data to comp...
https://fuelarc.com/evs/its-official-the-cybertruck-is-more-explosive-than-the-ford-pinto/
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The New Republic
about 8 hours ago
If the rightās blatant attacks on higher education are intended to bring "women back into the home," the Trump administration has found the right target.
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Trumpās War on Higher Ed Is an Attack on Women
The administrationās assault on colleges and universities is meant to undermine the economic and social progress women have made in the last half-century.
https://trib.al/rm9eFiV
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Tim Onion
about 10 hours ago
Interesting post about the coordinated anti-AOC smear campaign. It's 2016 again! Fake local news outlets on Facebook getting picked up until eventually it winds up in the Washington Post.
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I Caught POLITICO and the New York Times Laundering Pink Slime "News"
How the sexist backlash to AOC and Gretchen Whitmer at the Munich Security Conference led me to a scammy "local news" outlet pushing a coordinated right-wing narrative
https://spinclass.substack.com/p/spin-class-case-study-i-caught-politico?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email
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Tyler McBrien
about 13 hours ago
To put ICE Enforcement Removal Operations officers' 6-week, 334-hour training into context here's roughly what others get: - FBI spec agents ~20 wks 800 hrs - DEA spec agents ~18 wks 720 hrs - Secret Service ~30 wks 1,200 hrs - ATF spec agents ~27 wks 1,080+ hrs - CBP ~19 wks, 720 hrs
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Adam Parkhomenko
about 10 hours ago
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Kyle Griffin
about 12 hours ago
Breaking MS NOW: An ICE whistleblower is expected to testify at a congressional forum today that the agency is "lying to Congress and the American people" about its training of new recruits. Ryan Schwank was an ICE academy instructor for new recruits before he resigned earlier this month.
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ICE whistleblower comes forward to testify before Congress
Ryan Schwank, a former ICE academy instructor, is expected to testify that ICE āis lying to Congress and the American peopleā about its training program.
https://www.ms.now/news/ice-whistleblower-comes-forward-to-testify-before-congress
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Yashar Ali š
about 11 hours ago
BREAKING Charles Kushner, the US Ambassador to France, has been banned from meeting with members of the French government after he failed to show up to a diplomatic summons with the French Foreign Minister.
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Kyle Griffin
about 14 hours ago
Breaking Sky News: Peter Mandelson has been arrested on suspicion of misconduct in public office. He was led out of his London home by police officers this afternoon. Mandelson has faced allegations that he leaked market-sensitive information from Downing Street to Jeffrey Epstein.
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Mandelson arrested on suspicion of misconduct in public office
The first set of files related to Peter Mandelson's appointment as the UK's ambassador to the US will be published in early March, it has been announced in the House of Commons.
https://news.sky.com/story/politics-latest-starmer-labour-farage-chagos-cabinet-secretary-12593360
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Ron Filipkowski
about 16 hours ago
A coordinated network of 18,000 bots are being used to drive the algorithms on X to amplify Nicki Minajās right-wing political posts.
www.politico.com/news/2026/02...
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Steve Benen
about 16 hours ago
Top 6 problems with Kash Patel partying with the menās Olympic hockey team: - a collapsing FBI denial - haunted by his Chris Wray criticisms - wasting taxpayer resources - he has more important work to do - latest in a series of abuses - fresh harm to tarnished reputation
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6 problems with Kash Patel partying with the Olympic menās hockey team
The director has faced monthsā worth of accusations that heās misused FBI jets for personal reasons. He just did fresh damage to his poor reputation.
https://www.ms.now/rachel-maddow-show/maddowblog/kash-patel-partying-with-the-olympic-mens-hockey-team
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Sherrilyn Ifill
1 day ago
At some point we have to face the sad truth that this array of Administration miscreants are living their HS fantasies. Under what other circumstances would a group of athletes welcome this guy into a locker room celebration?
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John Shirley
1 day ago
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Lifelong drugs for autoimmune diseases don't work well. Now scientists are trying something new
There's a new frontier in treating autoimmune diseases. Today's treatments tamp down the friendly fire but don't fix what's causing it.
https://apnews.com/article/autoimmune-diseases-cart-mrna-lupus-diabetes-a4204dc6920a219f27eded2df32d0b8b
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ProPublica
1 day ago
Half of all Americans die in hospice care. Easy money and a lack of regulation transformed a crusade to provide death with dignity into an industry rife with fraud and exploitation. (Published 2022)
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The Hospice Hustle
Half of all Americans now die in hospice care. Easy money and a lack of regulation transformed a crusade to provide death with dignity into an industry rife with fraud and exploitation.
https://www.propublica.org/article/hospice-healthcare-aseracare-medicare?utm_campaign=propublica-sprout&utm_content=1771812006&utm_medium=social&utm_source=bluesky
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What a damn clown show of epic proportion! Why is the head of the FBI clout chasing in Italy on our dime?
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Rachel Maddow
1 day ago
"As the journalists interacted with the migrants, uniformed police barged in and detained the lawyer and four journalists. Police confiscated their cameras, laptops and phones..."
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U.S. Immigration Deportees Held in Secret African Detention Facility
Sending migrants to Cameroon skirted judicial orders, lawyers said.
https://www.wsj.com/world/africa/u-s-immigration-deportees-held-in-secret-african-detention-facility-858b1721?mod=hp_lead_pos4
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Ron Filipkowski
1 day ago
āIām just saying ā¦
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Rachel Holliday Smith
1 day ago
this just in from new york city: weāre hearing that mayor mamdani just signed an executive order making it illegal to NOT stand at your window and fold your arms and say āwow, itās really coming down out thereā
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Amy Kristin Sanders
1 day ago
UT-Austin is hiring a free speech czar. Among the "preferred qualifications" is experience in law enforcement. What could possibly go wrong?
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Assistant Dean for Expressive Activity Support and Engagement - HigherEdJobs
Jobs in higher education. Faculty and administrative positions at colleges and universities. Updated daily. Free to job seekers.
https://www.higheredjobs.com/region/details.cfm?JobCode=179363335&Title=Assistant%20Dean%20for%20Expressive%20Activity%20Support%20and%20Engagement
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Carl Quintanilla
1 day ago
A trifecta of stories about the decline in US tourism:
@the-independent.com
@forbes.com
@nytimes.com
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/20/t...
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Ana Marie Cox
1 day ago
Do I have treatment resistant depression or am I just conscious and capable of reading the news?
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Mark Copelovitch
1 day ago
Do not cross
@pamherd.bsky.social
remains undefeated as a rule
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Evan Bernick, a finite mode with a smol hooman and a lorg floof
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Homer Simpson - USA
YouTube video by TVDisLike
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UT System votes to limit 'controversial topics' in class, raising concerns about academic freedom
This is the latest move by the state to have more control over what is taught at public universities.
https://www.kut.org/education/2026-02-19/ut-system-votes-to-limit-controversial-topics-in-class-raising-concerns-about-academic-freedom
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Caroleeena
3 days ago
Internal ICE documents obtained reveal that an ICE agent fatally shot and killed 23-year-old Ruben Ray Martinez, an American citizen, in South Padre Island, Texas, nearly a YEAR AGO They pretended he drove into them and unloaded guns through his windows.
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Third American death linked to ICE crackdown uncovered by Newsweek
While the 23-year-old's death was reported in March 2025, it was not made clear that a federal agent fired the fatal shot.
https://www.newsweek.com/ice-agent-fatally-shot-us-citizen-texas-dhs-records-11544225
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Pestilence
1 day ago
Microclots and neutrophil extracellular traps merge to form structures that may contribute to thrombosis and atherosclerosis in patients with long Covid. While this research is in its early days, it may pinpoint not only a diagnosis of long Covid but potentially a therapeutic target.
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Strange Structures Found Lurking in The Blood of People With Long COVID
A hidden physical change in the body may be helping to drive the prolonged malaise some people experience after contracting COVID-19.
https://www.sciencealert.com/strange-structures-found-lurking-in-the-blood-of-people-with-long-covid
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Mark Lemley
2 days ago
"In Chicago, of 92 people arrested for assaulting or impeding officers last fall, 74 cases have resulted in no charges; in 13 cases, charges were filed and dismissed; and five charged cases were still pending. . . there have been no convictions.
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DoJ cases against protesters keep collapsing as officersā lies are exposed in court
String of embarrassing defeats for prosecutors as experts condemn DoJ effort to cast people as āviolent perpetratorsā
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/feb/21/doj-protesters-federal-agents-cases?CMP=GTUS_email
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Seth Cotlar
1 day ago
Quick update on āthe world according to Elon Musk, the richest man in history. āāGenderā is a fake propaganda term āThe āwoke mind virus,ā however, is āreal and quantifiable.ā
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Jake Grumbach
2 days ago
Remember when poli sci consensus was that spending money in politics didnāt really do anything
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Rolling Stone
3 days ago
Exclusive: A Rolling Stone investigation uncovered irregularities in the ethics review of a $1.6 million research grant to examine the effects of a birth dose of the hepatitis B vaccine in the African nation of Guinea-Bissau. Story:
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Decline in remote jobs risks shutting disabled people out of work, study finds
Research project warns fall in homeworking roles could undermine efforts to reduce unemployment
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/feb/21/decline-in-remote-jobs-risks-shutting-disabled-people-out-of-work-study-finds
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Bruce Little
2 days ago
Lawyers for imprisoned Ghislaine Maxwell are fighting the requested release of 90,000 pages of documents which include transcripts of over 30 depositions and private information regarding financial and sexual matters related to Maxwell and others.
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Ghislaine Maxwell fights release of more Epstein documents, calling disclosure law unconstitutional
Lawyers for imprisoned British socialite Ghislaine Maxwell are fighting the requested release of 90,000 pages related to Jeffrey Epstein, saying a law used to force the recent public release of millio...
https://apnews.com/article/jeffrey-epstein-ghislaine-maxwell-b9890fa6fa230fa649c8a847c76d97da
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Andrea Joy Campbell
3 days ago
Let's try this again š Hi Bluesky - I'm Massachusetts' Attorney General. You might know me from suing President Trump nearly 50 times, beating Uber and Lyft in court, or being the first woman of color elected to statewide office in MA. I officially left X today - help me find my MA people?
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Dan Immergluck
3 days ago
Indiana U is perhaps the best example right now of the university as private equity fund, with some classrooms attached. And, I will continue to remind folks that its chancellor began his career as an urban poverty scholar. Academic administration is a helluva drug.
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Tim Onion
3 days ago
A British grandmother with a valid visa detained by ICE for 6 weeks. "So why did ICE detain her, and keep her locked up for so long? ICE officers are paid a bonus every time they detain someone. 'Individual ICE agents get money per head that they detain ā the guards told me that,' Karen says."
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āDonāt go to the US ā not with Trump in chargeā: the UK tourist with a valid visa detained by ICE for six weeks
Karen Newton was in America on the trip of a lifetime when she was shackled, transported and held for weeks on end. With tourism to the US under increasing strain, she says, āIf it can happen to me, i...
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/feb/21/karen-newton-valid-visa-detained-ice
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Josh Sternberg
3 days ago
Tony Gilroy, creator of Andor, wasnāt allowed to use the word āfascismā during press junkets in 2025. Interesting interview in The Hollywood Reporter.
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Jack Jenkins
3 days ago
Serious question: Shouldn't the judgeā¦also be expected to know this?
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Business Insider
3 days ago
The US is mounting its largest military buildup in the Middle East since 2003. Here's a list of the weapons and hardware that it's sent to the region
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All the warships, planes, and missile systems the US military is sending toward Iran
The US is mounting its largest military buildup in the Middle East since 2003. Here's a list of the weapons and hardware that it's sent to the region
https://www.businessinsider.com/how-the-us-is-preparing-for-war-with-iran-2026-2?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=business-automated
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Elizabeth Jacobs, PhD
3 days ago
A lot of people, including me, were wondering how an IRB could ever approve this study. The answer is that no IRB did. The person who āsigned offā on approval from the only ethics board that reviewed it had resigned three years earlier. His signature was used without his knowledge.
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Justin Wolfers
3 days ago
"If you remember Sex and the City... Carrie got together with Big, they broke up... what happens in the next season, they just go right back to the whole thing." And that's sort of what I'm expecting from season two of Trump-and-the-Tariffs. Same writers room + limited imagination = same story.
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Carl Quintanilla
3 days ago
ā.. When you put this kind of image into democratic spaces, spaces untouched by the monochromatic shadows of unfettered state power, you set up the last act, which is when they inevitably come down.ā
@postopinions.bsky.social
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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick
3 days ago
This country is doomed.
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Marc Elias
3 days ago
šØBREAKING: In a decisive win for voters, the Utah Supreme Court dismissed the GOP legislatureās appeal in the stateās landmark redistricting case ā clearing the way for a fairer congressional map to be used in the 2026 elections.
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Utah Supreme Court upholds fairer map for midterm elections, rejects GOP appeal
That fairer map creates a district where Democratic voters can meaningfully compete.
https://www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/utah-supreme-court-upholds-fairer-map-for-midterm-elections/
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Keri Blakinger
3 days ago
this is the original story
www.propublica.org/article/ice-...
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As Federal Prisons Run Low on Food and Toilet Paper, Corrections Officers Leave in Droves for ICE
Many of the problems the agency is facing now are not new, but staff and prisoners fear an exodus of officers could make life behind bars even worse.
https://www.propublica.org/article/ice-bop-federal-prisons-corrections-officers
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Eric Umansky
3 days ago
This case is insane: ICE shot and killed a citizen last March then *hid it for a year.* The young man they killed had no criminal history. All we know about shooting is from internal ICE docs. We don't know officers' names. We don't have footage.
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/20/u...
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A Fatal ICE Shooting Occurred in Texas Months Before Renee Goodās Killing
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/20/us/ruben-ray-martinez-ice-shooting-texas.html
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Nancy
3 days ago
āA former compliance officer for the international financial powerhouse Deutsche Bank told the FBI she was fired in 2018 after raising concerns about suspicious banking activity from accounts owned by financier and sex predator Jeffrey Epsteinā as well as Jared Kushner
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The Compliance Officer Who Flagged Epstein ā And Lost Her Job
An FBI interview reveals Deutsche Bankās internal warnings about Jeffrey Epstein and Jared Kushner ā and alleged retaliation against the whistleblower.
https://www.levernews.com/the-compliance-officer-who-flagged-epstein-and-lost-her-job/
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The New Republic
3 days ago
The Supreme Court ruling has helped the family of one man in particular: the architect of Trumpās tariffs himself. A firm headed by Lutnickās sons was allowing its traders to purchase the rights to hundreds of millions of dollars of refunds in the event tariffs were struck down.
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Carl Quintanilla
3 days ago
Pritzkerās invoice to White House: (via
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@govpritzker.illinois.gov
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Carl Quintanilla
4 days ago
You can hear the midterm campaign ads being written right now:
@waysmeanscmte.bsky.social
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