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How are the MAGAs liking Musk today? 😂 We agree the bill is an abomination, but don’t get it twisted, Musk. It only took an international boycott to get you to change your tune. We’re still boycotting you. We haven’t forgotten. Foxtrot Echo Mike.

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Animal advocates are demanding something be done about dogs enduring brutal conditions on Los Angeles’ Skid Row. A recently posted video showed several dogs being kept in small wire crates, covered by plastic tarps. www.californiasun.co/newsletter/f...

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Timeline cleanse: check out this butterfly I saw in a parking lot

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Walmart had 2,165,465 employees at the end of 2024 which is 70,000 less than five years ago. During the same period revenue grew 36%. As revenue increased headcount has reduced and Walmart expects automation from robotics to AI to maintain that trend. Doing more with less isn’t just for big tech

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Joe Biden says he's started treatment for his prostate cancer and the prognosis is good. Donald Trump says Biden was executed in 2020 and was replaced with a legion of clones. For busy voters, it can be hard to know who to believe.

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".. Hotel summer bookings are either flat or falling from last year, and airline bookings are down even though airfares have also declined .." @yahoofinance.com $XAL $JETS finance.yahoo.com/news/america...

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Actually, yes, this and a fantastic set of encyclopedias

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Here’s what will happen to our National Parks if Trump’s budget passes. Did you know America’s national parks actually generate more income than they cost to operate? Yet under Trump’s proposed 2026 budget, the National Park Service (NPS) would face devastating cuts:

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Europe stealing market share: This month, it “unveiled a €500 million plan named ‘Choose Europe for Science’ aiming to lure foreign researchers to the EU.” @politico.com www.politico.eu/article/us-d...

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People in the Middle Ages Slept Not Once But Twice Each Night: How This Lost Practice Was Rediscovered

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#OTD in 1625, Justinus van Nassau surrendered Breda to the legendary commander of the Habsburg Army of Flanders Ambrogio Spinola. The surrender was captured by a famous painting by Diego Rodríguez.

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Loyalty tests have officially arrived in the federal hiring process. The Trump administration just unveiled a so-called “Merit Hiring Plan”, which includes a quiz asking job applicants to name their favorite Trump policy or executive order.

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Good night from me & yesterday’s tree. Sierra Juniper (I think) (Juniperus grandis) 🌿

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i don’t think ICE is ready for the growing resentment and anger they’re going to face

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Every spring, after the snow melts, the marmots of Sequoia National Park descend on trailhead parking lots to chew on the tubes and hoses of hikers’ car engines. “Junkie marmots” have become such a menace that hikers routinely wrap their cars in tarps. www.californiasun.co/newsletter/h...

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The Trump administration is once again asking the Supreme Court to block a federal judge’s order that temporarily halted its plans for mass layoffs and agency program closures.

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Monthly reminder: Many people have a book in them, but it takes a special kind of freak to leave the Land of Laziness, cross the Plains of Procrastination and Insecurity Mountain, find the Blade of No One Made You Do This, and use it to cut your chest open and yank that book out.

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We wanted to understand the theory that Joe Biden was executed and replaced by clones in 2020. So we talked with three involuntarily celibate crypto investors at a Whataburger in Buford.

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“.. US stocks have underperformed international stocks by 13.6ppt YTD — the biggest gap in 32 years.” VTI $VEU @mikezaccardi.bsky.social

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ROI: For a slim $3 billion budget, “the 325 million visitors to national parks, monuments and historic sites spent an estimated $26.4 billion in surrounding communities.” Not included: the value of overwhelming national pride

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once again asking for a buffet restaurant that only serves hand pie type foods from all over the world. big platters of empanadas and samosas and momos and pasties and sambusas and hot pockets and so on

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LOU DER

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How to create a wild bee sanctuary and support pollinators davidsuzuki.org/living-green...

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The Senate is returning to Washington with Trump’s massive tax and immigration package high on the agenda. Republicans are seeking to send the One Big 💩 Bill to Trump’s desk by July 4.

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‘Chilling and dangerous’: Grassroots groups sue over Louisiana law that censors air quality data. A new state law threatens massive fines for releasing air quality data, inviting a First Amendment showdown with community organizations. grist.org/accountabili... #Louisiana #Environment #Climate

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In case you’re interested in what’s targeted for termination in the Department of Energy budget, it looks like it is the entire environmental half of Biological and Environmental Research:

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In case you wondered what it’s like biking Going-to-the-Sun Road in spring before it opens to cars, here is a section that awaits guardrail installation. Kind of creepy with such a big drop…eeeek! Glacier National Park #nationalparks #biking #pedalpower #nocars

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The Trump administration has terminated National Science Foundation grants for more than 100 research projects related to climate change amid a widening campaign to slash federal funding for scientists and institutions studying the rising risks of a warming world.

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Researchers studying the link between conflict & environmental change have found that war & violence almost always harm the environment. But does peace guarantee environmental stability or vice versa? Thought-provoking new @thebulletin.org article by Drew Marcantonio thebulletin.org/2025/06/give...

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NEW: The mother of an Arizona man who died after being unable to find mental health treatment is suing his health insurer, saying it broke the law by publishing false information that misled its customers. By @maxblau.bsky.social

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Another Republican caught using bots to push their agenda. If you’ve felt like the internet has been flooded with hate and misinformation, it’s not just a feeling. It’s part of a pattern.

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This is such a perfectly condensed little parable of the horrors of the bullshit machines: a completely ignorant and illiterate shibboleth against standard punctuation, born from nothing and threatening to take over in no time—meme as prion chewing holes in the brains of a generation

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Hey @gavinnewsom.bsky.social Why are masked ICE agents armed with flash bang grenades and assault rifles being deployed to arrest local restaurant workers?

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I think many people would enjoy cycling more if they paid some attention to bike fit, the right saddle, and the correct tire pressure.

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The student’s mother said the settlement is “bittersweet.” She said he still gets fearful when he sees police cars. But she said she’s happy that employees at the school will get training on how to do better in the future. By @aliyyaswaby.bsky.social‬

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I don’t know why anybody finds this particular T-shirt objectionable, but here we are: y’all means all.

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ICE arrested a student on the way to volleyball practice in Milford, detained people waiting at an immigration court in Boston, smashed a car window of the wrong person in New Bedford, and the list goes on. Communities are right to speak out. This isn’t making us safer.

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BREAKING: Texas lawmakers passed S.B. 37, which dramatically increases state control of public universities. Allowing politically appointed bureaucrats to police curricula and override faculty expertise is a direct threat to academic freedom in Texas.

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Water from the Colorado River isn’t the only source in decline in the Southwest. The groundwater reservoirs are being depleted by farming. Add to that climate change and researchers conclude: “We need to start moving out of this danger zone.” @ianjames.bsky.social www.latimes.com/environment/...

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