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💣 BOMBSHELL NEWS 💣 Pope Leo gives Opus Dei SIX MONTHS to pass comprehensive reforms Leader of group is told: if you don't clean up by December, “necessary measures will be taken” 🧵 A THREAD 🧵 www.cronista.com/espana/actua...

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Harvard is offering 558 free classes, including but not limited to "We the People: Civic Engagement in a Constitutional Democracy", "American Government: Constitutional Foundations", and "U.S. Political Institutions: Congress, Presidency, Courts, and Bureaucracy." Thank you Harvard!! 👏👏👏

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The sometimes uncomfortable sensations we feel in our teeth may be an evolutionary holdover from the scaly exteriors of ancient armored fish.

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A Sac High coach gave his underage players alcohol and drugs at multiple parties. School admin gave a termination letter to a teacher who reported it, and later withheld relevant public records. The coach still works there, @jennahpendleton.bsky.social reports: www.sacbee.com/news/local/e...

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Why Trump’s ‘Golden Dome’ Won’t Shield the U.S. from Nuclear Strikes www.scientificamerican.com/article/why-...

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A ceasefire in Ukraine might open the door for Russia to rearm in the Black Sea. warontherocks.com/20...

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The Trump administration just gave the judiciary the finger - they allegedly deported people from Myanmar and Vietnam to South Sudan despite a court order restricting removals to other countries, attorneys for the migrants said in court documents. apnews.com/article/depo...

submitted 14 days ago • 98 comments

I’m seeing a lot of outrage about this story but honestly it’s preferable to the old way of doing this which was both disrespectful of the deceased and traumatising for the puppeteer

submitted 27 days ago • 135 comments

My life in a nutshell.

submitted 28 days ago • 3 comments

We need educators like this

submitted 28 days ago • 30 comments

TANK vs TESLA "We've crushed fascism before and we'll crush it again" - ⁠WW2 veteran Ken, 98, in the tank

submitted 27 days ago • 2311 comments

@theliamnissan.bsky.social

submitted 29 days ago • 7 comments

When I was a kid my imaginary friend didn't destroy the environment in order to chat with me

submitted 30 days ago • 70 comments

“The whole thing feels like Black Mirror.” “He would listen to the bot over me.” “It gave my husband the title of ‘spark bearer’ because he brought it to life.” Relationships are being destroyed thanks to spiritual mania, supernatural delusions, and arcane prophecy — all fueled by AI chatbots:

submitted 30 days ago • 111 comments

Just to be clear, this is a violation of the fundamental ethical principle in clinical trial design called "equipoise." Equipoise means that no-one is exposed to excess risk just to test the therapy. That's specifically why vaccine trials don't use placebo arms. Ethical violation as POLICY.

submitted 34 days ago • 552 comments

Boycott backfire. Website For 'MAGA-Friendly Businesses' is not what they wanted – As Critical Thinkers Use It For Boycotts.

submitted 38 days ago • 19 comments

seems CIA background checks for deputy directors are top notch... "...he had not been interested in fighting, but hoped the army would allow him to receive a Russian passport and stay in the country..." www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

submitted 39 days ago • 30 comments

PhD Timeline xkcd.com/3081

submitted 39 days ago • 618 comments

oh hey welcome to your trial, blackshirts

submitted 45 days ago • 71 comments

it's important this go as viral as the original story for morale purposes if nothing else. despite the image they project these people are NOT unaccountable. consequences CAN be forced. focused anger and outrage MATTERS.

submitted 44 days ago • 194 comments

‘American Psycho’ director reminds toxic male fans that the film is “a gay man’s satire” - LGBTQ Nation www.lgbtqnation.com/2025/04/amer...

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In an effort to reach across political divides, a group of veterans has been holding regular gatherings to talk about it all over a beer. They call the events "Pints and Patriotism."

submitted 46 days ago • 256 comments

Oh dear you’re going to want to read this. Looks like DOGErs were caught exfiltrating NLRB data, likely on unions, for private (seemingly Elony) use. This is must read. What we’ve all suspected. But now details. www.npr.org/2025/04/15/n...

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Dear the people in my comments recently who are all "Don't you have more important things to do than be the word police" because I don't want a particular word showing up in my comments: Why yes I do have better things to do SO WHY ARE YOU MAKING ME DO IT YOU IMPOSSIBLE SPUNKWAFFLES

submitted 120 days ago • 237 comments

How can anyone in their right mind ignore this letter from Caroline Kennedy about her cousin, RFK Jr.?

submitted 126 days ago • 1703 comments

Revelations about the role Robert F. Kennedy Jr. played in a deadly measles outbreak in Samoa keep getting worse.

submitted 128 days ago • 396 comments

SHARE WIDELY. KNOW YOUR RIGHTS. With mass deportations starting today across the country, it is vitally important - for both citizens and non-citizens - to know your rights. You have the right to remain silent. Assert it. You have the right to a lawyer. Ask for one. (1/3)

submitted 133 days ago • 938 comments

Family includes everyone! ❤️

submitted 198 days ago • 801 comments

I’d just like to take a moment to acknowledge the best tik tok video of all time youtu.be/7ZWaWrvJ7nA?...

submitted 135 days ago • 103 comments

we as democrats have failed to deliver. americans are voting with their feet against blue states. the numbers are simple: on balance, people prefer the total governance package of texas to that of california. until we fix that, we're going to keep losing. www.liberalcurrents.com/the-crisis-o...

submitted 138 days ago • 68 comments

in my experience the genuine male feminists are just like, nice to women and treat them normally and don’t start podcasts or seek awards for it. performative behavior should always be a red flag.

submitted 136 days ago • 126 comments

Wisdom from his many years.

submitted 145 days ago • 663 comments

To everyone's surprise, it turns out that attaching a money-sucking machine to a hospital system makes it worse.

submitted 147 days ago • 395 comments

Congressman and veteran @repdeluzio.bsky.social lays out the ongoing semi-stealth effort to dismantle veterans healthcare. — The GOP is waging a stealth attack on veterans healthcare thehill.com/opinion/heal...

submitted 155 days ago • 309 comments

Me: The earth isn't flat. Fiat earther: Correct. Me: Huh? Fiat earther: It's the shape of an italian car. Me: What? Fiat earther: You read my name wrong didn't you?

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"In addition to lobbying, Meta also donated to members. Its PAC donations favored Republican candidates and their leadership funds in 2023 and 2024, donating $162,350 across the House and Senate." www.politico.com/news/2024/12...

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I’m interested in the lack of discourse around male billionaire plastic surgery (this is inspired by a viral Bezos post, but could be about Elon. Most of them really). I understand why. I am a historian of gender. But it’s interesting to watch.

submitted 163 days ago • 5 comments

The best argument here is that other tech in the past has looked and sounded a lot like a scam up until it suddenly didn't, but... direct air capture looks and sounds a lot like a scam [🎁]

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Louisiana is currently tied with Washington DC for the highest flu cases in the nation. Suppressing critical health information and access to vaccines is unethical, irresponsible and will not only cost Louisiana money, it will cost lives! #vaccineswork #vaccinessavelives www.npr.org/sections/sho...

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Am I the only one who cannot hear about this book without immediately chanting LET THE BODIES KEEP THE SCORE, LET THE BODIES KEEP THE SCORE in my head www.motherjones.com/media/2024/1...

submitted 165 days ago • 93 comments

This is good. H/t @jvl.bsky.social Journalism's fight for survival in a postliterate democracy open.substack.com/pub/mattdpea...

submitted 166 days ago • 60 comments

every single elected democrat should be posting like this

submitted 166 days ago • 175 comments

This pleases me (gift): "I had only one advantage: I’m a historian. One of the true gifts of studying the humanities is not the content we learn in school, but that we develop the skills to learn what we need to know when life takes unexpected turns. So like a proper nerd, I made a reading list."

submitted 167 days ago • 45 comments