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A federal judge in Maryland issued an even more sweeping restraining order on Thursday, surpassing an earlier one from the same day. The order broadly prohibits the Trump administration from implementing any future “reductions in force,” such as this week’s directive to terminate half of the

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Having watched with growing alarm the developments of the last 24 and 36 hours in Washington, I thought I’d take a stab at how the US media would cover this story if it was happening in a foreign country. Here’s that story that should be written this weekend: www.doomsdayscenario.co/p/musk-s-jun...

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The actuaries believe in climate change.

submitted 108 days ago • 297 comments

For about ten years I've thought about what a Tom Waits TV Christmas special produced in the early 80s would have been like. It's almost real to me. The set is a Depression-era shack he built and a stream of celebrity hobos keep knocking on the door and Tom goes "I wOnDEr WHo tHaT cOuLd bE"

submitted 138 days ago • 303 comments

Donald Trump’s 2024 Christmas Day Message to America ended by referring in all caps to his critics, foreign and domestic, and writing: “MAY THEY ROT IN HELL. AGAIN, MERRY CHRISTMAS!” The man who wrote those words will take (and thus defile) the Oath of Office as President on January 20, 2025.

submitted 126 days ago • 377 comments

You’re the US Marines band at the White House and Mavis Staples 👑 walks into the room so you start playing "I’ll Take You There" and this happens👇

submitted 128 days ago • 1361 comments

Early career scholars/PhD students working on EU industrial policy & geoeconomics, apply to join me, @manuelamoschella.bsky.social, @donatodc.bsky.social, @trgn.bsky.social, @ankehassel.bsky.social & a host of other scholars for a workshop in Lake Como (April 22-24). Deadline is Jan 15, info below.

submitted 128 days ago • 1 comment

🎙️ Villa Vigoni Conference 2025 – Call for Early Career Researchers! Are you a PhD student or post-doc researching Europe’s geoeconomic future? Apply now for the Villa Vigoni conference: Europe and the Geoeconomic Challenge 🗓️ 22–24 April 2025 🌟 Travel/accommodation funding available

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1/? WWII story time. In the 90s I was part of a Danish program where high school students interviewed surviving resistance fighters and got their stories written down. Two of the men I interviewed had been part of one of the largest and most dramatic actions taken by the resistance.

submitted 296 days ago • 6 comments

Odds that I ever cross pollinate my feeds again are small, but this #drone Tweet is genuinely funny

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Bulls fans: "We want Taj!" Taj:

submitted 138 days ago • 3 comments

Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. #BookSky #Books #BookChallenge #20daybookchallenge 📚💙 Day 20 of 20

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Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. #BookSky #Books #BookChallenge #20daybookchallenge 📚💙 Day 19

submitted 139 days ago • 1 comment

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Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. #BookSky #Books #BookChallenge #20daybookchallenge 📚💙 Day 18

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Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. #BookSky #Books #BookChallenge #20daybookchallenge 📚💙 Day 17

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Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. #BookSky #Books #BookChallenge #20daybookchallenge 📚💙 Day 16

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Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. #BookSky #Books #BookChallenge #20daybookchallenge 📚💙 Day 15

submitted 146 days ago • 0 comments

Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. #BookSky #Books #BookChallenge #20daybookchallenge 📚💙 Day 14 (posting Book I image, but they are all great!)

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Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. #BookSky #Books #BookChallenge #20daybookchallenge 📚💙 Day 13

submitted 148 days ago • 0 comments

Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. #BookSky #Books #BookChallenge #20daybookchallenge 📚💙 Day 12

submitted 149 days ago • 1 comment

This is all the Russians have been able to take in almost a year, at the cost of about 1500 men A DAY. You heard that right, 1500 PER DAY

submitted 150 days ago • 1243 comments

Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. #BookSky #Books #BookChallenge #20daybookchallenge 📚💙 Day 11

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Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. #BookSky #Books #BookChallenge #20daybookchallenge 📚💙 Day 10 (HT lucyluuuuuu.bsky.social who had this for her day 10 too)

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Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. #BookSky #Books #BookChallenge #20daybookchallenge 📚💙 Day 9

submitted 152 days ago • 1 comment

Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. #BookSky #Books #BookChallenge #20daybookchallenge 📚💙 Day 8

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Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. #BookSky #Books #BookChallenge #20daybookchallenge 📚💙 Day 7

submitted 154 days ago • 2 comments

Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. #BookSky #Books #BookChallenge #20daybookchallenge 📚💙 Day 6

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Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. #BookSky #Books #BookChallenge #20daybookchallenge 📚💙 Day 5

submitted 156 days ago • 1 comment

Death and the Child, by Edvard Munch, 1899, 📸 via @SportsCenter

submitted 157 days ago • 149 comments

In case you were not there in early days of Twitter… DO NOT SUBSCRIBE TO BLOCK LISTS. It sounds like a great shortcut, but malicious actors come in and create lists that include folks from our side. This was a huge problem in 2017 on Twitter. Just block trolls as they hit your feed.

submitted 158 days ago • 298 comments

Really interesting and insightful post about Elon’s hellscape and why we need to complete the migration to BlueSky to take the air out of Twitter.

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