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Wall Street Journal Editorial Board comes out swinging against JD Vance. Indeed, key moment in downward spiral was Vance lashing out in response to Zelenskyy's point on diplomacy with Putin WSJ: "It is bewildering to see Mr. Trump’s allies defending this debacle as some show of American strength."

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Generative #AI excels at tasks we care about least, notes an #ethics scholar. The more control we want over the final product, the less useful AI becomes. https://buff.ly/4h6cSPS : John P. Nelson, Georgia Institute of Technology

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14 members of religious sect the Saints were found guilty of the manslaughter of 8 year old Elizabeth Struhs… including her father and mother. They will be sentenced today. @messengera.bsky.social followed the trail, and told @regedahmad.bsky.social everything we need to know about the case:

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Very grateful for this moment of reflection from @bridie.bsky.social / @lenoret.bsky.social / and @miketicher.bsky.social as acts of hate rise across the country and polarisation only seems to be getting worse:

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Very grateful for this moment of reflection from @bridie.bsky.social / @lenoret.bsky.social / and @miketicher.bsky.social as acts of hate rise across the country and polarisation only seems to be getting worse:

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“Trump’s executive order is a perfect scam: he and his acolytes get to talk endlessly about the fake specter of trans athletes “invading” women’s sports, while never putting any of their attention… and funding access towards things that would meaningfully elevate the state of women’s sports”:

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“It’s an embarrassment to me as a journalist” - @jennaprice.bsky.social on a stunt that failed to inform readers and only sowed more discord:

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A special Saturday Full Story, on everything that has been said in court so far:

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A lot going on this week, in Australia and internationally, but @miketicher.bsky.social , @lenoret.bsky.social , and @bridie.bsky.social jumped on the mic to talk about how and why politicians end up making decisions that just don't track with the public:

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Anecdotally, two of the subreddits I follow closest have banned any and all links to X.

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Found myself welling up reading Mostafa Rachwani's effort to find the comforts of the void, and run away from the pain: "perhaps my enthusiasm for euphoria was more an enthusiasm for an escape, and how enjoyable it had become to know where my pain was and who had caused it."

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“Pundits began pining for a Rogan type who could, presumably, sway a young, male electorate into voting Democratic…the Democrats’ problem was their message, not its medium.”:

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Back… and some are saying, better than ever.

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Two stories on my mind today: A third of the Arctic’s vast carbon sink now a source of emissions, study reveals: www.theguardian.com/environment/... Trump signs order to withdraw US from Paris climate agreement for second time: www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

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Right after the second Trump era came into effect with a flurry of a sharpie pen, @regedahmad.bsky.social jumped on the mic with David Smith in Washington DC to process it all:

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“Lenz Jacobsen, in a piece headlined A Hitler salute is a Hitler salute is a Hitler salute: “Whoever on a political stage, making a political speech in front of a partly far-right audience, elongates his arm diagonally in the air both forcefully and repeatedly, is making a Hitler salute.”

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Wild. Top is the NBC upload, bottom is the one aired as the live feed

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Good call from Apple edition.cnn.com/2025/01/16/m...

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Move closer to your world, my friend Take a little bit of time Move closer to your world, my friend And you'll see

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i think it’s unfair to expect regular people to know precisely how journalism works so i will say the answer to “why did they sit on that story for so long” is often “because of lawyers”

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Gabi Chan on how her farm CAUGHT FIRE on NYD and neighbours, friends, and strangers “materialised as if by matter transporter” to help. “I was overcome by a warm love for my community.” www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

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It is going to be a long, hard year. But Full Story is back to try and help you through it. Today @danjb.bsky.social talks is through all the moments you need to keep an eye on ahead of the looming election:

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Tech inaugural donations: Biden Apple CEO: $0 Amazon: $276,509 Google: $337,500 Meta: $0 Microsoft: $500,000 OpenAI CEO: $0 Trump Apple CEO: $1,000,000 Amazon: $1,000,000 Google: $1,000,000 Meta: $1,000,000 Microsoft: $1,000,000 OpenAI CEO: $1,000,000 wapo.st/3PzjIC1

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Galen Buckwalter, 68, shared with me his harrowing tale of being forced to flee the Eaton fire alone on his wheelchair through dark streets and fierce winds, dodging debris as fire neared his home. “In emergencies, disabled people are the last to get services…We have no system. You’re on your own”

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