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(📢) MAJOR BREAKING NEWS: The Daily Beast publishes a sourced allegation that Trump has been a Russian spy since 1987 and then—possibly under some form of threat—deletes it. But in an act of unusual heroism, it left it up long enough for Wayback Machine to capture it text. Here it is (please share):

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‘Reading is part of my identity’: the woman taking on Goodreads owner Amazon

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This is the way.

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What authority does DOGE – the Elon Musk-led faux agency – actually have? Are attempts to gain access to sensitive data from federal agencies legal? And what can be done about it? We break it down.

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UC Berkeley Professor Timothy Tangherlini uses lessons from folklore and AI to understand how social media fuels the spread of conspiracies, and how we can use storytelling tools to stem the tide of misinformation. news.berkeley.edu/2025/02/05/w...

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This is the most relevant article to NIH and research cuts I’ve seen. Imagine if this was today , how many people would be saying “Why are we studying Gila Monsters and their impact on diabetes ? That’s wasted money !” globalnews.ca/news/9793403...

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Huge private funder of science and science education/outreach who just in 2021 committed $2 billion to inclusivity and equity is now canceling tens of millions of dollars and scrubbing their own websites. 🧪 #scicomm

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The author of "Extremely Hardcore: Inside Elon Musk's Twitter" helped us understand how the world's richest man came to have such a big role in the federal government, and why he wants it.

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"While it does sound like two unlikely allies teaming up, video games and science, Yoshimi explains this idea can level up the playing field." "Gaming Cancer" is out now! mitpress.mit.edu/978026255072...

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Former Olympians and Olympic figure skating hopefuls gathered at the US Olympic and Paralympic Museum in Colorado Springs to mourn the loss of 28 skaters, coaches, and family members who died in the crash of American Airlines Flight 5342 last week. via @coloradopublic.bsky.social

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There are protests today at all 50 state capitols Noon, your time Get out there and raise hell We're not taking this anymore You wanted to know what to do Take to the streets Resist Also check out this video www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xqxi...

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youtu.be/Hh2jd1jBEGc?... Is Elon Musk right about H-1B visas?

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Swedish police said there was no evidence of 'ideological motives' behind a mass shooting at an adult education center, and warned of misinformation spread on social media about the Nordic country's deadliest gun attack reut.rs/3Q1reWy

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Google owner drops promise not to use AI for weapons

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The Earth's Grand Canyon took millions of years to carve, but the moon's grand canyons took about ten minutes.

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The primer on Jevons paradox that you didn't know you needed.

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PLEASE REPOST: Health equity researchers, Please let me know if your centers or programs are being altered, closed, or threatened by your universities to comply with new EOs or if staff are being laid off. Signal: usha.22 or 👇(Won't use anything without permission.) www.statnews.com/2025/01/25/t...

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I am appalled by the ASM's decision to remove DEI content from their website. Here is my email to the American Society for Microbiology, @ASM.org asking them to put everything back as it was. If you are an ASM member, please consider writing them.

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🚨BREAKING: Federal judge BLOCKS Trump spending freeze. A big victory for @democracyforward.bsky.social and their clients. Also a win for democracy and the rule of law. Follow @democracydocket.com for full details. www.democracydocket.com

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Good news, Mr. groundhog did not see his shadow on campus today…early spring loading!🤗🌷 #UWaterloo #GroundhogDay

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On Feb. 1, President Donald Trump imposed tariffs on Canada, China, and Mexico — the United States’ largest trading partners. Here are nine graphics that show the potential economic effects of such tariffs on all four countries. (via @cfr.org)

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30M users 1B posts 🤝 bluesky milestone achieved this week

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Ballerina Lauren Cuthbertson: ‘There’s a saying that dancers die twice, the first time when they stop dancing’

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Links are encouraged on Bsky. Below are the top 10 domains we've sent traffic to the last 30 days. tldr we're driving traffic to news sites: 1. theguardian.com 2. nytimes.com 3. open.substack.com 4. youtube.com 5. rawstory.com 6. comicsands.com 7. x.com 8. washingtonpost.com 9. cnn.com 10. npr.com

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A study in Nature Medicine reports that a surgically implanted brain–computer interface can detect and decode finger movements in a person with paralysis, allowing them to play a video game. #Medsky 🧪

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Getting real close to a billion posts

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When asked if he was going to visit the crash site he said, ‘what site? The water? You want me to go swimming?’ This is one of the last pics of the young skaters who died. He’s a sociopath. Anyone who voted for this monster should be ashamed at best.

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The mid-air collision between a passenger jet and a military helicopter near Washington has left many searching for answers. For more on the many questions around this accident, Geoff Bennett speaks to aviation correspondent @milesobrien.com. youtu.be/V4LdjboyRuI

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A study published this month found that among young adults aged 19-26, tubal sterilization visits increased 70% after May 2022 – when the Dobbs decision leaked – in states likely to ban abortion.

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Trump's vengeance tour open.substack.com/pub/anntelna...

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SCOOP from @davidcorn.bsky.social : RFK Jr. secretly recorded his second wife during their bitter divorce fight and in one conversation acknowledged he was "polygamous." One recording might have violated state law. It's a messy saga that ended with her suicide. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

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Breaking - Caroline Kennedy speaks out on RFK jr. calls him a “predator” www.threads.net/@jackuno/pos...

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Winter wonder: Jeanette Winterson and others reveal why the cold has them under its spell

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This is why Donald Trump does not dare declassify the Epstein file.

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A record 47 percent of the European Union’s electricity now comes from solar and other renewables, a report Thursday said, in yet another sign of the growing gap between the bloc’s push for clean energy and the new U.S. administration’s pursuit of more fossil fuels.

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In an unprecedented move, research-grant reviews have been suspended indefinitely at the world’s largest public funder of biomedical research https://go.nature.com/4gc0Bc5

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Yes, we can all speak up!

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I don't use and will never use Facebook and Instagram, and other Meta apps.

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President Donald Trump has signed several executive orders making sweeping changes to the immigration system. Immigration was one of voters’ top issues in the election, with many supporting Trump’s message that the current system is broken. How did we get here?

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The Trump administration, moving quickly to clamp down on health and science agencies, has canceled a string of scientific meetings and instructed federal health officials to refrain from all public communications. www.nytimes.com/2025/01/22/h...

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So, I am so lucky that I am at BlueSky. @bsky.app

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Pamela Hemphill, who served 60 days in prison for her role in the Jan. 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol, said she did not want a pardon. “Absolutely not,” Hemphill said. “It’s an insult to the Capitol Police.” nyti.ms/4hmt67M

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Trump White House told the three Democratic-selected members of the Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board to resign by tomorrow or be fired. Ousting them would paralyze the independent, bipartisan watchdog agency. www.nytimes.com/2025/01/22/u...

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#ICYMI: Billy Long, Trump’s nominee to lead the IRS, once pushed to abolish the agency. He has also marketed himself as a certified tax and business advisor after attending only a three-day seminar. By @jeremykohler.bsky.social and @amierjeski.bsky.social

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