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"So, you see, it's not really about saving money," said Sunny Hostin. "I think there's a much more nefarious reason."

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“The giant corporations should make it their business to defend the First Amendment, or stay the heck out of the news business altogether,” legendary First Amendment lawyer James Goodale warns. Read more in this Q+A with @trevortimm.bsky.social:

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An archaeologist describes the moment he realized repatriation of Indigenous remains is about human rights, not just legal obligations. A well-preserved body changed his perspective.

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Grooming the next Tokyo Rose.

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A new report suggests that Cybertrucks are deadlier than one of the most infamous—and flawed—American cars ever made: the Ford Pinto

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“China and Russia are literally trying to hack us every day, and we just gave all this data over to somebody that’s not been properly vetted,” one of the OPM staffers said. “So it’s multiple vulnerability points.”

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“For years, a masculinist current in American culture and politics has been rising, largely in digital spaces outside traditional media and entertainment,” Joseph Bernstein writes. “Now, it has flooded the banks of the mainstream.”

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Nearly half of Dell's workers had already opted for remote work over being eligible for promotions or new roles.

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“There’s a certain amount of rhetoric that we take as normal now . . . and it’s a really dangerous way to run a country,” Bishop Mariann Budde says. “If we talk to each other like that all the time, we are going down a path of self-destruction as a nation.”

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Robert F. Kennedy Jr. admitted to senators late Thursday that there was at least one incident in which he settled a case over inappropriate behavior.

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A series of orders from the Trump administration have the potential to disrupt the delivery of life-saving medications to HIV positive people. Here's what a disruption of this drug regimen would mean.

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A transgender military pilot posted a "proof of life" video Friday to refute rumors spread on social media that she was flying the helicopter that collided with a commercial jet near Reagan National Airport on Wednesday night. More from @joyurcaba.bsky.social:

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In typical Trump fashion, he stirred up a crisis in Colombia and then pretended to fix it, using his rope-a-dope tactic. The media’s naivety is infuriating; they still haven’t caught on to his manipulative schemes and endless lies. sethabramson.substack.com/p/the-trump-...

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Anne Applebaum (2020) has offered a thorough cross-section of the various rationales people adopt when choosing their stance among complicity, conformity, resistance, decency... www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...

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If you're a fan of Kurt Vonnegut, this essay is for you. medium.com/bouncin-and-...

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Just remembered this

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How low can you go? Portrait of General Milley Is Removed From Pentagon www.nytimes.com/2025/01/20/u...

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A Trump-supporting tomato grower has a message for the president-elect: mass deportations would be a disaster for American farmers

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Liz Thomson, Scotland advocacy manager for @amnestyuk.bsky.social, said that it was time to “lift the veil on groups who seek to divide and conquer, and remind people that democracy itself is at risk, as well as the wonderful diverse space that Scotland is” theferret.scot/global-anti-...

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“Bullying, accompanied by threats from the world’s richest man, is the Trump Effect in unvarnished form,” Susan B. Glasser writes about how Donald Trump is back to wielding leverage like a club, in the Middle East and on Capitol Hill.

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"You might not care about slow streets, shaded benches, or walkable shops now, but you are one pregnancy, knee operation, or visit from an older relative away from becoming suddenly, even painfully, aware of the location of every bench, elevator, ramp and bathroom on your daily commute."

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“As the Secretary of Defense, Hegseth’s behavior and views would disrupt morale, cohesion and readiness of the U.S. armed forces,” writes Air Force veteran Meredith Reed in an op-ed.

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Here's how American white supremacy helped sabotage the fight against genocide nearly 80 years ago—and led to Joe Biden's denial of the Gaza genocide today.

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This morning, my colleagues and I published a trio of articles. One talks about the very real threat of polio. Even though we think of it as nearly eradicated, it is still circulating in some parts of the world, including in Europe. (1/3) www.nytimes.com/2025/01/13/h...

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QUOTE OF THE DAY…if you LIKE IT give it 💙and plz RP😘😘

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This essay in the Atlantic by Timothy W. Ryback, "How Hitler Dismantled a Democracy in 52 Days," gave me the chills. We can't let that happen here. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...

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‘Now Is the Time of Monsters’ www.nytimes.com/2025/01/12/o... Monsters are coming. This is well worth the time to read.

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www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc... This is very troubling!

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In recent years, experts have worried over an online crisis of “misinformation,” Charlie Warzel and Mike Caulfield write. But that term doesn’t begin to describe what’s really happening. www.theatlantic.com/technology/a...

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"Remember what yesterday’s attempted coup at the U.S. Capitol was like. Very soon, someone might try to convince you that it was different. Maybe someone already has." THIS ARTICLE IS FROM JANUARY 7, 2021 www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...

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Fucking mother fuckers.

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“Giving kids agency doesn’t mean letting them do whatever they want. It means requiring them to identify + pursue some of their own goals, helping them build strategies to reach those goals, assessing progress and guiding them to course-correct when they fall short.” www.nytimes.com/2025/01/02/o...

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I worry the horrific violence in NOLA (and conspiracy theory around it) might distract from the fact that white supremacist domestic terrorism is truly our greatest threat. www.nytimes.com/2024/12/31/u...

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An important reminder (gift link 🎁)

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I visited a vineyard in Beaujolais who planted some Syrah due to concerns over climate change . The graoe is usually found further south in the Rhone. Tasted awful.

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Elon Musk Is a National Security Risk www.nytimes.com/2024/12/29/o...

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This is such an important article. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...

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You’ll notice how mainstream media tiptoes around this blatant worldwide power grab by Musk the same way it contorts itself in reporting on police violence and obvious acts of genocidal violence. Why? Because they’re communication organs owned by the wealth class. That’s their purpose.

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