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    Musk should be asked about this in every interview he does now and forever. To ignore it is a dereliction of duty.

    www.nytimes.com/2025/05/30/o...

    There is one place, however, where Musk, with the help of his minions, achieved his goals. He did indeed shred U.S.A.I.D. Though a rump operation is now operating inside the State Department, the administration says that it has terminated more than 80 percent of U.S.A.I.D. grants. Brooke Nichols, an associate professor of global health at Boston University, has estimated that these cuts have already resulted in about 300,000 deaths, most of them of children, and will most likely lead to significantly more by the end of the year. That is what Musk’s foray into politics accomplished.
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    This was….five months ago

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    The disparity btwn what’s actually happening in Los Angeles and the way it’s being mischaracterized is one of the biggest stress tests of modern media in recent memory. Botted socials, AI, old clips, declining literacy—it’s like seeing a broken emergency response system hit by a storm.

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    Jun 10, 2025
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    I can’t believe this has to be said, but: You cannot tell the story of Jackie Robinson—as a ballplayer, serviceman, or human—without discussing our country’s history of racism.

    From Around the Horn:

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    I can't stop laughing at this post. It's perfect.

    A guy asking ChatGPT to review a series of fart sound effects and getting a serious kiss ass response that calls it atmospheric
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    Apr 10, 2026
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    Read this: www.wgbh.org/news/local/2...

    Becoming a U.S. citizen takes years and involves immigrants acquiring a green card, extensive interviews, background checks, classes and a citizenship test. The naturalization ceremony is the final step to the process, where the oath of allegiance and a citizenship certificate are granted. Immigrants approved to be naturalized went to Faneuil Hall Thursday - known as the country's cradle of liberty - for that long-awaited moment to pledge allegiance to the United States. But instead, as they lined up, some were told by U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services officials that they couldn't proceed due to their countries of origin.
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    Just an absolutely gutting essay by Tatiana Schlossberg, a writer, mother of two young children, and cousin of RFK Jr who is dying of leukemia.

    www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...

    As I spent more and more of my life under the care of doctors, nurses, and researchers striving to improve the lives of others, I watched as Bobby cut nearly a half billion dollars for research into mRNA vaccines, technology that could be used against certain cancers; slashed billions in funding from the National Institutes of Health, the world's largest sponsor of medical research; and threatened to oust the panel of medical experts charged with recommending preventive cancer screenings. Hundreds of N.I.H. grants and clinical trials were cancelled, affecting thousands of patients. I worried about funding for leukemia and bone-marrow research at Memorial Sloan Kettering. I worried about the trials that were my only shot at remission. Early in my illness, when I
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    Nov 22, 2025
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    On being called DEI and why it isn’t the burn they think it is

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    As someone who spends a lot time thinking about the values I want to teach my kid (besides PLEASE DON’T EAT DIRT), the thing I keep coming back to is this: I want him to believe that the strongest, bravest thing he can do is give a shit about other people—especially ones who aren’t like him at all.

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    A nurse. A researcher. A helper.

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    Jan 24, 2026
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    All I see here is top notch ball security, elite contact balance, a willingness to grind out tough yards btwn the tackles, and surprising burst after he finds daylight

    Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social
    A member of Taiwan's parliament stole a bill and ran off with it to prevent it from being passed
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    Jun 28, 2025
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    Normalizing spelling out what people actually mean when they cite DEI rather than letting them hide behind the safe cover of a euphemism that's been sapped of meaning

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    Jan 30, 2025
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    They say phones only make us miserable but I just got this news alert and laughed for a solid minute so who is to say

    Breaking News 1m ago A close adviser to Mayor Eric Adams was suspended from his campaign after trying to give a journalist cash inside a potato chip bag.
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    Aug 21, 2025
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    Looking at the replies on an app and not seeing porn bots or people calling me DEI

    a man is standing in front of a crowd of people and looking at the camera with a surprised look on his face .
    ALT: a man is standing in front of a crowd of people and looking at the camera with a surprised look on his face .
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    Nov 12, 2024
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    This stock market crash thing is so confusing. On one hand you have every economist and bank in the free world freaking out. On the other, there are some blue check accounts on Twitter with ancient statues as their profile pics doing 20 part threads on why down is the new up. 🤷🏻‍♀️

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    Apr 4, 2025
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    Quite a quote from Texans LB Azeez Al-Shaair, who was asked about his STOP THE GENOCIDE eye black after today’s game

    www.usatoday.com/story/sports...

    "At the end of the day, it's bigger than me. The things that are going through makes people uncomfortable, imagine how (Palestinians) feel?" he said. "That's the biggest thing. I have no affiliation, no connection, to these people - other than the fact that I am a human being. If you have a heart and you're a human being, and you see what's going on in this world, you check yourself real quick. "I'm sitting here crying about football when there's people dying every single day." Al-Shaair is the Texans' 2025 Walter Payton Man of the Year nominee.
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    Jesus Christ

    In a different email, Epstein followed up with Tisch after he’d connected with one of the women: “report just in, you did very well, she wants to go to the play, she is a little freaked by the age difference but go slow … i will try to convince her not to return to Ukraine. having her crying worked.” Tisch responded: “Nice report … Funny comment on crying!!!” There are also emails between Epstein and women in which they discuss meeting with Tisch. Some reference the possibility that Tisch could help them with their acting careers.
    The Athletic @theathletic.com
    BREAKING NEWS: Convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein connected New York Giants chairman and co-owner Steve Tisch with multiple women, according to newly released emails.
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    Jan 30, 2026
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    The biggest endorsement I can make for Bluesky is that replacing Twitter with this app on my phone probably improved my general mood when I’m on my phone by 20-25%. I know there are better reasons but it is what it is!

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    May 27, 2025
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    Head Start, an early childhood education program for low income families, is on the chopping block. Growing up, my own mom was an aide with the program; it’s helped countless young mothers, including the one who tells her story here.

    www.kqed.org/news/1203596...

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    Hear me out….

    www.nytimes.com/2025/04/24/s...

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    A reminder that Bad Bunny performs in front of the biggest audience on earth in seven days

    ✶ MarcusD ✶ @marcusd.bsky.social
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    Feb 2, 2026
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    omg thank you Fox News 😭

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    My god. Essential, horrifying reporting here.

    A few days after the incident in which Amalia lost consciousness, Marcano brought her back to the clinic at Dilley. A staffer measured Amalia’s blood-oxygen saturation—which, in a healthy individual, is between ninety-five and a hundred per cent—and found that it was in the low fifties. “Such a low amount of oxygen going to the brain can, if it’s long enough, kill off parts of the brain—it’s really, really high-stakes,” Prantik Saha, a pediatrician who reviewed Amalia’s medical records, told me. “It’s shocking that this level of callousness and omission of care could occur.” Amalia was taken to a local hospital, where it became clear that she needed care beyond what the facility could provide. She was transferred to a larger hospital in San Antonio, where she was given five diagnoses: Covid-19, RSV, bronchitis, pneumonia, and an ear infection. She received supplemental oxygen and intensive care.
    The New Yorker @newyorker.com
    A toddler nearly died at an ICE detention facility in Dilley, Texas. After more than a week in intensive care, she was sent back. Sarah Stillman reports. www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
    The Return of Family Detention
    Under the Trump Administration, thousands of immigrant children have been detained, and many have suffered from medical neglect.
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    Apr 14, 2026
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    My 70 year old dad, whose favorite band is The Righteous Brothers, just informed me that he enjoyed the Bad Bunny show bc even though he didn’t understand the words, “it seemed like everyone on stage was having a good time!” So there ya go lol.

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    Love how the economy is becoming a Russian nesting doll of tech companies built to solve the problems created by other tech companies

    www.nytimes.com/2025/05/05/t...

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    May 5, 2025