Ciara Torres-Spelliscy

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Ross Murray @inlayterms.bsky.social

Switzerland put solar panels in the unused space between train tracks. They are removeable, so you can still work on the tracks. And it's working!

Switzerland has turned its train tracks into solar power plants

The patented solar panels use existing unused space to generate clean electricity — without getting in the way of a single train.

👀⚖️ reminder they are still hiding the #epsteinfiles

Mark @njdoc.bsky.social

US Justice Dept says it cannot provide unredacted Epstein files for New Mexico probe reut.rs/4poSAGY

US Justice Dept says it cannot provide unredacted Epstein files for New Mexico probe

The U.S. Department of Justice said on Wednesday it was prohibited by law from releasing unredacted files ​on Jeffrey Epstein requested by New Mexico, escalating a feud with state officials investigat...

✅⚖️ VICTORY: Federal appeals court decisively rejects Florida’s ‘Stop WOKE Act’ www.fire.org/news/victory... #1A

VICTORY: Federal appeals court decisively rejects Florida’s ‘Stop WOKE Act’

Ruling rejects Florida’s attempt to enact a “speech ban on all public college and university professors,” protects academic freedom and free inquiry on campus.

👀⚖️👇🏾 This is extraordinary. #blanche #nycbar

Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social

NYC Bar opposes the nomination of one of its own members, Todd Blanche, to be attorney general, saying he lacks the basic professional integrity that the position demands. A stinging and very detailed assessment. www.nycbar.org/reports/oppo...

Remember regulations save lives

Forbes @forbes.com

Taylor Farms, which supplies major fast food and grocery chains, was identified as the possible source of the cyclosporiasis outbreak Thursday.

Taylor Farms Recalls Iceberg Lettuce Traced To Farm In Mexico Amid Cyclosporiasis Outbreak

Taylor Farms, which supplies major fast food and grocery chains, was identified as the possible source of the cyclosporiasis outbreak Thursday.

Just FYI that the US doesn't follow the dying wishes of a dead president. There's one president at a time. There's a line of succession and the next man (or woman) in line gets the job and then that person is the executive who makes decisions. Think of Andrew Johnson after Abraham Lincoln.

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Prem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social

Wow. The ICE shooter in Maine asked his ex-wife to "to lie for him and to cover for his character." She said he was abusive and had previously reported concerns about him to his military superiors. He was also a volunteer firefighter, but was removed after several spats with department leadership.

ICE agent who killed man in Biddeford identified as former Maine law enforcement officer

An ex-wife told the Press Herald that David Brouillette called her and admitted he was the ICE agent who shot Johan Sebastián Durán Guerrero.

"Florida’s...rule is a breathtaking assertion of power to ban unpopular ideas from public discourse in the very places ...recognize[d] as centers of inquiry—classrooms where students are trusted to puzzle through ideas that are good and bad, easy and hard, ideally getting ever closer to the truth."⚖️

Ciara Torres-Spelliscy @profciara.bsky.social

✅⚖️ VICTORY: Federal appeals court decisively rejects Florida’s ‘Stop WOKE Act’ www.fire.org/news/victory... #1A

VICTORY: Federal appeals court decisively rejects Florida’s ‘Stop WOKE Act’

Ruling rejects Florida’s attempt to enact a “speech ban on all public college and university professors,” protects academic freedom and free inquiry on campus.

Didn’t these outfits used to come with a pointy hood?

a blonde woman in a red shirt is making a funny face and says sure klan

ALT: a blonde woman in a red shirt is making a funny face and says sure klan

The Sgt Joker @thesgtjoker.bsky.social

The same Republicans who were hysterical when asked to wear masks to prevent the spread of COVID19 have no problem wearing masks to spread their White Nationalist Christian hatred.

✅⚖️ A federal judge said it was the longest sentence he had ever handed out. Deservedly so. #RIP #Hortman

MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com

BREAKING: Vance Boelter, the man who assassinated Minnesota House Speaker Melissa Hortman and her husband and shot Sen. John Hoffman and his wife, just got sentenced to two life terms plus 40 years. He will die in prison.

Man Who Killed Dem Lawmaker and Her Husband Sentenced to Two Life Terms Plus 40 Years

A federal judge said it was the longest sentence he's ever handed down, for a man who posed as a police officer to gun down elected officials in their own homes.

FYI admission is completely free for all Smithsonian museums in Washington, D.C., as well as the National Zoo. Go visit them before they are gutted. 🖼️

The Advocate @advocate.com

The report objects to museum exhibits featuring drag queens, queer athletes, LGBTQ+ icons, and a Broadway musical about Alexander Hamilton.

👋🏾 FYI all you First Amendment and Con Law nerds: This case has everything: "the academic context puts us at an unprecedented First Amendment intersection: viewpoint discrimination meets public-employee speech, meets government speech, meets academic freedom." #1A ⚖️ www.fire.org/research-lea...

Bill Hader as Stefon: This Place Has Everything

ALT: Bill Hader as Stefon: This Place Has Everything

Ciara Torres-Spelliscy @profciara.bsky.social

A lot of the Florida Stop Woke Act was noxious, but as the 11th Circuit pointed out in its decision finding it unconstitutional under the First Amendment the implementation against professors was Orwellian b/c even if you changed a lecture you could still be punished. ⚖️ www.fire.org/research-lea...

Wut 🧀

Deborah Blum @deborahb.bsky.social

The FDA has asked Raw Farm to recall the cheddar cheese linked to the outbreak and "it has declined." But E.coli 0157 H7 is a very pathogenic bacteria. So buyer be aware and beware here. 1/3

Outbreak Investigation of E. coli O157:H7: Raw Cheddar Cheese

RAW FARM-brand Raw Cheddar Cheese linked to ongoing outbreak. FDA’s investigation is ongoing.

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Laura Jedeed @laurajedeed.bsky.social

Hi hello I was going to do a full thread on the Great American State Fair later but it seems I'm starting early: why in the fuck are PragerU, Patriot Academy, and other far right groups the ENTIRETY of the Department of Education booth

Reminder he sued the wsj twice 🚩⚖️ www.wsj.com/us-news/law/...

Trump Files Revised Defamation Lawsuit Against WSJ Publisher

A federal judge had tossed Trump’s first complaint over an article about a letter in a Jeffrey Epstein birthday book.

MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com

Trump just sat there smiling as Wolf Blitzer honored the Wall Street Journal for its reporting on Trump's ties to Jeffrey Epstein—then shook the hands of the journalists.

Awkward Moment at WHCD as Trump Applauds Reporters Who Exposed His Epstein Ties

The White House Correspondents' Dinner produced one of the night's most surreal moments as Trump congratulated reporters honored for exposing his Epstein ties.

Gross

The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social

HAWAII — Tulsi Gabbard’s brother charged with trying to lure children to a hotel room with gum and money

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I see the anti-science lobby never quits. 👀⚕️

Jess Piper @piperformissouri.bsky.social

The Iowa GOP advanced a bill making it a misdemeanor for a healthcare provider to administer a Covid vaccine. Even when a person has requested a Covid vaccine.

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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com

🚨 NEWS: Wisconsin election officials have found probable cause that Elon Musk violated the state's election bribery law and have referred complaints against him to the Brown County District Attorney. 1/

🤨⚖️👇🏾 #palantir

Nina Zeelen @ninazeelen.bsky.social

Palantir CEO Alex Karp couldn’t stay seated in his chair as he proudly stated: 'We kill people sometimes', while speaking to shareholders. (Feb 2026)

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Shadow docket strikes again & again

ProPublica @propublica.org

NEW: Most Supreme Court Rulings Are Secretive Votes With Little Justification ProPublica conducted a new analysis that shows the court is deciding more consequential rulings than ever before in largely unsigned orders with little to no explanation.

A Troubling Milestone: Most Supreme Court Rulings Are Secretive Votes With Little Justification

ProPublica conducted a new analysis that shows the court is deciding more consequential rulings than ever before in largely unsigned orders with little to no explanation.

Gross

MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com

NEWS: WV GOP Assistant Majority Leader Elliott Pritt has been arrested and charged with enticing a minor after allegedly grooming a 15-year-old through Roblox and Snapchat, then having her meet him in his classroom. GOP leadership won't call for his resignation.

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CNN @cnn.com

Model recruiter Daniel Siad, who introduced young women to Jeffrey Epstein, found dead at his home in France https://cnn.it/4vLVqaG

👀⚖️ #blanche

Harry Litman @harrylitman.bsky.social

Emails just obtained by the American Oversight Committee portray Blanche as very much in charge of and keeping firm command of the weaponization effort in the DOJ. www.nytimes.com/2026/07/14/u...

‘I Am Frustrated’: Emails Show Blanche’s Role in Trump’s Retribution Campaign

The cooperation of Todd Blanche will be a flashpoint in his confirmation hearing to be attorney general on Wednesday.

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