Fermi's Pair of Socks

Fermi's Pair of Socks

@fermispairofsocks.bsky.social

“The Party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command.”

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Financial Times@financialtimes.com

Europe’s biggest salmon producers are beginning to feed chicken to their fish, breaking a longstanding taboo in the hunt for cheap protein. Supermarkets previously feared a backlash from consumers who might regard the practice 'unnatural'. What changed? ft.trib.al/y9R4aQC

As a father to a couple tween girls I'm really anxious about having them grow up and live in this country. It's just not a great time to be a woman here from all I can see. I really hope it improves in the near term but I'm not optimistic.

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For more than six decades, 103-year-old Irvin Koch has been pouring drinks for customers out of the basement of his home in Maryland. His dive bar, legally zoned for commercial use, is a time capsule tucked away from the rest of the world above. https://wapo.st/4rP9hN5

I have so many friends and family who are recent immigrants, and it kills me to know that the only thing protecting them from abuse or worse is the stroke of a pen.

Mr. Dan Zak@mrdanzak.com

A Haitian man legally immigrated to Ohio, then was given an ankle monitor bc Trump withdrew his status. He threw himself in front of truck. The trucker, who voted for Trump, is haunted. “Pierre was doing what he was supposed to do. We did not do right by him.” www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...

Seems like they are trying to pivot to blame Ukraine for gas prices etc.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com

Marco Rubio: "The one thing we are concerned about is that over the last few months on a number of occasions American-linked ships, American oil supplies, have been targeted -- probably not deliberately -- but targeted nonetheless by Ukraine. That needs to be addressed. We can't have that happen."

And now somehow the rebuild is also my tax dollars.

Unusual Whales@unusualwhales.bsky.social

JUST IN: The Trump administration ‌has proposed investing $5 billion in a new fund that would help Middle ⁠East countries rebuild energy infrastructure battered in the Iran war and reduce their reliance on the Strait of Hormuz to ‌transport ⁠oil and gas, per WSJ

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There remains a conspiracy theory about how Trump would root out deep state sex trafficking. Of course, that did not exist. But it turns out you need a functioning administrative state to investigate and prosecute these crimes. Instead, the state is degraded, redirected to attack Trump's enemies.

Reuters Legal@legal.reuters.com

Sex trafficking investigations stalled and prosecutions declined in the past six months because of staffing shortages, funding cuts and immigration enforcement, according to Reuters interviews with 25 former prosecutors, current agents and victims' advocates. Read the special report reut.rs/4fWSJ1k

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The Intercept and the Freedom of the Press Foundation sued President Donald Trump and his staff Wednesday, challenging a Trump-owned media company’s plan to monetize the president’s social media posts.

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💔 Odysseus’s now-famous monologue from Christopher Nolan’s acclaimed film The Odyssey speaks to everyone in a different way—but for Ukrainians, it carries a haunting echo of the Siren’s song.

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ICE STOPPED FOR COFFEE. THEIR ILLEGALLY PARKED VEHICLES VANISHED. PAXIS.app users spot illegal parking and alert property owners. Authorized tow-truck drivers move in. Agents return to find them gone. So sad. Never mind. A BADGE IS NOT A PARKING PERMIT. GoFundMe.com/PAXIS

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Chinese viral AI videos are turning foreigners into villains, flooding Chinese social media. They depict foreigners as threats to China’s social, moral, and national order. Strong, confident Chinese people confront, violently beat, and humiliate them in defense of their country. See more below🧵

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I think it's good that Mamdani is Just Doing Stuff but more people gotta realize that it is not a matter of Will or motivation or whatever but because the NYC Mayor, as an office, is one of the uniquely powerful individual offices you can hold in the United States (seriously)

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