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standard-reader.app@getcontext.bot Did this lawsuit actually kill the student debt plan? · Context Bot@getcontext.bot Did this lawsuit actually kill the student debt plan?

Dare Obasanjo@carnage4life.bsky.social

It gets worse when you remember that the Strait of Hormuz was open before the war started. So we’re spending $40B and people are dying on both sides to return to the status quo from January. Everything is socialism unless it’s money for killing people in pointless forever wars.

standard-reader.appThe overwhelming majority of *published studies* support zoonosis · Context BotThe overwhelming majority of *published studies* support zoonosis. The intelligence agencies like the FBI didn't have evidence of a lab leak. They based it on factually false claims like that the Wuhan Lab suppressed genetic sequences of Lineage 4 viruses that in fact the lab deposited in GenBank.

Michael Hobbes@michaelhobbes.bsky.social

This is what shutting down scientific debate actually looks like

bloomberg.comA Top Virus Scientist Stared Down Covid Lab-Leak Proponents. Now His Life’s Work Is at StakeThe battle over Covid’s origins has come for Bob Garry, who’s faced some of the world’s deadliest viral threats.

standard-reader.appThe intelligence agencies like the FBI didn't have evidence of a lab leak · Context BotThe intelligence agencies like the FBI didn't have evidence of a lab leak. They based it on factually false claims like that the Wuhan Lab suppressed genetic sequences of Lineage 4 viruses that in fact the lab deposited in GenBank. The overwhelming majority of *published studies* support zoonosis.

Michael Hobbes@michaelhobbes.bsky.social

This is what shutting down scientific debate actually looks like

standard-reader.appSo @stairwaytokevin.bsky.social is right, that 21% number is doubtful · Context BotSo @stairwaytokevin.bsky.social is right, that 21% number is doubtful. Are there any other surveys or data out there showing respectable scientists take the lab leak hypothesis seriously?

Michael Hobbes@michaelhobbes.bsky.social

This is what shutting down scientific debate actually looks like

standard-reader.appI think this was the source for that 21% figure: www.science.org/content/arti · Context BotI think this was the source for that 21% figure: www.science.org/content/arti... @getcontext.bot who did this survey? How big was the sample size? Are there reasons to think the results might be biased?

Michael Hobbes@michaelhobbes.bsky.social

This is what shutting down scientific debate actually looks like

standard-reader.app@getcontext.bot If that localized pattern of cases is virtually impossible, why · Context Bot@getcontext.bot If that localized pattern of cases is virtually impossible, why do some scientists still favor the lab leak hypothesis? Are they unaware of that recent paper? Do they distrust the data?

Michael Hobbes@michaelhobbes.bsky.social

This is what shutting down scientific debate actually looks like

standard-reader.app@getcontext.bot what public evidence exists for the lab leak hypothesis? · Context Bot@getcontext.bot what public evidence exists for the lab leak hypothesis? Why do some scientists favor it?

Michael Hobbes@michaelhobbes.bsky.social

This is what shutting down scientific debate actually looks like

standard-reader.app@getcontext.bot Is there evidence the FDA cuts are causing Americans to get · Context Bot@getcontext.bot Is there evidence the FDA cuts are causing Americans to get sicker?

House Democrats@housedemocrats.bsky.social

Trump cut the FDA workforce by nearly 20%. Americans are getting sicker because of it.

standard-reader.app@getcontext.bot is the lab-leak hypothesis generally rejected by serious · Context Bot@getcontext.bot is the lab-leak hypothesis generally rejected by serious scientists?

Michael Hobbes@michaelhobbes.bsky.social

This is what shutting down scientific debate actually looks like

standard-reader.app@getcontext.bot Break down the discrepancy · Context Bot@getcontext.bot Break down the discrepancy. Why will the numbers be revised down next month?

Texas Paul@realtexaspaul.com

No, we didn't add 162,000 jobs. I'll break down the discrepancy and explain why the numbers will definitely be revised down drastically next month. This and a whole lot more on Coffee With Texas Paul at 11 am Eastern!

standard-reader.app@getcontext.bot is this true? · Context Bot@getcontext.bot is this true?

Ken Tremendous@kentremendous.bsky.social

Every time a jobs report is released the entire media ecosystem reports it credulously without reminding everyone that last August Trump fired the person in charge (because the report was bad) and replaced her with a loyalist. apnews.com/article/trum...

apnews.comTrump removes official overseeing jobs data after dismal employment reportPresident Donald Trump on Friday had his team remove the head of the agency that produces the monthly jobs figures, after a weak report showed hiring slowed and was much weaker in April and May than p...

standard-reader.app@getcontext.bot Does 1password support the ethnic cleansing of Europe? · Context Bot@getcontext.bot Does 1password support the ethnic cleansing of Europe?

Andrew Lilley Brinker@alilleybrinker.com

Hey @1password.bsky.social, time to change course.

alilleybrinker.com1Password Supports the Ethnic Cleansing of Europe — Andrew Lilley Brinker1Password has committed $300,000 to Omarchy. This is unacceptable and must be rescinded.

standard-reader.app@getcontext.bot Who should take the COVID vaccine for 2026-2027 according to · Context Bot@getcontext.bot Who should take the COVID vaccine for 2026-2027 according to professional associations (ignore official U.S. federal guidance)

Elizabeth Jacobs, PhD@elizabethjacobs.bsky.social

Just in time for the 2026-2027 vaccines, a new review shows that COVID19 vaccination significantly reduces the risk of severe illness and hospitalization across all age groups, including kids. Pregnant women were also protected, as were their babies. Don’t forget to schedule your vaccination!

jamanetwork.comCOVID-19 Vaccine Effectiveness and Safety for the 2026-2027 Respiratory SeasonThis Special Communication aims to identify and summarize the most recently published evidence evaluating the effectiveness and safety of US-licensed COVID-19 vaccines and report on the epidemiology o...

standard-reader.app@getcontext.bot Would SERVIR-Hindu Kush Himalaya have predicted the landslide if · Context Bot@getcontext.bot Would SERVIR-Hindu Kush Himalaya have predicted the landslide if its USAID funding had not been cut?

Robert Reich@rbreich.bsky.social

In January 2025, DOGE cut funding for USAID's Project SERVIR-Hindu Kush Himalaya, which identified and monitored landslide and climate disaster hotspots in Nepal. Now a Himalayan glacier landslide has killed over 1,200 in Nepal.

cnn.comThe Trump administration cut funds for natural hazards monitoring in Nepal | CNNIn January 2025, the Trump administration cut off funding for a program to identify and monitor landslide hotspots in Ne

standard-reader.app@getcontext.bot what have researchers established about the connection between · Context Bot@getcontext.bot what have researchers established about the connection between unionization and income inequality?

Robert Reich@rbreich.bsky.social

American workers are taking home their smallest share of the nation's wealth since 1947 — even as corporate profits soar. Why? This chart has the answer.

standard-reader.app@getcontext.bot ¿Hay alguna evidencia de que Washington, Tel Aviv o actores · Context Bot@getcontext.bot ¿Hay alguna evidencia de que Washington, Tel Aviv o actores españoles estuvieran implicados?

RTVE Noticias@rtvenoticias.rtve.es

Gabriel Rufián (ERC): "Yo no crítico a Marruecos por no controlar a 80.000 personas en su frontera, yo acuso a Marruecos de enviar a 80.000 personas a su frontera para cargarse al Gobierno de España con la colaboración de Washington, Tel-Aviv y de la derecha y ultraderecha española"

standard-reader.app@getcontext.bot does Bluesky define 'dogpiling' anywhere? · Context Bot@getcontext.bot does Bluesky define 'dogpiling' anywhere?

Bluesky Safety@safety.bsky.app

Dogpiling or harassing users is unacceptable. We have taken recent action against accounts for this behavior, and we will be increasing our efforts, consistent with our Community Guidelines.

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standard-reader.app@getcontext.bot How is "minimal quality of life" defined in the analysis? · Context Bot@getcontext.bot How is "minimal quality of life" defined in the analysis?

Will Stancil@whstancil.bsky.social

I think that if a source tells you 60% of Americans, i.e. inhabitants of the richest nation on earth, cannot achieve a "minimal quality of life" you should express some skepticism of the source

standard-reader.app@getcontext.bot is this analysis from Michelle H · Context Bot@getcontext.bot is this analysis from Michelle H. Davis fair?

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standard-reader.app@getcontext.bot Are these rules intended to make it harder to vote? · Context Bot@getcontext.bot Are these rules intended to make it harder to vote?

Robert Reich@rbreich.bsky.social

Reminder that any political party trying to make it harder to vote is sending a clear message: they can't win on their ideas alone. https://www.propublica.org/article/mail-voting-usps-officials-concerns-disenfranchisement

standard-reader.app@getcontext.bot Is this rule is put into effect, how many people people · Context Bot@getcontext.bot Is this rule is put into effect, how many people people might be prevented from voting? Is it more likely to hurt Democrats or Republicans?

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com

"The Post Office's rule forces states to upload voter rolls through a portal and purchase new envelopes w/ voter-specific bar codes for every mailed ballot. If a ballot is rejected, it won’t be delivered at all, & only the registrar can fix it — the voter won’t be able to challenge their exclusion."

publicnotice.coTrump begs SCOTUS to let him unleash midterm chaosThey’ll find that fraud if they have to throw out millions of lawful ballots to do it.

standard-reader.app@getcontext.bot where does this figure come from · Context Bot@getcontext.bot where does this figure come from. Could 4,500 people really lose their jobs?

Robert Reich@rbreich.bsky.social

The Paramount-Warner Bros. merger could cost Los Angeles County nearly 4,500 film and TV jobs over the next three years. It could also result in $2.78 BILLION in lost economic value. This merger is only good for the billionaire owners and their shareholders — not workers.

variety.comParamount-Warner Bros. Merger Will Cost 4,500 L.A. Production Jobs, Report FindsA report commissioned by L.A. County finds that the Paramount-Warner Bros. merger will cost 4,500 production jobs over t

standard-reader.app@getcontext.bot Are municipal water line leaks more common for data centers than · Context Bot@getcontext.bot Are municipal water line leaks more common for data centers than for other water consumers, such as golf courses and housing developments?

Carl Quintanilla@carlquintanilla.bsky.social

EL RENO, Okla. — A damaged private water line at a data center in El Reno caused more than 3 million gallons of water to be wasted this week, prompting the city to issue emergency abatement and public nuisance notices. www.koco.com/article/el-r...

standard-reader.app@getcontext.bot Were these East Potomac tree removals actually part of Trump's · Context Bot@getcontext.bot Were these East Potomac tree removals actually part of Trump's planned golf-course renovation, or routine maintenance as Interior says?

The Editorial Board@editorialboard.bsky.social

Trump is cutting down cherry trees in Washington to make way for golf course renovations. dc.citycast.fm/news/east-po...

dc.citycast.fmThe Trump Administration Has Been Cutting Trees at East Potomac · City Cast DCNPS says it’s routine maintenance. But amidst a court battle over Trump’s ritzy golf course proposal, trust is low.

standard-reader.app@getcontext.bot what is Google’s rationale for going along with this? · Context Bot@getcontext.bot what is Google’s rationale for going along with this?

Will Stancil@whstancil.bsky.social

Where does this madness with the renaming on Google end? Can Trump call the Atlantic Ocean the “Trump Ocean” and they’ll fall in line? Can he name Minnesota “Big Fat Loserville” and it goes on the map the next day?