Joe

Joe

@jpbren2.bsky.social

Cincinnati, Ohio

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Leaning toward terrible

Sarah Kendrew@sarahkendrew.bsky.social

I am a middle-aged adult with a PhD but I can't read "groundbreaking" books that are being "devoured" without checking in with @michaelhobbes.bsky.social and @notalawyer.bsky.social - is it brilliant or terrible? www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

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A maternity ward doctor donated his own blood during surgery to keep a pregnant patient alive. One woman gained fewer than 10 pounds over her entire pregnancy. Another collapsed and had seizures during labor. (Published Dec. 2025)

propublica.orgWhat I Saw at a Maternity Ward in Kenya After the U.S. Cut Off Food and Foreign AidPhotographs tell a story of two mothers determined to help their babies gain enough weight to leave the hospital — only to face little to no food again.

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Mamdani: When I am speaking about AIPAC, I’m speaking about an organization that has fought any attempt to actually deliver safety to people not just in Palestine but, frankly, throughout much of the region. And it is a status quo of immorality. It is one that I will not accept.

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Incredible job Mr. Jeffrey Bezos cutting off the NBA Playoff game with 20 seconds left in overtime. Thank you for your incredible hard work on Amazon Prime Video: The Service That Always Works.

"We will be greeted as liberators!" -Lindsay Graham probably

Reuters@reuters.com

Exclusive: Ahead of the US attack on Iran, President Trump received briefings that not only delivered blunt assessments about the risk of major US casualties but also touted the prospect of a generational shift in the Middle East in favor of US interests reut.rs/4aS6Lxi

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Kerryman who is married, living and working legally in the United States for >20 years has been incarcerated by US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (Ice) since September 2025. Profoundly disturbing report by Karlin Lillington @klillington.bsky.social www.irishtimes.com/world/us/202...

irishtimes.com‘Absolute hell’: Irish man with valid US work permit held by Ice since SeptemberSeamus Culleton has been in a detention facility in Texas for nearly five months despite having no criminal record

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Tomorrow, the Democratic Party of Evanston members will vote to endorse candidates. Unfortunately, the DPOE misrepresented us on the ballot, didn’t tell us, and still has not issued a formal correction. So we’re doing it ourselves:

Gavin Newsom is a twat and it will be really hard to vote for him in the general.

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One thing that's cool is if you say anything critical of Gavin Newsom you get 600 generic pfp accounts with 3 total posts calling you a bot or a paid op

Seems pretty crazy a company can just put this in their terms of service, and I just have to agree to continue to use my kids nightlight #hatch

If my kids Hatch catches fire and burnt my house down. I couldn't join a class action against them? I have heard of forced arbitration clauses but this seems like an entirely another level to avoid responsibility. Is it even legal?