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A series of texts from Anthony Fauci’s phone that critics have called revelatory are in fact irrelevant to the many more interesting questions about his actions during the pandemic, @engber.bsky.social argues:

The best piece you will read today, or any day, about madness on campuses. www.theatlantic.com/magazine/202...

Rabobank on the unfolding worst case scenario:

I f'n hate the Straight of Hormuz

Guys, it's a really good time to just log off for a bit, pull out a Nintendo and just dive into some retro games you haven't played in years and escape from the global affairs that aren't going great and you have very little influence over.

Trump’s actions in Venezuela set a dangerous precedent. Acting without legitimacy weakens our credibility, divides us at home, and plays right into the hands of Putin and Xi. Clip with @briefingwithpsaki.bsky.social

I am with my best friend and her partner—who I love. Watching bad TV. Drinking a martini. After having eaten a good dinner. And there is joy. Find your joy. It doesn’t have to be big. Just real. ❤️

Horrific reminder of the criticality of building essential safety measures and material selection for interiors. It's hard to fathom a fire started by a candle causing this many deaths but there will surely be deficiencies in key areas that massively escalated the level of loss of life 😢

Bluesky definitely has a very politically lopsided user base. But at least they're actual human users, unlike on Twitter

Nothing to see here. All totally logical and defensible for sure 🤢

BREAKING Zohran Mamdani has been sworn-in as the 112th Mayor of New York City.

Mel C killing it in front of the Sydney Harbour Bridge! #nye #auspol

Is it Casey Donavan for Sydney NYE every year?

Whether it's Hillary Clinton making $100,000 in cattle futures 14 years before she became First Lady or Donald Trump making $1.7 billion from his DJT meme stock while serving as president, both sides have made money in controversial ways.

Media release: Unity must guide the Government's response to Bondi attack, not divisive pro-Israel wishlist Full release available at the link in our bio.

Reports of a mass shooting at Bondi Beach, Sidney, at or near a Hanukkah event which was taking place on the beach. I have seen videos of two men in black shooting down to the beach, but I'm not sure if those are the assailants or LEO. Reports of many casualties.

Honestly, this is surprising... I didn't think we'd see the MAGA "He's not a pedophile if they're 15" discourse unless Trump was named directly.

Next week LinkedIn will use your personal data for AI training by automatically enabling permissions. To manually turn off go to: Settings ➡️ Data Privacy ➡️ under “How LinkedIn uses your data” click “Data for Generative AI improvement” ➡️ toggle off

Many leftists need to reckon with the way they are perceived, and how unwittingly divisive their behaviour is at times. It is what is driving younger men, from all racial blocs out of the left wing party. They only want a leader that actively pushes back against this force of hivemind thought

Today, Mike Johnson will keep the House adjourned for the 81st day out of the last 93. 12 days of work in over 3 months. With full pay and benefits. The senate has been working, so this is not about the shutdown. It is about avoiding a vote to release the Epstein files.

The white house ballroom issue has been a useful tell for who's still suffering from a 2017 case of Trump Derangement Syndrome, and will be complaining no matter what happens because it's Trump.

The government has killed 32 people in 7 strikes with no evidence they were traffickers. The admiral leading the mission quit. If we had proof, they’d face a court, not a drone. The law still applies, even to suspected drug traffickers, and right now, the Administration’s story isn’t adding up.

Peaceful anti Trump protests are awesome and cathartic, but I feel they would have more cut through with the less polarised if the timing and purpose was linked to specific events or actions.

With Liverpool aiming to end its three-match losing run with a home clash against Manchester United, Virgil van Dijk admitted he and his teammates are well aware of the game's magnitude

An ICE agent, who is being arrested for drunk driving and nearly killing his little kids & others, tries to stop the arrest by racially profiling the officers arresting him. Amazing to watch the courtesy given to him as he is belligerent and uncooperative

the subreddits for luxury watches are some of the darkest places on earth

Despite huge advancements in technology & worker productivity since the 1970s, wages for American workers have remained stagnant and almost all new wealth has gone to the people on top. Will it be any different with AI and robotics? I don’t think so. Maybe even worse.

Watching the calls for accolades for Trump over the middle east ceasefire is irksome. If course, credit where it's due, and I will give him credit where he deserves it. But Israel finally accepting the deal they should have taken long ago is not a big win.

The phone number for the U.S. Capitol switchboard is (202) 224-3121. #epstein

You'd really think an "America First" agenda wouldn't involve defunding healthcare

I don’t know who needs to hear this but the CDC is being eviscerated right now. America is not going to have any kind of outbreak response capacity after tonight. Americans’ health data is no longer secure. Say goodbye to federal public health in any capacity. It’s a disaster. We won’t recover.

I'm glad there's a place deal on Palestine. Now if Trump wants next year's Nobel can he please go hard to push Putin out of Ukraine.

I'm watching the Bari Weiss at CBS experiment with interest.

I wouldn't support Trump for Nobel peace prize unless he embraced peace through strength and crushed Putin in Ukraine.

10 WAYS TO AVOID BEING FOOLED In 10 tweets I’ll explain 10 heuristics that will make you smarter. Thread:

Contentment is determined less by experience than by the degree to which experience matches expectations. Happiness, then, is not about acquiring the big things but learning to appreciate the small ones.

They want to put people in jail for burning an American flag? What's the punishment for taking a shit on the US Constitution?

The virus that explains that is called covid phobia (fear), or lockdown rage (anger), both are less common than covid-19, but have more significant long lasting effects on those affected.

All about medbeds www.slowboring.com/p/the-medbed...

This video is one of the few positive moments in politics this year. I really hope AOC makes a senate run and can go on to be Bernie's successor and carry that torch for economic populism that the world needs to hear.

I am sickened by today’s attack in Manchester. Antisemitism is on the rise around the world, and we must do all we can to stomp it out. I am grateful to first responders and congregants who showed incredible bravery, and I am praying for those who were killed.

It worries me to see people on Bluesky with their head in the sand about the political position of the Kirk shooter. Of course some terrorists are left wing. The root cause is misguided 20 something's with huge chips on their shoulder, and ready access to firearms, living in a heavily divided world.

At least there was still enough moral opprobrium to require Kilmeade’s apology, I’m not sure how far away we are from that no longer being the case.

The most alarming thing about the Charlie Kirk assassination is both sides bases complete unwillingness to entertain the idea that the assassin may be from their ideological group. Two completely different understandings of the facts have been forged and there will be no changing.