A ripple in time

A ripple in time

@neoblaque.bsky.social

Gardener, pirate, ERA, justice. Roy Batty was framed. Michigan.

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While Alaskan senate candidate, Mary Peltola, recovers from a suspiciously timed car accident & Marc Elias files a lawsuit fighting back against Trump's threat to not certify her future win 🗳 Let's all bask in the glow of her absolutely amazing campaign ad. 🤍 So beautiful & calming. 🌞 🙌🏻

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My heart is heavy. Walter Koenig, our Ensign Pavel Chekov, passed away early today. Walter and I met on the bridge of the Enterprise in the 1960s, and we stayed friends for nearly six decades. When Brad and I married in 2008, Walter stood beside us as our best man.

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This is a really well done piece on surveillance at the US's southern border, great graphics, interviews, reconstructions of what the cameras can see. Surveillance is a subject which I think is really challenging to do, both because it can be difficult to get data... www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

nytimes.comTrump’s ‘Smart Wall’ of A.I. Cameras Is Watching the Border, and More Than a Million PeopleThe administration is planning a massive expansion of the surveillance program. Here’s how much it can see.

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The best sort of comfort food: Massaman Beef Curry is #RecipeOfTheDay! I like to cook the beef in advance, let the flavours deepen, and the meat grow tender in the spicy juices, then cook the potatoes in them just before serving. www.nigella.com/recipes/mass...

nigella.comMassaman Beef CurryThis is another recipe inspired by my Thai travels — see Thai Noodles with Cinnamon and Prawns — and I have cooked it many, many times since. It is essentially a beef and potato stew, with all the com...

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In 2020, Jared Kushner was senior advisor to the president of the United States, a full-time employee of the United States government, and was subject to numerous disclosure requirements and ethical restrictions under the Ethics in Government Act of 1978.

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Talarico: You want to know why they are spending $200 million against me? Because I don’t take their corporate PAC money and I never will. I don’t work for them. I work for you. When we flip this seat in Texas, I’m going to vote to ban corporate PACs so billionaires can’t buy our elections.

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Abdul El-Sayed is winning back voters betrayed by Trump's phony promises of economic change and peace. That's why AIPAC burned $30M trying to stop him in the primary — and why they're spending another $9M to boost his Republican opponent in the general. He's the real deal and that terrifies them.

Abdul El-Sayed@abdulelsayed.bsky.social

“He's gunna go up to the Upper Peninsula and get a pretty cold welcome.” And the UP said…

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A fake poll showing Mallory McMorrow at 9% in Michigan’s Democratic Senate primary helped end her campaign. The polling firm admits it fabricated the data just to see whether news outlets would report it without checking. Donations dried up. Volunteers were devastated. “It killed us.” bit.ly/4zcyCDl

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Lake Superior Academy is a beautiful school that had offered an incredible outdoor learning experience — that is until this Bitcoin mining farm moved in…

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Just this month, Trump offered to sell weapons to China, struck a diesel deal with Putin, paused Russian sanctions and tariffs, and restricted Ukraine's access to Starshield. Trading weapons, tech, resources and sanctions-evasion officially qualifies America for membership in the Axis of Evil Club.

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At 10am Judge Ana Reyes will begin an evidentiary hearing in the golf course case at 10am. I'll try to live-blog from the US Courthouse media room for @lawfaremedia.org . This is a case to stop Trump from converting a historic public golf course, open to all, to a Trump style championship course.

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James stopped by Kafi BBQ in DFW, where their halal take on Texas barbecue has earned national recognition and the title of Best BBQ in Dallas from the Dallas Observer.

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Art Tatum, Jazz Pianist, #BornOnThisDay in 1909, in Toledo, Ohio “They have devised this trick to make people believe that one man is playing the piano, when I know at least three people are playing.” (Hank Jones remembering when he first heard Tatum on radio)

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Abdul El-Sayed: “I’ll take this one… Do you love your dad?” Man, I love this guy, he’s on a different level, we need so many more of him 💙💙💙

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1. Trump’s new White House press secretary, Katie Zacharia, says she is a lawyer. She has claimed to be a lawyer repeatedly on national TV, on podcasts, and on social media. But there is no evidence that Zacharia has ever been licensed to practice law.

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UNEARTHED: Ken Paxton caught on video partying with fugitives in Dubai. The fugitives were charged with healthcare fraud and helped bankroll Paxton’s campaign.

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The Citroën 2CV is back as a low-priced, electric hatchback. It’s smaller than the original, with plenty of retro design cues and colorful materials. Citroën aims to have the production car ready by 2028 at €15,000. Original post

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And with that we have our first dead AI startup

Techmeme@techmeme.com

Character.AI files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in the US, agrees to sell some assets to Disney for $20M, and plans to keep operating as it completes the sale (Rhea Rose Abraham/Reuters) Main Link | Techmeme Permalink

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I shared some photos this morning of the new Barbour x Norbit collection. Some people really liked the jackets, but expressed concern over the prices. These jackets are, admittedly, expensive. So here are some tips on how to get something similar for less. 🧵

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I'm not running to bow to a corporation. I'm not running to raise your utility rates or help them do it. I'm not running so that your premium goes up and everybody looks the other way. I'm running to fight for you.

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Blumenthal: Tether is a crypto company that has a stablecoin known as USDT, and it is the major means of Iran avoiding and evading sanctions. What we’ve also exposed is that Cantor Fitzgerald has a major financial tie. Cantor Fitzgerald was owned by Howard Lutnick. It’s still run by his family.