Tompaine44
@tompaine44.bsky.social
Husband,father,learner,teacher,writer,original Internet developer (ArpaNet), critical thinker. Kindness and Honesty are my swords💙!
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Today’s #BirdOfTheDay theme is #WingsOpenNotFlying.
A great blue heron.
#birds
#photography
#birdsofbluesky
A great blue heron.
#birds
#photography
#birdsofbluesky
October 4, 2026 at 4:00 PM
Today’s #BirdOfTheDay theme is #WingsOpenNotFlying.
A great blue heron.
#birds
#photography
#birdsofbluesky
A great blue heron.
#birds
#photography
#birdsofbluesky
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October 4, 2026 at 4:22 PM
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U.S. District Judge Gary R. Brown found that ICE agents gave similar false testimony and falsified official records to conceal the illegal arrest of a Bronx man through deceptive actions that he said "strain the imagination." www.rawstory.com/ice-agent-wa...
Judge unearths elaborate ICE agent hoax: 'Some things simply strain the imagination'
U.S. District Judge Gary R. Brown found that Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents gave similar false testimony and falsified official records to conceal the illegal arrest of a Bronx man through...
www.rawstory.com
October 6, 2026 at 12:46 AM
U.S. District Judge Gary R. Brown found that ICE agents gave similar false testimony and falsified official records to conceal the illegal arrest of a Bronx man through deceptive actions that he said "strain the imagination." www.rawstory.com/ice-agent-wa...
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A lot of disease specialists thought the next pandemic was going to be bird flu, could it be pneumonia? I know most say another is inevitable.
October 5, 2026 at 9:50 PM
A lot of disease specialists thought the next pandemic was going to be bird flu, could it be pneumonia? I know most say another is inevitable.
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October 5, 2026 at 9:14 PM
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I am like 200 pages from the end of The Stand, I do NOT need this rn 😩😩😩
Russian officials said a researcher working at the Irkutsk Anti-Plague Research Institute in Siberia died after contracting “pneumonia of unknown etiology.”
Russian Plague Lab Researcher Dies As Nearly 200 Monitored—Here’s What We Know
Russian officials said a researcher working at the Irkutsk Anti-Plague Research Institute in Siberia died after contracting “pneumonia of unknown etiology.”
www.forbes.com
October 6, 2026 at 12:01 AM
I am like 200 pages from the end of The Stand, I do NOT need this rn 😩😩😩
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Phew guys, we're in safe hands. 🙄
After reports from Russia’s Irkutsk region revealed a potential public health crisis, Donald Trump gave his thoughts on a seeming outbreak of the rare and often deadly pneumonic plague.
Given his handling of COVID, some fear his approach to public health concerns.
After reports from Russia’s Irkutsk region revealed a potential public health crisis, Donald Trump gave his thoughts on a seeming outbreak of the rare and often deadly pneumonic plague.
Given his handling of COVID, some fear his approach to public health concerns.
October 6, 2026 at 12:55 AM
Phew guys, we're in safe hands. 🙄
After reports from Russia’s Irkutsk region revealed a potential public health crisis, Donald Trump gave his thoughts on a seeming outbreak of the rare and often deadly pneumonic plague.
Given his handling of COVID, some fear his approach to public health concerns.
After reports from Russia’s Irkutsk region revealed a potential public health crisis, Donald Trump gave his thoughts on a seeming outbreak of the rare and often deadly pneumonic plague.
Given his handling of COVID, some fear his approach to public health concerns.
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Moscow insists the plague situation in Irkutsk is under control as concern grows
Russia claims everything is under control, but actions in Irkutsk paint a different picture. We sort out the facts from the fantasy and analyze several online claims.
malcontentnews.substack.com/p/moscow-ins...
Russia claims everything is under control, but actions in Irkutsk paint a different picture. We sort out the facts from the fantasy and analyze several online claims.
malcontentnews.substack.com/p/moscow-ins...
Moscow insists plague situation in Irkutsk under control as concern grows
Russia’s attempts to control the information space are only fueling the fire as rumors swirl in Irkutsk and Moscow.
malcontentnews.substack.com
October 6, 2026 at 2:08 AM
Moscow insists the plague situation in Irkutsk is under control as concern grows
Russia claims everything is under control, but actions in Irkutsk paint a different picture. We sort out the facts from the fantasy and analyze several online claims.
malcontentnews.substack.com/p/moscow-ins...
Russia claims everything is under control, but actions in Irkutsk paint a different picture. We sort out the facts from the fantasy and analyze several online claims.
malcontentnews.substack.com/p/moscow-ins...
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October 6, 2026 at 2:47 AM
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As the Supreme Court allows revocation of legal status for 532,000 immigrants, we remember Dr. King's words: "Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere." Our faith calls us to welcome strangers and defend the vulnerable. May American citizens stand with their immigrant neighbors.
June 1, 2025 at 3:31 AM
As the Supreme Court allows revocation of legal status for 532,000 immigrants, we remember Dr. King's words: "Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere." Our faith calls us to welcome strangers and defend the vulnerable. May American citizens stand with their immigrant neighbors.
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A pregnant mother of four in California was shocked to see around a half-dozen vehicles carrying heavily armed, masked ICE agents outside her home Thursday morning and even more concerned when she spotted Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem along for the raid.
ktla.com
June 13, 2025 at 8:19 PM
A pregnant mother of four in California was shocked to see around a half-dozen vehicles carrying heavily armed, masked ICE agents outside her home Thursday morning and even more concerned when she spotted Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem along for the raid.
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This’ll be just like when the trump
Admin 1.0 publicly broke up with Sidney Powell but they kept working together anyhow.
Admin 1.0 publicly broke up with Sidney Powell but they kept working together anyhow.
His "off-boarding will begin tonight," a White House official told Reuters late Wednesday, confirming Elon Musk's departure from government mere hours after criticizing Trump’s spending bill.
Musk’s departure was decided "at a senior staff level." www.reuters.com/world/us/elo...
Musk’s departure was decided "at a senior staff level." www.reuters.com/world/us/elo...
Elon Musk leaving Trump administration, White House official confirms
Billionaire Tesla CEO Elon Musk is leaving the Trump administration after a tumultuous period working to restructure the federal government, a White House official confirmed.
www.reuters.com
May 29, 2025 at 5:16 AM
This’ll be just like when the trump
Admin 1.0 publicly broke up with Sidney Powell but they kept working together anyhow.
Admin 1.0 publicly broke up with Sidney Powell but they kept working together anyhow.
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"Why attack universities? Why attack journalism? Because ignorance works for power ... With that done, power can rewrite history with grotesque, false narratives. They can make criminals heroes and heroes criminals."
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May 28, 2025 at 5:12 PM
"Why attack universities? Why attack journalism? Because ignorance works for power ... With that done, power can rewrite history with grotesque, false narratives. They can make criminals heroes and heroes criminals."
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Trump ends diversity programming at the State Department
Trump ends diversity programming at the State Department
President Trump on Tuesday signed an executive order eliminating diversity programming at the State Department, wiping out the Biden administration’s initiative to remove barriers to employment for underrepresented groups. Trump’s order directs the State…
thehill.com
March 18, 2025 at 10:12 PM
Trump ends diversity programming at the State Department
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These 15 MAGA Republicans will sell out their own constituents to fund tax breaks to the rich.
They are willing to let their constituents DIE and cut Medicaid to do this.
Light up those phones! #SaveMedicaid
They are willing to let their constituents DIE and cut Medicaid to do this.
Light up those phones! #SaveMedicaid
March 18, 2025 at 9:57 PM
These 15 MAGA Republicans will sell out their own constituents to fund tax breaks to the rich.
They are willing to let their constituents DIE and cut Medicaid to do this.
Light up those phones! #SaveMedicaid
They are willing to let their constituents DIE and cut Medicaid to do this.
Light up those phones! #SaveMedicaid
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I think the only people who did NOT see this coming are the conservative Justices on SCOTUS. One of the first things dictators do is disembowel the courts. They gave Trump this power last summer. Threw out our Constitution costing themselves, and us, everything. www.thedailybeast.com/maga-melts-d...
MAGA Melts Down After Chief Justice Roberts Rebukes Trump for Impeachment Demand
Enraged pro-Trumpers went as far as to suggest the Supreme Court be done away with.
www.thedailybeast.com
March 18, 2025 at 10:07 PM
I think the only people who did NOT see this coming are the conservative Justices on SCOTUS. One of the first things dictators do is disembowel the courts. They gave Trump this power last summer. Threw out our Constitution costing themselves, and us, everything. www.thedailybeast.com/maga-melts-d...
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Cutting $880 billion from Medicaid is going to have a lot of devastating consequences for a lot of people
February 26, 2025 at 3:11 AM
Cutting $880 billion from Medicaid is going to have a lot of devastating consequences for a lot of people
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The markets understand that the Europeans know they’re now going to have to make their own stuff, and not rely on their strategic adversary, the United States.
February 25, 2025 at 5:12 PM
The markets understand that the Europeans know they’re now going to have to make their own stuff, and not rely on their strategic adversary, the United States.
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@rbreich.bsky.social:
“For every $1 the IRS spends auditing the top 1%, it can collect $13.
For every $1 the IRS spends auditing the top 0.1%, it can collect $26.
Laying off 7,000 IRS employees (during tax season) isn't about efficiency.
It's about making it easier for the rich to evade taxes.”
“For every $1 the IRS spends auditing the top 1%, it can collect $13.
For every $1 the IRS spends auditing the top 0.1%, it can collect $26.
Laying off 7,000 IRS employees (during tax season) isn't about efficiency.
It's about making it easier for the rich to evade taxes.”
February 25, 2025 at 1:38 PM
@rbreich.bsky.social:
“For every $1 the IRS spends auditing the top 1%, it can collect $13.
For every $1 the IRS spends auditing the top 0.1%, it can collect $26.
Laying off 7,000 IRS employees (during tax season) isn't about efficiency.
It's about making it easier for the rich to evade taxes.”
“For every $1 the IRS spends auditing the top 1%, it can collect $13.
For every $1 the IRS spends auditing the top 0.1%, it can collect $26.
Laying off 7,000 IRS employees (during tax season) isn't about efficiency.
It's about making it easier for the rich to evade taxes.”
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Anyone want to bet that no one looks at the email responses that Musk asked for ?
It requires too much manpower and organization. Even w/AI
He will hold them in the event he has an interaction with someone.
If so, he can look up their response or lack of, and use it as cause for action.
It requires too much manpower and organization. Even w/AI
He will hold them in the event he has an interaction with someone.
If so, he can look up their response or lack of, and use it as cause for action.
February 26, 2025 at 12:08 AM
Anyone want to bet that no one looks at the email responses that Musk asked for ?
It requires too much manpower and organization. Even w/AI
He will hold them in the event he has an interaction with someone.
If so, he can look up their response or lack of, and use it as cause for action.
It requires too much manpower and organization. Even w/AI
He will hold them in the event he has an interaction with someone.
If so, he can look up their response or lack of, and use it as cause for action.