If you read only the lead post, you miss a lot of the good stuff. I split my ribs sometimes reading the responses.
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If you read only the lead post, you miss a lot of the good stuff. I split my ribs sometimes reading the responses.
Trump's account on TS posted a short propaganda/marketing video seven minutes ago about how Trump has made the US so great for American workers. No facts, it's basically a commercial for a nonexistent product.
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Also, it takes a very long time for them to mature. They live almost as long as we do, and at some point maybe they reach an age where they want to assert themselves, dominant alpha perhaps. When I was in my teens I worked with captive orcas. I couldn't do it now. They belong with their families.
What does that say about RFK jr's social group (or his judgment)?
The Rosette Nebula is a *magniifcent* example of a starbirth factory, and this gorgeous images shows it. But c'mon, you know me: there's a lot more going on here that I am happy to explain. badastronomy.beehiiv.com/p/a-narrow-v... 🔭🧪å
A sea turtle surfacing by a MASSIVE school of rays near Clearwater, Florida a couple days ago. Another post into the BluSky void. Maybe 2 or 3 people will see this one and my time won't have been wasted. I'll keep trying a little longer. #nature #animals #amazing #wildlife #awesome #ocean
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Exactly. There's nothing in the police report about him calling the police. I suppose he might have been going the other way, called police, the police came, then they U-turned and drove back the other direction but... I'm going with the police report for now and they don't mention him doing that.
It's quite a reversal when the Guatemalan government feels the kids would be safer there than in the U.S. What a long way we've fallen. www.npr.org/2025/08/31/n...
Trump team deporting kids in the middle of the night: Judge blocks flights sending hundreds of children back to Guatemala “I have the government attempting to remove minor children from the country in the wee hours of the morning on a holiday weekend," judge said www.politico.com/news/2025/08...
Giuliani was a passenger in a Bronco. They were going north on I-93 while state police attended a domestic violence call southbound. Maybe the Bronco slowed down to gawk and the driver behind didn't notice and crashed into it. Both vehicles ended up on the median and troopers walked over to help.
While Trump was golfing (or pretending to golf), police officers were very busy in DC. Not as busy as some cities, but it's definitely not a crime-free zone. showcrime.com/washington-d...
Urban walls, sidewalks, and even utility meters are the unlikely canvases behind this clever collection of genius street art. From an illusion of a zebra being striped to a sidewalk creature with a real rock for a head, these eight works turn... 👇
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Cruel, vindictive. This isn't a passive lack of compassion, it's deliberately cruel.
$9B Kentucky Bourbon Collapse Triggers Largest Bankruptcy Wave Since Prohibition www.msn.com/en-us/money/...
Bruises, puffy eyes, stooped shoulders, swollen ankles, venous insufficiency, leg catheter, low energy (despite what his handlers claim). Doesn't look well. He's posting on TS. I wonder if he had some kind of procedure between Tuesday and Friday. They have medical professionals in the west wing.
Priceless, watch it all the way through.
What kind of classroom doesn't accept questions?
Federal rules restrict who gets COVID shots. New Mexico stepped in—removing barriers so all ages 6 months & up can get protected. Let’s all get on board 💉 #BlueSky #MedSky 🧪 #IDSky #SciSky #EMSky #EMedSky #NurseSky #FmSky #PedsSky #CardioSky #ObSky
Trump is telling his fans and bots on TS that DC is now a crime-free zone. Far from it. Less than some cities, but law enforcement has had a busy weekend so far. showcrime.com/washington-d...
It's complicated. The Trump admin is trying to impose prescriptions to limit access to vaccines. But in some cases individual states are over-riding that but, it takes time to put these things in place and formalize them (and get the word out). Call your state rep.
Stunning footage of a rare dark coloured deer, with estimates suggesting they make up less than 1% of all deer.
Yup, the person behind is responsible if they didn't leave enough distance to stop. I noticed that MSNBC just pulled Fox News's version off their site (one that took the spokesperson's word as gospel) so maybe news agencies are finally reading the police report (they should have done that first).
Don't know but If had to bet on it... I'd lean that way. I'm going to keep an eye on police reports. Maybe in a few days we'll hear more.
Did #Trump #golf with #Gruden on August 31st as Trump implies? Jon Gruden's outfit in Trump's picture on TS is the same one he wore in a photo he posted on his own FaceBook page on August 23, 2025. In other photos he wears a variety of outfits, sometimes a white shirt, sometimes red or black hats.
This post, from 37 minutes ago, might turn out to be very important in the future. Notice that this time Trump didn't unequivocally back up RFK jr. Is there a thin crack in the relationship? #vaccines #vax #covid #science #cdc #rfkjr #nih #flu #vaccination #trump
Posted about an hour ago, Trump is still claiming DC crime is down to nothing. Not true but he'll keep saying it until everyone on TS believes it. DC crime is lower than many other cities in the U.S. but the police blotter was still very full the last couple of days. showcrime.com/washington-d...
Made some cyanotype prints from a figure I pulled from @sandinmm.bsky.social 's 2019 paper on the morpho-molecular classification of Nassellaria. #protistsonsky Those SEMs are so stunning, they were just begging to be turned into art! doi.org/10.1016/j.pr...
The only way the conflicting stories could both be true would be if they drove one way on I-93 and called police, police arrived, then Goodman and Giuliani happened to come back later on I-93 going the other way. Either that or they're making up the part about the woman flagging down Giuliani.
Giuliani was a passenger in a Bronco driving on I-93. As they neared state police attending a domestic call on the other side of the highway, they were rear-ended and the cars ended up on the median. The state police walked over to help them. Giuliani's spokesperson Ragusa told a different story.
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Giuliani was a passenger in a Bronco driving on I-93. As they neared state police attending a domestic call on the other side of the highway, they were rear-ended and the cars ended up on the median. The state police walked over to help them. Giuliani's spokesperson Ragusa told a different story.
Giuliani was a passenger in a Bronco driving on I-93. As they neared state police attending a domestic call on the other side of the highway, they were rear-ended and the cars ended up on the median. The state police walked over to help them. Giuliani's spokesperson Ragusa told a different story.
Giuliani was a passenger in a Bronco driving on I-93. As they neared state police attending a domestic call on the other side of the highway, they were rear-ended and the cars ended up on the median. The state police walked over to help them. Giuliani's spokesperson Ragusa told a different story.
Giuliani was a passenger in a Bronco driving on I-93. As they neared state police attending a domestic call on the other side of the highway, they were rear-ended and the cars ended up on the median. The state police walked over to help them. Giuliani's spokesperson Ragusa told a different story.
Giuliani was a passenger in a Bronco driving on I-93. As they neared state police attending a domestic call on the other side of the highway, they were rear-ended and the cars ended up on the median. The state police walked over to help them. Giuliani's spokesperson Ragusa told a different story.
❌❌❌ SCIENTISTS ASKED TO CHANGE STUDIES ❌❌❌ to fit a nonscientific narrative. Jernigan said, “We have been asked to revise and to review and change studies that have been settled in the past, scientific findings that were there to help guide vaccine decisions.” www.yahoo.com/news/article...
I'm not sure "Ted" Goodman is a reliable source. He was supportive of Giuliani's lies about the 2020 election being "stolen". I watched all of Giuliani's podcasts, dissected the Giuliani/Jenna Ellis false smears about the Atlanta election and fact-checked every minute of it. Giuliani lies and lies.
According to the state police, the police were attending the domestic abuse scene on I-93 at the time Goodman and Giuliani were nearing the incident coming the other way on the divided highway. Troopers saw the rear-end crash and then walked to the median to help them. Maybe we'll find out more.
It crossed my mind that they heard the troopers talking about the domestic incident at the scene after crashing, but I like your idea of a police scanner, many people have them. I suppose they MIGHT have been flagged down, called police, then made a U-turn at the next I-93 overpass but... I dunno.
The driver of the Ford Bronco in which Giuliani was a passenger was listed by police as Theodore Goodman. Maybe this is the same Theodore Goodman who is president of the College Republicans of Saginaw Valley State University? Or the same "Ted" Goodman who spoke on behalf of Giuliani in April 2024?
I checked it because it didn't feel true, and news reports were all over the place, so I hunted up the state police release. The police were on the domestic abuse call on one side of the freeway when Giuliani went by on the other side as a passenger. Maybe they were rubber-necking and slowed down.
Reports of Giuliani pulling over to help a woman in a domestic abuse incident MIGHT be false. The POLICE were helping in a domestic abuse incident on I-93 and Giuliani was a passenger in a Ford Bronco going in the OTHER direction when the Bronco was rear-ended. www.nhsp.dos.nh.gov/news-and-med...
Reports of Giuliani pulling over to help a woman in a domestic abuse incident MIGHT be false. The POLICE were helping in a domestic abuse incident on I-93 and Giuliani was a passenger in a Ford Bronco going in the OTHER direction when the Bronco was rear-ended. www.nhsp.dos.nh.gov/news-and-med...
Reports of Giuliani pulling over to help a woman in a domestic abuse incident MIGHT be false. The POLICE were helping in a domestic abuse incident on I-93 and Giuliani was a passenger in a Ford Bronco going in the OTHER direction when the Bronco was rear-ended. www.nhsp.dos.nh.gov/news-and-med...
Reports of Giuliani pulling over to help a woman in a domestic abuse incident MIGHT be false. The POLICE were helping in a domestic abuse incident on I-93 and Giuliani was a passenger in a Ford Bronco going in the OTHER direction when the Bronco was rear-ended. www.nhsp.dos.nh.gov/news-and-med...
Reports of Giuliani pulling over to help a woman in a domestic abuse incident MIGHT be false. The POLICE were helping in a domestic abuse incident on I-93 and Giuliani was a passenger in a Ford Bronco going in the OTHER direction when the Bronco was rear-ended. www.nhsp.dos.nh.gov/news-and-med...
Reports of Giuliani pulling over to help a woman in a domestic abuse incident MIGHT be false. The POLICE were helping in a domestic abuse incident on I-93 and Giuliani was a passenger in a Ford Bronco going in the OTHER direction when the Bronco was rear-ended. www.nhsp.dos.nh.gov/news-and-med...
Reports of Giuliani pulling over to help a woman in a domestic abuse incident MIGHT be false. The POLICE were helping in a domestic abuse incident on I-93 and Giuliani was a passenger in a Ford Bronco going in the OTHER direction when the Bronco was rear-ended. www.nhsp.dos.nh.gov/news-and-med...
Reports of Giuliani pulling over to help a woman in a domestic abuse incident MIGHT be false. The POLICE were helping in a domestic abuse incident on I-93 and Giuliani was a passenger in a Ford Bronco going in the OTHER direction when the Bronco was rear-ended. www.nhsp.dos.nh.gov/news-and-med...
Reports of Giuliani pulling over to help a woman in a domestic abuse incident MIGHT be false. The POLICE were helping in a domestic abuse incident on I-93 and Giuliani was a passenger in a Ford Bronco going in the OTHER direction when the Bronco was rear-ended. www.nhsp.dos.nh.gov/news-and-med...
Reports of Giuliani pulling over to help a woman in a domestic abuse incident MIGHT be false. The POLICE were helping in a domestic abuse incident on I-93 and Giuliani was a passenger in a Ford Bronco going in the OTHER direction when the Bronco was rear-ended. www.nhsp.dos.nh.gov/news-and-med...
Reports of Giuliani pulling over to help a woman in a domestic abuse incident MIGHT be false. The POLICE were helping in a domestic abuse incident on I-93 and Giuliani was a passenger in a Ford Bronco going in the OTHER direction when the Bronco was rear-ended. www.nhsp.dos.nh.gov/news-and-med...
Reports of Giuliani pulling over to help a woman in a domestic abuse incident MIGHT be false. The POLICE were helping in a domestic abuse incident on I-93 and Giuliani was a passenger in a Ford Bronco going in the OTHER direction when the Bronco was rear-ended. www.nhsp.dos.nh.gov/news-and-med...
Reports of Giuliani pulling over to help a woman in a domestic abuse incident MIGHT be false. The POLICE were helping in a domestic abuse incident on I-93 and Giuliani was a passenger in a Ford Bronco going in the OTHER direction when the Bronco was rear-ended. www.nhsp.dos.nh.gov/news-and-med...
Reports of Giuliani pulling over to help a woman in a domestic abuse incident MIGHT be false. The POLICE were helping in a domestic abuse incident on I-93 and Giuliani was a passenger in a Ford Bronco going in the OTHER direction when the Bronco was rear-ended. www.nhsp.dos.nh.gov/news-and-med...
Reports of Giuliani pulling over to help a woman in a domestic abuse incident MIGHT be false. The POLICE were helping in a domestic abuse incident on I-93 and Giuliani was a passenger in a Ford Bronco going in the OTHER direction when the Bronco was rear-ended. www.nhsp.dos.nh.gov/news-and-med...
Tariffs (customs duties) are paid by American businesses and consumers when they import foreign goods. It is NOT paid by the exporting country. It’s a tax on Americans that mostly goes to the Treasury (some to CBP). Trump’s claims about inflation and the economy are not supported by economists.
Tariffs (customs duties) are paid by American businesses and consumers when they import foreign goods. It is NOT paid by the exporting country. It’s a tax on Americans that mostly goes to the Treasury (some to CBP). Trump’s claims about inflation and the economy are not supported by economists.
Tariffs (customs duties) are paid by American businesses and consumers when they import foreign goods. It is NOT paid by the exporting country. It’s a tax on Americans that mostly goes to the Treasury (some to CBP). Trump’s claims about inflation and the economy are not supported by economists.
Even if Trump had negotiated $15 trillion in investments (which he hasn't) those who invest want something in return. They don't just GIVE us $15 trillion. What is the profit margin? 1%? Maybe less than zero if it's a badly negotiated deal? Either way, it's smoke and mirrors. Trump is lying.
Tariffs (customs duties) are paid by American businesses and consumers when they import foreign goods. It is NOT paid by the exporting country. It’s a tax on Americans that mostly goes to the Treasury (some to CBP). Trump’s claims about inflation and the economy are not supported by economists.
Tariffs (customs duties) are paid by American businesses and consumers when they import foreign goods. It is NOT paid by the exporting country. It’s a tax on Americans that mostly goes to the Treasury (some to CBP). Trump’s claims about inflation and the economy are not supported by economists.
Tariffs (customs duties) are paid by American businesses and consumers when they import foreign goods. It is NOT paid by the exporting country. It’s a tax on Americans that mostly goes to the Treasury (some to CBP). Trump’s claims about inflation and the economy are not supported by economists.
Tariffs (customs duties) are paid by American businesses and consumers when they import foreign goods. It is NOT paid by the exporting country. It’s a tax on Americans that mostly goes to the Treasury (some to CBP). Trump’s claims about inflation and the economy are not supported by economists.
It's too soon to say, crime comes in waves and there might be some temporary effect of the National Guard standing around raking leaves, but it's certainly not a crime-free zone. Less than other cities but there's still crime. I posted the Aug 30th, police blotter here: bsky.app/profile/arty...
Many supporters are only on TruthSocial. He can say anything and his operatives and multitude of bots repeat it enough times that readers fall for it. Some Trumplicans are incapable of believing that the President would lie to them and have no research skills. You get banned if you fact-check him.
Trump falsely claims that he cleaned up DC and that it's a "crime-free zone". It's not. Crime in DC is much lower than many large cities in the U.S., but he has not eliminated crime as he claims. Police blotter for Aug. 30, 2025. #trump #crime #dc #nationalguard #police #law #lawbreaking #larceny
They'll take us back to the dark ages. They don't like books, science, diversity, equality, democracy. They need to be reminded that less than 1% had good lives in those days. Half of children died before the age of 5 (assuming they survived childbirth), humans were riddled with parasites. Poverty.
Trump's TS account has posted more than ~74 times in the last day (some of them re-posts) and the account said good night just before 11:00 pm EDT. Posts came in clumps with one or two-minute gaps. Two big clumps posted from 1:11 pm and 6 pm August 30 (maybe he's posting after lunch and dinner).
There's no evidence of $15 trillion investment. Trump didn't stop the war in Ukraine on Day 1. He didn't stop the war between India and Pakistan. He didn't negotiate 90 deals in 90 days (or even 2 deals in 100 days). Tariffs are not paid by the exporting country, Americans pay. DC is not crime free.
It's not about what's logical. It's about what they WANT. What they WANT is orange man (for reasons I can't fathom because he doesn't care about them). So... they'll protect and defend what they want, even if it's wrong-headed and destructive. It's an illusionary co-dependent relationship.
NEW: "Long the envy of the world…the CDC finds itself no longer able to advocate for what its scientists believe the best available research shows….The agency has since January shed literally centuries' worth of collective experience through a combination of firings, retirements, and resignations."
Giuliani is an @ssh@le, a terrible liar who doesn't care who he hurts (I watched him claim the dust from the Twin Towers wouldn't hurt anyone, and also watched all his election-related podcasts that were full of lies and false accusations) but I'm still sorry he was the victim of a bad accident.
As health departments or legislatures make these sorts of moves in the coming months, they should name them things like the “Stop Bobby Measles Act” or “Protecting America’s Children from RFK Jr.” I am not really joking, they need to pin this stuff on him by name and in no uncertain terms.
Years ago I took a 2-week evening course in Russian. The teacher was a older woman who escaped the USSR. She said the first time she saw an American supermarket she stood sobbing, tears pouring down her face. She said it took months to get used to trusting people and not whispering in the street.
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RFK jr thinks viruses are a "phylum". He thinks wind turbines kill whales (no evidence). He thinks Riboflavin (Vitamin B2) is a toxic additive. He hasn't read any of the research on autism. In fact, he can barely read. If Lankford thinks RFK jr is "following the science" Lankford is an idiot too.
MAGA WORLD Fox news host runs military. National Guard picks up trash. Migrants with legal work papers are in detention centers while fruit rots on trees. A $50 million ballroom costs $200 million. Prez loves Putin. You need a prescription to get a vaccine. Warships are gathered in Venezuela.
Without the EPA and other safety/regulatory agencies that have been shuttered or defunded, health risks like this will increase. Also, if vaccines are only available by prescription (with many Americans not having a general practitioner to issue it), even those who want them might not get them.
Plus there's a medical team in the west wing (for anything that doesn't require hospitalization).
Warrantless arrests. Lack of due process. Inhumane conditions. People are dying in detention centers due to lack of medical care (at least 10 of them children). Cruel deportation to dangerous countries where they don't know anyone and don't speak the language. Shameful in every sense of the word.
RFK jr always thinks "we are doing these studies for the first time" because he hasn't READ any studies. It's clear from his comments on autism that he hasn't even read any of the those studies either, even though he's completely obsessed with the subject of autism. He acts as if no studies exist.
RFK jr doesn't want to talk to scientists. For one thing, he knows nothing about science and his ignorance would be on full display, for another, if he talks to experts then, in his mind, it would give him less authority. He's ignorant, addled, misguided, and dangerous to the health of Americans.
This program was getting fresh-caught fish and fresh-grown farm fruits and vegetables direct from local American farms to schools and food banks. It was cancelled early in Trump's term. apnews.com/article/scho...
I have a USPS PO Box. I renewed it last night. Since I've had it (many years), the annual fee has increased by an average of 9% per year.
"The first wave of grocery-price increases will likely hit this winter. Roberson predicted produce prices could rise 50% to 100% by early next year as inventories clear and new contracts kick in." fortune.com/2025/08/28/t...
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I saw the movie before I read the book and I loved it, it's so spot on.
Those might be the supports for the pavilion canopy.
Joe Biden issued an Executive Order requiring federal law enforcement to adopt body-camera policies for officers on patrol, making arrests and or conducting searches. Trump rescinded it, and agencies such as Drug Enforcement and the CBP have ended their usage. www.nbcmiami.com/news/nationa...
The US Administration has decided to destroy a top network for clinical trials to test new treatments for children with brain cancer. This is another atrocity that will harm Conservative and Liberal Americans, long after the politicians responsible are gone.
Children have died in detention centers from things like sepsis, an infection, that went untreated. If you pause the video you can read their tragic stories on the lower right. This should never have happened and it cannot be undone.
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