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Yesterday’s White House presser gave many Apple investors & consumers shudders. However, the investment and partnerships with other US manufacturers will make Apple strong. Further, Apple can summersault its AI position by buying Perplexity and invest heavily in quantum chips & quantum computers.

RFK Jr. has just cancelled all HHS research projects on mRNA vaccines, announcing that HHS has ended $500 million in funding for them.

This is a man who just demanded randomized clinical trials for COVID19 vaccines, and now he’s refusing to fund them.

Dems should fight on every front.

If Texas steals 5 seats, Dem states should redistrict 30 GOP members out of their districts.

We should insist DOJ release the entire Epstein File.

Not only shouldn't we bring knives to a gun fight, if they bring pistols, we should bring machine guns.

CALL TO ACTIVISM (@calltoactivism) on Threads 🚨OH MY GOD: CBS asked Texas Rep. Ann Johnson if Democrats “ran from the fight.” Her response was epic: “No, abandoning your job is going to Cancun during a deadly freeze.” Then she went nuclear: “When Trump asked Georgia GOP to ‘find 11,000 votes,’ they said no. When he asked Texas GOP to steal 5 seats - they said, ‘Does July work for you?’”

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Just checked window and cannot believe #ArvoPärt sold out Carnegie Hall in minutes. Saw him the last time he visited the US and met him in person (yeah, I have his autographed!) Will keep trying but I snoozed and lost. 😪

I’ve got news for Texas Republicans: This is no longer the Wild West.

New York will not let democracy get hijacked in a modern-day stagecoach heist.

New York has entered the chat 💬

Joladé Olusanya recommends 'Sand and Foam' by Kahlil Gibran. He says of the book: "A master of the one-liners. Gibran is incredible at summarising life in simple lines. You'll put this book down often -- not because you're bored, but because you can't believe this talent existed at all."

📚 It's August, which means the #SealeyChallenge is now underway! To help you on your journey to read a book every day this month, The Poetry Society has gotten in touch with poets we've recently worked with for some recommendations.

Today's recommendation comes from Joladé Olusanya, whose poetry --

Herman Melville Poems, readings, poetry news and the entire 110-year archive of POETRY magazine.

#OTD in 1819 #American #writer Herman Melville was born in New York, US. Melville's literary ambition showed in Moby-Dick (1851), short fiction in magazines, including "Benito Cereno" and "Bartleby, the Scrivener" and poems on the moral questions of the American Civil War.

After visiting Arrowhead, one becomes aware that the friendship between Melville and Hawthorne was more than mutual literary interest, it was a furtive affair. Melville’s upstairs study would remained locked any time Hawthorne would visit and share a bed Melville had installed instead of a table.

🗳️ Nominations for the @rieeaconnects.bsky.social Environmental Education Awards are due by 11:59pm THIS Tuesday, August 5. Help us shine a light on those making a difference across our state! www.rieea.org/programs/env...

A massive regressive national sales tax imposed upon every American by a president with no constitutional authority to impose a national sales tax. The reason why the founders gave this power to Congress is because this would never pass any Congress- even this one.

Summer —so far

Thank you for standing strong!

Nietzsche vs. Schopenhauer's Views on Life, Suffering, and the Will | TheCollector Is suffering something that hinders us, or helps us along? Schopenhauer looks for a way out, while Nietzsche insists we make good use of it.

Is pain an unavoidable recurrence throughout our life or is pain a requirement for life’s survival? Two philosophy titans explore the subject.
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Corporation for Public Broadcasting, funder of NPR and PBS, says it will end operations within months after federal budget cuts The Corporation for Public Broadcasting is a nonprofit that provides funds to public radio and TV stations, including NPR and PBS.

The end of an era or an opportunity for either @Apple @Amazon @Disney @Comcast or @Netflix ? www.cbsnews.com/news/corpora...

The job market is showing signs of weakness as Trump's tariffs take effect U.S. employers added just 73,000 jobs in July, according to a report from the Labor Department Friday, as the unemployment rate inched up to 4.2%. Job gains for May and June were also revised sharply ...

There have been 40K+ jobs “lost” so far. This does not account for Fed employees w buyouts, those w extension till Sept 31, or those apprehended by ICE and deported without due process. “The job market weakens in July as Trump's tariffs take effect.”
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Rhode Island has to stand up for the rule of law and we cannot allow judges to be bullied. #DemocracyMatters
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jonathan capehart, subbing for an msnbc host, just used the last minutes of the show to explain his departure from the washington post, specifically citing management's insistence on an optimistic vision of america while a corrupt president flouts the law and deploys troops to march american streets

Samuel Jackson stars in a new Vattenfall spot for wind energy. Obviously, the ad cannot air in U.S. due to profanity laws. Yet, it hits directly against the admin’s stance towards a renewable energy that has worked for 500 years in Denmark and elsewhere. @davidho.bsky.social bsky.app/profile/davi...

I’m in advertising and the PR push to get everyone talking about it seems more impressive.

How many whistleblowers can one judicial nominee draw out? Bove is setting a record!

For the Privileged Few, Airport Food Hits a New Height of Luxury

To keep up locally, let’s hope the Escape Lounge at #TFGreenAirport gets a much needed makeover, offer better food, and moves to a centrally located space within the terminal. “For the Privileged Few, Airport Food Hits a New Height of Luxury” www.nytimes.com/2025/07/21/d...

ICE Took Half Their Work Force. What Do They Do Now?

The raids not only affect the deported but also inflict pain to those left behind, create chaos at the empty job sites, work orders go unfilled, there is revenue loss & companies are left at the brink of bankruptcy: ICE Took Half Their Work Force. What Do They Do Now? www.nytimes.com/2025/07/27/u...

After torrential rain and gale force winds, these beauties show their resilience. #GreenThumb 👩🏽‍🌾

An objectively pro-pestilence administration: hard to believe that's what we have, but the label fits

Microsoft server hack has compromised 400 organizations, researchers say About 400 organizations show signs of having been compromised following the discovery of a sweeping cyberespionage operation centered on Microsoft's server software, according to researchers at Netherlands-based Eye Security.

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Journalism Needs Government Funding to Survive The recent cuts to public media are part of a broader attack on public welfare.

It’s a fight for the public’s mind and welfare. If there is a vacuum of scalding journalistic truth, there is room for hearsay and obfuscation. “Journalism needs government funding to survive.!” 🦋 via ColumbiaJournalismReview
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Save Our Signs Save Our Signs: Celebrate All-American History

A coalition of librarians is asking the public to take photos of historical sites that may be viewed negatively by the current admin —which seeks to take down references of slavery, Native American hardship, or troubled past in US history—& upload them to its site. sites.google.com/umn.edu/save...

More than two dozen R.I. businesses vow to block ICE from stores, restaurants without warrants, advocates say - The Boston Globe “Survival under this system is not just about working hard, pulling yourself up by your bootstraps,” said Trent Manning, owner of Down the Road Movers in Providence. “It’s about protecting each other....

Providence! Love my state!