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@stevec50.bsky.social

Retired Librarian; US Navy veteran; widower; happy grandfather

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refugee missing since Thursday found dead by Buffalo police A refugee missing since he was taken into custody Thursday by U.S. Border Patrol agents was found dead by Buffalo police officers late Tuesday, authorities reported.

Refugee missing since release to Border Patrol on Thursday found dead by Buffalo police

25.02.2026 22:31 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Al Green didnโ€™t last long.

25.02.2026 02:44 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 19402    ๐Ÿ” 3472    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1161    ๐Ÿ“Œ 279
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FactChecking Trumpโ€™s State of the Union Address In the first State of the Union Address of his second term, President Donald Trump proclaimed that โ€œour nation is back, bigger, better, richer and stronger than ever before.โ€

FactChecking Trumpโ€™s State of the Union Address
open.substack.com/pub/factchec...

25.02.2026 22:31 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Justice Department withheld and removed some Epstein files related to Trump An NPR investigation finds the public database of Epstein files is missing dozens of pages related to sexual abuse accusations against President Trump.

DOJ removed, withheld Epstein files related to accusations about Trump

www.npr.org/2026/02/24/n...

24.02.2026 15:42 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Itโ€™s not leadership anymore itโ€™s a circus, and everyoneโ€™s fighting for center ring.

23.02.2026 13:05 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 13387    ๐Ÿ” 4167    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1358    ๐Ÿ“Œ 465
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Israeli Settlers Torch and Deface a West Bank Mosque as Ramadan Begins Palestinian authority officials say Israeli settlers have attacked a West Bank mosque. They set a small fire and spray-painting anti-Islamic insults. Worshippers...

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23.02.2026 15:27 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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The Id of Conservatism Or, what Nick Fuentesโ€™s patriarchal hysteria tells us about conservative shame today

The Id of Conservatism
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22.02.2026 18:31 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Here's The List Of Every State's Primary Election. Let's Vote Out The People Who Don't Represent Us Don't not stay at home for the primaries

Here's The List Of Every State's Primary Election. Let's Vote Out The People Who Don't Represent Us
open.substack.com/pub/independ...

21.02.2026 18:41 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

What a buffoon! Set off by Obama again.

20.02.2026 04:24 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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What about the 2 million unreleased Epstein files tho

20.02.2026 02:09 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 13424    ๐Ÿ” 3165    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1295    ๐Ÿ“Œ 346

โ€˜Now heโ€™s sweatingโ€™: what the papers say about the arrest of Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor - The Guardian

20.02.2026 04:22 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Forget the Board of Peace, Trump may be closer than thought to attacking Iran - The Guardian

19.02.2026 20:16 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
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How Gerrymandering Helps Republicans Maintain Power in Texas and Georgia Galveston County, Texas, population 350,000, sits on the southeast end of the state along the Gulf of Mexico. The county, made up of 55 percent white, 25 percent Hispanic, and 13 percent non-Hispanโ€ฆ

Lit Hub features an excerpt from @anjalienjeti.bsky.socialโ€™s forthcoming โ€œBallot,โ€ a timely meditation on power, participation and the stakes of democracy.

Read it here: https://bit.ly/4rg9wzs

#BookSky #LiteraryStudies @bloomsburylit.bsky.social

19.02.2026 19:00 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 5    ๐Ÿ” 4    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Epsteinโ€™s Files of โ€˜Shameโ€™ Blast Through Europe and Beyond, Scorching Politicians, Royals and Other Elites The hugeย trove of documents related to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein recently released by the US government along with files made public

globalpost.com/stories/epst...

19.02.2026 18:57 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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How is it possible that Kristi Noem still has this job. Imagine if youโ€™re a family member or a shipmate of this guardsman.

www.nbcnews.com/politics/imm...

17.02.2026 15:17 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 29723    ๐Ÿ” 11988    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1993    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1236
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a man in a suit and tie stands in front of a microphone . ALT: a man in a suit and tie stands in front of a microphone .

Well done, #JesseJackson Rest in peace and power.

17.02.2026 13:23 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 7844    ๐Ÿ” 906    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 112    ๐Ÿ“Œ 36
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Bondi Bombast Hereโ€™s my latest cartoon for Substack.
17.02.2026 02:56 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 11150    ๐Ÿ” 3690    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 209    ๐Ÿ“Œ 107
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This should simply encourage more people to criticize ICE on social media.

17.02.2026 13:37 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2000    ๐Ÿ” 520    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 118    ๐Ÿ“Œ 35
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Zorro Ranch: The Property With No Public Record of a Federal Search A fact-based breakdown of the timeline, ownership history, and the public records

Zorro Ranch: The Property With No Public Record of a Federal Search
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17.02.2026 19:12 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Revealed: Epstein's chilling plant collection that 'turns humans into zombies' โ€” Raw Story Newly uncovered emails from the latest Epstein Files document dump suggest Jeffrey Epstein may have maintained a collection of highly toxic plants capable of producing a mind-altering substance, accor...

New Epstein files reveal emails where Epstein asked about โ€œtrumpet plantsโ€ possibly Angelโ€™s Trumpet, a toxic plant that contains scopolamine, a drug that can cause memory loss and severe harm. He even received articles about the drugโ€™s effects.

#USDemocracy
#Pinks

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17.02.2026 18:47 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 152    ๐Ÿ” 119    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 9    ๐Ÿ“Œ 2
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Meet โ€œChipโ€ Evans: Failed Ventures, Cleantech Startups and Political Activism This is the story of a man who has engaged in failed ventures, clean tech energy promises, political ambitions, and is currently stoking the political flames as he gains notoriety.

Meet โ€œChipโ€ Evans: Failed Ventures, Cleantech Startups and Political Activism
open.substack.com/pub/mikesren...

17.02.2026 18:47 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Nicely done, sir!

17.02.2026 18:08 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Our operations team has been busy this week with two shipments leaving our warehouse.

21,097 brand-new books are on their way to our partners in Somaliland, while 5,258 brand-new books have been shipped to our partners in Greece.

The total number of books sent this year is now 88,177.

#BookSky

17.02.2026 17:23 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 9    ๐Ÿ” 4    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

My daughter-in-law feels I should not list the manga and graphic novels I read as part of my "Reading Challenge" on Goodreads.

17.02.2026 18:05 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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a picture of a girl reading a book with the words it 's time to read some manga below her Alt: a picture of a girl reading a book with the words it 's time to read some manga below her

QUESTION!

Do people count manga toward their reading goals and/or put them in reading journals?

#booksky #reading

17.02.2026 17:28 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 5    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 3    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Y'all ever have your IP blocked by your library because you obsessively check your holds too much and it FLAGS YOU AS A BOT?!
because that happened this morning ๐Ÿคฃ
#booksky #reader #readerproblems

17.02.2026 17:32 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 5    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Back when I worked as a Librarian our computer system would automatically prevent patrons from putting too many books on hold. They would have to drop at least one title before the system would allow them to continue.

17.02.2026 18:01 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Read this way back in high school and had to pick up other short stories by the author.

17.02.2026 17:57 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I always do. I like the insight it gives into the author's thinking.

17.02.2026 17:56 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

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