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Text • John PHI⑊PIN

@AndySylvester can I join please?

Also .. @manton .. I see you in @dave ‘s RSSCHAT .. any feelings/thoughts abut setting up a MicroBlog server .. open to any and all that are MB Customers?

Defector
Text • Tom Ley

Atlantic Writer: I Will Always Cherish The Day Lindsey Graham Told Me I Looked Like Shit Mere Hours After A Mass Shooting

Atlantic Writer: I Will Always Cherish The Day Lindsey Graham Told Me I Looked Like Shit Mere Hours After A Mass Shooting
Lindsey Graham's sudden death has elicited plenty of nauseating remembrances from his colleagues in the Senate, none of whom seemed to be all that ashamed to speak and write warmly about a guy whose life's work was bigotry and warmongering. But no tribute has been as bone-ch...

Nieman Lab
Text • Maurice Oniang'o

In Ethiopia, fact-checking can be a matter of life and death

As reports of drone strikes and fresh clashes between Ethiopian government forces and Tigrayan fighters surfaced in late January, fears of a return to full-scale war spread quickly. Flights to northern Ethiopia were cancelled, and tensions rose ahead of the national elections in June, bringing renewed attention to the role misinformation played during the last conflict. In...

Nieman Lab
Text • Joshua Benton

Capital B is ready to open a third local news operation — about two hours east of its first one

The Black-focused national-and-local news outlet Capital B launched in 2022 with a staff of 16 and a first local focus on Atlanta, with plans to expand. Co-founders Lauren Williams and Akoto Ofori-Atta — then editor-in-chief of Vox and managing editor of The Trace, respectively — were looking for “large Black cities that have especially bad...

Political Wire
Text • Taegan Goddard

House Republicans Feel Left in the Dark Over Reconciliation

“As Speaker Mike Johnson and the White House push forward with a third reconciliation bill, many rank-and-file Republicans are growing frustrated about being excluded as top leaders leaned mostly on conservatives in its discussions,” NOTUS reports.

Gift Articles
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Oil Rises Above $85 a Barrel as Gulf Clash Escalates (Gift Article) (nytimes.com)

nytimes.com/2026/07/14/business/oil-prices-iran-war.html?unlocked_article_code=1.xlA.RGRF.ZA5uKIwvcYtj&smid=bs-share

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US Backs Iraq-Syria Oil Pipeline to Weaken Iran’s Hormuz Hold (bloomberg.com)

bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-07-14/us-backs-iraq-syria-oil-pipeline-to-weaken-iran-s-hormuz-hold?accessToken=eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJzb3VyY2UiOiJTdWJzY3JpYmVyR2lmdGVkQXJ0aWNsZSIsImlhdCI6MTc4NDA1NjMyMywiZXhwIjoxNzg0NjYxMTIzLCJhcnRpY2xlSWQiOiJUSFQ1SVlLSkg2VjgwMCIsImJjb25uZWN0SWQiOiIyMUFFODM4QjEyNDU0Rjk2QjRGNUI3RDdDMkY3NDVBMyJ9.5NOoRHy287rA5Hv4Q1Ps46Djrv9RkEO7b_5QFxt6fDo

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Kai Wegner: Eine Lüge muss man eine Lüge nennen (zeit.de)

zeit.de/politik/deutschland/2026-07/kai-wegner-politik-buergermeister-berlin-5vor8?freebie=ef22a4f0

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NBA investigating second Kawhi Leonard sponsorship deal as part of Aspiration probe: Sources (Gift Article) (nytimes.com)

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Krieg im Iran: Wie mit der Nato, so mit dem Golf (zeit.de)

zeit.de/politik/2026-07/krieg-iran-usa-israel-nahost?freebie=ead4d3d3

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Trump Flip-Flops on Strait of Hormuz, Creating New Risks for Global Economy (Gift Article) (nytimes.com)

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demo.rss.chat: all posts
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excited to try this and to see some innovation with rss

looking forward to connecting my blog's feed up in here as well to see how that goes


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Justice Elena Kagan calls Trump's attacks on the Supreme Court "dangerous"

@factpostnews.bsky.social - FactPost
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The Trump administration has restarted an offshore drilling operation near Santa Barbara after it was shuttered in 2015 following a major oil spill.

TPM – Talking Points Memo
Text • Josh Marshall

Fine-Tuning the ICE Murder Machine

As I noted yesterday, after the killings of Good and Pretti in Minneapolis last winter, ICE/DHS shifted strategy, trying to...

History Facts
Text • Kristina Wright

School Rules From the Past That Would Shock You Today 

If you dropped into a typical classroom today, you’d likely see flexible seating, group work, and active discussions between students and teachers. Compared to even a few decades ago, the contrast is striking. Many practices that are now considered outdated — or even unaccep...

History Facts
Text • Nicole Villeneuve

Only one U.S. president worked as a national park ranger.

Theodore Roosevelt is the only U.S. president with a national park named after him, but Roosevelt never actually worked as a park ranger — in fact, the only U.S. president to do so was Gerald Ford. In the summer of 1936, Ford worked a seasonal job as a ranger at Yellowstone ...

Electrek
Text • Michelle Lewis

ChargePoint is bringing ultra-fast EV chargers to 12 busy highway travel plazas

ChargePoint and travel plaza chain Onvo plan to install ultra-fast EV chargers at 12 highway locations across Pennsylvania and New York, making EV road tripping a little more convenient.

Electrek
Text • Jameson Dow

Aptera announces nationwide repair network for its upcoming solar electric car

Aptera has officially announced a repair network partnership which will give owners of its upcoming solar electric car access to thousands of repair shops nationwide.

Whatever
Text • Athena Scalzi

A Very Unimportant Experiment Regarding Nuts

Yesterday, I wanted a canister of nuts as a snack from Kroger, and I bought this Blue Diamond Honey Roasted Almond, Cashew, & Pistachio Mix. I love honey roasted nuts, and cashews and pistachios are two of my favorite nuts, so it sounded like a great mix. It was ten dollars. When I opened it […]