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Providence, RI
Joined December 2008
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Theory: Santos never loaned $700,000 to his campaign, but plans to use donations to “repay” himself.
The Mysterious, Unregistered Fund That Raised Big Money for Santos
More excellent reporting from @AlexandraBerzon and @gr_ashford
nytimes.com/2023/01/12/nyreg…
Jon Bourgault retweeted
Me pregunto cuánta gente habrá visto esta soberbia escena con Aubrey Plaza de la T2 de #TheWhiteLotus (2022) sin sospechar siquiera que es un homenaje de su creador a La Aventura de Antonioni (1960)😁
Y eso que a Mónica Vitti se la nombra expresamente en la serie en otro contexto
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So evidence for bivalent vaccines keeps getting stronger
Latest from Israel
Compared to vaccinated folks who had NOT gotten bivalent
Older folks who got the bivalent had
81% reduction in hospitalizations
86% reduction in deaths
Pretty stunning stuff
papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.…
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I’ve been seeing a lot of people quoting stats that show more athletes died in the last year than have died in the last 38 years. Is this true? No, let’s chat about it. A 🧵👇🏻
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I obtained surveillance footage of the self-driving Tesla that abruptly stopped on the Bay Bridge, resulting in an eight-vehicle crash that injured 9 people including a 2 yr old child just hours after Musk announced the self-driving feature.
Full story: theintercept.com/2023/01/10/…
Nothing worse than wearing your spiffy new glasses to the office and waiting for someone to notice them.
If there’s any justice in this world, there will be a group of Republicans who refuse to vote for the insane rules McCarthy promised to the insurrectionists.
Jon Bourgault retweeted
the Speaker vote is 2023's version of "don't worry, we're only working from home for two weeks"
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I have long believed forcing gun owners to carry liability insurance is the most pragmatic way to reduce gun violence.
You want expensive, dangerous toys - you’ve got to carry insurance proportionate to the risk it poses based on your background.
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I think learning to blow up a balloon is to Taskmaster as learning to drive stick is to The Amazing Race.
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Germany has ended its dependence on Russian energy. Since August 11th, no coal has been imported. Natural gas imports have been reduced from 55% at the beginning of 2022 to zero. Oil imports dropped from 40% to under 20%, and will be phased out by the end of this year.
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#InternationalWomensDay is not for celebrating. It is for protesting against and raising awareness about the fact that people are still being oppressed or treated differently because of their gender.
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Now the miscreant in question, he had the temerity, the hubris, to broadcast his whereabouts with the online exhibition of his pizza box
