Noah Shachtman @noahshachtman.bsky.social

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Brendel @brendelbored.bsky.social
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You think “Eric Adams fights a panda” and are like ok nothing will be more out of leftfield than that
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Brendel @brendelbored.bsky.social
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It’s like you try to think of the most random thing you can with him and there’s no way you thought of something half as good.
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Rory Johnston @roryjohnston.bsky.social
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A ceasefire with still throttled (no more than 15 ships daily) Hormuz throughput well serves Tehran's strategic interest.

Iran's main leverage is a closed Strait + time, so building another 2 weeks of pressure on the global economy while not being bombed feels ideal from the Iranian perspective.
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Oil execs to Trump: you're fumbling the bag. www.politico.com/news/2026/04/08/hormuz-oil-trump-iran-tolls-00863570
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Ghost Murmur was described as a futuristic CIA tool that could detect a heartbeat from vast distances. Physicists say the public story clashes with the basic limits of magnetic sensing
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If you're using Signal, turn notifications and previews OFF.

www.404media.co/fbi-extracts-suspects-deleted-signal-messages-saved-in-iphone-notification-database-2/?ref=daily-stories-newsletter
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@hettena.bsky.social calls out the ny post and the cia on their bullshit

open.substack.com/pub/theiceman/p/the-cia-ghost-murmur-story-is-probably?utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=email
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Garrett M. Graff @vermontgmg.bsky.social
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It is hard to capture what a sweeping strategic defeat the war in Iran has been for the United States. I’m going to thread here some of the posts today that try to capture those effects. Here’s the first:
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Christopher Mims @mims.bsky.social
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Ah, so the Strait isn't really open after all
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Jen Bendery @jbendery.bsky.social
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NEW: Pam Bondi is backing out of her scheduled deposition on the Epstein files.

DOJ claims she can just ignore a House committee's subpoena because she's not AG anymore. www.huffpost.com/entry/pam-bondi-backs-out-epstein-deposition_n_69d67247e4b048dba44a32fd?qp w/ @delaneyrules.bsky.social
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This is an excellent interview by @timmiller.bsky.social and an incoherent, cringe-worthy set of responses by Gottheimer.
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Michael Hanna @mwhanna.crisisgroup.org
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It is a choice for Trump to allow Netanyahu to continue prosecuting the Israeli war in Lebanon. Ultimately, that may be the undoing of the ceasefire he thought he had agreed to. If so, it’s another moment of political peril for Israel as it will be seen by many as undercutting U.S. interests.
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Leah McElrath @leahmcelrath.bsky.social
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Investors placed an approximately $950 million bet on oil prices falling just hours before the US and Iran ceasefire was announced, per Reuters:
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Craig Jenkins @craigsj.bsky.social
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wrote abt megan moroney, ella langley, zach bryan, johnny blue skies (fka sturgill simpson), jelly roll, kid rock, jason aldean, and things of that nature www.vulture.com/article/country-music-middle-road-politics.html?utm_medium=s1&utm_campaign=vulture&utm_source=bluesky
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Mark McIntyre @markjmcintyre.bsky.social
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I don't remember seeing an image of Earth before that captures the (thin, fragile, tiny layer of) atmosphere so clearly. I mean, look at that.
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Very rude of Mr. Trump not to instigate global armageddon after I spent all day freaking out.
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Parker Molloy @parkermolloy.com
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Checking in on the status of the U.S. government:
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Culture Crave 🍿 @culturecrave.co
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New look at the Artemis II Eclipse 🌑

You can also see Venus to the left
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Eric Umansky @ericumansky.bsky.social
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Data journalism in 2026.
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Next up: A Bill Cosby movie focused just on cartoons and Jell-o ads.

variety.com/2026/film/news/michael-movie-reshoots-removing-child-abuse-allegations-1236710221/
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Adam Weinstein @adamweinstein.bsky.social
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Law professor Roger Fisher, 1981: "My suggestion was quite simple... If ever the President wanted to fire nuclear weapons, the only way he could do so would be for him first, with his own hands, to kill one human being."
books.google.com/books?id=ygoAAAAAMBAJ&lpg=PA16&ots=oVkrzABnMr&pg=PA11 href="/search?t=posts&q=v=onepage&q&f=false">#v=onepage&q&f=false
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Eric Geller @ericjgeller.com
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oh my god oh my god oh my god

www.nasa.gov/image-detail/amf-art002e009298/

www.nasa.gov/image-detail/amf-art002e009301/

www.nasa.gov/image-detail/amf-art002e009281/
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Pop Base @popbase.tv
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Wireless Festival has been cancelled after the British Government banned Kanye West from entering the United Kingdom.
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Jennifer Ouellette @jenlucpiquant.bsky.social
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NASA’s Artemis II crew experience total solar eclipse from space www.scientificamerican.com/article/nasas-artemis-ii-crew-experience-total-solar-eclipse-from-space/
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Remember how they freaked out over the suggestion that troops should ignore illegal orders?
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Can I get an update on this nomination, please? Still moving ahead? luna.house.gov/posts/rep-anna-paulina-luna-nominates-president-donald-j-trump-for-nobel-peace-prize
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How's this going?

www.axios.com/2024/10/27/vance-trump-candidate-of-peace-kelly
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“To Asia, Africa and Oceania, we are looking back at you. We hear you can look up and see the moon right now. We see you, too...”

“Ultimately, we will always choose Earth,” she said. “We will always choose each other.”

www.nytimes.com/live/2026/04/06/science/nasa-artemis-ii-moon-lunar-flyby
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Pop Base @popbase.tv
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The Artemis II crew sends a message to humans as they prepare to temporarily lose radio contact signal behind the far side of the moon:

“To all of you down there on Earth — and around Earth — We love you, from the moon.”
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