Vcantrell

Vcantrell

@vcan.bsky.social

I love science and mma, but I'm not limited to those.

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Pete Buttigieg
@petebuttigieg.bsky.social

Louisianans know there is no such thing as a permanently red state! Thanks to everyone who came out this morning in New Orleans to support Jamie Davis and Rep. Troy Carter.

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Anne Applebaum
@anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu

In one day, two politicians - Bolsonaro in Brazil and Vucic in Serbia - with ties to Trump have lost surprise elections thanks to high turnout. The rise of the international far-right is not inevitable.

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Kate from Kharkiv
@kateinkharkiv.bsky.social

Russia is very likely to use the ceasefire and press tour in Oleshky for propaganda❗️ They will try to shift the blame for the humanitarian crisis onto Ukraine, whitewash their war crimes, and leverage NewsMax's presence to legitimize their narrative on the international stage.

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War on the Rocks
@warontherocks.bsky.social

Over the past five years, North Korea has quietly deprioritized the two relationships most analysts still treat as central. So what is Pyongyang chasing instead? (Members Only) warontherocks.com/2026/10/read...

warontherocks.comReading Pyongyang Through the Cracks of the International SystemIn 2023, three North Korea analysts identified what they believe most people studying the country get wrong, and how analysts can avoid those traps. Three

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Carl T. Bergstrom
@carlbergstrom.com

So in a huge surprise to absolutely no one, it turns out that NIH director Jay Bhattacharya's new journal based on the premise of letting his friends and only his friends publish essentially whatever they want is full of crackpot nonsense from retired cranks.

publichealth.realclearjournals.orgAre air quality‒health effect claims a statistical analysis fluke?There are literally thousands of epidemiology (observational) studies in the literature claiming that air quality causes adverse health effects, including mortality. There are three profound examples ...

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SaltyDogFella ⚓️🏀🗽NYC
@saltydogfella.bsky.social

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russia Never Left the International Financial System. It Built a Way Back In. www.thecipherbrief.c... 9/10

thecipherbrief.comRussia Never Left the International Financial System. It Built a Way Back In.A7’s OpenAI prompt was six words long: "Translate [name] to [language]. Answer only translated text."Developer code leaked in 2025 from A7—the Kremlin-linked payment network designated by Treasury on October 1 as “a significant transnational criminal organization”—shows A7 used this prompt with Open...

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Project Liberal 🗽
@projectliberal.bsky.social

"Remember the day that Putin invaded Kiev and Elon Musk was tweeting, hold strong. We're going to send, Starlink... His rhetoric has completely descended. He's literally repeating things you would hear on Russian state TV." @JoshEakle

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Project Liberal 🗽
@projectliberal.bsky.social

Big Bethel AME. Wheat Street Baptist. All Souls. Our Lady of Lourdes. First Congregational. Rev. John H. Vaughn on the churches along Atlanta's Auburn corridor working together to get people voting, with Souls to the Polls and caravans to the polls. #MyGeorgiaMyVote #SoulsToThePolls #Atlanta

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Renee DiResta
@noupside.bsky.social

Annual pumpkin patch trip. We had 5 kids with us in total. Only one needed first aid (head wound acquired during hide & seek). Everyone had apple cider donuts. Now waiting for my husband to bring the car around for 3 wheelbarrows full of pumpkins. I got the weird long one called a “candy roaster”.

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The Bulwark
@thebulwark.com

Tim Miller on Mike Collins: “He could have just stayed in Congress…Instead, he runs for Senate…And now everybody knows that his son-in-law is a white nationalist, and his staffers are white nationalists, and he dreams of public executions.”

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The Kyiv Independent
@kyivindependent.com

⚡️Update: Starshield operations restored to normal speed, Zelensky confirms as Elon Musk claims Ukraine violated Starlink terms. Elon Musk said that Ukraine's military violated the terms of service for Starlink, adding that the "loophole" has now been closed.

kyivindependent.comStarshield operations restored to normal speed, Zelensky confirms as Elon Musk claims Ukraine violated Starlink terms"We record a speed of more than 400 kilometers per hour, the connection is stable," the ministry said.

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ProPublica
@propublica.org

As Texas’ top legal official, Ken Paxton has defended some of the country’s most restrictive abortion laws — under which several pregnant women died because they couldn’t get the care they needed. He could soon join federal anti-abortion efforts.

propublica.orgWhat a Ken Paxton Senate Win Could Mean for Federal Anti-Abortion EffortsAs Texas attorney general, Paxton has advanced anti-abortion policy in his home state and prevailed where others have failed. Allies who’ve witnessed his victories see an opening to keep moving their ...

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Anton Gerashchenko
@antongerashchenko.bsky.social

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio: That war [Russia's war against Ukraine] is about Donbas. It's about one region of the country. At its core, it's about 11% of one part of that country that Russia wants and cannot take militarily.

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Team Talarico
@teamtalaricohq.bsky.social

James Talarico: Before I was ever a candidate, I was a public school teacher. I taught 6th grade language arts at Rhodes Middle School on the west side of San Antonio — one of the poorest zip codes in Texas.

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The Dallas Morning News
@dallasnews.com

Over the course of 18 months leading up to December 2025, hospitals across Texas reported 380 extreme surgical errors colloquially known as “never events,” or an average of about five events every week during that period, according to a Dallas Morning News analysis. bit.ly/4i46vQO

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Astronaut Terry Virts
@astroterry.bsky.social

Hey everyone, a friend's parents were just detained by ICE. This is a great, hardworking Texas family, facing an absolutely terrible and unknown future. They have set up a gofundme for legal expenses. Please chip in, I just did: gofund.me/2b4144467

gofund.meDonate to Help My Parents with Legal Expenses, organized by Lester Sanichey, im raising funds for both of my parents since they were detained by ICE, at th… Lester Sanic needs your support for Help My Parents with Legal Expenses