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Luke Steuber @lukesteuber.com · Aug 24

Sauron greeting the returning Nazgûl at Mount Doom, c2024, colorized

The image shows Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and Donald Trump shaking hands while facing each other. RFK Jr., on the left, has gray hair and is wearing a blue pinstripe suit with a white shirt and dark tie. Donald Trump, on the right, has blond hair and is dressed in a dark blue suit with a white shirt and red tie. They are standing against a backdrop of fireworks, which fill the background with bright, scattered bursts of light.

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Ashley Jester @ajester.bsky.social · 1h

Maybe the cops could pull them over

Catherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 5h

Illinois law requires all registered vehicles to display front and back license plates, without exception. But to evade accountability, masked federal immigration agents are driving around in unmarked cars without plates.
chicago.suntimes.com/news/2025/10...?

Federal immigration officers wear masks, no name tags — now some drive cars without license plates

The Sun-Times has documented four unmarked cars carrying federal officers without required plates, offering another way to shield their identities. Federal officials say they’re meeting regulations.

chicago.suntimes.com

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Catherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 5h

Illinois law requires all registered vehicles to display front and back license plates, without exception. But to evade accountability, masked federal immigration agents are driving around in unmarked cars without plates.
chicago.suntimes.com/news/2025/10...?

Federal immigration officers wear masks, no name tags — now some drive cars without license plates

The Sun-Times has documented four unmarked cars carrying federal officers without required plates, offering another way to shield their identities. Federal officials say they’re meeting regulations.

chicago.suntimes.com

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Arrianna Marie Planey, PhD MA @arrianna-planey.bsky.social · 1h

In what world is a $1 million buy-out alone not a "soft landing"?

Dominique Baker @bakerdphd.bsky.social · 2h

Chiiiiiiile can NC taxpayers sue the UNC board for for violating their fiduciary responsibilities?

Screenshot of the article that reads: But those claims have been undercut by a slew of reporting suggesting otherwise. According to NFL writer Ollie Connolly, who broke many of the details of Belichick’s initial hiring at North Carolina in December, the coach has already discussed buyout options from his contract with the athletic administration.

“Belichick has signalled a willingness to trigger his own $1 million buyout if he can find a soft landing with another team or in media,” Connolly posted Wednesday afternoon.

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Luke Steuber @lukesteuber.com · Sep 14

“ur mom” (end of paper)

SCIENCE SHORTS
We Now Know Why Earth Vibrated for Nine Days in
2023
An earth-science detective squad has solved the mystery of a puzzling disturbance that rattled the planet

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Ify Nwadiwe @ifycomedy.com · 1h

I think we really should stop using antifa and just fully say anti-fascist and get them saying they are against anti fascism. Using antifa is giving them some distance and I genuinely think some of their base don’t even know that’s what it stands for.

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Ashley Jester @ajester.bsky.social · 1h

They were not as fluffy but were definitively sweeter; I still prefer pancakes make with Krusteaz waffle mix to their pancake mix and we kept buying the waffle mix but using it for pancakes after this accidental discovery until the full Bisquick conversion

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Ashley Jester @ajester.bsky.social · 1h

I grew up on Bisquick pancakes so that is still my standard 🤷‍♀️

Hubs grew up on Krusteaz mix pancakes but eventually I converted him

Panaffles were invented when I accidentally bought Krusteaz Belgian Waffle mix when he was in grad school & we decided to see what the pancakes would be like

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Ashley Jester @ajester.bsky.social · 1h

Panaffles: pancakes made with waffle mix batter

Achilles @achilleslaststand.bsky.social · 3h

Seriously though: Pancakes or waffles

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Rich Raho @richraho.bsky.social · 3h

Chicago priest Fr. Larry Dowling describes procession to ICE facility: “No one had the courage to speak directly to us. No one from Homeland Security could stand in the presence of the Monstrance holding the Blessed Sacrament. No wonder. Evil is repelled, recoils in the presence of Christ.”

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Frovo @frovo.bsky.social · 2h

BREAKING: trump imposes 500% tariff on inflatable frog suits

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LongTime🤓FirstTime👨‍💻 @longtimehistory.bsky.social · 4h

"A 15-year-old was reported missing after he was last seen Saturday, Oct. 4."

"The teen was reported missing after he was last seen Saturday afternoon near the intersection of Clay Road and Hempstead Road."

www.fox26houston.com/news/missing...

Houston: Missing teen with autism in immigration custody, ICE reports

The family of a Houston teen who went missing tells FOX 26 that he had been in ICE custody for days.

www.fox26houston.com

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Clara Jeffery @clarajeffery.bsky.social · 6h

We will need Nuremberg-like trials

LongTime🤓FirstTime👨‍💻 @longtimehistory.bsky.social · 9h

ICE secretly kidnap autistic boy during bathroom break—never notify parents.

Mother reported him missing a week ago—turns out ICE had him detained the whole time.

He was helping sell fruit and asked to go to the restroom—by the time she was done helping a customer he was gone.

Houston, Texas

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S.E. Sinkhorn @sesinkhorn.bsky.social · 4h

you have never met a parent who will go to the mat for their kid faster than parents who have already had to fight the system to get their kid the support they're entitled to

Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 7h

I know Trump and his minions all have sneering contempt for kids with special needs, but trust me when I say that their parents will absolutely fucking destroy anyone who messes with the special education supports to which they are entitled by law.

Sara Partridge, Ph.D. @sarapartridge.bsky.social · 7h

There are reports that the *entire* office of special education at the US Dept of Education has been cut. These hardworking folks ensure kids with disabilities get equal access to a quality education.

America’s children deserve better than this.

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Steven Beschloss @stevenbeschloss.bsky.social · 4h

Let’s not forget that every single Republican who stands by and enables Donald Trump could stop this recklessness today, tomorrow or any damn day of the week. Their failure—their refusal—to do so makes them complicit in his crimes and the crimes of his corrupt, lawless regime.

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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 4h

The pro-disease admin.

Catherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 4h

Per CDC source: At internal leadership meeting this afternoon, it was shared that 1,257 people were RIF'd at CDC. Number may not be final. Apparently, chief of staff was unaware that RIFs were going to occur so not clear who is making decisions. (Short 🧵)

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Missing The Point @missingthept.bsky.social · 4h

President Trump sure likes to fuck kids.

Sara Partridge, Ph.D. @sarapartridge.bsky.social · 7h

There are reports that the *entire* office of special education at the US Dept of Education has been cut. These hardworking folks ensure kids with disabilities get equal access to a quality education.

America’s children deserve better than this.

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Grudgie the Whale @grudgie.bsky.social · 4h

When Trump skipped the debate in 2016 and raised money that said he was going to pay veterans with, you might recall he got caught giving them zero dollars.

This isn’t even the first time he’s pulled this shit.

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Barred and Boujee aka Madiba Dennie @audrelawdamercy.bsky.social · 4h

just constantly enriching themselves via in-your-face corruption

Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 19h

Trump said he deserved a cut for brokering the TikTok deal, and at once there was agreement that his son Baron would have a top executive slot... though he hasn't asked for it, and has no apparent qualifications to hold it. This is how Trump 2.0 works. www.telegraph.co.uk/us/news/2025...

Barron Trump tipped for top TikTok job

US president’s 19-year-old son could be appointed to the app’s board

www.telegraph.co.uk

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Helen Kennedy @helenkennedy.bsky.social · 4h

It seems they also got rid of the organization that monitors how many Americans die, when, and of what. Convenient.

Pam Herd @pamherd.bsky.social · 9h

RFK fired the CDC official (w/decades of experience) leading the measles outbreak response. It's been decades since we've had such a large outbreak. And just to ensure they they can spread the measles outbreak even farther, they also fired the leadership for the center focused on immunization.

Figure showing the largest measles outbreak in the US in decades. There are over 1500 cases as of October 7 2025

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Sam Youngman @samyoungman.bsky.social · 4h

Trump went for a Covid shot and then set the CDC on fire.

If that ain’t that asshole in a nutshell.

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Dave Levitan @davelevitan.bsky.social · 5h

“We can give $20 billion to Argentina but we can’t afford the CDC’s measles experts” is a hell of an argument

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Justin Zimmerman @jztidecat.bsky.social · 3h

Starting to think the best way to explain that I’m not off because I don’t teach class everyday, is explaining that I can produce or I can choose to get fired by doing only one part of my job twice a week. Professors aren‘t “off” y’all.

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Tube Amps for Justice @curiousaudio.us · 3h

IT HAS EMERGED

The National @scotnational.bsky.social · 16h

Tony Blair met with the convicted child sex offender Jeffrey Epstein in London during his time as prime minister, it has emerged

Tony Blair met Jeffrey Epstein while prime minister

www.thenational.scot

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 21h

Breaking the law so he can endanger the nation, Russ Vought arches an eyebrow as he strokes a white Persian cat on his lap.

Sheryl Gay Stolberg @sherylnyt.bsky.social · 22h

BREAKING: Friday night massacre underway at CDC. Doznes of "disease detectives," high-level scientists, entire Washington staff and editors of the MMWR (Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report) have all been RIFed and received the following notice:

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