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Jessica Kant @jessdkant.bsky.social · 1h

I am cackling. Tesla owners are reacting to the fact that ads are being pushed inside the car now as part of an “update”

electrek.co/2025/10/10/t...

"Oh good, advertisements are making it in my car."

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The Oregonian @oregonian.com · 11h

Portland's famous Unipiper was spotted at the Portland ICE protest where he played his bagpipes in front of Santa, Mr. Potato Head, Garfield and more -- all while surrounded by bubbles.

More on how the tone of Portland's protests has shifted: www.oregonlive.com/crime/2025/1...

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Rob Delaney @robdelaney.bsky.social · 4h

In all the horrible news Israel & the US generate when they work together, it is instructive that I learn that Israel’s strike on Qatar didn’t even kill the Hamas officials it was allegedly targeting *from an article about how Trump will personally profit from the ceasefire.*

Mohamad Bazzi @mbazzi.bsky.social · 18h

An underreported aspect of the Gaza ceasefire: The business deals that Trump's family made with Gulf Arab states gave Trump a personal stake in restraining Netanyahu — my piece @theguardian.com | www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 8h

About a month ago, the Trump administration got rid of the de minimis exemption, whereby packages valued under $800 could slide in without import duties. Now there's a backlog as the government can't process all of this paperwork, leading to UPS just destroying packages

Business Insider headline reads: UPS is telling customers that their packages coming to the US are marked for destruction.

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Lisa Diedrich @lisadiedrich.bsky.social · 3h

Charlotte Kent, former MMWR editor-in-chief, on axing of MMWR by Trump: “What it really means is it is impossible to rapidly disseminate public health science for action...That would be critical if there’s a public health emergency.” #IllnessPolitics
www.statnews.com/2025/10/11/c...

Deep cuts made to CDC's flagship MMWR publication reversed hours later

Deep cuts made to CDC's flagship MMWR publication have been reversed hours later.

www.statnews.com

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Alexander Chee @alexanderchee.bsky.social · 4h

Well we’ll have to go back when you’re back.

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Alexander Chee @alexanderchee.bsky.social · 12h

Themme-fatales to the dance floor please

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Alexander Chee @alexanderchee.bsky.social · 12h

Toxic, Britney Spears, and Last Christmas, George Michael, for me.

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Alexander Chee @alexanderchee.bsky.social · 12h

Somewhat related I love it when a restaurant back to front of house sings along with a song and it’s like you’re in a musical number.

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Alexander Chee @alexanderchee.bsky.social · 12h

I’m losing my mind. So good.

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kat, ghost of helenruthsghost @chaoskat.bsky.social · 13h

Salvation Army seen feeding ICE today. For anyone who doesn't already know about their bigotry, here is more, No need to give them your money this Christmas, or ever.

unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 14h

It’s dinner time for the police. Appears to be pizza from a Salvation Army van.

Broadview’s “free speech” curfew starts soon, at 6pm.

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Alexander Chee @alexanderchee.bsky.social · 12h

😂

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Mark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 14h

Nixon’s crimes look like harmless high school pranks compared to the now-daily unprecedented illegal & unconstitutional crimes being committed daily by this president & his staff

Kevin Elliott @kjephd.bsky.social · 15h

Unconstitutionally taking money that the law says must be spent on one purpose & using it for something else—when it's to establish personalist control over the FUCKING MILITARY—is about as dangerous a constitutional crisis/failure as you can imagine

Via: www.nbcnews.com/politics/tru...

The Office of Management and Budget sent a notification to Congress about their intent to use research and development funds to pay members of the military, two sources with direct knowledge tell NBC News.

A spokesperson for the OMB confirmed to NBC News that it plans to use the research and development funds and that there are two years' worth of funds available within the Department of Defense.

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hannah gais @hannahgais.bsky.social · 14h

Hey, what was happening in Germany in the 1930s? I forget.

James Woods
@RealJamesWoods
For those who actually respect history, the origin story of Antifa is well documented. Antifa is an organization that emerged with the “German Communist Antifaschistische Aktion” movement in the 1930’s.
German Communists smeared anyone to their right as "fascists,” a common ploy used by the ignorant hysterical activists of the Democrat Party today. Like today’s leftist loonies, the German Antifa of the Weimar years even labeled the leftwing SDP as "social fascists." Today’s Antifa are a paramilitary mob used by the usual suspects to foment fake “mass protests” and burn down cities. The same puppet masters of the Democrat activist judges ruining America today also fund these “useful idiots” of Antifa to impede the mandate given to the current President in his landslide last election victory.

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Ify Nwadiwe @ifycomedy.com · 13h

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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Alexander Chee @alexanderchee.bsky.social · 12h

Dinner with these two hotties at Izakaya Minato in Portland, thanks to @joshthelibromancer.bsky.social and @printbookstore.bsky.social.

A wooden bar at a Japanese Izakaya. A Negroni sits next to two books nonchalantly, as if it is not obsessed with them. They are THE ENGLISH UNDERSTAND
WOOL HELEN DEWITT
And
Gabrielle
Calvocoressi
The New
Economy

A porcelain dish and chopsticks sit in the front of the image.

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NPR @npr.org · 1d

Pope Leo XIV weighed in on U.S. politics, saying that Catholic politicians must be judged on the full range of their policy positions and suggesting that the country's immigration policy is "inhuman."

Pope Leo XIV says 'inhuman treatment of immigrants' in the U.S. isn't 'pro-life'

Pope Leo XIV weighed in on U.S. politics, saying that Catholic politicians must be judged on the full range of their policy positions and suggesting that the country's immigration policy is "inhuman."

n.pr

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sarah jeong @sarahjeong.bsky.social · 19h

I have a theory www.theverge.com/policy/79849...

American politics has devolved into shitposting and aura farming

The Frog is owning the president.

www.theverge.com

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Clara Jeffery @clarajeffery.bsky.social · 19h

We will need Nuremberg-like trials

LongTime🤓FirstTime👨‍💻 @longtimehistory.bsky.social · 21h

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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Daniel Drezner @dandrezner.bsky.social · 19h

Are you fucking kidding me.

Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 1d

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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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 20h

A library director in Wyoming who was fired two years ago because she refused to remove books with sexual content and LGBTQ themes from a library's children and young adult sections has just been awarded $700,000 in a settlement. t.co/EA5L1kOZfV

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/09/us/wyoming-library-settlement-book-bans-terri-lesley.html?smtyp=cur&smid=fb-nytimes&fbclid=IwdGRjcANWLXdleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHhlnY6nKj_j4zuP3VjNSstXWBaV1t8-sPQ5C3b_jS6WN...

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cait (and adonis) @cait.bsky.social · 20h

LMAO. this is going to turn out well I can feel it

CNN @cnn.com · 1d

Top Republicans in Congress will take a massive gamble on shutdown politics in the coming days: GOP leaders will not step in to prevent missed paychecks to the military.

GOP leaders steadfast in shutdown stance despite rising pressure inside party | CNN Politics

Top Republicans in Congress will take a massive gamble on shutdown politics in the coming days: GOP leaders will not step in to prevent missed paychecks to the military.

www.cnn.com

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Mark Harris @markharris.bsky.social · 21h

Mamdani talking lucidly and passionately about trans rights and history in a video that should frankly shame every politician who has hemmed and hawed and triangulated and said, "Well, but sports..." It's not that hard to tell the truth and stand for what's right. www.youtube.com/watch?v=bEvV...

Until It's Done: Sylvia Rivera

YouTube video by Zohran Mamdani for NYC

www.youtube.com

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Alexander Chee @alexanderchee.bsky.social · 19h

Hammam is a volunteer nurse, hoping to rebuild in Northern Gaza near the hospital where he works.

nursehammam7.bsky.social @nursehammam7.bsky.social · 21h

🚨Urgent🚨
This is what remains of our home in northern Gaza. It was completely bombed, leaving only stones. We lost everything. We own nothing. We are now homeless and devastated, without shelter or a tent. We appeal to you to donate so we can buy a tent to live in.
Plz help🤲⬇️
tinyurl.com/nursehammam

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Jason Adams @jamnpp.bsky.social · 22h

Sometimes there's so much beauty in the world,... I feel like I can't take it. And my heart is just going to cave in.

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