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simmcewen.bsky.social @simmcewen.bsky.social · 1d

Dahlia after the rain #bloomscrolling #dahlias #photography #PNW

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Chise @sailorrooscout.bsky.social · 1h

GOOD NEWS! Researchers have developed a cancer vaccine that has shown STUNNING results, PREVENTING up to 88% of MULTIPLE aggressive cancers by harnessing dual-pathway nanoparticles that train the immune system to recognize and destroy tumor cells. In some cases, it COMPLETELY prevented metastasis.

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Bradley P. Moss @bradmossesq.bsky.social · 59m

To hell with judicial decorum. Liberal Justices should just go on podcasts and do TikTok videos at this point.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1h

Amy Coney Barrett defends heavy use of the shadow docket: "If we wrote a long opinion, it might give the impression that we have finally resolved the issue, and in none of these cases have we finally resolved the issue."

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Keri Blakinger @keribla.bsky.social · 1h

SIX YEARS after Harris County deputies took a man's life savings - $41k - saying it ~could~ potentially be used to buy drugs at some point in the future, a Texas appeals court has ordered them to return it.

Will be interested to see if the current DA tries to appeal this... ij.org/press-releas...

Texas Appeals Court Reverses Forfeiture of Innocent Americans’ Life Savings and Orders Harris County to Return the $41,680 It Seized - Institute for Justice

Today, the Texas First Court of Appeals reversed a Harris County civil-forfeiture judgment entered after a six-day jury trial and rendered judgment for Institute for Justice (IJ) […]

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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 2h

Sens. Schumer, Merkley, Murray, and Peters are calling for the resignation of OMB Director Russell Vought.

"By impounding billions of dollars … and aggressively pursuing the illegal use of pocket rescissions, Vought has done everything in his power to gut the federal government piece by piece."

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 2h

That is different from what the admin said. They claimed it was coming out of DOD R&D funds. Tariff money cannot be touched by the Trump Regime without congressional approval.

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Karly Kingsley @karlykingsley.bsky.social · 14h

The RIFs that began Friday will reportedly cut 65% of CISA’s 2,540 employees, one of the dumbest and most dangerous moves imaginable. CISA defends the nation’s cyber and critical infrastructure. Destroying it now only makes sense if you’re afraid of election integrity.

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Kris Brown | President, @BradyUnited.org @krisbrown.bradyunited.org · 3h

Heartbroken by this news out of #SC this morning. Entire families and a community are forever changed by preventable gun violence. Let’s pray, and let’s also act.

4 people were killed and 20 more were injured in a shooting at a bar in South Carolina, sheriff says

A mass shooting at a crowded bar on the idyllic South Carolina island of St. Helena left four people dead and at least 20 injured.

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Eric L. Robinson @uticaeric.bsky.social · 3h

Remember, decline is a choice.

The Associated Press @apnews.com · 3h

BREAKING: Four dead and 20 more injured in a shooting at a bar on an idyllic South Carolina island.

4 people were killed and 20 more were injured in a shooting at a bar in South Carolina, sheriff says

A mass shooting at a crowded bar on the idyllic South Carolina island of St. Helena left four people dead and at least 20 injured.

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Mark Peifer (He, him) @peiferlabunc.bsky.social · 3h

He combines scientific studies with community engagement to improve the wellbeing & safety of people who use drugs & people living with debilitating pain. His team protects the public by determining the ingredients & amounts in samples of drugs, posting results anonymously 2/n
opioiddatalab.ghost.io

Opioid Data Lab

Street Drug Analysis Lab @ UNC

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Mark Peifer (He, him) @peiferlabunc.bsky.social · 3h

Congrats to UNC's Nabarun Dasgupta, one of this year's MacArthur Foundation Fellows. He is an epidemiologist & harm reduction advocate creating practical programs to mitigate harms from drug use, particularly opioid overdose deaths 1/n
www.macfound.org/fellows/clas...

Nabarun Dasgupta

Combining scientific studies with community engagement to reduce deaths and other harms from drug use.

www.macfound.org

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@NewsJennifer (Jennifer Schulze) @newsjennifer.bsky.social · 14h

Again we see multiple vehicles racing through chicago neighborhoods. this time chasing kids on bikes, demanding their IDs (do 15 yr olds even have ids?) Come on.

Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 15h

ICE GOONS are harassing two 15-year-old boys on bicycles in Chicago.

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Brandy Zadrozny @brandyzadrozny.bsky.social · 2d

Good morning! If you work at HHS and want to talk to a reporter anonymously, you can reach out to me on Signal.

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Sean @cackalackdev.bsky.social · 3h

Protesters should assume these are at every protest, even in smaller cities like Asheville

Mikael Thalen @mikaelthalen.bsky.social · 23h

EXCLUSIVE: A cell-site simulator, commonly referred to as an IMSI-catcher or "Stingray," may have been used at the ICE facility in Portland.

Analysis of cellular signals in the area showed phones receiving abnormal spikes in requests for their unique identifiers. san.com/cc/exclusive...

Exclusive: Fake cellphone tower likely surveilled protesters at Portland ICE facility

Law enforcement officials may have deployed a secretive cellphone surveillance technology last weekend at Portland’s ICE facility.

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Fired but Fighting (National Public Health Coalition) @firedbutfighting.bsky.social · 3h

🎃 This Halloween, the real horror? A future without trusted public health agencies. When the CDC and science are under attack, even the skeletons start protesting.

Trust science 🔬,
not scare ☠️ tactics.

Share your Halloween decorations with us.

halloween decoration skeleton holding a sign that states "save the CDC"

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Jerry Boyle @jecboyle.bsky.social · 4h

We may hail from different symbolic traditions, but we meet on the common ground of mercy, compassion, and justice. Blessings to our amphibian comrades in Portland. May Saint Francis, Patron of Creatures, protect you from evil. 🙏✊

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Jerry Boyle @jecboyle.bsky.social · 4h

My friend is a humble guy, so I won’t drop his name, but he’s referred to in this account from Sister JoAnn.

Faith leader reflects on 20 years of vigils outside Broadview ICE facility

Sister JoAnn Persch of Sisters of Mercy calls the shift in recent months at the Broadview facility “heartbreaking.”

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Jerry Boyle @jecboyle.bsky.social · 4h

Chicago brings a Monstrance. Protests at the Broadview detention center began 19 years ago. Demoralized by our mistreatment of migrants, a Catholic immigration lawyer I know started praying there on Fridays. A month later he was joined by some Sisters of Mercy. They’ve been holding it down since.

3 panel “Aye . . . I could do that.” meme format.

Top: image of Portland frog protesting ICE.

"Never thought l'd die fighting side-by-side with a Monstrance."

Middle: image of Monstrance.

"What about side-by-side with a friend?"

Bottom: image of Portland frog protesting ICE.

"Aye... I could do that."

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Donna Ladd said what she said. 😘 @donnerkay.bsky.social · 4h

Oh so many times this. Gotta reread Arendt asap.

Bill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 4h

Pope Leo quotes Hannah Arendt:

“The ideal subject of totalitarian rule is not the convinced Nazi or the convinced Communist, but people for whom the distinction between fact and fiction and the distinction between true and false no longer exist."

www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news...

Pope Leo calls for news agencies to stand as bulwark against "post-truths," lies and manipulation

Pope Leo XIV has encouraged international news agencies to stand firm as a bulwark against the "ancient art of lying" and manipulation.

www.cbsnews.com

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Bill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 4h

Pope Leo quotes Hannah Arendt:

“The ideal subject of totalitarian rule is not the convinced Nazi or the convinced Communist, but people for whom the distinction between fact and fiction and the distinction between true and false no longer exist."

www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news...

Pope Leo calls for news agencies to stand as bulwark against "post-truths," lies and manipulation

Pope Leo XIV has encouraged international news agencies to stand firm as a bulwark against the "ancient art of lying" and manipulation.

www.cbsnews.com

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John Robinson @jrobin.bsky.social · 4h

Well, that's one way to get women to have more babies, smiles every Republican legislator.

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Clara Jeffery @clarajeffery.bsky.social · 13h

Ah yes, cutting teen pregnancy prevention while ending federal right to an abortion…

Catherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 13h

An HHS source says admin also RIFed entire Office of Population Affairs last night.
“Not a single staff person to run our nation's family planning program or the evidence-based teen pregnancy prevention program. The Office of Adolescent Health which nested within OPA functionally ceases to exist”

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Catherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 13h

An HHS source says admin also RIFed entire Office of Population Affairs last night.
“Not a single staff person to run our nation's family planning program or the evidence-based teen pregnancy prevention program. The Office of Adolescent Health which nested within OPA functionally ceases to exist”

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Mediagazer @mediagazer.com · 12h

Sources: WBD has rejected Paramount's ~$20 per share takeover bid for being too low; WBD shares closed at $17.1 on October 10, giving WBD a market cap of $42.3B (Bloomberg)

Main Link | Mediagazer Permalink

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skellyton bones jensen @heykellyjensen.bsky.social · 4h

It's October 2025, six months from the beginning of the dismantling of the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS). What's going on in the agency right now?

A lot of disappearing money and an imminent court decision, among other things.

buttondown.com/wellsourced/...

The Current State of the Institute of Museum and Library Services (October 2025 Edition)

Grant money that should be going to library projects is going to state-sponsored propaganda, among other IMLS updates.

buttondown.com

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