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Chris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 1h

They are building a Propaganda State.

They are cooking the books on job creation.

Now they are rigging death numbers so no one knows how many people die because of their attacks on vaccines and science.

Sheryl Gay Stolberg @sherylnyt.bsky.social · 14h

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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Salty MacTavish @saltymactavish.bsky.social · 2h

I hope your dog lives long enough to grow grizzled and cranky and wise. And if not, let them at least teach you how to live in the absolute moment 🐾

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Bethany Black @bethanyblack.bsky.social · 11h

“Best regards”

A letter from STANLEY KUBRICK
August 27, 1970
James T. Aubrey, Jr.
Metro Goldwyn Mayer
245N Beverly Drive
Beverly Hills, CA 90210
Dear James,
It has come to my attention that you and your
studio are considering producing a sequel to "2001:
A Space Odyssey" over my objections. My attorney informs me that you hold the option and, legally. there is little I can do to stop you.
However, I'd like you to know that I own the tapir bone prop from 2001 - the one "Moonwatcher" throws into the sky. If you attempt to make a sequel, I will cram that temur up your ass so far, it will take an as yet undiscovered alien super-intelligence to figure out how to dislodge it. Seriously, don't fuck with me.
Best regards,
Stanley Kubrick

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Brennan Vogt @brennan-vogt.bsky.social · 12h

Wyatt Aamodt puts the nail in the coffin with a 200 foot empty net goal! #Avs #GoAvsGo #EaglesCountry @HockeyMtnHighCO

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Solomon @solomonmissouri.bsky.social · 20h

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Andy Berry 🇺🇸🇺🇦🌻 @andyberry.bsky.social · 2h

Isn’t he like 6 1/2 feet tall?

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Yashar Ali 🐘 @yasharali.bsky.social · 12h

Friday night massacre at the CDC per the New York Times.

Sheryl Gay Stolberg • @SherylNYT
X.com
BREAKING: Friday night massacre underway at
CDC. Dozens 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:
I regret to inform you that you are being affected by a reduction in force (RIF) action. Please find attached a notice memorandum explaining the RIF and next steps. This RIF action does not reflect directly on your service, performance, or conduct. It is being taken solely for the reasons stated in the memorandum.
After you receive this notice, you will be placed on administrative leave and will no longer have building access beginning Friday, October 10, unless directed otherwise by your leadership. Additionally, please save this email and its attachments, or forward them to a personal email address, for your records.
Leadership at HHS appreciates your service.

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 14h

“.. Inside the White House, top advisers joke that they are ruling Congress with an “iron fist,” according to people who have heard the comments. Steve Bannon, the influential Trump ally, likened Congress to the Duma, the Russian assembly that is largely ceremonial.”

www.wsj.com/politics/pol...

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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 11h

in 2011, the president of antifa hired me to give fashion consultancy to the organization. i recommended everyone wear navy suits with tan shoes, dress sneakers, and golf polos with slim chinos. if you arrested everyone today wearing these things, you'd destroy antifa

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Sophie Sherry @sophiesherry.bsky.social · 21h

During a military-style raid on a building in Chicago’s South Shore, one resident heard a knock on his door.   It wasn’t the feds — it was a mom and her 7-year-old daughter, pleading for help.

He let them hide in his unit for the next 3 days.

chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...

Neighbor shielded 7-year-old during South Shore federal raid: ‘I didn’t want them to take her’

During the Sept. 30 raid one tenant protected a terrified girl and her mom. Remnants at the complex, including a detailed map of all the units, offer clues to what authorities may have known before th...

chicago.suntimes.com

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Ireland against Fascism @irlagainstfascism.bsky.social · 17h

Miriam Margolyes is just a warrior woman. That's the post.

She said it all.

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Andy Berry 🇺🇸🇺🇦🌻 @andyberry.bsky.social · 3h

I totally believe you. Pit sawing sounds like _exactly_ the kind of thing that a hockey player would suddenly decide was the best off season workout possible.

(I’ve never done it but from what I’ve seen they might be right.)

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❀°。Der Siebenschläfer *.ﾟ✿ ⋆ @sababausa.bsky.social · 17h

Whoa, Judge Perry says the Feds’ declarations about unrest at ICE facilities are not credible because some of the incidents they cite in their declarations were separately no-billed by grand juries

The Court therefore must make a credibility assessment as to which version of the facts
should be believed. While the Court does not doubt that there have been acts of vandalism, civil
disobedience, and even assaults on federal agents, the Court cannot conclude that Defendants' declarations are reliable. Two of Defendants' declarations refer to arrests made on September 27,
2025 of individuals who were carrying weapons and assaulting federal agents. See Doc. 62-2 at
19; Doc. 62-4 at 5. But neither declaration discloses that federal grand juries have refused to
return an indictment against at least three of those individuals, which equates to a finding of a lack of probable cause that any crime occurred. See United States v. Ray Collins and Jocelyne Robledo, 25-cr-608, Doc. 26 (N.D. Ill. Oct. 7, 2025); United States v. Paul Ivery, 25-cr-609

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Anna Bower @annabower.bsky.social · 18h

You’ll never guess who is in charge of the Homeland Security Council….

(Miller. It’s Stephen Miller.)

Jordan Fischer @jordanonrecord.bsky.social · 20h

NEW: A senior ICE official testified today the WH Homeland Security Council — and not the State Department — informed him Uganda was the deportation target for Abrego Garcia.

DOJ then asserted presidential privilege over any other details about the call. www.wusa9.com/article/news...

DOJ asserts presidential privilege over details about how Uganda was selected in Abrego Garcia deportation case

A senior Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) official said third-country designations are typically made by the State Department.

www.wusa9.com

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Brandon Friedman @brandonfriedman.bsky.social · 16h

Yeah. TikTok is out. It's an arm of the ruling fascist party at this point.

Prem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · 17h

Huh: TikTok took down my 8-second video featuring this image of Debbie Brockman — the news producer just detained by Trump’s CBP agents — saying it violates the “joy of TikTok”

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RiotGrlErin @riotgrlerin.bsky.social · 16h

salma kayak: thread

Salma Hayek in an orangish red and yellow dress..

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Andy Berry 🇺🇸🇺🇦🌻 @andyberry.bsky.social · 16h

That’s also what us olden folks from my neck of the woods used to call complimentary pretzels at the bar during happy hour.

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Salty MacTavish @saltymactavish.bsky.social · 18h

Man I wish. I call my knots “free jazz”

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Deanna Kreisel 🌱 @doctorwaffle.substack.com · 9d

In honor of National Poetry Day, the greatest parody rewrite of all time:

Screen cap of parodic version of William Blake's "The Tyger" that begins:
Tyger! Tyger! Burning bright
(Not sure if I spelled that right)
What immortal hand or eye
Could fashion such a stripy guy?
What the hammer that hath hewn it
Into such a chonky unit?
Did who made the lamb make thee,
Or an external franchisee?

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Adam Klasfeld @klasfeldreports.com · 19h

There goes another Trump admin talking point.

Claim: Abrego told an immigration judge that he fears persecution in Costa Rica.

Judge Xinis reads the immigration judge's ruling, which doesn't say that.

"That's very troubling to me," Xinis tells Ensign.

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darth™️ @darthbluesky.bsky.social · 18h

also a sign of how far trump has checked out-there is zero chance in the old days he would countenance anyone else taking credit, even in a slip of the tongue

The New Republic @newrepublic.com · 18h

His slip of the tongue reveals who’s really in charge. trib.al/mIvP0yE

“Illinois governor says we’re provoking actions that are unlawful,” Miller said on CNN. “If I put federal law enforcement and National Guard into a nice sleepy Southern town, is anyone gonna riot?”

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Andy Berry 🇺🇸🇺🇦🌻 @andyberry.bsky.social · 18h

With all the best knots, I’m sure.

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Evan Rawal @evanrawal.bsky.social · 18h

Mackenzie Blackwood practiced with the team today but Bednar said they aren’t sure if he’ll go on the road trip next week.

Asked if a conditioning stint would be possible to get him games when he is healthy and he said that’s an option they do have.

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Andy Berry 🇺🇸🇺🇦🌻 @andyberry.bsky.social · 18h

You are talking about Brent Burns here, right?

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