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Bob Hille @bobhille.bsky.social · 7h

Guy who never acknowledges his mortality speculates about heaven a couple of days after his newly twice-annual annual physical.
🤔🤔🤔

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Bob Hille @bobhille.bsky.social · 8h

Ida called Guinness Book of World Records.

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A.R. Moxon @juliusgoat.bsky.social · 13h

I wrote about a new Nazi party that seeks to criminalize all human virtue, and how that means that human virtue is the greatest weapon against the new Nazi project.

www.the-reframe.com/the-crime-of...

The Crime of Human Virtue

Sometimes it really is as simple as good vs. evil. This is one of those times. Human virtue is our great crime against the fascist project; it's also our great weapon against it.

www.the-reframe.com

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Bill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 16h

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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Bob Hille @bobhille.bsky.social · 10h

a football player with the number 81 on his jersey is being tackled by another player

ALT: a football player with the number 81 on his jersey is being tackled by another player

media.tenor.com

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Mark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 11h

Just saw an announcement from a kids soccer group that ICE agents have been spotted in the area, so it’s OK to skip today’s games if people are scared.
The MAGA assault on our community is intolerable and has nothing to do with making people’s lives better.

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tomwellborn3rd @patriotprogressive.bsky.social · 13h

Trump’s racism fueled revenge hits St. Louis: minority and women contractors at Lambert must file narratives and prove discrimination using competitors’ loans, a Kafkaesque burden threatening DBE gains as a $2.8B rebuild begins.

www.rawstory.com/raw...?

How Trump's racism-fueled revenge tour came for workers in St. Louis

Donald Trump’s revenge tour has come to St. Louis.But this time, it’s not about prosecutors or political enemies. It’s about dismantling civil rights programs — and it’s personal.Nearly 2,000 minority and women-owned businesses at Lambert International Airport just learned they must prove they were ...

www.rawstory.com

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Bob Hille @bobhille.bsky.social · 13h

a young boy wearing glasses is laying in bed with blood on his shirt .

ALT: a young boy wearing glasses is laying in bed with blood on his shirt .

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Jeb Boyt 🌮 @jeboyt.bsky.social · 13h

Great analogy

Christopher Rowe @christopherrowe.bsky.social · 14h

In that spirit, I say that LLMs are like player pianos. They only make the music a human hand has inscribed on the rolls they’re loaded with. And they never sound as good.

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Bob Hille @bobhille.bsky.social · 14h

I mean even the London fans are rumbling with confusion.

Bob Hille @bobhille.bsky.social · 14h

What exactly are the Jets trying to do here?

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Jay Jaffe @jayjaffe.bsky.social · 1d

If the Brewers and Mariners make it to the World Series, shitfuck we’ll pound that ol’ Budweiser and this platform will become the Ball Four Book Club.

Patrick Dubuque @euqubud.baseballprospectus.com · 1d

If the Brewers and Mariners make the World Series, I’m forcing so much Pilots analysis into BP that week

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Rich Raho @richraho.bsky.social · 1d

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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Bob Hille @bobhille.bsky.social · 1d

We march on Oct. 18 not because we hate America, but because we love it and this does not represent who we aspire to be as Americans.

digby @digby56.bsky.social · 1d

We are seeing dozens of these videos every day. It's happening all over the ocuntry. I know many people are outraged but it's just continuing unabated.

This feeling of impotence is devastating. How does it end? With the country emptied of brown people and dissidents in jail?

Laguna Beach Democratic Club @lagunabeachdems.bsky.social · 1d

Northwest Chicago Suburb: ICE Agents Rip 15-Year-Old Girl from Car, Slam Her to Ground She Screams “I’m 15!” as Man Kneels on Her Neck

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digby @digby56.bsky.social · 1d

We are seeing dozens of these videos every day. It's happening all over the ocuntry. I know many people are outraged but it's just continuing unabated.

This feeling of impotence is devastating. How does it end? With the country emptied of brown people and dissidents in jail?

Laguna Beach Democratic Club @lagunabeachdems.bsky.social · 1d

Northwest Chicago Suburb: ICE Agents Rip 15-Year-Old Girl from Car, Slam Her to Ground She Screams “I’m 15!” as Man Kneels on Her Neck

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Micah @rincewind.run · 1d

so many kids are just never going to get a chance because of these people

unconscionable

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Micah @rincewind.run · 1d

the official policy of this administration is "be born neurotypical and healthy, never have anything bad happen to you, you're completely on your own"

Leah 🐸 McElrath @leahmcelrath.bsky.social · 1d

⚠️ USAToday reporter confirms the office in charge of special education funding has been “decimated”:

Zach Schermele
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NEW: The Education Dept. layoffs continued overnight, w/ the main office in charge of special ed funding being
"decimated," as one person described.
"They cut just about everyone that works with IDEA funding," said another.
"I'm not sure how these programs exist moving forward."
10:21 AM • 10/11/25 • 2.1K Views

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Bob Hille @bobhille.bsky.social · 1d

The game is rigged and the grifters are all dipping their beaks.

The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 1d

Imagine that

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Clara Jeffery @clarajeffery.bsky.social · 1d

We will need Nuremberg-like trials

LongTime🤓FirstTime👨‍💻 @longtimehistory.bsky.social · 1d

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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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 1d

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 · 1d

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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Bob Hille @bobhille.bsky.social · 1d

Yeah but you ain’t his dad’s kid, for which you should be eternally grateful. That family is a cesspool.

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Demagogue Watch @demagoguewatch.bsky.social · 1d

Paywall lifted. We are not the only ones in America worried about the survival of the rule of law and the Constitution. Federal judges are as well and weighed in with the NYT. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/11/u...

Federal Judges, Warning of ‘Judicial Crisis,’ Fault Supreme Court’s Emergency Orders

www.nytimes.com

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Penny Rosenberg @pennyrosenberg.bsky.social · 1d

Democrat programs
Fair Housing, 1968, House vote: 250–172 (100 Rs yes)
Est'ing the Dept. of Ed, 1979, Senate: 69-22 (25 Rs)
Civil Rights, 1964, House: 290–130 (138 Rs)
Education for All Handicapped Children Act (precursor to IDEA), Senate: 87-7, (28 Rs)
Public Health Service 1944 (CDC): No dissent

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 3d

Trump: "We'll be making cuts that will be permanent. And we're only going to cut Democrat programs. I hate to tell you."

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jenna newman phd @jennanewman.bsky.social · 1d

impact—
“1)Outbreaks go unseen…
2)Doctors lose guidance…
3)States lose coordination…like trying to fight a wildfire w/o radios
4)Americans lose time. The time btwn an emerging threat & a public warning stretches from hrs to days to weeks.In public health, time saves lives”🛟🧪 @kkjetelina.bsky.social

“But here's what happens next:
1. Outbreaks go unseen. When data stops flowing, early warnings disappear. The "invisible shield" that keeps us safe from measles, flu, and the next unknown virus begins to crack.
2. Doctors lose guidance. The experts who turn raw data into actionable guidance (how to treat, what to look for)
are gone.
3. States lose coordination. When states can't share information through the CDC, it's like trying to fight a wildfire without radios.
4. Americans lose time. The time between an emerging threat and a public warning stretches from hours to days to weeks. In public health, time saves lives.”

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Bob Hille @bobhille.bsky.social · 1d

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