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Ashley @briefslayer.bsky.social · 1h

This is insane. We live in the most insane timeline.

Kashana @kashana.blacksky.app · 2h

So thankful that dudes without game now have the option of driving all of our energy bills up to come up with devastating lines like it was nice to meet you

C. Buckthorn @cbuckthorn.bsky.social · 7h

This is amazing. I laughed out loud www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...

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Ashley @briefslayer.bsky.social · 1h

I can’t emphasize how messed up it is to do this to people.

Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 1h

The Trump administration has now reversed the layoffs of a lot of federal employees. At the CDC, officials said some staff were mistakenly terminated due to a procedural error.

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Ashley @briefslayer.bsky.social · 1h

This morning’s read.

The cover of Atmosphere by Taylor Jenkins Reid.

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Ashley @briefslayer.bsky.social · 1h

I’ve seen enough. UCLA should be in the top 25.

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Ashley @briefslayer.bsky.social · 2h

This is actually very sweet.

Ryan Belmore @ryanbelmore.com · 2h

Fibre Space, a yarn shop in Alexandria, offers free knitting classes for furloughed federal workers.

Furloughed and frustrated, feds channel stress into new socks

www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/202...

Furloughed and frustrated, feds channel stress into new socks

Since 2013, the Fibre Space yarn shop in Alexandria has offered free knitting classes for furloughed federal workers during long government shutdowns.

www.washingtonpost.com

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Ashley @briefslayer.bsky.social · 12h

Not for us.

Ashley @briefslayer.bsky.social · 13h

Congress gave away the purse.

Tyler King @tyleraking.com · 13h

This is just so very, very illegal. And Republicans in Congress aren’t the least bit interested in controlling the purse. They’re just employees of trump org at taxpayer expense. This is a dictatorship.

Task & Purpose @taskandpurpose.com · 15h

Pentagon moves $8 billion from research to pay troops trib.al/G0HMywT

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Ashley @briefslayer.bsky.social · 14h

To be fair, I loved paying taxes because they were worth it for my jurisdiction. Yet I was unprepared for them to increase so much every year.

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Ashley @briefslayer.bsky.social · 14h

match the sale price, but it should be very close. Mine actually used to be higher than sale price and was assessed (read increased) every year 😢.

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Ashley @briefslayer.bsky.social · 14h

This is going to vary by jurisdiction. Some do assessments after x amount of years. Some do every year. If you’re in a jurisdiction where the assessment was done a decade ago and in that time the value tripled, you will be in for a surprise the next time there’s an assessment. It might still not

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Popehat Agitates And Irritates @kenwhite.bsky.social · 14h

Also: if you work for ICE, even if you’re not one of the ones arresting citizens or tackling 15-year-olds or zip-tying kids together and segregating them by race, you’re part of the mechanism making it happen, and you should suffer long-term social and post-regime-change consequences.

Ari Cohn @aricohn.com · 15h

Some weirdo on Twitter has been absolutely melting down for like 36 straight hours because I posted:

When this is over, do not forget what ICE did, and what ICE is. And do not make room for them in society. Make sure they know that they are, and will continue to be, reviled and beneath contempt.

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Ashley @briefslayer.bsky.social · 14h

That next tax assessment will be some sticker shock.

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Ashley @briefslayer.bsky.social · 14h

Why are they trying to make America sick again?

Pam Herd @pamherd.bsky.social · 1d

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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kat, ghost of helenruthsghost @chaoskat.bsky.social · 16h

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 · 17h

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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Connie @conster3.bsky.social · 15h

Don’t forget Mike Johnson wouldn’t allow the standalone funding of military pay

Drew Harwell @drewharwell.com · 1d

Military families on day 9 of the shutdown lining up at the food bank

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Ashley @briefslayer.bsky.social · 14h

In case a reminder is needed.

Ryan W Enslow @ryanwenslow.bsky.social · 15h

The purpose of government is not to maximize earnings to investors

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Connie @conster3.bsky.social · 15h

Jerry ftw

Ashley @briefslayer.bsky.social · 15h

How about them Bruins???

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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 20h

Texas is preparing emergency resources for wildfires and floods. The Texas National Guard should be THERE — not in Illinois.

We stand ready to support their return home so they are best positioned for helping Texans respond to any natural disasters.

Abbott activates emergency resources ahead of growing wildfire threat, flood risk in Texas

With expected growing wildfire danger across Texas and the potential for a flood risk this weekend, Gov. Greg Abbott is activating more state emergency response resources Friday.

trib.al

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Ashley @briefslayer.bsky.social · 15h

First, they say troops are too fat and women don’t belong.
Second, they take away their paychecks.

These folks are not for the troops.

Army Times @armytimes.bsky.social · 1d

Due to processing time, Congress would need to act to ensure military pay Monday or earlier in order to avoid troops' checks being delayed, DFAS confirmed.

Troops request assistance at ‘unprecedented’ rate as shutdown persists

Due to processing time, Congress would need to act to ensure military pay Monday or earlier in order to avoid troops' checks being delayed, DFAS confirmed.

www.armytimes.com

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Ashley @briefslayer.bsky.social · 15h

How about them Bruins???

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Emily Galvin-Almanza @galvinalmanza.bsky.social · 22h

Seriously, Judges *do no do things like this*

They don't give their opinion to the media

They don't criticize how SCOTUS works

This is them breaking the emergency glass, folks
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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Eric Michael Garcia @ericmgarcia.bsky.social · 19h

If you work in the Office of Special Education for the Department of Education and have been RIF'ed or if you work in a school that has been notified about it, please message me. My Signal is emgarcia.85. I'll protect your identity.

Sara Partridge, Ph.D. @sarapartridge.bsky.social · 22h

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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Ashley @briefslayer.bsky.social · 19h

That is so damn cute!

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Ashley @briefslayer.bsky.social · 19h

Love this for you! You deserve as much!

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Dave Levitan @davelevitan.bsky.social · 20h

“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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