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jon ben-menachem @jbenmenachem.com · 2h

shame and stigma are extremely powerful forces in american society, the issue is just that we stigmatize all the wrong stuff, like having a job that actually improves society (like teaching elementary school or working in sanitation)

Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 8h

some colleagues have suggested to me that shame is irrelevant because the people on the "other side" don't know or care what "we" (on whatever "this side") think of them. I have...not gotten that impression

Kurtbert Barlowko @albertburneko.bsky.social · 9h

"disliking me is persecution" describes so incredibly many people's entire outlook these days defector.com/free-press-r...

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Louise in Ontario🇨🇦 @grammalou.bsky.social · 3h

www.cbc.ca/news/science...

CO2 levels in atmosphere have tripled since 1960s, highest in 800,000 years: WMO report | CBC News

Heat-trapping carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere jumped by the highest amount on record last year, soaring to a level not seen in human civilization and "turbo-charging" the Earth's climate and c...

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Imani Gandy Corn 🎃 @angryblacklady.blacksky.app · 3h

I love how white people—with a heavy assist from fools like Clarence Thomas—spent twenty years denigrating every Black person as an affirmative action hire/admission and then were like "we have to kill affirmative action because it's stigmatizing."

oh fuck off.

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Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 3h

“The Defense Department has confiscated the badges of the Pentagon reporters from virtually every major media organization in America,” the Pentagon Press Association said

Oct. 15, 2025
PENTAGON PRESS ASSOCIATION
STATEMENT
Today, the Defense Department confiscated the badges of the Pentagon reporters from virtually every major media organization in America. It did this because reporters would not sign onto a new media policy over its implicit threat of criminalizing national security reporting and exposing those who sign it to potential prosecution.
The Pentagon Press Association's members are still committed to reporting on the U.S. military. But make no mistake, today, Oct. 15, 2025 is a dark day for press freedom that raises concerns about a weakening U.S. commitment to transparency in governance, to public accountability at the Pentagon and to free speech for all.
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DoNoHarm BC @donoharmbc.bsky.social · 2h

Wastewater testing in BC has recently decreased in frequency, and several wastewater plants have stopped testing entirely, which is likely to result in less accurate data.

Stay safe out there: ventilate, vaccinate, educate, mitigate 😷 Visit donoharmbc.ca for more info on current campaigns

Graphic showing Wastewater Surveillance sample data for respiratory viruses (SARS-CoV-2, influenza A, influenza B and RSV). Wastewater surveillance works by quantifying the amount of virus shed by infected people into the community’s wastewater system(s). While these measurements by themselves cannot tell us how many people are infected, tracking changes in these measurements over time can give us a complementary sense of circulation of respiratory viruses. Report updated on October 9th, 2025. Data is presented up to the reporting period of epi week 40 (September 28-October 4, 2025). Influenza A, B and RSV low in all regions, and SARS-CoV-2 moderate/high in Northern, Interior and Coastal regions, high on the Island and in the Fraser region, and trending upwards in Fraser and Northern regions. There are multiple abundant lineages (XFG.2, XFG.10, and NB.1.8.1.)

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Jess Calarco @jessicacalarco.com · 4h

UPDATE: Following the firing of the director of the student newspaper, Indiana University has now cut the print edition of the newspaper entirely.

www.idsnews.com/article/2025...

Indiana University cuts IDS print entirely, hours after firing student media director
By IDS staff
Oct 15, 2025 1:23 pm · Updated Oct 15, 2025 1:23 pm

IU previously directed the Indiana Daily Student to stop printing news coverage in our newspaper. Upon pushback, the university fully cut print, including our special editions. The IDS was not involved in the decision.

Media School Dean David Tolchinsky sent the order to IDS leadership in an email responding to its appeal that the school not censor the newspaper. And the dean attributed the decision to “the campus.” He has not yet responded to a message for clarification.

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Barry Deutsch @barrydeutsch.bsky.social · 5h

NEW SOLUTIONS TO THE TROLLEY CAR PROBLEM

By me and @postcardsbybecky.bsky.social

Read more cartoons! #PoliCartoon
Help us make more! patreon.com/barry

This cartoon has four panels. Each panel shows a different scene with one character in it. And each panel has a caption, in large letters, at the top. A large caption over the top of the entire strip says NEW SOLUTIONS TO THE TROLLEY CAR PROBLEM.

PANEL ONE

CAPTION: REPUBLICANS

A smiling, well-dressed woman with long blonde hair stands behind a podium, gesturing to indicate a trolley car parked behind her. The trolley car is gory with blood spattered all over the front, and we can see bodies under the car.

WOMAN: Cleaning blood off a trolley car is expensive! That's why we're proposing tax breaks for trolley car companies!

PANEL TWO

CAPTION: LIBERTARIANS

A man with a very thick orange beard, wearing a green knit cap and a plaid shirt, is sitting in his armchair at home and speaking directly to us, with an intense expression. He's holding a joint in one hand and raising his I'm-making-an-important-point-now-forefinger with the other. Next to him one one side are a bunch of LP records stored in milk cartons; on the other side is a side table with a bottle of whisky, a whisky glass, and a thick book.

MAN: Trolley car companies need freedom to choose who to run over without bureaucrats getting in the way! Deregulate now!

PANEL THREE

CAPTION: DEMOCRATS

This is the same scene as panel one, but now a frightened looking old man, wearing huge glasses, a jacket and a bow tie, is behind the podium. He is shaking and sweating a bit as he talks to us. His dialogue is split into three balloons.

MAN: Something must be done! Er, someday. Maybe. If no one disagrees. Gotta stay bipartisan!

PANEL FOUR

CAPTION: TERFs

A woman wearing a blue pantsuit, and with nicely-done short white hair, is sitting on a park bench, looking thoughtful.

WOMAN (thought): One person's life versus six people's lives... Hmmm. Which choice hurts more trans people?

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Andrea Pitzer @andreapitzer.bsky.social · 22h

I wrote about how all the beautiful dumb stuff really does matter, and why you should come out for No Kings Day on Saturday.

The opposite of complicity

Why showing up matters and what it can actually do.

degenerateart.beehiiv.com

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 3h

this ballroom is the best evidence that trump doesn’t intend to leave

The Wall Street Journal @wsj.com · 3h

Exclusive: More than three dozen organizations and individuals are expected to attend a dinner with Trump on Wednesday after opening their checkbooks to support a $250 million White House ballroom.

Trump Invites Ballroom Donors to Glitzy White House Dinner

The dinner is set to include representatives from Lockheed Martin, Microsoft, Meta Platforms, Alphabet’s Google, Amazon and Palantir Technologies.

on.wsj.com

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Michael Coyle @oplopanax.ca · 5h

"content neutral" is always code for "white"

Robson Fletcher @robsonfletcher.com · 5h

"Without the hands [of various skin tone], the poster would have been OK ...

But with the hands, it violated a West Ada School District policy, enacted in 2022, which requires all classroom displays, posters, flags, etc., to be 'content neutral.'”

The Idaho Teacher Who Refused to Back Down | NEA

The poster said, “Everyone is Welcome Here.” School officials told Sarah Inama to take it down.

www.nea.org

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Laika L. Gagarin @laikalgagarin.bsky.social · 4h

Generative AI is such a fucking means to depict non-consentual acts with AND objectify women. Its so fucking blantant. Its why most ads are catered toward 'lonely straight men' with "AI girlfriend who will always give you nudes!" ads.

Kat Tenbarge @kattenbarge.bsky.social · 9h

You’ll notice that new developments in generative AI are always accompanied by new ways of depicting women without their consent—undermining their autonomy and harassing them—almost like it’s a pillar of the technology and its evolution

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SciEditor—Adrienne Montgomerie @handle.invalid · 3h

I've been reading through this excellent resource, adding readings to all my editing courses. Don't let the "accessibility" tag make you think this isn't for all readers. It is! A great guide to clear and effective communication (aka "plain language"). accessible.canada.ca/creating-acc...

CAN-ASC-3.1:2025 – Plain Language - Accessibility Standards Canada

accessible.canada.ca

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 3h

kavanaugh seems to be channeling bradley. “When a man has emerged from slavery, and by the aid of beneficent legislation has shaken off the inseparable concomitants of that state, there must be some stage in the progress of his elevation when he…ceases to be the special favorite of the laws.”

Jamal Greene @jamalgreene.bsky.social · 10h

Justice Kavanaugh in the Callais oral argument keeps alluding to some longstanding requirement of strict scrutiny that use of race have a time limit. This is invented.

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Data Bear 🏳️‍🌈 @dataandpolitics.net · 8h

Three years after my husband died, I’m still trying to prove our life together was worth losing his family.

What I live with isn’t forgetting — it’s the blurring of memory.

On the third anniversary, I wrote about grief, memory, and continuing without answers.
www.dataandpolitics.net/the-blurring/

The Blurring

What I live with isn't forgetting, it's the blurring. A meditation on grief, memory, and continuing without answers three years after loss.

www.dataandpolitics.net

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Juan Escalante @juansaaa.com · 9h

BREAKING NEWS: Today is National Pug Day so please post photos of your pug(s)

National Pug Day
HAPPY NATIONAL PUG DAY!
PUGTOBER
NATIONAL PUG DAY
Celebrated annually on October 15th, National Pug Day is a tribute to the ancient and beloved dog breed.
Pet lifestyle expert Colleen Paige established the day in 2012 to celebrate pugs and encourage adoption from shelters and rescues. Ways to celebrate include:

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karen ward @kwardvancouver.bsky.social · 21h

oh hells. this is an emergency, I've been trying to sort things out and now I'm facing a housing problem. I need to ask for some help, if you can chip in, I so appreciate it.

etransfer: [email protected]

a pixel art of a monkey giving a fist bump

Alt: side-eye meme monkey is freaking out because here comes the Imperial snowwalkers on ice planet Hoth

media.tenor.com

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Cangal 😷 @cangal.bsky.social · 3h

As usual, grown men are "kids" when they're white. But Black teenagers are always "men".

Nathan Bernard @nathantbernard.bsky.social · 6h

the "kids" were mostly 30+ years old and said they love hitler

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Emissary Of Night | ليلى @diplomatofnight.com · 3h

Palestine’s most popular leader, Marwan Barghouti, was beaten unconscious and has his ribs broken by Israeli prison guards and his family fears for his life, his son has said, citing evidence given by former Palestinian detainees released this week as part of the ceasefire deal.

Palestinian leader Marwan Barghouti assaulted by Israeli prison guards, son says

Family fears for 66-year-old’s life after assault while he was being transferred between prisons

www.theguardian.com

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Sanho Tree @sanho.bsky.social · 12h

“Footage, obtained by the outlet, captured the musician face-down in the mud, with her instrument about two feet to her left, struggling as what appears to be a federal agent straddled her backside. A police officer stood next to the pair.”
The Feds then jailed her across state lines. For music.

David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 13h

“A clarinet player was arrested after playing her instrument to the tune of the ‘Ghostbusters’ theme song outside of a Portland ICE facility…”

Musician playing ‘Ghostbusters’ outside ICE facility is arrested by agents

‘Taking us citizens out of state to detain them without charge is a new action from the Feds and should be opposed,’ her band said

www.independent.co.uk

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Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 18h

I just checked and this is real. It's on Border Patrol's official Instagram (I don't see it on Facebook) and is being celebrated by Nazis on Twitter, as you can see in the screenshot.

The clip is just 13 seconds long too, so it's a very intentional thing. We've got a Nazi government.

Twitter account: Uncensored @HmanQuotes1945: Official border patrol Facebook page is posting with the banned lyrics of Michael Jackson's song.
"Jew me sue me... Kick me k*ke me."
Epic

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Rachel Gilmore @rachelgilmore.bsky.social · 3h

On Monday, Pierre Poilievre shared his party’s petition to “end DEI” and “restore the merit principle.”

Just before that, another Conservative MP posted that “Canada must now place restrictions on birthright citizenship”

If it all sounds a bit Trump-y, that’s probably because…it is:

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Usdi Crittenden @lilusdi.bsky.social · 5h

If you're in the Portland area, stop by a Kaiser to show solidarity with the Oregon Federation for Nurses and Health Professionals! We've got hot dogs, real dogs, unicorns, Guy Fieri, music, and so much more! I'm posted up at the Hillsboro location atm.

Protester in an inflatable unicorn costume holding a sign that says "I'm as inflated as Greg's $12.7 million dollar salary!"

Striker riding an inflatable T-Rex carrying a sign demanding a fair contract. The sign has a graphic comparing inflation to stagnant wages.

A Labrador retriever dressed as Guy Fieri.

Three strikers. Their signs say "Nobody can Thrive under these conditions!", "we're not striking for fun, we're striking for funds!" and "I love OFNHP"

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hiebzky @hiebzky.bsky.social · 5h

"This shows that if Israel, with the whole world watching, can treat a well-known, white person with a Swedish passport this way, just imagine what they do to Palestinians behind closed doors."

www.aftonbladet.se/nyheter/a/25...

Greta Thunberg: “They kicked me every time the flag touched my face”

– Greta Thunberg on her days in Israeli captivity Beating, kicking, and threats of being gassed in cages. Greta Thunberg and several others from the flotilla ar

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karen ward @kwardvancouver.bsky.social · 3h

it really doesn't have to be this way.

“we have no choice,“ is what our government has chosen to say

Canadian Dimension @canadiandimension.bsky.social · 15h

Rather than insulating Canada from an increasingly unpredictable White House, Carney’s policies are reinforcing our alignment with the United States in military, economic, and foreign policy matters. As Owen Schalk writes, these choices will deepen dependence and weaken sovereignty.

Canada flying in lockstep with the United States

Promises of Canadian independence from US influence are unravelling as the Carney government moves forward with the costly F-35 fighter jet purchase. Amid rising global tensions and domestic crises, O...

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 3h

last i checked these young republicans were like 25 years old. but this is a classic case of infantilization to diminish the significance of the offense. www.yahoo.com/news/article...

Vance downplays group chat messages: ‘Kids do stupid things, especially young boys.’

The vice president called the texts "edgy, offensive jokes."

www.yahoo.com

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