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BeijingPalmer @beijingpalmer.bsky.social · 14h

while 'young republicans are literal nazis' is well known to folks here, the extent of it is surprisingly not that commonly known even in media and analyst circles, let alone normal people.

jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 17h

a real water is wet scenario here

Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 17h

POLITICO: “.. They referred to Black people as monkeys and ‘the watermelon people’ and mused about putting their political opponents in gas chambers. They talked about raping their enemies .. and lauded Republicans who they believed support slavery.

@politico.com
www.politico.com/news/2025/10...

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Carley Carden @carleycarden.bsky.social · 13h

Beautiful, fascinating, incredible, hella cool.

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good hyuck, babe! @markpopham.bsky.social · 14h

if pep boys said that now the pep boys could call you up and talk sexy to you you wouldn't think that pep boys was doing really well, as a company

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Assigned Media @assignedmedia.org · 14h

Legendary trans activist, Miss Major, dies at 78

Thank you to @funcrunch.me.dm.ap.brid.gy for writing this obituary.

Rest in Power, Miss Major — Assigned

Honoring a lifetime of Black trans activism.

www.assignedmedia.org

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Carley Carden @carleycarden.bsky.social · 13h

Bruh, you nearly made me spit out my nootropics!

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Carley Carden @carleycarden.bsky.social · 14h

I GASPED at the maple leaf segment 🤩 🇨🇦

Carley Carden @carleycarden.bsky.social · 14h

STAGGERINGLY beautiful and inspired

ℳatt @matttomic.bsky.social · 14h

Here's a recording of the pilot of C-GZPT, a Cirrus SR22, tracing the Jays logo over Nova Scotia

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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 17h

As another Jewish woman in the industry, I can clear this up: It's due to her being an asshole.

Justin Baragona @justinbaragona.bsky.social · 18h

Fox News host Emily Compagno claims that the backlash to Bari Weiss being named CBS News editor-in-chief is due to her being Jewish:

"This kind of thing would make me laugh if there was not an antisemitic thread in there."

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Chanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 @chanda.blacksky.app · 17h

'“Can we fix the showers? Gas chambers don’t fit the Hitler aesthetic,” Joe Maligno...wrote'

'Many of the chat members already work inside government or party politics, and one serves as a state senator.'

‘I love Hitler’: Leaked messages expose Young Republicans’ racist chat

Thousands of private messages reveal young GOP leaders joking about gas chambers, slavery and rape.

www.politico.com

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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 17h

"why do you keep calling us Nazis?"

Because you're Nazis.

www.politico.com/news/2025/10...

‘I love Hitler’: Leaked messages expose Young Republicans’ racist chat

Thousands of private messages reveal young GOP leaders joking about gas chambers, slavery and rape.

www.politico.com

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 17h

POLITICO: “.. They referred to Black people as monkeys and ‘the watermelon people’ and mused about putting their political opponents in gas chambers. They talked about raping their enemies .. and lauded Republicans who they believed support slavery.

@politico.com
www.politico.com/news/2025/10...

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Carley Carden @carleycarden.bsky.social · 17h

For the record: I am being REAL AF with each and every NBA take I ever release into the universe. 🤲 ✨

And c’mon, Okongwu’ll be playing w the starting lineup most of the time anyway bc he’s literally the rotation guy for KRISTAPS PORZINGIS. He’s an easy hot pick for 6MOY.

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Carley Carden @carleycarden.bsky.social · 17h

For the record: I am being REAL AF with each and every NBA take I ever release into the universe. 🤲 ✨

And c’mon, Okongwu’ll be playing w the starting lineup most of the time anyway bc he’s literally the rotation guy for KRISTAPS PORZINGIS. He’s an easy hot pick for 6MOY.

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Carley Carden @carleycarden.bsky.social · 18h

MVP - ugh, maybe Luka
DPOY - yes, beautiful Victor Wembanyama
ROY - Cooper Flagg, obvi
COTY - Mike Brown, just by virtue of resting the starting 5
6MOY - Onyeka Okongwu
NBA Cup Champions - ¯\_(ツ)_/¯, but Knicks are a good pick; I’ll say Magic
NBA Champions - Detroit Pistons

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Carley Carden @carleycarden.bsky.social · 18h

MVP - ugh, maybe Luka
DPOY - yes, beautiful Victor Wembanyama
ROY - Cooper Flagg, obvi
COTY - Mike Brown, just by virtue of resting the starting 5
6MOY - Onyeka Okongwu
NBA Cup Champions - ¯\_(ツ)_/¯, but Knicks are a good pick; I’ll say Magic
NBA Champions - Detroit Pistons

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Tim Amor @timamor.bsky.social · 19h

“Jesus consistently refused the way of political power and chose instead the way of vulnerable love.”

~Henri Nouwen

Tim Amor @timamor.bsky.social · 20h

"Christendom (Christian Nationalism) adjusts itself far too easily to the worship of power."

~Dietrich Bonhoeffer

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 21h

we’ll see how his mayoral tenure shakes out but i am convinced that Mamdani has the juice. not just the charisma to win an election but the temperament to govern and the measured pragmatism of someone who genuinely believes what they’re saying and wants to accomplish real things.

Inside the Improbable, Audacious and (So Far) Unstoppable Rise of Zohran Mamdani

www.nytimes.com

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gamera obscura @ohrobin.bsky.social · 1d

antifa are literally removing their skins to evade capture

Tim Dickinson @timdickinson.bsky.social · 1d

The Portland ICE protest camp literally has a rack full of inflatable costumes for demonstrators who want to try one on...

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Elizabeth Warren @warren.senate.gov · 18h

While he helps Wall Street get richer, Trump wants to make it harder for you to open up a small business.

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Adam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 19h

Free speech is when Republicans can say what they want and when you can say what they want. bsky.app/profile/noup...

Renee DiResta @noupside.bsky.social · 19h

I'm sorry, is the Trump Administration talking to a tech platform?

Is it...requesting content moderation?

Today following outreach from @thejusticedept, Facebook removed a large group page that was being used to dox and target @ICEgov agents in Chicago.
The wave of violence against ICE has been driven by online apps and social media campaigns designed to put ICE officers at risk just for doing their jobs. The Department of Justice will continue engaging tech companies to eliminate platforms where radicals can incite imminent violence against federal law enforcement.

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rosebongiovanni.bsky.social @rosebongiovanni.bsky.social · 19h

aje.io/hkwdmc?updat...
Earlier, people who tried to go to their homes in the east of Gaza City and in southern Khan Younis were shot and killed by Israeli troops. At least nine Palestinians were killed despite the ceasefire.
#gaza
#GazaCity
#KhanYounis
#ceasefire

‘You cease, I fire’: Israel kills 9 Palestinians despite Gaza truce

Israeli army confirmed it opened fire saying a group of people approached soldiers before being targeted.

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Carley Carden @carleycarden.bsky.social · 18h

[screaming, crying, throwing up, etc., etc.]

Karl Bode @karlbode.com · 18h

"Their blatant stupidity is why they’re so popular. It’s the uncomfortable truth underpinning pretty much everything that’s happened in pop culture — including politics — since the 2010s social media revolution."