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Charles Ball @charlesball.bsky.social · 22m

It was really nice of NPR to let Ms. Weiss write the article herself.

NPR @npr.org · 29m

Provocative columnist Bari Weiss publicly quit the New York Times in 2020, then cofounded The Free Press as an alternative to legacy media. Here's what to know as she takes the helm of CBS News.

Who is Bari Weiss? CBS News' new editor-in-chief is a vocal critic of legacy media

Provocative columnist Bari Weiss publicly quit the New York Times in 2020, then cofounded The Free Press as an alternative to legacy media. Here's what to know as she takes the helm of CBS News.

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JonBowzerBauman.bsky.social @jonbowzerbauman.bsky.social · 1h

Actual GOOD NEWS on another front!

The classic Sha Na Na TV shows of the late 70’s-early 80’s are FINALLY viewable again!!! Hope you’ll enjoy them again! Or for the first time!!!

I was younger & skinnier then (but my politics haven’t changed!)

Here’s the link: www.youtube.com/channel/UChr...

MUSIC ICONS TV

www.youtube.com

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Charles Ball @charlesball.bsky.social · 1h

Awesome news, Jon! Great music and huge fun!

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Chaucer Doth Tweet @levostregc.bsky.social · 17h

Weirde how we let a bunche of nerds monetize conversation

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 2h

Cartoon by John Deering.

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Mark Harris @markharris.bsky.social · 4h

Mamdani talking lucidly and passionately about trans rights and history in a video that should frankly shame every politician who has hemmed and hawed and triangulated and said, "Well, but sports..." It's not that hard to tell the truth and stand for what's right. www.youtube.com/watch?v=bEvV...

Until It's Done: Sylvia Rivera

YouTube video by Zohran Mamdani for NYC

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RiotGrlErin @riotgrlerin.bsky.social · 5h

Avril Lavigne standing atop a green colored anvil in front of the same color flowery background.

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Sanho Tree @sanho.bsky.social · 4h

His grandfather Magna Carta is on life support in the ICU.

John Donegan @donegan.bsky.social · 14h

BREAKING: Antifa leader Habeas Corpus has been arrested in Portland.

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MissKris @misskris6.bsky.social · 3h

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 4h

an incontestable fact of the second trump administration is it is actively trying to sicken and kill as many americans as it can

Lena Sun @lenasun.bsky.social · 7h

NEW: @CDCgov hit hard by massive firings that several staff describe to me as a “bloodbath.”
Among those RIFd:
—leadership of the center for immunization and respiratory diseases;
—leadership of global health center
—leadership of the measles outbreak response; 1/4

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Charles Ball @charlesball.bsky.social · 5h

And MSM play right along, even though it's obviously going to bite them in the ass eventually.

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Greg Proops @gregproops.bsky.social · 5h

Find the pond. Leave the pad. Drain the swamp.
#FightFascism
#FrogsTogetherStrong

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ProPublica @propublica.org · 5h

Early last year, Seattle signed a $2.7 million lease extension to continue using rooms as shelter space at the Civic Hotel and other buildings.

Yet despite committing to pay the rent, the city stopped sending people there.

By @ashleyhiruko.bsky.social, with @kuow.org

Seattle Spent Millions on Hotel Rooms to Shelter Unhoused People. Then It Stopped Filling Them.

Early last year, the city signed a $2.7 million lease extension to continue using a hotel's rooms as shelter space. Yet despite committing to pay the rent, the city stopped sending people there.

www.propublica.org

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Charles Ball @charlesball.bsky.social · 6h

It's really weird, and it's obviously going to bite them in the ass. "There were so many signs in retrospect, where was the coverage?"

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 8h

CARTOON OF THE DAY

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Charles Ball @charlesball.bsky.social · 22h

"Party on, Bubbles!"

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Brooke Harrington @ebharrington.bsky.social · 1d

🎵Please allow me to introduce myself,
🎵I'm a legionnaire of the Antichrist...

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Andy Craig @andycraig.bsky.social · 1d

Hegseth sucks. The Qataris suck. But we aren’t giving Qatar an airbase in Idaho. It’s building dorms etc. at an existing base to train them on F-15s we sold them, just like Singapore already has there. Common arrangement we have with lots of countries. This one was already being planned under Biden.

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Frank Conniff @frankconniff.bsky.social · 1d

Now Trump is hoping to at least get a Daytime Nobel Peace Prize.

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Charles Ball @charlesball.bsky.social · 1d

He's just not built for this. He's going to be immortalized as the Wikipedia illustration for "flop sweat"

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Mike Johnson: "We're so angry about it. I mean, I'm a very patient guy, but I've had it with these people. The theory we have right now -- they have a hate America rally that's scheduled for October 18 on the National Mall. It's the pro-Hamas wing and antifa people ... "

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George Conway 👊🇺🇸🔥 @gtconway.bsky.social · 1d

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

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Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 1d

He wants X thing so he gets X thing is not a given. And to me that's the thing to uproot from people's consciousness. Because we're less than a year in and many people seem already defeated.

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Adam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 1d

Trump, a vocal war crimes enthusiast for more than a decade, is mad he didn’t get the nobel so his aides are gonna spend all day humiliating themselves in competition over who can kiss his ass better

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Charles Ball @charlesball.bsky.social · 1d

I KNOW that's a bootleg. Director's cut holo is worth the hunt

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The Daily Show @thedailyshow.com · 1d

The following is REAL footage from Portland, 2025. Viewer discretion is advised.

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