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Chris Boese @chrisboese.bsky.social · 5h

Today’s art is “Carousel Horse at DUMBO.” Thanks so much for taking a moment to check it out.

What do you think of this one?

Indoor carousel in the park Down Under the Manhattan & Brooklyn Bridge (DUMBO) in Brooklyn, NYC.

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#art #photography #BlueskyArtShow #boesegalleries

Indoor carousel in the park Down Under the Manhattan and Brooklyn Bridge (DUMBO) on the East River in Brooklyn, NYC.

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Reuters @reuters.com · 9h

US government workforce cuts have begun, OMB chief says reut.rs/48kSGc8

US government workforce cuts have begun, OMB chief says

Reductions of the federal workers have begun, Office of Management and Budget Director Russell Vought said in a post on X on Friday as the U.S. government shutdown entered its 10th day.

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Ana Marie Cox @anamariecox.bsky.social · 9h

ICE is already responsible for overloading shelters bc detained/fleeing families have to leave beloved pets behind. ICE will also kill a lot more dogs.

I know @weratedogs.com is already bold in taking political stances, but any amplification of this carelessness could further grind down ICE's rep.

The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 10h

EL PASO — a family says ICE showed up at their house looking for migrants and shot and KILLED THEIR DOG, then didn’t help them as the agent ran away and was not identified.

kfoxtv.com/news/local/e...

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

ILLINOIS Candidate for Congress @abugai.bsky.social : “You said Prizker & Johnson need a history lesson - I’d like to give you one: when masked men are kidnapping entire families, naked, zip-tying their hands and throwing them into U-haul trucks… they’re usually not the good guys.”

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Mike Lowe @mike-lowe.bsky.social · 10h

I think you will enjoy this article.

Remembering John Prine: "Politically involved, a genius, and still loved people – which is a hard thing to balance" | Hotpress share.google/P2bfdfzkas9e...

Remembering John Prine: "Politically involved, a genius, and still loved people – which is a hard thing to balance" | Hotpress

On this day in 1946, John Prine was born in Maywood, Illinois. To mark the occasion, we're revisiting Pat Carty's tribute to the beloved and deeply influenti...

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Monica @softtail65.bsky.social · 12h

opening act in the late 60s, Prine released his debut album in 1971, which peaked at #55 on the Billboard 200. John Prine released 18 studio albums, received 4 Grammys, and was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 2019. John Prine died from complications of COVID on April 7, 2020.

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Monica @softtail65.bsky.social · 12h

What's a favorite John Prine song of yours? 🎶
Remembering John Edward Prine today, often referred to as "the Mark Twain of Songwriting," the country-folk musician was born in Maywood, Illinois, on October 10, 1946. Prine started playing guitar at 14 years old. After becoming Kris Kristofferson's 👇

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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 9h

Trump's Truth Social post to AG Pam Bondi last month, urging the prosecution of his political enemies — including both James Comey and Letitia James — was meant to be a private message.

Comey's lawyers will likely use that post to argue the case against him should be tossed out.

Inside the Justice Department Where the President Calls the Shots

The president has executed a wholesale transformation of the Justice Department, taking control in ways he could have only dreamed of in his first term.

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Senator Ron Wyden @wyden.senate.gov · 10h

Thoughts and prayers to Cosplay Cop Kristi who had to brave the dogs, farmer’s markets, capybaras, and marathon runners of Portland this week.

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Bennett @bponsford.bsky.social · 10h

Someone who actually believes in states' rights and follows thru. Who knew? "Gov. Kevin Stitt, the current chairman of the National Governors Association, broke with Texas, saying, “Oklahomans would lose their mind” if Illinois sent troops to their red state."

Oklahoma’s Republican Governor Criticizes National Guard Deployment in Chicago

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Lee West @whodat35.bsky.social · 9h

Seriously!!! 114%?

The GOP need to get their butts back from their self-appointed vacation now. Nov. 1st is open enrollment.

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A Dandelion @onedandelion.bsky.social · 9h

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Lee West @whodat35.bsky.social · 10h

Affordable Care premiums could more than double. Here’s why it matters in the shutdown battle:

www.cnn.com/2025/10/09/p...

Obamacare premiums could more than double. Here’s why it matters in the shutdown battle | CNN Politics

At the center of the government shutdown conflict are the enhanced Affordable Care Act subsides that help Americans pay their monthly premiums.

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barbisblue @barbisblue.bsky.social · 9h

We do have several people at this time unaccounted for. We are trying to be mindful of families and that situation,” Humphreys County Sheriff Chris Davis said at a news conference. "We do have some that are deceased.”

Blast at a Tennessee explosives plant leaves multiple people dead and missing, sheriff says

An explosion at a Tennessee military munitions plant has left multiple people dead and missing. The blast occurred Friday at Accurate Energetic Systems, about 60 miles southwest of Nashville....

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SE Gyges @segyges.bsky.social · 11h

Yud was literally Thiel-sponsored for like a decade before Thiel decided he was afraid of him. Made Thiel a bunch of money by connecting him with the right people in AI, too. No gratitude

George Pearkes @peark.es · 11h

I couldn't believe this but it's true, Thiel can't decide whether the antichrist is Greta or Big Yud. Positively reeling.

(Washington Post) -- Tech billionaire Peter Thiel recently warned that Swedish activist Greta Thunberg and critics of technology or artificial intelligence are "legionnaires of the Antichrist" in private lectures on Christianity that connected government oversight of Silicon Valley to an apocalyptic future, according to recordings reviewed by The Washington Post.
In the four, roughly two-hour lectures, which began last month and culminated Monday at the Commonwealth Club in San Francisco, Thiel laid out his religious views to a sold-out audience told to keep the contents "off-the-record," according to an event listing. He argued that those who propose limits on technology development not only hinder business but threaten to usher in the destruction of the United States and an era of global totalitarian rule, according to the recordings.
"In the 17th, 18th century, the Antichrist would have been a Dr. Strangelove, a scientist who did all this sort of evil crazy science," Thiel said in his Sept. 15 opening talk, according to the recordings. "In the 21st century, the Antichrist is a Luddite who wants to stop all science. It's someone like Greta or Eliezer," he said, referring to Thunberg and Eliezer Yudkowsky, a prominent critic of the tech industry's approach to AI.

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Newfie912 @newfie912.bsky.social · 1d

I doubt he could finish a picture book.

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Carissa in NV @carissainnv.bsky.social · 10h

Not my find, someone else posted it, but I'm passing it along because a lot of our people need to calm the f down, if ya know what I mean. Basically, TrumpCo didn't pull the plug on something that the Biden administration initiated and is now acting like it's THEIR achievement.

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Carissa in NV @carissainnv.bsky.social · 10h

Ah... this is what it is. Been in the works since the Biden administration. So, when was that "letter of acceptance" actually signed? It's a training agreement bound to the purchase of F-15s, at a base known for this sort of thing. sofrep.com/news/qatari-...

Qatari Fighter Jets Over Idaho?

Folks in Idaho will be seeing F-15Q fighters with Qatari air force markings and no, they are not lost.

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Carissa in NV @carissainnv.bsky.social · 10h

Not what I heard. It sounds like Qatar will build a facility within a current US military base. Still, who approved this? Congress? Doubt it. A "letter of acceptance" sounds like Qatar proposed it and the U.S. accepted it, but hard to tell what Hegseth means here.

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Tater @goldenretrieverear.bsky.social · 12h

We are having foreign countries build bases on US soil?
WTF!

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 12h

Hegseth: "I'm also proud that today we're signing a letter of acceptance to build a Qatari Emeri air force facility at the Mountain Home Airbase in Idaho."

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 11h

Marge Greene yesterday, Loomer today.

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Kevin Reuning @reuning.bsky.social · 11h

Feels like this paper was written for me. A discussion of how you need to actually work though conceptualizations before jumping to an LLM which focuses on the problem of labeling a protest arxiv.org/abs/2510.03541

What is a protest anyway? Codebook conceptualization is still a first-order concern in LLM-era classification

Generative large language models (LLMs) are now used extensively for text classification in computational social science (CSS). In this work, focus on the steps before and after LLM prompting -- conce...

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Jeffery 🫧 Cowlick @jefferycowlick.bsky.social · 9h

Hey MAGA, did ya hear what yer boy Donald done went and did?

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Dr. Matt Schabath (he/him/his) @mattschabathphd.bsky.social · 9h

🧪🧪 Nature: More than 30% of this century’s science Nobel prizewinners immigrated: see their journeys -- The most common destination for eventual Nobel laureates in physics, chemistry and medicine since 2000 is the United States

www.nature.com/articles/d41...

More than 30% of this century’s science Nobel prizewinners immigrated: see their journeys

The most common destination for eventual Nobel laureates in physics, chemistry and medicine since 2000 is the United States, Nature has found.

www.nature.com

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