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Seth Cotlar @sethcotlar.bsky.social · 48m

Who would have thought that 25 times as many people would be getting their daily news updates from a Boston College history professor (Heather Cox Richardson, who has 2.5 million subscribers) than from the Washington Post.

karl rove knausgård @uhactually.bsky.social · 19h

Lmao WaPo has fewer than 100K circulation now. It turns out “alienate your liberal subscriber base” is not a good strategy when the Republicans also hate you. www.forbes.com/sites/andyme...

The Washington Post Is Running Out Of Readers Willing To Pay

Once a titan of American journalism, The Washington Post now struggles to reach even 100,000 print subscribers most days.

www.forbes.com

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Charlotte Clymer @charlotteclymer.bsky.social · 37m

This is a complete failure to read the room. It is incompetent. It is political malpractice. The DSCC has clearly learned nothing, and they would rather deploy the same tired, divisive strategies instead of empowering Democratic voters and earning our confidence in their process.

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Imani Gandy Corn 🎃 @angryblacklady.blacksky.app · 2d

"...Alito delivered the opinion..."

badly-drawn boo! 👻 @soapachu.bsky.social · 2d

In honour of spooky month, share a 4 word horror story that only someone in your profession would understand.

"I've added some notes"

Squiddy (eldritch horror beyond comprehension) @dr-squiddy.bsky.social · 2d

In honour of spooky month, share a 4 word horror story that only someone in your profession would understand.

Mini cheddars and yoghurt.

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Joseph Cox @josephcox.bsky.social · 4h

A man who works for the people overseeing America’s nuclear stockpile has lost his security clearance after he uploaded 187,000 pornographic images to a Department of Energy (DOE) network. Included AI-generated robot porn.

www.404media.co/man-stores-a...

Man Stores AI-Generated Robot Porn on His Government Computer, Loses Access to Nuclear Secrets

A man who works for the people overseeing America’s nuclear stockpile has lost his security clearance after he uploaded 187,000 pornographic images to a Department of Energy (DOE) network. As part of ...

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Jenny Cohn @jennycohn.bsky.social · 35m

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Jenny Cohn @jennycohn.bsky.social · Mar 5

Frontier Foundation promotes Trump’s plan to build “Freedom Cities” in the US. Its board includes four people w/ close ties to Prospera, a controversial “Tech Bro” colony in Honduras backed by Peter Thiel & DOGE advisor Marc Andreessen (via Pronomos Capital). Prospera has sued Honduras for $11B. 1/

Frontier Foundation - Supporting the Freedom Cities Initiative

Advancing policy frameworks for establishing new cities across the United States, the Frontier Foundation's primary focus is catalyzing the creation of specialized economic zones designed to advance industrial innovation, strengthen national security, and enhance America's global competitive position.

www.frontierfoundation.org

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Jenny Cohn @jennycohn.bsky.social · 35m

6/ Remember Trump’s “Freedom Cities” idea? bsky.app/profile/jenn...

Jenny Cohn @jennycohn.bsky.social · Mar 5

32/ Article by Nick Allen and Mark Lutter promoting Trump “Freedom Cities” in various locations, including the San Francisco Presidio. Both men belong to Frontier Foundation’s team. Both men have ties to Prospera. www.city-journal.org/article/buil...

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Zeteo @zeteo.com · 3h

“From our government, the message we are getting… is that if it’s Israel, it’s okay.”

The father of Tawfic Abdel Jabbar—the 17-year-old Palestinian American reportedly murdered by Israel in 2024—sheds light on his son’s killing.

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Clara Jeffery @clarajeffery.bsky.social · 1h

1/Stop everything and read/watch/bookmark this massive investigation between @motherjones.com @lighthousereports.com Le Monde, Der Spiegel, Paper Trail Media a vast global surveillance empire used to target politicians, journalists, tech CEOs, and... Jared Leto.
ow.ly/2LUF50Xb7KE

The surveillance empire that tracked world leaders, a Vatican enemy, and maybe you

We uncovered a massive data trove. It revealed the hidden world of First Wap, whose untraceable tech has targeted politicians, journalists, celebrities, and activists around the globe.

ow.ly

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the Mountain Goats @themountaingoats.bsky.social · 3h

Please be conscious if you protest this weekend that there are feds at the protest. They look like you and they sound like you, not like Steve Buscemi in that one clip with the skateboard. Thinking you can spot them is self delusion. Nobody you haven’t met needs to know your last name.

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Emissary Of Night | ليلى @diplomatofnight.com · 1h

Sums it all up

Martin Konený
@MartinKonecny
X.com
EU Commission press briefing
yesterday:
Journalist: You've said that Russia should repay for reconstruction of Ukraine. Do you believe Israel should repay for reconstruction of Gaza?
EU chief spox: It's an interesting question, on which I have no

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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @aoc.bsky.social · 2h

If Mike Johnson is refusing to call the House back into session during the shutdown, then we’ll do the work right here the Bronx.

The New York Essential plan is being eliminated entirely next year due to the GOP healthcare cuts. People’s lives are at stake.

And that’s why we’re fighting back.

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Christine Langhoff @clanghoff.bsky.social · 46m

Well, they don't get out much.

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Karl Jacoby @karl-jacoby.bsky.social · 20h

Student government leaders of MIT, UVA, U of AZ, Dartmouth, UPenn, Brown, and Vanderbilt united in their opposition to the "compact" proposed by the Trump administration.

Brendan Nyhan @brendannyhan.bsky.social · 22h

www.instagram.com/p/DPm507ljBJ...

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Erdogan Gwan Delilah @socialconcarne.bsky.social · 51m

Bubba it hasn't even been a week 😭

The Associated Press @apnews.com · 1h

BREAKING: Israel plans to halve aid into Gaza, accusing Hamas of violating ceasefire with slow release of dead hostages, AP sources say.

Israel plans to halve aid into Gaza over slow return of dead hostages, a test for the Gaza ceasefire

The tenuous ceasefire in the two-year Israel-Hamas war is being tested as complex issues remain a day after widespread jubilation over the return to Israel of the last 20 living hostages held in Gaza and the release of hundreds of Palestinian prisoners in exchange.

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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 1h

Uday speaks. Man with no known religious conviction gives interview to paid propaganda agent of the Kremlin and describes how he is remaking Christianity. This is hysterical. bsky.app/profile/atru...

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2h

Eric Trump: "We're saving Christianity. We've saving God. We've saving the family unit. We're saving this nation. I mean, DEI is out of the window, Benny. You no longer have Colin Kaepernick kneeling for the national anthem. You no longer have Budweiser going woke as hell. All of this is dead."

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Mark Follman @markfollman.bsky.social · 1h

Today, with more than a dozen global media partners, we’re exposing a surveillance firm whose untraceable phone-tracking tech has been used around the world to target politicians, journalists, and executives—and maybe even you. Check out this extraordinary investigative reporting. ow.ly/2LUF50Xb7KE

The surveillance empire that tracked world leaders, a Vatican enemy, and maybe you

We uncovered a massive data trove. It revealed the hidden world of First Wap, whose untraceable tech has targeted politicians, journalists, celebrities, and activists around the globe.

ow.ly

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Christine Langhoff @clanghoff.bsky.social · 50m

Everything that happens in our society at large permeates our schools. Children who are dealing with trauma and fear cannot focus on academic achievement, but privileged folks like David Brooks remain focused on test scores. Trump's admin shreds school funding.

Do you even hear yourselves?

Young Center for Immigrant Children's Rights @theyoungcenter.bsky.social · 1h

“They set these big dream goals for the future, but then they also are stuck in this present. They’re like, ‘Can I just be a kid or do I have to all of a sudden be an adult?’”

‘Can I just be a kid?’ Students shaken by immigration raids seek help from school counselors - Boyle Heights Beat

Kindergartners repeat worries heard at home. Older kids text to check on parents during class. Therapists say mental health is at risk now and in the long term.

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Steven Beschloss @stevenbeschloss.bsky.social · 1h

This is not just funny, it's smart. We need more of this mockery that shows these thugs that we see their despicable fascism and give them the respect that they deserve.

The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 3h

ICYMI: “And now, a response from the leader of the frog resistance...” 🐸 🎵 #Colbert

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Universal Hub @universalhub.com · 1h

In Allston/Brighton forum, council candidates agreed on literally everything
www.universalhub.com/2025/allston...
#Boston #elections2025

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Democrats @democrats.org · 1h

Trump cut a program that gave free black lung screenings to coal miners.

FactPost @factpostnews.bsky.social · 2h

Coal miner's wife on Trump's deregulation of black lung protections:

“They’re mining a lot more now, the coal trucks are running, but there’s no benefits for the coal miners coming in... The coal miners have supplied this country with electricity, and now they’re just cast aside to die”

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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 2h

in a way it's heartening to see journalists realizing they don't need physical access to the halls of power in order to report on what's happening in them.

Opinion: Why I'm handing in my Pentagon press pass

Tom Bowman has held his Pentagon press pass for 28 years. He says the Pentagon's new media policy makes it impossible to be a journalist, which means finding out what's really going on behind the scen...

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 5h

one of my takeaways from this great piece is that weiss just doesn’t…sound like an intelligent person? or at least, not someone who has thought even a little bit about how and why they think the things that they do. www.youtube.com/watch?v=gieT...

Bari Weiss: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)

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Christine Langhoff @clanghoff.bsky.social · 1h

They are trying to create a panic around antifa.
snyder.substack.com/p/the-truth-...

The Truth about Panics

One is being generated right now

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Blue In A Red State @bluenredstate.bsky.social · 15h

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SwiftOnSecurity @swiftonsecurity.com · 14h

I've been following Aaron since before the latest ICE immigration stuff and he is one of the most valuable ones you can have. True professional context and experience of the headlines. He's not just bloviating he actually understands the full legal case history.

Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 23h

Wow, wow, wow. This has always been legally possible but the law has virtually never been enforced — and now this is the SECOND case I've heard of in the last month (first involving a person with a green card) of a noncitizen being charged for failure to carry their papers.

Gregory Pratt @royalpratt.bsky.social · 1d

NEWS: ICE gave a Rogers Park man a $130 ticket for not having his papers on him. They rounded him up last week and eventually let him go, but not without a fine that some critics say is un-American. Trump admin enforcing little-used law
www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/13/i...

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