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Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 13h

It’s pronounced cyclist.

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Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 12h

get in losers we're repenting

Judah Grunstein @judah-grunstein.bsky.social · 13h

Liberation theology in the USA. More please.

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Will Bunch @willbunch.bsky.social · 12h

I saw myself as maybe all in for J.B. Pritzker

But I am losing faith, rapidly.

Police state fascism in America is bigger than Trump. It's backed by Democrats just like Republicans. And it's not going anywhere

unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 12h

Note: it's not even curfew yet.

State police just started pushing people off the business park corner. Here in the road, a brave group of demonstrators are attempting to hold their line.

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Chanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 @chanda.blacksky.app · 11h

I prefer “anti-fascist“ for a host of reasons and this is a nice practical one.

Ify Nwadiwe @ifycomedy.com · 12h

I think we really should stop using antifa and just fully say anti-fascist and get them saying they are against anti fascism. Using antifa is giving them some distance and I genuinely think some of their base don’t even know that’s what it stands for.

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Popehat Agitates And Irritates @kenwhite.bsky.social · 10h

Also: if you work for ICE, even if you’re not one of the ones arresting citizens or tackling 15-year-olds or zip-tying kids together and segregating them by race, you’re part of the mechanism making it happen, and you should suffer long-term social and post-regime-change consequences.

Ari Cohn @aricohn.com · 11h

Some weirdo on Twitter has been absolutely melting down for like 36 straight hours because I posted:

When this is over, do not forget what ICE did, and what ICE is. And do not make room for them in society. Make sure they know that they are, and will continue to be, reviled and beneath contempt.

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Elise Wang @elisewang.bsky.social · 10h

For those not fluent in Catholic: refusing the Monstrance is not denying prisoners the Eucharist, it is refusing Christ himself, since Christ is present in the Monstrance.

If Portland’s blow up animals are the right language for Portland, this is the right language for Chicago.

Rich Raho @richraho.bsky.social · 14h

Chicago priest Fr. Larry Dowling describes procession to ICE facility: “No one had the courage to speak directly to us. No one from Homeland Security could stand in the presence of the Monstrance holding the Blessed Sacrament. No wonder. Evil is repelled, recoils in the presence of Christ.”

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Dr. Helena Hartmann (she/her) @helenahartmann.com · 1d

So very happy to be a part of the group of trainers giving #scicomm workshops for the @nawik.de 💚

I never imagined that I would enjoy presenting and teaching... 🤔

Since then I've discovered that helping others discover the joys of science communication is truly rewarding 😍

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Andrew Lawrence @ndrew.bsky.social · 21h

every single tech idea is like “soon our robots will be capable of playing catch with your kid, freeing you up to spend more time working on your employers’ spreadsheets”

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Cat Fitzpatrick @catfitzpatrick.net · 22h

I have actually never seen a politician say anything even remotely like this. Whatever the follow-through, or not, even the fact he said this is really, really something

Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 23h

UNTIL IT’S DONE, Ep. 4: Sylvia Rivera

In the 1970s, queer New Yorkers had been pushed to the margins of NYC. Our trans neighbors faced immense cruelty. But in Sylvia Rivera, they found a champion.

As we combat Trump’s politics of darkness, her legacy can light the path forward.

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dave howl-croft 👻🦔 in 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @davehowcroft.com · 20h

They were trying to figure out how best to do it, and trying to lay the ground work so that when Trump inevitably started his authoritarian vengeance bullshit they could say, "nah, see, the Dems *started it*"

CavsKermit @cavskermit.bsky.social · 1d

The first thing Republicans did after getting sworn in as the majority in the House under Biden was form a committee on the weaponization of government.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Q: How many layoffs have you authorized?

TRUMP: It'll be a lot. And it'll be Democrat-oriented.

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Joshua קאַבאַק-געװירץ Raclaw @joshuaraclaw.com · 20h

will the text extruder machine also need access to all my ethnographic field notes and interviews as it checks that i have critically interpreted and thematically analyzed those in the right way

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Kirby Conrod @kirbyconrod.bsky.social · 20h

the idea of AI being able to assess the "correctness" of a research paper, the intent of which is *producing new knowledge previously unknown to humans*, is so fucking wrongheaded i want to scream

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Emily M. Bender @emilymbender.bsky.social · 23h

In other words, CS has culture problems. (What else is new?) I don't have quick fixes to those problems, but those are the problems that I think shoud be being addressed.

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Emily M. Bender @emilymbender.bsky.social · 23h

My guess is that it is a combination of pressures to publish in quantity (bean-counting much?) combine with field-level norms that set the MPU (minimum publishable unit) too small.

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dave howl-croft 👻🦔 in 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @davehowcroft.com · 21h

Blatantly partisan abuses of power are just a regular occurrence now 🙃

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Q: How many layoffs have you authorized?

TRUMP: It'll be a lot. And it'll be Democrat-oriented.

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Andrew Gelman et al. @statmodeling.bsky.social · 21h

7 reasons to use Bayesian inference!
statmodeling.stat.columbia.edu/2025/10/11/7...

7 reasons to use Bayesian inference! | Statistical Modeling, Causal Inference, and Social Science

statmodeling.stat.columbia.edu

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dave howl-croft 👻🦔 in 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @davehowcroft.com · 21h

Here's the list of eligibility requirements at the moment: www.nhsinform.scot/covid19vacci...

Government hung most of us out to dry, so you may need to go private through a pharmacy (cost is between 100 and 200 pounds apparently, but I haven't gotten one yet)

The coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccine | NHS inform

www.nhsinform.scot

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Solomon @solomonmissouri.bsky.social · 1d

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rahaeli @rahaeli.bsky.social · 1d

The Catholic Church requires bishops to submit their resignation to the Pope when they turn 75 and the Pope chooses whether to accept it or not and as much as I hate having to hand anything to the Catholic Church, they are kinda on to something

hammancheez @hammancheez.bsky.social · 1d

Dems building a bench of senators younger than 75 challenge fail

Eric Michael Garcia @ericmgarcia.bsky.social · 1d

Janet Mills's campaign account just posted this video of her saying that she just announced her campaign against Susan Collins. #MESen. Mills, 77, is expected to jump in the race against Collins. She would face Graham Platner, Jordan Wood and Dan Kleban.

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NightMar on Hicks Street, Part 4: The Rabbit’s Revenge @histoftech.bsky.social · 1d

The Virginia Senate just told UVA it’s not getting state funding if it accepts the compact since UVA exists to serve Virginia, its residents, & their interests—not be a tool of the federal govt. Scoop from our student newspaper, who’ve been doing vital reporting www.cavalierdaily.com/article/2025...

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unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 1d

Seen in Maywood, Illinois

Handwritten sign on parked car dash that reads ZIP TYING CHILDREN IS FUCKING WRONG

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👻madeline boOoOoOodent👻 @oldenoughtosay.com · 1d

okay fine round of applause for this headline

Guardian Australia @australia.theguardian.com · 2d

You won’t believe what degrading practice the Pope just condemned

Communication must be freed from clickbait and misguided thinking, head of Catholic church tells journalists The Pope has condemned clickbait as a “degrading” part of journalism, at a private audience with global newswires. Australian media representatives were among those to hear directly from Pope Leo XIV at the Vatican on Thursday with about 150 members of newswire alliance MINDS International. Continue reading...

www.theguardian.com

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Virginia Gewin @virginiagewin.bsky.social · 1d

Journalist here

I’m interested in talking to a federal agency scientist who was fired, then rehired. I can keep you anonymous. I’m on Signal ginnyg.04

Reposts are appreciated!

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Patrick De Klotz @patdeklotz.bsky.social · 1d

"Career prosecutors determined that there was no evidence to support these charges. They were pushed out and replaced with individuals whose only qualification is their loyalty to a single man, not to the Constitution or the law. That is corruption. That is abuse of power...we must all speak out."

Tyler McBrien @tylermcbrien.com · 1d

INBOX: National Bar Association President Ashley L. Upkins calls the charges against New York Attorney General Letitia James “unjust and dangerous” and a representation of "the continued weaponization of our nation’s justice system for political gain."

Full statement below:

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BrettC, Ph.D. @brettc.bsky.social · 1d

I love how many hats linguistics lets me wear.

There's the social sciences hat, the humanities hat, the data science hat, and even the physics and biology hats!

If only I had more heads to wear all hats at once!

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