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Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 2h

This is AI.

Jenn Budd @jennbudd.bsky.social · 3h

Seems like they are going after reporters who are women. They hit one w/pepper spray ammo in her car, the WGN reporter and now this.

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Garth Marenghi's Catbus @hayao.lol · Nov 11

squad goals

newspaper clipping from Friday August 9th 1985 reading

Naked Witches
Salem, Ore.
police say about 150 nude women fondled each other and joined in a ceremony involving the display of symbols associated with satanism at a state part, but no laws were broken.
associated press

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Brendel @brendelbored.bsky.social · 1h

The Krassenstein tweet about rooting for Robert Mueller but now it’s about entropy and the baseball game

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GlenTheRealSpook @glentheplumber.bsky.social · 2h

if she really wanted to do good in Calcutta she would have promoted family planning options...meh

GlenTheRealSpook @glentheplumber.bsky.social · 2h

had my kid send pix from one year ago today...not up to par with showoff Ryan...but looking southeast. looking north to San Jose we could see a faint green...mostly washed out from the city light
22 years?!? I'll be 83 years and 344 days old...but worth the wait

purplish aurora with silhouettes of redwood trees. santa cruz mtns

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GlenTheRealSpook @glentheplumber.bsky.social · 2h

show off..!!
here in the santa cruz mtns we could barely see it with the naked eye
took the kid's phone to confirm we were actually seeing it

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Dustin Mulvaney @dustinmulvaney.bsky.social · 3h

One year ago, took the kids out to Año Nuevo see faint aurora borealis over the coastal prairie.. Given we are exiting the solar maximum, might not see this again til the next cycle peaks in about 22 years.

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David Syzdek @dsyzdek.bsky.social · 4h

This project was a shitshow and horrible for wildlife. Randy knows.

Randy Watkins @bluetortoise3.bsky.social · 23h

I spent 4 years working on this, but it was a bad project, not least due to the location next to a big golf course w/ prominent water features that attracted large numbers of migratory birds that were incinerated flying through the solar fields. www.instituteforenergyresearch.org/big-green/ca...

California Shuts Down Its Solar Thermal Plant 13 Years Early

The Ivanpah Solar Power Facility is set to shut down in 2026 after failing to meet its energy targets. Ivanpah…

www.instituteforenergyresearch.org

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Sheryl Gay Stolberg @sherylnyt.bsky.social · 3h

BREAKING: Friday night massacre underway at CDC. Doznes of "disease detectives," high-level scientists, entire Washington staff and editors of the MMWR (Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report) have all been RIFed and received the following notice:

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NWS Bay Area Bot @nwsbayareabot.bsky.social · 6h

Historical Context: The Columbus Day Storm of 1962 brought 8.24" of rain to the Oakland airport over 3 days. That's almost 1/2 the annual average. #CAwx https://x.com/NWSBayArea/status/1976798297139614203

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GlenTheRealSpook @glentheplumber.bsky.social · 5h

I want all that...and more!!!

but can you give me one item you would focus on with even a slight chance of being implemented
cuz otherwise that is just performative bullshit

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Patrick De Klotz @patdeklotz.bsky.social · 6h

"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 · 8h

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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Gil Durán @gilduran.com · 6h

We can have democracy or we can have billionaires.
We cannot have both.

NYT: Marc Benioff Says Trump Should Send Guard Troops to San Francisco (gift link)

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/10/u...

Marc Benioff Says Trump Should Send Guard Troops to San Francisco

www.nytimes.com

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Courthouse News @courthousenews.bsky.social · 7h

In slow-walking of Ábrego García case, judge sees ploy to punish via detention @ryanknappy.bsky.social www.courthousenews.com/in-slow-walk...

In slow-walking of Ábrego García case, judge sees ploy to punish via detention

Ábrego García's attorneys say he's willing to be deported to Costa Rica. The government has ignored that request, instead floating the possibility of deporting him to a variety of African nations.

www.courthousenews.com

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Jacqueline Sweet @jsweetli.bsky.social · 7h

WGN, this woman’s employer, is now reporting she was not charged with any crimes and was released.

DHS said earlier she was arrested for assault for throwing objects at agents.

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Chris Kluwe @chriswarcraft.bsky.social · 7h

Everyone, I’m just <sniffs> I’m just so proud of us all.

We finally did it.

LibsOfTikTok finally targeted me.

<single tear rolls down cheek>

I’ve been waiting for this moment for so long <unfolds acceptance speech> and first I want to thank everyone who made it possible: Harambe, Kony2012, my fa

A post from failed real estate agent and local ghoul Chaya Raichik aka LibsOfTikTok targeting me. Text of the post reads:

“Leftist CA State Assembly candidate Chris Kluwe, who promotes the harassment of ICE online, was ARRESTED at a Huntington Beach City Council meeting earlier this year.

Chris was protesting a proposed library plaque that featured a phrase similar to ‘Make America Great Again’

Chris called MAGA a ‘Nazi movement’ before leaving the podium and approaching the council member, where he was grabbed by police and carried out.

This unhinged lunatic wants to be an elected official…”

Thanks for the free advertising, Chaya!

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Senator Dick Durbin @durbin.senate.gov · 8h

We were just denied entrance to the Broadview ICE facility in Illinois.

WHAT is the Trump Administration hiding?

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The Onion @theonion.com · 8h

ICE Raids: Myth Vs. Fact https://theonion.com/ice-raids-myth-vs-fact/

MYTH: My grandmother was deported to El Salvador.

FACT: No one really knows where she was deported to.

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Marcy Kaptur @repmarcykaptur.bsky.social · 7h

These indiscriminate federal firings by the Trump Administration will harm constituents in my district, and other communities like mine without saving a dollar for taxpayers. It's just more evidence of bad faith as Americans stare at exploding health costs and our military risking missed paychecks.

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Senator Dick Durbin @durbin.senate.gov · 8h

We’re outside of the Broadview ICE facility.

It’s clearer than ever before.

What’s happening in Illinois is an unprecedented, unlawful abuse of power.

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The Onion @theonion.com · 10h

34 Years Ago Today:

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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 11h

George was just trying to get to work.

ICE pepper-sprayed him, dragged him from his car, locked him in a detention center, and placed him on suicide watch. He even missed his young daughter’s birthday in the process.

This man is a veteran and American citizen. Don't look away.

The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 11h

"They put me on suicide watch and they put me in the cell, I'm naked, in like a hospital dress and just a concrete bed with like a mattress, like a thin mattress and, they leave the light on 24/7."

@timmiller.bsky.social talked to a veteran who ICE wrongly detained and brutalized

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Senator Sheldon Whitehouse @whitehouse.senate.gov · 11h

And creepy Vought is taking a very strange and unhealthy pleasure in it.

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David Shiffman, Ph.D. 🦈 @whysharksmatter.bsky.social · 14h

Friends, some advice if you plan on spending time outside in an animal costume, sharing for no particular reason:

-You will sweat a lot more than you think. Have water/snacks

-You cannot move well (the Left Shark guy is a trained experienced professional dancer). Don’t run or you’ll trip and fall.

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Mark Joseph Stern @mjsdc.bsky.social · 11h

This arrest appears to be in direct violation of a temporary restraining order prohibiting DHS officers from arresting journalists. The officers here may well be subject to contempt of court. protectdemocracy.org/wp-content/u...

It is hereby ORDERED that Defendants,' their officers, agents, assigns, and all
persons acting in concert with them (hereafter referred to as "Federal Agents"), are temporarily
ENJOINED in this judicial district from:
a.
Dispersing, arresting, threatening to arrest, threatening or using physical
force against any person whom they know or reasonably should know is a Journalist, unless Defendants have probable cause to believe that the individual has committed a crime.

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