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hicksville420.bsky.social @hicksville420.bsky.social · 12h

A Dream Come True

Dozens Upon Dozens Of Bullies & Punks In America Have Finally Realized Legitimacy

The New Republic @newrepublic.com · 13h

According the victim's attorney, body camera footage showed the officer saying, “Do something, bitch,” before leaping out of the car and shooting her multiple times. Another officer asked, “Hey, what happened?” The first pointed to his camera, “Hey, don’t speak. You’re good.”
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Dr Pop Culture USA @drpopcultureusa.bsky.social · 14h

Flatiron Building under construction, New York City, 1901.

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hicksville420.bsky.social @hicksville420.bsky.social · 12h

Republicans Act As If They Will Always Be In Charge

Chicago Tribune @chicagotribune.com · 14h

Appearing on ABC’s “This Week,” Gov. JB Pritzker said President Donald Trump and Vice President JD Vance’s ultimate goal is to bring in the National Guard to cities like Chicago to militarize the country’s Democratic-controlled enclaves as a form of political payback.

Gov. JB Pritzker points to Trump inconsistencies in deployment of National Guard to Chicago

The federal government has emphasized the Guard’s mission would only be to protect federal immigration enforcement agents and property.

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hicksville420.bsky.social @hicksville420.bsky.social · 13h

Imagine The Headlines If This Were Any Drug But Alcohol

No Longer Would It Be An Idyllic Island But A Den Of Evil

PBS News @pbsnews.org · 13h

A mass shooting at a crowded bar on St. Helena Island has left four people dead and at least 20 injured, officials say. https://to.pbs.org/4oelMym

Mass shooting at South Carolina bar leaves 4 people dead, more than 20 injured

Officials from the Beaufort County Sheriff's Office say the shooting occurred early Sunday morning at a crowded bar on the idyllic South Carolina island of St. Helena.

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hicksville420.bsky.social @hicksville420.bsky.social · 13h

Now a new report from an expert panel of European grid operators details what happened. The report finds that for the first time in Europe, a voltage surge caused the massive outage.

NPR @npr.org · 13h

When millions lost power in Spain and Portugal this spring, some were quick to blame too much solar and wind power. That wasn't the cause, but the misinformation had an impact.

After Spain's blackout, critics blamed renewable energy. It's part of a bigger attack

When millions lost power in Spain and Portugal this spring, some were quick to blame too much solar and wind power. That wasn't the cause, but the misinformation had an impact.

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hicksville420.bsky.social @hicksville420.bsky.social · 22h

#music

174 minutes

Just Thinking...Retro Jazz

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Just Thinking...Retro Jazz

YouTube video by Pause,maybe?

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hicksville420.bsky.social @hicksville420.bsky.social · 22h

#music

123 minutes

Autumn Jazz at a Quiet Café | Relaxing Piano Playlist

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☕ Autumn Jazz at a Quiet Café | Relaxing Piano Playlist

YouTube video by Jazz Library

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hicksville420.bsky.social @hicksville420.bsky.social · 22h

#music

29 minutes

Ben Webster - King Of The Tenors (1954) Vinyl

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Ben Webster - King Of The Tenors (1954) Vinyl

YouTube video by 4K Vinyl rips @matytinman

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hicksville420.bsky.social @hicksville420.bsky.social · 22h

#music

Full Album - 56 minutes

Miles Davis Kind Of Blue Full Album 1959

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Miles Davis Kind Of Blue Full Album 1959

YouTube video by Phenix

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hicksville420.bsky.social @hicksville420.bsky.social · 22h

#music

Full Album - 68 minutes

Chet Baker - Late night jazz

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Chet Baker Late night jazz

YouTube video by Musica & Afins

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hicksville420.bsky.social @hicksville420.bsky.social · 22h

Trump Realizes Just How Ignorant & Gullible His Christian #MAGA *Just Have Faith* Base

A Classic Trump Move

Misinformation Is What Got Him Elected

Newsweek @newsweek.com · 1d

“THE BIDEN FBI PLACED 274 AGENTS INTO THE CROWD ON JANUARY 6,” the president wrote in a late night post to Truth Social.

Trump Repeats Baseless Claim About FBI on Jan. 6, Demands ‘Big Apologies’

www.newsweek.com

hicksville420.bsky.social @hicksville420.bsky.social · 22h

Hmmmmm ! ? ! ?

1940 Food For Thought ?

Dr Pop Culture USA @drpopcultureusa.bsky.social · 1d

October 12, 1940

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Dr Pop Culture USA @drpopcultureusa.bsky.social · 1d

October 12, 1987

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hicksville420.bsky.social @hicksville420.bsky.social · 22h

#MAJA

Make Japan Great Again ?

Bloomberg News @bloomberg.com · 1d

Japan’s far right is on the rise, alarming foreign workers. Nowhere is that anxiety more apparent than in the city of Toyota, where immigrants power the economy while facing political backlash.

Japan Needs Foreign Workers. Its Far Right Is Turning Against Them

In the city of Toyota, immigrants help power the economy while facing political backlash.

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hicksville420.bsky.social @hicksville420.bsky.social · 22h

Trump Instructs His Pseudo-Christian #MAGA Followers

JUST HAVE FAITH !

Keith Olbermann @olbermann.bsky.social · 1d

It's not just that Trump needs to be removed from office under the 25th Amendment

It's that in a sane world all his gullible, culpable bat-guano-brained followers would be removed under their own 25th Amendments as well

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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.bsky.social · 1d

The Trump administration has promoted the anti-vax, anti-science movement which has now produced an epidemic www.nbcnews.com/health/healt...

Hundreds of U.S. students quarantined amid measles outbreaks

At least 270 unvaccinated kids are staying home from school as measles continues to spread nationwide. "Expect more," one expert said.

www.nbcnews.com

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hicksville420.bsky.social @hicksville420.bsky.social · 22h

People Of Religion Will Believe Just About Anything

A Lifetime Of Religious Indoctrination Has Taught Them To Throw Aside Reality

AND -> JUST HAVE FAITH !

Joyce White Vance @joycewhitevance.bsky.social · 1d

That’s a nice trick, since Biden wasn’t the president on Jan 6.

hicksville420.bsky.social @hicksville420.bsky.social · 23h

Please Consider

"steers more and more taxpayer funds away from public schools to private (mostly Christian) schools for wealthy families"

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

‼️ CHATTANOOGA - Public school kids outperform voucher kids AGAIN

As @GovBillLee steers more and more taxpayer funds away from public schools to private (mostly Christian) schools for wealthy families who are already there.

More: www.timesfreepress.com/news/2025/oc...

hicksville420.bsky.social @hicksville420.bsky.social · 23h

The Next Time You Feel The Need To Scream DRUGS !!!!!!

Wegovy For Drunks ?

It Won't Make You Healthier But Lessens The Impact Of Your Addiction

The Economist @economist.com · 23h

Although there is some evidence that such supplements may work, more robust studies are needed before any can be recommended, says one neuropsychopharmacologist at Imperial College London

Do hangover supplements work?

The science is plausible, but the evidence is thin

econ.st

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 23h

China is getting the headlines it wanted — ahead of Monday’s market open.

@nbcnews.com
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Prof Peter Hotez MD PhD DSc(hon) @peterhotezmdphd.bsky.social · 23h

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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 1d

This Is Fascism

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hicksville420.bsky.social @hicksville420.bsky.social · 1d

#music

Silk Degrees - Full Album

42 minutes

Boz Skaggs

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Boz Scaggs (Vinyl) Silk Degrees (full album)

YouTube video by DJ Vinyl

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hicksville420.bsky.social @hicksville420.bsky.social · 1d

I'M STILL CONFUSED

After settlement, Catholic priests in Washington can keep sex predators' confessions secret

Years of effort to safeguard children were undone by religious leaders who worship secrecy more than justice

www.friendlyatheist.com/p/after-sett...

After settlement, Catholic priests in Washington can keep sex predators' confessions secret

Years of effort to safeguard children were undone by religious leaders who worship secrecy more than justice

www.friendlyatheist.com

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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 1d

Same day that the US announced a $20 billion bailout of Argentina that will benefit Trump's political allies and donors.

Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 2d

CNN reporting that 4,000 federal employees were fired on Friday, in HHS, Education, Energy, HUD, Homeland Security, Patent and Trademark Office, EPA.
www.cnn.com/2025/10/10/p...

Trump administration lays off thousands of federal workers during government shutdown | CNN Politics

More than 4,000 federal employees received layoff notices Friday as part of the Trump administration’s broad effort to reshape the government while it remains shutdown, according to a court filing Fri...

www.cnn.com

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