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kat, ghost of helenruthsghost @chaoskat.bsky.social · 7h

Salvation Army seen feeding ICE today. For anyone who doesn't already know about their bigotry, here is more, No need to give them your money this Christmas, or ever.

unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 8h

It’s dinner time for the police. Appears to be pizza from a Salvation Army van.

Broadview’s “free speech” curfew starts soon, at 6pm.

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Alan Dettlaff @alandettlaff.com · 8h

Yesterday I was told that the class I’m scheduled to teach this month, Confronting Oppression & Injustice, is no longer part of our curriculum. This is a required class yet there was no discussion, no faculty vote, just an email saying the class no longer exists. This is what it’s like in Texas now.

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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 9h

Hey, you idiotic propagandists at the New York Post:

God Bless America isn't the national anthem. It's a SHOW TUNE written by Irving Berlin.

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HL Eisthen, defective human product @hleisthen.bsky.social · 8h

Can we start arguing now? Because Quishmeal sounds like something I'd buy from skinny hippies at the farmer's market hoping it'd make my pizza dough more interesting but it turns rancid really fast.

So I'm team Ishqueg.

HL Eisthen, defective human product @hleisthen.bsky.social · 8h

FWIW I vote you continue to use the old feed and existing emoji (unless you need to be feed admin).

HL Eisthen, defective human product @hleisthen.bsky.social · 10h

Oh, I have no idea if this was a successful harvest, having not grown them before. Harvested only bc they're dropping their leaves as it's getting into the low 40s at night. I think in a warmer place and/or with more room they'd do great.

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HL Eisthen, defective human product @hleisthen.bsky.social · 11h

Update: I got ~100 g after planting 9 beans. Pretty satisfying ROI; will definitely plant more next year.

Freshly-shelled, gorgeously mottled Good Mother Stallard beans in a low, rectangular metal colander.

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HL Eisthen, defective human product @hleisthen.bsky.social · 11h

@jacobharr.is, I don't know if this would interest you but if you have space and some pots these seem to do well in pretty meager conditions. I'm in zone 6b; harvested bc it's getting frosty here and the plants are dropping their leaves, but they definitely would go longer in a warmer clime.

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HL Eisthen, defective human product @hleisthen.bsky.social · 11h

I had some extra space and some extra 12" garden pots so as a little experiment I planted 9 Good Mother Stallard beans right outta the Rancho Gordo bag. Just harvested ~100 g of beans, which seems like a good ROI. Next year I'll plant maybe half a bed of them.

Gorgeous dark-reddish-brown-and-cream colored beans, freshley shelled, in a flat metal colander.

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TrustedReveler @trustedreveler.bsky.social · 4d

LA: we will fight you.

Chicago: we will fight you.

PDX: we will make you endure week after week of of improv theater.

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Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 17h

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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David Corn @davidcorn.bsky.social · 17h

A classic case of irresponsible both-sidesism from the NYT. The story is that Trump and MAGA propagandists are lying about Portland to incite a conflict, not that there are different views of the matter.

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Sheryl Gay Stolberg @sherylnyt.bsky.social · 1d

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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Janet Hill @saskajanet.bsky.social · 4d

Look at her go!
#invertebrates 🌿

Screen shot of Project Monarch app map of progress of a monarch butterfly from southern Ontario to Oklahoma.

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Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 1d

CHICAGO: REBUILD is providing therapy to folks detained by ICE. Please feel free to let people know.

findmeatherapist.org

Find Me A Therapist

findmeatherapist.org

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Itai Sher @itaisher.bsky.social · 1d

An excellent response by MIT’s President Sally Kornbluf rejecting the Trump compact.

Other universities should do the same.

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HL Eisthen, defective human product @hleisthen.bsky.social · 1d

Absolutely achievable.

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HL Eisthen, defective human product @hleisthen.bsky.social · 2d

A young Johnny Cash sneering and giving the finger to the camera.

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The Daily Show @thedailyshow.com · 2d

The following is REAL footage from Portland, 2025. Viewer discretion is advised.

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Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 2d

thread

Preorder Read This When Things Fall Apart @mskellymhayes.bsky.social · 2d

As y'all have probably heard, there has been a lot of ICE activity on the North Side of Chicago today. At least four people were kidnapped by ICE in the Rogers Park neighborhood. Folks mobilized throughout the day to do ICE Watch and Rapid Response work.

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HL Eisthen, defective human product @hleisthen.bsky.social · 2d

This is a comment about ICE, isn’t it? 🐋

Moby Dick @mobydickatsea.bsky.social · 2d

my God! poor Tashtego

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Murph @murphtracks.bsky.social · 2d

The Mark Bray situation is so completely fucked right now and if you're a journalist you need to start saying how it's fucked because you're fucking next. They won't stop at academics.

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ElieNYC @elienyc.bsky.social · 2d

Be nice if any single national Democrat promised to hold these fuckwads accountable for malicious prosecution should the wheel ever turn around.

But, whatever. Everybody who opposes Trump will just have to weather this bullshit.

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Prof Gavin Yamey @gavinyamey.bsky.social · 2d

“A study, published on Wednesday in the New England Journal of Medicine, showed that last season’s 2024–2025 mRNA COVID vaccines reduced people’s risk of emergency department visits by 29%, their risk of hospitalizations by 39% & their risk of death by 64%”

Benefits were seen even if 0 risk factors

Soren Larsen (SEGL) @sorenlarsen.bsky.social · 2d

Annual COVID Vaccines Protect People against Severe Disease, Even with Prior Immunity

"The new research also “calls into question the idea that younger individuals and those without risk factors don’t need the vaccine,” Viswanathan says."

Annual COVID Vaccines Save Lives, New Study Shows

A new study shows that receiving an updated COVID vaccine reduced people’s risk of severe disease and death in all age groups, regardless of immunity from prior infection or vaccination

www.scientificamerican.com

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Birder K @birderk.bsky.social · 2d

Looks like a new record was set last night with 1.25 billion birds!!! 🥳
#birds #fall #migration

BirdCast map showing 1.25 billion birds headed south at 10pm EDT on October 8, 2025.

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