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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 14h

Yeah, that is a tear gas canister being fired toward the retreating couple holding the baby

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Jesse Johnson @jljzen.bsky.social · 11h

No idea. I didn't let him get very far into spiel before I said, "I'm not interested."

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Jeff Yang @originalsp.in · 13h

Korol is a US citizen. Her family hasn’t heard from her since she was taken, public charges haven’t been released—what crime did she even commit? 2nd-Degree Woodwinding?—and there has been no explanation for her “renditioning” across state lines.

We’ve moved into a new phase of Trump lawlessness.

Jeff Yang @originalsp.in · 13h

A musician, Oriana Korol, was peacefully playing clarinet with her protest band outside ICE facilities in Portland, OR.

When the band started playing “Ghostbusters,” ICE thugs suddenly poured outside, slammed her into the mud, arrested her and took her to a jail 9 miles away in Vancouver, WA.

Musician playing ‘Ghostbusters’ outside ICE facility is arrested by agents

‘Taking us citizens out of state to detain them without charge is a new action from the Feds and should be opposed,’ her band said

www.independent.co.uk

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Jesse Johnson @jljzen.bsky.social · 12h

NHK guy just rang doorbell at our house for first time.

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WeRateDogs @weratedogs.com · 18h

This is Colton. He started a fire at his house when he chewed through a lithium ion battery. He's not the first dog to do this, and he won't be the last, but unfortunately his dad is a firefighter, so it's probably going down as one of the most embarrassing instances. We're still giving him a 12/10

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Jesse Johnson @jljzen.bsky.social · 1d

Oh wait, I don't have a say in that.

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Jesse Johnson @jljzen.bsky.social · 1d

a man in a blue shirt and tie is sitting at a desk and says " you 're hired "

ALT: a man in a blue shirt and tie is sitting at a desk and says " you 're hired "

media.tenor.com

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Jesse Johnson @jljzen.bsky.social · 1d

#cohenthedog rolls into living room as Spice 1's "Murda Show" comes on. Hard as nails.

Jesse Johnson @jljzen.bsky.social · 1d

Number of scenarios now on the table for who might be Japan’s next prime minister www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10...

Number of scenarios now on the table for who might be Japan’s next prime minister

With Komeito’s exit from the ruling coalition, there is now no guarantee LDP chief Sanae Takaichi will be voted prime minister when parliament convenes.

www.japantimes.co.jp

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Steve Herman @newsguy.bsky.social · 1d

Add NPR to the list: www.npr.org/2025/10/13/g...

A Statement from NPR on the Pentagon's Press Policy

NPR reporters will not sign the Pentagon's rules issued on Friday, September 19

www.npr.org

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Steve Herman @newsguy.bsky.social · 1d

WaPo joins NYT, CNN, The Atlantic, Guardian and others, according to @ScottNover, in announcing it won't sign the Pentagon's controversial new press policy.

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Jesse Johnson @jljzen.bsky.social · 1d

Yomiuri reports that, if Takaichi is elected PM, she'll appoint Shinjiro Koizumi defense minister www.yomiuri.co.jp/politics/202...

高市首相が誕生なら、小泉防衛相・林総務相・茂木外相で調整…総裁選立候補４氏を要職起用

【読売新聞】　自民党の高市総裁は、近く召集される臨時国会で首相に指名された場合の閣僚人事で、防衛相に小泉進次郎農相（４４）（衆院神奈川１１区、当選６回）、総務相に林芳正官房長官（６４）（衆院山口３区、当選２回・参院５回）を起用する方

www.yomiuri.co.jp

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Jesse Johnson @jljzen.bsky.social · 2d

A frenetic diplomatic schedule looms for Japan’s next leader — whoever that may be www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10...

A frenetic diplomatic schedule looms for Japan’s next leader — whoever that may be

Japanese diplomacy has landed in a precarious position following the exit of Komeito from the LDP-led ruling bloc as a spate of summits and meetings loom at the end of this month.

www.japantimes.co.jp

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Jesse Johnson @jljzen.bsky.social · 2d

NEBOSUKE XVI #cohenthedog

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Jesse Johnson @jljzen.bsky.social · 3d

似てるか？#cohenthedog

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Jesse Johnson @jljzen.bsky.social · 3d

Went to the station with a backpack to pick up some groceries and lunch and felt like a tourist.

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Tobias Harris @tobiasharris.bsky.social · 4d

Ishiba's address on the eightieth anniversary of the end of the war is really worth reading:

japan.kantei.go.jp/content/0001...

japan.kantei.go.jp

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🎃 Trick or Pete 🎃 Lucier @peterlucier.bsky.social · 3d

The most frustrating part of this is that a federal judge literally made a finding of fact of the evidence presented by the administration, a judge appointed by Trump, and that judge called the narrative untethered to facts, and the narrator, unreliable.

Old White Nepo Hat @kenwhite.bsky.social · 3d

Should the New York Times be sold to Pennysaver and its editors sent to work in Amazon warehouses? It depends on who you ask.

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Tobias Harris @tobiasharris.bsky.social · 4d

Nikkei walks through various PM election scenarios.

www.nikkei.com/article/DGXZ...

高市早苗氏か玉木雄一郎氏か、首相指名シナリオ　国会まで10日程の多数派工作 - 日本経済新聞

次の首相を選ぶ臨時国会の首相指名選挙が混沌としてきた。公明党が連立離脱を決めた結果、野党が結束して候補を立てれば自民党の高市早苗総裁の得票を上回る可能性が出てきた。野党内には国民民主党の玉木雄一郎代表を推す声が上がる。国会召集まであと10日ほど。各党の多数派工作が始まった。公明党は10日、首相指名選挙で同党の斉藤鉄夫代表の名前を書くと公表した。現時点では高市氏にも野党側候補にも投票しない見込み

www.nikkei.com

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Jesse Johnson @jljzen.bsky.social · 4d

Rewatching “Casino Royale,” and damn, the chemistry between Eva Green and Daniel Craig is amazing.

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Nora Reed (they/them ze/hir) @nora.zone · 4d

cry havoc and let slip the frogs of war

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Luke Steuber @lukesteuber.com · 4d

Elevating today’s ICE arrest of a journalist and American citizen in Chicago

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Chicago Sun-Times @chicago.suntimes.com · 8d

Body-camera video appears to contradict the government’s claim that Marimar Martinez, 30, drove toward officers before one of them opened fire at her late Saturday morning in Brighton Park, her attorney claimed.
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