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Doug Mack @douglasmack.bsky.social · 1h

anyone need a hockey scoreboard?

bauerbrosinc.com/product/hock...

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Karen K. Ho @karenho.bsky.social · 1h

I wonder how much cheesecake I can eat today

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Karen K. Ho @karenho.bsky.social · 4h

This is very, very deeply reported: www.nytimes.com/2025/10/14/m...

Inside the Improbable, Audacious and (So Far) Unstoppable Rise of Zohran Mamdani

www.nytimes.com

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Andrew Kurjata @akurjata.ca · 12h

“We’re not in politics. We’re just some guys in Virginia making good whisky. But unfortunately, we’re the victims.”

Idk man, maybe you don’t get to “not be in politics” when one side is blowing up international relationships you depend on www.cnn.com/2025/10/13/b...

Canada’s boycott America movement is hurting innocent bystanders | CNN Business

Virginia Distillery CEO Gareth Moore was bullish on his company’s American single malt whisky sales north of the border when 2025 kicked off.

www.cnn.com

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Karen K. Ho @karenho.bsky.social · 12h

I cannot find my normal cables to charge my phone away from my bedroom and I honestly can't believe I used to charge it *next* to my bed

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NPR @npr.org · 13h

In the final episode, Marc Maron and former President Barack Obama spoke about the legacy of the podcast, politics and moving on. n.pr/3W5QNJ3

In Marc Maron's last 'WTF' podcast episode, Obama offers advice on closing chapters

In the final episode, Marc Maron and former President Barack Obama spoke about the legacy of the podcast, politics and moving on.

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Karen K. Ho @karenho.bsky.social · 15h

time for my emotional support Ferrero Roché

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Joshua Eaton @joshuaeaton.bsky.social · 16h

The is extremely funny because you can tell by the cross on that book that it isn't a Bible — it's a Book of Common Prayer, the official prayer book for the Episcopal Church.

The New York Times @nytimes.com · 17h

In @nytopinion.nytimes.com

Many Gen-Zers “bring a new attitude to the combination of faith and politics, and many see politics as a matter of spiritual warfare,” writes Daniel K. Williams, a historian of American religion and politics.

Opinion | Why So Many Gen Z-ers Are Drawn to Conservative Christianity

And what that might mean for the future of American politics.

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Anna Kornbluh @annakornbluh.bsky.social · 16h

exceedingly rare mainstream coverage of real college

Jessica Wakeman @jessicawakeman.bsky.social · 16h

www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2025/...

He was a homeless college student. He found hope in a parking lot.

Long Beach City College reserves 15 spots in a parking lot for homeless students. For Edgar Rosales Jr., the program has been a lifeline.

www.washingtonpost.com

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Karen K. Ho @karenho.bsky.social · 16h

sometimes it feels like after work I have a second shift of cooking, cleaning, physical therapy exercises, and other chores

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Christopher Wiggins @cwnewser.bsky.social · 18h

Rest in power, Miss Major.

www.advocate.com/news/miss-ma...

Miss Major Griffin-Gracy, activist since Stonewall, has died

The LGBTQ+ community — and particularly the transgender community — has lost an iconic activist.

www.advocate.com

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Ruth Delgado @heylookitsruth.bsky.social · 21h

A mom in Houston reported her 15-year-old son with autism missing. She spent 6 days terrified, searching for him. The whole time, Houston police knew exactly where he was since they helped ICE place him in a refugee facility.

This is beyond cruel.
www.houstonchronicle.com/news/houston...

Missing teen with autism transferred to refugee facility by HPD

He is currently being held at an Office for Refugee Resettlement facility.

www.houstonchronicle.com

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Felipe De La Hoz @felipedlh.bsky.social · 21h

I haven’t seen this reported anywhere yet and I honestly haven’t had time to fully report it out myself but Patel was brought in about three months ago to run the NYC ICE field office with a mandate to increase arrests

emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 23h

"She wants to grab him," Ricky Patel said before he had had any exchange w/Ras Baraka. Even after Baraka left the facility, Patel said, "I’m going to place the Mayor in handcuffs. We are arresting the Mayor, per the Deputy Attorney General of the United States."

www.emptywheel.net/2025/09/29/s...

"She Wants to Grab Him:" The Premeditated Detention of Ras Baraka - emptywheel

Even before anyone had spoken with Ras Baraka on May 9 at Delaney Hall, someone had decided "she" wanted to "grab" Newark's Mayor.

www.emptywheel.net

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Current @current.org · 22h

“WHYY has agreed on their own to go out and fundraise and raise money for that $17 million that is needed over the five-year period,” said Sara Thorndike, Penn State’s SVP for finance and business. current.org/2025/10/penn...

Penn State approves sale of WPSU to WHYY

WPSU had faced a wind-down in operations after a Penn State board committee rejected a proposed deal last month.

current.org

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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 23h

Wow, wow, wow. This has always been legally possible but the law has virtually never been enforced — and now this is the SECOND case I've heard of in the last month (first involving a person with a green card) of a noncitizen being charged for failure to carry their papers.

Gregory Pratt @royalpratt.bsky.social · 1d

NEWS: ICE gave a Rogers Park man a $130 ticket for not having his papers on him. They rounded him up last week and eventually let him go, but not without a fine that some critics say is un-American. Trump admin enforcing little-used law
www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/13/i...

ICE tickets Chicago man with legal residency $130 for not having his papers on him: ‘It’s not fair…I’m a resident’

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement fined Rueben Antonio Cruz $130 for not having his papers with him.

www.chicagotribune.com

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Karen K. Ho @karenho.bsky.social · 23h

The one on halo halo is also great

Karen K. Ho @karenho.bsky.social · 23h

This is the "Proot Salad" video: www.instagram.com/reel/DNlsYU8...

anieldays on Instagram: "Filipino Fruit Saladok today i show u how to make a diabetes pirst u istrain eberyting, add dat ano yan, kaong, kang kong lang long…"

Filipino Fruit Saladok today i show u how to make a diabetes pirst u istrain eberyting, add dat ano yan, kaong, kang kong lang long ahhh coco coco loco ano yan, ahh gelatinous, mutant ninja pighter yung apol cheddar ches yung peaches and cream uyinaskldjaskldjasd neam and a lil bit ob condense and den das it. type 1 2 and tree diabetes#phillipines #fruitsalad #dessertView all 3,501 comments

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Karen K. Ho @karenho.bsky.social · 23h

She's Filipino, so I recently showed her a funny Instagram video about how to make Filipino fruit salad that opens with "today I show you how to make diabetes". At the end of our last session, I said, "don't get diabetes!" and she laughed.

Karen K. Ho @karenho.bsky.social · Nov 13

I know I do not earn bonus points whenever I make my therapist laugh, especially during this moment in time, but it still feels like I did something good

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Karen K. Ho @karenho.bsky.social · 1d

Any journalist of color, I know working at a major institution like this, would instantly be reprimanded or possibly even fired.

Brandon Friedman @brandonfriedman.bsky.social · 1d

Promoting the editor-in-chief's personal side project. Zero named sources in a story that promotes the editor-in-chief's personal political position. Misspelling the subject's name. It took one day for CBS News to become a conservative blog.

www.cbsnews.com/video/some-n...

CBS News: Some NYPD officers worry about Mandani becoming NYC mayor the Free Press reports.

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Karen K. Ho @karenho.bsky.social · 1d

It's that time of year!

Karen K. Ho @karenho.bsky.social · Oct 31

A cheap, boring way to make extra-potent ginger tea is by chopping up fresh ginger, putting it into a thermos, pouring hot water in, and forgetting about it for several hours. I also add fresh lemon juice and honey.

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Karen K. Ho @karenho.bsky.social · Apr 20

Every time I make soup now I think of this comic.

Rook and Raven @rookandraven.bsky.social · Nov 23

With the weather in the northern hemisphere cooling again, it reminds me that it's SOUP SEASON! And of this fabulous piece by @alexkrokus.bsky.social!

Soup Season cartoon, where a racoon says "Give it up for Soup Season!", and the crowd goes wild, resulting in so much slaughter...

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Karen K. Ho @karenho.bsky.social · 1d

No.

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Karen K. Ho @karenho.bsky.social · 1d

"Action is the antidote to despair" comes from this great video by Dutch de Carvalho, which I have watched several times: bsky.app/profile/kare...

Karen K. Ho @karenho.bsky.social · 22d

I might play this as my alarm every morning for the next month

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Karen K. Ho @karenho.bsky.social · 1d

Things that have helped me recently:
1) little things still matter
2) the power of a solid meal, a big glass of water, and a good night's sleep
3) remembering how much words of encouragement or a compliment meant after a tough day
4) action is the enemy of despair
5) I can do things through spite

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stacy-marie ishmael @smi.bsky.social · 1d

NPR/Alaska Public Media: alaskapublic.org/news/public-...

AP: apnews.com/article/alas...

CNN: www.cnn.com/2025/10/13/w...

Fox Weather: www.foxweather.com/weather-news...

ABC: abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory...

CBS: www.cbsnews.com/news/alaska-...

The Weather Channel: weather.com/news/weather...

News Eye @newseye.bsky.social · 1d

NEW: There’s a disaster unfolding in Alaska right now. And no major network is covering it.

The remnants of Typhoon Halong battered western Alaska overnight. Homes, with people in them, have literally been swept into the Bering Strait.

At least 20 are missing. No comment from any federal agency.

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