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LEFT COAST RIGHT WATCH @lcrw.bsky.social · 16h

NEW from LCRW: @azrww.bsky.social covers a Phoenix-area neo-Nazi AI slop-poster obsessed with Goyim Defense League agitprop who's facing charges for threatening a local synagogue.

COURT RECORDS: GOYIM DEFENSE LEAGUE FANBOY ARRESTED FOR THREATS ON SYNAGOGUE | Left Coast Right Watch

A Phoenix area neonazi fan of the Goyim Defense League is set for a hearing next month after being arrested for threatening to target a local synagogue

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kate b.ooOooO 👻 @katebitz.bsky.social · 59m

frogs and masks, who knew these two things could signify so many different things within a decade

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Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 12h

That TikTok account has a few fake videos of reporters getting detained. They make these videos because it’s a big story in the news. Real reporters are getting arrested. And so people are making AI videos to get engagement on TikTok.

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Journalist gets detained while doing her job #ForYou, #viral, #foryoupage, #tikto... more
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Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 15h

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

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Find Me A Therapist

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kate b.ooOooO 👻 @katebitz.bsky.social · 17h

this one doesn’t have presidential immunity by the way

The New Republic @newrepublic.com · 18h

His slip of the tongue reveals who’s really in charge. trib.al/mIvP0yE

“Illinois governor says we’re provoking actions that are unlawful,” Miller said on CNN. “If I put federal law enforcement and National Guard into a nice sleepy Southern town, is anyone gonna riot?”

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𝕍∃, Cyber closed shell syndrome relief fund coordinator @vortexegg.com · 22h

This is going to be a disaster for disaster response communications

Timothy Caulfield @caulfieldtim.bsky.social · 22h

Increasingly, AI shaping our information environment.

AI and news report 2025 reutersinstitute.politics.ox.ac.uk/generative-a... via @reutersinstitute.bsky.social

64% in US saw an AI answer in past week.

Among those who saw AI answers, about one third (33%) say they always or often click links...

Generative AI and news report 2025: How people think about AI’s role in journalism and society

Our survey explores how people use generative AI in their everyday lives, what they think its impact will be on different areas of society, and what they think about its use in news and journalism spe...

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U.S. Press Freedom Tracker @pressfreedomtracker.us · 22h

Freelance reporter @leighgiangreco.bsky.social was on assignment for @blockclubchi.bsky.social, covering Sept. 19 protests outside the ICE facility in Broadview, IL, when federal officers shot her with pepper balls.

The newsroom has since filed suit and won a temporary restraining order.

Freelancer struck by projectiles at Illinois anti-deportation protest

Freelance reporter Leigh Giangreco was shot with multiple pepper balls by federal officers while covering protests outside a U.S. Immigration …

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Alex V. Hernandez @avhndz.bsky.social · 21h

by @franciagarciah.bsky.social. Federal agents detained a woman who works for the news agency WGN on Friday morning as she attempted to document them detaining a Latino man, witnesses said. blockclubchicago.org/2025/10/10/w... via @blockclubchi.bsky.social

WGN Staffer Detained By Border Patrol Agents In Lincoln Square, Neighbors Say

The woman was recording agents as they detained a man when they took her into custody, handcuffing her and putting her a van, according to witnesses and video. The agents drove into another car while ...

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ghostly gwen howerton @kissphoria.bsky.social · 21h

It's unfortunate to me that a lot of the LGBTQ+ neighborhoods across Texas are only now getting coverage because of the rainbow crosswalk removal stuff. It's important, but these communities deserve coverage, not just when something negative happens.

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Eric Michael Garcia @ericmgarcia.bsky.social · 22h

I literally said this earlier this week: Democrats have no incentive to work on a CR, let alone the 12 spending bills in a bipartisan manner, when Republicans can just do a partisan rescissions package. Then Johnson flat-out admits it!! This gives Democrats no incentive to vote on a CR.

Ben McAdams Memorial Act. but on BlueSky @purrtah.bsky.social · 23h

Yea fuck this keep it closed down come hell or high water

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Sen. Danica Roem @pwcdanica.bsky.social · 22h

This is a choice made by rich people who don‘t live paycheck to paycheck that’s inflicted upon people who do.

This is a choice to intentionally fire public servants, many of whom live and work here in Virginia, from an administration that just wanted the pretext to do it anyway.

PBS News @pbsnews.org · 22h

The White House budget office said Friday that mass firings of federal workers have started in an attempt to exert more pressure on Democratic lawmakers as the government shutdown continues. https://to.pbs.org/3KRpD6d

'RIFs have begun.' Vought announces start of mass firings during government shutdown

The White House budget office said Friday that mass firings of federal workers have started in an attempt to exert more pressure on Democratic lawmakers as the government shutdown continues.

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becca | they/them @beccaisoutside.bsky.social · 1d

this is the most pollen ive ever seen on a single bug, shes having the time of her life

photo of a bee covered all-over with bright orange pollen.

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Katelyn Boo-urns @katelynburns.com · 3d

For my newsletter, I interviewed Chastity Bowick, the new executive director of the Marsha P. Johnson Interview about what white trans folks (and cis people) can learn from the Black trans community who have always been under this type of overwhelming oppression. www.burnsnotice.com/black-trans-...

Black Trans Folks Have Been Here Before

A timely interview with Chastity Bowick, the new Executive Director of the Marsha P. Johnson Institute. This interview has been edited for clarity and may differ slightly from the audio version. I've...

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Christopher Mathias @letsgomathias.bsky.social · 2d

Jack collaborated with neo-Nazi twins to make a documentary. He was a fan of white supremacist Richard Spencer. He has tweeted 1488, the alphanumeric code for Heil Hitler. He wrote an unreadable anti-antifa book. Last year he wrote a book abt the left called “Unhumans.” That he’s now speaking here…

Prem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · 2d

From Donald Trump's Roundtable on Antifa just now —
"Antifa has been around in various iterations for almost 100 years in some instances, going back to the Weimar Republic in Germany."
— special guest Jack Posobiec

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kate b.ooOooO 👻 @katebitz.bsky.social · 2d

Spokane, Coeur d’Alene, Moscow… the real question is what ISNT this.

Merriam-Webster @merriam-webster.com · 2d

What’s the word where you’re from that, when pronounced exactly as it looks, identifies a tourist immediately?

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Senator Bernie Sanders @sanders.senate.gov · 2d

If you are a federal worker, there are several credit unions and other financial institutions that are offering zero interest loans during the government shutdown.

Please go to my website for more information: www.sanders.senate.gov/resources-fo...

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kate b.ooOooO 👻 @katebitz.bsky.social · 3d

see also: super sugary coffee drinks. after it became my job to clean the syrup pumps at close, NEVER AGAIN. that stuff just has an unholy smell.

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kate b.ooOooO 👻 @katebitz.bsky.social · 3d

one advantage to bartending my way through college: i knew what went into a white russian before i was ever tempted to try one

Saeed Jones @theferocity.bsky.social · 3d

*PTSD flashbacks ensue* Why do college students always randomly get obsessed with making White Russians for a semester? Same thing happened with me. Whew, god. How I got over!!!

Stevie 'knows 8 kata now' Mattos @asmattering.bsky.social · 3d

i think about my white russian year and my teeth begin to hurt

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Alex Zielinski @alexzee.bsky.social · 3d

Also, you'll see this is a screenshot by a video from a guy named David Medina. Medina was convicted for his role in the Jan. 6 insurrection and was later pardoned by Trump. He has since rebranded himself as a Trump-aligned social media influencer.

More here: www.opb.org/article/2025...

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kate b.ooOooO 👻 @katebitz.bsky.social · 3d

well i just had a full-body flashback to that time in 2007 when i realized a whole street of homes being built by a soon-to-fold developer had started framing on top of wet concrete foundations. yay

Techmeme @techmeme.com · 4d

JPMorgan Chase reports that $1.2T of debt is now tied to AI-related companies, making it the largest segment in the investment-grade market (Caleb Mutua/Bloomberg)

Main Link | Techmeme Permalink

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Robert Mackey @robertmackey.bsky.social · 4d

The Oregon Republican Party tried to help Donald Trump make the case for military intervention in Portland with an image of a fiery protest — but since Portland is calm, they had to fabricate one by merging old photos of police in Ecuador and protesters in Brazil www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Republicans post fake image of Oregon protest – using photos of South America

A federal judge had blocked Trump’s request to deploy California national guard to Portland

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Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 4d

eventually politicians need to start advocating for criminal and civil penalties for people involved in fabricating stories to get citizens incarcerated.

or, put another way: a society that would like to keep functioning has to discourage baldfaced lying, especially by authorities

Chicago Sun-Times @chicago.suntimes.com · 4d

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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Attorney for woman shot by Border Patrol claims officer said 'Do something b-----' before shooting

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. A judge ordered Martinez and a co-defendant released pending trial.

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Mississippi Free Press @mississippifreepress.org · 4d

The second autopsy on the body of Delta State University student Trey Reed has not been released, despite uncorroborated social media rumors currently circulating claiming it uncovered evidence of foul play.

Reed, who was Black, was found hanging from a tree on the campus in Cleveland last month.

The Facts: Trey Reed’s 2nd Autopsy Has Not Been Released, Despite Rumors

The second autopsy on the body of Delta State University student Trey Reed has not been released, despite uncorroborated social media rumors.

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Portland Mercury @portlandmercury.com · 4d

In response to an investigation launched by the federal government into the Portland Police Bureau’s policing practices at the local ICE facility, the city attorney shot back, laying out a pattern of excessive force used on protesters, and favoritism toward conservative streamers by federal police.

Portland City Attorney to US DOJ: “Please Do Not Fail America”

Portland’s city attorney says federal police are brutalizing protesters, and the government is weaponizing its longstanding settlement agreement with the city. In response to an investigation launched...

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skellyton bones jensen @heykellyjensen.bsky.social · 4d

Already have multiple instances in the first hour of this being posted.

I think the censorship of banned books week itself is an underreported story.

skellyton bones jensen @heykellyjensen.bsky.social · 4d

Has your library banned any displays, events, education, talks, or anything else related to Banned Books Week this year? I want to know about it . . . and emphasize you're not alone.

Please take and share this short, anonymous survey.

tinyurl.com/banning-bbw-25

Black text on a red and black background. It reads "Has your library banned events, displays, talks, or anything else related to banned books week this year? Share your story anonymously." It includes the survey link: https://tinyurl.com/banning-bbw-25

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