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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 1h

Uday speaks. Man with no known religious conviction gives interview to paid propaganda agent of the Kremlin and describes how he is remaking Christianity. This is hysterical. bsky.app/profile/atru...

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2h

Eric Trump: "We're saving Christianity. We've saving God. We've saving the family unit. We're saving this nation. I mean, DEI is out of the window, Benny. You no longer have Colin Kaepernick kneeling for the national anthem. You no longer have Budweiser going woke as hell. All of this is dead."

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The Irish Times @irishtimes.com · 1d

Una Mullally: Heather Humphreys tells us she’s a people person. Catherine Connolly shows us

Connolly has appeared on several podcasts that appeal to younger audiences and the more candid format suits her

www.irishtimes.com

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Steven Kindlon @kinford.bsky.social · 22h

Things are moving ahead nicely. Early December, we'll have the home hemodialysis machine installed and running. Then that'll be the new normal here, for I'd say 2-3 years while awaiting transplant. It all felt so daunting not long ago. Next up, solar panels to offset power costs.

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Joe Noonan @joenoonan.bsky.social · 15d

2003: Michael D with Catherine Connolly (and her two sons out of pic) in a protest against the disastrous war on Iraq.

📸 Joe Shaughnessy #Áras25

Michael D with Catherine Connolly (and her two sons) in a protest against the disastrous war on Iraq.

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Steven Kindlon @kinford.bsky.social · 22h

Just saw the US administration described as a "perpetual battle between stupid and evil" and yeah.

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The Space Pope @popecrocodylus.bsky.social · 22h

Ben Shapiro: "You guys won't believe what this fucking scorpion just did to me."

Mediaite @mediaite.com · 3d

Ben Shapiro Warns the ‘Conspiratorial Right’ Is Taking Over Social Media

Ben Shapiro is warning that the Jewish people are being regarded as a "conspiratorial force" by a certain faction of right-wing conservatives. The post Ben Shapiro Warns the ‘Conspiratorial Right’ Is Taking Over Social Media first appeared on Mediaite.

dlvr.it

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Paul Murphy TD @paulmurphy.pbp.ie · 22h

It couldn't be clearer from the debate yesterday.

Catherine Connolly would be the actual 'President for All'.

Don't let the establishment back into the presidency.

#Áras25 #Connolly4President #SmearTheBejaysus

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Steven Kindlon @kinford.bsky.social · 23h

Right-wing fascists have taken over the US government & the judiciary and are working on the media. The next election really is going to be the final nail or the pendulum swing.

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Steven Kindlon @kinford.bsky.social · 23h

I mean, if Musk was a fan of ANYTHING I, even in part created, I'd be fucking apoplectic.

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Steven Kindlon @kinford.bsky.social · 1d

I think I genuinely hate Heather Humphreys. The more I learn about her, the more absolutely awful she seems. A disingenuous and hateful person. An overall vacuous shell of a human. #spiergorm

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ashley scarebanks 💀🕯️ @ziibiing.com · 1d

lol “find your own instead of stealing” in defense of columbus day

AJ West • 1h
Find your own holiday instead of stealing. Today is Columbus Day as designated by the federal government
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Ty Burr @tyburr.bsky.social · 1d

And so it begins.

@NewsJennifer (Jennifer Schulze) @newsjennifer.bsky.social · 1d

CBS News would never put a thinly sourced 'story' by a rookie blogger like this on it's air. Until now. The Free Press isn't a journalism outlet, it's bloggers aren't reporters. This piece is more NYPost than Tiffany Network but I guess that's the goal.

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

Some NYPD officers worry about Mandani becoming the NYC mayor, The Free Press reports

The Free Press spoke to several New York City Police Department officers who are worried about Zohran Mamdani becoming mayor. Olivia Reingold joins CBS News with more.

www.cbsnews.com

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amy brown (spooky edition) @amybrown.xyz · 1d

inspiring 💗💖

LinkedIn post about how a guy got a job interview at Strava by running a route that spelled HIRE ME on the map

HIRE ME written on the map (looking more like HIRE NE tbh)

commenter asks if the guy got the job and OP says “I don't think so. But his effort got him noticed and a foot in the door when so many others didn't”

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Brian Goldstone @brian-goldstone.bsky.social · 1d

Trump to the Israeli parliament today, gloating about U.S. weapons supplied to Israel over the past two years:

"You obviously used them very well."

www.theguardian.com/world/ng-int...

Guardian headline: "Young lives cut short on an unimaginable scale: the 18,457 children on Gaza’s list of war dead"

The children’s names below appear on a list of victims of Israel’s offensive in Gaza, maintained by health authorities in the territory. As of the end of July it ran to 60,199 names, of whom 18,457 were under 18s. Far from comprehensive, the list does not include the thousands still buried under the rubble of destroyed buildings, as well as the war’s many indirect victims"

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Dr Robert Bohan @robertbohan.bsky.social · 1d

Heather Humphreys, the right wing FG candidate for Irish President is noted for her anti-disabilities green paper & her support for the anti-disability & anti-Carer Care Ref. So no surprise to see this from an Irish Times journo with disabilities. We need a president who represents all of us!

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Steven Kindlon @kinford.bsky.social · 1d

Even zionist evil can be petty.

Saul Staniforth @saulstaniforth.bsky.social · 1d

Israel has banned Palestinians from celebrating the release of Palestinian prisoners [hostages] & banned their families from giving interviews

Contrast that with the celebrations around the release of Israeli hostages & the many interviews being broadcast around the world.

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Saul Staniforth @saulstaniforth.bsky.social · 1d

Israel has banned Palestinians from celebrating the release of Palestinian prisoners [hostages] & banned their families from giving interviews

Contrast that with the celebrations around the release of Israeli hostages & the many interviews being broadcast around the world.

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Ian Campbell @neurovagrant.bsky.social · 1d

Delighted to see extremist ideologies and dystopia scholar @jmberger.com spinning his newsletter back up, at least for a bit. Very worth reading his work.

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The Parasocial Construction of Reality

Welcome back to the newsletter, which you probably subscribed to under the name INTELWIRE Brief. It fell by the wayside for a variety of reasons, including that I am working on a lot of longer term pr...

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Radical Graffiti @radicalgraffiti.bsky.social · 1d

"Free Mangione"
Seen in Chios, Greece

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Steven Kindlon @kinford.bsky.social · 1d

Oh, come on! Really?! Either she truly was clueless, and now she'll be stepping away from the show or...

PinkNews @pinknews.bsky.social · 1d

Keira Knightley says she was ‘not aware’ of Rowling controversy before accepting Harry Potter role

Keira Knightley 'wasn't aware' of Harry Potter controversy before accepting role

Keira Knightley claims she was "not aware" of the controversy around JK Rowling’s 'gender critical' views when she accepted Harry Potter role.

www.thepinknews.com

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southpaw @nycsouthpaw.bsky.social · 1d

James Michael Johnson, the Speaker of the House of Representatives, is fanatically devoted to Donald Trump and expresses his adoration by endeavoring to give Trump everything he wants, despite never having heard a word Trump has written or said or any specific account of anything Trump has done.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

REPORTER: We know the president moved forward with mass layoffs. We're also learning there were significant cuts to staff at special education services. Are you comfortable with those cuts?

MIKE JOHNSON: I haven't seen the specifics of that and I don't know

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Justin Elliott @justinelliott.bsky.social · 2d

Here is our full story that Vance is dismissing, with primary source documents showing Trump cabinet members with multiple primary-residence mortgages

www.propublica.org/article/trum...

www.documentcloud.org/documents/26...

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Joshua Erlich @joshuaerlich.bsky.social · 1d

it’s funny when cops admit they are there to protect property, not people, by threatening to quit if they’re asked to prioritize people

Mark Misoshnik 🏴 @misoshnik.bsky.social · 2d

Lmao is this supposed to be a bad thing?

A tweet from Bari Weiss that says “"It's shaken me to my core," a lieutenant said of Mamdani's unexpected victory in June. "The absolute dread I feel is palpable.
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Today in @TheFP our @Olivia_Reingold talks to the cops who say they will walk if Zohran Mamdani is elected in November:”

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PinkNews @pinknews.bsky.social · 1d

Sophie Ellis-Bextor slams transphobes: 'They make trans people their whole personality'
https://www.thepinknews.com/2025/10/07/sophie-ellis-bextor-transphobia-lgbtq/?utm_content=1760293200&utm_medium=social&utm_source=bluesky

Sophie Ellis-Bextor slams bigots who 'make trans people their whole personality'

"Murder on the Dancefloor" hitmaker Sophie Ellis-Bextor has vehemently criticised rising levels of transphobia in UK.

www.thepinknews.com

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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 1d

Intellectual diversity

BronSays @bronsays.bsky.social · 1d

www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

"A prominent anti-DEI campaigner appointed by Meta in August as an adviser on AI bias has spent the weeks since his appointment spreading disinformation about shootings, transgender people, vaccines, crime, and protests."

Meta AI adviser spreads disinformation about shootings, vaccines and trans people

Critics condemn Robby Starbuck, appointed in lawsuit settlement, for ‘peddling lies and pushing extremism’

www.theguardian.com

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