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Samantha Maldonado @smaldo.bsky.social · 1d

See how your neighborhood voted and what kinds of New Yorkers voted for each mayoral candidate, thanks to @haidee.bsky.social !

www.thecity.nyc/2025/11/04/e...

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ACLU of Texas @aclutx.bsky.social · 1d

🗣️ Polls close in Texas at 7 p.m. If you're in line when the polls close, stay in line. You have the right to vote. 🗳️☑️

Have questions or run into problems at the polls? Call or text the nonpartisan hotline 1-866-OUR-VOTE. Trained experts are ready to help in multiple languages. 📢

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Democracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 1d

If you need help at the polls or experience any form of voter suppression, call or text 866-OUR-VOTE (866-687-8683) to speak with a trained Election Protection volunteer.

More information about voting in your state can be found below. 866ourvote.org/states/

States - Election Protection

Where, When and How to vote in your state.

866ourvote.org

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Sarah E. Bond @sarahebond.bsky.social · 1d

It is my (and my twin’s) birthday. The only thing I’d like from you is:

1. For you to vote this year and
2. To vote every year

Suffrage is an amazing right, but only if we use it. www.vote.org/polling-plac...

Polling Place Locator - Vote.org

Wondering where you vote on Election Day? Use our polling place locator to find out.

www.vote.org

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Damon Beres @damonberes.com · 1d

NEW: Common Crawl, the massive archiver of the web, has gotten cozy with AI companies and is providing paywalled articles for training data. They’re also lying to publishers who have asked for material to be removed. “The robots are people too,” CC’s exec director told us when we asked about this.

The Nonprofit Feeding the Entire Internet to AI Companies

Common Crawl claims to provide a public benefit, but it lies to publishers about its activities.

www.theatlantic.com

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THE CITY @thecity.nyc · 1d

📢 Election Day is finally here, NYC! While you may know who you’re voting for, are you all set on the six ballot questions?

If not, we have a guide that breaks down each measure:

www.thecity.nyc/2025/10/06/b...

Your Guide to NYC’s Ballot Questions for 2025

Voters will weigh in on housing reforms, a change to election years and an Olympic Sports Complex in upstate New York.

www.thecity.nyc

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Emily L. Hauser (she/her) ❌👑 @emilylhauser.bsky.social · 6d

Please understand that people will not be "going without SNAP/EBT/food stamps" - people will be going without FOOD.

Actually and literally.

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Brennan Center @brennancenter.org · 2d

Have questions about voting? Need to check your registration status? VOTE411 gives you personalized information so you're prepared to cast a ballot in every election. www.vote411.org

VOTE411

Election information you need. Brought to you by The League of Women Voters Education Fund.

www.vote411.org

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DuendeonFuego @duendeonfuego.bsky.social · 2d

IT IS TIME FOR BLUESKY RECIPE POSTING

do you have a cheap, healthy, low-cost recipe? post it here! or quote tweet this post. or dunk on me for something I don't care just post easy meals that people can make right now.

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Wil Wheaton @wilwheaton.net · 2d

It's @pbs's birthday!

Formed on November 3, 1969, @pbs is an American public broadcaster and non-commercial, free-to-air television network. PBS is a nonprofit organization and the most prominent provider of educational programs to public television stations in the United States.

PBS - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

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Avery Udagawa @averyudagawa.bsky.social · 2d

Good to see the #LiteraryArtsFund established in the wake of cuts to the #NationalEndowmentfortheArts, #NationalEndowmentfortheHumanities, and #IMLS. Those still need funding, *and* and it is heartening to see the private sector step up. #booksky www.npr.org/2025/10/28/n...

A new fund will route millions to the literary arts

A coalition of charitable foundations are creating the Literary Arts Fund, which will distribute at least $50 million to various organizations over 5 years.

www.npr.org

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Kathleen Bachynski @bachynski.bsky.social · 2d

“The Americas — North, Central, & South — is the only region of the world that has ever managed to stop endemic transmission of measles. But that hard-won victory against the highly contagious virus is on the verge of being rolled back… “I think it’s a big wake-up call.” @jackiantonovich.bsky.social

The Americas, led by Canada, is on the brink of losing measles-elimination status

The Americas is the only region of the world to have stopped endemic transmission of measles. But its victory is on the verge of being rolled back.

www.statnews.com

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Brian Goldstone @brian-goldstone.bsky.social · 3d

Here in Atlanta yesterday, more than 2,000 people waited in their cars—one woman for 14 hours—for a box of food. The giveaway ended early; there wasn't enough to go around.

Multiply this scene by countless others across the country, and you get a sense of how crushing the desperation is right now.

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Catherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 3d

The USDA sent an email to grocery stores telling them they are prohibited from offering special discounts to customers affected by the SNAP funding lapse.
I'm aware of at least 2 stores that had offered struggling customers a discount, then withdrew it after receiving this email

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Jerry Chen @jcsalterego.bsky.social · 3d

whoever invented "open bowl of leftover halloween candy in the kitchen" WHY HAVE YOU DONE THIS TO ME

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depths of wikipedia @depthsofwikipedia.bsky.social · 4d

If you're in need of positive and rather wholesome news, there's a high school teacher named Bryan who took a ton of freely licensed celebrity headshots at the New York Film Festival last month for Wikipedia, and I truly can't believe how drastic the upgrade is for some articles (thread)

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Melanie @grammar-girl.bsky.social · 5d

The music cuts off awkwardly before the end, but this is an incredible NYC Halloween costume compilation.

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Every Bite Counts @sandybeach805.bsky.social · 5d

Timeline cleanse- NYC Halloween Parade and Thriller.

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Parker Molloy @parkermolloy.com · 5d

So there were some AI-generated videos that purported to show Black women ranting about SNAP benefits, and... Fox News is reporting on this like these are real people. They're not! They're AI!

This is truly insane. Total unreality. www.foxnews.com/media/snap-b...

CULTURE TRENDS
SNAP beneficiaries threaten to ransack stores over government shutdown
One mother claims taxpayers must feed her children as
SNAP benefits face cuts
By Alba Cuebas-Fantauzzi • Fox News
Published October 31, 2025 2:16pm EDT

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Michael E. Mann @michaelemann.bsky.social · 5d

"You can’t reboot the planet if you crash it" | My commentary on Bill Gates' flawed new climate missive for @thebulletin.org: thebulletin.org/2025/10/you-...

You can’t reboot the planet if you crash it

What Gates is putting forward aren’t legitimate arguments that can be made in good faith. They are shopworn fossil fuel industry talking points.

thebulletin.org

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daniel @dnl.ink · 5d

INTERVIEW WITH THE VAMPIRE

SECOND INTERVIEW WITH THE VAMPIRE OVER ZOOM TO MEET MORE OF THE TEAM

UNFORTUNATELY, YOU HAVE NOT BEEN SUCCESSFUL ON THIS OCCASION, BUT WE HOPE YOU'LL APPLY FOR FUTURE POSITIONS WITH THE VAMPIRE

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Social Media Lab @socialmedialab.ca · 4d

You can now search our database of 3.5 million U.S. political, election, and social issue ads on Facebook and Instagram, dating back to October 10, 2023. Discover who’s running these ads and who they’re targeting. app.polidashboard.org/meta_ads?cou...

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Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 5d

The ruling class has had 20 years to come up with something better than “buy less avocado toast” to explain why you can’t afford a house. And they’ve opted to just play the old hits.

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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.bsky.social · 5d

A horrific mass murder is unfolding in Sudan, where no one can see it. The RSF are murdering civilians in El Fasher, having finally defeated the Sudanese army forces holding out in the city. The BBC has managed to speak to some who escaped

www.youtube.com/watch?v=i7fC...

Sudanese survivors of el-Fasher siege tell the BBC about RSF brutality | BBC News

YouTube video by BBC News

www.youtube.com

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Gregory Pratt @royalpratt.bsky.social · 5d

On Halloween, “state-sponsored terror” in Chicago and the north suburbs. A @chicagotribune.com team effort on the feds’ actions on what’s supposed to be a special day for families and children www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/31/c...

On Halloween, ‘state-sponsored terror’ in Chicago and the north suburbs

Despite pleas from Gov. JB Pritzker to pause federal immigration enforcement operations while children celebrate Halloween, Border Patrol agents tore through Chicago and the suburbs.

www.chicagotribune.com

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