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Laura Rock Gaughan @laurairock.bsky.social · 16h

Also, consider the diversion of public resources (that could have been used for actual governing) at State to carry out this little search & crow about it exercise

Laura Rock Gaughan @laurairock.bsky.social · 17h

Land of the free

The New Republic @newrepublic.com · 17h

The State Department announced Tuesday it has revoked at least six visas from foreign nationals after they made comments about Kirk in the wake of the far-right youth leader’s assassination. trib.al/PEF4WPl

Trump Is Kicking People Out of the Country for Insulting Charlie Kirk

Donald Trump has revoked at least six visas over the late far-right commentator.

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Armine Yalnizyan @armineyalnizyan.bsky.social · 1d

Nominate a campaign for decent work in Ontario/Canada by noon October 27 and shine light on the purpose and joy of being part of The Good Fight.

$50K for the winner. $15K each for 2 runners-up.

Decent work for all. Because every job can be a good job.

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Rich Raho @richraho.bsky.social · 4d

Chicago priest Fr. Larry Dowling describes procession to ICE facility: “No one had the courage to speak directly to us. No one from Homeland Security could stand in the presence of the Monstrance holding the Blessed Sacrament. No wonder. Evil is repelled, recoils in the presence of Christ.”

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George Conway 🇺🇸🚫👑🐸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 4d

Robert De Niro: “Now we have a would-be king — King Donald the First. Fuck that. I’m Robert De Niro and I’m asking you to stand up and be counted in the nationwide No Kings protest on October 18th”

👉👉 nokings.org

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rax ‘levon honkers’ king @raxkingisdead.bsky.social · 5d

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When Klein scolds that "we have to live here with each other" he is making a statement about who it is he is getting ready to live with and who he is getting ready to live without, and most gallingly he is ignoring the fact that when it comes to supremacists all of us have been living with them already all along. Nobody is suggesting mass deportation of white supremacists, or the dissolution of straight marriages, or stripping away health care for conservatives. The troops and the cops weren't ever sent down primarily white streets, masked kidnappers aren't terrorizing white churches or corporate courtrooms. These supremacist hatemongers are being criticized, yes, and opposed, yes, and yes the culture of violence they have created sometimes ricochets back on them, but we are living in the country they demanded on having. We are all now experiencing the Republican proposition for humanity. Many of us are demanding they stop pursuing this proposition, and Republicans and other supremacist hatemongers insist this demand represents violence against them. Klein, by drawing the lines where he draws them, is agreeing with Republicans about this.

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Merriam-Webster @merriam-webster.com · 5d

Printing presses kept their letters in cases.

Capital letters went in the upper case.
Smaller letters went in the lower case.

This is why we say ‘UPPER CASE’ and ‘lower case.’

Ok, but what did we call them before the invention of the printing press?

MAJUSCULE and minuscule.

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The Daily Show @thedailyshow.com · 6d

The following is REAL footage from Portland, 2025. Viewer discretion is advised.

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Laura Rock Gaughan @laurairock.bsky.social · 8d

Editorial Red Pencil of Doom @kchew.bsky.social · 13d

"Where's Papa going with that ax?" said Fern to her mother as they were setting the table for breakfast.
Congress has not authorized the use of military force.

Ada Palmer @adapalmer.bsky.social · 13d

Attention I ask from all the sacred people, greater and lesser offspring of Heimdall! Congress has not authorized the use of military force.

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Laura Rock Gaughan @laurairock.bsky.social · 9d

Listened to this story on the podcast yesterday, loved. Nuanced and revelatory

The New Yorker @newyorker.com · 10d

“Wherever Daria went, all over the world, strangers stopped her on the street for directions, as if she were such a neutral presence that she belonged almost anywhere.” Read a short story by Catherine Lacey.

“Coconut Flan,” by Catherine Lacey

Wherever Daria went, all over the world, strangers stopped her on the street for directions, as if she were such a neutral presence that she belonged almost anywhere.

www.newyorker.com

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Joyce White Vance @joycewhitevance.bsky.social · 13d

As if irony isn’t already dead, the Hatch Act violation on the DOJ website, which blames Democrats for the shutdown, appears on the page advising DOJ employees they are subject to the Hatch Act. joycevance.substack.com/p/a-note-abo...

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Laura Rock Gaughan @laurairock.bsky.social · 13d

Tonight at Noonan's pub, Toronto (Danforth)--join us! Starts at 6

sean minogue @seanminogue.bsky.social · Sep 11

Come have a pint and get a signed copy of my novel. I'll be chatting with Laura Rock Gaughan at Noonan's Pub on Thursday, Oct. 2. www.blogto.com/events/termi... #toronto #debutnovel

Terminal Solstice Book Launch

Join Sean Minogue as celebrates the launch of his debut novel, Terminal Solstice, on Thursday, October 2nd at 6:00 pm, at Noonan's Irish Pub (141 Danforth…

www.blogto.com

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Merriam-Webster @merriam-webster.com · 14d

We are thrilled to announce that our NEW Large Language Model will be released on 11.18.25.

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Laura Rock Gaughan @laurairock.bsky.social · 15d

"...disingenuous, squalid, and dishonorable." Nice tagline, if the branding fits etc

Quinta Jurecic @qjurecic.bsky.social · 15d

(Battle Hymn of the Republic continues playing)

And there’s the issue of masks. This Court has listened
carefully to the reasons given by Öztürk’s captors for maskingup and has heard the same reasons advanced by the defendant Todd
Lyons, Acting Director of ICE. It rejects this testimony as
disingenuous, squalid and dishonorable. ICE goes masked for a
single reason -- to terrorize Americans into quiescence. Small
wonder ICE often seems to need our respected military to guard
them as they go about implementing our immigration laws. It
should be noted that our troops do not ordinarily wear masks.
Can you imagine a masked marine? It is a matter of honor -- and
honor still matters. To us, masks are associated with cowardly
desperados and the despised Ku Klux Klan. In all our history we
have never tolerated an armed masked secret police. Carrying on
in this fashion, ICE brings indelible obloquy to this
administration and everyone who works in it. “We can not escape
history,” Lincoln righty said. “[It] will light us down in
honor or dishonor, to the latest generation.” Abraham Lincoln,
Second Annual Message to Congress (Dec. 1, 1862).

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Niigaan Sinclair @niigaanwewidam.bsky.social · 15d

Am very honoured to co-anchor today’s CBC News Special on the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation - check it out at 2 p.m. ET (1 pm CT) on CBC TV, CBC Gem, CBC News Network, CBC News streaming channels, the CBC News app and the CBC News YouTube Channel

www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

Join CBC to honour the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation | CBC News

Marking its fifth year on Tuesday, Sept. 30, the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation (also known as Orange Shirt Day) is dedicated to reflecting and learning together about the enduring legacy o...

www.cbc.ca

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Laura Rock Gaughan @laurairock.bsky.social · 16d

Moonlight in walnut trees

Green canopy of walnut trees lit by moonlight against dark sky with a few stars visible, and at bottom right, a red kayak overturned

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David Naimon @davidnaimon.bsky.social · 16d

Don't miss today's conversation with @olgaravn.bsky.social. Witches, folk magic, alchemy, the fear of women gathering, animating the archive through ritual & the imagination, & much more
Audio📻: tinhouse.com/podcast/olga...
@ndbooks.bsky.social @bookhugpress.bsky.social @vikingbooksuk.bsky.social

Olga Ravn : The Wax Child - Tin House

Set during the 17th century witch trials in Denmark, and relayed to us through the voice of a magically animated wax child of one of the accused, Olga Ravn’s new book, which creates something uncannil...

tinhouse.com

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Laura Rock Gaughan @laurairock.bsky.social · 20d

Putting the dipshit in diplomat, this guy who takes offense on the daily

Trade and Investment Research Project @ccpa-tirp.bsky.social · 20d

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Unofficial CTV News Mirror @ctvnews-mirror.bsky.social · 20d

U.S. ambassador lashes out at suggestion that Trump is uninformed

Laura Rock Gaughan @laurairock.bsky.social · 20d

Yay see you then!

Laura Rock Gaughan @laurairock.bsky.social · 20d

Toronto friends, come out to the launch of Sean's debut novel! Book talk, pub talk, cheer. (Oct 2nd @ 6pm) TERMINAL SOLSTICE is the (fantastic) title #fiction #CanBooks #TurnstonePress

sean minogue @seanminogue.bsky.social · Sep 11

Come have a pint and get a signed copy of my novel. I'll be chatting with Laura Rock Gaughan at Noonan's Pub on Thursday, Oct. 2. www.blogto.com/events/termi... #toronto #debutnovel

Terminal Solstice Book Launch

Join Sean Minogue as celebrates the launch of his debut novel, Terminal Solstice, on Thursday, October 2nd at 6:00 pm, at Noonan's Irish Pub (141 Danforth…

www.blogto.com

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Laura Rock Gaughan @laurairock.bsky.social · 20d

"...seek variety...This means being aware of who publishes the books you read, & seeking out independent publishers along with books from the major corporate publishers. It means reading books in translation, reading fiction & nonfiction & poetry. I promise the world will feel bigger..." ✅✅✅

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Laura Rock Gaughan @laurairock.bsky.social · 20d

Love this

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Laura Rock Gaughan @laurairock.bsky.social · 21d

Re-reading (well: reading print copy after listening to audio, which was superb, multiple narrators including the author) THE BOOK OF RECORDS so good everyone get it, the beauty of these sentences my god 2/2

Laura Rock Gaughan @laurairock.bsky.social · 21d

"The line of women—the Gursiennes, people called them, as if their ancestral homeland were an internment camp—was like a disjointed thought, stretching along the road, picked up and carried a small distance in farmer's carts, re-converging further along." —THE BOOK OF RECORDS by Madeleine Thien 1/2

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Laura Rock Gaughan @laurairock.bsky.social · 25d

Do I want to know what a Disney adult is?

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