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Lina Srivastava @linasrivastava.bsky.social · 12h

I am so proud of this victory.

Erin Biba @erinbiba.bsky.social · 13h

S tier. you win. (capers optional but hero status if included with this order)

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Lina Srivastava @linasrivastava.bsky.social · 13h

I am honored!
I'll say hi from City Hall.

(I love capers but one or two always roll away... so I only order them if the bagel place knows to push them into the cream cheese.)

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Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 18h

I know I'm focused on the wrong thing here but "mansion boy"???

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Lina Srivastava @linasrivastava.bsky.social · 14h

Everything bagel, scallion cream cheese, red onions, tomatoes, lox. Will people vote for me?

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Lina Srivastava @linasrivastava.bsky.social · 17h

The Emergency Response Rooms in Sudan is the kind of organization that *should* receive the Nobel Peace Prize. Absolutely fantastic work that should be a model for civil society and humanitarian work everywhere.

Anjali Dayal @anjalikdayal.bsky.social · 21h

we were wrong about the Nobel peace prize but here’s some more about the emergency response rooms anyway news.un.org/en/story/202...

Youth-led ‘emergency rooms’ shine rays of hope in war-torn Sudan

With the war in Sudan triggering widespread violence and instability, youth-driven emergency response rooms (ERRs) are among a growing number of community-led initiatives reaching vulnerable civilians...

news.un.org

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Lina Srivastava @linasrivastava.bsky.social · 17h

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Philip Gourevitch @pgourevitch.bsky.social · 18h

Giving the Nobel Peace Prize to someone who enthusiastically supports the first extrajudicial massacre by Trump and his apparatus of her countrymen in small boats is bleak.

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Lina Srivastava @linasrivastava.bsky.social · 19h

To wit:
bsky.app/profile/leah...

Leah McElrath @leahmcelrath.bsky.social · 20h

Machado issues her first statement since being awarded the Nobel Peace Prize and makes a thinly-veiled appeal to Trump for US intervention in Venezuela:

María Corina Machado ©
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This recognition of the struggle of all Venezuelans is a boost to conclude our task: to conquer Freedom.
We are on the threshold of victory and today, more than ever, we count on President Trump, the people of the United States, the peoples of Latin America, and the democratic nations of the world as our principal allies to achieve Freedom and democracy.
I dedicate this prize to the suffering people of Venezuela and to President Trump for his decisive support of our cause!
8:34 AM • 10/10/25 • 30K Views

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 20h

The Speaker of the House is telling the Fox News audience that a peaceful demonstration by Americans on the National Mall will actually be a gathering of organizations the administration has designated as violent terrorists.

Seems bad?

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 21h

Mike Johnson: "We're so angry about it. I mean, I'm a very patient guy, but I've had it with these people. The theory we have right now -- they have a hate America rally that's scheduled for October 18 on the National Mall. It's the pro-Hamas wing and antifa people ... "

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Lina Srivastava @linasrivastava.bsky.social · 19h

This is going to look like the award to Aung San Suu Kyi in the rear view mirror.

Machado has fought for democratic rule in Venezuela but.has demonstrated willingness to align with authoritarian actors for that end. Peace can be ugly sometimes.

The Guardian @theguardian.com · 1d

Venezuelan politician María Corina Machado wins Nobel peace prize

Leader of country’s opposition receives award after intense public and private campaign by Donald Trump

www.theguardian.com

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Lina Srivastava @linasrivastava.bsky.social · 1d

This movie is fantastic-- and so apt for today.

The Border Chronicle @theborderchronicle.bsky.social · 17d

New on The Border Chronicle podcast🦂👂

Filmmaker Alex Rivera on his Cult Classic "Sleep Dealer", and Creating a New Cinema for the Border 🦂🎥

@alex-rivera.bsky.social

Filmmaker Alex Rivera on his Cult Classic "Sleep Dealer", and Creating a New Cinema for the Border

See Sleep Dealer at the Fox Theater in Tucson on October 15 with an audience Q&A afterward moderated by The Border Chronicle.

www.theborderchronicle.com

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Lina Srivastava @linasrivastava.bsky.social · 1d

Color me shocked they all said yes.
Color me shocked they will have no Palestinian voices.

max tani @maxtani.bsky.social · 1d

New: Bari Weiss booked Hillary Clinton, Mike Pompeo, and Antony Blinken for a roundtable on Gaza, her first major move at CBS.

Notably on a CBS call today in which the panel was floated, one producer also repeatedly emphasized the need to hear from Palestinians in Gaza (Weiss did not respond).

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Brad Lander @bradlander.bsky.social · 1d

Keep your corrupt, grubby, abusive hands off Tish James, Donald Trump.

Your cowardice is showing — weak men seek revenge on powerful women who hold them to account.

But NY’rs don’t play. Our AG has been a fierce warrior for our rights, time & again. You better believe we’ll be there for hers.

Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 1d

The Attorney General of New York was just indicted by our tinpot dictator

Letitia James criminally charged in Trump’s latest effort to punish rivals

Prosecutor who sought charges was installed amid Trump frustrations with pace of investigations against rivals

www.theguardian.com

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Lina Srivastava @linasrivastava.bsky.social · 1d

Political weaponization of the federal judiciary continues apace

Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 1d

The Attorney General of New York was just indicted by our tinpot dictator

Letitia James criminally charged in Trump’s latest effort to punish rivals

Prosecutor who sought charges was installed amid Trump frustrations with pace of investigations against rivals

www.theguardian.com

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Lina Srivastava @linasrivastava.bsky.social · 1d

Same.

Imani Gandy Corn 🎃 @angryblacklady.blacksky.app · 1d

I would vote without question for anyone with the fucking stones to do this while refusing to 1) throw trans people under the bus and 2) fund Israel's genocide

Mark Joseph Stern @mjsdc.bsky.social · 1d

This is why I think the next Democratic president needs to use the EXACT tools that SCOTUS has handed Trump. Don't leave room for any distinctions.

Impound funds for deportation. Give ICE the USAID treatment. Refuse to collect government-backed debt. Purge MAGA loyalists from the executive branch.

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Jonathan Cohn @jonathancohn.bsky.social · 2d

Trump has been illegally bombing boats off the coast of Venezuela.

Tim Kaine and Adam Schiff forced a vote on reasserting Congress's role over war powers and ending this reckless
warmongering.

It failed 48-51.

Murkowski and Paul voted yes.

Fetterman voted no.

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Emissary Of Night | ليلى @diplomatofnight.com · 2d

DropSite receives confirmation that Hamas has agreed to a finalized version of the ceasefire framework and is prepared to sign it tonight

BREAKING: Hamas and Palestinian Factions Agree to Gaza Ceasefire Framework

“From our side, yes,” a senior Hamas official told Drop Site News.

www.dropsitenews.com

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

My gosh. After the US bombed multiple boats in the middle of the ocean, murdering people on grounds that they were allegedly "carrying drugs," the US Attorney General says "Just like we did with cartels, we're going to take the same approach, President Trump, with Antifa."

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T. Ryan Gregory 🇨🇦 @tryangregory.bsky.social · 2d

Had anybody suggested trying *less* colonialism?

Declassified UK @declassifieduk.org · 2d

👉NEW -- Why Tony Blair governing Gaza would result in more war crimes

by Irfan Chowdhury

Soldiers who served under his command in Iraq got away with sexually assaulting prisoners, in scenes similar to Israel’s torture of Palestinians.
www.declassifieduk.org/why-tony-bla...

Why Tony Blair governing Gaza would result in more war crimes

Soldiers who served under his command in Iraq got away with sexually assaulting prisoners, in scenes similar to Israel’s torture of Palestinians.

www.declassifieduk.org

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Lina Srivastava @linasrivastava.bsky.social · 2d

Mid-day break reading: "Sholay" truly is one of the greatest films ever made.

(And this long-read doesn't mention it, but it also has one of the great theme songs ever.)

www.filmcomment.com/blog/sholay-...

Sholay at 50: How the East Was Won

Unchained: Ramesh Sippy’s swashbuckling 1975 epic mashes together tropes from westerns, dacoit films, silent comedies, and musicals to create an entirely unique cult classic

www.filmcomment.com

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"spooky sukkot" daniel s. @self.agency · 2d

they getting tax breaks to lay off their own workers, destroy creative jobs with automation, drink up all our water, and drive our electrical bills through the roof

More Perfect Union @moreperfectunion.bsky.social · 2d

37 states have passed legislation specifically granting sales tax exemptions for data centers.

Among the beneficiaries of these exemptions are Amazon, Meta and Google, all companies worth over $1 trillion.

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Lina Srivastava @linasrivastava.bsky.social · 2d

This is really, really bad. There is no "both-sides" to this. It's horrific.

Gregory Pratt @royalpratt.bsky.social · 2d

The President of the United States is calling for the mayor of Chicago and governor of Illinois to be jailed.

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Anjali Dayal @anjalikdayal.bsky.social · 3d

Now is the winter of our discontent
Made glorious summer by this inflatable frog

Melissa Gira Grant @melissagiragrant.com · 3d

Incredible (via www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...)

A group of apparent armed agents assemble at the end of a street, as seen from the perspective of a person in inflatable frog costume, their frog’s eyes dominating the foreground. The Ice facility in downtown Portland on Monday. Photograph: Mathieu Lewis-Rolland/AFP/Getty Images

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Solomon @solomonmissouri.bsky.social · 3d

The UN has sent peacekeepers in for less

Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 4d

Turning the military on citizens.

Attempting to rig elections.

Toying with the idea of declaring martial law.

Attacking political enemies and punishing those who speak out.

If this were happening in another country, what would you call it?

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Melanie D’Arrigo @darrigomelanie.bsky.social · 3d

I feel like this photo of masked, armed men pepper spraying a pastor protecting his community is going to be a defining picture of this moment in America for a long, long time.

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Lina Srivastava @linasrivastava.bsky.social · 3d

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Scoiattolo @offline.mountainherder.xyz · 3d

Buncha dudes from rural counties who are terrified of America cities who are shitting their pants because a 5’4” lady took a video of them are definitely going to end up massacring a bunch of innocent Americans. It’s just a matter of when.

Prem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · 3d

I fear if things don’t change right now, this image is going to come back to haunt us

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