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Dr. Lucky Tran @luckytran.com · 7h

15 US states and territories have formed a new Public Health Alliance, which will counter the absence of federal leadership by tracking outbreaks, issuing guidance, buying vaccines and more.

Members of the new alliance include CA, CO, CT, DE, GU, HI, IL, MD, MA, NJ, NY, NC, OR, RI, WA.

Map: Governors Public Health Alliance
* Guam is also a member of the alliance
Updated October 15, 2025
Map: @luckytran • Created with Datawrapper

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Bird Lives @birdlives1.bsky.social · 12h

Hbd to the great Bill Charlap! 🎂 Probably my favorite Charlap album here 👇 2007. Maybe a little more spirited than some of the studio albums. Wonderful! 🍷 (And hey, it's Autumn in New York.)
#jazzsky, #jazz, #nowplaying

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Julianne McShane @juliannemcshane.bsky.social · 13h

NEW @motherjones.com: Nobody in that GOP group chat praising Hitler or making racist comments was a “kid,” as JD Vance claimed today

I tracked down their ages. (Weirdly, it seems nobody else did.)

Eight of the 11 in the group chat range from 24 to 35. Ages of others are unclear.

But… no “kids”!

No one in the GOP Hitler chat was a "kid"

We checked. Sorry, JD Vance.

www.motherjones.com

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Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 14h

“The Defense Department has confiscated the badges of the Pentagon reporters from virtually every major media organization in America,” the Pentagon Press Association said

Oct. 15, 2025
PENTAGON PRESS ASSOCIATION
STATEMENT
Today, the Defense Department confiscated the badges of the Pentagon reporters from virtually every major media organization in America. It did this because reporters would not sign onto a new media policy over its implicit threat of criminalizing national security reporting and exposing those who sign it to potential prosecution.
The Pentagon Press Association's members are still committed to reporting on the U.S. military. But make no mistake, today, Oct. 15, 2025 is a dark day for press freedom that raises concerns about a weakening U.S. commitment to transparency in governance, to public accountability at the Pentagon and to free speech for all.
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Micah @rincewind.run · 15h

I think two things are true:

1. young republicans were always terrible and racist

2. young republicans become openly hitler-loving groypers is in fact a new and alarming development that is worth paying attention to

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Sloth or entropy @ludditerobot.bsky.social · 16h

Yeah there's all kinds of shitty things here for sure, but I would point out that if he represents Dave Taylor, that's the 2nd district, which spans the southern border across Kentucky and W Virginia. 96% white, 98% US born (and 80% born in OH) per census data. A very specific kind of Ohio

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Al Jazeera English @aljazeera.com · 22h

Human Rights Watch found a major international company could be sourcing cattle from ranches linked to deforestation.

Is your beef linked to Amazon deforestation? A report highlights loopholes

Human Rights Watch found a major international company could be sourcing cattle from ranches linked to deforestation.

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Santiago Mayer @santiagomayer.com · 17h

Holy shit. This is Angelo Elia, a legislative correspondent for Congressman Dave Taylor.

According to @rooster.info, during a Zoom meeting today, he had an American nazi flag displayed in the background.

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Scott Tobias @scotttobias.bsky.social · 21h

Thought you’d want to look at this one: thereveal.film/interview-ke...

Interview: Kevin Tighe on ‘One Battle After Another’ and a great career on stage and screen

The great character actor talks about his return to the screen in 'One Battle After Another' and a half-century journey in the business.

thereveal.film

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Catherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 23h

A Chicago teacher said tear gas deployed by ICE drifted toward a school playground, forcing students and recess indoors.
www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...

Chicago teachers say immigration enforcement near schools is scaring kids and disrupting class

Staff members are reporting ICE activity and patrolling areas around their schools and, in some cases, escorting families to and from school.

www.nbcnews.com

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Sloth or entropy @ludditerobot.bsky.social · 1d

Posted this yesterday because the holidays have totally confused me. Enjoy it again on what I’m told is the actual October 15th

David Leheny @davidleheny.bsky.social · 1d

Jazz OTD: It's a bit early in the morning for me, so to commemorate Wayne Shorter's famously complex, hard-charging masterpiece "The All-Seeing Eye" (recorded October 15, 1965) here's the most outwardly calm, ruminative piece on the great album. #jazzsky

Face Of The Deep

YouTube video by Wayne Shorter - Topic

www.youtube.com

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David Leheny @davidleheny.bsky.social · 1d

Jazz OTD: This gorgeous version of the Lionel Hampton/Sonny Burke/Johnny Mercer song "Midnight Sun" was one of 11 tracks Ella Fitzgerald recorded on October 15, 1957 with a Frank DeVol-led orchestra for her album "Like Someone In Love." #Jazzsky

Ella Fitzgerald - Midnight Sun (1957)

YouTube video by sondenkind

www.youtube.com

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Luke Plunkett @lukeplunkett.com · 1d

kids teacher just sent this home as part of an assignment he's doing and i want to smash every computer at the school

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Leah Millis @leahmillis.bsky.social · 1d

The @chicago.suntimes.com photographer who risked their personal health and safety to take this photograph is Anthony Vazquez. Please credit photographers and media outlets. In this age of misinformation, a photo with no context could be anything at all.

50501: The People’s Movement ❌👑 @50501movement.bsky.social · 1d

Please remind us who the domestic terrorists are again.

Photo from Chicago: DHS militarized agent holding a gun up directly in someone’s face as the victim has their hands up, pleading for them not to shoot.

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Jill Twiss @jilltwiss.bsky.social · 1d

Hi what

Headline: “nature’s labubu: why are gen z unboxing conkers?”

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Kristi Yamaguccimane @wapplehouse.bsky.social · 1d

Hilarious story. Young people are simultaneously gonna be alright and levels of cooked we’ve never seen before.

The Numbers Six and Seven Are Making Life Hell for Math
Teachers
'Six seven' sends teens into a frenzy that schools have been powerless to stop. 'It's like throwing catnip at cats!

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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 1d

X post today from Homeland Security @DHSgov that says "Remigrate."
3:06 PM · Oct 14, 2025

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Chris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social · 1d

Unless and until some kind of compelling legal and moral argument is presented as to why this is a legitimate use of deadly force, this is just…mass murder.

Amarnath Amarasingam @amaramarasingam.bsky.social · 1d

The military has now killed 27 people as if they were enemy soldiers in a war zone and not criminal suspects. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/14/u...

U.S. Military Kills Another 6 People in 5th Caribbean Strike, Trump Says

www.nytimes.com

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wargen @funeralpig.bsky.social · 1d

Before you embark on a journey of revenge, dig two graves. One for practice and the other one is the "main" grave.

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Sloth or entropy @ludditerobot.bsky.social · 1d

D'Angelo and The Vanguard - Back to the Future (Part I) (Audio)

YouTube video by DAngeloVEVO

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Seth Cotlar @sethcotlar.bsky.social · 1d

This dynamic of Young Republicans staking out positions far to the right of older, more "normie" Republicans has been a feature of the US conservative movement since the 1960s. Over time those further right elements just got incorporated into the mainstream. bsky.app/profile/seth...

Seth Cotlar @sethcotlar.bsky.social · Mar 11

In 1966 the New Jersey Young Republicans had a habit of singing racist and antisemitic songs at their gatherings. The lyrics to one went “Riding the Reich in my Mercedes Benz, shooting every kike, saving all my friends." Hartford Courant, 13 February 1966.

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Chanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 @chanda.blacksky.app · 1d

'“Can we fix the showers? Gas chambers don’t fit the Hitler aesthetic,” Joe Maligno...wrote'

'Many of the chat members already work inside government or party politics, and one serves as a state senator.'

‘I love Hitler’: Leaked messages expose Young Republicans’ racist chat

Thousands of private messages reveal young GOP leaders joking about gas chambers, slavery and rape.

www.politico.com

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Sloth or entropy @ludditerobot.bsky.social · 1d

Top 3 blockable offenses honestly

Kat Tenbarge @kattenbarge.bsky.social · 1d

People commenting that there’s a paywall on articles is one of the most enraging things because not only is it like going to the movie theater and being like hey :( this ticket costs money :( but it’s also so easy to bypass most major paywalls if you can’t afford the subscription

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Ann Powers @annkpowers.bsky.social · 1d

D'Angelo was remarkable in so many ways. I'm saddest right now, as a fan, that we won't be getting an eccentric late period from him. His contributions remain inestimable but what he would have made in his 50s and onward, I just know it would have been amazing. RIP

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David Leheny @davidleheny.bsky.social · 1d

Jazz OTD: Drummer Billy Hart's masterful quartet -- with Mark Turner (ts), @ethaniversonpiano.bsky.social, and Ben Street (b) -- will play next month at Harlem's Smoke for the release of their forthcoming album. They recorded "Quartet" on October 14-15, 2005, and it's absolutely wonderful. #jazzsky

Billy Hart - Irah

YouTube video by Jazz Everyday!

www.youtube.com

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