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Brian Tyler Cohen @briantylercohen.bsky.social · 18h

Multiple airports are now announcing they will refuse to play Kristi Noem’s government-funded video blaming “Democrats” for the government shutdown.

“We believe the Hatch Act clearly prohibits use of public assets for political purposes and messaging,” one airport said.

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Matunos @matunos.bsky.social · 13h

what fantastic trip that movie was, like halfway through it felt like Willy Wonka's Wondrous Boat Ride

Matunos @matunos.bsky.social · 13h

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www.reddit.com/r/Seattle/s/...

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Matunos @matunos.bsky.social · 18h

This is an interesting addendum because it's made in the context of leftists agreeing with Nazis… is a refusal to condemn Hamas common among Nazis?

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Matunos @matunos.bsky.social · 18h

Let's consider a more basic example: if I observe that the Earth revolves around the Sun, and most Nazis also observe that basic fact, would you characterize it as me agreeing with the Nazis?

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Matunos @matunos.bsky.social · 18h

you can't appropriate a combination that didn't previously existed. this is cultural miscegenation

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☠️deadward niedermurder☠️ @niedermeyer.online · 18h

Columbian Exchange Day is a great idea because it proves how much and how recently most national-cultural identities were constructed out of diverse global components.

If you can't imagine Italian, German, Korean, Indian, or any other national food without new world plants, what are they, really?

Ryan Moulton @moultano.bsky.social · 19h

Perhaps instead of Columbus Day we can celebrate Columbian Exchange Day where we celebrate the food pairings that had never been possible before, peppers and onions, chocolate and coffee, basil and tomatoes.

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Matunos @matunos.bsky.social · 18h

and the asteroid is full of gold

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Patrick Wyman @patrickwyman.bsky.social · 18h

My favorite aspect of the Columbus legend is him getting rejected by the Portuguese gets spun as them not recognizing the genius of his idea. No - he went into a roomful of expert navigators and made basic math mistakes, they thought he was a moron, and they wouldn't fund his idea on that basis.

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José Sepúlveda @josesepulveda.bsky.social · 1d

ProPublica obtained records from the Department of Agriculture that detail the 94 million pounds of food, down to the number of eggs, that never reached food banks because of the #Trump administration’s cuts to The Emergency Food Assistance Program.

My latest video for @propublica.org.

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DegenerateHomeschooler @tonydelvecchio.bsky.social · 4d

We investigated the witness list from Illinois' homeschool bill and identified at least nine registered child sex offenders submitted testimony against it

Law Banning Child Sex Offenders From Homeschooling Stalled After Nine Child Sex Offenders Testify Against It

Illinois lawmakers proposed the state's first protections for homeschooled children; at least nine registered child sex offenders appeared as witnesses against the now-stalled bill.

www.spoonbeltandrod.com

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Matunos @matunos.bsky.social · 19h

a ripe age, perhaps

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Matunos @matunos.bsky.social · 19h

those two functioning neurons of his got spinning when you repeated his words back to him "oops, forgot I'm on video!"

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Jeffrey Vagle of the Carcosa Vagles @jvagle.me · 20h

We're seeing variants of this dynamic over and over (and over). These are not the words and actions of a disciplined, principled, and honorable government agent. They rather reflect the toxic mindset that holds that "if you're not cop you're little people" and "rules just get in the way."

Jonah @anotherjonah.bsky.social · 1d

This morning I was filming ICE abducting sometime in Petworth. One of the agents told me "the last US citizen that did this he put in cuffs all the way to the courtroom".

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Matunos @matunos.bsky.social · 19h

Just learned about this today. What great news and a great choice!

The Author Village @theauthorvillage.bsky.social · 9d

Reading Rainbow Is Back With a New Host -- @mychal3ts.bsky.social -- And The Same Mission

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/04/s...

‘Reading Rainbow’ Comes Back With a New Host, but the Same Mission

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tamara nopper @tamaranopper.bsky.social · 20h

I might not find some political activism that compelling but I try to keep in mind Kwame Ture's point:

"You don't criticize somebody who's doing something when you doing nothing."

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Matunos @matunos.bsky.social · 20h

Since it is publicly known that ICE is taking people with legal authorization to be in the country (including citizens) based on characteristics such as apparent ethnicity and job, it's a reasonable belief that someone seeking safe harbor has legal authorization and hasn't committed any crime.

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Matunos @matunos.bsky.social · 20h

8 US Code § 1324's harboring provisions are predicated on "knowing or in reckless disregard of the fact that an alien has come to, entered, or remains in the United States in violation of law"…

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Matunos @matunos.bsky.social · 20h

tbf they're both easy to confuse

Matunos @matunos.bsky.social · 20h

if unearned praise drives a wedge among House Republicans, I'll allow it

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Matunos @matunos.bsky.social · 20h

strategically useful too because it will make it nearly impossible for law enforcement to tie any particular outfit to an individual across multiple nights

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Tyler King @tyleraking.com · 21h

Portland

Mike @mike.perham.net · 22h

One thing I haven’t seen reported about the ICE building protest: they have 10-20 costumes on a rack that anyone is free to use. Put it on, inflate it and protest!

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Matunos @matunos.bsky.social · 20h

every city deserves a mayor who loves their city and its people as much as Zohran Mamdani loves NYC

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Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 21h

I thought this was lovely.

"A few years ago I received a DM from Zohran Kwame Mamdani. Only recently did I discover its existence. It was a very unusual DM—especially coming from a local assemblyman who would soon be running for higher office. He had very little name recognition at the time, and could have benefited from publicity. But unlike the thousands of messages I’ve received from people with something to promote, Zohran did not ask to be featured on Humans of New York. Instead he asked if he could introduce me to taxi drivers that were struggling beneath the burden of debt. Coming from a man with political ambitions, this self-denying request was so strange as to be almost singular. I don’t endorse politicians on Humans of New York. But I’ll endorse a good man. And it was a good man who cleared 30 minutes from his schedule yesterday to swing by Grand Central and visit Dear New York’s Vanderbilt Hall Exhibition. Nearly fifty-student artists were visiting that day with their families, and I thought a surprise visit from this widely-loved future mayor would be a special memory for all of them. Before Zohran’s arrival I was convinced I’d made a terrible mistake. The exhibit was filled to capacity with adult visitors. Dear New York is self-funded so there was very little staff and security for crowd control. In the crush of people I was almost certain this special day for the kids would devolve into thirty minutes of selfie requests. But everyone rose to the occasion."

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"Hundreds of adults quickly cleared the room and stood outside the exhibit. Eleven very notable adult photographers are also featured in the show, but even they took a step back, so that these students could briefly have the stage to themselves. Each child stood by their work and Zohran was able to meet all of them, one at a time, and honor their contributions to the most-visited art show in New York City. Thanks to everyone who ceded the stage yesterday to make this moment possible. Thank you Zohran for literally sitting down on the floor so that these young artists could feel so tall. Thanks for continually centering other people in your life and work. And thank you, for being such an important part of Dear New York."

A large group of children and adults pose together indoors in front of a sign reading "DEAR." A man in a suit sits cross-legged in front, surrounded by smiling kids. The background features an ornate architectural detail.

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Matunos @matunos.bsky.social · 20h

we can get right on both, and neither is likely to be satisfied unless Democrats take back Congress

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