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Natanya Biskar

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the spider who lives in my shower is obsessed with me. Writer with a day job | Words in Subtropics and Indiana Review and Self | she/her

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Natanya Biskar @natanyabiskar.bsky.social · Nov 12

a girl should not have to work if it’s misty. She should be allowed to wander the moors wailing as nature intended

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Greg the Miller @gregthemiller.bsky.social · 15h

they should just make carpet out of pet stain remover

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Natanya Biskar @natanyabiskar.bsky.social · 16h

my culture is not your costume

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Greg the Miller @gregthemiller.bsky.social · 1d

this meeting needs a jump to recipe button

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The Amytyville Horror @msfoxifurnasty.bsky.social · 1d

he was as impotent as someone posting “25TH AMENDMENT NOW” on a social media website

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Zach Everson @zacheverson.com · 8d

"Billionaire Trump Donor Paulson Scores Windfall Thanks To Government’s Investment In Trilogy Metals"

@hanktucker1.bsky.social for @forbes.com

Billionaire Trump Donor Paulson Scores Windfall Thanks To Government’s Investment In Trilogy Metals

One of Donald Trump’s earliest supporters on Wall Street owns a stake in the tiny mining business that tripled overnight on news of the government’s investment.

www.forbes.com

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George Conway 🇺🇸🚫👑🐸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 11d

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 15d

the president of the united states wants to use the american military to kill american citizens on american soil. that's the whole story!

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Laura Bassett @lebassett.bsky.social · 22d

More than 1800 detainees are missing after the closure of Alligator Alcatraz. Their families and lawyers can’t find them and they’ve vanished from the ICE database. Feels like this should be a much bigger story www.miamiherald.com/news/local/i...

Hundreds of Alligator Alcatraz detainees drop off the grid after leaving site

As of the end of August, the whereabouts of two-thirds of more than 1,800 men detained at Alligator Alcatraz during the month of July could not be determined by the Miami Herald.

www.miamiherald.com

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Saeed Jones @theferocity.bsky.social · Aug 30

I think the models on #ProjectRunway should get a vote.

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The Amytyville Horror @msfoxifurnasty.bsky.social · 25d

maybe he’s cake remember when everything was cake? has anyone checked maybe the whole regime is cake

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Greg Greene (he/him/his) @greene.haus · 29d

This is re: TikTok and X — and Meta, having long employed former Republican operative and Kavanaugh pal Joel Kaplan, just hired right-wing influencer Robby Starbuck to help it ferret out bias in its AI systems.

Neat.

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Jessica Kant @jessdkant.bsky.social · 29d

You mean this was all a ploy to turn TikTok into a state-aligned asset? Omg who could have seen that coming?

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Potato Cat @sappo7.bsky.social · 29d

SpaceX branded cocaine. 6 million dollars of SpaceX cocaine

The Independent @the-independent.com · 29d

Pilot dies after plane carrying nearly 200kg of SpaceX-branded cocaine crashes in remote Brazil

Pilot dies after plane carrying 180kg of SpaceX-branded cocaine crashes in Brazil

www.independent.co.uk

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Stan Oklobdzija @stano.bsky.social · Sep 15

Pretty crazy how "America is a legit, no bullshit fascist country" is now a NYT headline.

White House Plans Broad Crackdown on Liberal Groups

www.nytimes.com

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Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · Sep 15

We're witnessing the most aggressive, fanatical crackdown on free speech in my lifetime. The speed and breadth of government censorship and private sector and nonprofit capitulation has been astonishing. As has the lack of urgency/silence from people who've long claimed to care about this stuff.

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David Slack @slack2thefuture.bsky.social · Sep 15

Every single person sent to CECOT was denied their 5th Amendment right to due process and their 8th Amendment right not to be subjected to cruel and unusual punishment.

Every single person involved in denying these rights must be removed from their job and criminally prosecuted.

ProPublica @propublica.org · Sep 14

Many of the men deported to CECOT said they are permanently changed: struggling to sleep, drink water or leave their homes.

One man broke into tears describing how he had a panic attack the first time he walked down a busy Venezuelan street.

What I Witnessed as I Photographed the Disappearances and the Homecomings of My Countrymen

Over the past four months, a photojournalist documented the lives of five families whose sons had been imprisoned in El Salvador, including their long-awaited reunions. CECOT left a mark on the men, t...

www.propublica.org

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Karen Attiah @karenattiah.bsky.social · Sep 15

Some personal news:

I've been fired from the Washington Post in the aftermath of the Charlie Kirk shooting.

Thread incoming.

substack.com/@karenattiah...

The Washington Post Fired Me — But My Voice Will Not Be Silenced.

I spoke out against hatred and violence in America — and it cost me my job.

substack.com

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Upstate Bozo @stuntbirdarmy.bsky.social · Sep 12

Keep picturing Patel dropping the casings in terror after reading “if you read this youre gay”

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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · Sep 12

Nancy Mace acting on disinformation that the shooter was trans: goes off on tirade against "trannies"

Nancy Mace when the actual shooter is a Christian white man: "he's just a poor lost boy, let us pray for him."

A screenshot of a tweet from the Daily Caller, which has been reposted by Rep. Nancy Mace. The tweet reads: "'ENOUGH IS ENOUGH': Rep. Nancy Mace comments on reports of Charlie Kirk's killer allegedly being 'pro-tranny'". The tweet includes a video thumbnail showing Rep. Nancy Mace outdoors wearing sunglasses and speaking to reporters. The timestamp is 11:29 AM, September 11, 2025.

A screenshot of a tweet from Rep. Nancy Mace (@RepNancyMace). The tweet, posted at 10:36 AM on September 12, 2025, reads: "We know Charlie Kirk would want us to pray for such an evil, and lost individual like Tyler Robinson to find Jesus Christ. We will try to do the same."

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Molly Knight @mollyknight.bsky.social · Sep 8

what a humiliating way for don jr. to find out his dad sends birthday cards.

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Ashton Pittman @ashtonpittman.bsky.social · Sep 9

The goal here is nationwide Jim Crow—obliterating Black political power under the false guise of colorblind "partisan redistricting."

Ari Berman @ariberman.bsky.social · Sep 9

Breaking: Missouri House passes new gerrymandered US House map giving GOP 90% of seats in state Trump won with 58% of vote. Destroys district held by Black Rep Emanuel Cleaver, one of 2 Dems in state

Texas was just start of Trump’s sweeping plan to rig midterms www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

Project 2026: Trump's plan to rig the next election

From nationalizing voter suppression to flooding the streets with federal agents, the president and his allies are using all the tricks in the authoritarian playbook to tilt the midterms in their favo...

www.motherjones.com

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Mina Kimes @minakimes.bsky.social · Sep 4

A generational talent if you ask me

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The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · Aug 17

Federal agents violently detained a food delivery driver as he emerged from a D.C. coffee shop Saturday morning.

The incident captured on video showed the officers throwing him to the ground and beating him before sweeping him away in an unmarked vehicle. wapo.st/45Egtkc

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Ian Livingston @ianlivingston.bsky.social · Aug 17

Outside Dupont north metro

Sandwich man posters next to Dupont circle metro stop

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · Aug 15

Imagine if they’d had sandwiches. 🥪

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