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Sharon @sharonk.bsky.social · 7h

Da Pope

Rich Raho @richraho.bsky.social · 11h

Pope to Chicago Labor Leaders: “Please know of my appreciation for your welcome of immigrants and refugees, especially your support of food pantries and shelters….I encourage you to continue to advocate for society to respect the human dignity of the most vulnerable.” www.vatican.va/content/leo-...

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Sharon @sharonk.bsky.social · 6h

this is bad for society but incredibly funny

This is the birthday text I received from my sister

[obviously GPTd message]

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 12h

Witkoff tries to praise Netanyahu in Tel Aviv, but has a hard time finishing his thought because of booing

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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 3h

FUCK ICE FOREVER

Lynn Becker @cmgiulini.bsky.social · 4h

After spending 43 years in prison for a crime he didn't commit, evidence hidden by the prosecution reversed his conviction. Rather than finally enjoying freedom, ICE abducted him for deportation

Depraved.

www.miamiherald.com/news/local/i...

He was wrongfully imprisoned for 43 years. Moments after being released, ICE took him

Subramanyam “Subu” Vedam now faces deportation.

www.miamiherald.com

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Nat in Great Lakes Fall Color @nzorach.bsky.social · 13h

ok nerds

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Merriam-Webster @merriam-webster.com · 1d

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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Drew Harwell @drewharwell.com · 1d

Military families on day 9 of the shutdown lining up at the food bank

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Nat in Great Lakes Fall Color @nzorach.bsky.social · 17h

THEY DID NOT

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Nat in Great Lakes Fall Color @nzorach.bsky.social · 1d

i'm just gonna start making stuff up to my students

"in paris-- i've seen it, people, they build houses out of the baguette. nobody knew this. they don't even use stick framing. no light gauge steel, no masonry. just houses built out of baguettes, you've never seen anything like it."

Joe Walsh @walshfreedom.bsky.social · 1d

Every word he says here is a lie. Every. Single. Word. He’s living in an alternate reality. #25thAmendment.

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Bobby Kogan @bbkogan.bsky.social · 1d

Three key points:
1) The admin has been planning mass firings to begin in October since February
2) The work necessary to carry out mass firings is illegal during a shutdown, violating the Antideficiency Act, which carries a criminal penalty
3) This harms America, ridding us of talent and expertise

Russ Vought v @russvought
The RIFs have begun.
12:27 PM • 10/10/25 • 15K Views

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Nat in Great Lakes Fall Color @nzorach.bsky.social · 1d

Copilot intuitively understands that its human masters are, in fact, full of shit. *creepy British dandy voice* and yet it will not indulge me in my discussion of revolution. Such a pity.

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Nat in Great Lakes Fall Color @nzorach.bsky.social · 1d

Congratulations Californians on this aspicious [sic] day, with the passage of SB 79.

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Nat in Great Lakes Fall Color @nzorach.bsky.social · 1d

I feel like I come across these weird vestigial remnants of/references to polytheism in the Torah and they are just like mysterious and fascinating. Shabbat shalom, by the way

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Heartland Signal @heartlandsignal.bsky.social · 1d

BREAKING: Masked Border Patrol agents aggressively arrested WGN video producer Debbie Brockman in Lincoln Square Friday morning, supposedly for "obstructing justice." (Video via Josh Thomas on Facebook)

Follow @heartlandsignal for more.

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 1d

“I’m worried about my community… I’m out here in a frog costume to show how ridiculous the notion that we’re violent terrorists is, and showcase how that narrative is wrong…”

Serious Q: is it too late to give this dude the Nobel Peace Prize? 🐸 🏆

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 1d

Amazing what happens when you give the guy a plane

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Nat in Great Lakes Fall Color @nzorach.bsky.social · 1d

One could also argue that prayer without action in many cases misses the point, because action rationalizes faith-- demonstrating a love of God by demonstrating a love of one's fellow human

Charlotte Johnson @revcharjohnson.bsky.social · 2d

Today, I was asked how to pray for us in Chicago. I responded with a detailed list of ways they can engage with the justice issues using time, money, or influence.

White evangelicalism's belief that prayer *by itself* will change the world is messed up and dangerous. We gotta act *and* pray.⚓️

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Nat in Great Lakes Fall Color @nzorach.bsky.social · 1d

A state that is famously welcoming to newcomers, right? Especially ones who aren't right wing white people?

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Nat in Great Lakes Fall Color @nzorach.bsky.social · 1d

Lloyd Smucker (R-PA) is threatening to sue the newspaper in my hometown and recruited some MAGA goon lawyer to do so.

You can call him at (202) 225-2411 to tell him this is appalling.

These people do not deserve time off until they stop desecrating this country.

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Nat in Great Lakes Fall Color @nzorach.bsky.social · 1d

Can I fill the deepening void in my soul by acquiring more New Era 59FIFTY hats?

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 2d

practically a requirement for this administration to be a sex pest

Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 2d

"30-year-old conservative lawyer and activist who is Trump’s nominee to lead the Office of Special Counsel, which deals with federal employee whistleblower complaints and discrimination" cancelled his colleague's hotel room so she would be forced to stay with him.
www.politico.com/news/2025/10...

In late July, Paul Ingrassia, the White House liaison for the Department of Homeland Security, arrived at a Ritz-Carlton in Orlando with a lower-ranking female colleague and others from their department. When the group reached the front desk, the woman learned she didn’t have a hotel room.

Ingrassia then informed her that she would be staying with him, according to five administration officials familiar with the episode. Eventually the woman discovered that Ingrassia had arranged ahead of time to have her hotel room canceled so she would have to stay with him, three of those officials said.

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Nat in Great Lakes Fall Color @nzorach.bsky.social · 1d

wow

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Nat in Great Lakes Fall Color @nzorach.bsky.social · 1d

It's a bizarre, twisted sort of horseshoe when the people arguing against his historically authoritarian communist governmental functions are now immediately labeled Marxists

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Max Dubler 🏳️‍🌈 @maxdubler.com · 1d

This bill I wrote is now law.

California YIMBY @cayimby.bsky.social · 1d

[VICTORY ALERT] Governor Newsom has signed AB 1154, which will make it faster, cheaper, and easier to add small accessory dwelling units to existing homes.

Our statement: cayimby.org/news-events/...

California Law Makes it Easier to Build Small, In-Home ADUs

New Law Signed by Gov. Gavin Newsom Removes Barriers, Imposes Standards

cayimby.org

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Nat in Great Lakes Fall Color @nzorach.bsky.social · 1d

Someone in my neighborhood put a Charlie Kirk sign in their front yard?? What do I do with that???

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