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Paul Cohen @paulecohen.bsky.social · 5h

Cells. Interlinked

Gabrielle Hecht has no more spoons @gabriellehecht.bsky.social · 5h

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✪ Jonathan H. Gray: “Professor of Halloweenery” ✪ @jongraywb.bsky.social · 5h

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NightMar on Hicks Street, Part 4: The Rabbit’s Revenge @histoftech.bsky.social · 8h

The Virginia Senate just told UVA it’s not getting state funding if it accepts the compact since UVA exists to serve Virginia, its residents, & their interests—not be a tool of the federal govt. Scoop from our student newspaper, who’ve been doing vital reporting www.cavalierdaily.com/article/2025...

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Paul Cohen @paulecohen.bsky.social · 5h

it boggles the imagination that a nation's entire pundit class seriously entertained the possibility that there might have been even one single person in the Kingdom of Norway who for even an instant considered awarding the Nobel to Trump

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Barred and Boujee aka Madiba Dennie @audrelawdamercy.bsky.social · 7h

aaand we are officially in the hide-your-neighbors stage

Sophie Sherry @sophiesherry.bsky.social · 10h

During a military-style raid on a building in Chicago’s South Shore, one resident heard a knock on his door.   It wasn’t the feds — it was a mom and her 7-year-old daughter, pleading for help.

He let them hide in his unit for the next 3 days.

chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...

Neighbor shielded 7-year-old during South Shore federal raid: ‘I didn’t want them to take her’

During the Sept. 30 raid one tenant protected a terrified girl and her mom. Remnants at the complex, including a detailed map of all the units, offer clues to what authorities may have known before th...

chicago.suntimes.com

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MissFalcon @missfalcon.bsky.social · 5h

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Paul Cohen @paulecohen.bsky.social · 5h

Ladies and gentlemen, Tom Friedman!

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/09/o...

Opinion | Give Trump the Nobel for Gaza, if He Does the Harder Parts to Come

www.nytimes.com

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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 10h

The Canadian boycott of travel to the U.S. continued through September—cementing an enormous economic loss for American tourism in 2025 as visitors from around the world choose not to travel to the States amid geopolitical tensions.
www.forbes.com/sites/suzann...

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Paul Cohen @paulecohen.bsky.social · 5h

when we write the obituary of the American higher education system, the NYT will surely figure as an accessory to the murder

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/10/o...

Opinion | Academia Is Broken. Trump’s University ‘Compact’ Can Help Fix It.

www.nytimes.com

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Paul Cohen @paulecohen.bsky.social · 9h

this is how Rome was sacked

Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 10h

The US military stops getting paid from next week.

White House has, for now, ruled out legislative fix for military pay

Over 1 million military paychecks could go unfulfilled on Oct. 15.

www.politico.com

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Costa Samaras @costasamaras.com · 1d

Picture how big the Hoover Dam is. An absolute unit. The Hoover Dam has a power capacity of 2 gigawatts (GW).

The solar farm that the Admin just cancelled could have produces 6.2 GW of power. That's more than 3 Hoover Dams.

jael holzman @jael.bsky.social · 1d

SCOOP: The Bureau of Land Management says the largest solar project in Nevada — the Esmeralda 7 mega-farm — has been canceled

The news was quietly dropped via a sudden website update with no public word from any of the companies involved or a statement from the agency

@heatmap.news

Esmeralda 7 Solar Project Has Been Canceled, BLM Says

It would have delivered a gargantuan 6.2 gigawatts of power.

heatmap.news

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This skeet will self destruct @pardoguerra.bsky.social · 1d

Mary mother of Christ, these people are overpaid fools.

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The Daily Show @thedailyshow.com · 1d

The following is REAL footage from Portland, 2025. Viewer discretion is advised.

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Tade Thompson @tadethompson.bsky.social · 19h

It's important to focus on who won, not who did not.

Nobel peace prize 2025 live: María Corina Machado wins for work promoting democratic rights in Venezuela

US president had been conducting campaign to influence prize committee

www.theguardian.com

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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 1d

John Buss, Repeat1968

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Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 1d

New Yorkers know Attorney General James for who she is: a champion for justice who fights relentlessly for the people. Donald Trump knows her only as an obstacle to his corruption.

My full statement:

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Paul Cohen @paulecohen.bsky.social · 1d

Consolidating authoritarianism

Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 1d

Breaking on MSNBC: New York AG Letitia James has been indicted.

Lindsey Halligan, who presented a grand jury with the case against James Comey, gave the presentation to the James grand jury.

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Paul Cohen @paulecohen.bsky.social · 1d

au contraire, ce n'est même pas surprenant

Monomarchos @monomarchos.agency · 1d

C'est invraisemblable
www.mediapart.fr/journal/poli...

Le secrétaire général de l’Élysée a participé au pot de départ en détention de Nicolas Sarkozy

En pleine crise de régime, le bras droit d’Emmanuel Macron s’est rendu à la soirée organisée par l’ancien président de la République avant son incarcération. Nicolas Sarkozy est convoqué le 13 octobr…

www.mediapart.fr

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Paul Cohen @paulecohen.bsky.social · 1d

wut

Justin Baragona @justinbaragona.bsky.social · 1d

Besides linking Tylenol in pregnant women to autism, RFK Jr. now says circumcision is part of the reason why kids are autistic.

"Children who are circumcised early have double the rate of autism, and it's highly likely because they're given Tylenol. None of this is positive..."

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Paul Cohen @paulecohen.bsky.social · 1d

better yet, choose between translating Celebrity Traitors into ancient Greek or watching the Frances O'Conner Mansfield Park movie

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Paul Cohen @paulecohen.bsky.social · 1d

Nothing says peacemaker more than striking fear into the weak to force them to praise you as a peacemaker

Randall Stephens @randalljstephens.bsky.social · 1d

“With hours to go until the announcement of this year’s Nobel peace prize, Norwegian politicians were steeling themselves for potential repercussions to US-Norway relations if it is not awarded to Donald Trump.”

Norway braces for Trump’s reaction if he does not win Nobel peace prize

US president may impose tariffs, demand higher Nato contributions or even declare Norway an enemy, analyst says

www.theguardian.com

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Paul Cohen @paulecohen.bsky.social · 1d

Nay, I say, the Prince of Peace

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

VARNEY: There's virtually universal agreement on this program that the president should get the Nobel Peace Prize. After all, if Obama can get one for doing very little, surely President Trump can get one for bringing peace.

JONI ERNST: Exactly. President Trump is the president of peace.

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Paul Cohen @paulecohen.bsky.social · 1d

were I asked to identify the precise moment when the United States ceased to be a liberal democracy, I would choose this one

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · May 20

HASSAN: What is habeas corpus?

NOEM: Habeas corpus is a constitutional right that the president has to be able to remove people from this country

HASSAN: That's incorrect

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ae @aelkus.bsky.social · 1d

i really do believe even skynet won’t fix these features

Yair Wallach @yairwallach.bsky.social · 1d

Hey Microsoft, before you transform humanity with artificial general intelligence, can you just get the search to work on Outlook?

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EmmanuelSPV @emmanuelspv.bsky.social · 1d

D'après les derniers chiffres du recensement de l'INSEE, pour aller au travail, l'usage du vélo a maintenant dépassé l'usage du 2RM dans tous les arrondissements de Paris, même dans le 16ème.

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Jack Jenkins @jackjenkins.me · 3d

Gonna be thinking about this lede for a minute.

(RNS) — Last month, the Rev. David Black stood in front of a Chicago-area U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility and spread his arms wide. Adorned in all black and wearing a clerical collar, the pastor looked up at a group of masked, heavily armed ICE agents on the roof and began to pray.

“I invited them to repentance,” Black, a minister in the Presbyterian Church (USA), said in an interview. “I basically offered an altar call. I invited them to come and receive that salvation, and be part of the kingdom that is coming.”

But when Black began to lower his arms a few seconds later, the agents responded to his spiritual plea by firing pepper balls, or chemical agents that cause eye irritation and respiratory distress, video footage shows. One struck Black in the head, exploding into a puff of white pepper smoke and forcing him to his knees. Fellow demonstrators rushed to his aid, and as the pastor rubbed his face in pain, the agents continued to fire.

“We could hear them laughing,” Black said.

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