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Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 5h

This is a real video of a journalist in Chicago being arrested.

Heartland Signal @heartlandsignal.bsky.social · 15h

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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Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 6h

This is AI.

Jenn Budd @jennbudd.bsky.social · 7h

Seems like they are going after reporters who are women. They hit one w/pepper spray ammo in her car, the WGN reporter and now this.

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Patrick Dubuque @euqubud.baseballprospectus.com · 5h

VLADIMIR: Well? Shall we score a run?
ESTRAGON: Yes. Let's.

They do not score.

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parker parrella @parkparr.bsky.social · 9d

october’s print + sticker!
join by oct 31st at patreon.com/parkparr

A rectangular print and circular sticker against a orange background. Print features a pink and purple gradient with red branches covering the sky and five yellow suns peeking through the leaves. Sticker features white star crashing into a red desert with a large pink cloud forming behind. yellow text overlaid reads “OCTOBER rewards. Passing Suns 5x7” print, Impact 3” sticker. join by october 31 patreon.com/parkparr.”

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Jasmine 🌌🔭 @astrojaz.bsky.social · 12h

i really have nothing to post about so uh space is cool and look at these pretty pictures of it thank you

$A wider field view of Westerlund 1. A dense cluster of bright stars, each with six large and two small diffraction spikes, due to the telescope’s optics. They have a variety of sizes depending on their brightness and distance from us in the cluster, and different colours reflecting different types of star. Patches of billowing red gas can be seen in and around the cluster, lit up by the stars. Small stars in the cluster blend into a background of distant stars and galaxies on black.$

A nebula made up of cloudy gas and dust in the form of soft and wispy clouds and, in the center, thin and highly detailed layers pressed close together. Large, bright stars surrounded by six long points of light are dotted over the image, as well as some small, point-like stars embedded in the clouds. The clouds are lit up in blue close to the stars; orange colors show clouds that glow in infrared light.

A star cluster within a nebula. The center of the image contains arcs of orange and pink gas that form a boat-like shape. One end of these arcs points to the top right of the image, while the other end points toward the bottom left. Another plume of orange and pink gas expands from the center to the top left of the image. To the right of this plume is a large cluster of white stars. There are more of these white stars and galaxies of different sizes spread throughout the image.

$Red dual opposing jets coming from young stars fill the darker top half of the image. At bottom center is a glowing pale yellow, cave-like structure, its top tilted toward two o’clock, with a bright star at its center. The dust of the cave structure becomes wispy toward eight o’clock. Above the arched top of the dust cave, 3 groupings of stars with diffraction spikes are arranged. A dark cloud sits at the top of the arch of the glowing dust cave, with one streamer curling down the right-hand side. The dark shadow of the cloud appears pinched in the center, with light emerging in a triangle shape above and below the pinch, revealing the presence of a star inside the cloud. The largest jets of red material emanate from within this dark cloud, thick and displaying structure like the rough face of a cliff, glowing brighter at the edges. At top center, a star displays another, larger pinched dark shadow, this time vertically. To the left of this star is a more wispy, indistinct region.$

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Ashton Pittman @ashtonpittman.bsky.social · 9h

ICE left David, a 17-year-old boy, stranded on the side of Interstate 20 after pulling over his immigrant father, Hector, in Mississippi.

David began running in the scorching sun after the car and watched as it disappeared from sight—soon headed to a Louisiana ICE prison.

Here's their story.

ICE Stranded a 17-Year-Old on I-20 After Arresting His Father. The Mississippi Dad Now Faces Deportation.

A 17-year-old watched as ICE arrested his immigrant father, Hector, on I-20 in June. The family faces mounting legal fees and the risk of deportation.

www.mississippifreepress.org

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Locus Magazine @locusmag.bsky.social · 9h

On Spec to Close

Canadian SF magazine On Spec is closing after 35 years. December’s issue #134 will be the last. Managing editor Diane Walton explained in an editorial to issue #133: Earlier this year, I anno…

locusmag.com

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Nghi Vo @nghivo.bsky.social · 12h

Anyone in St. Louis tonight at 7PM?

I'm hanging out at Main Street Books talking about the newest Singing Hills, A Mouthful of Dust!!!

mainstreetbooks.indielite.org/event/2025-1...

10/10- Nghi Vo, A MOUTHFUL OF DUST

Main Street Books is an independent bookstore located on Historic Main Street in downtown St. Charles, MO.

mainstreetbooks.indielite.org

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Magen Cubed @magencubed.bsky.social · 2d

I assembled a list of short films you can watch right now for free this Halloween. Scary, strange, surreal, and sometimes funny, this list includes live action, stop motion, and animated films from around the world and from filmmakers you've never heard of before

Some Strange Things You Should Watch for Halloween

20 short weird, scary, funny, and surreal films you can watch right now.

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NightMar on Hicks Street, Part 4: The Rabbit’s Revenge @histoftech.bsky.social · 12h

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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Heartland Signal @heartlandsignal.bsky.social · 13h

U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin (D-IL) says he has been denied 4 times to see what is going on inside the Broadview, IL ICE facility:

"Something's going on in there that they don't want us to see. I don't know what it is, but all Americans should be asking the same question."

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Melissa Gira Grant @melissagiragrant.com · 1d

I wrote about Chicago: "Is this city burning? There is a definite answer to the question. In all these cities, the answer is no. No American city is currently on fire, and if Chicago is a war zone, it’s because it’s being invaded by the president."

Trump Is Waging War on an American City

The real threat to people in Chicago (and Los Angeles and Portland) is our maniacal president.

newrepublic.com

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Air and Nothingness Press @aanpress.bsky.social · 14h

Submissions accepted March 1-31, 2026. Stories are requested to be Hard SF. Contact us with questions. Happy writing!

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Air and Nothingness Press @aanpress.bsky.social · 14h

Announcing our first open call for 2026 - "Tea or Coffee, Stars, and Gravity" which will ask for hard SF stories with tea or coffee, stars, and gravity all playing a prominent narrative role. Info here - aanpress.com/submissions.... Important: Be sure to read the cover page to the PDF.

Cover image to the book, showing the back of an astronaut in a space suit as he steps off into a psychedelic swirl of cosmic colors and stars. The title circles around the figure.

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Faith Smith @faithsm.bsky.social · 18h

Cervical cancer is one of few cancers we can prevent with the HPV vaccine. But it falls at the intersection of three cultural issues with strong political opposition — broad access to low-cost or free reproductive health care, access to vaccines for children, and sex education. via @19thnews.org

Cervical cancer could be eradicated. But not with Medicaid cuts and anti-vax politics.

The cancer has a known path of prevention, but that also means it falls at the intersection of cultural issues that are facing strong political opposition.

19thnews.org

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Sandstone @quartzen.bsky.social · 14h

Yeah, once I saw the protagonist was a coroner's assistant I thought "I need a break before I go there" 😅

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Sandstone @quartzen.bsky.social · 14h

There had been a blocklist going around for this called something along the lines of "Blue MAGA," but I think I've seen that the moderator started adding people for personal reasons as well 🫤

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Jenny Hamilton @readingtheend.bsky.social · 17h

to understand what's happening in romantasy, and how pubilshers make decisions about what stories to tell, it's in fact deeply necessary to know how diverse YA fantasy actually is. because that's how it becomes really clear the extent to which romantasy publishers are prioritizing straight whiteness

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Sandstone @quartzen.bsky.social · 14h

I bounced off them for years but once I got past the beginning this time I enjoyed them! I have the companion duology in my TBR to read soon 👀

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Cat Rambo @catrambo.bsky.social · 15h

I just backed OTHERSIDE 2026: A New Magazine of Queer SFF! on @kickstarter.com www.kickstarter.com/projects/hyb...

OTHERSIDE 2026: A New Magazine of Queer SFF!

A new queer-led literary magazine devoted to speculative fiction, poetry, and art by 2SLGBTQIA+ authors and artists.

www.kickstarter.com

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Renay⁷ @renay.bsky.social · 16h

In this issue: a book that gets mentioned so many times I want to read it but there's no U.S. edition for it, which is clearly cosmic revenge for me reccing books with no U.K. edition.

(It's When There Are Wolves Again by E.J. Swift)

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Renay⁷ @renay.bsky.social · 17h

Intergalactic Mixtape is live! This week I and several readers built a rec list of our favorite reads of September. Plus: lots of great reviews, author interviews, and award news.

Intergalactic Mixtape #23

Hey! This week, the most mentioned book by far is a book that, as far as I can tell, doesn’t have a U.S. release date yet. That’s fine! I don’t suffer from...

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refint/games @refint.games · 17h

Ys vs. Trails in the Sky: Alternative Saga Launch Day!

Let the battles begin!

#Ys #Trails #YsvsTrails #Falcom

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Dr. Johnathan Flowers, Blade Wielding Bisexual (Lordean arc) @shengokai.blacksky.app · 16h

Since Link is banned, his mutual aid Fridays have gone with him. This was one of the most altruistic things I’ve seen anyone on this site do.

In light of this, I’m gonna try to fill the gap.

Drop your mutual aid requests under this thread and I will repost them for as long as I can.

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The Fig Economy @figgityfigs.bsky.social · 16h

So this is the difficulty. Not just how do we get to a deal, but how do we get to a deal we trust will be honored when Johnson is here *promising* to let Trump impound and take back whatever he wants from what they pass?

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 17h

Q: Rescission are something Dems have said is a reason for a lack of trust. What rescissions are you discussing?

JOHNSON: We have more than $37t in debt. We're doing everything we can to get us back to sound fiscal responsibility. What does that include? A rescission package is part of our process

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