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Anna Phylaxis @quatoria.bsky.social · 2h

this video is AI generated. the reporter has three arms and people in the background phase in and out of each other, and it comes from an AI sharing account

be cautious with what you share these days, friends

Jenn Budd @jennbudd.bsky.social · 3h

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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Angie Rasmussen @angierasmussen.bsky.social · 2h

I don’t know who needs to hear this but the CDC is being eviscerated right now. America is not going to have any kind of outbreak response capacity after tonight. Americans’ health data is no longer secure. Say goodbye to federal public health in any capacity. It’s a disaster. We won’t recover.

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Tim Onion @bencollins.bsky.social · 5h

This man is being Gorilla Channel'd with a rotating selection of AI slop riot porn by several known white supremacists who are secretly running the government.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 7h

Trump: "Portland, I mean -- every time I look at that place it's burning down. There are fires all over the place. When a store -- there are very few of them left -- but when a store owner rebuilds a store they build it out of plywood. They don't put up storefronts anymore. They just put wood up."

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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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darth™️ @darthbluesky.bsky.social · 8h

that johnson is more terrified of seating a duly elected democrat who could force an epstein vote than having the entire government shut down really makes me wonder about that epstein vote tbh

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Faine Greenwood @faineg.bsky.social · 9h

New England can only dream of California’s bold “eat my ass and hair” approach to rich sociopaths trying to keep people off the state’s 100% public beaches.

Meatball Rob @wrenispinkle.bsky.social · 1d

HAHAHAHAHAHA get fucked you rich asshole

Carlsbad homeowner ordered to remove private gate to public beach, fined $1.4 million

John Levy was penalized by state Coastal Commission for a string of Coastal Act violations stretching back years

www.sandiegouniontribune.com

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Rachel P-M @rpmastronomy.com · 7h

Yep--every LA protest that got violent was because the cops fucked shit up

Phil Plait @philplait.bsky.social · 10h

It's been very clear for *months* that Trump is trying to play up the idea of violent protests to prime federal cops for a weaponized response, despite all the actual evidence that protests have been peaceful UNTIL the cops arrive.

Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 13h

EXCLUSIVE — DHS Acting General Counsel sent out a memo Wednesday to all Federal Protective Service staff (the sub-agency that guards federal buildings) letting officers know they could take any action necessary "in the vicinity" federal property to protect themselves.

The Handbasket reports:

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Rachel P-M @rpmastronomy.com · 7h

My LA environmentalist friends are hopping mad about the CEQA thing and swear up and down that it's never used to obstruct housing and when I tell them I've seen it with my own eyes in my neighborhood they tell me I'm wrong. I'm thrilled these housing bills passed.

Jordan Grimes @cafedujord.bsky.social · 9h

Important to remember that not only did we pass #SB79, the biggest transit-oriented upzoning bill ever, we also passed a clean CEQA exemption for new multifamily infill housing.

This is, bar none, the biggest year in state action on housing policy reform in California history. Not even close.

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mtsw @mtsw.bsky.social · 12h

We already tested this extensively during Covid and BLM and found that police refused to enforce masking requirements or business closures for ideological reasons and brutalized protesters despite orders not to. What's left to test? bsky.app/profile/book...

haunted jorbo 👻 @bookenj.bsky.social · 12h

not disagreeing with you, but we should actually test police oversight for the same reason one should test their backups. i would rather find out everything is broken while there is still time to do somethig about it

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mtsw @mtsw.bsky.social · 12h

Yes ultimately many Dem electeds are afraid to give police under their command lawful orders because they think they will not be obeyed and the consequences that fact would have for them and for their state.

illbleed for sego dreancas @impemboganecue.bsky.social · 12h

It’s easy to call out Pritzker on this but something darker may be happening here. I’m not sure if he is secretly helping Trump behind the scenes. I think he’s terrified to test whether state police would obey him at all if he used them against the feds

unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 16h

Several Illinois state troopers out here now with pepper ball launchers of their own.

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Rachel P-M @rpmastronomy.com · 11h

My pediatrician's office ordered covid vaccines and their order was denied, so now I have try to hunt one down at a location that will vaccinate a child under 3. Putting an anti-vaxxer in charge of our nation's health was a great move. Thanks, Bill Cassidy.

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Bobby Kogan @bbkogan.bsky.social · 13h

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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California YIMBY @cayimby.bsky.social · 13h

[VICTORY ALERT] Governor Newsom has signed SB 9, which expands HCD’s enforcement authority over local ADU ordinances.

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

New Law Ends NIMBY Abuse of ADU Permitting

“Final Boss” Bill Voids Local Regulations Designed to Ban Accessory Dwelling Units

cayimby.org

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Maggie Tokuda-Hall @maggietokudahall.bsky.social · 15h

Today my daughter's preschool is holding a farewell assembly for one of her classmates whose mother has no choice but to self deport. The school is hoping it will be joyful in tone, so we might make this less upsetting for this 3 year old.

There's just no words for the uselessness of this cruelty.

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Oliver Willis @owillis.bsky.social · 15h

the gop is going to try their damndest to make it illegal to be a democrat. and this is why as effective as the health care attack is, it cannot be the only thing democrats talk about.

Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 15h

The House Majority Whip is also insisting that a peaceful "No Kings" demonstration is in fact a "hate America rally" held for the "terrorist wing" of the Democratic Party.

Really feels like they're trying to manifest a violent reaction to it.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 15h

Emmer: "This is about one thing and one thing alone -- to score political points with the terrorist wing of their party, which is set to hold a hate America rally in DC next week."

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Ele Willoughby @minouette.bsky.social · 1d

For day 9 #spacetober_challenge nebula: Caroline Herschel (1750 – 1848) a trail blazing woman in #astronomy. 🧪🐡👩🏼‍🔬🔭 #histsci Hers was a real life Cinderella story, where rather than marrying a prince, she made a life & career for herself. Marriage her expected role but she was deemed unmarriageable, 🧵

My Linocut portrait of Caroline Herschel against a starry sky with comet and 5 inset diagrams of her observations

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paris martineau @paris.nyc · 1d

after the 10th radioactive shrimp recall in 7 weeks, i decided to do some digging

little did i know it would lead me to an underreported industrial accident that may have released an airborne plume of radioactive debris over swaths of indonesia
www.consumerreports.org/health/food-...

What Is Really Going on With All This Radioactive Shrimp? - Consumer Reports

Here’s the latest on how shrimp and spices got contaminated with cesium-137, how the FDA has responded, and why consumers should not panic.

www.consumerreports.org

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Will Stancil @whstancil.bsky.social · 1d

This is nightmarish and every Dem politician, every media figure who is silent is complicit. This is not supposed to happen here. Masked thugs with guns dragging moms away in front of their screaming children. Trump’s government must be destroyed and his accomplices must rot in prison

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

CHICAGO — Outside an elementary school during dismissal… horrifying. What have we become?

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Rachel P-M @rpmastronomy.com · 1d

These people would be better served by investing in better battery technology/infrastructure than whatever the fuck they’re trying to do here

Prof. Sam Lawler @sundogplanets.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 1d

It's becoming increasingly clear to me that Reflect Orbital's fucking stupid giant mirror satellite, with absolutely NOTHING useful to offer, which will cause countless safety issues, ecological disasters, and destroy the night sky, is going to launch.

A bunch of astronomers and I have sent out […]

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Dan Collen @dancollen.bsky.social · 1d

For the normal people in the room, you should probably know this shit is a hit with neo-Nazis. The 14-year old Groyper you know has more space in his head for circumcision conspiracies (all of which blame the Jews) than you have space in your head for your cousins' first names.

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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Doug Gordon @brooklynspoke.bsky.social · 1d

trying to figure out how this fits with rfk's theory that covid was “ethnically targeted” to spare ashkenazi jews and i think the answer is just that rfk is a giant antisemite.

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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Grumpy D. Kelson @grumpykelson.myatproto.social · 1d

The number of times I have to post about how the number of people demanding personhood for machines before personhood for Black people, women, etc, is TOO-DAMN-HIGH-DOT-MEME.

Prof Anna Watts @profannawatts.bsky.social · 1d

Lol the Nobels can't even acknowledge women's contribution to discovery. But sure let's acknowledge The Machines.

Headline from an article in Nature this week that states "Prizes must recognize machine contributions to discovery. The future of science will be written by humans and machines together. Awards should reflect that reality."

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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 1d

The young progs yelled at you online, and, well, I guess you showed them! You helped render their culture an ugly, violent, stupid, contemptible wreck that will likely take decades to return to any form worthy of pride.

You showed those fucking kids! That will teach them to talk back.

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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 1d

The Atlantic, the NYT, the Post, the Free Press, Persuasion ... god, so many others ... they did it. They participated in the destruction of norms against bigotry & now bigotry is running rampant, out in the open, at the highest levels.

Great work everyone.

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🎃 public HELLth guy 🎃 @publichealthguy1.bsky.social · 1d

gold standard science baby!!

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

RFK Jr on Tylenol and autism: "It is not proof. We're doing the studies to make the proof."

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