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Qasim Rashid, Esq. @qasimrashid.com · 1h

If my article on The SAVE Act is the first you've heard of the MAGA attempt to ban women from voting, it's yet another failure of corporate media.

Do accept my invite to subscribe to my human rights newsletter where I publish daily on protecting democracy. No paywall. www.qasimrashid.com/subscribe

Qasim Rashid, Esq. @qasimrashid.com · 1d

Corporate media is completely ignoring the dangers of The SAVE Act. Here's what you need to know about this attempt to gut voting rights, particularly for tens of millions of women in America, and how we need to fight back to protect our democracy.

www.qasimrashid.com/p/how-the-sa...

How The SAVE Act Would Roll Back Voting Rights

What is the SAVE Act and why we cannot allow it to become law

www.qasimrashid.com

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Nicola Low @nicolamlow.bsky.social · 1h

🧪 #mpox #CladeI California, no travel history

I assume Clade Ib and await phylogenomic characterisation.

Lucky California has vaccine, community awareness and people can self-isolate/quarantine as needed.

I hope @annerimoin.bsky.social is informed and involved. And @krutikakuppalli.bsky.social

Crawford Kilian @crof.bsky.social · 3h

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Three cases of severe mpox reported in California, health officials say

www.theguardian.com

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Jonathan Cohn @jonathancohn.bsky.social · 1h

Saying “ I never cared to find out what my tattoo meant” is not, in fact, a better look

Alex @purplechrain.bsky.social · 8h

so…several weeks ago, he heard rumours his tattoo was a Nazi symbol but dismissed it as insane and didn’t look into it at all, not even to proactively prepare to address potential political attacks? instead, he waited for a news outlet to contact him with proof that it was a Nazi symbol?

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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 5h

Border Patrol Chief Gregory Bovino personally participated in an ICE raid at a laundromat in the city. However, the owner locked the doors and refused entry, which halted the operation at the site.
Chicago

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Carl T. Bergstrom @carlbergstrom.com · 1h

Yet again, we can't afford to let LLMs become a source of epistemic grounding for society.

Largest study of its kind shows AI assistants misrepresent news content 45% of the time – regardless of language or territory

An intensive international study was coordinated by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) and led by the BBC

www.bbc.co.uk

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Tim Price @timprice.bsky.social · 5h

A moth got into the shelter tonight and it was the event of the season.

Two cats sitting on top of cages and looking at the ceiling

Two cars on the floor staring up at the ceiling

Two young kittens in a cage taking notice

A cat standing on her hind legs to reach for a moth

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It’s Still Me! @itsstillme1.bsky.social · 4h

Hit them where it hurts! Right in their pockets!

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Izquierda @izquierda22.bsky.social · 4h

Give her hell!

𝓥𝓲𝓻𝓰𝓲𝓷𝓲𝓪 𝓗𝓪𝓵𝓵 📎 @virginiahall32.bsky.social · 4h

❌❌ RAPID RESPONSE PROTEST: ❌❌Kristi Noem will be in Minneapolis tomorrow. Representatives of the Trump regime are attempting to bring their agenda to Minnesota, an agenda that has harmed communities, violated human rights, & fueled division across our nation. Be there to ensure your voice is heard!

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God @thegodpodcast.com · 6h

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Crystal Fincher @finchfrii.bsky.social · 7h

Seattle-area companies among donors to Trump’s White House ballroom:

Amazon
Microsoft
T-Mobile

These Seattle area companies are helping pay for Trump's White House ballroom

Three companies headquartered in the Seattle area appeared on the White House list of donors to President Donald Trump's ballroom project.

www.seattletimes.com

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Ruth Ann Crystal @drruth.bsky.social · 7h

🧠The Amygdala in the brain makes and regulates Emotions.

👃People with post-COVID smell loss show microstructural changes in their Amygdala and have higher depression and anxiety scores.

SARS-CoV-2 can affect smell & also emotions long term. buff.ly/904lVX4

#medsky 🛟😷🧪

Diagram of brain anatomy. We see the olfactory bulb in yellow attach to the amygdala also highlighted in yellow. In addition the thalamus and hippocampus (grey lavendar) are labeled. the background is a cream color.

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Andrea Junker @strandjunker.com · 10h

Just a thought: How about we stop shaming the poor for buying things that may not be essential, and start shaming the rich for making a profit off things that are essential?

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John Collins @logicallyjc.bsky.social · 19h

SNAP benefits are about to lapse for 42 million people, because nothing says “save the children” like starving them.

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Dave Levitan @davelevitan.bsky.social · 9h

hey so any GOP in Congress want to weigh in on continuing support for the psychopathic serial killer or nah

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 10h

Trump: "I don't think we're necessarily going to ask for a declaration of war, I think we're just gonna kill people that are bringing drugs into our country. We're going to kill them. They're going to be, like dead."

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Hypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · 11h

At some point it has to become clear that this tech exists is to create a more toxic society and enrich its owners. These uses are not aberrations but rather the entire purpose.

OpenAI's Sora 2 Can Generate Videos of Celebrities Appearing to Shout Racial Slurs

OpenAI's Sora 2 video generation model can be exploited to push misinformation and depict public figures behaving badly despite promised guardrails.

www.rollingstone.com

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Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 11h

Next year, we'll welcome 125,000 new New Yorkers to our city. But many families don't have what they need to give their babies a healthy start.

Building on @bkbpreynoso.bsky.social's pilot, we'll launch citywide Baby Baskets, providing new parents with essential items and resources.

Zohran kneeling in a big group photo of parents and babies.

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Steve Herman @newsguy.bsky.social · 1d

The National Trust for Historic Preservation wants destruction of the White House East Wing halted, saying it's "deeply concerned that the massing and height of the proposed new construction will overwhelm the White House itself." savingplaces.org/press-center...

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Jo Edge 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 @hagenilda.bsky.social · 14h

Don’t cross a picket line, folks. I know it’s super difficult and inconvenient so let’s hopes resolution can be agreed and planned action called off

British Library @britishlibrary.bsky.social · 14h

Some of our Reading Rooms will be closed between 27 October and 9 November due to planned strike action at our St Pancras site, and there may be other short notice disruption.

To check what’s impacted, please visit our website: bit.ly/StrikeAction...

Planned strike action in St Pancras

We have been notified of planned strike action taking place between Monday 27 October and Sunday 9 November 2025.

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Rep. Mark Pocan @pocan.house.gov · 11h

While our civil servants go without pay, Trump has gone full steam ahead on construction of his gaudy ballroom, including demolishing the East Wing of the White House. (1/2)

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NY Times Pitchbot @nytpitchbot.bsky.social · 11h

Graham Platner's Nazi tattoo raises new questions about Zohran Mamdani's criticism of the Israeli government.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 12h

Q: Can the president tear down anything he wants without oversight? Could he demolish this building or the Jefferson Memorial?

LEAVITT: Only for vertical construction will a submission be required.

Q: So it sounds like the answer is yes

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Simon Little 🍁 @simonplittle.ca · 12h

Extremely funny that INFOWARS has agreed not to publish anything without the explicit consent of the US government

Scott Nover @scottnover.bsky.social · 14h

The far-right conspiracy site Infowars says it has signed the Pentagon press agreement and says Breanna Morello will be joining the 'new media' press corps covering the Defense Department.

"I won't be moving to D.C. of course—thank god," she caveats. x.com/infowars/sta...

INFOWARS on X: "🚨MAJOR ANNOUNCEMENT🚨 Breanna Morello will be covering news at the Pentagon as a part of the Pentagon Press Corps! The new Pentagon Press Corps consists of over 60 journalists that will combat the fake news stranglehold of legacy media. This is great news for truth and https://t.co/id0VtguTIW" / X

🚨MAJOR ANNOUNCEMENT🚨 Breanna Morello will be covering news at the Pentagon as a part of the Pentagon Press Corps! The new Pentagon Press Corps consists of over 60 journalists that will combat the fake news stranglehold of legacy media. This is great news for truth and https://t.co/id0VtguTIW

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Ukraine War Brief Podcast @ukrainewarpod.bsky.social · 18h

Lmao. Spain has announced it will join the PURL initiative to buy weapons from the U.S. for Ukraine. Trump has been hammering Spain like crazy.

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Brian @pacificatiler.bsky.social · 12h

Well, if it happens that WE still fail to get the majority of our population involved with voting, then our democratic experiment will be smothered by apathy. The continuing power vacuum will destroy a once great people.

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Jeff Sharlet @jeffsharlet.bsky.social · 16h

I love this protest, because the urban stroll is such an element of the culture fascism disdains.

San Francisco Chronicle @sfchronicle.com · 16h

About 50 protesters walked back and forth through the crosswalk to block the entrance of Coast Guard Island. A line of at least a dozen cars were stopped in traffic at the stop sign.

🎥: Sarah Ravani

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