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THESE are the times that try men's souls The summer soldier & the sunshine patriot will in THIS crisis shrink from the service of their country But he that stands it now deserves the love & thanks of man & woman https://brianmattys.substack.com/

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𝖂𝖊𝖗𝖙𝖍𝖊𝖎𝖒𝖊𝖗 @wertheimer.bsky.social · Oct 11

The most tragic form of loss
isn't the loss of security.
It's the loss of the capacity
to imagine that things
could be different.
-Ernst Bloch
youtu.be/aclGXZ-Q77Y

Ernst Bloch and the Principle of Hope

YouTube video by Fredric Wertham

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Steven Beschloss @stevenbeschloss.bsky.social · 8h

There are more of us than there are of them—and we know our right to assemble peacefully and protest. I’m counting on my fellow Americans to prove that at the No Kings protest on Oct. 18.

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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 9h

The Trump administration has been spreading anti-vaccine propaganda for months. Tonight, Trump's physician announced he just received a flu shot and a COVID booster.

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Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 10h

The Democratic Attorneys General Association established a Legal Defense Fund for exactly this moment: when its members — including AG Tish James—are targeted by the Trump administration for political prosecution.

Donate here.

Donate to DAGA's Legal Defense Fund

The Democratic Attorneys General Association has launched a defense fund to help defend Democratic attorneys general and their staff who are targeted for political retribution by the Trump administrat...

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Ruth Ben-Ghiat @ruthbenghiat.bsky.social · 11h

Sign you live in a police state

Sophie Sherry @sophiesherry.bsky.social · 15h

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...

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ProPublica @propublica.org · 12h

“This is very much connected to the rise of authoritarianism that we’ve seen across the country,” said the executive director of the Ballot Initiative Strategy Center. “They can’t win fairly, so they’re trying to rewrite the rules to get their way.”

(Published May)
By @jeremykohler.bsky.social

Red State Voters Approved Progressive Measures. GOP Lawmakers Are Trying to Undermine Them.

In the wake of ballot measures that increased abortion access and improved sick leave for workers, a coordinated effort is unfolding across the country to restrict direct democracy — and shift power t...

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Moby Dick @mobydickatsea.bsky.social · 12h

harder and harder, and deeper and deeper

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Mia Farrow @miafarrow.bsky.social · 15h

Poor old Trump. No Nobel Prize. Some days he solved 6 wars, other days it was 9 wars, today its 7 wars. And like magic he can end wars between countries that aren’t at war, or that don’t exist, or that are still at war. All without leaving the golf course or the gold plated WH rooms.

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Media Matters for America @mmfa.bsky.social · 16h

A Newsmax host defended ICE agents shooting a minister in the head with a pepper ball by falsely claiming he was “actually an antifa member masquerading as a pastor.”

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ProPublica @propublica.org · 23h

NEW: Nevada could’ve fined Elon Musk’s Boring Co. more than $3 million, but regulators are seeking a reduced penalty of $242,800, citing an “extraordinary number of violations.”

Elon Musk’s Boring Co. Accused of Nearly 800 Environmental Violations on Las Vegas Project

Nevada could’ve fined the company more than $3 million, but regulators are seeking a reduced penalty of $242,800, citing an “extraordinary number of violations.”

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Heather Cox Richardson (TDPR) @hcrichardson.bsky.social · 3h

October 10, 2025

All of President Donald J.

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𝖂𝖊𝖗𝖙𝖍𝖊𝖎𝖒𝖊𝖗 @wertheimer.bsky.social · 3h

50 yrs ago

Saturday Night Live
created by Lorne Michaels
developed by Michaels and Dick Ebersol
premiere hosted by George Carlin

Dan Aykroyd
John Belushi
Chevy Chase
Jane Curtin
Garrett Morris
Laraine Newman
Gilda Radner
and George Coe

11 Oct 1975
#TVSky📺

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𝖂𝖊𝖗𝖙𝖍𝖊𝖎𝖒𝖊𝖗 @wertheimer.bsky.social · 3h

50 yrs ago

Fly Robin Fly
Silver Convention
11 Oct 1975
#MusicSky🎶

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𝖂𝖊𝖗𝖙𝖍𝖊𝖎𝖒𝖊𝖗 @wertheimer.bsky.social · 3h

Come Get To This

Marvin Gaye
11 Oct 1973
#MusicSky🎶

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𝖂𝖊𝖗𝖙𝖍𝖊𝖎𝖒𝖊𝖗 @wertheimer.bsky.social · 3h

Rock Steady

Aretha
11 Oct 1971
#MusicSky🎶

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𝖂𝖊𝖗𝖙𝖍𝖊𝖎𝖒𝖊𝖗 @wertheimer.bsky.social · 3h

The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down

The Band
11 Oct 1969
#MusicSky🎶

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𝖂𝖊𝖗𝖙𝖍𝖊𝖎𝖒𝖊𝖗 @wertheimer.bsky.social · 3h

Overture
Curtains, lights
This is it
The night of nights
No more rehearsing
and nursing a part
We know every part by heart
Overture
Curtains, lights
This is it
You'll hit the heights
And oh what heights we’ll hit
On with the show
This is it...

The Bugs Bunny Show
11 Oct 1960
#TVSky📺

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𝖂𝖊𝖗𝖙𝖍𝖊𝖎𝖒𝖊𝖗 @wertheimer.bsky.social · 3h

I didn't go to Africa to study drums – somebody wrote that – I went to Africa because there wasn't anything else for me to do. I couldn't get any gigs, and I had to work my way over on a boat. I went over there to study religion and philosophy.

Art Blakey
11 Oct 1919🎂
#MusicSky🎶

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𝖂𝖊𝖗𝖙𝖍𝖊𝖎𝖒𝖊𝖗 @wertheimer.bsky.social · 4h

So, of course, I loved Jack's work and the first time I saw it I couldn't believe what I was seeing. He asked if we could do some freelance work together. I was delighted and I took him over to my little office. We worked from the second issue of Blue Bolt...

Joe Simon
11 Oct 1913🎂
#ArtSky🎨

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Olga Lautman 🇺🇦 @olgalautman.bsky.social · 9h

In case anyone missed this

Erdoğa said that Trump ended Halkbank’s criminal case after talks w him. He said that Trump told him “The Halkbank problem is finished for us.”

Halkbank was helping Iran evade taxes and launder billions.

Qatar and now this. The corruption is off the charts

Turkey’s Erdogan Says Halkbank US Case to End After Trump Talks

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said state lender Halkbank’s legal case in the US is due to be resolved following recent talks with President Donald Trump, prompting bank shares to rise.

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Hannah French @hannahcfrench.bsky.social · 5h

Flicking through the papers first thing on a Saturday is the best way to start the weekend?! We’re back for Breakfast every Saturday 6:30-9 on @bbcradio3. Send us your requests [email protected] 🎶

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Daryl Hannah @dhlovelife.bsky.social · 5h

fuck citizen$ united

Meta Resistance @metaresistance.bsky.social · 6h

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The Hollywood Reporter @thr.com · 11h

Neil Young Pulls Music From Amazon: “Don’t Go Back to the Big Corporations Who Have Sold Out America." "Take America Back together, stop buying from the big corporations, support local business," the rock star wrote. Read more: bit.ly/3IDnbQg

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Sarah Kendzior @sarahkendzior.bsky.social · 13h

New Q & A answers are up! Readers sent in thoughtful questions on city raids, digital surveillance, the disappearing internet, and much more: sarahkendzior.substack.com/p/panopticon...

PanoptiCon Artists: Your Questions Answered

On digital surveillance, ICE city raids, the need for new parties, and more.

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Paul Krugman @pkrugman.bsky.social · 13h

So today's Substack about the impact of tariffs concluded:

"in many ways the level of the tariffs is less important than the huge uncertainty Trump’s policies have created. And that uncertainty hasn’t abated at all."

Ya don't say. paulkrugman.substack.com/p/leprechaun...

Leprechauns, Effective Tariffs and Inflation

Yes, tariffs are hurting us. No, Trump wasn’t right.

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