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Judith A. Miller @1789jam.bsky.social · 6m

Mary Tyler Moore Show- another one that started out strong and improved every season.

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D. Earl Stephens @dearlstephens.bsky.social · 20m

📌As we were saying ...

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Monica M. @monica5519.bsky.social · 16m

Hey Trump, guess what! 😏

University of California sets world record with five Nobel Prizes in one week

www.sfchronicle.com/california/a...

University of California sets world record with five Nobel Prizes in one week

Researchers credited federal support for making their groundbreaking discoveries possible, even as funding cuts threaten future innovation.

www.sfchronicle.com

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Coach Finstock @coachfinstock.bsky.social · 57m

Wait didn't they send the South African boers to Idaho too? Lmao. Trump is using Idaho as his place to appease all the foreign entities who need to hide in the United States. Next week there's gonna be a HOA in Coeur d'Alene with like 6 new board members that are relatives of El Chapo

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Eileen Clancy 🧿 @clancyny.bsky.social · 19m

A laughably false claim.

I wonder what the next 2 or 3 stories they fabricate will be? Before they are forced to swear until penalty of perjury. Because that's the pattern. Make up something on the spur of the moment, discard it, and move to the next tall tale.

Justin Baragona @justinbaragona.bsky.social · 52m

DHS spokesperson Tricia McLaughling is now claiming that Debbie Brockman was arrested for "assault on a federal law enforcement officer" because she was throwing objects at a Border Patrol agent.

Chicago Tribune @chicagotribune.com · 2h

A WGN-TV video editor and producer was roughly detained by two Border Patrol agents on Friday morning during a highly visible rush hour enforcement action in Lincoln Square.

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Judith A. Miller @1789jam.bsky.social · 17m

yes!

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tweety @bluskypolitics.bsky.social · 5d

🔴 Chicago heroes , save man
being abducted by ice ‼️🐥

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Dan Rosen @danrosen.xyz · 55m

From this fascinating article by Andreas Killen: www.jstor.org/stable/3180655

From Shock to Schreck: Psychiatrists, Telephone Operators and Traumatic Neurosis in Germany, 1900-26 on JSTOR

Andreas Killen, From Shock to Schreck: Psychiatrists, Telephone Operators and Traumatic Neurosis in Germany, 1900-26, Journal of Contemporary History, Vol. 38, No. 2 (Apr., 2003), pp. 201-220

www.jstor.org

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Dan Rosen @danrosen.xyz · 55m

Just thinking of this article I read about telephone operators in Germany, where if you felt like it, you could just give her an electric shock over the phone

rationalized spaces in which the rapid, precise motions of hundreds of operators had to be closely co-ordinated to minimize disruption or breakdown of service. Pressure to improve efficiency was so great that, between 1910 and 1921, the number of connections operators were expected to make increased from 150 to 500 per hour with little appreciable change in equipment. Working constantly at the limit of their capacities, operators were also kept under constant surveillance; their speed in answering calls was timed and monitored, as were their interactions with callers. Impatient callers (usually men) were equipped with buttons that, when pressed, sent a current through the line, drawing the operator’s attention with a sharp, unpleasant crackling noise or a slight shock. The following anecdote, which describes an incident
that occurred in 1902 during the installation of a new switchboard at the
Siemens company’s headquarters in Berlin, illustrates what might happen
under such circumstances:

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Judith A. Miller @1789jam.bsky.social · 47m

The Wire & Homicide were always good but got better every season.

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Dr. Jey McCreight 🧬🏳️‍⚧️ @jeymccreight.bsky.social · 51m

This is my neighborhood. Confirmed activity a couple blocks from me. Chicago friends, be aware!

Bom Tellino @bomtellino.bsky.social · 2h

ICE spotted and verified all over Uptown, Edgewater, Lincoln Square and Ravenswood today. Be safe and let everyone know. AND FUCK ICE!

ICE Detention at Leland and
Magnolia on 10/10 around 10:56am
The Rapid Response Network verified the presence of 2 federal agents who detained one person at Magnolia and Leland. Agents were in a black Chevy.
If you see ICE activity, please contact the Family Support Network at 855-435-7693.

ICE Detention at 5445 Sheridan on 10/10 at 9:25 am
The Rapid Response Network verified the presence of three federal agents at
5445 Sheridan, between Catalpa and Balmoral. One person was detained while working on landscaping. Agents were driving a black Jeep Wagoneer.
If you see ICE activity, please contact the Family Support Network at 855-435-7693.

ICE Sighting outside of Ravenswood
Elementary on 10/10 ~ 9:40am
The Rapid Response Network verified the presence of federal agents around the school (on Paulina just south of Montrose). There was an unsuccessful attempt to detain one individual.
REQUEST FOR SUPPORT: Be present around the school from 3-4:30pm to monitor school pick up
If you see ICE activity, please contact the Family Support Network at 855-435-7693.

ICE Detention at Western and Foster on 10/10 at 8:40 am
The Rapid Response Network verified the presence of federal agents at Foster & Western. At least 6 people were detained. Agents remain in the area. Agents are driving a silver Pontiac minivan.
If you see ICE activity, please contact the Family Support Network at 855-435-7693.

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Leslie @leslie99.bsky.social · 54m

Little boys were raped along w/Little girls
10 was the youngest in the files

I had never thought about little boys until this came out a couple of months ago😞

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Mississippi Free Press @mississippifreepress.org · 1h

The Mississippi State Department of Health says it is unable to accept online WIC applications during the government shutdown.

Pregnant women, breastfeeding mothers and high-risk infants can call 1-800-338-6747 to schedule an in-person appointment.

WIC Stops Accepting Some Applicants Amid Government Shutdown

The WIC program will only accept applications from pregnant women, breastfeeding women and high-risk infants during the federal government shutdown.

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

In the middle of a day of interviews, rallies and meetings, it was an honor to join Jummah prayers at MAS Bronx Muslim Center in Van Nest.

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Asha Rangappa @asharangappa.bsky.social · 1h

I would like to suggest adding banana costumes (or other fruit) to the mix for October 18

hannah gais @hannahgais.bsky.social · 1h

Those are three people in inflatable frog suits.

@MrAndyNgo
Now that the local and national press have started to cover the Portland ICE area round-the-clock in reaction to the President, Antifa have devised a plan where they are encouraging one another to come in animal costumes.

The costumes serve the function of masking the violent extremism to make the direct action appear like a family-friendly gathering on camera, and to whitewash the past ultraviolence.

In 2019, Antifa devised a similar plot by giving out free "milkshakes" at a protest. But they couldn't contain their bloodthirst and nearly killed me when they saw me. In 2020, they mobilized a fake "Wall of Moms" where female Antifa supporters and members wore yellow shirts to act as human body shields while violent rioters behind them hurled projectile weapons.

photo of three people in inflatable frog costumes

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Maxwell Frost @maxwellfrost.bsky.social · 1h

HEALTHCARE OVER BILLIONAIRES. Thanks to everyone who rallied with us + educated our community on what’s going on right now. We have an authoritarian President that shutdown the government in order to take away your healthcare. Why? To give billionaires and mega corporations a massive tax break. 👎🏾👎🏾👎🏾

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Bird + Camera @doctorbluebird.bsky.social · 16h

Going to be tough finding a Halloween costume in the stores in a couple weeks!

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dr. caitlin m. green @caitlinmoriah.bsky.social · 16h

officers just came out and seized a handful of people. some of them it was for standing on this piece of sidewalk that is not sidewalk, it’s part of the property so they’ll nab you if you stand there

Photo of a facility from google maps, showing a strip of concrete next to the gate that looks like sidewalk but it runs along side a planter perpendicular to the sidewalk

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dr. caitlin m. green @caitlinmoriah.bsky.social · 17h

the portland chicken guy 🥰

Adam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 19h

www.wweek.com/culture/2025...

Can you put into words what that purpose is? You and the frog have really become icons of this protest.

There’s been a nice overall whimsy that has shown up. The frog is amazing. We had a bunch of other inflatable people here last night, too. I saw people playing Twister the other day.

What they rely on is fear. So by coming out in an absurdist manner, it speaks to them, to some extent, that we’re actually not that afraid.

It also dismantles their narrative a little bit. When they try to describe this situation as “war-torn,” it becomes much harder to take them seriously when they have to post a video saying [U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security] Kristi Noem is up on the balcony staring over the Antifa Army and it’s, like, eight journalists and five protesters and one of them is in a chicken suit.

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dr. caitlin m. green @caitlinmoriah.bsky.social · 17h

there are SO many more inflatable costumes tonight. clearly we have settled on a motif

Wide shot of many people in inflatable costumes

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Celine Camps @celinecamps.bsky.social · 7h

Historians of science: any thoughts on this? I'm intrigued by a "recipe" in a 1505 manuscript, which describes what appears to be the Leidenfrost effect, named after Johann Gottlob Leidenfrost, who supposedly was the first to describe the effect in the 18th century 🗃️ #HistSTM #HistSci #EarlyModern 🧪

g.j.hilton @hltn.bsky.social · 9h

The Leidenfrost effect! But wow is this ever an early description of it.

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Jessica T. @jesstlibrarian.bsky.social · 8d

In non-fiction I'm interested in WHEN TREES TESTIFY: SCIENCE, WISDOM, HISTORY, AND AMERICA’S BLACK BOTANICAL LEGACY by Beronda L. Montgomery. She was recently a Michigan State prof, so I'm partial. #ewgc #booksky

Book cover: Green foliage including fruit, leaves, and flowers, frame the title on a black background.

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Myles Ethan Lascity @elascity.bsky.social · 1h

Listen, I’m just an average Joe college media professor, but if you’re going to get four secretaries of state to discuss a big issue like this, don’t you need more lead time and promotion than like 24 hours?

Prem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · 2h

Update: Bari Weiss’s first pitch at CBS — a roundtable with Antony Blinken, Mike Pompeo, and Hillary Clinton that ended up being a virtual interview with Clinton & Condoleezza Rice — has about 150 viewers on YouTube.

Added with the 24/7 CBS stream, it’s just over 1200 viewers.

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Matthew Sheffield @matthew.flux.community · 3h

Charlie Kirk was a terrible person, but his prowess at organizing was astonishing.

Democrats, progressive and moderate, are using tactics from the 1970s.

Republicans spend hundreds of millions on networking, jobs, and outreach every year. Democrats waste their money on obsolete stuff.

flux.community @flux.community · 3h

Charlie Kirk was a religious extremist and an advocate for mass censorship of academics he hated.

But as a political organizer and creator of opportunities for his comrades, there's much that can be learned from what he did. @matthewboedy.bsky.social discusses on the latest Theory of Change

What Charlie Kirk knew

The slain co-founder of Turning Point was a masterful political organizer—and a religious extremist

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Judith A. Miller @1789jam.bsky.social · 1h

11 days, the countdown continues. Giuffre's book comes on on Oct 21.
#Epstein #Trump #Giuffre #Maxwell
www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/712958...

Nobody's Girl by Virginia Roberts Giuffre: 9780593493120 | PenguinRandomHouse.com: Books

The unforgettable memoir by the late Virginia Roberts Giuffre, the woman who dared to take on Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell The world knows Virginia Roberts Giuffre as Jeffrey Epstein and Ghi...

www.penguinrandomhouse.com

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