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amockingbird.bsky.social
Mockingbird, MPH, CHES
@amockingbird.bsky.social
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Public health, reproductive justice, big nerd about tv as health education. Fighting depression and anxiety with cats, bunnies, and raccoons. And being clever never got me very far. she/her
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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 5h
You love to see @akalhan.bsky.social having successfully coined a new phrase.
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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 11h
Lawyers have been publicizing a new term to describe ICE's racially targeted detainments: a “Kavanaugh stop.”

Mother Jones reporter Pema Levy explains in this new video:
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cait (and adonis) @cait.bsky.social · 5h
when nobody ordered you anything from the ramen place
orange cat staring balefully at the camera
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Kai Ryssdal @kairyssdal.bsky.social · 5h
The entire American economy is being held hostage to the whims of a guy who doesn’t understand how the economy works
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Heather Knight @heatherknightsf.bsky.social · 4h
For years, San Franciscans considered him the rare big-hearted billionaire. But days before his Dreamforce conference begins, Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff said he would support President Trump sending the National Guard to SF and that Trump is doing “a great job.”

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/10/u...
Marc Benioff Says Trump Should Send Guard Troops to San Francisco
www.nytimes.com
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lukelukeluke @lukelukeluke.bsky.social · 2h
Here is a nice a mushroom
A vase shaped golden chanterelle grows from the mossy forest soil like an ocean wave breaking against a rock. Rain wet ferns grow all around under the green forest background. All photos by me
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Cat Care Network of Central Iowa @catcarenetworkiowa.bsky.social · 5h
Highly recommend holding hands with a snuggly kitty in These Trying Times 😻
A grey foster kitten named Sneffels sleeps with his face in the palm of his human’s hand. Both front paws are wrapped around the hand. Photo owned by CatCareNetwork.org
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Gravel Influencer @gravelinfluencer.bsky.social · 2h
Like, this is a fine fact check. It's accurate. But I really do think journalists need to go a step further and start questioning what statements like these say about Trump's mental state.
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molly conger @socialistdogmom.bsky.social · 2h
the new york times has helpfully clarified that buildings in oregon are made out of modern construction materials.
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Brendel @brendelbored.bsky.social · 3h
I like how the news will be like “while the President claiming Portland was ruled by a giant skeleton named Mr Nibbles is not strictly true, it does speak to the anxiety of many Americans”
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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 2h
Can you think of a single movie in which there is a video from the government denouncing its political opponents playing on a loop in public spaces in which that government was the good guy?
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 2h
A new Noem video is being played at airports trashing Democrats.
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c0nc0rdance @c0nc0rdance.bsky.social · Jun 11
Black rain frogs (Breviceps fuscus) look like angry avocados and I'm here to share them with you.

(📷: Tony Rebelo, iNaturalist)
Black rain frogs (Breviceps fuscus) is swollen up with air to make it harder to eat, and it has a downward facing mouth, making it look like it's sad or angry or grumpy. It's black and bumpy like an avocado, with undersized limbs sticking out from underneath. It's sitting in leaf mold that is indistinct.
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Phoenix Calida @phoenixcalida.bsky.social · 6h
The pope has condemned clickbait as a “degrading” part of journalism, at a private audience with global newswires.

"I urge you: never sell out your authority"

News agencies deliver a service which “requires competence, courage and a sense of ethics”.
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p.a.lapid, phd 👾🖖🏽🤙🏽 @palapid.bsky.social · 1d
da pope! first affirming migrant rights and now this

(and yes the headline is clickbait-y by design)
You won’t believe what degrading practice the pope just condemned
Communication must be freed from clickbait and misguided thinking, head of Catholic church tells journalists
www.theguardian.com
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darth™️ @darthbluesky.bsky.social · 3h
the president of the united states who has access to unprecedented levels of intel and up to the minute daily briefings is instead making statements based on fox news broadcasts from 2020 that his staff has convinced him is happening right now
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Silvia Pineda-Munoz, PhD - Climate Ages @climateages.bsky.social · 2h
Me: I wonder whether any of my science posts will ever go viral here 🧪

Bluesky: 🍑
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Silvia Pineda-Munoz, PhD - Climate Ages @climateages.bsky.social · 8h
A 126,000-year-old butt-drag just made fossil history.
A tiny rock hyrax scooted across the sand of ancient South Africa, and that moment was preserved in stone.

Even the smallest acts can echo through time.
🧪 #SciComm
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The 126,000-Year-Old Butt-Drag That Rewrote What Counts as a Fossil
How a small animal’s odd habit turned into one of the most unexpected stories ever preserved in stone Some discoveries make headlines because they’re dramatic: new...
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Dr. Carol Tilley 🏳️‍🌈 @anuncivilphd.bsky.social · 2h
Goodnight, friends.

May this note encourage you, wherever, whenever, however, it finds you. Keep going.

I love you.
Princess Leia looks at the viewer. Text says, We are the resistance.
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✌🏽 @saraiya.bsky.social · 2h
the joy of state media
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Prem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · 4h
Huh: TikTok took down my 8-second video featuring this image of Debbie Brockman — the news producer just detained by Trump’s CBP agents — saying it violates the “joy of TikTok”
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AndreaaaHHhHHHHh!! Grimes @andreagrimes.com · 8h
POV: you are just trying to sit on the ding-dang couch
Fizzy the big-eared beagle-german shepherd mix and Panda the teeny black and white Chihuahua mix are being extremely the fuck nosy and poking the camera while Andrea's husband tries to take their picture
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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 2h
These guys have gotten incredibly rich by fleecing the government with subpar tech that was designed for rentseeking rather than performance. A smart Dem agenda item would be to build internal tech capacity. The fact that it would punish these guys is just a silver lining.
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Mike Masnick @mmasnick.bsky.social · 2h
Being a billionaire must really fuck with your mind. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/10/u...
Marc Benioff Says Trump Should Send Guard Troops to San Francisco
www.nytimes.com
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TVMoJoe @tvmojoe.bsky.social · 2h
The New York Times this week published a (detailed) story about Noem trashing a random country music singer for a song lyric she didn’t like. It has not covered Noem’s unprecedented use of official channels to spread political propaganda/lies.
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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 2h
Can you think of a single movie in which there is a video from the government denouncing its political opponents playing on a loop in public spaces in which that government was the good guy?
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 2h
A new Noem video is being played at airports trashing Democrats.
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 7h
Federal workers: If you were impacted by the Trump administration's just-announced mass layoffs, our reporters are here to listen.

We understand you may be taking a risk in contacting us, and we take your privacy seriously.

Here's how to get in touch securely 👇
How to Contact ProPublica or Send a Tip Securely — ProPublica
Our job is to hold people and institutions accountable. To do that, we need evidence.
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NPR @npr.org · 2h
Macario Martínez, the street sweeper who became a Mexican pop star, brings his evocative music and longing lyricism to the Tiny Desk. n.pr/48pIa3k
Macario Martínez: Tiny Desk Concert
Macario Martínez, the street sweeper who became a Mexican pop star, brings his evocative music and longing lyricism to the Tiny Desk.
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Corodon @thecorodon.bsky.social · 2h
Exodus 8:2
"If you refuse to let them go, I will send a plague of frogs on your whole country."
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Reverend Jesus "H" Christ @reverendjesus.com · 13h
Blessed are the frogs, for they keep making authoritarians look incredibly stupid
Three persons in inflatable frog costumes. One of them is holding a nicely painted sign with two little cartoon frogs holding hands, below the text "FROGS TOGETHER STRONG"
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Barred and Boujee aka Madiba Dennie @audrelawdamercy.bsky.social · 4h
aaand we are officially in the hide-your-neighbors stage
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Sophie Sherry @sophiesherry.bsky.social · 7h
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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Kathleen Bachynski @bachynski.bsky.social · 2h
Three weeks is such a long time, especially for a kid. Vaccines help keep children healthy and in school. “Unvaccinated children who were exposed to the virus will be “excluded” from school for three weeks, the length of time it could take for a measles exposure to cause symptoms, Bell said.”
Hundreds of U.S. students quarantined amid measles outbreaks
At least 270 unvaccinated kids are staying home from school as measles continues to spread nationwide. "Expect more," one expert said.
www.nbcnews.com
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Haymarket Books @haymarketbooks.org · 5h
Join @naomiaklein.bsky.social, @chenjerai.bsky.social, @keeanga.bsky.social, and @astra.bsky.social for a town hall on the Trump administration's authoritarian war on the Left, hosted w/ @hammerandhope.bsky.social.

Tuesday, October 14th at 6:00 PM ET

RSVP: www.tickettailor.com/events/hayma...
Solidarity Against Sadism Naomi Klein Chenjerai Kumanyika Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor Astra Taylor An Emergency Town Hall Tuesday, October 14 at 6:00 pm ET Sponsored by Haymarket Books and Hammer & Hope
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Monica Castillo @mcastimovies.bsky.social · 3h
As a fan of the original film, I was skeptical of Bill Condon’s adaptation of the musical, but he does such a great job, I cannot help but recommend the new KISS OF THE SPIDER WOMAN. 🕷️

Read my full review below. 🕸️
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RogerEbert.com @ebertvoices.bsky.social · 12h
“KISS OF THE SPIDER WOMAN arrives at a time when we could perhaps use a little more distraction, an excuse to stop doomscrolling and fall into the old school charms of sweeping musicals and a story about love in the face of oppression,” writes @mcastimovies.bsky.social.
Kiss of the Spider Woman movie review (2025) | Roger Ebert
It’s kitsch but a delightfully surprising throwback, and a welcome reminder that in times of need, we still have art for escape.
www.rogerebert.com
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