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The Associated Press @apnews.com · 2d

The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation announced its 2025 class of fellows on Wednesday, a prize often called the "genius award."

Meet the 22 artists, scientists and authors who will each get $800,000 MacArthur genius grants

The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation announced its 2025 class of fellows on Wednesday, a prize often called the “genius award.”

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Col. Boozy Badger @boozybadger.lawyersandliquor.com · 4d

Dunno man, seems a little misleading to write an article about Trump describing activity in Portland and Chicago as “insurrection” with a 33 year old photo of a burning donut shop taken in the 1992 LA Riots (sans caption explaining that) as the header on all your posts about it.

The picture from
The article with a picture of an armed men standing in front of a burning donut shop. You must click through to read the caption “
Two National guardsmen stand guard outside a burning donut shop in Los Angeles on April 30, 1992.
The National Guard was called in to aid police during the second day of rioting in the city.”

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Amy @amygalford.bsky.social · 5d

wow, I've known about this with highways but hadn't heard of it as a pattern for colleges, now I know.

Amy @amygalford.bsky.social · 5d

their new stores the last few years in VT and NH have been disappointing to me compared to stores I knew years ago in other states. not sure if that was a national quality slide or just in newer stores.

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Amy @amygalford.bsky.social · 5d

"The people who are so quick to take down DEI are growing their 401(k) savings accounts off the backs of what DEI is delivering.

Diversity is, and always will be, an emerging market." was not even in their financial interest

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R.E.M. @remhq.bsky.social · 5d

Released 33 years ago—Oct. 5-6, 1992. Share your favorite track in the comments!

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Amy @amygalford.bsky.social · 6d

@bebeneuwirth.bsky.social your cats appeared near on my timeline and confused me

Amy @amygalford.bsky.social · 6d

later seasons the contestants had some idea of how it would work, 1st season I wonder what they were told to expect

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Retro Tech Dreams @retrotechdreams.bsky.social · 6d

After Dark 1.0: City

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Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 9d

Jane Goodall, ethologist and conservationist, has died. She was 91

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Lora Kolodny @lorak.bsky.social · 10d

Please - stop doing the screenshot no link thing on Bluesky. This platform does not punish you for posting a URL. You picked up the habit from Meta apps? Stop doing Mark Z's bidding. Link ESPECIALLY to authors, reporters, bloggers, etc. where you quote the work.

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Kameron Hurley @kameronhurley.com · 13d

I mean... As someone who remembers when things actually worked, I understand why so many people are going Full Karen these days 😂

This is up there w/ "can't order a quesadilla at Chipotle at the counter, only thru the app" and "can't reserve a hotel room at the front desk, only online."

Bless.

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Michael Sainato @msainato.bsky.social · 12d

I spoke with federal workers who took the deferred resignation program set to take effect on September 30

"I was forced to" one worker said "through fear and intimidation."

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

US set for largest mass resignation in history as Trump continues deep cuts

Federal workers say they have little choice but to depart, with 100,000 leaving under deferred resignation program

www.theguardian.com

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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 12d

Cannot be repeated enough: this was not a voluntary resignation program. Workers were told they were more valuable in the private sector, that they might be fired from their jobs, that they could expect no reasonable work accommodations, that they would work for leaders who were undermining services

Michael Sainato @msainato.bsky.social · 12d

I spoke with federal workers who took the deferred resignation program set to take effect on September 30

"I was forced to" one worker said "through fear and intimidation."

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

US set for largest mass resignation in history as Trump continues deep cuts

Federal workers say they have little choice but to depart, with 100,000 leaving under deferred resignation program

www.theguardian.com

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Amy @amygalford.bsky.social · 13d

in some cases pushing out excellent employees and then paying them not to work, both wrong

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RetiredATLATC🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @retiredatlatc.bsky.social · 14d

As a retd ATL ATC I went through numerous shutdowns & the disgust of going to work week upon week without paying is palatable. Yes we get paid eventually, but not getting a paycheck for a month or so, & then usually having it messed up because of calculation error sucks. Then it takes months to fix

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Adam Kinzinger @adamkinzinger.substack.com · 14d

Planes still fly. Social Security checks still arrive. The real shutdown is trust in our politics. Here’s my first-hand look at what a government shutdown is—and isn’t.
open.substack.com/pub/adamkinz...

Shutdown Politics vs. Reality

From Social Security to the VA, what keeps going while Washington points fingers

open.substack.com

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Amy @amygalford.bsky.social · 13d

The long reckoning of income concentration at the top, and wasting money and other resources on crypto cartoons, AI, etc. I see an uptick in local businesses closing from multiple factors.

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National Weather Service @nws.noaa.gov · 14d

There is an increasing threat of heavy rainfall early next week from coastal Georgia through the Carolinas and into the southern Mid-Atlantic states, which could cause flash, urban, and river flooding.

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Amy @amygalford.bsky.social · 15d

looks like someone drew on a Doonesbury White House

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😈Mark (of the Beast) Yarm👿 @markyarm.bsky.social · 15d

Still available! HMU!

😈Mark (of the Beast) Yarm👿 @markyarm.bsky.social · 15d

Selling two (2) tickets for #Spiritualized at Kings Theater, Brooklyn, tonight (9/25). Great seats: Section 2 F 122 and F 123. Face value or best offer.

Please reskeet. DMs are open.

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Senator Patty Murray @murray.senate.gov · 15d

Another pathetic lie from a pathetic President.

You know, the guy who promised to lower costs on day one?

This is about him refusing to do anything about exploding health care costs for American CITIZENS. Premiums are set to DOUBLE across the country.

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National Hurricane Center - Atlantic Alerts (UNOFFICIAL) @nhc-atlc.nws-bot.us · 15d

NHC Atlantic Outlook update for Thu, 25 Sep 2025 20:37:14 UTC
Additional Details Here.

ZCZC MIATWOAT ALL<br>TTAA00 KNHC DDHHMM<br><br>Tropical Weather Outlook<br>NWS National Hurricane Center Miami FL<br>200 PM EDT Thu Sep 25 2025<br><br>For the North Atlantic...Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of America:<br><br>Active Systems:<br>The National Hurricane Center is issuing advisories on Hurricane <br>Gabrielle, located several hundred miles west of the Azores, and on <br>Tropical Storm Humberto, over the subtropical central Atlantic.<br><br>1. Central Caribbean Sea and Southwestern Atlantic (AL94):<br>Showers and thunderstorms are increasing in association with a<br>a tropical wave located near Hispaniola and the Turks and Caicos <br>Islands. An area of low pressure is expected to form along the <br>wave tonight or early Friday when it moves near the southeast <br>Bahamas. This low is expected to become a tropical depression when <br>it is in the vicinity of the central and northwest Bahamas late <br>Friday or over the weekend and then track northwestward or <br>northward over the southwestern Atlantic.<br><br>Interests in the Dominican Republic, Haiti, the Turks and Caicos <br>Islands, and the Bahamas should monitor the progress of this <br>system. Regardless of development, heavy rains and gusty winds <br>are likely across that region during the next couple of days. <br>While there is significant uncertainty in the long-range track and <br>intensity of the system, the chances of wind, rainfall, and storm <br>surge impacts for a portion of the southeast U.S. coast are <br>increasing. Interests in that area should monitor the progress of <br>the system. <br>* Formation chance through 48 hours...high...80 percent.<br>* Formation chance through 7 days...high...90 percent.<br><br><br><br><br>Public Advisories on Humberto are issued under WMO header<br>WTNT33 KNHC and under AWIPS header MIATCPAT3.<br>Forecast/Advisories on Humberto are issued under WMO header<br>WTNT23 KNHC and under AWIPS header MIATCMAT3.<br><br><br>Forecaster Cangialosi/Reinhart<br><br><br>

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National Hurricane Center - Atlantic Alerts (UNOFFICIAL) @nhc-atlc.nws-bot.us · 15d

NHC Atlantic Outlook update for Thu, 25 Sep 2025 11:38:58 UTC
Additional Details Here.

ZCZC MIATWOAT ALL<br>TTAA00 KNHC DDHHMM<br><br>Tropical Weather Outlook<br>NWS National Hurricane Center Miami FL<br>800 AM EDT Thu Sep 25 2025<br><br>For the North Atlantic...Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of America:<br><br>Active Systems:<br>The National Hurricane Center is issuing advisories on Hurricane <br>Gabrielle, located over the central subtropical Atlantic, and on <br>Tropical Storm Humberto, located several hundred miles <br>east-northeast of the northern Leeward Islands.<br><br>1. Central Caribbean Sea and Southwestern Atlantic (AL94):<br>A tropical wave is producing a large area of disorganized showers, <br>thunderstorms, and gusty winds across portions of the Dominican <br>Republic, and the Turks and Caicos Islands. An area of low pressure <br>is expected to form along the wave tonight or early Friday when it <br>moves near the southeast Bahamas. This low is expected to become <br>a tropical depression when it is in the vicinity of the central and <br>northwest Bahamas in a couple of days. Interests in the Dominican <br>Republic, Haiti, the Turks and Caicos Islands, and the Bahamas <br>should monitor the progress of this system as heavy rains and gusty <br>winds are likely across that region regardless of development. <br>Interests along the coast of the southeastern United States should <br>also monitor the progress of this system. <br>* Formation chance through 48 hours...high...70 percent.<br>* Formation chance through 7 days...high...90 percent.<br><br><br><br><br>Public Advisories on Humberto are issued under WMO header<br>WTNT33 KNHC and under AWIPS header MIATCPAT3.<br>Forecast/Advisories on Humberto are issued under WMO header<br>WTNT23 KNHC and under AWIPS header MIATCMAT3.<br><br><br>Forecaster Cangialosi/Reinhart<br><br><br>

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New Hampshire Public Radio @nhpr.org · 17d

Just how bad is the drought?

“There are places on the Connecticut River you can walk across," observed John Swain, president of Capital Well of Dunbarton. "I haven’t seen that in years."

Wells are drying up as the drought continues

As drought continues in New Hampshire, lakes and streams are low, and wells are having issues. “There are places on the Connecticut River you can walk across. I haven’t seen that in years,” commented…

www.nhpr.org

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