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unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 4d

Fam, this is a challenging moment. We (as reporters) are trying to balance urgency of news & amplification of resistance narratives with not assisting in putting people in prison. It's tough for everyone right now with how fast videos go viral. There's a lot we are not sharing.

The People's Fabric @peoplesfabric.com · 4d

Pro-tip: if you have video of you or others directly intervening to obstruct ICE or de-arrest someone, for god’s sake don’t post it on social media. Or at a minimum blur faces first. You’re just begging for federal charges.

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jeff computers @helldude.bsky.social · 4d

forum wars took over the government. the 10,000-page thread spilled out into the streets. people are getting their doors blown open and hogtied so that nerds can win an online argument. they tanked the dollar and fucked the economy permanently to own you

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Brenda Flanagan @bflanagannj.bsky.social · 16d

"We're not going away..."
An update to NJ PBS operations www.njspotlightnews.org/video/an-upd...

An update to NJ PBS operations | Video | NJ Spotlight News

WNET will no longer operate NJ PBS after June 2026

www.njspotlightnews.org

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chigeek.bsky.social @chigeek.bsky.social · 16d

The annual pumpkin display at the entrance of Governor Pritzker’s personal residence on Astor Street. He is the pumpkin king. Illinois produces the most pumpkins, including canned, than any other state in the U.S., twice as many as the next five states combined.

My photo taken last year of Governor J.B. Pritzker’s personal residence on Chicago’s Astor Street showcasing an impressive pumpkin and gourd display.

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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · Aug 25

Pritzker: To the members of the press who are assembled here today and listening across the country, I am asking for your courage to tell it like it is. This is not a time to pretend here that there are two sides to this story.

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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · Aug 25

it's giving this [complimentary]

still from Miss Congeniality: And if anyone tries to hurt one of my new friends, I would take them out. I would make them suffer so much that they'd wish they were never born. And if they ran, I would hunt them down.

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Amy Wilson @amywilson.bsky.social · Aug 5

Thank you!! We have had loads of butterflies in our new place so, makes sense!!

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Amy Wilson @amywilson.bsky.social · Aug 5

Attention Bluesky users…

Anyone know what kind of plant this is?

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Jarrett Walker @humantransit.bsky.social · Jul 22

It's time for clear eyed thinking about the potential for the large-scale destruction of public transit in American cities. It could happen in the next two years. Thread... 1/

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David Graeber Institute @davidgraeberinst.bsky.social · Jul 17

"My own conclusion was psychologically it’s not that people want to work, it’s more people want to feel they are transforming the world in a way that makes some kind a positive difference to other people. In a way, that’s what being human is all about."

#BullshitJobs

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Amy Wilson @amywilson.bsky.social · Jul 15

I have zero idea what the solution is. And anyone know knows me knows I’m dealing with a lot of free floating anxiety right now in my own life so this may be my brain misfiring weirdly. But like oh god, I do not want rich weirdos in control of public transportation.

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Amy Wilson @amywilson.bsky.social · Jul 15

But like, please — can we please not have Peter Thiel or Elon Musk or some other weirdo billionaire bail them out because we all know they won’t do it just because.

They’ll do it to own and control the most powerful asset the NYC/Philly area has. What comes next, we don’t know. +

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Amy Wilson @amywilson.bsky.social · Jul 15

All three systems need trillions of dollars poured in to fix them or the NYC/Philly area is going to be crippled. That money isn’t coming from the Feds any time Trump is in office.

It’s probably way too much to put on the backs of taxpayers. So I get how private investors could look good. +

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Amy Wilson @amywilson.bsky.social · Jul 15

I had kind of an insane thought last night but I just wanted to put it out there.

I’m sure we all saw the horrific videos of the MTA yesterday. All weekend, PATH was barely operational. And SEPTA has had their funding cut to the bone.

My fear: private investors are going to try to step in. +

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Amy Wilson @amywilson.bsky.social · Jul 13

This is absolutely insane. www.artnews.com/art-news/new...

Smithsonian Institution Exhibition Under Review by the White House

The White House has denounced a show at the National Museum of American History, which is run by the Smithsonian.

www.artnews.com

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Amy Wilson @amywilson.bsky.social · Jul 12

You know you’re Gen X when…

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Amy Wilson @amywilson.bsky.social · Jul 12

Pusha T looked so happy it made me tear up 😂 ugh so good to see

www.youtube.com/watch?v=f7gI...

Clipse: Tiny Desk Concert

YouTube video by NPR Music

www.youtube.com

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Alaskan Weeb (Haunted) @alaskanweeb.bsky.social · Jul 6

This is why it’s important to not completely lose your empathy and give into cheering for death. This is who we risk becoming.

J.J. @jdotj.bsky.social · Jul 6

Yes, it’s fucked up. It’s not better than MAGA. It’s also supremely stupid: the majority of the missing and deceased children are from Dallas and Houston: reliably blue dots in Texas.

Kpow * @kpow70.bsky.social • 5h
It's hard to continue to have empathy for people who not only voted for this but WILLED it onto ALL OF US. I'll send tots n pears... be better next time vote FOR your family instead of AGAINST mine...
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themostchill @themostchill.bsky.social • 4h
And what about the kids who were trapped and are still unlocated in their summer camp? Did they not vote hard enough either?
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Only one of many. @crystalsoul42.bsky.social
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They need to look to their parents as to the why this happened, if they can. I suggest they hope there are enough people that MAGAt hasn't run down over the last 8 years to provide enough help. How often do I have to be told I don't deserve to live before I am allowed to turn my back? I'm done.

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Claire Zagorski, MSc, EMT-P @clairezagorski.bsky.social · Jul 5

Hey y’all, if you would like to donate to relief for Kerr County, please use this link:

cftexashillcountry.fcsuite.com/erp/donate/c...

This comes direct from our mutual aid network, and this org is local and nimble enough to get things done in a timely way.

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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @aoc.bsky.social · Jul 4

I cannot emphasize enough how true & real this is.

In almost anywhere on the political spectrum you ID with or major issue, there’s probably a bot/troll operation to encourage your rage and vitriol.

And how/where that rage gets directed, esp understandable rage, is what they are out to influence.

Chanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 @chanda.blacksky.app · Jul 4

People on this app get really angry every time I point out that social media manipulation is a real phenomenon that we are all stewing in and that’s having real world consequences and I’m sure part of that is engagement farmers who do that manipulation not liking people talking about it

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Amy Wilson @amywilson.bsky.social · Jul 4

Guys I’m gutting my studio and found a trove of these “Trenton makes/the world takes” iron on patches. Want a set? $10 Venmo or PayPal, dm me for info.

Cc @leboism.bsky.social didn’t you want a set of these or am I misremembering?

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THE CITY @thecity.nyc · Jul 4

What fans don’t know is that Sherita was never about honest, quirky old working-class Brooklyn. Instead she and several frowsier sister signs mark a nasty pattern of northern Brooklyn real estate manipulation.

The Terrible Truth About Sherita, Brooklyn’s Beloved Billboard Dinosaur

The vanished icon of Atlantic Ave. was the relic of a secretive family who grabbed buildings from immigrant owners across the booming borough.

buff.ly

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Dave Itzkoff @ditzkoff.bsky.social · Jul 3

Kent brockman: “it does seem the father of the deposed beauty Queen, Homer Simpson, filled out the pageant application incorrectly.”

“In the area under “do not write in this space,” he wrote, “okay.””

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Amy Wilson @amywilson.bsky.social · Jun 27

Barney!

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Amy Wilson @amywilson.bsky.social · Jun 26

Ah thanks! Very bittersweet to leave. But Katie and David will do a great job!

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