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Bini @biniman.bsky.social · 1d

Liz because she would be the first woman stand up to perform there and believes she'll prove a point.

Suss-- 🥌 @suss2hyphens.bsky.social · 1d

which 30 rock character was most likely to headline the riyadh comedy festival, tracy or jenna

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Emissary Of Night | ليلى @diplomatofnight.com · 1d

“The alleged underground Hamas command center at Al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza City, used to justify an unprecedented assault on the biggest medical center in Gaza, was actually an animation the IDF had used the previous year, saying at the time it was a tunnel beneath a UN school.”

Jack Sapoch @jacksapoch.bsky.social · 2d

NEW: Since October 2023, the IDF Spokesperson's Unit has released dozens of 3D animations illustrating alleged Hamas, Hezbollah, and Iranian sites

The style is now unmistakable: satellite zoom-ins, black & white wireframes, and red-textured houses - a new visual language of war

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jeff com-BOO-ters @helldude.bsky.social · 1d

100% they have to believe they are going to reign for 1000 years reich because otherwise how can you explain arraigning the former FBI head for a minor inconsistency in senate testimony at the exact minute the current AG is telling the committee "eat my entire ass senator"

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Bini @biniman.bsky.social · 2d

They got Derrick Groves a few days before the election 🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔

Bini @biniman.bsky.social · 2d

Reporter commenting on a literal neo-Nazi: "wow does this guy know he's condemning the Nazi's opponents?"

Justin Baragona @justinbaragona.bsky.social · 2d

Incredible.

Jack Posobiec references the earliest version of antifa -- the anti-fascists in the Weimar Republic who were opposed to the Nazi Party -- as the bad guys.

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Jack Tripper @chadstanton.blacksky.app · 2d

Really would like people to square this circle with their vocal support for increased policing in Black communities.

Caleb Crain @calebcrain.bsky.social · 3d

Chilling insight by @barbarafwalter.com: "Once citizens view their own government’s security forces as an occupying army, violence becomes inevitable. Trump’s team knows this… They’re trying to trigger the very unrest that would justify further crackdowns."

via www.nytimes.com/2025/10/07/o...

Screenshot from a NYT article by Thomas Edsall, quoting Barbara Walter of UC-San Diego: "The quickest way to piss people off is to send soldiers into their neighborhoods especially when there’s no reason for them to be there. It’s inherently provocative, and Trump and his team understand this. Research by the political scientist Robert Pape shows that the single most powerful predictor of suicide terrorism is the presence of foreign troops on local soil. People hate, hate, hate that. They hate the humiliation, the powerlessness, the feeling of being occupied.

"Once citizens begin to view their own government’s security forces as an occupying army, violence becomes inevitable. Trump’s team knows this. In fact, that’s the point. They are not trying to restore order; they’re trying to trigger the very unrest that would justify further crackdowns. In the end, violence serves their ultimate end: They want to create the illusion of disorder so they can tighten control and stay in power indefinitely."

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Bini @biniman.bsky.social · 2d

Really no one should be choosing standard gas cars anymore. Not sold on fully electric here yet, but that's because our infrastructure is shit

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Democracy and trains @wingedisis.bsky.social · 3d

Going to respectfully suggest that we might be better able to pull this department back on the rails if the pay range wasn’t 40-65k with degrees required and getting bullied by developers, contractors, and the general public as a bonus.

Verite News @veritenews.org · 3d

Report: Safety and permits office still hasn’t fixed known problems

The New Orleans Department of Safety and Permits continues to lack internal organization and accountability, according to a report released Tuesday (Oct. 7) by the New Orleans Office of the Inspector General.

Report: Safety and permits office still hasn’t fixed known problems

The New Orleans Department of Safety and Permits continues to lack internal organization and accountability, according to a report released Tuesday (Oct. 7) by the New Orleans Office of the Inspector General.

veritenews.org

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David_j_roth @davidjroth.bsky.social · 3d

Joe Pera Explains Medicare Privatization To You

Joshua J. Friedman @joshuajfriedman.com · 3d

What will the new Adam O'Neal–hosted WaPo opinions podcast sound like for the next few decades? Maybe a little something like this x.com/WashPostComm...

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Bill Corbett @billcorbett.bsky.social · 3d

Minimum demands from here on:
- Abolish ICE immediately
- Prosecute and jail all ICE leaders nationwide, and any ICE goon who can be proven to have violated the Constitution
- Prosecute and jail all Trump administration officials responsible, inc. Cabinet level
- Abolish Dept of Homeland Security

Kurt @flglchicago.bsky.social · 3d

Here’s video of the incident

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Bini @biniman.bsky.social · 3d

Happy Pi-thon day

docs.python.org/3/whatsnew/3...

What’s new in Python 3.14

Editors, Adam Turner and Hugo van Kemenade,. This article explains the new features in Python 3.14, compared to 3.13. Python 3.14 was released on 7 October 2025. For full details, see the changelog...

docs.python.org

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Sam (ABeardedPanda) @abeardedpanda.bsky.social · 4d

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skooks @skookses.bsky.social · 4d

Yeah this thing Lombard is doing to Calvin Duncan at the end of the campaign is the grossest thing I've seen in a while www.nola.com/news/politic...

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Solomon @solomonmissouri.bsky.social · 5d

It's a question of morality... a simple question of morality

Eli Clifton @eliclifton.com · 6d

Van Jones repeats “dead Gaza baby” as a punch line. New York Times columnistThomas Friedman laughs along.

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Bini @biniman.bsky.social · 5d

I'll do for half that!

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Bini @biniman.bsky.social · 5d

16-4 here we come!

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Cristian Farias @cristianfarias.com · 5d

This video of Chicagoans intervening to save a man from being abducted off the streets by ICE is making the rounds on Instagram.

Community action works.

Source: www.instagram.com/reel/DPZL2AL...

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Bini @biniman.bsky.social · 5d

Beat last munis by 15k 💪
Beat Governor by 17k 🙄

Bini @biniman.bsky.social · 5d

New Orleans election turnout (EV/Election Day). I think this muni cycle hit an EV all-time high

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Bini @biniman.bsky.social · 5d

Both my football teams are playing each other and they're both terrible 😇

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Jack Tripper @chadstanton.blacksky.app · 7d

Policing is going to be the wedge for every progressive politician and it’s going to remain effective as long as avoiding confrontation with what the police are and what they’re doing is considered “smart politics.”

unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 8d

Cops and feds have successfully split up the demonstration now.

ISP standing side by side with Border Patrol.

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Bini @biniman.bsky.social · 7d

Actually he's the "left-leaning" one right?

onion person @junlper.beer · 7d

i love that the average republican is a conspiracy theorist now

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Bini @biniman.bsky.social · 7d

I went with Royce because OT seems to be gaining ground, and I'd rather see him in the runoff. Plus I think the pros for him are very good and the cons are about the same as Helena. And the machine chose to back her, which gives him more leverage if he wins. Idk nether will be transformational 🤷

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Bini @biniman.bsky.social · 7d

I don't wanna get all race sciencey but that is a cop phenotype

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Jerry Chen @jcsalterego.bsky.social · 7d

no! NO!!

a chyron reads "FORMER ANTIFA MEMBER SPEAKS OUT". the interviewee is grimace

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