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Bryan @bryanuf.bsky.social · 14h

I wish I was fluent in Japanese so I could have communicated better how beautiful the Peace Wing is.

Bryan @bryanuf.bsky.social · 14h

The Daichi Kamada effect: Two Japanese women each bought their kid new Crystal Palace shirts with "KAMADA" printed on the back. One of them appeared to be from Hiroshima because she had a Sanfrecce keychain on her bag, so we spoke about the Peace Wing for a moment. @aishiterutokyo.bsky.social

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Max Kennerly @maxkennerly.bsky.social · 14h

MAGA people don't know how to exist without an appalled audience. Sure, they probably have some half-baked nefarious plans coming over here, but the primary drive is their insatiable emotional need for our attention. Everybody please do your part to deny them it. 🫡

cait (and adonis) @cait.bsky.social · 15h

it is my pleasure to report they are indeed mad as fuck on the other site over being blocked and ignored. keep up the excellent work everyone

Free the World @PatriotVerity
x.com
I joined Bluesky 6 hours ago, have not said anything rude or abrasive, and I'm already blocked by over 58,000 people.

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Violet Miller @vimiller.bsky.social · 14h

ICE responded two days after I asked for a statement on Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle making county property “ICE free zones.”

I’m not sure they know who SHE (a cis woman in her position for 15 years + 19 on Chi City Council) is.

They use “he” and “his” so it’s not a spelling error.

Screenshot of email from ICE

Media Inquiry 6:20 PM
to me, ICEMedia, JEFFREY, STEVEN

"The Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle should be thanking ICE law enforcement officers for arresting violent criminals from his community. Instead, he is banning them from county owned property.
His reckless policies not only endanger our law enforcement, but public safety. While he continues to release pedophiles… (screenshot cuts off)

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Bryan @bryanuf.bsky.social · 15h

The Palace training jackets completely changed the way I use the word haha

Bryan @bryanuf.bsky.social · 15h

I've learned to use "jacket" for brisk weather (like today) and "coat" when I need something for cold temperatures.

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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 1d

i imagine there’s about to be an influx of MAGA chuds spewing their bullshit but i really can’t stress enough that if we don’t give them oxygen, they’ll get bored and leave. block early and often.

Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 1d

i know the desire to fight with these sick freaks is strong but resist the urge and just block. it’s better for your brain.

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ProPublica @propublica.org · 17h

NEW: “Bands of masked men apprehending people in broad daylight in the streets and hauling them off. Disappearing people to a third country,” a former DHS official said. “We’re at an inflection point in history right now and it’s frightening.”

How Trump is Building a Repressive, Shadowy Federal Police Force

Trump’s DHS appointees have dismantled civil rights guardrails, protected agents’ anonymity and encouraged them to wear masks, threatened groups that stood in their way, and overwhelmed legal challenges to their arrests and tactics.

www.propublica.org

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Sarah Wexler @sarahwexler.bsky.social · 20h

The NLCS MVP is celebrating appropriately: by posting Instagram stories of his dog.

A screenshot of Shohei Ohtani’s Instagram story featuring his kooikerhondje, Decoy, next to a scarecrow holding a pumpkin that says “happy harvest.”

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CJ Fogler @cjzero.bsky.social · 1d

Shohei Ohtani this is just stupid...

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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 23h

it’s honestly astonishing in this day and age when republicans experience consequences for their actions

hannah gais @hannahgais.bsky.social · 1d

A Vermont lawmaker stepped down following revelations regarding his involvement in a racist, pro-Hitler chat associated with the Young Republicans. www.politico.com/news/2025/10...

Lawmaker resigns after involvement in racist chat

Vermont state Sen. Sam Douglass will resign after intense pressure from top Republicans in the state.

www.politico.com

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pumpkin spice amb 🎃 @amb.fyi · 23h

take the good news wherever you can get it

OPB @opb.org · 1d

For the first time in more than 100 years, Chinook salmon have been spotted at the confluence of the Sprague and Williamson rivers in Chiloquin, the government seat of the Klamath Tribes in Southern Oregon.

Salmon clear last Klamath dams, reaching Williamson and Sprague rivers

Just a year after four dams were removed, a group of fall Chinook have migrated nearly 300 miles into the Upper Klamath Basin.

www.opb.org

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Bryan @bryanuf.bsky.social · 22h

The Fujisawa v. Gim tiebreaker feels like a personal attack on me.

Devin Heroux @devinheroux.bsky.social · 23h

TIEBREAKERS

Tiebreakers: Tabata vs. Wrana, Fujisawa vs. Gim

Tiebreakers: Gushue vs. McEwen, Muskatewitz vs. Waddell

Put the coffee on. We start early on Saturday.

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slangsonsports.bsky.social @slangsonsports.bsky.social · 23h

Shohei Ohtani:

-first player to strike out a batter and hit a home run in the first inning of a postseason game

-first player to strike out 3 batters & hit a home run in the same postseason inning

-1st player with multiple career postseason innings with 2+ K & a HR (both tn)

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slangsonsports.bsky.social @slangsonsports.bsky.social · 22h

Shohei Ohtani’s three homers in postseason games he pitched (all tonight) are the most of any player in a career in games pitched

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Bryan @bryanuf.bsky.social · 22h

Goodbye and good riddance to the Brewers. The biggest bottlers thought they won their World Series in the NLDS.

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Aisle424 Has Fallen @aisle424.bsky.social · 1d

MiLLLLaukee BreLLLLers

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Alex Quigley @alexquigley.bsky.social · 1d

Fly that flag, Brewers!

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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 1d

Breaking on MSNBC: Two top criminal lawyers in the Eastern District of Virginia have been fired: Elizabeth Yusi, the criminal chief, and her deputy Kristin Bird. Both had been involved with Letitia James case and were skeptical of it.

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Bryan @bryanuf.bsky.social · 1d

Worst Friday news dump ever

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Dan Orlowitz @aishiterutokyo.bsky.social · 1d

nooooooooooooooooo

www.nba.com/bulls/news/b...

Bulls waive Yuki Kawamura | Chicago Bulls

www.nba.com

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Michelle Ye Hee Lee @myhlee.bsky.social · 4d

These American athletes are finding a second home in South Korean sports -- love this KBO story by @bartschaneman.bsky.social
www.washingtonpost.com/sports/2025/...

These American athletes are finding a second home in South Korean sports

Americans Austin Dean, Jameel Warney and Dustin Nippert took a gamble on moving their professional sports careers to South Korea. It paid off.

www.washingtonpost.com

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Dan Orlowitz @aishiterutokyo.bsky.social · 2d

And here it is!

bsky.app/profile/emsa...

Emma Sanders @emsandersbbc.bsky.social · 2d

We discussed the Japanese talent in the WSL on BBC World Service Radio's "More than the score" podcast. Great to get insight from @aishiterutokyo and discuss the topic with @mazfaroo Listen to the podcast here 📻👇🇯🇵

www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

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Russ Bengtson @russbengtson.bsky.social · 1d

first everyone vaguely hispanic was MS-13, now they're all tren de aragua, they're not very subtle with their racism

Texas Observer @texasobserver.org · 1d

Previously: Friends rented the Airbnb to celebrate a pair of birthdays. There were beers, arepas, and a birthday cake. They were planning to blow out candles and sing the following day.

But first there was a massive, militarized multi-agency ICE raid.

Officials Said They Busted a Tren de Aragua Party. Attendees Beg to Differ.

A highly publicized multi-agency raid in Hays County resulted in dozens of arrests on low-level immigration charges and left an Austin mother's life in tatters. It also fit a pattern of unproven…

www.texasobserver.org

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Kat Abughazaleh @katmabu.bsky.social · 1d

Cops led us into the street as the new “protest zone” and then beat us repeatedly.

Got hit in the face with a baton. Leaving to pick up my friends who were arrested.

Stay safe out there.

This picture is from about 5 minutes after being hit. A visible bruise is forming on my right cheekbone and by my right eye.

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