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unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 2h

This is real. Chicago today.

Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 2h

Yeah, that is a tear gas canister being fired toward the retreating couple holding the baby

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Justin Baragona @justinbaragona.bsky.social · 4h

Extremely normal and not at all weird

Prem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · 4h

NEW: Pentagon officials are forcing staff to watch Pete Hegseth's "Warrior" speech he forced generals to listen to.

Officials are even "testing" staff to see if they watched — and are threatening consequences if they lie about watching it or if they mock it, sources tell @swin24.bsky.social and I.

The Pentagon Is Ordering Staff to Watch Hegseth’s ‘MAGA Garbage’ Speech… Or Else

Defense Department sources tell Zeteo that staff have been warned that if they don’t watch or read the speech, or if they speak negatively of it, they could face severe consequences.

zeteo.com

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Caris Adel @carisadel.bsky.social · 4h

oohhhhhhhhh dang I bet this is 🔥

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Samuel Perry @profsamperry.bsky.social · 4h

Got my copy on audible today and already well into it. Really fascinating insights into the vast literature on evangelical parenting and its consequences. I’m sure this will resonate with many evangelicals and exvangelicals. Well done, @mburtwrites.bsky.social & @kkramermcginnis.bsky.social.

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kristinaw1021.bsky.social @kristinaw1021.bsky.social · 8h

This is a very scary bit of information. Think about this - no actual money. Worse, the centers rely on taking advantage of and destroying small communities with pollution (increasing health problems) and use of clean water (creating shortages).

Mark Lemley @marklemley.bsky.social · 3d

And this:
92% of the growth in the entire country this year has been data centers. And some of that is "circular deals" that dont involve actual money

fortune.com/2025/10/07/d...

Without data centers, GDP growth was 0.1% in the first half of 2025, Harvard economist says | Fortune

Is a U.S. without data centers a country without GDP growth?

fortune.com

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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 7h

X post today from Homeland Security @DHSgov that says "Remigrate."
3:06 PM · Oct 14, 2025

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dan sinker @dansinker.com · 7h

can not underscore enough how much this is just a random neighborhood

Caroline Kubzansky @ckubzansky.bsky.social · 9h

Chaos at 105th Street and Avenue N. A couple bricks and possibly an egg got thrown at a squad of federal agents who were standing in the intersection. Two cars — a white SUV and a red one — got trucked out after a chase and a crash, per neighbors. At least three detained from this confrontation.

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Congressman Don Beyer @beyer.house.gov · 8h

Trump has no legal authority, "standing" or otherwise, to order the killing of people in international waters for unsubstantiated accusations of non-capital crimes.

Calling them "narcoterrorists" does not make it right or legal to order their deaths without any due process.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 12h

Trump announces another strike "just off the Coast of Venezuela" that killed 6 people

Under my Standing Authorities as Commander-in-Chief, this morning, the Secretary of War, ordered a lethal kinetic strike on a vessel affiliated with a Designated Terrorist Organization (DTO) conducting narcotrafficking in the USSOUTHCOM area of responsibility — just off the Coast of Venezuela. Intelligence confirmed the vessel was trafficking narcotics, was associated with illicit narcoterrorist networks, and was transiting along a known DTO route. The strike was conducted in International Waters, and six male narcoterrorists aboard the vessel were killed in the strike. No U.S. Forces were harmed. Thank you for your attention to this matter!!!!!!

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Greg Jenner @gregjenner.bsky.social · 10h

“Copyright growing pains” is one hell of a euphemism for the biggest IP theft in history

Scientific American @sciam.bsky.social · 1d

Despite early, and familiar, copyright growing pains, Sora may be the prelude to AI-generated on-demand TV and movies

Want to See Marilyn Monroe in Game of Thrones? AI Could Make It Soon

Despite early, and familiar, copyright growing pains, Sora may be the prelude to AI-generated on-demand TV and movies

www.scientificamerican.com

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Edgar Allen Dope @ecsweet.bsky.social · 9h

Someone once tweeted:

Don’t let ppl ruin your name. Cause they can say “Daenerys Targaryen” with no trouble!”

From then my brain shifted.

🇬🇾🗽Sydette The Dreaded Gorgon🗽🇬🇾 @blackamazon.bsky.social · 9h

Racism. It’s just the racism. I know you know . It’s just exasperating to watch

They say Murkowski with now problem and just stumble over this man’s name

Aditya Mukerjee 🦦 🏳️‍🌈 @chimeracoder.bsky.social · 10h

how are people still having trouble saying "Mamdani", lmfao.

like, not only has it been months, but it's literally 100% phonetic. Just... say the letters that are written!

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unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 9h

Based on the video shared by Univision (they've paired it with overhead from ABC), today's attack might be the most chemical gas we've seen feds launch into a neighborhood so far. The clouds are enormous/that's a lot of canisters. Completely engulfing cars and homes.

instagram.com/reel/DPzWnGCklvl

unichicago on Instagram: "Operativo federal termina con gases lacrimógenos en Chicago. Esto es parte de lo que se vivió en la escena. Tienes más información …"

Operativo federal termina con gases lacrimógenos en Chicago. Esto es parte de lo que se vivió en la escena. Tienes más información en nuestra biografía.

www.instagram.com

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Caris Adel @carisadel.bsky.social · 9h

It’s been a couple of years since I bought new ones but 🥴 that doesn’t seem right. If it was me I’d wash them again and see.

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Caris Adel @carisadel.bsky.social · 10h

I signed up so fast once I saw this in my email 💀

www.mobilize.us/spanbergerfo...

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Sarah J. Jackson @sjjphd.bsky.social · 13h

Literally can’t say how much these guys constantly repeat segregationists. Those Christian citizens councils who just wanted to make sure Black people kept stepping off the sidewalk when they saw a white person just like god wanted.

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HELLody SchreiBOO @melodyschreiber.com · 13h

CDC HR employees were brought back from furlough to process these RIFs and then end their own department

HELLody SchreiBOO @melodyschreiber.com · 14h

The entire HR department at the CDC is gone. Everyone at the IRB, which makes sure studies are conducted ethically and rigorously, and the ethics office, which oversee conflicts of interest for CDC leaders and advisory committee members, were also let go.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

‘Instability and confusion’ as CDC slashes 1,300 jobs before reinstating half

Trump administration says 700 notices were sent in error, while top CDC officer says ‘they didn’t think through what they were doing’

www.theguardian.com

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Adam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 14h

Free speech is when Republicans can say what they want and when you can say what they want. bsky.app/profile/noup...

Renee DiResta @noupside.bsky.social · 14h

I'm sorry, is the Trump Administration talking to a tech platform?

Is it...requesting content moderation?

Today following outreach from @thejusticedept, Facebook removed a large group page that was being used to dox and target @ICEgov agents in Chicago.
The wave of violence against ICE has been driven by online apps and social media campaigns designed to put ICE officers at risk just for doing their jobs. The Department of Justice will continue engaging tech companies to eliminate platforms where radicals can incite imminent violence against federal law enforcement.

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Coach Finstock @coachfinstock.bsky.social · 14h

Lmao this is absolutely Chad Powers in a nutshell. Clark Kent glasses ass costume.

I actually like the show though! It's fun and I'll watch Steve Zahn play a college football coach anytime you ask

They're so close to coming into my house grabbing my remote and making me watch Chad Powers

Every promo I see is him putting on prosthetics and looking the same

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Coach Finstock @coachfinstock.bsky.social · 13h

His dad literally said he wasn't getting into heaven like 2 days ago

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 14h

Eric Trump: "We're saving Christianity. We've saving God. We've saving the family unit. We're saving this nation. I mean, DEI is out of the window, Benny. You no longer have Colin Kaepernick kneeling for the national anthem. You no longer have Budweiser going woke as hell. All of this is dead."

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Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 1d

The Regime's goal is to grind everyone down. Plain & simple. Our goal is to refuse this by taking turns to fight where and how we can. When one group needs to bow out, then another group needs to step in and so on. We don't all have to do everything. We can all do something though. Stay in the fight

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Caris Adel @carisadel.bsky.social · 16h

This is so gross and embarrassing

Wendell Ferreira @wendellfp.bsky.social · 17h

It's a rare position for the Packers: They're not the team with the most wins in the NFC North, but they're leading the division anyway: atozsports.com/nfl/green-ba...

Packers find themselves in an unusual yet promising position that speaks volumes about their progress through six weeks

Green Bay has had a rare tie, which puts them first in the NFC North despite having fewer wins than the Lions through six weeks of the regular season.

atozsports.com

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Karin Wulf @kawulf.bsky.social · 18h

When people tell you that founders as enslavers was something we should see "in the context of their time." Great piece fr @katytelling.bsky.social abt a wealthy 18hc Virginian (and there were others) who thought Washington and co. risked their honor and more. ageofrevolutions.com/2025/10/13/a...

A Great Reputation Among Men: Race and Contested Masculinities in the Early American Republic

By Kathleen Telling In 1785, Robert Pleasants, a wealthy tobacco planter, abolitionist, and prominent member of Henrico County’s Quaker community, penned a letter to Virginia’s most famous son, Geo…

ageofrevolutions.com

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Miranda Yaver @mirandayaver.bsky.social · 18h

Janet Mills is 77 and Democrats need to knock it off with the gerontocracy.

The New York Times @nytimes.com · 18h

Breaking News: Janet Mills, the Democratic governor of Maine, is running for Senate, aiming to unseat Senator Susan Collins, a Republican.

Gov. Janet Mills of Maine to Run for Senate, Aiming at Senator Susan Collins

A two-term Democratic governor, Ms. Mills called herself “battle tested” in an interview. But she faces a Democratic primary before she can challenge the Republican incumbent.

nyti.ms

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Ariella Elm @ariellaelm.bsky.social · 1d

Anytime there is a flood in the continental US, it is the biggest story across all social media.

Apparently, the same as not true for a catastrophe in Alaska. There was a typhoon yesterday morning and much of western Alaska is now underwater with homes with people in them just floating away.
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David Gilbert @davidgilbert.bsky.social · 20h

An absolutely terrifying SCOOP from @mattburgess1.bsky.social and @agreenberg.bsky.social revealing that everything from inflight browsing data to military communications are being beamed unencrypted from satellites all the time

www.wired.com/story/satell...

Satellites Are Leaking the World’s Secrets: Calls, Texts, Military and Corporate Data

With just $800 in basic equipment, researchers found a stunning variety of data—including thousands of T-Mobile users’ calls and texts and even US military communications—sent by satellites unencrypte...

www.wired.com

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John Pfaff @johnpfaff.bsky.social · 1d

What Trump is doing is very bad. But I want to push back against some of the numbers here.

ICE did not hire 10,000 agents. It WANTS to. That it keeps running ads suggests it is struggling. And when it does, it seems to cannibalize local police, who don't like that.

More significantly:

Peter Sterne @petersterne.com · 1d

"(Officers) refuse to recognize local or court authority. A judge says you can’t arrest journalists. Watch us. A judge says we have to wear badges. No. State law says we can’t drive around in unmarked vans? Too bad. Elected officials who want to see what is going on should prepare to be arrested."

Purge, Merge, and Surge

Trump is creating a omniforce of armed loyalists to establish his police state

donmoynihan.substack.com

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