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George Conway 👊🇺🇸🔥 @gtconway.bsky.social · 4h

Apropos of nothing in particular this morning, I've been told that, in essence, there are two things that physicians can't do at the White House medical unit: MRIs and surgeries. Virtually anything else can be done there if you have to or want to.

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Senate Gabe @senategabe.bsky.social · 15h

Also he already tried to murder everyone in Congress.

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Carol Kroeger🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈 @carolkroeger.bsky.social · 5h

Trump’s head will explode.

Olga Nesterova @onestpress.onestnetwork.com · 5h

María Corina Machado—leader of Venezuelan opposition against Maduro, former member of National Assembly and presidential candidate — has been awarded Nobel Peace Prize

“When authoritarians seize power, it is crucial to recognize courageous defenders of freedom who rise and resist”, Nobel Committee

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William Shakespeare @shakespeare.lol · 12h

It is a tale
Told by an idiot

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Adam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 14h

www.wweek.com/culture/2025...

Can you put into words what that purpose is? You and the frog have really become icons of this protest.

There’s been a nice overall whimsy that has shown up. The frog is amazing. We had a bunch of other inflatable people here last night, too. I saw people playing Twister the other day.

What they rely on is fear. So by coming out in an absurdist manner, it speaks to them, to some extent, that we’re actually not that afraid.

It also dismantles their narrative a little bit. When they try to describe this situation as “war-torn,” it becomes much harder to take them seriously when they have to post a video saying [U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security] Kristi Noem is up on the balcony staring over the Antifa Army and it’s, like, eight journalists and five protesters and one of them is in a chicken suit.

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Robert Llewellyn @bobbyllew.bsky.social · 1d

Useful comparison

A graphic showing the enormous improvements since the launch of the original Nissan Leaf 14 years ago the new one goes four times further charges three times faster has two times more power and is 36% cheaper than the original

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Preeti Chhibber @runwithskizzers.bsky.social · 13h

Missy Elliott and “Get Ur Freak On” coming through from 2001 with a perfect response for people who want to prompt their way through AI to “write” lol

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PEIPolitical 🇨🇦 @peipolitical.bsky.social · 1d

Sean Fraser 🇨🇦
This year marks 150 years of the Supreme Court of Canada helping to shape this country, standing in ardent defence of Canadian democracy and in defence of our freedoms.
May its work continue so that 150 years from now, Canada remains the true North, strong, and free. #cdnpoli

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En Buen Ora - "Hell Çid" 😈 @enbuenora.bsky.social · 14h

These days on YouTube alone people can watch live news for free in English TV 24/7 not only from Al Jazeera but France 24, DW (Germany), Euronews, the CBC (Canada), ABC Australia, CNA Singapore, and more! (Plus in other languages!)

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Carol Kroeger🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈 @carolkroeger.bsky.social · 19h

This is a great horror movie.

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Gravewriter Cryptid Is Proudly Transmasc @gravewriter71.bsky.social · 19h

This is my dance about how much transphobes suck.

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Juno Rylee Schultz @junoryleejournalism.com · 1d

David Simon, creator of ‘The Wire’, being interviewed by Ari Shapiro (NPR)

SHAPIRO: OK, so you've spent your career creating television without Al, and I could imagine today you thinking, boy, I wish I had had that tool to solve those thorny problems...
SIMON: What?
SHAPIRO: ...Or saying...
SIMON: You imagine that?
SHAPIRO: ...Boy, if that had existed, it would have screwed me over.
SIMON: I don't think Al can remotely challenge what writers do at a fundamentally creative level.
SHAPIRO: But if you're trying to transition from scene five to scene six, and you're stuck with that transition, you could imagine plugging that portion of the script into an Al and say, give me 10 ideas for how to transition this.
SIMON: I'd rather put a gun in my mouth.

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Max Fawcett @maxfawcett.bsky.social · 1d

Danielle Smith keeps saying she wants a new pipeline. But her actions suggest what she's really after is a renewed fight with Canada -- even if it ends up costing her the pipeline she claims to care so much about.

#cdnpoli www.nationalobserver.com/2025/10/09/o...

Danielle Smith wants a fight with Canada, not a new pipeline

Alberta's premier has opened the door in her party and province to separatists. Now, she's claiming that other people are the ones threatening Canada's future.

www.nationalobserver.com

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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @aoc.bsky.social · 6d

The government is in full shutdown and the Republicans are refusing to call the House back into session.

Want to know why?

Because we have secured the final vote on releasing the Epstein Files and they don’t want it out.

Call GOP and tell them to swear in @adelitaforcongress.bsky.social.

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Carol Kroeger🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈 @carolkroeger.bsky.social · 22h

I heard Smith on P&P going on about how the “unelected judges” on the Supreme Court shouldn’t restrict anything she wants to do.
She’s itching for us to be divided and ill informed as Americans.

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Dale Smith @journodale.bsky.social · 22h

New column from me at @xtramagazine.com: The premiers violating your Charter rights don't want the courts to weigh in #canqueer #cdnpoli

The premiers violating your Charter rights don’t want the courts to weigh in | Xtra Magazine

When it comes to the Notwithstanding Clause, premiers opposed to the federal government’s factum are showing their true colours

xtramagazine.com

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Carol Kroeger🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈 @carolkroeger.bsky.social · 22h

So
Much
Corruption

Brampton Mayor Patrick Brown and his (almost empty) $78 million speed camera building

Critics question the cost — and a secretive process behind Brampton’s purchase of a facility whose price more than doubled in three years.

www.thestar.com

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The Beaverton @thebeaverton.com · 1d

(Podcast) Ottawa residents plan 12 month ‘fireworks and honking’ festival outside Freedom Convoy Leaders’ homes

Ottawa residents plan 12 month 'fireworks and honking' festival outside Freedom Convoy Leaders' homes

“The fact that our festival runs the exact same length of time as their house arrest sentence is mere coincidence, we assure you.” Luke and the Panel (Ian MacIntyre, Megan MacKay and Nile Seguin) brea...

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Coach Finstock @coachfinstock.bsky.social · 1d

Marjorie Taylor Greene more honest than the NYT and WaPo when it comes to who is responsible for the shutdown.

Imagine being a newspaper that's less trustworthy and honest than a sitting Republican and one of Trump's closest allies. Truly wild shit.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Marjorie Taylor Greene on polls showing Republicans are getting blamed for the shutdown: "I'm not putting the blame on the president. I'm actually putting the the blame on the Speaker and Leader Thune in the Senate. This should not be happening ... we control the House & Senate & have the WH."

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Jess O'Thomson @jessothomson.co.uk · 1d

It cannot be made clearer.

If you continue to support the Harry Potter franchise in any way, you are directly funding the removal of trans people's human rights in the UK.

JK Rowling pledges to keep up fight against SNP trans policies

Author vows to bankroll campaigners after Scottish government fails to pay group's legal fees in Supreme Court equality case

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Lyndsie Manusos @lmanusos.bsky.social · 1d

In my latest @bookriot.bsky.social, I list 6 Recent Horror Short Story Collections with work by @nadiabulkin.bsky.social, @comptonwrites.bsky.social, @thomasha.bsky.social, @haileypiperfights.bsky.social, Samanta Schweblin, and @kristinaten.bsky.social!

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6 Recent & Upcoming Knockout Horror Short Story Collections

Dabble in the abuses of power that happen everyday, read about Halloween pranks going horribly wrong, and more

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Canadian Dimension @canadiandimension.bsky.social · 1d

Pete Hegseth’s war on “wokeness” masks something darker: a bid to unchain the American military from ethics and accountability, reviving the old fantasy of a warrior state beyond the law.

Pete Hegseth’s dangerous warrior fantasy

US Defence Secretary of War Pete Hegseth champions a “warrior ethos” that glorifies brute force, rigid conformity, and maximum lethality. By rejecting diversity, rules of engagement, and societal over...

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Schmidt Ocean Institute @schmidtocean.bsky.social · 1d

In celebration of World Octopus Day, we wanted to revisit one of our favorite cephalopod sightings, the glass octopus — Vitreledonella richardi filmed during a month-long #PhoenixIslandsCoral expedition in 2021.

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Carol Kroeger🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈 @carolkroeger.bsky.social · 1d

LOL

“Each submission will be rigorously screened for plagiarism and assessed under strict ethical guidelines, ensuring that technological innovation is matched by artistic integrity.”

‘AI is here to stay and change things’: Mad Max director George Miller on why he is taking part in an AI film festival

The director believes AI has made film-making ‘way more egalitarian’ – and is set to lead the judges at Omni AI film festival in Australia

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🌈 Hailey Piper 🌈 @haileypiperfights.bsky.social · 1d

"the girlfriend of one of the founders of antifa"

Peggy Carter next to Steve Rogers in Captain America. I'll let you decide which is the founder and which is the girlfriend.

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