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Caroline Baxter @ccbaxter.bsky.social · 7h

Half of life is getting pissed at how much stuff you don’t know. The other half is developing the character to become curious about the stuff you don’t know. Both are exhausting. Keep snacks handy.

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Ian Boudreau @ianboudreau.com · 16h

It simply should not be possible for the president to repeatedly claim that a major city is burning without a wall of live standups happening in that city clearly demonstrating that it is not

Ian Boudreau @ianboudreau.com · 16h

American broadcast journalism has utterly failed and is a dead industry, there's nothing left worth saving

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Drew Harwell @drewharwell.com · 16h

Military families on day 9 of the shutdown lining up at the food bank

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Philip Bump @pbump.com · 1d

Oh, does it benefit the US to provide aid to foreign countries? That would have been good to know back in January and February.

Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 1d

“Stabilizing Argentina is ‘America First’.”

🇦🇷 🇺🇸

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Caroline Baxter @ccbaxter.bsky.social · 1d

Comme j’adore Montréal.

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Megan Ranney MD MPH @meganranney.bsky.social · 4d

I know the news is tough right now.

So take a moment and soak in the gorgeousness & promise of the science that led to this year’s Nobel Prize in Medicine & Physiology.

WOW.

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/06/h...

Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine Is Awarded for Work on Immune Systems

www.nytimes.com

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Caroline Baxter @ccbaxter.bsky.social · 7d

And the female Archbishop of Canterbury yesterday. Things come in threes - who’ll be the third “first?”

apnews.com/article/japa...

Japan’s ruling party elects Sanae Takaichi as new leader, likely to become first female PM

Japan’s governing party has elected former Economic Security Minister Sanae Takaichi as its new leader, making her likely to become the country’s first female prime minister.

apnews.com

Caroline Baxter @ccbaxter.bsky.social · 8d

I am imagining my five-year-old ripped from his bed by an armed man, zip-tied to another child outside my home, and taken away from me in an unmarked van. I won’t ever unsee that. And I won’t ever unsee this image of that happening to parents in Chicago.

Cengiz Yar @cengizyar.com · 9d

shocking details out of an ICE raid on an apartment building in South Shore area of Chicago on September 30th abc7chicago.com/post/ice-chi...

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Caroline Baxter @ccbaxter.bsky.social · 8d

Some deeply moving news for a Friday.

Sky News @news.sky.com · 8d

Woman named as new Archbishop of Canterbury in historic first

Bishop of London Dame Sarah Mullally, a former nurse, has been named as the next Archbishop of Canterbury - the first time a woman has been appointed to the role in the Church of England's history.

news.sky.com

Caroline Baxter @ccbaxter.bsky.social · 9d

“The notice tries to apply the legal framework that the U.S. relied upon for the ‘war on terror’” but the facts do not support it. The U.S. has not suffered an armed attack. The report does not even identify which groups the U.S. is supposedly engaged in an armed conflict with.”

Nick Turse @nickturse.bsky.social · 9d

SCOOP: Leaked Document Justifies Boat Strikes as “Non-International Armed Conflict”

“The Trump administration is saying that one person — the president — now decides if the United States is going to war.”

theintercept.com/2025/10/02/v...

Leaked Document Justifies Boat Strikes as “Non-International Armed Conflict”

“The Trump administration is saying that one person — the president — now decides if the United States is going to war.”

theintercept.com

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KLM @klm.bsky.social · 9d

how would DCPS possibly replace these 200 teachers? especially since the school system competes for employees with the DC charter schools, MoCo, PG, Arlington, Alexandria county and city, and Fairfax

The 51st @51st.news · 9d

DCPS reneged on its promise to help hundreds of international teachers secure a green card. Many may now be forced to leave the country. Read the full story from @maustermuhle.bsky.social 51st.news/dc-green-car...

DCPS promised them green cards. Now, these international teachers have nowhere to turn

More than 200 teachers may soon have to leave the country because of what they say are broken promises from the city's school system.

51st.news

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Caroline Baxter @ccbaxter.bsky.social · 10d

www.justsecurity.org/121289/ai-hi...

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stephen fowler @stphnfwlr.com · 10d

"We just all accept that the Hatch Act is null and void," one federal worker, who requested anonymity because they fear retaliation from the Trump administration for speaking out, told NPR. "Nothing matters."

Trump administration uses taxpayer dollars to blame Democrats for government shutdown

Federal employees across the government reported seeing similar messages. Experts say the messages may violate ethics laws meant to keep partisan politics out of day-to-day governing.

www.npr.org

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Caroline Baxter @ccbaxter.bsky.social · 10d

Patton was my family’s Christmas movie (which, if you knew my family, you’d know makes 0 sense). When I was a kid I’d thrill to the opening speech, recited it word for word. Then I lived some life and found the portrayal of Patton to be complicated and maybe there are better leadership styles.

mtsw @mtsw.bsky.social · 10d

A surprising defining text for the modern right is PATTON (1970). Ronald Reagan said it was his favorite movie of all time. In the first act of the movie, Patton turns a defeated army of losers into killing machines by forcing them to tuck in their shirts and show up on time for meals.

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Caroline Baxter @ccbaxter.bsky.social · 10d

My comfort movie is Crimson Tide so 🤷‍♀️

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 11d

Trump: "The ones that are run by radical left Democrats -- what they've done to San Francisco, Chicago, New York, Los Angeles. They're very unsafe places & we're gonna straighten them out one by one. This is gonna be a major part for some people in this room. That's a war too. It's war from within"

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Mike Eckel @mikeeckel.bsky.social · 11d

US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, speaking live here 👇 to ~800 US generals, admirals, top flag officers in Quantico, Virginia
www.c-span.org/event/white-...

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Adam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 11d

Moving into your house. If you want me gone you must fax me this notarized form in triplicate on the last thursday of a leap year; bsky.app/profile/abeb...

Dr Abeba Birhane @abeba.bsky.social · 12d

this is not gonna go down well

www.reuters.com/technology/o...

OpenAI's new Sora video generator to require copyright holders to opt out, WSJ reports

OpenAI is planning to release a new version of its Sora generator that creates videos featuring copyrighted material, unless right holders opt out of having their work appear, the Wall Street Journal reported on Monday, citing people familiar with the matter.

www.reuters.com

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Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 11d

I fully understand how difficult it is to remain focused on any one particular atrocity but this really ought to be a serious scandal and people need to pay heavy prices for this

Michael Paarlberg @mpaarlberg.bsky.social · 12d

I think the Trump admin assumed no one would try to find out who the people on the boats they blew up really were

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Caroline Baxter @ccbaxter.bsky.social · 11d

*Aide calls boss*

“So, ah, sir, since the government shut down last night, we, ah, will put you up in a Motel 6 in —“

*pause*

“No sir, the, ah…the one in Front Royal. Good news though, Luray Caverns are —“

*pause*

“Sir?”

Caroline Baxter @ccbaxter.bsky.social · 16d

*staffs around the world logging into DTS to book flights*

*website crashes*

*direct flights sold out*

Aide timidly knocks on boss’s door

“Sir, you’re …uh…good to go. You’ll…um…you’ll be in a middle seat and will cross the dateline twice.”

Dan Lamothe @danlamothe.bsky.social · 16d

WAPO EXCLUSIVE: Pete Hegseth orders rare, urgent meeting of hundreds of generals, admirals, sowing confusion and alarm

www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...

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Caroline Baxter @ccbaxter.bsky.social · 12d

“An escalator can never break: it can only become stairs. You should never see an ‘Escalator temporarily out of order’ sign, just ‘Escalator temporarily stairs. Sorry for the convenience.” - Mitch Hedberg

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 12d

Bartiromo: "The UN is promising a thorough investigation after President Trump said there was 'triple sabotage.' Of course he's referring to the escalator which stopped as soon as he and the First Lady stepped on. She was incredibly unfazed. She just kept walking up the steps. No problem for her."

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holden m. accountable @noahs.bsky.social · 12d

THE MEME IS REAL

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Caroline Baxter @ccbaxter.bsky.social · 16d

*staffs around the world logging into DTS to book flights*

*website crashes*

*direct flights sold out*

Aide timidly knocks on boss’s door

“Sir, you’re …uh…good to go. You’ll…um…you’ll be in a middle seat and will cross the dateline twice.”

Dan Lamothe @danlamothe.bsky.social · 16d

WAPO EXCLUSIVE: Pete Hegseth orders rare, urgent meeting of hundreds of generals, admirals, sowing confusion and alarm

www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...

Hegseth orders rare, urgent meeting of hundreds of generals, admirals

The Pentagon has summoned military officials from around the world for a gathering in Virginia. Top generals and their staffs don’t know the reason for the meeting.

www.washingtonpost.com

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Caroline Baxter @ccbaxter.bsky.social · 16d

Yes.

Faine Greenwood @faineg.bsky.social · 16d

spiritually and emotionally I am these lions from a 1500s painting

MICHIEL COXCIE (1499-1592), CARTOONIST; WILLEM DE PANNEMAKER (ACTIVE 1535-1578), WEAVER
Noah Builds the Ark
"Story of Noah' series
Brussels-Brabant, 1563-1566
Tapestry; gold, silver, silk and wool
In 1556, Philip II acquired a set of tapestries that told the story of Noah. However, in 1559 the ship carrying them to Spain sank and only two hangings were saved, so the king ordered another set in 1562. It originally consisted of ten tapestries, only three of which are still extant: one shows God commanding Noah to build the ark, another depicts the disembarkation after the flood, and the third is this scene, where the biblical patriarch is giving his sons instructions on how to build the ark. For the borders, Philip II chose his coats of arms and a few animals alluding to the four elements silhouetted against a landscape in the background, whose painstaking details must have posed quite a technical challenge. This tapestry arrived in Madrid in 1566 and was displayed in emblematic settings like the Monastery of El Escorial.

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Caroline Baxter @ccbaxter.bsky.social · 18d

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