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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 12h

ICE spent $800K on vans with stingray tech that collects data from all nearby phones, even yours. These devices mimic cell towers to track locations and intercept communications. Oversight and transparency are needed now.

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Bora Chang, MPH @climatechang.bsky.social · 17h

Maybe she was thinking this??

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Bora Chang, MPH @climatechang.bsky.social · 21h

🧡🤍🎃

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Nikkolas Smith @4nikkolas.bsky.social · 1d

after millions of views and shares of my Portland Frog art. (thank you all🙏🏾) I got requests to highlight priests, and chickens, and Chicagoans, and T-Rexes, and more… all of us who refuse to bend the knee. so this is for US.
𝚂𝚝𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚃𝚊𝚕𝚕.
𝚆𝚎 𝚆𝚒𝚕𝚕 𝚆𝚒𝚗.

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Daniel A. Horwitz @danielahorwitz.bsky.social · 23h

Yo this is wild AF

The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 1d

PERRY COUNTY, TN — a man arrested and faces felony “threatening mass violence in a school” for posting an image of Trump with his own words in a facebook group after Charlie Kirk’s murder.

His son calls it “an egregious violation of his 1A rights”
www.instagram.com/p/DPoq7b9Fez...

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Kendra "Gloom is My Beat" Pierre-Louis @kendrawrites.com · 1d

For some context the Morbidity and Mortality Weekly report in addition to being just a good read, to quote wikipedia, "is the main vehicle for publishing public health information and recommendations that have been received by the CDC from state health departments. "

Sheryl Gay Stolberg @sherylnyt.bsky.social · 1d

BREAKING: Friday night massacre underway at CDC. Doznes of "disease detectives," high-level scientists, entire Washington staff and editors of the MMWR (Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report) have all been RIFed and received the following notice:

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Alex Winter @alexwinter.com · 23h

Life for the civilians who survived in Gaza is in ruins. They're homeless, jobless and hungry, and rely entirely on our direct donations to survive and rebuild.

Please give to my dear friend Tasneem so she can feed her children and make a home. And to others. ❤️ 🙏

tinyurl.com/Tasneemo

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Bora Chang, MPH @climatechang.bsky.social · 23h

Happy Caturday from Pumpkin who sleeps like a nautilus on his face—sometimes on his foot or tail—when it gets cold (Should name him Fibby for Fibonacci 🤓🤷🏻‍♀️)

Orange and white cat sleeping in a tight coil on his face

Orange and white cat sleeping in a coil on his foot and face

Orange and white cat sleeping in a coil on his face

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jam @socialistboat.dad · 1d

Stella Sacco
@antlervel.vet
It's really funny that The Art of War is treated as this like alpha male book when it's clearly meant to be read by ancient Chinese failsons because it's all "please don't forget you have to feed your troops" and "if someone asks if you're going to attack them consider lying about it"
April 23, 2024 at 1:28 AM © Everybody can reply
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Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 1d

They are not planning "a violent crackdown" on 10.18. What they are doing is sending a signal to their shock troops to try to cause havoc. But those shock troops will be vastly outnumbered. Go out and protest freely. Do not be cowed.

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Sammy Roth @sammyroth.bsky.social · 2d

Thanks everyone for reading my Boiling Point newsletter the last 5 years. Today's edition is a goodbye note — and an update on what comes next. Happy to say my @latimes.com colleagues will keep bringing Boiling Point to your inbox every Thursday! www.latimes.com/environment/...

Commentary: Leaving the L.A. Times, and a new direction for Boiling Point

I'm not done telling stories about climate. And neither are my wonderful friends and colleagues.

www.latimes.com

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Bora Chang, MPH @climatechang.bsky.social · 1d

Seeing as this hasn’t made it to Bluesky here you go y’all: nextshark.com/la-restauran...

LA restaurant Great White accused of segregating Asian diners

A viral video posted by a content creator last week has drawn scrutiny to Los Angeles restaurant Great White after she alleged that Asian customers were seated together in one corner while non-Asian d...

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Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 2d

very curious where the debates are at these days re: "climate politics should be about the wonky details of energy transition" vs "climate politics and advocacy should be vocally connected to all the other progressive issues"

jael holzman @jael.bsky.social · 2d

SCOOP: The Bureau of Land Management says the largest solar project in Nevada — the Esmeralda 7 mega-farm — has been canceled

The news was quietly dropped via a sudden website update with no public word from any of the companies involved or a statement from the agency

@heatmap.news

Esmeralda 7 Solar Project Has Been Canceled, BLM Says

It would have delivered a gargantuan 6.2 gigawatts of power.

heatmap.news

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Willamette Week @wweek.com · 2d

Jack Dickinson, 26, says “we’re winning this.”

An Interview With the Portland Chicken

Rachel Saslow

www.wweek.com

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ProPublica @propublica.org · 2d

Kristi Noem, while governor of South Dakota, supplemented her roughly $130,000 salary by secretly accepting $80,000 donated to a political nonprofit she was affiliated with, records show.

She never disclosed this income on federal ethics forms.

(Published June)

Kristi Noem Secretly Took a Cut of Political Donations

A dark money group paid $80,000 to Noem’s personal company when she was governor of South Dakota. She did not include this income on her federal disclosure forms, a likely violation of ethics requirem...

www.propublica.org

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Chelsea Harvey @chelseaeharvey.bsky.social · 2d

Today from @lesleyclark.bsky.social and @saraschonhardt.bsky.social + contribs from me:

www.eenews.net/articles/cli...

Climate critics try to discredit IPCC author for linking disasters to global warming

Roger Pielke Jr. and oil industry supporters are attacking climate scientist Friederike Otto, whose work has been used in lawsuits against polluters.

www.eenews.net

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 4d

#WarRavagedPortland

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Melanie D’Arrigo @darrigomelanie.bsky.social · 4d

I feel like this photo of masked, armed men pepper spraying a pastor protecting his community is going to be a defining picture of this moment in America for a long, long time.

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Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 3d

This very very very bad. I cannot stress this enough. I said that they crossed the Rubicon with arresting Ras Baraka several months ago. This is very bad and portends more bad things for regular people.

Gregory Pratt @royalpratt.bsky.social · 3d

The President of the United States is calling for the mayor of Chicago and governor of Illinois to be jailed.

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Kendra "Gloom is My Beat" Pierre-Louis @kendrawrites.com · 4d

I know this is said a lot but if you hate immigration, you can only eat the foods of your people prior to 1492. So for people of European descent that means not just no indigenous foods (no potatoes, no tomatoes, no corn), no Mexican food and no soul food either - there's no slavery exception clause

Jake Grumbach @jakemgrumbach.bsky.social · 4d

Man…man.

www.texastribune.org/2025/10/07/t...

“Why Sergio?”: Deportation ends 36-year dream for celebrated Waco chef

Sergio Garcia built a wide following for his regional Mexican cuisine over the decades, becoming a favorite of the White House press corps visiting Waco during the Bush presidency. Then in March, ICE ...

www.texastribune.org

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Bora Chang, MPH @climatechang.bsky.social · 4d

Reminder if you’re going to re-post fake photos please put a giant red slash or x thru it to not reproduce it 🙏

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Jason Dinh @byjasonpdinh.bsky.social · 4d

Some sad news: Yesterday, @atmosmag.bsky.social notified me that they eliminated their climate editor position. After 2.5 years there, I’m out of a job. 🧪🌎

I’m surprised and saddened by the suddenness. But I’m proud of the work I produced there.

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Preorder Read This When Things Fall Apart @mskellymhayes.bsky.social · 5d

I’m. So. Tired.

I don’t just want you to pay attention to Chicago because I want you to understand our plight. I want you to see how hard people are fighting and know wtf you’re made of. We’re not just fighting for this place. This is for all of us.

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Karen K. Ho @karenho.bsky.social · 4d

I co-reported a second feature on what the devastating fires in Los Angeles taught the art insurance industry: www.artnews.com/art-news/new...

What the Los Angeles Wildfires Taught the Art Insurance Industry

After the devastating wildfires in Los Angeles in January 2025, art insurance experts discuss what has and hasn't changed in the industry.

www.artnews.com

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Tom Scocca @tomscocca.bsky.social · 4d

It's not just that they're going to strike down a law against conversion therapy, it's that they're going to do it on behalf of made-up claims from a straw plaintiff who can't honestly show the law affected her at all

Tom Scocca @tomscocca.bsky.social · 4d

One thing about American's widespread distrust and disapproval of the Supreme Court is that mainstream news coverage mostly doesn't dwell on stuff like standing, so people don't even begin to grasp how rigged the Court truly is www.nytimes.com/live/2025/10...

Supreme Court Live Updates: Justices Seem Set to Rule Against Colorado’s Ban on Conversion Therapy

www.nytimes.com

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