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Dibs Endorser @ekgundy.bsky.social · 3h

Hey listen, if there is any year Canada should win the World Series it's this year

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Mary Joy @maryjoy.bsky.social · 4h

Timely quote in book I’m reading.

Public Health is Public Wealth - Benjamin Franklin

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elgrb.bsky.social @elgrb.bsky.social · 17h

#birds
www.allaboutbirds.org/news/best-bi...

Best Bird Sounds: Our Favorite Macaulay Library Audio Recordings 2025

In 2024, birders uploaded more than 470,000 sound recordings to the Macaulay Library archive. Here are some of our favorites from the year.

www.allaboutbirds.org

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elgrb.bsky.social @elgrb.bsky.social · 1d

“displaced” = KIDNAPPED

Let the talks go on… all they want. First, let’s get the terminology correct

PBS News @pbsnews.org · 1d

Melania Trump announced Friday that eight children displaced by the Russia-Ukraine war have been reunited with their families following ongoing talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin. https://to.pbs.org/3W09LRd

WATCH: 8 children displaced by war are reunited with their families through talks with Putin, Melania Trump says

President Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine has resulted in Russia taking Ukrainian children out of their country so that they can be raised as Russian.

www.pbs.org

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elgrb.bsky.social @elgrb.bsky.social · 1d

#florida #floridamuck
#CowpattieHeaven
#CharlieIsEverywhere
#freestate

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elgrb.bsky.social @elgrb.bsky.social · 2d

#LaMigra

“…prosecutors said Martinez tailed the agents, repeatedly yelling ‘la migra,’…”

“…left her gun in her purse on her passenger seat. This gun was never in her hand… Martinez holds a license to carry a concealed weapon in the state of Illinois”

www.reuters.com/world/us/bod...

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elgrb.bsky.social @elgrb.bsky.social · 1h

www.reddit.com/r/pics/comme...
#TrendCemetary #halloween #suburbs

From the pics community on Reddit: Every year this neighbor puts up a “trend cemetery” for Halloween. Here are the last few years.

Explore this post and more from the pics community

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elgrb.bsky.social @elgrb.bsky.social · 17h

#birds
www.allaboutbirds.org/news/best-bi...

Best Bird Sounds: Our Favorite Macaulay Library Audio Recordings 2025

In 2024, birders uploaded more than 470,000 sound recordings to the Macaulay Library archive. Here are some of our favorites from the year.

www.allaboutbirds.org

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NightMar on Hicks Street, Part 4: The Rabbit’s Revenge @histoftech.bsky.social · 1d

The Virginia Senate just told UVA it’s not getting state funding if it accepts the compact since UVA exists to serve Virginia, its residents, & their interests—not be a tool of the federal govt. Scoop from our student newspaper, who’ve been doing vital reporting www.cavalierdaily.com/article/2025...

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Comfortably Numb @numb.comfortab.ly · 1d

I knew this looked familiar.

NYT 1931: HITLER CONDEMNS RIOTS.; He Says They Were Provoked by Paid Agents in Germany.

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elgrb.bsky.social @elgrb.bsky.social · 1d

…who?

elgrb.bsky.social @elgrb.bsky.social · 1d

#florida #floridamuck
#CowpattieHeaven
#CharlieIsEverywhere
#freestate

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elgrb.bsky.social @elgrb.bsky.social · 1d

This guy? “St Charlie”?

elgrb.bsky.social @elgrb.bsky.social · 1d

“displaced” = KIDNAPPED

Let the talks go on… all they want. First, let’s get the terminology correct

PBS News @pbsnews.org · 1d

Melania Trump announced Friday that eight children displaced by the Russia-Ukraine war have been reunited with their families following ongoing talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin. https://to.pbs.org/3W09LRd

WATCH: 8 children displaced by war are reunited with their families through talks with Putin, Melania Trump says

President Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine has resulted in Russia taking Ukrainian children out of their country so that they can be raised as Russian.

www.pbs.org

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elgrb.bsky.social @elgrb.bsky.social · 2d

For what area? Luna originally was using QAnon rhetoric when she ran for the first term which morphed into maga agitprop. But these GOP Reps fear real ‘town-hall’ meetings because the audiences come prepared to shout them down, or worse. So all of that is curated by them for ‘soft’ events.

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elgrb.bsky.social @elgrb.bsky.social · 2d

w/video

www.local10.com/news/florida...

U.S. Congresswoman from Florida says there is evidence of ‘interdimensional beings’

U.S. Rep. Anna Paulina Luna faced questions on Thursday after she said there was evidence of “interdimensional beings.”

www.local10.com

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elgrb.bsky.social @elgrb.bsky.social · 2d

#LaMigra

“…prosecutors said Martinez tailed the agents, repeatedly yelling ‘la migra,’…”

“…left her gun in her purse on her passenger seat. This gun was never in her hand… Martinez holds a license to carry a concealed weapon in the state of Illinois”

www.reuters.com/world/us/bod...

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elgrb.bsky.social @elgrb.bsky.social · 3d

*fragile

elgrb.bsky.social @elgrb.bsky.social · 3d

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Schrödinger's Sneetch Belly @rtodkelly.bsky.social · 3d

"Before we were Antifa we were the Originals, but we had to change our name because someone was already using that name. It was the Regulars, then they changed their name back to The Regulars and we thought, well, we could go back to The Originals but what's the point?"

elgrb.bsky.social @elgrb.bsky.social · 3d

#UScongress needs good dose of haka:

www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...

Watch: Haka breaks out after Te Pāti Māori MP Oriini Kaipara's maiden speech, Parliament suspended

Speaker Gerry Brownlee says he intends to investigate whether anyone had prior knowledge the haka would take place.

www.rnz.co.nz

elgrb.bsky.social @elgrb.bsky.social · 3d

I need one of those… and somebody to wash my feet once in a while.

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Radio-Canada Info @info.radio-canada.ca · 3d

Les Blue Jays éliminent les Yankees

La formation torontoise accède à la série de championnat de la Ligue américaine de baseball.

rc.ca

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🇨🇦 👊🇨🇦 @sorry-iamcanadian.bsky.social · 3d

#BlueJays knock out the #Yankees in four games…

#Canada

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Schrödinger's Sneetch Belly @rtodkelly.bsky.social · 3d

"Before we were Antifa we were the Originals, but we had to change our name because someone was already using that name. It was the Regulars, then they changed their name back to The Regulars and we thought, well, we could go back to The Originals but what's the point?"

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Maxwell Frost @maxwellfrost.bsky.social · 3d

Orlando! Trump shut the government down cause he wants to rip away your healthcare to give Billionares a tax-break. Rally with us tomorrow (Thursday) @ 6PM. RSVP 👇🏾

www.mobilize.us/frostforcong...

Healthcare Over Billionaires Rally · Maxwell Alejandro Frost for Congress

Join Congressman Maxwell Frost, Rep Anna Eskamani, Orange County Democrats, SEIU, AFGE, healthcare professionals, and impacted workers on Thursday, October 9th at 6 PM as we rally to protect access to...

www.mobilize.us

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