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Thurber House @thurberhouse.bsky.social · 5h

Look who stopped by #Thurber House: Mr. Elvis Costello himself! 😎

It's no secret that Elvis is a big #JamesThurber fan. He even made an epic new addition to Jamie's bedroom closet: "Elvis Costello: The singer who bit people!" 😉😂

#asseenincolumbus #asseenincbus #columbus #cbus #columbusohio

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David Pepper @davidpepperoh.bsky.social · 5h

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Pop Quiz!

Every American should know the basics of our Founding, don’t you agree?

The history, and the Constitution itself?

Well, to make sure you know it, and as part of my virtual Democracy Academy, let me give you a quick pop quiz.

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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 1d

"30-year-old conservative lawyer and activist who is Trump’s nominee to lead the Office of Special Counsel, which deals with federal employee whistleblower complaints and discrimination" cancelled his colleague's hotel room so she would be forced to stay with him.
www.politico.com/news/2025/10...

In late July, Paul Ingrassia, the White House liaison for the Department of Homeland Security, arrived at a Ritz-Carlton in Orlando with a lower-ranking female colleague and others from their department. When the group reached the front desk, the woman learned she didn’t have a hotel room.

Ingrassia then informed her that she would be staying with him, according to five administration officials familiar with the episode. Eventually the woman discovered that Ingrassia had arranged ahead of time to have her hotel room canceled so she would have to stay with him, three of those officials said.

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George Conway 👊🇺🇸🔥 @gtconway.bsky.social · 2d

So yesterday a reporter asked Donald Trump about the writ of habeas corpus, and he had no idea what it was.

"I don't know," he said. "I'd rather leave that to Kristi."

Well, It turns out Sen. Hassan asked Kristi Noem about it in May, and this was Noem's response:

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · May 20

HASSAN: What is habeas corpus?

NOEM: Habeas corpus is a constitutional right that the president has to be able to remove people from this country

HASSAN: That's incorrect

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2d

Trump: "We took the freedom of speech away because that's been through the courts and the courts said you have freedom of speech, but what has happened is when they burn a flag it agitates and irritates crowds."

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Timothy McBride @mcbridetd.bsky.social · 2d

Has Your Scientific Work Been Cut? We Want to Hear. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/08/c...

Has Your Scientific Work Been Cut? We Want to Hear.

www.nytimes.com

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Carl Zimmer @carlzimmer.com · 2d

Today my @nytimes.com colleagues and I are launching a new series called Lost Science. We interview US scientists who can no longer discover something new about our world, thanks to this year‘s cuts. Here is my first interview with a scientist who studied bees and fires. Gift link: nyti.ms/3IWXbiE

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Erin Joyce @erinajoyce.bsky.social · 2d

Published work is appropriate for a candidate with experience.

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Brendan Nyhan @brendannyhan.bsky.social · 2d

Antisemitic, pro-Putin, in league with white nationalists, promoted the Pizzagate conspiracy theory - and now being platformed by the president of the United States

Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 2d

"Antifa has been around in various iterations for almost 100 years in some instances, going back to the Weimar Republic in Germany."

- Jack Posobiec at Trump's roundtable on antifa

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Marcy Kaptur @repmarcykaptur.bsky.social · 2d

Rural Ohio families are paying the price for federal policy chaos. The shutdown threatens farmers’ livelihoods and rural hospitals, all to raise health insurance costs by nearly 90%. Our communities need stability, not games with people’s health and tariffs making it even worse.

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Courtney Vaughn @courtneyvaughn.bsky.social · 3d

Streets are still closed off in front of the Portland ICE facility at 8:30pm. Protesters have gathered on a side street. Dance party in progress.

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Brandi Buchman @brandibuchman.bsky.social · 3d

Better point guns at... the peaceful protesters?

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Senator Ron Wyden @wyden.senate.gov · 5d

Video taken one hour ago outside the Portland ICE facility of the violent insurrectionists in question

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William Shakespeare @shakespeare.lol · 6d

You'll put down strangers,
Kill them, cut their throats, possess their houses,
And lead the majesty of law in line,
To slip him like a hound.

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Kate Strasdin @katestrasdin.bsky.social · 6d

This will be forever one of my favourite garments in the V&A. It is a late #1890s coat from Marshall & Snelgrove, featuring hand embroidered sweet cicely flowers with white felt petals that float on top of blue velvet, V&A #FashionHistory 🗃️🪡

A close up detail of a long velvet evening coat. This photograph shows the blue velvet background with hand embroidered florals covering the surface, including the high velvet collar

Full length view of the back of the long blue velvet evening coat embroidered all over with pale sweet cicely flowers and lace inserts around the bottom half

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Ray E. Boomhower @rboomhower.bsky.social · 6d

"At the foundation of our civil liberties lies the principle that denies to government officials an exceptional position before the law and which subjects them to the same rules of conduct that are commands to the citizen."
Louis D. Brandeis, who died on this day in 1941

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The Oregonian @oregonian.com · 6d

An 84-year-old said she sustained a concussion and was hit with a projectile after she and her husband, a Vietnam vet, were knocked down by federal officers.

Federal agents knock down elderly couple during Portland protest

An 84-year-old said she sustained a concussion and was hit with a projectile after she and her husband, a Vietnam vet, were knocked down by federal officers.

www.oregonlive.com

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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 8d

Matthew 15:29-31: And great crowds came to him, bringing with them the lame, the blind, the crippled, the mute, and many others, and they put them at his feet, and he healed them after verifying their citizenship status.

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Genevieve Lakier @genevievelakier.bsky.social · 7d

The Trump Administration’s “Compact of Excellence” for Universities is... far from excellent! Indeed, it’s unconstitutional. In this post, let me count the ways.

blog.dividedargument.com/p/the-uncons...

The Unconstitutional Conditions Doctrine and the Compact for Excellence

Members of the Trump administration love to say that federal funding is a privilege not a right and therefore something that can be granted or withheld based on changing administrative priorities.

blog.dividedargument.com

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Molly Knight @mollyknight.bsky.social · 7d

Just confirmed I'm one of the author victims of the blood sucking company Anthropic that stole my book to train it's LLM. I filed a claim and it felt really good. If you're an author who may have been victimized, you can find out here:

secure.anthropiccopyrightsettlement.com/lookup/?_gl=...

Submit a Claim

secure.anthropiccopyrightsettlement.com

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League of Women Voters of Ohio @lwvohio.bsky.social · 8d

Voter registration deadline for Nov. 4 election is Monday
Ohioans can check or update their voter registration online at olvr.ohiosos.gov, by mail or in-person at their local election board. Election board offices are open until 9 p.m. Monday.
by Sydney Dawes
www.daytondailynews.com/local/voter-...

Voter registration deadline for Nov. 4 election is Monday: What you need to know

The deadline to register to vote or update voter registration for the Nov. 4 general election is Monday. Early voting will begin the next day.

www.daytondailynews.com

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Matthew Herper @matthewherper.bsky.social · 8d

Mississippi Baby Dies of Whooping Cough, the State’s First Pertussis Death in 13 Years www.mississippifreepress.org/mississippi-...

Mississippi Baby Dies of Whooping Cough Amid Rising Cases

A baby in Mississippi has died of whooping cough for the first time since 2012. The baby was less than two months old—too young for vaccination.

www.mississippifreepress.org

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Electronic Frontier Foundation @eff.org · 8d

ICE is buying a location tracking tool that harvests data from hundreds of millions of phones a day. Protect your location data by updating a few settings on your phone 🧵 (1/4): www.404media.co/ice-to-buy-...

ICE to Buy Tool that Tracks Locations of Hundreds of Millions of Phones Every Day

Documents show that ICE has gone back on its decision to not use location data remotely harvested from peoples' phones. The database is updated every day with billions of pieces of location data.

www.404media.co

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Erin Joyce @erinajoyce.bsky.social · 8d

For top notch water content
@neorsd.org
@lakesuperior.bsky.social

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Conrad Hackett @conradhackett.bsky.social · 10d

What's your favorite Bluesky account that primarily posts about something other than current events/politics?

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