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Emily @suika.bsky.social · 7h

So much of people resorting to using generative AI comes from a place of feeling insecure about one's own abilities to write, draw, create, think, etcetera.

And by using the AI for those purposes, those skills and abilities will only end up stunted, as you refrain from honing them.

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JCJB @phantanoir.bsky.social · 12h

For white supremacists, the end goal has always been to bring back slavery, but it's too extremist to say that aloud. They'll keep shifting the overton window until it's not.

Stephen West @stephenwest.bsky.social · 18h

Spending your time talking to someone who wants to relitigate slavery is definitely a choice you can make

Opinion | He Believes America Should Be a Theocracy. He Says His Influence Is Growing.

www.nytimes.com

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Greg Pak @gregpak.net · 11h

he should be impeached for this alone

fucking lies. forked tongue. evil.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 16h

Trump: "Portland, I mean -- every time I look at that place it's burning down. There are fires all over the place. When a store -- there are very few of them left -- but when a store owner rebuilds a store they build it out of plywood. They don't put up storefronts anymore. They just put wood up."

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Fred Smith @fredsmith.bsky.social · 23h

*Woman who insists she’s done journalism before voice*

Hey what does a journalist do at work? I definitely know. I’m just asking to make sure you know.

Oliver Darcy @oliverdarcy.bsky.social · 1d

News: Bari Weiss just sent a memo to staffers at CBS News asking them to produce a memo explaining "how you spend your working hours—and ideally, what you've made (or are making) that you're most proud of."

One CBS News staffer puts it like this to me: "We just got Elon Musked."

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Alex Harrison @alexhairysun.bsky.social · 16h

🧵Just got some records back today on the NIPAS deployment to Broadview last Friday, including two interesting letters dated that very same day which shed some light on the decision-making behind the "Unified Command" deployment vis-à-vis the IL TRUST Act. See below ⬇️

unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 7d

Cops with NIPAS—Northern IL Police Alarm System—just arrived to switch out with state troopers.

This is our first time seeing them out here; they're cop "mutual aid," assorted officers from other suburban departments called up specifically to assist Broadview PD.

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Leni Manaa-Hoppenworth @leniann.bsky.social · 17h

This brown skinned landscaper was minding his business on a job in Edgewater when 3 masked ICE thugs took him away. Then on leaving the 3 reportedly got out of their car, turned their guns on a woman and tried to get into her car for apparently driving too close searching for parking near her home

Graphic in black, blue, red and white

COMMUNITY SAFETY ALERT
ALERTA DE SEGURIDAD COMUNITARIA
OCTOBER 10, 2025
This morning at approximately 9:30am ICE detained at least one person near Sheridan and Catalpa. Please be aware. Call 855-435-7693 to report sightings or for support if someone you know is detained. Also report any sightings
to my office 773-784-5277.
Esta mañana, aproximadamente a las 9:30, ICE detuvo a una persona cerca de Sheridan y Catalpa. Por favor, estén atentos. Llamen al 855-435-7693 para informar de observaciones de agentes federales o para pedir ayuda si alguien que conocen ha sido detenido.
También informen de los avistamientos a mi oficina, al 773-784-5277.

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Stephanie Kollmann @slkollmann.bsky.social · 19h

Not sure why Tom Dart is enforcing Broadview's arguably unconstitutional executive order but he and the State's Attorney are making some interesting choices these days regarding both immigration and protest of federal abuse

shawn @mulchy.bsky.social · 1d

earlier this morning, cook county sheriff’s deputies kicked me and a couple other reporters who were standing by ourselves off a public sidewalk because it wasn’t “free speech” hours yet or something idk.

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Robert Loerzel @robertloerzel.bsky.social · 20h

"Once Brockman was handcuffed and placed in the van, the agents pulled out, clipping the rear bumper off of a stopped car partially blocking their path and speeding away past an approaching elongated CTA bus and through the busy intersection."

Chicago Tribune @chicagotribune.com · 20h

A WGN-TV video editor and producer was roughly detained by two Border Patrol agents on Friday morning during a highly visible rush hour enforcement action in Lincoln Square.

WGN-TV producer detained during ICE enforcement action in Lincoln Square

A WGN-TV video editor and producer was roughly detained by two Border Patrol agents on Friday morning during a highly visible rush hour enforcement action in Lincoln Square.

trib.al

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Lynda Lopez @lyndab08.bsky.social · 22h

ICE continues its relentless assault on Chicago street vendors. Rapid response teams in Pilsen and Little Village confirmed a street vendor was taken on Cermak and Troy and also on Damen and Cermak. These are on two major Latine commercial corridors.

Confirmed sighting in little village

Today October 10, 2025 at 10:55am we were able to confirm that ICE kidnapped a street vendor on Cermak and Troy in front of the laundry mat. Another street vendor was taken on Damen and Cermak in Pilsen. If you have any more information please call 855-435-7693 or to report any unusual or suspicious activity. Our community is safest when we are informed and organized.

Description of vehicles: a black GMC Denali suv and Tahoe

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🎃Yagamimi🎃 @luigiyagami.bsky.social · 12h

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Sheryl Gay Stolberg @sherylnyt.bsky.social · 13h

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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darth™️ @darthbluesky.bsky.social · 17h

that johnson is more terrified of seating a duly elected democrat who could force an epstein vote than having the entire government shut down really makes me wonder about that epstein vote tbh

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AHHH! real meghan!! 나영지 🇵🇸 @ruemcclammyhand.bsky.social · Jan 29

skincare hack don’t leave the house don’t talk to anyone

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Abra, The Everwife 🏳️‍⚧️ 🇲🇽🌼👻 @pairofclaws.bsky.social · 11h

The way you'll bring this up and get a chorus of "Oh, I never thought of that" from cis people when it lives eternally in our heads....

moby spookgirl 🎃🏳️‍⚧️ @eigenvectrix.myatproto.social · 1d

Make no mistake, when the state imprisons a trans woman in a men's prison, it intentionally procures her for the purpose of having her raped. The statistics are extremely clear-cut and consistent in every jurisdiction where they have been collected. There is no way around them

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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 12h

Is it cancel culture when they threaten to kill you?

www.nj.com/news/2025/10...

Sold-out Ta-Nehisi Coates speaker appearance in N.J. canceled over security reasons

Organizers canceled a sold-out Ta-Nehisi Coates event in Montclair citing undisclosed security concerns.

www.nj.com

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Jazzy Oliver - Voice Actress @ladyjazzington.bsky.social · 13h

BUT HEY!

THAT'S JUST A Segway to remind you that the FNAF creator/this movie's screenwriter, Scott Cawthon, donates the money he makes from FNAF stuff to far right politicians, many of whom are currently trying to make things worse for everyone, specifically trans people. Don't support this film.

DiscussingFilm @discussingfilm.net · 13h

MatPat has been cast as Toy Bonnie in ‘FIVE NIGHTS AT FREDDYS 2’

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onion person @junlper.beer · 11h

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Mariah McCourt @monsterteatime.bsky.social · 11h

Other than the obvious eugenics, I think one of the reasons acknowledging that neurodivergence is actually a normal part of humanity is that it has led to people questioning everything from ableism to child rearing practices to education and even how society functions as a whole.

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Adam Mallinger @bitterscriptreader.bsky.social · 15h

Every A.I. CEO is like “We invented a robot that can fuck your wife so you have more free time to mow the lawn!”

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Leah Greenberg ❌👑 @leahgreenberg.bsky.social · 20h

You've got questions, we've got answers. Join us for a very special Friday What's the Plan, in just a few minutes:

Indivisible ❌👑 @indivisible.org · 22h

Later this afternoon, @leahgreenberg.bsky.social and @ezralevin.bsky.social will be here for their weekly chat. Our co-founders will cover the ongoing Trump Shutdown, the upcoming No Kings Day, the Trump regime’s smears of our movement, and much more.

What’s the Plan? A Weekly Discussion with Indivisible’s Co-Founders · Indivisible

The onslaught of news, the chaos coming out of the White House – it’s all meant to overwhelm us. It’s a deliberate strategy to sow confusion and make us believe we are powerless to fight back. The an...

www.mobilize.us

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Eric Trautmann @mercuryeric.bsky.social · 20h

The fact that there's a cool-looking TRON sequel, with a killer soundtrack, in theaters now and--due to one piece of casting--I have ZERO desire to see it is not a thing I would've predicted.

Sigh.

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damned teapot 🇨🇦🏳️‍⚧️👻 @ellenteapot.ca · 20h

I don’t think reporters should be abducted off the streets by roving gangs of masked thugs #uspoli

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Dieselbrain @dieselbrain.bsky.social · 20h

#SaveSpeech

KOSA has amassed more cosponsors recently, jumping from 42 to 60 total

You need to call your reps and DEMAND that they oppose this legislation ASAP

The link below contains more info about KOSA and an easy way to contact your reps
5calls.org/issue/kids-o...

Please call DAILY

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Aaron Fritschner @fritschner.bsky.social · 22h

A few minutes ago in the House:

- Speaker Mike Johnson officially cancels votes next week, extending the House recess through a fourth week

- House Republicans block Democrats from passing a bill to pay the troops during the shutdown, ensuring they will miss paychecks next week

House Press Gallery: During today's pro forma session, the Clerk read a message from the Speaker designating Tuesday, October 14 through Sunday, October 19 as a district work period.

Punchbowl's Briana Reilly: House gaveled in and out of its pro forma just now w/o recognizing Rep Elfreth, who was seeking to UC a mil pay bill from Rep Sykes.

Elfreth told reporters after that House Dems stand “ready and willing to take” up standalone legislation to pay troops.

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Soraya Nadia McDonald @sorayanadiamcdonald.com · 20h

serving looks like they're posing for Feline Vogue

My gray tabby baby, Cio Cio San, lounging on a white plush cushion of the cat tree

My spooky black son Radamès peeks from his plush white cave.

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