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Barred and Boujee aka Madiba Dennie @audrelawdamercy.bsky.social · 12h

the kids are alright

NPR @npr.org · 12h

Three high schoolers founded a book club that reads some of the country's most frequently banned books after a state law removing books with sexual content was signed in 2023. Two years later, many of the books have been reshelved and parts of the law can't be enforced.

When books were being pulled from Iowa classrooms, these teens started an after-school club to read them

Three Iowa City West high schoolers founded a book club that reads some of the country's most frequently banned books after a state law removing books with sexual content was signed in 2023. Two years later, many of the books have been reshelved and parts of the law can't be enforced.

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Get Out The Mid Term Vote @gotmtv.bsky.social · 21h

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Vintage Audio Love @vintageaudiolove.bsky.social · 5h

On October 20, 1977, the plane carrying Lynyrd Skynyrd crashed in a swamp near Gillsburg, Mississippi, killing lead vocalist Ronnie Van Zant, guitarist Steve Gaines, backing singer Cassie Gaines, and the band’s assistant road-manager Dean Kilpatrick.

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Bayy @bayy245.bsky.social · 1d

Left shoe looks pitiful with their eye infection

Right and left shoe (two kittens) looking adorable in bed

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Dr Lucy Rogers @drlucyrogers.com · 8h

Hello world

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Judy³ 🇨🇦💪🏻 @doolitzphotos.bsky.social · 8h

Fall colours! 🍁

#Maple #trees #leaves #leafscrolling #nature #photography #Autumn

Maple trees with red leaves and many leaves on the ground alongside a black iron fence.

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MedWitch @andrearae.bsky.social · 11h

How we doing 🌶️🧠 fam

Turns out if you get good grades and act like you've got it all together they let you raw dog ADHD your whole life until motherhood or perimenopause send you into a full blown burnout

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Rupert Ferguson @druidtombraider.bsky.social · 16h

Fourth-century AD bear mosaic from the co-rule of Marcus Aurelius and Lucius Verus (AD 161–169), Bulla Regia, Africa Proconsularis, Tunisia; courtesy of Carole Raddato. #RomanArchaeology #Archaeology #MosaicMonday

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𝐑𝐨𝐛 𝐆𝐚𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐫 @robgasper.bsky.social · 7h

𝐃𝟐𝟏 : 𝐓𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐤𝐞𝐫𝐲
#Howl-A-Ween #MusicChallenge
𝙁𝙤𝙤𝙡 𝙄𝙣 𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝙍𝙖𝙞𝙣 : 𝐋𝐞𝐝 𝐙𝐞𝐩𝐩𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐧
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Fool in the Rain (Remaster)

YouTube video by Led Zeppelin - Topic

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lisettebrodey @lisettebrodey.bsky.social · 17h

Oliver the Squirrel says, "Please, sir, I want some more."

#sqrlpix #squirrels #wildlife 🌳 🥜 🐿️

A squirrel standing on his hind legs, front paws on a low wooden bench, looking up as if to ask for something.

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Illuminostro @geetnerd.bsky.social · 6h

"Hey, girl. Watchoo doin'..."

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Lloyd @leonardlloyd.bsky.social · 1d

Brian Tyler Cohen

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Joe Walsh @walshfreedom.bsky.social · 9h

No. No he can’t. He’s not a king. But those Fox News bootlickers on that couch won’t call him out on it.

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John Rogers @johnrogers.bsky.social · 10h

The whole point of democracy is so one person's derangement does not become everybody's problem. It's social hygiene. The fact the richest men in the West are a mix of grotty twelve year olds and deranged apocalypse fanatics is a problem, and we should be honest about it.

Gil Durán @gilduran.com · 11h

Someone went there:

"It Kind of Seems Like Peter Thiel is Losing It"

via @futurism.com

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It Kind of Seems Like Peter Thiel Is Losing It

He's spent the past month delivering four high-octane lectures in San Francisco's downtown waterfront on the antichrist.

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z.ombie @zanadu.bsky.social · 7h

#MusicChallenge
#Howl-A-Ween
#MusicSky

Trickery

Def Leppard - Foolin'

YouTube video by DefLeppardVEVO

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Illuminostro @geetnerd.bsky.social · 6h

Barely on my mind, barely on my mind, all the f#kin' time...

#music #20's #pop

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The Regrettes - Barely on My Mind (Official Audio)

YouTube video by The Regrettes

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Governor Tim Walz @governorwalz.mn.gov · 12h

Great news. Minnesota is with you, Lydia!

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Annunciation shooting victim returns to school

Lydia Kaiser, who was shot in the head during the mass shooting, posted a back-to-school update Thursday.

www.startribune.com

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Alex ✰ @alexbestie.com.au · 17h

This past week has been one of the hardest of my life. By Thursday, Trixie’s quality of life had begun to deteriorate and the vets advised us that putting her to sleep would ensure she's not in pain as things worsened.

Saying goodbye after almost 13 years is impossible 🖤