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grannyvalkyrie.bsky.social @grannyvalkyrie.bsky.social · 22h

ICE officials in Portland told Kristi Noem that "it's worse at night."

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grannyvalkyrie.bsky.social @grannyvalkyrie.bsky.social · 7m

grannyvalkyrie.bsky.social @grannyvalkyrie.bsky.social · 8m

Every grandma should have a guardian angel named Eeyore.

WeRateDogs @weratedogs.com · 1h

Here are the Top 5 Dogs of the week!

grannyvalkyrie.bsky.social @grannyvalkyrie.bsky.social · 23m

Do we need to count pixels?

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TizzyWoman @tizzywoman.bsky.social · 2h

Amid the noise, @newyorkstateag.bsky.social
delivered an audacious
#CupOfJoe regarding the president’s desperate weaponization of our justice system. “I am not fearful — I am fearless. “

In a world of Pams, be a Letitia. #DemsUnited

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thematthill.bsky.social @thematthill.bsky.social · 2d

Wow. Greg Bovino admits on camera that his agents can detain people if you look scared, change your demeanor, or grip a steering wheel too tight.

As his unmasked agents walk around with large guns to scare you, they may arrest you just for that — even if you're a U.S. citizen.

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Uplifting News @upliftingnews.bsky.social · 5h

Venezuela's opposition leader María Corina Machado has won this year's Nobel Peace Prize.

The Nobel Committee said Machado's tireless work promoting democratic rights for the people of Venezuela is "one of the most extraordinary examples of civilian courage in Latin America in recent times."

Venezuela's opposition leader María Corina Machado wins 2025 Nobel Peace Prize

Venezuela's opposition leader María Corina Machado has won this year's Nobel Peace Prize for her tireless work promoting democratic rights for the people of Venezuela.

www.npr.org

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Ryan Marino, MD @ryanmarino.bsky.social · 5h

“with her baby in her placenta”

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 22h

RFK Jr: "Somebody showed me a TikTok video of a pregnant woman at 8 months pregnant -- she's an associate professor at the Columbia Medical School -- and she is saying 'F Trump' and gobbling Tylenol with her baby in her placenta. The level of Trump Derangement Syndrome is now a pathology."

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The Good News Network: Positive Stories 24/7 @goodnewsnetwork.org.web.brid.gy · 1h

Renewables Overtake Coal as World’s Biggest Source of Electricity

Renewable energy sources like solar and wind produced more electricity during the first half of the year than any other energy resource, including coal. To bullet another massive accomplishment in the clean energy transition, of the cumulative demand for new power worldwide, renewables met 100% of it. Coal has been the world’s most-consumed energy resource […] The post Renewables Overtake Coal as World’s Biggest Source of Electricity appeared first on Good News Network.

www.goodnewsnetwork.org

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grannyvalkyrie.bsky.social @grannyvalkyrie.bsky.social · 32m

Trump is unfit for office

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 3h

New in PN: The impossibly dumb reason for Trump's invasion of Portland

"Trump’s confusion isn’t just darkly comical (and a troubling reminder of the president’s growing senility) — it’s a stark illustration of the whiplash-inducing disconnect between his rhetoric and the reality on the ground."

The impossibly dumb reason for Trump's invasion of Portland

It'd be hilarious if he wasn't the commander in chief.

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Ryan Marino, MD @ryanmarino.bsky.social · 6h

ER doc here! There is no such thing as “an ER model” hospital. An ER w/o a hospital is like a bandaid on a bullet hole. What if you need surgery? Cardiac cath? Specialist care? Increased distance means delays, which mean real harms & even deaths. But, also, when hospitals close their ERs close, too…

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

SCARBOROUGH: The Nebraska Rural Health Association says at least 6 rural hospitals would have to close bc of the big beautiful bill

FLOOD: Here's the deal: Some hospitals that are rural hospitals are going to eventually have to transition from being acute bed hospitals into being an ER model

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Olga Nesterova @onestpress.onestnetwork.com · 16h

Press pool: “On Trump’s desk in the Oval Office today was a plan for a triumphal arch on the other side of the river from the Lincoln Memorial”

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grannyvalkyrie.bsky.social @grannyvalkyrie.bsky.social · 51m

The Emir of Qatar is the monarch and head of state. The Qatar Emiri Air Force is the air arm of their armed forces.

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Steven Beschloss @stevenbeschloss.bsky.social · 1h

"As the federal government has become the prime source of our problems rather than a vehicle for finding answers: We should look well beyond Washington for ideas and answers that can help heal our broken land." www.americaamerica.news/p/can-music-...

Can Music Help Bridge America's Divide?

In a time of extreme division, The Louisville Orchestra forges some common ground in Kentucky—and points a way forward for our embattled nation

www.americaamerica.news

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ProPublica @propublica.org · 12h

The Education Department has hired at least 9 people from the America First Policy Institute, co-founded by Secretary Linda McMahon.

The think tank’s listed goals include ending the separation of church and state and “plant[ing] Jesus in every space.”

These Activists Want to Dismantle Public Schools. Now They Run the Education Department.

Under Trump, the Department of Education has been bringing in activists hostile to public schools. It could mean a new era of private and religious schools boosted by tax dollars — and the end of publ...

www.propublica.org

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grannyvalkyrie.bsky.social @grannyvalkyrie.bsky.social · 11h

Portland is undefeated

grannyvalkyrie.bsky.social @grannyvalkyrie.bsky.social · 11h

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grannyvalkyrie.bsky.social @grannyvalkyrie.bsky.social · 22h

ICE officials in Portland told Kristi Noem that "it's worse at night."

grannyvalkyrie.bsky.social @grannyvalkyrie.bsky.social · 11h

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grannyvalkyrie.bsky.social @grannyvalkyrie.bsky.social · 11h

It’s the news from Portland you’ve all been waiting for: the emergency naked bike ride will be Sunday Oct 12 at 2:30pm

grannyvalkyrie.bsky.social @grannyvalkyrie.bsky.social · 11h

Also from their IG page

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The Daily Show @thedailyshow.com · 19h

The following is REAL footage from Portland, 2025. Viewer discretion is advised.

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grannyvalkyrie.bsky.social @grannyvalkyrie.bsky.social · 11h

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grannyvalkyrie.bsky.social @grannyvalkyrie.bsky.social · 22h

ICE officials in Portland told Kristi Noem that "it's worse at night."

grannyvalkyrie.bsky.social @grannyvalkyrie.bsky.social · 11h

a woman in a red dress is dancing in a crowd of people

ALT: a woman in a red dress is dancing in a crowd of people

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Ryan Marino, MD @ryanmarino.bsky.social · 12h

WIC provides healthy food, nutrition counseling & breastfeeding support to millions of pregnant people, infants & children. Because it is 100% federally funded, within days families could quickly lose access to essential food & formula, & service disruptions. nwica.salsalabs.org/publicfundth...

TELL CONGRESS: Protect Women, Infants, and Children
A prolonged federal government shutdown of more than one week puts babies and young children at risk. Make your voice heard! Contact your members of Congress today to urge bipartisan action to pass a government funding bill ensuring no disruptions to the WIC program.
Take action by filling out the form below!

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Jonathan Slater @jonathanslater.bsky.social · 1d

Poor kid

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Tibor M. Kalman @kalmantibs.bsky.social · 1d

“Children must be taught how to think, not what to think.”

― Margaret Mead, 1901-1978.

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📷 English Literature

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