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Drew Harwell @drewharwell.com · 20h

Military families on day 9 of the shutdown lining up at the food bank

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Kevin Gannon (now a Moo Deng fan account) @thetattooedprof.bsky.social · 1d

Reminder that RFK Jr is a raging antisemite (remember his assertion that covid was somehow genetically engineered to not affect Ashkenazi Jews?). There is no aspect of him that isn't absolute poison

Justin Baragona @justinbaragona.bsky.social · 2d

Besides linking Tylenol in pregnant women to autism, RFK Jr. now says circumcision is part of the reason why kids are autistic.

"Children who are circumcised early have double the rate of autism, and it's highly likely because they're given Tylenol. None of this is positive..."

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Brooke Harrington @ebharrington.bsky.social · 13h

What Thiel is saying about tax havens = what Altman is saying about copyright:

"I can't be rich unless you let me steal from you."

This is how Broligarchs differ from oligarchs of yore: the latter tried to hide their thievery; the Broligarchs trumpet their entitlement to steal as a natural right.

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Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 11h

UNTIL IT’S DONE, Ep. 4: Sylvia Rivera

In the 1970s, queer New Yorkers had been pushed to the margins of NYC. Our trans neighbors faced immense cruelty. But in Sylvia Rivera, they found a champion.

As we combat Trump’s politics of darkness, her legacy can light the path forward.

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Solomon @solomonmissouri.bsky.social · 1d

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Sam Bagenstos @sbagen.bsky.social · 11h

It’s considered impolite to use language like this, but “evil” is the best word for what these folks are doing. It’s bad enough to screw over workers to attack political enemies. But here, doing so will literally kill people and lead to avoidable disease.

open.substack.com/pub/insideme...

BREAKING NEWS: CDC employees terminated in apparent Friday night massacre.

The Trump administration is using the shutdown to further weaken the our national public health infrastructure.

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David Dayen @ddayen.bsky.social · 11h

I respect @laurenkaorigurley.bsky.social as a writer, but I reported this story 3 days ago, the story uses some of my same sources, and it's now at the top of the Post website, with no acknowledgement that @prospect.org already published it.
Read the Prospect, get the news first.

Post story on the Labor Department warning of immigration enforcement threatening the food supply, 10/11/25

Prospect story on the Labor Department warning of immigration enforcement threatening the food supply, 10/8/25

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Imani Gandy Corn 🎃 @angryblacklady.blacksky.app · 11h

literally what

onion person @junlper.beer · 20h

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IowaRural.bsky.social @iowarural.bsky.social · 11h

I wish people in Cedar Rapids would see this.

Jessica Kant @jessdkant.bsky.social · 11h

Oh what’s that? They will depreciate at roughly 3 times the rate previously touted and require constant replacement and 2-3x the revenue to match initial expenditure?

AI Data Centers Are an Even Bigger Disaster Than Previously Thought

An investment manager realized he made a crucial mistake — and that his grim prediction about AI investments may not have been cynical enough.

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BOOston gay boy™️ @bostongayboy.bsky.social · 10d

some of yall need this

Merriam-Webster @merriam-webster.com · 10d

We are thrilled to announce that our NEW Large Language Model will be released on 11.18.25.

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Mike Masnick @mmasnick.bsky.social · 1d

Hot new item. Flying off the shelves.

Silence 🇺🇦🇺🇸 @b-dogood.bsky.social · 1d

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 1d

“I’m worried about my community… I’m out here in a frog costume to show how ridiculous the notion that we’re violent terrorists is, and showcase how that narrative is wrong…”

Serious Q: is it too late to give this dude the Nobel Peace Prize? 🐸 🏆

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Stephen West @stephenwest.bsky.social · 1d

Counterpoint:

You absolutely do not have to hand it to enslavers

Wilson: Now, one of the things I want to do is say: I’m really glad that slavery’s gone, and good riddance. And I want to say that the Southern slave owner, who read the books of Ephesians and Colossians and 1 Timothy and treated his slaves decently, remembering that he had a master in heaven who he studiously tried to obey — what Paul said slave owners were supposed to do — I would say he was not an orc, and he is part of the reason why slavery ended. In other words, I would say he’s a good guy.

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IowaRural.bsky.social @iowarural.bsky.social · 1d

Alexie Navalny was charged with and found guilty on trumped-up charges in 2013, 2014, 2021, and more until he was eventually killed in prison. This is the playbook that Trump and his thugs are desperate to emulate.

Chris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 2d

Just bone chilling. And when the imprisonment of critics is combined with his offer to enrich and immunize his loyalists, this is how democracies die fast.

But it's still our choice. Don't let him silence you.

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Garrett M. Graff @vermontgmg.bsky.social · 1d

Portland is doing well making clear the ridiculousness of the military takeover.

dr. caitlin m. green @caitlinmoriah.bsky.social · 1d

there are SO many more inflatable costumes tonight. clearly we have settled on a motif

Wide shot of many people in inflatable costumes

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Aditya Mukerjee 🦦 🏳️‍🌈 @chimeracoder.bsky.social · 1d

For those who missed it in 2015: Lenovo intentionally installed malware *in the BIOS* which would inject a rootkit into your OS and MITM all your traffic.

Even if you reinstalled the OS from scratch, the malware was in the BIOS, so it would just reinfect the freshly-installed OS too.

Aditya Mukerjee 🦦 🏳️‍🌈 @chimeracoder.bsky.social · 1d

I'm never buying a Lenovo again after the Superfish debacle: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Superfish

That's a security vulnerability so bad that I'm shocked they're even still in business.

Superfish - Wikipedia

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The Oregonian @oregonian.com · 1d

Things are happening at Portland's ICE facility tonight.

Read more of our protest coverage here: www.oregonlive.com/crime/2025/1...

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Financial Times @financialtimes.com · 1d

Breaking news: Donald Trump warned that he was considering a 'massive increase' in tariffs on China and suggested he could cancel his planned summit with Xi Jinping as he lashed out at Beijing’s trade policy. on.ft.com/4nDpBNQ

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Mark Harris @markharris.bsky.social · 1d

"Wealthy New Yorkers who take the bus" might be the most astounding seven words any NYC mayoral candidate has ever spoken.

Colin Dickey @colindickey.com · 1d

[Me, a poor, on the subway, glowering jealously at all those fat cat, fancy pants rich people on the public bus]

Andrew Cuomo tweet:

@ZohranKMamdani's "plan" provides no relief for working families who take the subway, and unnecessary benefits to wealthy New Yorkers who take the bus and can afford the fare.

I focus on working families, while @ZohranKMamdani the mansion boy focuses on helping the rich.

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Gwen Snyder is undead @gwensnyder.bsky.social · 1d

As a protest optics nerd love about the inflatables is how much they visually disrupt and pull focus from the fascist shock imagery Noem & Miller are trying to create.

So many of these photos now look like the world's silliest dance party, backgrounded by a bunch of guys in uniform looking awkward

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LaShawnda Jones @harvestphoto.bsky.social · 1d

Since the beginning of our known history, the war has been against women. Sometimes we forget because progress is such a good illusion.

Gabrielle A. Perry, MPH @geauxgabrielle.bsky.social · 2d

- Rep. Hortman was killed
- Gov. Whitmer had to live under FBI protection for a year
- Speaker Pelosi’s home was invaded
- Judge Goodstein’s house burned to the ground as she watched her family jump from 2 floors to safety
- Rep. McIver was arrested
- AG James is being indicted

It’s a war on women

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Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 1d

"I have trouble with the term 'liberal Zionism'"

Anti-Zionist Jewish Hollywood star Hannah Einbinder on the "settler colonialist ideology" and "apartheid" of Zionism, in the new Zeteo podcast 'Beyond Israelism with Simone Zimmerman'.

Full show: zeteo.com/p/beyond-isr...

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Rachel Bitecofer @rachelbitecofer.bsky.social · 2d

🚨🚨🚨As Rutgers professor and anti-fascist researcher @Mark__Bray and his family tried to escape death threats, they found their tickets to Spain had been cancelled at their gate at Newark airport. apple.news/At9zbVrllRta...

US anti-fascism expert blocked from flying to Spain at airport — Guardian US

Rutgers University professor who published book on antifa was informed at boarding gate that his trip was cancelled

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404 Media @404media.co · 2d

BREAKING: A catastrophic breach has impacted Discord user data including selfies and identity documents uploaded as part of the app’s verification process, email addresses, phone numbers, approximately where the user lives, and much more.

🔗 www.404media.co/the-discord-...

The Discord Hack is Every Users’ Worst Nightmare

A hack impacting Discord’s age verification process shows in stark terms the risk of tech companies collecting users’ ID documents. Now the hackers are posting peoples’ IDs and other sensitive informa...

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Mark Joseph Stern @mjsdc.bsky.social · 2d

This is why I think the next Democratic president needs to use the EXACT tools that SCOTUS has handed Trump. Don't leave room for any distinctions.

Impound funds for deportation. Give ICE the USAID treatment. Refuse to collect government-backed debt. Purge MAGA loyalists from the executive branch.

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