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Claude Monet @monet.bsky.social · 14h

Water Lilies - 1916/1919
https://botfrens.com/collections/41/contents/11203

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Adam Keiper @adamkeiper.com · 2d

You would not fire these people—including the staff of the hugely, HUGELY important 'Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report'—if you cared at all about public health, if you wanted people to live.

And you would not let your thuggish henchmen fire people like this if you were a responsible president.

Sheryl Gay Stolberg @sherylnyt.bsky.social · 2d

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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Joan Miró @joanmiro.bsky.social · 16h

The Escape Ladder https://www.wikiart.org/en/joan-miro/the-escape-ladder-1940

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Old White Nepo Hat @kenwhite.bsky.social · 16h

Every time someone makes me read something Peter Thiel said it’s like “Scrooge McDuck is Jesus Christ and Huey, Dewey, and Louie are Gabriel, Raphael, and Uriel and Daisy is Mary Magdalene and that’s why women voting has lowered American sperm count.”

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50501: The People’s Movement ❌👑 @50501movement.bsky.social · 17h

Portland, OR, 2025

Protester in frog costume stands in front of tank (meme of Tiananmen Square “Tank Man”)

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Thomas Zimmer @thomaszimmer.bsky.social · 19h

About a week ago, the New York Times’ “The Daily” podcast portrayed Russell Vought as a devout Christian, a true “small government” conservative who loves the free market, and a man with a great work ethic. A remarkable combination of credulousness and deliberate whitewashing.

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jzack.bsky.social @jzack.bsky.social · 18h

www.harvardmagazine.com/legal/suprem...

What Trump Means for John Roberts's Legacy | Harvard Magazine

Executive power is on the docket at the Supreme Court.

www.harvardmagazine.com

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jzack.bsky.social @jzack.bsky.social · 18h

open.substack.com/pub/staytune...

“Legal Insurrection?” How Stephen Miller's Rhetoric Undermines the Rule of Law

Featuring listener questions from this week’s Stay Tuned

open.substack.com

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jzack.bsky.social @jzack.bsky.social · 19h

www.dissentmagazine.org/article/how-...

How Democracies Fall Apart - Dissent Magazine

An interview with Adam Przeworski.

www.dissentmagazine.org

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✨ A Goddess has NO KING ✨ @the-goddess-speaks.bsky.social · 1d

Amy Poehler as Pam Bondi and Tina Fey as Kristi Noem. 😂👍

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ΜΑΝΟΣ ΤΡΑΧΙΑΣ™ @trahias.bsky.social · 22h

Le Moulin de la Galette, 1886 by Vincent van Gogh (Dutch, 1853 - 1890).
Private Collection.
Oil on canvas | 55 x 38.5 cm.
#art #painting #painters #BlueSkyArt

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Edward Hopper @edwardhopper.bsky.social · 14d

Hill and Houses, Cape Elizabeth, Maine - 1927
https://botfrens.com/collections/173/contents/3104431

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Amanda Marcotte @amandamarcotte.bsky.social · 22h

What's important here is that it's the ICE raids that are capturing their attention.

This is why the reliance on focus groups and polls and the inevitable claim that voters only care about "kitchen table" issues misses the mark.

paulwaldman.substack.com/p/why-trump-...

Why Trump Lost the Podcast Bros

It's cool to support the Rebellion. It's not cool to support the Empire.

paulwaldman.substack.com

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Claude Monet @monet.bsky.social · 1d

View of the Voorzaan
https://botfrens.com/collections/41/contents/7368

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Mark Lemley @marklemley.bsky.social · 1d

And this:
92% of the growth in the entire country this year has been data centers. And some of that is "circular deals" that dont involve actual money

fortune.com/2025/10/07/d...

Without data centers, GDP growth was 0.1% in the first half of 2025, Harvard economist says | Fortune

Is a U.S. without data centers a country without GDP growth?

fortune.com

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jzack.bsky.social @jzack.bsky.social · 1d

open.substack.com/pub/harrylit...

A Ridiculous Attorney General

Bondi’s smug evasions revealed volumes about the Administration

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Gillian Brockell @gbrockell.bsky.social · 2d

NEW: The private jet that flew 10 shackled migrants to an Eswatini prison last weekend is owned by Israeli-American billionaires with close ties to Trump.

It’s oligarchs all the way down.

My first for @zeteo.com:

zeteo.com/p/this-famil...

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M Meerkat @kackbro.bsky.social · 2d

Roberts Is Just As Responsible For Chump As Chump Is ! Both Have
Failed This Country.......

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jzack.bsky.social @jzack.bsky.social · 1d

Ketanji Brown Jackson’s dissents state things pretty clearly.

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jzack.bsky.social @jzack.bsky.social · 1d

opus.ing/posts/how-to...

How to Remove AI From Your Google Chrome Experience - Opus

Follow these steps to resist the AI-pocalypse in your everyday web browsing.

opus.ing

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Paul Eric Scannell @pauleric70.bsky.social · 2d

These are the names and faces of the 254 Journalists Killed in Gaza

They were Silenced for Exposing Israel's Crimes

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Jaye @jaybird54.bsky.social · 2d

Starting a new career as a Life Coach….😂🤣😂

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

This arrest appears to be in direct violation of a temporary restraining order prohibiting DHS officers from arresting journalists. The officers here may well be subject to contempt of court. protectdemocracy.org/wp-content/u...

It is hereby ORDERED that Defendants,' their officers, agents, assigns, and all
persons acting in concert with them (hereafter referred to as "Federal Agents"), are temporarily
ENJOINED in this judicial district from:
a.
Dispersing, arresting, threatening to arrest, threatening or using physical
force against any person whom they know or reasonably should know is a Journalist, unless Defendants have probable cause to believe that the individual has committed a crime.

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Luise Quaritsch @luisequaritsch.bsky.social · 2d

Today, the EU’s Regulation on the Transparency and Targeting of Political Advertising enters into force. From now on, political ads – notably both online and offline – will have to carry a transparency label with key information about why people are seeing the ad, who paid for it and how much. 1/

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Dan Izzo @izzos.us · 2d

Hey @jbpritzker.bsky.social don't you have a degree of authority over the Illinois State Police?

The People's Fabric @peoplesfabric.com · 2d

ISP in riot gear lining up with batons at the ready across from the crowd.

Protesters chant “shame,” as they accuse ISP of protecting ICE.

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