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Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 2h

This is truly BONKERS.

Nick Pinto @nickpinto.bsky.social · 2h

The NYC Department of Correction is extremely serious about projecting an image of reform, lawfulness, and considered, sober judgment these days, so it has decided to rename its Lower Manhattan jail complex after... multiply disgraced criminal Bernie Kerik.

hellgatenyc.com/city-jail-na...

Adams Administration Quietly Renames the Tombs for Disgraced Criminal Bernard Kerik

The Lower Manhattan jail facility briefly bore Kerik's name once before, until he was convicted of corruption.

hellgatenyc.com

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Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 2h

Gift link for those who want it: www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/10/w...

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Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 2h

In the middle of a day of interviews, rallies and meetings, it was an honor to join Jummah prayers at MAS Bronx Muslim Center in Van Nest.

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Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 2h

Good news for transgender people at MIT.

Unlike some prestigious universities, MIT has defied the Trump administration and refused its attempt to pressure the university into banning transgender people from bathrooms.

The latest from reporter S. Baum.

Subscribe to support our journalism.

MIT Rejects Trump’s Bid to Institute Trans Bathroom, Athletics Ban

“A government that can reward colleges and universities for speech it favors today can punish them for speech it dislikes tomorrow.”

www.erininthemorning.com

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ACLU of Washington @acluwa.bsky.social · 2h

As a parent, you have a right to make your voice heard at school board meetings.

Here are three ways to prep for the next meeting.

Text reads: "2. Connect with other parents and families. Find out what others in your community think. Then, think about who your allies might be in seeking the change you want. You might ﬁnd support from existing parent groups, teachers, or community leaders. Whoever you decide to work with, make sure to talk about the problem you want to solve and possible solutions."

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PBS News @pbsnews.org · 2h

Democrats are ramping up the pressure on House Speaker Mike Johnson to swear in Rep.-elect Adelita Grijalva, an Arizona Democrat who won a special election last month to succeed her late father. https://to.pbs.org/3W2j3fB

Who is Adelita Grijalva and why hasn't she been sworn in to Congress yet?

Democrats are ramping up the pressure on House Speaker Mike Johnson to swear in Rep.-elect Adelita Grijalva, an Arizona Democrat who won a special election last month to succeed her late father.

www.pbs.org

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Kristin @kehf.bsky.social · 1h

I’m very sorry to hear this.

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NightMar on Hicks Street, Part 4: The Rabbit’s Revenge @histoftech.bsky.social · 15h

This lady has pancreatic cancer and is about to be evicted unless she can raise a few hundred more :(

gofund.me/f2ccaebad

Donate to Shawn's Urgent Need for Housing Stability, organized by Shawn Kellum

Hi, my name is Shawn. First, please let me apologize for needing to create a n… Shawn Kellum needs your support for Shawn's Urgent Need for Housing Stability

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Kirsti @kst.bsky.social · 15h

We all do it.

Andrew Stout @thomasacstout.bsky.social · 1d

Classic case of librarian spending a day off from the library at another library 📚

Interior of Central Library in downtown St. Louis

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Dr Francis Young @drfrancisyoung.bsky.social · 9h

I wrote about Latvia’s state-sanctioned endorsement of a modern pagan religion - and what that may mean for Europe’s religious future drfrancisyoung.com/2025/10/10/p...

Pagan dawn: Europe’s first pagan state religion in 638 years?

Members of the Dievturi religion at the Latvian Saeima, 9 October 2025 © Dievturi Sadraudze On Thursday the Latvian Saeima (parliament) passed a rather unusual law that, predictably, has escaped no…

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Linda Holmes @lindaholmes.bsky.social · 7h

I think sometimes we are all Sherman.

AmeriKraut @inchargeofthegirls.bsky.social · 21h

sherman, for the love of god!

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Thomas House @tah-sci.com · 7h

I'm surprised more people aren't going for the "Trump very much did deserve to be in the company of Kissinger" take, maybe since it's more than 50 years ago now but it still has to rankle with anyone who knows the history.

www.independent.co.uk/arts-enterta...

Revisiting Anthony Bourdain’s long-time hatred of Henry Kissinger

Late chef and author was no fan of the Nixon-era secretary of state

www.independent.co.uk

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4WheelMe @4wheelworkout.bsky.social · 6h

Something else she said:

The Cookout is symbolic of community. Black culture. But we, as a ppl, invite others in who do not actually hold us in community or even want to.

They want access

THEY want to be held.

CounsellorNYC @counsellornyc.bsky.social · 7h

It’s beyond time for us to become far more discerning and disciplined as to who “we” choose or select to invite to the cookout !!! Listen and learn !!! 😃😃😃
#BlackSky

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Alison Fisk @alisonfisk.bsky.social · 6h

Pot of gold!

Rare Roman gold coin hoard uncovered near Didcot, Oxfordshire, by a metal detectorist in 1995. The pot contained 126 gold aurei, struck between AD 54-160. It would have taken a legionary soldier over ten years to earn this large sum!

Ashmolean Museum 📷 by me

#FindsFriday
#Archaeology

My photo shows a pile of shiny Roman gold coins below five fragments from a grey pot

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Dr Rachel Pope @prehistorian.bsky.social · 5h

We’ve had it for 15 days and counting 👍🏼

Prof Christina Pagel @chrischirp.bsky.social · 9h

After a long pause, I've just done another England Covid & NHS update as we head into the autumn/winter season.

TLDR: we're in a significant Covid wave now, the NHS is stretched, get boosted if you're eligible.

christinapagel.substack.com/p/england-is...

England is now experiencing a significant Covid wave, after 10 months of relative quiet

The latest Covid situation in England and a look at where NHS services are as we head into winter

christinapagel.substack.com

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Kristin @kehf.bsky.social · 2h

One of my pet peeves are movies/tv shows where the directors apparently think makeup is permanent because women in those shows go to bed and wake up in a full face of makeup. This is not how any of this works.

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Winter @kernowshark.bsky.social · 4h

I don't know why people are either so het up nor excited about the Nobel Peace Prize.

It has a long history of being awarded to people who discredited its reputation long ago. They gave it to Kissinger ffs.

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NightMar on Hicks Street, Part 4: The Rabbit’s Revenge @histoftech.bsky.social · 4h

Traveling halfway across the world & packing into a room for a conference panel on the theme of resisting eugenics.

But not wearing a respirator during a surge in the ongoing pandemic.

What a fun way to show how the research & scholars you’re there to ostensibly listen to mean jack shit to you.

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NightMar on Hicks Street, Part 4: The Rabbit’s Revenge @histoftech.bsky.social · 3h

As they should be.

Reuters @reuters.com · 3h

Apple sued over use of copyrighted books to train Apple Intelligence reut.rs/4h2JXgV

Apple sued over use of copyrighted books to train Apple Intelligence

Apple was hit with a lawsuit in California federal court by a pair of neuroscientists who say that the tech company misused thousands of copyrighted books to train its Apple Intelligence artificial intelligence model.

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NightMar on Hicks Street, Part 4: The Rabbit’s Revenge @histoftech.bsky.social · 3h

Eugenics is about collectively demarcating who among us is “inferior” enough, in the “right” ways, to be actively or passively cut out of society. It relies on us not caring about disability justice & also encourages people to disable each other to the point they can be easily,wordlessly left behind

NightMar on Hicks Street, Part 4: The Rabbit’s Revenge @histoftech.bsky.social · 4h

Long Covid is more prevalent in children in the US now than asthma. We are fucking destroying the next generations w/our behavior. (And adults.)

If you do care about resisting eugenics maybe start by not being the vector that disables a kid in RFK’s US. That is not too much to ask. It really isn’t.

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Mel🏳️‍🌈 she/they universal healthcare now @knownforms.bsky.social · 16h

Wow.

Ari Drennen @aridrennen.bsky.social · 16h

Virginia Gubernatorial candidate Abigail Spanberger (D): "she does not think that gay couples should be able to marry...she thinks it's ok for someone to be fired from their job for being gay"

Winsome Earle-Sears (R): "that's not discrimination!"

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Mel🏳️‍🌈 she/they universal healthcare now @knownforms.bsky.social · 12h

good news

Nick Breeze @nickbreeze.genn.cc · 12h

#EU rejects US gov's 1970's vision of prosperity & preWW1- fantasies of imperial colonialism.
'The European Commission.. rejected the US’ demands regarding its environmental regulations which Washington considers too restrictive for its companies.'
www.euronews.com/business/202...

'Not up for discussion': Brussels rejects US pressure on climate rules

In response to US demands to roll back the EU's environmental legislation, the European Commission defended its autonomous power to adopt laws.

www.euronews.com

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Mel🏳️‍🌈 she/they universal healthcare now @knownforms.bsky.social · 11h

Fascists gonna fash

Tristan Grayford @tristangrayford.scot · 12h

The continuing clearance of anyone who isn't a Labour right loyalist from the Starmer operation leaves only one possible scenario next year:

Any Labour catastrophe in the devolved and local elections will be entirely the fault of the Labour right.

www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

Starmer accused of pushing out some of last progressive allies in No 10 shake-up

Exclusive: PM reorganising key parts of government to give chief secretary Darren Jones more Whitehall control

www.theguardian.com

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Mel🏳️‍🌈 she/they universal healthcare now @knownforms.bsky.social · 11h

Not creepy at all #RapeCulture

WIRED @wired.com · 11h

Some sports gamblers are trying to predict WNBA players’ performance—and the outcomes of games—based on the athletes’ periods. One betting content creator has dubbed it “blood money." www.wired.com/story/men-ar...

Men Are Betting on WNBA Players' Menstrual Cycles

Some sports gamblers are trying to predict WNBA players’ performance—and the outcomes of games—based on the athletes’ periods. One betting content creator has dubbed it “blood money."

www.wired.com

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Mel🏳️‍🌈 she/they universal healthcare now @knownforms.bsky.social · 11h

I mean, there's a reason they're called "Kavanaugh Stops"

Jason Linkins @dceiver.bsky.social · 1d

The administration's line about how it is "a disgusting smear to say there is racial profiling going on" with ICE neatly forgets that the administration frantically asked SCOTUS for permission to racially profile which the court then granted in a shadow docket decision.

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