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Jonathan Edward Durham @thisone0verhere.bsky.social · 4h

This absolute emotional rollercoaster of a post

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Reuters @reuters.com · 1h

Diane Keaton, who won an Academy Award and captured hearts with her endearing performance as Woody Allen's eccentric, insecure girlfriend in the 1977 romantic comedy ‘Annie Hall,’ died at age 79, People reported on Saturday, citing a family spokesperson reut.rs/3W11pJa

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Dave Levitan @davelevitan.bsky.social · 3h

“We can give $20 billion to Argentina but we can’t afford the CDC’s measles experts” is a hell of an argument

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Popehat Agitates And Irritates @kenwhite.bsky.social · 2h

Should the New York Times be sold to Pennysaver and its editors sent to work in Amazon warehouses? It depends on who you ask.

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ray 鄺羡華 @raykwong.bsky.social · 11h

Good morning and happy Saturday to everyone. The same guy who told you COVID was a hoax just got his updated booster and didn't win the Nobel Peace Prize.

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Dr. Lucky Tran @luckytran.com · 5h

They have fired the staff of the CDC’s Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report and 70 Epidemic Intelligence Service officers, who are disease detectives that respond to outbreaks around the world.

I cannot emphasize enough how dangerous it is to dismantle our disease surveillance infrastructure.

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the ghost of kwisatz haderade 👻🏹 @booksandbows.bsky.social · 8h

anyway today’s project is making little info cards to give to small business owners so they know the law with regard to allowing ICE in without a warrant. we can do things, we have to try.

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Kelly McGahey @kellymcgahey.bsky.social · 4h

Excellent.

Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 6h

A library director in Wyoming who was fired two years ago because she refused to remove books with sexual content and LGBTQ themes from a library's children and young adult sections has just been awarded $700,000 in a settlement. t.co/EA5L1kOZfV

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/09/us/wyoming-library-settlement-book-bans-terri-lesley.html?smtyp=cur&smid=fb-nytimes&fbclid=IwdGRjcANWLXdleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHhlnY6nKj_j4zuP3VjNSstXWBaV1t8-sPQ5C3b_jS6WN...

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Senate Judiciary Democrats 🇺🇸 @judiciarydems.senate.gov · 1d

BREAKING: Sens. DURBIN, DUCKWORTH were just denied entrance to the Broadview ICE Facility in Illinois, unable to conduct constitutional role of oversight.

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 8h

Imagine that

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Julian Sanchez @normative.bsky.social · 7h

Protesters getting cuffed should insist on calling the arresting officers “Daddy” just to make them feel weird as hell about the whole thing.

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Al Cappuccino…☕️🇮🇹 @alcappuccinoit.bsky.social · 1d

If you’re laser focused on defeating “Antifa,” it’s clear to everybody that you’re “fa”.

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Richard Ferro, MD @richferro.com · 22h

I’ve been working on the algorithms for the @medsky.social specialty feeds for over a year, and the difference between then and now is staggering.

We now have:
• 70+ feeds
• Hundreds of professional societies and journals
• Several thousand HCW accounts

I’m really proud of how far we’ve come.

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David Corn @davidcorn.bsky.social · 9h

A classic case of irresponsible both-sidesism from the NYT. The story is that Trump and MAGA propagandists are lying about Portland to incite a conflict, not that there are different views of the matter.

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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 6h

Stay strong, stay beautiful, Chicago. c

Tweet from Fred Wellman: “Weird. I was told it’s a war zone.”
Below is a Time Out Chicago post showing a scenic city skyline at sunset with the text: “Chicago has been voted the Best Big City in the U.S. for the ninth consecutive year.”

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 8h

“YOU hit HER.”

CHICAGO - Trump’s ICE goons ram into a passing car after snatching someone, then brutally drag the female driver of the car they hit out of her car with guns drawn and arrest her too. (Her brother says she’s a citizen)

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Norah 🦋 Mami’s Small But She is Mighty 🔥 @thenoraheffect.bsky.social · 6h

This song has lived rent free in my head for the better part of 40 yrs 🥰

Good morning 👋🏽

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Sheryl Gay Stolberg @sherylnyt.bsky.social · 20h

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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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 1d

Do they have a prize for blowing up boats in the Caribbean and then bragging that people who made their livelihood fishing there for generations are now afraid to go out on the water?

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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 21h

The Trump administration has been spreading anti-vaccine propaganda for months. Tonight, Trump's physician announced he just received a flu shot and a COVID booster.

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Brendel @brendelbored.bsky.social · 22h

I like how the news will be like “while the President claiming Portland was ruled by a giant skeleton named Mr Nibbles is not strictly true, it does speak to the anxiety of many Americans”

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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 17h

in 2011, the president of antifa hired me to give fashion consultancy to the organization. i recommended everyone wear navy suits with tan shoes, dress sneakers, and golf polos with slim chinos. if you arrested everyone today wearing these things, you'd destroy antifa

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God @thegodpodcast.com · 23h

Peaceful assembly isn’t an insurrection.

Storming the Capitol to hang your own vice-president and end democracy is.

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 1d

Adelita Grijalva won her election to Congress over two weeks ago, but Mike Johnson still hasn't sworn her in.

Why the delay?

Perhaps it's because Grijalva would cast the final vote needed to release the Epstein files.

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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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