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Kerri Koenig
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Nebraskan/ pro-flourishing/ reparations now /napping is my hobby
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Take a few minutes and watch this. I promise it will be time well-spent.

The top comments on the Mamdani message to Muslim video are all "I'm not a Muslim, I'm Jewish / Indian / Japanese / Latino and this message really speaks to me"

www.youtube.com/watch?v=uGBQ...
My Message to Muslim New Yorkers — and Everyone Who Calls This City Home.
YouTube video by Zohran Mamdani for NYC
www.youtube.com
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White American Antiblackness tying Black People to anything beneficial means that very beneficial thing is almost always doomed to die or will be fought repeatedly to be killed.

Nothing progressive in America happens without racism or bigotry attached to it to stymie or bollix it — and thats a fact
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just a regular reminder to everyone to see if your employer does matching for charitable donations! bsky.app/profile/very...
Just used my company's "giving" portal to set up a recurring donation to the Food Bank of NYC. It's a small donation ($20/month) but my company also matches 100% when I donate this way.

(a reminder to others to check into your employer matching programs)
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After a 3-day trial, Judge Immergut grants preliminary injunction blocking the National Guard from Portland: "Based on the trial testimony, this Court finds no credible evidence that during the approximately two months before the President’s federalization order, protests grew out of control..."
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they crashed into *her* car and then pulled this… 😨😫😡
NEWS: Federal agents crashed with woman’s car, pointed guns at her, dragged her out by legs, tossed her in a minivan, held her and (eventually) let her go without charges. This as Chicagoans say the immigration blitz is out of control. (DHS blames her.)
www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/03/c...
Chicago woman dragged out of her car after colliding with ICE demands accountability
The arrest of Dayanne Figueroa highlights growing concerns about the use of force against U.S. citizens and due process. She was released after a few hours without charges.
www.chicagotribune.com
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Trump did on 60 Minutes what he does every time. He spews a blizzard of lies, exaggerations and assorted other falsehoods, and if (as usual) the reporter isn’t equipped or doesn’t bother to push back, he keeps going.

Here is a detailed list, via @mehdirhasan.bsky.social

zeteo.com/p/factchecki...
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Remember, they're currently arguing that Biden's pardons are illegitimate because he signed the actual forms with an autopen.

Trump, meanwhile, repeatedly insists he knows nothing at all about one of his very controversial pardons. Never heard of the guy!

Sorta seems like a problem.
O'DONNELL: Why did you pardon Changpeng Zhao?

TRUMP: Are you ready? I don't know who he is

O'DONNELL: His crypto exchange Binance helped facilitate a $2b purchase of World Liberty Financial's stablecoin. And they you pardoned him.

TRUMP: Here's the thing -- I know nothing about it
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Healthcare but only for my friends
Should be “can” in the above quote, I believe
These stores need to challenge this. If the customer has no SNAP funds because of the lapse, they are not SNAP customers. They are an ordinary customer and you cant treat them differently if you want.
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These are the rules, they only talk about customers using SNAP/ebt benefits. If you dont have the benefits, these rules don't apply
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These stores need to challenge this. If the customer has no SNAP funds because of the lapse, they are not SNAP customers. They are an ordinary customer and you cant treat them differently if you want.
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"What if we made anthropomorphic robots with zero agency that could be sold as slaves in an open market? Surely this logic wouldn't seep into every aspect of our existence; yup, no evidence of that at all throughout our history"
I do think having a human-shaped servant with no rights or interioriority is going to do bad things to the human psyche and ability to live with other people, which isn't exactly particularly resilient to begin with, y'know?
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ChatGPT Edu is built for conning education executives into subsidising and edu-washing planet-burning slop machines via non-consensual access to young people’s creativity AND DATA while attacking their ability to learn. At a university.
NEW: Oxford will be the first UK university to give all staff and students free ChatGPT Edu access, from this academic year.

ChatGPT Edu is built for education, with enhanced privacy and security.
Another Husker sweep!🧹🏐❤️
GBR!
FINAL: No. 1 Nebraska defeats Oregon 25-21, 25-20, 25-12 for its 13th consecutive sweep.

Landfair led the Huskers with 11 kills at a .450 clip, including 6K in the 3rd, while Murray added 9 kills at .391. NU hit .413.

The Ducks hit .170 led by 9 kills from Clemente and Vaulet.
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This is quite literally true
HAYES: “Let me be as clear as I can — Trump is arguing in court to let Americans go hungry so they don’t have to negotiate with Dems over stopping some of those same Americans health care costs from skyrocketing.”
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"all lectures, assignments, feedback, and grades will be made by me without AI, nor will any of your intellectual property be fed to tools that train AI. Ideas are social, so let’s make them together. "

against-a-i.com/syllabus-lan...
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Japan's "Mundane Halloween" costume contest is back!

Each year website DailyPortalZ holds a contest where people dress up as something super duper ordinary.

Here's a thread of some of my favorites from the 2025 contest!

#MundaneHalloween
'This feels poetic:' After 4 years apart, twins Sam and Charlie Hoiberg are together again
journalstar.com/sports/huske...

Wonderful article. Looking forward to seeing all 3 of them at the Nebraska bball games this season.
GBR🏀❤️
'This feels poetic:' After 4 years apart, twins Sam and Charlie Hoiberg are together again
For the Hoibergs, this season is personal. Fred’s coaching, Sam’s playing, Charlie’s on staff. One last ride, together.
journalstar.com
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“What immigration enforcement looks like now is not just arrests. It’s public intimidation.”

Must read by Chicago journalists @royalpratt.bsky.social & @lauranrodriguez.bsky.social on how Bovino & the border patrol are taking over from ICE with 'cameras rolling' & reckless racial profiling.
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The New York Times wrote strongly about the MAGA threat in an editorial last week. It needs to make the same points in its news pages. It's not an opinion that Trump is building a dictatorship. It's apparent to anyone who is paying attention, and we need more people to pay attention. 🧵 3/3
Opinion | In Trump’s America, Are We Losing Our Democracy? (Gift Article)
Donald Trump has wielded power as no previous president has.
www.nytimes.com
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The New York Times likes to say Trump "has stretched the limits of his powers” and “tests the boundaries of the presidency.” But this is not a test or a stretching exercise. He’s a lawless politician building a dictatorship. Say it. 🧵 1/3
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As someone that grew up receiving SNAP at various times and also struggled as a young adult to consistently follow through on the cumbersome process of establishing benefits while working three jobs and attending college, I can attest to our broken system.

www.thehandbasket.co/p/snap-benef...