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Decker Reported @laurabrevitz.bsky.social · 1h

Very, very, VERY bad decision from a theater - Portsmouth Music Hall - that has always provided a venue for progressive causes in the past.

Cowardice is not what I expect from the Music Hall.

New Hampshire Public Radio @nhpr.org · 1d

The Music Hall in Portsmouth has canceled a fundraiser for a Seacoast-based abortion provider, just six days before it was scheduled to occur, citing security concerns over a planned protest.

www.nhpr.org/nh-news/2025...

Portsmouth Music Hall cancels abortion provider’s fundraiser, citing security concerns

Women’s groups say the theatre didn’t want to engage with a controversial issue and have called the move a “political decision that is clearly anti-abortion.”

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Decker Reported @laurabrevitz.bsky.social · 1h

#OnePride

Terry Sports @terrysports22.bsky.social · 2h

Go Detroit Lions!!
Beat Kansas City!!
On Sunday Night Football
10/12/2025

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Decker Reported @laurabrevitz.bsky.social · 1h

Looks like Izzo has some ass-kicking to do.

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Joyce (Wolf) Chng/Ch'ng 🐺 @jolantru.bsky.social · 2h

C'mon, people, let's do this!

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African Translation Project, Goal 4: Fully Fund Two Translations, by 31 October, still needed: $3345, 67%, If this goal is met: Translations will be fully funded for Bengithi Lizokuna and Zvinobvinza,...

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More Perfect Union @moreperfectunion.bsky.social · 3d

37 states have passed legislation specifically granting sales tax exemptions for data centers.

Among the beneficiaries of these exemptions are Amazon, Meta and Google, all companies worth over $1 trillion.

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Joyce White Vance @joycewhitevance.bsky.social · 3d

Some cases take on outsized importance, with issues that transcend the decision the parties ask the courts to make. This is one of those cases. The stakes are high: the integrity of the Justice Department and the ability of a president to corrupt the rule of law. open.substack.com/pub/joycevan...

The Slow Death Facing The Comey Prosecution

This morning at 10 a.m., former FBI Director Jim Comey was arraigned in federal court.

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Adam Bonin @adambonin.bsky.social · 2h

Ignore the "Biden FBI" part—that's just standard Trumpian Deep State conspiracy nonsense. The more damning rebuttal is that even Kash Patel has made clear they were just there for crowd control after rioting had begun, not (as Trump insinuates) to instigate violence.
www.foxnews.com/politics/fbi...

Joyce White Vance @joycewhitevance.bsky.social · 2h

That’s a nice trick, since Biden wasn’t the president on Jan 6.

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WIRED @wired.com · 12d

Anthropic is starting to train its models on new Claude chats. If you’re using the bot and don’t want your chats used as training data, here’s how to opt out. www.wired.com/story/anthro...

Anthropic Will Use Claude Chats for Training Data. Here’s How to Opt Out

Anthropic is starting to train its models on new Claude chats. If you’re using the bot and don’t want your chats used as training data, here’s how to opt out.

www.wired.com

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Dana Houle @danahoule.bsky.social · 13h

Chicagoland is a friendly, safe, vibrant, & fun place. I’m very happy my kids have grown up in the Rogers Park neighborhood of the city, & in Evanston. They’re both wonderful places.

But ICE is attacking us. People are doing everything possible to protect their neighbors. But it’s hard.

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David Corn @davidcorn.bsky.social · 2h

Dumbest gaslighting ever. Who was president on January 6?

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Rachel Maddow @maddow.msnbc.com · 10h

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/11/u...

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Decker Reported @laurabrevitz.bsky.social · 2h

And I just have to smile at the leader of the opposition starting from listening with a grin to listening with a scowl. #TruthToPower

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Decker Reported @laurabrevitz.bsky.social · 2h

We need more women in positions of power. More than a decade ago, but could have been said - in many countries - today.

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Julia Gillard misogyny speech voted most unforgettable Australian TV moment: watch in full

YouTube video by Guardian News

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Decker Reported @laurabrevitz.bsky.social · 9h

#MakeWaves

warrior rabbit @warriorrabbit.bsky.social · 9h

Synchronized 😬s

Wave fc

Simultaneous same emoji QT reactions to Dali's wild schross in the Wave game v Utah

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Decker Reported @laurabrevitz.bsky.social · 9h

💖

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RedditCFB @redditcfb.com · 10h

Texas Tech (6-0) giving its fans lots hope this season

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Matthew Cortland (they) @matthewcort.land · 10h

I understand its disorientating for some to look around with their own eyes and accept the reality of the situation, ('that's not supposed to happen here, that's supposed to happen over there') but unless reporters start aggressively covering this regime like they would any foreign authoritarian?

Matthew Cortland (they) @matthewcort.land · 12h

If you wanted to get rid the DC office to weaken CDC's presence inside the beltway, to weaken support for CDC in Congress, this is what you would do — fire a shit ton of highly trained professionals who stop infectious diseases due to "coding errors" and then re-hire them, but not the DC office

Sheryl Gay Stolberg @sherylnyt.bsky.social · 12h

TRUMP CDC REVERSAL: Trump administration racing to reverse some CDC layoffs. Disease detectives, measles responders, MMWR staff RIF’s are revoked. DC office still shuttered. w/ @apoorvanyt.bsky.social

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/11/h...

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Phoenix Calida @phoenixcalida.bsky.social · 1d

Good morning

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Eric Blair @protecttruth.bsky.social · 10h

Careful, but I think wrong on key substance.

"Roberts’s efforts at judicial self-protection—usually called institutionalism—have often simply delayed conservative outcomes"

Equally, Roberts' plan could be to achieve the conservative outcomes, but he is politically astute enough to move gradually.

James Fallows @jfallows.bsky.social · 21h

Re-upping:

Excellent assessment of John "Roger Taney" Roberts.

In @harvardmagazine.bsky.social , by Lincoln Caplan.

As careful, legally informed, judicious-minded writer as you're going to find. With an unsparing judgment.

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.

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Andrew Weinstein @andrewjweinstein.com · 22h

It's wild that we've reached a point where the President openly admits to firing people for political reasons, and his OMB director tweets about it like it's a victory. This is page one of the authoritarian playbook, happening in plain sight.

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unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 10h

Chicago

sevedge @sevedge.bsky.social · 16h

photo of a Do Not Enter traffic sign on a Chicago street, but someone has altered it to say Do Not -Let ICE- Enter

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Black Aziz Anansi @blackazizanansi.blacksky.app · 9h

Is it weird that feel like I'm missing and needing the guidance ane wisdom of my greatest generation relatives now more than ever?

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Hamilton Nolan @hamiltonnolan.bsky.social · 11h

Has lived in the US since he was NINE MONTHS OLD.

Lynn Becker @cmgiulini.bsky.social · 12h

After spending 43 years in prison for a crime he didn't commit, evidence hidden by the prosecution reversed his conviction. Rather than finally enjoying freedom, ICE abducted him for deportation

Depraved.

www.miamiherald.com/news/local/i...

He was wrongfully imprisoned for 43 years. Moments after being released, ICE took him

Subramanyam “Subu” Vedam now faces deportation.

www.miamiherald.com

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Cathy Gellis @cathygellis.bsky.social · 12h

A fair, and damning, indictment of the SCOTUS majority.

Andy Craig @andycraig.bsky.social · 16h

Their opinions are poorly written, when they even bother. Their rationales fail to hide their overt partisan bias even when ways of doing so are available. Their oral arguments are cringe-inducing. They might seem sober adults compared to the freak show in the White House, but only by that low bar.

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