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Katharine Hayhoe @katharinehayhoe.com · 27m

This week's Talking Climate is guest-edited by the A of the band AJR. Adam is passionate about climate action and has teamed up with Ticketmaster + more to activate fans in creative new ways.

You won't want to miss this one! Read here: us14.campaign-archive.com?u=fa37a09043...

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Cult MTL @cultmtl.com · 27m

Montreal had spoken. 🪩

Best Nightclubs in Montreal

As voted by our readers in the 2025 Best of MTL readers poll, the best nightclubs in Montreal are Yoko Luna, Stereo, Système, Cabaret Berlin and Datcha.

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Lexy Cameron 🇨🇦 @lexycameron.bsky.social · 38m

This makes me cry.

TizzyWoman @tizzywoman.bsky.social · 1h

“We're women, more powerful than failure, more than just what makes us comfortable. Be Bold, Be Brave and Be Fierce".
✨Diane Keaton, 01/05/1946 – 10/11/2025

May she rest in power.

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Lexy Cameron 🇨🇦 @lexycameron.bsky.social · 42m

Nooooooooooo!

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Reports: Diane Keaton, Oscar-winning star of ‘Annie Hall’ and ‘The Godfather,’ dies at 79

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Diane Keaton, the Oscar-winning star of ‘Annie Hall,’ ‘The Godfather’ films and ‘Father of the Bride,’ whose quirky, vibrant manner and depth made her one of

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Patti Olivier EPSTEIN FILES NEVER FORGET @patti3333.bsky.social · 6h

fortune.com/2025/10/10/b...

A little good news this Saturday Morning
Without fanfare the former Mrs Bezos always delivers
I admire her so much
DIVERSITY,EQUITY, and INCLUSION
This will help so many students
Billionaires with a heart
Thank you MacKenzie
Why doesn't the media report on this?

Billionaire MacKenzie Scott doubles down on DEI with $42 million donation | Fortune

In a signal to nonprofits and boardrooms, the Yield Giving philanthropist is backing diversity and equity with no‑strings grants—building on more than $19 billion she’s distributed in five years.

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Haida Princess (Lori) @haidaprincess.bsky.social · 22h

🔊ON & UP
😂🪶'Here is Handsome Face 🥰Grandson 👇🏾Charlie Smith (9 yrs old) who is itching to dance like Uncle Dallas Nelson. Alert Bay, BC 🇨🇦 #Canada'
(FB VID: Norine Smith. Oct 5, 2025)
#MaskDance #Indigenous #FirstNations #NativeAmericans

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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 18h

Inventive People of Portland Dressing as Animals:

Please don't dress as dogs. Your life will not be safe with psychopath Kristi Noem on the rooftops.

Jason❌ @gizmosspace.bsky.social · 1d

This is awesome.

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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 6h

Stand strong and stay safe, Portland. 💙🐸
#FuckICE

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Nancy Levine Stearns 🌎 @nancylevinestearns.bsky.social · 5h

Why is the Trump administration attempting to declaw anti-human trafficking organization, weaponizing anti-DEI Exec Orders?

FNUSA:

“It is clear that the Palm Beach establishment will protect the cash cows.

In Perversion of Justice: The Jeffrey Epstein Story..." www.instagram.com/p/C87SB0kNr8...

freedomnetworkusa on Instagram: "“It is clear that the Palm Beach establishment will protect the cash cows.In Perversion of Justice: The Jeffrey Epstein Story, we l…"

“It is clear that the Palm Beach establishment will protect the cash cows.In Perversion of Justice: The Jeffrey Epstein Story, we learn how a system meant to serve justice instead was a failure to many survivors of human trafficking. Providing Epstein’s team with inside information, missing files and data, last-minute scheduling of trials, and lackluster background checks are just some of the ways the Palm Beach criminal legal system was complicit in Epstein’s horrific acts.Thanks to his bribery and manipulation, Epstein spent years without being held accountable by the state of Florida.Read along with us during our #HumanTraffickingSummerBookClub!

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Nancy Levine Stearns 🌎 @nancylevinestearns.bsky.social · 5h

🧵 The country's largest anti-human trafficking coalition has sued the Trump administration, asking for a permanent injunction to block enforcement of Trump's anti-DEI executive orders.

Is the Trump administration attempting to declaw an anti-trafficking org by weaponizing anti-DEI EOs?

#Epstein

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Krassensteins @krassenstein.bsky.social · 7h

Praying for this amazing man.

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Kathleen Clark @kathleenclark.bsky.social · 1d

Another impressive highlight from MIT’s response to the proposed “compact:”

“MIT has never had legacy preferences in admissions.”

Dear Madam Secretary,
I write in response to your letter of October 1, inviting MIT to review a "Compact for Academic Excellence in Higher Education." I acknowledge the vital importance of these matters.
I appreciated the chance to meet with you earlier this year to discuss the priorities we share for American higher education.
As we discussed, the Institute's mission of service to the nation directs us to advance knowledge, educate students and bring knowledge to bear on the world's great challenges.
We do that in line with a clear set of values, with excellence above all. Some practical examples:
• MIT prides itself on rewarding merit. Students, faculty and staff succeed here based on the strength of their talent, ideas and hard work. For instance, the Institute was the first to reinstate the SAT/ACT requirement after the pandemic. And MIT has never had legacy preferences in admissions.
• MIT opens its doors to the most talented students regardless of their family's finances. Admissions are need-blind. Incoming undergraduates whose families earn less than $200,000 a year pay no tuition. Nearly 88% of our last graduating class left MIT with no debt for their education. We make a wealth of free courses and low-cost certificates available to any American with an internet connection. Of the undergraduate degrees we award, 94% are in STEM fields. And in service to the nation, we cap enrollment of international undergraduates at roughly 10%.

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Lexy Cameron 🇨🇦 @lexycameron.bsky.social · 3h

Wow, much respect for MIT!

Brendan Nyhan @brendannyhan.bsky.social · 1d

Every targeted institution (my own very much included) should cut and paste this letter onto their letterhead.

Kathleen Clark @kathleenclark.bsky.social · 1d

A master class from MIT in responding to authoritarian overreach:

Your “premise … is inconsistent with our core belief that scientific funding should be based on scientific merit alone.
… America’s leadership in science & innovation depends on independent thinking & open competition for excellence.

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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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Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 17h

This is AI.

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Karen K. Ho @karenho.bsky.social · 4h

Logistics are annoying, long commutes are annoying, and paying for dogsitting is annoying. It helps to have snacks, extra layers, a friend willing to join you on the long subway ride, and remembering that building community is inconvenient, but worth it.

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Will Bunch @willbunch.bsky.social · 7h

The Nobel *Peace* Prize winner is cool with murdering civilians on boats

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Arturo Dominguez 🇨🇺🇺🇸 @extremearturo.bsky.social · 1d

That would be considered treason in any country.

Here’s one of my articles covering Venezuela’s last election, with links to several more articles at the end. No legacy media outlet covers Venezuela like I do.

There’s a reason for that.

extremearturo.substack.com/p/venezuela-...

Venezuela Is About To Be Back In U.S. News In a Big Way

It should serve as a reminder that the Venezuelan opposition led by María Corina Machado failed to prove Edmundo González won the election

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Arturo Dominguez 🇨🇺🇺🇸 @extremearturo.bsky.social · 1d

🧵 Am I surprised they gave Maria Corina Machado the Nobel Peace Prize? No. Does she deserve it? Also, no. There’s a reason she was barred from running for office in Venezuela: multiple violent coup attempts and calling of foreign governments, like Israel, to invade Venezuela.

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Will Bunch @willbunch.bsky.social · 7h

Source www.nytimes.com/2025/10/10/w...

Peace Prize Winner Has Supported Trump’s Military Actions in the Caribbean

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Frank Figliuzzi @frankfigliuzzi.bsky.social · 4h

Two high school homecomings, six dead: www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Six people dead in shootings during two separate Mississippi homecoming gatherings

Sixteen people were also injured in attack that occurred after high school football game in small city of Leland

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Robson Fletcher @robsonfletcher.com · 5h

“Amid the smoke bombs and screams that ricocheted throughout a South Shore building last month during a massive military-style immigration raid, one man heard a knock on his door.

On the other side was a mom and her 7-year-old daughter, pleading for his help.”

Neighbor shielded 7-year-old during South Shore federal raid: ‘I didn’t want them to take her’

During the Sept. 30 raid, one tenant protected a terrified girl and her mom. Remnants at the complex, including a detailed map of all the units, offer clues to what authorities may have known before t...

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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 1d

"It is truly sickening to speak to somebody who raised three boys to go into the Marines because of how much he loved and believed in this country, only to be treated like that."

@jacobsoboroff.bsky.social discusses Narciso Barranco, ICE, and more with @timmiller.bsky.social on today's Bulwark Pod

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Dr. Jen Irwin @drjenirwin.bsky.social · 6h

Happy Thanksgiving weekend to all in Canada! 🇨🇦 🥧

P.S., On the off chance local public health units haven’t sent out this message, a reminder that if you’re at all unwell, cancel if you’re hosting & don’t attend someone else’s gathering. Ask your guests to stay home if sick.

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Lisa Reyna Loe @lisaloe.bsky.social · 17h

Sorry, is there a question here?

27 children died.

Close the goddam camps if you can’t comply with safety measures.

This isn’t the first time flash flooding in this zone has killed campers, just the most well known with the highest death toll.

www.texastribune.org/2025/10/10/t...

Texas youth camps say cost of implementing new safety requirements will force them to close

During a Friday state hearing, parents of July 4 flood victims said camps should prioritize the safety even if costs are high.

www.texastribune.org

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