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Margarita

@margarita.bsky.social

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Editing. Making fragrances. Popular with friends. A personal, intimate, and vibrant account. Sharing videos I like at @youtubesilike.bsky.social.

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Margarita @margarita.bsky.social · 17d

I will be the rat czar. I will give each rat a hat and an umbrella. I will give the rats the vote

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Ed @notdred.bsky.social · 3h

He got the shots that his own HHS is telling you are not necessary

Meg Tirrell @megtirrell.bsky.social · 3h

President Trump got an updated Covid vaccine & flu shot at Walter Reed today www.cnn.com/2025/10/10/p...

Trump received Covid vaccine and flu shot during second physical of the year | CNN Politics

President Donald Trump received a Covid vaccine and flu shot during his visit to Walter Reed Medical Center on Friday, his physician said in a memo released by the White House.

www.cnn.com

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Sheryl Gay Stolberg @sherylnyt.bsky.social · 3h

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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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 3h

Presented without comment, the current scene outside Union Station in DC as I got off the train.

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Margarita @margarita.bsky.social · 3h

If this shocks you, I consider you better informed for reading it, because this guy is tip of the iceberg in terms of American fundamentalism. He is being polite. Fundamentalists say much worse things on Sunday mornings

Opinion | He Believes America Should Be a Theocracy. He Says His Influence Is Growing.

www.nytimes.com

Margarita @margarita.bsky.social · 3h

Free story idea: Call up commercial plywood suppliers around Oregon and ask if orders have increased over the past year.

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Margarita @margarita.bsky.social · 4h

"Every public airport" gets a new political ad from DHS

Kristi Noem slams Democrats for government shutdown in new video that will air at every public airport in America | Fox News Video

DHS Secretary Kristi Noem said “most of our TSA employees are working without pay” in a new clip that will be played at airports across the U.S. (Credit: DHS)

www.foxnews.com

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The Associated Press @apnews.com · 5h

The White House budget office said in a court filing that it could fire over 4,000 federal employees during the government shutdown, though it noted that the funding situation was “fluid and rapidly evolving.”

Budget office says 'substantial' firings of federal workers have started in government shutdown

The White House budget office says that mass firings of federal workers have started in an attempt to exert more pressure on Democratic lawmakers as the government shutdown continues.

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Prem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · 6h

Huh: TikTok took down my 8-second video featuring this image of Debbie Brockman — the news producer just detained by Trump’s CBP agents — saying it violates the “joy of TikTok”

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Margarita @margarita.bsky.social · 6h

I'm so sorry he's sick, I know youre helping him and comforting him

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Sophie Sherry @sophiesherry.bsky.social · 10h

During a military-style raid on a building in Chicago’s South Shore, one resident heard a knock on his door.   It wasn’t the feds — it was a mom and her 7-year-old daughter, pleading for help.

He let them hide in his unit for the next 3 days.

chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...

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 th...

chicago.suntimes.com

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max tani @maxtani.bsky.social · 8h

New: The WGAE, which represents some parts of CBS News including its social team, sent a note to members today advising its members not to respond to Weiss’ request for an email by next week. The union also said it asked CBS for more information about Weiss’ request.

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Margarita @margarita.bsky.social · 8h

Journalist Debbie Brockman: "Let them know"

www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/10/w...

WGN-TV producer detained during ICE enforcement action in Lincoln Square

A WGN-TV video editor and producer was roughly detained by two Border Patrol agents on Friday morning during a highly visible rush hour enforcement action in Lincoln Square.

www.chicagotribune.com

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Adam Selzer @adamchicago.bsky.social · 11h

And he’s a dancing machine. Passersby are either delighted or just move on like they see dancing frogs on Clark Street every day.

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Margarita @margarita.bsky.social · 8h

The level of spite I have for people who claim to be housing experts, and whom have never experienced any housing insecurity or worked for free to help people who face it, is probably unhealthy for me

Margarita @margarita.bsky.social · 9h

My favorite new term of 2025: protest frogs

Margarita @margarita.bsky.social · 17h

Breakfast time for cats

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Michael Li (李之樸) @mcpli.bsky.social · 18h

Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado awarded the 2025 Nobel Peace Prize for her efforts to advance democracy “in the face of ever-expanding authoritarianism in Venezuela.”

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

Who Is María Corina Machado, Winner of the 2025 Nobel Peace Prize?

www.nytimes.com

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Margarita @margarita.bsky.social · 1d

Here's more helpful analysis on the pending bailouts for farmers, and why the US doesn't affordably feed itself, despite having enough land to do so

Why Farmers Voted For Trump

YouTube video by Farm to Taber

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Margarita @margarita.bsky.social · 1d

I wish every American listened to this. Brilliant and honest analysis on our national food crisis (apologies for the title card, which is not my choice)

How The US Gave Up On Growing Food

YouTube video by Farm to Taber

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Margarita @margarita.bsky.social · 1d

F&T! Formulated for animal toxicity...

Margarita @margarita.bsky.social · 1d

"Of the president’s 98 Senate-confirmed appointees to the administration’s most senior leadership roles in its first 200 days, ending on Aug. 7, only two, or 2 percent... are Black."

Trump Fires Black Officials From an Overwhelmingly White Administration

www.nytimes.com

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Margarita @margarita.bsky.social · 2d

La Jolla.

Merriam-Webster @merriam-webster.com · 2d

What’s the word where you’re from that, when pronounced exactly as it looks, identifies a tourist immediately?

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Kashana @kashana.blacksky.app · 2d

So excited for these cats’ groundbreaking French EDM album

Razzball @razzball.bsky.social · 2d

important update: Adidas’ new Pet Collection

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Margarita @margarita.bsky.social · 3d

I literally cried when the last model spun around and was given a big hug, at the end. I'm immediately a fan of whatever comes next. What a loving way to end a show

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Margarita @margarita.bsky.social · 3d

I know this sounds gross, it was meant to expose the gross realities of a stroganoff, and to push the boundaries of the discourse around sour foods