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Sammo Hung (aka Bill Hater) @sammohung.bsky.social · 22h

I can't wait for the day ICE agents have to go on trial for their crimes against the American people. Making popcorn and cocktails, for real.

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Glenn White @justicar.xyz · 22h

Hey friends. Many of you know that every year, I help raise money to ensure that kids get the medical care they need regardless of their ability to pay.

With all the funding cuts, it's even more important that do my best to try to raise as much as possible.

DONATE: bit.ly/CGELGlenn25

Extra Life | Change Kids' Health, Change the Future

I'm raising funds with #EXTRALIFE for kids treated at my Children's Miracle Network Hospitals! I need your help to reach my fundraising goal. Please donate today to change kids' health.

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Lex McMenamin (they/them) @leximcmenamin.com · 23h

thank you for all the support; the statement from our union is now live here with some more reporting.

now that this is public I can confirm that the majority of today’s layoffs were women of color. there are no longer any Black women working at Teen Vogue.

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UFO Citybusters @iankumohara.bsky.social · 22h

these two are about to absolutely body OpenAI

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miqo’te manstealer @neckbite.bsky.social · 3d

HIIIIIIII just an update i’m at 290/410 now! thank you tons to everyone still passing this around 🫶🏽

miqo’te manstealer @neckbite.bsky.social · 5d

my last attempt didn’t get much traction so i deleted it but i need help pretty urgently. my food situation is unstable and today i was carted to the ER by family after blacking out— now i owe $410 i don’t have simply for the visit

ca: $conyisle
vm: lovelyangels
ko-fi.com/loveplus

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Dave Jorgenson @davejorgenson.bsky.social · 7d

Trump has normalized the “I’m just hearing about this for the first time” so much that Republicans are no longer even criticized for apparently being uninformed about everything.

If you really know nothing … that’s bad too!

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 7d

Q: What's your reaction to yesterday's purge of senior ICE officials? When is it time for Congress to do some oversight?

MIKE JOHNSON: I don't know any of the details of that yet. I just heard about that, literally I was walking in.

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onion person @junlper.beer · 1d

even when far rightwingers are having an extremely positive experience on all fronts they’re still able to hallucinate a situation where they’re the victim

Transphobes Can't Read @lordaslan.bsky.social · 1d

"at the transgender coffee shop"

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Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 1d

good time to respectfully tap the "please support worker-led, billionaire-free, independent news" sign

Katharine Hayhoe @katharinehayhoe.com · 1d

For any unfamiliar with the quality of journalism at Teen Vogue, it's well known for hard-hitting stories on "politically sensitive" topics including climate.

Then there's CBS: the only major network to increase climate coverage in the last few years. They just axed nearly their whole climate team.

Lex McMenamin (they/them) @leximcmenamin.com · 1d

I was laid off from Teen Vogue today along with multiple other staffers, and today is my last day.

certainly more to come from me when the dust has settled more, but to my knowledge, after today, there will be no politics staffers at Teen Vogue.

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☃️Holiday Lalla the Festive🌲 @diesegenchukfi.bsky.social · 1d

And the last bastion of real journalism falls

Lex McMenamin (they/them) @leximcmenamin.com · 1d

I was laid off from Teen Vogue today along with multiple other staffers, and today is my last day.

certainly more to come from me when the dust has settled more, but to my knowledge, after today, there will be no politics staffers at Teen Vogue.

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marireeti @marireeti.blacksky.app · 1d

Possum studies from hanging out with a friend at a cafe :3

#sketchbook

Western possums sketched with pencil on a white page. Some bug and fluffy, some little and scruffy, one with a little bow.

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Melissa Gira Grant @melissagiragrant.com · 1d

if you see that AI-generated video going around, of some NYPD officer telling an ICE officer what he’s doing is against the law, one straightforward way to tell it’s AI is this will literally never happen

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onion person @junlper.beer · 2d

the only moral action is to abolish ICE and punish those who are members of ICE

Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 2d

ICE shot an American citizen and food bank worker who tried to block them arresting an immigrant by pulling his car in front of them.
After being released from hospital: "He is now facing charges for assault on a federal officer."
www.calonews.com/featured-top...

Carlos Jimenez, a 24-year-old U.S. citizen, was on his way to work at a food bank when he was shot by ICE officers in what a DHS spokesperson calls “defensive shots.”

On Thursday morning at approximately 6:30 a.m., ICE officers were at Vineyard Avenue in Ontario when Jimenez, who was not in the target vehicle, attempted to pull in front of the officers.

According to Javier Hernandez, executive director of the Inland Coalition for Immigrant Justice, Jimenez was trying to assist and provide aid to the person who was being stopped by ICE officers.

After Jimenez was shot in the shoulder, the LA Times and LA Taco reported that he drove to his brother’s house so he could take him to the hospital.

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🎃🌱bug byte🌱🎃 @mangocryptid.bsky.social · 6d

Recently my cat had a medical emergency and what money I had gotten from Ko-Fi towards the vet

The goal has been reset and I will continue to raise money for it!

Thank you for everyone who has shared and donated so far! Every action is very appreciated 🥺

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Oceonax💜✨| Retro Magical Girl VTuber @oceonax.bsky.social · 11d

Thank you for your unending support of Trans folk, @chiitan.love! 🏳️‍🌈

A retro anime screenshot style illustration of the mascot Chiitan, jumping excitedly into the air while holding a Trans flag and a pistol. Chiitan is a light brown otter-like mascot costume with an open-mouth smile looking to the side, a bow and a turtle atop their head. Behind them is a sketchy rainbow drawing with clouds, and hearts and smiles and flowers and stars in the foreground, all drawn like a child's scribbles. There are captions that say: Chiitan says TRANS RIGHTS!

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Jared Yates Sexton @jysexton.bsky.social · 7d

Give to your local food bank. Build mutual aid wherever and however you can. If we’re going to make something better it’s going to depend on reinvigorating a sense of interconnectedness.

We’re all in this together and the fight depends on recognizing that.

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DaltonGMeek @dgmeek92.bsky.social · 3d

Evil people can be evil without being "Mentally ill", David. People like me with mental illness don't need to be equated with Fascists who are actively destroying the lives of people around the world.

David Pakman @davidpakman.bsky.social · 3d

The country is increasingly led by mentally ill people, and tens of millions are happy and cheering about this

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Millie Fangs (Commission Me!) @milliefangs.com · 3d

D. Mona and Rin hope you had a frightening Halloween! #OC #Yuri #Halloween

A drawing of D. Mona and Rin wandering through an alleyway. It’s Halloween, and they’re dressed as Leon Kennedy and Ada Wong. They’ve come across two mischievous children dressed as superheroes; one is lighting a cigarette. D. Mona quotes Leon while shouting at the smoker, “Those things’ll kill ya!”

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Chris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 4d

BREAKING: Federal judge rules that the Trump administration likely illegally suspended SNAP benefits, ruling that at least reduced distribution is required to go forward under law using the $6 billion reserve fund.

Judge gives the Trump admin until Monday to respond as to whether it will act.

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
DISTRICT OF MASSACHUSETTS
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS ET AL.,
Plaintiffs,
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UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE ET AL.,
Defendants.

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Civil Action No. 1:25-cv-13165-IT
MEMORANDUM AND ORDER
October 31, 2025
TALWANI, D.J.
Pending before the court is Plaintiffs' Motion for a Temporary Restraining Order [Doc.
No. 3] seeking to enjoin, on an emergency basis, Defendants' November 1, 2025 suspension of benefits under the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program ("SNAP"). For the reasons stated
below, Plaintiffs have standing to bring this action and are likely to succeed on their claim that
Defendants' suspension of SNAP benefits is unlawful. Where that suspension of benefits rested
on an erroneous construction of the relevant statutory provisions, the court will allow Defendants
to consider whether they will authorize at least reduced SNAP benefits for November, and report
back to the court no later than Monday, November 3, 2025.

A. Likelihood of Success on the Merits
Plaintiffs have demonstrated a strong likelihood of success on the merits of their claim under the Administrative Procedure Act, 5 U.S.C. § 706(2)(A), (C), that Defendants' suspension of SNAP benefits is contrary to law. At core, Defendants' conclusion that USDA is statutorily prohibited from funding SNAP because Congress has not enacted new appropriations for the
current fiscal year is erroneous. To the contrary, Defendants are statutorily mandated to use the
previously appropriated SNAP contingency reserve when necessary and also have discretion to
use other previously appropriated funds as detailed below.

As both parties acknowledge, Congress has not yet appropriated any new funds for SNAP
benefits for Fiscal Year 2026, which began on October 1, 2025. Pls.' Mem. 6 [Doc. No. 4];
Defs.' Opp'n 7 [Doc. No. 18]. But Congress took steps to protect against the deprivation of
SNAP assistance. In the 2024 Consolidated Appropriations Act, Pub. L. No. 118-42, § 6, 138
Stat. 25, 93-94, Congress separately appropriated $6 billion to the SNAP program "to remain available through September 30, 2026" and "be placed in reserve for use only in such amounts and at such times as may become necessary to carry out program operations." See also Pub. L.
No. 119-4, § 1101(a), 139 Stat. 9, 10 (2025). As Plaintiffs point out, given the mandatory nature
of SNAP benefits under 7 U.S.C. § 2014(a) and the appropriation of these funds to be available
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through this current fiscal year, the government is obligated to use this contingent reserve
account to fund SNAP "as may become necessary to carry out program operations." 138 Stat. at
93-94; Pls.' Mem. 11 [Doc. No. 4].

Defendants argue out that a "suspension" is permitted under USDA's regulations, and that USDA "has consistently interpreted its authority to allow for the suspension or cancellation of benefits when necessary." Defs. Opp'n 6 [Doc. No. 18). The regulation at issue, 7 C.F.R. $ 271.7(a), sets forth procedures to be followed if monthly SNAP allowances "must be reduced, suspended, or cancelled to comply with section 18 of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008"
(emphasis added). But that the regulation allows for a suspension when there are no funds does
not mean that Defendants may choose a suspension over a reduction while funds do remain. If
the regulation did authorize such discretion, it would be inconsistent with the statutory mandate that benefits "shall" be paid unless funding is no longer available.

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David Slack @slack2thefuture.bsky.social · Aug 20

I haven’t been this excited for a bubble to burst since I was a toddler.

Dare Obasanjo @carnage4life.bsky.social · Aug 20

MIT’s NANDA initiative found that 95% of generative AI deployments fail after interviewing 150 execs, surveying 350 workers, and analyzing 300 projects. The real “productivity gains” seem to come from layoffs and squeezing more work from fewer people not AI.

MIT report: 95% of generative AI pilots at companies are failing

There’s a stark difference in success rates between companies that purchase AI tools from vendors and those that build them internally.

fortune.com

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sustainable stationery & queer art ☘︎✧⁠*⁠｡⁠. @magikbeanshop.bsky.social · 7d

📣 please share & spread!
so our housing situation has gotten worse & we were told yesterday we have until Nov. 9th to leave.
We need help w/a security deposit to get a new place & any leads in the Baltimore! we have hope for one spot so far!

two gays + our senior cat!

#BIPOCMA #mutualaid #helpsky

mutualaid flyer of me in and my partner in a heart shaped image. text reads: "black trans couple ask!
400$ ask for help with our security deposit! we've got until Nov. 9th to secure a new space & need help with a deposit & any leads for housing for two gays & a senior cat!

any help is greatly appreciated, thanks for all the support & help we've received so far!

ca: $magikbeanshop
vm: @magikbeanshop
dm for zelle!'.

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COYOTE @coyotemedia.org · 7d

While the feds continue to play stupid games, SNAP recipients are set to lose food aid for the next month. In the Bay Area, a growing number of restaurants are stepping up to help, and we're maintaining the list. Share with anyone who needs it. www.coyotemedia.org/these-bay-ar...

These Bay Area Restaurants Are Offering Free Food to SNAP Recipients

Amid a government shutdown that will cut off aid for 42 million Americans, local food scene folks plan to pick up the slack.

www.coyotemedia.org

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Millie Fangs (Commission Me!) @milliefangs.com · 23d

He's about to go flying. #Tails #Sonic #Sketch

Tails from 'Sonic The Hedgehog' wearing a B3 bomber jacker in front of a cloudy sky.

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Lyra, Esq., is NOT DAREDEVIL @pinkrangerlb.bsky.social · 7d

I hate to ask again but please please help if you can. I’m a civil rights attorney but abruptly lost my job and now we’re out of savings and facing eviction.

Please help if you can.

www.gofundme.com/f/help-fund-...

Donate to Help Fund Lyra's Pro Bono Cases, organized by Lyra LB

Hi! I'm Lyra, @pinkrangerlb on twitter. I'm a trans woman lawyer in Atlanta! While I am not a … Lyra LB needs your support for Help Fund Lyra's Pro Bono Cases

www.gofundme.com

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 8d

Nobody wants this shit, which is why they keep sneaking it onto our devices like some unwanted U2 album.

Liz Shannon Miller @lizshannonmiller.com · 8d

friend shared this, immediately updated my settings

$Screenshot of text: unfuck google drive by shooting gemini Hey folks! Google is fucking you via sneaky enshittification again! Want the shit in your google drive to load instantly again, instead of taking for-fucking-ever? Open your gdrive (web OR app) Settings > Manage Apps Gemini was checked "use as default" (and i sure the fuck didn't set it that way, this was a silent push) Nuke that, and suddenly, folders that took up to a minute to populate and sort do so in a fraction of a second.$

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