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Renée Graham 🏳️‍🌈 @rygraham.bsky.social · 5h

So this gargoyle is running the country straight to hell while Trump spends his days mainlining AI slop about Portland in flames.

The New Republic @newrepublic.com · 9h

His slip of the tongue reveals who’s really in charge. trib.al/mIvP0yE

“Illinois governor says we’re provoking actions that are unlawful,” Miller said on CNN. “If I put federal law enforcement and National Guard into a nice sleepy Southern town, is anyone gonna riot?”

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Dr Emma L Briant 🇬🇧 in 🇺🇸 @emmalbriant.bsky.social · 5h

I don't think people are getting their heads around just how profoundly not normal it is to weaponize official government communications this way for blatant party political propaganda

Dr Emma L Briant 🇬🇧 in 🇺🇸 @emmalbriant.bsky.social · 5h

Oh wow, I have never seen politicization of government communications like this

Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 6h

A new Noem video is being played at airports trashing Democrats.

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Mary Shine @maryshine.bsky.social · 12h

And it's getting worse, from what I'm seeing. Just thundering along with the crowd right down the closest rabbit hole, no thinking allowed. Correct them? They won't listen. It's discouraging.

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Heather e^-1/x^2 @heathermoandco.bsky.social · 12h

Meanwhile, both the left and right in Canada are busily spreading anti-Carney propaganda on a daily basis. Which literally only helps the anti-democracy CPC.

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🇨🇦 NanaGale @nanagale.bsky.social · 13h

Last minute shopping was normal. It wasn’t only the male species that did it.
One Xmas I only had 10$ for gifts.
Handkerchief for my dad
Midnight in Paris for mom
Ashtray for my hubby
Rattle for our one month baby
We got a free Xmas tree Xmas Eve

Unforgettable Xmas 1966

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Jon Eisenberg 🇺🇦🪧 @jon-eisenberg.bsky.social · 1d

Conflicting trends: If circumcision caused autism, one would expect autism rates to decrease along with the falling rates of circumcision seen in recent decades. The opposite has happened, further challenging the idea of a causal link.

Justin Baragona @justinbaragona.bsky.social · 1d

Besides linking Tylenol in pregnant women to autism, RFK Jr. now says circumcision is part of the reason why kids are autistic.

"Children who are circumcised early have double the rate of autism, and it's highly likely because they're given Tylenol. None of this is positive..."

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CHBstills @chbstills.bsky.social · 1d

He Wrote a Book About Antifa. Death Threats Are Driving Him Out of the US | Rutgers historian Mark Bray is trying to flee to Spain after after an online campaign from far-right influencers was followed by death threats. He was tur... | www.wired.com/story/mark-b...

He Wrote a Book About Antifa. Death Threats Are Driving Him Out of the US

Rutgers historian Mark Bray is trying to flee to Spain after after an online campaign from far-right influencers was followed by death threats. He was turned back at the airport on his first attempt.

www.wired.com

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Jozef Imrich @jozefimrich.bsky.social · 1d

Professor targeted by MAGA says “someone” canceled his flight
Rutgers Prof. Mark Bray, who studies anti-fascism, said his flight to Europe on Wednesday was mysteriously canceled
www.salon.com/2025/10/09/p...

Professor targeted by MAGA says "someone" canceled his flight - Salon.com

Rutgers Prof. Mark Bray, who studies anti-fascism, said his flight to Europe on Wednesday was mysteriously canceled

www.salon.com

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John Andreini @jpandre52.bsky.social · 1d

We are at a tipping point. If Trump arrests the mayor or governor simply for opposing his illegal orders, we had better be in the streets in the millions. We cannot allow this to go unanswered or become normalized.

Jonathan Lemire @jonlemire.bsky.social · 1d

NEW: Retribution is here

President Trump today called for the arrests of Illinois’ governor and Chicago’s mayor

And he has an AG who has proven pliant - as evidenced by the Comey arraignment minutes later

Inside Trump’s escalating campaign of payback: www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...

Retribution Is Here

The president’s threats of revenge are no longer bluster.

www.theatlantic.com

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Patrick Canning 🇨🇦 @patrickcanning.bsky.social · 10d

As I've said at least 51 times now, you gotta rewatch The Great Hack.

Then multiply by 100,000, because now they can get AI to do it.

"It" being - calculate how to hack YOU, your weak points, prejudices, strange beliefs, or other ways to draw you into the proto-fascist webscape.

Jenny Cohn @jennycohn.bsky.social · 11d

My God. “Israel has hired… Clock Tower X LLC, to create media for Gen Z audiences…At least 80% of content Clock Tower produces will be ‘tailored to Gen Z…across platforms, including TikTok…” Clock Tower is led by former Trump campaign manager Brad Parscale of Cambridge Analytica infamy. 9/29/25 … 1/

Israel wants to train ChatGPT to be more pro-Israel

In a new $6M contract, US firm ‘Clock Tower X’ will generate and deploy content across platforms, help game algorithms, plus manage AI ‘frameworks’ to make them more friendly to the cause

responsiblestatecraft.org

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David Pugliese @davidpugliese.bsky.social · 2d

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Canadian military will continue with U.S.-led counter-drug ops but won’t support attacks on alleged smuggling boats

DND says Operation CARIBBE is 'separate' from Trump administration's strikes on alleged cartel boats in the Caribbean.

ottawacitizen.com

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KQ5 @kq5.bsky.social · 2d

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Mary Shine @maryshine.bsky.social · 2d

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Mary Shine @maryshine.bsky.social · 2d

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A Page in your life 🍁📎 @sailorgirl2017.bsky.social · 2d

"...these documents were paraded as fact in a hearing devoted to disinformation, no less, was a bitter irony. Instead of unmasking a spy, ex-CPC MP Chris Alexander may have ended up offering Parliament a case study in how falsehoods gain traction."

Quelle surprise!! 🙄

thewalrus.ca/a-veteran-re...

Forged KGB Documents Used to Smear Journalist in Parliament | The Walrus

Ex-MP Chris Alexander accused David Pugliese of being a Russian spy. Forensic experts now say the evidence was fabricated

thewalrus.ca

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A Page in your life 🍁📎 @sailorgirl2017.bsky.social · 2d

"...these documents were paraded as fact in a hearing devoted to disinformation, no less, was a bitter irony. Instead of unmasking a spy, ex-CPC MP Chris Alexander may have ended up offering Parliament a case study in how falsehoods gain traction."

Quelle surprise!! 🙄

thewalrus.ca/a-veteran-re...

Forged KGB Documents Used to Smear Journalist in Parliament | The Walrus

Ex-MP Chris Alexander accused David Pugliese of being a Russian spy. Forensic experts now say the evidence was fabricated

thewalrus.ca

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tweety @bluskypolitics.bsky.social · 2d

🔴 Because Canks has her

under lock , and key 💯 🔐 🐥

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Eric Reinhart @eric-reinhart.com · 2d

Fascism.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2d

Trump calls for Brandon Johnson and JB Pritzker to be imprisoned

Chicago Mayor should be in jail for failing to protect Ice Officers! Governor Pritzker also!

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Energi Media @energimedia.bsky.social · 2d

Danielle Smith’s controversial approach to border security. She’s expanding sheriffs and deploying drones to address border issues with the United States, claiming federal inaction and drawing parallels with Donald Trump’s rhetoric. #DanielleSmith #BorderSecurity #AlbertaPolitics #RCMP #Ottawa

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Cheryl in Nova Scotia 🇨🇦🍁🍁 @minibubbly.bsky.social · 2d

New program launches to help farmers go green without going broke #Ontario

Going green can be expensive and risky in the farming business, experts say

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New initiative starts to help farmers go green without going broke | CBC News

A new program kicking off in southwestern Ontario is looking to attract farmers interested in trying sustainable and regenerative practices, with funding to help mitigate the risks.

www.cbc.ca

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Anders Östlund @andersostlund.bsky.social · 2d

EU's slow response EU to Russian warfare makes a Russian state collapse more likely. EU's measures are slowly eating away at the Russian body in a way a swift and resolute response would not. Time is not on Russia's side. Eventually China will also not want to be fettered to a corpse.

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Texas Paul @realtexaspaul.com · 2d

I don't understand why I see things so differently. I see a health insurance industry that thinks it's entitled to charge people 1/3rd of their income for healthcare. That industry shouldn't be "fixed." It should be burned to the ground and its ashes pissed on.

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Andrea Love, PhD | Biomedical Scientist @drandrealove.bsky.social · 3d

mRNA COVID-19 vaccines don’t cause cancer.

Anyone who says otherwise doesn’t understand immunology, vaccinology, or how to interpret studies.

Hope this helps!

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boatertom.bsky.social @boatertom.bsky.social · 3d

Trump is the most destructive American President, ever…

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AngryFella @angryfella420.fellas.army · 3d

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Aarne Granlund @aarnegranlund.bsky.social · 3d

The Soviet Union fell once, in a time before social media, in the early nineties. The nuclear weapons were not used. We did not get a huge migration mess in Finland then.

What are we afraid of this time? History is on the correct side with the Ukrainians. Give them more support.

#SlavaUkraini

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