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michael spins @michaelspins.bsky.social · 16d

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#coltrane #myfavoritethings
#musicsky #jazzsky

My Favorite Things

YouTube video by John Coltrane - Topic

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michael spins @michaelspins.bsky.social · 59m

Nobel Peace Prize 2025

The Nobel Peace Prize 2025 was awarded to Maria Corina Machado "for her tireless work promoting democratic rights for the people of Venezuela and for her struggle to achieve a just and peaceful transi...

www.nobelprize.org

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Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 16h

New Yorkers know Attorney General James for who she is: a champion for justice who fights relentlessly for the people. Donald Trump knows her only as an obstacle to his corruption.

My full statement:

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Gabe Ortíz @tusk81.bsky.social · 15h

“Its raids are street theater: masked agents pulling mothers from cars, storming school parking lots, detaining children who just graduated. Fifty-four percent of Americans now say ICE has ‘gone too far’. Forty-five percent approve of anti-ICE protests.”

Gabe Ortíz @tusk81.bsky.social · 15h

“Trump thrives on applause. But on ICE, the applause is fading into boos outside the Fox echo chamber. Polls show 64% of Americans want a pathway to legal status, not mass deportation. Support for abolishing ICE has climbed from 21% in late 2024 to 37% now. That’s not a fringe. That’s a movement.”

Pablo Manríquez @pabloreports.bsky.social · 16h

Analysis: ICE is Becoming America’s Most Hated Agency
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michael spins @michaelspins.bsky.social · 16h

Still not loading when I click on it, weird

michael spins @michaelspins.bsky.social · 16h

This pic from the High Line below doesn’t seem to be loading so gonna give it another shot- seem to be having issues with media loading here today, don’t know if it’s just me
#photography #highline #streetart

A mural on the side of a building depicts two female figure in yellow, with yellow halos around their heads, it looks as if tree roots are growing from the bottoms of their dresses, a white heron or crane looks on from the left side

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michael spins @michaelspins.bsky.social · 16h

Israel Agrees To Go Back To Killing Palestinians On Less Frequent Basis

CAIRO—As part of a historic ceasefire agreement with Hamas following two years of war, the Israeli government reportedly agreed Thursday to go back to killing Palestinians on a less frequent basis. “I...

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Joyce White Vance @joycewhitevance.bsky.social · 19h

Indicting your political enemies because they’re your enemies, not because they’ve committed crimes, is unAmerican.

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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 18h

New statement from AG James:

"This is nothing more than a continuation of the president's desperate weaponization of our justice system.

"I am not fearful — I am fearless."

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Kepano Kolohe @alala55.bsky.social · 1d

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Nancy @plaintanjane.bsky.social · 1d

Watching @judiciarydems.senate.gov yesterday as they easily roped Pam Bondi into into lying under oath to Congress yesterday reminded me watching Mike Wallace catch John Ehrlichman in lies about the Watergate break-in.

Bondi has this same cockiness.

1973 @cbsnews.com #60Minutes⏰

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Prem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · 19h

Hearing from a lot of folks in and around CBS / Paramount. Thank you! But there's more I'd love your help with. If you work there, might you be able to text me? You can reach me on Signal @ premthakker.35

Your anonymity will be protected

No info? That's ok, just boost this so others see it too :)

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Murshed Zaheed @murshedz.bsky.social · 21h

👀"Oklahomans would lose their mind if Pritzker in Illinois sent troops down to Oklahoma during the Biden administration.” - GOP Gov. Kevin Stitt, the current chairman of the National Governors Association.

Maybe @governor.ca.gov @govpritzker.illinois.gov's notices to the NGA are having impact?

Oklahoma’s Republican Governor Criticizes National Guard Deployment in Chicago

www.nytimes.com

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michael spins @michaelspins.bsky.social · 20h

On the High Line , a walking path in New York with gardens that was built on an abandoned elevated rail track-
#photography #highline

A view of the High Line path in NYC with various building behind and next to it

Meredith walks the High Line path in front of me, her long hair in a pony tail, with greenery on either side of the path

A type of stone bench with colorful imagery on it and a small tree or bush growing through a hole in the middle

michael spins @michaelspins.bsky.social · 21h

One of the 9/11 Memorial fountains-
#nyc #photography

michael spins @michaelspins.bsky.social · 21h

Checking out the view before we took the ferry over to Wall Street-
#photography #brooklynbridge #manhattan #nyc

View of the Brooklyn Bridge and the Manhattan skyline

Me with the Brooklyn Bridge and Manhattan skyline behind me

Bare tree branches with river, Brooklyn Bridge and Manhattan skyline behind it

Me with sunglasses on and a sweat jacket over my shoulders with part of the Brooklyn Bridge behind me

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Martinidoro @martinidoro.bsky.social · 22h

Just checking if this pier leads
to cloud 9 ☁️

View of a lake, a pier leads onto the water from the left. There are a few clouds in the blue sky, reflected in the water.
Blick auf einen See, von links führt ein Steg aufs Wasser. Am blauen Himmel sind einige Wolken, die sich im Wasser spiegeln.

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Edvard Munch @edvardmunch.bsky.social · 14d

Street Lafayette 1891
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Preorder Read This When Things Fall Apart @mskellymhayes.bsky.social · 22h

There has been a lot of ICE activity in the Rogers Park neighborhood of Chicago today. There has also been a lot of ICE watch and rapid response activity. We love our community, and we are showing up for each other.

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michael spins @michaelspins.bsky.social · 22h

I wanna see these "studies" he's always referring to, name them and where they're published

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Adam Smith @asmith83.bsky.social · 22h

Paying out $700,000 so a kid can’t read a book titled, “This Book is Gay“ is not a great ROI on censorship, imo.

NBC News @nbcnews.com · 22h

A former Wyoming library director who was fired amid an uproar over books with sexual content and LGBTQ+ themes that some people complained were inappropriate for young people and who sought their removal from youth shelves will be paid $700,000 after settling a lawsuit.

Wyoming library director fired amid book dispute reaches $700,000 settlement

"It's been a rough road, but I will never regret standing up for the First Amendment," Terri Lesley said.

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𝚙𝚒𝚎𝚛𝚙𝚊𝚘𝚕𝚘 @pierpaolo.bsky.social · 23h

Il sole, tramontando dietro una collina ricoperta di alberi, illumina e fa brillare le spighe di pabbio comune (setaria viridis) che crescono spontanee ai margini di un prato.

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Jon Seidel @jonseidel.bsky.social · 23h

U.S. District Judge April Perry is now questioning DOJ lawyer Eric Hamilton about the National Guard deployment. She starts by noting the 14 CA troops, 200 TX troops and 300 IL troops.

But she asks if those numbers could increase, and whether the troops could go elsewhere in Illinois.

Jon Seidel @jonseidel.bsky.social · 23h

Hamilton is done. We're expecting questions from Perry now.

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Philip Bump @pbump.com · 1d

I guess I should also add that a key difference between the Trump investigation and the Comey indictment is that *Trump did something obviously and significantly wrong*. Like, if you can't grok that distinction as important, I don't know what to say.

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Anna Bower @annabower.bsky.social · 1d

You’ve gotta be kidding me.

This WaPo editorial presents a misleading revisionist history of Special Counsel Jack Smith’s criminal cases against Trump.

Then it has the gall to compare that to Trump’s overt targeting of his perceived enemies.

Really embarrassing stuff.

But the mere fact that a legal tool might be available does not mean it should be used. The
current rage over Grassley's revelation shows why. Smith showed little restraint in his pursuit of a former president. He charged Trump for official acts he took as president. He sought a gag order to limit Trump's ability to criticize the prosecution. He tried to accelerate the case to try a leading presidential candidate before the 2024 election.

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MARAH FROM 🇵🇸 @mummarah.bsky.social · 23h

Hope the war is really over, we’re exhausted and surrounded by destruction😭

We lost our home, everything we owned, and even our source of income💔

And now we’re without shelter, trying to save our daughter from cold and insects 😔

More in the comments…
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@mommunism.bsky.social 😭🙏

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