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strea3m.bsky.social @strea3m.bsky.social · 23h

Congratulations to Miss Machado!

A “key, unifying figure in a political opposition that was once deeply divided...that found common ground in the demand for free elections & representative government"

Now this is someone who deserves the Nobel Peace Prize, w her focus on bringing ppl together.

Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado wins the Nobel Peace Prize

Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado has won the Nobel Peace Prize. The Norwegian Nobel committee praised her as a key unifying figure in the opposition, advocating for free elections and...

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The Yaptain 🫡 aka Uncle Ray-Ray @blu-ray381.blacksky.app · 1d

According to reports, #Drake’s defamation lawsuit against Universal Music Group has been dismissed, with the judge ruling that #KendrickLamar’s “Not Like Us” lyrics were protected opinion, not fact.

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ProPublica @propublica.org · 2d

Texas AG Ken Paxton hired a former staffer to work on a recent case. As a state employee, her labor would have cost taxpayers $641.

As a private attorney, Paxton allowed her to bill $3,780 an hour, so that day of work cost taxpayers $24,570.

(Published July with @texastribune.org)

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton Is Outsourcing More of His Office’s Work to Costly Private Lawyers

Despite having an office of hundreds of attorneys, Ken Paxton is frequently opting for private lawyers — many to whom he has personal or political ties — to argue on behalf of Texas. One attorney cost...

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Jenn. @missjennifer.bsky.social · 1d

Dr. Bray was on CNN earlier

Mark Bray @mark-bray.bsky.social · 1d

Spoke with cnn while sitting on the floor of my hotel room hallway bc my family were asleep in the other room.

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Mark Bray @mark-bray.bsky.social · 1d

Spoke with cnn while sitting on the floor of my hotel room hallway bc my family were asleep in the other room.

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Jenn. @missjennifer.bsky.social · 1d

Nobel prize in literature 2025 live: László Krasznahorkai wins ‘for his compelling and visionary oeuvre’

Nobel academy cites Hungarian novelist for work that ‘in the midst of apocalyptic terror, reaffirms the power of art’

www.theguardian.com

Jenn. @missjennifer.bsky.social · 2d

Welcome to the PhAM 🙃

Philadelphia Inquirer @inquirer.com · 2d

As of today, the city’s largest visual arts institution is no longer called the Philadelphia Museum of Art. The rebranding aims to revive attendance that has lagged since the pandemic.

The Philadelphia Museum of Art has a new name and other plans to revive attendance

Chasing an elusive pandemic recovery, the museum is rolling out a slew of changes. It includes a new name and logo, and an embracing of dips into sports, hip hop, and Sylvester Stallone.

www.inquirer.com

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Karen From Finance @blkreparations.bsky.social · 2d

“Left-leaning universities”

lol

(BITCH, WHERE????)

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Jenn. @missjennifer.bsky.social · 2d

Let’s toast to The DOSt!

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ProPublica @propublica.org · 2d

1,000+ people currently imprisoned in Louisiana were convicted by split juries — ruled unconstitutional in 2020.

Yet the state Supreme Court has declined to grant new trials, and lawmakers have repeatedly denied a reexamination of their cases.

With @veritenews.org

An Unconstitutional “Jim Crow Jury” Sent Him to Prison for Life. A New Law Aims to Keep Him There.

Five years ago, the Supreme Court decided that nonunanimous jury verdicts are unconstitutional. But for this Louisiana prisoner — and hundreds of others — “tough on crime” state leaders have ensured t...

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Jenn. @missjennifer.bsky.social · 2d

“Christian values” 🙃

Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 2d

Rev. David Black stood in front of a Chicago-area ICE facility and began to pray.

The masked ICE agents on the roof responded by firing pepper balls, with one striking him in the head

religionnews.com/2025/10/07/i...

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Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 3d

Bob Ross paintings to be auctioned to support public TV stations after federal cuts

Thirty paintings by Bob Ross are set to be auctioned to support public television stations

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Amee Vanderpool @girlsreallyrule.bsky.social · 3d

Josh Hawley and Yale Law School, ladies and gentlemen.

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Mary @mfbrodie.bsky.social · 3d

That “raid” in Chicago is a dark story.

It’s a lot to process.

Francine McKenna @fmckenna.bsky.social · 3d

Yep, that’s what I thought when I saw the news. South Shore Residents Return To Ransacked Apartments After ICE Raid: 'It Looks Like Hell' blockclubchicago.org/2025/10/02/s... I read this and think, “Could building owner have driven this to clear out building?”

South Shore Residents Return To Ransacked Apartments After ICE Raid: 'It Looks Like Hell'

A "now renting" sign outside touts granite countertops. Inside, residents are trying to make sense of the raid that made their already neglected building even worse.

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ProPublica @propublica.org · 4d

Records obtained by ProPublica indicate that food banks across the country were expecting more than 27 million pounds of chicken, 2 million gallons of milk, 10 million pounds of dried fruit and 60 million eggs that never arrived.

Trump Canceled 94 Million Pounds of Food Aid. Here’s What Never Arrived.

ProPublica obtained records from the Department of Agriculture that detail the millions of pounds of food, down to the number of eggs, that never reached food banks because of the administration’s cut...

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Philadelphia Justice Project for Women and Girls @phillyjustice.bsky.social · 3d

We are thrilled to announce that our director is among the group of wonderful honorees for the 2025 Mural Arts Restorative Justice Awards including @celestetrusty.bsky.social Eddie Ramirez & Felix Rosado. Please raise a glass with us in celebration Oct 16 from 6 - 9!!

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Jenn. @missjennifer.bsky.social · 3d

“Philly buys one-way bus tickets for city's unhoused population” NBC10

‘Taxpayers are buying one-way bus tickets for Philadelphia's unhoused population through a program from the city's Office of Homeless Services.’

Philly buys one-way bus tickets for city's homeless population

Taxpayers are buying one-way bus tickets for Philadelphia's unhoused population through a program from the city's Office of Homeless Services.

www.nbcphiladelphia.com

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ProPublica @propublica.org · 3d

NEW: When a health insurer refuses to pay for your treatment, you may have the right to have the denial reviewed — and potentially overturned — by an independent provider.

Here are six steps experts suggest to help you through the external appeal process.

This Little-Known Appeal Could Force Your Insurer to Pay for Lifesaving Care. Here’s How to File It.

You may have the right to get a denial reviewed — and potentially overturned — by an independent provider. Here’s how experts suggest you do it.

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Virgil Hawkins @crymsondawn.bsky.social · 4d

Personally, Bari Weiss will always be known to me for putting a Palestinian academic, Rafaat Alareer, in Israel's crosshairs (there were no Israeli babies in ovens).

Israel killed him & then the rest of his family after this

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Jenn. @missjennifer.bsky.social · 4d

Supreme Court term will tackle executive power, executive power, executive power

www.npr.org/2025/10/06/n...

Supreme Court term will tackle executive power, executive power and executive power

The term promises to be hugely consequential and focused in large part on how much power the Constitution gives to the president.

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Solomon @solomonmissouri.bsky.social · 5d

Guys… a decade ago a community (🤚🏿) was intentional about the deep militarization of the American police against its own citizens

The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 5d

“There’s a baby!”

Guns drawn. Windows smashed. With a 1 month old in the car. (They did this as he was coming home from an immigration court appointment— which is illegal in Colorado: coloradosun.com/2025/10/01/i...)

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Saeed Jones @theferocity.bsky.social · 5d

This week at an event for THE PEOPLE’S PROJECT, a reader asked in a gracious and cheeky way what I would hope white readers in particular would get out of the book. Or more directly, what I would TELL white readers. And this was basically my answer:

African-Americans are experts on America.

Solomon @solomonmissouri.bsky.social · 5d

America should listen to Black people

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Anna Stesia @onlychyld.blacksky.app · 5d

It’s Sunday. The world is heavy. Find some joy today and share it with someone else.

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Jenn. @missjennifer.bsky.social · 5d

See you in two weeks #F1 fam! Austin up next

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