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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 2h

Vets should be made to publish prices, watchdog says.

Energy, water, internet, phone, train, banks, grocery companies publish prices, doesn't prevent profiteering.

Too many vets owned by corporations & private equity.

How about stopping takeovers, fines and cancelled licences for profiteering

Vets should be made to publish prices, competition watchdog says

Vet prices have risen at nearly twice the rate of inflation, the Competition and Markets Authority found.

www.bbc.co.uk

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JoeMyGod @joemygod.bsky.social · 4h

Fox Military Analyst Condemns Pentagon Press Limits - Joe.My.God.

“What they’re really doing, they want to spoon-feed information to the journalists, and that will be their story. That’s not journalism. Journalism is going out and finding the story and getting all t...

www.joemygod.com

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Old White Nepo Hat @kenwhite.bsky.social · 4h

I presume that orchestra people have vicious stereotypes about clarinetists that could be deployed here. I once heard three performers riff on violists for ten minutes and it was frightening.

David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 4h

“A clarinet player was arrested after playing her instrument to the tune of the ‘Ghostbusters’ theme song outside of a Portland ICE facility…”

Musician playing ‘Ghostbusters’ outside ICE facility is arrested by agents

‘Taking us citizens out of state to detain them without charge is a new action from the Feds and should be opposed,’ her band said

www.independent.co.uk

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John McCafferty @jdmccafferty.bsky.social · 1d

13 Oct 1618: Artemisia Gentileschi #artist gives birth to her third child, Lisabella, at #Florence #otd (RoyalCollection/WGA/Met)

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Amanda Marcotte @amandamarcotte.bsky.social · 16h

For those tempted to say Young Republicans have always been this way, they really have not. When I worked on campus and did bipartisan college events after, they were very much not like this.

That’s why groups like YCT and eventually TPUSA formed — because Young Republicans weren’t radical enough.

Politico @politico.com · 22h

EXCLUSIVE: Thousands of leaked messages show leaders of Young Republican groups joking about gas chambers, slavery and rape in a private Telegram chat.

Inside rising GOP leaders’ racist chats — obtained by POLITICO and spanning more than 7 months👇

‘I love Hitler’: Leaked messages expose Young Republicans’ racist chat

Thousands of private messages reveal young GOP leaders joking about gas chambers, slavery and rape.

www.politico.com

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blá augu @oca2herc2chr15.bsky.social · 4h

The less you try to impress, the more impressive you are.

Denis Waitley

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the-original-ray.bsky.social @the-original-ray.bsky.social · 14h

This is the modern GOP

Republicans Against Trumpism @rpsagainsttrump.bsky.social · 21h

‘I love Hitler’: Leaked messages expose Young Republicans’ racist chat

Thousands of private messages reveal young GOP leaders joking about gas chambers, slavery and rape.

www.politico.com/news/2025/10...

‘I love Hitler’: Leaked messages expose Young Republicans’ racist chat

Thousands of private messages reveal young GOP leaders joking about gas chambers, slavery and rape.

www.politico.com

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Roy Edroso @edroso.bsky.social · 12h

That what happens when you rush out a bunch of bullshit to make KIDNAPPING A CHILD look legit.

Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 13h

At a press conference today, the mayor of Everett said there was a knife found in the child’s possession but *no* gun. I followed up with ICE and asked if they stand by the screenshot shared yesterday. Spokesperson said DHS was working on a response. Five hours later, still nothing.

Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 1d

This is the response I received from ICE when I inquired about the 13-year-old they abducted from Everett, Mass. on Friday:

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Kara Swisher @karaswisher.bsky.social · 12h

I thought they said it was wrong for an administration to ask a social media platform to take stuff down.

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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 1d

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Dr. Peter Paul Rubens @peterpaulrubens.bsky.social · 18h

Also born on this day, but in 1425, Alesso Baldovinetti, who painted this beautiful Annunciation in 1457.

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Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 17h

Good. Even if this doesn’t work, it’s time to go on offense.

www.newsweek.com/jb-pritzker-...

JB Pritzker looking at prosecuting ICE agents in Chicago

Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker has suggested that state prosecutors might examine the conduct of ICE agents.

www.newsweek.com

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Kelly @broadwaybabyto.bsky.social · 10h

Yes your taxes should support disabled people.

They should support homeless people.

They should support those living in poverty, children and the elderly.

This is literally the purpose of taxes, and I would far rather support those who need it than continue to enrich the elite.

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mrbill30560 @mrbill30560.bsky.social · 5h

mrbill30560 @mrbill30560.bsky.social · 7h

[Pieter Bruegel the Elder](www.wikiart.org/en/pieter-br...), *Parable of the Blind*,(Parabel van de Blind), 1568, tempera on canvas, National Museum of Capodimonte, Naples, Italy

mrbill30560 @mrbill30560.bsky.social · 7h

Paul Strand, Wall Street, 1915, gelatin silver print, © Paul Strand Archive, Aperture Foundation*

mrbill30560 @mrbill30560.bsky.social · 7h

Ralph Albert Blakelock, At Nature’s Mirror, ca. 1880, oil on canvas, 16 1⁄8 x 24 in. (40.9x 61.0 cm), Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of William T. Evans, 1909.7.5

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Krassensteins @krassenstein.bsky.social · 22h

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Johnny Queer @queerboy66.bsky.social · 1d

#IndigenousPeoplesDay

Maria Martinez | Artist Profile | National Museum of Women in the Arts

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 1d

We’re in the second Gilded Age just like the first — when America’s wealth was in the hands of a few, money corrupted politics, and working people were abused and exploited.

It can be easy to feel discouraged, but the first Gilded Age teaches us lessons on how we can fight back.

From Robber Barons to Bezos: Is History Repeating Itself? | Robert Reich

Robert Reich

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Metro Chimp @metrochimp.bsky.social · 1d

Dear Tom Emmer and fellow GOP leaders,

The Hate America Rally was the one on January 6, 2021. You probably remember it.

The No Kings Protest is for those of us who love America.

Can’t wait!

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United Independents (ANTI-FASCIST) (ANTI-COMMIE) Party💜❤️‍🔥 @unitediparty.bsky.social · 1d

Rally Livestream starting soon.

www.youtube.com/live/JEe2wQf...

Van Hollen, colleagues rally against Trump's illegal attacks on federal workers

YouTube video by Senator Chris Van Hollen

www.youtube.com

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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 1d

Major airports are refusing to air Kristi Noem’s propaganda video blaming Democrats for the shutdown, and there’s a reason: it violates the Hatch Act

You can’t use taxpayer resources for partisan attacks. Period.

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Malena-PRO-CHOICE 🌊 🟦🟧Fighting Tyranny! @malena.bsky.social · 1d

Find a No Kings March near you, bring friends, print & pass out flyers, register voters there & recruit volunteers.

"Every moment is an organizing opportunity, every person a potential activist, every minute a chance to change the world,"
—Dolores Huerta

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No Kings

As the president escalates his authoritarian power grab, the NO KINGS non-violent movement continues to rise stronger. We are united once again to remind the world: America has No Kings and the power ...

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 1d

Speaker Mike Johnson just said he's completely fine with ICE agents shooting priests in the head with pepper balls and roughing up journalists.

I'm sure he'll tell us soon about how it's the Democrats who are waging a war on religion and free speech though.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Q: We've seen images out of Chicago of federal agents shooting faith leaders with pepper balls and arresting journalists. Where's the limit for you on what's acceptable conduct by federal agents?

MIKE JOHNSON: I've not seen them cross the line yet.

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