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Tara @needlesandbits.bsky.social · 2h

I cannot begin to say how much I loathe the taste of lemon.

Lemon and strawberries. I will eat ANYTHING else other than those two items.

I am not adding the lemon flavored mix to the gallon bottle. That would make me cry throughout.

Tara @needlesandbits.bsky.social · 2h

NGL - I am totally stressing about Monday's colonoscopy.

Tonight is my last low-fiber meal. Tomorrow is liquids only plus the gallon of ick to drink.

Yeah. First time...

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Waitman Wade Beorn, PhD, FRHistS @waitmanwbeorn.com · 1d

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Ryan Marino, MD @ryanmarino.bsky.social · 8h

What a horrific tragedy. This is what happens when people decide it’s acceptable for drug users to die, and when we allow law enforcement to pretend to be experts on drugs and how drugs work. It’s very likely that this man would be alive today if he had received medical care instead of imprisonment.

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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 8h

On National Coming Out Day, know that I will always be an ally to you — no matter where you are on your journey.

I know that times may be scary, but you are seen, safe, supported, and loved here in Illinois.

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Tara @needlesandbits.bsky.social · 14h

Heh

Omar Kooheji 🍉 @ohmz.bsky.social · 1d

I absolutely love these idea of trolling the right by adopting their own symbols as symbols of acceptance and diversity.

Given how pissed off people get about rainbows 🌈 , I wonder how they’d react to this?

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Ashton Pittman @ashtonpittman.bsky.social · 1d

ICE left David, a 17-year-old boy, stranded on the side of Interstate 20 after pulling over his immigrant father, Hector, in Mississippi.

David began running in the scorching sun after the car and watched as it disappeared from sight—soon headed to a Louisiana ICE prison.

Here's their story.

ICE Stranded a 17-Year-Old on I-20 After Arresting His Father. The Mississippi Dad Now Faces Deportation.

A 17-year-old watched as ICE arrested his immigrant father, Hector, on I-20 in June. The family faces mounting legal fees and the risk of deportation.

www.mississippifreepress.org

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International Wader Study Group @waderstudy.bsky.social · 1d

Today IUCN has officially declared the Slender-billed Curlew extinct, marking the first known global extinction of a formerly widespread migratory bird species whose range included mainland Europe, North Africa, and West Asia.

Read more here ⬇️
www.unep-aewa.org/fr/node/6632

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Sheryl Gay Stolberg @sherylnyt.bsky.social · 22h

BREAKING: Friday night massacre underway at CDC. Doznes of "disease detectives," high-level scientists, entire Washington staff and editors of the MMWR (Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report) have all been RIFed and received the following notice:

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Tara @needlesandbits.bsky.social · 1d

Sherman is better behaved than this Jack Russell...
www.tiktok.com/@overtime/video/7506264538392726830

Bro was tryna stay in the hole 🤣 #dog #animal #fail #shoutoutot (via hazellburkhill/IG)

TikTok video by Overtime

www.tiktok.com

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Al Cappuccino…☕️🇮🇹 @alcappuccinoit.bsky.social · 2d

I’d probably be a lot calmer reading about this shit in a history book.

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Joel Berkowitz @joelberkowitz.bsky.social · 2d

It's an awesome day for this administration when they get to keep talking about children's genitals while simultaneously sending out antisemitic dog whistles. Win-win!

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Joseph Cox @josephcox.bsky.social · 2d

New from 404 Media: the Discord hack is every users' worst nightmare. Yesterday the hackers started posting Discord users' selfies, identity documents, email addresses, phone numbers, more. I watched in real time. This is risk of tech storing ID for age verification
www.404media.co/the-discord-...

The Discord Hack is Every Users’ Worst Nightmare

A hack impacting Discord’s age verification process shows in stark terms the risk of tech companies collecting users’ ID documents. Now the hackers are posting peoples’ IDs and other sensitive informa...

www.404media.co

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Karl Bode @karlbode.com · 2d

you'd think a prominent news outlet like the New York Times might mention that "antifa" isn't an actual organization in a long story about antifa, but nope!

and the subhead helps props up a false claim this professor was up to something seedy as something up for debate

NYT headline: "Rutgers Expert on Antifa Tries to Flee to Spain After Death Threats"

subheadline: "Mark Bray was teaching courses on antifascism. Turning Point USA accused him of belonging to antifa, which he denies. His flight to Spain was canceled abruptly on Wednesday night."

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Tara @needlesandbits.bsky.social · 3d

Oh! I would buy potatoes for my Sunday night dinner, but I have a colonoscopy appointment for the next day.

This is a good movie!

Y'all enjoy the movie! I will be forcing myself to drink a gallon of....ew.

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Jason Herbert @herberthistory.bsky.social · 4d

This week Historians At The Movies talks about space travel. Join us on Netflix this Sunday, October 12 at 8pm eastern for THE MARTIAN.

Keep #HATM hiring by sharing and we’ll see you soon.

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Tara @needlesandbits.bsky.social · 4d

Thank you for your reporting.

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Jack Jenkins @jackjenkins.me · 4d

Wanna learn more about the pastor in this photo?

I talked to him yesterday.

He's currently part of a lawsuit against DHS, in part due to this exact moment: religionnews.com/2025/10/07/i...

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Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · 5d

Hey there, @nytimes.com. The judge didn’t “decide not to immediately block.” She ordered a response from the government Wednesday and set a hearing Thursday. Let me know if you need help with this.

The New York Times @nytimes.com · 5d

Breaking News: A federal judge declined to immediately block President Trump’s deployment of National Guard troops to Illinois. The judge’s ruling came as a military official said 200 troops from the Texas Guard were headed to the state.

Live Updates: Illinois Sues Trump Over National Guard Deployments to Chicago

Illinois officials had sought to block the deployment as 200 National Guard troops from Texas headed to Chicago. Gov. JB Pritzker called the mobilization “an unconstitutional invasion.”

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Jessica Valenti @jessicavalenti.bsky.social · 5d

ICYMI: One of Turning Point USA’s first campus events since Charlie Kirk’s murder is a panel of abortion “abolitionists” — extremists who want women executed for ending their pregnancies.

jessica.substack.com/p/turning-po...

Turning Point USA Hosts Campus Event Pushing Death Penalty for Abortion Patients

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