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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 11m

The loss of Keaton is a blow to any fan of 1970s cinema. So iconic.

“It made my career,” she said of “Annie Hall.” “It was everything. It’s the reason we’re sitting here having this nice conversation. Everything always goes back to that.”

#RIP

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Dawn Xiana Moon @dawnxianamoon.bsky.social · 5m

This affects you even if you do have insurance.

Hospitals are already closing thanks to existing Medicaid cuts. It's only going to get worse.

Chanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 @chanda.blacksky.app · 14m

🧵 regarding the shutdown:

The Democrats aren’t being clear enough about this but we can be: this shutdown is about saving lives.

If we don’t reverse the Medicaid cuts (and the ACA subsidies on insurance bought through the exchanges) that Republicans made this year, people will die.

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Sam (ABeardedPanda) @abeardedpanda.bsky.social · 56m

Genuinely what the fuck is the reason why leftists are so eager to write off the contributions of ethnic and national minorities to allied victory in WWII because they do this with the Americans and the Soviets

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count van dipshit™ @andipshit.bsky.social · 1h

Buffy the Umpire Slayer as they stake a middle aged white guy in the chest:

"YOOOOOOOU'RE OUT!"

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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 1h

seems like a non-insignificant percentage of rage against the machine's fanbase are young republican men driving SUVs bopping their head to anti-oil, pro-immigrant songs thinking the lyrics are about how they wish their suburban parents would get off their back

Tom Morello tweets: "Fascinating that all those “don’t tread on me” posers and their AR-15’s are nowhere to be seen and government tyranny is instead being opposed by a guy in an inflatable frog suit."

Someone named Manny replies: "@grok
why do some people say Tom Morello and band mates are RAGE FOR THE MACHINE and not against ?"

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Julia Carrie Wong @joolia.bsky.social · 3h

The promotion of pseudoscience about a supposed “cause” or “cure” of autism and the destruction of special education (and all of public education, really) are part of the same project. It is a fascist attempt to expel certain people from the body politic, based in eugenics.

Sara Partridge, Ph.D. @sarapartridge.bsky.social · 4h

There are reports that the *entire* office of special education at the US Dept of Education has been cut. These hardworking folks ensure kids with disabilities get equal access to a quality education.

America’s children deserve better than this.

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Ed @ed3d.net · 1h

this liberal, being able to actually read and do math, knows that people who fought in WWII were in their late thirties and forties when this picture was taken

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Popehat Agitates And Irritates @kenwhite.bsky.social · 1h

Should the New York Times be sold to Pennysaver and its editors sent to work in Amazon warehouses? It depends on who you ask.

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Wineless Cat Mom @nicoleoking.bsky.social · 34m

Anyway, off to find copper nails to drive into the heart of my enemy so that he may never be resurrected.

(My enemy is a Tree of Heaven.)

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Antifa Mouse @missmouse.bsky.social · 44m

These fuckers.

CNN @cnn.com · 10h

Top Republicans in Congress will take a massive gamble on shutdown politics in the coming days: GOP leaders will not step in to prevent missed paychecks to the military.

GOP leaders steadfast in shutdown stance despite rising pressure inside party | CNN Politics

Top Republicans in Congress will take a massive gamble on shutdown politics in the coming days: GOP leaders will not step in to prevent missed paychecks to the military.

www.cnn.com

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Emily Galvin-Almanza @galvinalmanza.bsky.social · 3h

Seriously, Judges *do no do things like this*

They don't give their opinion to the media

They don't criticize how SCOTUS works

This is them breaking the emergency glass, folks
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/11/u...

Federal Judges, Warning of ‘Judicial Crisis,’ Fault Supreme Court’s Emergency Orders

www.nytimes.com

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wet beast @ribbon.dog · 10h

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Leah McElrath @leahmcelrath.bsky.social · 5h

The person in this costume has been doxed by Andy Ngo and should be protected at all costs.

The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 1d

“I’m worried about my community… I’m out here in a frog costume to show how ridiculous the notion that we’re violent terrorists is, and showcase how that narrative is wrong…”

Serious Q: is it too late to give this dude the Nobel Peace Prize? 🐸 🏆

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 5h

Susan Collins is the chair of the Senate Appropriations Committee, which means she has considerable power to influence the administration but she prefers to mumble weak protestations to the media

Graham Platner for Senate @grahamformaine.bsky.social · 5h

Despite all of Susan Collins’s **concerns**, Russ Vought, who she voted to confirm, still went ahead and fired a boatload of hard-working Americans.

Sahil Kapur @sahilkapur.bsky.social · 1d

SUSAN COLLINS, Wednesday: "I've made very clear that I do not believe there should be firings of furloughed workers."

RUSS VOUGHT, Friday: "The RIFs have begun."

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YIMBYs Against Ezra Klein @orko.bsky.social · 1h

Oh okay

Catherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 1h

Per CDC source: At internal leadership meeting this afternoon, it was shared that 1,257 people were RIF'd at CDC. Number may not be final. Apparently, chief of staff was unaware that RIFs were going to occur so not clear who is making decisions. (Short 🧵)

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Josh Fruhlinger @jfruh.bsky.social · 5h

there's a years ago tweet that basically said that anyone writing TV or movies by definition managed to land their extremely-hard-to-get dream job and it colors how they think about work and jobs and wish fulfillment in the stuff they write, and i think about it a lot

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Corey Rayburn Yung @coreyryung.bsky.social · 1h

Of all the industries to base our economy on ...

Mark Lemley @marklemley.bsky.social · 1h

And this:
92% of the growth in the entire country this year has been data centers. And some of that is "circular deals" that dont involve actual money

fortune.com/2025/10/07/d...

Without data centers, GDP growth was 0.1% in the first half of 2025, Harvard economist says | Fortune

Is a U.S. without data centers a country without GDP growth?

fortune.com

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CajunBlueAZ ⚜️🇺🇸 🇺🇦 @cajunblue.bsky.social · 1h

🚨🚨🚨A 15 year old opens the door to the vehicle, but ICE monsters proceed to throw her around like a rag doll — because they can. Notice the police drive away, just out of view of the camera. Uploaded ~ 2 hours ago. 1/2

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Maxim Dorky, the Delaware Decapitator @maxim-dorky.bsky.social · 1h

Every person who is hurt as a result of this shutdown is the victim of the Republican Party and its decisions. The Republican Party hurts Americans and hurts them badly.

Maxim Dorky, the Delaware Decapitator @maxim-dorky.bsky.social · 1h

I'm not going to sneer that people deserve to touch the stove. I am, however, going to point out that it is the Republican Party and the Republican Party alone forcing their constituents' hands onto the lit burner.

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Patsy “Resistance Kitty” Evans Ph.D. @drharmony.net · 1h

kidnapping

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upshittscreek1.bsky.social @upshittscreek1.bsky.social · 1h

www.ft.com/content/b2c4...
The goats blocked his car one day & now they're gone
Still gets farm subsidies because they say they are growing hay 🤔

Trump golf club ditches goats — but keeps $240,000 farm tax break

Small herd banished from Bedminster club but hay harvesting to continue, according to New Jersey filing

www.ft.com

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The Fig Economy @figgityfigs.bsky.social · 2h

I’m sorry, but it’s actually kind of pathetic for people on the left to trip all over themselves to hand a victory to Trump at every turn. I’ve seen a ton at this announcement that Trump is going to pay the troops unconstitutionally, saying it’s a master stroke. Have some goddamn self respect.

Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 3h

I expect that “should the troops get paid” is something most Americans would support if you polled it without any context.

The average American doesn’t give a shit how something happens, they just want good things to happen, however they define that.

Elected Dems haven’t adjusted to that reality.

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Vituperative Erb @vituperativeerb.bsky.social · 17h

I say once again: if we’re doomed then you can shut the fuck up! There’s the benefit of being doomed! Take advantage!

Ed @ed3d.net · 23h

accounts with tens of thousands of followers do not get to "vent" or make shit up to panic their followers. there is no "but" after this sentence.

I do not have tens of thousands of followers but explicitly refuse to sow panic; these people can do likewise

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Casey Explosion @caseyexplosion.bsky.social · 3h

Who keeps casting him? Apparently, he does.

Allegedly, he attaches himself to a project as executive producer and puts up some of the budget as long as he can star in it.

Cosmic Marvel @dailycosmicmarvel.bsky.social · 6h

‘TRON: ARES’ has earned $14.3M in its opening day at the domestic box office.

For comparison, ‘MORBIUS’ opened to $17.3M.

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🪡 Ether GhostLace 🪡 (she/her—illiteratis did this) @laceslibgremlin.bsky.social · 1h

So, they’re, like, definitely trying to start another pandemic, right…?

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