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Daily Manul (Unofficial) @manul.day · 2h

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Citizens' Impeachment @citizensimpeachment.com · 3h

This is not going to work on the American people. See you all on October 18. Bring your impeachment signs, costumes optional

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Nikolas Kozloff @nikolaskozloff.bsky.social · 2h

No #war on #pasta

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025... #trump #fascism

‘A fatal blow’: Italian producers fear effects of Trump’s ‘war against pasta’

US president’s threat to impose 92% tariffs targeting major manufacturers puts family-run firms in the line of fire as well

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Nikolas Kozloff @nikolaskozloff.bsky.social · 2h

www.dawn.com/news/1947706...

Caracal sightings offer hope as Pakistan’s rare wild cat nears local extinction

Habitat loss, human intrusion and retaliatory killings have led the rare caracal cat to critically endangered status.

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Michael Tomasky @mjtoma.bsky.social · 3h

New Column: You know how some historians wonder if people recognize the onslaught in real time? Well, I'm here to tell you that millions of us do. And we're fighting it. newrepublic.com/post/201625/... via @newrepublic.com

Memo to Future Historians: This Is Fascism, and Millions of Us See It

From Chicago to Portland, James Comey to Letitia James, and so much else—this is no longer America.

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Nikolas Kozloff @nikolaskozloff.bsky.social · 3h

www.youtube.com/watch?v=BUVk...

Chumley's, the New York Bar So Famous it Never Needed a Sign, and the History of "86-ing It"

YouTube video by lupo blu productions

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Citizens' Impeachment @citizensimpeachment.com · 3h

This is good @govpritzker.illinois.gov but what you really need to do is refuse to let Illinois state troopers assist ICE in suppressing constitutional dissent.

Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 14h

Reporting live from Chicago, there’s no “hellscape” I’d rather be in.

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Nikolas Kozloff @nikolaskozloff.bsky.social · 3h

Where's the #vegan version

Nikolas Kozloff @nikolaskozloff.bsky.social · 3h

Why is it that #Peruvians can #impeach their president yet in the U.S. there isn't a similar level of pressure?
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o... #fascism #trump #peru #boluarte #impeachment @jessicadenson07.bsky.social

Peru lawmakers vote to oust president Dina Boluarte over crime crisis

Congress leader José Jerí sworn in as interim president as majority of lawmakers initiate impeachment against Boluarte

www.theguardian.com

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Citizens' Impeachment @citizensimpeachment.com · 4h

Escalation in hostilities in war-torn Portland. FROG HAS CALLED UP MORE FROG WARRIORS

The Oregonian @oregonian.com · 14h

Things are happening at Portland's ICE facility tonight.

Read more of our protest coverage here: www.oregonlive.com/crime/2025/1...

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Nikolas Kozloff @nikolaskozloff.bsky.social · 13h

#Irony: it's America First, except for $20 billion bailout which will benefit #Trump cronies and shore up #anarcho - #capitalist government in #Argentina

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/09/u...

Big Investors Await Windfall From Trump’s Argentina Bailout

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Nikolas Kozloff @nikolaskozloff.bsky.social · 13h

@repdangoldman.bsky.social I am perplexed #liberal #ParkSlope Rep you express outrage at lawless prosecution of NY AG #LetitiaJames on #MSNBC but refuse to endorse #impeachment & your constituents can't get through on the phone #trump @jessicadenson07.bsky.social @citizensimpeachment.com #brooklyn

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No Masters Zone @nomasterszone.bsky.social · 6d

I will play it five times every morning.

BladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 11d

Watch this delivery worker outrun ICE goons.

It's like a cartoon, and the bad guys lose.

Excellent.

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ACLU @aclu.org · 18h

BREAKING: A federal judge has temporarily blocked President Trump from deploying federalized National Guard troops into Chicago.

This ruling reinforces what we already knew: It is illegal for the president to use manufactured emergencies to send soldiers into our cities.

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Nikolas Kozloff @nikolaskozloff.bsky.social · 20h

I didn't know #Kazakhstan focused on #tiramisu #dessert

www.bbc.com/reel/video/p... #geology

The alien lands once hidden beneath the ocean

In Kazakhstan, tiramisu-coloured canyons and otherworldly gorges are the keepers of our geological history.

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Nikolas Kozloff @nikolaskozloff.bsky.social · 20h

Bring back Ms. #Woolly #Rhino 🦏

www.iflscience.com/longest-wool... #wildlife #siberia #pleistocene

Longest Woolly Rhino Horn Ever Recovered Just Popped Out Of The Siberian Permafrost

The gigantic horn is teaching scientists valuable knowledge about this extinct megabeast.

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Nikolas Kozloff @nikolaskozloff.bsky.social · 20h

Let the backlash begin? www.theguardian.com/stage/2025/o... My take on #comedy, #history and #fascism here nkozphoto.com/index.php/20... #mussolini #trump #chappelle #louisck #ansari #comedians #humor #mbs #humanrights #billburr

‘Amoral, evil’: vitriolic backlash builds against comics who played Riyadh festival

Murder by bone-saw, lashings for rape victims, punishment amputation, jail for satirists … these are the Saudi human rights abuses fuelling the fury being directed at the likes of Louis CK, Dave Chapp...

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Nikolas Kozloff @nikolaskozloff.bsky.social · 20h

Long live #Madrid #LaOsa #food #cooperative linewaitersgazette.com/2025/09/16/l... #cooperatives #foodjustuce

La Osa, A Madrid Food Coop Inspired by Our Own

September 16, 2025 By Kim Velsey In 2015, Madrid was caught up in the wave of progressive social change sweeping Europe and, after two decades of conservative rule, elected far-left mayoral candida…

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Nikolas Kozloff @nikolaskozloff.bsky.social · 21h

@hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social Instead of #hyperventilating in the corridor against other legislators who tow the line with #Trump, why not pursue a more #constructive strategy by backing #impeachment? www.bbc.com/news/videos/... @jessicadenson07.bsky.social

Jeffries to Lawler: 'Keep your mouth shut'

In a fiery exchange, Democrat Hakeem Jeffries also said Republican Mike Lawler was 'embarrassing' himself during the confrontation over the government shutdown.

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Nikolas Kozloff @nikolaskozloff.bsky.social · 21h

www.bbc.com/reel/video/p... #brooklyn #coneyisland #film #cyclone #rollercoaster

The secret to finding perfect film locations in NYC

Discover insider tips from a veteran location manager who reveals how filmmakers choose iconic backdrops.

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Nikolas Kozloff @nikolaskozloff.bsky.social · 21h

We need #publictransportation not #electric #cars which sacrifice #Chinese #workers in #Indonesia amid #toxic #nickel production
restofworld.org/2025/chinese... #tesla #elonmusk #climate #airquality

The Chinese migrant workers powering the deadly EV nickel boom

30,000 Chinese workers travel thousands of miles to remote islands in Eastern Indonesia to process nickel — and put their lives at risk on the frontier of the green energy transition.

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Nikolas Kozloff @nikolaskozloff.bsky.social · 21h

No more #fascist onslaught on endangered black footed #ferret!
www.sfgate.com/national-par... #wildlife #colorado #trump #shutdown

Government shutdown threatens survival of one of North America's rarest animals

The federal shutdown could halt the recovery of endangered black-footed ferrets.

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Nikolas Kozloff @nikolaskozloff.bsky.social · 22h

No more surrendering of #cognitive #autonomy www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/the-... #tech #ai

AI Weakens Critical Thinking. This Is How to Rebuild It

AI does our thinking for us and our minds are paying the price. Here’s how to reclaim cognitive independence.

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Nikolas Kozloff @nikolaskozloff.bsky.social · 23h

Reads like another #Onion- type headline
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o... #trump #fascism #impeachment #norway #nobelprize

Norway braces for Trump’s reaction if he does not win Nobel peace prize

US president may impose tariffs, demand higher Nato contributions or even declare Norway an enemy, analyst says

www.theguardian.com

Nikolas Kozloff @nikolaskozloff.bsky.social · 23h

We need #comedians who stand up against #autocracy both in the U.S. & #SaudiArabia
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
My take here on #history of #fascism and #comedy
nkozphoto.com/index.php/20... #louisck #davechappelle #billburr #trump #CharlieChaplin #hitler #weimar #cabaret #islam #khashoggi

We know what the comedians got out of the Riyadh comedy festival. What about the Saudi regime? | Jonathan Liew

The tawdry event was an ultimately doomed attempt by the Saudi government to buy the kind of authentic grassroots culture it is unwilling to countenance, says Guardian columnist Jonathan Liew

www.theguardian.com