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Nat in Great Lakes Fall Color @nzorach.bsky.social · 37m

Congratulations Californians on this aspicious [sic] day, with the passage of SB 79.

Nat in Great Lakes Fall Color @nzorach.bsky.social · 1h

I feel like I come across these weird vestigial remnants of/references to polytheism in the Torah and they are just like mysterious and fascinating. Shabbat shalom, by the way

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Heartland Signal @heartlandsignal.bsky.social · 5h

BREAKING: Masked Border Patrol agents aggressively arrested WGN video producer Debbie Brockman in Lincoln Square Friday morning, supposedly for "obstructing justice." (Video via Josh Thomas on Facebook)

Follow @heartlandsignal for more.

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 4h

“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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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 3h

Amazing what happens when you give the guy a plane

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Nat in Great Lakes Fall Color @nzorach.bsky.social · 2h

One could also argue that prayer without action in many cases misses the point, because action rationalizes faith-- demonstrating a love of God by demonstrating a love of one's fellow human

Charlotte Johnson @revcharjohnson.bsky.social · 21h

Today, I was asked how to pray for us in Chicago. I responded with a detailed list of ways they can engage with the justice issues using time, money, or influence.

White evangelicalism's belief that prayer *by itself* will change the world is messed up and dangerous. We gotta act *and* pray.⚓️

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Nat in Great Lakes Fall Color @nzorach.bsky.social · 2h

A state that is famously welcoming to newcomers, right? Especially ones who aren't right wing white people?

Nat in Great Lakes Fall Color @nzorach.bsky.social · 2h

Lloyd Smucker (R-PA) is threatening to sue the newspaper in my hometown and recruited some MAGA goon lawyer to do so.

You can call him at (202) 225-2411 to tell him this is appalling.

These people do not deserve time off until they stop desecrating this country.

Nat in Great Lakes Fall Color @nzorach.bsky.social · 5h

Can I fill the deepening void in my soul by acquiring more New Era 59FIFTY hats?

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 22h

practically a requirement for this administration to be a sex pest

Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 22h

"30-year-old conservative lawyer and activist who is Trump’s nominee to lead the Office of Special Counsel, which deals with federal employee whistleblower complaints and discrimination" cancelled his colleague's hotel room so she would be forced to stay with him.
www.politico.com/news/2025/10...

In late July, Paul Ingrassia, the White House liaison for the Department of Homeland Security, arrived at a Ritz-Carlton in Orlando with a lower-ranking female colleague and others from their department. When the group reached the front desk, the woman learned she didn’t have a hotel room.

Ingrassia then informed her that she would be staying with him, according to five administration officials familiar with the episode. Eventually the woman discovered that Ingrassia had arranged ahead of time to have her hotel room canceled so she would have to stay with him, three of those officials said.

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Nat in Great Lakes Fall Color @nzorach.bsky.social · 5h

wow

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Nat in Great Lakes Fall Color @nzorach.bsky.social · 6h

It's a bizarre, twisted sort of horseshoe when the people arguing against his historically authoritarian communist governmental functions are now immediately labeled Marxists

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Max Dubler 🏳️‍🌈 @maxdubler.com · 6h

This bill I wrote is now law.

California YIMBY @cayimby.bsky.social · 7h

[VICTORY ALERT] Governor Newsom has signed AB 1154, which will make it faster, cheaper, and easier to add small accessory dwelling units to existing homes.

Our statement: cayimby.org/news-events/...

California Law Makes it Easier to Build Small, In-Home ADUs

New Law Signed by Gov. Gavin Newsom Removes Barriers, Imposes Standards

cayimby.org

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Nat in Great Lakes Fall Color @nzorach.bsky.social · 6h

Someone in my neighborhood put a Charlie Kirk sign in their front yard?? What do I do with that???

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Humor For Resistance @funnysnarkyjoke.bsky.social · 12h

The Nobel Peace Prize is rigged against men who express their leadership thru armed occupation and masked thugs

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Jessica Washington @jesswash.bsky.social · 10h

ICE isn't supposed to detain pregnant women except in extenuating circumstances, but our reporting found that the Trump administration appears to be detaining pregnant women at alarming rates in deplorable conditions.

Read my latest for @theintercept.com

theintercept.com/2025/10/10/i...

The Trump Administration Is Hiding How Many Pregnant People Are in ICE Detention

The evidence indicates ICE is detaining pregnant women at alarming rates, in rapidly deteriorating conditions.

theintercept.com

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Nat in Great Lakes Fall Color @nzorach.bsky.social · 7h

After spending decades claiming the Democrats are implementing sharia law in the United States, Republicans are now inviting the government of a Middle Eastern autocracy, under such law, to build an airbase in the United States.

thehill.com

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Nat in Great Lakes Fall Color @nzorach.bsky.social · 11h

I will bring you to a National Association of Homebuilders event

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Nat in Great Lakes Fall Color @nzorach.bsky.social · 11h

"Compared to Publius Helvius Pertinax, who was emperor of Rome for about 45 minutes in 193 CE, the emperor Julius Caesar can seem deeply uncool."

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Yonah Freemark @yonahfreemark.com · 11h

Caltrain’s new electric trains are designed to recuperate energy when breaking. The agency made a deal to sell that energy back to the local power supplier, which will net the agency millions of dollars in annual revenues.

Caltrain electrified trains return power to grid, offsetting energy costs

For decades, Caltrain has been known for what it takes off the roads. Now, it's being rewarded for what it puts back into the power grid.

www.cbsnews.com

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Tyler Olsen @tyolsen.bsky.social · 1d

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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.bsky.social · 13h

Congratulations to Maria Corina Machado, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize - her incredible optimism has already changed her country. I spoke to her, and wrote about her, at the beginning of this year:
www.theatlantic.com/internationa...

The ‘Anthropological Change’ Happening in Venezuela

Maduro is still in place, but a pro-democracy movement is transforming the beleaguered country.

www.theatlantic.com

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Nat in Great Lakes Fall Color @nzorach.bsky.social · 12h

Miranda Devine isn't even American, she's Australian.

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Mira of Kyiv 🇺🇦 @reshetz.bsky.social · 1d

I want an unprecedented meltdown on the right so I want Greta Thunberg to get the Nobel Peace Prize this year

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Nat in Great Lakes Fall Color @nzorach.bsky.social · 20h

Truly among the most unserious bunch of people that have ever lived

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