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Old Tehanu, Dragons to Bees @oldtehanu.bsky.social · 1h

tinamartinezpa.bsky.social @tinamartinezpa.bsky.social · 2h

At Least 8 Dead and Others Wounded in Multiple Mississippi Shootings. 1)

At Least 8 Dead and Others Wounded in Multiple Mississippi Shootings

www.nytimes.com

Old Tehanu, Dragons to Bees @oldtehanu.bsky.social · 1h

Neat. Even dead they steal

Chris⚖️Justice @chrisjustice01.bsky.social · 2h

👉 Jeffrey Epstein Invested with Peter Thiel, and His Estate Is Reaping Millions (6/2025) www.nytimes.com/2025/06/04/b...

Jeffrey Epstein Invested With Peter Thiel, and His Estate Is Reaping Millions

www.nytimes.com

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TKarney @pecunium.bsky.social · 2h

Why?

Because they could. They cite the vacated conviction as his "career criminal past".

www.miamiherald.com/news/local/i...

He was wrongfully imprisoned for 43 years. Moments after being released, ICE took him

Subramanyam “Subu” Vedam now faces deportation.

www.miamiherald.com

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Old Tehanu, Dragons to Bees @oldtehanu.bsky.social · 4h

Good

Nicolas du Mont @alldragons.bsky.social · 4h

The Next Prosecution of Donald Trump www.wsj.com/opinion/the-...

Opinion | The Next Prosecution of Donald Trump

Plans are under way to try him in the International Criminal Court. This time he can strike first.

www.wsj.com

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Katz @katgab.bsky.social · 4h

Incredible disorganization, I don't think they even HAVE a plan. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/11/h...

Trump Administration Is Bringing Back Scores of C.D.C. Experts Fired in Error

www.nytimes.com

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Old Tehanu, Dragons to Bees @oldtehanu.bsky.social · 4h

Whoa. I didn't expect her to go early.

eMartin @onelibertysquare.bsky.social · 5h

Diane Keaton, a Star of ‘Annie Hall’ and ‘First Wives Club,’ Dies at 79

www.nytimes.com

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Old Tehanu, Dragons to Bees @oldtehanu.bsky.social · 4h

He is desperate. And dangerous

danhneal.bsky.social @danhneal.bsky.social · 5h

Putin Is Escalating His War. If You Are Surprised, You Have Not Been Paying Attention. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/09/o...

Opinion | Putin Is Escalating His War. If You Are Surprised, You Have Not Been Paying Attention.

www.nytimes.com

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Old Tehanu, Dragons to Bees @oldtehanu.bsky.social · 4h

This and much worse, if we do not aggressively anticipate and prevent it.

We must regulate ai like no tech before it.

And we must NOT entrust it to a handful of unhinged billionaires.

Wayne Besen @waynebesen.bsky.social · 5h

Under no circumstances shall we allow the Trump regime to follow China and Russia’s lead with an Orwellian domestic spy app. Such totalitarianism must be fiercely opposed and defeated. It is a tool of oppression and would signify the end of America. 🇺🇸

www.theatlantic.com/internationa...

Putin Has a New Tool to Monitor Russians

Russia is pushing a “super app” for citizens. What could possibly go wrong?

www.theatlantic.com

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Old Tehanu, Dragons to Bees @oldtehanu.bsky.social · 5h

They are separating families, dependents human and otherwise from their providers, I figure.

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Old Tehanu, Dragons to Bees @oldtehanu.bsky.social · 5h

Idea being, the foster placement is not for adoption out, but for reuniting them once their situation is settled.

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Old Tehanu, Dragons to Bees @oldtehanu.bsky.social · 5h

Friends, I thought of a small thing I can do to help others right now. I could foster care pets that are at risk due to detention and deportation.

I don't know how to set that up, but anyone else interested?

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Alicia Berhow @aliciaberhow.bsky.social · 14h

For my #booksky peeps… www.theatlantic.com/books/archiv...

Seven Books That Will Make You Smarter

These titles do more than answer questions: They explain how the world moves and what moves it.

www.theatlantic.com

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Millie Cassese ⚖️ @millienyc.bsky.social · 14h

"Mr. Trump has benefited from nearly all of the Supreme Court’s rulings on emergency applications since his return to office."
- NYT

(gift article 🎁)

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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gjabberbox.bsky.social @gjabberbox.bsky.social · 14h

Trump's TikTok deal is short on details, @davidfrum writes. "But what has been released should alarm anyone concerned with this administration’s drive to consolidate wealth and media power in the hands of a loyal few": www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...

Trump’s Dodgy Plan for TikTok

The details are murky, but it looks like the president is about to further enrich and empower his friends.

www.theatlantic.com

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Rick Kress @rk41gator.bsky.social · 14h

Either Benioff was lying all these years, or he is lying now. All I know is I am through with Salesforce and will be selling all of their stock this month. He is definitely on the wrong side of history.

(this article is a gift and can be read without a subscription)

Marc Benioff Says Trump Should Send Guard Troops to San Francisco

www.nytimes.com

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 1d

The Trump administration is REALLY allowing Qatar to build an air base in the US after they did a $5.5 billion golf resort deal with Trump and gave him a jet.

MAGA can take their ‘America First’ flags and wipe their asses with them. He is Trump First, and you are suckers.

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 2d

BlackRock is seeking to buy Aligned Data Centers, a data center construction company.

It’s also going to buy AES, one of the major power providers for Big Tech data centers.

While these data centers drive up your electricity costs, wealthy financiers are going to make a killing.

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Rachel Maddow @maddow.msnbc.com · 2d

"...including while she was praying with her eyes closed and hands lifted, wearing a clerical collar and stole."

religionnews.com/2025/10/07/i...

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Alt CDC (they/them) @altcdc.altgov.info · 2d

Seems like the IRS is trying to dirty delete the email saying all employees would receive backpay once the shutdown was over.

You want a fight? You've found it.

We're not backing down, and we know the attempts to deny furloughed feds backpay is illegal.

federalnewsnetwork.com/government-s...

IRS backtracks on back pay guarantee for furloughed employees

An IRS employee told Federal News Network that earlier guidance emailed to employees on Wednesday was automatically deleted from their inboxes by Thursday.

federalnewsnetwork.com

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Old Tehanu, Dragons to Bees @oldtehanu.bsky.social · 1d

@wgntv.com YOU need to act immediately.

Attacking Press is a crime. A war crime, even.

Jim Daley @jimdaleywrites.bsky.social · 1d

I'm at the scene where ICE abducted multiple people from Lincoln and Foster this morning.

A WGN producer was among the people taken, allegedly because she was among a group of bystanders who tried to intervene. ICE agents hit this car while making their getaway.

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Alt-IRS @alt-irs.altgov.info · 1d

Mother fucker! The House has been in session only 15 days since July.

Its October!

GOP are loser slackers! Imagine if you only showed up to your job 15 days in 4 months.
They get 175k a year in salary.

#GOPShutdown

House Recess Extended to Oct. 19 As Government Shutdown Continues

The House clerk reads a communication from Speaker Mike Johnson designating October 14 to 19 a district work period for members, meaning that the House will be in recess except for pro forma sessions ...

www.c-span.org

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US House Equality @ushouseequality.bsky.social · 1d

Sometimes you'll see someone being tagged as maga by skywatchblue because that person wrote something anti maga in their profile.

Don't use the word in your profile if you don't want that.

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RogueResistanceKnitter 🥄🐸 @rogueresistknitter.bsky.social · 1d

I can remember when the original of this song came out. I thought about its message a lot. But for some reason I felt that the message and the warning were being lost. This is how I felt that it should have been performed. This song is more in line with what we are living.

youtu.be/u9Dg-g7t2l4

Disturbed - The Sound Of Silence (Official Music Video) [4K UPGRADE]

YouTube video by Disturbed

youtu.be

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Jessica Kant @jessdkant.bsky.social · 2d

One curious thing on this site about speaking out against the encroachment of LLMs is that inevitably you get accused of being anti-tech. I don’t hate technology. I’ve used machine learning in my own code before. But I also recognize that oligarchs are so hellbent on pushing this tech for a reason.

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

PORTLAND: “The frogs are multiplying”

(#NotAWarZone Noem Matter what Kristi says)

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