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Chris Frantz @chrisfrantz.bsky.social · 9m

It’s another fabulous Tina Tuesday !

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Chronically Online @chronically-online.bsky.social · 13h

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Harper Lee’s newly discovered short stories set to be published | CNN

Eight short stories by Harper Lee will be published for the first time on Tuesday, in a collection titled “The Land of Sweet Forever.”

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Steven Goldman @stevengoldman.bsky.social · 17h

Since I was a little kid I've enjoyed photos of the Truman renovation of the White House. They had to do this because the building was in very poor shape, having been neglected for years (there was, y'know, a war on). You can see the care they took to preserve the facade. Compare/contrast etc.

A NY Times photo of a bulldozer and a truck inside the shell of the gutted White House during the Truman administration White House renovation. Scaffolding keeps the facade standing.

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Paul Murray @realpaulmurray.bsky.social · 38m

www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Mosquitoes found in Iceland for first time as climate crisis warms country

Three specimens discovered in what was previously one of the only places in the world without the insects

www.theguardian.com

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Bruce Gorrie @bsgorrie.bsky.social · 41m

Jean-Louis Lebris de Kerouac, died on this day in 1969.

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David, Host of The Cold War @coldwarhost.bsky.social · 2h

I'm not a baseball fan at all but at this point, I will fully throw my bandwagon support behind the Blue Jays to win the World Series just so that a Canadian team can win America's Game.

Elbows up, mf.

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John Scalzi @scalzi.com · 1h

A small black kitten decided I didn't need to sleep last night; since I was up anyway, I finished up a cover of "Bring on the Dancing Horses" by Echo & the Bunnymen. We should all be so productive in a bout of enforced insomnia.

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Bring On the Dancing Horses (Echo & the Bunnymen cover)

YouTube video by John Scalzi

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Tim Onion @bencollins.bsky.social · 9h

I'm not a West Wing obsessed lib or anything but the more I see pictures of this the more fucked up I think it is. It's like he cut off one of the hands of the Lincoln memorial with an angle grinder so he could add a big gun to it.

Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 9h

The Treasury Department instructed employees not to share to share photos of the demolition of parts of the White House’s East Wing

Exclusive | Treasury Tells Employees Not to Share Photos of White House Ballroom Construction

Images of the demolition of parts of the East Wing went viral on Monday, and Treasury’s headquarters next door to the White House has a front-row seat.

www.wsj.com

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Andrew Beasley @andrewbeasleyfootball.com · 1h

Weird Liverpool stat of the day.
Against opposition shots in PL & CL this season:

First shot: 3 goals conceded from 1.69 xG
Last shot: 3 from 1.82
All other shots: 8 from 8.05

The edges are way too high. The middle is 0.8 xG per game, which is fine. Some game state effects but it's all a bit odd.

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Danger, ghosts etc. Mudford @danmud.bsky.social · 4h

Recently I've come across two characters whose popular and cultural impact far outweigh their screen time. I was genuinely shocked to learn that Grouty is only in three episodes of Porridge and Tyres was only in two of Spaced.

I'm sure the more telly-literate can come up with other examples.

Peter Vaughn as Grouty and Ronnie Barker as Fletcher in Porridge.

The brilliant Michael Smiley as Tyres in Spaced.

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 1h

Donald Trump is not paying for the huge construction projects at the WH out of his pocket like MAGA claims. He started out with that lie, but then admitted more than once, on video, that he’s been shaking down CEOs & rich people who want something from the government. As usual.

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 15h

So weird how this keeps happening. www.politico.com/news/2025/10...

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spookillumi @illumi.meme · 19h

Despite what the leadership desires, this is great website

spookillumi @illumi.meme • 25m
just got my check in the mail. george soros gave me ten thousand dollars to dress up as an inflatable unicorn and hold a no kings sign for a few hours this weekend.

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hyden @papaedd.bsky.social • 3m
liar

spookillumi @illumi.meme • 2m
It's literally illegal to lie on the internet

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you are a complete idiot and thats the truth
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spookillumi @illumi.meme • now
Have fun staying poor

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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 6h

the year is 2030. the white house remains half demolished because president trump refused to pay construction workers and musk gutted government spending. two thieves sneak into the white house using a truck mounted ladder and steal the constitution

The White White East Wing has a big gaping hole.

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cole @cole1.bsky.social · 2h

the woman off of bake-off's son here talking about implementing something the UK fought wars to prevent

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Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 14h

This is an actual quote from White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt to HuffPost reporter S.V. Dáte.

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Sharon Howard @sharonhoward.bsky.social · 3h

I've posted this before; I expect I'll post it again. #aberfan

aberfan.walesonline.co.uk

Fifty years on, the Aberfan disaster told by the people who were there

Many are telling their stories publicly for the first time.

aberfan.walesonline.co.uk

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Rob Manuel @robmanuelyeah.bsky.social · 2h

Finding it vaguely amusing as a headline format, apologising to Jeremy Corbyn before making whatever point you want to make

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Paul Bassett Davies @thewritertype.bsky.social · 18h

Let us pray for the health of every member of the royal family, but especially the seven people who stand between Prince Andrew and the throne, because believe it or not, the shameless pudding-faced deviant is STILL eighth in line of succession.

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Tom Cox @dj-acid-reflux.bsky.social · 17h

I've taken the paywall off this piece I wrote about the wonderful art my mum and dad have been making in their 60s and 70s, which is also about the general (underacknowledged) concept of late-blooming creativity. I hope a few of you might find a moment to read it: www.tom-cox.com/the-magic-ro...

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I'm reposting this piece I wrote a little while ago about my mum and dad's art, which some you might have seen, but many of you won't, since I also wanted to let you know about a few bits and bobs the...

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The People's Fabric @peoplesfabric.com · 19h

Independent of his age, this agent is pointing what appears to be a tear gas launcher directly at an unarmed person’s head just a few feet away, which would be lethal force. Bit odd that his age was the main line of questioning here.

Heather Cherone @heathercherone.bsky.social · 19h

Ellis says the person having the weapon pointed at him is a juvenile, and asks about the rules involving juveniles.

Harvick: "Just based on that photo, he did not look like a juvenile. I believe he is 17."

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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 12h

Real talk…

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Castanet.net @castanet.net · 9h

Toronto Blue Jays are off to their first World Series for the first time in 32 years (Sports)

Toronto Blue Jays are off to their first World Series for the first time in 32 years - Sports

The Toronto Blue Jays are going to the World Series for the first time since 1993.

www.castanet.net

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Erick Fernandez @erickfernandez.bsky.social · 21h

Grijalva not being sworn in means she doesn’t have access to funds as a member of Congress, which means she can’t help her constituents. She has repeated this multiple times and Mike Johnson knows this but he’s going to keep lying about it anyway.
www.msnbc.com/msnbc/news/a...

The delay is impacting Grijalva and her constituents here in ordinary but important ways. Her office has no money because running it would require a congressional allowance and access to taxpayer funds, which she does not have. She can't log on to her government computer because she doesn't have the right password, and she has to wait in line with tourists to access the U.S. Capitol.
"I don't have a budget. The budget is a big deal," Grijalva told MSNBC on Friday. "I actually had people reach out and say, 'I went to your dad's office and nobody's there, because that office was closed on the date of my election, so those services are done."

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Alex Andreou @sturdyalex.bsky.social · 3h

EVIL HACKER DID IT

And the hacker was SO cunning, they used the same image he had just posted on Twitter, moments earlier.

And if you believe that, I have a concrete tree to sell you.

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