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Mark @tolecover.bsky.social · 2h

Tigers-Mariners Game 5:

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alexis simpson @amutepiggy.bsky.social · 2h

hell yeah

Cover of the classic children's book Frog And Toad Are Friends.

Drawing of Toad, a brown toad, sitting on a bench, dressed in a green jacket and slacks. He is reading a book to his friend Frog, a green frog dressed in a brown jacket and slacks. They are surrounded by green plants and mushrooms. There is a silver Caldecott Medal in the corner.

Text has been altered from original. It reads
Fiftieth Anniversary
Frog and Toad Are Antifa
by Arnold Lobel

Commemorative Edition

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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 2h

CNN reporting that 4,000 federal employees were fired on Friday, in HHS, Education, Energy, HUD, Homeland Security, Patent and Trademark Office, EPA.
www.cnn.com/2025/10/10/p...

Trump administration lays off thousands of federal workers during government shutdown | CNN Politics

More than 4,000 federal employees received layoff notices Friday as part of the Trump administration’s broad effort to reshape the government while it remains shutdown, according to a court filing Fri...

www.cnn.com

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Mike Stabile @mikestabile.bsky.social · 10h

JFC. Ron DeHaas, founder of the Christian antiporn app Covenant Eyes, has stepped down from NCOSE after his 38-year old son was charged with sexual abuse of a child.

Covenant Eyes is the app used by House Speaker Mike Johnson and his son to monitor each other's internet behavior.

Covenant Eyes Cofounder Helps Post Bond for Adult Stepson, Who Is Charged With Felony Child Sex Abuse

In August, Thomas Wideman, an adult stepson of Covenant Eyes cofounder Ron DeHaas, was arrested during a CSAM sting operation.

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Lorraine @ihearthestia.bsky.social · 5h

Weird knee pain is an early sign of perimenopause just saying.

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rahaeli @rahaeli.bsky.social · 9h

The Catholic Church requires bishops to submit their resignation to the Pope when they turn 75 and the Pope chooses whether to accept it or not and as much as I hate having to hand anything to the Catholic Church, they are kinda on to something

hammancheez @hammancheez.bsky.social · 10h

Dems building a bench of senators younger than 75 challenge fail

Eric Michael Garcia @ericmgarcia.bsky.social · 10h

Janet Mills's campaign account just posted this video of her saying that she just announced her campaign against Susan Collins. #MESen. Mills, 77, is expected to jump in the race against Collins. She would face Graham Platner, Jordan Wood and Dan Kleban.

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sarahquaint @sarahquaint.bsky.social · 5h

While providing tech support for my FIL:

FIL: What's that screen?

ME: The terminal. You should never use it.

FIL: Never?

ME: So you know how I'm allowed to watch you open the electrical panel and swap out breakers, but I'm not allowed to ever open up it myself?

FIL: Ah! I understand, thank you.

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Andi Zeisler @andizeisler.bsky.social · 5h

I emailed the guy who originally drew Pepe to see if he had any comment about the current frog reclamation, and he was like uh what are you talking about

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It's ME(Jaime) @exceedhergrasp1.bsky.social · 5h

This is it.

Diane Galloway @adgwatches.bsky.social · 5h

What I know from my experience in WV is this: when the masses figure it out that we have one common enemy, and decide to work together against that enemy, their political differences dissolve pretty quick. And whether the official leadership likes it or not, when the workers get going, they’re going

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Wallpaper* @wallpapermag.bsky.social · 8d

Just blocks from Mexico City's Casa Azul, a new museum opens to tell Frida Kahlo's story – by her family, not Diego Rivera's

What happens when you let Frida Kahlo's family tell her story? A new museum finds out

'We’re not trying to reclaim her story – we just want to tell the complete story'

www.wallpaper.com

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spoOoOopymama! @pnutsmama.bsky.social · 5h

“a 65yo that eats mcds everyday and drinks syrup for breakfast”

Reuters @reuters.com · 5h

Trump, 79, has "cardiac age" of 65-year-old, doctor says reut.rs/4mZNZbu

Trump, 79, has "cardiac age" of 65-year-old, doctor says

Donald Trump was found to be in "exceptional health" in a medical evaluation, the U.S. president's doctor said in a memo released by the White House on Friday, with his "cardiac age" 14 years younger than in "chronological age."

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Wes Craven Glizzies @ywfyf.com · 18h

Please forgive me! I missed last Flannel Forearm Friday because I was in Georgia but it is 47° here today so we're back.

Bathroom mirror selfie of a man wearing a red and gray shirt with the sleeves rolled up

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AndreaaaHHhHHHHh!! Grimes @andreagrimes.com · 11h

POV: you are just trying to sit on the ding-dang couch

Fizzy the big-eared beagle-german shepherd mix and Panda the teeny black and white Chihuahua mix are being extremely the fuck nosy and poking the camera while Andrea's husband tries to take their picture

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Scott Feeney @graue.bsky.social · 6h

Stolen to add alt text

Three panels of screens from the Simpsons.

1: Lisa, with a panicked look, pulling an unconscious Bart in a wagon toward their parents' room, says, "A single nuclear warhead, of unknown origin, is heading toward the U.S. mainland."

2: Homer and Marge rise up in bed with looks of terror on their faces.

3: BART continues, with a big smile, "In Kathryn Bigelow's new Netflix film. It's an unnerving scenario - but it's also thrilling to watch!"

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Jeffs Comics @jeffscomics.bsky.social · 2d

A loaf of bread, a container of milk, and a stick of butter

1972 I can Remember from Sesame Street by Jim Simon's Wantu Animation.

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Dave Levitan @davelevitan.bsky.social · 10h

NEW: Is it good if your boss asks you to let them know if you get fired?

My latest from inside NOAA, EPA, elsewhere. Please sign up and subscribe to the new very reasonable paid tiers.

Federal Employees Have Been Asked to Tell Their Bosses if They Get Fired

Multiple people at multiple agencies said their bosses have told them to email up the chain if they hear about RIFs, because, per one source, "they probably won't be told if people are fired."

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Phoenix Calida @phoenixcalida.bsky.social · 10h

The pope has condemned clickbait as a “degrading” part of journalism, at a private audience with global newswires.

"I urge you: never sell out your authority"

News agencies deliver a service which “requires competence, courage and a sense of ethics”.

p.a.lapid, phd 👾🖖🏽🤙🏽 @palapid.bsky.social · 1d

da pope! first affirming migrant rights and now this

(and yes the headline is clickbait-y by design)

You won’t believe what degrading practice the pope just condemned

Communication must be freed from clickbait and misguided thinking, head of Catholic church tells journalists

www.theguardian.com

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Senate Judiciary Democrats 🇺🇸 @judiciarydems.senate.gov · 9h

BREAKING: Sens. DURBIN, DUCKWORTH were just denied entrance to the Broadview ICE Facility in Illinois, unable to conduct constitutional role of oversight.

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Senator Chris Van Hollen @vanhollen.senate.gov · 6h

They shut down the government with a partisan plan that has us barreling toward a national health care crisis — and they won't even come to the table.

Oh, and House Republicans have been on a paid vacation for weeks. They just don't give a damn about anyone other than their billionaire buddies.

White House declines to engage Democrats as shutdown drags into second week

The White House has yet to engage Democrats on ending the government shutdown, despite the potential political ramifications of the closure.

www.washingtonpost.com

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The New Republic @newrepublic.com · 9h

His slip of the tongue reveals who’s really in charge. trib.al/mIvP0yE

“Illinois governor says we’re provoking actions that are unlawful,” Miller said on CNN. “If I put federal law enforcement and National Guard into a nice sleepy Southern town, is anyone gonna riot?”

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spoOoOopymama! @pnutsmama.bsky.social · 6h

that’s what this is!

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spoOoOopymama! @pnutsmama.bsky.social · 6h

really not the future i was hoping for

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jheya Ⓐ @jheya.goodgirls.onl · 7h

thought this was a joke, it's not lol
damn

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spoOoOopymama! @pnutsmama.bsky.social · 7h

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Brendel @brendelbored.bsky.social · 7h

I like how the news will be like “while the President claiming Portland was ruled by a giant skeleton named Mr Nibbles is not strictly true, it does speak to the anxiety of many Americans”

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