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Rose Marie Holt. Seattle & Parma ID. Benin basenjis, Math, Chemistry, Radiology. Reader. Wales. Čeština.

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How do I save this so I recall it after my enforced nap? 💤

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David Simon @audacityofdespair.bsky.social · 3h

"Never mind. God save The King."

What the Founders Would Say Now

They might be surprised that the republic exists at all.

www.theatlantic.com

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The Nation has a sports reporter — why not MoJo?

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Good one

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This is very annoying to someone living near the Capital- which is 50 miles from the AFB. Grew up watching the A10s circling on the horizon. Sigh.

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We have the “Subway” precedent.

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Governor Gavin Newsom @governor.ca.gov · 1d

I just signed legislation further enabling the development of carbon management projects in California.

This action will create good-paying jobs, put our state on the leading edge of another emerging innovative industry, and aims to help further reduce climate pollution.

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I remember falling so hard for those books. ❤️💔

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Love your pronouns

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Here’s a related bit that went completely off the rails youtu.be/qAHSUTB5BJc?...

Geoff Peterson makes Craig Ferguson cry 💀

YouTube video by Josh Robert Thompson

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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.bsky.social · 1d

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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David Simon @audacityofdespair.bsky.social · 1d

Eat a bag of stale dicks with the flinging of Zionist as an epithet. for every Jew who crosses your path. Now enjoy the block. You earned it.

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Arafat got it so there’s precedence. Maybe. Kind of a stretch

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Andrea Devon @andreadevon.bsky.social · 2d

Cruelty was the point and the paycheck. 💰

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TommasinaResist⚜️🇨🇦🦋🐈‍⬛🇺🇦 @tommasinaresist.bsky.social · 1d

Books are still being banned, but most remain on shelves thanks to heroes who refuse to bow to censorship.

Librarians, teachers, students, and readers everywhere are keeping the flame of free expression alive.
Stand with them.
Speak out.
#BannedBooksWeek
#USDemocracy #Voices4Victory

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The Serfs (youtube.com/theserfstv) @theserfstv.bsky.social · 1d

Not only this is amazing because part of fascism is the destruction of joy but it also makes it look ridiculous that the military is being deployed to put a stop to this

Razzball @razzball.bsky.social · 2d

War is hell, Portland style

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Any particular infusion?

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auntmeme @auntmeme.bsky.social · 2d

Our Congress and Senate need to get back to the table and negotiate for We The People. Enough finger pointing, our country's health is at stake. Get back to work. You're being paid, our soldiers are not. #wtpBLUE #DemVoice1 #ProudBlue #VoteBlueforOurFuture

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Governor Gavin Newsom @governor.ca.gov · 2d

While Trump and the WWE cofounder seek to demolish the U.S. Department of Education, California is generating K-12 test scores that get better and better.

With universal meals, added literacy resources, and more, we're helping students thrive in and out of the classroom.

Announcing news that California's test scores for the previous academic school year show continued progress among K-12 students, Governor Newsom signs legislation to help ensure educators have access to necessary resources for reading and literacy instruction.

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I’m hoping Millers increased visibility is part of the Elon plan - let the guy people hate off the leash to distract us & then can his ass.

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It’s the ignorance I object to.

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It’s when they don’t read your questions & then go in circles

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 3d

Pelosi: "Democrats who created Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid, the ACA, all of that, are now being asked to reject that so we can give a tax cut to the rich. We're not doing it. It isn't a question of, 'let's come back together so we can discuss it.' That isn't going to happen."

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David Simon @audacityofdespair.bsky.social · 3d

When a law enforcement officer aims a weapon at someone wielding a camera, it is procedurally unsound and unprofessional in two fundamental ways:
1) It is disproportional to any actual threat and is instead an unprovoked threat against a citizen.
2) The officer is a crazed, untrained asshole.

Bob Geiger @bobgeiger.bsky.social · 3d

Call me a libtard but this doesn't seem like something that should be happening in the United States of America.

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Lenny Briscoe himself said ACAB but he has special dispensation

Lenny Briscoe saying We’re (cops) are all bastards

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Denis - The COVID Info Guy @thecovidinfoguy.bsky.social · 3d

French pharmacies run out of Covid tests as cases soar.

Up to 150,000 COVID ‘auto-tests’ were sold last week amid a surge linked to the new XFG variant.

Self-tests give results in 15 mins but are only ~70% accurate, meaning 3 in 10 positive cases could be missed.

Source: archive.md/52Qfc

French pharmacies run out of Covid tests as cases soar

A vaccination campaign against Covid begins in France on October 14

A view of a positive lateral flow Covid test

Self-testing kits are the easiest and quickest way to check for Covid-19

Michele Ursi/Shutterstock
Zane Lilley
Published Tuesday 07 October 2025 - 13:48 Modified Tuesday 07 October 2025 - 14:28

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