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merritt @merrittk.com · 16h

s/o to everyone from working class backgrounds in the arts and entertainment who clawed their way to where they are without the benefit of family wealth, career experience, or connections

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Samantha 🎃 @samanthazero.com · 1d

Sports

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Samantha 🎃 @samanthazero.com · 1d

now that's what I call a fog door

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Samantha 🎃 @samanthazero.com · 2d

Ok this looks so good

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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 4d

I will not back down.

Trump is now calling for the arrest of elected representatives checking his power.

What else is left on the path to full-blown authoritarianism?

Donald Trump Truth Social Post: Chicago Mayor should be in jail for failing to protect Ice Officers! Governor Pritzker also.

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Jennifer Kretchmer @dreamwisp.bsky.social · 4d

Because it feels relevant as we continue to evaluate the media and our representatives’ statements, my favorite way to identify the active vs. passive voice.

A post by Rebecca Johnson:
“I finally learned how to teach my guys to ID the passive voice. If you can insert "by zombies" after the verb, you have passive voice.”

A tumblr respond from mightymur:
“The final, brilliant word on passive voice.
"She was killed [by zombies.]"<--passive
"Zombies killed [by zombies] her." <-- active”

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Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 5d

My statement on the two year anniversary of October 7, 2023.

“Two years ago today, Hamas carried out a horrific war crime, killing more than 1,100 Israelis and kidnapping 250 more. I mourn these lives and pray for the safe return of every hostage still held and for every family whose lives were torn apart by these atrocities.

In the aftermath of that day, Prime Minister Netanyahu and the Israeli government launched a genocidal war: adeath toll that now far exceeds 67,000; with the Israeli military bombing homes, hospitals, and schools into rubble. Every day in Gaza has become a place where grief itself has run out of language. I mourn these lives and pray for the families that have been shattered. Our government has been complicit through it all.

This must end. The occupation and apartheid must end. Peace must be pursued through diplomacy, not war crimes, and our government must act to end these atrocities and hold those responsible to account.

These last two years have demonstrated the very worst of humanity. We must answer it by modeling the very best: a relentless pursuit of our higher ideals and an unwavering commitment to universal human rights.”

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Matt Hackett @richtaur.bsky.social · 5d

[David Lynch looking awesome in sunglasses] i hope you all are having a lot of fun working on your favorite projects

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utopia deferred @utopia-defer.red · 6d

oh fuck yes now we are cooking

Kevin Carson 🇵🇸 🇺🇦 🇹🇯 @kevincarson1.bsky.social · 6d

Indigenous Nations Plan Tariff-Free Trade Corridor Across US-Canada border ino.to/agDxSX2

Indigenous Nations Plan Tariff-Free Trade Corridor Across US-Canada border

“We’re not begging for crumbs anymore. We’re demanding what’s rightly ours."

ino.to

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merritt @merrittk.com · 7d

really excited that bsky has already reached the point of social media platform development where management is openly hostile to power users. at this rate the next niche social media site will have a six month turnaround from indie darling to flaming wreckage

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News Eye @newseye.bsky.social · 6d

NEW: Extraordinary scenes in Amsterdam this afternoon (Sunday, Oct 5).

An estimated 250,000 bring the city to a standstill; people all wearing red to show solidarity with Palestine 🇵🇸

(🎥 Ahmed Zantac)

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Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 6d

I do not regret to inform you that we are going to win

Cristian Farias @cristianfarias.com · 6d

This video of Chicagoans intervening to save a man from being abducted off the streets by ICE is making the rounds on Instagram.

Community action works.

Source: www.instagram.com/reel/DPZL2AL...

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KOJAMF🤘🖤🤘 @kojamf.bsky.social · 7d

Dr. Jane Goodall filmed an interview with Netflix in March 2025 that she understood would only be released after her death.

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Anna Anne Anthropy @cyborgurl.bsky.social · 8d

Burger Becky, a trans elder in game development, was recently diagnosed with cancer. When she sets up the inevitable fundraiser to help pay for treatment i hope people will consider giving.

Javmaster @javmaster.bsky.social · 8d

www.timeextension.com/news/2025/10...

Gaming Legend Rebecca Heineman Could Really Do With Your Positive Vibes Right Now

Heineman's career in games stretches back over 40 years

www.timeextension.com

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 7d

When you drag a woman by the hair, beat her and force her to kiss your flag, that’s how you tell the world you are the Good Guys

Jordan Uhl @jordanuhl.com · 7d

Absolutely heinous.

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Samantha 🎃 @samanthazero.com · 8d

$50 in 2025 bucks

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Samantha 🎃 @samanthazero.com · 8d

Having written the docs for Unity 1.5-3.0, I can confirm that people don’t, in fact, read the docs

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Samantha 🎃 @samanthazero.com · 8d

Thanks but no! Not even for Eminem!

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Emma Kidwell | Looking for work ✨ @emmakidwell.bsky.social · 9d

cursed kappa for your timeline

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Samantha 🎃 @samanthazero.com · 9d

If two sentrises were a gun

Tepuitrouble @tepuitrouble.bsky.social · 9d

There's a custom 14 barrel musket named "perdition to traitors" that needs a sci-fi version in a boomer-shooter so bad

A 14 barrel musket named "perdition to traitors"

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Congresswoman Pramila Jayapal @jayapal.house.gov · 9d

The Republican shutdown will cause over 200k mothers and children in Washington State to lose food assistance.

Thanks to Trump and Republicans, more people will be hungry. It’s time for them to do their jobs and end this shutdown.

www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...

WA's nutritious foods program for mothers and babies at risk amid shutdown

Washington’s Women, Infants, and Children program could shutter by mid-October because of the federal government shutdown, state health officials said.

www.seattletimes.com

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Shane Bettenhausen @shanewatch.bsky.social · 9d

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Evil Orc Heart @evanurquhart.bsky.social · 10d

Val and I checked repeatedly because we simply couldn't believe no national or local news organizations covered this letter from 18 AGs in support of trans youth care and against FTC overreach.

If you find any stories, let us know, but it seems to be our exclusive.

Assigned Media @assignedmedia.org · 11d

On Friday 18 blue state attorneys general BLASTED the Federal Trade Commission, telling it to back off trans youth healthcare and warning of an insidious attempt to reshape the regulation of medicine in the US.

And nobody covered it.

www.assignedmedia.org/breaking-new...

State AGs Defend Trans Americans in Stunning Rebuke to Trump’s FTC — Assigned

Eighteen state Attorneys General unite to stand up in defense of trans Americans, in opposition to a Federal Trade Commission investigation into trans healthcare.

www.assignedmedia.org

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Samantha 🎃 @samanthazero.com · 11d

A blessed day

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Chet Faliszek @chetsucks.com · 11d

If you are in the PNW and freaking about all the recent announcements and feeling like there is nothing you can do?

Donate to local legal resources for immigrants. The legal defense needs to move quickly in these cases before the defendants are moved. No Actblue!

@nwirp.bsky.social

www.nwirp.org

Home | Northwest Immigrant Rights Project

Northwest Immigrant Rights Project promotes justice by defending and advancing the rights of immigrants through direct legal services, systemic/Users/miguel/Local Documents/nwirp-temp/index.html advoc...

www.nwirp.org

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