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Daily Trix @dailytrix.bsky.social · 10h

Totally beside the point, but why the fuck are we paying for government employees to stay at a Ritz-Carlton?!

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CIDRAP @cidrap.bsky.social · 18h

Researchers: Live #H5N1 avian flu can survive in raw-milk cheese for up to 6 months

Infectious virus persisted throughout the cheese-making process and aging in cheeses made with raw milk at pH levels above 5.0.

www.cidrap.umn.edu/a...

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Scoutprime @scoutprime.bsky.social · 10h

wow, my gaydar can't believe this

Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 10h

"30-year-old conservative lawyer and activist who is Trump’s nominee to lead the Office of Special Counsel, which deals with federal employee whistleblower complaints and discrimination" cancelled his colleague's hotel room so she would be forced to stay with him.
www.politico.com/news/2025/10...

In late July, Paul Ingrassia, the White House liaison for the Department of Homeland Security, arrived at a Ritz-Carlton in Orlando with a lower-ranking female colleague and others from their department. When the group reached the front desk, the woman learned she didn’t have a hotel room.

Ingrassia then informed her that she would be staying with him, according to five administration officials familiar with the episode. Eventually the woman discovered that Ingrassia had arranged ahead of time to have her hotel room canceled so she would have to stay with him, three of those officials said.

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Rick does Math and Stuff @mathandstuff.bsky.social · 10h

Marc says the quiet part out loud.

Does the DC area want a second "conservative opinion page"? We already have the Times. What happened to the Post?

They appear to think that they can drive public opinion if they yap enough.

Philip Bump @pbump.com · 11h

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Gabrielle A. Perry, MPH @geauxgabrielle.bsky.social · 11h

- Rep. Hortman was killed
- Gov. Whitmer had to live under FBI protection for a year
- Speaker Pelosi’s home was invaded
- Judge Goodstein’s house burned to the ground as she watched her family jump from 2 floors to safety
- Rep. McIver was arrested
- AG James is being indicted

It’s a war on women

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Scoutprime @scoutprime.bsky.social · 17h

God bless him

Juno Rylee Schultz @junoryleejournalism.com · 1d

David Simon, creator of ‘The Wire’, being interviewed by Ari Shapiro (NPR)

SHAPIRO: OK, so you've spent your career creating television without Al, and I could imagine today you thinking, boy, I wish I had had that tool to solve those thorny problems...
SIMON: What?
SHAPIRO: ...Or saying...
SIMON: You imagine that?
SHAPIRO: ...Boy, if that had existed, it would have screwed me over.
SIMON: I don't think Al can remotely challenge what writers do at a fundamentally creative level.
SHAPIRO: But if you're trying to transition from scene five to scene six, and you're stuck with that transition, you could imagine plugging that portion of the script into an Al and say, give me 10 ideas for how to transition this.
SIMON: I'd rather put a gun in my mouth.

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Lynda Lopez @lyndab08.bsky.social · 1d

Video: ICE agents clash with Forest Park cemetery workers attempting to help man in Des Plaines Rive

YouTube video by WGN News

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Mark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 23h

Joining the ranks of media capitulation and cowardice is the Illinois Press Association. Under CEO Don Craven, the group joined a lawsuit against ICE’s attacks on the local press and protesters in the Chicago area. But his board ordered him to withdraw from the suit, and he resigned. 1/2

Illinois Press Association CEO Resigns After Dispute Over ICE Lawsuit

The CEO of the Illinois Press Association, who had joined a lawsuit against the Trump administration for actions toward journalists outside a Chicago-area ICE facility, resigned this week following a ...

localnewsinitiative.northwestern.edu

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Scoutprime @scoutprime.bsky.social · 23h

No accident that 3 of the top 5 are in Florida. Elderly living on fixed incomes can't afford the increase in HOA and insurance costs

Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 1d

“.. Foreclosure rates have surged across the country and are up almost 20% from this time last year.”

www.realtor.com/news/trends/...

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Wrath @cscnme.bsky.social · 1d

Tomorrow on Fox News:

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Scoutprime @scoutprime.bsky.social · 1d

"Some analysts expect the AI bubble to burst sooner rather than later,"

Could it please happen before they build any of these monstrous data centers planned for WI

The AI bubble is the only thing keeping the US economy together, Deutsche Bank warns

According to a research note recently sent to clients by Deutsche Bank, the AI boom is currently helping the US economy avoid a recession but it cannot...

www.techspot.com

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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 1d

“When streets became calmer & safer, more people felt comfortable trying a bike commute for the first time. Families began pedaling to the park…Local businesses saw new life…And cycling stopped feeling like a niche activity—it became part of everyday Parisian life.”

Via @momentummag.bsky.social

New Study Shows How Paris Pedaled Its Way to a Cycling Revolution

Cycling through central Paris meant weaving between buses and scooters—a bold choice reserved for the fearless few.

momentummag.com

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Scoutprime @scoutprime.bsky.social · 1d

lol

Scoutprime @scoutprime.bsky.social · 1d

subarus? Wouldn't that be the Supreme Commander of the Lesbian Army then?

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 1d

Bray is a historian at Rutgers who received death threats after landing on Turning Points USA's Professor Watchlist. As a result, he announced he was moving to Europe. And then this happened.

This kind of harassment and abuse of scholars is Charlie Kirk's legacy and it's only getting worse.

Mark Bray @mark-bray.bsky.social · 1d

“Someone” cancelled my family’s flight out of the country at the last second.

We got our boarding passes. We checked our bags. Went through security. Then at our gate our reservation ‘disappeared.’

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Scoutprime @scoutprime.bsky.social · 1d

the confederacy apparently...
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Julie DiCaro @juliedicaro.bsky.social · 1d

This is getting wild.

The states of Iowa, Montana, Oklahoma, South Carolina, and 14 others have just asked for permission to file THEIR amicus brief in IL v. Trump.

The States of Iowa, Montana, Oklahoma, South Carolina and 14 additional States
respectfully move for leave to submit the attached amicus curiae brief in support of Defendants
and their opposition to Plaintiffs’ requested temporary restraining order and preliminary
injunction. Proposed amici are States with a vested interest in federalism, the relationship between
States and the federal government, and deploying the National Guard. We also each have a vital
interest in supporting the President and Congress in enacting and enforcing valid immigration
laws. Every State has a responsibility to protect our citizens.
The federalization of States’ National Guard units is a matter of profound public
importance, as it directly implicates the delicate balance of power between state and federal
governments—a true cornerstone of Federalism. States generally maintain authority over their
National Guard units, allowing governors to deploy them for state-specific needs, such as disaster
response or public safety. Federalization of state National Guard units without gubernatorial

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Mark Bray @mark-bray.bsky.social · 1d

“Someone” cancelled my family’s flight out of the country at the last second.

We got our boarding passes. We checked our bags. Went through security. Then at our gate our reservation ‘disappeared.’

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Scoutprime @scoutprime.bsky.social · 1d

After finishing his set with Bruce and the E Street Band Timmmmm got vaccinated

Governor Tim Walz @governorwalz.mn.gov · 1d

Can’t believe I have to say this, but in Minnesota you will continue to have the freedom to get your COVID and flu shots.

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Gregory Humphrey @gregoryhumphrey.bsky.social · 1d

The cost of healthcare for the victims of gun violence is something that needs far more attention. A Madison teenager and his family are facing that harsh reality. caffeinatedpolitics.com/2025/10/08/l...

Local Teenager Facing Financial Nightmare Of Gun Violence

Gut-wrenching is the best word I can find to describe what it felt like to read the Wisconsin State Journal story about Samuel “Samy” Garduno-Martinez. He was one of six students shot a…

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Kathleen Bachynski @bachynski.bsky.social · 1d

A study of nearly 300,000 people published today in the New England Journal of Medicine found “that last season’s 2024–2025 mRNA COVID vaccines reduced people’s risk of emergency department visits by 29 percent, their risk of hospitalizations by 39 percent and their risk of death by 64 percent.”