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El (spooky variant) @elsbells.bsky.social · 1d

They’re detaining priests now, as well as shooting pastors in the head with pepper balls.

Of course, the targets are only those who care about the poor and oppressed.
White Evangelicals are safe.

Jack Jenkins @jackjenkins.me · 1d

NEW from me: An Episcopal priest — a Kenyan national who works with the Texas Department of Criminal Justice — has been detained by ICE, says diocese.

The area bishop, reached via email, told me church officials still “do not know yet why he was targeted.” religionnews.com/2025/11/02/e...

Episcopal priest has been detained by ICE in Texas, says diocese

(RNS) — 'We do not know yet why he was targeted', said the Rt. Rev. C. Andrew Doyle, who leads the Diocese of Texas.

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Sharon @sharonmc.bsky.social · 1d

For all who are flying today, remember that Trump and the GOP did this. #tsa #airports #iah #houston

Screenshot of 90-minute wait times at TSA checkpoints at Terminal A at George Bush Airport Houston

Screenshot of three closed TSA checkpoints at George Bush Airport Houston, with a 90-minute wait at Terminal E

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Stan Oklobdzija @stano.bsky.social · 2d

The moment Trump dies, this will be the sum total of the GOP. It took them 60 years, but the Dixiecrats finally took over the entire party.

Wajahat Ali @wajali.bsky.social · 2d

America has no idea what's about to hit them. "Young Republicans" are fully steeped in neo-Nazi edge lord talking points. Fuentes is the present and future of the GOP. After Trump, this is the new form of MAGA. The establishment isn't built for this fight.

www.theatlantic.com/technology/2...

The Firewall Against Nick Fuentes Is Crumbling

The white-supremacist influencer is entering the MAGA mainstream.

www.theatlantic.com

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The New Republic @newrepublic.com · 2d

Yet in 2010, Noem—then a congressional candidate—had “20 speeding tickets, three stop-sign violations, two seat-belt violations and a citation for driving with no driver’s license.” She had six court notices for failing to appear, and had two warrants out for her arrest. trib.al/uQSDaqR

ICE Barbie Says Immigrants Are Too Dumb to Drive Semitrucks

Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem made the inane claim while bragging about arresting immigrant truck drivers.

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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 2d

Obama: The weird videos of a U.S. President with a crown on his head flying a fighter jet and dumping poop on protesting citizens… All of that is designed to distract you from the fact that your situation has not gotten better.

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public health guy 🦃 @publichealthguy1.bsky.social · 9d

great post on this public health communication paradigm shift. h/t @jennanewman.bsky.social

Kristen Panthagani, MD, PhD @kmpanthagani.bsky.social · 10d

Just wrote a post inspired by one of the best articles I’ve read in a long time — it put into words a shift I’ve been seeing in how people decide what’s “trustworthy” and explains why experts and institutions are set up to fail in the new media environment (if we don’t adapt).

shorturl.at/TbyNF

Health institutions need to empower online creators, or risk getting left behind

It’s rare that an article has me nodding so much my neck hurts—but this one did. If you care about getting accurate health information to the public, I highly recommend you read it too. Titled ‘For E...

www.youcanknowthings.com

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Joshua Holland @joshuaholland.bsky.social · 5d

So they didn’t get suckered by some impersonator, they just emailed some random dude named Bill DeBlasio, asked him a question, he answered and they put it in the paper. Didn’t notice that he spells his name differently.

The former editor of Bari Weiss’s Free Press is behind this clusterfuck.

British newspaper spoke to the wrong DeBlasio, not an ‘imposter’

How a Long Island vintner, with the help of ChatGPT, prompted a transatlantic journalistic debacle.

www.semafor.com

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Sharon @sharonmc.bsky.social · 5d

For Halloween, my husband wants to wear a replica of the golden crown that South Korea gave Trump, hand out ketchup packets, and tell trick-or-treaters they have to give him 25% of their candy as a tariff.

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Coach Finstock @coachfinstock.bsky.social · 5d

Bari Weiss, indeed

Justin Baragona @justinbaragona.bsky.social · 5d

This was just posted by a CBS News producer on their Instagram stories.

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Chris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social · 5d

Excited for 2028 when some state SoS kicks Trump off the ballot, Federal district and appellate judges uphold it and then SCOTUS issues an unsigned 6-3 shadow docket rulling staying the lower court ruling, allowing Trump to stay on the ballot and schedules arguments for the case for February 2029.

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Sharon @sharonmc.bsky.social · 5d

Lady, please don’t bring a REPTILE to H-E-B and park it next to me while I’m choosing avocados unless you intend for me to take it home and grill it for dinner with a side of guacamole. #bearded-dragon

Sign on entrance doors to H-E-B grocery store reading:

Only SERVICE ANIMALS are ALLOWED

For safety, they must not ride in our shopping carts.

NO OTHER PETS ARE PERMITTED. THANK YOU!

Bearded dragon in shopping cart on soft blanket

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John Morales @johnmoralestv.bsky.social · 5d

"Extreme weather events fueled by climate change are increasing and making me change. I’ve always been authentic [...] but I can no longer be non-alarmist. People need to realize that this is not going to stop until we cut down on greenhouse gas [emissions]." @msnbc.com www.msnbc.com/ana-cabrera-...

Meteorologist becomes emotional reporting on strength of Hurricane Melissa

Hurricane Melissa is slamming into Cuba and taking aim at the Bahamas after devastating Jamaica. MSNBC Climate Reporter Moses Small has our latest forecast and WTVJ Meteorologist Hurricane Specialist ...

www.msnbc.com

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John Morales @johnmoralestv.bsky.social · 5d

"I feel compelled to make people realize that this is not going away, that this is going to continue to happen over and over again, and that we need to harden ourselves in every possible way and adapt to these increasing disasters." —part of yesterday's #Melissa coverage on @nbcmiami.com

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Sharon @sharonmc.bsky.social · 5d

“Nuclear weapons should not be entrusted to anyone pleased by Trump’s Gilded Age Brothel school of interior design.” Chef’s kiss.

Sharon @sharonmc.bsky.social · 5d

George Will nails it.

“Congress is now composed almost entirely of two cohorts: those who do nothing but genuflect to their party’s president, and those who do nothing but caterwaul about him.”

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Opinion | The choreographed fakery of American politics: East Wing edition

Trump’s residential immodesty is nothing compared with his anti-constitutional immodesty.

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AI6YR Ben @ai6yr.m.ai6yr.org.ap.brid.gy · 6d

This is what we pay taxes for, folks. 😡 #politics #noaa #hurricanemelissa #melissa

Volunteers Step In to Help Understaffed NOAA Track Hurricane Melissa

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Johann Huntera @chattwjonathan.bsky.social · 6d

For the curious about Buxton, NC homes being swept away

The outline of Buxton shown on the map at left is where the land used to be. Lots of deposits south of point Hattaras, and lots of ocean coming in to the east side.

Red is the homes being swept away.

Barrier Islands are moving!

#ncwx

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Tomer Burg @burgwx.bsky.social · 6d

Waiting on a dropsonde to confirm, but Melissa is most certainly below 900 hPa right now.

Tragically we are about to witness the 2nd or 1st deepest Atlantic hurricane landfall by min MSLP on record in Jamaica.

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Steve Bowen @stevebowen.bsky.social · 7d

What we're witnessing with #Melissa is ultra rare in the history of known hurricanes in the Atlantic. This level of sustained intensity and feasting on every joule of ocean heat content without any real disruption is incredible.

Not hyperbole: Jamaica is facing a generational catastrophic event.

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Dr. Jeff Masters @drjeffmasters.bsky.social · 7d

The western end of Jamaica where #Melissa is projected to make landfall has the least well-built structures of anyplace on the island. Graphic is from a 2021 paper, "Poverty and hurricane risk exposure in Jamaica": www.researchgate.net/publication/...

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Matt Lanza @mattlanza.bsky.social · 7d

If you read my stuff often, you'll probably detect a shift in tone tonight. It felt weird writing it. Truly hoping for the best but my goodness this is bad.

The Eyewall @theeyewallwx.bsky.social · 7d

A sinking feeling as we look at Melissa this evening. Here’s an evening update and reaction to what it has done today. Link below or at theeyewall.com

Hurricane Melissa enters the elite club of the 20 most powerful Atlantic hurricanes in the satellite era

And it may not be entirely done strengthening yet

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Sharon @sharonmc.bsky.social · 7d

Big props to the person who created this mirror account of the NHC feed. 🫡

National Hurricane Center @nhc-atlantic.extwitter.link · 7d

Hurricane #Melissa Advisory 25: Category 5 Melissa Expected to Turn Northward Later Today Or Tonight. Catastrophic and Life-Threatening Winds, Flooding, and Storm Surge Expected On Jamaica Tonight and Early Tuesday. http://hurricanes.gov

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MyRadar @myradar.bsky.social · 7d

A star-studded view Inside Hurricane Melissa overnight as it further intensified toward Category 5 strength.

Senior meteorologist @matthewcappucci.bsky.social was on the NOAA Hurricane Hunter flight and the poetically peaceful – and perilous – center of the atmospheric buzzsaw:

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Marshall Shepherd @drshepherd2013.bsky.social · 8d

Thank you National Hurricane Center, NWS and flight crews working to warn us about #HurricaneMelissa even as the government remains shutdown

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Sharon @sharonmc.bsky.social · 8d

I appreciate the explicit language spelling out the anticipated type of damage to infrastructure and likely isolation of communities. That’s the type of specific wording that helps people prepare.

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