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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 56m

A man gets a blowjob from a trans woman and his friends make fun of him so he goes to the police to claim she lied about being a woman. She was convicted of sexual assault and sentenced to nearly 2 years in prison because of a man's shame.

www.bbc.com/news/article...

Thornaby transgender woman jailed for deception sex assault

Ciara Watkin's victim says he would not have agreed to sex had he known she was biologically male.

www.bbc.com

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Philip Ardagh @philipardagh.bsky.social · 17m

AI DEEPFAKE OF ME SPEWING RUSSIAN PROPAGANDA.
This is very disturbing because, with the exception of the moving image of me at the beginning of my segment, the words and images are not mine. My voice is AI generated and - I assume - sounds very like me. (I can't hear the join) Disgraceful.

Eliot Higgins @eliothiggins.bsky.social · 2d

Also featured in the latest batch of Russian disinformation videos are comedian @geoffnorcott.bsky.social and children's author @philipardagh.bsky.social, again with their voices being deepfaked to attack Armenia.

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Senator Bernie Sanders @sanders.senate.gov · 21m

Ten percent of Gazans have been killed or wounded — mostly women, children, & the elderly.

The U.S. has sent $22 billion taxpayer dollars to facilitate Netanyahu's slaughter.

This ceasefire must hold, the hostages must be freed, aid must flow and this horrific war must end.

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Siva @sivav.bsky.social · 14m

It’s the Federal Bureau of INVESTIGATION. They are not cops. This is misuse of resources along with being foolish and, you know, fascist.

The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 1d

Breaking news: Nearly a quarter of FBI agents across the country are currently reassigned to immigration enforcement.

The large number of reassignments reflect a vast reshaping of the agency and could put other priorities at risk.

A quarter of FBI agents are assigned to immigration enforcement, per FBI data

Nearly a quarter of FBI agents are currently reassigned to immigration enforcement, with the number climbing above 40 percent in the bureau’s largest field offices.

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Siva @sivav.bsky.social · 16m

Also worth noting the the compact requires all science students to pay NO tuition. So, basically all MIT students.

Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 17m

MIT's response to the Trump extortion scheme is here. It merits being read closely. Other universities should follow. "Fundamentally, the premise of the document is inconsistent with our core belief that scientific funding should be based on scientific merit alone." orgchart.mit.edu/letters/rega...

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Siva @sivav.bsky.social · 16m

Also worth noting the the compact requires all science students to pay NO tuition. So, basically all MIT students.

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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 17m

MIT's response to the Trump extortion scheme is here. It merits being read closely. Other universities should follow. "Fundamentally, the premise of the document is inconsistent with our core belief that scientific funding should be based on scientific merit alone." orgchart.mit.edu/letters/rega...

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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 28m

International aid groups were gearing up on Friday to funnel as much aid as possible into Gaza, but their staff on the ground said they did not yet have a clear picture of what would be allowed in under the Israel-Hamas cease-fire deal.

Aid Groups Prepare to Provide Quick Relief to Gaza Under Cease-Fire

The new Israel-Hamas deal contains provisions to increase aid to Gaza, and for the reopening of a border crossing from Egypt.

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Siva @sivav.bsky.social · 18m

Why do @nytimes.com opinion editors think an Apollo Capital dude has sufficient knowledge or expertise to comment on higher education policy?

Just because he’s rich does not mean he’s smart.

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Siva @sivav.bsky.social · 20m

Exactly

newrepublic.com/article/2013...

Why This Essay Could Cause the University of Virginia to Shut Down

How Linda McMahon’s latest “compact” would do deep and permanent harm to American higher education

newrepublic.com

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Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 3h

Appalling: JB Pritzker tells me he hasn't been able to get a single conversation with Kristi Noem or any other top Trump officials to even discuss their Chicago operations. Pritzker just wants a heads up for logistical purposes. Nada.

Pritzker opens up on the pod:
newrepublic.com/article/2016...

Trump ICE Raids Take Unnerving Turn as Dem Gov Drops Bombshell Warning

With Trump’s occupation of Chicago worsening, Illinois Governor JB Pritzker shares new details about what’s happening—and tells us the time is now for Americans to rise up against authoritarianism bef...

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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 13h

"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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Denny Carter @dennycarter.bsky.social · 12h

Dart comes out of the medical tent after suffering a potential brain injury and Brian Daboll immediately smacks him in the back of the head

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Linda Holmes @lindaholmes.bsky.social · 12h

I mean this sincerely: If the presence of the National Guard at Union Station is supposed to make it feel safer, they could patrol the dark parking lot at 10:30 at night instead of hanging out in front of the closed Starbucks or whatever.

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Ken Jennings @kenjennings.bsky.social · 12h

Just wanted to say that I will also declare Norway as my enemy if I don’t win the Nobel Peace Prize tomorrow.

Steve Herman @newsguy.bsky.social · 16h

The Guardian- The US president may impose tariffs, demand higher NATO contributions or even declare Norway an enemy, analyst says, if on Friday he is not awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. www.theguardian.com/world/202...

Norway braces for Trump’s reaction if he does not win Nobel peace prize

US president may impose tariffs, demand higher Nato contributions or even declare Norway an enemy, analyst says

www.theguardian.com

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Siva @sivav.bsky.social · 12h

@NYTimes is more than half ? headlines these days. In MY day they were forbidden. They are manipulative.

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J.D. Connor @jdconnor.bsky.social · 12h

Decades ago, when I visited U Chicago as a prospective undergrad, a guy was paging through a stack of pin-feed paper and walked into a tree. Now we all have that technology

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DumpTruck 🍑 Decider @sailormoondamus.gobirds.online · 12h

If you’ve been injured by Philadelphia Sports on October 9th, 2025, you may be entitled to financial compensation.

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katefromnyc.bsky.social @katefromnyc.bsky.social · 13h

Great essay.

One thing I don’t understand is what this compact means for the roughly 4,000 schools that weren’t asked to join. If these 9 schools need to turn over control over classroom content, hiring, admissions, policies, in order to get fed funds, does that mean the other 4,000 are SOL?

Siva @sivav.bsky.social · 1d

The “compact” for higher ed is an unserious document written by unserious people from a position of spectacular ignorance. No one should take it seriously. Sadly, my bosses are taking it seriously.

newrepublic.com/article/2013...

Why This Essay Could Cause the University of Virginia to Shut Down

How Linda McMahon’s latest “compact” would do deep and permanent harm to American higher education

newrepublic.com

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Philip Bump @pbump.com · 1d

I spent more than a decade at The Post. It was good to me and I was proud to work there. I’ve largely refrained from being critical since I left. But this framing of the special counsel probe is embarrassing and flatly wrong. Stunning, but not. www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...

Opinion | Jack Smith’s lawfare and James Comey’s arraignment on pathetically weak charges

Good people will be deterred from public service if they see a meaningful risk of winding up in jail afterward.

www.washingtonpost.com

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Dean Obeidallah @deanobeidallah.bsky.social · 17h

In past week, Trump sent troops from Texas to invade Chicago, sent Blackhawk helicopter and ICE agents to attack an apartment building in Chicago and indicted NY AG Tish James for investigating him. If you read about this in another country you'd say that was a fascist regime. You'd be right.

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Lauren Ashley Davis @laurenmeidasa.bsky.social · 16h

Tesla's Full Self-Driving software under investigation after railroad incidents

NBC News reported last month that Tesla vehicles using Full Self-Driving software sometimes fail to stop for train tracks.

www.nbcnews.com/tech/elon-mu...

Tesla's Full Self-Driving software under investigation after railroad incidents

NBC News reported last month that Tesla vehicles using Full Self-Driving software sometimes fail to stop for train tracks.

www.nbcnews.com

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Amy Maxmen, PhD @amymaxmen.bsky.social · 17h

There simply isn't data showing how much Tylenol children take early in life. So the researchers thought, gee, maybe we can assume that parents give their baby boys Tylenol after circumcision. It's a hell of a leap! They say so (in nerdspeak.)

It is important to acknowledge that this analysis has numerous and significant limitations. First and foremost, correlation is not causation and as such no causal inference is intended. Homogeneity of exposure and prevalence assessment methodologies among the studies has been assumed, but each may be subject to misclassification, confounding and bias. The change in autism/ASD prevalence, circumcision prevalence and paracetamol usage rates over time may not have been adequately addressed. Circumcision rates are presented as a proxy for an early male neonatal exposure to paracetamol. However, this assumption is not without significant limitations. The timeline for the actual implementation of child pain management protocols and the utilization of paracetamol with circumcision is not known. Additionally, pain management guidelines suggest that paracetamol alone is not sufficient to manage circumcision pain so a nerve block or local anesthesia may also be administered, which may be confounding factors.

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Amy Maxmen, PhD @amymaxmen.bsky.social · 17h

🧵RFK "HIV-doesn't-cause-AIDS" Jr. is now linking circumcision with autism.

This nonsense was posted by his anti-vax group Children's Health Defense years ago, and I looked into it.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=SS9D...

SHOCK CLAIM: RFK Jr. Says Children Circumcised Early Have Twice The Autism Rate Due To Tylenol Use

YouTube video by Forbes Breaking News

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Jack Jenkins @jackjenkins.me · 17h

NEW: A federal judge hands win to clergy (and others) who say ICE agents violated their religious freedom by, among other things, shooting them with pepper balls.

Also: a pastor tells me senior Border Patrol official Gregory Bovino personally shoved him last week. religionnews.com/2025/10/09/f...

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