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Tommy Valdez @thomasav.bsky.social · 2h

You don’t, in fact, have to white knight for the CEO of Bluesky after she’s spent two years banning Palestinians and permabanned a prominent #Blacksky figure.

noWay @noway.gabb.fr · 2h

She has nothing to do with it, it is an independent platform, just using the same protocol

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Drop Site @dropsitenews.com · 15h

CNN reports Israel will not release Dr. Hussam Abu Safiya as part of the ceasefire deal with Hamas. The eminent pediatrician was detained in Dec. during Israel’s raid on Kamal Adwan Hospital, after he refused to abandon patients under siege.

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Maureen Jice @jane.meangirls.online · 15h

the freaking Portland protest frog is warming up in the pen

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victoria zeller (buy ONE OF THE BOYS) @dirtbagqueer.rocks · 15h

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Tommy Valdez @thomasav.bsky.social · 15h

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Prem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · 21h

Huh: TikTok took down my 8-second video featuring this image of Debbie Brockman — the news producer just detained by Trump’s CBP agents — saying it violates the “joy of TikTok”

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Tommy Valdez @thomasav.bsky.social · 16h

This boss battle song from Hades II has been stuck in my head for days.

Hades II - I Am Gonna Claw (Out Your Eyes then Drown You to Death)

YouTube video by Supergiant Games

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bakoon @bakoon.bsky.social · 19h

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Stephen Semler @stephensemler.bsky.social · 17h

New from me: www.stephensemler.com/p/us-has-spe...

US has spent at least $38 billion on Israel since October 2023

Polygraph | Newsletter n°317 | 10 Oct 2025

www.stephensemler.com

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Sheryl Gay Stolberg @sherylnyt.bsky.social · 18h

BREAKING: Friday night massacre underway at CDC. Doznes of "disease detectives," high-level scientists, entire Washington staff and editors of the MMWR (Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report) have all been RIFed and received the following notice:

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Alex Winter @alexwinter.com · 22h

CNN: "Thousands of Palestinians are returning home to northern Gaza, finding destruction and heartbreak."

The situation on the ground for civilians is horrific. They rely on donations to survive.

Please give to my friend Tasneem so she can feed her children. And to others. ❤️🙏

tinyurl.com/Tasneemo

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Jacqueline Sweet @jsweetli.bsky.social · 22h

WGN, this woman’s employer, is now reporting she was not charged with any crimes and was released.

DHS said earlier she was arrested for assault for throwing objects at agents.

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Gillian Brockell @gbrockell.bsky.social · 23h

It was great working with Zeteo’s editors and rigorous fact-checker.

And I’m most grateful they let me say this in the last graf, something I’ve been try to get at with these ICE flights for awhile.

The disparity between the luxurious aircraft and its shackled, vilified passengers must have been quite a sight, but they are not unrelated. Corrupt officials transferring state funds to personal accounts, governments with empty treasuries and desperate citizens, luxury highrises, the criminalization of the unhoused and undocumented, billions spent on political campaign pageantry, aiding genocide from a faraway ballroom and calling it "charity," tax breaks for flying masked agents and nameless prisoners under cover of darkness - all are the spoils of oligarchy.

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Gillian Brockell @gbrockell.bsky.social · 23h

NEW: The private jet that flew 10 shackled migrants to an Eswatini prison last weekend is owned by Israeli-American billionaires with close ties to Trump.

It’s oligarchs all the way down.

My first for @zeteo.com:

zeteo.com/p/this-famil...

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NightMar on Hicks Street, Part 4: The Rabbit’s Revenge @histoftech.bsky.social · 22h

The Virginia Senate just told UVA it’s not getting state funding if it accepts the compact since UVA exists to serve Virginia, its residents, & their interests—not be a tool of the federal govt. Scoop from our student newspaper, who’ve been doing vital reporting www.cavalierdaily.com/article/2025...

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Qasim Rashid, Esq. @qasimrashid.com · 1d

I asked Bill Foster to his face in November 2023 to support a ceasefire. He said “that’s an inappropriate ask” and turned his back. Now, after two years of arming Netanyahu to commit genocide, he puts out this pathetic empty statement. History will record Bill Foster as complicit in genocide.

Congressman Bill Foster @repbillfoster.bsky.social · 1d

My statement on the Israel-Hamas Ceasefire Agreement.

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Drop Site @dropsitenews.com · 1d

⚡️NEW from Drop Site News: “We may have survived physically, but we haven't survived mentally.”

Five Gaza journalists reflect on the toll of the genocide as the ceasefire takes effect.

www.dropsitenews.com/p/gaza-journ...

“We may have survived physically, but we haven't survived mentally.”

Five Gaza journalists reflect on the toll of the genocide as the ceasefire takes effect.

www.dropsitenews.com

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Coach Finstock @coachfinstock.bsky.social · 1d

Let's go @govpritzker.illinois.gov Where you at buddy? It's time to put your money where your mouth is

Heartland Signal @heartlandsignal.bsky.social · 1d

BREAKING: Masked Border Patrol agents aggressively arrested WGN video producer Debbie Brockman in Lincoln Square Friday morning, supposedly for "obstructing justice." (Video via Josh Thomas on Facebook)

Follow @heartlandsignal for more.

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Ariella Elm @ariellaelm.bsky.social · 1d

I don’t think we’re talking enough about the fact that we successfully took back the frog. Like it has been a meme for the alt right for years now, and thanks to these Portland inflatable costumes, we’re taking it back

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James @gravitysra1nbow.bsky.social · 1d

“We refuse to pay the troops and also we’re doing indiscriminate firings of people for no reason”

I’ve never seen an administration so faithfully committed to self-immolation in my entire life

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Ryan Mac 🙃 @rmac.bsky.social · 1d

Good on TechCrunch for still pubbing these details, but if how bad are you as a spokesperson if you don't even understand the basics.

techcrunch.com/2025/10/10/s...

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Lukács Doncic @weirdalf.bsky.social · 1d

Absent her advocacy for Palestinians, all Ms Rachel has is being an extremely popular, effective, and accessible educator for young children. What an empty life

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Heartland Signal @heartlandsignal.bsky.social · 1d

BREAKING: Masked Border Patrol agents aggressively arrested WGN video producer Debbie Brockman in Lincoln Square Friday morning, supposedly for "obstructing justice." (Video via Josh Thomas on Facebook)

Follow @heartlandsignal for more.

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Mark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 1d

Trump's fascist thugs keep assaulting Chicago's journalists, hoping to cover up the regime's violence and cruelty.

Heartland Signal @heartlandsignal.bsky.social · 1d

BREAKING: Masked Border Patrol agents aggressively arrested WGN video producer Debbie Brockman in Lincoln Square Friday morning, supposedly for "obstructing justice." (Video via Josh Thomas on Facebook)

Follow @heartlandsignal for more.

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U.S. Senator Gary Peters @peters.senate.gov · 1d

Sharing a few of the messages I’ve received from Michiganders about how rising health care costs will impact them and their families.

This shouldn’t be a partisan issue. We must work together to help folks access the health care they need.

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