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Matthew Sheffield @matthew.flux.community · 23h

ICE thugs are instigating violence themselves as well.

In Chicago, they shot a pastor in the head with a pepper ball. He's suing for the violation of his free speech rights. www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...

Clip via @mskellymhayes.bsky.social.

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Matthew Sheffield @matthew.flux.community · 1d

Another riot in Minneapolis was instigated by a right-wing agitator who was convicted of shooting into a police station and setting it on fire, in the hopes of starting a civil war.

A self-described "boogaloo boi," he drove up from Texas to create a false flag.

Texas man in 'boogaloo' movement pleads guilty to firing at police station during Floyd protest

Ivan Harrison Hunter, a self-proclaimed member of the “boogaloo bois,” is accused of firing 13 rounds from a semi-automatic assault-style rifle at a Minneapolis station.

www.nbcnews.com

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Matthew Sheffield @matthew.flux.community · 1d

The very first riot after a George Floyd protest was started by a white supremacist nicknamed "Umbrella Man."

He spraypainted "free shit" on an AutoZone, broke the windows, and encouraged others to come in. abcnews.go.com/amp/US/man-h...

Man who helped ignite George Floyd riots identified as white supremacist: Police

A masked umbrella-wielding man helped incite riots and looting in the immediate aftermath of George Floyd's death, police said.

abcnews.go.com

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Matthew Sheffield @matthew.flux.community · 1d

🧵 Trump is criminally invading states under false pretenses. His supporters are trying to instigate violence by dressing as antifa and committing crimes.

In this clip from Portland, Joey Gibson of "Patriot Prayer" and his fiancée, Lindsey Nichols, tried to cause trouble before being forced away.

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Shepherd @neolithicsheep.bsky.social · 19h

Y'all told these motherfuckers it was OK to let trans people lose their rights. Now they're banking on people letting them abandon everyone who looks vaguely Latino as well as actual immigrants. Who are y'all advocating for moderation gonna abandon next?

Eric Michael Garcia @ericmgarcia.bsky.social · 23h

Durbin on whether Democrats can use reining in ICE in Chicago as a precondition to rein in the government says “can’t do that. It’s gotta be health care all the way.”

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Elizabeth Jacobs, PhD @elizabethjacobs.bsky.social · 19h

The acting CDC Director has no knowledge, training or experience in science/public health. Trump has no knowledge, training or experience in science/public health.

Both are calling to make the MMR vaccine into 3 separate shots, which makes absolutely no scientific or public health sense.

Acting CDC boss wants to break up MMR vaccine into three shots

Jim O’Neill joins President Donald Trump’s call for three distinct measles, mumps and rubella shots, claiming a separation would ‘reduce the risk of side effects’ and ‘maximize parental choice’

www.independent.co.uk

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Daniel Malmer @malmer.com · 19h

“the girlfriend of one of the founders of antifa”

Carrie Fisher as Princess Leia with her hair up, wearing a white poofy coat.

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Marko Kloos @markokloos.bsky.social · 20h

"the girlfriend of one of the founders of antifa"

An image of Julie Andrews in The Sound of Music, twirling on an alpine meadow in a long Austrian skirt, next to an image of Christopher Plummer as Georg Von Trapp in the same movie, tearing a Nazi flag in half.

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Popehat Agitates And Irritates @kenwhite.bsky.social · 23h

The White House Antifa Roundtable is one of the best displays I’ve seen of this-is-how-bad-it’s-gotten — just a sewer of open fascism, dementia, morons and freaks, and incoherent rage.

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Gwen Snyder is undead @gwensnyder.bsky.social · 19h

Do you think he's single

Danny K @dannykpolitics.bsky.social · 3d

WATCH: ‘Portland Frog’ pepper balled by ICE agents

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 19h

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 · 20h

“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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Monkeytime @tmorman.bsky.social · 19h

Remember how Belichick got hired at UNC in the first place, folks. Part of the NC GOP's obnoxious top-to-bottom takeover of the state university system.

Ricky B @ambivalentricky.bsky.social · 22h

UNC's GOP political appointee trustees went around the athletic department and rest of the university system to hire Belichick. Now everyone else at UNC is paying the price to the tune of $50 million + weekly humiliation.

all hallows eve-run enjoyer @rickywlmsbong.bsky.social · 22h

unc: objectively dumber than the falcons

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Carl Zimmer @carlzimmer.com · 20h

Today my @nytimes.com colleagues and I are launching a new series called Lost Science. We interview US scientists who can no longer discover something new about our world, thanks to this year‘s cuts. Here is my first interview with a scientist who studied bees and fires. Gift link: nyti.ms/3IWXbiE

nyti.ms

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Evan Dorkin @evandorkin.bsky.social · 21h

Jim Lee openly disparaging AI in no way guarantees anything, no one knows what the future of AI is and no one knows who will be in charge at DC Comics down the line. But I think it's important that a popular artist publicly shot AI down. Fans and artists ignorant of or using AI need to hear this.

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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 21h

“A second inflatable frog has now been spotted wiggling through Portland.”

Marco Rubio whispers into Donald Trump's ear.

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Nathan Kalman-Lamb @nkalamb.bsky.social · 21h

“It’s a complete disaster”

“Toxic environment”

“"He has not talked or had a conversation with most of the guys on defense. They don't even have his number."

“The lack of experience the coaches have, it's ridiculous.”

"Nobody likes him.”

Bill Belichick, $10M college football coach.

Divided locker room, disastrous results: Players, parents blame Belichick culture for UNC problems

Multiple sources with knowledge of the inner workings of Bill Belichick's program say that UNC football's losses are a product of a divided locker room, a disorganized coaching staff and a failure to ...

www.wral.com

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Monkeytime @tmorman.bsky.social · 21h

lol old enough to remember what a stupid decision hiring him at that price was from the start

Nathan Kalman-Lamb @nkalamb.bsky.social · 22h

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Per sources: Bill Belichick has discussed buyout options with North Carolina’s hierarchy. Belichick has signalled a willingness to trigger his own $1 million buyout if he can find a soft landing with another team or in media

Members of Belichick’s coaching staff have already spoken to other schools that are expected to be in CFB Playoff about taking on roles during the postseason. From one coach: “the rats are leaving the ship”.

Some staffers believe a change will come within two weeks

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Monkeytime @tmorman.bsky.social · 21h

Hey, just remembered at 5pm I was overdue for COVID and flu vaxes, went to the CVS site, found the nearest store, got an appointment online for 6pm and biked over. Insurance covered both. Easy as those pies I made from the apple trees in Carroll Park last month. October is a good month for vaxing.

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Mother of Parrots @cherrylimenerd.blacksky.app · 1d

Circling back to this with my fave part of the entire piece, ate her up and left no crumbs:

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Walker Bragman @walkerbragman.bsky.social · 1d

77-year-old Maine Gov. Janet Mills has apparently been coaxed into jumping into the Maine Senate race, challenging Graham Platner in a Democratic primary.

The 40-year-old Platner has become a favorite of progressives and Democrats wanting a more muscular response to Trump. He has raised millions.

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Imani Gandy Corn 🎃 @angryblacklady.blacksky.app · 1d

Even if Democrats end up back in the White House they will start babbling about unity and moving forward and no one will go to jail for any of this shit. So yeah. She doesn't fear any consequences because Democrats have given her no reason to

Andrea Junker @strandjunker.com · 2d

You can joke about Pam Bondi’s ridiculous unprofessionalism all you want, but I’m deeply shocked by it: She acts as if she fears absolutely no consequences, convinced that there will be no more political power transfers. — This should shake everyone to their core.

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Monkeytime @tmorman.bsky.social · 1d

Jesus. Like these two elderly progressives, please don't be intimidated by this kind of crap.

Steven Lemongello @stevelemongello.bsky.social · 1d

Two armed men wearing bulletproof vests showed up at the home of Cathy O’Gara while she was getting her granddaughter ready for school.

They wanted to speak to her husband about a postcard he’d sent to the Fla CFO with the brief message “You lack values.”

www.orlandosentinel.com/2025/10/07/a...

Armed investigators visit man who sent postcard critical of CFO Ingoglia

The politically active couple expected a knock on their door because of their criticism of Trump and DeSantis, but not over a seemingly innocuous postcard.

www.orlandosentinel.com

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Cheshire Cat ᓚᘏᗢ, @autismsupsoc.bsky.social · 2d

Hello to @moderation.bsky.app
I would like to file a complant of blatant bigotry against your
@moderation.bsky.app for discrimation against disabled ppl.

You have declared that a fully clothed person with a prosthetic leg and eye to somehow be "Adult Content"

Disability isn't "Adult content"

Screen cpature of a post that has been declared "Adult Content" by moderation team.

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I could name a few but for disability reason and the Halloween season I am m going with In / Spectre

It’s got a very weird but cool metaplot with one of the coolest “action” scene culminations and it’s so openly & fearlessly blunt about disability … especially the reality of Kotoko‘s prosthetics.

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mady castigan✨ 🏳️‍⚧️ @madycast.com · 1d

Sometimes I wonder if y'all actually *want* Newsom to veto these bills. Because you're definitely acting like it.

There's a chance that Newsom could be forced by the activism of trans people to change his tune and actually sign these bills, and we should hope for that (still possible) outcome.

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Melanie Walsh @mellymeldubs.bsky.social · 2d

Wow I can't believe that Baker & Taylor is going under. Fully agree that book distribution is a huge and often overlooked part of publishing and libraries.

We wrote a bit about B&T's history and relationship to public libraries in our recent FAccT paper: dl.acm.org/doi/full/10....

Sarah Weinman @sarahweinman.com · 2d

Distribution is THE under-reported story in book publishing (outside of the trade publications) and losing B&T is going to have untold ripple effects on the industry, small presses, and authors.

Maris Kreizman @maris.bsky.social · 2d

seems very bad www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/...

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