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Margaret Yovan @usuallytactless.bsky.social · 3h

my super unpopular take is how much better the usmnt plays when pulisic is not on the pitch

dunno if it’s chemistry or what, but the rest of the team seems to play better when he’s not there.

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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 7h

Another reminder that a 13-year study found that protected bike-lanes led to a drastic decline in fatalities for all road users.

ALL ROAD USERS.

And painted bike-lanes? No safety improvement at all.

For sharrows, it’s actually safer to NOT have them.

Via @usa.streetsblog.org @nyc.streetsblog.org

Separated Bike Lanes Means Safer Streets, Study Says — Streetsblog USA

Cities that build protected lanes for cyclists end up with safer roads for people on bikes and people in cars and on foot, a new study of 12 large metropolises revealed Wednesday.

usa.streetsblog.org

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pdavislibrarian @pdavislibrarian.bsky.social · 4h

As a manager, I would urge you to talk to HR because this is harassment and is not allowed in the workplace. HR needs to take care of this for you. This makes me so angry. You have as much right as she does to be there.

a woman is sitting on a couch wearing earrings and saying `` hold my earrings , please '' .

Alt: a woman is sitting on a couch wearing earrings and saying `` hold my earrings , please '' .

media.tenor.com

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Misty Sparkle The Underhamster @mialynneb.bsky.social · 6h

Soybean farmers back home sold their land for a data center, and now the village folks are pissed. Now what did we learn?

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GHOULLIKEHELLMACHINE @golikehellmachine.com · 12h

it’s illegal, but, also, this didn’t happen, and if someone *did* tell him this, they were lying

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 14h

Trump: "I had a very wealthy person who called -- a donor, a great gentleman -- and he said, 'if there's any money necessary, shortfall, for the paying of the troops, then I will pay it.' Meaning he will pay it. How about that?"

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Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 6h

Antifa is looking for a few good frogs. 🐸

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Lisa Fung @lisafung.bsky.social · 13h

‘Did I as a reporter solicit information? Of course. It's called journalism: finding out what's really going on behind the scenes and not accepting wholesale what any government or administration says.’

www.npr.org/2025/10/14/g...

Opinion: Why I'm handing in my Pentagon press pass

Tom Bowman has held his Pentagon press pass for 28 years. He says the Pentagon's new media policy makes it impossible to be a journalist, which means finding out what's really going on behind the scen...

www.npr.org

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Kara Swisher @karaswisher.bsky.social · 6h

No notes

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Tyler King @tyleraking.com · 1d

The thing about “city cops are wary of mayoral candidate” stories is those cops don’t live or vote there so you don’t have to care what they think.

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Gordon Forbes🇺🇸🏳️‍🌈🇺🇦🇨🇦🇪🇺 @gordong.bsky.social · 4h

This seems sensible. Let the best candidate win. And hopefully then deliver us from any more “concerning” Susan Collins memes.

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Mike Lowe @mike-lowe.bsky.social · 19h

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Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi @congressmanraja.bsky.social · 1d

Read my full statement on the incident and my ongoing fight for accountability:
krishnamoorthi.house.gov/media/press-...

Krishnamoorthi Demands Transparency and Accountability After Shocking Hoffman Estates ICE Detention Caught on Video

SCHAUMBURG, IL – Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi today reaffirmed the validity of the video showing ICE agents violently detaining individuals in Hoffman Estates, confirmed that the incident occurred in his district, and condemned the Trump Administration’s campaign

krishnamoorthi.house.gov

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Dan Mihalopoulos @dmihalopoulos.bsky.social · 1d

This version is confirmed, by Hoffman Estates police, puncturing the official DHS statement.

At this point, there is a statement from DHS re 🧊 activities in the Chicago area that’s refuted in similar fashion on nearly a daily basis at a minimum over the past week

Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi @congressmanraja.bsky.social · 1d

Despite what some, including at DHS, are claiming, this video isn’t from a year ago in Chicago. It was Friday in Hoffman Estates, in my district, a street I’ve walked myself. It appears to show a child being violently detained by ICE. It’s real, and I’m demanding accountability.

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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 16h

"a test"? you mean...a violation?

AP: Israel plans to halve aid into Gaza over slow return of dead hostages, a test for the Gaza ceasefire

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Timothy McBride @mcbridetd.bsky.social · 4h

Missouri appeals court rules against attorney general, allows abortions to continue www.stltoday.com/news/local/g...

Missouri appeals court rules against attorney general, allows abortions to continue

Abortion will remain available at Planned Parenthood clinics in Missouri, a judge ruled, rejecting a request by the attorney general’s office to reinstate several restrictions on the procedure.

www.stltoday.com

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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 5h

AZ AG Mayes: If I have to, I’ll take Speaker Johnson to court. There's no legitimate reason for him to refuse to swear her in right now. And it's not fair for Mike Johnson to be holding the state of Arizona hostage because he doesn't want to release the Epstein files.

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Fricking Delight (No Refunds) @blikethecheese.bsky.social · 7h

All I have to say about white people worried that protesting this weekend won’t be safe: this is the safest it will be until this problem is handled. Gather thine gonads and get your ass out there (appropriate exceptions aside ofc)

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Ryan Marino, MD @ryanmarino.bsky.social · 11h

NHANES runs mobile clinics that travel the country measuring height, weight, & blood pressure while collecting blood and urine samples. These samples are our only national source for tracking everything from blood sugar to hormones, heavy metals, and more.

The entire operation has been eliminated.

Kevin C Klatt, PhD, RD @kcklatt.bsky.social · 16h

Everyone across biomedicine should be very loud about this so this team's RIF status gets reversed. Nhanes has been key for tracking obesity & diabetes rates, identifying high blood lead levels in kids in the 70s, tracking progress on cholesterol lowering, guiding nutrient fortification programs etc

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altNOAA 🇺🇸 @altnoaa.bsky.social · 1d

I know I could get into trouble for posting the Antifa battle flag, but I'm gonna do it anyway.

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darren32359.bsky.social @darren32359.bsky.social · 20h

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John Pfaff @johnpfaff.bsky.social · 6h

To be clear:

LA County has declared a state of emergency BECAUSE OF the federal government.

The Feds, LA County is (correctly) saying, have CAUSED the emergency.

This is a striking political moment of internal collapse. Local govts feeling compelled to protect their ppl from … their own govt.

Los Angeles County declares state of emergency over immigration raids

Los Angeles County officials voted on Tuesday to declare a state of emergency over ongoing federal immigration raids.

abcnews.go.com

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Chuck Wendig @chuckwendig.bsky.social · 20h

This is why the inflatable costumes works so well -- it works the same way calling them "weird" or "creepy" did. It disrupts their narrative, and makes them seem pathetic rather than cool-and-cruel.

Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 1d

You need to see this:

“The show of force is the point. They want these images to be out…The Department of Homeland Security is walking around Chicago with a film crew.” @jacobsoboroff.bsky.social

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Rami Ismail (رامي) @ramiismail.com · 9h

Hey look, Israel broke the cease-fire, twice, in two different ways, within 24 hours - again.

Mondoweiss @mondoweiss.net · 14h

NEW: Israel informed the UN it will permit only 300 aid trucks into Gaza daily, not the 600 mandated by the ceasefire it just signed.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 7h

Tim Walz: "The biggest myth is that this guy understands business. He's an absolute abject failure at business ... the irony is calling Democrats socialists when I am begging for free markets here to allow capitalism to work. Donald Trump is the one with government interference."

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SteveMND @stevemnd.bsky.social · 7h

We should remember that the original metaphor was "one bad apple can spoil the barrel."

These Young Republicans aren't the bad apples that spoil the barrel. They are THE BARREL that have now BEEN spoiled.

The original bad apples are Trump and his band of racist, homophobic, misogynistic fascists.

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