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lukelukeluke @lukelukeluke.bsky.social · 10h

Here is a nice a mushroom

A vase shaped golden chanterelle grows from the mossy forest soil like an ocean wave breaking against a rock. Rain wet ferns grow all around under the green forest background. All photos by me

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Dave Levitan @davelevitan.bsky.social · 15h

HELLO—I'll have a newsletter out in a sec, with some info from inside agencies as the RIFs start rolling.

I am starting to accept paid subscriptions—today's post will be free but some will be paid-only soon, and if you have enjoyed my writing I would HUGELY appreciate if if you would subscribe.

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Independent reporting and commentary on science, politics, and policy

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Van DeYolks @vandeyolks.bsky.social · 17h

They’ve been firing people all along. It’s the same old anti-good government BS with new branding as “democrat’s fault.”

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Van DeYolks @vandeyolks.bsky.social · 18h

“Democrats” are pushing back. They remain in the minority but are still notching wins where they can. We need MORE of that, and pretending they do nothing doesn’t help anyone or anything. You got a beef with an individual Dem? Shout ‘em out. Just don’t smear the rest. Thanks.

Van DeYolks @vandeyolks.bsky.social · 18h

Hochul got in on the action, too

gothamist.com/news/trump-r...

Trump restores $187M in NY counterterrorism funds after demands from Hochul, state GOP

The governor spoke to the president on Sunday and sent her demands to DHS Secretary Kristi Noem.

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Van DeYolks @vandeyolks.bsky.social · 18h

You really don’t pay attention to this stuff, do you?

www.mass.gov/news/ag-camp...

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Van DeYolks @vandeyolks.bsky.social · 19h

The timeline we all live in right now has various states’ elected dem attorneys general eating his lunch in the courts.

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Philip Bump @pbump.com · 22h

The right’s Nobel obsession is useful because it is inexplicable as anything other than trying to make Trump personally happy. 95% of all Trumpworld obsessions have the same root (2020 election, James/Comey) but rarely is it so hard to retcon a justification for it.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 23h

BARTIROMO: On your point about the Nobel Peace Prize, do you think maybe the reason Trump won't get it is because you had to get the application in before Jan. 31, and that was only 11 days into his term?

SCALISE: Look, they can play technicalities. They gave it to Obama for just getting elected.

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Dave Jorgenson @davejorgenson.bsky.social · 1d

Is antifa in the room with us now?

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Van DeYolks @vandeyolks.bsky.social · 1d

Oh Phillies & fans I’m so sorry. That really really stinks and I feel so bad for y’all and especially for Kerkering. Be kind to him please… he’s not going to need any help kicking himself.

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Van DeYolks @vandeyolks.bsky.social · 1d

👇🏼 found one

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/09/u...

Trump Baselessly Claims He ‘Took the Freedom of Speech Away’ From Flag Burners

www.nytimes.com

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Philip Bump @pbump.com · 1d

It's weird to write this conspiratorially, but it seems clear that the president actually doesn't want you to know that crime is down in the cities he's targeted. www.pbump.net/o/a-quick-re...

A quick reminder that crime is down in U.S. cities

One of the particularly frustrating things about President Trump's push to send federal officials and red-state National Guard soldiers to cities to "fight crime" is that those cities (and cities gene...

www.pbump.net

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Van DeYolks @vandeyolks.bsky.social · 1d

Why did they send this to you?

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Van DeYolks @vandeyolks.bsky.social · 1d

“Don’t give the people options” doesn’t sit right with me tbh

Van DeYolks @vandeyolks.bsky.social · 1d

Tremendous!!!

Van DeYolks @vandeyolks.bsky.social · 1d

Sounds to me like the SBA is messing around with MA businesses again, prioritizing politics over progress.

The Boston Globe @bostonglobe.com · 1d

An award-winning wine and spirits shop in the South End is closing its doors effective immediately, shutting down after more than a decade of operation.

South End wine shop The Urban Grape says it will close ‘immediately’ after loan talks fall through - The Boston Globe

The store had received local and national recognition, including a 2021 Small Business of the Year award from the US Chamber of Commerce.

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Van DeYolks @vandeyolks.bsky.social · 1d

You can read if you subscribe, both of which they’d like you to do. They have a subscription offer for $1 for the first 26 weeks. It’s expensive afterwards, but it gets you 6 full months of full access.

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Van DeYolks @vandeyolks.bsky.social · 1d

There’s not a single reason any car that can go that fast should be available to the general public. There just isn’t.

NBC10 Boston @nbcboston.com · 1d

Bryce Legere was arrested Sunday and is facing several charges for driving 152 mph in a 55 mph posted zone, police say. on.nbcboston.com/fL6rmEy

Maine man charged after driving 152 mph on Route 25 in NH

A Maine man was arrested after police in New Hampshire clocked him driving 152 mph over the weekend.

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Van DeYolks @vandeyolks.bsky.social · 1d

Yiiiiikes.

Joseph Cox @josephcox.bsky.social · 1d

the discord hack is every user's worst nightmare www.404media.co/the-discord-...

Van DeYolks @vandeyolks.bsky.social · 1d

I’ve been in this weird weeks-long cycle of not remembering any of my dreams while also waking myself up a few times a night yelling things like “no absolutely not,” “NOPE!” and “well that’s not gonna help anything now is it.”

So that’s fun.

a woman is laying in bed with a white headboard .

Alt: a woman sits up suddenly in bed with a horrified and perplexed look on her face

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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 2d

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

Marco Rubio whispers into Donald Trump's ear.

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Anna Merlan @annamerlan.bsky.social · 1d

"A practice that would have been unthinkable under past administrations is becoming normalized: sending ICE detainees, without due process, to far-flung prisons in countries with notorious human rights records."

www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

ICE is sending people to a prison in Africa’s only absolute monarchy

Inside the “legal black hole” in Eswatini, where Trump is sending detainees.

www.motherjones.com

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Van DeYolks @vandeyolks.bsky.social · 1d

Excellent thread and link

Thomas Zimmer @thomaszimmer.bsky.social · 1d

We need to talk about Russell Vought – But Properly

Why certain mainstream outlets insist on sanitizing Vought as a devout “small government” conservative – and what actually animates his war against pluralistic democracy.

Some thoughts from my new piece:

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We need to talk about Russell Vought – But Properly

Why certain mainstream outlets insist on sanitizing Vought as a devout “small government” conservative – and what actually animates his war against pluralistic democracy

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Van DeYolks @vandeyolks.bsky.social · 1d

Thank you for your clarity, TZ. Much appreciated.

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Van DeYolks @vandeyolks.bsky.social · 2d

Congratulations, Blue Jays
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a group of men sit at a table in front of a sign that says the long road home

Alt: David Ortiz says “daaaaa Yankees lose”

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