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AL Kennedy @writereralk.bsky.social · 54m

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George Penney @georgepenney.bsky.social · 12h

Also, I'm so chuffed to be able to share the cover for Tiny Moments of Joy: Spotted on Market Day in Aotearoa New Zealand, which will be coming out in paperback and ebook on the 11th of November this year.

All further details to come soon!

Huge thanks for your lovely encouragement this past year!❤️

You're looking at a damask pink... maybe soft red cover with the words Tiny Moments of Joy written in a serif font in white and orange. Above that are the words: Spotted on Market Day in Aotearoa New Zealand in a white sans serif font and the name George Penney is below in the same font. The cover has a border of pale ferns that are mostly white or a paler colour than the cover. You know looking at this cover that you will need a comfy chair, maybe a snoozing lap cat or dog and a sunny or warm spot to read this book. It's that kind of vibe.

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George Penney @georgepenney.bsky.social · 12h

🧵Spotted While Cafe Writing in Aotearoa New Zealand:

A man (60s?) carefully fixes a wobbly table before producing a newspaper and pen.
Moments later, his wife joins him.
Talking softly with heads bowed together as they do the crossword, laughing at each other's silly guesses. (1)

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Audry T. ~ she/her @audryt.bsky.social · 14h

Almost 1,000 pages of EPSTEIN CLIENTS.

Audry T. ~ she/her @audryt.bsky.social · 15h

HERE WE ARE, VIA ANNE P. MITCHELL ON SUBSTACK:

TROVE OF EPSTEIN DOCUMENTS

I Just Uncovered an ENORMOUS Trove of Epstein Documents (943 Pages!), Many that Most People Haven't Seen Before!

Wow! I just hit a motherlode of Epstein documents! 943 pages! They include email logs, email from Maxwell to her attorneys (not sure why they didn’t argue attorney client-privilege there), very des...

annepmitchell.substack.com

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Wajahat Ali @wajali.bsky.social · 13h

Guest hosting for @maryltrump.bsky.social tonight at 6 pm ET!

Join us!

We will roast Alex Jones, Mike Johnson, Trump and racist AF Young Republican leaders --- they all have it coming.

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

LIVE: Mary Trump RESPONDS to BREAKING NEWS

YouTube video by Mary Trump Media

www.youtube.com

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AL Kennedy @writereralk.bsky.social · 15h

Since Nixon and CREEP. Speeded up with Reagan, barrelled into the shitter with George W - and here we are....

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DemCast USA @demcast.com · 15h

DHS crossed the line drawn by the Hatch Act when it directed airports to air a political attack video blaming Democrats for TSA workers’ lost paychecks. What occurred was not communication; it was coercion.

open.substack.com/pub/demcastu...

They Ordered Propaganda. Airports Said No.

American airports are holding the line for Democracy against the Trump propaganda machine. 🔥 Let's help by sharing these awesome videos! 🔥

open.substack.com

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ⓘ 𝕆ligarch f*ckery detected @adelpreore.bsky.social · 15h

Same energy

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Chris⚖️Justice @chrisjustice01.bsky.social · 16h

Judge, Jury, & Executioner: Trump's criminal regime
Mass murdering humans. Reps are 100% responsible for ALL of Trump's actions. They have the power to do something. Trump has no immunity from unofficial acts, others have none at all bsky.app/profile/chri...

Chris⚖️Justice @chrisjustice01.bsky.social · 16h

💥 10/14/25 Murders w/out authority, another illegal boat strike

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DB 🇨🇦 @rebelliousdb.bsky.social · Feb 27

No, autocorrect, I meant capitalism not vampirism.. 🤔
Never mind.

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Phil Mandelbaum @philmandelbaum.bsky.social · 18h

“We need everyone to get involved in the fight, and we need everyone to have a vested interest in continuing to resist.”

🚨 new from me 🚨

ICEBlock Can’t Block ICE. No App Can.

How Local Organizing, Community Defense and Security Culture Protect Us in Ways Technology Never Could

ICEBlock Can’t Block ICE. No App Can.

“Despite the app’s goal of protecting people from ICE, its viral success, and the state repression against it, ICEBlock has serious issues: Most

www.counterpunch.org

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The Real McCoy @rippermd41.bsky.social · 18h

Most people aren’t asking you mask at all times.

They ask that you mask in essential places: public transit, hospitals, doctors’ offices, pharmacies etc.

Places high risk people can’t avoid.

But if you hate wearing masks? Then advocate for indoor air quality: ventilation, filtration, etc.

jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 1d

yeah, i think a commitment to public health obligates you to get vaccinated and, when you are sick, do what you can to avoid spreading that to other people. the demand that one mask at all times in public spaces is, i think, unreasonable.

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Guardrails of Democracy @demguardrails.bsky.social · 17h

CA, there’s only one box to check on the Prop 50 ballot > YES

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Larry Tenney @larrytenney.bsky.social · 17h

We Dissent! 🇺🇸
No Kings. No Lies. No Fear.

An anthem for #NoKings Day events -- already has 10k likes & 85k views on YouTube
youtu.be/UpKIT5NQBY8?...

We Dissent – A Modern Protest Anthem for No Kings Day | Stand Up for Democracy and Freedom

YouTube video by The Resistance

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 15h

First there was the Opium Wars. Now we have the Cooking Oil War.

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The Real Zanetta @therealzanetta.bsky.social · 16h

Ballot completed and mailed in 🗳
#YesOnProp50
#Sheshed

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George Conway 🇺🇸🚫👑🐸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 16h

That's twenty-seven flat-out murders. That's twenty-seven lives taken without even a semblance of a legal justification under domestic or international law.
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/14/u...

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TizzyWoman @tizzywoman.bsky.social · 15h

Your daily reminder. You have a sexual predator in the WH.

#ReleaseAllTheEpsteinFiles
#TrumpEpsteinCoverup

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 15h

They all look like failed clones of Blake Farenthold

Jeff Yang @originalsp.in · 16h

Thousands of posts from a private Young Republican Telegram chat reveal a culture of casual racism/antisemitism, rape jokes and celebration of Hitler/Nazism.

Some of the ringleaders are below: We live in a world where 4chan types now occupy positions of real power.
www.politico.com/news/2025/10...

Peter Giunta, chair of the New York State Young Republicans

Bobby Walker, vice chair of the New York State Young Republicans

William Hendrix, communications assistant for Kansas’ Republican Attorney General Kris Kobach

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United Farm Workers @ufw.bsky.social · 15h

"Sara" has worked in Watsonville CAs strawberries for 16 yrs. "I earn piece rate. It's raining which makes the rows slippery and the mud sticks to our shoes. It's dangerous as we still need to work fast to make enough money to pay our bills." #WeFeedYou

A farm worker harvesting strawberries in the rain wearing a plastic poncho

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Indivisible Memphis @indivisiblememphis.bsky.social · 19h

✨Rise and Shine Protest✨
Every Wednesday
7:30-8:30 am
Corner of Sam Cooper Blvd & East Parkway

#IndivisibleMemphis

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PBS News @pbsnews.org · 15h

D’Angelo, the Grammy-winning R&B singer who helped pioneer neo-soul music in the 1990s, has died at the age of 51.

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Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · 20h

My VOTE was RECEIVED and COUNTED. YES ON PROP 50!

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Monica Maalouf, MD @maaloufmd.bsky.social · 18h

If you’re playing chess with someone and they punch you in the face, you cannot win by continuing to follow the rules.

Voting yes on Prop50 is the only answer.

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Jeff @tacosandhaircut.bsky.social · 15h

10,000 articles about kids on campus being too stridently in favor of peace and love for the taste of the shitliberati, and decades of "boys will be boys" for the campus hitler youth.

Charlie Warzel @cwarzel.bsky.social · 16h

watching the government's social media accounts spit out groyper stuff on main this whole last year, this is how i imagined the behind the scenes chats were going

Politico @politico.com · 18h

EXCLUSIVE: Thousands of leaked messages show leaders of Young Republican groups joking about gas chambers, slavery and rape in a private Telegram chat.

Inside rising GOP leaders’ racist chats — obtained by POLITICO and spanning more than 7 months👇

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