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Kate from Kharkiv @kateinkharkiv.bsky.social · 36m

"Gas stations with nukes" country buys gas from Belarus. Everything is according to plan!

Stephen Michael Kellat @alpacaherder.bsky.social · 1h

And they’re overlooking the HUGE problem of Windows 10 going “End of Life” next week. We’re going to have lots of targets without cyber defenses. Having AVG installed won’t be “good enough” to get by.

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David DeWitt @daviddewitt.bsky.social · 1h

"Federal shutdown deals blow to already hobbled cybersecurity agency." theconversation.com/federal-shut...

Federal shutdown deals blow to already hobbled cybersecurity agency

The triple whammy of deep staff cuts, shutdown furloughs and the expiration of an information-sharing law leaves national cybersecurity in a perilous state.

theconversation.com

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Bill Callahan @cycbill.bsky.social · 1h

National Digital Inclusion Alliance sues Trump Admin to restore national competitive grant program in support of community efforts to close digital divide.

National Digital Inclusion Alliance Files Lawsuit Seeking Reinstatement of Bipartisan Digital Equity Act’s Competitive Grant Program - National Digital Inclusion Alliance

The lawsuit alleges that the termination of an entire congressionally mandated grant program under the Digital Equity Act is an unconstitutional overreach and strikes a blow to communities, leaving th...

www.digitalinclusion.org

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Andrea Pitzer @andreapitzer.bsky.social · 1h

Still true.

Andrea Pitzer @andreapitzer.bsky.social · Apr 25

They're making big mistakes, moving too quickly and burning bridges before they're capable of shutting down the opposition.

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Sanho Tree @sanho.bsky.social · 12h

Holy crap. Trump will make the FCC crucify Jimmy Kimmel for this.

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Frank Conniff @frankconniff.bsky.social · 12h

Why is the Trump Administration wasting taxpayer dollars on this shit when there are still unanswered questions about the mysterious circumstances surrounding the death of Ted Healy, the founder of the 3 Stooges? Come on, focus on what matters right now!

CNN @cnn.com · 15h

The Trump administration has ordered FBI employees in Washington, DC, to immediately search their workstations and digital media for any records pertaining to the disappearance of Amelia Earhart, a law enforcement source told CNN.

FBI employees ordered to immediately search for records related to Amelia Earhart, source says | CNN Politics

The Trump administration has ordered FBI employees in Washington, DC, to immediately search their workstations and digital media for any records pertaining to the disappearance of Amelia Earhart, a la...

www.cnn.com

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Frank Conniff @frankconniff.bsky.social · 11h

Thank you, @peterbakernyt.bsky.social, this couldn't be more urgent! We need breaking news stories about stuff that happened while Joe Biden was vice president now more than ever!

Peter Baker @peterbakernyt.bsky.social · 13h

While his father was vice president, Hunter Biden began developing relationships that led to an audacious proposal to sell the land around the US Embassy building in Romania to a group that included a Chinese company. @kenvogel.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2025/10/07/u...

Hunter Biden Pursued a Deal to Sell Land Around the U.S. Embassy in Romania

www.nytimes.com

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Keith W. Dickinson @keithwdickinson.bsky.social · 5h

Today is a day when arts degrees are worthless, but the product of those degrees is so valuable it would kill an entire industry if they were made to pay for it.

The Verge @theverge.com · May 26

Nick Clegg says asking artists for use permission would ‘kill’ the AI industry

Paul McCartne, Elton John and others signed an open letter.

buff.ly

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Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 2h

This very very very bad. I cannot stress this enough. I said that they crossed the Rubicon with arresting Ras Baraka several months ago. This is very bad and portends more bad things for regular people.

Gregory Pratt @royalpratt.bsky.social · 2h

The President of the United States is calling for the mayor of Chicago and governor of Illinois to be jailed.

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Ryan Marino, MD @ryanmarino.bsky.social · 10h

Excuse me? www.medpagetoday.com/publichealth...

MEDPAGETODAY®
Public Health & Policy > Health Policy
Many With Obesity 'Don't Respect the Temple of Their
Soul,' Dr. Oz Says
— "The only thing they think they control in their life is the fork at the end of their arm"
by Joyce Frieden, Washington Editor, MedPage Today
October 7, 2025 • 5 min read

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Gravel Influencer @gravelinfluencer.bsky.social · 4h

Not the main point, but this section on the Medicaid work requirements shows that the Republican model of "efficiency" is simply creating a ridiculous new bureaucracy that will force people off Medicaid.

To implement the program, CMS will have to create "rules engines" for software developers to be able to account for a person's time, he explained. "What are the rules for work hours? How do you have to actually adjudicate it? For example, what if you're paid a salary, but there's no hours on there? So we are going to adopt a process ... Maybe, for example, we'll divide the salary you have by $15 an hour ... and then we'll just give you credit for that many hours."

Another example: "What does it mean if you're at school 'halftime,' how many hours is that?" he added. "And then, if you're doing community engagement, who's allowed to credential you for community engagement? Do they have to be a 501(c)(3)? So we've been spending a lot of time on that."

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Yo Gabapentin @yogabapentin.bsky.social · 21h

Claude AI’s logo is unironically Kurt Vonnegut’s butthole drawing

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Anthony Michael Kreis @anthonymkreis.bsky.social · 2h

For one, the federal government cannot constitutionally commandeer state officials to do its bidding.

But more importantly, the president does not see his political opposition as legitimate but rather as a target for a carceral and militaristic state. It is deeply undemocratic and authoritarian.

Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 2h

I will not back down.

Trump is now calling for the arrest of elected representatives checking his power.

What else is left on the path to full-blown authoritarianism?

Donald Trump Truth Social Post: Chicago Mayor should be in jail for failing to protect Ice Officers! Governor Pritzker also.

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Olga Nesterova @onestpress.onestnetwork.com · 2h

When you see reports on this, yes this is a real post

Trump shares this on truth social:

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Chicago Mayor should be in jail for failing to protect Ice
Officers! Governor Pritzker also!

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Eric Blair @protecttruth.bsky.social · 1d

The CBS takeover by Larry Ellison and Bari Weiss is the most foreboding move in a while, and I’m not saying that lightly.

It will have an effect on the 2026 elections: CBS will now lie to people and normies will believe it.

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Andy Craig @andycraig.bsky.social · 11h

Among the more obvious differences, this was about using the Alabama National Guard to enforce federal law *in Alabama*, where the state government was defying court orders.

Note that even in that much more extreme context, Kennedy used the Alabama National Guard, not some other state's.

Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 11h

Trump just posted what looks like an old DOJ memo about President Kennedy’s use of the National Guard in Alabama to desegregate schools in 1963.

It’s a gross comparison, given the fact that Trump is basically George Wallace and he wants to use the Guard to invade cities, not advance civil rights.

Trump: U.S. Code. Those provisions authorize the President, when faced with such unlawful obstructions against the authority of the United States as existed in Alabama, to "call into Federal service such of the militia of any State, and use such of the armed forces, as he considers necessary" (10
U.S.C. § 332) and to use
"the militia or the armed forces,
or both, or
• other means" (10 U.S.C. $ 333). The
militia of the United States includes the national guard, meaning the Army National Guard and the Air National Guard of the several states. 10 U.S.C. § 311 and $ 101 (9), (10), (12) .
In furtherance of the President's order the Secretary of Defense immediately called into active military service all of the units and members of the Army National Guard and Air National Guard of the State of Alabama to serve in the active military service of the United States for an indefinite period and until relieved by appropriate orders.
This call was transmitted by the Secretary of the Army, acting by direction of, and under delegation of authority from, the Secretary of Defense.
Copies of the Department
of the Army message (No. D.A. 340638, June 11, 1963) were furnished immediately to the Governor of Alabama and to the commanding officers of the Army National Guard and the Air National Guard of the State of Alabama.
It is apparent that the Alabama National Guard was properly called into federal service pursuant to 10 U.S.C.
§5 332-4, and in accordance with the procedure provided in those sections. Since the call to federal service did not invoke the authority of 10 U.S.C. $ 3500, referred to by Mr. Bowen, the procedure prescribed by that section was
not
used.
I trust that the foregoing information will be of
assistance to you.
Sincerely,
¡enera.
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10/7/25,

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Rachel Bitecofer @rachelbitecofer.bsky.social · 20h

🚨🚨🚨
What Russ Vought Is Doing Right Now:

Project 2025 Architect is Spending his Shutdown Destroying Your Government

With half of Project 2025 implemented, what is its architect turned Director of OMB coming for over the shutdown?

Find out (free) and then RP! open.substack.com/pub/thecycle...

What Russ Vought Is Doing Right Now:

Project 2025 Architect is Spending his Shutdown Destroying Your Government

open.substack.com

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Josh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 12h

Boston Globe. “Longstanding policy” is federal law passed in 2019. www.bostonglobe.com/2025/10/07/n...

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Stephen Michael Kellat @alpacaherder.bsky.social · 12h

That’s lower than the law enforcement cut off which was 38 for a long time. Essentially being a controller is supposed to be very, very difficult work. Transferring from that to just working the taxpayer services phone lines at IRS would be a tremendous steps downwards in terms of stress.

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Garrett M. Graff @vermontgmg.bsky.social · 22h

If appropriations bills are not seen as enforceable contracts, why should any Member of Congress vote to fund any part of the federal government under Donald Trump? You're voting to provide money for lawlessness. www.doomsdayscenario.co/p/there-is-n...

There is no budget "deal" to be made

President Trump has so broken the constitutional framework as to make joint normal, responsible government impossible.

www.doomsdayscenario.co

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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 13h

Wow 👇

Denise Wheeler @denisedwheeler.bsky.social · 17h

Reuters photographer Jonathan Ernst noticed that Bondi flipped open a file during the Senate hearing and he zoomed in.

Inside were her crib notes for attacking the senators.

The GOP now practicing Cliff's Notes Fascism

In other words, under oath Bondi was purely a performance.

Bondi senate hearing had a folder full of notes for attacking the senators

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Stephen Michael Kellat @alpacaherder.bsky.social · 12h

(Looks at purchased music downloads from Amazon Music of Missy Higgins, Lindsey Stirling, and Weird Al Yankovic)

Considering how easily I hit patches without cell signal of any sort from any carrier while driving to and from work, downloaded music is still kinda sorta essential.

Thomas [redacted] DO @tom.medsky.social · 15h

Who downloads music anymore. Does Kristi Noem still have an iPod?

Part of a tweet from Benny Johnson quoting Noem today.

"Zach, I didn't listen to your music. I'm happy about that today. Today, that makes me very happy that I never once gave you a single penny to enrich your lifestyle. I am going to go out and probably download some Jason Aldean, John Rich, Kid Rock, and Jon Pardi songs.”

@Sec_Noem says she will be boycotting Zach Bryan.

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CNN @cnn.com · 13h

There will not be enough air traffic controllers in the tower at Chicago’s O’Hare International Airport, the FAA is warning.

Now on the seventh day of the government shutdown, the same scenario is playing out at FAA offices across the country, with ripple effects hitting flights almost everywhere.

Delays spread to major airports across the country, as the seventh day of government shutdown impacts travelers | CNN

There are not going to be enough air traffic controllers in the tower at Chicago’s O’Hare International Airport Tuesday night, the Federal Aviation Administratoin is warning. In Nashville, so many are...

www.cnn.com

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AI6YR Ben @ai6yr.m.ai6yr.org.ap.brid.gy · 14h

Tennesean: "Nashville International Airport's air traffic control tower will remain open through the evening of Oct. 7, despite intense staffing shortages and an ongoing federal government shutdown, according to multiple sources familiar with the situation. " […]

[Original post on ai6yr.org]

Is Nashville's air traffic control tower shutting down? Inside the shortage Hadley Hitson Nashville Tennessean Updated Oct. 7, 2025, 8551 p.m. CT Nashville International Airport's air traffic control tower will remain open through the evening of Oct. 7, despite intense staffing shortages and an ongoing federal government shutdown, according to multiple sources familiar with the situation.

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