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onion person @junlper.beer · 13h

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Taniel @taniel.bsky.social · 21h

Pennsylvania Republicans are aiming to erase Democrats' majority on the state supreme court in November.

But this sort of push has virtually no precedent or template in this state, making a weird campaign where everyone is trying to find their mark.

A great new read:
boltsmag.org/pennsylvania...

Inside the Clunky Elections to Control Pennsylvania's Supreme Court - Bolts

The GOP is making an expensive push to end Democrats’ majority on a court at the center of election lawsuits, sparking a fledging campaign season with little precedent or template.

boltsmag.org

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Taniel @taniel.bsky.social · 11h

This election is happening today—stay tuned for some early returns (though it’s late, and Alaska counts slowly, so don’t expect a final result!)

Taniel @taniel.bsky.social · 3d

happening in just 3 days, btw: a Trumpian, conservative mayor who has fought protections for LGBTQ+ residents and whose comments drew condemnation this year from Alaska Natives is running for reelection in Alaska's second largest city — Fairbanks.

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Kurt @flglchicago.bsky.social · 21h

ACT IN SOLIDARITY WITH CHICAGO

We have been invaded by the Texas National Guard.

Stop doing business with Texas-based companies, starting with

American Airlines
AT&T
ExxonMobil
Southwest Airlines
Whole Foods

Do the things you can do. Solidarity is never easy, but solidarity always wins.

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Greg Pak @gregpak.net · 11h

Every part of this sentence describes an abomination before God. People are going to hell for this.

Brendan Nyhan @brendannyhan.bsky.social · 12h

Monstrous.

"federal agents detained nearly every resident of the 130-unit building—including children and babies—placing them in zip ties and separating them by race into vans for more than two hours early Tuesday morning."

Daniel Knowles @dlknowles.bsky.social · 14h

Good reporting on the South Shore raid from South Side weekly here.

Confirms one thing I was told but didn't put in my own piece because I didn't have a second source and it seemed too insane: border agents segregated arrested residents by race

southsideweekly.com/federal-agen...

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Bill Corbett @billcorbett.bsky.social · 11h

Minimum demands from here on:
- Abolish ICE immediately
- Prosecute and jail all ICE leaders nationwide, and any ICE goon who can be proven to have violated the Constitution
- Prosecute and jail all Trump administration officials responsible, inc. Cabinet level
- Abolish Dept of Homeland Security

Kurt @flglchicago.bsky.social · 14h

Here’s video of the incident

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Elyse Graham @elysegraham.bsky.social · 1d

SWEATER WEATHER

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Jack Jenkins @jackjenkins.me · 15h

Gonna be thinking about this lede for a minute.

(RNS) — Last month, the Rev. David Black stood in front of a Chicago-area U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility and spread his arms wide. Adorned in all black and wearing a clerical collar, the pastor looked up at a group of masked, heavily armed ICE agents on the roof and began to pray.

“I invited them to repentance,” Black, a minister in the Presbyterian Church (USA), said in an interview. “I basically offered an altar call. I invited them to come and receive that salvation, and be part of the kingdom that is coming.”

But when Black began to lower his arms a few seconds later, the agents responded to his spiritual plea by firing pepper balls, or chemical agents that cause eye irritation and respiratory distress, video footage shows. One struck Black in the head, exploding into a puff of white pepper smoke and forcing him to his knees. Fellow demonstrators rushed to his aid, and as the pastor rubbed his face in pain, the agents continued to fire.

“We could hear them laughing,” Black said.

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Funranium (AKA Phil Broughton) @funranium.bsky.social · 12h

Ah. Well, that will fuck the ENTIRE network of flights. Not just in the US either.

CNN @cnn.com · 12h

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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Melissa Gira Grant @melissagiragrant.com · 14h

Incredible (via www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...)

A group of apparent armed agents assemble at the end of a street, as seen from the perspective of a person in inflatable frog costume, their frog’s eyes dominating the foreground. The Ice facility in downtown Portland on Monday. Photograph: Mathieu Lewis-Rolland/AFP/Getty Images

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Rudy wants revolution. @rude1.blacksky.team · 16h

I hear and see your concerns. Over the weekend, a couple users hosted on Blacksky's PDS were banned from the Bluesky app and thus the Bluesky API servers. This was a weakness of our system I've been aware of and hoped we had more time to address before any kind of public incident. 1/11

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Six-Eyed Kitten (But Scary) @andrewkozma.net · 14h

I think and hope there are more of us than them.

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Kelsey Atherton @atherton.bsky.social · 18h

this is literally stuff King Charles did, like not only did the American colonists have a revolution to not have this happen, but they did so in the wake of the English revolution, which was about not having stuff like this happen

George Pearkes @peark.es · 19h

Well that's not how appropriations work at all

*WHITE HOUSE TO TRANSFER TARIFF REVENUE TO FUND WIC: LEAVITT

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Six-Eyed Kitten (But Scary) @andrewkozma.net · 17h

Fellow Texans, here's a link to prepare for the elections this November.

Brian Gaar @briangaar.bsky.social · 22h

Texas has some constitutional amendments up for a vote Nov. 4. Here’s my summary: If you’re wealthy, the state promises to protect your fortune forever. If you’re poor and accused of a crime, Texas promises to protect the public from you. thebarbedwire.com/2025/10/07/t...

Texas Is Asking Voters to Protect the Rich and Punish the Poor. Will They Do It?

Among 17 potential constitutional amendments, voters will be deciding the fate of corporate welfare and inherited wealth.

thebarbedwire.com

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Brian Gaar @briangaar.bsky.social · 22h

Texas has some constitutional amendments up for a vote Nov. 4. Here’s my summary: If you’re wealthy, the state promises to protect your fortune forever. If you’re poor and accused of a crime, Texas promises to protect the public from you. thebarbedwire.com/2025/10/07/t...

Texas Is Asking Voters to Protect the Rich and Punish the Poor. Will They Do It?

Among 17 potential constitutional amendments, voters will be deciding the fate of corporate welfare and inherited wealth.

thebarbedwire.com

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Chuck Wendig @chuckwendig.bsky.social · 17h

Useful thread here —

rahaeli @rahaeli.bsky.social · 20h

People once again need to internalize that "generative AI" is a small subset of machine learning, that machine learning is a critical tool that you cannot run a site without past a certain volume Bluesky has long since exceeded, and that it is FAR more reliable than user reporting.

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azteclady @azteclady.bsky.social · 17h

Adding this to my 'master' #SubstackHasANaziProblem thread:

Resources to migrate subscription lists off-Substack (while they still can) upthread ☝🏽

azteclady @azteclady.bsky.social · 18h

After the most recent Bluesky CEO public meltdown (reported brilliantly by @nicomaramckay.com 👇🏽), I can't but think about all the progressive writers who continue to publish their newsletters through Substack's soon-to-be-walled platform.

#SubstackHasANaziProblem
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Bluesky’s CEO meltdown: How leadership continues to fail its most marginalized users

tl;dr: Bluesky began with genuine promise: a new social media platform where users could feel safer, but inconsistent moderation quickly…

plutopsyche.medium.com

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emily moonlight @threnody.bsky.social · 18h

hi, cis folks in california!

this headline leaves out that newsom has another 5 days to sign these bills into law. if you’d like to tell him he should do that to protect trans californians, you should to reach out.

he also has a phone: (916) 445-2841

want to know what to say? next post! 🧵

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Erin Biba @erinbiba.bsky.social · 19h

A great way to turn the temp down here as @jay.bsky.team @pfrazee.com and @aaron.bsky.team want would be to stop communicating site policies and practices with individual users or on their timelines and hire a comms person who is a professional communicator to do all the front facing interaction.

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Pride at the Pier 🏳️‍🌈🤝⚧️ he/she/they/xe @prideatthepier.bsky.social · 19h

🧵 At tonight's HB City Council meeting, agenda items 7 and 18 are connected to a far-right organization that spouts unverifiable voter fraud theories, currently under the name "Unite 4 Freedom".

Currently - because they change their name every time they face scrutiny.

Let's talk about it.

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Karlo Yeager Rodríguez @kjy1066.bsky.social · 2d

My newest story (that I finished literally at the beginning of the year) has already gathered 11 rejections. Nature is healing

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🍄 C.G. Aubrey🍂 @cgaubrey.bsky.social · 1d

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Thank you for your continued support. 🍄

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🍄 C.G. Aubrey🍂 @cgaubrey.bsky.social · 1d

It's my birthday! I would love if y'all could head over to @reckoningmag.bsky.social today, give them a follow, and maybe check out my recent editorial for A Chorus, Divergent (our special reprint collection of #neurodivergent contributors over the past ten years). reckoning.press/editorial/

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Chris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 19h

This has nothing to do with crime. This is an attempt to crush political dissent.

Never before, in our entire 250 year history, has the military or immigration agents been used like this. It's dystopian, illegal, and it should stop.

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Mx. Fee - BRING LINK BACK @mxfee.bsky.social · 19h

Rahaeli gonna be sick of notifs from me sharing this thread today (sorry) but we did it again in July last year! I feel like tensions are super high and folks are latching onto any reason to be angry but this is not the one 🫠

rahaeli @rahaeli.bsky.social · Jul 17

It didn't. They've always had a hybrid model where they use Hive Moderation (hivemoderation.com ) to scan images for CSAM, CSEM, murder images, beheadings, animal crush images, etc etc, and to label and classify content that's NSFW, violent, etc , and humans handle actual reports.

Hive Moderation

Automated content moderation solutions with human-level accuracy

hivemoderation.com

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