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MeteorBlades @meteorblades.bsky.social · 13m

On First Amendment grounds, the SupCt seems likely to knock down states’ bans against professionals’ talking about gay “conversion” with patients. But doctors in Texas and many other states can be prosecuted if they even mention “abortion“ to their patients. www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

Supreme Court sharply questions law banning conversion therapy

The Supreme Court sharply questions a Colorado law that bans efforts to change minors’ sexual identity, suggesting it violates therapists’ free-speech rights.

www.washingtonpost.com

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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 13m

Check out this whole interview! I think we got into a ton of really interesting topics over the course of the interview.

The Contrarian @contrariannews.org · 16h

As Trump and ICE unleash terror on Chicago, due process is nowhere to be found.

@reichlinmelnick.bsky.social unpacks ICE’s overreach
https://contrarian.substack.com/p/ice-is-out-of-control-aaron-reichlin

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Jack Tripper @chadstanton.blacksky.app · 13m

“Milei basked in the adulation, throwing his leather-clad arms into the air, and took a sip of water before proceeding with his nine-track set of mostly 1980s rock anthems. “I’m human,” he told the packed stadium. “It might not seem like it, but I am.””

They’re all ridiculously whiny.

Burning down the house: Milei plays rock star as Argentina economy crashes

Facing protests and scandal, Argentina’s ‘rock star president’ performs in Buenos Aires, saying: ‘I’m human’

www.theguardian.com

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 34m

really can’t say enough about how mike johnson is a sniveling little coward of a man. a bayou-bred pushover with a dignity deficit that would embarrass renfield

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1h

Q: Do you agree that the mayor of Chicago and governor of Illinois should be in prison?

MIKE JOHNSON: Should they be in prison? I'm not the attorney general. I'm not following the day to day on that

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Michael Bennet @bennet.senate.gov · 1h

Families in Colorado desperately need more affordable housing.

But instead of real solutions, the Trump Administration has shut down HUD and turned their website into a MAGA billboard.

We need an all-hands strategy to lower rents, not Republican political theater.

Colorado’s Michael Bennet calls on Trump administration to remove ‘partisan political messages’ from official government websites

U.S. Senator Michael Bennet (D-Colo) is calling on President Donald Trump’s administration to remove “partisan political messages” from federal agency websites and other communication channels. The Tr...

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Jonathan W. Gray @elmcitytree.blacksky.app · 1h

Like this post is surrounded by silly ads. But pay those bills I guess.

WIRED @wired.com · 23h

A Facebook group set up to share information about leucovorin has been spammed by affiliate links and supplement companies trying to shame parents of autistic kids.

Chaos, Confusion, and Conspiracies: Inside a Facebook Group for RFK Jr’s Autism ‘Cure’

A Facebook group set up to share information about leucovorin has been spammed by affiliate links and supplement companies trying to shame parents of autistic kids.

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Dan Savage @dansavage.bsky.social · 1h

Getting my shocked face out of the drawer where I keep it — don't know why I even bother to put away these days.

www.joemygod.com/2025/10/maga...

MAGA Author Of Anti-Porn Bill Linked To Porn Account - Joe.My.God.

The Detroit Metro Times reports: A Republican state lawmaker leading a campaign to ban pornography in Michigan appears to have had an account on a pornographic hook-up website that promised users they...

www.joemygod.com

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Dan Savage @dansavage.bsky.social · 1h

"Constantly externalizing internal conflicts" should come right after "every accusation is a confession."

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Asawin Suebsaeng @swin24.bsky.social · 1h

Many of them undersold what would occur

The Ass is the father of the legs @internethippo.bsky.social · 2h

Every 2024 over the top tweet about what a second Trump term would be like ended up being accurate

southpaw @nycsouthpaw.bsky.social · 2h

The situation in America is not great. www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...

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Gregg Gonsalves @gregggonsalves.bsky.social · 1h

@himself.bsky.social says it clearly. It is not rocket science. It is solidarity. Time for alums, students, faculty and staff at universities to stand together against Trump's wannabe-authoritarianism. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/08/o...

Opinion | You Beat Trumpism by Banding Together. It’s as Hard and as Simple as That.

www.nytimes.com

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Jay Perk @johnathanperk.bsky.social · 1h

It’s been this way since Obama was elected president and Republicans led by Mitch McConnell started openly cheating and bragging about it.

Rep. Dave Min @congressmin.bsky.social · 1d

It's been two weeks since Adelita Grijalva was elected and Mike Johnson has still refused to seat her, unlike in past cases where he swore in new members within 24 hours.

There cannot be one set of rules for Rs and another for Ds.

Also, release the damn Epstein files already.

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EastVillageTwt @eastvillagetwt.bsky.social · 1h

All of Congress Beware:

Illegal Tariffs gave Trump billions in revenue collected without Congress. His team now asserts he can deploy troops under “plenary authority.” When one man controls both funding and all force, Congress becomes irrelevant—and democracy ceases to function.

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Mark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 1h

More Democrats need to follow JB Pritzker's lead and directly confront MAGA's ongoing campaign to crush our democracy. It's not a time for any Democratic politician to hide in their office making fundraising calls. Get your ass out there. Denounce the fascists. Be loud.

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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Mike Levin @mikelevin.org · 2h

Leading economists say the U.S. saw “essentially no job growth” last month.

Small businesses are getting crushed by Trump’s tariffs and immigration chaos while health care carries the economy.

The shutdown means no official jobs data—just more chaos and uncertainty.
thehill.com/business/554...

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 18h

ICE will reportedly hire contractors to surveil social media platforms 24/7 to target people for deportations.

The information would then be funneled into an existing ICE database built by Palantir (founded by Trump ally Peter Thiel).

"The party of small government,” folks.

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YokaiCafe @yokaicafe.bsky.social · 2h

"Fascists can't dance."

In the dichotomy, lies our power. 💙

@parkroseperma.bsky.social
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This video is so powerful. This is what the resistance movement needs

YouTube video by Parkrose Permaculture

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Hypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · 2h

Will be really cool when 6th amendment is changed to “you have the right to a chatbot.”

These people ditched lawyers for ChatGPT in court

From pickleball disputes to eviction cases, litigants are using ChatGPT to fight their court battles — and they’re starting to win.

www.nbcnews.com

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Melissa Gira Grant @melissagiragrant.com · 2h

and when I said “the violence is already here” I also meant: the actual police

Melissa Gira Grant @melissagiragrant.com · 15h

What we’re seeing now is not people “[beginning] to view their own government’s security forces as an occupying army”—the federal agents are becoming an occupying army, and the violence is theirs. The violence is already here.

Caleb Crain @calebcrain.bsky.social · 15h

Chilling insight by @barbarafwalter.com: "Once citizens view their own government’s security forces as an occupying army, violence becomes inevitable. Trump’s team knows this… They’re trying to trigger the very unrest that would justify further crackdowns."

via www.nytimes.com/2025/10/07/o...

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 2h

i think it is cool that a government run by fanatical bigots is on track to plunge the economy into a mountain and cause a food crisis

David Dayen @ddayen.bsky.social · 2h

So this is funny.
The administration just issued a rule slashing foreign agricultural worker wages. And to justify it, in a public filing, Trump's Labor Department alleges that Trump's immigration enforcement has devastated the Ag workforce and caused a "risk of supply shock-induced food shortages."

Trump Labor Department Says His Immigration Raids Are Causing a Food Crisis

In a filing in the Federal Register, the Labor Department argues there are “immediate dangers to the American food supply” due to a lack of migrant agricultural workers.

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Cindy 🇨🇦⚢🏳️‍🌈 @bilbow.bsky.social · 2h

Report released Monday, says U.S. booze exports to Canada are down a staggering 85% in 2nd quarter compared to the year before.“This shift may reflect a broader sentiment that US tariffs are unfair, prompting consumers to seek nonUS products”

#blackoutthesystem
#Pinks
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Canada is buying 85% less U.S. booze than last year amid trade war: report - National | Globalnews.ca

'This shift may reflect a broader sentiment that U.S.-imposed tariffs are unfair,' the report noted in its assessment of falling exports around the globe.

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Andrew Levesque @andrewlevesque.bsky.social · 2h

trump calls for jailing Democratic leaders as troops prepare for Chicago deployment…
www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...

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s. eek smith 👻 @sesmith.lol · 2h

'The modeling results also indicated that the warehouses expose about 90 percent of the city’s population to a cancer risk above 1 in 1 million and residents living closest to the warehouses can be exposed to risk levels as high as 1 in 5,000.'

Breast cancer, dizziness, headaches: El Paso residents ask if a warehouse's toxic emissions are to blame

After a Grist investigation revealing exposure to the carcinogen ethylene oxide, El Paso residents confront troubling questions about their health.

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Hypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · 2h

Altman claims the company didn’t anticipate people not wanting their deepfakes to say “offensive things or things that they find deeply problematic,” which sounds like a lie but is also indicative of how they recklessly release tech into the world.

OpenAI wasn’t expecting Sora’s copyright drama

It felt “more different to images than people expected.”

www.theverge.com

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ballerinaX @ballerinax.bsky.social · 2h

"The Accelerated Freefall program"

sounds like how every day feels

"A tandem skydive with her mother “rocked my world,” she added, leading her to enroll in the Accelerated Freefall program in 2021."

Moab skydiver helps all-female team set wingsuit world record
www.sltrib.com/news/2025/10...

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Senator Martin Heinrich @heinrich.senate.gov · 2h

So Trump thinks we should give a $20B bailout to the right wing government in Argentina, but we can’t afford to keep your healthcare from going up by $1000s of dollars a year? Bullshit.

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