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Anna Clark @annaleighclark.bsky.social · 6h

"Asked what percentage of children she imagines should be in public schools going forward, Justice told ProPublica: 'I hope zero. I hope to get to zero.'”

by @megomatz.bsky.social / @jsmithrichards.bsky.social

These Activists Want to Dismantle Public Schools. Now They Run the Education Department.

Under Trump, the Department of Education has been bringing in activists hostile to public schools. It could mean a new era of private and religious schools boosted by tax dollars — and the end of publ...

www.propublica.org

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Keith W. Dickinson @keithwdickinson.bsky.social · 10h

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.

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Bill Weir @billweircnn.bsky.social · 5h

The munchies, planet-sized.

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The A.V. Club @avclub.com · 11d

Okatsuka posted the censorship rules for the controversial comedy festival, noting how many "You can’t say anything anymore!" comedians have signed on.
www.avclub.com/riyadh-comed...

Comedian Atsuko Okatsuka posts contract after turning down Riyadh Comedy Festival

www.avclub.com

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Adam Vs. Evil Dead @admancomics.bsky.social · 11d

I really miss when actors had to go to Japan to do commercials.

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Climate News @climatenews.bsky.social · 10d

New Dutch advert:

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Drew Scanlon @drewscanlon.bsky.social · 12d

Hi Internet! I'm Drew and THIS IS MY FACE.

If this GIF has ever brought you joy in the past, I humbly ask you to consider making a donation to the National MS Society. It would mean a lot to me and to those I know affected by the disease!

Donate at blinkingguy.com

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The Onion @theonion.com · 12d

Talk Of Fascism Dangerous, Warns Ministry Of Compliance

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Brad Lander @bradlander.bsky.social · 13d

I was back at 26 Federal Plaza today, where an ICE agent violently threw this bereft woman to the ground in front of her kids. She had not touched him. She did not pose any threat. She had to be taken to the hospital. (🎥: Elias Eliahu)

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Andrew Freedman @afreedma.bsky.social · 14d

Innovative new "plume" maps from @climatetrace.org show you how to identify and track emissions from the polluters you're exposed to. www.cnn.com/2025/09/24/c...

How to track the super polluters next door | CNN

A new tool allows people in the world’s largest metros to track their air pollution exposure and who’s doing the polluting.

www.cnn.com

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Markham Hislop @markhamhislop.bsky.social · 15d

Gaslit by the Yanks. US Ambassador Disappointed by "Elbows Up"

US Ambassador to Canada Pete Hoekstra embarrasses himself and his country with brain-dead remarks on Friday in Halifax.

Included a clip. The guy's utterly clueless.
@MarkJCarney @canadianpoli
youtu.be/B_qldDdMsdU

Gaslit by the Yanks. US Ambassador Disappointed by "Elbows Up"

YouTube video by Energi Media

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Wisconet @wisconet.bsky.social · 15d

When those leaves eventually fall, leave the leaves!

It’s good for your yard and supports wildlife.

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Representative Seth Magaziner @magaziner.house.gov · 16d

This is the right outcome. Revolution Wind is 80% complete and will deliver much needed low cost energy to the grid.

And, as was apparent when I asked an admin official about the stoppage in the Nat Resources Cmte - they had no clear argument for stopping the project.
www.cnbc.com/2025/09/22/j...

Judge allows Orsted to resume construction on wind farm blocked by Trump administration

The Interior Department had ordered Orsted on Aug. 22 to halt construction on Revolution Wind off the coast of Rhode Island and Connecticut.

www.cnbc.com

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Shayan Sardarizadeh @shayan86.bsky.social · 17d

X has restored the account of Gavin McInnes, founder of the Proud Boys group.

McInnes's account was banned by Twitter in August 2018 ahead of the "Unite the Right 2" rally in Washington DC for "violating" its policies on violent extremism.

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CNN @cnn.com · 17d

A US-funded nutrition program was helping to keep this woman’s baby alive. Days after the program was cut, he died. https://cnn.it/4ndDYbl

A US-funded nutrition program was helping to keep this woman’s baby alive. Days after the program was cut, he died | CNN

Weeds cover the grave of Yagana Usman’s baby – a painful reminder of the months that have passed since she lost her infant twin to malnutrition. Her surviving twin’s fate now hinges in part on decisio...

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Tim Hirschel-Burns @timhirschelburns.bsky.social · 17d

The best thing I've read on the new information ecosystem.

(And a great gateway for people whose influence is based on traditional expertise/credentials. It's by the Carnegie Endowment! There are footnotes!)

Renee DiResta @noupside.bsky.social · 18d

Last week @rachelkleinfeld.bsky.social and I put out a provocation & set of suggestions on how influence has changed and why institutions (& funders) need to change their thinking on shaping public opinion and connecting w/audiences. The old way no longer works.
carnegieendowment.org/research/202...

For Expertise to Matter, Nonpartisan Institutions Need New Communications Strategies

To avoid irrelevance when they are needed most, experts and nonpartisan analysts must rethink not just their channels of communication but also their theory of influence.

carnegieendowment.org

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Bill Weir @billweircnn.bsky.social · 18d

🎶It’s a Bloody Mary mornin’…

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Bill Weir @billweircnn.bsky.social · 18d

HUGE win for ocean life as Morocco becomes the 60th nation to ratify, forcing new high seas protections.

“The US signed the treaty under Biden and American negotiators played a “very important role in drafting” it, but that since President Trump took office “the U.S. has kind of checked out.”

The New York Times @nytimes.com · 19d

Breaking News: A hard-fought international treaty to protect ocean life, decades in the making, cleared a final hurdle. It allows for the establishment of enormous conservation zones in international waters.

Hard-Fought Treaty to Protect Ocean Life Clears a Final Hurdle

The global High Seas Treaty, decades in the making, will become international law. It aims to create vast maritime conservation areas.

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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 19d

Where the separate divisions of ANTIFA landed on the beaches of Normandy on June 6, 1944:

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Sheryl Weikal and the colorful Parrotlegals @leftistlawyer.com · 19d

Folks, you can't report the United States to its manager. There's no superhero coming to save us.

We don't need one giant act of heroism. We need millions of small acts of solidarity. Help one person in your community for nothing in return. Then, do it again. And again.

That's the revolution.

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Shannon Osaka @shannonosaka.bsky.social · 20d

It's not your imagination: Wildfire smoke in the U.S. has dramatically worsened since 2019. According to a new study, it's already killing 41,000 people a year - and it's poised to get much worse.

new from me @johnmuyskens.bsky.social and @sadbumblebee.buzz

www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi...

Record wildfire smoke kills more people each year than car crashes. It’s about to get worse.

The past six summers have been the smokiest on record. New research shows that smoke could become the costliest consequence of climate change for Americans.

www.washingtonpost.com

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Writers Guild of America West @wgawest.bsky.social · 20d

WGA Statement on ABC’s Decision to Pull Jimmy Kimmel Live!

The right to speak our minds and to disagree with each other - to disturb, even - is at the very heart of what it means to be a free people. It is not to be denied. Not by violence, not by the abuse of governmental power, nor by acts of corporate cowardice.
As a Guild, we stand united in opposition to anyone who uses their power and influence to silence the voices of writers, or anyone who speaks in dissent. If free speech applied only to ideas we like, we needn't have bothered to write it into the Constitution. What we have signed on to - painful as it may be at times - is the freeing agreement to disagree.
Shame on those in government who forget this founding truth. As for our employers, our words have made you rich.
Silencing us impoverishes the whole world.
The WA stands with Jimmy Kimmel and his writers.

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Karen Attiah @karenattiah.bsky.social · 20d

The last political column I was allowed to write in the @washingtonpost.com was a criticism of Obama.

His people took issue with my piece, but we were respectful.

Now he is tweeting in support of me.

This is how free political speech and respect for debate *actually works*.

Or used to work.

Tweet From Obama mentioning my firing from the Washington post. Wirh a photo of me

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Bill Weir @billweircnn.bsky.social · 20d

Meanwhile in Canada...

CTV News Kitchener @ctvnewskitchener.bsky.social · 20d

Backhoe operator charged after rolling through stop sign in Barrie neighbourhood, police say - The operator of a backhoe learned the hard way that all drivers, including those operating heavy machinery, must follow the rules of the road.

Backhoe operator charged after rolling through stop sign in Barrie neighbourhood, police say

The operator of a backhoe learned the hard way that all drivers, including those operating heavy machinery, must follow the rules of the road.

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Barack Obama @barackobama.bsky.social · 20d

After years of complaining about cancel culture, the current administration has taken it to a new and dangerous level by routinely threatening regulatory action against media companies unless they muzzle or fire reporters and commentators it doesn’t like.

Let’s be clear about what happened to Jimmy Kimmel

Trump’s most brazen attack on free speech yet.

www.yahoo.com

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