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shing yin khor @shing.bsky.social · 1h

Excited to announce that Geronimo Was A Beaver, my first puppet film with @jayackley.bsky.social will be making its big screen premiere as part of DOC LA's film festival!!

We're on Saturday 10/25 at 5pm as part of their short films block!

Tickets: filmfreeway.com/DOCLA/tickets

a image of a carved wooden beaver puppet, with DOC LA official selection laurels above it.

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Will Wilkinson @wlknsn.xyz · 1h

Really looking forward to this. @radleybalko.bsky.social is a national treasure.

Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 8h

The first episode of Collateral Damage, my reported podcast with The Intercept, went up today.

Hope you’ll check it out and, if you enjoy it, give it a favorable rating or review.

Eternal thanks to my producers @lauraflynn.bsky.social and Andrew Stelzer for making it happen.

Ep. 1 Dirty Business: The Atlanta Narcotics Unit’s Deadly Raid on 92-year-old Kathryn Johnston.

Podcast Episode · Collateral Damage from The Intercept · 10/08/2025 · 55m

podcasts.apple.com

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Amy @lolennui.bsky.social · 43m

So cool that whenever someone asks the president, “did you eat the Lindbergh baby” he’s like, “no but I’d be allowed to, I have the right to, I might do it later”

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Alex Spahn 🌋🌪️☄️ @spahn711.bsky.social · 1h

If you decide to have children, you have to do so knowing that your child could be gay, trans, etc., and if you go into it knowing that you wouldn't support them if that were the case, you don't love them and you shouldn't be having children.

Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 1h

1. In a devastating new Pew Research Survey, only 3 in 10 transgender adults report being accepted by their parents.

And only 1 in 10 say they are accepted by their extended family.

This is the lowest number ever found in surveys asking similar questions.

Subscribe to support our journalism.

Pew Survey: Only 31% Of Trans People Report Being Accepted By Their Parents

The survey comes as transgender people experience a legal assault from the far-right in the United States.

www.erininthemorning.com

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Ryan Cordell @ryancordell.org · 1d

Hey @queermedieval.bsky.social your illustration prints *beautifully*!!

Anti-fascist frogs hot off the press

A print made from wood type and linoleum. The linocut is an early-modern style woodcut rendition of a protester in a frog costume facing off against two ICE officers in riot gear. The text reads

STAND UP
TO
FASCISM!

The ink is green on an off white paper.

wood type and linoleum set for printing in a proofing press. The linocut is an early-modern style woodcut rendition of a protester in a frog costume facing off against two ICE officers in riot gear. The text reads

STAND UP
TO
FASCISM!

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Andy Craig @andycraig.bsky.social · 21h

He's not just George III in 1776, he's George III in 1816.

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Cait @caitesq.bsky.social · 14h

I love this man

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ArtButMakeItSports @artbutmakeitsports.bsky.social · 18h

Self-Portrait in a Mocking Pose, by Joseph Decreux, 1793

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Gabriel Malor @gabrielmalor.bsky.social · 1d

The constitutional remedy for a president who is using public money contrary to congressional appropriations is impeachment, removal, and disqualification.

(And would have, before Justice Roberts got a bright idea, led to eventual criminal charges.)

George Pearkes @peark.es · 1d

Well that's not how appropriations work at all

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

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Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 1d

I grew up going to Zabar's. So many of my childhood memories center around the best lox in NYC (which is saying something). With Saul Zabar's passing today, the Upper West Side has lost a legend who turned his parent's humble store into a culinary institution.

Saul Zabar, Smoked Fish Czar of Upper West Side, Dies at 97

www.nytimes.com

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Anthony Michael Kreis @anthonymkreis.bsky.social · 1d

A valuable reminder in these hard times.

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Cait @caitesq.bsky.social · 1d

The last clause got me. Clients!

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Andrew Burns @mrburnsns.bsky.social · 1d

Pittsburgh's had a long tradition of very cool airports. There's a direct line from the current airport to US Air's implosion but it was amazing in its heyday.

Edward Russell @byerussell.com · 1d

“You just know you’re in Pittsburgh. It’s part of the texture, the very particular design elements and atmosphere of this place.”

Pittsburgh's Tasso Katselas-designed landside terminal will close for good later in October, replaced by a new modern terminal.

byerussell.substack.com/p/pittsburgh...

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The Onion @theonion.com · 1d

U.S. Military Carries Out Strike On Scuffy The Tugboat https://theonion.com/u-s-military-carries-out-strike-on-scuffy-the-tugboat/

U.S. Military Carries Out Strike On Scuffy The Tugboat
Pentagon Claims Little Red Vessel Working With ‘Narco-Terrorists’

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WeRateDogs @weratedogs.com · 1d

This is Eeyore. He led a sheriff's deputy to his grandma after she fell during their walk. We are awarding him the incredibly rare 15/10 (FB: OkaloosaSheriff)

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Cait @caitesq.bsky.social · 1d

This article is incredible. I buy my phones on a zero-interest installment plan, but I didn’t realize that regularly using Affirm and Klarna for shopping was a big thing

Mrs. Detective PikaBOO, Esq. @clapifyoulikeme.favrd.social · 1d

A functional government that cared about its citizens would do something to address this exploding problem (gift link)
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/07/m...

They Got to Live a Life of Luxury. Then Came the Fine Print.

www.nytimes.com

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Cait @caitesq.bsky.social · 1d

I need to find authority for the proposition that when two cases from the same court conflict, we follow the more recent one

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Cait @caitesq.bsky.social · 1d

I would put paratha above naan, but I realize this is a matter of personal opinion

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madison! @madepn.bsky.social · 1d

here is my first rendering of the bread scale of triviality (any suggestions welcome; I love thinking about bread)

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Cait @caitesq.bsky.social · 1d

I am so grateful for my colleagues who edit my briefs, and your posts make me even more grateful that typically I’m just incorporating one person’s edits and I get to make the final call.

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Maggie Astor @maggieastor.bsky.social · 2d

CDC has finally adopted the recommendations its vaccine panel made Sept. 19. This should increase access to Covid vaccines somewhat — CVS and Walgreens had said once the recs were official, they'd offer the shots w/o Rx nationwide, and Vaccines for Children program also needed the official approval

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Dave Weigel @daveweigel.bsky.social · 1d

The View segment where Whoopi asked how ordinary people could read SCOTUS opinions was revealing.

They're free. They're online. They're much easier to read than legislation. Conquer your imposter's syndrome, you are smart enough to read a decision and know if it's bullshit.

Tom Scocca @tomscocca.bsky.social · 1d

It's not just that they're going to strike down a law against conversion therapy, it's that they're going to do it on behalf of made-up claims from a straw plaintiff who can't honestly show the law affected her at all

Tom Scocca @tomscocca.bsky.social · 1d

One thing about American's widespread distrust and disapproval of the Supreme Court is that mainstream news coverage mostly doesn't dwell on stuff like standing, so people don't even begin to grasp how rigged the Court truly is www.nytimes.com/live/2025/10...

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Glenn Fleishman @glennf.com · 1d

Hi, folks, a little personal news. In mid-November, I'm getting my aortic valve replaced via open-heart surgery. As scary as that sounds, my prognosis is excellent. This is fairly personal health news, and I'm posting publicly for two reasons.

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good hyuck, babe! @markpopham.bsky.social · 1d

I am extremely pumped to be able to talk about this - earlier this year @planetoffinks.bsky.social reached out to ask if I would want to design a bumper sticker for Welcome to Night Vale. In keeping with my whole deal I made the Keep Honking! one, which is now available for purchase!

Welcome to Night Vale @nightvaleradio.bsky.social · 1d

Two fun new bumper stickers!

Find them here: buff.ly/lGvAVs5

Two bumper stickers. the top one is black with white text that arches slightly up like a shallow rainbow: Keep Honking! I'm listening to my weird little podcasts. On the right is a dog sitting but it's head is the horn of a record player. On the other side is a record player but instead of a horn on top is a dog's head.
The bottom bumper sticker is in shades of purple. The text takes up most of the space with a purple galaxy of stars behind it and a transparent Night Vale eye on the right. The eye is almond shaped with a crescent moon in the iris. The text is a very light violet and says: be proud of your place in the cosmos. it is small and yet it is.

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Sheila Scarborough @theseafarer.bsky.social · 1d

The annual Albuquerque Balloon Fiesta is spectacular, y'all.

#TravelTuesday #TravelSky #travel #NewMexicoTRUE

Brian Jay Jones @brianjayjones.com · 1d

Here’s the one terrible photo I snapped while at a standstill on an overpass. Sorry it doesn’t do it justice. At ALL.

Albuquerque blue sky dotted with balloons. Not a great photo alas

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