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Kelsey Atherton @atherton.bsky.social · 5h

REI easily top of the list of companies most likely to do a land acknowledgement before layoffs

Jonathan Cohn @jonathancohn.bsky.social · 5h

REI is closing unionized stores. So many companies that like to pretend to be progressive remain still virulently anti-union at their core. www.bostonglobe.com/2025/10/08/b...

REI Co-Op’s Boston location is set to close next year - The Boston Globe

REI said it will close three locations on the East Coast, including a store in Boston, as it launches a new strategic plan.

www.bostonglobe.com

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Mike Check @check1check2.bsky.social · 1h

Brahms Clarinet Quintet is delightful and moving and I wonder if anyone has anchored any cinema or ballet to it

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jenny (phire) @phirephoenix.com · 3h

wow they got mary magdalene

Schrödinger's Sneetch Belly @rtodkelly.bsky.social · 9h

"the girlfriend of one of the founders of antifa"

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Mike Check @check1check2.bsky.social · 3h

The girlfriend of one of the founders of antifa

Olivia Williams as Mrs. Rosemary Cross in Rushmore. She's on the sideline of a rugby pitch at dusk, holding a cigarette in her lips with her right hand while a young man's hands reach from out of frame to with a lighter. She's looking up to him, making eye contact, while Herman Blume's sons practice off in the distance and out of focus behind her.

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Quinta Jurecic @qjurecic.bsky.social · 6h

he's going to come after you either way, so you might as well act with integrity

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Mike Check @check1check2.bsky.social · 5h

I’m pretty sure if we all collectively made up a new leftist boogeyman and declared him the coolest thing to ever hate Trump that this admin would pick it up and target it no matter how obviously fatuous and satirical it was. Call it the Lorax and watch them go after the Seuss estate.

Schrödinger's Sneetch Belly @rtodkelly.bsky.social · 9h

"the girlfriend of one of the founders of antifa"

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darth™️ @darthbluesky.bsky.social · 6h

"we are going to murder americans without due process"
~pam bondi, US attorney general

Prem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · 10h

My gosh. After the US bombed multiple boats in the middle of the ocean, murdering people on grounds that they were allegedly "carrying drugs," the US Attorney General says "Just like we did with cartels, we're going to take the same approach, President Trump, with Antifa."

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Mike Check @check1check2.bsky.social · 10h

And I want an early baseball minigame in it this time too. Never understood why they didn’t try a bullet time baseball minigame given the setting.

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Mike Check @check1check2.bsky.social · 10h

If Rockstar wants all my money it’s the pitch for Red Dead 3

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Mike Check @check1check2.bsky.social · 10h

No its a joke because QS is outspokenly MAGA and got suspended by Trek for dog-whistling on Twitter during the Biden admin but during Trump 2.0 he’s more into complaining about races he loses than he does races he’s not

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Jeff Tischauser @jtischauser.bsky.social · 11h

that's right Kash and all we have are Mids

Screenshot from twitter that shows Kash Patel on Fox News. The post states "Breaking FBI Director Kash Patel has just revealed nearly 5% of Chicago's 2.5 million residents, approx 110,000 people are active gang members."

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Sexy CHOAM Nomsky costume @samthielman.com · 10h

The thing that is so strange about American conservatives in particular, exemplified by Trump and his retinue of dumb assholes, is that they don’t really seem to even want power. They’re not proposing an alternative administration of their own people. They just hate everyone

Julianne McShane @juliannemcshane.bsky.social · 13h

As troops invade Chicago, Trump threatens to jail the mayor and governor - @motherjones.com:
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

As troops invade Chicago, Trump threatens to jail the mayor and governor

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

www.motherjones.com

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Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 15h

Pritzker is offering the following at the moment:

1. Trust the courts. [not a viable strategy]
2. "Film the cops"
3. Vote in 2026
4. Protest [peacefully]

And he knows this is not sufficient. Everyone does.

He will not address the local cops angle because he might be deposed...

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kate conger @kateconger.com · 13h

Jonathan Rinderknecht, a white man, was charged with starting the Palisades Fire. But on X, the company's news summary tab shows a photo of a black man.

Screenshot depicting posts on X, one showing the suspect accused of starting the Palisades Fire, a white man. The X news tab reports on the suspect's arrest, but shows a photo of a black man instead.

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Mike Check @check1check2.bsky.social · 16h

Doing crossfit in my personal Pompidou

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Mike Check @check1check2.bsky.social · 17h

No no no that’s an Optimus Prime day. A Prime day is an a veteran actor of stage and screen who is most famous for her role in Cagney and Lacey.

The Antifa Tallest @spooknine.bsky.social · 17h

No no no, that's a Seine day and you only get them in Paris. A Prime Day is when you inherit the Matrix of Leadership and become the head Autobot.

🏳️‍⚧️ Josephine Riesman @josie.zone · 17h

No, no, no, you're both wrong. Terraforming involves a *Slime* Day. Common mistake. A Prime Day is when you get a coffee, a croissant, and some fresh-squeezed orange juice in an outdoor café

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Mike Duncan @mikeduncan.bsky.social · 17h

All brought to you by the same group that in a previous episode staged a riot inside the national capital to disrupt and prevent the legal transfer of power to their political rivals after losing an election

Ned Resnikoff @resnikoff.bsky.social · 1d

I know it’s easy to get inured to this stuff but imagine a podcast ep where @mikeduncan.bsky.social is telling you about this happening in some other country at the same time that a crisis in parliament has shut down the national budget.

Andy Craig @andycraig.bsky.social · 1d

Presidents have federalized a state's own Guard to use over its objection, most famously desegregation. And sometimes regular military has been used. But taking one state's soldiers and putting them in another state? This is a completely unprecedented breakdown of what the Union fundamentally is.

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Keith W. Dickinson @keithwdickinson.bsky.social · 19h

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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Daniel Knowles @dlknowles.bsky.social · 1d

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...

Federal Agents Storm South Shore Building, Detaining Families and Children

Families were woken by flashbangs and helicopters as hundreds of federal agents raided their homes. Days later, neighbors are still searching for the missing.

southsideweekly.com

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Mike Check @check1check2.bsky.social · 1d

Here's another good reason Grants Pass should be reversed

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Dean Preston @deanpreston.bsky.social · 1d

“Let’s stop pretending homelessness is some moral failure. People aren’t poor because they’re lazy; they’re poor because rent’s insane, wages suck, and billionaires hoard the money that could actually fix this mess.“

Punishing Poverty Isn't Good Policy: Why "Housing First" is the only solution to Homelessness

Homelessness is a choice... that the wealthy make for you.

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Gillian Brockell @gbrockell.bsky.social · 2d

They tried to kill this woman because she annoyed them and they are charging because she lived. Her being alive is an assault on them.

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Popehat Agitates And Irritates @kenwhite.bsky.social · 2d

It’s important to flood social media and news channels with news about how ICE lies, so that potential jurors see it.

Chicago Sun-Times @chicago.suntimes.com · 2d

Body-camera video appears to contradict the government’s claim that Marimar Martinez, 30, drove toward officers before one of them opened fire at her late Saturday morning in Brighton Park, her attorney claimed.
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Attorney for woman shot by Border Patrol claims officer said 'Do something b-----' before shooting

Body-camera video appears to contradict the government's claim that Marimar Martinez, 30, drove toward officers before one of them opened fire at her late Saturday morning in Brighton Park, her attorney claimed. A judge ordered Martinez and a co-defendant released pending trial.

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Gillian Brockell @gbrockell.bsky.social · 2d

Claim: 10 cars rammed ICE
Truth: No cars rammed ICE

Claim: She boxed ICE in
Truth: ICE boxed her in

Claim: She shot a rifle at ICE
Truth: She did not have a rifle

Claim: ICE returned fire
Truth: Only ICE fired

Claim: She drove herself to the hospital
Truth: Paramedics found her

Chicago Sun-Times @chicago.suntimes.com · 2d

Body-camera video appears to contradict the government’s claim that Marimar Martinez, 30, drove toward officers before one of them opened fire at her late Saturday morning in Brighton Park, her attorney claimed.
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Attorney for woman shot by Border Patrol claims officer said 'Do something b-----' before shooting

Body-camera video appears to contradict the government's claim that Marimar Martinez, 30, drove toward officers before one of them opened fire at her late Saturday morning in Brighton Park, her attorney claimed. A judge ordered Martinez and a co-defendant released pending trial.

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dan sinker @dansinker.com · 2d

so at this point it seems like *nothing* the feds said was true? it's a legitimate miracle that this woman is still alive.

Chicago Sun-Times @chicago.suntimes.com · 2d

Body-camera video appears to contradict the government’s claim that Marimar Martinez, 30, drove toward officers before one of them opened fire at her late Saturday morning in Brighton Park, her attorney claimed.
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Attorney for woman shot by Border Patrol claims officer said 'Do something b-----' before shooting

Body-camera video appears to contradict the government's claim that Marimar Martinez, 30, drove toward officers before one of them opened fire at her late Saturday morning in Brighton Park, her attorney claimed. A judge ordered Martinez and a co-defendant released pending trial.

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Damon K @dadadrummer.bsky.social · 2d

There are only two women left at P4K wtf

Lauren Rearick @lrearick.bsky.social · 16d

Some news~ as the kids say~ I got the RTO ultimatum and I'm leaving Pitchfork. Read more on Instagram. There are two full-time women remaining at the publication! That FEELS BAD! www.instagram.com/p/DO6L-fIDYve/

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