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Ghostface Starks @dpzzle.bsky.social · 7d

Monkey know which tree fi climb

LitaBelle❤️♐️ ✨ @themboysmama.bsky.social · 7d

He’s married to Beyoncé who is her real target but she’s smart enough to not bark up that tree. She knows she’s a dog barking at the moon with them.

Pumpkin Spicee @blkginger.bsky.social · 7d

What did Jay Z do to Pink Wig that always got her blood pressure up by just existing? 💀💀

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Ghostface Starks @dpzzle.bsky.social · 7d

Breh….

Ghostface Starks @dpzzle.bsky.social · 7d

I thought it was just me! I was really enjoying it—it’s really good—but knowing the outcome, I was getting angrier & more depressed to closer we got to Election Day. It’s like reliving a sad event all over again. I had to put it down for a bit when I got to 21 days out. I’ll pick it back up but…

Alovelydai™️ @alovelydai.blacksky.app · 8d

Had to put 107 Days down because it was affecting my blood pressure & I have an appointment next week.

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Big Lord Bunny @ceepain.bsky.social · 7d

Look at them protecting their own financial interests. But this is good news for us all.

Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 7d

WASHINGTON (AP) — Supreme Court allows Lisa Cook to remain as a Federal Reserve governor for now.

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Dan Izzo @izzos.us · 7d

This is the kind of thing we need to see more of. Judges and State Bars have power here and if they start holding the govt attorneys to account you can slow things down dramatically.

www.nytimes.com/2025/09/30/u...

Judge Disqualifies Nevada’s Acting U.S. Attorney From Handling Cases

www.nytimes.com

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Ghostface Starks @dpzzle.bsky.social · 7d

We know how rapacious European colonization of the Americas was, but science drives it home:

The indigenous male Y chromosome is basically extinct, replaced by those of European men. In other words, if you’re an indigenous man in 1491, your male lineage has likely been completely erased from Earth.

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Bryan Curtis @bryancurtis.bsky.social · 7d

New PRESS BOX w/ @joelanderson.bsky.social

A 25 for 25 double feature:

@jelaniya.bsky.social on the Future of Journalism School

@edsbs.bsky.social on the Weird Internet
open.spotify.com/episode/3PIU...

A 25 for 25 Double Feature: Dean Jelani Cobb on the Future of J-School. Plus, Spencer Hall on “Weird Internet.”

open.spotify.com

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Ghostface Starks @dpzzle.bsky.social · 7d

WOW!

Dr. Frisky Whisky McThicky, Ball Knower @professorpash.bsky.social · 7d

#Sinners

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 7d

First decline in ADP construction payrolls since 2021.

(via Kev Gordon)

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Ghostface Starks @dpzzle.bsky.social · 7d

😂😂

Ghostface Starks @dpzzle.bsky.social · 7d

Agreed. We need to start limiting ppl’s time on the interwebs like 90s cell phone plans. We would see a dramatic drop in idiotic posts cuz ppl not finna use the family plan precious daytime minutes to be typing foolishness. Gotta save that for nights and weekends.

Idiot creature, alternatively Repugnant muppet @writerfrog99.bsky.social · 8d

I can honestly say, the internet was much better, when this was the sound connecting to it, and you had to keep the computer in the room, instead of taking it with you anywhere.

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Ghostface Starks @dpzzle.bsky.social · 7d

History doesn’t repeat itself but it does rhyme…

Great Britain was a major importer of Southern cotton. During the Civil War, the South stopped sending it to force GB to recognize the Confederacy, believing GB couldn’t function w/o Southern cotton. Instead GB just found new sources (India/BRAZIL).

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Ghostface Starks @dpzzle.bsky.social · 7d

More for the “Who could’ve possibly seen this coming crowd?!?”

No one…except everyone who paid attention.

Sarah Taber @sarahtaber.bsky.social · 7d

I saw this coming!

That's not because I'm a genius with a crystal ball either! Everyone who was paying attention saw it coming.

Like China. They spent the last four years investing in soy farming in Brazil, Argentina, etc.

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Sarah Taber @sarahtaber.bsky.social · 7d

Anyway, here's what this all means.

US soybean farmers have two options.

Grow something else, or get welfare checks forever.

There is no third option.

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Sarah Taber @sarahtaber.bsky.social · 7d

A helpful primer on how major soybean buyers like China are viewing the US's new penchant for trade wars.

Really appreciate the writers' commitment to breaking it down so a 5-year-old can understand it

asiatimes.com/2025/09/braz...

Brazil will remain China's preferred soybean supplier, not the US - Asia Times

China isn't buying any new-crop US soybeans and it's easy to understand why. As part of the crossfire in the latest battle of the US-China trade war,

asiatimes.com

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Sarah Taber @sarahtaber.bsky.social · 7d

And it's just not likely to get better anytime soon.

The first time the US started a trade war with China... what can I say. They noticed. They worked with other countries like Brazil, Argentina, and Uruguay to buy their crops & invest in growing more of them.

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Sarah Taber @sarahtaber.bsky.social · 7d

Ok farm facts are back!

China is so much of the global soybean market, you can't make up losing them by selling to other countries. There isn't enough soybean demand in the world to fill that dent.

And farmers... know that.

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Ghostface Starks @dpzzle.bsky.social · 7d

I thought it was just me! I was really enjoying it—it’s really good—but knowing the outcome, I was getting angrier & more depressed to closer we got to Election Day. It’s like reliving a sad event all over again. I had to put it down for a bit when I got to 21 days out. I’ll pick it back up but…

Alovelydai™️ @alovelydai.blacksky.app · 8d

Had to put 107 Days down because it was affecting my blood pressure & I have an appointment next week.

essencesimmone.blacksky.app @essencesimmone.blacksky.app · 8d

What are you reading right now?

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Mel @thegatesofmel.blacksky.app · 8d

I’d love it if you read my op-ed about AI and why its harms should matter to you.

newsoneofficial.bsky.social @newsoneofficial.bsky.social · 8d

[COMMENTARY] The harms to marginalized communities caused by AI are palpable, yet they don’t always resonate with everyday people, thanks in part to messaging that paints it as useful and necessary.

https://bit.ly/4gOmM9W

We Should Care About The Harm Generative AI Is Causing

The harms to marginalized communities caused by AI are palpable, yet they don’t always resonate with everyday people, thanks in part to messaging that paints it as useful and necessary.

bit.ly

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Ghostface Starks @dpzzle.bsky.social · 7d

Happy October 1st! Welcome to Spooky Season!

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Ghostface Starks @dpzzle.bsky.social · 7d

Ya’ll late. @mikeduncan.bsky.social already let this slip. #TheChildrenOfSaturn

The Guardian @theguardian.com · 7d

Prospect of life on Saturn’s moons rises after discovery of organic substances

Scientists studying water vapour plume from Enceladus find presence of complex molecules that could harbour life The likelihood that one of Saturn’s moons may harbour life has risen, experts say, after finding an array of carbon-based substances being spewed out of Enceladus. The sixth largest of Saturn’s moons, Enceladus has become one of the leading contenders in the search for bodies that could harbour extraterrestrial life, with the Cassini mission – which ended in 2017 – revealing the moon has a plume of water ice grains and vapours erupting from beneath the surface at its south pole. Continue reading...

www.theguardian.com

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Ghostface Starks @dpzzle.bsky.social · 7d

Ayy yoo! 😭

malcoholic @lepetitereboot.bsky.social · 7d

Ghostface Starks @dpzzle.bsky.social · 8d

Two things:

Requiring predictions of the specific policy methods Trump would use to harm when ppl clearly articulated he would do so *by any means necessary* is gamesmanship esp when we know he cares only abt ends not means. “You said FEMA not the Coast Guard so you lose!”

Second, here you go:

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Ghostface Starks @dpzzle.bsky.social · 8d

This is like Mariah Carey every year from 11:59 on Halloween to midnight November 1st! 😂😂

Strictly 4 My Navigators @lizzslockeroom.bsky.social · 8d

#SpookySZN on deck......

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Ghostface Starks @dpzzle.bsky.social · 8d

😭😭

Ghostface Starks @dpzzle.bsky.social · 8d

Dog piling is bad but there WERE a number of ppl (full disclosure, myself included) who predicted how bad it would be & were told we’re hysterical. So yes we’re rightly annoyed that ppl are shocked when this was predictable & predicted. Ppl who are surprised/shocked just didn’t or refused to listen.

Will Stancil @whstancil.bsky.social · 8d

Come on, why is everyone dogpiling this? Very few people suspected the breadth of the cuts to the federal government, nor that so many institutions (and at times, the opposition) would simply roll over and let entire agencies be unconstitutionally dismantled.

Josh Busby @busbyj2.bsky.social · 8d

This. This administration is even worse than any of us thought possible. Who had destroy NIH, CDC, USAID, EPA, scientific research all at the same time on their bingo card?

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