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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 11h

#WarRavagedPortland

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Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 8h

This Reuters headline. Oof.

Fascism isn't 'coming.' It's HERE.
www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...

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Laura Helmuth @laurahelmuth.bsky.social · 10h

Six of the nine Nobel Prize winners this year work in the U.S.
Three of the six were born outside the U.S., which is the pattern most years. No country has benefited more from welcoming immigrants from around the world.
www.nobelprize.org

The official website of the Nobel Prize - NobelPrize.org

The Nobel Prize rewards science, humanism and peace efforts. This is one of the central concepts in the will of Alfred Nobel, and it also permeates the outreach activities that have been developed for...

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PoliticalNash @politicalnash.bsky.social · 7h

#DV1 #ProudBlue
Wake up people, trump must be removed from office. A president calling for Gov Pritzker and others political opponents to be jailed should frighten everyone regardless of party. That is fascism.
@hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social @schumer.senate.gov
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BREAKING: Trump Demands Arrest of Illinois Governor and Chicago Mayor

Trump calls for arrest of Illinois Governor and Chicago Mayor, Trump calls for investigation and silencing of Democratic Senator, Air Traffic slows as Government Shutdown lengthens

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Manchester Metropolitan University @manmetuni.bsky.social · 1d

We've been awarded a £1.5 million NIHR Public Health Research Grant to improve access to parent programmes in deprived areas. Led by Professor Maddy Arden, in partnership with Sheffield Hallam University and over 40 local authorities.

Find out more 🔗 https://bit.ly/3VQb8lB

£1.5 million grant awarded to improve access to parent programmes in deprived areas

The evidence-based toolkit will be used by local authorities to help parents and children

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Dr Robin A Hadley @drrobinhadley1.bsky.social · 7h

manchestermill.co.uk/the-engines-...

The engines that powered the city

The Science and Industry Museum’s Power Hall returns after six years

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Brenna Hassett @brennawalks.bsky.social · 2d

so... the wellcome trust gave me a £1,000,000? and i didnt even have to hold the world to ransom.

i am super excited, going to be recruiting SOON for a phd and a postdoc, and could not do anything without my amazing collaborators <3

www.lancashire.ac.uk/news/grant-t...

Archaeology research project receives £1 million grant to better understand how people got sick

University of Lancashire’s Dr Brenna Hassett receives Wellcome funding to understand how the invention of farming, herding, and sedentism changed human disease.

www.lancashire.ac.uk

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Dr Rebecca Wragg Sykes @lemoustier.bsky.social · 2d

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"My work takes up the theoretical challenge first posed fifty years ago that reliance on agriculture is responsible for a Neolithic increase in disease"

Brenna is one of the most modest AND most sharp scholars I know - this project will be fantastic!

Brenna Hassett @brennawalks.bsky.social · 2d

so... the wellcome trust gave me a £1,000,000? and i didnt even have to hold the world to ransom.

i am super excited, going to be recruiting SOON for a phd and a postdoc, and could not do anything without my amazing collaborators <3

www.lancashire.ac.uk/news/grant-t...

Archaeology research project receives £1 million grant to better understand how people got sick

University of Lancashire’s Dr Brenna Hassett receives Wellcome funding to understand how the invention of farming, herding, and sedentism changed human disease.

www.lancashire.ac.uk

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Dr Rebecca Wragg Sykes @lemoustier.bsky.social · 13h

🏺 And of course, Anthropology including Archaeology is so powerful because we use all kinds of data and analytical methods which bring together humanities AND sciences.

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Dr Rebecca Wragg Sykes @lemoustier.bsky.social · 13h

Anthropology should replace RE as mandatory at state schools: faiths are just one facet of the extraordinary ways people have chosen past & present to organise their lives and express identity - from households to states, craft to economy, or dealing with death. Anthropology opens minds & hearts.

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Dr Rebecca Wragg Sykes @lemoustier.bsky.social · 13h

English, Anthropology, Sociology... removing these options for the majority would of course help the class war substantially, by preventing most people from learning more in understanding and appreciating the real diversity of humanity, culture and its communication

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Phil M @phillm.bsky.social · 13h

"I want a mandate to do more and as deputy leader tackling child poverty will be my number one priority".
Labour doesn't know who it is where it's going or what it's doing. It's a fractured party in disarray, avoiding & subverting some of the most serious issues. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

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Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · 1d

Mike Johnson says he'll swear in @adelitaforcongress.bsky.social as soon as she wants. Okay, so how about today?

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

RAJU: You swore in 2 GOP members during pro forma session. Why not swear in Grijalva? Does it have to do w/her signature on Epstein petition?

JOHNSON: It has nothing to do with that. We'll swear her in when everybody is back

R: Why not now?

J: Uh - we'll schedule it, I guess, as soon as she wants

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Motorhead @bradmunchen.bsky.social · 21h

"Putin couldn't do a better job" of attacking America.

How do we know this isn't Putin's doing?

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soldier2025.bsky.social @soldier2025.bsky.social · 6d

Breaking out my souvenir from the last government shutdown.

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Damian Carrington @dpcarrington.bsky.social · 13h

UK #plastic waste exports to developing countries rose 84% in a year, data shows

- Campaigners say increase in exports mostly to Malaysia and Indonesia is ‘unethical and irresponsible waste imperialism’

www.theguardian.com/environment/...

UK plastic waste exports to developing countries rose 84% in a year, data shows

Campaigners say increase in exports mostly to Malaysia and Indonesia is ‘unethical and irresponsible waste imperialism’

www.theguardian.com

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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 13h

Studying the language and literature that has helped to define our nation at home and around the world for centuries is a "rip-off" apparently

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 1d

CNN: “An older couple making $85K/year will see their yearly insurance premiums jump from $7K to $25,000 — 30% of their income.” 😳#TrumpShutdown #TrumpHealthCareTax

This is what Dems are drawing attention to and want fixed. Now, not later.

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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 22h

Remember, it was the Washington Post who gave Bondi a thumbs up to be confirmed. Democracy Docket made clear from day one that she was an election denying sycophant.

No surprise at their coverage of today. Support independent, pro-democracy media today. hubs.ly/Q03M8rql0

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Molly Jong-Fast @mollyjongfast.bsky.social · 1d

This strikes me as pretty bad

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Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · 1d

Pam Bondi admits she spoke to Apple to "get the ICEBlock app taken down." Sounds an awful lot like coercion to suppress disfavored speech to me. A clear violation of the 1st Amendment.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Bondi claims that the ICEBlock app was "criminal in that people were posting where ICE officers lived"

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Kate Holterhoff, PhD @kateholterhoff.com · 1d

We are all Dr. Brunkow 😴
“Dr. Brunkow said she did not expect to win a Nobel Prize. ‘My phone rang, and I saw a number from Sweden and thought, well that’s just spam of some sort, so I disabled the phone and went back to sleep,’“ www.nytimes.com/2025/10/06/h...

Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine Is Awarded for Work on Immune Systems

www.nytimes.com

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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 1d

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Courtney Vaughn @courtneyvaughn.bsky.social · 19h

Streets are still closed off in front of the Portland ICE facility at 8:30pm. Protesters have gathered on a side street. Dance party in progress.

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Melanie D’Arrigo @darrigomelanie.bsky.social · 23h

I feel like this photo of masked, armed men pepper spraying a pastor protecting his community is going to be a defining picture of this moment in America for a long, long time.

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