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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 2h

it's only racial profiling if it comes from the racial profiling region of france. otherwise it's sparkling reasonable suspicion.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2h

McLaughlin: "Pritzker said there's racial profiling, which is absolutely false. Our officials use reasonable suspicion. That's protected under the US Constitution 4th Amendment."

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Patrick Chovanec @prchovanec.bsky.social · 2h

"THEY WERE EVENTUALLY LET GO AFTER SHOWING THIER DOCUMENTS". In other words, they were pulled out of their cars for looking "Mexican".

CollinCountyDems @collincountydems.bsky.social · 2h

This is terrifying!

ICE breaks into this woman’s car in the pick-up line at West Loop Elementary school in Chicago and detains her before she can pick her kids up from school. (They were eventually let go after showing their documents)

This is Trump’s America.

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wynterrayven.bsky.social @wynterrayven.bsky.social · 6h

Yesterday
#ColorADay
#YellowThu
#Nature
#Photography

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AlinaHagen 🌊🎨📸 @alinagrafik.bsky.social · 6h

#PalacesAndGardens #Myth&Legend

Dracula's Castle in Transylvania.

Stories abound about Dracula and his castle which are attributed to Bram Stoker's book "Dracula." But what was the castle really like, and what happened there? (See alt txt)

#EastCoastKin #Dracula #Castle #ClassicMono

This imposing stone castle named Bran Castle sits on a hill in Transylvania, Romania. Bram Stoker had seen images of Bran Castle with its imposing size and location, and decided this would be the basis of his story about Vlad Dracula.

Vlad Dracula, or Vlad the Impaler is said to have impaled 100,000 people or more. Local tales of vampires also inspired Bram Stoker's book.

Vlad was a local hero for warding off the Ottoman invaders, but he never actually lived in the castle. He was, however, imprisoned there briefly for crimes.

According to local lore, the castle was once the site of a massacre during a siege, where many children lost their lives. Today, their spirits are believed to haunt the castle grounds.

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The Doctor @drstevenhobbs.bsky.social · 1h

A western boxelder bug for #insectthursday

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The Doctor @drstevenhobbs.bsky.social · 5h

Some could afford a trip to the titanic.

The Doctor @drstevenhobbs.bsky.social · 6h

Yes. Prior to WW2.

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Ed Burmila @edburmila.bsky.social · 6d

RIP Patricia Routledge one of the best ever to do it.

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The Doctor @drstevenhobbs.bsky.social · 17h

He is.

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Sanho Tree @sanho.bsky.social · 1d

Holy crap. Trump will make the FCC crucify Jimmy Kimmel for this.

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Dr Mel T @drmel.bsky.social · 18h

Wow, my organic Chemistry lecturer from UniMelb from 1995, just won a Nobel Prize! (I was one of the worst students in the cohort, only scraping a 55% pass) www.unimelb.edu.au/newsroom/new...

Professor Richard Robson wins Nobel Prize in Chemistry

University of Melbourne Professor Richard Robson is one of three scientists awarded the 2025 Nobel Prize in Chemistry.

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The Doctor @drstevenhobbs.bsky.social · 18h

You win the internet today.

a man with curly hair and glasses is wearing a blue jacket .

ALT: a man with curly hair and glasses is wearing a blue jacket .

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The Doctor @drstevenhobbs.bsky.social · 18h

What a colour palette!

Autumn colours in the leaves in the foreground and background. There is water faintly visible in the midground. A tall tree stands on the left and conifer forest in distance.

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Ron D'vivre @reflectshade.bsky.social · 20h

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The Doctor @drstevenhobbs.bsky.social · 19h

I saw her yesterday at the bus stop.

Hillary Monahan @hillarymonahan.bsky.social · 21h

Queer is so yesterday's label.

Rebranding myself as The Butthole Hunter.

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Trae Crowder @thetraecrowder.bsky.social · 1d

On Trump Deploying Troops to More Cities to Protect ICE from Antifa (Or Whatever)

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darth™️ @darthbluesky.bsky.social · 21h

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

Prem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · 1d

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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The Doctor @drstevenhobbs.bsky.social · 20h

I am Spartacus.

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The Doctor @drstevenhobbs.bsky.social · 20h

a man in a military uniform says are we the baddies

ALT: a man in a military uniform says are we the baddies

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Randi Mayem Singer @rmayemsinger.bsky.social · 21h

"We took the freedom of speech away." Use this in every single ad.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Trump: "We took the freedom of speech away because that's been through the courts and the courts said you have freedom of speech, but what has happened is when they burn a flag it agitates and irritates crowds."

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The Doctor @drstevenhobbs.bsky.social · 20h

Portland will never be conquered.

Danny K @dannykpolitics.bsky.social · 3d

WATCH: ‘Portland Frog’ pepper balled by ICE agents

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Danny K @dannykpolitics.bsky.social · 3d

WATCH: ‘Portland Frog’ pepper balled by ICE agents

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The Jurph from the Black Lagoon @jurph.bsky.social · 21h

The advisor from SimCity hollers at the player, "YOU CAN'T LET A FROG DANCE EROTICALLY AT YOUR SWAT TEAM! YOU WILL REGRET THIS!" The typeface is Chicago but the city is Portland.

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The Doctor @drstevenhobbs.bsky.social · 20h

She goes to a different school. You wouldn't know her.

Schrödinger's Sneetch Belly @rtodkelly.bsky.social · 1d

"the girlfriend of one of the founders of antifa"

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Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 1d

Omar Yaghi, the new Nobel Laureate, was born to a Palestinian refugee family.

NPR @npr.org · 1d

Susumu Kitagawa, Richard Robson and Omar M. Yaghi will share the prize. Their structures can "capture carbon dioxide, store toxic gases or catalyse chemical reactions," the committee said. n.pr/4nOvwQs

Research on metal-organic frameworks gets the chemistry Nobel Prize

Susumu Kitagawa, Richard Robson and Omar M. Yaghi will share the prize. Their structures can "capture carbon dioxide, store toxic gases or catalyse chemical reactions," the committee said.

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