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Frank Lynch @fplynch.bsky.social · 6h

I listed EC and left it at that.

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Mark Bray @mark-bray.bsky.social · 8h

Our plane to Spain is in the air!

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Thank you so much to the countless people supporting us in every way and in particular all of the Rutgers students and faculty who have supported us every step of the way.

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Frank Lynch @fplynch.bsky.social · 7h

We're seeing the Monet on Wednesday... I'll be sure to add your other recs on to it!

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amanda moore 🐢 @noturtlesoup17.bsky.social · 12h

Earlier today, prosecutors dismissed the felony charges against Paul Ivery, the man being arrested in this video.

amanda moore 🐢 @noturtlesoup17.bsky.social · 12d

A man was just chased and arrested outside of the Broadview ICE facility in Chicago. When legal observers from the National Lawyers Guild asked why, an agent threatened to arrest them too.

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Frank Lynch @fplynch.bsky.social · 11h

I thought I saw a Hugh Jass listed

Frank Lynch @fplynch.bsky.social · 13h

at this point we should only be so lucky

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Frank Lynch @fplynch.bsky.social · 14h

#photography

The Guardian @theguardian.com · 14h

Black Is Beautiful: The Kwame Brathwaite Story – exhilarating record of game-changing photographer

Brathwaite’s empowering images of African Americans in the 1960s gave a new generation a fresh template for representation, brilliantly honoured here

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Frank Lynch @fplynch.bsky.social · 14h

Cortlandt Alley, Manhattan. #photography
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In a black and white photograph three people walk down a thin alley, into the harsh sunlight, casting shadows behind them. There is a lot of graffiti.

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Frank Lynch @fplynch.bsky.social · 16h

Don't EVER let ANYONE tell you Republicans believe in small-d democracy, not when their Speaker of the House plays games to refuse citizens in a House district their right to representation, all to protect pedophiles. To them, protecting pedophiles is more important than democracy.

David DeWitt @daviddewitt.bsky.social · 16h

U.S. House Democrats failed again Wednesday to force Speaker Mike Johnson to swear in Rep.-elect Adelita Grijalva, who has vowed to be the 218th and final signature needed on a bipartisan petition to force a vote on the release of the Epstein files. ohiocapitaljournal.com/2025/10/09/r...

US House GOP delays seating Rep.-elect Grijalva, potential deciding vote on Epstein petition • Ohio Capital Journal

U.S. House Democrats failed again Wednesday to force Speaker Mike Johnson to swear in Rep.-elect Adelita Grijalva, who has vowed to be the 218th and final signature needed on a bipartisan petition to…

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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 18h

I complained earlier that WaPo's story on Trump inviting PizzaGate guy to the White House was insane. Not so this Independent story.
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...

Not to be outdone, in came Jack Posobiec, one of the right’s weirdest hangers-on, who is perhaps most famous for the time he spread the “Pizzagate” theory and then got removed from the pizzeria in question by police for filming a child’s birthday party. Running with the major theme of the hour — that Antifa is definitely, certainly, really real despite all evidence to the contrary, and that everybody needs to stop saying it’s not real — Posobiec made a startling claim: Antifa is so clearly real that it “has been going on for almost 100 years ... going back to the Weimar Republic in Germany.”

And look, yes, it is absolutely true that there were anti-fascist protesters in the Weimar Republic. If you’ll remember, those were the people taking issue with the early versions of the Nazis. But it’s sort of difficult to position yourself as the good guys if you’re aligning yourself with the Nazis in your historical analogy. I’m just saying that, if I was Posobiec’s publicity guy, I might ask him to drop that soundbite from future public appearances.

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Frank Lynch @fplynch.bsky.social · 14h

show us your right hand

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Frank Lynch @fplynch.bsky.social · 14h

Saw the headline without seeing the url, and said to myself, that reads like something I read just last night in Maria Ressa's book... and then saw the URL !
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Frank Lynch @fplynch.bsky.social · 14h

Your tax dollars at work: this is what a $50,000 sinning bonus will buy.

The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 18h

CHICAGO — Outside an elementary school during dismissal… horrifying. What have we become?

Frank Lynch @fplynch.bsky.social · 15h

insert tank man pic

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Frank Lynch @fplynch.bsky.social · 15h

"I don't have a view" - - no wonder his FP is rudderless

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 15h

Q: What is your view on a two state solution?

TRUMP: I don't have a view. I'm gonna go with what they agree to.

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@GottaLaff @gottalaff.bsky.social · 15h

"Uhhhh. They're screwed."

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 15h

Q: Can you promise Palestinians they will be able to stay?

TRUMP: Uhhh. Well they know exactly what we're doing. You can't live right now in Gaza.

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Frank Lynch @fplynch.bsky.social · 15h

i hear his bad cholesterol went down 1500%

Frank Lynch @fplynch.bsky.social · 15h

YMMV but Maria Ressa's book is kind of encouraging, since Trump seems to be following the same playbook as Duterte did...
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Frank Lynch @fplynch.bsky.social · 15h

Remember states’ rights?

Frank Lynch @fplynch.bsky.social · 15h

First position E7 with a g-natural on the high E string

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Frank Lynch @fplynch.bsky.social · 15h

I'll gladly pull the football from you on Tuesday for a hamburger today

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Frank Lynch @fplynch.bsky.social · 16h

I'm going to go with Elvis Costello

Frank Lynch @fplynch.bsky.social · 16h

Don't EVER let ANYONE tell you Republicans believe in small-d democracy, not when their Speaker of the House plays games to refuse citizens in a House district their right to representation, all to protect pedophiles. To them, protecting pedophiles is more important than democracy.

David DeWitt @daviddewitt.bsky.social · 16h

U.S. House Democrats failed again Wednesday to force Speaker Mike Johnson to swear in Rep.-elect Adelita Grijalva, who has vowed to be the 218th and final signature needed on a bipartisan petition to force a vote on the release of the Epstein files. ohiocapitaljournal.com/2025/10/09/r...

US House GOP delays seating Rep.-elect Grijalva, potential deciding vote on Epstein petition • Ohio Capital Journal

U.S. House Democrats failed again Wednesday to force Speaker Mike Johnson to swear in Rep.-elect Adelita Grijalva, who has vowed to be the 218th and final signature needed on a bipartisan petition to…

ohiocapitaljournal.com

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Ward Q. Normal (he/him) @wardqnormal.bsky.social · 17h

10th Anniversary Edition of NeuroTribes. To say that seeing the first copy of this was bittersweet is an immense understatement.

A man with blond/gray short hair and beard, wearing glasses and a pink shirt, holding up a copy of the book NeuroTribes by Steve Silberman.

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Frank Lynch @fplynch.bsky.social · 17h

This NYT article on last night's NJ Governor debate is basically stenography & in sore need of fact checking. But Ciattarelli saying "Trump has been right about everything that he's doing" is unnecessary and waay over the top. He just gave a his foot a gunshot wound.
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/08/n...

“In times of need, it’s best to have a relationship with whoever is in the White House,” Mr. Ciattarelli said.

Asked what letter grade he would give the president, Mr. Ciattarelli said it would be an “A,” adding that Mr. Trump has “been right about everything that he’s doing.”

After the debate, when pressed for any point of disagreement with the president, Mr. Ciattarelli said he wanted Mr. Trump to be tougher on offshore wind farms in neighboring Long Island. He also suggested that Mr. Trump’s claim that the active ingredient in Tylenol could cause autism when taken during pregnancy was unsubstantiated by science.

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