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Rob Sheridan @rob-sheridan.com · 4h

Absolutely sublime fall weather in the PNW today. The trees were a chromatic fire. 🍁

Rows of red autumn trees in Tacoma, WA. Photograph by Rob Sheridan, 08 October 2025.

Evening sun shining through red autumn leaves in Tacoma, WA. Photograph by Rob Sheridan, 08 October 2025.

Details of autumn leaves in a gradient of colors, in Tacoma, WA. Photograph by Rob Sheridan, 08 October 2025.

A vibrantly-colored autumn tree in Tacoma, WA. Photograph by Rob Sheridan, 08 October 2025.

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Fryda Wolff @frydawolff.bsky.social · 5h

Hmmm I should check those out then.

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Fryda Wolff @frydawolff.bsky.social · 5h

Not having any charisma is pretty much the sole requirement to serve Trump and co.

jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 6h

have said this before but i am very skeptical about weiss’s vaunted charisma

Raw Story @rawstory.com · 1d

Bari Weiss, the incoming editor in chief of CBS News, once auditioned for a role on the hit daytime television show "The View," but tested so poorly with audiences that she "wasn't invited back," according to a new report.

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Fryda Wolff @frydawolff.bsky.social · 5h

She boofed it and then corrected herself, famously.

Michelle Obama - CNN - say Nevada - pronounce Nevada

YouTube video by Nevada702

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Fryda Wolff @frydawolff.bsky.social · 5h

I stand by the Netflix show, it's well done comfort watching and I rewatch it probably once year, don't at me.

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Fryda Wolff @frydawolff.bsky.social · 5h

Turns out she did have time for you.

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 8h

Bray is a historian at Rutgers who received death threats after landing on Turning Points USA's Professor Watchlist. As a result, he announced he was moving to Europe. And then this happened.

This kind of harassment and abuse of scholars is Charlie Kirk's legacy and it's only getting worse.

Mark Bray @mark-bray.bsky.social · 9h

“Someone” cancelled my family’s flight out of the country at the last second.

We got our boarding passes. We checked our bags. Went through security. Then at our gate our reservation ‘disappeared.’

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Patrick De Klotz @patdeklotz.bsky.social · 8h

American citizen, read this. www.koin.com/news/portlan...

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Quinta Jurecic @qjurecic.bsky.social · 9h

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

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Techmeme @techmeme.com · 8h

Sources: the US DHS has reassigned hundreds of CISA staffers to jobs that support deportations, including at ICE, and said it would dismiss anyone who refused (Bloomberg)

Main Link | Techmeme Permalink

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Mark Bray @mark-bray.bsky.social · 9h

“Someone” cancelled my family’s flight out of the country at the last second.

We got our boarding passes. We checked our bags. Went through security. Then at our gate our reservation ‘disappeared.’

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Himbo Blacksmith🇿🇦🇮🇹 @himboblacksmith.bsky.social · 15h

The tank's role is to draw aggro

Danny K @dannykpolitics.bsky.social · 3d

WATCH: ‘Portland Frog’ pepper balled by ICE agents

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Fryda Wolff @frydawolff.bsky.social · 9h

We watched Fire Walk with Me last night and an ongoing thought I had is how much I miss doing weird stuff, particularly for games. Please make more weird games and hire me for them. 😭

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Fryda Wolff @frydawolff.bsky.social · 9h

"Life brings us many beautiful surprises."

What It’s Like to Work with David Lynch (according to Grace Zabriskie)

YouTube video by CRITERION

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Dr. Peter Paul Rubens @peterpaulrubens.bsky.social · 11h

Women messing with men's heads du jour: sly & sexy Judith happy with her prize. 1570, by Jan Massys. Today is his day

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Fryda Wolff @frydawolff.bsky.social · 11h

Nevada. You'll get chased out of the state.

Merriam-Webster @merriam-webster.com · 13h

What’s the word where you’re from that, when pronounced exactly as it looks, identifies a tourist immediately?

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Fryda Wolff @frydawolff.bsky.social · 12h

Gonna be really awkward when it's triggered by orgasms.

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Fryda Wolff @frydawolff.bsky.social · 13h

The internet is a lot.

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Fryda Wolff @frydawolff.bsky.social · 13h

arstechnica.com/tech-policy/...

Substack’s “Nazi problem” won’t go away after push notification apology

Substack may be legitimizing neo-Nazis as “thought leaders,” researcher warns.

arstechnica.com

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Fryda Wolff @frydawolff.bsky.social · 13h

First husband came from MySpace, second husband from Twitter. Win some, lose some.

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Caitlin Hackett Art @caitlinhackett.bsky.social · 14h

The Scapegoat

Painted in watercolor and ink

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MSNBC @msnbc.com · 15h

Gov. JB Pritzker advises Chicagoans to knows their rights and to film everything after President Trump deployed the Federal Guard to the city.

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Eliot Higgins @eliothiggins.bsky.social · 14h

Disinformation, now in 3D.

Jack Sapoch @jacksapoch.bsky.social · 16h

NEW: Since October 2023, the IDF Spokesperson's Unit has released dozens of 3D animations illustrating alleged Hamas, Hezbollah, and Iranian sites

The style is now unmistakable: satellite zoom-ins, black & white wireframes, and red-textured houses - a new visual language of war

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Culture Crave 🍿 @culturecrave.co · 1d

Disney promoting AI slop posters at the ‘Tron Ares’ premiere

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Fryda Wolff @frydawolff.bsky.social · 15h

Nice lil post on Instagram from @fyodorpavlov.bsky.social, on the value of participating in your community as ritual.

tldr We need third spaces and life on the computer isn't living at all.

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