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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 14m

New — I was fortunate to speak in front of students and faculty at Grinnell College in Iowa tonight about the business of independent journalism, the current state of media under Trump 2.0, and billionaire control.

I published my full speech because I thought it might resonate beyond campus:

Truth, morality and independence in journalism under the second Trump regime

My full remarks to students and faculty at Grennell College.

www.thehandbasket.co

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Andrew Hungerford @luxtheatrum.bsky.social · 4h

It currently takes 3.8 billion to make it onto the Forbes 400 list of richest Americans.

In 2025, only 11 of the 400 have a "Philanthropy Score" of 5 out of 5 (a donation of 20% or more of their wealth).

74% of the list scored either a 1 or a 2 on that metric, having donated less than 5%.

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unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 4h

An ambulance just arrived to the ICE facility and pulled into their lot.

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🎉 Gidgetwidget @gidgetwidget.bsky.social · 4h

ChatGPT Pictures Drove Man To Start Devastating LA Fires

Why is this not the headline?
Why is this not the entire focus of the story?
Why is everyone like, "Cray-Cray gonna cray-cray."
holy wtaf

niki grayson @nikigrayson.com · 8h

the city of los angeles burned in january in part because of a man who couldn’t stop generating images of burning cities on ChatGPT, and then after he lit the fire he asked if the fire he started was his fault

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🎉 Gidgetwidget @gidgetwidget.bsky.social · 4h

cc @hunterfelt.bsky.social @luxtheatrum.bsky.social

🎉 Gidgetwidget @gidgetwidget.bsky.social · 4h

Friends,

Let's go full DaDa.
Let's make paper mache masks.
Let's build giant puppets & team-up to move them in real-time.
Let's stage giant, absurdist processions.
Let's do this #Pashit

#Theatre #TheaterSky @publicradionerd.bsky.social @csvich.bsky.social

Amy @lolennui.bsky.social · 5h

So cool that whenever someone asks the president, “did you eat the Lindbergh baby” he’s like, “no but I’d be allowed to, I have the right to, I might do it later”

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Hunter Felt @hunterfelt.bsky.social · 4h

THE POSTMODERNISTS WERE RIGHT

niki grayson @nikigrayson.com · 8h

the city of los angeles burned in january in part because of a man who couldn’t stop generating images of burning cities on ChatGPT, and then after he lit the fire he asked if the fire he started was his fault

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🎉 Gidgetwidget @gidgetwidget.bsky.social · 4h

I'm thinking about the context for the procession...?

Maybe a Walrus & Carpenter vibe?
NOLA Funeral Procession?
Heffalumps & Woozles?

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🎉 Gidgetwidget @gidgetwidget.bsky.social · 4h

the universe is screaming for it. it's like a divine command.

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Moms Demand Action @momsdemand.bsky.social · 4h

If you live in Minnesota, join these leaders in calling on key lawmakers to hold a special season to ban assault weapons. Text MN to 644-33 and we’ll connect you!

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Moms Demand Action @momsdemand.bsky.social · 4h

“Hundreds of faith leaders from around the state delivered a letter to the governor on Wednesday urging him to call a special session. Dozens of them held a prayer service on the Capitol steps and said they’d continue putting pressure on every day for a week, or longer if necessary.”

In reversal, Walz says he needs deal with top lawmakers to call special session on guns

The statement Wednesday seemed to walk back prior comments the DFLer made about bringing lawmakers back to St. Paul with or without an agreement on a special session.

www.mprnews.org

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🎉 Gidgetwidget @gidgetwidget.bsky.social · 4h

I have often wondered at a behavioral trait in red-pilled people that seemed, at first, to insinuate "I know something you don't know" and then shifted to "We know they know" & now, a glaring cognitive dissonance & inability to articulate any response.

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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 4h

Believing the lie is a test of commitment, the wilder the lie, the more intense the commitment. As I keep saying, all this stuff is obviously paving the way for violence. “Those who can make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities,” etc.

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🎉 Gidgetwidget @gidgetwidget.bsky.social · 4h

Friends,

Let's go full DaDa.
Let's make paper mache masks.
Let's build giant puppets & team-up to move them in real-time.
Let's stage giant, absurdist processions.
Let's do this #Pashit

#Theatre #TheaterSky @publicradionerd.bsky.social @csvich.bsky.social

Amy @lolennui.bsky.social · 5h

So cool that whenever someone asks the president, “did you eat the Lindbergh baby” he’s like, “no but I’d be allowed to, I have the right to, I might do it later”

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Coach Finstock @coachfinstock.bsky.social · Jun 6

The tech billionaires are preparing to drone American citizens. No, really.

Eric Schmidt Is Secretly Testing AI Military Drones In A Wealthy Silicon Valley Suburb

After founding the secretive military drone company White Stork last year, the former Google CEO has also begun testing prototypes with the Ukrainian Ministry of Defense.

www.forbes.com

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Jim Daley @jimdaleywrites.bsky.social · 6h

A certain legacy-media editorial board recommended capitulation in the face of Trump’s invasion, but on the South Side, we believe Chicagoans should keep standing up for one another.

South Side Weekly @southsideweekly.bsky.social · 6h

Let us be clear: The President of the United States is levying war against American cities and American citizens—and we cannot rely on the other branches of government to save us.

It’s up to us.

It’s Up to Us to Protect One Another

As Trump sends troops to Chicago, we will continue to investigate and report. Readers have a role to play, too.

southsideweekly.com

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🎉 Gidgetwidget @gidgetwidget.bsky.social · 4h

This is why propaganda is not a harmless and innocent bit of hyperbole.

Unfortunately, it was worth considering as dangerous but we've passed that point. Now, we can begin to measure how deadly it gets...

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Norm DePlume @normdeplume.bsky.social · 5h

Sometimes when they rage about Antifa, I begin to worry that it really *is* an existing organization, and I just haven't been clued in about it because I'm not one of the cool kids.

(Is there a technical term for gaslighting oneself?)

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 5h

Bondi: "Bondi: "Just like we did with cartels, we are going to take the same approach, President Trump, with antifa -- destroy the entire organization from top to bottom. We are going to take them apart."

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Angela Ferrell-Zabala (she/her) @ferrellzabala.bsky.social · 5h

This fact is staggering.

Black women and girls need support and systems that keep them safe from domestic violence.

We must do more to protect them, and that starts with what we know works: Passing and enforcing laws that keep guns out of the hands of abusers.

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🎉 Gidgetwidget @gidgetwidget.bsky.social · 5h

White people doing white people shit.

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Just Call Me Frank @justcallmefrank.bsky.social · 5h

I don't think most people thought that when they said "America First"
that they meant military force against our own citizens.

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Jack Jenkins @jackjenkins.me · 7h

Oh: @clairegiangrave.bsky.social with an exclusive:

Pope Leo, in addition to urging U.S. bishops to speak out about mistreatment of immigrants, also told a group of U.S. Latino Catholics who work w/immigrants their job is important — "perhaps especially" in the U.S. religionnews.com/2025/10/08/i...

In private audience Pope Leo XIV encourages Latino Catholics serving fearful U.S. immigrants

VATICAN CITY (RNS) — ‘He treated us like dignitaries. He sent a message by having us there. He lifted us,’ said Elizabeth Román, president of the National Catholic Council for Hispanic Ministry.

religionnews.com

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🎉 Gidgetwidget @gidgetwidget.bsky.social · 7h

It sucks being famous & she never complains cuz...she's DOLLY 💖🙏🕊

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Amanda Marcotte @amandamarcotte.bsky.social · 7h

Samuel Alito basically argued that hating yourself is the natural state of a queer kid. And he pretended kids are the ones seeking conversion.

In reality, it's parents and religious leaders forcing this on kids — and it's abuse.

www.salon.com/2025/10/08/s...

How SCOTUS covers for the abuse of LGBTQ kids

In conversion therapy case, conservative justices imply queer kids are born hating themselves

www.salon.com

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🎉 Gidgetwidget @gidgetwidget.bsky.social · 7h

Let's GOOOOOOOOO!!

Kyle Cheney @kyledcheney.bsky.social · 9h

JUST IN: A federal judge has granted the New York Times’ demand for a list of Elon Musk’s security clearances. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

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🎉 Gidgetwidget @gidgetwidget.bsky.social · 7h

Block Blockity Block Block Block

Doin the #BlueskyThing

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