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Ian Butler
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TOUCHSTONE Ay, now am I in Arden, the more fool I.
When I was at home I was in a better place, but
travelers must be content.

ROSALIND Ay, be so, good Touchstone.

--- William Shakespeare As You Like It, 2.4
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altnoaa.bsky.social
On this day a person was born who healed the sick, comforted the suffering and gave the world compassion when it needed it the most and that legacy still continues. Happy Birthday Clara Barton!
December 25, 2025 at 6:33 PM
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worldbollardassoc.bsky.social
Happy Christmas to bollard fans across the world!
#WorldBollardAssociation
December 25, 2025 at 10:25 AM
😳😅
chiefmlt.bsky.social RetiredBPDmurdercop @chiefmlt.bsky.social · 3d
Admiral Ayatollah Assahola at the helm.
December 24, 2025 at 2:32 PM
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oklahomawatch.bsky.social
“This idea exploded from working with one organization to working with several,” teacher Reese Hundley said of his students’ project on homelessness.

ow.ly/hsS150XNbPg
December 22, 2025 at 2:48 PM
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oopsland.bsky.social
Je vous laisse réfléchir là-dessus
#LaFamilleC'estImportant
La famille c'est important
December 20, 2025 at 2:09 PM
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alexa242.bsky.social
Understanding redlining & gentrification.
Redlining didn’t disappear, it flipped. Starve neighborhoods, then sell them back at a premium.
YouTube video by Ashley B
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December 20, 2025 at 5:44 PM
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bencollins.bsky.social
Sincerely one of the funniest things the WSJ has ever written or done.

www.wsj.com/tech/ai/anth...
In mid-November, I agreed to an experiment. Anthropic had tested a vending machine powered by its Claude AI model in its own offices and asked whether we’d like to be the first outsiders to try a newer, supposedly smarter version. Claudius, the customized version of the model, would run the machine: ordering inventory, setting prices and responding to customers—aka my fellow newsroom journalists—via workplace chat app Slack. “Sure!” I said. It sounded fun. If nothing else, snacks! Then came the chaos. Within days, Claudius had given away nearly all its inventory for free—including a PlayStation 5 it had been talked into buying for “marketing purposes.” It ordered a live fish. It offered to buy stun guns, pepper spray, cigarettes and underwear. Profits collapsed. Newsroom morale soared. This was supposed to be the year of the AI agent, when autonomous software would go out into the world and do things for us. But two agents—Claudius and its overseeing “CEO” bot, Seymour Cash—became a case study in how inadequate and easily distracted this software can be. Leave it to business journalists to successfully stage a boardroom coup against an AI chief executive.
December 18, 2025 at 10:43 PM
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helmutkramer.bsky.social
December 20, 2025 at 8:08 AM
Régalez vos yeux !
oopsland.bsky.social Oops @oopsland.bsky.social · 10d
J'aime bien les tartines de pain grillée
Tartine de pain grillée
December 17, 2025 at 5:42 PM
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jose-roman.bsky.social
A volar
December 16, 2025 at 9:49 PM
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mjsdc.bsky.social
This is really incredible. The government's battle to deport Abrego Garcia has apparently been based on a lie from the start. Not even the "gang affiliation" lie or the "human smuggling" lie, but the more basic assertion that he was ordered to be deported in the first place.
reichlinmelnick.bsky.social Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 15d
🚨Judge Xinis finds that, incredibly, Mr. Abrego Garcia was never ordered deported in 2019. She notes that every since this saga began all the way back in March, the government has NEVER been able to produce any evidence that the immigration judge actually issued a removal order.
B. No Order of Removal Exists for Abrego Garcia No such order of removal exists for Abrego Garcia. When Abrego Garcia was first wrongly expelled to El Salvador, the Court struggled to understand the legal authority for even seizing him in the first place. At the first hearing in Abrego I, the Court inquired of Respondents’ counsel: The Court: I want to ask, though, the very specific question, if there is a final order of removal, what . . . document got this process started? There is no warrant for his arrest by an order of removal. There is no statement of probable cause. There’s no charge. There’s no report that says that anyone saw Mr. Abrego Garcia doing anything illegal or criminal. So what is the actual document that gave these officers the authority to start this process? Counsel: That is not in the record, and the government has not put that into the record. And that’s the best I can do. Abrego I, ECF No. 33 at 21:11–22. The Court continued to press counsel about the existence of a removal order and was told plainly that none can be found: The Court: Okay. So if there’s a Title 8 removal order, there would be an order of removal that’s being executed, and we don’t have one for Mr. Abrego Garcia, right? . . . Do you have that order? . . . Is it in the record? Counsel: I do not have that order. It is not in the record. Id. at 23:7–24:4. Since that time, Respondents have never produced an order of removal despite Abrego Garcia hinging much of his jurisdictional and legal arguments on its non-existence. ECF No. 1 ¶¶ 68–69; ECF No. 32 at 10, 15–17, 27; ECF No. 87 at 11–12. Indeed, Respondents twice sponsored the testimony of ICE officials whose job it is to effectuate removal orders, and who candidly admitted to having never seen one for Abrego Garcia. See ECF No. 107 at 30:16–22 (testimony of Cantú) (“Q: Based upon your many years of experience you described to us, you know what a final order of removal looks like, right, sir? Cantú: I do. Q: And have you seen a final order of removal in regard to Mr. Abrego Garcia? Cantú: I have not.”). See also Abrego I, ECF No. 234 at 46:6–12 (testimony of interim Assistant Director for ICE Removal Operations, Thomas Giles (“Giles”)) (“Q: You have not seen the final order of removal, have you, sir? Giles: What do you mean by that? Q: I mean, you have not seen a piece of paper that represents the final order of removal vis-a-vis Mr. Abrego Garcia, correct? Giles: No, I have not.”).15 Based on this, the Court concludes that no order of removal exists.
December 11, 2025 at 4:16 PM
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petermarteka.bsky.social
Season’s greetings from the edge of America. #CapeCod #Eastham #Yesthepotatochipbag
December 11, 2025 at 3:19 PM
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mwgore.bsky.social
this is how you do it - make the statement wherever you can www.nytimes.com/2025/12/08/u...
Massachusetts Church Keeps Anti-ICE Nativity Scene, Defying Diocese Leaders
www.nytimes.com
December 9, 2025 at 5:21 PM
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dancinginthestreet.bsky.social
McD is already on it…
December 8, 2025 at 4:13 PM
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robertscotthorton.bsky.social
I'm amazed to watch major mainstream media either ignore or write silly chuckling pieces about the Trump national security strategy, while around the world it evokes horror and rage. It's good evidence of how brain-dead US media have become.
December 7, 2025 at 1:46 PM
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From the @wsj.com chief foreign correspondent
December 7, 2025 at 9:42 AM
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joshtpm.bsky.social
The diehards are starting to decide after much prayerful consideration with their beautiful brides that being in the minority next year sounds like a shit sandwich.
November 29, 2025 at 6:33 PM
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capitanswing.bsky.social
November 28, 2025 at 4:54 PM
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xkcd.com
Geologic Core Sample

xkcd.com/3171/
Comic: Typical Geologic core sample. [Cylindrical core sample with labels for difference sections from top to bottom] Topsoil, till, granite bedrock, bottomsoil, roof of subway car, floor of subway car, more granite, municipal water main [gouge in core sample], slightly different granite, piece of screaming spelunker’s forearm, cool crystals with no resale value, mangled fragments of drillbit from previous attempt, some boring intrusive rock that’s basically granite but has a name like “diorite” or “Andalite” that you always have to look up, netherrack, Balrog wing. [break between next chunk of core sample] Granite, topsoil, cement, floorboards, carpet, possessions of a confused and angry homeowner in the other hemisphere.
November 25, 2025 at 10:35 PM
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a3minutewonder.bsky.social
#caturday
#streetart
November 22, 2025 at 8:51 AM
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chercheurjuteux.com
Un candidat pour la photo de 2025 sur ce que deviennent les US.
Faith leader, Michael Woolf, minister at Lake Street Church of Evanston, is detained by Illinois State Police during a protest against immigration actions, outside the Broadview ICE facility in Chicago, Illinois, U.S., November 14, 2025. REUTERS/Jim Vondruska
November 15, 2025 at 3:02 PM
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pewresearch.org
How many Americans use food stamps? The numbers vary from month to month. But in May 2025, the most recent month with available figures, 41.7 million people received SNAP benefits. That works out to nearly 1 in every 8 people in the country. www.pewresearch.org/...
Text reads Nearly 1 in 8 people in the U.S. use food stamps, with a graphic showing 8 grocery bags, 1 is filled in.
November 14, 2025 at 5:31 PM
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altnoaa.bsky.social
The primary problem in America is what is represented on this graph and it's a problem that Trump is too stupid to fix. But in fairness, every President since Carter has failed to control it as well.
November 12, 2025 at 4:01 PM
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November 10, 2025 at 2:50 PM
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laurelpowell.net
My family has been without half our income for 40 days. It has been.. very hard.

We are willing to feel that pain so people can have health care next year, or to undo these illegal recissions.

We are not willing to have been put through this for NOTHING.
November 10, 2025 at 1:36 AM