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David Pepper @davidpepperoh.bsky.social · 10h

Noem thinks habeas corpus is the president’s constitutional right to remove people from the country.

Trump?

Thinks Habeas is a person.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 15h

Q: Have you given any more thought to possibly suspending habeas corpus?

TRUMP: Suspending who?

Q: Habeas corpus

TRUMP: I don't know. I'd rather leave that to Kristi.

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Shana Roy @literarygrrrl.bsky.social · 5h

October 9 2025
5 of Pentacles Reversed
#TarotSky

Self esteem.
Believe in your value and the Universe will follow suit.

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Shana Roy @literarygrrrl.bsky.social · 5h

October 9 2025
5 of Pentacles Reversed
#TarotSky
Believe in your worth, friend. Those of us who were raised poor can have a very difficult time escaping the scarcity mindset. It never feels like there's enough (money, affirmations, etc) to fill the hole inside of us. Only one thing can: 1/

The Pulp Tarot deck and a candle (cinnamon rolls scent) are arranged on a purple cloth. The 5 of Pentacles card has been pulled in the reversed position and is displayed.

A close up shot of the 5 of Pentacles card from the Pulp Tarot deck in the upright position. The card features a woman carrying an infant through a darkened city scape in the snow.

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Ryan Marino, MD @ryanmarino.bsky.social · 8h

You can tell it’s October when ppl start spreading drug sadism myths about expensive drugs given for free to school-age children, since children usually have the means to purchase more drugs…

Anyways, we actually know pretty definitively that “fentanyl-laced marijuana” isn’t a thing & never will be

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The Dank Informer & @TheDankInformer
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Franklin County deputies seized 8 lbs of fentanyl-laced marijuana targeting kids

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Jack Jenkins @jackjenkins.me · 17h

Oh — new reporting on Pope Leo from El Paso Matters, citing footage they have of yesterday's meeting.

Sounds like the pope was even *more* forceful in urging U.S. bishops to speak out about immigration than first reported.

I mean, that's…not subtle. elpasomatters.org/2025/10/08/e...

“I was struck at the beginning (of the video), it talks about the feeling of powerlessness, which I think is so much. I think it’s so important that we as a church give a message of hope in the midst of these horrible struggles, what’s going on in so many cities in the United States right now. At least the church cannot be silent,” the pope told the El Pasoans, according to a video of the meeting provided to El Paso Matters by Hope Border Institute.

Seitz responded: “You’ve spoken very strongly. We’re trying to do the same in our country and yet not get into the political fray the best that we can.”

Pope Leo told Seitz that he’d like to see the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops become more vocal on immigration issues.

“I mean, even within the conference, there are challenges. That’s one place they should be … I wish they were stronger in their own voice,” Leo said, adding that Archbishop Timothy Broglio, the president of the conference, should speak out more on immigration.

“There’s been some good movement in that sense, but I certainly intend to continue to encourage” U.S. bishops to address immigration, Leo said.

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Endless Screaming @infinitescream.bsky.social · 16h

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHH

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internet trash bnuuy @trashbnuuy.bsky.social · 5d

become ungovernable

guy in a chicken mascot suit giving the middle finger by sticking his arm out of the suit's mouth

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Shana Roy @literarygrrrl.bsky.social · 17h

Jesus fucking Christ

Stephen Totilo @stephentotilo.bsky.social · 17h

SCOOP: Last year, Ubisoft cancelled an Assassin's Creed game set during Reconstruction. Was to feature a Black Assassin who, among other things, fought the rise of the Klan

Sources: Leadership nixed it over concerns re: U.S. political climate, backlash to Yasuke

www.gamefile.news/p/scoop-ubis...

Scoop: Ubisoft cancelled a post-Civil War Assassin’s Creed last year

Company leadership deemed the project too controversial for the moment, sources tell Game File

www.gamefile.news

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Norm Charlatan @normcharlatan.bsky.social · 21h

This is not only amazingly racist but deeply anti-Christian. Fuck this shit.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 21h

Mike Johnson: "If you're a young, pregnant American citizen women who shows up in an ER and you get treated and they pay the hospital less for treating you than some illegal rabble rouser who came in from some South American country to do us harm, that is wrong."

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race scientist jack skellington @jazzpomegranate.com · 21h

i think we’re in a civil war now. i don’t think we’ll get a bull run for some time but we’re at least at the bleeding kansas stage rn.

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Jessie Seiler @jessieish.bsky.social · 23h

It's data day in our class on racism in public health. We're talking about this article, Trump's Jan. 2025 data purge, and the history of how people of various races and ethnicities have been categorized in the United States today.

The Forgotten History of the World's First Trans Clinic

The Institute for Sexual Research in Berlin would be a century old if it hadn’t fallen victim to Nazi ideology

www.scientificamerican.com

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Pablo Manríquez @pabloreports.bsky.social · 23h

NEW: Texas Bishop Mark Seitz just met with Pope Leo XIV and brought him a packet of letters from migrants terrorized by the Trump administration —
apnews.com/article/vati...

El Paso bishop brings Pope Leo XIV desperate letters from migrants in crosshairs of US crackdown

The Texas bishop on the front lines of the U.S. immigration crackdown has met with Pope Leo XIV in the Vatican.

apnews.com

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Susan Rinkunas @susanrinkunas.com · 22h

“Under fire” should become “fired”

Robin Marty @robinmarty.com · 1d

www.al.com/news/2025/10...

Alabama sheriff under fire for Halloween display with ‘ICE’ agents chasing skeletons wearing sombreros

The controversial display shows ICE agent skeletons chasing figures in sombreros, which the sheriff's wife defends as "tongue-in-cheek" while citing her own Cuban heritage.

www.al.com

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Shana Roy @literarygrrrl.bsky.social · 22h

October 8 2025
Third Eye Insight Spread
#TarotSky

Your situation is precarious, but you know you can rely on your wits. Being cunning is key here. Your intellect is what will pull you through this. 2/2

***Read the alt text in the image for details about the spread***

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Shana Roy @literarygrrrl.bsky.social · 22h

October 8 2025
Third Eye Insight Spread
#TarotSky
Right now you feel emotionally distressed. Sorrow, anger, even anxiety seem to be pouring out of you. You don't know where to turn for a break, but you know you need one, because you have to be there for your people. They're who you fight for. 1/

The Third Eye Insight Spread from the Tattoo Tarot deck is arranged on a purple cloth. The Focus card is Ace of Cups Reversed. The Clarity card is 10 of Coins Reversed. The Balance card is 7 of Swords.

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Emily L. Hauser (she/her) ❌👑 @emilylhauser.bsky.social · 22h

Today is Wednesday, Oct 8
Good morning ❤️

eat
take your meds
hydrate
tell your people you love them
let them love you back

We are here. This is real. Let's build a home for each other and fight like hell.

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clyde bruckman's ghost's final repost says free link @ultralaser.bsky.social · 1d

fucked up that this is all just landlords swatting their own buildings to get rid of all the working class residents so they can raise the rent or sell to a developer who'll flip them into high end condos or w/e

like it's a real estate scam! it's a fucking land grab! a fire for the insurance money!

I'm Margaret! I'm the best! Blah Blah Blah! @vt-vagabond.bsky.social · 1d

There’s a lot in here that deserves a pull quote, but this is the most egregious. I need people to recognize the gravity of the situation here in Chicago;

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"The ones that are getting out are coming home to no home," Watson said.
According to her, after the raid occurred, building management stole or threw out residents belongings, including visas and important documents.

ICIRR is still trying to determine the identities of all the people detained in the raid. Castro said that the organization usually can do that by following up with family members or loved ones. "In this instance, there was nobody left to work with," she said. The only detainee name they're sure of is that of a person who passed their Venezuelan passport to a neighbor as they were being taken away.

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Brendel @brendelbored.bsky.social · 23h

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Melanie D’Arrigo @darrigomelanie.bsky.social · 1d

I feel like this photo of masked, armed men pepper spraying a pastor protecting his community is going to be a defining picture of this moment in America for a long, long time.

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Shana Roy @literarygrrrl.bsky.social · 1d

Good God 2025 can't take Dolly Parton. Please God no

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Mychal Threets @mychal3ts.bsky.social · 1d

PRAY FOR DOLLY PARTON ❤️‍🩹

Freida Parton, sister of Dolly Parton, asks for prayers for Dolly’s health. She says with prayers she know Dolly is going to be just fine.

We all love you, Dolly! Praying 💛

people.com/dolly-parton-sister-was-up-all-night-praying-for-singer-amid-health-struggles-11826073

A happy Dolly Parton reads books aloud to happy kids

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Sky Marchini @sky.skymarchini.net · 1d

Supreme Court: of course states can regulate, and restrict access to, medical procedures if there’s a compelling public interest

Colorado: (bans conversion therapy for minors)

Supreme Court: no not like that, we only meant abortion

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Coach Finstock @coachfinstock.bsky.social · 1d

It's not doomerist to say this is 100% where I'm at too. Things can drastically change between now and then (possibly for the better, but most likely the other way) but considering we had contested slates and J6 when Trump wasn't as unleashed as he is now, I can't see it any other way.

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Lynda Lopez @lyndab08.bsky.social · 1d

Another incident of federal agents pointing guns at Chicago area residents.

Tweet from @laura_n_rod

Text: A federal agent points a weapon at a woman who was recording them.

Jess, a U.S. citizen and member of a neighborhood patrol team that documents and shares ICE activity across the city, was filming when the incident occurred earlier today in the Berwyn area.

Photo: shows a federal agent in a truck pointing a gun

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Dave Infante @dinfontay.com · 1d

one of these journalists is 25 and had worked in public-radio newsrooms in alaska since she was 18. just a really brave thing to do at that point in her career, especially in that media landscape and broader economy

Karen K. Ho @karenho.bsky.social · 1d

This is notable www.nytimes.com/2025/10/03/u...

Journalists at 3 Newspapers Quit Over Edits to a Charlie Kirk Story

www.nytimes.com

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