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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 21h

I wouldn’t advise anyone in Portland to walk your dog near this building.

Nicole Mark (she/her) @nicoledesignsdata.com · 17h

Really thought-provoking conversation about autism, the stigma of mental health diagnoses, & more between @chrislhayes.bsky.social & Richard Grinker, a cultural anthropologist. Grinker’s personal story is fascinating, too. Worth a listen.

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How Autism Became Political with Richard Grinker

Podcast Episode · Why Is This Happening? The Chris Hayes Podcast · 10/07/2025 · 55m

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Tom Scocca @tomscocca.bsky.social · 7d

"CBS News editor in chief Bari Weiss" is the exact same deal as "Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth"

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Nicole Mark (she/her) @nicoledesignsdata.com · 18h

I keep thinking I want to get a flip phone again.

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✨ A Goddess has NO KING ✨ @the-goddess-speaks.bsky.social · 1d

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 22h

Greg Abbott sends the elite Meal Team 6 from the Texas National Guard into Illinois.

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Adoptable Dogs @adoptabledogs.bsky.social · 21h

Snipes 🐾
Adult male Bull Terrier mix
Adoptable from Seminole County Animal Services (Sanford, FL)

https://www.petfinder.com/dog/snipes-78649370/fl/sanford/seminole-county-animal-services-fl306/

Snipes is a Adult Bull Terrier mix described as: Affectionate, Friendly, Playful and Funny

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Adoptable Dogs @adoptabledogs.bsky.social · 18h

Peppa 🐶
Young female Bluetick Coonhound mix
Adoptable from Van Wert County Humane Shelter (Van Wert, OH)

https://www.petfinder.com/dog/peppa-78651613/oh/van-wert/van-wert-county-humane-shelter-oh1088/

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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 22h

Pete Hegseth was busy ignoring his job and doing pushups as part of a show for the Guinness Book of World Records while Illinoisans are being invaded by Trump’s military troops.

Pentagon chief Hegseth more interested in pushups than talking with Illinois leaders, Pritzker says

The governor said the Trump administration is keeping him in the dark about immigration enforcement and National Guard deployments.

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Breed-Specific Legislation Database Project @bsldb.app · 18h

🐶🥳Amazing news! This morning, Prince George’s County Council Chair Edward Burroughs introduced CB-097-2025, a bill that would end the pit bull ban that’s been in effect in the Maryland county since 1997 and start a foster-to-adopt pilot program. Contact your council member to express your support!

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Gabrielle A. Perry, MPH @geauxgabrielle.bsky.social · 3d

What is very hilarious to me is the assumption that Bad Bunny CAN’T speak English instead of the very real reality that he can and simply chooses not to lmaoooooo

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 2d

“No one man can terrorize a whole nation, unless we are all his accomplices.” -Edward R. Murrow

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Karl (sad trombone noise enthusiast) @brainnotonyet.bsky.social · 2d

This whole “don’t take the bait” narrative being spun up by the resist account networks is pure counter insurgency. If fascists are trying to do violence against you and your community by all means protect yourself in any way you can. Do not comply in advance and “do nothing” in the face of fascism.

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Wajahat Ali @wajali.bsky.social · 2d

Elon Musk and Stephen Miller both tweeted against judges today.

A South Carolina judge's house burned down and almost killed her family.

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The Verge @theverge.com · 4d

Discord customer service data breach leaks user info and scanned photo IDs

An “unauthorized party” may have accessed the names of users, the last four digits of credit card numbers, and more.

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Lynda Lopez @lyndab08.bsky.social · 5d

Video from Alderperson Jessie Fuentes’ Fb page.

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Jamie Dupree @jamiedupree.bsky.social · 5d

🚨🚨The House reading clerk just read a letter from House Speaker Mike Johnson where he declares a 'District Work Period' from October 7 to October 13.

That would mean no votes in the House until mid-month.

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Indivisible Oregon @indivisible-oregon.bsky.social · 5d

There was a question about: leavingmaga.org
Do any of you have experience with it?
Has it helped anyone you know?

Leaving MAGA - Leaving MAGA

MISSION STATEMENT Empower others to leave MAGA and tell their stories. Foster reconciliation with their friends and family. Develop movement leaders to help others leave. Dear MAGA Americans, I was a ...

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Brennan Center @brennancenter.org · 5d

There are many effective crime-fighting strategies with bipartisan support — sending National Guard troops into American cities isn't one of them.

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LA Legault ⚜️ @lalegault.bsky.social · 6d

Howard Lutnick becoming an Epstein whistle blower was not on my Bingo card:

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Nicole Mark (she/her) @nicoledesignsdata.com · 5d

I am thinking about buying a flip phone, for real. I spend too much every month on Apple subscriptions for Tim Cook to allow this bullshit. ICEBlock doesn't retain user data; TechCrunch confirmed it. Apple is being almost as shitty as Meta right now.

TechCrunch @techcrunch.com · 5d

Apple has removed ICEBlock and other apps from its App Store that allow users to anonymously report sightings of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents, following pressure from the Trump administration.

Apple removes ICEBlock and similar tracking apps from the App Store | TechCrunch

Apple has removed ICEBlock and other apps from its App Store that allow users to anonymously report sightings of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents, following pressure from the Trump administration.

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Nicole Mark (she/her) @nicoledesignsdata.com · 5d

I'm hoping you'll say, "Hell no," @colorado.edu

Financial Times @financialtimes.com · 5d

A memo sent to nine institutions called for 'institutional neutrality', in an unprecedented attempt by Donald Trump’s administration to impose control on the sector on.ft.com/4mQxxdw

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Nathan Kalman-Lamb @nkalamb.bsky.social · 5d

“Fuck them kids.”

That’s literally what an ICE agent said when ICE, the FBI et al. raided an apartment in Chicago, including with a Blackhawk helicopter, separated children from their parents, and zip-tied them to each other.

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"They was terrified. The kids was crying. People was screaming. They looked very distraught. I was out there crying when I seen the little girl come around the corner, because they was bringing the kids down, too, had them zip tied to each other," Watson said. "That's all I kept asking. What is the morality? Where's the human? One of them literally laughed. He was standing right here. He said, 'f*** them kids.'"

Watson said trucks and military-style vans were used to separate parents from their children. Other neighbors said agents destroyed property to get in the building.

"They had a big, 15-inch chainsaw with round blade on it, cutting this fence down," said witness Darrell Ballard. "We're under siege. We're being invaded by our own military."

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The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 5d

For years, Jane Goodall observed chimpanzees in Tanzania, producing groundbreaking documentation of their tool use, cooperative hunting, complex social structure and personalities, before becoming a global storyteller and advocate for conservation.

How Jane Goodall shaped generations of science and conservation in Africa

The late primatologist and advocate became a global face of and inspiration for field research and environmental protection across the continent.

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Asha Rangappa @asharangappa.bsky.social · 7d

I can’t believe I’m watching interviews of city mayors talking about how they are coordinating with other mayors to discuss how to protect their residents FROM THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES

I know we are “used to it” but it is absolutely insane

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