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Nikos Leverenz @nikosleverenz.bsky.social · 1h

Grim news.

At least 24 killed as army paraglider bombs Myanmar Buddhist festival | BBC News

Myanmar: At least 24 killed as army paraglider bombs Buddhist festival

Locals tell the BBC the carnage has made it hard to identify victims of the military attack.

bbc.com

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Seth Abramson @sethabramson.bsky.social · 5h

It's so important to nip the framing of this reporting in the bud right now.

Don't accept the narrative that Trump and his team only just started discussing invoking the Insurrection Act. January 6 happened because his White House was in conversation with radicals about what it'd take to invoke it.

Trump administration officials seriously discussing invoking Insurrection Act, sources say

A decision isn't expected to be imminent, one source said, but debate within the administration has shifted recently to more deeply exploring how and when the act might be invoked.

www.nbcnews.com

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Jacob Soboroff @jacobsoboroff.bsky.social · 9h

Michigan Avenue right now.

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 7h

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.

CBS News' new boss once auditioned for 'The View' — and 'wasn't invited back': report

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. Variety reported on Tuesday that Weiss auditioned for "The View" when host Me...

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Nikos Leverenz @nikosleverenz.bsky.social · 6h

What happens when TSA agents and air traffic controllers are using their paid leave time en masse (for those who have it) to adjust to not getting paid? Will PTO not be accepted? Isn't working without remuneration a form of servitude?

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Nikos Leverenz @nikosleverenz.bsky.social · 7d

"If all the flowers wanted to be roses, nature would lose her springtime beauty and the fields would no longer be decked out with little wild flowers." -- Thérèse of Lisieux

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 22h

#WarRavagedPortland

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David Simon @audacityofdespair.bsky.social · 13h

Pritzker fights. It's refreshing as all hell.

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Khashoggi's Ghost @urocklive1.bsky.social · 1d

I feel like this might be a clue to our current problems. We don't read anymore.

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 1d

thank you brett kavanaugh!

Daniel Knowles @dlknowles.bsky.social · 1d

Good reporting on the South Shore raid from South Side weekly here.

Confirms one thing I was told but didn't put in my own piece because I didn't have a second source and it seemed too insane: border agents segregated arrested residents by race

southsideweekly.com/federal-agen...

Federal Agents Storm South Shore Building, Detaining Families and Children

Families were woken by flashbangs and helicopters as hundreds of federal agents raided their homes. Days later, neighbors are still searching for the missing.

southsideweekly.com

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Nicholas Slayton @nslayton.bsky.social · 1d

One of the big things about the Secretary of Defense role, and why waivers for Mattis, etc. were controversial, is that it's a civilian job. And any former military needed to be a certain number of years removed, save for a waiver.

Brad Duplessis @bradduplessis.bsky.social · 1d

Pete is out here playing Operator. We do not have a SECDEF.

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elia ayoub 🌱 @ayoub.bsky.social · 13h

18,457 names of children murdered by Israel in two years. Those are just the names we have so far.

www.theguardian.com/world/ng-int...

Young lives cut short on an unimaginable scale: the 18,457 children on Gaza’s list of war dead

Every name on a list compiled by health authorities in Gaza of the child victims of Israel’s offensive

www.theguardian.com

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Nikos Leverenz @nikosleverenz.bsky.social · 1d

Happy to share a gift link to one of the top articles I've read all year.

🎁 What Happens When an Israeli Meets Two Gazans on a French Buddhist Retreat @haaretzcom.bsky.social

What happens when an Israeli meets two Gazans on a French Buddhist retreat

They Spoke Slowly, Almost Whispering, as if the Pain Could Drown Us Even Here. Reflections After a Week of Meditation

www.haaretz.com

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Nikos Leverenz @nikosleverenz.bsky.social · 22h

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Nikos Leverenz @nikosleverenz.bsky.social · 1d

Happy to share a gift link to one of the top articles I've read all year.

🎁 What Happens When an Israeli Meets Two Gazans on a French Buddhist Retreat @haaretzcom.bsky.social

What happens when an Israeli meets two Gazans on a French Buddhist retreat

They Spoke Slowly, Almost Whispering, as if the Pain Could Drown Us Even Here. Reflections After a Week of Meditation

www.haaretz.com

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Unofficial BBCNews (World) Bot @bbcnews-world-rss.bsky.social · 1d

Scientist on three-week off-grid hike finds out he's won the Nobel prize

Dr Fred Ramsdell was "living his best life" offline when the Nobel committee tried to contact him.

www.bbc.com

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Nikos Leverenz @nikosleverenz.bsky.social · 1d

Those who are Gen X and younger will generally have a lower standard of living than Boomers.

Yet this sod is cheering those privileged enough to drop out of schools like Stanford and not worry about decades of debt.

People who forward rubbish deserve rebuke not adulation.

Business Insider @businessinsider.com · 1d

The OpenAI CEO, who dropped out of Stanford in 2005, said he envies young college dropouts because of the opportunities they have today.

Stanford dropout Sam Altman says he envies college kids who quit school now

The OpenAI CEO, who dropped out of Stanford in 2005, said he envies young college dropouts because of the opportunities they have today.

www.businessinsider.com

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Molly Jong-Fast @mollyjongfast.bsky.social · 1d

This is so dark

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Jack Jenkins @jackjenkins.me · 1d

Wanna learn more about the pastor in this photo?

I talked to him yesterday.

He's currently part of a lawsuit against DHS, in part due to this exact moment: religionnews.com/2025/10/07/i...

Religious protesters say ICE threatens religious freedom in Chicago

(RNS) — Despite potential danger, religious leaders and faith activists have been a visible presence at Chicago-area ICE protests, some waving signs with slogans such as ‘Love thy neighbor’ and ‘Who w...

religionnews.com

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Nikos Leverenz @nikosleverenz.bsky.social · 1d

Just canceled my years long subscription. Enough with the B.S. brigade touting "feels" over integrity.

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Jack Jenkins @jackjenkins.me · 1d

NEW: I spoke to clergy and faith leaders who've joined protests at the Chicago-area ICE facility.

Three say they've been shot with pepper balls, sometimes while praying.

All say ICE is also violating their religious freedom, and one is arguing it in court. religionnews.com/2025/10/07/i...

Religious protesters say ICE threatens religious freedom in Chicago

(RNS) — Despite potential danger, religious leaders and faith activists have been a visible presence at Chicago-area ICE protests, some waving signs with slogans such as ‘Love thy neighbor’ and ‘Who w...

religionnews.com

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John Pfaff @johnpfaff.bsky.social · 1d

Um, ICE just coldly shot an unarmed PRIEST in the head w a pepper ball when he (and everyone around him) clearly posed no threat.

For the crime of … complaining about government policy.

Core 1A speech.

With cameras rolling, they’re sniping priests for sport.

Kurt @flglchicago.bsky.social · 1d

Here’s video of the incident

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Nikos Leverenz @nikosleverenz.bsky.social · 1d

I just canceled my years-long subscription to The Washington Post. Enough of this nonsense!

Oliver Darcy @oliverdarcy.bsky.social · 1d

Last week, new WaPo opinion editor Adam O'Neal quietly carried out another purge of staffers, cutting editors and major names like Marc Fisher and David Hoffman, among others.

Meanwhile, he welcomed three conservatives to the section.

Details in @status.news: www.status.news/p/washington...

Post Traumatic Disorder

Adam O’Neal says he’s bringing “intellectual diversity” to The Washington Post’s opinion pages—but the moves he’s making behind the scenes tell a different story.

www.status.news

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Nikos Leverenz @nikosleverenz.bsky.social · 1d

Book bans are rising. Communities are fighting back. 💪 Speak up for libraries and the right to read during #BannedBooksWeek: Sign the pledge today! #StopBookBans @everylibrary.bsky.social

Pledge to Protect the Freedom to Read

This Banned Books Week (October 5–11, 2025), join EveryLibrary and We Believe in standing up for every reader’s right to read and access every story.

action.everylibrary.org

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Matt Zoller Seitz @mattzollerseitz.bsky.social · 1d

They had to buy the Post, gut the newsroom, and restaff with reactionary grifters that don't deserve to carry their predecessors' dirty socks; that was the only way to remake the paper, because they were never gonna get through the front door on merit.

Gillian Brockell @gbrockell.bsky.social · 1d

This little twerp, who’s been there a few months, axed two of the lions of WaPo??

Fisher is an investigative champion and had been at The Post for 39 years. Hoffman had been there for 42, and he won a Pulitzer LAST YEAR.

Oliver Darcy @oliverdarcy.bsky.social · 1d

Last week, new WaPo opinion editor Adam O'Neal quietly carried out another purge of staffers, cutting editors and major names like Marc Fisher and David Hoffman, among others.

Meanwhile, he welcomed three conservatives to the section.

Details in @status.news: www.status.news/p/washington...

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