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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 1d

I will not back down.

Trump is now calling for the arrest of elected representatives checking his power.

What else is left on the path to full-blown authoritarianism?

Donald Trump Truth Social Post: Chicago Mayor should be in jail for failing to protect Ice Officers! Governor Pritzker also.

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Micah @rincewind.run · 1d

that donald trump was allowed to become president again after J6 is something we may never recover from as a nation

Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 1d

I will not back down.

Trump is now calling for the arrest of elected representatives checking his power.

What else is left on the path to full-blown authoritarianism?

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Nat 🌸 @appletunpiee.bsky.social · 20h

Ready for sweater weather with Quilava and Cyndaquil ✨
#pokemon #art #fanart

6 drawings of Cyndaquil and Quilava wearing matching sweaters! The top left they are wearing cloud sweaters, the top right they are wearing sweaters with a heart pattern, middle left sweaters have a star pattern, middle right is a zigzag sweater, bottom left is a cable knit pattern, and bottom right is rainbow stripes.

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Kelly @broadwaybabyto.bsky.social · 12h

The fascists are saying that the first “antifa” groups go back to the Weimar Republic.

They say it like it’s bad.

There will always be people resisting fascism.

The people who resisted the rise of the Nazis were brave.

They fought for freedom, and many lost their lives.

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Anna Bower @annabower.bsky.social · 13h

U.S. Northern Command says that elements of the Texas national guard are now “employed in the greater Chicago area.”

The statement claims that they’ve been deployed to protect ICE and federal property.

U.S. Northern Command &
@USNorthernCmd
X.com
Effective today, elements of the Texas National Guard, under Title 10 authority and command and control of U.S. Northern Command, are employed in the greater Chicago area.
These soldiers are employed to protect U.S.
Immigration and Customs Enforcement and other
U.S. Government personnel who are performing federal functions, including the enforcement of federal law, and to protect federal property.
For the latest information on our Federal Protection Mission, please see the link below:

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Ernie Smith @ernie.tedium.co · 1d

If you run a NAS company, don't upset the nerds.

www.guru3d.com/story/synolo...

Synology Reverses Policy Banning Third-Party HDDs After NAS sales plummet

Synology has backtracked on one of its most unpopular decisions in years. After seeing NAS sales plummet in 2025, the company has decided to lift restrictions that forced users to buy its own Synology...

www.guru3d.com

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Colin Childs🍁 @phoul.bsky.social · 13h

I'm sure this will draw the ire of swifties, but it really seems like people think Taylor is someone she keeps proving she isn't.

ostonox @ostonox.com · 4d

incredible that taylor's team thought no one would notice AI generated music videos from the most popular artist in america

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Colin Childs🍁 @phoul.bsky.social · 13h

The way people keep ignoring this lesson..

Quinta Jurecic @qjurecic.bsky.social · 15h

he's going to come after you either way, so you might as well act with integrity

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Kai Ryssdal @kairyssdal.bsky.social · 14h

This is the lesson of 2025

Quinta Jurecic @qjurecic.bsky.social · 15h

he's going to come after you either way, so you might as well act with integrity

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Lichess @lichess.org · 13h

Follow the remaining eight games on Lichess until October 10: lichess.org/broadcast/cl...

Clutch Chess: The Legends • Round 4 (Blitz)

lichess.org

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Lichess @lichess.org · 13h

Garry Kasparov wins against Vishy Anand in Round 3 of Clutch Chess: The Legends 🔥

Kasparov now leads the Chess960 match between both legends by one point after the first day in St. Louis.

www.youtube.com/shorts/Em31k...

Garry Kasparov beats Vishy Anand in Round 3 of Clutch Chess: The Legends

YouTube video by Lichess

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Colin Childs🍁 @phoul.bsky.social · 13h

It's almost like sitting on all of this private data is a bad idea.

Hmm. 🤔

Techmeme @techmeme.com · 13h

Discord estimates 70,000 users globally may have had government ID photos exposed in a September 20 third-party customer service data breach (Jay Peters/The Verge)

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Techmeme @techmeme.com · 13h

Discord estimates 70,000 users globally may have had government ID photos exposed in a September 20 third-party customer service data breach (Jay Peters/The Verge)

Main Link | Techmeme Permalink

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Zac Thompson @zacthompson.bsky.social · 15h

Hell yeah, Jim. This is exactly what I want to hear executives say about A.I.

Heidi MacDonald @comixace.bsky.social · 21h

"That's the point – the smudge, the rough line, the hesitation - that's what makes my work come alive." - Jim Lee talking about why DC will never use AI storytelling. "AI doesn't dream, feel or make art, it aggregates it."

@jimlee.bsky.social speaking very passionately at Retailer Day. #nycc

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Kelly @broadwaybabyto.bsky.social · 15h

They’re flooding the zone so effectively that the joint letter by six former Surgeon Generals about the dangers of RFK Jr was barely a blip.

People have already forgotten it.

Public health isn’t flashy, but it’s incredibly important to society.

He poses an imminent global threat & must resign.

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Tim Onion @bencollins.bsky.social · 16h

She's Canadian, you wouldn't know her.

Schrödinger's Sneetch Belly @rtodkelly.bsky.social · 18h

"the girlfriend of one of the founders of antifa"

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Kelly @broadwaybabyto.bsky.social · 16h

People think that when you become disabled, support magically appears

That once it’s “official” you will have your basic needs met

The truth is people fight for years to get the bare minimum in benefits

Caregivers are nearly impossible to find

If you’re not rich or very lucky… you’re on your own

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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 16h

It's now considered controversial to fight the KKK in a video game.

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Jason Koebler @jasonkoebler.bsky.social · 19h

very interesting what is not allowed these days. in this case, basic archiving of real videos

www.404media.co/apple-banned...

Apple Banned an App That Simply Archived Videos of ICE Abuses

Eyes Up's purpose is to "preserve evidence until it can be used in court." But it has been swept up in Apple's crackdown on ICE-spotting apps.

www.404media.co

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Colin Childs🍁 @phoul.bsky.social · 19h

(not straight through, I think it's 2 games a day)

Colin Childs🍁 @phoul.bsky.social · 19h

Anand and Kasparov are playing chess960 for the next 3 days, live.

www.youtube.com/live/iI58Aif...

2025 Clutch Chess | The Legends: Day 1 #KasparovAnand

YouTube video by Saint Louis Chess Club

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 21h

Pritzker: "He wants to militarize major cities because he wants us to get used to the idea of troops on the streets. I believe he's gonna post people outside of polling places and if he needs to in order to control those elections, he'll assume control of the ballot boxes & count the votes himself"

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Colin Childs🍁 @phoul.bsky.social · 19h

Met my partner, started my career, found my community.. yep.

Conrad Hackett @conradhackett.bsky.social · 1d

Has anything great happened in your life because of social media?

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👻 Autumn Nash 🎃 @withenoughcoffee.com · 1d

At first the Discord hack didn’t seem that bad because it was initially the third party help desk.

But then you find out they had got there age verification data. Come to find out they got 1.5 TB of government id and age verification data. This is going to become a case against age verification.

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Dave Jorgenson @davejorgenson.bsky.social · 20h

Stephen Miller froze after mentioning “plenary authority.”

… but what is plenary authority?

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