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Scott Heim @scottheim.bsky.social · 3d

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Being Liberal ®🗽🏳️‍🌈 @beingliberal.bsky.social · 7d

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Scott Heim @scottheim.bsky.social · 10d

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Scott Heim @scottheim.bsky.social · 11d

We learned to tap dance, though! Can't say I've ever done it since.

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Scott Heim @scottheim.bsky.social · 11d

More like totes GAY and trying to be convincing in those scenes where he's sort of wooing three girls at once

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Rural Indexing Project @ruralindexing.bsky.social · 18d

Storm shelter
Copan, OK

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Scott Heim @scottheim.bsky.social · 11d

My tiny Kansas high school did this musical when I was a junior. I played the Bobby Van role!

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DrDinD.bsky.social @drdind.bsky.social · 12d

Making us more secure daily 🙄

"Some of the warnings, most notably on climate change, had become politically inconvenient, according to former officials."

www.nytimes.com/2025/09/26/u...

Gabbard Ends Intelligence Report on Future Threats to U.S.

www.nytimes.com

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Scott Heim @scottheim.bsky.social · 12d

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Ice detains superintendent of Iowa’s largest school district

Fellow educators express shock at detention of ‘beacon of light’ Ian Roberts as DHS claims he had ‘no work authorization’

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Scott Heim @scottheim.bsky.social · 12d

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Love pours in for a dying octopus as she tends to eggs that will never hatch

Fans and caretakers have expressed an outpouring of grief and love for Ghost, a strikingly beautiful giant Pacific octopus, as she nears the end of her life.

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Scott Heim @scottheim.bsky.social · 12d

"Justice"

The New York Times @nytimes.com · 12d

The Justice Department issued a subpoena for travel records of Fani Willis, the district attorney who prosecuted President Trump.

Justice Department Seeks Information on Georgia D.A. Who Prosecuted Trump

Federal investigators have subpoenaed records related to travel they believe Fani Willis took around the time of last year’s election, but it was not immediately clear why.

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Scott Heim @scottheim.bsky.social · 12d

honey, i'm home

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Scott Heim @scottheim.bsky.social · 12d

proof of AI's absolute stupidity

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Scott Heim @scottheim.bsky.social · 14d

Currently searching for new pillows / mattress covers, and I'm thoroughly terrified by this photo showing a floating phantom / spectral coffee cup accident

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Jason Adams @jamnpp.bsky.social · 16d

I think it's been pretty clear that The Rapture already happened when David Bowie died

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Scott Heim @scottheim.bsky.social · 15d

I love this bonkers movie.
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Eat the rich … before they eat you: in praise of body horror classic Society

Hurtling towards a deranged finale, this 1989 obscenity follows a rich kid who grows suspicious of everyone around him – and it’s never felt more relevant

www.theguardian.com

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Scott Heim @scottheim.bsky.social · 15d

Wikipedia has a new photo of me (taken at the LA event) & I look like wrinkles and whiskers are having a major stroke in a bag of Chiclet teeth. I swear someone there is out to get me anyway, considering my page has as many bad reviews of my books as good ones. UGH. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scott_H...

Scott Heim - Wikipedia

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Eliza Orlins @elizaorlins.bsky.social · 24d

Online safety is more important than ever right now, and most people give away their location online unknowingly.

I'm Eliza Orlins, a career public defender for 15 years in Manhattan. I spend a lot of time thinking about safety—both offline and online.

Here are 10 ways to keep yourself safe 👇

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Scott Heim @scottheim.bsky.social · 24d

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mediajorge @mediajorge.bsky.social · 24d

Oh no. RIP Stephen Luscombe. Blancmange have always been one of my favorite bands. Deeply original and adventurous sounds and yet vastly under appreciated. Listening to them always felt like a little journey into a sophisticated and worldly space. Brilliant brilliant stuff. ♥️ 🙌🏽