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Kai Ryssdal @kairyssdal.bsky.social · 4h

This is the lesson of 2025

Quinta Jurecic @qjurecic.bsky.social · 5h

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

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Caryn Rose @carynrose.bsky.social · 1h

I have mariners fans staying with me & after they got home from the game & were on the phone discussing logistics for tickets to future games & the guy on the end of the line said “oh fuck the Yankees” so loud we could hear it & then we amplified that back. It’s the feel good hit of the fall

Heather Hogan @heatherhogan.bsky.social · 1d

Wife: Fuck the Yankees!

Me: Hey maybe let’s don’t yell “Fuck the Yankees” with the windows open.
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Wife, louder: FUCK THE YANKEES!

Guy walking by outside: FUCK THE YANKEES!

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Ian Hunter @bluejayhunter.com · 2h

"Start spreading the news, bitches!"

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Staci D. Kramer @sdkstl.bsky.social · 2h

Hope Satou is ok. Scary.

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Your Internet Friend Tom Tomorrow @tomtomorrow.bsky.social · 3h

a thing to keep in mind, moving forward, is that if you're ditching this shithole, don't tell us about it on social media until you're safely on the other side

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Staci D. Kramer @sdkstl.bsky.social · 7h

Nothing says American Pride like Made in Honduras

Blue t-shirt with distressed U.S. flag and words American Pride

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Amy Klobuchar @amyklobuchar.com · 7h

This is an unacceptable act of antisemitism that must be unequivocally condemned. After a summer marked by political violence in our state, we must all stand up, speak out, and act to combat hate.

www.cbsnews.com/minnesota/ne...

Minneapolis police investigating antisemitic vandalism at Temple Israel

A south Minneapolis synagogue has once again been vandalized with spray paint bearing antisemitic messages.

www.cbsnews.com

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Staci D. Kramer @sdkstl.bsky.social · 7h

No pix because I was driving but here's some background on the eye-catching billboards.

‘Real Fed Up’: Billboard along I-70 aims to draw Kansas voters’ attention

Driving west on Interstate 70 near mile marker 275, north of Abilene, stands a billboard with a purpose.

www.kwch.com

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Staci D. Kramer @sdkstl.bsky.social · 7h

fwiw spotted only one Trump sign (a painted trick in a field) as we've driven hundreds of miles across Missouri and Kansas on I70. otoh we've seen several billboards with the slogan "Real Kansans. Real Voters. Real Fed Up" - a response to GOP Sen. Marshall's claim critics are paid crisis actors.

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Staci D. Kramer @sdkstl.bsky.social · 8h

Creve Coeur
Georgia Edition: Dacula

Merriam-Webster @merriam-webster.com · 9h

What’s the word where you’re from that, when pronounced exactly as it looks, identifies a tourist immediately?

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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 11h

If you come for my people, you come through me.

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Staci D. Kramer @sdkstl.bsky.social · 13h

In London 10/9? ⬇️

Tom Gauld @tomgauld.bsky.social · 13h

I went to Gosh comics today and painted the window. Just in time for the release and launch party for Physics For Cats. Come along and get a book signed tomorrow (Thursday) 7-9pm!
pic 1. In progress (from inside)
pic 2. The complete window, just waiting for the books.
goshlondon.com/the-gosh-blo...

Cartoon cats and science machinery painted on a window.

Cartoon cats and science machinery painted on a window of a comic shop. The text reads 'Physics for Cats: Science cartoons by Tom Gauld"

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Staci D. Kramer @sdkstl.bsky.social · 15h

Congrats!

Staci D. Kramer @sdkstl.bsky.social · 15h

“Anything is possible, if you can send a postcard and have this happen,” Cathy O’Gara said.

Bill Grueskin @bgrueskin.bsky.social · 15h

Florida cops were investigating James O’Gara, a Vietnam vet, because he had sent the state CFO a postcard that said, “You lack values.”

Said his wife: “I expected them to show up eventually because I’m an organizer, and it follows the state of play these days"

www.sun-sentinel.com/2025/10/07/a...

Armed investigators visit man who sent postcard critical of Florida CFO Ingoglia

The politically active couple expected a knock on their door because of their criticism of Trump and DeSantis, but not over a seemingly innocuous postcard.

www.sun-sentinel.com

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St. Louis Public Radio @stlpublicradio.bsky.social · 15h

University City’s stormwater commission unanimously recommended denying a plan to build more than 100 townhomes on cemetery land, citing flooding and stormwater concerns.

University City’s stormwater commission recommends rejecting housing development

The recommendation from the commission now goes to the city council, which makes the final decision.

www.stlpr.org

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Charles Ghoul-ba ✡️ @charlesgaba.com · 1d

Holy crap.

This is fantastic.

I didn’t know he had it in him.

Charlotte Clymer @charlotteclymer.bsky.social · 1d

"So, Democrats have three words for this: no fucking way. It's literally life or death. We will not let Republicans blow up our health care system."

This is, hands down, the best comms work Chuck Schumer has done in YEARS. Surprisingly good.

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Staci D. Kramer @sdkstl.bsky.social · 1d

Sending refuah shleimah your way.

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Jack Jenkins @jackjenkins.me · 1d

Gonna be thinking about this lede for a minute.

(RNS) — Last month, the Rev. David Black stood in front of a Chicago-area U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility and spread his arms wide. Adorned in all black and wearing a clerical collar, the pastor looked up at a group of masked, heavily armed ICE agents on the roof and began to pray.

“I invited them to repentance,” Black, a minister in the Presbyterian Church (USA), said in an interview. “I basically offered an altar call. I invited them to come and receive that salvation, and be part of the kingdom that is coming.”

But when Black began to lower his arms a few seconds later, the agents responded to his spiritual plea by firing pepper balls, or chemical agents that cause eye irritation and respiratory distress, video footage shows. One struck Black in the head, exploding into a puff of white pepper smoke and forcing him to his knees. Fellow demonstrators rushed to his aid, and as the pastor rubbed his face in pain, the agents continued to fire.

“We could hear them laughing,” Black said.

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Staci D. Kramer @sdkstl.bsky.social · 1d

Get an early start on holiday shopping. ⬇️

Glenn Fleishman @glennf.com · 1d

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dan @danabra.mov · 1d

this might be the clearest articulation of how AT works i've seen in recent memory (and the practical consequences downthread), bravo

Rudy wants revolution. @rude1.blacksky.team · 1d

Using book publishing as an analogy for AT Protocol, a PDS is like self-publishing your manuscript. You always retain a copy of it and can take it with you elsewhere (as long as you keep backups).

An App View (or API Server) is like a publishing house or bookstore. It's the distribution. 2/11