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spooky mental haunted house @jesseltaylor.bsky.social · 2h

If Belichick can't last at North Carolina, what chance does our love have?

Tom Ochs @tomochs.bsky.social · 1h

Too busy securing COBA endorsement with his disgraceful plan to keep Rikers open. Some grim reaper shit by this ghoul. @dreamfornyc.bsky.social

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Tom Ochs @tomochs.bsky.social · 1h

Important thread from @edidin.bsky.social on Cuomo’s pledge to keep Rikers open. Reason # gazillion to support @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social who supports the #CloseRikers campaign. That COBA Cuomo endorsement is coming any minute. #CloseRikers not a slogan, a necessity. @freedomagendany.bsky.social

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Tom Ochs @tomochs.bsky.social · 2h

First guest? Gotta be @pablo.show

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Tom Ochs @tomochs.bsky.social · 2h

Only one choice.

a woman in a black and gold dress with red lipstick on her lips

ALT: a woman in a black and gold dress with red lipstick on her lips

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Tom Ochs @tomochs.bsky.social · 2h

Damn! Thanks for sharing this from @ollieconnolly.bsky.social Someone just shared with me a live look at @pablo.show

a man wearing a blue jacket and a blue shirt is making a funny face

ALT: a man wearing a blue jacket and a blue shirt is making a funny face

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Eliza Orlins @elizaorlins.bsky.social · 5h

No Kings 2 is Oct 18. Show up. We need you. #NoKings2 #Courage2025
youtube.com/shorts/gQ1BT...

No Kings 2 is Oct 18. Find or host a protest near you at courage2025.org/nk2. #NoKings2 #Courage2025

YouTube video by Eliza Orlins

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Rise and Resist @riseandresist.bsky.social · 12h

📢 Immigration Vigil
📆 Thursdays
📍 26 Federal Plaza, NYC, Federal Worker's entrance
⏰ 12 pm

Join us for a silent vigil calling out ICE for abducting immigrants. This may be a silent vigil, but our message is loud!

This space is open to pedestrians and therefore it is legal to protest there.

Immigration vigil, join us in protest, Thursdays 12-1pm, 26 Federal Plaza, NYC. Graphic has black ground and red text, with barbed wire

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 13h

#WarRavagedPortland

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Tom Ochs @tomochs.bsky.social · 1d

This place MDC here in Sunset Park, Brooklyn is like something out of a Batman movie. But, it’s real. A real hellhole.

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Tom Ochs @tomochs.bsky.social · 1d

Every Tuesday 6pm-7pm.

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Tom Ochs @tomochs.bsky.social · 1d

Some of the signs at the weekly vigil outside MDC here in Brooklyn. Lots of support from folks driving by! @bkindivisible.bsky.social @shahanafrombk.bsky.social @thenyic.bsky.social @maketheroadny.bsky.social

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Tom Ochs @tomochs.bsky.social · 1d

On my way!

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Alex Winter @alexwinter.com · 1d

Great book 👇

Preorder Read This When Things Fall Apart @mskellymhayes.bsky.social · 1d

The table of contents for Read This When Things Fall Apart is a crisis directory—“read this if…” [insert heartbreak, setback, disaster, or breaking point]. I wish I could gift a copy to every activist in Chicago. You can donate a copy to an activist in need here: www.akpress.org/read-this-wh...

The cover for the book, Read This When Things Fall Apart: Letters to Activists in Crisis. The cover art features a person wading into a body of water in the woods at night.

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Indivisible Brooklyn @bkindivisible.bsky.social · 1d

Join us tonight!!

Indivisible Brooklyn @bkindivisible.bsky.social · Aug 22

Join us and Good Shepherd Lutheran of Bay Ridge at our weekly vigil outside Metropolitan Detention Center, where 100+ immigrant neighbors are being detained by ICE. Every Tuesday at 6pm www.mobilize.us/indivisiblen...

@indivisible.org

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Ian Gordon @idgordon.bsky.social · 2d

If you'd like to delight in a side-by-side comparison, here's Bari Weiss' reported note to CBS staffers (left) and the one I cooked up on ChatGPT with a quickly dashed-off prompt (right). Looking forward to hearing from you in the days and weeks ahead!

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Chanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 @chanda.blacksky.app · 2d

Weird thing where people say “no one could have predicted it” when really what they mean is their political commitments and orientation were such that they ignored everyone who was predicting it

Sorry but “no one could have“ and you having your head stuck up your ass are two different situations

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Tom Ochs @tomochs.bsky.social · 3d

I lived in DC during peak Joe Gibbs mastery. They won Super Bowls with 3 different QB’s and 3 different lead running backs. Never been done and highly unlikely to ever be done again.

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Josh Gondelman @joshgondelman.bsky.social · 3d

If you live in New York City, you've got to start your day by reading this @hamiltonnolan.bsky.social x @bradlander.bsky.social conversation!

Brad Lander Wants New York City to Resist

The NYC Comptroller talks ICE, Trump, Zohran, and Brooklyn.

www.hamiltonnolan.com

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Tom Ochs @tomochs.bsky.social · 3d

C’mon Miami sideline (Michael Irvin!) you gotta protect Holly Rowe at all costs. We need her healthy for the rest of the WNBA Championship! @howardmegdal.bsky.social @alexaphilippou.bsky.social @danaholtzbert.bsky.social @mcnuttmonica.bsky.social

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cliffs.bsky.social @cliffs.bsky.social · 4d

Phee is pretty good at basketball. She might be better at life. Cathy called her a liar, and that was stupid.

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Nancy Armour @nrarmour.bsky.social · 4d

Oh, Phee canceled the meeting with Cathy? Shocking!
What I said last night:

WNBA commissioner Cathy Engelbert does nothing to regain players' trust | Opinion

WNBA commissioner Cathy Engelbert did nothing that would reassure players she has their interests at heart in addressing league's issues.

www.usatoday.com

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Dana Holtzbert @danaholtzbert.bsky.social · 4d

Reskeeting this for reasons. #WNBA

Dana Holtzbert @danaholtzbert.bsky.social · 8d

This is a strong "Call me a liar, I double-dog-dare you, motherfucker," face. #WNBA

Napheesa Collier speaking truth to power about the current state of the WNBA and its leadership, September 30, 2025.

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August J. Pollak @augustjpollak.bsky.social · 4d

“It is not clear if Mr. Trump strangling the puppy violates the It Is Quite Clearly Against the Law to Strangle Puppies Act of 1922”

Eric Lipton NYT @ericlipton.nytimes.com · 4d

It is not clear that Mr. Trump’s image can be featured on a coin. An 1866 law enshrined a tradition that only deceased people could appear on U.S. currency to avoid the appearance that America was a monarchy. Trump admin is planning to do it anyway.
By Alan Rappeport

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/03/b...

Treasury Plans to Mint $1 Commemorative Trump Coin

www.nytimes.com

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Adam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 4d

Most American Jews are antisemitic, according to right wing gentiles who are constantly employing anti semitic dogwhistles www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

Many American Jews sharply critical of Israel on Gaza, Post poll finds
Most Jews say Israel is committing war crimes — and 39 percent say genocide — while often distinguishing between the country and its leadership.

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