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🌈 (andy) @andrw.bsky.social · Mar 17

#KaisekiRyori #JapaneseBanquetDinner to celebrate my mom's graduation and reuniting with much of my extended family!

Platter with many beautiful small plates and bowls of expertly prepared food.

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Gabrielle Hecht has no more spoons @gabriellehecht.bsky.social · 9h

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Executive summary: the US killed at least 3 Colombian fishermen who’d put up a distress flag. In Colombian waters

Camila @camilapress
FULL REPORT: Colombian public media reports that a U.S. military strike on a boat on September 15—the second attack on a vessel by the U.S. in the Caribbean that we're aware of—was a Colombian boat and was in Colombian territorial waters.
At least one of the three victims extrajudicially killed in the strike was Colombian lifelong fisherman Alejandro Carranza. Alejandro's identity is confirmed by his cousin.
The Colombian boat was adrift and had its distress signal up due to an engine failure.
EN VIVO SANTA MARTA - EXCLUSIVO
Señal
Colombia
EN DIRECTO
RTVC NOTICIAS
EXTRA SEGÚN CBS NOTICIAS
15 DE SEPTIEMBRE DE 2025 LANCHA FUE BOMBARDEADA@*
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 4h

seems that RFK is clearing the path for his CDC to do tuskegee syphillis experiments as a matter of course. in other news, RFK is a genuine monster who relishes in the pain and suffering of those he feels he has control or dominion over

Julia Lynch @jlynch13.bsky.social · 6h

RFK is undoing human subjects protections so he can conduct placebo trials of vaccines. That means infecting people knowingly. I wonder who will “volunteer” for these trials? If history is any guide, a lot of incarcerated and other powerless people.

Drug Monkey @drugmonkey.bsky.social · 6h

Dismantling the Institutional Review Board (IRB), that oversees all human subjects research, is bad. Really bad.

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Concepts of a Rae @alsorae.bsky.social · 4h

So the government is weaponizing AI against American citizens by altering their public social media content to incite violence and/or harm?

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bigbluei.bsky.social @bigbluei.bsky.social · 5h

Ai is dangerous.

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Skeet Child O' Mine @furiosity.bsky.social · 5h

If DHS was intent on making up a video with a false threat, they could have just created an AI video totally from scratch.

But instead they went out of their way specifically to terrorize this innocent black man.

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i'm nobody, who are you? @fivek.bsky.social · 4h

Drudge doesn't miss

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City of Cambridge @cambridgemass.bsky.social · 3h

💧📈 Drought Status Update: Cambridge and the Northeast Region of Massachusetts has improved from a Level 2- Significant Drought to a Level 1 – Mild Drought.

Under a Level 1 drought, some essential outdoor water restrictions remain in place.

Learn more: https://camb.ma/3Lfatry

Drought status map of Massachusetts, effective as of September 1, 2025. The map uses colors to designate drought levels from normal (yellow) to emergency drought (red). Key areas such as Western Region, Connecticut River Valley Region, Central Region, Southeast Region, Cape Cod, and the islands of Martha's Vineyard and Nantucket are labeled. The map features a north arrow and scale, with a declaration date of October 10, 2025, shown at the bottom.

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onion person @junlper.beer · 3h

everyone: we don’t want kings

rightwing media: this is a confusing protest line, no one is claiming trump is a king

the entire trump administration:

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Trevon Logan @trevondlogan.bsky.social · 5h

The President of the United States sends out an AI generated video of him wearing a crown and piloting a fighter jet to drop bombs of human excrement on American citizens. No mainstream media Sunday show featuring this?!? Really?!? The media is complicit in our march to authoritarianism.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 7h

Not a single mention of this across the Sunday shows as far as I could tell

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 20h

Trump posts AI video showing him literally dumping shit on America

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Bolts @boltsmag.org · 2h

Chicago's public defender does not want to bring back Illinois' old bail system. "You had Black folks being cycled through in shackles. You had prosecutors, defense attorneys, and judges speaking really quickly. We had people haggling about money."

Chicago’s Public Defender on Why Illinois Should Fight Trump’s Threats on Cashless Bail

As the president tries to punish jurisdictions with bail reform, Cook County Public Defender Sharone Mitchell, Jr., explains why Illinois ended cash bail—and what he hopes to see next.

boltsmag.org

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Standplaats Kraków @standplaatskrk.pl · Nov 14

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Venn diagram.
Circle 1: Drive-time DJs
Circle 2: Sisyphus
Overlap: Bringing you the same great classic rock night after night

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Coach Finstock @coachfinstock.bsky.social · 7h

Lmao 'test of ceasefire' is funny. They broke the ceasefire. AP has gone from sanewashing and passive voice to outright not understanding the definition of words in the dictionary.

The Associated Press @apnews.com · 10h

BREAKING: Israel strikes southern Gaza in test of ceasefire.

Israel strikes Gaza in first major test of ceasefire

Israel said it struck Hamas militants in Gaza on Sunday after they shot at Israeli soldiers who were inside the area that is still under Israeli control, according to the conditions of the Oct. 10 ceasefire.

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meghan “boo” kelly 👻 @meghanbkelly.bsky.social · 1d

Boston and other Mass. cities turned out for No Kings today: www.wbur.org/news/2025/10...

'No Kings' rally fills Boston Common, as thousands of other protests take place across the country

Demonstrators in Boston and around the country took to the streets to decry what they describe as "abuses of power, cruelty and corruption" in the Trump administration.

www.wbur.org

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Mel Buer @melbuer.bsky.social · 1d

Hundreds already out here at Grand Park in DTLA, over an hour before the official start of the protest. An auxiliary march is starting from another part of town and headed here by 2pm. Also, per my previous posts this week: plenty of tables of orgs to get involved with

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Tim Onion @bencollins.bsky.social · 1d

MSNBC Grandmas in Skechers seamlessly reclaiming the frog from 4chan Nazis in about six weeks has gotta be the political upset of the century.

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Assigned Media @assignedmedia.org · 1d

A shot from the crowd on Boston Common. In the foreground a sign says “Resist Fascism” with a small rainbow flag taped beneath it.

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Senator Chris Van Hollen @vanhollen.senate.gov · 1d

Today I kicked off No Kings Day with hundreds of fired up patriots at NIH who are standing up to this lawless president.

Together we said NO to his attacks on public health.
NO to his assault on our Constitution.
NO to kings in America.

And YES to standing up for our democracy.

Kicking off No Kings Day with fired up patriots at NIH

YouTube video by Senator Chris Van Hollen

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Brett D - OKC @brettdokc.bsky.social · 1d

Our reporter is working on the #OKC #NOKINGS Rally report today for @freepressokc.bsky.social . Watch for our coverage later today.

The City of Oklahoma City Plaza downtown in OKC filled once again with protesters who attended the NO KINGS Rally on Saturday, October 18, 2025.

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Late Night Anti-Fascists @latenightafa.bsky.social · 1d

Pay attention to the red states that show up 👏 #nokings in Oklahoma City

Brett D - OKC @brettdokc.bsky.social · 1d

Our reporter is working on the #OKC #NOKINGS Rally report today for @freepressokc.bsky.social . Watch for our coverage later today.

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Praxis Thoughts Haver @praxisprocess.bsky.social · 1d

Reporting from the NYC Labor Feeder March: Free Palestine is now treated the same as "Get Up, Get Down! New York City is a Union Town!" Its utterly non controversial

Aubrey Gilleran @aubreygilleran.bsky.social · 1d

Can report back from the Charlotte No Kings that "free Palestine" is now, if not the normie lib position, then at least fully accepted among the normie libs. Lots of signs and flags scattered about, no apparent drama at all.

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Angry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 1d

Boston. Wow.

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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 1d

lolol

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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 1d

Frogs of New York

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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 1d

I was at the the No Kings march in Park Slope, Brooklyn. Many elderly or disabled folks who couldn’t make it to Manhattan, but also young families and people of all ages. I stood in the same spot for more than an hour and the stream of protesters was constant. Amazing turnout.

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Murshed Zaheed @murshedz.bsky.social · 1d

Mike Johnson is scared of this.

Jen Bendery @jbendery.bsky.social · 1d

😂

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