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Caroline Fan @carolinefan.bsky.social · 3h

In the most on the nose name since Fraud Guarantee, apparently Palmer Lucky has a new crypto banking startup called Erebor.

The techbros' fascination with Tolkien terms and ill-gotten gains continues unabated.

a close up of a dragon with the words " i am almost tempted to let you take it " below it

Alt: a close up of Smaug the dragon with the words " i am almost tempted to let you take it " below it

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 7h

Mike Johnson has now had the House adjourned for 72 of the last 84 days.

Epstein Shutdown.

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Caroline Fan @carolinefan.bsky.social · 6h

Is it possible that he has less heart than Dick Cheney?

Caroline Fan @carolinefan.bsky.social · 6h

Chicago Pope going to Chicago

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ElieNYC @elienyc.bsky.social · 10h

Sotomayor: "race is *always* a part of redistricting efforts."

Thank you. See, the Republicans are trying to gaslight people by suggesting they're for "no race in gerrymandering." That's just not true. Race is ALWAYS a factor when you're drawing a map.

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Caroline Fan @carolinefan.bsky.social · 6h

States' rights for me but not thee. This stuff has always been conditional and situational, smh

ElieNYC @elienyc.bsky.social · 10h

Louisiana guy is now trying to pivot to "The FEDERAL government" has no business telling Louisiana that black people get to have political power.

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Caroline Fan @carolinefan.bsky.social · 9h

Not to be discounted is how much brain damage occurred due to single/ repeated Covid.

The casual disregard for not just others' lives, but that of the driver themselves shows up in near misses + grotesque crashes.

Alas, we didn't heed Maria Ressa's prescient warnings. Soc media + bots rot 🧠s.

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Caroline Fan @carolinefan.bsky.social · 9h

Thanks, English major habits die hard

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Caroline Fan @carolinefan.bsky.social · 9h

Disabled folks esp saw how accomodations that they advocated for years could be quickly made, removed.

The small inconvenience of mask wearing + vaxxing for the greater public good was turned into a giant bogeyman.

People lied, people died.

Electeds spread fear, disinfo, and hate.

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Caroline Fan @carolinefan.bsky.social · 9h

"Pandemic of distrust" = great phrase.

Much of our current disillusionment was highlighted during Covid.

From callous jokes to unwillingness to mask to keep everyone safe, we saw common values fray.

While prev impossible policies (WFH, eviction moratorium, + stimulus $) started + yanked away.

Kevin Elliott @kjephd.bsky.social · 10h

I submit that a huge part of the pandemic of distrust is that reactionaries & progressives the world over are both dissatisfied with democracy, for different reasons, but this creates a pervasive common sense (via incompletely theorized agreement) that democracy's in crisis.

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Caroline Fan @carolinefan.bsky.social · 9h

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Caroline Fan @carolinefan.bsky.social · 20h

Incoming at unis in red states

Jess Calarco @jessicacalarco.com · 1d

Indiana University has fired the staff director of the student newspaper, after disputes in which university leadership tried to pressure him to prevent students from publishing news.

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The director of student media at Indiana University was fired amidst a dispute between university leadership and editors at the Indiana Daily Student over what content gets printed in the student newspaper.

As director of student media, Jim Rodenbush did not directly oversee or have any say over the content published in the IDS, per a charter between the IDS and the university. But he told IndyStar his firing follows a series of meetings with IU Media School leadership in which it grew increasingly apparent they were expecting him to officially prohibit students from publishing news.

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🎃 Iva Cheung 🍗 @ivacheung.com · 1d

Please read this to understand how dire the situation is in Nunavut: www.aptnnews.ca/featured/foo...

I made print copies of my book a fundraiser to raise awareness of food sovereignty/security issues in the North, but the PDF is free if you want to download + donate directly to QCFC + other orgs.

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Caroline Fan @carolinefan.bsky.social · 20h

Oh boy, there is masking discourse on the skyline tonight.

It's been almost 6 years, have folks forgotten already?

(Yes, the answer is almost always yes...)

😷😷😷👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

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Adelita for Congress @adelitaforcongress.bsky.social · 1d

Speaker Johnson, you ready to swear me in?

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Caroline Fan @carolinefan.bsky.social · 21h

Wow, this is the most feisty I can remember Hochul being - more like this!!!

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Maxine Joselow @maxinejoselow.bsky.social · 1d

Before catastrophic floods swept through the Alaska Native village of Kipnuk on Sunday, the EPA canceled a $20 million grant intended to protect the community from extreme flooding. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/14/c...

Before Alaska Flooding, E.P.A. Canceled $20 Million Flood Protection Grant

www.nytimes.com

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Caroline Fan @carolinefan.bsky.social · 1d

Some right-wing grifter is pitching that rn, smh

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Caroline Fan @carolinefan.bsky.social · 1d

Gimme icq, usenet, and AOL IM over this present day quicksand.

Caroline Fan @carolinefan.bsky.social · 1d

This would be fitting. But Bezos uses it as a wet rag to mop up his messes, so I doubt he'd let it go.

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Will Bunch @willbunch.bsky.social · 1d

It's really simple

Voters want an opposition party that will fight for them, and democracy, like there's no tomorrow

Dem elites want a members-only social club where polite, dues-paying members who they like to see at cocktail parties get rewarded with plum roles www.politico.com/news/2025/10...

Chuck Schumer gets his preferred candidate, Janet Mills, in crowded Maine Senate race

Schumer had been aggressively recruiting Mills to challenge Republican Susan Collins.

www.politico.com

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Caroline Fan @carolinefan.bsky.social · 1d

Blegh

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Caroline Fan @carolinefan.bsky.social · 1d

Yeah, I live in a red state. We survive bc of GOP infighting.

Caroline Fan @carolinefan.bsky.social · 1d

Superstar covered by Sonic Youth

Sophia_Nyx 🏳️‍⚧️ @sophianyx.bsky.social · 2d

Without saying Hurt, fav Cover Song?

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God @thegodpodcast.com · 2d

Adelita Grijalva won her election 19 days ago and she still hasn’t been sworn in.

The government has been shut down for 12 days with no end in sight.

They can stall as long as they want but the Epstein files ain’t going away.

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