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Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 2h

It's d̶e̶b̶a̶t̶e̶ bingo night in NYC!

And since Andrew Cuomo rarely has anything new to say, the odds are in your favor.

Download/print a board nd follow along starting at 7 p.m. on NBC 4 New York, Telemundo 47 and their digital platforms.

zohranfornyc.com/bingo

N.Y.C. Mayoral Debate Bingo!

A small preview of a bingo board where the center piece is "Zohran's Name Mispronounced."

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John Leavitt @leavittalone.bsky.social · 4h

There is an actual life-changing conflict between WFH being cheaper and more efficient, an entire layer of middle managers who need to have meetings to feel alive, and the commercial real estate cabal that runs all cities. It’s going to get so fucking weird.

Hell-Raea-ser 🦋✨🏳️‍⚧️🏴 @raea.meangirls.online · 5h

remote work is like birth control or UBI atp where there’s overwhelming research consensus they improve quality of life for people they apply to, yet access is impeded or blocked by the ruling class because the thought of marginalized ppl having rich full lives makes steam come out their ears

Tim Dickinson @timdickinson.bsky.social · 5h

2. Rolling Stone is owned by a large media conglomerate, which is ending remote work across its brands.

My home is Portland, Oregon, ~1,000 miles from the nearest office, so this marks the end of the line for me at RS.

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Cate @ceemonster.bsky.social · 5h

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ALT: Rainbow Spongebob GIF

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Philadelphia Inquirer @inquirer.com · 5h

The “Compact for Academic Excellence in Higher Education” would give Trump wide-ranging influence over hiring, admissions, tuition pricing, and even curriculum. Nine colleges were asked to sign on.

🔗 www.inquirer.com/education/pe...

Penn rejects Trump compact offered to colleges

Brown and MIT have also rejected the proposal, which would have given the White House influence over the universities' operations in exchange for preferential consideration in federal funding.

www.inquirer.com

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Cate @ceemonster.bsky.social · 7h

Thin Larry killed me.

Cate @ceemonster.bsky.social · 8h

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Cate @ceemonster.bsky.social · 10h

Thin Larry 😭

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Cate @ceemonster.bsky.social · 20h

I just got a gray tabby kitten that we're training to be a mouser and oh god i am going to have to find a way to keep her out of the kitchen

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Cate @ceemonster.bsky.social · 20h

i love it so much! it looks wonderful and fittingly whimsical!

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Cate @ceemonster.bsky.social · 22h

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Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 1d

“The Defense Department has confiscated the badges of the Pentagon reporters from virtually every major media organization in America,” the Pentagon Press Association said

Oct. 15, 2025
PENTAGON PRESS ASSOCIATION
STATEMENT
Today, the Defense Department confiscated the badges of the Pentagon reporters from virtually every major media organization in America. It did this because reporters would not sign onto a new media policy over its implicit threat of criminalizing national security reporting and exposing those who sign it to potential prosecution.
The Pentagon Press Association's members are still committed to reporting on the U.S. military. But make no mistake, today, Oct. 15, 2025 is a dark day for press freedom that raises concerns about a weakening U.S. commitment to transparency in governance, to public accountability at the Pentagon and to free speech for all.
PPA

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Susanah Grace @susanahgrace.bsky.social · 1d

In case you missed it, yesterday we launched our latest Kickstarter!!

Check it out, get yourself equipped for some spy shenanigans, and join the Agency.

Black Cats Gaming @blackcatsgaming.bsky.social · 2d

Agents, The Spy Game: Spymaster’s Toolkit is LIVE on Kickstarter!

www.kickstarter.com/projects/287...

Expand your options for espionage with new archetypes, feats, gadgets, NPCs, and tools to make your own supervillain lairs!

Back now, and come in from the cold...
#TheSpyGame #ttrpg #tabletop #5e

The Spy Game: Spymaster's Toolkit Supplement

An RPG expansion for spies of all levels, powered by 5e.

www.kickstarter.com

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ʙᴜη ₊˚⊹⋆ @bun.is.a.cutie.fyi · 2d

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GLAAD @glaad.bsky.social · 1d

#SPIRITDAY is tomorrow! Take the pledge now to take a stand for LGBTQ youth: glaad.org/spiritday 💜

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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 1d

NEW — I dug into the story of ICE abducting a 13-year-old boy in Massachusetts and moving him 500 miles across state lines without notifying his mother, local cop's complicity, and how the federal government's justification for such cruelty is already falling apart:

ICE took a 13-year-old they said had a gun. Local cops say he didn’t.

Now he's detained 500 miles away from his Massachusetts home.

www.thehandbasket.co

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Ken Burnside @kenburnside.bsky.social · 1d

This is why you never vote for Republicans at the state level.

Philadelphia Inquirer @inquirer.com · 1d

Public schools across Pennsylvania have missed more than $3 billion in payments from the state as the budget impasse stretches into its fourth month.

It’s led to layoffs and dwindling reserves.

Loans and layoffs: Missing $3 billion in state payments, Pa.’s public schools implore lawmakers to end budget impasse

Without a state budget, no money can flow to Pennsylvania's 500 districts, including the billions in federal dollars that first pass through the state’s coffers before being sent to districts.

www.inquirer.com

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Cate @ceemonster.bsky.social · 1d

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Cate @ceemonster.bsky.social · 1d

Added 250 words. Thanks for the sprint!

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Cate @ceemonster.bsky.social · 1d

sure. i just broke 2500 on a personal project. gives me a few mins to stretch before jumping back in. :)

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Cate @ceemonster.bsky.social · 1d

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Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley @pressley.house.gov · 1d

It is alarming that the Trump Admin & rogue ICE agents would abduct a 13-year-old child from Everett, transport him to a facility over 500 miles away & reportedly subject him to harrowing conditions.

They must stop violating our constitutional rights.

My full statement: