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Patton Oswalt @pattonoswalt.bsky.social · 8h

I love the wedding announcements in the NYTimes Sunday Styles.

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Vampo Marks @vampomarks.bsky.social · 9h

I had such a spiritual experience seeing @realgdt.bsky.social Guillermo del Toro's Frankenstein at The Paris Theater with my 83 yr old Dad. We went for a walk through Central Park after, discussing how much we loved the film, how his father still lives within him, love, & forgiveness. boxd.it/boZBvL

A ★★★★★ review of Frankenstein (2025)

Guillermo del Toro has finally brought his magnum opus to life with his highly heartfelt and personal take on Mary Shelley's Frankenstein. This grand, gory, gothic horror epic is one of the best Frank...

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The Kyiv Independent @kyivindependent.com · 9h

⚡️Updated: Zelensky should not be pressured to give up territory, Poland's Tusk says.

"None of us should put pressure on Zelensky when it comes to territorial concessions. We should all put pressure on Russia to stop its aggression. Appeasement never was a road to a just and lasting peace."

'He's going to take something' — Trump says Putin has 'won' territory in Ukraine

"He's won certain property," Trump told Fox News, indicating that Putin would lay claim to Ukrainian lands as part of a U.S.-brokered peace deal.

kyivindependent.com

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Anonymous @youranoncentral.bsky.social · 7h

Colombia officially accuses the Trump regime of murder after it exposed that Trump and Hegseth ordered the murder of unarmed civilians in order to score political points for themselves. This was civilian murder and a war crime. We demand a criminal investigation and Trump’s arrest.

Anonymous @youranoncentral.bsky.social · 8h

Colombia: “US government officials have committed a murder and violated our sovereignty in territorial waters”

“Fisherman Alejandro Carranza had no ties to the drug trade and his daily activity was fishing.”

“The Colombian boat was adrift and had its distress signal up due to an engine failure.”

US government officials have committed a murder and violated our sovereignty in territorial waters
Fisherman Alejandro Carranza had no ties to the drug trade and his daily activity was fishing.
The Colombian boat was adrift and had its distress signal up due to an engine failure.
We await explanations from the US government.
x.com/RTVCnoticias/s…..

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Reconstructionist @unavaleable.bsky.social · 7h

Jesus Christ man

Elizabeth N. Saunders @profsaunders.bsky.social · 15h

This story is extraordinary even by 2025 standards. Marco Rubio, the nation's top diplomat, made a deal with Bukele and agreed to renege on informant agreements in a years-long DOJ investigation into MS-13, totally undercutting credibility of such agreements.

www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...

Rubio promised to betray U.S. informants to get Trump’s El Salvador prison deal

To secure U.S. access to President Nayib Bukele’s notorious CECOT prison, Rubio agreed to turn over several MS-13 leaders central to a long-running Justice Department investigation.

www.washingtonpost.com

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Reconstructionist @unavaleable.bsky.social · 7h

Oh is this the economics reporter who is constantly saying dumb shit and then getting upsetti when people call him on that bullshit

mr. sardonicus @mmcgrath.bsky.social · 7h

this dickhead didn’t post this to bsky, but fuck you @talsmith.bsky.social . this legislation saved my life. condescending piece of shit.

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Mrs. Detective PikaBOO, Esq. @clapifyoulikeme.favrd.social · 7h

My best friend was able to leave her abusive husband because the ACA made it possible for her to still get health insurance

2018 is gonna be so much better, yo. For the first time in my life, I have health insurance that isn't from my father or my husband. Thank you, thank you, thank you, Obama.

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Stone Cold Jane Austen @abbyhiggs.bsky.social · 7h

“We are normal, well-adjusted, and sane” says member of the party that invented the “diarrhea plane.”

Tomi Lahren tweet

The Libs are very proud of their protest crowd sizes. They say it was 7 million.
President Trump won:
*the electoral college
*the popular vote
*every swing state
You are VASTLY outnumbered, we just don't spend our Saturdays with homemade signs and rage.
We don't need to. We are normal, well-adjusted, and sane.

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Kelly Knox @kelly-knox.com · 12h

stealing is bad but I love a heist

G. Willow Wilson @gwillow.me · 13h

Somebody knocked over the Louvre!

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Thieves steal crown jewels in 4 minutes from Louvre Museum

Thieves have pulled off a daring heist at the Louvre, stealing priceless Napoleonic jewels. On Sunday, they used a basket lift to access the museum, smashed display cases, and fled with the treasures.

apnews.com

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🕸️jess m. 🎃🍂 @jametc.bsky.social · 12h

I fucking knew this would happen.
take this as far as it can fucking go #political

The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 1d

UPDATE: COLOMBIA’s President says 🇺🇸 government (Trump) “committed murder” and bombed a fisherman with no ties to drugs

“The boat was adrift and had its distress signal up due to an engine failure”

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Tassyr @tassyr.bsky.social · 12h

Please note: this is NATURALLY PRODUCED. Anything manufactured is still fucked.

But this will help for things like coffee and raw materials.

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Cheryl Lynn Eaton @cheryllynneaton.bsky.social · 13h

It's really sad that entertainment overall has become a landlord economy. The people who own the platforms make the money. The people who provide the labor make crumbs in comparison.

Bjørn Larssen (he/him) @bjornlarssen.com · 16h

“Average musician makes $12 a month on Spotify. The fact that they are not even able to sell a record and it’s taken from them by rich motherfuckers on streaming platforms who get paid royally by record labels,Ticketmaster, merch companies. They’re all fucking getting paid, except for the musician.”

Garbage’s Shirley Manson Speaks Out Against Music Industry Economics: “This Is An Alarm Call”

Just before they kicked off their current run of dates, the ’90s alt-rock greats Garbage announced that it would be their final North American headline tour. When the band played at Denver’s Mission B...

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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 14h

Can’t say I’ve seen too many palm trees here in Illinois.

Maybe in the President’s home state of Florida though.

Trump and White House Busted Using Red State Footage to Show ‘Chaos’ in Chicago

The president posted the deceptive high-octane ICE raid video to his own social media account.

www.thedailybeast.com

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Cheryl Lynn Eaton @cheryllynneaton.bsky.social · 12h

Force traitors to assume the flags of traitors. They wanted Nazi and Confederate flags so bad? Make it so those are the only flags they can raise.

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Block Club Chicago @blockclubchi.bsky.social · 12h

Look for the helpers: Here's how Chicagoans are supporting their neighbors amid ICE raids.

In collaboration w/ @city_bureau: blockclubchi.co/3WcaPl8

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Anonymous @youranoncentral.bsky.social · 12h

That said, it's entirely possible to cripple the national guard by refusing to feed, transport, or house them. Blockading / sab. resources is nonviolent, we out number them by the millions. This would be a measure taken only after if the regime declares an open war on the US civilian population. 4/

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Anonymous @youranoncentral.bsky.social · 12h

The point being, 7 million people showed up against the regime on October 18th, that's not counting everyone else who wasn't able to make it or also are against the regime, so add a few million more. These include services members and mil civilian employees. 3/

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Anonymous @youranoncentral.bsky.social · 12h

In the event of Trump turning the military against US civilians at his disposal are primarily the national guard of which transport, housing, and feeding needs to be arranged, by civilian employees. 2/

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Anonymous @youranoncentral.bsky.social · 12h

There are nearly 2.86 million people in the US military, out of that amount there are about 1.31 million active-duty troops, 765,495 National Guard and reserve members. The rest are civilian employees that ensure the logistics that make it possible to arm, house, feed, medcare, pay everyone. 1/

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DVB @countdvb.bsky.social · 14h

And I appreciate you sharing all of this

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Sean McKnight @ynot1989.bsky.social · 14h

And enhanced geothermal energy might just be the silver bullet for decarbonizing the economy.

The world’s most abundant energy source is now scalable

YouTube video by Morning Brew

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Sean McKnight @ynot1989.bsky.social · 14h

Solid State Lithium batteries are entering mass production over the next couple of years which will make electric cars have a range of like 500 miles on a bad day, and last much longer.

Iron Air battery plants are also coming online that will improve the viability of renewables for the grid.

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Sean McKnight @ynot1989.bsky.social · 14h

Next February will be the first attempt for a human flight to the moon (no landing yet) since 1972. That same year there are around a dozen robotic missions flying to the moon (that's a lot).

Artemis II: Nasa plans crewed Moon mission for February

The mission around the Moon will pave the way for a lunar landing as soon as 2027.

www.bbc.com

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Sean McKnight @ynot1989.bsky.social · 14h

Biomining is getting closer to practical application, which would pretty much eliminate most of the risks associated with traditional mining and material processing, making raw materials cheaper and more secure.

These Microbes Are Eating Mining Waste—And Pulling Out Valuable Metals

Biomining uses engineered microbes to harvest critical minerals

www.scientificamerican.com

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Sean McKnight @ynot1989.bsky.social · 14h

@sailorrooscout.bsky.social is one of the best accounts to follow for news about progress being made in biomedical research.

Researchers are inches away from personalized cancer vaccines, HIV vaccines, and more generalized cancer vaccines.

Chise @sailorrooscout.bsky.social · 7d

GOOD NEWS! Researchers have developed a cancer vaccine that has shown STUNNING results, PREVENTING up to 88% of MULTIPLE aggressive cancers by harnessing dual-pathway nanoparticles that train the immune system to recognize and destroy tumor cells. In some cases, it COMPLETELY prevented metastasis.

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