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kia speaks @kiaspeaks.us · 1d

What’s your go to hotel? Like you’re going to a city you’ve never been to, what hotel are you booking?

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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 12h

“Once rare, 7-year car loans are fast becoming the norm. They’re often the only way buyers can afford new rides, with average sale prices surging 28% in 5 years to approach $50k.”

Designed-in car dependency, surging car prices, longer loan periods with more interest.

Sound like “freedom” to you?

Cars are so expensive that buyers need 7-year loans

Once rare, seven-year car loans are fast becoming the norm. They’re often the only way buyers can afford new rides, with average auto prices nearing $50,000.

www.seattletimes.com

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Johanna Mellis @johannamellis.bsky.social · 15h

Found the publicly-available version on the FSU website: provost.fsu.edu/sites/g/file...

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Johanna Mellis @johannamellis.bsky.social · 15h

Saw evidence that a major FL state university is requiring that profs check yes/no if the conference they’re applying for school funding to go to (or their presentation) tries to “divide” people according to race/gender/sex/etc and other similar “criteria.” if they select yes, then no funding

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Victor Ray @victorerikray.bsky.social · 15h

I know it is beside the point because this administration simply wants resegregation but conferences for Black professional associations have always been open to everyone. Typically, the started as a response to white exclusion, and did not replicate that.

Benjamin McKean @blmckean.bsky.social · 15h

Very bad: OSU unilaterally cancelled the registration of grad students attending the joint conference of the National Society of Black Physicists and the National Society of Hispanic Physicists. And OSU won't fund recruiting at the Society for Advancement of Chicanos and Native Americans in Science.

Ohio State changes policy on group conferences after Trump administration threats

A federal investigation into potentially discriminatory practices at Ohio State prompted the university to change its policies regarding conferences.

www.dispatch.com

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 15h

the position of the administration it seems is that it is illegal discrimination and divisive racism for historically excluded groups to organize on that basis to improve their position. it’s basically just a genteel version of david duke’s complaint that there wasn’t a NAACP for white people

Victor Ray @victorerikray.bsky.social · 15h

I know it is beside the point because this administration simply wants resegregation but conferences for Black professional associations have always been open to everyone. Typically, the started as a response to white exclusion, and did not replicate that.

Benjamin McKean @blmckean.bsky.social · 15h

Very bad: OSU unilaterally cancelled the registration of grad students attending the joint conference of the National Society of Black Physicists and the National Society of Hispanic Physicists. And OSU won't fund recruiting at the Society for Advancement of Chicanos and Native Americans in Science.

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 14h

this movie seems like further evidence that the minds of the nation’s political, cultural and economic elite were destroyed by being criticized on twitter

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karl rove knausgård @uhactually.bsky.social · 1d

Lmao WaPo has fewer than 100K circulation now. It turns out “alienate your liberal subscriber base” is not a good strategy when the Republicans also hate you. www.forbes.com/sites/andyme...

The Washington Post Is Running Out Of Readers Willing To Pay

Once a titan of American journalism, The Washington Post now struggles to reach even 100,000 print subscribers most days.

www.forbes.com

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Kashana @kashana.blacksky.app · 14h

Why would a billionaire want a functioning paper? Functioning papers cover shit like “did you know this billionaire makes his workers pee into bottles instead of taking a break” and “you pay way more tax than a guy with ten yachts”

karl rove knausgård @uhactually.bsky.social · 1d

Lmao WaPo has fewer than 100K circulation now. It turns out “alienate your liberal subscriber base” is not a good strategy when the Republicans also hate you. www.forbes.com/sites/andyme...

The Washington Post Is Running Out Of Readers Willing To Pay

Once a titan of American journalism, The Washington Post now struggles to reach even 100,000 print subscribers most days.

www.forbes.com

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Solomon @solomonmissouri.bsky.social · 14h

Chicago just aggressive Mississippi... and i'm okay with it

ALMA SUONO BA.,CNS. @almasuono.bsky.social · 14h

And im from Chicago so that means you like me and you wanna get married so we moving in with each other in 3 weeks. I’ll see you at home bud.

Solomon @solomonmissouri.bsky.social · 15h

Baby I’m not flirting… I’m just southern

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Solomon @solomonmissouri.bsky.social · 12h

Have mercy Lord

www.tmz.com/2025/10/14/d...

D'Angelo Dead at 51

Grammy-winning R&B soul singer D'Angelo is dead from pancreatic cancer ... TMZ has learned.

www.tmz.com

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Lucius Fox In The Box @carnegro.bsky.social · 11h

Ask and ye shall receive.

D’Angelo chronological discography for YouTube Music: music.youtube.com/playlist?lis...

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Mél Hogan / The Data Fix @melhogan.bsky.social · 15h

www.bloomberg.com/news/newslet...

What Would an AI Crash Look Like?

Plus: A prediction market recap, AI forecasters, drone walls and more.

www.bloomberg.com

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🎃🕸️Deadly Siete 🔪 @bigmamageneral.blacksky.app · 11h

Black men, we love you and we want you to grow old. Please go get checked out regularly!

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Thot Leedurr @docdre.distributedblackness.net · 11h

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Kate Clancy @kateclancy.bsky.social · 14h

I am being asked to tell my department which pieces of lab equipment should be supported with backup power because they expect rolling blackouts and brownouts in 2026 due to increased energy demands from AI. In case you're wondering how my day is going.

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Jay @johnathanperk.bsky.social · 11h

Vance won’t have competition if Trump resigns or dies—which is what’s about to happen in the next 18 months or so.

Watch.

Jay Robertson @ijeftomi.bsky.social · 11h

He will have competition though. He lacks a cult and he won't inherit anything.

If Trump's demise were tomorrow, the 2028 field would have 20 people in it by Thanksgiving.

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Jay @johnathanperk.bsky.social · 12h

Hey so, this is a BAD idea. It also tells us you folks simply are not willing to put your physical bodies on the line—necessary to defeat Project 2025’s racist fascism.
If you WERE putting your bodies on the line, wearing yellow will make you an easy target to law enforcement. Sigh‼️ @indivisible.org

Indivisible ❌👑 @indivisible.org · 1d

On Saturday, we wear yellow. ❌👑

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Genie Lauren @moreandagain.social · 12h

It just occurred to me that. . . Michael Jackson died at 51, too

I was in my 20s when he passed and now. . . just 16 years later, I have a completely different perspective on what it means to be 51 years old

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Thot Leedurr @docdre.distributedblackness.net · 11h

On repeat right now

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Solomon @solomonmissouri.bsky.social · 16h

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 16h

i don’t do this often but some good folks are dealing with some serious medical bills and could use your support if you have a few dollars to spare. thank you!

Donate to Help a Beautiful Little Girl After a Traumatic Dog Attack, organized by Alfred McGuire

Help a Beautiful Little Girl Heal After a Traumatic Dog Attac… Alfred McGuire needs your support for Help a Beautiful Little Girl After a Traumatic Dog Attack

www.gofundme.com

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Solomon @solomonmissouri.bsky.social · 15h

This is not the problem of American political life

www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/...

Politicians Aren’t Cool Enough to Curse This Much

Political leaders once watched their language. Now they delight in using obscenity.

www.theatlantic.com

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Solomon @solomonmissouri.bsky.social · 15h

This is the problem www.reuters.com/world/americ...

US military kills 11 people in strike on alleged drug boat from Venezuela, Trump says

It's the first known operation since the recent deployment of warships to the southern Caribbean.

www.reuters.com

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 15h

the broad public does not like chaos and disorder and everything you can do to emphasize that it is the federal government that is responsible for chaos and disorder is a point in your favor. it’s classic nonviolent confrontation!

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