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Leah Millis @leahmillis.bsky.social · 1h

The @chicago.suntimes.com photographer who risked their personal health and safety to take this photograph is Anthony Vazquez. Please credit photographers and media outlets. In this age of misinformation, a photo with no context could be anything at all.

50501: The People’s Movement ❌👑 @50501movement.bsky.social · 1h

Please remind us who the domestic terrorists are again.

Photo from Chicago: DHS militarized agent holding a gun up directly in someone’s face as the victim has their hands up, pleading for them not to shoot.

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GHOULLIKEHELLMACHINE @golikehellmachine.com · 1h

mike johnson’s son currently confiscating his phone and deleting all his news apps

The Oregonian @oregonian.com · 1h

U.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson calls Sunday's naked bike ride in protest of the Portland ICE facility and and Trump troop deployment "the most threatening thing I’ve seen yet"

www.oregonlive.com/portland/202...

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Louisa @louisathelast.bsky.social · 1h

I think allowing online gambling was one of the worst mistakes of the last couple decades

Misandrosaurus Hex @bexone.bsky.social · 3h

My bff is a high school teacher and can verify that the (freshman) children are absolutely mobile gambling in high numbers, an activity that *already* has laws defining it as an adult-only activity requiring age verification

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James Goodwin @jamesgoodwin.bsky.social · 1h

Has anyone noticed that Congress has never been more dysfunctional since Loper Bright?

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BeijingPalmer @beijingpalmer.bsky.social · 4h

while 'young republicans are literal nazis' is well known to folks here, the extent of it is surprisingly not that commonly known even in media and analyst circles, let alone normal people.

jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 8h

a real water is wet scenario here

Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 8h

POLITICO: “.. They referred to Black people as monkeys and ‘the watermelon people’ and mused about putting their political opponents in gas chambers. They talked about raping their enemies .. and lauded Republicans who they believed support slavery.

@politico.com
www.politico.com/news/2025/10...

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Ian Boudreau @ianboudreau.com · 2h

The one good thing about them taking the horny restraints off ChatGPT is that we will never hear from some people again

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Rami Ismail (رامي) @ramiismail.com · 2h

Hey look, Israel broke the cease-fire, twice, in two different ways, within 24 hours - again.

Mondoweiss @mondoweiss.net · 7h

NEW: Israel informed the UN it will permit only 300 aid trucks into Gaza daily, not the 600 mandated by the ceasefire it just signed.

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Alaska House District 20 Democrats @alaskahd20dems.bsky.social · 2h

Circled is a teargas canister thrown by Donald Trump’s thugs flying towards a family as they flee with their baby from ICE’s violent escalation in Chicago.

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Grant Lorrell @grantlorrell.bsky.social · 2h

Hochul shedding her career centrist persona and deciding to go all in on putting foot on necks has been one of the more enjoyable aspects of 2025.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 3h

Q: Politico reported on a group chat of young Republicans. Does this just reflect some bad apples?

HOCHUL: Some bad apples? These are the future of the GOP. This is so vile it's hard to find the words to put into context ... there's gotta be consequences ... this bullshit has to stop.

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Brianna Chesser @chessercat.bsky.social · 6h

Actual safety notice from my alma mater:

Ray-Ban Meta sunglasses being used exactly as everyone expected

The techbros are not okay (it’s a completely open campus…not all the buildings, obviously)

UNIVERSITY OF SAN FRANCISCO
Office of Public Safety

Crime Safety Advisory:
Suspicious Occurrence Reported

Dear USF Community,

We want to make you aware of recent reports of a suspicious occurrence on and around campus. Multiple community members have reported contact from an individual, described as male and wearing Ray-Ban Meta sunglasses, who has approached women with unwanted comments and inappropriate dating questions. Reports indicate that this individual may be attempting to post these interactions online under the account name "pickuplines.pov" on TikTok, Instagram, and possibly other social media platforms.

While no threats or acts of violence have been reported, we want our community to stay informed and take steps to support one another.
If you encounter this individual or any suspicious activity:

Take immediate action to report the incident at the time it occurs by calling Public Safety Dispatch.
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Chris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social · 5h

Unless and until some kind of compelling legal and moral argument is presented as to why this is a legitimate use of deadly force, this is just…mass murder.

Amarnath Amarasingam @amaramarasingam.bsky.social · 6h

The military has now killed 27 people as if they were enemy soldiers in a war zone and not criminal suspects. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/14/u...

U.S. Military Kills Another 6 People in 5th Caribbean Strike, Trump Says

www.nytimes.com

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John Pfaff @johnpfaff.bsky.social · 5h

But the way many ppl talk about Trump and Fed LEAs make them seem far bigger, and thus both far more powerful and far more intractable, than they actually are.

They’re small. They can be completely replaced. We don’t have to keep these ppl.

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GHOULLIKEHELLMACHINE @golikehellmachine.com · 5h

it’s illegal, but, also, this didn’t happen, and if someone *did* tell him this, they were lying

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 6h

Trump: "I had a very wealthy person who called -- a donor, a great gentleman -- and he said, 'if there's any money necessary, shortfall, for the paying of the troops, then I will pay it.' Meaning he will pay it. How about that?"

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Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 7h

Trump is no longer even pretending to have any kind of argument that his murdering of people in the Caribbean Sea has any kind of statutory validity. Just straight up declaring that he has quasi-unlimited power to execute people based on (nominal) suspicion.

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EIL @emipsaloquitur.bsky.social · 6h

Buddy nobody is asking you personally to wear a costume if you don't want to. You can protest however you want to! But your criticisms are only valid and valuable iff shared with those you personally are in community and organizing with. Otherwise, it's just old-man-yells-at-cloud content.

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EIL @emipsaloquitur.bsky.social · 6h

This is a blatant violation of federal law, fwiw

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 6h

Trump: "I had a very wealthy person who called -- a donor, a great gentleman -- and he said, 'if there's any money necessary, shortfall, for the paying of the troops, then I will pay it.' Meaning he will pay it. How about that?"

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paris martineau @paris.nyc · 9h

my latest investigation for @consumerreports.org is based on months of reporting and 60+ lab tests of leading protein supplements

we found that most protein powders and shakes have more lead in one serving than our experts say is safe to have in a day (🧵)

www.consumerreports.org/lead/protein...

Protein Powders and Shakes Contain High Levels of Lead - Consumer Reports

CR tests of 23 popular protein powders and shakes found that most contain high levels of lead.

www.consumerreports.org

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ryan cooper @ryanlcooper.com · 7d

more and more I am convinced a good share of why Trump 2 is so much worse than before is because of what Elon did to Twitter. it's like those group chats where people gassed themselves up to join ISIS, scaled up a millionfold

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EIL @emipsaloquitur.bsky.social · 9h

What's most infuriating about this is it's clear they aren't even bothering to have someone read these before posting.

amy brown (spooky edition) @amybrown.xyz · 9h

now with chat gpt, anyone is a copywriter

screenshot of a blue apron ad featuring an AI slop image that reads

"WHAT IS [GIBBERISH LETTER] LE & BAKE"

"One-pan meals with minimal mrup: Just minutes, hand bak and ooot 5."

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amy brown (spooky edition) @amybrown.xyz · 9h

now with chat gpt, anyone is a copywriter

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Courtney Milan @courtneymilan.com · 9h

3. Whatever you’re planning to do to bring people around *after* you fight a war, so you don’t have to murder millions of people in cold blood?

Consider doing that first.

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Courtney Milan @courtneymilan.com · 9h

2. A war without a specific military objective is inherently a forever war.

If you fight a war with the expectation that you will simply kill all people who you believe disagree with you, the war will be long and bloody and genocidal.

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Courtney Milan @courtneymilan.com · 9h

(It is my personal belief that the US government agrees with me that violence is self-replicating and have chosen to stoke violence on purpose; language to the contrary is posturing for the masses who don’t want a forever war.)

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Preeti Chhibber @runwithskizzers.bsky.social · 9h

if you want to watch ai-generated slop that has no intention behind it whatsoever, i just think you're a boring and deeply uncurious person

Scientific American @sciam.bsky.social · 1d

Despite early, and familiar, copyright growing pains, Sora may be the prelude to AI-generated on-demand TV and movies

Want to See Marilyn Monroe in Game of Thrones? AI Could Make It Soon

Despite early, and familiar, copyright growing pains, Sora may be the prelude to AI-generated on-demand TV and movies

www.scientificamerican.com

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Greg Pak @gregpak.net · 11h

Also worth noting - 10/18 is gonna be FUN. Folks will have awesome signs. The vibes will be fantastic. There'll probably be music! A parade! Thousands of like-minded people! I bet some inflatable frogs will show up!

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