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Remora House DC 🎃 @remorahousedc.bsky.social · 12h

Same in DC. It’s been two months.

Still constant helicopters overhead. Abandoned work trucks where neighbors have been kidnapped by ICE. Armed national guard walking the streets. Feds posting up in former unhoused spaces to keep people away.

unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 1d

Thinking about how much of their violence has been normalized already, how scenes that caused shockwaves 6 weeks ago are now part of the rhythm of daily life. Watched a TikTok from a daughter who has to do her parents' laundry & get their groceries because they're in hiding. This is just it now

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Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 9h

“Australia's national interest is best served when Candace Owens is somewhere else.”

Australian court upholds decision to block visa for Candace Owens

The High Court has backed a decision by the government to refuse a temporary visa to American commentator Candace Owens Farmer, who had planned a speaking tour to Australia in 2024.

www.abc.net.au

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Jeff Yang @originalsp.in · 9h

A musician, Oriana Korol, was peacefully playing clarinet with her protest band outside ICE facilities in Portland, OR.

When the band started playing “Ghostbusters,” ICE thugs suddenly poured outside, slammed her into the mud, arrested her and took her to a jail 9 miles away in Vancouver, WA.

Musician playing ‘Ghostbusters’ outside ICE facility is arrested by agents

‘Taking us citizens out of state to detain them without charge is a new action from the Feds and should be opposed,’ her band said

www.independent.co.uk

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Lupita Nihongo @otsumamiboy.bsky.social · 9h

Let's help them rebuild their lives.

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Patti LaBelle Lock 🤼‍♀️ @frockyeah.bsky.social · 9h

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Patti LaBelle Lock 🤼‍♀️ @frockyeah.bsky.social · 10h

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Patti LaBelle Lock 🤼‍♀️ @frockyeah.bsky.social · 11h

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Jack Tripper @chadstanton.blacksky.app · 15h

This is why those “who’s surprised?” comments really don’t move me because we act as if this is sectioned off into “politics” or “culture wars” and don’t affect the bedrock institutions in the society.

Notreal @susannyc.bsky.social · 17h

She is a school Counselor!!!!!!

From the school website identifying her.

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Candice Frederick @candicefrederick.bsky.social · 15h

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‘The Gilded Age’ & ‘And Just Like That’ Exec Producers To Write & EP ‘The Davenports’ YA Series At Amazon From Alloy Entertainment

‘The Gilded Age’ & ‘And Just Like That’ Exec Producers To Write & EP ‘The Davenports’ YA Series At Amazon From Alloy Entertainment

The Gilded Age and And Just Like That… EPS have boarded The Davenports YA series adaptation at Amazon as writers and exec producers.

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Patti LaBelle Lock 🤼‍♀️ @frockyeah.bsky.social · 15h

Happy belated birthday! I hope you had a nice day.

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Eileen Clancy 🧿 @clancyny.bsky.social · 2d

That aggregator account is particularly infuriating. A few days ago, I called it out for lifting video sans credit, date, and ID of person shot. They included almost no info!

People need to stop sharing that account's posts, and all the other creepy aggregators too. They're just rip-off artists.

Eileen Clancy 🧿 @clancyny.bsky.social · 6d

As usual, Tennessee Holler lifts video without crediting creator. No location or date. No ID of person shot in the head w/less lethals. All findable!

By removing context, Tennessee Holler damages activism and makes misinfo more likely.

For 3.3k Likes!

Don't share @thetnholler.bsky.social posts!

The Tennessee Holler

‪@thetnholler.bsky.social‬

WATCH: Trump’s lawless Ice goons shoot an unarmed priest in the head with a pepper ball. Completely out of control.

vertical video of a minister looking up and talking to ICE agents on the roof of the Broadview, IL ICE facility.

October 8, 2025 at 7:23 AM

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Patti LaBelle Lock 🤼‍♀️ @frockyeah.bsky.social · 15h

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Rainbow Crate @rainbowcrate.bsky.social · 16h

🌈 What's COMING OUT (pun intended) this October? Which books are you excited for? Which books are you adding to your TBR? Any other queer releases you know of? 🧵

A graphic with a background is made up of a diagonal oriented 6-stripe rainbow. In the middle is a white square with a thin outline and text that reads "318 queer books coming out in October!". The 318 is in matching horizontal rainbow stripes and October is in orange text. Text between the number and month are all caps black font.

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Mikki Kendall @karnythia.bsky.social · 18h

Bone Sandals especially needs to get on that Zoom and redirect

Captain Cuddles © 🤠😈😜 @invadeherzim.blacksky.app · 20h

Big Sandals Burnt Sandals and Bone Sandals need to get on one accord ASAP !!!

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WIRED @wired.com · 15h

Another round of terminations, combined with previous layoffs and departures, has reduced the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention workforce by about 3,000 people since January. www.wired.com/story/cdc-te...

A Quarter of the CDC Is Gone

Another round of terminations, combined with previous layoffs and departures, has reduced the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention workforce by about 3,000 people since January.

www.wired.com

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good hyuck, babe! @markpopham.bsky.social · 16h

if pep boys said that now the pep boys could call you up and talk sexy to you you wouldn't think that pep boys was doing really well, as a company

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Robyn Swirling @rswirling.bsky.social · 1d

Once again: this is also happening in DC. Still.

It feels like we’ve been forgotten, maybe because there aren’t huge confrontations to run photos of. But our neighbors are still being taken every day. Routine traffic stops are now done by 12+ feds alongside local police.

Please talk about us too.

Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 1d

"Residents in Chicago and Portland are living in a police state where masked armed forces kidnap who they want to kidnap, where they have to listen to public officials routinely lie about what is happening in their neighborhoods." donmoynihan.substack.com/p/purge-merg...

StrictlyChristo 🇺🇦🌻❌👑 @strictlychristo.bsky.social · 1d

Federal Secret Police and plainclothes ICE agents kidnap multiple people from a neighborhood in Chicago. They then deploy teargas and brutally beat neighbors who come out to express their concern.

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Effin' Birds @effinbirds.com · 16h

A painting of a bird beside the text "do you think that you of all people should be talking shit"

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JetGrind @jetgrindfuture.bsky.social · 17h

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shawn @mulchy.bsky.social · 19h

masked federal agents used multiple canisters of tear gas + other chemical munitions on a crowd of residents in chicago's southeast side around 12:40 p.m.

neighbors had gathered on a residential intersection following a morning during which dozens of border patrol agents terrorized the community.

tear gas billows from canisters in a residential intersection, at 105th street and south avenue north, on chicago's southeast side.

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TVLine @tvline.com · 18h

Despite getting killed off early on Dexter, Erik King's James Doakes became a sensation thanks to his foul-mouthed catchphrase. Here's how he feels about it.

How Dexter Actor Erik King Feels About Those James Doakes Memes - TVLine

Despite getting killed off early on Dexter, Erik King's James Doakes became a sensation thanks to his foul-mouthed catchphrase. Here's how he feels about it.

www.tvline.com

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Patti LaBelle Lock 🤼‍♀️ @frockyeah.bsky.social · 18h

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The Verge @theverge.com · 19h

Sam Altman says ChatGPT will soon sext with verified adults

ChatGPT is about to get flirty.

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Kenny Goblins @kennylogins.bsky.social · 19h

telling my kid this is BLACKPINK

professional wrestler bret “the hitman” hart standing hands on hips looking at the camera wearing black and pink on a pink pixelated background

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paris martineau @paris.nyc · 21h

two of the products we tested — Huel's Black Edition meal replacement powder and Naked Nutrition's vegan mass gainer — had enough lead that our experts caution against using them at all

a single serving of these protein powders contained between 1,200 and 1,600% of CR’s level of concern for lead

Two plant-based protein powders contained enough lead that our experts advise against consuming them. Naked Nutrition’s Mass Gainer powder contained 7.7 micrograms of lead per serving, which is roughly 1,570 percent of CR’s level of concern for the heavy metal. One serving of Huel’s Black Edition powder contained 6.3 micrograms of lead, or about 1,290 percent of CR’s daily lead limit.

Two other powders contained lead between 400 and 600 percent of CR’s level of concern: Garden of Life’s Sport Organic Plant-Based Protein and Momentous’ 100% Plant Protein. Consumers should limit these to once a week, Akinleye says. (See company responses below.)

The only non-plant-based protein powder with lead detected at over 200 percent of CR’s level of concern was MuscleMeds’ Carnivor Mass powder. Six additional plant-based powders, five dairy-based powders and shakes, and one beef powder contained lead above CR’s level of concern.

We also found measurable levels of cadmium and inorganic arsenic in some products. One serving of Huel’s Black Edition plant-based protein powder contained 9.2 micrograms of cadmium, more than double the level that public health authorities and CR’s experts say may be harmful to have daily, which is 4.1 micrograms.

Another plant-based option, Vega’s Premium Sport powder, had enough cadmium that one serving would also put you just over that level. In one dairy-based product, Optimum Nutrition’s Serious Mass whey protein powder, we also detected 8.5 micrograms per serving of inorganic arsenic, which is twice the limit of what our scientists say is safe to consume daily.

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Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 18h

you have to hunt a bit for the results (though delivered through a nice infographic) so a partial list of the brands that tested low: Optimum Nutrition (whey, not the mass gainer) Owyn, Transparent Labs

paris martineau @paris.nyc · 21h

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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