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Adam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 25m

Abbott not only “tolerates” political violence, he encourages it by pardoning the perpetrators when they kill people he doesn’t like www.expressnews.com/news/politic...

Violence and destruction will never be tolerated in Texas," Abbott said in a statement announcing the deployment. “Texas will deter criminal mischief and work with local law enforcement to arrest anyone engaging in acts of violence or damaging property."

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Emily Bell @emilybell.bsky.social · 1h

Anyone from the AI world who thinks ‘agentic AI will replace journalists’ should read this piece. Anyone who thinks ‘public service journalism is dead’ should read this piece (or revise their understanding of ‘public service’)

Annie Waldman @anniewaldman.bsky.social · 1h

Justice Brett Kavanaugh: “If the officers learn that the individual they stopped is a U.S. citizen...they promptly let the individual go."

The reality: Americans have been dragged, tackled, beaten, tased and shot by immigration agents.

A must read from the very talented @nicolefoy.bsky.social:

More Than 170 U.S. Citizens Have Been Held by Immigration Agents. They’ve Been Kicked, Dragged and Detained for Days.

The government does not track how often immigration agents grab citizens. So ProPublica did. Our tally — almost certainly incomplete — includes people who were held for days without a lawyer. And near...

www.propublica.org

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Lindsay but pumpkin-spiced @lindsaynicolle.bsky.social · 7h

Waking up and choosing violence today.

The New York Times is once again running a former friend where the bottom line is “I don’t like RFK but at least he’s trying to help out the parents of children with autism.”

No, he is not

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Leor Galil @imleor.bsky.social · 2h

[Morrissey voice]

Jeremy Stanley @jeremydstanley.com · 9h

And are you married?
I was married, but I'm not married anymore. Women don't like the vehicle.

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Thor Benson @thorbenson.bsky.social · 3h

Somehow it's only "demonizing half of the country" when Democrats mildly criticize Trump supporters. This just doesn't count

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 3h

Leavitt: "The Democrat Party's main constituency is made up of Hamas terrorists, illegal aliens, and violent criminals."

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K.B. Spangler @kbspangler.com · 2h

Drives me bananapants that I'm going to end up in an autism camp or whatever for not being properly sad about Charlie Kirk on Bluesky and this chodeload is out there defending Hitler Adults.

The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 1d

Vance on public outrage over the "I love Hitler" group chat: "Grow up! Focus on the real issues. Don't focus on what kids say in group chats... The reality is that kids do stupid things, especially young boys — they tell edgy, offensive jokes. That's what kids do."

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Margaret Cho @margaretcho.bsky.social · 2h

The reason they fight so hard, loud, crazy, lying at every opportunity, exaggerating everything until it makes no sense - is that they know if they lose, they’re going to prison. We have to make sure they go there.

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WIRED @wired.com · 5h

Then there's Russ Taylor. "It's just a vehicle. So it's ironic that it would even become a political statement."

(Editor's note: Taylor was plead guilty to conspiracy to obstruct an official proceeding in the January 6 attack. He was later pardoned by Trump.)
www.wired.com/story/owning...

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John Wiswell @wiswell.bsky.social · 2h

boiling the oceans to force some guy to have to say "mommy tentacle porn" out loud

Tom Warren @tomwarren.co.uk · 7h

This is the future of Windows. Microsoft wants to rewrite Windows to turn computers into AI PCs that you talk to. It's now bringing AI features to all Windows 11 PCs today, in a bid to convince you to talk to your PC and let AI control it. Full details 👇 www.theverge.com/news/799768/...

Microsoft wants you to talk to your PC and let AI control it

Copilot Voice and Vision are now rolling out.

www.theverge.com

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IncredibleWeirdo @iw.electricbrainreserve.com · 2h

Is a tool, that is.

IncredibleWeirdo @iw.electricbrainreserve.com · 2h

Kettle is tool. It irks me that he’s our council member.

Erica C. Barnett @ericacbarnett.bsky.social · 2h

At this morning's Seattle budget hearing, CM Bob Kettle and Maritza Rivera want the public to try to understand that when the council takes funds away from the thing they voted for and put it to other purposes, they just need to understand that the money didn't go away, it's just being "shifted."

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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 18h

AOC: You're damn right that it's a Democratic priority to keep people from getting poisoned, from dangerous chemicals

You're damn right that it's a Democratic priority to bring down the cost of housing

If they want to say that that's a Democratic priority, they're right,

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Mel🏳️‍🌈 she/they universal healthcare now @knownforms.bsky.social · 3h

#RapeCulture I don't RT NYTimes but this is a gift article.

Solomon @solomonmissouri.bsky.social · 3h

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/16/b...

From Epstein’s Chief Accuser, a Memoir Both Sad and Devastating

www.nytimes.com

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IncredibleWeirdo @iw.electricbrainreserve.com · 3h

What the fuck.

WHAT THE FUCK.

Alex Wayne @aawayne.bsky.social · 5h

"It doesn't get more tinfoil hat."

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services is preparing to investigate *chemtrails,* according to an internal memo @stephaniearmour.bsky.social obtained.

A department spokeswoman notably did not deny it.

kffhealthnews.org/news/article...

It’s a Bird! It’s a Plane! It’s a Chemtrail? New Conspiracy Theory Takes Wing at Kennedy's HHS - KFF Health News

The idea that airplane vapors are toxic to people or that there are ongoing efforts to intentionally change the climate made the social media rounds. Now, it has found advocates at the Department of Health and Human Services.

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Rebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · 3h

Wrote a thing. www.thenation.com/article/acti...

The CSIS report declares, “Radicals will argue that peaceful politics will inevitably fail and that only violence will make a difference,” but I have no idea who these radicals are because in my 40 years around direct action organizing, I’ve only encountered theoretical enthusiasm for violence from the sidelines and the occasional young hothead (almost always white and male) in movements whose vast majority and leadership are committed to nonviolence. I do know someone who was part of a violent group in the early ’70s and then became wanted fugitive; he’s since become an ardent advocate of nonviolence.

What too often gets described as left-wing violence at protests is property destruction, which can be dangerous and intimidating and is usually opposed by protest organizers, but should be regarded as distinct from harming human life. For example, at the 1999 protests against the World Trade Organization in Seattle, the Black Bloc, a small cadre among the 50,000 protesters smashed a lot of shop windows quite spectacularly. But there are no reports of activists harming human beings. Police, on the other hand, used tear gas; pepper spray; rubber, plastic, and wooden bullets; concussion grenades; and armored vehicles against protesters bystanders resulting in many injuries. Nonetheless, for years afterward, mainstream media outlets portrayed this event as an occasion of shocking activist violence.

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James Fallows @jfallows.bsky.social · 5h

Where we stand, in long arc of history:

-Story on left, adding race as a factor when that favors white people.

-Story on right, banning race as a factor when that favors non-whites.

I often complain about NYT headlines and story-play. But these are strong. Including "If Court Guts 1965 Law."

Two headlines on front page of NYT.

First is "Trump Weighs Transforming Refugee Policy. White People Would be Given Preference."

Second is "Justices May Ban Race as a Factor in District Maps. Nation's Political Balance Could Shift If Court Guts 1964 Law."

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 5h

Kinsley gaffe at the end there, my weasel.

Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 5h

Johnson: That is not the principles of the Republican Party. You want me to articulate them? We fought the Nazis, we defended that evil ideology.

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George Wallace @mrgeorgewallace.bsky.social · 4h

Only attend No Kings if y'all believe in one or more of the following:

Equality, democracy, freedom of speech, the Constitution, LGBTQ+ rights, voting rights, women's rights, due process, diversity, museums, books, objective truth, stopping measles and not going to war with Portland and whatnot.

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 6h

If you think that professors exist as repositories of knowledge that students ask for answers, you’re missing the entire point of a college education.

We’re here to teach students how to do research, how to analyze and argue, how to think for themselves — how to find the answers on their own.

Vlad 🐸 Țepeș @porcupunk.bsky.social · 19h

Wow. Just wow.

"Students pay premium prices for information that AI now delivers instantly and for free. A business student can ask ChatGPT to explain supply chain optimization or generate market analysis in seconds. The traditional lecture-and-test model faces its Blockbuster moment."

When Knowledge is Free, What are Professors For?

Higher Education Must Stop Competing with AI on Information and Start Teaching What Machines Can’t Do

www.forbes.com

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The Ass is the father of the legs @internethippo.bsky.social · 5h

If you're the Dems and you were scared of immigration as a topic before, I might try making it an issue now that masked goons are beating the shit out of innocent people in the streets on a daily basis. A lot of people are probably not down with this whatever their views on immigration are

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Jason @jrock08.bsky.social · 18h

The fundamental problem with conservatives, including Harrell, is that they think that power should insulate people from consequences.

Nathalie Graham @gramsofgnats.bsky.social · 20h

Before you tune into the Mariners game, read this story about campaign finance drama:

www.thestranger.com/news/2025/10...

Bruce Harrell Spoke at a Fundraiser for the PAC Supporting Him

On Sept. 16, Bruce Harrell was scheduled to attend a fundraising event for Bruce Harrell for Seattle’s Future, the political action committee supporting his reelection campaign. According to an email ...

www.thestranger.com

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IncredibleWeirdo @iw.electricbrainreserve.com · 18h

Thanks!
I pledged for Broken Eye Books’ kickstarter for Whether Change, at the “subscription” level (I think I was the only one🙃), so I’ve been receiving their newest books periodically for a bit. These might be the last two! I’ll have to check

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Ryan Packer @typewriteralley.bsky.social · 1d

With 22 full time employees devoted to graffiti abatement in Bruce Harrell's 2026 budget, that team would officially be twice as large as SDOT's Vision Zero team (11 people).

“One Seattle Graffiti Plan” - Citywide initiative for graffiti removal, including targeted enforcement
and assistance for impacted businesses, support for public art and volunteer clean-up efforts.
• The 2026 Proposed Budget adds $2.1 million and 6 FTE, bringing the total Citywide expenditures
for graffiti abetment to $6.1 million and 22 FTE.
• Proposed budget also includes transfer of existing staff and funding from SPU to SPR. Details will
be further discussed in the upcoming Seattle Parks and Recreation presentation.

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Actual names @actualnames.bsky.social · 1d

Lillie Gay Fogg Tudor
www.findagrave.com/memorial/790...

Lillie Gay Fogg Tudor (1873-1942) - Find a Grave...

www.findagrave.com

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Ryan Mac 🙃 @rmac.bsky.social · 1d

this is the dumbest shit i have ever read

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