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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 2h

Yeah, that is a tear gas canister being fired toward the retreating couple holding the baby

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jen sometimes aph 🌻 @bunnibytz.bsky.social · 1d

"How to Stand Up to a Dictator" author @mariaressa.bsky.social explains how social media companies used the Philippines as a testing ground for mass manipulation before employing their tactics in the U.S.

via @thedailyshow.com

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Wandering Aengus Press @wapress.bsky.social · 4h

At Wandering Aengus, we love the idea of being a home for our authors, so we're super excited to re-issue @jessicagigot.bsky.social first #poetry collection, a beautiful meditation on nature (and living in the Anthropocene).

wanderingaenguspress.com/flood-patter...

Flood Patterns

A re-issue of Jessica Gigot's acclaimed poetry debut The poems [in Flood Patterns ] are informed by the determined if contested optimism of someone who knows the ground she walks on and its potential....

wanderingaenguspress.com

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Willow @rockshrimp.bsky.social · 5h

Fine. Go ahead. Do whatever you want. Make this the biggest World Cup clusterfuck failure of all time.

Trump threatens removal of World Cup games from Boston, Olympics from LA

Blaming Boston street takeovers and LA wildfires, the US president said both global sporting events could be moved for supposed safety reasons

www.theguardian.com

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Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 6h

There is simply no equivalent, not even close, of this anywhere on the center or far left. There is no ‘both sides’ here, media.

Murshed Zaheed @murshedz.bsky.social · 11h

"Together, the messages reveal a culture where racist, antisemitic and violent rhetoric circulate freely — and where the Trump-era loosening of political norms has made such talk feel less taboo among those positioning themselves as the party’s next leaders."

Can't call them fascists?

‘I love Hitler’: Leaked messages expose Young Republicans’ racist chat

Thousands of private messages reveal young GOP leaders joking about gas chambers, slavery and rape.

www.politico.com

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Mona Eltahawy @monaeltahawy.bsky.social · 5h

NYC on Wednesday:

Event: FEMINIST GIANT and Word Up Present: Bloody Hell! www.feministgiant.com/p/event-femi...

Event: FEMINIST GIANT and Word Up Present: Bloody Hell!

FEMINIST GIANT is teaming up with Word Up Book Store in New York City for an evening with editor Mona Eltahawy and contributing author Abeer Y.

www.feministgiant.com

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🎃Monster Mashda🎃 @majda.bsky.social · 5h

A frog in your throat?

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Jake Rudh @jakerudh.bsky.social · 5h

On this day in 1997, David Bowie released the single "I'm Afraid of Americans” from his 21st studio album "Earthling”

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Andy Carvin @acarv.in · 9h

"Many of these trees were my friends. Creatures I had known from nut or acorn. They had voices of their own!"

PoPville @popville.bsky.social · 12h

Scroll down post for a before photo/river view: www.popville.com/2025/10/dc-t...

What the Helen of Troy Happened to the Trees at the Kennedy Center!?! Willow trees gone - PoPville

Thanks to P. for sending this jarring sight from the Kennedy Center: "Willow trees on the Kennedy center terrace razed: Before the cutting: Updates when/if more is learned.

www.popville.com

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Charles Johnson @charles.littlegreenfootballs.com · 9h

The president of the US is the worst asshole I have ever seen.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 10h

Trump ignores a question from a woman reporter but says, "I just like to watch her talk. Good job. Thank you darling."

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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 12h

"a test"? you mean...a violation?

AP: Israel plans to halve aid into Gaza over slow return of dead hostages, a test for the Gaza ceasefire

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NewPages @newpages.bsky.social · 9h

Deadline Alert! TOMORROW is the last day to submit your surrealist verse to the Willow Springs Surrealist Poetry Prize. $15 fee. Winner receives $1,000 & publication. Final Judge: Michael McGriff.

#poets #poetrycontest #litmag

Willow Springs Magazine Surrealist Poetry Prize

Enter the 2025 Willow Springs Surrealist Poetry Prize for a chance to win $1,000 and publication in Willow Springs Magazine.

www.newpages.com

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NAWP @notatawp.bsky.social · 9h

Toniiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiight

NAWP @notatawp.bsky.social · 25d

Announcement time! October 14th, 7:00 Eastern: Hear poems from @clbpoetry.bsky.social, @mitchnobis.bsky.social, and @djvorreyer.bsky.social! Hosted by the amazing @readinstead.bsky.social!

Hit the eventbrite link to register. NAWP!

www.eventbrite.com/e/a-nawp-rea...

Promo graphic with author photos of Donna Vorreyer, Chris Butler, and Mitchell Nobis. And the NAWP ostrich, of course.
The text says:
A NAWP Reading
Chris L. Butler
Mitch Nobis
Donna Vorreyer
Hosted by
Jared Beloff
October 14, 2025
7:00-8:00PM EST

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Charles Johnson @charles.littlegreenfootballs.com · 10h

LIVE: Israel shoots dead at least 9 Palestinians in Gaza despite ceasefire

Israeli soldiers kill at least nine Palestinians trying to return to their homes in northern Gaza City and southern Khan Younis

‘You cease, I fire’: Israel kills 9 Palestinians despite Gaza truce

Israeli army confirmed it opened fire saying a group of people approached soldiers before being targeted.

www.aljazeera.com

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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 10h

when you tie a tie, try to put in a dimple, like so

a black and white photo of a man in a pinstripe worsted suit, white shirt, and textured necktie. the tie has a nice dimple under the knot.

a photo of donald trump upside down. there is also a nice dimple on his red tie

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Richard Morris @ahistoryinart.bsky.social · 10h

'Skaters in the Bois de Boulogne.'
Alice Bailly became attuned to many vital European art movements of the early 20thC. Although this work is cubist in technique, she did not identify with any particular movement; her painting style is an amalgam of many approaches.

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🎃Monster Mashda🎃 @majda.bsky.social · 9h

Straight up sectarianism

🎃Monster Mashda🎃 @majda.bsky.social · 10h

The Manosphere makes so much sense now.

paris martineau @paris.nyc · 12h

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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Dr. William Horne @wihorne.bsky.social · 11h

Important reporting, but also what we’re seeing is Republicans saying the loud part of GOP initiatives even louder. It’s the same ethnonationalist project that animates every aspect of the regime’s lawlessness & punitive policies, just with emojis.

Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 11h

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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Jezebel @jezebeldotcom.bsky.social · 11h

After GOP Pressure, EPA Says It Could Test Wastewater for Abortion Meds
www.jezebel.com/epa-abortion...

After GOP Pressure, EPA Says It Could Test Wastewater for Abortion Meds

Since 2007, Jezebel has been the Internet's most treasured source for everything celebrities, sex, and politics...with teeth.

www.jezebel.com

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SWWIM @swwim.bsky.social · 11h

Join us this Thursday!

SWWIM @swwim.bsky.social · 5d

Join us Thursday, October 16 at 7pm (EST) for a reading & conversation with Lisa Rhoades & Yael Valencia Aldana at The Betsy Hotel’s B Bar. This event will be live-streamed on SWWIM’s Instagram & Facebook pages.

Join us in person or from wherever you are.

XO
SWWIM Team

@yaelwrites.bsky.social

SWWIM, A Poetry Reading & Conversation with Lisa Rhoades & Yael Valencia Aldana, October 16, 7:00 PM, The B Bar, livestream on IG/FB, image of two women

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c0nc0rdance @c0nc0rdance.bsky.social · 11h

"The act was instrumental in protecting the humpback whale... said Gib Brogan, senior campaign director with Oceana. ... humpbacks would be in jeopardy without it, he said."

Spock & crew didn't break the laws of temporal mechanics for you people to mess this up NOW.

Leonard Nimoy as Science Officer Spock, in 1986's "Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home". He is standing in front of a screen or composited into an image with humpback whales.

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John R. Davis @jrdarchivist.bsky.social · 11h

I'll be talking about my new book, "Keep Your Ear to the Ground: A History of Punk Fanzines in Washington DC" at @politicsprose.bsky.social's Connecticut Ave. location in DC on Wednesday 10/29 at 7pm with Ian MacKaye.

John Davis — Keep Your Ear to the Ground: A History of Punk Fanzines in Washington, DC - with Ian MacKaye — at Conn Ave

politics-prose.com

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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 12h

President Obama endorses Prop 50 — the California redistricting effort:

"California, the whole nation is counting on you."

"Democracy is on the ballot Nov. 4. Republicans want to steal enough seats in Congress to rig the next election and wield unchecked power for two more years."

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ElieNYC @elienyc.bsky.social · 12h

The whites are literally arguing it's literally *unconstitutional* if they're not OVERREPRESNTED in Congress.

Imani Gandy Corn 🎃 @angryblacklady.blacksky.app · 12h

Just so everyone is clear, the main issue in the Supreme Court voting rights case tomorrow is whether it's racist against white people to enforce the Voting Rights Act.

I'm dead serious. We live in incredibly stupid times.

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