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Dr. Jacqueline E. Whitt @notabattlechick.bsky.social · 1h

Back on my oatmeal bullshit because it’s fall, and oatmeal is delicious.

Here’s my InstaPot steel cut oak recipe. Perfect every time. I use half milk, half water and add a hefty pinch of salt. They freezer beautifully.

Recipe for steel cut oats in the instapot
1 c oats, 2 1/2 c water
HP 10 minutes, Natural release

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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 12h

Vaccines are safe and effective.

Autism isn't caused by vaccines, and autistic people and their families deserve our support.

When you want information, ask your doctor.

It's more important than ever for all of us to speak plainly, truthfully, and directly about public health.

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MB Brown @mbbrownsf.bsky.social · 1h

Cozy Cooper🧡 Eevee is clearly running things here! 💚😽

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Joanne Freeman @jbf1755.bsky.social · 1h

This is a really important point.

They want “meme authoritarianism.”

They want rage.

They’re getting frogs & aging hippies.

Not great optics—for them.

But great for us: you build a movement by showing folks that they’re part of an energized and hopeful “us.”

Let’s go!

Dr. Samantha Hancox-Li @sjshancoxli.liberalcurrents.com · 2h

one of the reasons they're so mad at "no kings" is that they thought they were going to get a different kind of protest. they *want* the black bloc to be out there fighting with the cops. those are the images they've been trying to generate from "go." instead--

newrepublic.com/article/2016...

MAGA Rage at “No Kings” Boils Over—and It Quickly Backfires on Trump

As Trump allies smear the coming protests, a good writer on MAGA skewers the absurdity of these attacks on large swaths of Americans—and explains why our best recourse will be to turn out in force.

newrepublic.com

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Charles Ghoul-ba ✡️ @charlesgaba.com · 1h

AGAIN: FAKE ACCOUNT.

THIS DOESN'T EVEN LINK TO ANYTHING...IT'S A SCREEN SHOT.

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Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 2h

If Republicans are going to label you a terrorist for peacefully protesting Trump's failing presidency, abuses of power, and treatment of blue America as an enemy nation, let's turn out in even bigger numbers.

On the pod, @jilldlawrence.bsky.social and me on this:
newrepublic.com/article/2016...

MAGA Rage at “No Kings” Boils Over—and It Quickly Backfires on Trump

As Trump allies smear the coming protests, a good writer on MAGA skewers the absurdity of these attacks on large swaths of Americans—and explains why our best recourse will be to turn out in force.

newrepublic.com

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@NewsJennifer (Jennifer Schulze) @newsjennifer.bsky.social · 1h

Local news has done an increasingly good job of covering these protests as highlighted here by @maddowblog.msnbc.com. The rest of msm is doing a disservice to the country but not giving these protests & the overall anger at Trump, ICE, etc more sustained coverage as well.

Indivisible ❌👑 @indivisible.org · 2h

Saturday is going to be huge, boisterous and joyful: “It doesn’t matter if you’ve never protested before. This is a place for you if you believe we don’t do kings in this country.” - @ezralevin.bsky.social to @maddow.msnbc.com

Please join us on No Kings Day: www.nokings.org?SQF_SOURCE=i... #NoKings

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MB Brown @mbbrownsf.bsky.social · 1h

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Sarah Weinman @sarahweinman.com · 1h

If it's a Tuesday, some great books are being published. Buy or borrow a good book today.

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Veronica McDonald @veronicamcdonald.bsky.social · 1h

People need to continue dressing up in costumes. Kinda hard to justify to young kids seeing a panda or a unicorn being beat up that the panda or unicorn deserves it:

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿Mhairi Forrest🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🤟🤟🤟 @mhairiforrest.bsky.social · 10h

This is why the people dressed in costumes is so effective. They can't get the footage they want.

Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 10h

You need to see this:

“The show of force is the point. They want these images to be out…The Department of Homeland Security is walking around Chicago with a film crew.” @jacobsoboroff.bsky.social

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Chuck Wendig @chuckwendig.bsky.social · 2h

This is why the inflatable costumes works so well -- it works the same way calling them "weird" or "creepy" did. It disrupts their narrative, and makes them seem pathetic rather than cool-and-cruel.

Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 10h

You need to see this:

“The show of force is the point. They want these images to be out…The Department of Homeland Security is walking around Chicago with a film crew.” @jacobsoboroff.bsky.social

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KTOO Public Media @ktoopublicmedia.bsky.social · 12h

The U.S. Coast Guard commander for Western Alaska compared the devastation in Southwest Alaska villages over the weekend to the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina.

(From @alaskapublic.org)

Officials say storm 'completely devastated' Western Alaska communities

A Coast Guard commander recounts scenes of Alaskans swimming in floodwaters in the middle of the night, in search of debris to hold onto.

www.ktoo.org

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Kamala Harris @kamalaharris.com · 12h

My statement on the ceasefire in the Middle East.

Statement from Vice President Kamala Harris
October 13, 2025

I am thankful and deeply encouraged that this ceasefire has brought long-awaited moments of joy and reunion — as 20 Israeli hostages are finally reunited with their loved ones and Palestinian families and the people of Gaza begin to receive desperately needed relief from unimaginable suffering.

Through diplomacy and persistence, today is an important first step toward a more hopeful future. I commend the leaders and partners whose efforts made this agreement possible, including the President and his team.

There is still much more work to do to secure a lasting peace, ensure the safety and dignity of every innocent life, and build a future where Israelis and Palestinians can live side by side in freedom and security.

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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 18h

Carole Cadwalladr was right and we’d be in a better world if more people had listened.

Carole Cadwalladr @carolecadwalla.bsky.social · 15d

This tweet has been doing the rounds on Twitter now that Nathan Gill has pleaded guilty.

If only someone had tried to investigate UKIP & Russian interference 🧐

There’s another timeline where the Guardian supported me, doubled down on the investigation & I look 5 years younger ..

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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 20h

Wow, wow, wow. This has always been legally possible but the law has virtually never been enforced — and now this is the SECOND case I've heard of in the last month (first involving a person with a green card) of a noncitizen being charged for failure to carry their papers.

Gregory Pratt @royalpratt.bsky.social · 21h

NEWS: ICE gave a Rogers Park man a $130 ticket for not having his papers on him. They rounded him up last week and eventually let him go, but not without a fine that some critics say is un-American. Trump admin enforcing little-used law
www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/13/i...

ICE tickets Chicago man with legal residency $130 for not having his papers on him: ‘It’s not fair…I’m a resident’

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement fined Rueben Antonio Cruz $130 for not having his papers with him.

www.chicagotribune.com

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MB Brown @mbbrownsf.bsky.social · 11h

To the chorus of Rock the Casbah:

🎶Duck the Fodgers
Duck the Fodgers🎶

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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 18h

If you live in Everett, Mass. and have any information about the 13-year-old boy abducted by ICE, please message me on Signal at marisakabas.04

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MB Brown @mbbrownsf.bsky.social · 12h

To the @maddow.msnbc.com Show chyron operators - this should read CHICAGO PASTOR ATTACKED BY ICE SUES TRUMP ADMIN. ”Reverend” is a title and “pastor” is the job.

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MB Brown @mbbrownsf.bsky.social · 13h

A little late, but…

#BeatLA
#BeatLA
#BeatLA
#BeatLA

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Jay @johnathanperk.bsky.social · 14h

As we witness Project 2025 near 50% implementation across the United States gov’t, it is sadly quite clear that without Black innovation and leadership, they are plainly ill-equipped to defeat the Christian White Nationalist overhaul—which, mind you, rigs future elections.

No coming back from this.

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MB Brown @mbbrownsf.bsky.social · 14h

Puppy bum!

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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 14h

gene kelly is antifa

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Eileen Clancy 🧿 @clancyny.bsky.social · 14h

Looks amazing.

Jazmine Ulloa @jazmineulloa.bsky.social · 17h

The first review for my book is in, and I got the coveted star from Kirkus! So deeply honored and over the moon.

What a summary: “A passionate and urgent account that transforms the embers of a bypassed history into flames that consume the present.” www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews...

EL PASO | Kirkus Reviews

Illuminating the history and identity of “the new Ellis Island.”

www.kirkusreviews.com

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Daniel Carroll @tworsandtwols.bsky.social · 15h

I did have my phone ready for this:

Humpy, a salmon mascot, has one knee on the ground and is petting a dog, Tucker, a team dog for the Mariners, who is facing away from the camera.

Tucker, the Mariners dog, bites the blue life preserver ring around Humpy’s waist.

Humpy is wearing a “winner” sash and gold chain in addition to his regular costume.

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Sen. Adam Schiff @schiff.senate.gov · 15h

Congrats to University of California professors & alumni for being awarded 5 Nobel Prizes!

California’s scientists are leading the world in crucial breakthroughs.

www.sfchronicle.com/california/a...

University of California sets world record with five Nobel Prizes in one week

The UC system made history this week, as its faculty and alumni won five Nobel Prizes across medicine, physics and chemistry — the most ever awarded to a single institution in one year.

www.sfchronicle.com

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