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Leah Millis @leahmillis.bsky.social · 22h

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 · 23h

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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Mondoweiss @mondoweiss.net · 1d

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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utopia deferred @utopia-defer.red · 2d

this is an incredibly ominous beginning to a future with a largely carved out federal emergency response system

News Eye @newseye.bsky.social · 2d

NEW: There’s a disaster unfolding in Alaska right now. And no major network is covering it.

The remnants of Typhoon Halong battered western Alaska overnight. Homes, with people in them, have literally been swept into the Bering Strait.

At least 20 are missing. No comment from any federal agency.

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UNITED24 Media @united24media.com · 3d

⚡️ A year after relearning to walk following a Russian attack, a Ukrainian journalist ran 10K.

Ukrainian journalist Olha Zvonarova, who learned to walk again after being severely wounded in a Russian strike on Zaporizhzhia, has just completed 10 kilometers at the Kyiv Marathon of Resilience.

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Monica B. @monicabee.bsky.social · 2d

A little too relatable

Frog and Toad Bot @frogandtoadbot.bsky.social · 2d

“Help!” cried Toad. “My list is blowing away. What will I do without my list?”

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The New York Groove @nygroove.nyc · 2d

On today's dubious holiday, reread our report from the anti-Columbus protest this summer:

Chanting ‘Danny DeVito,’ Italians for Zohran tell protesters to get over Columbus already
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Chanting ‘Danny DeVito,’ Italians for Zohran tell protesters to get over Columbus already

Mamdani fans propose some other Italians to venerate instead of Columbus

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Monica B. @monicabee.bsky.social · 4d

Making music with others is already a life essential. Playing music in a group of folks with ages that range from 16-ish to 80-ish and everything in between? The dream

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Elizabeth Jacobs, PhD @elizabethjacobs.bsky.social · 4d

The editors of the CDC’s Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR) were apparently fired today.

The precursor to MMWR began in 1878 to address emerging public health threats rapidly.

We are not “great” without it. We are vulnerable to threats from sporadic foodborne illness to bioterrorism.

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Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 4d

UNTIL IT’S DONE, Ep. 4: Sylvia Rivera

In the 1970s, queer New Yorkers had been pushed to the margins of NYC. Our trans neighbors faced immense cruelty. But in Sylvia Rivera, they found a champion.

As we combat Trump’s politics of darkness, her legacy can light the path forward.

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The Onion @theonion.com · 6d

Israel Agrees To Go Back To Killing Palestinians On Less Frequent Basis

CAIRO—As part of a historic ceasefire agreement with Hamas following two years of war, the Israeli government reportedly agreed Thursday to go back to killing Palestinians on a less frequent basis. “I...

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rax ‘levon honkers’ king @raxkingisdead.bsky.social · 8d

you ever think about those real weird overlaps. like tennessee williams might have listened to the ramones

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Doug Henwood @doughenwood.bsky.social · 7d

Trump & Co. are fighting a losing battle against renewables.

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taylr @taylordahlin.com · 8d

“crimes committed by poor people are seen as new-news every time it happens” but structural harm is not. a carjacking down the street is always news but large scale pollution would not be, says alec karakatsanis at moon palace books

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Karl (sad trombone noise enthusiast) @brainnotonyet.bsky.social · 8d

It’s unbelievable in some ways that reality is more heavy handed than even the most bleak dystopic Americas from 1980s or 90s sci fi.

"A standoff with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and federal officers in Chicago, Illinois, U.S., October 4, 2025."
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POLICE

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Rabih Alameddine @rabihalameddine.bsky.social · Jan 26

Mrs. Gloria Richardson, head of the Cambridge Nonviolent Action Committee, pushes a National Guardsman's bayonet aside, 1963

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Jacobin @jacobinmag.bsky.social · 9d

Whether workers can organize Amazon will be pivotal for the fate of the labor movement worldwide. Initial victories in Coventry, England, and elsewhere show that when unions put serious resources into organizing, they can win.

Organizing Amazon Should Be a Priority for Labor Globally

Whether workers can organize Amazon will be pivotal for the fate of the labor movement worldwide. Initial victories in Coventry, England, and elsewhere show that when unions put serious resources into organizing, they can win.

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Gil Durán @gilduran.com · 11d

In the Network State ideology, tech billionaires gut existing institutions and swap in parallel knockoffs that serve their agendas.

Example: a tech billionaire creates a fake university run by a columnist ... or buys a major news outlet and puts an unqualified crony in charge.

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Ariella Elm @ariellaelm.bsky.social · 10d

CALIFORNIANS!!!!

You’re gonna start getting your ballots. Vote YES for prop/ state measure 50, (it will be titled differently in different counties.)

Vote as soon as you get your ballot so that phone calls and texts can be directed to people who need more convincing.
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Monica B. @monicabee.bsky.social · 10d

So so weird. Caricatures!

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Monica B. @monicabee.bsky.social · 12d

A little hand popping out of a stroller, flexed with a strong message of STOP to the cars (already all stopped) as he and his mamma crossed the street. Love that little San Franciscan!

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Walker Bragman @walkerbragman.bsky.social · 13d

Everyone at CBS News should quit in protest. This is a travesty.

Bari Weiss is a misinformation-peddling right-wing operative. She’s totally unqualified for this job.

Ida Bae Wells @nhannahjones.bsky.social · 13d

In case it wasn’t clear, the anti-DEI crusade has never been about merit. Zero news experience. Never been a reporter. Elevated to Editor in Chief of CBS News, one of the most storied news institutions in the nation. www.mediaite.com/media/news/p...

Paramount Officially Acquiring The Free Press and Making Bari Weiss CBS News Editor in Chief: Report

Paramount Skydance will be officially acquiring The Free Press and hiring its founder Bari Weiss as editor in chief of its CBS News division, with the deal to be announced this coming Monday, accordin...

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The Phoenix Project @phoenixprojnow.bsky.social · 14d

These partnerships shift public functions into privately influenced, quasi-governmental systems with minimal oversight—giving billionaires access to sensitive data and expanding their influence over city policy.

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Monica B. @monicabee.bsky.social · 14d

Troublesome, to say the least

The Phoenix Project @phoenixprojnow.bsky.social · 14d

Mayor Daniel Lurie is restructuring how San Francisco’s government works—outsourcing core functions to private tech firms backed by politically active billionaires. His latest move: giving OpenGov, Inc. control over the city’s permitting system. 🧵

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Monica B. @monicabee.bsky.social · 14d

Tell me you converted without telling me you converted

Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 14d

Far-right Catholics freaking out about the Pope doing normal Pope things will always be entertaining.

The Pope blessed some water? Can you even imagine?

Matt Walsh: Horrific. The whole thing. Pope Leo blesses a block of ice and then stands there while these communist freaks do some kind of weird pagan Earth worshipping hippy ritual. The leader of the Catholic Church shouldn’t be anywhere near this nonsense. What the hell are we doing here

@CatholicSat: The Blessing of the Waters by Pope Leo XIV, at today’s ‘Raising Hope for Climate Justice’ International Conference at Castel Gandolfo.

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