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Bill Grueskin @bgrueskin.bsky.social · 48m

An interesting way for the Prosecutor of Would-be Wayward Woodwind Wrongdoers to put it.

"There was a kick and a bite..."

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Federal prosecutor Katherine Ryyken called Korol’s alleged actions “violent.”

“There was a kick and a bite of an officer,” she said.

Kara Sagi, Korol’s assistant federal public defender, disputed Ryyken’s account.

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Amanda Finley Digs All the Spooky Things @rubyslippahs.bsky.social · 47m

Very cool things in the sky Monday night: two comets, a meteor shower, and possibly even aurora. Go outside, folks.

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Kendra "Gloom is My Beat" Pierre-Louis @kendrawrites.com · 50m

Also "rich people will find other ways to get around" they already do. In what fantasy land do they think rich people are riding the bus.

Also bus only lanes work and cost paint and some cameras

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Elizabeth Spiers @espiers.bsky.social · 55m

I mean, “poor people would be harmed the most by free buses” is something even the worst debate me bros wouldn’t say with a straight face. These guys are worried that people might like it and other cities might adopt it

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Elizabeth Spiers @espiers.bsky.social · 58m

Their rationale is an evidence free assertion that “quality declines when services are offered for free”.

Sure, Jeff. That’s why everyone hates free school lunches, free pre-K, and free early intervention in NYC. Red states are doing so much better on health and education metrics

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David Rothkopf @djrothkopf.bsky.social · 1h

When euphemisms enable the transition to authoritarianism. (As they always do.)

Jeff (Gutenberg Parenthesis) Jarvis @jeffjarvis.bsky.social · 1h

"Diorama of power dynamics." Beyond euphemism, that is glib glorification of dictatorship. The #BrokenTimes would rather show off its turn of phrase than call fascism what it is.
Oval Office Becomes a Diorama of Power Dynamics as Trump Goes After Rivals www.nytimes.com/2025/10/15/u...

Oval Office Becomes a Diorama of Power Dynamics as Trump Goes After Rivals

www.nytimes.com

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Colette Delawalla @cdelawalla.bsky.social · 1h

YES!!! IT IS A FEATURE OF BOTH SCIENCE AND DEMOCRACY!!!!

Particularly a representative democracy…where we ELECT EXPERTS TO REPRESENT OUR BEST INTERESTS!!!

This man has to go.

#impeachthequack

Barbara Sobel @barbarasobel.bsky.social · 13h

RFK Jr: We need to stop trusting the experts... Trusting the experts is not a feature of science or democracy, it's a feature of religion and totalitarianism.

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Dr. Lucky Tran @luckytran.com · 7h

15 US states and territories have formed a new Public Health Alliance, which will counter the absence of federal leadership by tracking outbreaks, issuing guidance, buying vaccines and more.

Members of the new alliance include CA, CO, CT, DE, GU, HI, IL, MD, MA, NJ, NY, NC, OR, RI, WA.

Map: Governors Public Health Alliance
* Guam is also a member of the alliance
Updated October 15, 2025
Map: @luckytran • Created with Datawrapper

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LOLGOP ❌👑❌ @thefarce.org · 1h

Republicans say white privilege doesn't exist, and then they get elected to make sure it does.

Aaron Sojourner @aaronsojourner.org · 1h

Neo-Confederacy planning moves.
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/15/u...

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Christopher Wratil 🇺🇦 #StandWithUkraine @chriswratil.bsky.social · 6h

Just brace for what we will see in terms of US interference in European electoral politics soon

Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 14h

Another $20 billion. That is the face you make when you heist the US taxpayers for $40 billion two weeks before your midterm elections from the most corrupt America Last regime in history.

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Dave Vetter @davidrvetter.bsky.social · 14h

If I may coin a phrase, capitalism provides every human want at the cost of every human need.

Andrew Sissons @acjsissons.bsky.social · 16h

“Capitalism and globalisation work well for goods but badly for services”. Discuss

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Kendra "Gloom is My Beat" Pierre-Louis @kendrawrites.com · 1h

(Media here is large national media, local indie media has been doing incredible work in this moment - throw them your money)

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Kendra "Gloom is My Beat" Pierre-Louis @kendrawrites.com · 1h

I don't have advice beyond this is who the industry is and move accordingly. And if you're at a protest this weekend and a reporter approaches you, take the time to Google their name and at least skim their work. I've had sources straight up tell me they googled me first and they should

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LOLGOP ❌👑❌ @thefarce.org · 1h

I mean, that's a top 10% New Yorker cover.

Jess Calarco @jessicacalarco.com · 1h

I wanna see wall-to-wall coverage of kids holding clever homemade signs. My 11-year-old finished hers last night, and she's excited and ready to go.

My daughter holding a hand drawn sign featuring a rainbow colored pawn toppling an orange and yellow-haired king piece with checkmate written in NYT font above

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Jess Calarco @jessicacalarco.com · 1h

I wanna see wall-to-wall coverage of kids holding clever homemade signs. My 11-year-old finished hers last night, and she's excited and ready to go.

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Alex Wild @alexwild.bsky.social · 10h

Ohhhh, I get it. Republicans are arranging a safe country to flee to after the crime spree is over, just like their German ideological heros of generations past.

Financial Times @financialtimes.com · 1d

Trump says US support for Argentina is ‘gone’ if Milei suffers election losses on.ft.com/3L8Y0Wi

Trump says US support for Argentina is ‘gone’ if Milei suffers election losses

President suggests $20bn swap line is contingent on libertarian’s victory in midterm elections

on.ft.com

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Hourly Otters @otters.hourly.media · 5h

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Carl T. Bergstrom @carlbergstrom.com · 5h

RFK Jr. keeps repeating this ridiculous, ignorant bullshit.

Trust in expertise is literally a vital feature of both science and of representative democracy.

I wrote a whole-ass thread about it last time around; maybe worth revisiting.

bsky.app/profile/carl...

Barbara Sobel @barbarasobel.bsky.social · 13h

RFK Jr: We need to stop trusting the experts... Trusting the experts is not a feature of science or democracy, it's a feature of religion and totalitarianism.

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Barbara Sobel @barbarasobel.bsky.social · 13h

RFK Jr: We need to stop trusting the experts... Trusting the experts is not a feature of science or democracy, it's a feature of religion and totalitarianism.

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Andy Jenkins @bojenk.bsky.social · 10h

Checking with the hospital to make sure my upcoming colonoscopy is being performed by the local discount plumber and not some totalitarian with a medical degree

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Alf @gordonshumway66.bsky.social · 10h

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George Conway 🇺🇸🚫👑🐸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 2h

The lying liars who lie are really losing their shit over #NoKings.

That should be reason enough for us to go.

Saturday. Everywhere. Go, and ask everyone you know to go.

👉 nokings.org/#map

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Thor Benson @thorbenson.bsky.social · 16h

Fascism sparks joy for him

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 16h

Trump: I never thought we'd go into every city and make them safe. Now it's like a passion for me and it's a passion for the people behind me.

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Waitman Wade Beorn, PhD, FRHistS @waitmanwbeorn.com · 2h

They are screaming it, folks.

Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 9h

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Bellingcat @bellingcat.com · 2h

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