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Paula @notsoencrypted.bsky.social · 11m

*sigh* It looks like I might actually have to do research and figure out if it's feasible for me to switch to Linux? I was already thinking about trying to cut back on PC gaming, but Windows going all-in on AI is going to actually make me do the thing, isn't it?

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Paula @notsoencrypted.bsky.social · 14m

omg this gave me some much-needed giggles.

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Clarkisha Kent @clarkishakent.blacksky.app · 17h

COVID is still here.

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Paula @notsoencrypted.bsky.social · 19m

I love you, you goofy nerd. <3 <3 <3

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Jamal Greene @jamalgreene.bsky.social · 1h

Maybe don’t kick out the people then?

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1h

RFK Jr: "When my uncle was president, the fertility rate in this country was 3.5%. Today it is 1.6%. The replacement rate -- in other words the amount of fertility you need to keep your population even -- is 2.1%. We are below replacement. That is a national security threat to our country."

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Jason Pudlo @jasonpudlo.bsky.social · 26m

Beem to a dozen of National Parks. Visiting John Brown and Harpers Ferry was one of the most contemplative I've visited. Stong recommend.

A monument for the John Brown raid with Harpers Ferry in the immediate background. Bright blue skies in West Virginia.

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Eileen Clancy 🧿 @clancyny.bsky.social · 5h

CNN: Federal judge demands answers from Trump admin on following order to avoid violent encounters with Chicago protesters

“You can’t shoot ‘em in the head (with pepper balls),” Judge Ellis said. “You can’t deploy tear gas. You can’t use flash-bang grenades. You can’t drive a car through a crowd.”

Federal judge demands answers from Trump admin on following order to avoid violent encounters with Chicago protesters | CNN

A judge in Illinois said she has “serious concerns” over whether federal law enforcement agents are following her order to avoid violent encounters with protesters and journalists in Chicago.

www.cnn.com

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The Associated Press @apnews.com · 6h

BREAKING: Immigration officers in the Chicago area will be required to wear body cameras after the use of tear gas and other actions against protesters, a judge rules.

'Startled' judge orders agents in Chicago area to wear body cameras after violent clashes

A judge says federal immigration officers in the Chicago area will be required to wear body cameras after the use of tear gas and other aggressive steps against protesters.

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Kimberly Atkins Stohr @kimberlyeatkins.bsky.social · 9h

Stare decisis is a crucial democratic guardrail. But SCOTUS justices have been chipping it down to nothing - turning themselves into unelected lawmakers in a way the Framers never intended. If that’s the job they wanted, they should have run for office, not taken lifetime appointments on the bench.

The Supreme Court is supposed to apply the law, not make it - The Boston Globe

The slow death of stare decisis is turning the justices into robed lawmakers.

www.bostonglobe.com

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Joyce White Vance @joycewhitevance.bsky.social · 10h

All of this, in violation of the Constitution.

Bobby Kogan @bbkogan.bsky.social · 1d

Trump and Vought are now breaking both sides of spending law. They’re illegally not spending where the law requires them to spend, and they’re illegally spending where they don’t have the money to spend.

What we have is an appropriations king.

Spending “deals” are meaningless under that setup.

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chris☀️ @arcanegold.bsky.social · 16h

behold. sealrogi

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Carceral Abolition @carceralabolition.bsky.social · 2d

How Lego MRI scanner sets are reducing anxiety in children undergoing medical treatment www.cnbc.com/2025/10/13/l...

How Lego MRI scanner sets are reducing anxiety in children undergoing medical treatment

Lego's MRI scanner play sets, which launched in 2023, are significantly reducing anxiety and the use of sedation in children, according to new research.

www.cnbc.com

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Paula @notsoencrypted.bsky.social · 10h

Looks amazing! I hope you have a wonderful time!

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Preeti Chhibber @runwithskizzers.bsky.social · 23h

If you're in Georgia and have next weekend free, come by the Cobb County Library Young Adult Author fest! We're gonna have a good time!

Register: www.cobbcounty.gov/events/young...

A flyer for the North Cobb Regional Library Young Adult Author Fest, showing that I am attending. It is on Saturday, October 25th at 12PM EST in at the North Cobb Regional Library. Full info at the link in the post.

a flyer for the full line up of the Young Adult Author Fest which includes

Becky Albertalli, Julian Winters, Auburn Morrow, Terry J. Benton-Walker, Trang Thang Tran, me, Ravynn K. Stringfield, H.D. Hunter, Vania Stoyanova, and Angela Montoya

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 1d

this ballroom is the best evidence that trump doesn’t intend to leave

The Wall Street Journal @wsj.com · 1d

Exclusive: More than three dozen organizations and individuals are expected to attend a dinner with Trump on Wednesday after opening their checkbooks to support a $250 million White House ballroom.

Trump Invites Ballroom Donors to Glitzy White House Dinner

The dinner is set to include representatives from Lockheed Martin, Microsoft, Meta Platforms, Alphabet’s Google, Amazon and Palantir Technologies.

on.wsj.com

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Paula @notsoencrypted.bsky.social · 20h

I mostly just hope they're both OK, as they had things going on and could have left because social media was just too much for right now, too. But man losing cool people stinks. Wishing them all the best.

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Paula @notsoencrypted.bsky.social · 20h

Two people that I enjoyed following aren't on bluesky anymore. I checked on clearsky to see if I was blocked (it would be ok if I was! Just helpful for my brain to know what happened). They both were non-binary folks & that makes me worried that they were suspended rather than choosing to leave.

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Courtney Milan @courtneymilan.com · 21h

There’s a lot to be upset about, and I don’t advise putting your head in the sand, but it is really bad for your brain to be mad all the time on a purely physiological level.

If you possibly can, take time to put down the mad.

It will help you think more clearly and remember why you’re doing this.

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Adam Klasfeld @klasfeldreports.com · 22h

It's "far from normal for an administration to fire line-level civilian employees during a government shutdown as a way to punish the opposing political party."

From a judge's TRO blocking Trump's mass firings under cover of the shutdown

It is also far from normal for an administration to fire line-level civilian employees during a
government shutdown as a way to punish the opposing political party. But this is precisely what President Trump has announced he is doing, by taking to social media on the second day of the
shutdown to post: “I have a meeting today with Russ Vought, he of PROJECT 2025 Fame, to determine which of the many Democrat Agencies, most of which are a political SCAM, he recommends to be cut, and whether or not those cuts will be temporary or permanent. I can’t believe
the Radical Left Democrats gave me this unprecedented opportunity.”

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wortnews.bsky.social @wortnews.bsky.social · 22h

A resolution urging GHC to voluntarily recognize the union earned unanimous support from members of the cooperative at Monday’s special meeting.

@fayeparks.bsky.social and Labor Radio’s Carol Weidel have more.

www.wortfm.org/ghc-members-...

GHC members side with employees, support unionization - WORT-FM 89.9

A resolution urging the board to disclose how much GHC has paid an anti-union law firm also earned members' unanimous support.

www.wortfm.org

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Claire Willett @clairewillett.bsky.social · 23h

Extremely specific ask!

in search of leads for OREGON ONLY artists, crafters, creative practitioners for ArtsWatch story about protest art / art as protest. poets, knitters, muralists, anything. happy to anonymize you for safety if preferred!

ping me here: www.clairewillettwrites.com/contact-me

Contact Me! — Claire Willett

www.clairewillettwrites.com

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Paula @notsoencrypted.bsky.social · 1d

Oh gosh. That stuff can be such a nightmare. I'm sorry.

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Paula @notsoencrypted.bsky.social · 1d

Good luck <3

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Senator Tammy Baldwin @baldwin.senate.gov · 1d

Republicans don’t have a strategy to reopen the government, and it shows.

On Day #15 of Donald Trump’s shutdown, I am STILL waiting for Republicans to get their act together and help us lower Americans' health care costs.

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Preeti Chhibber @runwithskizzers.bsky.social · 5d

A very good thread on masking, especially in these hellish times when the systems meant to protect us are being spitefully destroyed by evil little power hungry gremlins. Mask up! Protect yourselves and your community! 😷😷😷

bats 🦇✨ @itsbabs.bsky.social · 5d

if you are rightfully concerned if not frightened about the continued dissolution of U.S. healthcare infrastructure, would you take an action every day to resist it?

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