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Andy Singer @andy-singer.bsky.social · 3h

Never mind acetaminophen… how about the billions of motor vehicle tires? e360.yale.edu/features/tir...

Road Hazard: Evidence Mounts on Toxic Pollution from Tires

Researchers are only beginning to uncover the toxic cocktail of chemicals, microplastics, and heavy metals hidden in car and truck tires. But experts say these tire emissions are a significant source ...

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Yonette Joseph @sugarcane99.bsky.social · 6h

The strike was the fifth known attack by the U.S. military on such boats since Sept. 2. The military has now acknowledged killing 27 people as if they were enemy soldiers in a war zone and not criminal suspects. 🎁 www.nytimes.com/2025/10/14/u...

U.S. Military Kills Another 6 People in 5th Caribbean Strike, Trump Says

www.nytimes.com

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Pat Thompson @pattho.bsky.social · 5h

Yes, being happy with immigration is the way. And makes for a more alive culture at the same time! Win-win. But a significant portion of our population is dedicated to lose-lose, so they can complain and blame about replacement theory.

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Pat Thompson @pattho.bsky.social · 6h

Anyone else see the article about the Chinese flying "cars" that are supposedly hitting the market? How will these be regulated in flight spaces? WTF???? Operated by joystick. And the ground vehicle that moves them around looks like an extra large cybertruck, to boot.

Six-wheeled silver cybertruck-like tank vehicle, and a small mini-helicopter thing outside it.

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Sophia Babai @swingingstorm.bsky.social · 10h

So far TODAY Israel has:

- bombed Gaza City
- bombed Khan Younis
- shot and killed five Palestinians in Gaza City
- refused to open the Rafah border crossing
- announced they would once more block aid

This is what a "ceasefire" with Israel looks like. This is what it has always looked like.

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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 9h

"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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Pat Thompson @pattho.bsky.social · 9h

Using StarLink! Extra points.

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Wes Burdine @wesburdine.bsky.social · 9h

Heads up, the massive architectural salvage Bauer Brothers in North is having a huge downsizing sale

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Clara Jeffery @clarajeffery.bsky.social · 12h

The print subscriber base for @motherjones.com is 2.5 times as high. 🙀

karl rove knausgård @uhactually.bsky.social · 1d

Lmao WaPo has fewer than 100K circulation now. It turns out “alienate your liberal subscriber base” is not a good strategy when the Republicans also hate you. www.forbes.com/sites/andyme...

The Washington Post Is Running Out Of Readers Willing To Pay

Once a titan of American journalism, The Washington Post now struggles to reach even 100,000 print subscribers most days.

www.forbes.com

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Pat Thompson @pattho.bsky.social · 10h

Plot of a Neal Stephenson novel.

Pat Thompson @pattho.bsky.social · 10h

When I moved here in the late 80s it took me years to figure it out.

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Democracy Now! @democracynow.org · 10h

At least 19 Palestinian doctors are still being held in Israeli detention without charge.

Free Dr. Abu Safiya: Calls Grow for Israel to Release Imprisoned Gaza Healthcare Workers

Pressure is mounting for Israel to release many more detainees as part of the U.S.-backed Gaza ceasefire deal, including Dr. Hussam Abu Safiya, director of Gaza’s Kamal Adwan Hospital, who has been he...

www.democracynow.org

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Pat Thompson @pattho.bsky.social · 10h

Second to last Tuesday for free herbs at the St Anthony Park library! Basil, chives, flat parsley, thyme, rosemary, lavender- and marigolds.

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Pat Thompson @pattho.bsky.social · 11h

Has anyone pointed out - on the Tom Homan $50,000 thing - that legit payments in business are not made in cash? Especially for amounts like that? Since it sounds like tax evasion 101. Gonna send him a 1099 for that, eh?

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amityf @amityf.bsky.social · 13h

Now this is a festival that should be brought back.

Nate Pentz @natepentz.bsky.social · 1d

I miss northern spark probably the most

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ScaryMM @marymm.bsky.social · 12h

The most backward thing about Minnesota is that we let outstate/suburban conservatives control city safety and infrastructure. So we'll get a big new stinky, loud I-94 thru MSP, no gun control, and a net drain on our tax contributions to keep rural communities (and their roads) solvent.

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Pat Thompson @pattho.bsky.social · 11h

So this means *everyone* needs to have their papers with them (passport, Real ID, birth certificate) because otherwise how would the Stasi be able to tell you weren’t supposed to have your green card w you? (Forget that they’ve told multiple people their Real IDs were fake.)

Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 1d

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 · 1d

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...

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Pat Thompson @pattho.bsky.social · 13h

Ahhhhhhh…. ❤️

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Ⲕⲁⳙ⳨⳨ⲩ: ᴀ Kᴀᴜꜰꜰʏ ɪᴍᴘʀɪɴᴛ @kauffy.us · 14h

An American citizen should NEVER have to review "Rules of Engagement" just to leave their own home.

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Pat Thompson @pattho.bsky.social · 21h

Prospect Park 7:30 am bridge brigade (usually on Thursdaysas it says) is moving to Weds this week because of forecast rain later in the week!

macatoo.bsky.social @macatoo.bsky.social · 23h

Here’s a list of weekly protests, rallies, and bridge brigades.

We are the only ones coming to save us.

Stand together. Get organized. #NoKings is just the beginning. Resistance starts with you.

@indivistwincities.bsky.social
@mn50501.bsky.social
@womensmarchmn.bsky.social

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Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 22h

The Regime's goal is to grind everyone down. Plain & simple. Our goal is to refuse this by taking turns to fight where and how we can. When one group needs to bow out, then another group needs to step in and so on. We don't all have to do everything. We can all do something though. Stay in the fight

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Bryan @bryanformhals.com · 1d

Ending Northstar will end being a historically stupid decision.

Ian Gaida @trainsfan.bsky.social · 1d

Christ, just heard the number that Metro Transit's gonna have to pay to demolish the Northstar stations.

TWENTY
MILLION

and that DOESN'T include the money owed to the FTA. Fiscal responsibility my ass!

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Pat Thompson @pattho.bsky.social · 1d

Clear the rape kits, too. (Which Mary M started.)

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rubylith @rubylith-art.bsky.social · 1d

Best cure for art block is to just draw whatever the most recent bird uploaded to inaturalist is, in this case it’s a roadside hawk

#birdart 🪶

Digital drawing of a Roadside Hawk. Along the bottom it is captioned with “Rupornis magnitostris”, the bird’s Latin name.

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Jake Wittich @jakewittich.bsky.social · 1d

The same ICE agent who handcuffed Ald. Jessie Fuentes has been filmed in at least 3 other violent encounters, including the viral arrest of a woman in Waukegan in front of the mayor.

“He’s obviously a danger to individuals and particularly women," Fuentes said.

Read more at @windycitytimes.com

Ald. Jessie Fuentes to file lawsuit against ICE agent who handcuffed her in Humboldt Park incident - Windy City Times

Ald. Jessie Fuentes (26th Ward) is preparing to file a lawsuit against the ICE agent who handcuffed and threatened to arrest her at Humboldt Park Health earlier this month. In an interview with Windy ...

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