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elia ayoub @ayoub.bsky.social · 9h

34 trenches, 2 kilometres long filled with bodies. As these were dug up and potentially tens of thousands of corpses reburied, the Assad regime was being interviewed in Western media outlets, his English skills mattering more than anything he was doing.

The A.C.E.R.B.I.C. Nerd @acerbicnerd.bsky.social · 14h

"With at least 34 trenches measuring 2 kilometers long, the grave in the Dhumair desert is among the most extensive created during the Syrian civil war, Reuters has found. Witness accounts and the dimensions of the new site suggest that tens of thousands of people could be buried there."

Exclusive: Assad government secretly moved mass grave to cover up killings, Reuters investigation finds

From 2019 to 2021, Syria’s authoritarian government carried out a secret operation to move tens of thousands of bodies from the exposed Qutayfah mass grave to a hidden site in the desert east of Damascus. The goal of the clandestine reburial was to hide evidence of atrocities as Bashar Assad tried to regain international standing

www.reuters.com

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Cameron @cameroncorduroy.bsky.social · 1d

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Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 1d

There is simply no equivalent, not even close, of this anywhere on the center or far left. There is no ‘both sides’ here, media.

Murshed Zaheed @murshedz.bsky.social · 1d

"Together, the messages reveal a culture where racist, antisemitic and violent rhetoric circulate freely — and where the Trump-era loosening of political norms has made such talk feel less taboo among those positioning themselves as the party’s next leaders."

Can't call them fascists?

‘I love Hitler’: Leaked messages expose Young Republicans’ racist chat

Thousands of private messages reveal young GOP leaders joking about gas chambers, slavery and rape.

www.politico.com

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Savannah Garmon @quantumsavannah.bsky.social · 2d

Spoiler alert: 🥾😎

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Gillian Branstetter @gbbranstetter.bsky.social · 2d

Miss Major Griffin-Gracy passed away today according to the House of GG. She was a veteran of the Stonewall rebellion and a lifelong organizer for the safety and dignity of trans people, sex workers, and the incarcerated. She came from the same generation and milieu as Marsha and Sylvia. She was 78.

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Savannah Garmon @quantumsavannah.bsky.social · 2d

Rest in power, Miss Major

Christopher Wiggins @cwnewser.bsky.social · 2d

Breaking: Miss Major Griffin-Gracy, the legendary transgender activist and veteran of the Stonewall uprising who dedicated her life to the liberation of trans people, especially Black trans women, has died at 78.

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Savannah Garmon @quantumsavannah.bsky.social · 7d

The people who have preached at us for decades about “the sanctity of human life” want to normalize masked men dragging naked children out into the street in the middle of the night

southpaw @nycsouthpaw.bsky.social · 7d

This South Side Weekly report on the Chicago building raid is well worth reading. Most striking to me are the indications of collusion between federal authorities and the building owner and management to effect a mass eviction at the blighted property. southsideweekly.com/federal-agen...

Savannah Garmon @quantumsavannah.bsky.social · 7d

The billionaire class destroyed the American housing market in 2008 and used Covid as a cover to drive up prices and push ordinary Americans into poverty, but @washingtonpost.com wants you to believe veterans are the ones ripping you off

The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 7d

Exclusive: A Post investigation reveals widespread fraud at the Department of Veterans Affairs’s $193 billion disability program, with veterans faking injuries for money.

The program’s reliance on an honor system makes it vulnerable to exploitation.

VA’s disability program is an ‘honor system.’ These veterans are defrauding it.

Post investigation finds VA’s $193 billion disability program has turned into a rich target for fraudsters. Some fake blindness or paralysis to get as much as $1 million.

wapo.st

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StrictlyChristo 🇺🇦🌻❌👑 @strictlychristo.bsky.social · 9d

Radicalized right wing terrorism is the greatest threat to this nation.

This story has not gotten enough attention in the national media. This white boy was radicalized by Charlie Kirk and killed two girls for disparaging his name.

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StrictlyChristo 🇺🇦🌻❌👑 @strictlychristo.bsky.social · 9d

House of judge who ruled against Trump

SC judge’s home destroyed in huge fire with family forced to jump out of window

Circuit court justice Diane Goodstein, who ruled against Trump administration last month, was out walking when mansion burst into flame
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...

The house of a judge that went against Trump.

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Astrobites @astrobites.bsky.social · 10d

In this bite, the Astrobites authors discuss recent changes to the NSF’s Graduate Research Fellowship, their impact, and what you can do to help. 🔭✨☄️
astrobites.org/2025/10/04/n...

Big Changes to the NSF’s Graduate Fellowship Mean Big Problems

In this bite, the authors discuss recent changes to the NSF's Graduate Research Fellowship, their impact, and what you can do to help.

astrobites.org

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Cristian Farias @cristianfarias.com · 10d

This video of Chicagoans intervening to save a man from being abducted off the streets by ICE is making the rounds on Instagram.

Community action works.

Source: www.instagram.com/reel/DPZL2AL...

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Savannah Garmon @quantumsavannah.bsky.social · 10d

Still remember the 2016 election when accelerationist weirdos would try to convince me… “no no no, he’s anti-war, don’t you see” and it was like, no, I don’t see that, because I’m not a fucking idiot

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 10d

Trump: "The problem with Vietnam, we, you know, we stopped fighting to win. We would've won easy. We would've won Afghanistan easy. We would've won every war easy. But we got politically correct. 'Oh, let's take it easy.' We're not politically correct anymore, just so you understand."

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Mercedes Allen @mercedesallen.bsky.social · 10d

"Trump is normalizing attacks on blue cities because he intends to overpower hubs of democratic resistance. He plans to hold onto power — and expand it — by any means necessary, legal constraints and elections be damned…"

truthout.org/articles/tru...

Trump Is Releasing the Full Force of Federal Police on Chicago

Trump is normalizing attacks on blue cities because he intends to overpower hubs of democratic resistance.

truthout.org

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Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 11d

Free Greta Thunberg and the rest of the illegally detained flotilla activists.

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Savannah Garmon @quantumsavannah.bsky.social · 11d

Really don’t know why politics can’t more generally be like this

(Of course the answer is that most politicians are completely inauthentic)

Savannah Garmon @quantumsavannah.bsky.social · 11d

This is so adorable

Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 12d

On October 3rd, I’m asking you to register to vote.

zohranfornyc.com/register

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Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 12d

On October 3rd, I’m asking you to register to vote.

zohranfornyc.com/register

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Democracy Now! @democracynow.org · 13d

Happening now: Hundreds of rabbis and Jewish community members gather in Brooklyn for a mass public memorial service on Yom Kippur, demanding a permanent ceasefire in Gaza and for the U.S. to stop arming Israel.

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Savannah Garmon @quantumsavannah.bsky.social · 14d

So much bs to navigate for no reason :(

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Mike Drucker @mikedrucker.bsky.social · 14d

The ADL defended Elon’s Nazi salute and still got here. Who could’ve expected this except everyone.

Raw Story @rawstory.com · 14d

FBI Director Kash Patel announced he had cut the agency's ties with the Anti-Defamation League, or ADL, an international Jewish organization that linked slain MAGA influencer Charlie Kirk to extremism.

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Mike Drucker @mikedrucker.bsky.social · 14d

The ADL defended Elon’s Nazi salute and still got here. Who could’ve expected this except everyone.

Raw Story @rawstory.com · 14d

FBI Director Kash Patel announced he had cut the agency's ties with the Anti-Defamation League, or ADL, an international Jewish organization that linked slain MAGA influencer Charlie Kirk to extremism.

Kash Patel cuts FBI's ties with major Jewish org over 'love letters' from Comey

FBI Director Kash Patel announced he had cut the agency's ties with the Anti-Defamation League, or ADL, an international Jewish organization that linked slain MAGA influencer Charlie Kirk to extremism.In a Wednesday post on X, Patel suggested that the FBI would no longer work with the ADL because fo...

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Savannah Garmon @quantumsavannah.bsky.social · 14d

Trump, Netanyahu and their friends are using the slaughter in Gaza to promote future money-making real estate opportunities

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Savannah Garmon @quantumsavannah.bsky.social · 14d

Wow

Savannah Garmon @quantumsavannah.bsky.social · 14d

WTF