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Anna Bower @annabower.bsky.social · 3h

EXCLUSIVE: One Saturday afternoon in October, my phone lit up with a notification.

I glanced down at the message.

“Anna, Lindsey Halligan here,” it began.

So began my text exchange with the woman who is prosecuting the president's perceived political enemies.

www.lawfaremedia.org/article/anna...

"Anna, Lindsey Halligan Here."
Anna Bower
Monday, October 20, 2025, 5:40 PM
Share On: f X inK My Signal exchange with the interim U.S. attorney about
the Letitia James grand jury.

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 36m

REAGAN: “When someone says let’s impose tariffs, it may look like they’re doing the patriotic thing… but over the long run trade barriers hurt every 🇺🇸 worker.”

🇨🇦 Ontario just ran this👇🏽powerful ad using Reagan’s voice against Trump’s trade war during game 7 of the ALCS ⚾️

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Rowena, Forest Horror @rowena42.bsky.social · 4h

When was the last time you replaced the litter box? Also, clean the area around the litter box.
As someone else suggested - adding another box to the house, especially if you have more than one story may help.

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Brian Klaas @brianklaas.bsky.social · 6h

The Democrats need to get a hell of a lot of cameras on the White House and plaster the photos everywhere. It's not just the brazen symbol of a megalomaniac destroying national heritage; it's happening during a government shutdown when ordinary people aren't getting paid. Make every American see it.

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Rowena, Forest Horror @rowena42.bsky.social · 8h

Is it too much sugar or anxiety about the coming withdrawal?

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Niks, but, like, a ghost 👻/Cat Guru/Two-Eyes Bottomley 👀 @catguruniks.bsky.social · 10h

@strayliotta.bsky.social “AITA for asking for hams?” 😹

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Rowena, Forest Horror @rowena42.bsky.social · 9h

you are missing 4a. "I bet this is where @kbspangler.com consumes massive amounts of coping butter."

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Stephen Blackmoore @stephenblackmoore.com · 9h

People have these assumptions about how healthcare works based on how it SHOULD work.

But has no actual basis in reality.

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Stephen Blackmoore @stephenblackmoore.com · 9h

One of the problems with health insurance and the US healthcare system is that we don’t understand it until we run into something that fucks us.

And even then it’s so convoluted it still makes no sense to most people.

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Rowena, Forest Horror @rowena42.bsky.social · 10h

Is this hot flash from menopause or withdrawal?

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Rowena, Forest Horror @rowena42.bsky.social · 10h

*staring at the login screen trying to remember my password

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Rowena, Forest Horror @rowena42.bsky.social · 10h

"My allergies are giving me such a headache. I should add Tylenol to my morning meds..."

@drsaddison.bsky.social Effexor and Mydayis. You know how bad this day is going to suck. 😵‍💫

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🎃 Spooky pink cat 🎃 @hugothepinkcat.bsky.social · 13h

The "funny" / sad thing about this is that it probably would have taken MUCH LESS TIME to just Google how to make Excel spreadsheets and doing it manually.

And he wouldn't have paid 200 bucks to get gaslit by a chatbot.

Ed Zitron @edzitron.com · 23h

This person is paying OpenAI two hundred dollars a month to have a chatbot gaslight them about making an excel spreadsheet

Cannot generate simple excel files on pro version
Question
So I have used ChatGPT pro for a while now and recently I have been facing an issue while trying to collate data from pdfs and put it in an excel sheet where in my chat it keeps asking me questions when it finally gets down to generating an excel sheet it never gives me the me the link to download the file.
After multiple attempts when it does give me a lin k to download the excel file I rec an error which says file not found. Starting to grow frustrated with this now.
Look forward to any suggestions to tackle this #problem

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Rowena, Forest Horror @rowena42.bsky.social · 1d

Totally innocent!!

Xiran Jay Zhao @xiranjayzhao.bsky.social · 1d

A statement. Please read.

It has come to my attention that some very troubling allegations have been made against me. It is my intention for this statement to bring some clarity to the situation.

My whereabouts from 9:30AM to 9:37AM CET on October 19th, 2025 are perfectly accounted for. I was with my friend Lune at the Musée de la Révolution française in Vizille, Southern France. It is a 3-hour train ride away from Paris, which is in Northern France. It is not physically possible for me to have crossed the country and back within the span of minutes. I would provide time-stamped photographic evidence of this, but I was so overcome with emotion that I neglected to take any. Sometimes what matters most in life is living in the moment.

Some have pointed out that my bookcase in my previous Reel looks different from my usual bookcase. There is a perfectly reasonable explanation for this that I am declining to reveal for privacy reasons. I am not in hiding. I am not in possession of priceless jewels I am now struggling to think of how to sell without alerting French authorities. My actions online are not an attempt to distract from any crimes.

My personal animosity for Mr. Napoleon Bonaparte aside, I would never think to partake in any act of blatant, brilliantly planned and expertly executed theft of his family jewels. I would not know what to do with them. I would be hoping someone in the comments would tell me what to do with them. But I am not asking that because I do not have them.

- XJZ 💔

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Tim Karr @timkarr.bsky.social · 2d

Ha!, @tomtomorrow.bsky.social.

We're on opposite ends of the same photo

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Eric LaRocca @ericlarocca.bsky.social · 2d

Turned in a draft of my September 2026 novel and my editor told me the book might be “too obscene to publish” 😇

Charli XCX looking iconic in the Criterion closet

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Rowena, Forest Horror @rowena42.bsky.social · 3d

omg that is amazing!

Rowena, Forest Horror @rowena42.bsky.social · 3d

There is no excuse and I apologize. I sent you a message.

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Foxes In Love @foxes-in-love.bsky.social · 3d

A comic of two foxes, one of whom is blue, the other is green. In this one, Blue and Green are walking. Blue listens intently as Green goes on talking as he talks, leading the way.
Green: Once we get home, I'll read a book, weave two baskets, re-arrange the pantry, learn esperanto-

Blue interrupts Green, who turns to listen.
Blue: That's quite a list. Are you sure you're being completely realistic?

Green takes a momentary pause from being cartoonish, being now depicted as a painstakingly detailed and shaded painting of a fox, with fur texture, whiskers and all.
Extremely realistic Green: Of course.

Returning back to normal, Green keeps walking. Blue follows, looking at Green with suspicion.
Blue: How long did it take you to draw that gag?
Green: A lot longer than I am willing to admit.

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Debbie Ridpath Ohi @debbieohi.com · 5d

Pls consider ordering a book from your local indie bookshop *NOW* before holiday season to give store time to order title if they don't have it? This helps:

(1) support indie bkshops, (2) support human creators, (3) gets you ahead re: busy shopping time.

Psst: maybe one of my books? 🙏🏽💛 #KidLit

a cartoon of a woman hugging a book standing in front of a store that says support indie bookshops

Alt: Illustration of smiling person hugging a book. In the background is a friendly-looking bookstore with lighted windows, text on wall reads "Support Indie Bookshops."

media.tenor.com

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Mo Ryan @moryan.bsky.social · 3d

The reason I know God is real is because @clairewillett.bsky.social went to town on the news that the pope is banning Opus Dei (most Catholics I know think they are weird nasty creeps and have long thought that!!) Anyway, Claire’s analysis has me like

a man standing in front of a ice cream truck

ALT: a man standing in front of a ice cream truck

media.tenor.com

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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @aoc.bsky.social · 3d

Swearing in isn’t some ceremony. You aren’t a member of Congress until it happens. He knows that.

No phones, no staff, nothing.

I had to escort her into the Capitol on Wed bc Capitol police must treat her as a public visitor until she’s sworn in. And solo visitors aren’t allowed during shutdown!

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 4d

Johnson: "Grijalva should be working for her constituents right now. I don't know what she's doing. I keep seeing their political stunt videos. She should be in her office. She should be working or in the district for her constituents" (Grijalva is not in fact a Rep. b/c Johnson refuses to seat her)

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The Oregonian @oregonian.com · 4d

Jordy created a website where visitors can contribute $35 to “provide an inflatable costume for a True American.™”

He initially hoped to collect enough to buy a couple dozen suits.

But as he put it -- “This whole thing has blown up a lot.”

www.oregonlive.com/portland/202...

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Faine Greenwood @faineg.bsky.social · 5d

welcome to Bluesky, where you may lay your dump truck down

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Faine Greenwood @faineg.bsky.social · 5d

Greetings, new Bluesky followers.

Here is what you can expect from me

Old Tom
Bombadil is a merry fellow, Bright blue his bralette is, and his boots are yellow.

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