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Brandon Friedman @brandonfriedman.bsky.social · 14h

Because far right persuasion on X can be subtle and, therefore, difficult to avoid, there really is no safe amount of time you can spend there. It's a highly toxic platform and one of the primary threat vectors to a coherent, governable republic.

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Saraidh @saraidh.bsky.social · 18h

This may be the most French thing ever.

CBS News @cbsnews.com · 18h

A French cyclist survived for three days after a horrendous 130-foot fall into a ravine, kept alive by the bottles of red wine he had in his shopping bag, police said.

Cyclist falls down 130-foot ravine in France, survives 3 days by drinking wine he had in shopping bag

A helicopter airlifted him to hospital, with a rescue doctor calling his survival "a miracle."

cbsn.ws

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Saraidh @saraidh.bsky.social · 18h

I've got a couple headless mallards!

Male and female mallard with their heads down in a stream

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A.R. Moxon @juliusgoat.bsky.social · 4d

“Tell your children who the cowards were.”

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Saraidh @saraidh.bsky.social · 4d

Pretty fall day is pretty

Light reflected through the trees and off Minnehaha creek onto an overhead bridge deck

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Daniel Bellingradt @dbellingradt.bsky.social · 4d

Nothing to see here? Well, this is a slow moving 🧵 for #skystorians and others about #eyeglasses of the past, about how to read in the past, where to buy eyeglasses, and how to do with them in general. The hashtag is #HowToDoWithGlassesInThePast

Let's roll.

Detail of the "Glasses Apostle" painting in the altarpiece of the church of Bad Wildungen, Germany. Painted by Conrad von Soest in 1403, the painting is considered to be among the oldest depictions of eyeglasses north of the Alps

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Anthony Moser @anthonymoser.com · Sep 24

i would again like to remind everyone that NEGATING A FRAME REINFORCES IT

"he's not really targeting criminals" makes it an argument about criminality

"this is a fascist attack" states what is actually happening

START WITH WHAT IT IS
not what it isn't

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C. Robert Cargill @crobertcargill.bsky.social · 5d

If you have more time than money and still want to help, please consider volunteering at your local food bank. They are going to be overrun in the coming weeks and will be desperate for extra hands. You have no idea how much good you can put back into the world with just a few hours of your time.

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Saraidh @saraidh.bsky.social · 5d

No regrets about leaving Twitter.

Asher Hellbein @asherelbein.bsky.social · 5d

another common denominator I've noticed is that a good chunk of the cross-ideological "Nazi tattoos aren't that big a deal!" support of Platner seems to be at least partially rooted in remaining on American Twitter

Imani Gandy Corn 🎃 @angryblacklady.blacksky.app · 6d

When Jacobin and the Pod Save bros are aligned on defending nazi tattoos, we’ve got a problem and it’s not going to be solved by you coming into my mentions and telling me I’m not seeing what I’m definitely seeing—

which is white people left, right, and center coming together to defend Nazi tattoos

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Art by Emily K @museum.of.emilyk.art · 6d

"Tzefardea Tzedek" (Frog of Righteousness)

As soon as the Portland Frog became a meme, Jewish social media blew up with jokes about the 2nd Passover plague - tzefarde'a (frogs) - and the Rabbinical commentary around it. I knew I had to make a calligraphy piece encompassing all of it. (more in alt.)

Hebrew calligraphy in dark green stretches in lines across the image. Negative space makes room for a simple representation of an inflatable frog costume with a blue bandana. That shape consists of the English translation of the Hebrew, in a lighter green, and in much smaller text.
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Famously, the Egyptian tyrant causes Egypt to be overrun with frogs because he refuses to free the Hebrew people, but there are additional details that make this a fun one to ponder. For one, the Hebrew says "the frog came up" - ONE frog - even though the rest of the time it says "frogs." So there are a few explanations rabbis have come up with to explain this. One is that a single frog multiplied to create swarms. A more creative explanation is that there was a singular giant frog who traveled and brought destruction. Jewish social media was sharing videos of the Portland Frog protester with the caption, "One Big Frog! One Big Frog!" Of course the frog protesters did multiply, and many were seen in crowds all over the world on "No Kings" Day. This calligraphic work takes the verses addressing the frog plague and combines them to form a simple rendering of the Portland Frog protester. The frog figure itself is made up of the English translations of the Hebrew around it. At the bottom left my signature is in the shape of a lily pad.

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 6d

The richest man on earth owns X.

The second richest man on earth is about to acquire TikTok and his family could soon own both Paramount and Warner Bros.

The third richest man owns Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp.

The fourth richest man owns The Washington Post.

See the problem here?

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Cmdr. Overbite @cmdroverbite.bsky.social · 6d

Historically, the Chicago impulse to say “you’re not FROM here, you don’t BELONG here, and if you know what’s good for you you’ll get OUT of here” has, um, not usually been a tool used on behalf of anti-racist solidarity, but we’re more flexible people than we’re given credit for

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Gernot Wagner @gwagner.com · 6d

The definition of public servant.

And yes, time to go back to using that term, and using it proudly

Meade Krosby @meadekrosby.bsky.social · 6d

Here in Seattle, furloughed NOAA employees were out in the pouring rain cleaning up beaches yesterday, part of a national week of service organized by federal workers who can't do their jobs due to the shutdown.

Story by @heyjohnryan.bsky.social at KUOW, our federally defunded public radio station.

Furloughed feds pick up Seattle beach trash to keep serving the public

Furloughed federal employees were out in the rain picking up cigarette butts, bottle caps, and other trash at Seattle’s Golden Gardens Park on Friday.

www.kuow.org

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Saraidh @saraidh.bsky.social · 7d

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I understand it was been a big week for violating norms, but I was really disappointed that millions of everyday Americans protesting to say No Kings didn't even rate a mention tonight. Congress and SCOTUS are failing us, but the people are saying no.

Washington Week with The Atlantic (@washingtonweekpbs.bsky.social)

Analysis of the week's top stories by the best reporters in Washington. Moderated by The Atlantic's Jeffrey Goldberg. Friday nights at 8/7c on PBS.

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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 7d

The amount is meaningless — less than one day of salary. But the principle is important: once the armed services are paid by the oligarchs, they become a private militia, and we no longer have a country.
www.nytimes.com/live/2025/10...

Trump Administration Live Updates: Pentagon Accepts $130 Million Donation to Help Pay Troops During Shutdown

www.nytimes.com

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Ryan Enos @ryanenos.bsky.social · 9d

It flies under the radar because it is overwhelmed by the sheer repulsiveness of the physical destruction of the east wing, but there is no way that a president should be allowed to use private money to change public property. It circumvents the power of the purse.

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Daniel Ziblatt @dziblatt.bsky.social · 10d

Former presidents can go to jail if they are guilty of criminal offenses without causing democracy to collapse
www.bbc.com/news/article...

Sarkozy enters jail over campaign financing - France's first ex-president behind bars

Nicolas Sarkozy, president from 2007-2012, has appealed against his jail term at La Santé prison.

www.bbc.com

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Saraidh @saraidh.bsky.social · 9d

Inspirobot is entirely too on the nose today.

Dark sky with a lightning bolt. Text reads Participating in society can be almost like being boiled alive. Gut wrenching.

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The Lincoln Project @lincolnproject.us · 9d

Trump’s construction of the Epstein Ballroom continues today. Can only imagine he’ll be renting it out for many junior proms.

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Paul Ford @ftrain.bsky.social · 10d

Sorry, but “history” proves mass nonviolent community protests NEVER work. The ONLY thing that can bring people together is reading my miserable posts. Smiling people hugging in the sunshine accomplishes NOTHING. Reading my punishing content, indoors and alone, is the only path forward.

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Mark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 11d

Once again, one reason Trump says & does whatever he wants is bc every societal institution, including the media, has totally normalized & internalized the idea that the laws, the Constitution, & the international treaties we have signed & ratified simply don’t apply to this one guy. It’s maddening.

Jason "Red5" Lyall @jaylyall.bsky.social · 11d

No mention at all of the fact that Trump doesn't have the legal authority to do this, that plans haven't even been reviewed (because the office is closed for the government shutdown), that the size and cost estimates keep changing, etc., etc.

Part of White House Is Reduced to Rubble. Trump’s Ballroom Will Rise in Its Place.

www.nytimes.com

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Benjamin Dreyer @bcdreyer.social · 11d

Just because he's acting like he's never leaving is no reason for you to act like he's never leaving.

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Ghostin this Hell @hoovybaby.bsky.social · 11d

Wake up, babe, the least subtle visual metaphor in history just dropped

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 11d

also, what an image. the president demolishing a portion of a humble people’s house to make room for his royalist monstrosity

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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 11d

The “No Kings” protests had one specific and concrete aim: breaking the mirage of Donald Trump’s supposed mass popular mandate. And that it achieved. www.thebulwark.com/p/long-live-...

Long Live ‘No Kings’

Saturday’s protests showed that a resistance can be large and organized. But can it be sustained?

www.thebulwark.com

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