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Siva @sivav.bsky.social · 1m

Also by @thesarahrose.bsky.social

Same person, two accounts?

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Michael Edison Hayden @michaelehayden.bsky.social · 1d

“They are highly organized … [they] have purchased their own animal costumes”

Andy ngo mad about muppets again — this time in Chicago

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Siva @sivav.bsky.social · 3m

By @sarahrosewriter.bsky.social

www.fodors.com/world/asia/s...

I Went Looking for Hidden World War II-Era Art — And Found a Forgotten Artist’s Legacy in Singapore

Fodor's provides expert travel content worth exploring so you can dream up your next trip. The world is a weird and wonderful place—we want to show you around.

www.fodors.com

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Siva @sivav.bsky.social · 5m

Not nearly enough examination of this event or its perpetrator.

Lauren Ashley Davis @laurenmeidasa.bsky.social · 6m

The man who firebombed the official residence of Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro pleaded guilty on Tuesday and was sentenced to 25 to 50 years in prison, prosecutors said.

abcnews.go.com/US/arson-pen...

Man pleads guilty to arson attack at Pennsylvania Gov. Shapiro's home, gets 25 to 50 years

The man who firebombed the official residence of Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro pleaded guilty on Tuesday and was sentenced to 25 to 50 years, prosecutors said.

abcnews.go.com

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Michael J. Stern @michaeljstern.bsky.social · 9h

This. And this again.

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Barred and Boujee aka Madiba Dennie @audrelawdamercy.bsky.social · 13m

"To put that in perspective: 97,000 is the sort of figure you’d expect to see from a mid-size regional paper like The Minnesota Star Tribune or The Seattle Times. Not from a globally recognized newsroom with multiple Pulitzers to its name"

average paid daily circulation hasnt been <100K in 55 years

karl rove knausgård @uhactually.bsky.social · 16h

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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Victor Ray @victorerikray.bsky.social · 57m

I know it is beside the point because this administration simply wants resegregation but conferences for Black professional associations have always been open to everyone. Typically, the started as a response to white exclusion, and did not replicate that.

Benjamin McKean @blmckean.bsky.social · 1h

Very bad: OSU unilaterally cancelled the registration of grad students attending the joint conference of the National Society of Black Physicists and the National Society of Hispanic Physicists. And OSU won't fund recruiting at the Society for Advancement of Chicanos and Native Americans in Science.

Ohio State changes policy on group conferences after Trump administration threats

A federal investigation into potentially discriminatory practices at Ohio State prompted the university to change its policies regarding conferences.

www.dispatch.com

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Mark Joseph Stern @mjsdc.bsky.social · 40m

Alito, joined by Thomas and Gorsuch, suggest that public schools violate the Constitution when they help a student transition (by acknowledging them as trans) without their parents' knowledge or consent.

Would force schools to out trans kids to their parents. www.supremecourt.gov/orders/court...

SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES
JONATHAN LEE, ET AL. v. POUDRE
SCHOOL DISTRICT R–1
ON PETITION FOR WRIT OF CERTIORARI TO THE UNITED
STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE TENTH CIRCUIT
No. 25–89. Decided October 14, 2025
The petition for a writ of certiorari is denied.
Statement of JUSTICE ALITO, with whom JUSTICE
THOMAS and JUSTICE GORSUCH join, respecting the denial
of certiorari.
I concur in the denial of certiorari because petitioners do
not challenge the ground for the ruling below. But I remain
concerned that some federal courts are “tempt[ed]” to avoid
confronting a “particularly contentious constitutional questio[n]”: whether a school district violates parents’ fundamental rights “when, without parental knowledge or consent, it encourages a student to transition to a new gender
or assists in that process.” Parents Protecting Our Children, UA v. Eau Claire Area School Dist., 604 U. S. ___,
___–___ (2024) (ALITO, J., dissenting from denial of certiorari) (slip op., at 1–2) (citing Troxel v. Granville, 530 U. S.
57, 70 (2000) (plurality opinion)). Petitioners tell us that
nearly 6,000 public schools have policies—as respondent allegedly does—that purposefully interfere with parents’ access to critical information about their children’s genderidentity choices and school personnel’s involvement in and
influence on those choices. Pet. for Cert. 24. The troubling—and tragic—allegations in this case underscore the
“great and growing national importance” of the question
that these parent petitioners present. Parents Protecting
Our Children, 604 U. S., at ___ (slip op., at 1).

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Ben Werdmuller @werd.io · 11m

This is not a solicitation, but if someone had $2-5M to put into an organization to create and support open newsroom tools, there is an awful lot of good that could be done.

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Michael E. Carter @deckofcarterhist.bsky.social · 11m

This is literally the lowest bar. There is no more basic idea.

The Heathen Historian @heathenhistory.bsky.social · 16m

No Kings should not be controversial if you believe in the Republic.

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 24m

we’ll see how his mayoral tenure shakes out but i am convinced that Mamdani has the juice. not just the charisma to win an election but the temperament to govern and the measured pragmatism of someone who genuinely believes what they’re saying and wants to accomplish real things.

Inside the Improbable, Audacious and (So Far) Unstoppable Rise of Zohran Mamdani

www.nytimes.com

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Jason Linkins @dceiver.bsky.social · 12m

Jeff Bezos and Thirsty Will are down to 97,000 daily paid subscribers, folks

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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Siva @sivav.bsky.social · 47m

Don’t forget College Lecture Deck: A dull, wordy collection of lecture notes that are better omitted.

Siva @sivav.bsky.social · 48m

Todd Gitlin’s observation remains relevant: By 1971 the Vietnam War was broadly and deeply unpopular. But the anti-war protesters were MORE unpopular. Images of disorder, even constructed that way that misrepresented most of the protests, were counter-productive. Especially Chicago ‘68.

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 59m

the broad public does not like chaos and disorder and everything you can do to emphasize that it is the federal government that is responsible for chaos and disorder is a point in your favor. it’s classic nonviolent confrontation!

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dpitti.bsky.social @dpitti.bsky.social · 14h

Thank you for this. And here’s a link to some of the music. youtu.be/AtDtWRabtdI?...

Between Possibilities (Live)

YouTube video by A.D. Carson - Topic

youtu.be

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Siva @sivav.bsky.social · 2h

Nobody has wanted to acknowledge this but since 2018 tuition in real US$ has been falling. Plus, available aid has been increasing.

Trump is ending that streak.

Cuts in research and foreign students are gouging budgets, putting the burden on US students.

hechingerreport.org/after-years-...

The good news? College tuition has been going down. The bad news? It’s about to rise again

College students nationwide are facing increases in tuition this fall of as much as 10 percent, along with new fees and rising costs for dorms and dining plans, after a stretch when tuition had been f...

hechingerreport.org

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Ryan Marino, MD @ryanmarino.bsky.social · 11h

Warming waters cause corals to “bleach” when these organisms expel symbiotic algae that provide nutrients, oxygen & vibrant colors.

The latest global bleaching event - researchers estimate >84% of the planet's coral ecosystems have been affected since Jan 2023 - has made it clear the crisis is now.

nature

NEWS

12 October 2025

Coral die-off marks Earth's first climate
'tipping point', scientists say

A surge in global temperatures has caused widespread bleaching and death of warm-water corals around the world.

By Jeff Tollefson

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Deborah McDowell @dem8z.bsky.social · 21h

tuition-paying students what they can and cannot study.

Call to action:

Amplify your discontent on social media and tag @UTAustin and @UTAustinCOLA

Write to: College of Liberal Arts Interim Dean, David Sosa, [email protected] 4/

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Deborah McDowell @dem8z.bsky.social · 21h

PLEASE SPREAD THE WORD!!

The University of Texas-Austin is beginning a process to eliminate the Black Studies, Latino Studies, and Gender Studies departments in the College of Liberal Arts. This is a grave threat to the educational liberty of students, faculty, staff, and the people of Texas. 1/

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Joel S. @joelhs.bsky.social · 12h

Christopher Columbus himself was a monster, but Columbus Day was instituted in 1892 to combat rising anti-immigrant, anti-Catholic bigotry after the lynching of eleven Italian-Americans. The same revanchists defending Columbus Day as "part of our US heritage" in 2025 would have opposed it in 1892.

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Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi @congressmanraja.bsky.social · 14h

Despite what some, including at DHS, are claiming, this video isn’t from a year ago in Chicago. It was Friday in Hoffman Estates, in my district, a street I’ve walked myself. It appears to show a child being violently detained by ICE. It’s real, and I’m demanding accountability.

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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 12h

"Residents in Chicago and Portland are living in a police state where masked armed forces kidnap who they want to kidnap, where they have to listen to public officials routinely lie about what is happening in their neighborhoods." donmoynihan.substack.com/p/purge-merg...

StrictlyChristo 🇺🇦🌻❌👑 @strictlychristo.bsky.social · 18h

Federal Secret Police and plainclothes ICE agents kidnap multiple people from a neighborhood in Chicago. They then deploy teargas and brutally beat neighbors who come out to express their concern.

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StrictlyChristo 🇺🇦🌻❌👑 @strictlychristo.bsky.social · 17h

A 13-year-old boy was arrested by Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents in Everett after an interaction with members of the Everett Police Department and sent to a juvenile detention facility in Virginia.
archive.is/202510131316...

www.bostonglobe.com/2025/10/12/m...

Everett 13-year-old arrested by ICE and sent to Virginia detention facility - The Boston Globe

The boy’s mother, Josiele Berto, was called to pick her son up from the Everett Police Department on Thursday, the day he was arrested.

www.bostonglobe.com

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