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Dax (David J.) Schwartz @snurri.bsky.social · 1h

Bears Discover Home Ownership

Photos show polar bears chilling at home in abandoned Russian research station

Polar bears that have taken over an abandoned polar research station off Russia’s far eastern coast were intimately captured in drone footage by Vadim Makhorov.

apnews.com

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Scarecasmorator @sarcasmorator.bsky.social · 18h

Whatever you think of the White House as a building or a symbol, the fact is that the image of it being torn apart on a whim two days after 7 million people hit the streets against autocracy is going to make a HUGE amount of people really, really angry, and that's an energy that should be harnessed.

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Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 19h

This is definitely one of those things that people would’ve called you hysterical for predicting a year ago.

Trump is going to destroy the East Room of the White House without even asking Congress and build a ballroom with funds from private companies that are seeking favors? Settle down, lib.

Jonathan Edwards @jonathanreports.bsky.social · 19h

Scoop: Trump has started demolishing the White House's East Wing facade to build his ballroom. The president had claimed construction of the $250 million building wouldn’t ‘interfere’ with the existing White House structure. /W @ddiamond.bsky.social wapo.st/4hqBNiU

White House begins demolishing East Wing facade to build Trump’s ballroom

The president had claimed construction of the $250 million ballroom wouldn’t ‘interfere’ with the existing White House structure.

wapo.st

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Keith W. Dickinson @keithwdickinson.bsky.social · 13d

Today is a day when arts degrees are worthless, but the product of those degrees is so valuable it would kill an entire industry if they were made to pay for it.

The Verge @theverge.com · May 26

Nick Clegg says asking artists for use permission would ‘kill’ the AI industry

Paul McCartne, Elton John and others signed an open letter.

buff.ly

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Mondoweiss @mondoweiss.net · 1d

Israel has killed nearly 100 Palestinians and wounded at least 230 since the 'ceasefire' went into effect on October 10.

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Jon Bois @jonbois.bsky.social · 23h

i see you're doing something online that you have effortlessly done 100,000 times. would you like to use this ai tool? would you like to use this ai tool? would you like to use this ai tool? would you like to use this ai tool? would you like to use this ai tool? would you like to use this ai tool? w

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 1d

Here's a gift link to the New York Times' coverage of the initial Tea Party rallies in April 2009 which inspired the media to treat it like a massive movement.

Check out how tiny the crowds were:

Philly: 200
DC: "several hundred"
Boston: 500
Austin: 1,000
Houston: 2,000

Tax Day Is Met With Tea Parties (Published 2009)

www.nytimes.com

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Dax (David J.) Schwartz @snurri.bsky.social · 1d

Johnson just admitted that himself, Trump, et al are fascists:

"I mean, we have video and photos of pretty violent rhetoric calling out the president, saying fascists must die and all the rest," he added. "So it's not about the people, it's about the message."

Johnson defends calling anti-Trump protests 'hate America' rallies

House Speaker Mike Johnson defended calling this weekend's "No Kings" rallies opposing President Donald Trump as "hate America" rallies.

abcnews.go.com

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Unicorn Riot @unicornriot.bsky.social · 2d

Full story - No Kings Protest Draws Thousands in Minneapolis
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No Kings Protest Draws Thousands in Minneapolis - UNICORN RIOT

Minneapolis, MN — Another installment of No Kings protests against “increasing authoritarian excesses and corruption of the Trump administration” is sweeping cities across the U.S. today. In Minneapol...

unicornriot.ninja

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 2d

Take note of all these people turning out for protests in small towns in red states.

Remember them the next time you’re inclined to write an area off because “they voted for this.”

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eddietg51-42.bsky.social @eddietg51-42.bsky.social · 2d

Best sign so far. #NoKingsDay

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Dax (David J.) Schwartz @snurri.bsky.social · 2d

Sometimes you just need to march and chant and yell in solidarity with several thousand people who are just as angry and defiant as you are until your reservoir of hope is refilled #NoKings

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The Advocate @advocate.com · 5d

A judge ruled that Rep. Cory Mills, who has said “we must stop the left’s attack on women,” poses a risk to his ex-girlfriend, the reigning Miss United States.

Judge finds anti-trans Republican Florida Congressman Cory Mills to be a danger to women

A judge ruled that Rep. Cory Mills, who has said “we must stop the left’s attack on women,” poses a risk to his ex-girlfriend, the reigning Miss United States.

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Assigned Media @assignedmedia.org · 5d

15 Oct 2025 -- Boston's famed Fenway Health, a mainstay of affirming and LGBTQ+ health care in a navy blue state, has buckled to Trump pressure and instead of fighting as others have done, announced will no longer provide GAMT to anyone under 19. @rikiwilchins.bsky.social

Fenway Health Restricts Treatment for Patients Under 19 In Capitulation To Trump

“This is a fundamental betrayal to the core mission of Fenway and the patients they serve.”

www.erininthemorning.com

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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 6d

NEW — I dug into the story of ICE abducting a 13-year-old boy in Massachusetts and moving him 500 miles across state lines without notifying his mother, local cop's complicity, and how the federal government's justification for such cruelty is already falling apart:

ICE took a 13-year-old they said had a gun. Local cops say he didn’t.

Now he's detained 500 miles away from his Massachusetts home.

www.thehandbasket.co

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Septimus Brown @septimusbrown.com · 6d

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Assigned in the bookstore. Fuck social media. Marry books. Kill ai.

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Politico @politico.com · 6d

EXCLUSIVE: Thousands of leaked messages show leaders of Young Republican groups joking about gas chambers, slavery and rape in a private Telegram chat.

Inside rising GOP leaders’ racist chats — obtained by POLITICO and spanning more than 7 months👇

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

Just so everyone is clear, the main issue in the Supreme Court voting rights case tomorrow is whether it's racist against white people to enforce the Voting Rights Act.

I'm dead serious. We live in incredibly stupid times.

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the Mountain Goats @themountaingoats.bsky.social · 6d

Please be conscious if you protest this weekend that there are feds at the protest. They look like you and they sound like you, not like Steve Buscemi in that one clip with the skateboard. Thinking you can spot them is self delusion. Nobody you haven’t met needs to know your last name.

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Chicago 🏳️‍⚧️🌱 @chicagotrans-plant.bsky.social · 7d

Evanston votes on banning ICE officers from using city property as staging areas and strengthening it's welcoming cities ordinance.

Unanimously passes.

Biss says staff will begin implementing it immediately.

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Jess O'Thomson @jessothomson.co.uk · 12d

It cannot be made clearer.

If you continue to support the Harry Potter franchise in any way, you are directly funding the removal of trans people's human rights in the UK.

JK Rowling pledges to keep up fight against SNP trans policies

Author vows to bankroll campaigners after Scottish government fails to pay group's legal fees in Supreme Court equality case

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Saki 🦄🪶✦Fae NTVtuber✦【NTVN】【V-Chunky】 @nightmaresakito.bsky.social · 11d

A beautiful native woman flipping the bird in response to Monday, Oct. 13th, Columbus Day. “Fuck Christopher Columbus.” Happy Indigenous People’s Day!

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John Scalzi @scalzi.com · 8d

It's time again as a notable Italian-American to note Christopher Columbus was an absolute piece of shit human who didn't land anywhere near this actual country so why the fuck should he stop the mail for the whole day

Anyway, Happy Indigenous People's Day, y'all

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BOOOOlioraptor, PhD (spooky version) @biblioraptorphd.bsky.social · 8d

Janet saying: Fun fact: Columbus is in the Bad Place
because of all the raping, slave trade, and genocide.

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Jeffrey J. Hall @mrjeffu.bsky.social · Sep 19

Video: a Japanese scientist was attacked by flies while giving the acceptance speech for his Ig Nobel Prize-winning research paper that proved painting Zebra-like stripes on cows led to a decrease in biting fly attacks.

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