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Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 2h

briefly interrupting my shame posting to tap one of the other signs: a society that would like to keep functioning must discourage baldfaced lying, especially by authorities

Nick Turse @nickturse.bsky.social · 2h

SCOOP: Trump Fabricates Story of Hand-to-Hand Combat Between Troops and Child Gangsters in D.C.

Trump’s claim that National Guard members beat child gang members on the streets of Washington was disputed even by the military.

theintercept.com/2025/10/15/t...

Trump Fabricates Story of Hand-to-Hand Combat Between Troops and Child Gangsters in D.C.

Trump’s claim that National Guard members beat child gang members on the streets of Washington was disputed even by the military.

theintercept.com

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Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 41m

NBC News has reportedly eliminated its NBC BLK, NBC Asian America, NBC Latino and NBC OUT teams

NBC News’ 150 Layoffs Gut Black, Latino, Asian American and LGBTQ+ Diversity Teams

The cuts affected teams across the NBC News operation and came as the network no longer needed to support two different news operations. MSNBC has begun growing its own newsroom, hiring swaths of tale...

www.thewrap.com

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evy kwong @evystadium.bsky.social · 6h

making america great again

404 Media @404media.co · 6h

Senators worry that EA, which just released Battlefield 6 last week and also publishes The Sims, Madden, and EA Sports FC, “would cease exercising editorial and operational independence under the control of Saudi Arabia’s private majority ownership.”

🔗 www.404media.co/senators-war...

Senators Warn Saudi Arabia’s Acquisition of EA Will Be Used for ‘Foreign Influence’

‘The proposed transaction poses a number of significant foreign influence and national security risks.’

www.404media.co

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Michael Caley @michaelcaley.bsky.social · 5h

"you should bow down to the king who provides for you" is certainly one possible counter-message

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 7h

Bessent: "No kings equals no paychecks"

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Katie Drummond @katie-drummond.bsky.social · 5h

This is a jaw-dropping, terrifying number. The CDC's workforce has decreased by 3,000 people since January.

A Quarter of the CDC Is Gone

Another round of terminations, combined with previous layoffs and departures, has reduced the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention workforce by about 3,000 people since January.

www.wired.com

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ryan cooper @ryanlcooper.com · 1d

good LORD

paris martineau @paris.nyc · 1d

my latest investigation for @consumerreports.org is based on months of reporting and 60+ lab tests of leading protein supplements

we found that most protein powders and shakes have more lead in one serving than our experts say is safe to have in a day (🧵)

www.consumerreports.org/lead/protein...

Protein Powders and Shakes Contain High Levels of Lead - Consumer Reports

CR tests of 23 popular protein powders and shakes found that most contain high levels of lead.

www.consumerreports.org

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Tanya Ramirez-BoOoOlrich 👻🎃 @tanitamxtx.bsky.social · 1d

This has baby tee potential lol

Little rhinestones on black

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Santiago Mayer @santiagomayer.com · 1d

Young Republicans joke about rape and gas chambers, use slurs, and talk about how much they love Hitler.

This isn't an exaggeration. These are the current and future leaders of the Republican Party, all who have 10x the funding of Dem youth orgs.

www.politico.com/news/2025/10...

‘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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Tanya Ramirez-BoOoOlrich 👻🎃 @tanitamxtx.bsky.social · 1d

Took me right out of the fucking movie, bleh

Tanya Ramirez-BoOoOlrich 👻🎃 @tanitamxtx.bsky.social · 1d

Something so satisfying about getting a late gamer in the paper in the last 15 minutes of deadline

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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 1d

The entire incident is infuriating and terrifying. She’s a Latina woman who was working a service job. On her way home late at night, with her headphones in, she was detained for an hour by masked federal agents who wouldn’t give her their names.

Maria Greeley, 44, had just finished working a double shift at the Beach Bar on Ohio Street
earlier this month when she said she was surrounded by three federal agents who grabbed her, forced her hands behind her back and zip tied her.
Headphones in, Greeley had been focused on getting home to her two dogs for a walk.
Instead, she said she was detained by masked agents who did not answer when she asked for names. They questioned her for an hour, she said.

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CJ Fogler @cjzero.bsky.social · 1d

what in the hell just happened in Milwaukee

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Tanya Ramirez-BoOoOlrich 👻🎃 @tanitamxtx.bsky.social · 1d

A Little Life WAS AWFUL

Rachel Feder @rachelfeder.bsky.social · 2d

Tell me your most unhinged literary opinion, as a little treat

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titsay 𓆏 @titsay.bsky.social · 2d

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Ashton Pittman @ashtonpittman.bsky.social · 2d

Truth telling.

Nathan Kalman-Lamb @nkalamb.bsky.social · 2d

Front page of Scottish newspaper The National today.

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🎃 Spooky Scary Jam (they/them) 🎃 @jaimekay.bsky.social · 2d

Happy Indigenous People Day!

Did you know that Indigenous women go missing and are murdered ten times more than average? They don’t even get a quarter of the attention that a white woman going missing would get. Please keep these women in your mind. Don’t forget them

www.niwrc.org/mmiwr-awaren...

Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Relatives (MMIWR) | NIWRC

www.niwrc.org

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m @keptsimple.bsky.social · 2d

is this how CBS is gonna work now? using bari weiss's personal blog to launder poorly sourced and lightly edited stories (complete with a misspelling of mamdani's name in the headline) that would never pass muster if reported directly by a real news source?

@NewsJennifer (Jennifer Schulze) @newsjennifer.bsky.social · 2d

CBS News would never put a thinly sourced 'story' by a rookie blogger like this on it's air. Until now. The Free Press isn't a journalism outlet, it's bloggers aren't reporters. This piece is more NYPost than Tiffany Network but I guess that's the goal.

www.cbsnews.com/video/some-n...

Some NYPD officers worry about Mandani becoming the NYC mayor, The Free Press reports

The Free Press spoke to several New York City Police Department officers who are worried about Zohran Mamdani becoming mayor. Olivia Reingold joins CBS News with more.

www.cbsnews.com

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Tanya Ramirez-BoOoOlrich 👻🎃 @tanitamxtx.bsky.social · 2d

31 years later and John Candy is still talked about as one of the kindest, funniest humans on earth ❤️

Highly recommend his documentary on Prime - its is both lovely and heartbreaking

Tanya Ramirez-BoOoOlrich 👻🎃 @tanitamxtx.bsky.social · 2d

From @bylukejohnson.bsky.social: Saints' Spencer Rattler backs Chris Olave after crucial drop
www.nola.com/sports/saint...

Spencer Rattler backs Chris Olave after a critical drop late in a loss to the Patriots

Saints quarterback Spencer Rattler said he's "not worried about" Chris Olave after the wideout dropped a crucial pass on the Saints' final drive.

www.nola.com

Tanya Ramirez-BoOoOlrich 👻🎃 @tanitamxtx.bsky.social · 2d

In Monday's sports, from @matthewparas.bsky.social: Drake Maye out-battles Spencer Rattler in the Saints' loss to the Patriots
www.nola.com/sports/saint...

From @rodwalkernola.bsky.social: Saints prove again they're close but not good enough
www.nola.com/sports/saint...

Times-Picayune sports cover, headline is: MAYE DAY featuring a photo of Patriots WR Boutte scoring a touchdown vs. Saints

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Doug Mack @douglasmack.bsky.social · 2d

i'm sorry WHAT

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Brassica oleracea, also known as wild cabbage in its uncultivated form, is a plant of the family Brassicaceae. The species originated from feral populations of related plants in the Eastern Mediterranean, where it was most likely first cultivated. It has many common cultivars used as vegetables, including cabbage, broccoli, cauliflower, romanesco, kale, Brussels sprout, collard, Savoy cabbage, kohlrabi, and gai lan.

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Tanya Ramirez-BoOoOlrich 👻🎃 @tanitamxtx.bsky.social · 2d

between this and the brassica deal i feel like im going crazy 😂

Sen. Pumpkin Gogurt @ugarles.bsky.social · 2d

what the fu

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BUM CHILLUPS AKA SPENCER HALL @edsbs.bsky.social · 2d

Hoping my Mariners fan friends live the dream (sweep every series, win world championship, pop champagne as meteor erases humanity, die on top and freed from Mariners baseball forever)

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CJ Fogler @cjzero.bsky.social · 2d

Sam LaPorta makes a preposterous catch for a TD

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Tanya Ramirez-BoOoOlrich 👻🎃 @tanitamxtx.bsky.social · 2d

I, too, love weather. So many outfit possibilities!