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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 3h

AOC: You're damn right that it's a Democratic priority to keep people from getting poisoned, from dangerous chemicals

You're damn right that it's a Democratic priority to bring down the cost of housing

If they want to say that that's a Democratic priority, they're right,

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The Ones Who Walk Away From the Torment Nexus @thechrispaduan.bsky.social · 22m

Retreating from the horrors of this world to see some John Carpenter in the theater.

a blurry picture of a person walking in a dark alleyway

ALT: a blurry picture of a person walking in a dark alleyway

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Fryda Wolff @frydawolff.bsky.social · 3h

Heidecker come thruuuuuuuuuuu.

This is like if Randy Newman did political satire.

Tim Heidecker @timheidecker.bsky.social · 3h

Fresh Track with the band!
timheidecker.bandcamp.com/track/im-pro...

(I'm Proud of My) National Guard, by Tim Heidecker

track by Tim Heidecker

timheidecker.bandcamp.com

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ray 鄺羡華 @raykwong.bsky.social · 17h

GM & TY, Beth! 💙

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Ayman Makarem @aymanmak.bsky.social · 4h

I will never, for as long as I live, forgive those who defended the Assad regime. I don't care what they say about Palestine.

The A.C.E.R.B.I.C. Nerd @acerbicnerd.bsky.social · 11h

"With at least 34 trenches measuring 2 kilometers long, the grave in the Dhumair desert is among the most extensive created during the Syrian civil war, Reuters has found. Witness accounts and the dimensions of the new site suggest that tens of thousands of people could be buried there."

Exclusive: Assad government secretly moved mass grave to cover up killings, Reuters investigation finds

From 2019 to 2021, Syria’s authoritarian government carried out a secret operation to move tens of thousands of bodies from the exposed Qutayfah mass grave to a hidden site in the desert east of Damascus. The goal of the clandestine reburial was to hide evidence of atrocities as Bashar Assad tried to regain international standing

www.reuters.com

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The Ones Who Walk Away From the Torment Nexus @thechrispaduan.bsky.social · 1h

How did that work out for Charles?

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The Ones Who Walk Away From the Torment Nexus @thechrispaduan.bsky.social · 1h

I am always grateful for treasure behind the waterfall!

Stellaween? @antlervel.vet · 1d

WHEN THERE’S TREASURE BEHIND THE WATERFALL: Oh wow. Yes, very clever! Waterfall treasure! No one’s ever done that before. Lazy jackass

WHEN THERE’S NO TREASURE BEHIND THE WATERFALL: Wow. Too stuck-up to put treasure there huh? Too much of a fucking ICONOCLAST for that? Piece of shit. FUCK you

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Clara Jeffery @clarajeffery.bsky.social · 6h

These. Were. Men. In. Their. 30s.

www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

No one in the GOP Hitler chat was a "kid"

We checked. Sorry, JD Vance.

www.motherjones.com

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 3h

Portland has fallen!

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The Ones Who Walk Away From the Torment Nexus @thechrispaduan.bsky.social · 3h

So we’re doing stupider Bay of Pigs.

www.reuters.com/world/americ...

www.reuters.com

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Bobby Kogan @bbkogan.bsky.social · 10h

Trump's mechanism to pay the troops during the shutdown is by far the most illegal budgetary action he's taken as POTUS, potentially setting the stage to break everything.

It's also needless because Congress would easily pass a troop pay bill if Johnson were willing to gavel in.

Long thread.

https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/10/national-security-presidential-memorandum-nspm-8/

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The Ones Who Walk Away From the Torment Nexus @thechrispaduan.bsky.social · 5h

Compliant Congress and no expectation of reprisals.

Sharon @sharonk.bsky.social · 5h

Still find it wild how they shut down USAID with no Congressional approval

jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 6h

would love to know where vought got the authority to shutdown a government agency established by statute

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The Ones Who Walk Away From the Torment Nexus @thechrispaduan.bsky.social · 5h

Welp, there it is.

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Marian Call @mariancall.bsky.social · 6h

Folks from the villages need our support right now. I can't imagine what it's like, I can't imagine losing a harvest, can't imagine being uprooted and having to resettle somewhere away from the community for a whole winter or more. Fragmentation.

Linked are the official ACF fund and others to help:

PaTrick-or-Treat 👻🎃 @pat.alaskarobotics.com · 1d

How to help...

How to help residents and communities after catastrophic Western Alaska storm

Several organizations are asking for donations or contributing fundraiser proceeds to help residents affected by the remnants of Typhoon Halong.

www.adn.com

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The Ones Who Walk Away From the Torment Nexus @thechrispaduan.bsky.social · 5h

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The Lawrence Times @lawrencekstimes.com · 6h

Former Marion Police Chief Gideon Cody probably committed a felony crime when he told a witness to delete text messages they exchanged before, during and after he led raids on a newspaper office and the publisher’s home, a district judge ruled.
Via @kansasreflector.com:
lawrenceks.news/4oo9fZv

Judge orders ex-police chief who led raid on Kansas newspaper to stand trial for deleted texts

Former Marion Police Chief Gideon Cody probably committed a felony crime when he told a witness to delete text messages they exchanged before, during and after he led raids on a newspaper office and t...

lawrenceks.news

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The Ones Who Walk Away From the Torment Nexus @thechrispaduan.bsky.social · 5h

Another victory for Xbox messaging.
“Everything is an Xbox!*”

* - May not play Xbox console games.

Chuck Zimmerheld @chucktowski.com · 6h

a very @giantbomb.bsky.social tech review of the Asus ROG Xbox Ally X

this bears repeating: the Xbox Ally *does not* play Xbox Console games. It plays PC Xbox games. This surprised many people during the stream.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=b6cn...

We Got an Asus ROG Xbox Ally X

YouTube video by Giant Bomb

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The Ones Who Walk Away From the Torment Nexus @thechrispaduan.bsky.social · 8h

That will definitely improve schools. 🙄

The Columbian @columbian.com · 9h

Microsoft will supply its artificial intelligence technology to every public school district and community college in Washington next year, part of a nationwide campaign to spread AI training and usage.

Microsoft to bring AI to WA classrooms amid urban, rural tech divide

Microsoft will supply its artificial intelligence technology to every public school district and community college in Washington next year, part of a nationwide campaign to spread AI training and usag

www.columbian.com

The Ones Who Walk Away From the Torment Nexus @thechrispaduan.bsky.social · 8h

WTF, @nbcnews.com

Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 8h

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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Luke Plunkett @lukeplunkett.com · 21h

kids teacher just sent this home as part of an assignment he's doing and i want to smash every computer at the school

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Coates is Odd This Day @oddthisday.bsky.social · 20h

It’s the 111th anniversary today of the birth of Harry Rée, who was a teacher and conscientious objector when the Second World War broke out, and by the time it ended, when he was 31, had invented ‘blackmail sabotage’ and got a DSO, an OBE, a Croix de Guerre, and a Medaille de la Resistance

b/w photo of a man in socks and sandals, jacket, short and jumper, in front of a wall with a bike leaning on it, and with a pipe in his mouth. If you wanted one image to sum up the word ‘nonchalant’, this would be it

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The Ones Who Walk Away From the Torment Nexus @thechrispaduan.bsky.social · 20h

That kitty looks so sad!

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The Ones Who Walk Away From the Torment Nexus @thechrispaduan.bsky.social · 21h

Slide whistle?

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Clare Mulley @claremulley.bsky.social · 27d

Somehow I missed the sad news that wonderful Dame Stephanie ‘Steve’ Shirley left us last month.
10 yrs ago, she told me how, aged 5, she had slept on cardboard in the corridors of her Kindertransport train. Vowing to make hers ‘a life worth saving’…. 🧵🪡 1/3

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Leah Millis @leahmillis.bsky.social · 1d

Incredible photo from @chicago.suntimes.com ‘s Anthony Vazquez. Pointing what looks to be a teargas launcher at someone’s head at nearly point blank range is incredibly dangerous. This is why I prefer a ballistic helmet in the field.

Feds ram SUV in chase down residential street in Chicago, then tear-gas crowd

The crash happened late Tuesday morning near 105th Street and Avenue N on Chicago's East Side, resulting in dozens of residents showing up to protest the federal immigration agents.

chicago.suntimes.com

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