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Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 6h

The Treasury Department instructed employees not to share to share photos of the demolition of parts of the White House’s East Wing

Exclusive | Treasury Tells Employees Not to Share Photos of White House Ballroom Construction

Images of the demolition of parts of the East Wing went viral on Monday, and Treasury’s headquarters next door to the White House has a front-row seat.

www.wsj.com

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Theresa @cookingtheresa.bsky.social · 6h

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Faine Greenwood @faineg.bsky.social · 11h

the symbolism of “Trump destroying the White House for a overpriced luxury vanity project, during a government shut down, days after a historically-large mass demonstration against his regime called “No Kings”’ would be rightly viewed as laying it on a little thick if it was in a work of fiction

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Gatimo @gatimo.bsky.social · 3d

Slow Horses 🐌🐴 | tv #SlowHorses

Gary Oldman and Mick Herron (author of the Slough House books)

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Eccles Crisp @watersedge.bsky.social · 1d

Looking through the spy/mystery section in a London bookshop preparing for a train journey about 2017, decided on 3rd book. Bookseller refused to sell it to me unless I’d read first two. So I did. During early lockdown shipped off a box of the books to a friend. Series as delicious as the books.

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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 2d

Dutch intelligence suspends sharing arrangements with the US after concluding that high level intel was routinely being shared by the White House with their friends in the Kremlin. www.volkskrant.nl/binnenland/n...

Nederlandse diensten delen minder informatie met de VS: ‘Soms vertellen we dingen niet meer’

Het aantal dreigingen dat op Nederland afkomt is groot, zien de hoofden van de AIVD en de MIVD elke dag: niet alleen Russische agressie, maar ook de opmars van China als digitale macht en binnenlands ...

www.volkskrant.nl

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James Fallows @jfallows.bsky.social · 1d

Those with sharp eyes might detect a subtle difference in NYT play last month of an event in one city, w 100,000+ attendees, versus play this morning of some 2500+ events w many millions of attendees, in all 50 states.

See if you can spot it! /s

Then you can find today's story on p A23

Front page of NYT on September 22, 2025, with large top-of-page photo of a Charlie Kirk memorial service, and the lead page-one story on the same topic.

Front page of today's NYT, Oct 19, with no story about the nationwide protests, and a "below the fold" montage of two photos, and a link to a story on page 23.

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NPR @npr.org · 2d

An amateur satellite tracker stumbled across the signal, which is coming from Starshield satellites in a "hidden" part of the radio spectrum.

A classified network of SpaceX satellites is emitting a mysterious signal

An amateur satellite tracker stumbled across the signal, which is coming from Starshield satellites in a "hidden" part of the radio spectrum.

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David Sirota @davidsirota.com · 2d

This is the best political news I’ve seen in a very long time — so please pass it on👇

Each state can limit Citizens United in their own state & they don’t have to wait for other states to do it.

Our new @rollingstone.com piece based on our new book MASTER PLAN. Get the book at LeverNews.com/book

Rolling Stone excerpt about Montana’s ballot initiative to combat Citizens United

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Eccles Crisp @watersedge.bsky.social · 2d

Looks like you have a bigger following that 97% of blue sky accounts.

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Corduroy Cheddar @corduroycheddar.bsky.social · 2d

My dad built a lot of long neck lutes in his life, and one of his masterpieces is a Turkish lavta. He just gave (!) me this instrument because 'I'm not getting any younger, son' (he's 82). It's gorgeous. Every piece you see is handmade.

picture of a Turkish long neck lute called a lavta, pear shaped body with a delicate rosette, every part is handmade

picture of the backside a Turkish long neck lute called a lavta, pear shaped body with light brown and dark brown stripes of wood bent into a round shape

close up of the rosette in the soundhole

closeup of the cute headstock with a bird's head, and (selfmade) tuning pegs made of wood and bone. The frets are movable (nylon) and consist of a couple of windings and a knot.

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Jennifer Mach (she/they) @jennifermach.bsky.social · 2d

I’m listening to this very interesting episode of the Legacy podcast about potatoes—thanks to @nelnelnellie.bsky.social for the recommendation! Thinking about the history of potatoes with an eye toward #PlantScience and what will happen going forward! On, 🥔

Peter Frankopan @peterfrankopan.bsky.social · 4d

This week on Legacy, @afuahirsch.bsky.social and I look at how the potato changed the world 1/5

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John Lansing @pipedreaming.bsky.social · 19d

Richard Scarry’s conception of sanitary drainage systems (labeled here as “dirty water”) appears identical to how some of the earliest plumbing systems were installed in the US and UK in the early 19th century.

Colorful, drawing with animals constructing the MEP elements of a residential building. The drainage system shows no vent piping anywhere.

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Stephen Jacob Smith @stephenjacobsmith.com · 9d

The Italian-style standalone bidets are the worst of the bidets, but are infinitely more civilized than not having one at all. And they (plus the window requirement) make the bathroom big enough that you can often chop one old-school Italian bathroom into two:

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Liza Adamczewski aka the accidental ecologist @lizaadamczewski.bsky.social · 7d

Today’s #1000postcards is the Raven, so much bigger than you think This highly intelligent King of the Corvids with its glossy black plumage and cronking calls has a phenomenal place in many cultural folklores From companion to Norse gods to the keeper of England at the Tower of London 🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤

A cronking black glossy raven, its beak open on a white sheet of watercolour paper

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Gatimo @gatimo.bsky.social · 5d

Slow Horses 🐌🐴 | tv #SlowHorses

Trust the gut chakra

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Gatimo @gatimo.bsky.social · 4d

Slow Horses 🐌🐴 | tv #SlowHorses

Blueprint — Paint Can

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Gatimo @gatimo.bsky.social · 9d

Slow Horses 🐌🐴 | tv+ #SlowHorses

Jackson Lamb

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Eccles Crisp @watersedge.bsky.social · 3d

“and the Park don’t even realise it !”

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Jimmy Kimmel @jimmykimmel.com · 3d

Ronald Reagan said it. #NoKings tomorrow 10/18

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ℳatt @matttomic.bsky.social · 6d

Here's a recording of the pilot of C-GZPT, a Cirrus SR22, tracing the Jays logo over Nova Scotia

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Mark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 4d

A terrific AFP fact check uses reverse image searches to expose how a White House video took scenes from Florida, Texas, South Carolina and Nebraska and lied that they showed "Chicago is in chaos."
factcheck.afp.com/doc.afp.com....

Post from WH about Chicago "in chaos," showing scene from another state.

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Eccles Crisp @watersedge.bsky.social · 6d

So where’s the tariff money going ? To health care for the citizens ? New line item on a restaurant bill to cover the trumpTax on imported ingredients.

photo of section of restaurant bill listing new tax charge of 3% labeled Tariff Offset.

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Eccles Crisp @watersedge.bsky.social · 6d

So where’s the tariff money going ? To health care for the citizens ? New line item on a restaurant bill to cover the trumpTax on imported ingredients.

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Quinta Jurecic @qjurecic.bsky.social · 11d

and that's why we don't trust private equity

Jacob Shamsian @jayshams.bsky.social · 11d

I've been wondering why Dominion Voting Systems suddenly reached settlements with Rudy Giuliani, Sidney Powell, and One America News.

Turns out, it's been purchased by a Republican-owned election tech firm that insisted on it, per Axios.

www.axios.com/2025/10/09/d...

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