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Republican holds birthday party for his dog in Senate office building during shutdown

ZulaQi @zulaqi.bsky.social · 8h

@njdoc.bsky.social

Sen. Jim Justice (R-WV) did not let the government shutdown prevent him from holding a birthday party for his dog in a Senate office bldg. An invitation to the event for Babydog Justice promised cake and "belly rub diplomacy." www.rawstory.com/jim-justice-...

Sen. Jim Justice (R-WV) did not let the ongoing government shutdown prevent him from holding a birthday party for his dog in a Senate office building.Correspondent Daniella Diaz confirmed that the par...

Trump jokes about giving missiles to right-wing foreign leader 'for your opposition'

ZulaQi @zulaqi.bsky.social · 1d

@njdoc.bsky.social Trump jokes about giving missiles to right-wing foreign leader 'for your opposition' www.rawstory.com/trump-tomaha...

President Donald Trump offered Argentina's right-wing president Tomahawk missiles to use on his "opposition" in an apparent joke.During a news conference with President Javier Milei on Tuesday, Trump ...

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Mark @njdoc.bsky.social · 1d

D'Angelo, Soul's Modern Visionary, Dead at 51

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Strictly 4 My Navigators @lizzslockeroom.bsky.social · 1d

Incredible cover of "Crusin" by D'Angelo.. original by Smokey Robinson.

Rest easy, D'Angelo 🥹💔🕊

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Tim O’Brien @timobrien.bsky.social · 1d

RIP D’Angelo: www.rollingstone.com/music/music-...

D'Angelo, the soul and R&B great whose three albums — 'Brown Sugar,' 'Voodoo,' and 'Black Messiah' — are all revered as modern classics, has died.

www.rollingstone.com

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Albumism @albumism.com · 1d

Now Playing: D'Angelo's debut album 'Brown Sugar' (1995) | Rest in Power to one of the truest talents the music world has ever seen and heard.

album.ink/dangeloBS

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Dutchy Patrick @dutchiepatrick.bsky.social · 1d

Let's just say it like it is, it was a pre-meditated business plan between Trump and Netanyahu….

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Mark @njdoc.bsky.social · 1d

“Until they became conscious they will never rebel, and until after they have rebelled they cannot become conscious.”
-George Orwell

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Mark @njdoc.bsky.social · 1d

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Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 1d

“Epithets like “f----t,” “retarded” and “n--ga” appeared more than 251 times combined”

If you ever had any doubt that the youth wing of the GOP is fully radicalized and proudly racist these days:

‘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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Mark @njdoc.bsky.social · 1d

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

'Hand it back to the president': Top Trump aide asks Nobel winner to cede prize

ZulaQi @zulaqi.bsky.social · 1d

@njdoc.bsky.social

Degeneracy:

"Yeah, Roger, that's an incredible idea," Posobiec agreed. "So she'll get it there and then I suppose you'd have to bring it to, he could invite her to the WH and have the ceremony there and invite the Nobel Committee" www.rawstory.com/roger-stone-...

Roger Stone, a longtime adviser to Donald Trump, called on Nobel Peace Prize winner Maria Corina Machado to relinquish the award to the president.Following a ceasefire deal between Israel and Gaza, St...

'Wild to see': CNN anchor astonished by hurricane forecast

ZulaQi @zulaqi.bsky.social · 2d

"Remember, we've had several powerful offshore storms this hurricane season. Hurricane Erin a couple of weeks ago, an unnamed coastal storm. They are really eroding our coastal defenses, www.rawstory.com/hurricane-26...

A pair of hurricanes are churning up dangerous rip currents and huge waves along the Atlantic coast and battering Bermuda with a powerful one-two punch.Hurricanes Imelda and Humberto are spinning in t...

Majority of special education staff in US education department laid off – report

ZulaQi @zulaqi.bsky.social · 2d

Majority of special education staff in US education department laid off – report. Layoffs ‘decimating’ office responsible for protecting rights of infants, children and youth with disabilities, says worker www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Layoffs ‘decimating’ office responsible for protecting rights of infants, children and youth with disabilities, says worker

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ZulaQi @zulaqi.bsky.social · 2d

Dutch government takes control of Chinese-owned chipmaker Nexperia in rare move www.cnn.com/2025/10/13/t...

Dutch government takes control of Chinese-owned chipmaker Nexperia in rare move | CNN Business

The Dutch government has taken control of Chinese-owned computer chipmaker Nexperia, ratcheting up tensions with Beijing as a global fight brews over technology intellectual property, especially aroun...

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Jessica Ramey-Gillam @battleax-70.bsky.social · 2d

Under a false of usually Southern Manners.

There is not a wit of racisim, xenophobia or hatred of women that is
polite.

All are precisely the opposite digustingly ignorant.

ZulaQi @zulaqi.bsky.social · 2d

"You start it and I'll finish it" talents are vital. I see a bunch of corrupt, cowardly Republicans who make a point of avoiding those who'd snatch and toss them. The Democrats who shuddered at Hillary Clinton calling them "Deplorables" would have to buckle up and cover their eyes for that show.

Hot mic catches Trump discussing family business with foreign leader after Gaza ceasefire

ZulaQi @zulaqi.bsky.social · 2d

"Shut it down" is a skill lacking in people who were raised to sit quietly as their "conservative" relatives spewed hate and ignorance. Who don't want to offend their GOP friends and neighbors, and just nod politely along with rants about scary minorities and Obama bcse they eschew conflict.

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Jessica Ramey-Gillam @battleax-70.bsky.social · 2d

Skimming the reason for 3 Card Monty LLCs.

Trump attempted the tactic last go around.

This time no one in Congress appears to care as $ fall between
the transfer cracks in broad daylight.

Why ?

He & the GOP have flooded the political arena with both serious miscalculations & pure bullshit.

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Joel Klebanoff 🇨🇦 @joel.klebanoff.com · 2d

The Trump family corruption knows no bounds.

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ZulaQi @zulaqi.bsky.social · 2d

@njdoc.bsky.social

A grifter elected as POTUS using his job to keep grifting. Shocker.

Hot mic catches Trump discussing family business with foreign leader after Gaza ceasefire www.rawstory.com/donald-trump...

Reactions rolled in Monday after President Donald Trump was caught on a hot mic talking to a world leader about a family business deal after signing the Gaza ceasefire plan. More than 20 world leaders...

ZulaQi @zulaqi.bsky.social · 2d

@njdoc.bsky.social

This is how organized I should be, and passing on to a pepper-loving friend. I think tomorrow I need to get to the harvest part.

Peter Barrett @cookblog.bsky.social · 2d

Here’s the full bounty. Peppers like hot and dry, so the drought was a blessing on this front 🌱🌶️

Hot peppers of all shapes and colors spread out on a wooden counter seen from above

China's oyster-inspired 'bone glue' bonds fractures in minutes

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Ryan Marino, MD @ryanmarino.bsky.social · 15d

This is why we fund scientists to study things like oyster slobber even if you don’t think it sounds important

Leah McElrath @leahmcelrath.bsky.social · 16d

⚠️ Chinese researchers have invented bone glue that mimics how oysters stick to surfaces underwater.

The adhesive can reportedly repair orthopedic fractures in 2-3 minutes, even in blood-rich environments, and is bioabsorbable.

interestingengineering.com/science/chin...

A new oyster-inspired Bone-02 adhesive can revolutionize bone repair without metal fasteners.

interestingengineering.com

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ZulaQi @zulaqi.bsky.social · 2d

North Carolina Republicans unveil election scheme to add new GOP seat www.rawstory.com/north-caroli...

North Carolina Republicans unveil election scheme to add new GOP seat

Lawmakers in North Carolina announced a redistricting plan that was expected to add at least one more Republican seat ahead of the midterm elections.According to The Associated Press, the state's legi...