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Barred and Boujee aka Madiba Dennie @audrelawdamercy.bsky.social · 14h

I'm a bit of a dissent apologist for this reason

I understand the kinda nihilist dunks on them as meaningless, but i've seen too many dissents become majority opinions to think they don't have value--as doctrinal roadmaps, as mobilizing tools, as records of the truth when the majority lies, etc.

Aphrodite Void @aphroditevoid.bsky.social · 15h

If going forward we ever fulfill the actual promise of our Constitution, the dissents from this era of #SCOTUS are going to be very important and influential.

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Barracks Life 🇺🇸🪖🌈 🎃 @barrackslife.com · 7h

Before you buy Girl Scout cookies you should know they support transgender girls and reject donations from anti-transgender organizations. Then buy a couple more boxes

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Spirit𓇻 @chaparralspirit.bsky.social · 15h

can barely believe we're in a time where three members are together at a public event 😭 what's next? Four of them? Five? Six?

SEVEN??!?!!?!?!11?!?!1/!?!

yrrweg⁷🦢 @yrrweg.bsky.social · 20h

Namjoon, Hobi, and Tae at W Korea's 20th anniversary of Breast Cancer Awareness Campaign

source: www.youtube.com/live/Kd0MfC-...

#Namjoon #Hobi #Taehyung

Namjoon, Hobi, and Tae (RM, J-Hope, and V of BTS) posing in front of a wall with a lot of "W's" on it. Namjoon is wearing a beige gray coat, a dark gray tie, brown-tinted sunglasses. His hair is blond with dark roots showing. Hobi is wearing a brown jacket and a brown shirt underneath. His hair is dark brown and covering his forehead. Tae is wearing a black jacket with golden emblems, and a white shirt underneath that shows off some bare skin. His hair is black and falling over his forehead

Same image except now they're all looking to the left

All of them making two hearts by connecting their hands. Everyone is smiling with Hobi smiling the widest

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audge⁷ -- an armpit sommelier @btsaudge.bsky.social · 7h

shy/flustered soobin in the background is the icing on the cake here. it's very much giving older siblings purposely embarrassing the younger sibling energy.

adrian⁷🌙 @smeraldojmn.bsky.social · 14h

THEY ARE SO 😭😭😭

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Athelas⁷ 💜 ⟭⟬E ARE B⟬⟭CK @athelas81.bsky.social · 7h

I had maxed out on the old BTS Heardle so I'm thrilled there's a new one!

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deb 𓆝 @ the mult-iverse @spffnity.bsky.social · 8h

by the way, HIGHLY recommend bookshop.org / @bookshop.org because this? this is so nice

Thank you for reaching out to us! Apologies for the shipping delays! I'm inclined to think that the parcel was either lost or damaged in transit. Unfortunately, we have no influence over a package once it reaches this point.

I've re-sent the affected title (Heaven Official's Blessing: Tian Guan CI Fu (Deluxe Hardcover Novel) Vol. 6) at no cost to you. You'll receive an order confirmation for that replacement shortly and a shipping confirmation in 2-3 business days when your replacement ships. If you receive both the original order and the replacement, you have the original returned to us by keeping the parcel unopened, writing RETURN TO SENDER on its outside, and leaving it out for USPS to pick up and return to us the next mail day.

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Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 9h

The Supreme Court’s majority right wing indicated in oral arguments that they think racism is over on the same day that the vice president defended the “I love Hitler” guy, and that the NYT reported that the current administration plans to accept only white, English-speaking refugees.

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Athelas⁷ 💜 ⟭⟬E ARE B⟬⟭CK @athelas81.bsky.social · 7h

I just discovered this, thanks to you, so i have ONE! 😁

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Athelas⁷ 💜 ⟭⟬E ARE B⟬⟭CK @athelas81.bsky.social · 7h

Ah, that does make sense!

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Sheryl Weikal and the colorful Parrotlegals @leftistlawyer.com · 8h

The United States is in material breach of over five hundred - yes, 500 - legally binding treaties with Indigenous nations.

And lest you say that's because of Trump, we were in breach of at least 350 under both of the last two Democratic administrations.

So yes, we are an illegal occupation.

Conquering and colonization is the way people acquired land at that time in history. It was uncivilized and involved violence and yet that's how land was acquired.

You fought over it and, if you won, it became yours. I acknowledge that's how America came to be. I also acknowledge colonization was a bad thing for indigenous populations.

But I think you're reaching pretty far to try to claim America is an ongoing illegal occupation in present day.

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Conrad Hackett @conradhackett.bsky.social · 8h

2025 Press Freedom Rank
1 Norway
2 Estonia
3 Netherlands
4 Sweden
5 Finland
11 Germany
16 NZ
20 UK
21 Canada
25 France
27 S Africa
29 Australia
31 Poland
49 Italy
52 Ghana

57 US

58 Gambia
61 S Korea
63 Brazil
66 Japan
89 Greece
112 Israel
124 Mexico
151 India
171 Russia
178 China
rsf.org/en/index

Global map with countries shaded to indicate level of freedom of the press based on the 2025 Reporters Without Borders’ Press Freedom Index.

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WIRED @wired.com · 10h

Seems like a good time to share this too...

Turning on a VPN, using a privacy-focused mobile browser, and adding an ad blocker can all help reduce the location data you leak during mobile browsing.

I Tried Breaking the Best VPNs. Here Are the 5 That Survived

Every VPN says it’s the best, but only some of them are telling the truth.

www.wired.com

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Spirit𓇻 @chaparralspirit.bsky.social · 9h

in case you missed the news, you can now go into your settings on pinterest and do this 👇

it's probably not going to be able to remove them completely, but it's certainly cut down on them a LOT for me, and that includes entirely removing AI imagery of the Tannies 💜

a cropped screenshot of the "refine your recommendations" settings page on pinterest, showing a list of options for turning off genai imagery

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deb 𓆝 @ the mult-iverse @spffnity.bsky.social · 9h

hey! did you implement these today or did you actually listen to the people explaining to you why it was a terrible and impossible to implement decision, especially when your current auto moderation system is abysmal at identifying actual nsfw content? just curious

Bluesky @bsky.app · 26d

Thank you to the 14,000+ people who shared feedback on our community guidelines! We’re updating our rules for clarity, strengthening enforcement, and introducing product changes for healthier conversations. New guidelines kick in Oct 15. bsky.social/about/blog/0...

Building Healthier Social Media: Updated Guidelines and New Features - Bluesky

Public discourse on social media has grown toxic and divisive, but unlike other platforms, Bluesky is building a social web that empowers people instead of exploiting them.

bsky.social

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Pantsly @pantsawe.borasky.social · 9h

ULINE regularly donates money to people and causes that are skin-crawlingly evil, do not give them your money and tell others. They hide behind their ubiquity and nondescript name.

Brandon @bedubble.bsky.social · 11h

Folks whatever you do, do not buy your safety whistles from U LINE

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Athelas⁷ 💜 ⟭⟬E ARE B⟬⟭CK @athelas81.bsky.social · 8h

Oh yes! Photocards!

Conny⁷ @dssstafs.bsky.social · 10h

#BTSHeardle7 3/5

🔊🟥🟥🟪

b-cd.app/heardle

Heardle

b-cd.app

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Athelas⁷ 💜 ⟭⟬E ARE B⟬⟭CK @athelas81.bsky.social · 8h

me too!
and I remember Highlander!

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TK (BTS.사랑해) @btstkfkdgo.bsky.social · 15h

🎤:can you share about your end of year plans?
🐨:we are preparing our album, jacket shoots, mv
🐿️: wanna do dance practice?
🐨: i've BEEN practicing
🐿️: hehe
🧸:🌀
🐨:actually i start tmrw
🐿️: O.O o rly?! waow
🐨:anyway please look forward to march of next year
🎤: oh yes! ty
www.instagram.com/wkorea/reel/...

W Korea on Instagram: "#LoveYourW2025 뷔, 알엠 그리고 제이홉의 연말 계획은? @wkorea - #LoverYourW #유방암인식향상캠페인 @rkive #알엠 #RM @uarmyhope #제이홉 #jhope @thv #뷔 #V @bts.bighitofficial #방탄소년단 #BTS #더블유 #wkorea @loveyourw_...

278K likes, 4,902 comments - wkorea on October 15, 2025: "#LoveYourW2025 뷔, 알엠 그리고 제이홉의 연말 계획은? @wkorea - #LoverYourW #유방암인식향상캠페인 @rkive #알엠 #RM @uarmyhope #제이홉 #jhope @thv #뷔 #V @bts.bighitofficial #...

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Athelas⁷ 💜 ⟭⟬E ARE B⟬⟭CK @athelas81.bsky.social · 9h

collarbones

Daily Seokjin⁷ 🐹 @dailyseokjin.bsky.social · 12h

Whoa the Spicy Jin on this new promotional image is 🥵

#DailySeokjin #진 #JIN #Seokjin #KimSeokjin #BTS #BTS_Jin #WorldwideHandsome

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sophie 🍁🎃 @hoboandco.bsky.social · 14h

HELP 💀💀💀

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Rika⁷ @commanderrika.blacksky.app · 14h

As anti-Black racism is the fulcrum around which modern capitalism began and continues to move. It makes sense that late stage capitalism (as embodied in the theft and lack of consent machine that is AI) would seek to deepen its roots.

Jack Tripper @chadstanton.blacksky.app · 14h

We should probably talk about AI being used as a tool to promote anti-Blackness across cultures.

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Eric Williams @geoliminal.bsky.social · 1d

the "protein powder has a zillion percent lead in it" story explains a LOT of the conversations i overhear while waiting for a bench to free up

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Kathleen Bachynski @bachynski.bsky.social · 1d

Dr. Jennifer Caputo-Seidler “began noticing many doctors asking how to treat polio.
"Today, the people who are training to be pediatricians, they're not taught how to recognize a case of acute polio when it comes in… the doctors practicing today have never managed it." @jackiantonovich.bsky.social

Florida's plan to end vaccine mandates elicits concerns about diagnosing polio

Health experts worry the policy change could lower vaccination rates and lead to a rise in preventable diseases — like polio, which most U.S. doctors have little experience spotting or treating.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 11h

Mamdani: "I just want to speak directly to the president. I will not be a mayor like Mayor Adams who will call you to stay out of jail. I won't be a disgraced governor like Andrew Cuomo who will call you to ask how to win this election. I can do those things on my own."

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Josh Sternberg @joshsternberg.com · 9h

UHG, Cigna, and Humana are facing lawsuits alleging AI programs led to denied care.

The former chief data officer of Kaiser Permanente, UHG, & Optum said there’s a lack of oversight regarding “whether algorithms are behaving as good actors or bad actors.”

www.healthcare-brew.com/stories/2025...

The AI arms race between insurers, providers has begun

Health plans have already been accused of using AI to deny patients.

www.healthcare-brew.com

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