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Dr. Jamie LH Goodall @lhistorienne.bsky.social · 6h

Inventory left: 📚

🏴‍☠️ Pirates of the Chesapeake: 5 copies

🏴‍☠️ Pirates & Privateers from Long Island Sound to Delaware Bay: 15 copies

🏴‍☠️ The Daring Exploits of Pirate Black Sam Bellamy: 9 copies

#SkyStorians #PirateHistory #BookSky

Dr. Jamie LH Goodall @lhistorienne.bsky.social · 5d

If you enjoy my work, please help me continue to do it. Snag one (or all) of my books as I’m furloughed and help me pay some bills! 🏴‍☠️📚 DM me! #SkyStorians #PirateHistory

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Dr. SkySkull @drskyskull.bsky.social · 1d

Props to Time for making Trump look like a murderous Junji Ito balloon

Time cover showing Trump from a lower angle, making his head look like a balloon

Still from Junji Ito manga where giant balloon heads float around dangling nooses from which they hang their human dopplegangers

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bibliotequetress @bibliotequetress.bsky.social · 1d

Elon Musk’s Boring Co. Fined for Nearly 800 Alleged Violations on Vegas Project
www.propublica.org/article/elon...

Elon Musk’s Boring Co. Accused of Nearly 800 Environmental Violations on Las Vegas Project

Nevada could’ve fined the company more than $3 million, but regulators are seeking a reduced penalty of $242,800, citing an “extraordinary number of violations.”

www.propublica.org

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Kevin Morris @kevintmorris.bsky.social · 1d

Tomorrow, SCOTUS will hear arguments in Louisiana v. Callais, a major threat to (what remains of) the 1965 Voting Rights Act. But this isn't the first time the VRA has faced dire threats; in 2013 and 2021, SCOTUS weakened other provisions. We can learn from those why Callais could be so dangerous 🧵

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Kevin Morris @kevintmorris.bsky.social · 1d

We often say that the VRA had two hearts: The shield in Section 5 / preclearance, and the sword to strike down bad policies in Sec 2. In 2013, the Court broke the shield. In 2021, they bent the sword. Tomorrow's case could radically undermine what remains.

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bibliotequetress @bibliotequetress.bsky.social · 1d

So many of my friends kids wouldn't exist without D'Angelo. RIP

apnews.com/article/dang...

D’Angelo, Grammy-winning R&B singer who became an icon with ‘Untitled (How Does It Feel),’ dies

D’Angelo, the Grammy-winning R&B singer recognized by his raspy yet smooth voice and for garnering mainstream attention with the shirtless “Untitled (How Does It Feel)” music video, has died.

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News Eye @newseye.bsky.social · 2d

These are mostly indigenous communities in Alaska that have been slammed by the storm.

The local manager of a small airline fleet says he is the only one doing evacuations right now!

Defund FEMA and people are abandoned. Defund public media and no-one knows.

FYI, today is Indigenous Peoples Day.

Flooding seen with water up to the crash barriers of local roads

Sheds and debris lie scattered in the storm

A small blue house has been blown onto its roof

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News Eye @newseye.bsky.social · 2d

NEW: There’s a disaster unfolding in Alaska right now. And no major network is covering it.

The remnants of Typhoon Halong battered western Alaska overnight. Homes, with people in them, have literally been swept into the Bering Strait.

At least 20 are missing. No comment from any federal agency.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2d

Trump: "I don't think there's anything that's gonna get me in heaven. I think I'm not maybe heaven bound. I may be in heaven right now as we fly on Air Force One. I'm not sure I'm gonna be able to make heaven."

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Kim Lane Scheppele @kimlanelaw.bsky.social · 1d

Even Orban can tell something is wrong . . .

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2d

wild hand jerking during Trump's handshake photo op with Orban

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2d

Obama: "When you see an administration suggest that ordinary street crime is an insurrection or a terrorist act, that is a genuine effort to weaken how we have understood democracy."

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Larry Feinberg @lfeinberg.bsky.social · 1d

Valley Forge Military Academy’s closure quietly made way for a new charter school campaign. Critics call it deception. share.inquirer.com/ZQGIVD?utm_s... via @phillyinquirer

Valley Forge Military Academy’s closure quietly made way for a new charter school campaign. Critics call it deception.

The Valley Forge Public Service Academy Charter School is proposing to open next fall on the historic Main Line campus.

share.inquirer.com

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bibliotequetress @bibliotequetress.bsky.social · 1d

💔 www.bostonglobe.com/2025/10/13/m...

Marcyliena Morgan, Harvard’s ‘scholar queen of hip-hop,’ dies at 75 - The Boston Globe

Hip-hop "was built on dreams and imagination,” Professor Morgan once said. “It imagined a world of equality and justice — and fun.”

www.bostonglobe.com

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Bobby Lee @bobbylee.bsky.social · 2d

Just two more weeks to apply for this sweet job 🗃️

Bobby Lee @bobbylee.bsky.social · 13d

Once again, please tell your friends who want to study the modern US but not live in it about this job

Applications close on Oct 27
www.cam.ac.uk/jobs/assista...

Assistant Professor, History of the United States since 1920

The Faculty of History is seeking to appoint an Assistant Professor in post-1920 U.S. political history and/or the history of the United States in the World since 1920, beginning 1 October, 2026. The

www.cam.ac.uk

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bibliotequetress @bibliotequetress.bsky.social · 1d

Oh no

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Rachel Gunter, Ph.D. 🗃️ @phdrachel.bsky.social · 1d

Other fav Lizzie Bordon fact: not having a lot of friends/family after the trial, she left $30k in her will to the “Animal Rescue League of Fall River, Massachusetts, which benefits from her first—and final—bequest to this day” after wisely investing it. 🗃️

werehistory.org/lizzie-borde...

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Aar (Auri) Jae Williams 🍉🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈🇵🇸🇺🇦🔶(they/them) @willsword.uk · 1d

This is something that is hopefully for hope and optimism seeing hostages from both Palestine and Israel return. I’ll take each day of peace in both nations as a blessing.

Freed Palestinian prisoners greeted home by jubilant crowds

Supporters wave flags and hail the ‘resistance’ as hundreds of detainees released by Israel in exchange for Hamas’s hostages arrive in Gaza and the West Bank

www.thetimes.com

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Bell @pocono.bsky.social · 1d

Gift Link

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/12/u...

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Waldo Jaquith, but Spooky @waldo.net · 3d

The Supreme Court is so illegitimate that cases are often about fictional matters with plaintiffs who have been harmed in no way, now to the point where they are not aware that they are plaintiffs in a Supreme Court case.

Brian Lyman @brianlyman.bsky.social · 3d

“One of them, Albert ‘Skip’ Caissie Jr., 78, said in a phone interview that he wasn’t aware that he was involved in a Supreme Court case.”

Who Are the Louisiana Voters Behind a Major Supreme Court Challenge?

www.nytimes.com

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Save Democracy. Save America. @rayonoda.bsky.social · 1d

NYTimes: “The governor said that Trump’s ultimate goal is to acculturate Americans to seeing military officials patrolling big cities so the president can eventually use those troops to intimidate voters in Democratic jurisdictions in next year’s midterm elections."
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/08/u...

JB Pritzker Has Had It With Democrats Who Won’t Stand Up to Trump

www.nytimes.com

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Jenny Cohn @jennycohn.bsky.social · 1d

“Marc Benioff Says Trump Should Send Guard Troops to San Francisco ***
Mr. Benioff, the Salesforce C.E.O. and owner of Time magazine, once supported Hillary Clinton and a business tax for homeless services. Now he’s fully behind Donald Trump.” 10/10/25 … Gift Link: 1/ www.nytimes.com/2025/10/10/u...

Marc Benioff Says Trump Should Send Guard Troops to San Francisco

www.nytimes.com

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Dr. Allison Wiltz @allyfromnola.bsky.social · 1d

Fresh words ✨

allyfromnola.medium.com/black-commun...

Black Communities Deserve Peace, Not a Boot on Their Neck

An essay about the escalation of racial profiling during Trump Era

allyfromnola.medium.com

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Young Brolic @audaciouskay.bsky.social · 1d

www.wsj.com/economy/jobs...

The Unofficial Jobs Numbers Are In and It’s Rough Out There

In a federal data blackout, Wall Street numbers and surveys are filling the void, and the nongovernment numbers are telling the same basic story: Few companies are hiring.

www.wsj.com

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LorennaCleary.bsky.social @lorennacleary.bsky.social · 2d

Some people are Summer babies.

Give me cool nights and fires and smoked Gouda. Give me roasted peppers and warm sourdough. Give me maple in everything. Even my favorite cocktails are Fall and Winter oriented. Irish coffees and hot buttered rums.

I worship this time of year.

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LorennaCleary.bsky.social @lorennacleary.bsky.social · 2d

The tomatoes are sun dried from the Summer and ready to be eaten. In fact most of those Summer fruits are now deliciously dried and thrown in everything. Fall is nuts and fruits, oats and roasted veggies. Spices. So many spices. This time of year is a romance.

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