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Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 23h

tfw your 1,000-word tweets aren't working

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News Eye @newseye.bsky.social · 3d

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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Qasim Rashid, Esq. @qasimrashid.com · 3d

If you're happy the 20 Israeli hostages are home (as I am) but silent on the 10,000 Palestinian hostages still languishing in Israeli prisons without charge or due process of law—then you'll have to stop pretending its hostage taking you were ever upset about.

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David Sirota @davidsirota.com · 2d

This is some of the best political news I've seen in a very long time.

There's a clear a way to end the Citizens United precedent by changing state incorporation laws - and now luminaries in both parties are forcing a vote on it in the 2026 election.

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Raimo Kangasniemi @rk70534.bsky.social · 3d

"For two years, Doctors Without Borders teams in #Gaza have lived and worked through unimaginable suffering.

Through one-word answers, they express what two years of genocide feel like. The pain, loss, and strength it takes for them to keep saving lives."

www.threads.com/@doctorswith...

#Israel

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cpucelli.bsky.social @cpucelli.bsky.social · 4d

Her too!

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cpucelli.bsky.social @cpucelli.bsky.social · 4d

Tony Blinken belongs in The Hague.

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playon.bsky.social @playon.bsky.social · 4d

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scitechdaily.com/this-creamy-...

I have attempted to make this twice and failed to get the sauce smooth as it should be. Will try again with the info from this article.

This Creamy Pasta Trick Just Earned Scientists an Ig Nobel Prize

Physicists discovered the secret to flawlessly creamy cacio e pepe, and it earned them the Ig Nobel Prize.

scitechdaily.com

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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 5d

Is it cancel culture when they threaten to kill you?

www.nj.com/news/2025/10...

Sold-out Ta-Nehisi Coates speaker appearance in N.J. canceled over security reasons

Organizers canceled a sold-out Ta-Nehisi Coates event in Montclair citing undisclosed security concerns.

www.nj.com

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cpucelli.bsky.social @cpucelli.bsky.social · 5d

www.thecanary.co/skwawkbox/20...

Gaza genocide death toll revised up - now over 680,000, including almost half a million children

Amid Israel's destruction of Gaza, as many as 120,000 bodies remain unrecovered and therefore not included in the death toll

www.thecanary.co

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Palestine Ticker Bot 🇵🇸 📡 @falastiintickerbot.bsky.social · 5d

JUST IN:
Agencies prepare to bring aid to starving people in Gaza as ceasefire appears to hold

VISIT:
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/oct/11/agencies-prepare-to-bring-aid-to-starving-people-in-gaza-as-ceasefire-appears-to-hold

#freepalestine #gazaunderattack

Agencies prepare to bring aid to starving people in Gaza as ceasefire appears to hold

Click to read full article

www.theguardian.com

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Yanis Varoufakis @yanisvaroufakis.bsky.social · 5d

IF THIS IS NOT HOSTAGE TAKING, WHAT IS? Israel refuses to release Dr. Hussam Abu Safiya who insisted on staying with his patients in his bombed hospital even after his own son was murdered. Since then he has been held in one of Israel's torture facilities.

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Kakistocracy (Jay) @crankypacifist.bsky.social · 5d

I can't help but think about all the wonderful creative stuff we're missing out on by not having UBI, housing, and healthcare.

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Reg Schofield @rws63.bsky.social · 5d

A UBI would help so many more than all the band aid programs the federal government keep doing and reduce the cost of running all those programs.

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✨🌟 ⭐️ LoveKat ⭐️🌟✨🟦♿️🧬🏳️‍🌈🇺🇸🇺🇦🇨🇦🇲🇽🌎☮️🕊️🟪 @lovekat41.bsky.social · 5d

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Maggie Tokuda-Hall @maggietokudahall.bsky.social · 6d

Today my daughter's preschool is holding a farewell assembly for one of her classmates whose mother has no choice but to self deport. The school is hoping it will be joyful in tone, so we might make this less upsetting for this 3 year old.

There's just no words for the uselessness of this cruelty.

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Resist 🕎🍉 @antizionistjew.bsky.social · 7d

So relieving to see Gazans happy, celebrating Eid 👇

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Raimo Kangasniemi @rk70534.bsky.social · 7d

"A Palestinian... died on Tuesday, in an Israeli hospital after being held in occupation prisons for 16 months.

...Ahmad Hatem Mohammad Khudairat, 22, from Ath-Thahiriya town... in the southern West Bank.

...Khudairat... [was] held... without charges, since May 23, 2024."
imemc.org/article/pale...

Palestinian Detainee Dies in Israeli Prison

A Palestinian administrative detainee died on Tuesday, in an Israeli hospital after being held in occupation prisons for 16 months. The Ministry of Detainee ...

imemc.org

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Raimo Kangasniemi @rk70534.bsky.social · 8d

"The 'Conscience' volunteers have been... abducted by Israeli forces... in international waters on their way to open a sea corridor to Gaza. This is the volunteer from Iceland, Margret Kristin Blöndal.

The flotilla was sailing in accordance with international law..."
www.youtube.com/watch?v=-_LP...

Icelandic Citizen Attacked on Flotilla and Abducted by Israeli Forces

YouTube video by Freedom Flotilla Coalition

www.youtube.com

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cpucelli.bsky.social @cpucelli.bsky.social · 9d

Yes, look up MCAS as a result of covid infections.

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 9d

71.5% of ICE detainees have no criminal convictions, according to government data.

Don’t fall for Trump’s lies about targeting the “worst of the worst.”

As Trump's regime terrorizes communities to fill up detention centers, remember that some of his biggest donors are private prison corporations.

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cpucelli.bsky.social @cpucelli.bsky.social · 9d

They be "fool proof!” 😜

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Michael @therightarticle.bsky.social · 10d

The Lancet, one of world’s biggest journals, runs Gaza ‘Healthocide’ as October front cover www.thecanary.co/skwawkbox/20...

The Lancet, one of world's biggest journals, runs Gaza 'Healthocide' as October front cover

The Lancet pulls no punches on calling out Israel's attacks on health services, health workers, and more in Gaza

www.thecanary.co

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cpucelli.bsky.social @cpucelli.bsky.social · 10d

Hot sauce.

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Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 11d

I do not regret to inform you that we are going to win

Cristian Farias @cristianfarias.com · 11d

This video of Chicagoans intervening to save a man from being abducted off the streets by ICE is making the rounds on Instagram.

Community action works.

Source: www.instagram.com/reel/DPZL2AL...

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