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Debbie Northway 🇦🇺🦘🐨 @debbienorthway.bsky.social · 18h

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 21h

The mainstream media loves making it seam like dysfunction in Washington is coming from both parties.

Hello?

Much of the GOP no longer accepts the rule of law, or the norms of democracy, or the legitimacy of the opposing party.

Enough of the false equivalence.

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Debbie Northway 🇦🇺🦘🐨 @debbienorthway.bsky.social · 19h

#USA #MAGA

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Kevin Bonham @kevinbonham.bsky.social · 1d

Something that has escaped most attention re the lopsidedness of this year's election: Labor beat the Coalition's Senate primary by 5.22%. This was Labor's second highest margin since 1953 (behind 1983's 5.52%) and their 5th highest ever.

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Dr Blair Williams @blairwilliams26.bsky.social · 22h

Saw this on my morning walk...

Happy Halloween? 😅

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A yellow balloon coming out of a strormdrain

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Aly S 📚🐈🐈‍⬛🐱 @alysummers.bsky.social · 20h

I want to read something that will wreck me. Something I can't put down. Something that brings me high then tears me into pieces. Something that leaves me wanting.

Please share your recommendations 👏 💙📚

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Hadair @hadair.bsky.social · 20h

Does anyone have any book suggestions for something 'comfy'? Been trying to get back into reading more and 10+ abandoned books later I'm still unable to find anything to hold my attention.

Pictured here: All the books I've tried (or intend) to read this past year.

#booksky #literature #readers

My penguin Ludgren is sitting down on a vinyl-tiled floor, arms crossed and looking frustrated. Around him are all of the novels and books I've tried reading this past year. It comprises books from 1900 to present, from alternate history to biographies to comedies.

Here's the longer description I wrote explaining my problem:

For over a year now I've been trying to reignite my passion for reading by trying different books. Every single book has ended the same way, giving up after a chapter or two and stopping in place of my own art, video games or some other distraction. I have not successfully read a full novel since January of 2025(?) where I read an alternate history novel from the 50s. Since then I've unsuccessfully tried reading a whole myriad of different books from biographies to comedies to adventures and been unable to get into any. The last book I tried was 'I Remember Lemuria by Richard Shaver (1945)' and while that was interesting at the start I don't like reading on my phone and couldn't find a physical copy. The next books I am intending to try are either 'I, Claudius by Robert Graves (1934)' or 'Mastodonia by Clifford D. Simak (1978)'. Failing those I may just retry 'Carry On Jeeves by P. G. Wodehouse (1925)'.

Because of my growing frustration with this I decided to make a image of all the books I've tried (or plan to try) this past year lying around my frustrated penguin. Maybe posting this will subconsciously help me get back into reading by forcing me to see the absurdity of all these failed attempts. If anyone has any suggestions for something 'comfy' to read I'll give it a shot. Taking any suggestions including fanfictions. Not interested in any non-fiction, comics, manga or VNs however. I'd prefer something I don't need a screen to read (fanfics are an exception).

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Marc Tizura @marctizura2.bsky.social · 19h

To my horror and fantasy writers, I have three words for you:

Flying mold spiders

Do with that as you will...goodnight

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 20h

Nice recap

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Dr. Jack Brown @drjackbrown.bsky.social · 20h

"Donald Trump and Mike Johnson are engaging in a cover-up to shield people who were involved in raping children."

Rep. Melanie Stansbury

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Old White Nepo Hat @kenwhite.bsky.social · 20h

Also: if you work for ICE, even if you’re not one of the ones arresting citizens or tackling 15-year-olds or zip-tying kids together and segregating them by race, you’re part of the mechanism making it happen, and you should suffer long-term social and post-regime-change consequences.

Ari Cohn @aricohn.com · 21h

Some weirdo on Twitter has been absolutely melting down for like 36 straight hours because I posted:

When this is over, do not forget what ICE did, and what ICE is. And do not make room for them in society. Make sure they know that they are, and will continue to be, reviled and beneath contempt.

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Governor Gavin Newsom @governor.ca.gov · 19h

Diane Keaton was a true Californian. She was a self-described oddball, uniquely stylish, deeply creative, funny, and an acting legend who could steal the screen in comic and dramatic roles alike. She was in a class all her own, an icon.

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Debbie Northway 🇦🇺🦘🐨 @debbienorthway.bsky.social · 19h

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George Conway 👊🇺🇸🔥 @gtconway.bsky.social · 23h

Robert De Niro: “Now we have a would-be king — King Donald the First. Fuck that. I’m Robert De Niro and I’m asking you to stand up and be counted in the nationwide No Kings protest on October 18th”

👉👉 nokings.org

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DemCast USA @demcast.com · 23h

Senator Bernie Sanders has a message for Speaker Johnson.

The No Kings Rally on October 18 is not a "hate America" rally.
It's a rally of millions of people who believe in American freedom.

Go to nokings.org and find a location near you to join the movement, 10/18.

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Alan Dettlaff @alandettlaff.com · 23h

Yesterday I was told that the class I’m scheduled to teach this month, Confronting Oppression & Injustice, is no longer part of our curriculum. This is a required class yet there was no discussion, no faculty vote, just an email saying the class no longer exists. This is what it’s like in Texas now.

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 23h

Never forget this: The forces rigging our economy, undermining our democracy, polluting our planet, and stoking hatred are counting on you to give up. Cynicism is how they win. Stay clear-eyed and ready for the fight ahead.

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NewsCurrentNow @newscurrentnow.com · 23h

Gavin Newsom: “What more evidence of authoritarianism do you need? These guys aren’t screwing around. We can no longer screw around. It’s all at stake. People need to wake up. We can’t continue to play by the old set of rules.“

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Get Out The Mid Term Vote @gotmtv.bsky.social · 22h

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Keith Olbermann @olbermann.bsky.social · 22h

So if Russ Vought and Bob Kennedy were deliberately trying on behalf of an enemy to sicken and kill Americans by destroying the public health structure - what would they be doing differently?

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Wajahat Ali @wajali.bsky.social · 22h

Huge mistake by Trump to let the 4'10 freak Stephen Miller take center stage during his Presidency. The more people hear and see from Mini Himmler the more they are repulsed. Plus the ICE raids are horrific and inhumane.

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Steven Beschloss @stevenbeschloss.bsky.social · 22h

It’s remarkable to realize Diane Keaton created a signature look and sensibility back in the 1970s and for about half a century continued to be a creative inspiration for how to be yourself in a world that tries so hard to put you in a box. Well done, Diane Keaton. RIP.

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 21h

really striking the degree to which not a single person working in the trump administration appears to be interested in serving the american people

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Debbie Northway 🇦🇺🦘🐨 @debbienorthway.bsky.social · 21h

“truth is treason in an empire of lies”

#Trump

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Victoria Fielding @drvicfielding.bsky.social · 1d

Two years on from the Voice referendum, I’m never going to forgive the Liberal Party for their cruel destruction of hopes of reconciliation for political point scoring. Dutton, Price, Hastie, Abbott, Credlin, and all weak, cowardly moderates who stood by and said nothing. A dark stain on Australia.

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