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DG Farnsworth @dgfarnsworth.bsky.social · 3h

"Two activists affiliated... Spanish climate emergency group Futuro Vegetal...arrested...Museo Naval in Madrid... October 12... throwing biodegradable red paint over a historic painting depicting Christopher Columbus... scheduled its action on...Día de la Hispanidad...date...Columbus arrived...1492"

Hyperallergic @hyperallergic.com · 3h

Two activists affiliated with the Spanish climate emergency group Futuro Vegetal were arrested at the Museo Naval in Madrid on Sunday, October 12, after throwing biodegradable red paint over a historic painting depicting Christopher Columbus.

Two Arrested for Splashing Paint on Columbus Artwork in Spain

Activists at Madrid’s Museo Naval called for an end to the “glorification of colonization and genocides, both historical and current.”

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DG Farnsworth @dgfarnsworth.bsky.social · 3h

Treated as animals

"use of... these devices is inhumane & incompatible w/ our nation’s fundamental values,” said.... attorney for the West African deportees"

"Referred to as 'the burrito' or 'the bag,'... WRAP has become a harrowing part of deportations for some"

“It was just like a kidnapping”

Kentucky Lantern @kentuckylantern.com · 3h

ICE’s use of full-body restraints during deportations raises concerns over inhumane treatment
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ICE's use of full-body restraints during deportations raises concerns over inhumane treatment

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers have been using a full-body restraint device called the WRAP during deportations.

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DG Farnsworth @dgfarnsworth.bsky.social · 3h

"Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez secured a last-minute exemption... Spain would only spend up to 2.1%... he called 'sufficient and realistic.'

Madrid... argued it compensates for the lower spending w/ strong troop contributions to NATO missions...Latvia, Slovakia, Romania, Bulgaria & Turkey"

Reuters @reuters.com · 3h

Trump threatens tariffs on Spain over refusal to boost NATO defense spending reut.rs/475VtU9

Trump threatens tariffs on Spain over refusal to boost NATO defense spending

President Donald Trump on Tuesday threatened trade penalties, including tariffs, against Spain, saying he is unhappy with its refusal to raise defense spending to 5% and calling the move disrespectful to NATO.

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Kentucky Lantern @kentuckylantern.com · 9h

‘Kind and generous,’ Gurney Norman, Kentucky writer and teacher, dies at 88.

He was Kentucky poet laureate and received many honors including an honorary degree from Berea College and an affiliation with Ken Kesey’s Merry Pranksters.

@jamielucke.bsky.social

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'Kind and generous,' Gurney Norman, Kentucky writer and teacher, dies at 88 • Kentucky Lantern

Beloved Kentucky writer Gurney Norman, whose fiction chronicled life in Appalachia and the 1960s counterculture, died Oct. 12. He was 88.

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DG Farnsworth @dgfarnsworth.bsky.social · 7h

"Trump has deployed federal power more than any recent president, but instead of using it for practical purposes... has turned it into a tool for repression and self-promotion"

"authoritarian cronyism: unconstitutional, self-enriching, & strategically confused"
washingtonmonthly.com/2025/10/14/i...

Industrial Policy, Trump Style

The president’s parade of ad hoc deals with companies benefits his political allies and punishes enemies, but it isn't an industrial policy.

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DG Farnsworth @dgfarnsworth.bsky.social · 7h

What we already knew from onset

"US businesses will pay 22% of... tariffs... foreign exporters... just 18%"

"Despite all evidence that US consumers are shouldering the costs of the tariffs... Trump... continued... are exclusively... paid by foreign countries"
www.commondreams.org/news/trump-t...

US Consumers Paying the Most for Tariffs: Wall Street Giant’s Report Exposes Trump Lies | Common Dreams

New research from Goldman Sachs reveals US consumers bear 55% of Trump's trade war costs, despite claims tariffs are paid by foreigners.

www.commondreams.org

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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 1d

Ah yes, air traffic controllers must show up for work without pay, but Congress can take the day off. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy says he’ll be making “necessary cuts” to the department, because nothing fixes staffing shortages quite like firing more people.

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DG Farnsworth @dgfarnsworth.bsky.social · 1d

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Madison Beer - Showed Me (How I Fell In Love With You) (Official Music Video)

YouTube video by MadisonBeerMusicVEVO

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DG Farnsworth @dgfarnsworth.bsky.social · 1d

"The problem with framing the struggle against populism as a struggle for the defence of democracy is that hardly anybody is openly against democracy. But in an atmosphere of supreme politicisation, the gravest danger for democracy in the eyes of many is that the party you don’t support might win."

Prospect Magazine @prospectmagazine.co.uk · 1d

In an age of populist revolution and radical upheaval, Ivan Krastev asks: can the centre left do anything more than survive?

Liberalism in the end times

In an age of populist revolution and radical upheaval, can the centre left do anything more than survive?

www.prospectmagazine.co.uk

DG Farnsworth @dgfarnsworth.bsky.social · 1d

Free screening for public at the Kentucky Theater, 213 E. Main Street in Lexington. Doors open at 6 p.m. and the screening will begin at 7 p.m.

Kentucky Lantern @kentuckylantern.com · 1d

Live premiere tonight at the Kentucky Theatre.
"Lexington: 250 Years" will begin airing statewide next Monday, Oct. 20, on KET.
kentuckylantern.com/briefs/lexin...

Lexington's history chronicled in new KET documentary series • Kentucky Lantern

“Lexington: 250 Years,” a KET documentary about Lexington’s history, will premiere live in Lexington before airing statewide on KET Oct. 20.

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DG Farnsworth @dgfarnsworth.bsky.social · 1d

"Unfortunately, destroying press freedom is a core focus of the Trump administration’s agenda.

"Decades of media consolidation, cost cutting, & layoffs...obliterated...local journalism...Cable-channel talking heads offer scant insight... less diversity of opinion"
www.thenation.com/article/soci...

We Defeated McCarthyism Before. We Can Do It Again.

It’s easy to feel despair about what looks like a new age of government censorship. But being around for 160 years gives you perspective.

www.thenation.com

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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 1d

The only violence I’ve been seeing in Portland is from the so-called Feds!!!

Keep sharing these videos; it’s evidence.

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DG Farnsworth @dgfarnsworth.bsky.social · 1d

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Simply Red - Money's Too Tight (To Mention) [40 Years of Simply Red - Live from Santiago]

YouTube video by Simply Red

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DG Farnsworth @dgfarnsworth.bsky.social · 1d

I had forgotten I submitted a claim as part of a class action Facebook User Privacy Settlement in May 2018.

Surprised to see last week $17.75 as the payoff deposited in my PayPal account (which I haven't used in years).

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Amy McGrath @amymcgrath.bsky.social · 2d

On #NationalFarmersDay, I’d like to say thank you to the hardworking KY farmers who keep our communities fed and our economy strong. I’ll continue fighting to lift the unfair tariffs hurting their livelihoods and to invest in local agriculture so we can keep KY growing strong.
#PeopleOverPolitics

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DG Farnsworth @dgfarnsworth.bsky.social · 2d

Doonesbury
By Garry Trudeau
October 12, 2025

DG Farnsworth @dgfarnsworth.bsky.social · 2d

🇪🇸Hispanic Day (Día de la Hispanidad) is an annual national public holiday in Spain October 12 commemorating when Christopher Columbus first stepped into the Americas in 1492. The king of Spain oversees raising of Spanish national flag in Madrid's center. Prime minister & king lead a military parade.

DG Farnsworth @dgfarnsworth.bsky.social · 3d

This chilling movie will forever be the first one I think of when Diane Keaton is mentioned. Tuesday Weld (who is 82 today) and Richard Gere.

Saw it in the movie theater.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=cikA...

Looking for Mr. Goodbar (1977) Original Trailer

YouTube video by HD Retro Trailers

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DG Farnsworth @dgfarnsworth.bsky.social · 3d

Heathens

“reached down & saw my passport... had my full name, David Rashi Kremen Adler, and asked if I was Jewish. I said I was Jewish. They ripped me by the ear and forced me to bend down & stare at the flag of the state of Israel”

"handcuffed w/ cable ties... tightly behind our backs... paraded"

Democracy Now! @democracynow.org · 3d

"We were strip-searched, zip-tied, blindfolded and disappeared into the Negev Desert."

5 Days in Israel’s Desert Prison: Jewish Flotilla Activist David Adler on Harrowing Detention Ordeal

Israeli forces have abducted over 500 peace activists over the past week who were sailing to Gaza in an effort to deliver humanitarian aid to the besieged territory. Organizers of the Global Sumud Flo...

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Amarie @humanwolf.bsky.social · 3d

“Art,so we do not die from reality “Nietzsche

RESIST🇺🇸💙🙏🌎

#ProudBlue
#OV1
#ResistanceUniter

Nikkolas Smith @4nikkolas.bsky.social · 4d

after millions of views and shares of my Portland Frog art. (thank you all🙏🏾) I got requests to highlight priests, and chickens, and Chicagoans, and T-Rexes, and more… all of us who refuse to bend the knee. so this is for US.
𝚂𝚝𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚃𝚊𝚕𝚕.
𝚆𝚎 𝚆𝚒𝚕𝚕 𝚆𝚒𝚗.

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BNO News @bnonews.com · 3d

Diane Keaton, who starred in Annie Hall, The Godfather, and many other movies, has died at 79

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DG Farnsworth @dgfarnsworth.bsky.social · 3d

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madison beer - bittersweet (official lyric video)

YouTube video by Madison Beer

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DG Farnsworth @dgfarnsworth.bsky.social · 3d

"This isn’t streamlining the government—it’s dismantling our ability to detect & respond to outbreaks before they spread... can’t cut your way to safety.”

"not going to have any kind of outbreak response capacity after tonight... health data is no longer secure"
www.commondreams.org/news/cdc-mas...

'It's a Disaster': Medical Experts Horrified by Trump Administration 'Friday Night Massacre' at CDC | Common Dreams

The Trump administration's mass layoffs of CDC public health officials leave the US vulnerable to disease outbreaks. Experts warn of dire consequences.

www.commondreams.org

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DG Farnsworth @dgfarnsworth.bsky.social · 3d

"Frank Bisignano, who is far from competent at running his own agency, to also serve as 'CEO' of the IRS, a nonexistent position"

"leaks from the administration that age will no longer be taken into account in determining whether someone is eligible for disability"
prospect.org/blogs-and-ne...

More Sneak Attacks on Social Security

Today on TAP: It's hard to kill America's most loved program outright—so Trump is strangling it by stealth.

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