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The Associated Press @apnews.com · 6h

Former Kenyan Prime Minister Raila Odinga, a key figure in African politics, has died of a heart attack in India, a hospital in India’s Kerala State confirmed. He was 80.

Former Kenyan PM Raila Odinga, a key figure in African politics, dies at 80

Former Kenyan Prime Minister Raila Odinga has died of a heart attack in India, a hospital in Kerala State confirmed Wednesday. He was 80 years old.

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Jeff Yang @originalsp.in · 10h

A musician, Oriana Korol, was peacefully playing clarinet with her protest band outside ICE facilities in Portland, OR.

When the band started playing “Ghostbusters,” ICE thugs suddenly poured outside, slammed her into the mud, arrested her and took her to a jail 9 miles away in Vancouver, WA.

Musician playing ‘Ghostbusters’ outside ICE facility is arrested by agents

‘Taking us citizens out of state to detain them without charge is a new action from the Feds and should be opposed,’ her band said

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Natasha Bertrand @natashabertrand.bsky.social · 2h

NEW: How the Pentagon sidelined lawyers while testing the legal limits of military action
New details here about how the Army’s top uniformed lawyer was fired just weeks after raising concerns about the use of the military domestically and mass firings of DoD employees www.cnn.com/2025/10/15/p...

How the Pentagon sidelined lawyers while testing the legal limits of military action | CNN Politics

For weeks earlier this year, the Army’s top uniformed lawyer had been raising legal concerns inside the Pentagon about some of the new policies being rolled out dictating how the military can be used ...

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Sharon @sharonk.bsky.social · 2h

Ohio zoomer voters man...

Republican Vivek Ramaswamy held a 10-point lead over Democrat Amy Acton in a hypothetical gubernatorial matchup: 49 to 39 percent, with 12 percent undecided. Acton gained name recognition as the state’s public health director through the Covid-19 pandemic, earning her the support of Ohio’s Democratic base — and placing her in the crosshairs of conservatives as outrage bubbled over about the state’s controversial school closures.

While Acton is currently the only declared Democratic candidate for governor, former Rep. Tim Ryan has also been mulling tossing his hat in the ring. But a potential contest between Ryan and Ramaswamy showed the Republican leading 49 percent to 41 percent, with 10 percent undecided.

According to the Emerson poll, Ramaswamy’s strength lies in his support among younger voters — the onetime presidential candidate outperformed Husted with voters under 30 by five points.

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Lisa Röstlund @lisarostlund.bsky.social · 2h

We’ve met with Greta Thunberg and others in the flotilla. They describe hours-long scenes of torture and sexual harassment in Israeli captivity. Experts conclude that they have been subjected to serious crimes – Sweden’s foreign minister believes they have themselves to blame.

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Greta Thunberg: “They kicked me every time the flag touched my face”

– Greta Thunberg on her days in Israeli captivity Beating, kicking, and threats of being gassed in cages. Greta Thunberg and several others from the flotilla ar

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Tanvi Misra @tanvi.bsky.social · 1d

his summer, I went to Panama and met Jharana, a 33-year-old from Nepal who had been deported there in a group of 300 others — the 1st group to be sent to a third country. I wrote about what happened to her and others over the year for
@nymag.com -->

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What Happened to The Migrants The U.S. Dumped In Panama?

Nearly 300 people were sent to a country they’d never lived in. The journey didn’t end there.

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Pew Research Center @pewresearch.org · 12d

43% of U.S. adults say the fact that sports betting is now legal in much of the country is a bad thing for society – up from 34% in 2022. And 40% of adults say it’s a bad thing for sports – up from 33%. www.pewresearch.org/...

A bar chart showing that growing shares of Americans view legal sports betting as bad for society and sports.

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John Gramlich @johngramlich.bsky.social · 12d

21% of men under 30 say they've placed an online sports bet in the past year, up from 9% in 2022.

16% of women under 30 have done it too, up from 6%.

Americans increasingly see legal sports betting as a bad thing for society and sports

Today, 43% of U.S. adults say the fact that sports betting is now legal in much of the country is a bad thing for society, up from 34% in 2022.

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Pew Research Center @pewresearch.org · 6d

Eight-in-ten Americans say they are at least somewhat concerned about starvation among Palestinians in Gaza, Israeli military strikes killing Palestinian civilians and the remaining Israeli hostages not being returned to Israel. www.pewresearch.org/...

Chart shows Many Americans have concerns about starvation in Gaza, military strikes’ impact on Palestinian citizens and the return of Israeli hostages

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Pew Research Center @pewresearch.org · 5d

Most Americans think Trump is trying to exercise more power than previous presidents www.pewresearch.org/...

A pie and bar chart showing that about 7 in 10 Americans say Trump is trying to exercise more power than previous presidents.

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YouGov @yougov.co.uk · 5h

As Alan Shearer and Michael Caine join calls to ban parents from smacking children, most Britons believe the practice should be legal, though this has fallen in recent years

Should be legal: 52% (-12 from Aug 2019)
Should not be legal: 32% (+8)

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lisettebrodey @lisettebrodey.bsky.social · 1d

Up to 20,000 coins from Early Middle Ages discovered by man digging for worms near Stockholm 🪙

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Up to 20,000 coins from Early Middle Ages discovered by man digging for worms near Stockholm

A man digging for worms at his summer house in Sweden has unearthed a stupendous treasure: a silver hoard of up to 20,000 coins from the Early Middle Ages.

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 3h

A grocery store clerk in Chicago says shoppers see prices “and say, ‘What the f—? .. It happens all the time.”

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The Wall Street Journal @wsj.com · 3h

President Trump's personal business and his government role intersected when he was heard on a hot mic arranging a meeting between his son Eric, who runs the family company, and Indonesia’s leader.

‘I’ll Have Eric Call’: Trump Sets Up Son’s Meeting With Indonesian President

A hot-mic moment suggested a blurry line between the U.S. president’s roles as political leader and businessman.

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Rima I Anabtawi @rimaanabtawi.bsky.social · 9h

"All of the bodies arrived at the facility with their hands and legs cuffed, the hospital said. The remains were being held in refrigerators in Israel and came with numbers marking them, rather than names"

45 dead Palestinians

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Bodies of 45 deceased Palestinians transferred from Israel to Gaza remain unidentified, Nasser hospital says

US President Donald Trump warned that Hamas must disarm or “we will disarm them,” a day after the release of the final 20 living Israeli hostages and more than 1,700 Palestinian detainees and 250 pris...

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Texas Tribune @texastribune.org · 23h

State Rep. Brian Harrison has been on a crusade against Texas universities, scouring course catalogs and university websites for examples of “gender ideology” or LGBTQ+ curriculum, and riling up his X followers about “liberal indoctrination” on campuses.

Harrison vs. higher ed: How one lawmaker is weaponizing social media to eradicate LGBTQ+ curriculum

State Rep. Brian Harrison has been on a crusade against Texas universities, scouring course catalogs and university websites for examples of “gender ideology” or LGBTQ+ curriculum, and riling up his X...

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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 21h

This school year, many Texas districts are teaching from an elementary curriculum that features extensive content about the Christian faith, according to a New York Times analysis. More than 300 of the state’s roughly 1,200 districts signed up to use the lessons.

Inside the New Bible-Infused Texas English Curriculum

This school year, many Texas districts are teaching from an elementary curriculum that features extensive content about the Christian faith, according to a New York Times analysis.

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John Schwartz @jswatz.bsky.social · 20h

David R. Brockman, a Christian theologian at Rice University, said he believed the lesson "amounts to Bible study in a public school curriculum."
"Mr. Brockman said he worried that the state’s adaptation would send an implicit message to children 'that Christianity is the only important religion."

Inside a New Bible-Infused Texas English Curriculum

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Al Jazeera English @aljazeera.com · 4h

Crackdown targets entities and individuals linked to Prince Group network that used trafficked workers for global fraud.

US, UK sanction huge Southeast Asian crypto scam network

Crackdown targets entities and individuals linked to Prince Group network that used trafficked workers for global fraud.

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The Wall Street Journal @wsj.com · 4h

Exclusive: Governors across 15 states are forming a new public-health alliance to take on disease threats, saying funding cuts and policy changes by the Trump administration are putting their citizens at risk.

Blue States Are Setting Up a Shadow Public-Health Alliance to Counter RFK Jr.

The initiative aims to help states detect and respond to disease threats in light of public-health funding cuts under President Trump.

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Michael Hobbes @michaelhobbes.bsky.social · 6h

this is so brutal lol

being gay sucks.

YouTube video by that zack

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Social Media Lab @socialmedialab.ca · 4h

So much for "ending anti-Semitism on college campuses." Here's the link to the US Border Patrol's actual video on Instagram, with problematic lyrics, a clear ex. of dog whistle propaganda. www.instagram.com/reel/DNTGkNM... Reminds me of AfD 2019 ad in Germany asserting that "real German eats pork."

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Liberal Currents @liberalcurrents.com · 4h

“It was President Woodrow Wilson, not Adolf Hitler, who first condemned foreign-born residents for pouring "the poison of disloyalty into the very arteries" of American life.” www.liberalcurrents.com/the-politics...

The Politics of Fear in American History

The precedents for the violence and overt use of state power we are now experiencing can be found in the 1910s and 1920s rather than the 1930s and 1940s.

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The Wall Street Journal @wsj.com · 4h

The U.S. retreat from its electric-vehicle ambitions is spreading around the globe.

The Rest of the World Is Following America’s Retreat on EVs

Canada, the U.K. and the European Union are backing off from electric-vehicle targets as economic concerns arise. Even China is showing cracks.

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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 6h

All of this is being put out to placate the right wing press...

In the meantime, it's causing fear & confusion. As I understand it:

● this only applies to some people on skilled visas
● it's not "A level English" it's something called SELT
● much the same requirement exists elsewhere in EU

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