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Dj Connell @itbodes.bsky.social · 1h

“A huge part of the fascist creep here has to do with how much crazy stuff is happening, which kind of normalizes it and allows them to do more,” the band leader said. “It’s got to stay shocking to us.”
#Portland #ICE #Protests #Fascists
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Federal agents barrel into band at Portland ICE protest, arrest clarinetist

Police and federal law enforcement officers have made dozens of arrests, with Trump administration officials calling the long-running demonstration at a single Portland site an act of terrorism.

www.seattletimes.com

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Dosco Jones @doscojones.bsky.social · 15h

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Parkinson’s treatment tested at UW showing promise in first clinical trial

Parkinson’s patients are receiving a new investigational treatment after UW–Madison researchers successfully demonstrated its safety and helped refine the delivery method.

news.wisc.edu

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Sherburn LaBelle, sculptor @yampapath.bsky.social · 17h

Hear, hear.

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Get Out The Mid Term Vote @gotmtv.bsky.social · 16h

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Wendy Kloiber @wendykloiber.bsky.social · 20h

Today was my last day at my job. Tomorrow’s my first day on long term disability.

I loved that job, that workplace, that project with all my heart. I had one of those rare situations where I was well supported to do meaningful work.

I am so sick I forgot it was today.
Long covid, 5.5 years.

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John Pfaff @johnpfaff.bsky.social · 17h

To be clear:

LA County has declared a state of emergency BECAUSE OF the federal government.

The Feds, LA County is (correctly) saying, have CAUSED the emergency.

This is a striking political moment of internal collapse. Local govts feeling compelled to protect their ppl from … their own govt.

Los Angeles County declares state of emergency over immigration raids

Los Angeles County officials voted on Tuesday to declare a state of emergency over ongoing federal immigration raids.

abcnews.go.com

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Dosco Jones @doscojones.bsky.social · 17h

This is what passes for news now?

Dosco Jones @doscojones.bsky.social · 17h

No. Just no. She’s just another cog in the ancient Dem machine. She has no place in our future.

I want the new guy.

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Katie Phang @katiephang.bsky.social · 18h

FROGS OVER FASCISTS!

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m.youtube.com/watch?v=bw5z...

A Message From The Frog Resistance

YouTube video by The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

m.youtube.com

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Ed Zitron @edzitron.com · 18h

Kiss my ass! Substance free? I have arguably the most detailed analysis of the AI bubble out there. Maybe you just don’t like to live in reality?

Matt Cowgill @mattcowgill.bsky.social · 1d

are there AI critics or sceptics out there worth reading? (Not Ed Zitron types who just do a whole THIS IS VERY BAD shouty, largely substance-free schtick)

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 17h

🔥 @vicmensa.bsky.social : “I see a lot of you still drinking the kool-aid of racial division… The same motherf**kers running detention centers own private prisons (Core Civic & Geo Group). They maxed out Trump’s campaign, and they’re making billions from this, bruh. Be informed.”

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Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 18h

Tish James lit up the room last night — and her words echoed far beyond the walls of The United Palace. This is a fight for the future.

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Congresswoman Andrea Salinas @salinas.house.gov · 19h

I walked with my @demwomencaucus.bsky.social colleagues to call on Mike Johnson to swear in Rep.-elect Adelita Grijalva. SWEAR HER IN.

Rep. Salinas calls on Mike Johnson to swear in Rep.-elect Adelita Grijalva.

YouTube video by Congresswoman Andrea Salinas

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Adelita for Congress @adelitaforcongress.bsky.social · 19h

Speaker Johnson, you ready to swear me in?

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

🔥 COUNTRY SINGER @bryanandrewsmusic.bsky.social : "You don't get to call yourself a Christian and laugh when families are torn apart — and think it's okay that the highest court in the land just gave a green light to ICE agents to target people because they’re brown or speaking Spanish.”

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Ana Marie Cox @anamariecox.bsky.social · 22h

To everyone who says, "But this won't matter": *MAKE IT MATTER.*

You have that power! This is not inside baseball and your friends and neighbors will likely be appalled. And if they're *not* appalled, don't be cynical yourself. Take the lead, give the cue.

Politico @politico.com · 1d

EXCLUSIVE: Thousands of leaked messages show leaders of Young Republican groups joking about gas chambers, slavery and rape in a private Telegram chat.

Inside rising GOP leaders’ racist chats — obtained by POLITICO and spanning more than 7 months👇

‘I love Hitler’: Leaked messages expose Young Republicans’ racist chat

Thousands of private messages reveal young GOP leaders joking about gas chambers, slavery and rape.

www.politico.com

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Dosco Jones @doscojones.bsky.social · 23h

“They’re the massive footprints of a sauropod dinosaur; probably Cetiosaurus, which is a dinosaur that we know was found in this area.”

These were four-legged, long-necked, plant-eating beasts that could reach about 18m in length.

www.bbc.co.uk/news/resourc...

Huge dinosaur trackway uncovered in the UK - BBC News

One of the longest sets of dinosaur footprints in the world has been discovered in a limestone quarry

www.bbc.co.uk

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Legend @fubarrockchick.bsky.social · 23h

Always loved Martin Sheen 😋

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Dosco Jones @doscojones.bsky.social · 23h

We're not doing that.

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Dosco Jones @doscojones.bsky.social · 1d

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Chinese Containership ‘Istanbul Bridge’ Reaches UK via Arctic Route in Record 20 Days

Chinese containership Istanbul Bridge arrived at the UK’s largest terminal Felixstowe early on October 13. The Panamax vessel completed the 7,500 nautical mile voyage via the Arctic Northern Sea Route...

gcaptain.com

Dosco Jones @doscojones.bsky.social · 1d

Neurons can communicate via hidden network of nanotubes:

www.science.org/content/arti...

Neurons can communicate via hidden network of nanotubes, study finds

Tubes in mouse and human brains may also influence spread of brain disease

www.science.org

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Dosco Jones @doscojones.bsky.social · 1d

Bridging the skills gap and preparing tomorrow’s utility workforce:

www.utilitydive.com/news/bridgin...

Bridging the skills gap and preparing tomorrow’s utility workforce

When veteran field techs understand how their data feeds analytics platforms or how remote inspections can save time, they don’t just adapt — they help optimize those systems, writes Dan Helman, CEO o...

www.utilitydive.com

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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @aoc.bsky.social · 1d

If Mike Johnson is refusing to call the House back into session during the shutdown, then we’ll do the work right here the Bronx.

The New York Essential plan is being eliminated entirely next year due to the GOP healthcare cuts. People’s lives are at stake.

And that’s why we’re fighting back.

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Dosco Jones @doscojones.bsky.social · 1d

The A-10 is at the overlapping center of my three-circle "cool engineering / cool airplanes / cool weapons" Venn diagram.

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Dosco Jones @doscojones.bsky.social · 1d

You do realize that at some point you'll be publishing a cookbook?

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