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talia jane ❤️‍🔥 @taliajane.bsky.social · 1h

Nobody wants it as a story but I have multiple NYPD sources who voted for Mamdani, are eager for his win in November, and who say their colleagues quietly feel the same.

They like that he wants NYPD to focus on crime, not quality of life enforcement.

Mark Misoshnik 🏴 @misoshnik.bsky.social · 21h

Lmao is this supposed to be a bad thing?

A tweet from Bari Weiss that says “"It's shaken me to my core," a lieutenant said of Mamdani's unexpected victory in June. "The absolute dread I feel is palpable.
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Today in @TheFP our @Olivia_Reingold talks to the cops who say they will walk if Zohran Mamdani is elected in November:”

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Bouba's Delivery Service @fernmonkey.bsky.social · 1d

My friend Sascha is a professional musician and he's lost a viola bow on the way to Heathrow. Please signal boost to help him get it back.

Lost viola bow on the way from Honor Oak Station to Heathrow Terminal 2. The bow slid from its bow case somewhere along the way, possibly on the train. TFL contacted already.
It weighs 68.2 grams and has got a stamped DODD next to the frog. If any info on this, please pm me.

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Ricardo Levins Morales Art Studio @rlmartstudio.bsky.social · 3h

This week in 1988: 1,000+ ACT UP demonstrators shut down the FDA headquarters, demanding (and eventually winning) action on developing HIV/AIDS treatments. ACT UP's militant and creative actions always included powerful visual artwork, and paved the way for movements in the decades to come.

A photograph from the 1988 ACT UP demonstration outside the FDA. Many people are participating in a die-in on the front steps, holding mock tombstones with messages like "RIP - killed by the FDA" and "Dead from lack of drugs." A line of police officers (some with classic 80s mustaches) wearing riot helmets stands between them and the building; one cop wearing white gloves is walking through the demonstrators. Affixed to the 2nd story windows of the building is a series of posters and a large blank banner reading Silence = Death.

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Justin Garrett Moore @jgmoore.bsky.social · 8h

New exhibit highlights LGBTQ legacy of Harlem Renaissance www.nbcnews.com/nbc-out/out-...

New exhibit highlights LGBTQ legacy of Harlem Renaissance

The New York Historical’s “Gay Harlem Renaissance” exhibition highlights the contributions of LGBTQ writers, artists and performers to one of history’s most important cultural eras.

www.nbcnews.com

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Blake Leyh @earlofedgecombe.bsky.social · 6h

Good morning from Harlem

#GoodMorningFromHarlem

Looking through an arched window half an hour after sunrise the sky is full of gray rain clouds. Pointed roofs of Harlem brownstones with red brickwork are across the street, and a taller apartment building can be seen in the distance. The green tops of two trees are on the bottom and right.

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Jess M. F. Hughes @jessmfh.bsky.social · 6h

This is such a powerful & depressing film. (Depressing in the sense of what we’ve lost, but it does offer some silver lining in showing resistant independent media that’s come out of the wreckage.)

Director Rick Goldsmith visited my class when this film screened on campus, & he’s awesome.

Blake Leyh @earlofedgecombe.bsky.social · 1d

If you think you know why US newspapers died, this feature documentary now streaming for free on PBS might surprise you. It wasn't the Internet. Newspapers were specifically targeted by vulture capitalists.

I composed the score for the film, which features electric cello & Crowfoot guitars.

Stripped for Parts: American Journalism on the Brink

A handful of journalists rebel against a hedge fund that is gutting newspapers nationwide.

www.pbs.org

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Ned Raggett @nedraggett.bsky.social · 1d

So last night's event with @zentronix.bsky.social, @wkamaubell.bsky.social, a chat on Jeff's #WaterMirrorEcho and a subsequent screening of _Fist of Fury_ was a delight and a half, of course. (Read the book or listen to the audiobook, either way you'll be glad.) jeffchang.net/water-mirror...

In front of a projected image of Bruce Lee smashing the mirror room in the climax of _Enter The Dragon_, W. Kamau Bell, on the left, and Jeff Chang on the right are seated and discussing Jeff's excellent book _Water Mirror Echo_ and much more besides.

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Blake Leyh @earlofedgecombe.bsky.social · 1d

Ok, so you saw some of that first hand... It's shocking to learn some of the details, to see how newspapers were targeted!

But the film also offers some hope! Great stuff about The Baltimore Banner and other independent journalists who are trying to get new paradigms up and running.

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ANTIGRAVITY Magazine @antigravitymag.bsky.social · 1d

Here is your Voter Education Guide for the Oct. 11 municipal election. You'll be voting on candidates for mayor, City Council, sheriff, assessor, and criminal district court clerk, as well as a City Charter amendment and, in some areas, a tax proposition. antigravitymagazine.com/feature/vote...

VOTER EDUCATION GUIDE: SATURDAY, OCTOBER 11, 2025

This voter education guide is published primarily as a resource and does not constitute an endorsement of any candidate or proposition by ANTIGRAVITY Magazine. Welcome once again to your ANTIGRAVITY…

antigravitymagazine.com

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Blake Leyh @earlofedgecombe.bsky.social · 1d

Update!

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Katelyn Boo-urns @katelynburns.com · 1d

I wrote a little about some of the little details you might have missed in this video and why it hit me so hard as a trans person this morning:

www.burnsnotice.com/you-have-to-...

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Blake Leyh @earlofedgecombe.bsky.social · 1d

Here’s the trailer for the film:

youtu.be/MOWlPV26yCk?...

Stripped for Parts: American Journalism on the Brink – Official Trailer

YouTube video by Stripped for Parts

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Blake Leyh @earlofedgecombe.bsky.social · 1d

Some films need to be seen with an audience in a theater, others not so much. There were some great Q&As at screenings of this, but other than that I think it’s a film that totally works on whatever screen you have handy.

The story is really eye-opening, & it also has some hope for the future.

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Blake Leyh @earlofedgecombe.bsky.social · 1d

If you think you know why US newspapers died, this feature documentary now streaming for free on PBS might surprise you. It wasn't the Internet. Newspapers were specifically targeted by vulture capitalists.

I composed the score for the film, which features electric cello & Crowfoot guitars.

Stripped for Parts: American Journalism on the Brink

A handful of journalists rebel against a hedge fund that is gutting newspapers nationwide.

www.pbs.org

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Andy Carvin @acarv.in · 1d

"Hedge fund Alden Global Capital gobbles up newspapers across America and guts them. No one knows why, until journalist Julie Reynolds investigates. Her findings trigger journalist rebellions at Alden-owned newspapers nationwide."

Full documentary streaming at @pbs.org.

Stripped for Parts: American Journalism on the Brink

A handful of journalists rebel against a hedge fund that is gutting newspapers nationwide.

www.pbs.org

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Sarah Kendzior @sarahkendzior.bsky.social · 1d

If you like my work, please share and subscribe. I'm trying to override a variety of shadowbans and broken algorithms. Thank you!

Sarah Kendzior @sarahkendzior.bsky.social · 1d

New Q & A answers are up! Readers sent in thoughtful questions on city raids, digital surveillance, the disappearing internet, and much more: sarahkendzior.substack.com/p/panopticon...

PanoptiCon Artists: Your Questions Answered

On digital surveillance, ICE city raids, the need for new parties, and more.

sarahkendzior.substack.com

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Blake Leyh @earlofedgecombe.bsky.social · 1d

Good morning from Harlem

#GoodMorningFromHarlem

Looking through an arched window and hour after sunrise the blue sky is filled with complex layers of gray and white storm clouds. Across the middle of the sky is a band of backlit yellow clouds. Pointed roofs of Harlem brownstones are silhouetted across the street, and a taller apartment building can be seen in the distance. The tops of two trees are on the bottom and right.

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Blake Leyh @earlofedgecombe.bsky.social · 1d

Melvin, I'm sorry to tell you that is not a mayor winning bagel order.

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priscilla page @priscillapage.bsky.social · May 11

Arthur Streeton's The Centre of the Empire, oil on canvas, 1902

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Footnotes in History @footnotesinhistory.bsky.social · 2d

A photograph of George Nakamura, a Japanese American soldier, walking around New York City in his uniform. Date unknown, the photograph was likely taken around 1943 or 1944.
🗃 #skystorians

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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 2d

Bari Weiss’s first project for CBS brought in a phenomenal 145 viewers. Love this for her.

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Robert Hernandez @webjournalist.bsky.social · 2d

It’s tradition that when you see the frogs, you show them respect 🫡

(Someone should do the Creed cut with the footage)

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Chuck Taggart, Private Eye @sazeracla.bsky.social · 2d

Oh yeah!

From the nextfuckinglevel community on Reddit: Chinese instrument sanxian cover of Michael Jackson's beat it

Explore this post and more from the nextfuckinglevel community

www.reddit.com

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Observations of Deviance @obsofdeviance.bsky.social · 2d

"Amasia: Anamibia Sessions 2" is the next album by @melvingibbs.bsky.social released by @hausumountain.bsky.social on Oct 14. It's excellent and well worth your time.

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Observations of Deviance @obsofdeviance.bsky.social · 2d

On the next episode

Amasia / Anamibia Sessions: Melvin Gibbs Interview

Sat, Oct 11, 7-10pm(ET) @wfmu.bsky.social

STREAM ▶️ wfmu.org/playlists/sh...

Melvin Gibbs. Photo by Christian Stewart

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Gilly @gillyarcht.bsky.social · 2d

Oooh. New October tradition dropped. Love love love it

Alan @gammacounter.bsky.social · 2d

turnip Jacko’-lanterns are cursed

via @lillyh.bsky.social

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