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Enchantra Sand📚🌻

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Reader and Recluse, Mother and Citizen. History📜, art, cookery, poetry, witchery, flora, fauna, music, literature, science, religion, anthropology, dogs, libraries. Maker of voluminous lists of books. Working class autodidact. No Fascists. #SlavaUkraini

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Enchantra Sand📚🌻 @enchantrasand.bsky.social · Feb 18

I have ten thousand books on my TBR list. I am 70. If you didn't just win the Nobel, I am probably not going to get to your book.

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 2h

Mike Johnson has now had the House adjourned for 73 out of the last 85 days.

Epstein Shutdown.

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United Farm Workers @ufw.bsky.social · 41m

"Yoli" heads to work in the sweet potatoes at 3:30 am after leaving her children with a babysitter. She starts sorting sweet potatoes in the early morning when it's still dark outside. She must sort them by the correct size, which is not easy with the low light. #WeFeedYou

A bin of sweet potatoes in the dark where workers are sorting

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The Verge @theverge.com · 29m

The EV tax credit is gone — now the hard part begins

The demise of the federal EV tax credit has US automakers scrambling, as sales are expected to plummet. Now, carmakers need to plan for what’s next.

www.theverge.com

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The Intercept @theintercept.com · 28m

Nota Baloyi, a South African who spoke to The Intercept on Wednesday, had his visa revoked for tweeting that Kirk “won’t be remembered as a hero. He was used to astroturf a movement of white nationalist trailer trash!” interc.pt/47tzE2c

A photo of Secretary of State Marco Rubio speaking during the public memorial service for right-wing activist Charlie Kirk at State Farm Stadium in Glendale, Ariz., on Sept. 21, 2025, overlaid with the headline, "He Tweeted Charlie Kirk “Won’t Be Remembered as a Hero.” The State Dept. Revoked His Visa." and the DEK, "Nota Baloyi is one of several people who lost a visa to visit the U.S. because he spoke ill of Charlie Kirk on social media."

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Bill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 28m

"The Trump authoritarian project is accelerating...

This is an avalanche of Watergate-level stuff, all packed into a single day—only the president and his team are shouting it from the rooftops, not covering it up."

www.thebulwark.com/p/jack-smith...

Jack Smith’s Not-So-Subtle Message

In two recent appearances, the former special counsel explained his view of what it means to say ‘No Kings.’

www.thebulwark.com

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Wikiuntamed @wikiuntamed.bsky.social · 3h

16th October 2017 🗓️ : Event
The Maltese journalist and anti-corruption activist Daphne Caruana Galizia was killed in a car bomb attack in Bidnija.

#OnThisDayInWikiHistory
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https://en.wikipedia.org/?curid=53850446

Daphne Caruana Galizia - Wikipedia

Daphne Anne Caruana Galizia was a Maltese writer, journalist, blogger and anti-corruption activist

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Wikipedia™️"On this day" Bot 🤖 @wikipedia-otd-bot.bsky.social · 41m

📅 #OnThisDay, October 16 in 2017:

The Maltese journalist and anti-corruption activist Daphne Caruana Galizia was killed in a car bomb attack in Bidnija.

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Jacobin @jacobinmag.bsky.social · 2h

John Brown’s raid on Harpers Ferry began on this day in 1859.

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Rich Wanket @richwanket.bsky.social · 12h

40 billion for the country that usurped our soybean market.

Nothing for healthcare that Americans can afford.

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 14h

A nationwide backlash to AI data centers is brewing.

And for good reason: while AI enriches Big Tech CEOs and props up the stock market, data centers are sucking up communities’ water and power.

When the AI bubble bursts, the rest of us will be stuck holding the bag. Be warned.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 36m

Rep.-elect Adelita Grijalva on Mike Johnson refusing to swear her in: "The excuses depending on the day keep changing ... the timing is the fact that I am the 218th signer to the discharge petition for the Epstein files"

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doctorhenryct.bsky.social @doctorhenryct.bsky.social · 36m

Trump killed green energy initiatives partly out of stupidity but also b/c he says he wants to protect coal, oil & gas jobs. Yet, he has gone whole hog into AI which will lead to more job losses than saved in dirty energy. Of course, it is because he was paid to tout AI and kill green energy.

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womensartbluesky.bsky.social @womensartbluesky.bsky.social · 9h

Kiva-step vase, 1993, by Jean Bad Moccasin, artist of the Lakota Sioux Nation #WomensArt

Photonof a circular ceramic pot or vase, the pot is highly decorated with many sections of pattern, including symbolic geometric motifs and stylised images of animals such as a hare and a deer, all in colours of orange, black, white, pink and yellow

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Harry Foster @harryfoster.bsky.social · 15h

Half way though my walk with #Maggie today, I found a decent size stick and broke it off into a good size for her. One would think I gave her a leg of lamb. She carried it all the way home and then played with it until I had to put her back inside. She was so proud of it. #dogs

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glastomichelle.bsky.social @glastomichelle.bsky.social · 6h

Glastonbury this morning shortly after the invisible sunrise. Another gloomy sky avoidance photo 😂Same tree as yesterday but the other side of it.

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Noah Rosenblum @narosenblum.bsky.social · 14h

Demagogic president seizes money to pay standing army, arrogating to himself legislative power, while his cronies keep Congress out of session is honestly more or less exactly how the Founders thought this would end

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Prof Katherine Schofield 🇬🇧🇦🇺🇪🇺 @katherineschof8.bsky.social · 7h

I'm not a keen follower of the Epstein case. Maybe this is something everyone knows.

But I'm shocked and revolted by the male academics who one after another raped trafficked children. My god I hope you are all found and punished.

Solidarity with the survivors.

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Snippet from the linked Guardian article beginning "The second person I was lent out to was a psychology professor"

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Patrick Dunleavy @patrickdunleavy.bsky.social · 5h

How Malta’s Assassination of Daphne Caruana Galizia Connects to an Organisation Close to Nigel Farage.
Turlough Conway shows that two men associated with the murder of Malta’s most famous journalist were also key donors to Nigel Farage’s pan-European political project
bylinetimes.com/2019/12/03/h...

How Malta's Assassination of Daphne Caruana Galizia Connects to an Organisation Close to Nigel Farage

Turlough Conway reports on two men associated with the murder of Malta's most famous journalist, who were key donors to Nigel Farage’s pan-European political project.

bylinetimes.com

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Poe Studies @poestudies.bsky.social · 38m

The new volume of Poe Studies will be out very soon! We are thrilled to spotlight some of the amazing authors in vol. 58, including Christa Holm Vogelius! @projectmuse.bsky.social @hopkinspress.bsky.social muse.jhu.edu/pub/1/articl...

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Sara Margarita Medina Ramos @sarammedinaramis.bsky.social · 1h

To the Olympic committee...

For everyone's safety, Move the World Cup and the Olympic games out of the U.S.

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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 11h

American fascists are, obviously, very scared about how big a protest "No Kings" will be this weekend, as seen by their hysterical, dishonest rhetoric about it.

Let's make their fears come true by showing up on October 18

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old fruit pictures @pomological.xor.blue · 4h

ameeri mangoes, painted by ellen isham schutt, 1910

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Hunter @hunterub.bsky.social · 15h

There's literally no reason for Congress to exist if any random freak in the presidential orbit can nullify laws and seize federal funds. All of this is plainly illegal, but Mike Johnson leads the most corrupt Congress in US history (and by a wide margin.)

Reuters @reuters.com · 20h

White House budget director Vought plans to shut down CFPB within months, says it's no longer protecting consumers reut.rs/4qjMIyT

White House budget director Vought plans to shut down CFPB within months, says it's no longer protecting consumers

White House budget director Russell Vought said he wants to close the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and expects to do so within the next two to three months.

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Craig Calcaterra @craigcalcaterra.bsky.social · 2h

If only we had precedent for what happens when the King dissolves parliament and embarks on a path of personal rule.

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WiscoKid1972 @wiscokid1972.bsky.social · 20h

Shame will not work. Neither will the delusion that we just have to keep winning every election to defeat fascism. When we win, there must be prosecutions. There must be accountability. Biden and Garland failed to understand that. This mistake cannot be made again.

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