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Bex, if you can keep it @bextraordinary.bsky.social · 7h

I accidentally sent the wrong color item to a customer and instead of letting me know, she left a really negative review.

Folks. Sellers are human. I would fall over myself to correct a mistake! Free replacement, rush shipping, free gifts! Please give small business owners a chance to fix things.

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Leah Millis @leahmillis.bsky.social · 5h

The @chicago.suntimes.com photographer who risked their personal health and safety to take this photograph is Anthony Vazquez. Please credit photographers and media outlets. In this age of misinformation, a photo with no context could be anything at all.

50501: The People’s Movement ❌👑 @50501movement.bsky.social · 6h

Please remind us who the domestic terrorists are again.

Photo from Chicago: DHS militarized agent holding a gun up directly in someone’s face as the victim has their hands up, pleading for them not to shoot.

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rahaeli @rahaeli.bsky.social · 8h

This is some excellent aviation (check thread for recording playback)

ℳatt @matttomic.bsky.social · 10h

A pilot out in Nova Scotia seems to have had some fun yesterday.

www.flightaware.com/live/flight/...

C-GZPT Flight Tracking and History - FlightAware

Flight status, tracking, and historical data for C-GZPT including scheduled, estimated, and actual departure and arrival times.

www.flightaware.com

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Erinn O'Dear @erinnthered.bsky.social · 4h

He's been an activist and organizer since college. He served in the military too.

But you don't care. This is a smokescreen.

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Erinn O'Dear @erinnthered.bsky.social · 4h

Again, show me your post on any sm account criticizing Ossoff. What about Amy McGrath? I'll take that too.

Otherwise you are reaching in order to maintain power and keep a younger generation from taking charge. That's gross.

Erinn O'Dear @erinnthered.bsky.social · 7h

The Southern Strategy was in the 80s. LBJ was calling out this behavior in the 60s. Any elected shocked or surprised by this - or who thinks pretending to be shocked is the right move - is unfit for office.

Erinn O'Dear @erinnthered.bsky.social · 7h

Oof

BeijingPalmer @beijingpalmer.bsky.social · 9h

while 'young republicans are literal nazis' is well known to folks here, the extent of it is surprisingly not that commonly known even in media and analyst circles, let alone normal people.

jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 12h

a real water is wet scenario here

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Kashana @kashana.blacksky.app · 13h

Dear Grim Reaper, I have some notes

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Erinn O'Dear @erinnthered.bsky.social · 7h

What are Dems supposed to do, cave on healthcare? You cannot both sides this.

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 12h

a real water is wet scenario here

Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 12h

POLITICO: “.. They referred to Black people as monkeys and ‘the watermelon people’ and mused about putting their political opponents in gas chambers. They talked about raping their enemies .. and lauded Republicans who they believed support slavery.

@politico.com
www.politico.com/news/2025/10...

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James Nalton @jdnalton.bsky.social · 8h

Five of the nine African qualifiers for the 2026 World Cup are on a *proposed* US travel ban list

A list of countries under consideration for a US travel ban by the Trump administration if they "do not address various security or diplomatic concerns within two months." Per the New York Times.

Angola
Antigua and Barbuda
Benin
Bhutan
Burkina Faso
Cambodia
Cameroon
Cape Verde
Dem. Republic of Congo
Djibouti
Dominica
Egypt
Ethiopia
Gabon
Gambia
Ghana
Ivory Coast
Kyrgyzstan
Liberia
Malawi
Mauritania
Niger
Nigeria
São Tomé and Príncipe
Senegal
South Sudan
St. Kitts and Nevis
St. Lucia
Syria
Tanzania
Tonga
Tuvalu
Uganda
Vanuatu
Zambia
Zimbabwe

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Erinn O'Dear @erinnthered.bsky.social · 7h

Here's one that'll blow your mind. A lot of the people ICE is picking up are white. Not all, but many. They are of Latine heritage, but white. They just aren't in the US construct of white. Yet.

Erinn O'Dear @erinnthered.bsky.social · 7h

Lol, yes it was anti-Italian. This is not disputed. It sounds like you don't know how racism works, or understand how whiteness is a construct. Do you want to tell me about how the US Civil War was about state's rights next? How about that Jews are white and can't experience racism? Play the hits!

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Erinn O'Dear @erinnthered.bsky.social · 9h

1st, not all immigrants came through Ellis Island. Real life is not a Disney movie.

2nd, the idea that every immigration employee spoke, understood all languages is lol.

3d, thinking that law or authority are immutable concepts vs shifting constructs as ICE is terrorizes the streets is something.

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Erinn O'Dear @erinnthered.bsky.social · 9h

They were oppressed in the US. Please read a history book. Wrt Italians, just look up Sacco and Vanzetti and stop this nonsense.

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Erinn O'Dear @erinnthered.bsky.social · 9h

Maybe if y'all had considered that they are, and approached this from a risk to those who need them vs people who take them by choice you'd have a better article and test.

Did you test Boost or Glucerna? Did you ask doctors, nutritionists, or NPs what they recommend or what facilities serve?

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Erinn O'Dear @erinnthered.bsky.social · 9h

I'm bothered by the ableist posture of the article. Yes, some people do require protein powders/ shakes.

Orgain, Quest, and Ensure, three brands often recc'd for medical suppliments, are on the "occasional" list. I have no idea if Boost or Glucerna were tested. Disabled people were not considered.

paris martineau @paris.nyc · 13h

my latest investigation for @consumerreports.org is based on months of reporting and 60+ lab tests of leading protein supplements

we found that most protein powders and shakes have more lead in one serving than our experts say is safe to have in a day (🧵)

www.consumerreports.org/lead/protein...

Protein Powders and Shakes Contain High Levels of Lead - Consumer Reports

CR tests of 23 popular protein powders and shakes found that most contain high levels of lead.

www.consumerreports.org

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Erinn O'Dear @erinnthered.bsky.social · 9h

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Courtney Milan @courtneymilan.com · 14h

9. As a species, we have figured out war to an astonishing degree. We are still working on the ability to hold peace.

Real peace requires self-determination and justice. It requires trusting that differences do not make us enemies.

Erinn O'Dear @erinnthered.bsky.social · 9h

Great thread

Courtney Milan @courtneymilan.com · 14h

Just FYI, here are my personal beliefs on the use of large scale violence.

1. Violence tends to be self-replicating, and so should be avoided as much as possible.

All violence has the potential to entrench itself.

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Erinn O'Dear @erinnthered.bsky.social · 9h

If experience is the only reason people are allowed to run how do new people ever take office? How do they get jobs? That's ridiculous.

If I go back six years in one of your sm timelines will I find you posting about how Ossof is too inexperienced?

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Erinn O'Dear @erinnthered.bsky.social · 9h

No one is saying she is incapable. They are saying she has had a full career and it's time to let younger people take control of the planet they're going to live on long after she is gone.

This us a time for her to shift to an advisory roll, aiding newer pols in navigating the system.

Erinn O'Dear @erinnthered.bsky.social · 9h

It's a waste of money that could have gone to important downballot races, especially state and local. The party fundraising arms are a scourge.

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Erinn O'Dear @erinnthered.bsky.social · 9h

If you're in California, Arizona, New York, or Delaware you need to start calling your Senators and asking them why they are getting involved in a primary in a state none of them live in. For a 77 year old candidate. When existing candidates are already beating the R in head to head polling.

Prem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · 12h

🚨 The DSCC — led by Kirsten Gillibrand, Mark Kelly, Adam Schiff, and Lisa Blunt Rochester — has formed a joint fundraising committee with Janet Mills.

Mills, running against Graham Platner in the Maine Democratic Senate primary, would become the oldest freshman (79) ever elected, to a 6-year term.

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De La Soul @wearedelasoul.com · 12h

Thank You D’Angelo 🕊️✨
📹: thedangelo_fp (Instagram)

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Slum Beautiful @thejazzybelle.blacksky.app · 12h

If you can turn it on, DNice is doing a tribute set to D’Angelo on IG Live right now.

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