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Fazia Rizvi @faziarizvi.bsky.social · 1h

Go call. Make your GOP reps have to deal with this when they'd rather be spouting propaganda about Democrats. Make it a thing.

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Dissociation Waffle @bromonaquimby.bsky.social · 2h

It’s because every year it becomes easier for them to find each other. I assure you, this was still there 10 years ago and 20 years ago, etc.

Andy Diggle @andydiggle.bsky.social · 5h

Ten years ago you didn't hear some new scandal about Nazis every fucking day. This is not normal, and it's not okay.

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Matt Wallace @mattfnwallace.bsky.social · 2h

I’d love it if the next big thing in publishing is people buying lots of books.

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Saffron & Her Majestic Floof @saffronsfloof.bsky.social · 7h

Interviewed and hired my new work assistant.
Productivity: questionable. Morale: through the roof.

#cats #BlueskyCats #gato #adoptdontshop #fosterkittens #DMV #adoptme

Color photograph. A black and white kitten sleeps on a white bed that sits in front of a monitor on a work desk.

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Fazia Rizvi @faziarizvi.bsky.social · 1h

Enough crying about it on Bluesky for me - I called my Senators and lit a fire underneath them about the brazen destruction of a national monument. I'm making this their problem. Now. While they keep the government closed.

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SteveG @trenchdiggr.bsky.social · 1d

There is a common and ugly residential architecture style with the garage front-and-center - "garage with attached house".

This is "ballroom with attached house".

Unforgiveable for all involved, from the architects to the companies funding to the construction contractors.

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rocinante1 @rocinante1.bsky.social · 1d

Tr*** lied again, for the billionth time. Boycott the architects and the contractors. They should know better and sold their souls.

If this absurd ballroom had to be built, no reason it couldn't be connected by a skylit underground passage to leave the original facade truly untouched. Poor design.

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Archinect @archinect.bsky.social · 23h

Heated debate as demolition crews tear down parts of the White House East Wing for Trump’s proposed $250M ballroom expansion. Architects are voicing concerns on Archinect about the project’s lack of preservation and permit transparency.

archinect.com/news/article...

As White House starts demolition for Trump's ballroom, architects discuss preservation and permit concerns

There is heated debate in the architecture and preservation community this week, as news reports on Monday show demolition crews with heavy machinery tearing down significant portions of the White Hou...

archinect.com

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Timothy McBride @mcbridetd.bsky.social · 14h

Architects Urged a Review of Trump’s Ballroom.
Cue the Demolition Crew. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/21/a...

Architects Urged a Review of Trump’s Ballroom. Cue the Demolition Crew.

www.nytimes.com

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Mark Harris @markharris.bsky.social · 4h

I don't know what will happen in this election--I take nothing for granted. But I do know that there are many Jewish voters in NYC who will, in 2026, remember exactly which politicians told them that only certain Jewish voters matter.

Voting starts Saturday, BTW.

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Mark Harris @markharris.bsky.social · 4h

There is a full-on push in NYC right now to use "Mamdani doesn't make Jews 'feel safe'" as a cudgel to get Cuomo into office, and it is utterly disgusting. You know what makes me feel unsafe? People who casually characterize us as a trembling single-issue monolith scared of the big bad Muslim.

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Pennsylvania Capital-Star @penncapital-star.com · 4h

“It’s really like, you know, a little bit like invading another country,” said Claire Finkelstein, a professor of law and philosophy at the University of Pennsylvania who studies military ethics and national security law.

From @stateline.org

Trump’s National Guard deployments raise worries about state sovereignty • Pennsylvania Capital-Star

As President Donald Trump prepares to send out-of-state National Guard members to Chicago and in Portland, Oregon, other cities are bracing for the arrival of troops in anticipation that the deploymen...

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South Dakota Searchlight @southdakotasearchlight.com · 4h

States are rushing to inform some residents who rely on food stamps that they will soon be forced to meet work requirements or lose their food assistance.

Via @stateline.org

Veterans, rural residents, older adults may lose food stamps due to Trump work requirements • South Dakota Searchlight

States are rushing to inform some residents who rely on food stamps that they will soon be forced to meet work requirements or lose their food assistance. Recent federal legislation ended exemptions…

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Jane Norman @janenorman.bsky.social · 2h

Trump seeks to approve his own $230M payback from DOJ over past probes -- @ashleymurray.bsky.social for @statesnewsroom.com DC www.newsfromthestates.com/article/trum...

Trump seeks to approve his own $230M payback from DOJ over past probes

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump said late Tuesday he is personally owed a massive payment from the Department of Justice and would have the authority to approve it, saying he was “damaged very gre...

www.newsfromthestates.com

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AndreaaaHHhHHHHh!! Grimes @andreagrimes.com · 2h

Today's @theflytrapmedia.com birthday celebration paywall drop covers a bunch of the music-related content we've published over the last year, including my piece on the karaoke rules!

If you like what you read, we're running a 15% off sale for new subscribers: the-flytrap.ghost.io/chomp

The Flytrap @theflytrapmedia.com · 2h

@andreagrimes unpacks the unspoken rules of karaoke, and connects them to our larger social obligations to each other amid the fascist fuckery of the Trump 2.0 era:

Don’t be a Dick: Follow the Karaoke Rules so Everyone Has a Great Time

The social contract might be mostly dead, but we can help revive it one karaoke bar at a time.

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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 2h

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[email protected] @donh-----2.bsky.social · 2h

I proudly support Democracy Docket!

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Dan Murphy @bungdan.bsky.social · 17h

This prof of art history at Hunter's old thread reminds me of a story that I'm too lazy to look up now: Fred Trump deliberately destroying early 20th century Coney Island attractions he promised he wouldn't destroy out of spite. bsky.app/profile/did:...

Michael Lobel @mlobelart.bsky.social · Apr 2

I'm just a lowly art historian, but in moments like these I always think back to one early sign of Trump's wanton, pointless destructiveness: his demolition of the priceless & irreplaceable Art Deco relief sculptures on facade of the Bonwit Teller building, which he tore down to build Trump Tower

Relief sculpture of a lithe figure in a dancing-like pose

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Fazia Rizvi @faziarizvi.bsky.social · 6h

Oof.

Sara McDougall @sarannmcd.bsky.social · 8h

Lyz Lenz “We get to the protest at 9:30. It’s not scheduled until 10, but no one wants to be late.”

Slate @slate.com · 9h

A small town. A quiet rebellion. An ugly backlash: Inside a "No Kings" protest in Red America. slate.trib.al/y4dv2Oi

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Dave Rodland @daverodland.bsky.social · 8h

I finished my PhD during a time of uncertainty with waning opportunities in American academia. So I went to Germany. The Humboldt program laid foundations for my career at a time when my own country wouldn't.

I highly recommend looking into fellowship opportunities, especially now. 🧪

Humboldt-Stiftung @humboldt-foundation.de · 11h

When curiosity meets opportunity: Molly Taylor-Polesky, a US scholar of early modern history, shares how her research stay in Germany gave her new perspectives and the freedom to explore through the Humboldt Research Fellowship.

Interested? Find out more about the programme 👉 bit.ly/3JgH2oo

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Chris Morran @themorrancave.bsky.social · 8h

NEW: Oklahoma’s social studies standards, written with the help of the right-wing group behind Project 2025, now include roughly 40 points about Christianity that students should learn as well as skepticism about the 2020 election and COVID-19’s origins.

By @jsmithrichards.bsky.social

This Is Ground Zero in the Conservative Quest for More Patriotic and Christian Public Schools

Oklahoma has spent years reshaping public schools to integrate lessons about Jesus and encourage pride in America’s history. By the time the second Trump administration began espousing its “America Fi...

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liprap @liprap.bsky.social · 8h

Knowing how the narcissistic felon has stiffed those who have worked on his other projects, I say, "Good luck getting paid," to Clark Construction.
www.lawdork.com/p/trump-demo...

Exclusive: Trump's demolition of the White House East Wing is nearly complete

Photos obtained by Law Dork show the dramatic extent of the first step in Trump's purported plan to build a new ballroom on White House grounds with private funds.

www.lawdork.com

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Michigan Advance @michiganadvance.com · 7h

Why are conservative politicians so determined to control how Americans define sex and understand gender?

The study of gender represents the kind of free inquiry that allows people to decide for themselves how to live, free of coercion or government control.

Commentary from @us.theconversation.com

Gender is not an ideology – but conservative groups know learning about it empowers people to think • Michigan Advance

Victoria Pitts-Taylor, Wesleyan University and Elizabeth Anne Wood, Nassau Community College Political attacks on teaching about gender in colleges and universities are about more than just gender: Th...

michiganadvance.com

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Melissa Paints @melissavandiver.bsky.social · 14h

In #neworleans you can donate to Toups' Family Meal: toupsfamilymeal.com, Second Harvest: secure.no-hunger.org/site/Donatio..., and cook for or stock the NOLA Community Fridges: www.nolacommunityfridges.org.

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jenn m. jackson @jennmjacksonphd.bsky.social · 18h

I want more people to care that SNAP benefits are being cut off on November 1. 40% of SNAP beneficiaries are children. This is callous and vile.

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Axios @axios.com · 18h

Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes and U.S. Rep.-elect Adelita Grijalva sued the U.S. House on today over Speaker Mike Johnson's ongoing refusal to swear in Grijalva as the state's newest member of Congress.

Arizona AG sues U.S. House over Grijalva swearing-in

Adelita Grijalva, a Democrat, won a Sept. 23 special election to fill the seat previously held by her father.

www.axios.com

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