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Galina Esther Shubina, my coffee is my own @galsh.bsky.social · 1h

People discovering why the USSR had the best jokes.

Malena-PRO-CHOICE 🌊 🟦🟧Fighting Tyranny! @malena.bsky.social · 10h

SMILE! Why not?

When the world's gone mad...make fun of lunatics.

Thank you so much, Governor Newsom & Happy Birthday!

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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 1d

"A future president, even dumber than you, will allow Qatar, the country that harbored Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, the architect of the plane attacks in NY, PA, and DC today, and whose royal family will help him escape capture by the US, to build a military base on US soil to train Qataris to fly jets."

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Galina Esther Shubina, my coffee is my own @galsh.bsky.social · 21h

Bookmarking #books

Evan Torner @guyintheblackhat.bsky.social · 1d

Glad to see the Tabletop Games series at @uofmpress.bsky.social take off with @jreylee.bsky.social's book on Catan.

Clear, unambiguous writing on abstraction and gaming with regard to colonial themes.

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Kate Devlin @drkatedevlin.bsky.social · 22h

Just ditch the human and go straight to the AI partner. At least then you know what you’re getting.
www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...

‘I realised I’d been ChatGPT-ed into bed’: how ‘Chatfishing’ made finding love on dating apps even weirder

Where once people were duped by soft-focus photos and borrowed chat-up lines, now they have to watch out for computer-generated charm. But it’s one thing to use a witty phrase – another thing entirely...

www.theguardian.com

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Galina Esther Shubina, my coffee is my own @galsh.bsky.social · 21h

It was weird moving to Sweden and discovering that laundromats weren't really a thing at any scale. I remember a very senior silicon valley exec coming to us for dinner and he asked if he could do a load at our place instead of using hotel services also.

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Ian Fraser @ianfraser.bsky.social · 22h

Israel used 3D scans developed by the Scottish Maritime Museum in propaganda animations, which were a key part of its attempts to justify attacks on hospitals and residential areas in Gaza, Syria and Iran. The 3D scans, developed for boatbuilding workshops, were used without the museum's knowledge.

How a Scottish maritime museum ended up in Israel’s 3D propaganda

An analysis of dozens of Israeli army animations discovered digital assets sourced not from classified intelligence but commercial libraries and content creators.

www.972mag.com

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onion person @junlper.beer · 1d

we need to abolish this shit

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Galina Esther Shubina, my coffee is my own @galsh.bsky.social · 1d

It's important that the boogymen be a small group.

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Galina Esther Shubina, my coffee is my own @galsh.bsky.social · 1d

I just learned today about this awesome thing en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Complai...

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Galina Esther Shubina, my coffee is my own @galsh.bsky.social · 1d

Also, it's UPS, so color me unsurprised.

derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 1d

About a month ago, the Trump administration got rid of the de minimis exemption, whereby packages valued under $800 could slide in without import duties. Now there's a backlog as the government can't process all of this paperwork, leading to UPS just destroying packages

Business Insider headline reads: UPS is telling customers that their packages coming to the US are marked for destruction.

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Lynn Becker @cmgiulini.bsky.social · 1d

After spending 43 years in prison for a crime he didn't commit, evidence hidden by the prosecution reversed his conviction. Rather than finally enjoying freedom, ICE abducted him for deportation

Depraved.

www.miamiherald.com/news/local/i...

He was wrongfully imprisoned for 43 years. Moments after being released, ICE took him

Subramanyam “Subu” Vedam now faces deportation.

www.miamiherald.com

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Dave Levitan @davelevitan.bsky.social · 1d

“We can give $20 billion to Argentina but we can’t afford the CDC’s measles experts” is a hell of an argument

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Will Bunch @willbunch.bsky.social · 1d

America's collapse in one swath of the NYT homepage

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Galina Esther Shubina, my coffee is my own @galsh.bsky.social · 1d

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Catherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 1d

Lots of Epidemic Intelligence Service officers ("disease detectives") gone.
In-country staff in Africa (including those helping to manage the current Ebola outbreak) are fired.

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Galina Esther Shubina, my coffee is my own @galsh.bsky.social · 1d

Nomoluments

Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 2d

Trump said he deserved a cut for brokering the TikTok deal, and at once there was agreement that his son Baron would have a top executive slot... though he hasn't asked for it, and has no apparent qualifications to hold it. This is how Trump 2.0 works. www.telegraph.co.uk/us/news/2025...

Barron Trump tipped for top TikTok job

US president’s 19-year-old son could be appointed to the app’s board

www.telegraph.co.uk

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Apoorva Mandavilli @apoorvanyt.bsky.social · 1d

The mass layoffs of federal workers on Friday night swept up the top two leaders of the federal measles response team, those working on Ebola and dozens of other infectious disease experts
(Gift article)

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/11/h...

C.D.C. Layoffs Included 2 Top Measles Experts Amid Rising Cases

www.nytimes.com

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Chanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 @chanda.blacksky.app · 1d

This guy is facing prison for engaging in the act of *citation*

Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 1d

Everything about this is bonkers. The arrest, the charge, the possible sentence, the **$2 million bail.**

reason.com/2025/10/10/t...

Tennessee man arrested, gets $2 million bond for posting Facebook meme

Larry Bushart posted a meme on a local Facebook page about Charlie Kirk. He now faces years in prison.

reason.com

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Galina Esther Shubina, my coffee is my own @galsh.bsky.social · 1d

What circle of Hell.

Harms Committed @harmscommitted.com · 1d

"The Trump administration is planning to detain immigrants at a Georgia jail that became known for allegations that women detained there were subjected to non-consensual gynecological procedures."
#Georgia #USA #Healthcare #Incarceration #Deportation #EthnicCleansing

ICE Will Hold Immigrants in Jail Accused of “Excessive, Invasive” Gynecological Procedures

The Georgia facility gained notoriety for allegations that women received “unnecessary” gynecological treatment, at times lacking informed consent.

theintercept.com

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Galina Esther Shubina, my coffee is my own @galsh.bsky.social · 1d

Oh that looks good too. Thanks!

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Galina Esther Shubina, my coffee is my own @galsh.bsky.social · 1d

The NYT spelling bee game be like: if you don't say it on the main pages - we will say it.

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Galina Esther Shubina, my coffee is my own @galsh.bsky.social · 1d

It feels like all the ICE goons went to a Dirty Harry and James Bond movie school of ... Whatever this is.

Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 2d

ICE GOONS crash into car and then point weapons to kidnap man.

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Galina Esther Shubina, my coffee is my own @galsh.bsky.social · 1d

Super frustrated about this, and not all messaging services provide a transcript automatically.

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George Conway 👊🇺🇸🔥 @gtconway.bsky.social · 12d

This current American presidential administration is run by people who are quite obviously mentally ill, and we need to start talking about that.

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 1d

“YOU hit HER.”

CHICAGO - Trump’s ICE goons ram into a passing car after snatching someone, then brutally drag the female driver of the car they hit out of her car with guns drawn and arrest her too. (Her brother says she’s a citizen)

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Lena Sun @lenasun.bsky.social · 1d

Among other RIF notices at CDC:
—Center for Forecasting and Analytics;
—all of CDC Washington
—Office of Human Resources
—National Center for Injury Prevention and Control 3/4

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