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Chanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 @chanda.blacksky.app · 7h

This is why I’ve been complaining about people acting like extreme misogyny is a new phenomenon caused by the online manosphere 😤

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 7h

the other thing i’ll say here is i am a bit frustrated with the narrative of online radicalization that treats it as akin to brainwashing. it lets individuals, families and communities off the hook for the choices they make and the environments they foster

jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 7h

this also drives me insane, this idea that it is the most normal thing in the world for a young (white) man to have a nazi curious phase. it isn’t!

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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 1d

Always keep your cameras rolling. Federal officials are scheduled to appear in court today, where they’ll face questions over whether the government breached a prior order by deploying tear gas during immigration enforcement operations in the Chicago area.

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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 1d

The official voice of the US government is cruel, gross, and weird. What is that doing to us?

Joking memes about imprisonment, deportation, and death by alligator are designed to radicalize and desensitize.

www.motherjones.com

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Jeff Fecke @jkfecke.bsky.social · 1d

I got cancer when I was 34.

Eric Michael Garcia @ericmgarcia.bsky.social · 1d

DeSantis said “Most people, particularly under 50, what they really need is a catastrophic plan that’s affordable, where then they can pay whatever they’re doing out of a health savings account.”
floridapolitics.com/archives/761...

Ron DeSantis says people under 50 don’t have much use for comprehensive health insurance

'Catastrophic care' should be enough for them.

floridapolitics.com

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Liam Nissan™ @theliamnissan.bsky.social · 1d

🎶Face down, ass up
That's the way we simp for Trump🎶

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

SHE DOES NOT HAVE ANY CONSTITUENTS UNTIL YOU SWEAR HER IN, MIKE

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Mike Johnson on Adelita Grijalva, who he refuses to swear in: "Instead of doing TikTok videos, she should be serving her constituents."

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

If you are confident that a boat near Venezuela is carrying drugs, you stop it and board it. That way, you have evidence.

If you don't really care if a boat near Venezuela is carrying drugs, but you just want to kill people, you blow the boat up. That way, the irrelevant evidence is gone.

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The National @scotnational.bsky.social · 1d

A Scottish university has been accused of 'penny-pinching' after it reduced the availability of free period products at one of its busiest sites

Edinburgh University cuts access to free period products to save money

www.thenational.scot

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Brit Williams, Ph.D. @drbritwilliams.bsky.social · 1d

Nope. No. Neaux. Nah.

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Ricky Davila @therickydavila.bsky.social · 1d

I still can’t get over Red State Idaho showing up on No Kings like this. Pretty incredible.

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Word In Black @wordinblacknews.bsky.social · 1d

From postal routes to construction sites, new research shows how rising temperatures are putting Black lives at risk.
wordinblack.com/2025/10/work...

Working While Black — and in the Heat

New research shows how rising temps are putting lives at risk.

wordinblack.com

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🕯️ El(iza)beth 🌬️ mistress 🍁 of 🕸️ spiders 🕷️ @arachnereid.bsky.social · 2d

Harry J Sisson on being used as part of AI diarrhea video

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16th Gen from Mayflower servant Geo Soule @pattistoll.bsky.social · 2d

Poopy Pedo President has a nice ring.

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Darth Waiter @darthwaiter.bsky.social · 2d

Two words:

TAN SUIT

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Rebekah is Pro-Choice @rebekahwriter.bsky.social · 2d

I can’t believe 70+ million people voted to governance by the biggest dickhead in 8th grade PE.

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Gary Sheffield @profgsheffield.bsky.social · 2d

Just listened to Chris Mason on Radio 4 defending BBC's excessive coverage of Farage & Reform. I was outraged by his response to legitimate criticism. I no longer trust the BBC's political coverage (actually I haven't for some time, but the BBC's behaviour has grown even worse of late).

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Ermineator @ermineator.bsky.social · 1d

Damn right.

Gary Sheffield @profgsheffield.bsky.social · 2d

Just listened to Chris Mason on Radio 4 defending BBC's excessive coverage of Farage & Reform. I was outraged by his response to legitimate criticism. I no longer trust the BBC's political coverage (actually I haven't for some time, but the BBC's behaviour has grown even worse of late).

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Geneviève E. Hewitt @genevieve1st.bsky.social · 1d

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 2d

This is what solidarity looks like. Together, we will win.

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Kevin Elliott @kjephd.bsky.social · 1d

Whoa. Chicago mayor calls for a general strike; now we're talking

www.huffpost.com/entry/chicag...

Chicago Mayor Issues Defiant Call For A General Strike

It was an audacious proposal, given that the U.S. has never held a true, nationwide general strike.

www.huffpost.com

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Yoïn van Spijk @yvanspijk.bsky.social · 2d

The word ‘to hear’ stems from the same root as ‘acoustic’.

They’re completely different, so how can that be?

‘To hear’ was inherited from Proto-Germanic, while ‘acoustic’ comes from Ancient Greek.

These languages have a common ancestor, but they developed very differently.

Zoom in to learn more:

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 2d

Seems like a reasonable request

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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 2d

I ❤️ my hometown.

Well done…

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Kat Abughazaleh @katmabu.bsky.social · 2d

I’m thrilled to be named one of @out.com's 100 top queer people of 2025 (and to come in first in the Disrupters category!)

It is a huge honor to be recognized alongside so many brilliant and inspiring individuals who are shaping our world and advocating for greater inclusivity and diversity.

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