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David Simon @audacityofdespair.bsky.social · 10h

Some moments call for statesmanship. And sometimes you just need a guy from Chicago, Illinois.

Jesse @itshoje.bsky.social · 14h

From the top rope

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Paul R. Pival he/him @ppival.bsky.social · 18h

Non-profit takes over a canceled NOAA database flowingdata.com/2025/11/05/n...

#OpenGov (not) #OpenData

Non-profit takes over a canceled NOAA database

In May, NOAA’s disaster database was canceled because it is related to climate. Climate Central has resurrected the project. Sophie Hurwitz for Grist reports: Last week, Climate Central resur…

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Michael E. Mann @michaelemann.bsky.social · 13h

“Bill Gates Gave $3.5M to Think Tank Run by Climate Crisis Denier Bjorn Lomborg" by Rei Takver for @desmog.com:

www.desmog.com/2025/11/05/b...

Bill Gates Gave $3.5M to Think Tank Run by Climate Crisis Denier Bjorn Lomborg

Tax records reveal that the billionaire’s foundation has donated for years to Lomborg’s Copenhagen Consensus Center.

www.desmog.com

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Molly Crane-Newman @mollycranenewman.bsky.social · 14h

Alerting all New Yorkers to go outside and look up

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Governor Wes Moore @govwesmoore.bsky.social · 16h

Good news: Baltimore’s homicide rate is continuing its downward trend, dropping 31% compared to just last year.

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404 Media @404media.co · 18h

NEW: The US Army website for its bases in Bavaria, Germany told its soldiers and employees that it might need to obtain free food from the German government during the US government shutdown.

The Army later altered publication to remove a list of food banks, but we have the original text here:

US Army Tells Soldiers to Go to German Food Bank, Then Deletes It

The initial 'Shutdown Guidance' for the US Army Garrison Bavaria included instructions to go to German food banks.

www.404media.co

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📷 Ian Charters @iwcharters.bsky.social · 16h

Northern Folk
#manchester
#ClassicMono #photography #timeandplace #eastcoastkin #blackandwhitephotography #streetphotography #humansofbluesky

Two people rushing across the road with a bus approaching and the Big Wheel in the distance. Shops and Office blocks on both sides of the road.

Man crossing the the tracks turns to look at an approaching tram. The tram station is on the left with the Midland Hotel in the background.

Two people walking away from the camera after rain. Shops and office blocks frame the couple and the Big Wheel can be seen in the distance .

Man walks towards the camera, speaking on his phone, shops and office blocks behind with the Big Wheel in the background.

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The Assembly @theassemblync.bsky.social · 17h

Via The Charlotte Ledger | On Tuesday, Mecklenburg County voters gave a thumbs-up to a sweeping transportation plan that aims to spend $25 billion over 30 years in perhaps the biggest public works initiative in state history.

www.theassemblync.com/politics/mec...

Mecklenburg County Voters Green-Light Sales Tax Increase

Charlotte area residents approved a plan to add rail, improve bus service, and expand roads, sidewalks, and bike lanes.

www.theassemblync.com

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🌤 Anna @hillsidepoppy.bsky.social · 18h

Right there with you, sister 🙄

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🌤 Anna @hillsidepoppy.bsky.social · 18h

"Uninstall Grammarly NOW"

AuroraPeachy 🍑 @aurorapeachy.bsky.social · 18h

Uninstall Grammarly NOW. They've partnered with an AI company and actively scrape your writing to train its models.

Suzan Phoenix @sphoenixwriter.bsky.social · 2d

HEAD'S UP FELLOW #CREATIVES!
If you haven't heard, #Grammarly is changing...and one change that doesn't pass the smell test is the incorporation of the ocean-boiling plagiarism machine that is #AI. 😒
I'm ditching Grammarly TONIGHT. #Writing #Writers #NoAI
www.grammarly.com/blog/company...

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Santiago Mayer @santiagomayer.com · 18h

Do you know a young person who's energized from last night's victories and ready to carry the momentum through the midterms?

We'd love to get them involved.
votersoftomorrow.org/students

Students - Voters of Tomorrow

With over 11,000 members and chapters in over 25 states, Voters of Tomorrow is the country’s largest student-led political movement.

votersoftomorrow.org

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Bobby Kogan @bbkogan.bsky.social · 19h

Wow. Extremely illegal, direct violation of the court orders.

Katie Bergh @katiebergh.bsky.social · 20h

New data: CBPP analyzed USDA’s contingency fund spending plan & found it is only going to release 2/3 of the funding they committed to in court filings, cutting families’ SNAP benefits far more than necessary, violating USDA’s own regulations & shortchanging millions of families.

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Joshua J. Friedman @joshuajfriedman.com · 20h

Lina Khan! All-woman team!

Mara Gay @maragay.bsky.social · 20h

Mamdani announces transition team:

All-female team led by Elana Leopold, a known Dem strategist; also Melanie Hartzog, who once led the NYC’s health and human services and budget offices; former dep mayor Maria Torres-Springer, and Lina Khan, the former FTC commissioner who campaigned with Mamdani

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Hillary Rodham Clinton @hillaryclinton.bsky.social · 22h

Good morning to these future governors!

Mikie Sherrill and Abigail Spanberger taking a selfie together

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azteclady @azteclady.bsky.social · 21h

Just saying: this elections cheat sheet by @boltsmag.org, is priceless; not only is it quite extensive, it provides that most elusive element in current political reporting: it gives context.

If you can afford it, set up a donation; it's worth it.

Your Cheat Sheet to the 2025 General Elections - Bolts

Four contests have come to largely define the 2025 elections this fall: the elections to lead New Jersey, Virginia, and New York City, plus California’s redistricting measure. But there’s so... Read M...

boltsmag.org

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 20h

ALEXANDRIA, Va. (AP) - Judge scolds prosecutors in James Comey's criminal case and orders them to produce trove of materials from investigation.

@apnews.com

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KTLA 5 @ktla.com · 19h

Not all California counties approved Prop 50: See the map

Proposition 50, California’s answer to Republican redistricting efforts in Texas, passed overwhelmingly on Tuesday with more than 63% of the vote – and ballots are still being tallied. The measure,…

ktla.com

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🌤 Anna @hillsidepoppy.bsky.social · 20h

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🌤 Anna @hillsidepoppy.bsky.social · 20h

Is this a common in your area?

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Elizabeth Cronise McLaughlin @ecmclaughlin.bsky.social · 23h

From a friend & client who is the mayor of her upstate New York town. Over the past nine years, her team of community organizers flipped EVERY RED SEAT in the city and county to BLUE, culminating in last night's final tally.

The good news just keeps on coming.

"Good Morning! Last night was amazing in western/central NY - long time Towns flipped
- Monroe Cty - outside of Rochester flipped seats Dem from long held Red to Blue.
Here’s the best for organizers like husband and me - after 9 years… we flipped every seat in our Town that was still R.
Here’s what has changed after 9 years. We started with 1 Dem on the Village Board and our D member of Congress.

Village Board and Mayor (me) are all D
State Sen and AssemblyMember - D
County Exec. - D
2 County Leg for our town -D
2 Town Judges - D
**Town Board, Clerk, and Supervisor! ALL D as of last night.

This is why organizing, planning, and solid strategy works. 9 YEARS and many races that we didn’t win. So here’s the take away - our area was considered solid R until the last 5 years. KEEP GOING. There’s more of us than them and people need to know that there are good people who want to do good for the community.
Sorry for the long post, but AMAZING NIGHT that restored a little more faith in our community and humanity. 🥲🥲🥲."

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🌤 Anna @hillsidepoppy.bsky.social · 20h

Clearly you must know this already, but you have gulls coming out of your wall.

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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 20h

Beshear: Let me be clear. The president has both the funding and the authority to fund snap during a shutdown. In fact, every other president in every other shutdown has done so. People going hungry in this instance is a choice that this president has made.

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🌤 Anna @hillsidepoppy.bsky.social · 20h

Oh my gosh 😂 The things I've yet to learn...

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🌤 Anna @hillsidepoppy.bsky.social · 20h

You made me look up dactyl.

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Melissa & Chris Bruntlett @modacitylife.com · 1d

“You're not alone in wanting a better world, one in which cars are relegated to their proper use. Cars are tools that can be useful at certain times and places. They’re not gods. They’re not the foundation of our society. They should serve us. We should not serve them. There can be life after cars.”

A hand holds a hardcover book, “Life After Cars”, inside a three-storey bike parking facility beneath Utrecht Centraal Station.

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