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Doug Johnson 🇨🇦🇺🇦🌦️🏞 @smikooman.bsky.social · 8h

Trump to consult with Putin on whether the U.S. can supply Ukraine with Tomahawk cruise missiles to attack russian military infrastructure. Hopefully Putin gives his blessing. 🙏

Anton Gerashchenko @antongerashchenko.bsky.social · 8h

Trump on Tomahawks for Ukraine:

Well, I don't know. I might have to speak to Russia, to be honest with you about Tomahawks. Do they want to have tomahawks going in their direction? I don't think so.
I think I might speak to Russia about that, in all fairness.

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Kaylan_TX @kaylan.bsky.social · 4d

Ya, never mind my fundraising for democratic candidates, asked to work as their campaign manager, & openly donating my own money to dem candidates which is an open public record. Nah, I’m clearly just running one big Republican opp since I voted for Bush once 22yrs ago. They’ve figured me out!!!😱🤣

Well Done GIF

ALT: Well Done GIF

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Amanda Katz @katzish.bsky.social · 4d

Got a recent Pulitzer for warning on the spread of autocracy around the globe, after decades of service to the paper? You can bet your butt you're getting laid off by form email, on Yom Kippur

Dave Jorgenson @davejorgenson.bsky.social · 4d

The Post laid off seemingly the remaining of their liberal-leaning staff members on Opinion last Thursday, when some of them were observing Yom Kippur.

from @oliverdarcy.bsky.social for Status
status.news/p/washington-post-opinion-cuts-adam-oneal

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Kaylan_TX @kaylan.bsky.social · 4d

I was literally just at Louis Vuitton Portland & it was completely overran with violent, chaotic, anarchists everywhere as you can clearly see below👇👜😱

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Kaylan_TX @kaylan.bsky.social · 1d

Ya the algorithm here is funky

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Tom Miller @thomasamiller.bsky.social · 4d

I was 6 clicks up the Willamette. ICE Charlie was everywhere...

a large rock is in the middle of a body of water

Alt: Apocalypse Now - head rising from river at night

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Meidas Charise Lee 💙🌊🌴🥥🫘 @chariselee.bsky.social · 2d

Portland folks chose instead of escalating things, to show how absurd this whole situation‼️

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Suzette Smith @suzettesmith.bsky.social · 9h

Emergency World Naked Bike Ride in Portland, OR—getting ready to go.

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Alfie Kohn @alfiekohn.bsky.social · 15h

Read this thread about Russell Vought, whose power is comparable to Stephen Miller's. He believes he's "fighting a noble war to defend his 'real America' of white Christian patriarchal rule" by "bending the entire government machine to Trump's will" - while mainstream media whitewashes his evil.

Thomas Zimmer @thomaszimmer.bsky.social · 17h

Sunday reading:

I wrote about the aggrieved extremist who is currently firing thousands of federal workers and ravaging state capacity based on conspiratorial nonsense - and about mainstream media’s infuriating tendency to sanitize Russell Vought and the regime he serves.

This week’s piece:

We need to talk about Russell Vought – But Properly

Why certain mainstream outlets insist on sanitizing Vought as a devout “small government” conservative – and what actually animates his war against pluralistic democracy

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Robyn @handcranked.bsky.social · 13h

Happy #Stunday! Another photo from our amazing tour of Ah-Shi-Sle-Pah with @navajotoursusa.com. Truly the most surreal place I've been.

#EastCoastKin #PhotographersUnited #PhotographersOfBluesky #photography
#ArtYear

An alien-like hoodoo with holes in it rises above weird rock formations under a dramatic stormy sky

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Robyn @handcranked.bsky.social · 1d

The Mezquita in Cordoba is opulence on top of opulence.

#AlphabetChallenge #WeekOForOpulence
#BlueSkyArtShow #glow

#EastCoastKin #PhotographersUnited #PhotographersOfBluesky #photography
#ArtYear
#MobilePhotography

An extremely opulent Islamic alcove in the Mezquita de Cordoba. You can see the top of an arch in shades of gold and copper surrounded by a decorative frame good with black text. Above it, there's a section of small arches. Above that, there's a vaulted ceiling. Every surface is decorated. Light entered a window at the top.

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Justin Wolfers @justinwolfers.bsky.social · 8h

"The U.S. is two economies. There's an enormous AI boom going on, huge investments, particularly in data centers. If you took that out of the numbers and you just looked at the non-AI parts of the economy, it's basically flatlining. We're on the cusp of a non-AI recession."
-- Me

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

Saturday, October 18. Everywhere. Find your local event at nokings.org.

#NoKings

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GHOULLIKEHELLMACHINE @golikehellmachine.com · 9h

my father (a retired white engineer who has been in oklahoma for 40 years) is my weathervane for what normal people who just watch the news periodically think, and he was like “so, they want to call the guard out on a bunch of kids wearing frog suits? is that true?”, the admin is losing the PR war

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 16h

WELKER: Are you looking at invoking the Insurrection Act?

VANCE: We have to remember we are talking about this bc crime has gotten out of control

W: Crime is down in both Chicago & Portland

V: Crime is down bc they are so overwhelmed at the local level they are not even keeping stats properly

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Senator Patty Murray @murray.senate.gov · 9h

There is no insurrection in Portland unless you consider an uptick of people wearing inflatable frog costumes an insurrection.

No one is falling for this absurd propaganda, and there is NO justification for deploying our troops against peaceful American citizens.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 16h

WELKER: Are you looking at invoking the Insurrection Act?

VANCE: We have to remember we are talking about this bc crime has gotten out of control

W: Crime is down in both Chicago & Portland

V: Crime is down bc they are so overwhelmed at the local level they are not even keeping stats properly

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Patrick Monahan @pattymo.com · 9h

Nobody wants to work anymore

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 14h

Amy Coney Barrett defends heavy use of the shadow docket: "If we wrote a long opinion, it might give the impression that we have finally resolved the issue, and in none of these cases have we finally resolved the issue."

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JMikePhotog @jmikephotog.bsky.social · 8h

Not bad for a Bluesky #Stunday
Today’s hike to #RainbowMountain, La Montaña de Siete Colores began at 15,200’, higher than I have ever been! In just under 2 1/2 miles it climbs to 16,490’. We had perfect weather.
#IntoThinAir #Peru #Photography #SalkantayTrekking #Landscape #Scape #DeColores

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Josh Chafetz @joshchafetz.bsky.social · 8h

I want to live in a world in which every type of civil servant’s threat to walk if a certain person is elected is taken exactly as seriously as a cop’s threat to walk.

Mark Misoshnik 🏴 @misoshnik.bsky.social · 1d

Lmao is this supposed to be a bad thing?

A tweet from Bari Weiss that says “"It's shaken me to my core," a lieutenant said of Mamdani's unexpected victory in June. "The absolute dread I feel is palpable.
"
Today in @TheFP our @Olivia_Reingold talks to the cops who say they will walk if Zohran Mamdani is elected in November:”

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Nicholaus the Purple Jedi Cyclist @nickcyclingchemist.bsky.social · 11h

If we don’t start fighting for our freedoms, then this administration will take them forever.
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Champion Awareness @championawareness.bsky.social · 8h

“Everyday is a winding road”

#photography #nature #trees #clouds #dc #bluesky #cycling #sherylcrow #c&o

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Sandieglo @sandieglo.bsky.social · 14h

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UkeeTube @ukeetube.bsky.social · 8h

A Great Blue Heron in the Ucluelet Harbour today on my afternoon walk. Closest thing to a turkey I could find in the neighbourhood. Happy Thanksgiving to everyone here in Canada! #Ucluelet #Tofino #VancouverIsland

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Kelly @broadwaybabyto.bsky.social · 21h

“You’re so lucky! I wish I didn’t have to work!”

People act like we’re getting a permanent vacation.

The reality is we are forced to live in legislated poverty.

Barred from earning or marrying without losing our meagre benefits.

Denied autonomy.

And we’re sick & in pain.

It’s a 24/7 job.

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Stephanie Graham @logicaphotography.bsky.social · 9h

Boop!
(Disclaimer: definitely do not boop! 🤣)

Whilst this is quite a funny image with those large nostrils and big old tongue sticking out- this is how the stags test the scent of the hinds (females) to determine if they’re in oestrus (and ready to mate). #UKWildlife

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Steven Clark @roninkosho.bsky.social · 8h

A beautiful sunset over Harris Beach on the scenic Oregon coast. token-images.pixels.com

#oregon #beach #beaches #oregoncoast #nature #seascapes #sunset #sunrise #photography #outdoors #travel #waves #ocean #sea #pacificnorthwest #pnw #colorful

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