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Inyalowda @inyalowda.bsky.social · 4h

Straight up mafia tactics.

And the legacy media shrugs and says, "Both sides . . . "

Social Media Lab @socialmedialab.ca · 13h

Carrot and stick: Argentina is getting money-boat diplomacy, while Venezuela is receiving old-fashioned gunboat diplomacy from the U.S. apnews.com/article/arge...

Trump threatens to pull support for Argentina if its politics don't align with US

President Donald Trump has threatened to withdraw assistance from Argentina if its internal politics don't align with U.S. interests in upcoming elections.

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Murderbot 238776431 @zerocrossing.bsky.social · 14h

Daily reminder of what we're up against.

hillyyard.bsky.social @hillyyard.bsky.social · 15h

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Inyalowda @inyalowda.bsky.social · 13h

NewsCurrentNow @newscurrentnow.com · 13h

🚨BREAKING: Arizona’s 7th District is certified — Adelita Grijalva is now U.S. Rep. Mike Johnson’s last excuse is gone. No more lies. No more delays. Swear her in NOW so she can do her job. They can delay, lie, and hide—but the Epstein files aren’t going anywhere. The cover-up is cracking.

Inyalowda @inyalowda.bsky.social · 13h

Speaker Johnson is following the path laid down by Majority Leader McConnell in denying Democrats’ legitimate power even when Ds win elections.

This slow-rolling R coup started years ago - it’s just picking up speed.

Elizabeth Cronise McLaughlin @ecmclaughlin.bsky.social · 20h

It's 21 days since Rep. Grijalva won her election.

Mike Johnson could swear her in whenever he wanted.

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Inyalowda @inyalowda.bsky.social · 17h

. . . uh . . . congratulations? 🤨

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Inyalowda @inyalowda.bsky.social · 1d

If ever there was an "I'm-gonna-🤬-you-up-with-this-baseball" face, that's it.

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Inyalowda @inyalowda.bsky.social · 17h

Predictable as the sunrise. 😠

Michael McKeon @grinch67.bsky.social · 17h

Israel kills five Palestinians in Gaza and announces it will not abide by the terms of facilitating humanitarian aid, despite ceasefire agreement open.substack.com/pub/dropsite... Israel on Tuesday announced it will not abide by the terms of the ceasefire agreement related to humanitarian aid

Israel kills five Palestinians in Gaza and announces it will not abide by the terms of facilitating humanitarian aid, despite ceasefire agreement

Drop Site Daily: October 14, 2025

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Inyalowda @inyalowda.bsky.social · 17h

Go get 'im, @theonion.com.

Uppity Black Woman @uppityblackwoman.bsky.social · 18h

The U.S. Supreme Court declined on Tuesday to hear a challenge by conspiracy theorist Alex Jones to a $1.4 billion judgment awarded to families of the victims of the Sandy Hook Elementary School mass shooting in Connecticut over the Infowars

www.reuters.com/world/us-sup...

US Supreme Court rejects Alex Jones' challenge to $1.4 billion defamation judgment

The U.S. Supreme Court declined on Tuesday to hear a challenge by conspiracy theorist Alex Jones to a $1.4 billion judgment awarded to families of the victims of the Sandy Hook Elementary School mass shooting in Connecticut over the Infowars website founder's false statements that the 2012 incident was a hoax.

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Inyalowda @inyalowda.bsky.social · 17h

When she wasn't sounding like a narcissist, she sounded, even as a gay woman, like a paragon of white privilege.

jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 22h

one of my takeaways from this great piece is that weiss just doesn’t…sound like an intelligent person? or at least, not someone who has thought even a little bit about how and why they think the things that they do. www.youtube.com/watch?v=gieT...

Bari Weiss: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)

YouTube video by LastWeekTonight

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Inyalowda @inyalowda.bsky.social · 1d

Sore losers.

Le Monde in English @english.lemonde.fr · 1d

Venezuela closes Norway embassy after Machado awarded Nobel Peace Prize

Norway's foreign ministry on Monday said Venezuela had closed its embassy in Oslo without giving a reason, three days after Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machada was awarded this year's prize.

www.lemonde.fr

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Inyalowda @inyalowda.bsky.social · 1d

If ever there was an "I'm-gonna-🤬-you-up-with-this-baseball" face, that's it.

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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 1d

The entire incident is infuriating and terrifying. She’s a Latina woman who was working a service job. On her way home late at night, with her headphones in, she was detained for an hour by masked federal agents who wouldn’t give her their names.

Maria Greeley, 44, had just finished working a double shift at the Beach Bar on Ohio Street
earlier this month when she said she was surrounded by three federal agents who grabbed her, forced her hands behind her back and zip tied her.
Headphones in, Greeley had been focused on getting home to her two dogs for a walk.
Instead, she said she was detained by masked agents who did not answer when she asked for names. They questioned her for an hour, she said.

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Reuters @reuters.com · 1d

NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory to lay off about 550 workers reut.rs/4302N2L

NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory to lay off about 550 workers

NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory said on Monday it will cut nearly 550 jobs as part of a restructuring, not related to the current U.S. government shutdown.

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Inyalowda @inyalowda.bsky.social · 1d

I am freezing my 🍑 off. 😬

Inyalowda @inyalowda.bsky.social · 1d

I refuse to believe electing you to the state assembly will stop you from telling dad jokes.

Fortunately, I get to put this to the test when I vote for you next year. 🗳️ 🙂👍

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Inyalowda @inyalowda.bsky.social · 1d

The time has come
To say fair's fair
To pay the rent
To pay our share
The time has come
A fact's a fact
It belongs to them
Let's give it back
- Midnight Oil, "Beds Are Burning"

The Onion @theonion.com · 1d

Nation’s Indigenous People Confirm They Don’t Need Special Holiday, Just Large Swaths Of Land Returned Immediately https://theonion.com/nation-s-indigenous-people-confirm-they-don-t-need-spec-1839033177/

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Rachel Maddow @maddow.msnbc.com · 1d

“I was afraid to go over there,” he said. “I got braver the more people came out. I know my neighbors have my back, and I have their back. ... These are Americans who know what freedom is — we’re being invaded by strangers.”

chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...

Feds deploy tear gas in another Chicago neighborhood: 'We chased federal agents out of Albany Park today'

A federal judge’s temporary restraining order requires federal agents to issue two warnings before using riot control weapons such as tear gas. Witnesses say they didn't get any warning Sunday afterno...

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Chris Kluwe @chriswarcraft.bsky.social · 1d

Too many people view reading as “something you do” rather than “a skill that can be developed.”

If you want to get better at kicking a football, you have to kick a lot of footballs. If you want to get better at reading, you have to read a lot of books.

Also, it’s fun to be good at things!

Rachel Feder @rachelfeder.bsky.social · 1d

Tell me your most unhinged literary opinion, as a little treat

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Ben Sheldon @sheldonbirds.bsky.social · 1d

Large citizen science datasets are powerful tools for biodiversity science, but they may have biases. Nice new paper from @louisbackstrom.bsky.social et al. showing that for eBird and Birdtrack lists there is a tendency for rare species to be over-represented
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10....

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ChristineP, M.S. @christineparini.bsky.social · 1d

Happy Indigenous Peoples Day from our new nonprofit @gccolective.bsky.social

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dereksagehorn.bsky.social @dereksagehorn.bsky.social · 1d

A bit different than every California bus agency seeking discretionary, competitive grant funds to do a one off battery or hydrogen bus purchase.

Trenvista in English (formerly Rail News Vista) @trenvistaen.bsky.social · 1d

Germany aims to reunify the procurement of PSO trains in order to make their acquisition and maintenance easier and cheaper. The model is based on that of the VDV Tram-Train consortium.

Germany's 27 states join forces to make joint train purchases

Since regionalisation, purchasing has become fragmented, losing the benefits of economies of scale.

www.trenvista.net

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Inyalowda @inyalowda.bsky.social · 1d

WT🤬 is going on with MTG?! She sounds . . . sane? 🤨

Adam Cohen (My Personal Views Only) @axidentaliberal.bsky.social · 1d

Even Marjorie Taylor Greene is fed up with Mike Johnson and the Republicans for refusing to do anything about healthcare insurance costs

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Inyalowda @inyalowda.bsky.social · 1d

Republican politicians believe Democrats do the same for their donors so they’re fine with this sort of pay-for-play using public dollars. They believe Democrats are exactly as unethical and immoral as they are.

ProPublica @propublica.org · 1d

Along with fast-tracking FEMA funds for the Naples pier, Noem flew to the Florida city on a government plane to tour the site, then stayed for the weekend and had dinner with the donor, according to emails and an interview with the Naples mayor.

(Published September)

Kristi Noem Fast-Tracked Millions in Disaster Aid to Florida Tourist Attraction After Campaign Donor Intervened

The DHS chief has been widely criticized for slowing down FEMA’s response after natural disasters. Texts and emails obtained by ProPublica point to an effective way to get help faster: have one of Noe...

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Inyalowda @inyalowda.bsky.social · 1d

Save a space for me while I go find a burial shroud . . . 💀