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Clara Jeffery @clarajeffery.bsky.social · 2h

1/ The first excerpt of Virginia Giuffre's posthumus memoir is out and it is gutting: www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

‘Prince Andrew believed having sex with me was his birthright’: Virginia Giuffre on her abuse at the hands of Epstein, Maxwell and the king’s brother

In an extract from her posthumous memoir, Virginia Roberts Giuffre remembers the day an ‘apex predator’ recruited her from Mar-a-Lago, aged just 16; how she was trafficked to a succession of wealthy a...

www.theguardian.com

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hannah draper @jankypants.bsky.social · 1d

Do I want to know

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hannah draper @jankypants.bsky.social · 1d

Worst breakdown sobbing I’ve had in the last five months was over a provider making me jump though a bunch of paperwork and scheduling hurdles before telling me they couldn’t do anything until I dealt with my depression. LADY 1200 OF MY COLLEAGUES WERE FIRED LAST WEEK, I AM DOING AS WELL AS I CAN

Courtney Milan @courtneymilan.com · 1d

Them: need help doing things?

Me: yes

Them: we have a doing things medication

Me: ooh

Them: hahahahaha guess what you have to do to get it?

Me: oh no

Them: things.

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Tim Dickinson @timdickinson.bsky.social · 1d

The Portland ICE protest camp literally has a rack full of inflatable costumes for demonstrators who want to try one on...

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Brian Lyman @brianlyman.bsky.social · 3d

“One of them, Albert ‘Skip’ Caissie Jr., 78, said in a phone interview that he wasn’t aware that he was involved in a Supreme Court case.”

Who Are the Louisiana Voters Behind a Major Supreme Court Challenge?

www.nytimes.com

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Waldo Jaquith, but Spooky @waldo.net · 3d

The Supreme Court is so illegitimate that cases are often about fictional matters with plaintiffs who have been harmed in no way, now to the point where they are not aware that they are plaintiffs in a Supreme Court case.

Brian Lyman @brianlyman.bsky.social · 3d

“One of them, Albert ‘Skip’ Caissie Jr., 78, said in a phone interview that he wasn’t aware that he was involved in a Supreme Court case.”

Who Are the Louisiana Voters Behind a Major Supreme Court Challenge?

www.nytimes.com

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Ian Boudreau @ianboudreau.com · 2d

Pretty sure I say this every Columbus Day, but getting hauled back to Spain for excessive brutality in 1500, just as the Inquisition was really getting fired up, is some genuinely Evil Guys Hall of Infamy material

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hannah draper @jankypants.bsky.social · 2d

Watching SNL excerpts with the Hubs and my older kid, who commented, "I bet the president hates this! Why doesn't he stop this show?" Oh boy... so now we're doing a deep dive on comedy and the first amendment. Anyone got eight-year-old friendly Carlin recommendations?

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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 3d

They cannot talk about the shutdown without lying.

There is no connection between troop payments and federal employee layoffs. Zero.

They are paying the troops with multiyear R&D allocations within DOD. This is also illegal by the way! But completely disconnected to the layoffs.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 3d

WELKER: During the 2019 shutdown when Trump was president, no federal workers were laid off. Why are these firings necessary?

VANCE: Who do we care more about- federal bureaucrats or the troops getting the payment they need?

WELKER: But layoffs are a priority?

VANCE: They have forced us to choose

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𝙃𝘼𝘾𝙆𝙀𝙍𝙈𝘼𝙉ᴴᴹ @hackermanhm.bsky.social · 3d

As an engineer, aviator, contemporary, and compatriot, No Kum-sok would surely have been aware of Maxime Faget, who made many contributions to the American space program.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maxime_...

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Benjamin Harnett @benjaminharnett.com · 3d

This combination of words is striking me as mordantly funny this morning, @tomtomorrow.bsky.social.

An email from Kickstarter: “You just backed Our Long National Nightmare / Now you can follow its progress”.

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more mr. dice guy @juniorhoncho.bsky.social · 3d

(johnny cash voice)
take a guess, who just got, back today / them wild eyed boys, who you know had, gone away / hadn't changed much, had a lot to say

they was askin how you was, where you'd be found / the boys are, back in town

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hannah draper @jankypants.bsky.social · 3d

I was 22 or younger last time I watch ATHF, and let me tell you, I am FEELING this gif.

a cartoon of a chicken nugget and a cup with a straw in it

Alt: Aqua Teen Hunger Force GIF of Shame telling Meatball, I am 30 or 40 years old, and I do not need this.

media.tenor.com

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Jen Larkin @petticoatdespot.bsky.social · 4d

Sex ed for young children focuses on teaching kids what touching is inappropriate and what to do about it, which *fights* child sex abuse. LGBTQ+ inclusion fights bullying.

These bigots call it "grooming" to teach kids to not bully and to report sexual abuse.

That's what's really sick.

Ebony Elizabeth Thomas @ebonyteach.blacksky.app · 4d

One of the nastiest things from these nasty pieces of work has been the lie that kidlit creatives, teachers & librarians are somehow grooming kids.

Statistically, a parent, guardian, or other relative is more likely to be the perpetrator: www.nationalchildrensalliance.org/media-room/n...

National Statistics on Child Abuse - National Children's Alliance

A look at the scope of the problem of child abuse, including how it impacts kids, where and how it happens, and how CACs help.

www.nationalchildrensalliance.org

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Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 4d

UNTIL IT’S DONE, Ep. 4: Sylvia Rivera

In the 1970s, queer New Yorkers had been pushed to the margins of NYC. Our trans neighbors faced immense cruelty. But in Sylvia Rivera, they found a champion.

As we combat Trump’s politics of darkness, her legacy can light the path forward.

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Sheryl Gay Stolberg @sherylnyt.bsky.social · 4d

BREAKING: Friday night massacre underway at CDC. Doznes of "disease detectives," high-level scientists, entire Washington staff and editors of the MMWR (Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report) have all been RIFed and received the following notice:

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hannah draper @jankypants.bsky.social · 4d

Day five of working through a lapse of appropriations: why did I have four hours of interagency meetings at work today when we’re officially shut down

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LorennaCleary.bsky.social @lorennacleary.bsky.social · 5d

If you ever wanted to know what it looks like when a shit ton of bombs explode.

Tennessee found out this morning.

At least 19 people are missing after a weapons manufacturing plant exploded.

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Ida Bae Wells @nhannahjones.bsky.social · 5d

This was magnificent.

The Daily Show @thedailyshow.com · 6d

The following is REAL footage from Portland, 2025. Viewer discretion is advised.

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Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 6d

Okay this is a good headline

Guardian Australia @australia.theguardian.com · 6d

You won’t believe what degrading practice the Pope just condemned

Communication must be freed from clickbait and misguided thinking, head of Catholic church tells journalists The Pope has condemned clickbait as a “degrading” part of journalism, at a private audience with global newswires. Australian media representatives were among those to hear directly from Pope Leo XIV at the Vatican on Thursday with about 150 members of newswire alliance MINDS International. Continue reading...

www.theguardian.com

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Gretchen McCulloch @gretchenmcc.bsky.social · 6d

Higgledy piggledy
Timothée Chalamet
Has a name meriting
Endless design

Much like his forerunner
Benedict Cumberbatch:
Hexasyllabically,
Easy to rhyme

tweet from childish branzino @absflora:
timothée chalamet is the new benedict cumberbatch in the sense that you can say ANYTHING and we know who you mean. tiffany chevrolet. timpanogos charlemagne. symphony cabernet. jiminy castaway.

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hannah draper @jankypants.bsky.social · 5d

I accidentally crisped the snickerdoodle cookies too much... so now they're crumbled over ice cream. Win!

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hannah draper @jankypants.bsky.social · 6d

Day four of working through a lapse of appropriations: okay so actually the weather is perfect today, and I’m blasting Wilson Pickett on my way to work. Not everything is terrible. (Yet!)

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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 7d

“A second inflatable frog has now been spotted wiggling through Portland.”

Marco Rubio whispers into Donald Trump's ear.

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Rosalia Lo Bue 🌋 @rosalialobue.bsky.social · 7d

Earthquakes at #MountEtna reveal magma ascent from deep to shallow crust. 🌋
Temporal variations in #bvalue track magma movement through the volcano’s plumbing system.

Read our new study in #ScienceAdvances ⬇️

www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

#Volcanology #Seismology #EarthScience #ingv @science.org

Earthquake frequency-magnitude distribution at Mount Etna sheds light on magma ascent in the volcano’s plumbing system

Earthquake frequency-magnitude distribution tracks magma ascent from the deep crust to the surface.

www.science.org

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