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Kat Tenbarge @kattenbarge.bsky.social · 13h

Whenever I see men complain about the male loneliness crisis or unique emotional/psychological issues faced by men, it’s very clear that they just don’t see women as full people capable of experiencing the exact same emotions they do

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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 9h

Imagine the media reaction if a single Democrat ever said anything like this ever once in history.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 9h

After bragging about permanently cutting "Democrat programs," Trump says "we're not closing up Republican programs."

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Schooley @schooley.bsky.social · 6h

Democrats need to put the same extended media consuming outrage into the Young Republican Nazi chats as Republicans mustered for Biden going for ice cream.

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States Newsroom @statesnewsroom.com · 6h

Abortion will remain available at Planned Parenthood clinics in Missouri, the Western District Court of Appeals ruled Tuesday.

via @missouriindependent.com

Missouri appeals court rules against attorney general, allows abortions to continue

Abortion will remain available at Planned Parenthood clinics in Missouri, the Western District Court of Appeals ruled Tuesday, rejecting a request by the attorney general’s office to reinstate…

www.newsfromthestates.com

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Judith DeGroat @jdegroat.bsky.social · 6h

I am so very sorry. What a gorgeous cat - that face!

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Judith DeGroat @jdegroat.bsky.social · 6h

My dogs join me in asking if the thought of getting home to your dogs will help. Solidarity.

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Paul Myers @pulmyears.bsky.social · 1d

A cartoon by Barry Blitt.

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Paul Myers @pulmyears.bsky.social · 1d

A cartoon by Barry Blitt.

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Adam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 11h

Turns out your assumptions about what republican group chats are like is correct www.politico.com/news/2025/10...

‘I love Hitler’: Leaked messages expose Young Republicans’ racist chat

Thousands of private messages reveal young GOP leaders joking about gas chambers, slavery and rape.

www.politico.com

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Lise M. Dyckman @lisedyckman.bsky.social · 12h

Not seeing this news getting out.

At least 51 people had to be rescued by boat; ~1400 people in shelters so far.

FEMA, what FEMA? That money was all dumped into ICE’s pockets.

alaskapublic.org/news/public-...

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Jacqueline Antonovich @jackiantonovich.bsky.social · 11h

In 1972, a whistleblower leaked to the press the details of the highly unethical & racist Tuskegee Syphilis Experiments run by the United States Public Health Service. Because of that (and other unethical experiments) Congress passed the National Research Act of 1974, which includes the IRB process.

HELLody SchreiBOO @melodyschreiber.com · 13h

The entire HR department at the CDC is gone. Everyone at the IRB, which makes sure studies are conducted ethically and rigorously, and the ethics office, which oversee conflicts of interest for CDC leaders and advisory committee members, were also let go.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

‘Instability and confusion’ as CDC slashes 1,300 jobs before reinstating half

Trump administration says 700 notices were sent in error, while top CDC officer says ‘they didn’t think through what they were doing’

www.theguardian.com

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Judith DeGroat @jdegroat.bsky.social · 15h

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News Eye @newseye.bsky.social · 1d

NEW: There’s a disaster unfolding in Alaska right now. And no major network is covering it.

The remnants of Typhoon Halong battered western Alaska overnight. Homes, with people in them, have literally been swept into the Bering Strait.

At least 20 are missing. No comment from any federal agency.

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Tori Foote @toriatheisttori.bsky.social · 1d

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Michael Bazemore @deepwatermike.bsky.social · 1d

More of this! The answer to every such demand ought to be, "Make me, motherfucker."

The New Republic @newrepublic.com · 1d

Across the country, airports are refusing to air a video from the Homeland Security chief blaming Democrats for the shutdown. trib.al/tw3Hd3X

Airports Are Pushing Back Against Kristi Noem’s Shutdown Propaganda

Across the country, airports are refusing to air a video from the Homeland Security chief blaming Democrats for the shutdown.

trib.al

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CajunBlueAZ ⚜️🇺🇸 🇺🇦 @cajunblue.bsky.social · 1d

🚨The absence of media coverage of this natural disaster in Alaska, the lost/missing people, and the destruction of the aftermath is up to us to share. Please help if you can - even if it is just spreading awareness. There is no FEMA going to help them. 1/2

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Nikkolas Smith @4nikkolas.bsky.social · 4d

after millions of views and shares of my Portland Frog art. (thank you all🙏🏾) I got requests to highlight priests, and chickens, and Chicagoans, and T-Rexes, and more… all of us who refuse to bend the knee. so this is for US.
𝚂𝚝𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚃𝚊𝚕𝚕.
𝚆𝚎 𝚆𝚒𝚕𝚕 𝚆𝚒𝚗.

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Judith DeGroat @jdegroat.bsky.social · 1d

This gave me the laugh I so badly needed.

bleary @bleary.off-the-records.com · 1d

If anyone needs me I will be in the museum, lying down next to the bog bodies.

Did people really memorize phone numbers before cell phones, or is that just a movie thing?
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I was watching some old shows from the 90s and noticed people would just dial numbers from memory - like they'd call their friends or family without looking anything up.
Made me wonder if that was actually normal back then? Did people genuinely have all their important numbers memorized, or did most folks keep a little address book or written list nearby?

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Judith DeGroat @jdegroat.bsky.social · 1d

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Bryan Banks @bryanbanksphd.bsky.social · 1d

Time travel! Pre order a copy of our @ageofrevolutions.bsky.social book, coming with @uvapress.bsky.social in February 2026! www.upress.virginia.edu/title/10176/

The Global Age of Revolutions

Redrawing the map and resetting the clock of the Age of RevolutionsIn 2015, Bryan Banks and Cindy Ermus launched AgeofRevolutions.com

www.upress.virginia.edu

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Pam Herd @pamherd.bsky.social · 1d

It is, quite literally, *his job* to know whether the executive branch is implementing the programs and spending Congress authorized. This isn't pretending he doesn't know what awful thing Trump said. This is his Constitutional obligation that he is now derelict from fulfilling.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

REPORTER: We know the president moved forward with mass layoffs. We're also learning there were significant cuts to staff at special education services. Are you comfortable with those cuts?

MIKE JOHNSON: I haven't seen the specifics of that and I don't know

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

"Most Americans probably don’t have a detailed grasp of what’s happening with ACA subsidies right now, but once people start getting letters notifying them of how much their premiums are going up, it will become a much bigger issue."

Republicans are completely full of it on healthcare

And it becomes more obvious every time they talk about it.

www.publicnotice.co

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Deborah McDowell @dem8z.bsky.social · 1d

PLEASE SPREAD THE WORD!!

The University of Texas-Austin is beginning a process to eliminate the Black Studies, Latino Studies, and Gender Studies departments in the College of Liberal Arts. This is a grave threat to the educational liberty of students, faculty, staff, and the people of Texas. 1/

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Judith DeGroat @jdegroat.bsky.social · 1d

Such an important article.

Diane de Vignemont @diane2v.bsky.social · 1d

In my latest for @prospectmagazine.co.uk, I returned to the Pelicot rape trial.
Gisèle Pelicot's lawyers didn't just win a case—they challenged the legal playbook, setting a crucial potential precedent against the retraumatisation of rape survivors. www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/world/europe...

Gisèle Pelicot’s pedagogy of justice

A retrial in the landmark French abuse case is a lesson in how rape survivors are retraumatised in court

www.prospectmagazine.co.uk

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Judith DeGroat @jdegroat.bsky.social · 1d

Thank you for this article. It is inadequate to thank Mme. Pelicot but I do.

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