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TheSnarkyFarmer @thesnarkyfarmer.bsky.social · 2d

#TheOutpost 🌱🌿👨‍🌾🫘🌳

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TheSnarkyFarmer @thesnarkyfarmer.bsky.social · 4h

#TheOutpost 🌱🧅🌿👨‍🌾
It was a gourd-geous night in Hamilton — where some of the biggest pumpkins you’ll ever see rolled into town for Operation Pumpkin 2025

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Pumpkin Power: Ohio state record smashed at Operation Pumpkin in Hamilton

It was a gourd-geous night in Hamilton — where some of the biggest pumpkins you’ll ever see rolled into town for Operation Pumpkin 2025.

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Daniel MacPhee 🇨🇦 @d-macphee.bsky.social · 14h

Animal origami: The physics of nature’s folds
🧪 #Scicomm #Nature
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Animal origami: The physics of nature’s folds

Insects that tuck away wings; a protist with an accordion-like neck — studying these clever creases may inspire foldable structures for drones

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Margot Foley @mfoley25.bsky.social · 12h

Knucklehead pumpkins for #ColorADay #OrangeSun
#31DaysOfHalloween
#Spooktober
#EastCoastKin
#WestCoastKin
#Oregon #PNW
#Photography

a large collection of pumpkins and gourds. Many of the pumpkins are orange and have a distinct bumpy, warty texture, often referred to as "Knucklehead" pumpkins. There are also smooth, bright orange pumpkins and some pale yellow or white gourds visible in the background. The gourds and pumpkins are piled on top of each other.

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Margot Foley @mfoley25.bsky.social · 1d

the #BirdOfTheDay theme for today is #Beakful. Steller’s Jay’s never disappoint 😂
#EastCoastKin
#WestCoastKin
#Oregon #PNW
#BirdsOfBluesky #Steller’sJay
#Nature #Photography

a Steller's Jay (Cyanocitta stelleri) with a peanut in its beak stands on a plate with lots of peanuts on it. the plate sits on a stand with bird decorations on a wooden deck with a wooden railing. blurred green vegetation in the background.

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20 Nate Days Later @nathanalderman.com · 10h

Really excited for one of these to hatch in the middle of the night and stealthily crawl onto my face.

A scattering of weird alien-looking gourds labeled “gizmos”

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Pierce @pierceah66.bsky.social · 1h

Turns out doing the bare minimum of acknowledging the VP as a party leader who’d be strong in the future if she even wants to run later isn’t difficult.

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Pierce @pierceah66.bsky.social · 1h

Shoutout to Senator Mark Kelly doing the bare minimum of not being a self-absorbed asshat nor condescendingly bashing or sides-stepping VP Harris while getting asked about her strength as a future candidate & saying there’ll probably be a lot of candidates then.

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Mean Maria @drmariamitchell.bsky.social · 1h

Narrator: if the person is dead and tells you their name we have the workings of a tv show. Whether it be a paranormal show or zombie show depends on what happens next.

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Mean Maria @drmariamitchell.bsky.social · 1h

(Getting phone report tonight)

Me: what is the decedent’s name?

Officer to someone else in the room : what is your name

Me: um, i need the dead person’s name

Officer: yeah, i know
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ndweiss @11tulips.bsky.social · 2d

Borowitz

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Ariella Elm @ariellaelm.bsky.social · 2h

As always, 300 characters is not enough to say anything so please check out the full article ariellaelm.substack.com/p/daily-dems...
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Daily Dems Doing the Work, Making Noise and Fighting Back Day 260

Why blame them when you can praise them?

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Ariella Elm @ariellaelm.bsky.social · 2h

Why aren’t House members partnering with Senators for content? That would make a huge impact!

@murray.senate.gov and @repemilyrandall.bsky.social would beg to differ. They had coffee together to discuss healthcare and the shut down.
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Senator Patty Murray @murray.senate.gov · 1d

Over coffee, I updated @repemilyrandall.bsky.social on what is happening in the Senate right now: Republican leaders STILL would rather shut down the government than even talk to Democrats about how to stop health care costs from skyrocketing for millions of Americans.

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Ariella Elm @ariellaelm.bsky.social · 2h

I don’t see any Dems talking about the cracks in the Republican party…

@mikelevin.org talks about them. And not just from MTG either. It turns out there’s at least one other House members vocally opposing Johnson’s bs
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Mike Levin @mikelevin.org · 1d

With all the noise this week, let’s focus on something that actually matters—the cracks inside the Republican Party.

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Ariella Elm @ariellaelm.bsky.social · 2h

I feel like Dems only go to friendly places, they’re not gonna actually answer questions from someone off the cuff.

@neguse.house.gov definitely does, cause he has an event called “Congress on Your Corner” where he goes around his district and sets up a table and talks to constituents.
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Rep. Joe Neguse @neguse.house.gov · 12h

Grateful to everyone who came by on Friday to our “Congress on Your Corner” at CU-Boulder.

Whether on main streets, at bus stations and farmers markets, or on college campuses — the best part of my job is speaking directly with folks in Colorado’s 2nd District!

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Ariella Elm @ariellaelm.bsky.social · 2h

Why are Dems not telling us what’s happening to hospitals?

Repping the Rep: @friedman.house.gov

Is doing just that with her visit to CHA Hollywood Presbyterian Medical Center. It’s a “safety net” hospital, they give care to those without insurance, and these cuts will make this work harder.
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Ariella Elm @ariellaelm.bsky.social · 2h

Daily Dems Doing the Work, Making Noise and Fighting Back Day 260

What is your favorite thing to blame the Dems for not doing? Maybe it will be in this post. If not, keep checking back, you might see it soon.
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Jonathan Howard @joho.bsky.social · 2h

Exactly

Denny Carter @dennycarter.bsky.social · 16h

The entire fascist project is based on bad faith arguments that the press interprets and processes as good faith arguments

badfaithtimes.com/when-bad-fai...

When Bad-Faith Unreality Crashes Into Reality

These people do not mean what they say.

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Jonathan Howard @joho.bsky.social · 8h

Here is some material Bari Weiss published regarding Covid.

So when anyone defends her in any way, what they are saying is that real world victims of medical disinformation don’t matter.

It’s all just a game to these pundits.

• Dr. Jay Bhattacharya: The Government Censored Me and Other Scientists. We Fought Back-and Won
• Dr. Jay Bhattacharya: Free Speech on Trial
• Dr. Marty Makary: Dr. Fauci's Legacy
• Drs. Tracy Hoeg and Marty Makary: U.S.
Public Health Agencies Aren't 'Following the Science,'
• Dr. Marty Makary: Officials Say, Universities' Covid Policies Defy Science and Reason,
• Drs. Vinay Prasad, Stefan Baral, Lucy McBride: Bringing Sanity to the Omicron Chaos, Talking To Three Doctors Who Have Been Islands Of Reason In A Sea Of Confusion.
• Dr. Vinay Prasad: Let Djokovic Play
• Dr. Vinay Prasad: We Have a Tripledemic.
Not of Disease, But of Fear,
• Drs. Vinay Prasad and John Mandrola: The Epidemic of #DiedSuddenly
• Dr. Vinay Prasad: How to Save Science From
Covid Politics
• Dr. Vinay Prasad: What RFK Jr. Gets Right— and What He Gets Wrong,
• Dr. Vinay Prasad: Vinay Prasad: Why Was My Talk at a Medical Conference Canceled?
• Dr. Vinay Prasad: Covid Vaccines Shouldn't Be 'Routine' for Kids.

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Kat4Obama @kat4obama.bsky.social · 1h

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William Shakespeare @shakespeare.lol · 2d

For how can tyrants safely govern home,
Unless abroad they purchase great alliance?

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Kat4Obama @kat4obama.bsky.social · 1h

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Charles Ghoul-ba ✡️ @charlesgaba.com · 1h

“Residents described scenes of panic as dozens of families fled their homes under heavy gunfire, many of them displaced multiple times during the war.

"This time people weren't fleeing Israeli attacks," one resident said. "They were running from their own people."

Malcolm P. Johnson @admiralmpj.bsky.social · 3h

Guess what? Israel isn't killing these Gazans.

Hamas is.

Gazans are dying. It's not a Genocide, but it's still bad.

So...where is Greta Thunberg and her Pro-Palestinan Protester pals now? www.bbc.com/news/article...

Gaza City clashes between Hamas and clan members leave 27 dead

At least 27 people have been killed in one of the most violent internal confrontations since Israeli troops withdrew.

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Kat4Obama @kat4obama.bsky.social · 1h

"In the 1920s, Columbus mattered to Americans who opposed the Ku Klux Klan because celebrating an Italian defended a multicultural society. Now, though, he represents the devastation of America’s Indigenous people at the hands of European colonists..."

Heather Cox Richardson (TDPR) @hcrichardson.bsky.social · 1h

October 12, 2025

On October 9, President Donald J.

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#TuckFrump @realtuckfrumper.bsky.social · 2h

Majority of CDC staff fired after Trump admin's 'chaos' have returned to work: report

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Majority of CDC staff fired after Trump admin's 'chaos' have returned to work: report

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