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Chic cat lady - ngai Aotearoa ahau. Social Justice is my bag she/her #NZ/Aotearoa 🇳🇿
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wajali.bsky.social
What did Tom Homan do with the $50K he took in a CAVA bag from undercover FBI agents?

Just keep asking this everyday. Its a big scandal they can't escape because Pam Bondi and her DOJ killed the investigation. They're cornered on this and the Epstein Files.
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taliajane.bsky.social
the image of the two quotes circulating is pulled from an interview he conducted with ABC where he talks about his upbringing and vision for the city. again, no such “trumpian fascist” phrase is used. in fact, arresting netanyahu isn’t mentioned at all.

abc7ny.com/post/nyc-may...
NYC Mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani talks political policies, including tax proposal, rent freezes
Zohran Mamdani's political resume is short, yet his mayoral campaign list of must-dos is long.
abc7ny.com
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taliajane.bsky.social
a fake quote being attributed to zohran mamdani is igniting the pro-palestine left.

he never said arresting netanyahu would make him a trumpian fascist. that phrase was posted by an account known for using extreme rhetoric to accuse mamdani of effectively saying that as a result of him softening.
image circulating claiming to attribute a fake quote to mamdani. text reads:
dec. 2024: “as mayor of nyc i would arrest benjamin netanyahu”
sept. 2025: “arresting netanyahu would make me a trumpian fascist.” - this second quote has in big letters over it the words “fake quote.” post from the originator of the phrase. text reads:

@zei squirrel
here you have it side by side. Zohran in December 2024, when he was running in the primary, pledging that he will definitely arrest Netanyahu. Then fast forward to Zohran in September 2025, after he won the primary, and suddenly arresting Netanyahu makes you a Trumpian fascist:
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victoriannews.com.au
Which begs the question, doesn't it @amyremeikis.bsky.social is Work For the Dole really about improving one's 'employment prospects' or as punishment for being unemployed?

Given that courts hand out the exact same thing as punishment for breaking the law, well, therein is your answer.
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simonrosenberg.bsky.social
Meanwhile, mainstream media is ignoring a new report noting 1 in 7 Australians, and 1 in 6 children, are living in #poverty.

They have more 'newsworthy' issues, like the uber wealthy responding to super changes making them slightly less wealthy.

The political & media class is fucked. #auspol
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jamellebouie.net
obviously john roberts and the trump majority aren't going a little thing like "history" or "the written text of the constitution" get in the way of their ideological drive to remake the (republican) presidency as an elected dictatorship.
Originalist ‘Bombshell’ Complicates Case on Trump’s Power to Fire Officials
www.nytimes.com
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jamellebouie.net
i'm sure duffy is just lying here but also i'll say again that they hard time conceptualizing relations between people that aren't strictly hierarchical.
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Sean Duffy: "The No Kings protest, Maria, really frustrating. This is part of antifa, paid protesters. It begs the question who's funding it."
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jamellebouie.net
underrated part of this is that stoller very clearly has no idea what "the passive voice" is
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protecttruth.bsky.social
All right. This is an opportunity. Prior #NoKings protests were huge but did not get the media coverage they deserved.

Now R’s are anticipating NoKings will hurt them. So they are proactively lying in the media about 10/18.

We shd use this: D leaders should be in the media talking about #NoKings.
atrupar.com
Bessent: "No Kings means no paychecks. No paychecks and no government."
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2covet.bsky.social
'Palestinian prisoner advocacy groups report that over 11,000 detainees remain in custody, including 350 sentenced to life imprisonment. Around 400 child prisoners are held in Ofer and Megiddo Prisons.'
middleeasteye-rss.bsky.social
Israel releases second group of Palestinian prisoners from Ketziot Prison
<article data-history-node-id="430118" about="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/israel-releases-second-group-palestinian-prisoners-ketziot-prison" class="live-blog-update default clearfix"> <h2> <a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/israel-releases-second-group-palestinian-prisoners-ketziot-prison" rel="bookmark"> <span class="field field-title">Israel releases second group of Palestinian prisoners from Ketziot Prison</span> </a> </h2> <div class="content"> <div class="field field-field-text"><p>Israeli authorities have released the second group of Palestinian prisoners from Ketziot Prison in the Negev to Gaza on Monday.</p> <p>Wafa news agency reported that 38 buses and 10 ambulances transferred hundreds of prisoners set for release.</p> <p>They were welcomed by families and supporters, with many immediately transported to hospital for medical examinations and treatment.</p> <p>The group includes 154 prisoners who were serving life sentences, and will be deported to Egypt.</p> <p>The first group of 96 prisoners were released from Ofer Prison, west of Ramallah earlier today, which followed Hamas's release of 20 living Israeli hostages on Monday morning.</p> <p>Palestinian prisoner advocacy groups report that over 11,000 detainees remain in custody, including 350 sentenced to life imprisonment. Around 400 child prisoners are held in Ofer and Megiddo Prisons.</p> </div> </div> </article>
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scamperbeasts.bsky.social
Hello, Bluesky, it is time for your recommended daily allowance of Void Loaf
Saja, who is a black cat, with his little legs all tucked in, cute-like
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tairawhitidoc.bsky.social
Cloudy start to the day, Tuesday, 14 October, from Wainui Beach, Aotearoa / New Zealand.

Some bonus morning content: a sea lion pup from my walk and hillside sheep and lambs.

Ata mārie / Good Morning ☀️
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jamellebouie.net
I read Caleb Nelson's piece on the removal power and I was taken with a reference he makes in the conclusion.
When the First Congress confronted the same ambiguities, more than one member warned against interpreting the Constitution in the expectation that all Presidents would have the sterling character of George Washington.  The current Supreme Court may likewise see itself as interpreting the Constitution for the ages, and perhaps some of the Justices take comfort in the idea that future Presidents will not all have the character of Donald Trump.  But the future is not guaranteed; a President bent on vengeful, destructive, and lawless behavior can do lasting damage to our norms and institutions.  As one member of Congress argued in 1789, we should not gravitate toward interpretations of the Constitution that “legaliz[e] the full exertion of a tyrannical disposition.”
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kiwipeterkelly.bsky.social
The interesting thing is: why would these doubtless highly intelligent people want to spend all of their time and energy conjuring a genie that owes them no wishes, and is highly unlikely to be benign given it is in competition with humans for the resources it needs? (Other critiques available.)
emollick.bsky.social
This relatively short essay by Jack Clark (from OpenAI & Anthropic) is a good indicator of the attitude of many people inside the AI labs, and what they think is happening right now in AI.

You do not have to believe him, of course, but it is worth noting: importai.substack.com/p/import-ai-...
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ninjakitty.bsky.social
If taught well, the kids will succeed but yesterday’s PR stunt by Minister Stanford was just that. She wouldn’t know a grapheme from a phoneme.

And by the way, what they’re calling “structured literacy” was started under Labour by Minister Tinnetti who actually has expertise in this area #nzpol
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hildur.bsky.social
Back home in the mossy lava fog
A blurry photo of mossy lava in the fog
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junlper.beer
watching the UKs green party elect an actual unafraid leftist into leadership and see party membership double in under a month is once again endless proof that if you stand up for leftist causes and treat the electorate like adults, you’ll win people over easily
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