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Lynn Dorman, PhD;JD @lynndorman.bsky.social · 23h

I believe that whatever is in the Epstein files is far worse for the cult leader and many in Congress than we have imagined because Rs are going so far out of the way with distractions and vacations to keep it squelched.

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[foreign Object] @jcoglan.com · 6h

not even slightly joking when I say that sora should not exist. it should be crime for something like it to be made available without restriction to the general public. its servers should be destroyed with hammers

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The Loch Ness Monster @nessiopeia.space · 1h

Does it make anyone else feel crazy that every media and political representative is someone who never has to worry about where rent’s coming from this month?

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Rebecca Fachner @rebeccafachner.bsky.social · 33m

Dear democrats:

The right is gonna hit you with the too liberal label no matter what you do.

Why not try actually being too liberal for once and see where it gets you.

Stop running from your base and expect them to continue to give a shit.

Run folks under the age of 60 for the love of god

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Anne Lutz Fernandez @lutzfernandez.bsky.social · 3h

This heartbreaking excerpt from Virginia Giuffre's posthumous memoir is a horrific reminder that MAGA's obsession with Epstein has never been about the children he, Maxwell, and others abused. The way those protecting Trump have dealt with the story aids and abets abusers and normalizes abuse.

Virginia Giuffre’s Memoir Reveals How Ghislaine Maxwell Found the Teen at Mar-a-Lago and Sent Her to Jeffrey Epstein

Before she died by suicide earlier this year, Virginia Giuffre wrote Nobody’s Girl, a devastating memoir of her abuse, including at the hands of Jeffrey Epstein. This excerpt is her account of meeting...

www.vanityfair.com

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Aparna Nair @disabilitystor1.bsky.social · 3h

If you want to see the TikToks of a student documenting the horrifying fact that her professor used AI to "write" the textbook she subsequently published and forces her students to use/buy; but also some truly unprofessional behavior from the prof on being caught:

www.tiktok.com/@liaaa.bia/v...

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Oliver Willis @owillis.bsky.social · 3h

One of the biggest issues in democratic politics is how the consultants everyone hires sees voters as just a cash machine and they pummel them with messages asking for money instead of activating them for politics. It rightfully makes people extremely cynical.

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Jonathan W. Gray @elmcitytree.blacksky.app · 3h

White people’s insistence that other white people—especially the ones exhibiting morally questionable behavior—deserve the benefit of the doubt is going to kill us all.

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Mr. Chau @srirachachau.bsky.social · 9h

This place kinda felt like 2015 Twitter for a while but now it’s closer to 2019 Twitter, which feels more like home

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Sara Margarita Medina Ramos @sarammedinaramis.bsky.social · 13h

A 13-year-old boy in Massachusetts was detained by local police on Thursday. When his mother arrived to pick him up, she learned that her son had instead been taken into ICE custody and later transferred to a juvenile facility in Virginia, more than 500 miles away.

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Hi, it's Abby. Yep. @itsabbyyep.bsky.social · 9h

What if politics but good

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Dr. Garrett Schumann @garrt.bsky.social · 20h

grateful for my union because I just saw a TT job posting where the salary range is well below the contractually-mandated minimum salary that I and my union comrades enjoy

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Fifty Shades of Whey @fiftyshadesofwhey.bsky.social · 9h

Why are people who look like me called "prisoners" when they get kidnapped, but the people who resemble Europeans are called "hostages" ... and then in the same breath, I'll get accused of being "woke" or "radical" or even "antisemitic" just for bringing this up because the answer is uncomfortable.

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no earthquake (cultural tutor) @noearthquake.bsky.social · 9h

LLMs have convincingly demonstrated that coding is the easiest activity, maths is medium hard, and having taste is the hardest

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David, Host of The Cold War @coldwarhost.bsky.social · 4h

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Sara Nović @novicsara.bsky.social · 1d

A haunted house but it's just a nation without public education.

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David Veevers @davidveevers.bsky.social · 9h

What HE managers fail to understand is that in the context of the Humanities, ‘employability’ isn’t teaching coding or carpentry, but skills around writing, presenting, reasoning, evaluation, analysis, research etc. In an 80% service economy, these are the skills that fundamentally matter.

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Isaac Dovere @isaacdovere.bsky.social · 1d

NEW from me - NYC mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani declared last night to a rally of over 3,000 supporters that he is leading a “movement that won the battle over the soul of the Democratic Party,” that is much bigger than his bid for City Hall. www.cnn.com/2025/10/13/p...

At raucous rally, Mamdani argues he’s leading a movement beyond the NYC mayor’s race | CNN Politics

Declaring that he is leading a “movement that won the battle over the soul of the Democratic Party,” Zohran Mamdani used a raucous rally with over 3,000 supporters in Manhattan’s Washington Heights on...

www.cnn.com

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Cab Davidson @gnomeicide.bsky.social · 8h

If you're angry about immigration now, wait until you hear about 2°C+ global warming and the impact that will have. People, in fact whole nations will not patiently wait to die where they stand.

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John Pfaff @johnpfaff.bsky.social · 13h

To be clear:

LA County has declared a state of emergency BECAUSE OF the federal government.

The Feds, LA County is (correctly) saying, have CAUSED the emergency.

This is a striking political moment of internal collapse. Local govts feeling compelled to protect their ppl from … their own govt.

Los Angeles County declares state of emergency over immigration raids

Los Angeles County officials voted on Tuesday to declare a state of emergency over ongoing federal immigration raids.

abcnews.go.com

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Adam Rothman enjoys a good sandwich @adamrothman.bsky.social · 14h

Incredible scenes.

Thompson, 43, said federal agents had just exited the fortified facility and appeared to be chasing a protester when the protester and officer collided with band members, most of whom were wearing banana costumes.

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Eileen Clancy 🧿 @clancyny.bsky.social · 15h

Everyone, the days of NOT CREDITING photojournalists and video journalists are OVER. You MUST CREDIT photographers and videographers who are risking bodies and lives.

Also very important, we can't verify without knowing sources.

No one is being singled out. But from now on, you will be CALLED OUT.

Leah Millis @leahmillis.bsky.social · 15h

The @chicago.suntimes.com photographer who risked their personal health and safety to take this photograph is Anthony Vazquez. Please credit photographers and media outlets. In this age of misinformation, a photo with no context could be anything at all.

50501: The People’s Movement ❌👑 @50501movement.bsky.social · 15h

Please remind us who the domestic terrorists are again.

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I. Blade Daily @ibladedaily.bsky.social · 15h

So the American government at this moment is 50% cult, 50% criminal enterprise, 0% functional.

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Professor KPA 🗃️😷 @kpanyc.bsky.social · 14h

I did too, though really I'm supposed to go to bed myself because I have a long day tomorrow. So tempting to see how this develops, though. 🤣

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Vlad 🐸 Țepeș @porcupunk.bsky.social · 16h

Thanks to Ms. Pa'u Zotoh Zhaan, the cat, I now know how our president's "hair" is produced.

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