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Kyle R Freund @kylefreund.com · 1h

this this this.
stuffing genie in a bottle don't work.
but trying is messy.

jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 3d

a key thing about vought — and all of these guys — is that they have a totally top down and hierarchical vision of the world. they believe that the cultural changes they hate can be turned off by destroying the federal government because they can’t imagine that they emerged bottom-up in society

Thomas Zimmer @thomaszimmer.bsky.social · 3d

What he’s railing against is a profound shift in culture, status… He’s obsessed with the idea that America is controlled by a leftist “ruling elite” - but “elite” isn’t defined socio-economically or by political power, it means something like: Getting to define “real America” and who gets to belong.

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 16h

Walking away with $20 billion of US taxpayer money so Scott Bessent’s Wall Street cronies don’t lose their investments in Argentina.

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Kyle R Freund @kylefreund.com · 14h

Woah, that’s a crock of crap

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gamera obscura @ohrobin.bsky.social · 14h

This is terrorism. Abolition of ICE and DHS is not enough.

(Photos by Anthony Vasquez, Chicago Sun-Times.)

A trio of cowardly, pathetic ICE agents hold a terrified man at gunpoint. The BORTAC patch, by the way, means Border Patrol Technical Unit.

Worthless lumps (ICE agents) pin down an unarmed, young Black man.

A domestic terrorism (ICE agent) lobs a canister of gas directly at an unarmed man trying to film the chaos on his phone

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Adam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 22h

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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unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 14h

This post was written before today's car crash and chemical attack. Was referring to the preceding car crashes and chemical attacks.

unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 1d

Yes, you should be surprised and horrified by secret federal police running around our city kidnapping immigrants, crashing cars, launching chemical weapons and shooting and killing people. This is a thing you should be *perpetually* shocked by. We lose when we become numb to it.

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Rick Steves @ricksteves.bsky.social · 14h

🧵:

Last June, more than 5 million Americans joined #NoKings rallies across the country, protesting President Trump's authoritarianism. And this Saturday, with your help, it's going to be even bigger and better.

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Kyle R Freund @kylefreund.com · 20h

This is my favorite D'Angelo. What's yours? music.apple.com/us/album/bac...

Back to the Future (Part I) by D’Angelo and The Vanguard on Apple Music

Song · 2014 · Duration 5:22

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Kyle R Freund @kylefreund.com · 20h

Give @cagraber.bsky.social your food questions & get the food sleuths on the case!

Cynthia Graber @cagraber.bsky.social · 21h

I don't know how many Gastropod folks are on here, but we're looking for questions for our upcoming Ask Gastropod ep! Do you have a question that you haven't been able to figure out, a food science and/or history conundrum that's left you perplexed? We're here for you - email [email protected]!

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Kyle R Freund @kylefreund.com · 20h

I'm here. Let me get back to you.

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Grudgie the Whale @grudgie.bsky.social · 21h

This could seriously be one of the 2 or 3 biggest Presidential scandals in US history

Amarnath Amarasingam @amaramarasingam.bsky.social · 21h

The military has now killed 27 people as if they were enemy soldiers in a war zone and not criminal suspects. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/14/u...

U.S. Military Kills Another 6 People in 5th Caribbean Strike, Trump Says

www.nytimes.com

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Kyle R Freund @kylefreund.com · 21h

I just bought a sweetass Benno E-assist bike for 50% off from Upway!

Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 23h

“Once rare, 7-year car loans are fast becoming the norm. They’re often the only way buyers can afford new rides, with average sale prices surging 28% in 5 years to approach $50k.”

Designed-in car dependency, surging car prices, longer loan periods with more interest.

Sound like “freedom” to you?

Cars are so expensive that buyers need 7-year loans

Once rare, seven-year car loans are fast becoming the norm. They’re often the only way buyers can afford new rides, with average auto prices nearing $50,000.

www.seattletimes.com

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Kyle R Freund @kylefreund.com · 22h

The time is now, maté slurpers! LFG!!!!

A maté full of delicious maté stands ready to replace coffee that has been lost due to Trump’s trade warring.

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Kyle R Freund @kylefreund.com · 22h

I watched this and so, if I follow correctly, anything these folks don't care for is antisemitic, is that correct?

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Kyle R Freund @kylefreund.com · 22h

The same. The exact same.

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Roy Edroso @edroso.bsky.social · 1d

Ok this is good

The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 1d

ICYMI: “And now, a response from the leader of the frog resistance...” 🐸 🎵 #Colbert

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Kyle R Freund @kylefreund.com · 1d

"Hello, 911? I'm reporting a sexy skeleton!

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GRAIN @grain.org · 1d

Next month, Kenya’s High Court will deliver judgement in a landmark case that could reshape the country’s food system, writes Claire Nasike. It's about whether Kenyan farmers can save, share and sell seeds. Unbelievable? Read on: progressive.international/wire/2025-10...

Seeds of Discontent: Kenya’s Seed Law Undermines Farmers’ Resilience

Kenya’s seed law privileges seed multinationals while weakening the country’s food system’s genetic diversity and marginalising the very people who feed the country.

progressive.international

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Rebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · 1d

A huge landmark in journalism history seems to have come to pass a while ago: when @hcrichardson.bsky.social outstripped the Washington Post in online readership. An old world is dying, a new world is being born [Jeff Bezos is a monster].

karl rove knausgård @uhactually.bsky.social · 1d

Lmao WaPo has fewer than 100K circulation now. It turns out “alienate your liberal subscriber base” is not a good strategy when the Republicans also hate you. www.forbes.com/sites/andyme...

The Washington Post Is Running Out Of Readers Willing To Pay

Once a titan of American journalism, The Washington Post now struggles to reach even 100,000 print subscribers most days.

www.forbes.com

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Brendan Nyhan @brendannyhan.bsky.social · 1d

Unprecedented corruption

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Trump's conversation with Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto is caught on a hot mic. Hard to tell exactly what they are talking about, but Subianto asks Trump about meeting Eric Trump and Don Jr, who supposedly have nothing to do with government while they run the family business.

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Bob Cesca @bobcesca.bsky.social · 1d

Egypt has extremely strict gun control laws. Civilians are only permitted to own handguns -- no rifles or shotguns -- and only if they can prove they need the weapon for a specific purpose. Background checks for licensing are extensive and include vetting of family members and psych evaluations.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2d

Trump on Egypt: "They have very little crime. Because they don't play games. That's why. Like we do in the United States with governors that have no idea what they're doing."

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Ida Bae Wells @nhannahjones.bsky.social · 2d

For those who don’t intimately understand how news works and why Bari Weiss’s unearned elevation to head of CBS News matters, I’d recommend watching this in entirety. Also, will forever point out irony of how an admitted DEI hire thinks her hire was meritorious while Black people’s aren’t.

Katelyn Boo-urns @katelynburns.com · 2d

Holy shit go off John Oliver youtu.be/gieTx_P6INQ?...

Bari Weiss: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)

YouTube video by LastWeekTonight

youtu.be

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Kyle R Freund @kylefreund.com · 2d

Jesus, that's bleak

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J. Mijin Cha @jmijin.bsky.social · 2d

There is a lot of really terrible things happening but I hope this doesn't get lost in the news. We really, really, really need to end fossil fuel use. And soon.

Planet’s first catastrophic climate tipping point reached, report says, with coral reefs facing ‘widespread dieback’

Unless global heating is reduced to 1.2C ‘as fast as possible’, warm water coral reefs will not remain ‘at any meaningful scale’, a report by 160 scientists from 23 countries warns

www.theguardian.com

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Solidaridad Network @solidaridadnetwork.org · 2d

Maybe you didn't have time to read the #CocoaBarometer? Let's get you up to speed. Here are the highlights & hear is the full story www.solidaridadnetwork.org/news/record-...

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