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Mara Novak @maranovak.bsky.social · 8h

Joyce, no question

Mara Novak @maranovak.bsky.social · 9h

Listen, I know there’s a lot going on. Everybody needs to do something.

For the next 23 days I am going to do everything I can to get @mikiesherrill.bsky.social elected Governor of NJ.

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the babahuck @tylerhuckabee.bsky.social · 22h

In 2004, Parisian police were conducting a training exercise in the french catacombs and found, after moving past a desk and a tape playing audio of snarling dogs, a fully functional movie theater and bar. When they returned 3 days later, the equipment was gone, with a note: “Do not try to find us.”

Members of the force's sports squad, responsible
- among other tasks - for policing the 170 miles of tunnels, caves, galleries and catacombs that underlie large parts of Paris, stumbled on the complex while on a training exercise beneath the Palais de Chaillot, across the Seine from the Eiffel Tower.
After entering the network through a drain next to the Trocadero, the officers came across a tarpaulin marked: Building site, No access.
Behind that, a tunnel held a desk and a closed-circuit TV camera set to automatically record images of anyone passing. The mechanism also triggered a tape of dogs barking, "clearly designed to frighten people off," the spokesman said.
Further along, the tunnel opened into a vast 400 sq metre cave some 18m underground, "like an underground amphitheatre, with terraces cut into the rock and chairs".

There the police found a full-sized cinema screen, projection equipment, and tapes of a wide variety of films, including 1950s film noir classics and more recent thrillers. None of the films were banned or even offensive, the spokesman said.
A smaller cave next door had been turned into an informal restaurant and bar. "There were bottles of whisky and other spirits behind a bar, tables and chairs, a pressure-cooker for making couscous," the spokesman said.
"The whole thing ran off a professionally installed electricity system and there were at least three phone lines down there."
Three days later, when the police returned accompanied by experts from the French electricity board to see where the power was coming from, the phone and electricity lines had been cut and a note was lying in the middle of the floor: "Do not," it said, "try to find us."

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Molly Knight @mollyknight.bsky.social · 18h

If you are buying silly costumes and whistles to help stop our country from sliding into fascism: congratulations on doing more than our elected Democratic congresspeople!

Molly Knight @mollyknight.bsky.social · 18h

Whistling when ICE is about to kidnap someone for no reason is incredibly effective. They know what they are doing is wrong and will scatter in the wind when too many witnesses gather.

FORM A CROWD
STAY LOUD
PROTECT EACH OTHER
CODE I:
ICE NEARBY
BLOW QUICKLY IN A BROKEN RHYTHM:
PRE-PRE-PRE!
→ ALERTS THE COMMUNITY THAT ICE AGENTS ARE IN THE AREA.
ROGERS PARK WHISTLE PROTOCOLS
WHY A WHISTLE? ON THE STREETS
• A SIMPLE TOOL FOR FAST ALERTS.
• LOUD.
RECOGNIZABLE.
IMPOSSIBLE TO IGNORE.
• OUR VOICES ARE
STRONGER TOGETHER.
WHISTLES GUIDE
PEOPLE TO:
• FOLLOW ICE CARAVANS
• CATCH UP WITH THE CROWD
• ALERT NEIGHBORS
TO JOIN IN
NOISE = VISIBILITY.
CODE 2:
CODE RED
BLOW THREE LONG BLASTS:
PREEEE-PREEEE-PREEEE!
→ ICE IS DETAINING SOMEONE.
FORM A CROWD, STAY LOUD.
DON'T STAY SILENT. STAY NONVIOLENT.
WHY IT WORKS
• INSTANT ALERT
SYSTEM
• FASTER THAN SOCIAL MEDIA
• TURNS SILENCE INTO COMMUNITY
ACTION
ORIGINAL FLYER CREATED BY:
WHAT YOU CAN DO
• WEAR YOUR WHISTLE AROUND YOUR NECK
TEACH FAMILY
EIGHBORS TH
CODES
• USE IT WHEN ICE IS
SPOTTED
• PROTECT EACH OTHER, ALWAYS
TOGETHER, WE KEEP OUR COMMUNITY SAFE.
FORM A CROWD, STAY LOUD.
THIS FLYER DISTRIBUTED BY:
PROTECT RP
• @PROTECTRP_

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Mara Novak @maranovak.bsky.social · 11h

Love it!

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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 14h

This two-parter below is exactly why it's hard to make clothes in the United States.

Let's look at how much it costs to produce a button-up shirt in the US. 🧵

Someone on Twitter replies to me: "meh. buy american or stfu."

Two hours later, in a separate thread, the write: "$30 for a single button-up is ridiculous unless it is decent quality silk."

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Mara Novak @maranovak.bsky.social · 13h

I just started making these this year, but in a loaf pan. So delicious!

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Mara Novak @maranovak.bsky.social · 16h

2yos are the absolute best. Chaotic but amazing

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Helen Kennedy @helenkennedy.bsky.social · 18h

“Did he set fire to the convent?”

“I’m sure he’s started many fires. He barbecues a lot.”

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 20h

STEPHANOPOULOS: Did Tom Homan give the $50,000 back?

VANCE: He did not take a bribe. It's a ridiculous smear

STEPHANOPOULOS: You didn't answer the question

VANCE: Did he accept $50,000? I'm sure that in the course of Homan's life, he's been paid more than $50k for services.

(So, no, he didn't)

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NJ 11th for Change @nj11thforchange.bsky.social · 19h

And because we can't stop won't stop, we will also be canvassing on Saturday in Morristown after the rally www.mobilize.us/nj11thforcha...

And on Sunday in Essex: www.mobilize.us/nj11thforcha...

NJ 11th for Change's NO KINGS MORRIS CANVASS · NJ 11th for Change

No Kings in the morning and canvass in the afternoon! Join NJ 11th for Change at the Morris County Dems office following the No Kings Morristown event on Oct. 18th, and get ready to bring all your g...

www.mobilize.us

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NJ 11th for Change @nj11thforchange.bsky.social · 19h

We'll be in Morristown: www.mobilize.us/nokings/even...
We'll be in Montclair: www.mobilize.us/nokings/even...

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NJ 11th for Change @nj11thforchange.bsky.social · 19h

@njindivisible.bsky.social hosted a Town Hall with @booker.senate.gov this past Friday to talk about the impact of the government shutdown. Watch here:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=7VoN...

Senator Booker's Indivisible Town Hall

YouTube video by Senator Cory Booker

www.youtube.com

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Indivisible One New Jersey ❌👑 @njindivisible.bsky.social · 1d

On October 18, we will gather all across New Jersey for the biggest day of peaceful protest in American history. Join your local No Kings Day event to make it clear that We The People won’t cower in response to Trump’s authoritarian takeover: www.nokings.org ❌👑

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McSweeney's @mcsweeneys.net · 21h

"ANIMAL WRITE LETTER. CORPORATE ASK FOR CALM HR MEMO. ANIMAL DROP TRUTH BOMB. NEWS WEAK. NEWS SHIVER IN FEAR. TOO MUCH THINK. TOO MUCH WOKE. NEWS NEED DRUM SMASH TO FACE. ANIMAL SEE THIS. ANIMAL FEEL THIS."

“AAAGGGHHH!!!” A Memo from Animal, Your New Editor-in-Chief

“[Editor-in-chief of CBS News] Bari Weiss told network staffers in a morning editorial call that she wants to ‘win’ before delivering a rallying cr...

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Jody Rosen @jodyrosen.bsky.social · 1d

I know we're not supposed to talk about Woody Allen, but ANNIE HALL is one of the supreme American movies & Diane Keaton's wild charisma is 90% of the reason why. And btw her performance of "Seems Like Old Times" is pure magic—up there with the greatest musical scenes in cinema, zero doubt

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Sarah J. Jackson @sjjphd.bsky.social · 1d

I’m not trying to give @pbs.org ideas for raising money—but I am. I would buy women’s fit T-shirts of all my favorite childhood shows. Reading rainbow, 321 contact, square one, zoobiliee zoo. I feel like two generations will run to donate even more money for shirts with Levar Burton on them…

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Tom & Lorenzo @tomandlorenzo.bsky.social · 1d

Certain celebrity deaths are harder to process than others because the person in question was so full of life and creativity and originality that you just assume it's never going to end.

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Tom Reagan’s Hat @rufustsuperfly.bsky.social · 1d

RIP Diane Keaton
My favourite picture of her where everyone else is giving it their best Blue Steel & she looks like she’s just wandered in off the street looking super cool.
She was allowed to wear her own clothes & her wonderful personality shines out.
What a unique talent & human being.

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Cory Booker @corybooker.com · 1d

Donald Trump is specifically targeting New Jersey, cutting projects that’d build infrastructure and lower energy costs.

We need a governor who is going to stand up to his lawlessness, not rubber stamp it.

We need Mikie Sherrill.

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Mara Novak @maranovak.bsky.social · 1d

Had to see what you were referring to about NJ, since we don’t elect prosecutors. Thanks for this, I’m doing a presentation on the power the NJ constitution grants to the office of the Governor on Monday, your piece is super timely.

One note—Mikie Sherrill’s name is spelled incorrectly.