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mkb @michellekb.bsky.social · 3h

unquestionably a Good Girl

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mkb @michellekb.bsky.social · 4h

fully real. currently discounted, even. but a bargain at any price bakersgas.com/products/mil...

Miller Digital Performance Welding Helmet w/ Clear Light 4x, Burn & Bl

Lightweight helmet with superior headgear for increased efficiency. Features ClearLight 4x Lens Technology.

bakersgas.com

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Mark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 6h

A terrific AFP fact check uses reverse image searches to expose how a White House video took scenes from Florida, Texas, South Carolina and Nebraska and lied that they showed "Chicago is in chaos."
factcheck.afp.com/doc.afp.com....

Post from WH about Chicago "in chaos," showing scene from another state.

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Rae Solomon @raedear1.bsky.social · 5h

Hi! 👋

My latest story digs into the high demand for skilled tradespeople in the rural mountain towns of Colorado... and why these jobs are a crucial part of the climate workforce of the future. It aired on Marketplace by APM yesterday afternoon.

www.marketplace.org/story/2025/1...

Skilled tradespeople are the climate workforce rural areas need most

In Colorado, industry and higher ed are teaming up to grow the rural climate workforce of tomorrow.

www.marketplace.org

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mkb @michellekb.bsky.social · 5h

I’m not saying you should go with welding just because you can buy cute helmets, I’m just saying look at this one. (Seriously though: very sorry to hear this and hope you land on your feet, no helmet needed, soonest.)

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Robert Simmon @rsimmon.bsky.social · 5h

Visualize voting trends with more than 20 years of U.S. election data

Kristian Ekenes, Esri www.esri.com/arcgis-blog/...

www.esri.com/arcgis-blog/...

#NACIS2025

Visualize voting trends in 20 years’ worth of U.S. election data

Explore how voting patterns have changed (or remained constant) for the last 5 U.S. presidential elections using a composite symbol.

www.esri.com

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mkb @michellekb.bsky.social · 15h

thank you. we have lots of sticks, but that is The Stick. I cut it down myself and there’s a whole special game that is played using The Stick

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mkb @michellekb.bsky.social · 15h

vibes are off. have a Samoyed

A cream-colored, pink-nosed Samoyed dog stands on grass and dirt mostly covered with yellow and brown leaves. A long, stout, straight stick is between the dog’s jaws from somewhere off-camera. There’s some visible tongue. The dog appears to be concentrating very hard on chomping.

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Barred and Boujee aka Madiba Dennie @audrelawdamercy.bsky.social · 18h

‼️ this is one of the reasons why the Musk shutdown of USAID broke me, like

Congress said 'we're allocating these funds to save lives'

a random asshole with too much money and unresolved bitterness about the end of Apartheid said 'no you're not'

so the funding disappeared??

and people are dying??

Hunter @hunterub.bsky.social · 21h

There's literally no reason for Congress to exist if any random freak in the presidential orbit can nullify laws and seize federal funds. All of this is plainly illegal, but Mike Johnson leads the most corrupt Congress in US history (and by a wide margin.)

Reuters @reuters.com · 1d

White House budget director Vought plans to shut down CFPB within months, says it's no longer protecting consumers reut.rs/4qjMIyT

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Greg Greene (he/him/his) @greene.haus · 16h

- Calm down, Roe v. Wade isn’t going anywhere!

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- Calm down, you can still get medication abortion.

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– Calm down, of _course_ they won’t go after birth control.

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Trump Administration Decimates Birth Control Office in Layoffs

www.nytimes.com

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Andrew Lawrence @ndrew.bsky.social · 22h

the president using the office to punish americans that didnt vote for him should really be one of the biggest scandals in americas history

Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 1d

Trump is upfront in saying he will use the shutdown to punish Democrats, and here are the receipts. About $27.2 billion cut from Dem districts compared to about $0.7 billion in GOP districts.
We all complain about the media, but need this type of in-depth journalism.
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

Trump Halts Billions in Grants for Democratic Districts During Shutdown (Gift Article)

The Trump administration has frozen or canceled nearly $28 billion primarily located in Democratic-led districts, according to an analysis by The New York Times.

www.nytimes.com

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Dave Levitan @davelevitan.bsky.social · 22h

seems bad

Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 22h

“The Defense Department has confiscated the badges of the Pentagon reporters from virtually every major media organization in America,” the Pentagon Press Association said

Oct. 15, 2025
PENTAGON PRESS ASSOCIATION
STATEMENT
Today, the Defense Department confiscated the badges of the Pentagon reporters from virtually every major media organization in America. It did this because reporters would not sign onto a new media policy over its implicit threat of criminalizing national security reporting and exposing those who sign it to potential prosecution.
The Pentagon Press Association's members are still committed to reporting on the U.S. military. But make no mistake, today, Oct. 15, 2025 is a dark day for press freedom that raises concerns about a weakening U.S. commitment to transparency in governance, to public accountability at the Pentagon and to free speech for all.
PPA

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Julian Sanchez @normative.bsky.social · 1d

There is no conceivable argument that these ships, even if we assume they were carrying narcotics, could not be dealt with in some other way. I think we can just drop the caveats and say: This is mass murder.

Chris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social · 2d

Unless and until some kind of compelling legal and moral argument is presented as to why this is a legitimate use of deadly force, this is just…mass murder.

Amarnath Amarasingam @amaramarasingam.bsky.social · 2d

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...

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Adam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 2d

It’s been fun being attacked for years for saying bigotry motivates these people more than low taxes and small government

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Mapas Milhaud @mapasmilhaud.com · 4d

A world in perspective

The history of the first bird’s-eye view maps of cities, Saul Steinberg’s map and its importance in satirical cartography.

www.cartographerstale.com/p/a-world-in...

A world in perspective

The history of the first bird’s-eye view maps of cities, Saul Steinberg’s map and its importance in satirical cartography.

www.cartographerstale.com

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mkb @michellekb.bsky.social · 2d

we love a niche flex :D

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mkb @michellekb.bsky.social · 2d

I suppose I missed something. Sorry and/or god forbid

vincentvecchione.bsky.social @vincentvecchione.bsky.social · 2d

No offense to you, but he praised a fascist literally last week.

mkb @michellekb.bsky.social · 2d

I loved (OG, DC) Zaytinya before even I knew what an outstanding human being Chef Jose is, and I love that this is happening. Feds obvs go, but also people with positive cash flow, pls also go to Zaytinya, since I can't. (might fuck around and make something from the cookbook tonight for dinner tho)

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Michael Corey @mikejcorey.bsky.social · 2d

We've just launched a big update to the #SaveOurSigns project: a revamped website and a public image viewer. So many wonderful people have sent us more than 10,000 images of National Park Service signs that may be under threat. Data download links for each park/site: sites.google.com/umn.edu/save...

Home

Save Our Signs Let's Build the People's Archive of National Park Signs

sites.google.com

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mkb @michellekb.bsky.social · 2d

I loved (OG, DC) Zaytinya before even I knew what an outstanding human being Chef Jose is, and I love that this is happening. Feds obvs go, but also people with positive cash flow, pls also go to Zaytinya, since I can't. (might fuck around and make something from the cookbook tonight for dinner tho)

Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 3d

Government workers 👇🏾

Lunch is on the house:

Being in the heart of downtown DC, we love that so many of our Federal employees stop by during lunch for a Donburi at China Chilcano or a Fútbol Club at Jaleo. And just because the government is shut down doesn't mean you have to miss out on your favorite lunch spot- because this time, its on us!
Join us for lunch from 11:30 AM to 3:00 PM at any of our participating restaurants and enjoy a free lunch item when you present your government ID-you heard that right! Dine in with us Monday through Friday and choose your favorite: a sandwich at Jaleo, a donburi at China Chilcano, a wrap or pita at Zaytinya, or a torta at Oyamel.
We've always believed in serving our community with open arms and good food-no shutdown can stop that.

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mkb @michellekb.bsky.social · 4d

how did I drag my walking boot through a whole grocery store this evening to realize three hours later there’s no dessert nor even any cereal in my house at all? I failed myself

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Siobhan Thompson @vornietom.bsky.social · 5d

Can’t help but remember when this picture was enough to spark months of scandal

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mkb @michellekb.bsky.social · 5d

refactoring the straps & hardware on my riot cloud’s protest gear provides the rare opportunity to see all four sign flavors separate but together. (considering retiring Free Hugs. there’s too much to be mad at; people always want pictures of the spicy sides; his face & floof say ‘free hugs’ anyway)

A smiling cream-colored Samoyed dog lies on a teal floral rug. Four handcrafted signs lie top-to-bottom in a column whose top rests against the dog’s side. Each sign is made up of glittering letters in rainbow colors on an aqua background with lavender borders. They read, top to bottom: FREE HUGS; F*CK TRUMP; F*CK M*SK; F*CK ICE

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Mark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 5d

And would be an instant national scandal if a Democratic Cabinet Secretary every did it. Two totally different standards applied to two totally different parties. Every day. Every year. Every decade.

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mkb @michellekb.bsky.social · 5d

same, alas

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Barred and Boujee aka Madiba Dennie @audrelawdamercy.bsky.social · 5d

aaand we are officially in the hide-your-neighbors stage

Sophie Sherry @sophiesherry.bsky.social · 6d

During a military-style raid on a building in Chicago’s South Shore, one resident heard a knock on his door.   It wasn’t the feds — it was a mom and her 7-year-old daughter, pleading for help.

He let them hide in his unit for the next 3 days.

chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...

Neighbor shielded 7-year-old during South Shore federal raid: ‘I didn’t want them to take her’

During the Sept. 30 raid one tenant protected a terrified girl and her mom. Remnants at the complex, including a detailed map of all the units, offer clues to what authorities may have known before th...

chicago.suntimes.com

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