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Tim Dickinson @timdickinson.bsky.social · 4h

Un-presidented brass band at city hall in Portland tonight celebrating the release of their clarinet player from federal custody

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Molly Jong-Fast @mollyjongfast.bsky.social · 6h

Solidarity is the only way

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 13h

Mamdani: "I just want to speak directly to the president. I will not be a mayor like Mayor Adams who will call you to stay out of jail. I won't be a disgraced governor like Andrew Cuomo who will call you to ask how to win this election. I can do those things on my own."

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Prospect Magazine @prospectmagazine.co.uk · 1h

THE PITT won best drama at the Emmys. It’s been the talk of the televisual year in America… But you still can’t watch it in the UK.

@imogenwk.bsky.social on a streaming anomaly:

The best TV show you can’t watch

‘The Pitt’ was one of the success stories of the recent Emmy awards. So why, in this era of always-streamable shows, is it unavailable in the UK?

www.prospectmagazine.co.uk

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Chris Hendel @chrishendel.bsky.social · 7h

“We are monitoring carefully what is going on, but we are really worried about the domino effect of certain messages which we don’t think are following science.”

US vaccine misinformation is having “frightening” ripple effect in Europe, leaders warn
via @bmj.com
www.bmj.com/content/391/...

US vaccine misinformation is having “frightening” ripple effect in Europe, leaders warn

Vaccine misinformation and disinformation being spread in the US—including by senior politicians—is affecting patients and researchers in Europe, experts have warned. Speaking at the World Vaccine Co...

www.bmj.com

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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 1h

Bank bonuses to high earners to be paid faster after UK regulators loosen rules, another post-2008 crash change watered down.

Will impede ability to withhold bonus for poor performance.

If the poor, disabled, sick, old could fund political parties, hand jobs to legislators, they too may be heard.

Banker bonuses to be paid faster after UK regulators loosen rules

Bank of England and Financial Conduct Authority reduce deferral period from eight years to four

www.theguardian.com

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VC @vgc1720.bsky.social · 2h

This is false, and misleading.

I helped fight this mask ban in my state and I know the bill very well.

Ppl love to use this as an excuse not to mask in NC, but I see maskers out and about all the time in my state.

October Witch Chick @celticdragon1.bsky.social · 1d

Just a note that you cannot wear a mask in public in NC unless you specifically have a health issue and that's up to the discretion of the police. They don't have to believe you and if you are at a protest, it's a felony upgrade if you are arrested for anything.

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Justin @sitkaworldsfair.bsky.social · 3h

BTW in addition to being grotesque, the watches sold under the "Trump" brand for $500 to well over $1000 are mostly just generic imitations of Rolex and high-end Swiss watches, available from a million vendors on Alibaba/AliExpress for $10-40 apiece.

Comparison of Trump watch for $499 and an identical copy (probably from the same factory) for $12.76

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 11h

(AP) — Dozens of reporters turned in access badges and exited the Pentagon on Wednesday rather than agree to government-imposed restrictions on their work, pushing journalists who cover the American military further from the seat of its power.

@apnews.com
apnews.com/article/pent...

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Ken Vogel @kenvogel.bsky.social · 11h

Your tax dollars at work:

The Department of Homeland Security has spent $51m on ads promoting Trump's mass deportation agenda, including ads featuring Kristi Noem in a series of direct-to-camera videos, reports @axios.com.

U.S. government pays for 2025's most expensive political ad campaign

The next closest ad campaign is the $41 million effort to support California's redistricting measure.

www.axios.com

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ACLU @aclu.org · 15h

We're taking to the streets this Saturday at hundreds of protests nationwide to reject the Trump administration's attacks on our rights.

Find a No Kings protest near you at nokings.org?SQF_SOURCE=a...

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Robby Roadsteamer @roadsteamer.bsky.social · 17h

🚨 *Breaking News* Robby Roadsteamer has been detained by ICE Portland after singing Rod Stewart with the Portland Frog! We need your help!

Please support Robby's campaign and lawyer fees at robbyroadsteamer.com link on bio 💙🦒🦒🦒

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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 15h

ICE just arrested a singing giraffe in Portland.

Robby Roadsteamer @roadsteamer.bsky.social · 17h

🚨 *Breaking News* Robby Roadsteamer has been detained by ICE Portland after singing Rod Stewart with the Portland Frog! We need your help!

Please support Robby's campaign and lawyer fees at robbyroadsteamer.com link on bio 💙🦒🦒🦒

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Gary Longsine 📱 @arbiteriapetus.bsky.social · 15h

These are the people who have told us all our lives how much they revere the founding fathers and the Constitution.

Now that I think about it, they rarely mention the declaration of independence. Shoulda noticed that sooner. 🇺🇸

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 18h

Bessent: "No kings equals no paychecks"

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Tamara Keel, but spooky @tamslick.bsky.social · 15h

“Just because I act like a hateful shithead is no reason to treat me like a hateful shithead. That’s woke cancel culture or something.”

Kurtbert Barlowko @albertburneko.bsky.social · 16h

"disliking me is persecution" describes so incredibly many people's entire outlook these days defector.com/free-press-r...

Free Press Reporter Discovers That Being An Amoral Dickhead Can Cost You Friends | Defector

It can be hard to maintain friendships as an adult. People move to new cities, start families, and experience all sorts of other life events that make it difficult to keep in touch. Sometimes, you end...

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Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 15h

When all of this is finally over, I hope the people who ordered and carried out these extrajudicial assassinations are given the due process they don't believe in before they're punished for murder.

www.newsweek.com/donald-trump...

Donald Trump's Venezuela Military Strikes Hit a Colombian Ship: Report

At least one Colombian ship has been struck by US Military amid escalations in the Caribbean.

www.newsweek.com

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OldeNaturalist @oldenaturalist.bsky.social · 15h

Well, I sent this on Monday, tomorrow is Thursday, and I still have not had even an acknowledgement, let alone a reply.

They can send these emails out, but they don't seem to like getting responses.

#academies

OldeNaturalist @oldenaturalist.bsky.social · 2d

Infuriatingly condescending email from school today about my son's "attendance" - which was entirely due to the Covid that the school gave him!

My reply is probably not what they were expecting to get.

OldeNaturalist @oldenaturalist.bsky.social · 20h

More FPV fun

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High-Speed Woodland FPV with GepRC Vapor D5 | 5" FPV Drone Test Flight

YouTube video by Clear Air Flying FPV

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Praxis, for migrants and refugees @praxisprojects.bsky.social · 1d

Labour's proposed changes to settlement pathways could trap another 1.7 million people in a decade of instability and fear.

Email your MP today to ask them to join our parliamentary event on the 20th October sharing the impact of these policies.

act.praxis.org.uk/email-your-m...

Email your MP and ask them to join our parliamentary event about settlement pathways!

On the 20th October, we're co-hosting an event on how Labour’s proposed immigration changes could affect settlement and citizenship pathways for people across the country. Here at Praxis, we already s...

act.praxis.org.uk

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Phil Burton-Cartledge @philbc3.bsky.social · 23h

Levels of bad faith on the right must be really high for Fraser Nelson to break ranks.

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Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · 1d

NEW: Jim Jordan wants to question Jack Smith about his search of Mar-a-Lago, but Merrick Garland executed that search months before Jack Smith was even appointed. One of several lies in this letter demanding Jack Smith's testimony. judiciary.house.gov/sites/evo-su...

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Climate Defiance @climatedefiance.bsky.social · 1d

Sex is cool, but have you ever heckled Andrew Cuomo for 10 minutes straight?

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OldeNaturalist @oldenaturalist.bsky.social · 1d

So "King" Charles has a documentary on Amazon now, portraying him as a "defender of nature". Rather than a foul tempered, fox-hunting, vindictive adulterer.

Not one to watch.

OldeNaturalist @oldenaturalist.bsky.social · 1d

Oh I can't see this going wrong at all.

The Verge @theverge.com · 1d

Sam Altman says ChatGPT will soon sext with verified adults

ChatGPT is about to get flirty.

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Secretary of Defense Rock @sodrock.bsky.social · 1d

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