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askmetomorrow.bsky.social @askmetomorrow.bsky.social · 10h

Put a banner on every closed hospital, farm, small business & nursing home:

“TRUMP SAVED ARGENTINA INSTEAD”

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ndweiss @11tulips.bsky.social · 6h

The bestest boy, the goodest boy! Uch, my heart!

Dave 🧢💙🔵🐾🐾 @dave-64.bsky.social · 2d

And to think I have trouble finding my way out of Walmart sometimes. 🤦🏼‍♂️

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Patsy Baloney @patsybaloney.bsky.social · 4h

They're trying to wind it back to 1682.

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Jocelyn Anderson Photography @jocelynanderson.bsky.social · 5h

A Bald Eagle takes off from the Great Blue Heron rookery. Lots of ducks show up around the rookery this time of year, which encourages the Bald Eagles to hang out in the area.

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Patsy Baloney @patsybaloney.bsky.social · 4h

Oh.

PBS News @pbsnews.org · 5h

The World Meteorological Organization said in its latest bulletin on greenhouse gases that CO2 growth rates have now tripled since the 1960s, and reached levels that existed more than 800,000 years ago. https://to.pbs.org/4hfXYIv

UN agency: CO2 levels hit record high last year, causing more extreme weather

Heat-trapping carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere jumped by the highest amount on record last year, soaring to a level not seen in human civilization and “turbo-charging” the Earth’s climate and c...

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State of St. Louis @stateofstlouis.bsky.social · 6h

Good evening. Today we enjoyed the best meal of trip, year, possibly decade, in the Mill District. Minneapolis

Plan a visit now, make a reservation, and go to three times James Beard Award winner Sean "Sioux Chef" Sherman's Owamni owamni.com

The Great Northern Adventure #LandYacht #Trip10 Day 21

Each table has fresh flowers. Ours had mums and daisies.

This restaurant makes their own tea blends to fill in tea pouches for service. I had Black Fern Tea with sweet fern, elderberry, black locust blossum, passion vine. The Mr. had Sweet Wandering sweet grass, hawthorn leaf & Flower, milky oat top, damiana, sweet clover

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Patsy Baloney @patsybaloney.bsky.social · 4h

Kinda like literally attacking America.

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WritingPIs @writingpis.bsky.social · 10h

Was walking around ‘hood, paused to look at this flag. Woman walked out door & stopped next to me.

Me: “I’m admiring your flag."
Woman: “We have to save our democracy."

She got in her truck & I realized she’s a firefighter (International Firefighter Association logo on vehicle). Respect.

#Resist

Black flag with “RESIST” in white letters, displayed on flag pole at a home.

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Patsy Baloney @patsybaloney.bsky.social · 10h

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Kirk @sankalots.bsky.social · 10h

newrepublic.com/article/2018... This is good: Rep Eric Swalwell tells me House Dems are now discussing making an end to mask-wearing a precondition for ICE funding.

"When we are in the majority, the masks are coming off," he says.

This is the next frontier in anti-Trump resistance.

Trump ICE Raids Take Horrific Turn in Chicago, Handing Dems an Opening

There’s one simple pledge Democrats can make to voters about ICE that’s easy to understand and will have broad support.

newrepublic.com

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Wolf Conservation Center 🐺 @nywolforg.bsky.social · 10h

Although classified as carnivores, wolves may sometimes follow an omnivorous diet. They can eat meat, eggs and even fruit!

This time of year, pumpkins are a special treat for our ambassador wolves.🎃 #wolffact

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Patsy Baloney @patsybaloney.bsky.social · 10h

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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 10h

BREAKING: A federal judge just temporarily blocked the Trump admin's plans to lay off thousands of federal workers during the government shutdown — siding with unions, which have argued that the dismissals were illegal.

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Patsy Baloney @patsybaloney.bsky.social · 10h

Fascinating article.

💚 Nature and science are awesome.

Heidi B. Hammel @hbhammel.bsky.social · 12h

Actually a good article once you get past the click-bait headline. The article itself correctly refers to astronomical image processing as "a careful scientific and artistic process that transforms invisible light in space into visible wavelengths humans can see" www.fodors.com/news/news/ho...

Everyone Is Lying to You About What Space Really Looks Like

Fodor's provides expert travel content worth exploring so you can dream up your next trip. The world is a weird and wonderful place—we want to show you around.

www.fodors.com

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WritingPIs @writingpis.bsky.social · 12h

If anyone is looking to adopt a beautiful, very sweet dog, meet Casey Jo. She’s in Georgia right now & you can learn more about her by following @averybanks.bsky.social

#AdoptDogs #DogsOfBluesky #LoveDogs

AveryBanks @averybanks.bsky.social · 16h

Good morning everybody!
My name is Casey Jo and I’m the bestest girl ever!
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Patsy Baloney @patsybaloney.bsky.social · 10h

A moment of sanity in Oklahoma government.

KFOR @kfor4.bsky.social · 12h

State Superintendent Lindel Fields announced on Wednesday that he has no plans to distribute Bibles or a Biblical character education curriculum in Oklahoma classrooms.

Supt. Fields has no plans to distribute Bibles in classrooms

State Superintendent Lindel Fields announced on Wednesday that he has no plans to distribute Bibles or a Biblical character education curriculum in Oklahoma classrooms.

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Beingsass @beingsass.bsky.social · 1d

Wow.

"Now it can not only track locations, it can intercept calls and messages and crack accounts that rely on passcodes sent via text messages—including the encrypted messaging service WhatsApp,.." 🧵

Dhruv Mehrotra @dmehro.bsky.social · 1d

Legendary work from @gabrielgeiger.bsky.social.

He and a team uncovered a trove of data from a surveillance firm — location data from thousands of phone numbers from nearly every country on Earth.

The firm had been tracking everyone from Erik Prince to journalists to Jared Leto.

The surveillance empire that tracked world leaders, a Vatican enemy, and maybe you

Inside the hidden world of First Wap, whose untraceable tech has targeted politicians, journalists, celebrities, and activists around the globe.

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Tibor M. Kalman @kalmantibs.bsky.social · 1d

Rest in Peace, for eternity.

"The slender-billed curlew (Numenius tenuirostris) has been officially declared extinct. This is the first-ever recorded global bird extinction from mainland Europe, North Africa, and West Asia."

— International Union for Conservation of Nature

💔

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Taniel @taniel.bsky.social · 1d

RESULTS: voters in Oklahoma City have passed all 11 ballot measures that make up this package—unlocking $2.7 billion across hundreds of projects. All measures up by gigantic margins.

Taniel @taniel.bsky.social · 1d

A set of elections to watch today: Oklahoma City residents are deciding whether to finance $2.7 billion in projects and services, a big chunk to street projects but also large pots for other purposes like funding parks.

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Julie the ok gardener @juliejam.bsky.social · 1d

I'm still seeing Monarchs in the garden every day. They usually choose the cosmos but this one preferred the asters today for #tinyflowertuesday. #butterflies #lepidoptera #gardening 🦋🌱

A Monarch butterfly iin the middle of many tiny daisy-like white aster flowers and green foliage. Her wings are partly open, deep orange on top and pale orange below, divided by black veins like stained glass. The body and wing borders are black dotted with white. Danaus plexippus.

The Monarch butterfly sits on top of white asters facing the camera, wings upraised in a "V". In the background are long wavy tan strands of white vervain seeds.

A Monarch butterfly with wings ouspread, it's body partly hidden by white asters. I think these are Willow Asters, Symphyotrichum praeltum. They were already in the yard in a previously mowed area. Oklahoma Northern Crosstimbers ecoregion 29a, October 14, 2025.

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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 1d

"Coffee helps millions of Americans to get going in the morning, to stay awake through the afternoon, and in some cases to keep from nodding off while waiting for lawmakers to exit the chamber following votes." If it gets more expensive, people notice.

‘No Kings’ Has Republicans in Disarray

Why GOP lawmakers are spreading fear about the upcoming rally.

www.thebulwark.com

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WIRED @wired.com · 1d

Microsoft has stopped supporting the operating system. If you’re still running Windows 10, here are your options. www.wired.com/story/do-you...

Do You Really Have to Stop Using Windows 10?

Microsoft has stopped supporting the operating system. If you’re still running Windows 10, here are your options.

www.wired.com

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Patsy Baloney @patsybaloney.bsky.social · 1d

Fascinating. With a nice, brief video, too.

💚 Science is awesome.

WIRED @wired.com · 1d

Analyses of its emissions using NASA’s Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory indicate that the interstellar comet probably has a very different structure than comets in the solar system. www.wired.com/story/inters...

Interstellar Comet 3I/ATLAS Is Spewing Water Like a Cosmic Fire Hydrant

Analyses of its emissions using NASA’s Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory indicate that the interstellar comet probably has a very different structure than comets in the solar system.

www.wired.com

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Adam Keiper @adamkeiper.com · 1d

NEW: Great point from @ezralevin.bsky.social:

"This is an authoritarian regime that is very scared of mass organizing, peaceful protest.…It is the number-one thing they’re concerned about.…What Trump is doing is not popular.…His hope is that people feel alone."
www.thebulwark.com/p/no-kings-r...

‘No Kings’ Has Republicans in Disarray

Why GOP lawmakers are spreading fear about the upcoming rally.

www.thebulwark.com

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NPR @npr.org · 1d

Larry Ellison has a lower profile than other tech billionaires, but his influence over media is about to be immense. His family's empire could soon own CBS, Paramount, CNN and TikTok. n.pr/478XSOb

Who is Larry Ellison, the billionaire Trump friend who's part of the TikTok takeover?

Larry Ellison has a lower profile than other tech billionaires, but his influence over media is about to be immense. His family's empire could soon own CBS, Paramount, CNN and TikTok.

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Joyce White Vance @joycewhitevance.bsky.social · 1d

If men with guns and masks tried to pull me out of my car, I'd fight back. Courts should reject any claims by the government that this is aggression by the person being detained, resisting arrest, or that they're a flight risk.

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Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 2d

"Show them you're not afraid. Do it for the country. For the Constitution. For your family. For yourself. Do it for your freedom. While you still can."

This is excellent. Every Dem strategist who thinks there's risk in engaging these debates should watch it for guidance.

Home of the Brave @ofthebraveusa.bsky.social · 2d

On October 18th, millions of brave Americans will stand up and peacefully protest against the authoritarian disease metastasizing under Donald Trump.

No Thrones. No Crowns. No Kings. @gtconway.bsky.social

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