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rava @rava.bsky.social · 18d

Greg Riches EVP and General Counsel at Formula 1 Las Vegas Grand Prix was in Epstein’s book? Did he visit the island? @chrismedlandf1.bsky.social @lukesmithf1.bsky.social this is worth looking into as f1 seeks to be a place for women and girls too.

Oversight Dems @oversightdemocrats.house.gov · 19d

🚨🚨 NEW DOCUMENTS FROM EPSTEIN'S ESTATE DETAILING HIS DAILY SCHEDULE:

They show meetings with Steve Bannon, Peter Thiel, and a potential visit to Epstein’s Island for Elon Musk. Prince Andrew is listed as a passenger on Epstein’s jet.

DOJ must release the Epstein files NOW.

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rava @rava.bsky.social · 1h

I’ll certainly try. I gotta say my heart’s pretty full seeing lots of familiar names in the last day

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Dr. William Horne @wihorne.bsky.social · 3h

Republican efforts to wipe out medical research in the U.S., to take a trillion dollars away from hospitals, & to eradicate health insurance access are integral to the eugenic fantasies of their fascist project. All expressions of the same fascist ideology.

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Maureen Jice @jane.meangirls.online · 3h

You are out of your mind if you think young republicans in the early aughts weren’t bigots. They were saying the n-word all the time, too, they just didn’t have group chats to get leaked.

Amanda Marcotte @amandamarcotte.bsky.social · 5h

My parents' generation was super racist, but they took pains to hide it from us. So a lot of young conservatives in the 90s and early aughts were earnest small government and/or evangelical types.

As I said, the overt racists and radicals had to form their own orgs.

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Adam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 3h

Smells like flop sweat bsky.app/profile/hoov...

Ghostin this Hell @hoovybaby.bsky.social · 15h

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Karen Geier @karengeier.com · 3h

If I have to see another post on here claiming there used to be good republicans and they got replaced by the baddies I’m going to fucking scream. The Southern Strategy was in the 1960s. Lee Atwater was giving speeches to these “nice people” where he just shouted the n word in the 70s

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Jess Calarco @jessicacalarco.com · 14h

They're trying to prevent the student newspaper from printing news, period. Not just a particular story.

"The Media School directed us to print no news in the paper... nothing but information about homecoming — no other news at all, and particularly no traditional front page news coverage."

Jess Calarco @jessicacalarco.com · 16h

Indiana University has fired the staff director of the student newspaper, after disputes in which university leadership tried to pressure him to prevent students from publishing news.

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The director of student media at Indiana University was fired amidst a dispute between university leadership and editors at the Indiana Daily Student over what content gets printed in the student newspaper.

As director of student media, Jim Rodenbush did not directly oversee or have any say over the content published in the IDS, per a charter between the IDS and the university. But he told IndyStar his firing follows a series of meetings with IU Media School leadership in which it grew increasingly apparent they were expecting him to officially prohibit students from publishing news.

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Maxine Joselow @maxinejoselow.bsky.social · 17h

Before catastrophic floods swept through the Alaska Native village of Kipnuk on Sunday, the EPA canceled a $20 million grant intended to protect the community from extreme flooding. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/14/c...

Before Alaska Flooding, E.P.A. Canceled $20 Million Flood Protection Grant

www.nytimes.com

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rava @rava.bsky.social · 13h

Will she address my pet theory that she allegedly had a fling early 2010s with jake tapper

Oliver Darcy @oliverdarcy.bsky.social · 14h

Scoop: Olivia Nuzzi has written a book during her year in exile, in which she is set to in part address her relationship with RFK Jr. Details in @status.news: www.status.news/p/olivia-nuz...

Have I Got Nuzzi For You

Olivia Nuzzi is set to address her relationship with Robert F. Kennedy Jr. in a forthcoming book, galleys of which are circulating among a select group of readers, Status has learned.

www.status.news

rava @rava.bsky.social · 13h

sounds like a nice evening imo

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Chris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 13h

Here is the students' @idsnews.bsky.social report out of Indiana University, where the student media director was fired today. www.idsnews.com/article/2025...

LETTER FROM THE EDITORS: IU fires student media director after he refused to censor the IDS

Indiana University directed the IDS to stop printing news.

www.idsnews.com

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rava @rava.bsky.social · 14h

Its nice to see you post more freely

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Joel Reamer @pettyintrigues.bsky.social · 14h

I have solely been over here for the last year or so and I don’t miss Twitter at all. It wasn’t just that it was run by a fascist piece of shit, it just became completely unreadable on multiple levels because of his leadership.

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rava @rava.bsky.social · 14h

My account over there is close to 20 years old its hard to change but itll be better and if its better if we do it together, its true that we have each other and thats what matters

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rava @rava.bsky.social · 15h

I gotta shower and finish some work and watch the game if i dont follow back by tomorrow pls yell at me to follow back xo it really means a lot so many of you coming over, many reluctantly

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rava @rava.bsky.social · 15h

We’re yelling 🎉

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rava @rava.bsky.social · 21h

Do it, its worth it and its for the best causes (giving you joy, making the worst people mad)

Tim Onion @bencollins.bsky.social · 21h

Regarding the news today, all I have to say for now is... subscribe to The Onion. Thank you for believing in us and thank you for your patience.

Join The Onion

Don’t just read the news. Feel it. Be among the first to feel the news.

membership.theonion.com

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hoptimus @hoptimusprime.bsky.social · 1d

who wants to tell Mike that there’s no Nobel Prize in the field of notice me senpai

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

Just now— @SpeakerJohnson announces he will lead a global pressure campaign to get the narcissist-in-chief a Nobel Prize next year

(Also revealing he doesn’t understand what “objective facts” are)

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rava @rava.bsky.social · 21h

This one

Nuthatch with a seed in its beak in the feeder

rava @rava.bsky.social · 22h

A routine i love you at the nuthatch in the feeder as i leave the house

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Judd Legum @juddlegum.bsky.social · 1d

6. The revolving door between Amazon and the Bezos Earth Fund is particularly concerning, as Amazon’s carbon emissions have increased by over 50% since 2018, largely driven by increased energy usage associated with AI. Bezos Earth Fund argues that AI is part of the solution to climate change.

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 1d

one of my takeaways from this great piece is that weiss just doesn’t…sound like an intelligent person? or at least, not someone who has thought even a little bit about how and why they think the things that they do. www.youtube.com/watch?v=gieT...

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

YouTube video by LastWeekTonight

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rava @rava.bsky.social · 1d

Theyre getting my moms quilt guild AND her daily exercise group

Dr. Samantha Hancox-Li @sjshancoxli.liberalcurrents.com · 1d

one of the reasons they're so mad at "no kings" is that they thought they were going to get a different kind of protest. they *want* the black bloc to be out there fighting with the cops. those are the images they've been trying to generate from "go." instead--

newrepublic.com/article/2016...

MAGA Rage at “No Kings” Boils Over—and It Quickly Backfires on Trump

As Trump allies smear the coming protests, a good writer on MAGA skewers the absurdity of these attacks on large swaths of Americans—and explains why our best recourse will be to turn out in force.

newrepublic.com

rava @rava.bsky.social · 1d

its canadian thanksgiving and he spent hours apart from family obsessed with trying to get back online, a waste of life

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jeff com-BOO-ters @helldude.bsky.social · 2d

minor quibble but i don't like when people call her "ice barbie" -- while i know it's because she plays dress up but it's (a) unnecessarily gendered and (b) barbie is pretty and has curves and nice skin

The New Republic @newrepublic.com · 2d

“I … met with the governor, met with the mayor, met with the chief of police, and the superintendent of the highway patrol. They’re all lying, and disingenuous, and dishonest people,” Noem said, because they wouldn’t back up her baseless claims that the streets were overrun with terrorists.

ICE Barbie Says an Entire State’s Worth of Officials Are “Lying”

Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem is convinced, against all evidence, that Portland is a war zone.

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ProPublica @propublica.org · 2d

Few patients appeal a health insurance denial, but a little-known process that requires insurers and plans to seek an independent opinion can force insurers to pay for what can be lifesaving treatment.

Here’s what experts say you need to know.

How to Fight Your Health Insurance Denial with an External Appeal

When a health insurer refuses to pay for your treatment, you may have the right to have the denial reviewed — and potentially overturned — by an independent provider. Here are six steps experts sugges...

www.propublica.org

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