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U.M. - 🏴‍☠️🇺🇸💙 🌵🌞AZ05🌵🌞 @xxunclemonkeyxx.bsky.social · 13h

trumpsnapping?

Truth Social(ist) @twitterrefugeeog.bsky.social · 22h

This idiot keeps bragging about the 20 hostages being released in another country while he's kidnapping thousands of people a day here in America.

Fuck him and the fascism he rode in on.

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The Briefing with Jen Psaki @briefingwithpsaki.bsky.social · 12h

"It's not about how old you are, it's about how old your ideas are." Graham Platner, a Democrat running to replace Susan Collins to represent Maine in the U.S. Senate, talks with Jen Psaki about what's behind the generational battles taking place within the Democratic Party.

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Andrea Pitzer @andreapitzer.bsky.social · 12h

I wrote about how all the beautiful dumb stuff really does matter, and why you should come out for No Kings Day on Saturday.

The opposite of complicity

Why showing up matters and what it can actually do.

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Kara Swisher @karaswisher.bsky.social · 12h

Nothing to see here but a Trump official conflicting interesting all over the place by aiming at one company which deigns to lightly bring up safety issues around AI.

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Amanda Mecke @readtosurvive.bsky.social · 12h

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Silverman on Security @silvermansecurity.bsky.social · 22h

This would seem to be a major flaw in Trump’s, Navarro’s, Bessent’s, Lutnick’s, and Colby’s cunning plans.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

"There is, however, one big difference between Trump’s trade policy and China’s. Namely, the Chinese appear to know what they’re doing."

How Trump Is Making China Great

Why we’re going to lose the trade war, and much more besides

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Bryan Edward Stone (שָׁלוֹם) @bestonetx.bsky.social · 22h

How AI saves time and increases productivity.

Kate Clancy @kateclancy.bsky.social · 1d

I am being asked to tell my department which pieces of lab equipment should be supported with backup power because they expect rolling blackouts and brownouts in 2026 due to increased energy demands from AI. In case you're wondering how my day is going.

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Amanda Mecke @readtosurvive.bsky.social · 22h

open.substack.com/pub/snyder/p...

“We need the truth about panics: that they are a form of deliberate politics based upon scripted lies. And we need this truth now. My thought about all this are in the video—please share.”

The Truth about Panics

One is being generated right now

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Amanda Mecke @readtosurvive.bsky.social · 1d

The Democratic data does not lie but GOP Reps do. The are blind, deaf, & fingers in their ears to their rural voters who hear directly from their local hospitals that the increase in uninsured patients (from both ACA and Medicaid cuts) will close then down.

Amanda Mecke @readtosurvive.bsky.social · 1d

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Remember this: one racist man being told to pay his legal fines in a case where he lied to support the mentally ill white male who murdered white children, does not mean this Supreme Court will tell Trump to pay one white woman for defamation — or fight racism

Supreme Court rejects Alex Jones’s bid to set aside $1.4 billion verdict

The Supreme Court rejected a bid by conspiracy theorist and Infowars founder Alex Jones to set aside the historic $1.4 billion jury verdict against him for defaming families of victims of the Sandy Ho...

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David M. Perry @lollardfish.bsky.social · 1d

Hesgeth: It's the department of war
Everyone: That's not something he can legally do
Media: Got it, we'll call it the department of war

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Amanda Mecke @readtosurvive.bsky.social · 1d

We kill Nature to feed ourselves better than most humans in order to make the very rich, richer. And then we elect 47 who burns USAID food donations and deletes Foreign Aid that could prevent 15 million deaths.

Patrick Lynch @patrlynch1.bsky.social · 1d

The nightmare of neonicotinoid insecticides and glyphosate herbicides in freshwater systems. For a new book on stream ecology, coming from Yale University Press in 2026.
🧪🐡🌿🌎🪶 #wildlife #scicomm #sciviz #scientificillustration #visualscicomm #sciviz #scicomm #neonics #freshwater #streams

Complex diagram and data graphics on the harm neonic pesticides do to freshwater environments.

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Amanda Mecke @readtosurvive.bsky.social · 1d

Trump must be so envious.

Richard Branson @richardbranson.bsky.social · 1d

(1/3) Hamzah bin Ibrahim is scheduled to be hanged in Singapore tomorrow for a non-violent drug offence, despite giving substantive assistance to investigating authorities: www.theonlinecitizen.com/2025/10/13/i...

If disruption is the goal, why execute me? A final letter from death row

Scheduled for execution on 15 October 2025, Hamzah bin Ibrahim accepts responsibility but questions the justice of his sentence. He cooperated with authorities, received a Certificate of Substantive A...

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Amanda Mecke @readtosurvive.bsky.social · 1d

Deep Racist State with highest incarceration rate in US scares Democratic Governor into retirement.

Fighting Liberal Texas Dem🌈🌊💙🦋Congress Switchboard 202-224-3121 @fightingliberal.bsky.social · 1d

Former Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards, a Democrat, says he will not run for US Senate https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/former-louisiana-gov-john-bel-210537355.html

Former Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards, a Democrat, says he will not run for US Senate

After much speculation, John Bel Edwards — a Democrat who defied near-universal predictions by being elected governor twice in the reliably red state of Louisiana — announced on Monday that he will not run for the U.S. Senate. The announcement ended months of guessing whether the former governor would enter the 2026 race, hurting Democratic hopes of finding the right candidate to flip Louisiana's Republican seat, currently held by U.S. Sen Bill Cassidy. “After eight years in the Governor’s Office, and with two grandbabies at home, we’re committed to being the best Papa and Nonna we can be,” Edwards, 59, said about himself and his wife.

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Amanda Mecke @readtosurvive.bsky.social · 1d

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Any dog owner —especially adopters-will probably be only surprised this study was thought necessary. But it is good to have datas showing punishment training is Bad.

But pure-bred working dogs are often acquired for aggression toward strangers. Sample skewed?

In dogs, as in humans, a harsh past might bare its teeth — Harvard Gazette

Early adversity leads to higher aggression and fearfulness in adult canines, according to a new Harvard study.

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Amanda Mecke @readtosurvive.bsky.social · 1d

Is Columbia University allowed by their Trump overseer to admit White Supremacy in the Confederacy was defeated?

Columbia University Press @columbiaup.bsky.social · 1d

In this episode of the American Campus Podcast, author of AFTERLIVES OF THE PLANTATION Jarvis McInnis talks about about Black modernity and the history of the land on which Tuskegee University sits on. buff.ly/h5fWSpm

Amanda Mecke @readtosurvive.bsky.social · 1d

My hero!

Pro-Democracy Indiana Resister 🇺🇸 🔄 🆘 🟦 @woodenstares.bsky.social · 1d

Do it! 🔥

Susan Pennington @spennington.bsky.social · 1d

JB Pritzker Is Looking At Prosecuting ICE Agents
www.thedailypoliticususa.com/p/jb-pritzke...

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Robin Mar-Witch 🧙🏻‍♀️ @electricland.bsky.social · 1d

#TerrierTuesday #CuddleTime 2: Bunty loves everyone edition

A half-grown Airedale terrier enthusiastically cuddling a red-haired woman

Bunty, a young Airedale terrier, sitting on a wicker love seat next to a white-haired woman and demanding pets

Bunty, a young Airedale terrier, cuddling a man in a striped jersey so enthusiastically there is motion blur

Bunty, a young Airedale terrier, leaning on a boy in an orange shirt and Jays cap and gazing adoringly over her shoulder at him as he pets her side with both hands

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Amanda Mecke @readtosurvive.bsky.social · 1d

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The US had abusive “Indian Boarding Schools” as well as Canada.

‘It’s no longer being covered up and denied:’ Discovering Oregon’s hidden Native American boarding school history

While researching Oregon's boarding school history, a Klamath Tribes woman uncovered her own family's story.

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North East Bylines @northeastbylines.co.uk · 1d

The far right thrives on defiance, turning convictions into credibility and chaos into a rallying cry against justice | Robin Tudge

From courtrooms to chaos: how the far right is turning lawlessness into a badge of honour

The far right thrives on defiance, turning convictions into credibility and chaos into a rallying cry against justice

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Amanda Mecke @readtosurvive.bsky.social · 1d

Demented 47 can’t even understand what a “pet” is.

Dementia Community @dementiacommunity.bsky.social · 1d

Vanessa Tang, a Trainee Clinical Psychologist at Teesside University, is looking for formal (professional) and informal (unpaid/family) carers to participate in her study of robotic pet ownership amongst people living with dementia.

To find out more email Vanessa: [email protected].

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The London Economic @thelondoneconomic.bsky.social · 1d

The far-right activist, whose real name is Stephen Yaxley-Lennon, is in in court this week after being charged under the Terrorism Act.

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Philip S Turner @pstnyc.bsky.social · 1d

I'm attending “NO KINGS New York City March - October 18” - sign up now to join me! www.mobilize.us/indivisible/...

NO KINGS New York City March - October 18 · Indivisible

Downtown Nasty Women, Markers For Democracy and Team Min will be participating in the No Kings Protest on Saturday, October 18 at Father Duffy Square on 47th street and Broadway. Join us! We are mee...

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History Workshop @historyworkshop.org.uk · 1d

"The histories they interpret compelled them to speak out and put into practice the mantra that history matters."

Mary Rizzo explores how LA historical and cultural institutions mobilize history and practice solidarity in the fight against immigration raids and deportations:

No Going Back

Mary Rizzo examines how four LA historical and cultural institutions mobilize history and practice solidarity in the fight against immigration raids and deportations.

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Amanda Mecke @readtosurvive.bsky.social · 1d

Fighting peace with Fire.

Fighting Liberal Texas Dem🌈🌊💙🦋Congress Switchboard 202-224-3121 @fightingliberal.bsky.social · 1d

Cartoon: Fire! https://www.dailykos.com/story/2025/10/13/2343759/-Cartoon-Fire?pm_campaign=blog&pm_medium=rss&pm_source=

Cartoon: Fire!

A cartoon by Clay Bennett.

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