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Faine Greenwood @faineg.bsky.social · 11h

I mean we should also be continuing to hammer how Noem is a puppy-killer and Trump is the only pet-hating president ever, too

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Faine Greenwood @faineg.bsky.social · 11h

I have long believed that we should be WAY more vocal about how police and ICE constantly murder dogs, and I think this is great messaging actually.

The reality is that you can mobilize a whole lot of usually tuned-out Americans around a “someone is being mean to hecking doggos” cause.

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Faine Greenwood @faineg.bsky.social · 11h

“This heckin’ pupperino fucking hates La Migra,” to paraphrase from @weratedogs.com

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This is Chop. He was shot and killed by masked assailants in plain clothes who go by ICE. They showed up at his door "looking for migrants after receiving a tip." The son of the family asked if they could wait before entering the home while he put Chop away in the bathroom, as the dog can be aggressive with strangers.
According to the family, it is at this point that the son went to his pickup truck to retrieve his ID and a Border Patrol agent entered the home, opened the bathroom door, and shot Chop. None of the agents helped the family, who desperately tried to render aid to Chop, as he bled to death on the kitchen floor. Unsurprisingly, the agent who shot their dog then hid from them and refused to give his name. Even more unsurprising, they did not find any evidence of the migrants they were there to terrorize in the first place.
Do not open your door for these fucking losers. Rest easy Chop
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CBP Office of Professional Responsibility:
202-344-1808
JointIntake@cbp.dhs.gov
El Paso Border Patrol Sector:
915-834-8400
fpfelpaso@cbp.dhs.gov
Rep. Veronica Escobar (El Paso):
915-541-1400
veronica.escobar@mail.house.gov
https://kfoxtv.com/news/local/el-paso-family-claims-border-patrol-killed-their-dog-during-search-cbp-

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Judah Grunstein @judah-grunstein.bsky.social · 21h

Amid all the plaudits of Trump for getting this deal done, I've yet to see mention of the fact that Netanyahu has turned the Israeli govt into an arm of the Republican Party and manages relations with the US administration in power at any given time accordingly.

Bonnie Honig @bonniehonig.bsky.social · 21h

Hamas agreed to this same deal by Dec 2024. But “Baskin would soon learn that the Israelis had no intention of striking any agreement before a change of administration in Washington…”
Reminiscent of Reagan/Carter and a different hostage release…

The Times & Sunday Times @thetimes.com · 5d

Gershon Baskin says he got the plan on to the president’s desk but then learnt the Israelis were waiting for a change of administration in Washington

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Amanda Jean Stevenson @amandajean.bsky.social · 12h

CDC had worked for decades to overcome the fear of government research created by the US Public Health Service's participation in the Tuskegee Study of Untreated Syphilis. Robust protections for human subjects for the basis of that effort. Gutting the CDC IRB is dangerous in so many different ways.

HELLody SchreiBOO @melodyschreiber.com · 12h

"No IRB in the world would approve it." That's what every researcher has told me about saline placebo trials to test vaccines we already have.

The CDC just got rid of its entire IRB. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

‘Instability and whiplash’ as CDC slashes 1,300 jobs before reinstating half

Trump administration says 700 notices were sent in error, while former top CDC officer says ‘they didn’t think through what they were doing’

www.theguardian.com

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Sammy Roth @sammyroth.bsky.social · 16h

First sentence says it all: "Gov. Gavin Newsom has vetoed legislation that would have required data centers to report how much water they use." Read the rest of the story though. from @ianjames.bsky.social: www.latimes.com/environment/...

California cracks down on water theft but spares data centers from disclosing how much they use

Gov. Newsom vetoed a bill that would have required data centers to report their projected water use when applying for a business license.

www.latimes.com

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Rachel P-M @rpmastronomy.com · 13h

All I want is a style file to make my python plots look like supermongo plots

Sean D. Johnson @seanjohnson.bsky.social · 17h

I have reached the stage of JWST proposaling that involves zooming in on figures so much that I can identify the absolute heroes of astronomy who are still using SuperMongo and pgplot.

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Citizens' Impeachment @citizensimpeachment.com · 16h

How about you don't agree to fund fascism and vocally support impeachment?

We promise that would be a very popular stance for you to take.

Hakeem Jeffries @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social · 18h

The American people know that Republicans shut down the government.

Democrats want to open it up immediately.

And decisively address the Republican healthcare crisis.

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ElieNYC @elienyc.bsky.social · 16h

The whites are literally arguing it's literally *unconstitutional* if they're not OVERREPRESNTED in Congress.

Imani Gandy Corn 🎃 @angryblacklady.blacksky.app · 16h

Just so everyone is clear, the main issue in the Supreme Court voting rights case tomorrow is whether it's racist against white people to enforce the Voting Rights Act.

I'm dead serious. We live in incredibly stupid times.

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Charlotte Clymer @charlotteclymer.bsky.social · 16h

This is a complete failure to read the room. It is incompetent. It is political malpractice. The DSCC has clearly learned nothing, and they would rather deploy the same tired, divisive strategies instead of empowering Democratic voters and earning our confidence in their process.

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Charlotte Clymer @charlotteclymer.bsky.social · 16h

It is wildly inappropriate for the DSCC to jump into a competitive primary in such a brazen and shameless way, eight months before voters go to the polls.

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Rachel P-M @rpmastronomy.com · 13h

Universities won’t fire tenured professors for sexual misconduct because it’s “too hard” but turns out it’s actually not that hard, after all.

Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 1d

If you make "controversial statements" outside of classroom, that the President of the university dislikes, you can be summarily fired even if you are tenured.

Julie Greene @greeneland.bsky.social · 1d

I just learned, Thomas Alter, tenured professor, has been terminated effective immediately. Shame on Texas State! We mst build support for Tom. spectrumlocalnews.com/tx/south-tex...

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Kevin 🚀🤠 @astro-cowboy.bsky.social · 16h

The most important thing NASA does is monitor climate change from space. No other country in the world (and certainly no corporation) can make up for the decimation of climate science capabilities that this admin is dead set on causing.

Celeste Labedz @celestelabedz.bsky.social · 1d

A lot of comments on Mars rovers or Moon landings, but it's important to remember that the planet NASA studies most is Earth. This is less about cutting flashy things like moonwalks and more about keeping communities in the dark on climate, weather, agriculture, pollution, natural hazards, and more.

Reuters @reuters.com · 1d

NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory to lay off about 550 workers reut.rs/4302N2L

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NY Times Pitchbot @nytpitchbot.bsky.social · 15h

I recruited Janet Mills to run for Senate because, at 72, Susan Collins is too young for the job.

by Chuck Schumer

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NY Times Pitchbot @nytpitchbot.bsky.social · 15h

My focus group disapproved of Donald Trump's language and behavior, but all agreed you vote for the policy, not the person. Here are the things they said a Democrat would have to do—from the way they dress to the way they talk—in order to inspire them to vote for them.

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Oliver Willis @owillis.bsky.social · 15h

if you wonder if liberals know how to hold a grudge or not, go check out the msnbc lineup. its like 70% made up of republicans and conservatives who helped build the shit pile we live in now but they said "dont like trump" and liberalism said "ok youre cool" without any sort of apology

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Oliver Willis @owillis.bsky.social · 15h

in the last decade and a half, very few of us on the liberal side even bring up george w bush -- which is why im not optimistic about liberalism collectively remembering everything trump has done to us. we've already reduced reagan and bush to "not so bad" and you even see people praise goldwater

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Oliver Willis @owillis.bsky.social · 15h

one of my bigger pet peeves. liberals love to "turn the page" on things like bush and reagan, meanwhile conservatives still invoke things like jimmy carter and borking *decades* later

Dave Weigel @daveweigel.bsky.social · 16h

I'm generalizing, but why do conservatives remember political irritations for so much longer than liberals?

It's been 17 years since Obama said some voters "cling to their guns, to their religion" and I heard a senator denounce that last month.

Obvious theory: Media ecosystem puts it on repeat

Dave Weigel @daveweigel.bsky.social · 17h

Imagine caring about Kaepernick in the year of our lord 2025

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 15h

a real water is wet scenario here

Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 15h

POLITICO: “.. They referred to Black people as monkeys and ‘the watermelon people’ and mused about putting their political opponents in gas chambers. They talked about raping their enemies .. and lauded Republicans who they believed support slavery.

@politico.com
www.politico.com/news/2025/10...

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Rachel P-M @rpmastronomy.com · 17h

This is why, despite contemplating it every so often, I could never run for office. As an introvert I do not have the temperament to talk to people like that.

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Patrick Wyman @patrickwyman.bsky.social · 1d

My favorite aspect of the Columbus legend is him getting rejected by the Portuguese gets spun as them not recognizing the genius of his idea. No - he went into a roomful of expert navigators and made basic math mistakes, they thought he was a moron, and they wouldn't fund his idea on that basis.

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Ryan Marino, MD @ryanmarino.bsky.social · 1d

wint @dril

issuing correction on a previous post of mine, regarding the terror group MAGA. you do not, under any circumstances, "gotta hand it to them"

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Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 1d

The Regime's goal is to grind everyone down. Plain & simple. Our goal is to refuse this by taking turns to fight where and how we can. When one group needs to bow out, then another group needs to step in and so on. We don't all have to do everything. We can all do something though. Stay in the fight

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Will BOO-rows 🖖🍞🥀 @reforest-kelley.bsky.social · 1d

A photo of three people in inflatable frog suits outside an ICE detention center in Portland, overlaid with an excerpt from Exodus 8:2-6

"But if you refuse to let them go, I will
plague your whole country with frogs...
The frogs shall come up on you and on
your people and on all your officials."

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Rachel P-M @rpmastronomy.com · 1d

Another reason I appreciate going to an all-girl’s school—our English teachers purposely chose books that were written by women and/or featured female characters. My husband tells me about all the books he read in school and there’s very little overlap.

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