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Shava Nerad @shava23.bsky.social · 11h

Not The Onion.

Oh wait,...

www.nbcnews.com/politics/sup...

Supreme Court turns away Alex Jones' attempt to block $1.5B defamation judgment

The conspiracy theorist had asked the justices to immediately intervene, warning that the ownership of his Infowars website could be transferred to the satirical news site The Onion.

www.nbcnews.com

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Shava Nerad @shava23.bsky.social · 17h

Our shame will haunt us in the future.

gift article

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America saved him from the Taliban. Trump wants to send him back.

He supported America’s war, escaped Afghanistan and started a family in the U.S. Then ICE arrested him. If he is deported, he expects the Taliban to kill him.

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Molly Jong-Fast @mollyjongfast.bsky.social · 1d

Solidarity is the only way

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Shava Nerad @shava23.bsky.social · 1d

OMG, how much autistic masking is made of this cloth?

#actuallyautistic

www.youtube.com/shorts/Xe2DW...

What is performative happiness? (explained by ducks)

YouTube video by diplomaduck

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Shava Nerad @shava23.bsky.social · 1d

Bipartisan rejection

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News outlets broadly reject Pentagon rules before deadline for signing

The Washington Post and other major news outlets have refused to sign the Defense Department’s restrictive new media policy, citing First Amendment concerns.

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Shava Nerad @shava23.bsky.social · 1d

The term of the day is genocide.

Just the legal history of the word.

youtu.be/JDOemjwn8fU?...

Genocide and international law

YouTube video by The British Academy

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Shava Nerad @shava23.bsky.social · 1d

Doing Putin's work

wapo.st/477wfF5

Hundreds of CDC layoffs reversed, but biodefense preparedness staff hit

More than half of the roughly 1,300 CDC layoff notices have been rescinded, but workers at health agencies who work on biodefense and mental health still lost their jobs.

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Shava Nerad @shava23.bsky.social · 1d

Sound familiar much?

www.youtube.com/watch?v=cgj7...

Hannah Arendt's lessons for our times: the banality of evil, totalitarianism and statelessness

YouTube video by The British Academy

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Shava Nerad @shava23.bsky.social · 1d

If I'm quiet for a while, this storm seems to be smacking me around an unexpected amount. The forecasts say the pressure drop is gradual but apparently my brain disbelieves.

weather.com/forecast/reg...

Nor'easter Will Pound East Coast With Coastal Flooding, Winds Monday | Weather.com

It may only be early October, but a nor'easter is impacting the East Coast. Here are the forecast details, including potential for wind, rain and coastal flooding for days.

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Shava Nerad @shava23.bsky.social · 1d

Even Trump doesn't take RFK Jr seriously.

www.nbcnews.com/politics/don...

Trump gets Covid vaccine and flu shot during second checkup of the year

The visit, which the White House described Wednesday as a "yearly check-up," was his second examination at Walter Reed in six months.

www.nbcnews.com

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Shava Nerad @shava23.bsky.social · 1d

I think tariff use may be of limited impact for a global market.

They are more likely to punish the imposing country.

What happened to the conservative belief in free trade?

winnipegsun.com/pmn/chinas-e...

China's exports to US drop in September, while rise in global shipments hits a 6-month high

By Chan Ho-him

winnipegsun.com

Shava Nerad @shava23.bsky.social · 1d

Trump's Gaza policy -- peace through "urban renewal" and redevelopment.

If you've got a hammer,...

www.cnn.com/world/live-n...

All living Israeli hostages freed from Gaza as Trump addresses Knesset - live updates | CNN

The remaining living Israeli hostages being held in Gaza are being released. Follow live updates

www.cnn.com

Shava Nerad @shava23.bsky.social · 1d

I want to qualify -- Jeff is a delight to follow, but the image of someone trying to force arch support on him was just too funny.

Shava Nerad @shava23.bsky.social · 1d

This is a pretty tiny minority of boomers.

Another blame game, and -- not Faine but what she's responding to -- ageist af.

I am a boomer lady who does a bit of organizing but not marching because I am fully disabled and immunocompromised. We're a bigger demographic.

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Benjamin Dreyer @bcdreyer.social · 1d

[narrator's voice]

It does not in fact beg the question.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Sean Duffy: "The No Kings protest, Maria, really frustrating. This is part of antifa, paid protesters. It begs the question who's funding it."

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Shava Nerad @shava23.bsky.social · 1d

No free speech in Israel either.

Members of parliament ejected from chamber for heckling Trump.

thehill.com/policy/inter...

thehill.com

Shava Nerad @shava23.bsky.social · 2d

My bad! Please anyone check the thread, more info there. I just thought it was clever, having been teargassed about a half century ago, but obviously I'm not up on tech. ;)

Shava Nerad @shava23.bsky.social · 2d

I am streaming music because I can not bear incisive podcasts.

But these are incisive and recommended.

music.youtube.com/playlist?lis...

The Rest Is Politics US

Bipartisan take on politics. Uncovering the secrets from inside the Biden and Trump inner circles. New podcast episodes every Friday.

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Shava Nerad @shava23.bsky.social · 2d

Diet peanut butter squid may be the oddest food I've run into for a while.

I decline to participate.

Shava Nerad @shava23.bsky.social · 2d

Musk in drag?

Oliver Darcy @oliverdarcy.bsky.social · 3d

“It is a little bit like singing for your supper," one CBS News staffer told @status.news about Bari Weiss' demand the entire workforce produce her a memo explaining what they do at the company.

More from @passantino.bsky.social here: www.status.news/p/bari-weiss...

'We Just Got Elon Musk-ed'

Bari Weiss’s first major move as CBS News chief has staffers on edge—ordering every journalist to submit a written memo justifying their work, in an apparent Elon Musk-style loyalty test.

www.status.news

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Shava Nerad @shava23.bsky.social · 2d

Law enforcement can not oppose the hokey pokey.

That is, after all, what it's all about.

Alicia Victoria Lozano @aliciavlozano.bsky.social · 5d

Someone showed up with a cart of inflatables. The protest is now a dance party outside the PDX ICE facility. Federal police have mostly stood back but did unleash a toxin into the air @nbcnews.com

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Shava Nerad @shava23.bsky.social · 2d

I can understand running into chairs with lumbar support at random venues, but who is tying Jeff down and forcing this appalling foot torture on him? ;)

"Get off my cuneiform!" Yes, that is actually a bone in the arch of the foot.

Jeff (Gutenberg Parenthesis) Jarvis @jeffjarvis.bsky.social · 3d

I hate arch support in shoes and lumbar support in chairs. It's the nanny state of design.

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Old White Nepo Hat @kenwhite.bsky.social · 3d

Should the New York Times be sold to Pennysaver and its editors sent to work in Amazon warehouses? It depends on who you ask.

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Shava Nerad @shava23.bsky.social · 2d

Protest etiquette.

Steven W. Thrasher is finishing The Overseer Class @thrasherxy.bsky.social · 2d

Pro tip to reporters and protesters: always have swim goggles in your pockets or bags. They’re small, $10 and if tear gas is used, slip them on & no matter how much you cough, you’ll still be able to SEE without burning eyes.

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Justin Elliott @justinelliott.bsky.social · 2d

Here is our full story that Vance is dismissing, with primary source documents showing Trump cabinet members with multiple primary-residence mortgages

www.propublica.org/article/trum...

www.documentcloud.org/documents/26...

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