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Arlyssa D. Becenti @abecenti.bsky.social · 9h

How to help Alaskan communities

How to help residents and communities after catastrophic Western Alaska storm

Several organizations are asking for donations or contributing fundraiser proceeds to help residents affected by the remnants of Typhoon Halong.

www.adn.com

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 2d

Big roar for AG Letitia James at the ZOHRAN rally👇🏽

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Leah McElrath @leahmcelrath.bsky.social · 11h

The Episcopalians have been activated. Repeat: the Episcopalians have been activated.

Holly Anderson 🍇 @hollyanderson.bsky.social · 11h

you fucked around and now the Episcopalians are doing memes. are you happy now. are you

Screenshot of a Facebook post featuring three of the Portland protesters wearing inflatable frog costumes with the following text:

Episcopalians on Facebook
Elizabeth Rose Elrod • 22h •
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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Amy Klobuchar @amyklobuchar.com · 8h

Says it all.

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McSweeney's @mcsweeneys.net · 1d

"Are my hot flashes due to an estrogen imbalance or a rapidly warming planet hastened by unaccountable oil barons who own our elections?"

Is It Perimenopause or the Fascist Death Knell of Late-Stage Capitalism?

Are my hot flashes due to an estrogen imbalance or a rapidly warming planet hastened by unaccountable oil barons who own our elections? Am I irrita...

buff.ly

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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 14h

👇👇

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Kelly @broadwaybabyto.bsky.social · 7h

The Alaska Native village of Kipnuk was due to receive a $20M grant from the EPA that they were going to use for flood protection.

It was labelled “wasteful DEI spending” and canceled.

The recent storm destroyed homes & flooded Kipnuk: 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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Cricket @colleencricket.bsky.social · 10h

Still more amazing science that needs to come to public markets.

Ada Palmer @adapalmer.bsky.social · 14h

Chinese scientists have created a oyster-inspired medical adhesive called Bone-02 that can bond shattered bones in just 3 minutes. Inspired by how oysters cling to rocks underwater, the glue forms a strong, biodegradable bond that replaces screws and plates. buff.ly/znJ2jxD
#ShareGoodNewsToo

China's oyster-inspired 'bone glue' bonds fractures in minutes

A new oyster-inspired Bone-02 adhesive can revolutionize bone repair without metal fasteners.

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Fialka @stillfialka.bsky.social · 14h

Oh yay, more shit to lose sleep over.

Link to Senate page for summary and report. www.hsgac.senate.gov/media/dems/p...

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rahaeli @rahaeli.bsky.social · 1d

There is well established case law showing the law Newsom vetoed is unconstitutional. The most on point is Brown v. Entertainment Merchants Association, 564 U.S. 786 (2011) supreme.justia.com/cases/federa...

Brown, et al. v. Entertainment Merchants Assn. et al., 564 U.S. 786 (2011)

Brown v. Entertainment Merchants Assn.: The First Amendment extends to video games because they are a form of communication.

supreme.justia.com

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Leah Millis @leahmillis.bsky.social · 1d

The @chicago.suntimes.com photographer who risked their personal health and safety to take this photograph is Anthony Vazquez. Please credit photographers and media outlets. In this age of misinformation, a photo with no context could be anything at all.

50501: The People’s Movement ❌👑 @50501movement.bsky.social · 1d

Please remind us who the domestic terrorists are again.

Photo from Chicago: DHS militarized agent holding a gun up directly in someone’s face as the victim has their hands up, pleading for them not to shoot.

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ACLU @aclu.org · 1d

This Saturday, October 18, we’re exercising our right to dissent and taking to the streets.

Prepare for No Kings protests with our virtual Know Your Rights training this Wednesday, October 15 at aclu.org/october15_training

Black graphic with text "Know Your Rights Before You Hit the Streets

We’ll cover your rights when protesting, protest safety, and de-escalation training

Virtual training
Wednesday, October 15
7pm ET"

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Fialka @stillfialka.bsky.social · 1d

Best #Colbert cold open ever.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=bw5z...

A Message From The Frog Resistance

YouTube video by The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

www.youtube.com

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Johnnie Jae @johnniejae.bsky.social · 2d

I shared this video through @redpopnews.bsky.social about the Indigenous Peoples' Day celebration at the Getty because it was beautiful to share our cultures and to be appreciated for who we are as Native people beyond the Hollywood tropes and Stereotypes and not as relics of the past.

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Fialka @stillfialka.bsky.social · 2d

Ha! That happened to us as well - Emergency Kitten Vol I crashed into the room where we were keeping EK Vol II on about day 4. So much for Slow Introduction Plans. Have yet to get them to pose together on the cat tree though (let alone both looking at the camera at the same time) -- well done!

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SassyMetisChick @sassymetischick.bsky.social · 2d

If you didn’t know, Alaska has been hit by a massive storm, causing severe flooding. Many Indigenous villages have been completely wiped out, with some houses floating away with PEOPLE INSIDE THEM. Please keep posting to spread the info. They need help.

News Eye @newseye.bsky.social · 2d

These are mostly indigenous communities in Alaska that have been slammed by the storm.

The local manager of a small airline fleet says he is the only one doing evacuations right now!

Defund FEMA and people are abandoned. Defund public media and no-one knows.

FYI, today is Indigenous Peoples Day.

Flooding seen with water up to the crash barriers of local roads

Sheds and debris lie scattered in the storm

A small blue house has been blown onto its roof

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Fialka @stillfialka.bsky.social · 2d

I have a soft spot for Fringe, still. And just about everyone on it.

And XF, of course. At least through season 7 👽 🤓

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TY-PESH @ty-pesh.bsky.social · Nov 12

free market

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Fialka @stillfialka.bsky.social · 2d

"Thiel warns that fear of technological progress and especially efforts to regulate AI could become the pretext for a charismatic power to centralize control in the name of “peace and safety”...

Well. That doesn't sound like anybody we know.

www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

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Preorder Read This When Things Fall Apart @mskellymhayes.bsky.social · 3d

My latest is the story of how my community has rallied to protect and defend our neighbors in recent days, as ICE has targeted the Rogers Park neighborhood in Chicago. "This is not a story about a moment of victory, but a moment of being reminded of our power."

They Came for Our Neighbors. We Showed Up.

Before long, there were dozens, and then hundreds of people in the streets, watching and responding.

organizingmythoughts.org

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Candice Frederick @candicefrederick.bsky.social · 3d

Seriously.

Karim Wafa-Al Hussaini @karimwafa.bsky.social · 3d

bring back critical thinking.

please and thank you.

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Fialka @stillfialka.bsky.social · 4d

It's up to you New York, New York. Show us decency can get elected.

Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 4d

UNTIL IT’S DONE, Ep. 4: Sylvia Rivera

In the 1970s, queer New Yorkers had been pushed to the margins of NYC. Our trans neighbors faced immense cruelty. But in Sylvia Rivera, they found a champion.

As we combat Trump’s politics of darkness, her legacy can light the path forward.

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Fialka @stillfialka.bsky.social · 5d

Of course the wealthy take the bus. You know, that little yellow bus with just one seat and the light on top.

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Fialka @stillfialka.bsky.social · 5d

And there, in a nutshell, is hack v genius.

Juno Rylee Schultz @junoryleejournalism.com · 6d

David Simon, creator of ‘The Wire’, being interviewed by Ari Shapiro (NPR)

SHAPIRO: OK, so you've spent your career creating television without Al, and I could imagine today you thinking, boy, I wish I had had that tool to solve those thorny problems...
SIMON: What?
SHAPIRO: ...Or saying...
SIMON: You imagine that?
SHAPIRO: ...Boy, if that had existed, it would have screwed me over.
SIMON: I don't think Al can remotely challenge what writers do at a fundamentally creative level.
SHAPIRO: But if you're trying to transition from scene five to scene six, and you're stuck with that transition, you could imagine plugging that portion of the script into an Al and say, give me 10 ideas for how to transition this.
SIMON: I'd rather put a gun in my mouth.

Fialka @stillfialka.bsky.social · 5d

This is... perfect. Thank you for being brave enough to write it.

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