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🎃 public HELLth guy 🎃 @publichealthguy1.bsky.social · 7m

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Rebecca Rothman, a community and arts advocate, encourages attendees to engage with their elected officials during the No Kings protest in Birmingham, Ala., on Saturday, Oct. 18, 2025. Rothman urged the crowd to contact lawmakers directly and advocate for policies that promote equity, democracy, and community well-being. (Photo by Andi Rice for Alabama Reflector)

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Cheryl in Nova Scotia 🇨🇦🍁🍁 @minibubbly.bsky.social · 2h

Great game last night, Yesavage was incredible. #Canada

Blue Jays spring back to life with 6-2 Game 6 win against Seattle Mariners

Veteran starter Shane Bieber will pitch for Toronto in winner-take-all Game 7 of the ALCS Monday

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Blue Jays spring back to life with 6-2 Game 6 win against Seattle Mariners | CBC Sports

Hot offence and strong pitching by the Blue Jays propelled Toronto to a 6-2 win over the Seattle Mariners in Game 6 of the American League Championship Series on Sunday. With this victory, the Blue Ja...

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James O’Brien @mrjamesob.bsky.social · 6h

Ah! Good morning, reality. And welcome. We’ve been expecting you…

FT graph showing massive UK public support for the opinion that it was wrong to vote to leave the EU.

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Robert Evans (the Only Robert Evans) @iwriteok.bsky.social · 9h

...at some point around the middle they came for John Bolton, and I did not speak out, because it kinda seemed like that dude belongs in prison.

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elias isquith @eliasisquith.blog · 37m

so i showed the john oliver thing about bari weiss to someone who hadn’t seen it. i think it’s one of the best they’ve done in a long time. on second viewing it was still funny but i gotta admit the rage:laugh quotient was different than the first time. the shamelessness of these people. it a sin.

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ghostly gwen howerton @kissphoria.bsky.social · 50m

NEW: Crews showed up at 2:00 a.m. to remove the rainbow pride crosswalk in Houston's Montrose neighborhood, following a directive issued by Gov. Greg Abbott. By dawn, several people had been arrested after a demonstration and stand-off between protestors and HPD. www.chron.com/culture/arti...

Four arrested as Houston's rainbow crosswalk is removed from Montrose

The removal began in the early hours of Monday morning after a standoff ended in arrests.

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Emissary Of Night | ليلى @diplomatofnight.com · 8h

Noah Smith seems to now believe that accusing Israel of committing genocide in Gaza, something which is now the consensus of all major human rights organizations on the planet as well as the International Association of Genocide Scholars, is comparable to the 2020 election denialism of the GOP.

KKK member Noah Smith has a stroke on Twitter for the seven thousandth time

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Matt @mbunchanumbers.bsky.social · 1d

The ACC expanding into liberal enclave after liberal enclave, ensuring that FSU keeps losing road games in the absolute funniest environments for their fans.

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WIRED @wired.com · 52m

The Federal Trade Commission removed several blog posts in recent months about open source and potential risks to consumers from the rapid spread of commercial AI tools.

The FTC Is Disappearing Blog Posts About AI Published During Lina Khan’s Tenure

The Federal Trade Commission removed several blog posts in recent months about open source and potential risks to consumers from the rapid spread of commercial AI tools.

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ghostly gwen howerton @kissphoria.bsky.social · 6h

somebody decorated the street resurfacing equipment with pride flags

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ghostly gwen howerton @kissphoria.bsky.social · 4h

A girl has been banging an empty bottle of topo chico for nearly 30 minutes straight. As a journalist, it's not my place to criticize protest tactics. However, it is making me a little crazy

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ghostly gwen howerton @kissphoria.bsky.social · 4h

Houston Police just arrested the girl who was reading a book in the rainbow crosswalk. Police moved in after the third warning - it wasn't immediately clear why she was arrested and the others in the crosswalk weren't

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Godspeed You! Woke Moralists @dashwallkick.bsky.social · 3h

The thing I love the most about Mouthwashing is that it's very trendy and popular to depict monstrous abusers as smirking, sadistic freaks. By contrast, it says no actually, they're often insecure, scared, bewildered morons protecting their paper thin egos from any punctures.

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Millie(let) says FREE PALESTINE @gyro.bsky.social · 9h

Just as liberals have a "fight or fold" division I'm starting to think the left has an "actually do shit in the real world, or sit around and pontificate on theory to look smart" division. luckily most of the left is in the actually do shit in the real world camp, but the latter is annoying and loud

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George Pearkes @peark.es · 2h

*AWS: UNDERLYING DNS ISSUE HAS BEEN FULLY MITIGATED

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Andy Craig @andycraig.bsky.social · 8h

Johnson's power to keep unilaterally extending pretend "district work periods" for as long as he doesn't want the House to meet isn't some longstanding traditional power of the Speaker. It's a new thing he's abusing in a novel way.

ringwiss @ringwiss.bsky.social · 22h

The House gave the speaker recess authority (‘when no question is pending’) in 1993.
As for adjournment authority (‘at any time’ during a district work period):

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GHOULLIKEHELLMACHINE @golikehellmachine.com · 13h

there are some defensible reasons the US is not a member of the ICC (there are far more indefensible reasons), but i think the trump administration probably vaporizes the defensible reasons

Andrew Nelson @i.amnot.social · 13h

I am aware of the hurdles here but I think at least some portion of them are gonna have to get sent to the ICC. The response has to be unlike anything we have ever done

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Taniel @taniel.bsky.social · 14h

Adding to this: As of Sunday night, 105K people have voted.

The state's 10 biggest blue counties make up 50.5% of these voters; that's compared to 44.5% in 2024. That difference is largely about Fulton County and DeKalb County, which contain Atlanta (which has municipal elections).

Taniel @taniel.bsky.social · 2d

Georgia has 2 statewide elections next month; Dems are hoping to get their first non-federal statewide win in decades.

One question: Who'll vote in obscure off-year races?!

Georgia now has turnout data online. So far, turnout in Fulton County (Atlanta) is twice as high as rest of state so far.

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GHOULLIKEHELLMACHINE @golikehellmachine.com · 14h

i could forgive a random normie who was too young to live in the pre-ACA world for not understanding what it accomplished, but a NYT economic reporter really does have a professional obligation to know better than this

mr. sardonicus @mmcgrath.bsky.social · 14h

this dickhead didn’t post this to bsky, but fuck you @talsmith.bsky.social . this legislation saved my life. condescending piece of shit.

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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 10h

hang this in the louvre (there's room now)

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JGregoryCincy @tehlasercat.bsky.social · 8h

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Michael Love @elkmovie.bsky.social · 8h

They’re going to treat VA AG as an equally big deal if Sherrill wins, somehow or other it’s going to be a “mixed result”

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UK Green Stats @ukgreenstats.bsky.social · 16h

In 2024, the Green Party gained 5,346 members.

Today alone, we have gained over 6,000.

Absolutely incredible.

The Green Surge is just getting started.

graph showing over 60k members joining since september 2nd, when zack polanski was elected leader.

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mr. sardonicus @mmcgrath.bsky.social · 14h

ending lifetime maximums and preexisting condition discrimination was actually a big fucking deal

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Chatham Harrison dba TRUMP DELENDUS EST @chathamharrison.bsky.social · 12h

Along with all the ways this is morally indefensible, this chart indicates the ACA has kept healthcare cost growth 30% lower than goods & services generally. Put another way, even with COVID costs factored in we're still paying 2016 prices for healthcare. How does an economics reporter dismiss that?

mr. sardonicus @mmcgrath.bsky.social · 14h

this dickhead didn’t post this to bsky, but fuck you @talsmith.bsky.social . this legislation saved my life. condescending piece of shit.

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SE Gyges @segyges.bsky.social · 14h

if someone spits in the king's eye and you do not applaud you deserve to be a serf.

earthtonic & lockboxed @algoresmilkymams.bsky.social · 14h

imprisoning will stencil, like doing the same to cassie the cocaine vs. bananas lady, is not something i would be entirely brokenup about. they're not as noxious & counterproductive as the bruenigs, nathan robinson, or jeremy scahill, & the like, but they can still suck it.

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