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Rami Ismail (رامي) @ramiismail.com · 6h

Hey look, Israel broke the cease-fire, twice, in two different ways, within 24 hours - again.

Mondoweiss @mondoweiss.net · 12h

NEW: Israel informed the UN it will permit only 300 aid trucks into Gaza daily, not the 600 mandated by the ceasefire it just signed.

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The Oregonian @oregonian.com · 6h

U.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson calls Sunday's naked bike ride in protest of the Portland ICE facility and and Trump troop deployment "the most threatening thing I’ve seen yet"

www.oregonlive.com/portland/202...

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ℳatt @matttomic.bsky.social · 11h

A pilot out in Nova Scotia seems to have had some fun yesterday.

www.flightaware.com/live/flight/...

C-GZPT Flight Tracking and History - FlightAware

Flight status, tracking, and historical data for C-GZPT including scheduled, estimated, and actual departure and arrival times.

www.flightaware.com

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Will Stancil @whstancil.bsky.social · 15h

If Platner can't beat Janet Mills he probably can't beat Sue Collins.

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Jeff Tiedrich @jefftiedrich.bsky.social · 8h

I swear I did not have "I'm better at ducking bullets than Charlie Kirk" on my Donny Batshit Bingo card

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 9h

Trump at the Charlie Kirk memorial event: "They fired sniper rifles at ICE agents, and me. But I made a turn at a good time. I made a turn at a good time. Charlie couldn't believe it, actually."

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Mike Luckovich @mluckovich.bsky.social · 9h

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Peter Nickeas @peternickeas.bsky.social · 10h

CPD memo to officers today: helmet and gas mask available and accessible at all times, to be read at 7 days of roll calls. (For officers assigned masks.) Supervisors to ensure compliance acc to the memo. #chicago

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Micah @rincewind.run · 1d

Discworld QOTD, from Monstrous Regiment

“Keep out of the way of officers, ‘cos they ain’t healthy. That’s what you learn in the army. The enemy dun’t really want to fight you, ‘cos the enemy is mostly blokes like you who want to go home with all their bits still on. But officers’ll get you killed.”

Micah @rincewind.run · 2d

Discworld QOTD, from Hogfather

The late (or at least severely delayed) Bergholt Stuttley Johnson was generally recognized as the worst inventor in the world, yet in a very specialized sense. Merely bad inventors made things that failed to operate. He wasn’t among these small fry. Any fool could make something that did absolutely nothing when you pressed the button. He scorned such fumble-fingered amateurs. Everything he built worked. It just didn’t do what it said on the box. If you wanted a small ground-to-air missile, you asked Johnson to design an ornamental fountain.

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Micah @rincewind.run · 7d

Discworld QOTD, from Snuff

Aristocrats don't notice philosophical conundra. They just ignore them. Philosophy includes contemplating the possibility that you might be wrong, sir, and a real aristocrat knows that he is always right. It's not vanity, you understand, it's built-in absolute certainty. They may sometimes be as mad as a hatful of spoons, but they are always definitely and certainly mad.

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Winifred Tylenol Spice Burton @authorwinifred.blacksky.app · 9h

The percentage of people in polite society who reject surveillance proliferation is directly proportional to my ability to remain polite-society-adjacent.

Brad Davis @bgamer90.bsky.social · 10h

#lolwut

DirecTV screensavers will show AI-generated ads with your face in 2026

Like other companies with streaming businesses, DirecTV is leaning into ads more.

arstechnica.com

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Aaron Cynic @aaroncynic.bsky.social · 10h

I'm not sure how much more "kitchen table" you can get than masked government agents are kidnapping my neighbors at work, from schools, while going about their business and tear gassing my street but yet, here we are.

Coach Finstock @coachfinstock.bsky.social · 16h

I love how Republicans are saying NO KINGS is anti-American and anti-fascism is fighting against American interests and Democrats are like "what's up with healthcare premiums and groceries" as if freedom from a monarchy isn't considered a kitchen table issue

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Austin Kocher, PhD @austinkocher.com · 11h

Noem’s South Dakota neighbors hit with an immigration audit that decimates their workforce.

Dairy owner says fears are spreading in the industry that ‘we’ve turned off the tap’ with no plan to help or replace lost workers.

southdakotasearchlight.com/2025/10/10/d...

Noem's South Dakota neighbors hit with an immigration audit that decimates their workforce • South Dakota Searchlight

Dairy farm audits in South Dakota under the Trump administration’s escalated immigration enforcement efforts have “created unrest."

southdakotasearchlight.com

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Andrew 🐻 @awd.bsky.social · 14h

Rest in Peace, Drew Struzan

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𝔻𝕖𝕖𝕡 𝕋𝕙𝕠𝕥 @thatsgoodweb.bsky.social · Mar 7

Drew Struzan, Blade Runner, 2001

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𝔻𝕖𝕖𝕡 𝕋𝕙𝕠𝕥 @thatsgoodweb.bsky.social · Jul 30

Drew Struzan, 1975

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100 years ago news @100yearsagonews.bsky.social · 14h

Oct. 14, 1925: In Hollywood, Universal Studios player Marian Warren introduces "the one-tube leg-odyne, which was made according to plans and specifications originated by the actress. She used it to get the results of the World's Series games." (International News Service)

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 16h

we’ll see how his mayoral tenure shakes out but i am convinced that Mamdani has the juice. not just the charisma to win an election but the temperament to govern and the measured pragmatism of someone who genuinely believes what they’re saying and wants to accomplish real things.

Inside the Improbable, Audacious and (So Far) Unstoppable Rise of Zohran Mamdani

www.nytimes.com

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INDY Week @indyweek.bsky.social · 14h

The play was written by the late actor Alan Rickman and journalist Katherine Viner, drawing text directly from 184 pages of Corrie’s emails and diaries, and premiered at London’s Royal Court Theatre in 2005.

Burning Coal Theatre Produces Powerful Series of "My Name Is Rachel Corrie" Readings Across Ten Months

First produced in 2005, the play draws text directly from the diaries and emails of the young American activist Rachel Corrie.

indyweek.com

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Josh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 15h

Time owner Marc Benioff (and Salesforce CEO) just announced a few days ago that he's eager to start sucking Trump's dick full time. He even wants troops deployed to San Francisco. But as we see here, it's never enough. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/10/u...

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Renee DiResta @noupside.bsky.social · 15h

I'm sorry, is the Trump Administration talking to a tech platform?

Is it...requesting content moderation?

Today following outreach from @thejusticedept, Facebook removed a large group page that was being used to dox and target @ICEgov agents in Chicago.
The wave of violence against ICE has been driven by online apps and social media campaigns designed to put ICE officers at risk just for doing their jobs. The Department of Justice will continue engaging tech companies to eliminate platforms where radicals can incite imminent violence against federal law enforcement.

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webwidget @webwidget.bsky.social · 14h

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Courtney Milan @courtneymilan.com · 14h

Just FYI, here are my personal beliefs on the use of large scale violence.

1. Violence tends to be self-replicating, and so should be avoided as much as possible.

All violence has the potential to entrench itself.

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HELLody SchreiBOO @melodyschreiber.com · 14h

CDC HR employees were brought back from furlough to process these RIFs and then end their own department

HELLody SchreiBOO @melodyschreiber.com · 15h

The entire HR department at the CDC is gone. Everyone at the IRB, which makes sure studies are conducted ethically and rigorously, and the ethics office, which oversee conflicts of interest for CDC leaders and advisory committee members, were also let go.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

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

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

www.theguardian.com

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Shiv Ramdas Mens Rice Activist @nameshiv.bsky.social · 14h

TIL that the aggro af wasps you see in late summer are worker wasps who have finished their nest tasks and are all out seeking sweet stuff and raising hell for the locals with the last days of their lives while waiting to die, wasps are basically just the insect version of retired Brits in Spain

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Disney Prime Video + @disneyprimevideo.bsky.social · 1d

Mark your calendars! As revealed at the conclusion of #NYCC, beginning Dec. 28 2025, Stan Lee's birthday, we are at long last fulfilling the final request of Stan's will by getting rid of the hyphen in Spider-Man - forever! #Excelsior #ForgetTheHyphen #Spiderman

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ULTRA💀BLAST @ultrakillblast.bsky.social · 15h

GHOST WANTED (1940)

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