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Prairies and the Salish sea. Working on 49 words for rain, using technology for good, trying apartment life, 5th floor dog friend.

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Melissa Gira Grant @melissagiragrant.com · 5h
so many of us saw this coming (Radley included), from January 2025:
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The Laken Riley Act Spells Chaos for the Immigration System
The U.S. immigration system isn’t ready for the havoc and expense this bill could unleash. But the real pain will be felt by the immigrants the bill targets.
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Aaren @aarenp.bsky.social · 13h
Wednesday-halfway to no where
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🧜‍♀️ Walking Mermaid ☀️🌊 @walkingmermaid.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
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Anonymous @youranoncentral.bsky.social · 17h
Trump regime loyalist and FBI director Kash Patel tweeted "From Russia, with Love" as Russia rains missiles down on civilians in Ukraine and attacks allies.
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Aaren @aarenp.bsky.social · 16h
Everyone brings a book they aren’t going to read/read again ?
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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 23h
It turns out that the best way to avoid being killed by drivers is to be protected by infrastructure.
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North America’s largest wildlife overpass is working. I-25 collisions near Castle Rock are down 91%.
In the 10 months since the wildlife crossing between Larkspur and Monument opened, there’s been just 2 reported collisions
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Gillian Brockell @gillianbrockell.com · 13/10/2026
The first of these ICE removals has taken off, an Eastern Airlines 767, likely headed for a fuel/crew change stop in Senegal. This will be a thread for all three trips over the next few days.
A screenshot of an ADSBx map showing an Eastern jet (N700KW) leaving Alexandria and heading east over the Atlantic Ocean.
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Brett "Solidarity 2026" Banditelli @banditelli.org · 13/10/2026
What if #SpookySeason is pretty? 🪶
A crow flies in front of orange cloudsAnother crow, side view, against orange clouds
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Brett "Solidarity 2026" Banditelli @banditelli.org · 13/10/2026
5% cloud cover so I'm gonna try this again.
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
Was this entire country kicked in the head by a mule?
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Katharine Hayhoe @katharinehayhoe.com · 13/10/2026
On my morning walk yesterday I saw such an unusual sight, I had to stop for a picture! On a field trip later the same day, I heard the full story – this is the culmination of a 20 year collaborarive philanthropic effort to remove the old industrial dams and restore the rapids to the Grand River 👏👏👏
A backhoe and a dump truck in the Grand River.
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Northwest Progressive Institute @nwprogressive.org · 13/10/2026
Washington State Supreme Court Elections Visualizer updated with news section, bar association ratings, and real time PDC data The latest improvements make it easier for voters to compare candidates, explore independent reporting, evaluate qualifications, and follow campaign fundraising as ballots…
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Washington State Supreme Court Elections Visualizer updated with news section, bar association ratings, and real time PDC data
The latest improvements make it easier for voters to compare candidates, explore independent reporting, evaluate qualifications, and follow campaign fundraising as ballots reach voters across the Evergreen State.
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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
These are very charming. I hope someone in the menswear industry hires you to do illustrations for them.
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Cats of Yore @catsofyore.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
Purebred cats show up regularly in movies and shows that are set in times when they simply did not exist. Most of the "breeds" we have today were just created within the last hundred years for no reason other than humans feeling entitled to bespoke living creatures that we've sculpted to our whims.
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Gillian Brockell @gillianbrockell.com · 12/10/2026
Exactly as predicted: Elder abuse. This is from Danny Trejo’s son, Gilbert Trejo. Not only did Ben Shapiro’s camp trick the elder Trejo about what the movie really was, he apparently signed a contract barring him from even putting out a statement about it.
For anyone seeing this shit with my dad...
He was booked on a film, it's not pro-ice, it's not overtly pro anything. His agent described it as "a complicated story about a complicated time, where everyone looks bad except you, the hardworking Mexican shop owner who just wants peace"
He jumped at the idea of playing a good guy.
About 2 weeks into shooting everyone, including us, found out Ben Shapiro was involved.
My 82 year old dad has never heard of Ben Shapiro, I had to explain to him who that is, and what kind of guy he is.
My dad contractually can't bad mouth him, the film, or walk away without being sued for breach of contract. He couldn't even release the statement he wanted to.
It's fucked up. He's handcuffed to this stupid project, and swaths of people have instantly turned their back on him without knowing any of the facts.
Ben Shapiro got Mexicans to abandon one of their heroes, got his own name to the top of google's searches, and made us look like angry fools lacking any nuance. He wins.
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Mjkwho @mjkwho.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
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Brett "Solidarity 2026" Banditelli @banditelli.org · 12/10/2026
60% cloud cover tonight at the murder roost, right after rain. thinking itll be the best red and orange sky yet? Previous favorite
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Aaren @aarenp.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
We park at the glass museum overnight and and some one broke in and took the orange flavored tootsie rolls and heart blanket and I like to imagine them having a moment sitting under the bridge
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 12/10/2026
before this is over i will not be surprised if trump cuts down every cherry tree he can find just to spite DC
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Jess Calarco @jessicacalarco.com · 12/10/2026
Kind of obsessed with this spooky season scene my 12-year-old painted today.
Acrylic paint on a roughly 8x8-inch canvas. Yellow and brown grass background with a couple of pumpkins and white sheet-style ghosts floating over top.
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Aaren @aarenp.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
Where are the good bike songs at?
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Chaucer Doth Tweet @levostregc.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
Kan you explayne thys gap yn thy resume? Yn the last year of the twilighte age, Urgaleth of the Grey Elves led a warlyke host through the plains of my resume. Thei were met yn battle by the Dukes of Fyre. So Urgaleth split the fielde wyth hys great spear, creatinge thys mightye gap yn my resume.
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✨BIG BURKY ENERGY✨ @bigburkyenergy.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
KRAKEN WIN!!!!!!!!!
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Aaren @aarenp.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
Pumpkin patch rules - if you can haul it back to the vehicle-you can have it
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Niema Moshiri @niema.net · 11/10/2026
As I said the first time this study was proposed, this is unconscionable and would absolutely not fly in any wealthy nation. Medical experimentation on babies (withhold a lifesaving medical intervention just to see what happens) does not magically become okay if they happen to be poor African babies
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Greg Pak @gregpak.net · 11/10/2026
RFK Jr is one of the worst people to ever wield power in US government. Eternal shame on anyone who has ever elevated him.
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James Medlock @jdcmedlock.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
Turns out the friction of having to learn photoshop was a crucial firewall protecting society from the terrible taste of small business owners
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Ghostly Bree @mostlybree.kitrocha.com · 10/10/2026
i'd like to report a serial killer
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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
The first Russian diesel cargo heading for the US left St Petersburg on September 22, two weeks *before* Trump announced the deal with Putin, Windward reports. The Greek-flagged tanker Minerva Zen carrying 275,000 barrels of diesel/gasoil is due at the US East Coast around 11–12 October.
Map of tanker’s route
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Kathleen E. Kennedy @themedievaldrk.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Many people like to laugh at medieval illuminations of stag-snails, oh those funny medieval artists making up anim...
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Maggie McNeill @maggiemcneill.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
The term everyone is dancing around is "secret police", a hallmark of totalitarian regimes.
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Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
I love taking the train between San Diego and Los Angeles since it's such a gorgeous view but there's just no way it'll still exist on the same track a generation from now. www.instagram.com/reels/DeSCAh...
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✨BIG BURKY ENERGY✨ @bigburkyenergy.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
KRAKEN WIN!!!!!!!!!!
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Nancy Thompson @thmpsnnancy.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Up to 12 Million Americans Have Lost Health Coverage During Trump’s Second Term: Analysis www.commondreams.org/news/gop-hea...
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Up to 12 Million Americans Have Lost Health Coverage During Trump’s Second Term: Analysis | Common Dreams
Independent healthcare analyst Charles Gaba reveals up to 12 million Americans lost healthcare coverage under Trump's second term. Medicaid, ACA, and CHIP enrollment all down significantly.
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Zelenskyy says Trump has betrayed Ukraine.
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Aaren @aarenp.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Awe the best bed
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
AOC: “ICE is a rogue, lawless paramilitary and surveillance agency. It does not belong in NYC and should not exist in 🇺🇸. Abolish ICE.”
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Lex McMenamin (they/them) @lexmcmenamin.com · 09/10/2026
last night eyewitnesses saw Oscar Belgal — the man shot by ICE with his 5 year old in the car — discharged from the hospital into ICE custody, with feds speeding off as NYPD cleared the roads for them of protesters. his attorneys don't know where he is; he's seemingly been taken out of NY state.
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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
i've identified the Dockers store where Michael Tracy bought and then subsequently returned these pants after wearing them. i will be pursuing criminal prosecution.
Michael Tracey in a light blue sport coat and tan chinos.A close up of the chinos show the sizing sticker is still on the pants.
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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 09/10/2026
I am angry tonight. Because tonight ICE shot a New Yorker. They shot a New Yorker while his five year old child was in the car. ICE makes this city less safe. We want them out. Now.
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the babahuck @tylerhuckabee.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
god forbid a mouse come to this place for magic
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Currently in a theater that's being invaded by mice. I saw one. But then saw others. Kind of distracting. I am going to make a list later: movies where I encountered mice in the theater. I think this is the 4th time it's happened while I've been in NYC.

and then it’s just a photo of an innocent little mouse watching a movie on the big screen, the way scorsese intended.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 09/10/2026
Ossoff: "I think Pete Hegseth is frankly a deeply unwell person who seems to relish this kind of brutality all the while he's running a department that is falling into chaos. The guy cannot run the military competently and is spending his time with this kind of obscene medieval spectacle."
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Brett "Solidarity 2026" Banditelli @banditelli.org · 08/10/2026
Probably a good time for this. What a bleak day for our nation.
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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 09/10/2026
This afternoon in Marble Hill, a New Yorker was shot by an ICE agent in a residential neighborhood. Early reports indicate agents surrounded him and a 5-year-old child in his car before firing multiple rounds. We believe the child was physically unharmed.

This is an unconscionable and incredibly serious situation. I have called the President; when we speak I will demand that he ends all ICE enforcement actions in our city. I will not stand by while ICE agents terrorize our communities.

Our thoughts are with the injured New Yorker and his family tonight. We are praying for his recovery.

Get ICE out of our neighborhoods. Get ICE out of our hospitals. Get ICE off our streets. Get ICE away from our children.

Abolish ICE.
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John Moe @johnmoe.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
As completely deranged and fucked up and wrong as he is, I gotta say it is stressful to have the damn president of the United States constantly attacking my state of Minnesota, sending violence, calling for violence, putting all lives at risk, killing our neighbors. Like it really takes a toll.
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sarah jeong @sarahjeong.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
completely apoplectic at dan ryan's craven bid to make taxpayers pony up for a massive settlement after he intentionally destroyed evidence
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Aaren @aarenp.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
2) spending time at the pool for free is resolving my hip pain issues-so glad the bbb is going to help take that away so I can pay for it. Yea American healthcare
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Aaren @aarenp.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
I am tired of spending every other day at a clinic or hospital. Knock on wood or what ever- for like three different family members.
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Micah @rincewind.run · 07/10/2026
rip to one of the coolest software engineers who ever lived
Margaret Hamilton standing next to a printout of code she and her team wrote for the Apollo program, which is as tall as she is
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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 07/10/2026
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"This day is profoundly painful for so many New Yorkers. It marks three years since the horrific war crimes of October 7. On that day, Hamas killed more than 1,100 Israelis and abducted 251 others. We grieve alongside our many friends and neighbors who still carry that unthinkable loss.
 
The suffering did not begin nor end that day. It instead continued through the Israeli government’s devastating, ongoing genocide in Gaza, in which it has killed more than 74,000 Palestinians—including more than 21,000 children. Even since the so-called ceasefire, more than 1,400 Palestinians have been killed. That suffering has intensified with every Israeli bomb dropped on ambulances waiting outside hospitals, every drone strike targeting a residential building or journalist, and every shipment of food aid turned away at a border crossing. Many New Yorkers are reckoning with this unbearable grief, and we mourn alongside them – all while knowing that our tax dollars fund these war crimes.
 
Three years later, we must refuse to accept a world in which occupation and apartheid continue, where war crimes are met with impunity, and our federal government continues its complicity with every arms shipment.
 
To honor the dead, we must fight for a world in which every person can live with freedom, safety, and dignity."
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