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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 02/10/2026

Calling all NYC artists — painters, filmmakers, poets, musicians and more! Did you know our city provides grants to support your work every year? And this year, we're DOUBLING the amount — from $5,000 up to $10,000 per artist! Deadlines are approaching fast — apply today at nyc.gov/artistgrants.

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Liam Dillon @liamjdillon.com · 02/10/2026

Years ago I interviewed Houston Mayor Annise Parker who told me one of the main reasons the city was able to cut homelessness by so much is she forced all the governments and nonprofits into a room and made them use the same data system. Meanwhile in LA www.latimes.com/california/s...

The agencies use different data systems, and even different Google spreadsheets, to produce their reports and often have different bureaus within them managing different housing programs.

For example, a senior director for Bass told the interviewers that the Inside Safe program uses an internal Google spreadsheet to manage its occupancy records and does not have access to the Homeless Management Information System, the countywide database that tracks street contacts with homeless people and housing placements

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Armand Vasquez @armandvasquez.bsky.social · 19h

That was a crazy win Valkyries

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Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Everyone involved in this process — including the Palantir employees — have to be investigated and probably go to jail.

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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Neiman Marcus closed its downtown Dallas flagship on Wednesday. The store played a notable role in the history of desegregation in Dallas. Previously, Black shoppers across the US could enter department stores, but they weren't allowed to try on clothes without adhering to certain conditions. 🧵

A notice about the Neiman Marcus store opening in downtown Dallas.

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Razzball @razzball.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Announcing the merger with Titanic footage is an incredible bit

David Ellison • @ellisonskyd... 2h
What once was the peak, is now just the beginning.
Paramount and Warner Bros. shaped over a century of culture. By combining them, we aren't rewriting history — we're equipping these iconic studios with a more powerful engine. Together, we are Skydance: a creative-first ho Show

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Joey Scott @joeyneverjoe.bsky.social · 23h

A psych expert evaluated him for a lawsuit. They found he has “features of antisocial and narcissistic personality disorder that includes repeated lying; a lack of remorse; a grandiose sense of self-importance; entitlement; exploitative and manipulative behavior; a lack of empathy; and arrogance.”

CONCLUSIONS
Based on my face-to-face examination and the sources of material identified above, my opinions as set forth herein, can be summarized as follows:
(1) Alex Villanueva is a hardy, durable, and resilient person.
(2) Alex Villanueva has not experienced any emotional harm or mental damage as a result of his exposure to the actions of the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors, Esther Lim, Max Huntsman, or any others whom he has identified in the First Amended Complaint For Damages.
(3) Alex Villanueva has features of antisocial and narcissistic personality disorder that includes repeated lying; a lack of remorse; a grandiose sense of self-importance; entitlement; exploitative and manipulative behavior; a lack of empathy; and arrogance.
(4) The combination of antisocial and narcissistic features is also referred to as psychopathy.
(5) There is evidence that Alex Villanueva has many attributes of a "white collar" psychopath, including: a grandiose sense of self-worth; lack of remorse; manipulative behavior; pathological lying; and a failure to accept responsibility for his own actions.
(6) Alex Villanueva's personality features, including his tendency to react with disdain and defiant counterattack to any perceived slights along with his desire to remain in a position of power and authority appear to be the primary motivation for his initiation of the lawsuit after losing the election to join the Board of Supervisors.
(7) While Alex Villanueva claims that the actions of the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors, Max Huntsman, Esther Lim, and others are the source of his

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Coach Finstock @coachfinstock.bsky.social · 23h

Absolutely incredible way to describe the former head of The Executioners Gang in the County Sheriff's department

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Victoria De Capua @victoriadecapua.com · 23h

This also happened because white producers and reps would rather paint a target on diverse writers so they can tell white writers they’re all still in the white people club.

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St Louis CITY SC @stlcitysc.com · 01/10/2026

A great night in NJ 👏 Thank you always, CITY fans! ♥️

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Laura Bassett @lebassett.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

This is a pretty stunning thing to admit

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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

do men understand the extent to which women are ready to burn it all down right now

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Charlie Warzel @cwarzel.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

There is a moment at the very very end of Abdul El-Sayed's podcast with Ezra Klein (book recommendation section) where he talks about the idea of "speaking truth to pain" and this will be staying with me for an extremely long time. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/25/o...

But there’s also something about truth to pain. We talk a lot about truth to power, but I think it’s actually a lot harder to speak truth to pain. I say that as someone who went to medical school, realizing that in a lot of our politics right now, we’ve got to get a lot better at speaking truth to pain if we’re going to get through some of these challenges that we have.

What does “truth to pain” mean?

It’s one thing to look power in the eye and say: You’re wrong about this. But there’s a way in which pain is very difficult to reason with. Because when somebody is in their pain, they’re in their trauma. They see that pain, and they may not see what’s causing it.

I remember just very explicitly being in a trauma ward with a gunshot wound patient and watching this big guy with his hand on his gunshot wound. All the folks are trying to pull his hand off his pain, that point of his gunshot wound, this clear vulnerability.

And this emergency room doctor had the presence of mind to be like: Everyone, stop. And she looks him in the eyes, and she’s like: I get that really hurts, and I’m so sorry that you’re here. You don’t want to be here. We don’t want you to be here. But if you don’t let us fix this, you could die. So I’m going to take your hand, and I’m going to move it off, OK? Because I need to get there so that you can live.

She was speaking truth to pain. He understands he’s at the hospital, he needs care, but he also doesn’t want anybody to touch the wound. Which is a natural thing. And I think it is a really great metaphor for how we think about a lot of these challenges we talked about today.

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LA City Controller Kenneth Mejia @controller.lacity.gov · 30/09/2026

🚨 UPDATE LA28 FAILED to provide us with any of the financial docs we requested and that they are contractually obligated to provide. We requested these to give you TRANSPARENCY on their finances related to the Olympics since LA TAXPAYERS ARE ON THE HOOK if it goes over budget.

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Armand Vasquez @armandvasquez.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

So that’s it, huh? We’re just done?

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Michael Spicer @michaelspicer.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Most TV is just this now.

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Rick Steves @ricksteves.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Available for Preorder: “Italy for Food Lovers” in Hardcover! Whether you're traveling to Italy or simply an armchair aficionado, the new edition of "Italy for Food Lovers" shows you how to experience the best of Italy through the timeless pleasures of its cuisine. Preorder: shorturl.at/oPYtY

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Coach Finstock @coachfinstock.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

This is a list of all the people who are going to be getting bailed out with your tax money. I guarantee it. Not tough to call this shot.

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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Scoop — I've ID'd the two men sitting behind Sen. Eric Schmitt during his botched attack on Jack Smith this morning. Ethan Harper (left) is Chief Counsel to Schmitt, and Andrew Ceonzo (right) is Counsel to Schmitt and the Senate Judiciary Committee.

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Saeed Jones @theferocity.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

“One such wave hit the northern tip of South America in late August and has begun moving up towards the west coast of the US. That wave could reach California shores within days, and when it does, ocean scientists say it may raise sea levels by up to a foot for months as El Niño.” Oh.

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Concern mounts over slow-moving, planetary-scale ‘Kelvin’ wave heading for California

The ocean phenomenon could raise sea levels by up to a foot as El Niño keeps warm water trapped along the coast

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Armand Vasquez @armandvasquez.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

If the idea is that mass layoffs are good for Disney’s stock, then why haven’t they worked?

A screen grab of Disney’s stock performance over the last 5 years showing a stagnant rate following a sharp downturn in 2022

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evacide @evacide.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Meta Muse appears to read your Apple messages and upload them to the cloud even if you explicitly tell it not to: appleinsider.com/articles/26/...

appleinsider.com

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 29/09/2026

🤡 Schmitt beclowns himself 🤡 Schmitt concocted an elaborate conspiracy theory that Smith traveled to Atl for a Hawks game and to collude with Fani Willis, & flashed his "evidence" before accusing Smith of perjury. There's just one problem -- his facts were totally wrong. Here's the whole sequence:

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Joe Walsh @walshfreedom.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

This. It has always been this. A sitting American president did this. And because he did this, he should have been convicted and put behind bars. And the fact that we never held him accountable for these crimes will forever stain this country. And we may never recover from it.👇

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Matt DeLong @mattdelong.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Incredible content in this thread

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 29/09/2026

holy shit -- turns out Jack Smith went to a Hawkeyes game in Maryland but Schmitt's team is so reckless they concocted a conspiracy theory that Smith was actually in Atlanta seeing a Hawks game and colluding with Fani Willis. Klobuchar points out to Schmitt, "you have your teams wrong."

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Anil Dash @anildash.com · 29/09/2026

Okay, just so we have a record: The Facebook Fake-Out, a record of Meta's tactic of transgressing, getting caught, waiting for things to blow over, and then breaking the rules again. I documented the pattern so we have a link to share for the next time they do it. www.anildash.com/2026/09/29/f...

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The Facebook Fake-out - Anil Dash

A blog about making culture. Since 1999.

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Ben Says Abolish ICE @justanotherben.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

"Taking economic power away from a group with disproportionate minority representation? Now that we can all agree on."

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Rodger Sherman @rodger.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

It is really remarkable that in a time of historic impasse in Congress, with both houses have been reduced to complete standstills despite a mounting number of political, economic, and ethical crises, both parties have spent months working to pass a bill limiting the pay of college athletes

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Armand Vasquez @armandvasquez.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Dammit Loved going to his karaoke place in Burbank. RIP to a Legend.

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Armand Vasquez @armandvasquez.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

those of you who are just now learning what Case Keenum is capable of clearly didn’t watch the 2015 St. Louis Rams and oh right that makes sense

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 29/09/2026

Marco Rubio: "Anything that had a chance of making money in Cuba was controlled by the Cuban military and the Cuban communist party to line the pockets of a handful of individuals at the expense of the entire country"

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Mark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Who says they “don’t make enough money”? Compared to what? You don’t need to grant the far right authoritarian party’s premise. You can write that they’re using arbitrary numbers based on no standards that should not be taken seriously, & you can just say that plainly instead of stenographizing

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NBC News @nbcnews.com · 28/09/2026

SpaceX cuts Starship's flight short early, following its delivery of the most advanced Starlinks yet. No reason was provided for ending the flight early.

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Armand Vasquez @armandvasquez.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Does he really think we buy this anymore after leading the capitulation to David Ellison?

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Kat Tenbarge @kattenbarge.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

One of the Cornell students accused of gang rape, Scott Kretzschmar, denies it and says through his attorney that they are going to “confront” the survivor through the court system. I can already tell you that means victim-blaming, DARVO, and smears. She is going to need a lot more of our support.

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✨🌟 ⭐️ LoveKat ⭐️🌟✨🟦♿️🧬🏳️‍🌈🇺🇸🇺🇦🇨🇦🇲🇽🌎☮️🕊️🟪 @lovekat41.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Miramar, Florida Concentration camp has footage that leaked out from inside, by a whistle blower. This is inhumane, disgusting, and heartbreaking.🤢🤬 youtube.com/shorts/wcqyU...

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Maddow on WHISTLEBLOWER images from inside ICE 'prison camp'

YouTube video by MS NOW

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Coach Finstock @coachfinstock.bsky.social · 18/06/2025

Further proof that Musk is doing a Remo Williams. He's pretending to build rockets that might someday work by getting 10B in taxpayer funds and spending 1B blowing it up and pocketing the other 9B and then asking for another 10B. His rockets will never work because they aren't supposed to.

theverge.com

Honda successfully launched and landed its own reusable rocket

Will SpaceX have more competition?

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

The ten-year yield blasts thru 5.25% @cnbc.com

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More Perfect University @mpuniversity.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

@aoc.bsky.social: The best thing that we can do to rein in runaway costs at private institutions is by having tuition free public colleges and universities. “For anyone who wants to say that that’s pie in the sky and unrealistic… this is literally what baby boomers gave themselves.”

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Pablo Torre @pablo.show · 27/09/2026

I'm still thinking about how Don Jr.'s wedding weekend was funded by the Russian oligarch who's working with Vladimir Putin to fund the anti-trans sports movement. Discussed @propublica.org's reporting with @katienolan.bsky.social + @cruzkayne.bsky.social on the new PTFO: youtu.be/E5F9NuLxZfw?...

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Reacting to Don Jr.'s Wedding, Kardashian's "Team Moms" + Anti-Trans Panic | PTFO

YouTube video by PABLO TORRE FINDS OUT

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Luca Migo @victinibcn.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Every stitch tells a story of love, community, and remembrance. Volunteers across MN created the "Stolen Neighbors Quilt" with 11,000 squares to honor Minnesotans detained by ICE. Each fabric square represents a neighbor, a family member, and a life impacted by deportation. We stand for Justice!

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Nicholas Slayton @nslayton.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

“Everyone has a stake in the targeting process,” Bryant said. “Anyone can stand up, anyone can raise a hand, raise a voice and say, ‘No, this is wrong. I’m not comfortable with it. Here’s why.’”

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