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Likes shoes. Doesn't like shoes. Trying thoughts out again out loud

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Kristi Yamaguccimane @wapplehouse.bsky.social · 11h
Y’all go listen to our interview with Laymone, a Laotian refugee raised in Louisiana that got deported back to Laos linktr.ee/jortscenter @jortscenter.bsky.social
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N Sims @copyrightlibn.bsky.social · 12h
That's why you gotta get everybody out there. Twin Cities has known this.
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Karen Attiah @karenattiah.bsky.social · 13h
You can read Jamal’s work here. It was the honor of my life to have been his editor at the Washington Post. Rest in peace, Jamal. And I’m sorry the Washington Post opinions page ended up betraying what we both stood for. www.washingtonpost.com/news/global-...
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Opinion | Read Jamal Khashoggi’s columns for The Washington Post
Jamal Khashoggi, a veteran Saudi journalist who Turkish officials say was killed in Istanbul after walking into the consulate of Saudi Arabia, had been writing a column for The Post since last year.
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Jules⚖️📨 @northjules.bsky.social · 18h
Mississippi: Online registration is unavailable, so plan as history requires. Register in person or by mail, postmarked by Mon. Oct. 5. Do not delay. #LetsGetVoteReady social.demcast.com/s/UC8gzKPL
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REGISTER TO VOTE
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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 18h
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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Al Jazeera English @aljazeera.com · 02/10/2026
Massive US military deployment to the Middle East includes 50,000 troops, F-35s and Marines to pressure Tehran.
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US to send third aircraft carrier towards Iran: US official to Al Jazeera
Massive US military deployment to the Middle East includes 50,000 troops, F-35s and Marines to pressure Tehran.
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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 17h
Sliwa getting a flu shot: This could be very embarrassing. I’m supposed to be a tough guy, right? Mamdani: I can hold your hand. Sliwa: What happens if I faint? Mamdani: I got you. Doctor: You’re in great hands, literally. New Yorkers can find free flu shots and locations at nyc.gov/healthmap
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Peggy Stuart @peggystuart.bsky.social · 17h
2026 is not just an election year, it is an ELECTIONS year. 435 House seats, 33 Senate seats, 36 governors, and over 6,100 state legislators are on the ballot. Thousands of local races too. Register now. #LetsGetVoteReady social.demcast.com/s/InDLkm5P
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zeno @egrettt.bsky.social · 17h
www.newarab.com/news/exclusi...
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Exclusive: Inside Lebanon’s 200-page Israeli war crimes dossier
A report obtained by The New Arab documents Israel’s systematic destruction of southern Lebanese towns, including Bint Jbeil, and the displacement of residents.
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Peggy Stuart @peggystuart.bsky.social · 17h
Texas voters to the front! Cleanup efforts like TX suspense lists have errors that disproportionately impact Black and Hispanic voters. Do not find out the hard way. Check yours before Oct. 5. #LetsGetVoteReady social.demcast.com/s/M43yWkb2
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Jules⚖️📨 @northjules.bsky.social · 21h
Imagine waking up after Election Day and the biggest story is historic voter participation. Millions showed up, stood in line, mailed ballots, voted early, and made themselves impossible to overlook. Be part of that story. #Pinks 📰
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zeno @egrettt.bsky.social · 17h
www.newarab.com/features/who...
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Who enabled Israel’s genocide? Norman Finkelstein answers
Book Club: ’Gaza’s Gravediggers’ argues that international institutions and rights groups failed to classify Israel’s genocide in Gaza, exposing complicity
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Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 17h
I went to the grand reopening of the African American Civil War museum this week and the timing is just right — its mission to preserve Black history is more relevant now than ever
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The African American Civil War Museum Reopens To Honor The Black Soldiers Who Changed History
The museum recently held its grand reopening in Washington’s historic U Street Corridor.
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Humanity Must Win @humanitymustwin.bsky.social · 21h
Gives the game away. As I keep saying Zionism is Nazism, the Fourth Reich runs on Palantir. They want Greater Israel as the headquarters.
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@raystonian @stonia2.bsky.social · 21h
Polanski speech today in Brighton included calls for a 3 year rent freeze to tackle housing unaffordaibility. This doesn't go far enough on its own; #FairRent schemes are required, as we had in the 1980s until the neoliberals came to attack social fairness.
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Jennifer Smith Richards @jsmithrichards.bsky.social · 22h
I've been a reporter for a long time and this might be the strangest thing I've ever done. We've been reporting on privatization of schools this year and found that just about anyone can open a private school in most states. So we asked, Could reporters do it?
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Almost Anyone Can Start a Private School. We Put This to the Test.
Our reporting has shown how easily people — some with questionable backgrounds — have founded their own private schools in barns, strip malls and other places. That led us to an experiment: If the hur...
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Janine @janlyn99.bsky.social · 21h
Truly another WAR CRIME in itself to knowingly bury humans under rubble! NETANYAHU AND ISRAEL MUST BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE!
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Mark Shore @markshore.bsky.social · 22h
note that these two cyclists aren't wearing high-visibility anything, the opposite, in fact but they are armed so drivers are unlikely to miss them
two bike cops (unkown location, in a photo used by a bike company for advertising)

they are middle-aged white men with thin beards, standing beside their bikes smailing at the camera, with a suburban street and riders and pedestrians in the background. They are in dark navy blue or black gear from head to toe, but are also carrying weapons for enhanced visibility with drivers.
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Goldstein (still not a pseudonym) @goldstein.latinsky.app · 02/10/2026
Damn it, the screenshot cut off a paragraph too early. Anyway, read it for yourself from this highly dubious repository of Jewish lore: Chabad. www.chabad.org/library/arti...
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Melachim uMilchamot - Chapter 11
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Goldstein (still not a pseudonym) @goldstein.latinsky.app · 01/10/2026
I really need more Jews to stand up and say that it is actually the longstanding (1000+ years) traditional and standard Jewish belief "that establishing a Jewish state before the Messiah’s arrival is forbidden." Stop hiding the contradiction of Zionism, it has been another golden calf.
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mleroi.bsky.social @mleroi.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
www.instagram.com/reel/Dd8Lxiz...
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Graphic Granola @graphicgranola.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Sounds like torture to me. Pike was snoring and complaining about pain, as well as kicking her feet so often that she knocked off the sheets laid on her. Journalists could only hear sounds. It’s the 2nd time an execution did not go as planned in Tennessee this year.
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‘It was a mess’: Tennessee fails to execute woman after 2 lethal injections
Christa Pike’s attorneys said she was being treated at a hospital but her condition is unknown. May Martinez,, the mother of the murdered teenager Colleen Slemmer, called the failed execution “a mess....
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Gabe Ortíz @tusk81.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
“… they say that he and his brothers remind them of their own kids, or that Lorenzo Sr. reminds them of their own fathers.” “This is all just to try to remember a man who worked all his life to give his family a better life,” Ronaldo told TIME, “and to give his kids something to be proud of.”
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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 01/10/2026
Black text on white page that reads as follows:

New Yorkers who lost their SNAP benefits because of the federal government's expanded work requirements can reapply starting today, October 1.

To find out whether you're eligible to get your benefits back or qualify for an exemption, call 718-SNAP-NOW (718-762-7669), visit nyc.gov/ACCESSHRA, or use the ACCESS HRA app.
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Json Momoa @jotatx.eurosky.social · 01/10/2026
One of the issues highlighted here on this piece is how Marco Rubio diverted 1 million usd to a campaign to smear and dismantle the trust in the Brazilian supreme court and interfere in our elections, with more resources from untraceable channels expected to follow suit. clear US aggression here.
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Trump administration diverts human rights funds to push far-right agenda abroad
Support such as for white Afrikaners and anti-communism reveals how US is redefining what qualifies as human rights
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Aida 🇵🇷🇺🇸🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🇺🇦🐾🌊🦋🗽💙🐸 @latina4jesusdshw.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
We could learn a lot from Albania 🇦🇱 people they have been protesting for over 118 days! #Pinks #USDemocracy
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Shugunou @shugunou.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
"I am Mamdouh, a father of seven. I live with my family in harsh conditions, amidst bombardment, fear, and hunger. 💔 My children need food, water, milk, and medicine; my son Mohammed suffers from a serious lung condition and requires medical treatment and care." steunactie.nl/actie/please...
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Micheeel @micheeel.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Look at Elias and see your own son or brother.Gaza's cruelty stripped away his first eye, and now his last drop of light is dying.We have no money,no hope, only tears.I beg you on my knees:please,don't let my little boy sink into permanent darkness! Verified:moly shah✅ chuffed.org/project/196611
Elias sitting on a rug, crying. He's wearing glasses, a patch on his left eye and a bandage on his right wrist.
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A.R. Moxon @juliusgoat.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Hard to imagine what that would be like
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The Onion @theonion.com · 29/09/2026
Cornell Vows That Rapists Will Be Forced To Write Much Longer Essays In The Future theonion.com/cornell-vows...
Cornell Vows That Rapists Will Be Forced To Write Much Longer Essays In The Future
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Mary Beth O'Connor @marybethoconnor.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Yet another article about how #opioid settlement funds all to often aren't being used to help those struggling with #addiction, but instead are bolstering policing and surveillance budgets. #police www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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Police are spending opioid settlement funds on Flock cameras
Historic opioid settlements were supposed to be a lifeline for underserved communities. But much of that money is flowing to law enforcement.
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Norm Charlatan @normcharlatan.bsky.social · 02/05/2026
The president of Cornell:
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Stephanie King @stephstephking.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Writers, if you are against AI, do not put your writing into ANY tool that is itself AI. Not to check grammar, not to "prove" you wrote it yourself. Everything you give them becomes part of their data, even if it's only to "improve their service" or whatever BS they tell you.
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Humanity Must Win @humanitymustwin.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Israel's 9/11 has all the hallmarks of NYC's 9/11. A criminal enterprise that manufactures geopolitical events to steal and profit. We now know from the Epstein files that Ghislaine Maxwell sat on a previously undisclosed shadow 9/11 commission. The so called "War on Terror" was manufactured.
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Ketan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · 29/09/2026
A Norwegian media outlet tested 53 toilets at ONS, our massive oil and gas conference. The results show that the fossil fuel industry is having a great time, even if the rest of us aren't 😍 www.aftenbladet.no/magasin/i/7p...
White caption reads "Aftenbladet tested over 50 toilets during this year's ONS." over a blurred close-up background.News article headline reading "Amid the oil rush, we found traces of cocaine," credited to journalists Earl Henning Nilsen and Id Skrivarhaug, with an update timestamp and a footer prompting readers to subscribe to read the full story.Clear resealable plastic bags with red zipper strips, each labeled and holding small folded fabric pieces, arranged in rows on a table for sorting or distribution.News headline reports cocaine found in every fifth toilet at the ONS event, shown above a uniformed officer with "POLICE" on his back looking out over a large, empty exhibition hall.
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SaveDemocracy123 @savedemocracy123.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
The return of White Nationalist, Neo-NAZI, KKK LYNCHINGS in the South is no surprise, with fake “Christian” eugenicist, White Nationalist, racist, fascist, divisive scumbags like Kremlin owned Trump, Musk, and mini-NAZI prick Stephen Miller in control. The Fascists know that FBI/DOJ won’t stop them.
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Paul @irishpaul68.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
No words required.
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Jules or Τζουλς 🕊️🍉 @katsikajules.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
This is the official trailer for NAZA. It’s being suppressed on every social media platform. Please watch and share.
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Michelangelo Signorile @msignorile.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
So the mill Trump announced in Iowa will be built by a foreign company with a dodgy past, went broke, “a Mumbai-based conglomerate controlled by one of India’s wealthiest families.” And the money will be backed by billions in US taxpayer-funded loans. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/28/u...
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How a Planned Steel Mill in Iowa Reveals Trump’s Midterm Strategy (Gift Article)
As President Trump travels the country, he is expected to focus on his economic accomplishments at a time when Americans have expressed deep frustration with his policies.
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Emily Gorcenski @emily.gorcen.ski · 28/09/2026
Here’s the most incredible story you’ll read today. A small plane with four people aboard crashes in a field. Another pilot witnesses it. That pilot happens to be flying a bunch of skydivers. They offer to jump to assist, are given permission. The skydivers happen to be EMTs. Everyone survives.
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Skydivers alert emergency crews, assist after plane crashes near East Troy airport
Four people were aboard the single-engine plane when it went down in a cornfield near Carvers School Road in East Troy at about 1:30 p.m.
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Rob Cyran @robcyran.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Lots of yikes in this awesome scoop on Anthropic’s IPO by my colleague Echo Wang, but this stood out. www.reuters.com/business/fin...
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Status Coup News @statuscoupnews.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Toxic fires, doctored data, zero accountability. Status Coup's @jordanchariton.bsky.social spoke with chemical expert Scott Smith about the massive cover-up unfolding at the Moss Landing lithium battery plant & how corporate investigators are fudging testing data while Gavin Newsom does nothing.
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Dutchy Patrick @dutchiepatrick.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Sad, but 💯 true. And there are many more….
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Pookleblinky @pookleblinky.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
How many kids do you think are gonna have Charlie Kirk themed Halloween costumes this year, complete with squibs for squirting blood at people who don't give enough candy
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Josh Taylor @joshtaylor.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
In May I covered three datacentre projects across Australia that local communities were fighting back against. Two of the three have now been scrapped. www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
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Miaganga @miaganga.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
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Gemma Clark 🧿🕯️ @gemmaclark.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Today is International Safe Abortion Day and I did my last training run before my half marathon on Sunday for the @asn.org.uk Maternal deaths are rocketing in 🇺🇸 This amazing org does life saving work in Europe. Please give even £1 if you can ajbellgreatscottishrun2026.enthuse.com/pf/gemma-clark
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About us The AJ Bell Great Scottish Run is the biggest and best running event in Scotland. Starting in the heart of the city, runners soak up the incredible atmosphere and music all the way to the fin
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@NewsJennifer (Jennifer Schulze) @newsjennifer.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
We should expect a lot more of this 'i was wrong about trump' bullsh*t especially after the midterms. Sarah is completely correct: don't fall for it.
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Watching people who propped up this corrupt disaster of an administration for their own enrichment start to slowly back away with their hands up will be good for short term dunks, but thats not good enough. It should be a reputational nuke from which these people never recover.
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Thiel on Trump:

“There are a lot of things I got wrong... was crazier than I thought. It was more dangerous than I thought.”
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Micheeel @micheeel.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Donations have stopped.Why does no one care anymore?Please dont read my pain as just words on a screen—Im writing this with a shattered heart.🚨I need €400 for ground rent or we face being thrown out.Ibrahim has no food or medicine.Is no one listening to our cries?help us😭💔 chuffed.org/project/191450
Selfie of Baraa, holding her son Ibrahim. She's wearing a black facemask. Ibrahim looks tired.Ibrahim lying in a hospital bed with a nurse examining him with a stethoscope.A child's arm is being measured by adult hands with a unicef tape.: it's too thin and the measure 10.3cm is coming out red (1cm under the yellow zone).
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Paul Eric @pauleric70.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
The Nakba in 1948 was the settler colonial conquest of land and the displacement of its owners, a dual act of erasure and appropriation. In 1948 - and after waves of Zionist mass immigration already - still the Jews population of Palestine was only 33% !!
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