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Astrid Bears

@astridbears.bsky.social
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I’m mostly here to learn, be entertained, and repost more interesting folks. Queer, probably AuDHD, almost divorced

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Kyle Clark @kylec.bsky.social · 2h
NEW: GOP Gov nominee Victor Marx says he'll respond today to domestic violence allegations - video/audio where he describes slamming his wife into a door and throwing his toddler across a room. Voters/reporters new to Marx may not realize he has a long history of justifying violence.
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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 3h
Signs you might really have crossed a line: The torture guy is suggesting a firing squad as a more humane alternative
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Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 3h
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Attorney says Christa Pike is still alive a day after Tennessee’s failed attempt to execute her by lethal injection.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 3h
gramps is posting crazy stuff on social media again
I stated, numerous times, that it would take 4-6 weeks to get rid of THE IRAN NUCLEAR THREAT, and I did it in one night! The rest of the time is just to make sure it stays that way. President DONALD J. TRUMP
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Freedom of the Press Foundation @freedom.press · 6h
The legal rationale behind killing people shouldn't be a secret. This FOIA ruling is a step in the right direction — but hurdles to disclosure, and accountability, remain.
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Judge Questions Secrecy Around Trump Administration’s Memo on Boat Strikes
The judge also ordered the Justice Department to privately show the court the contested document, which blesses the disputed killings at sea.
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Colorado Newsline @coloradonewsline.com · 7h
A historic drought, climate change and a tiny beetle put 600,000 acres of pine in Colorado at risk. Already, their gray skeletons line the highways. From @capitalandmain.bsky.social
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In Colorado, the majestic ponderosa pines are dying | Colorado Newsline
This year, the breadth of the pine beetle’s footprint in Colorado and the intensity of its attack is expected to expand exponentially.
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Decision Desk HQ @decisiondeskhq.bsky.social · 6h
Find our full forecast on Votes: votes.decisiondeskhq.com/forecast/202...
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Hypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · 9h
Sounds great.
According to experts I interviewed, the internet is about to get more frustrating. These agents may cause a cascading chain of problems that shake the foundations of digital infrastructure. Chances are good that you're about to live through an era of online chaos. 
The internet was built for humans with limited time and patience. AIs don't have those restraints. You'll probably have to fight with robots over concert tickets and booking appointments. Small businesses could drown in machine-made pestering. AIs don't look at ads, and websites that rely on them are already crumbling. You'll be buried in endless loops of proving you're human. And if you use these AI tools, some may betray you.
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Grudgie the Wail @grudgie.bsky.social · 6h
It’s just impossible. For all the awful police abuses, at least there are examples of them helping a person. There are no such ICE examples. They’ve never saved a drowning kid or stopped a violent event. They’ve only ever performed violence!
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Stellbound: Stellraiser II @antlervel.vet · 6h
Novel idea: a love triangle forms on Mars between three rovers from different countries
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hammancheez but spooky @hammancheez.bsky.social · 7h
we're investing millions to make it easier to have your passports stolen before delivery follow me for more process improvement life hacks
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Karen “the good kind” @kpsinging.bsky.social · 6h
This week’s discourse
Cards against humanity cards that read

What’s that smell?
Fragile masculinity
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Alleen Brown @alleenbrown.bsky.social · 6h
An American environmental defender was murdered in the Philippines this year and hardly anyone talked about it. Great piece by @alessandrabergamin.bsky.social that also delves into the specific dangers LGBTQ+ activists face. xtramagazine.com/power/activi...
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The Philippine military killed a 26-year-old trans woman from Seattle. Her death reveals how social movements are intertwined | Xtra Magazine
Filipina-American activist Kai Sorem went to the Philippines to defend the environment. Her death is a chilling reminder of the increased dangers faced by LGBTQ2S+ advocates abroad
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The Editorial Board @editorialboard.bsky.social · 8h
I mean, there is no such thing as justice if the state of Tennessee twice tries and fails to kill Christa Pike but the Sackler family gets a slap on the wrist for their involvement in the deaths of 806,000 Americans. www.cdc.gov/overdose-pre...
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Kathleen Bachynski @bachynski.bsky.social · 8h
This detail about her Cornell Health appointment is awful: “She told the doctor she contracted the U.T.I. “in a traumatic way,” according to a transcript of her conversation with investigators. “She didn’t really follow up on that,” Jane Doe said of the doctor. “She just suggested I go to therapy.”
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How a Cornell Student Went From Shame to Seeking Justice
The woman known as “Jane Doe” was initially embarrassed about what happened at a fraternity party in 2024, but soon concluded: “I was assaulted.”
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 9h
irony is dead -- Sarah Huckabee Sanders is on Fox & Friends decrying "manufactured" conservative outrage
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Lis Power @lispower.bsky.social · 8h
Fox News is honing in on the enemy ... and it's ... Ms. Rachel?
Graphic showing "Ms. Rachel's controversial stances" 

which includes supporting Dem candidates, supporting Palestine, opposing ICE, and stating no one needs a billion dollars.
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Matthew Dowd @matthewjdowd.bsky.social · 10h
Latest WSJ poll: "63% want to pause AI development 61% want a billionaire wealth tax 59% want Medicare for All 57% want a $20 minimum wage 58% want to end U.S. military aid to Israel" This is the center of the country politically. it is time all adjust to this political spectrum, esp. media.
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A.R. Moxon @juliusgoat.bsky.social · 10h
Me (emerging from a tank I have driven through your house) people, now is a time for healing.
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Katelyn Burns @katelynburns.com · 9h
The Atlantic is easily one of the worst publications out there today. They are hopelessly addicted to publishing morons.
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Chris Terry-Enescu @cjterry.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
This child is 13 and was testifying without an attorney present. Monsters.
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Taniel @taniel.bsky.social · 21h
i've prepared November election guides for a decade—many of you have first followed me for this. the one we are publishing tomorrow? the biggest i've ever done. can't wait to share it, though you might all have to free up your entire October to explore all of it!
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Mark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 9h
Trump and Hegseth have killed 230+ people on boats in the Caribbean and Pacific with no proof they did anything wrong, no congressional approval, no nothing. Just 2 unhinged fascists ordering our military to commit murder. Vote against all Republicans for the sake of all that is decent.
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Andrew D Thaler @drandrewthaler.bsky.social · 8h
It was the sadistic murder of mariners at sea that compelled me to write this for the Hill: To rebuild trust in maritime policy, the US must ratify the Law of the Sea thehill.com/opinion/nati...
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Rebecca Colesworthy @rcolesworthy.bsky.social · 19h
“For women who’d gone to college decades ago, the ones who’d spent their undergrad yrs marching & protesting & signing petitions & occupying bldgs…the fury was laced w/ a kind of bewildered exhaustion. How is this still happening? Shouldn’t things be better by now?” www.nytimes.com/2026/09/30/o...
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Opinion | I Thought Things Had Gotten Better. The Cornell Case Shows How Bad They Really Are. (Gift Article)
How could so little have changed?
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glitterck.bsky.social @glitterck.bsky.social · 20h
"Only a Hispanic could survive the fall" I hate this racist mother fucker.
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Raw Story @rawstory.com · 19h
President Donald Trump is now facing such a severe collapse of his political brand that even hardcore MAGA politicians are looking for a way to distance themselves from him, Democratic strategist Lis Smith told MS NOW's Nicolle Wallace.
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MAGA 'dam break' coming after candidate with 'morals of a lizard' rejected: strategist
President Donald Trump is now facing such a severe collapse of his political brand that even hardcore MAGA politicians are looking for a way to distance themselves from him, Democratic strategist Lis Smith told MS NOW's Nicolle Wallace.This is most clearly exemplified by the new reporting that Ken P...
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Kashana @kashana.blacksky.app · 19h
I read a couple hundred death penalty cases for a case once and I think you’d all be shocked at how often this happens. The death penalty is one of the cruelest things in our system, an obvious violation of the 8th amendment cruel and unusual punishment clause, but we just love to kill.
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Sigamagaw @sigamagaw.bsky.social · 19h
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LadyBusiness @ladybusiness.bsky.social · 23h
On my way to a job interview, smartly leaving the iced coffee at home
Tom Ford spring 2027 runway look
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Katelyn Burns @katelynburns.com · 30/09/2026
I don't believe that every trans person in America should immediately be made aware of every single evil bill introduced by some podunk state rep in a random red state they don't live in I don't think that's healthy. I have always needed to see a likelihood of advancement before I would write it up
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Rebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · 21h
Captain America has advice for you: 'One book he found eye-opening was Rebecca Solnit’s “The Mother of All Questions.” “The hardest thing to reconcile is that just because you have good intentions, doesn’t mean it’s your time to have a voice,” he said.'
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Chris Evans, a.k.a. Captain America, Comes Back Down to Earth (Published 2018)
Why the linchpin of Marvel’s “Avengers” movies — and walking image of American fortitude — is giving it all up to play a villain on Broadway (and learn to tap dance).
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Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 21h
Three years ago, the Free Beacon ironically named me man of the year on their website. "Don’t give up Ben, you have a whole lot of nothing to look forward to," they wrote. This year, I was on a TIME100 list. I would take this moment to tell them how they can suck me: from the back. Thank you.
We don’t know about Ben’s family or personal finances, but we certainly can’t disagree about his lack of skills. But for someone with absolutely no ability, Ben has found the perfect gig.

Don’t give up Ben, you have a whole lot of nothing to look forward to. Only now, when you do nothing, you'll do it as a Free Beacon Man of the Year.I win.
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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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Mark Hill @mehill.bsky.social · 21h
Doesn't seem great that articles like this keep popping up while overworked editors don't even bother responding to pitches much anymore
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Who is Daniel Robson? Canadian websites take down articles by suspected AI-generated writer | CBC News
Several Canadian websites have taken down articles published under the name Daniel Robson, saying the writer's identity cannot be verified and was likely generated by AI.
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ldrberi.bsky.social @ldrberi.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
When the leader of the party has a serious personality disorder, and everyone models themselves on him, this seems inevitable. Not to mention some of these folks already had their own.
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Louisa @louisathelast.bsky.social · 22h
You know, not only is this nonsense wrong about romance books, it’s wrong about clothes. JCO, there is no such thing as machine-made clothes. There are humans doing that work at every stage of the process, whether it’s custom or ending up in Walmart.
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The Colorado Sun ☀️ @coloradosun.com · 23h
Black teen who says white peers wrote “slave auction” in school bathroom sues Lakewood charter school coloradosun.com/2026/09/30/l...
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Black teen who says white peers wrote “slave auction” in school bathroom sues Lakewood charter school
The plaintiff says school leader told him to “hit, punch or slug” the bullies
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Susan Rinkunas @susanrinkunas.com · 23h
PSA: abortion pills are available by mail in all 50 states. @plancpills.bsky.social
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PLAN C: Abortion pills by mail in every state
Plan C is an information resource for self-managed, at-home abortion with pills. Learn how people in the U.S. are accessing abortion pill options online.
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Maggie Astor @maggieastor.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
The 988 suicide prevention hotline's Press 3 option — which provides specialized services to LGBTQ callers — has been restored more than a year after the Trump administration shut it down. Confirmed by HHS and the office of Senator Tammy Baldwin, who led on legislation that forced its restoration
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Kyle Cheney @kyledcheney.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
JUST IN: A federal judge has denied DOJ's effort to obtain Georgia's complete, unredacted voter list, the latest in a string of more than two dozen defeats for the Trump administration in efforts to obtain state voter rolls. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
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#146 in United States v. Raffensperger (N.D. Ga., 1:26-cv-00485) – CourtListener.com
ORDER. It is ORDERED that Defendant Raffensperger and Intervenor-Defendant's BVMF's Motions to Dismiss (Docs. 16, 23 ) are GRANTED IN PART as set forth in this Order. Intervenor-Defendants' Common Cau...
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Cara Jackson @carajackson.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
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U.S. Department of Education Calls on Schools to Strengthen Education on the History and Dangers of Communism and Socialism
In observance of the 10th U.S. National Day for the Victims of Communism on November 7, U.S. Secretary of Education Linda McMahon today issued a Dear Colleague Letter to education leaders and teachers...
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 30/09/2026
Hegseth: "Today, at my direction, I'm establishing the Office of Religious Affairs. It will report straight to the top -- a direct line to the secretary ... as Psalm 33:12 extolls us, blessed is the nation in which God is the Lord"
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geri katz @gerikatz.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Might as well light the Constitution on fire at this point.
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Maj @lif3asmaj.blacksky.app · 30/09/2026
It's been years. Literally years. Thorough explanations, detailed breakdowns & shown piece by piece as if they were 5 & these idiots STILL have no idea how batteries work.
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Garth Marenghi's Catbus @catbus.phd · 30/09/2026
one great thing about Mamdani's brand of cheerful competence is how ridiculous it makes his conservative critics look, like nobody is buying that the Mr Rogers dude who filled all the potholes is a wild eyed America hating extremist
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
On the same day Trump announces that top tech firms have signed an accord to "self-police" their own AI development, we learned that OpenAI employees and security researchers were reportedly ignored when they brought safety concerns to the company's top executives. See the problem here?
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OpenAI Ignored Employees’ Warnings About Safely Testing A.I. Models
Employees and security researchers said that they had cautioned the company on safely testing its A.I. models and strengthening its corporate infrastructure, but that OpenAI did not listen.
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Matthew Gertz @mattgertz.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Literally no one is angry at Russian Americans AND THAT'S GOOD, it is bad to use international affairs as a cudgel against people in the United States who share ethnicity or religion or originated from particular countries or what have you. bsky.app/profile/free...
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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Wrote about the National Design Studio a while back, and two things worth noting. *It is led by a white nationalist *They do skins, not services. America.gov is a chatbot with a .gov skin. They are promising to make services work better but its all TBD.
Skins vs. services: the National Design Studio is building a handful of attractive single page websites, but not fixing digital services that most of the public relies on when they interact with government. Skins is easy to do, but not very impactful.
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