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Balu Puppy @balupuppy.bsky.social · 12h
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Balu Puppy @balupuppy.bsky.social · 12h
Omfg
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unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 13h
From photographer Evan Stone: a member of Lang's crew inside a silly string covered car waved what appears to be a gun at the crowd this afternoon. A Bridgeview police officer can be seen peering inside the vehicle. He then swipes its side mirror back into position:
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Balu Puppy @balupuppy.bsky.social · 14h
Very good thread re election results in Brazil.
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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 15h
Less than 1% of major party nominees for Congress are working class. It is one of the most fundamental ways that Congress is not representative. And their views, e.g. on unregulated gambling websites, are apt to be different. www.bloomberg.com/features/202...
bloomberg.com
Why Working-Class Candidates Are Almost Never on the Ballot
Less than 1% of major-party candidates competing for a seat in the US Congress have a background in manual trades or service industries.
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Balu Puppy @balupuppy.bsky.social · 15h
Seen this happen on Rosemont btw Sheridan and Winthrop. One way street, no bike lane, but drivers parked illegally to pick up kids at sacred heart school. Cfd had to drive back around the block in the other direction. @leniann.bsky.social: why are drivers allowed to block Rosemont every m-f?
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Uncle Mojtaba's Cavern Complex @wellburrowed.bsky.social · 15h
Sorry just double checking: the president of Cornell has hit a student with his car, failed to discipline the perpetrators of a mass sexual assault, and released a terrible essay on wokeness, all in a year?
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Balu Puppy @balupuppy.bsky.social · 16h
Not only do we Chicagoans vote early and often, we also vote in elections in other states elections!!!! 🥴
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Balu Puppy @balupuppy.bsky.social · 16h
WTF!!
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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 17h
"Among the first to appear before the judge was Angel, a 13-year-old. He had no attorney. “Would you like to request voluntary departure, or should I issue a removal order?” the judge asked “I don’t know,” Angel said, bursting into tears: “I have no one. I have nothing.” www.cnn.com/2026/09/28/p...
cnn.com
Inside the Texas courtroom where toddlers face immigration judges | CNN Politics
Migrant children as young as 2 are showing up at immigration courts nationwide, many without attorneys, to try make their case to stay in the US and avoid deportation.
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Balu Puppy @balupuppy.bsky.social · 18h
STFU, tom. www.instagram.com/reel/DeClked...
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Balu Puppy @balupuppy.bsky.social · 19h
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El Hombre Sprays Perfume
Alt: El Hombre Sprays Perfume
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 22h
BREAM: DOJ plans to send 1k monitors to polls. Sen. Baldwin says 'our democracy depends on ppl being able to have their voices heard, but that's at risk as Trump weighs sending in armed agents.' How do you answer? BLANCHE: She should be saying 'thank God. Thank God we have a govt ready to show up'
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Balu Puppy @balupuppy.bsky.social · 19h
Chicago Politicians SUCK
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Thomas @eattherich57.bsky.social · 19h
Know their names and faces.
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Bike Lane Uprising @bikelaneuprising.bsky.social · 20h
ANOTHER Chicago bicyclist *FATALITY* WHO: 33 yro male traveling on a bicycle West on Lake St WHEN: 6:06 am on Oct 4th WHERE: 200 block of N Lake St HOW: he was struck at the intersection by a driver of a black 2 door sedan traveling South on Homan
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Balu Puppy @balupuppy.bsky.social · 19h
Photo of Natalie harp running after Trump, who is in a golf cart out of the picture, on golf course path .
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Balu Puppy @balupuppy.bsky.social · 20h
🤬🤬🤬🤬 💔💔💔💔 abc7chicago.com/post/bicycli...
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Balu Puppy @balupuppy.bsky.social · 20h
Whereas in Chicago cdot designs car brained streets, even when “improving” for shit like this “advisory” @granvillebikelane.bsky.social Whoever approved advisory lanes on Granville is a fukwit. www.bostonglobe.com/2026/10/04/m...
bostonglobe.com
Somerville is intentionally making roads harder to drive on. It’s getting results. - The Boston Globe
To make roads safer, the city says, sometimes you have to put some obstacles in drivers' way.
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Balu Puppy @balupuppy.bsky.social · 21h
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Ah Smoke
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Jacob T. Levy @jacobtlevy.bsky.social · 22h
www.nytimes.com/2026/10/03/n...
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How Cornell Punished Each of the 7 Men Accused of Sexual Assault (Gift Article)
Summaries obtained by The New York Times offer a detailed look at the discipline meted out to the men accused of sexually assaulting a fellow student at Cornell University.
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Balu Puppy @balupuppy.bsky.social · 23h
I agree with you, Elvis. www.theguardian.com/music/2026/o...
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‘I can’t listen to Pink Floyd - I find their music dreary’: Elvis Costello’s honest playlist
The singer-songwriter owes a lot to Georgie Fame and likes the romantic side of Jimi Hendrix – but which ringtone song can put him in a bad mood?
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Balu Puppy @balupuppy.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Surprised this was blocked. 🥴
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Balu Puppy @balupuppy.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Presidential
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Le Monde in English @english.lemonde.fr · 03/10/2026
Israel targets top Hamas leader in deadly Gaza strike, killing five
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Israel targets top Hamas leader in deadly Gaza strike, killing five
On Saturday, the Israeli military attempted to kill Ali al-Amoudi in a pre-dawn strike on an apartment building. The airstrike killed five people, four of them women; Israel is reviewing whether al-Amoudi was among the dead.
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Balu Puppy @balupuppy.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
🤔 www.merriam-webster.com/grammar/is-i...
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Is 'irregardless' a real word?
LOL, the look on your face right now.
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Sam @samd.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
what the fuck is wrong with the teamsters man Roger Marshall is a ghoul who sued his own patients and threw them in prison!
Kansas Teamsters Back Pro-Labor Candidate for U.S. Senate
Press Contact: Kara Deniz Phone: (202) 497-6610 (Topeka, Kan.) - Today, Teamsters Local 696 endorsed Senator Roger Marshall (R-KS) for re-election to the U.S. Senate.
"Sen. Marshall has proven time and time again that he is a friend of labor," said Teamsters General President Sean M.
O'Brien. "As a member of the U.S. Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions, Sen. Marshall has been eager to partner with us on legislation that protects workers, even when it requires breaking rank with his own party. We look forward to continuing to work together with Sen. Marshall to fight for the rights of hardworking Americans."
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Balu Puppy @balupuppy.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Dear @ilsecofstate.bsky.social
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Carrie Tait @carrietait.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Howdy! Alberta separatists + American Republicans. Read all about it. --> www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic... By Nathan VanderKlippe, Grant Robertson, and friend.
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The elephant in the room
Alberta separatists have gone to D.C. offering fresh water and oil in exchange for American support – and Republican operatives have provided tactical assistance inside the province
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Stephen Wolf @stephenwolf.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
1) Alito revealing this now is an attempt to rally Republicans in Trump states where Dems lead for Senate. 2) He’s the most partisan R on the court—highly likely he steps down in the lame duck if Dems take the Senate. 3) Doing number 2) makes court expansion even more likely if Dems win in 2028
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Abundant Housing Illinois @abundanthousingil.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
'The Home Illinois Plan also found that rents increased by 27%, while home prices rose by 54%, between 2019 and 2024. "The BUILD plan brings Illinois closer to addressing one of the key issues affecting homelessness," Illinois Chief Homelessness Officer Christine Haley wrote.'
capitolnewsillinois.com
Five years in: What the ‘Home Illinois’ plan reveals about the state of homelessness
Illinois homelessness fell 6%, but chronic homelessness rose as the state faces a growing affordable housing shortage.
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Alex @purplechrain.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
If a neighbouring country is sending political operatives from the ruling party into Canada to advise and assist separatists on how to promote and campaign for secession from Canada and providing them with technological and logistical support for their campaign, that country is no longer an ally.
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Will Stancil @whstancil.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Again, you can always detect some faint embarrassment from Democrats when they talk about the ballroom, but “the president demolished a big part of the White House to build himself a palace with bribes from enemy powers” is, by an order of magnitude, the worst corruption scandal in US history
esquire.com
A Wealthy Russian Businessman Is Helping Fund Trump’s Stupid Ballroom. Nothing Sketchy About That, Right?
Surely, our president will face consequences for this insanity.
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Adrienne LaFrance @adriennelaf.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
New just now in The Atlantic: David Robinson resigned this week. He was among the longest-tenured employees at OpenAI—and oversaw safety reports on 12 frontier launches. He is very worried: “The time for trial and error is over.” You can read his essay here: www.theatlantic.com/technology/2...
theatlantic.com
I Quit OpenAI Because Its Culture Is Broken
The industry’s approach to safety guarantees more failures.
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Balu Puppy @balupuppy.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Dear Chicago politicians and CDOT:
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Balu Puppy @balupuppy.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
FYI.
AN EXCITING NEW FRIENDSHIP WILL GET YOU OUT OF YOUR RUT.
PANDA EXPRESS
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Balu Puppy @balupuppy.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Hope he is ok. Biked in the vicinity. Tons of cops and the chopper in west ridge. Cpd and ambulance in virginoa/east side of legion park. abc7chicago.com/post/chicago...
abc7chicago.com
14-year-old boy shot, critically injured on North Side, Chicago police say
A 14-year-old boy was shot and critically injured on the city's North Side, Chicago police said.
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Balu Puppy @balupuppy.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Obvs he didn’t bring iced coffee to the flydubai job interview 🥴 www.wsj.com/world/middle...
wsj.com
Exclusive | FlyDubai Attacker Had Been Banned From Flying by Oman for Radical Views
The U.A.E. airline later hired the co-pilot who stabbed the captain of Flight 1073 and nearly crashed the plane.
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Balu Puppy @balupuppy.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Whoa, her post at Neo Nazi site is so fuqen weird. 🤢 pagesix.com/2026/10/02/c...
pagesix.com
Elon Musk abruptly dumps mother of 4 of his kids with ‘no warning’ — days after saying ‘love you’
Neuralink executive Shivon Zilis took to X Friday to confirm her split from the multibillionaire.
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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Takeaways from this piece (gift link): 1. The ads are clearly related to midterm politics 2. They are meant to assuage Trump's ego 3. Money comes from OBBBA DHS slush fund www.nytimes.com/2026/10/02/u...
nytimes.com
Trump Directed Use of Taxpayer Money for Ads Praising His Presidency (Gift Article)
The government-funded ads show just how much President Trump has been able to use federal money for his own aims.
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Tim Marchman @timmarchman.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
NEW: Partially unsealed court filings show that ICE has been putting photos of people observing their activities into a Palantir-built database as well as tracking and intimidating them. @regret.bsky.social and @dmehro.bsky.social have the details:
wired.com
ICE Has Been Dumping Protester Photos Into a Palantir Database
DHS agents not only tracked and intimidated people observing ICE activity in Maine, but stored information about them in a Palantir-built database, newly unsealed court filings say.
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Balu Puppy @balupuppy.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Instagram post by @andrefor40th.bsky.social www.instagram.com/reel/DeAFD3S...
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Andre for Chicago, Political Account on Instagram: "Nhu Lan finally reopened!!! Come check out their delicious Vietnamese cuisine. . . . #chicago #chicagofoodscene #foodie #chicagofood"
51 likes, 4 comments - andreforchicago on October 2, 2026: "Nhu Lan finally reopened!!! Come check out their delicious Vietnamese cuisine. . . . #chicago #chicagofoodscene #foodie #chicagofood".
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Inside Higher Ed @insidehighered.com · 02/10/2026
Hegseth: Hillsdale, Liberty, LSU, Miss. State, Tuskegee Will Develop Cadet Corps The defense secretary criticized Ivy League and liberal arts institutions as “anti-American, DEI-worshipping woke factories” while announcing partnerships with five universities. bit.ly/4yvn9i3
Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth, a white man with an exaggerated widow's peak in his black and gray hair, wearing a blue suit and a Band-Aid on his neck.
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Asheesh Kapur Siddique @asheeshks.org · 02/10/2026
When you compare how much right-wing funding is going into their version of the humanities in higher ed ("civil discourse," "civic thought," "intellectual freedom") vs how little public or private funding there is for peer-reviewed humanities scholarship & teaching, it really makes you think.
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Christopher Mathias @letsgomathias.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
New: Chris Rufo & his co-host devoted a podcast to "The Indian Question," framing Desi people as a problem to be solved. Their "solution?" Mass expulsion. For those allowed to remain: an “assimilation hazing process” w/ instances of “vulgar, defamatory racism" talkingpointsmemo.com/news/chris-r...
talkingpointsmemo.com
Chris Rufo — Known For ‘DEI’ and ‘CRT’ Panics — Tries to Make ‘the Indian Question’ a Thing
To the degree that a “respectable” or “moderate” right exists today in...
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Balu Puppy @balupuppy.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
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Happy October with Snoopy and Woodstock
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Balu Puppy @balupuppy.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Truth. Im buying shit all the time.
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Michael Scott Declares Bankruptcy
Alt: Michael Scott Declares Bankruptcy
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Balu Puppy @balupuppy.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
I’m five mins in. Watching this version from Dec 2025, includes Q and a at the end. Depressing AF. Back to the film. 🎥 🍿
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
🚨BREAKING: Georgia’s Republican-controlled election board invited the Department of Justice (DOJ) Thursday to declare the state’s voting system unlawful before the upcoming midterm elections. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
democracydocket.com
GOP-controlled Georgia election board asks DOJ to declare state’s voting machines illegal
The request represents a major assault on the state's voting system by unelected state officials.
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Balu Puppy @balupuppy.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
🤔
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