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Barbara who knows stuff @barbson.bsky.social · 4h

And reporting at tax time, I read, is a real boondoggle.

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Khashoggi's Ghost @urocklive1.bsky.social · 13h

Of course the Trump Savings Accounts for kids turns out to be scam. In effect, "our president is helping rich donors offload overvalued stocks onto children, who are forced to hold the stocks for five years whether they want to or not." www.rawstory.com/trump-accoun...

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Trump rigs kids’ piggy banks so billionaires can dump falling stock on them: analyst

A quiet change to President Donald Trump's namesake savings program for children amounts to a gift for billionaires, according to an economic analyst.In an article for The Bulwark on Thursday, economi...

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Jay Willis @jaywillis.net · 17h

Kind of a buried lede in the results of this Supreme Court approval rating poll from Marquette: Overall support for Supreme Court expansion, which even Democratic politicians were dismissing as "radical" just a few years ago, is now at 53 percent today.marquette.edu/2026/09/marq...

Proposal Favor or oppose
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Enforce strict ethics code for justices 89 10
Limited terms for justices 79 21
Increase number of justices 53 47
Marquette Law School Poll, national survey: Sept. 2-9, 2026

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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

👀 MUST WATCH: This video is so well done — and absolutely hilarious! 🤣🤣

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Barbara who knows stuff @barbson.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Thanks for list of sites with bird photo winners. Amazing

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Bob Bell 🇨🇦 @thebirderbob.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Last week I posted a Golden-crowned Kinglet. There are lots of Ruby-crowned Kinglets here as well. I managed to get this photo a few days ago. #birds #birding #Ancaster #HamOnt

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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 06/10/2026

NEWS: New York City just recorded the fewest shootings, shooting victims, and murders in recorded history through the first nine months of the year. Major crime is down 6.6% citywide, the largest year-to-date drop in 17 years, with declines in all five boroughs. 1/

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Menestune @menestune.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

There are at least 75 elk in this clip (I counted) and a great bugling can be heard at the end. #elk #deer #pnw #nature #Seattle #love #nokings #mammals #asmr #goodmorning

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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Good news from the Badlands! Today, October 6, Thunder Valley Community Development Corporation, a Lakota nonprofit based on the Pine Ridge Reservation, plans to return 50 bison to nearly 40,000 acres in the Stronghold area of Badlands National Park.

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Lakota nonprofit returning bison to 40,000 acres in Badlands National Park to restore native prairie

Thunder Valley CDC will release 50 bison across 40,000 acres in Badlands National Park on Oct. 6, restoring native prairie ecology and Lakota stewardship.

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Tim White @twmcltd.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Good morning (or evening if you're in the Americas, or afternoon for those in Oceania) I remember when pulling an all-nighter involved alcohol and music. Now it's coffee and reporting the ongoing Russian missile attack. It's🧵& Day 1687 If you want to help me: ko-fi.com/twmcltd

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KOJAMF🤘🖤🤘 @kojamf.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Jane Tang Grossman Juno Beach. Fl. "Happy Wednesday to you!" 10.7.26

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Worn On This Day @wornonthisday.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Parachute silk gown worn #onthisday in 1945 by Gena Goldfinger at her #wedding to British Army Sgt. Norman Turgel in Lubeck, Germany. They had met in April when his unit liberated her from Bergen-Belsen concentration camp; he arrested the camp's commandant, Josef Kramer. #OTD 📷️ Imperial War Museums

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Igor Sushko @igorsushko.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

🚨 South Korea has shipped 176,000 tons of fuel to Russia, mostly diesel, using sanctioned Russian shadow fleet tankers in July and August 2026. This is why the South Korean government created a fake scandal attacking Zelensky over North Korean POWs. www.theguardian.com/world/2026/o...

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Fuel from South Korea being shipped to Russia as Ukraine war grinds on

Exclusive: Guardian analysis finds more than 150,000 tonnes of fuel was shipped to Russian ports in July and August, some using sanctioned tankers

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Igor Sushko @igorsushko.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Europe is corrupt, stupid, and incompetent. Over the decades, Russia has successfully recruited heads of state, heads of spy agencies, and entire political parties. And this is still the case today, 12 years after the 2014 Crimea invasion and 4.5 years after 2022. theins.press/en/news/297947

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Former German intelligence head arrested on suspicion of espionage had traveled to Russia at least seven times

Germany’s Federal Prosecutor’s Office has reported the arrest of August Hanning, the former president of the country’s Federal Intelligence Service (BND), on…

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JBGarrity Photography @joegarrity.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

I took this photo of a Nymphaea 'Pink Pearl' waterlily at a Buddhist monastery in Hualien, Taiwan. It's near my house. 😍 #naturephotography #nature #flowers #waterlily #lotus #floralphotography #eastcoastkin #photography

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Pete Buttigieg @petebuttigieg.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Democrats have to explain what we're trying to build, not just what we're trying to block.

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The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 06/10/2026

The role of leaves is critical to our everyday lives, but it’s also worth admiring the special day-to-day actions that allow them to flourish on our planet. Explore a leaf’s magical transformations across seasons: wapo.st/4hKbrss

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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 05/10/2026

Holy shit.

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Massimo (mirror) @rainmaker1973-m.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

The Great Gray Owl uses its exceptional hearing to hunt voles beneath the snow. Original post

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KOJAMF🤘🖤🤘 @kojamf.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

j.lulu_photography ..Lulu🦋 📍Anna Maria Island, FL Sunset, Gulf of Mexico

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Luca @lucagalletti.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Spire Cove, Kenai Fjords National Park, Alaska IG: @wilderness_addict www.instagram.com/wilderness_a...

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M Meerkat @kackbro.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Well Said,Pope Leo.......

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Barbara who knows stuff @barbson.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

I didn’t notice the Limericks. Extremely pleased you mentioned it. Rereading all of them. Yes!

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Jeff Roush @jeffroushwriting.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

This behavior’s not really a shock For a guy who invades based on Grok. Respects nothing but yes, With wish and a guess; Law and order’s now late in the clock. gizmodo.com/trump-asked-...

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Trump Asked Grok About Potential Blowback Before Kidnapping Venezuela's President: Report

It's horrifying to imagine Trump asking AI for advice.

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Jeff Roush @jeffroushwriting.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Tonight’s #FridayLimericks look at Trump’s ongoing war against investigating crime. When a criminal President reigns With a grudge and dementia-fried brains, To investigate crime Makes you liberal slime— And a threat to his ill-gotten gains.

Chart showing dramatic recent leap in Trump’s net worth.

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MAKS 26 👀🇺🇦 @maks23.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

💔🇺🇦 3 dead and 39 injured as a result of Russian airstrikes on Kharkiv.

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Republicans Against Trumpism @rpsagainsttrump.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Whistleblower who exposed Secretary Howard Lutnick’s ties to Jeffrey Epstein found dead—The Banker www.thebanker.com/content/0228...

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Whistleblower who flagged Lutnick’s links to Epstein dies

The former British banker who spent more than 35 years working in financial markets has died by suicide

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Barbara who knows stuff @barbson.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Watched your conversation with Anthony Scaramucci last night. That was so interesting. I plan to watch more.

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Being Liberal ®🗽🏳️‍🌈 @beingliberal.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Yep. Money is the name of the game.

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Joni Askola @joniaskola.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Moving some manufacturing lines for Ukrainian weapons to Europe protects factories from Kremlin strikes while delivering massive industrial scale. European partners must invest heavily to outproduce Russian war capacity immediately

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PortiaMcGonagal @portiamcgonagal.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

#ETTD "Tour guides and photographers in Washington say business has cratered this year, with some blaming closed landmarks, construction fencing and an all-consuming anger at a "toxic" President Donald Trump for keeping visitors away from the nation's capital" www.rawstory.com/trump-tanks-...

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DC tourism in the toilet due to Trump anger: 'People just aren’t coming'

Tour guides and photographers in Washington say business has cratered this year, with some blaming closed landmarks, construction fencing and an all-consuming anger at a "toxic" President Donald Trump...

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Barbara who knows stuff @barbson.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Read a story to my kids about Grandpa Bunny making all the beautiful colors. Grandpa Bunny had passed away and the grandbunnies were told this to help ease their loss.

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Scarlett @wirewrapandweaveit.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Posting for #BirdOfTheDay #BadWeather House finches in an ice storm.

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Inside Ukraine 🇺🇦 @insideukraine.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

⚡ German Chancellor Friedrich Merz has arrived in Kyiv on an unannounced visit. "Today I came to Kyiv because, in the coming weeks, Ukraine needs our support. If we don't stop Russia, its military machine will eventually turn against us.

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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

De Niro: When that coward, that fucking piece of shit Donald Trump tries to take our voice and power away. What do we tell him? Your fucking hands off our vote

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Inside Ukraine 🇺🇦 @insideukraine.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

❗️ Russians struck the Zarychansky district of Sumy with 5 KABs (guided aerial bombs) this morning. The attack damaged multi-story residential buildings and cars.

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Mark Smith @marksmithphoto.bsky.social · 08/05/2026

These images are a sneak peek at what’s inside. The stories that accompany them are going to make you smile, laugh, cry and rethink how you see these creatures. Pre-order at www.thespiritofbirds.com October 20th. Mark

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Barbara who knows stuff @barbson.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Vanessa Redgrave was way ahead of Sarandon. Redgrave was arrested along with Winston Churchill’s granddaughter! Years ago.

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Barbara who knows stuff @barbson.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

You should have been scared back in 2016. But I grew tired of you before 2016. Disappointed you showed up in the perfect TV show Rescue Me. And you showed your true colors via your 'character'

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Barbara who knows stuff @barbson.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

I was so disappointed by that movie…it did, though, introduce us to a future great story teller…Brad Pitt.

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NOELREPORTS @noelreports.com · 04/10/2026

Ukraine’s Unmanned Systems Forces say Operation “Crimean Switch Off” has struck 456 energy nodes in Russian-occupied territories and Russia since July 6. Over the past 10 days alone, its units targeted 44 energy facilities, including 17 in occupied Crimea. #Ukraine

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Tom Haynes @tomhaynes1.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

When they tell you who they are and what they've done, believe them. They won't hesitate to do it again in the midterms and they're setting that up right now, believe me.

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3saPhotography 💜COLS26💜AUSTIN26💜DC27💜NASH27💜NOVI27💜PITT27 @3saphotography.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

12 Days until Columbus Convention Jensen Ackles Nashville 2025 #SPNFamily #jensenackles

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Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

You can’t drive to John Roberts’ Maine retreat, but they can’t stop protesting kayakers. Holding signs: “Roberts Benched the Constitution,” a local columnist is urging residents to openly shun him, writing, “May you never feel welcome here again.” Gift link. 👇 www.nytimes.com/2026/10/01/u...

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OSINTRadar @osintradar.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

🇦🇪✈️ Dubai’s Crown Prince, Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashid,visited the Indian FlyDubai pilot in hospital after he was injured while attempting to stop an alleged terrorist attack He hugged the captain and praised his bravery: “We are proud that you are part of the history of our team and our nation.”

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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Spot on! 🎯

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