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Saeed Jones @theferocity.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

This will be a thread of essays I recommend to students in my creative nonfiction workshop:

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A secret third thing @secretthirdthing.bsky.social · 11h

The pope going off on AI has got to be a big moment for Dune fans

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The Fig Economy @figgityfigs.bsky.social · 15h

Sometimes my wife and I like to send each other text messages as though they’re democratic fundraising messages, and I believe she has produced the jewel of the form.

, it's
and I
have some personal news to share with you.
Being a mom is one of the greatest joys of my life, and I feel deeply that we should have salad tonight
This year has been challenging in many ways, and I have immense gratitude for the kindness and support of family, community, and people like you who have continued to stand by me through everything. It means the world, and I wanted you to be among the first to know that squash is in the oven and kale is in the fridge.

As many of you are aware, ve been navigating one of the most challenging periods of my day while waiting for dinner.
Facing baseless federal hunger brought on by not eating since lunch, fighting for the working kids of this country, and now caring for a mean toddler and helping him grow up in a world that isn't always easy. But it has also reminded me exactly why I do this work and who I do it for.
I will never stop working to eat dinner. I will never stop fighting for what is right, even when there is also some feta in the fridge. And I will never stop being so very thankful that you are by my side in this important work and that there is tahini in the pantry for dressing
With love and gratitude,
stop to end

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The Onion @theonion.com · 21h

DNC Releases Preemptive Autopsy Into Why They Lost Midterms theonion.com/dnc-releases-preemptiv…

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Ducking Grey Duck @duckinggreyduck.bsky.social · 14h

Local politics debrief: A flock representative was supposed to come to the Richfield human rights commission meeting tonight to participate in a q&a panel. They backed out at the last minute because it was announced that citizens were planning to Livestream the meeting.

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 15h

who knows if jackson can win this thing but i am glad that he is making clear that susan collins's whole scam is to do everything she can to make life worse for mainers and then take credit for mitigating it in the slightest way possible

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Matt Binder @mattbinder.bsky.social · 17h

the tech industry is about to invent books

Andrew Yeung
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We created gyms because modern day work no
longer required physical activity. Without exercise,
our muscles atrophy.
I predict we'll need gyms for our brains too, once Al
starts doing our knowledge work.
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Coach Finstock @coachfinstock.bsky.social · 20h

Nothing to worry about all good

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Pwnallthethings @pwnallthethings.bsky.social · 22h

Founders, repeatedly: so just to reiterate, and I cannot stress this enough, the president is absolutely not a king and can be removed, charged, or even executed if they start to do king things (250 years later) Alito: getting a lot of king vibes from this document

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 18h

interesting that conservatives were militantly “we must reward hustle” when the target was affirmative action at elite universities and now, when faced with the success of south asians and other groups, it is “i think we are too meritocratic”

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Bookshop.org @bookshop.org · 06/10/2026

Anti-Prime Day starts…NOW! 🥳 Today through midnight on 10/7, enjoy free shipping site-wide, all while supporting local, independent bookstores.

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WRMS Traffic & Weather Reporter on the 2’s @carnegro.blacksky.app · 06/10/2026

Chat BBD…. Can I trust a big butt and a smile?

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Formerly Libraryben on Twitter @bbtwlvloonspr.bsky.social · 22h

This time the right will vote with us and not those filthy leftists that don’t like genocide and want to, ew, house the homeless and provide everyone healthcare and shit.

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Lucy Pulls Football from Charlie Brown

ALT: Lucy Pulls Football from Charlie Brown

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Velour Shirt @object.works · 23h

This is just to say...

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Formerly Libraryben on Twitter @bbtwlvloonspr.bsky.social · 23h

Wait. People thought he would have voted for Harris? Do you, like, know who Tim Morello is? WTF? Did you think he was F’ ing Ezra Klein with a cool guitar?!?!? Get a grip.

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jan rabari @bushyt0p.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

jan hooks and phil hartman as jim and tammy faye bakker

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Minnesota Reformer @minnesotareformer.com · 05/10/2026

The federal government has walked back Section 504, a federal disability law, after some states sued. Section 504 mandated that states prioritize in-community care for people with disabilities over institutionalization. This suit Initially began as an effort to ban protections for trans people.

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After states sue, Trump administration walks away from disability rights enforcement • Minnesota Reformer

A court battle that began when conservative-led states sued to block protections for transgender people has ended in a rollback of protections for people with disabilities — a result disability advoca...

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Better Things Are Possible @internethippo.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

When the bad man finally drops dead we can all move on. We'll still be sharing a country with countless people who gleefully aided and abetted his crimes but they probably won't do it again

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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 05/10/2026

Cis guy walks into a women's locker room and immediately proceeds to sexually assault women. JK Rowling: this is trans people's fault.

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Erin Okuno @thiserin.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

"Librarians are defenders of democracy. We’re defenders of the freedom to read. We’re protectors of patron privacy. Libraries are one of the few places in this surveillance economy that are not trying to collect and sell your data." www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

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Forget the Shushing. Librarians Have a Whole Lot to Say. (Gift Article)

We asked dozens of them about America’s libraries — what they provide, what they need to survive. Here’s what they told us.

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Liberal Currents @liberalcurrents.com · 05/10/2026

“The painful reality is that any semblance of a responsible GOP is dead and buried, and Democrats cannot succeed if they focus on rehabilitating this cadaver. MAGA, or some form of nationalist-populist politics, is driven by deep structural forces, and so MAGA is going to define the GOP for decades”

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You Can't Build a Better Politics on Bad History

Sarah Longwell's "How to Eat an Elephant" offers useful advice for Democratic politics. Yet it is also based on a false history of the GOP.

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Salty @dfedmpls.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

This is white supremacist fascism. This is ethnic cleansing.

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Covie @covie93.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

The man who took out full page ads demanding the death penalty for five Black and Latino teenagers falsely accused of rape is out here worried that the seven majority white Cornell frat boys accused of rape "won't get a fair shake".

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Jake (Real) @jakemhs.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

THE LORD OF THE RINGS (1954)

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votenanocratic @votenanocratic.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

The meme where 2 people are sitting on opposite sides of a bus. The sad one looking at the cliff wall has text that reads "Loving people who hate their current government." The happy one looking at a sunny landscape has text that reads "Hateful bigots who will burn in hell."

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Michael Tracey wants it to be known that he was *not* trying to "doxx" the victim of a horrible gang rape, he was merely trying to expose her identity and reveal it to their entire world. They're very different things, you see.

Someone described as a "CNN Creator" put out this video claiming I called for the "doxxing" of Jane Doe, and now a nationwide movement has been sparked against me. I NEVER CALLED FOR "DOXXING." CNN APPARENTLY OPPOSES WHAT IS CALLED "REPORTING" ON CLAIMANTS IN CIVIL PROCEEDINGS

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ashley fairbanks @ziibiing.com · 02/10/2026

texans: you still have three days to register to vote

TPR
Trump tomato tariffs could spell the end of free chips, salsa at restaurants
By Andrew Schneider | Houston Public Media

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Keith Ellison, Minnesota Attorney General @keithellison.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

The choice is clear. I fight for Minnesota. Ron stands with Trump. I hold the powerful accountable. Ron makes an extra buck when you get squeezed. I'm the People's Lawyer. Ron wants to be Trump's lawyer. Vote today.

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Mina Kimes @minakimes.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

The problem isn’t that they’re moving past it—it’s that they’re trying to rehabilitate it. Would be better for everyone if people who don’t want to engage with the facts just talked about the play on the field and left it at that.

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ElieNYC @elienyc.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

In some ways, the biggest difference between me and a person who is "successfull in media" is this clip right here. Thompson is summoning every ounce of her strength to sit there and listen to sports praise of a sexual predator. I'd... lose my shit and get fired.

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Dr. Genevieve Guenther (she/they) @doctorvive.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

I was told by a Hill staffer that this Permitting Reform bill allows fossil fuel companies to enlarge (that is, expand) their natural gas pipelines without any environmental review so long as there's an existing pipeline in place. This is very bad.

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Hunter Dunn @hunterisntdunn.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Deshaun Watson reached confidential settlements with at least 26 women who credibly accused him of sexual violence. That’s more women than years I’ve been alive. Praising him like this for ‘overcoming challenges’ is genuinely insane, pro-rape culture behavior.

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Gwen C. Katz @gwenckatz.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Things Gavin Newsom has vetoed this week: -A ban on secretly recording people with smart glasses -A ban on ICE agents working for the state government -A ban on websites selling your data -A bill giving native tribes more say over water rights -A bill protecting transgender healthcare providers

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Elizabeth Picciuto @epicciuto.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

At no point while reading this sentence did I correctly predict what was coming next.

Twitter screenshot: New: Kyrsten Sinema's ex-boyfriend and former bodyguard said he threw her paintings into her swimming pool in part because he felt disillusioned by her relationship with a major
U.S. Artificial Intelligence software developer amid the war in Gaza

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Beth Hawkins @bethhawkins.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Today @nickdnperez.bsky.social & I FINALLY published an investigation we — and a host of supporting @the74.bsky.social players — have been working on for months. TLDR: We crunched the $$$ to show how a controversial autism therapy is enriching private equity at the expense of vulnerable kids. 1/

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Private Equity Is Cashing in on Autism Therapy. Children Are Paying the Price

Analysis of Medicaid data finds applied behavior analysis — an unproven, even dangerous therapy — turns huge profits for providers at kids' expense

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Rich Raho @richraho.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

The Keynote Speaker at the Annual National Catholic Prayer Breakfast in March, folks.

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z. @zanadu.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

No fucking words for this POS candidate.

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Patrick Chovanec @prchovanec.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

It’s hard to separate the legitimate technologies being developed by Anduril from the MAGA corruption party.

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Jeff McDonald @jmcdonaldsa.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

In a stance that puts him at odds with other notable NBA stars, Victor Wembanyama says he would never lend his name to FanDuel, Polymarket or any other sports betting site. “Honestly, I think it’s very sad to see some players promote it,” he said. www.expressnews.com/sports/spurs...

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Would Victor Wembanyama ever endorse FanDuel or Polymarket? Don't bet on it

In a stance that puts him at odds with other NBA stars, the Spurs' Victor Wembanyama says he would never lend his name to a sports betting site

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Chert @chert.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

please help… my son…

photo of a forklift w/ a pallet jack sitting on its forks like it was an adult carrying a child across its arms

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Malik @thediscostew.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

The civility industrial complex is a RW grift.

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amityf @amityf.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

So update: Medicare Advantage is privatized Medicare, basically. We need Medicare for All, yes. The fact that 200,000+ people are gonna start to get letters _this week_ telling them that their insurance is being terminated is pretty atrocious. The system is so fucked, any way you look at it.

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James Umbanhowar @jumbanho.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Pete Hegseth is actually the Secretary of Culture War.

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daviss @daviss.org · 01/10/2026

The family of Renee Good sues the ICE agent that shot her in the head before calling her a "fucking bitch" and then refusing to allow physicians to render aid.

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Sahan Journal @sahanjournal.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

A brief summary of the findings released last month said Her was “offensive” and “inappropriate” in the workplace, but did not commit sexual harassment.

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St. Paul releases investigative report into Mayor Kaohly Her

St. Paul released the full investigative report into Mayor Kaohly Her for alleged sexual harassment of police Chief Axel Henry.

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Salty @dfedmpls.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

FUCK OFF

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smdh @jorts.dad · 30/09/2026

Trump and Musk hollowed out the organizations responsible for protecting our data and detecting and responding to these sorts of breaches and attacks. They are directly responsible.

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