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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Americans are relearning the lesson we learned during the Gilded Age of the late 1890s, when robber barons ran the government and the economy for their own benefit: Oligarchy is incompatible with the common good. I'm hopeful we'll respond with a new progressive movement.

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Dustin A. Chacón @lingdustin.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

I've heard people make claims that AI would lead to a new Renaissance, but I didn't imagine it'd happen like this:

Screenshot of a Tweet from Pope Leo XIV. It reads:

"In this era of artificial intelligence, it is becoming urgen to distinguish human art from what machines produce. There is an ontological difference, even before an aesthetic one, between art and what a machine can generate through statistical calculation based on millions of images created by others. Algorithms lack the spark of humanity. For this reason, the Church wishes to renew an alliance with artists and cultural institutions to safeguard our humanity."

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Johnathan Perkins @johnathanperk.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Trans people aren’t dangerous. Frat boys are dangerous.

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Amy Gann @amygann.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

A great egret fishing in the marsh during a mist filled morning in the marsh. For the #birdoftheday theme of #bestofthemonth #birds #egret #heron #protectnature #EastCoastKin

A great egret stands on some vegetation in the marsh. Its reflection is clear in the water and the golden light of sunrise is hitting the bird

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Brian at Hickory Nut Gap @bchunter.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Man, the Braves Country feed is full of haters today. Sheesh. Go Braves! Go Austin!

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Brian at Hickory Nut Gap @bchunter.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

A solid, focused interview with one of the premier defenders of liberal democracy.

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

On this day in 1994, the Clinton administration's heathcare reform plan was declared "dead" by Congress. Over 30 years later, the US is still the only industrialized country without universal healthcare. This should be a national outrage.

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Brian at Hickory Nut Gap @bchunter.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

This is the most important and truthful perspective on this merger, and we are not hearing it from the mainstream legacy media.

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M Meerkat @kackbro.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

THIS 👇 HERE.......

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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

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Brian at Hickory Nut Gap @bchunter.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

#Braves manager Walt Weiss after today's win v Rays: "Starting pitching is the most valuable commodity in the game. It was 100 years ago, and it will be 100 years from now." Braves starter Martin Perez: 7 IP, 4 H, 0 ER.

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Brian at Hickory Nut Gap @bchunter.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

“It is an insult to Icelanders, Canadians, Greenlanders,” Prime Minister Kristrun Frostadottir of Iceland. “There is nothing funny or normal about making fun of the sovereignty of states." Americans should be disgusted and embarrassed at how its leaders are treating neighbors, friends and allies.

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Iceland Summons U.S. Ambassador Over Provocative Trump Map (Gift Article)

After voting against talks to join the European Union, Iceland is reacting forcefully to a slight against its sovereignty.

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James Talarico @jamestalarico.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

I wish our government would go after pedophiles like they go after brown men headed to work at 7 am. I wish they would close billionaire tax loopholes like they close our public schools. I wish they would fund healthcare like they fund forever wars in the Middle East.

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

Remember: The GOP’s nonsensical culture wars are meant to distract you from corporate corruption and plunder. [Cartoon by Jace Avery]

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Brian at Hickory Nut Gap @bchunter.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

9.0 IP, 5 H, 0 ER, 11 K, 0 BB. CMFS. Series sweep. #Braves Holy shit, let the playoffs begin!

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Brian at Hickory Nut Gap @bchunter.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

Yes, there are still normal, sane and lovely people in the US Senate!

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Brian at Hickory Nut Gap @bchunter.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

It's been a rainy two months in the southern Appalachians. But we finally got a break. So we floated the Nolichucky River in east Tennessee on Monday, and enjoyed blue skies and clear water! #Smallmouth anglers - where would you cast among all these great spots? #flyfishing

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Brian at Hickory Nut Gap @bchunter.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Monday float on the Nolichucky River, east Tennessee. #flyfishing

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Brian at Hickory Nut Gap @bchunter.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

"Service before politics. Country before self." Thank you @juliacurlee.bsky.social!

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Brian at Hickory Nut Gap @bchunter.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

Alright all you #BuggyAF children...dragonfly or mayfly or damselfly? What's the tipoff? #flyfishing #AVL Original artwork: crookedcreekholler.com

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Brian at Hickory Nut Gap @bchunter.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

Today, UNC head basketball coach Michael Malone made his first public comments since his introductory press conference on April 7. Can't wait for the season to start in November! GoHeels!

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Michael Malone details his plan to make UNC fanbase PROUD

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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

I am almost without words for what has become of this once proud newspaper. I will only say this: Support independent media. Subscribe to Democracy Docket. demdock.com/4w6emld

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Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

Vote like your life depends on it, or the life of a friend, relative, or neighbor. Because it does. We’re the decoys now.

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Brian at Hickory Nut Gap @bchunter.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

"The construction has outraged many people across Texas for its speed, as well as its seeming disregard for a prized piece of untrammeled wilderness...carving a path with bulldozers and excavators." 🌏 #rivers #conservation #thisplacematters

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Border Construction in Big Bend Is Halted After Drawing Criticism (Gift Article)

The Trump administration has been carving a path through some of the beloved national park’s major natural attractions.

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Brian at Hickory Nut Gap @bchunter.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

"We have to live with our environment, not abuse it." -Lefty Kreh 🌏 #flyfishing #rivers

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Matriarchy Now @matriarchy.now · 11/08/2026

If we haven't been reminding you enough, vote because your life depends upon it.

Women entering a voting booth with white hoods and red robes. Exiting the voting booth wearing whatever clothes they choose.

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Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus @drtedros.who.int · 12/08/2026

Every parent wants to keep their children safe, and vaccines are among the most powerful tools for doing that, making deadly diseases preventable.

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Brian at Hickory Nut Gap @bchunter.bsky.social · 09/08/2026

"As long as you know you can make a comfortable cast and put it in front, doesn't matter what the distance is, that's fine. But if you might be short, don't cast."-Capt. Juan Rossouw Must-see film for lovers of remote saltwater fly fishing. Note-Outdoor Channel sub. required. 🧵

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Fly-Fisherman Presents: The Shoals - Outdoor Channel

Get up close and personal with the sharks and giant trevallies of St. Brandon Atoll . . . a wild and undeveloped saltwater paradise that is dangerously remote.

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Brian at Hickory Nut Gap @bchunter.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

Tillis is supposed to represent me. But he's just one of them. #NC

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 02/08/2026

"Call it democracy, or call it democratic socialism, but there must be a better distribution of wealth within this country for all God's children." —Martin Luther King, Jr.

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Brian at Hickory Nut Gap @bchunter.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

My Braves all-stars from last night: - Bryce Elder, SP, 6.0 IP, 1 ER, 4 H - Elieser Hernandez, RP, 3.0 IP, 1 ER - Michael Harris II, CF, 1 HR, 3 RBI, stellar defense as usual - Jim Jarvis, SS, 3 H, 2 RBI, stellar defense all night #MLB #BravesCountry

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MLB Saves and Holds @pitcherlistsaves.pitcherlist.com · 30/07/2026

Didier Fuentes - Atlanta Braves: Hold 🤝 (11) 1.0 IP | 3 K | Final: ATL 1, NYM 0

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Brian at Hickory Nut Gap @bchunter.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

Most fun part of that #Braves win was hearing Braves TV announcer Jeff Francoeur light up Padres mgr Craig Stammen for taking out lefty pitcher Hart and replacing him with righty Canning to face leadoff lefty Michael Harris II to start the 2nd, who then promptly hit a solo HR. Really, Craig? 1/2

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

"Every gun that is made, every warship launched, every rocket fired signifies, in the final sense, a theft from those who hunger and are not fed, those who are cold and are not clothed." -Dwight D. Eisenhower, 1953

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Brian at Hickory Nut Gap @bchunter.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

Not a fan of this guy, but he’s right. Doesn’t take any high-level insight to see it.

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

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The Lincoln Project @lincolnproject.us · 17/07/2026

This is election interference.

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Philip Bump @pbump.com · 17/07/2026

Escorting the nine-year-old to a friend’s birthday pool party, I told him I wasn’t going to swim in part because I’m dressed for work. He told me I could just jump in like Mamdani did. This is what socialism does to our children.

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Brian at Hickory Nut Gap @bchunter.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

"...first player in WNBA history to record at least 40 points and 10 assists in a game. She completed the feat in just 29 minutes." "Holy shit!", blurts Fever coach Stephanie White, when handed the stats in post-game presser. Y'all need to watch the elite play going on in this league.

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Fever’s Caitlin Clark goes for 45, breaks franchise scoring record in comeback win over Storm (Gift Article)

The Indiana star scored 16 of her 45 points in the fourth quarter in a narrow victory.

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Brian at Hickory Nut Gap @bchunter.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

‪Yes! as @seanpmackinnon.bsky.social‬ put it: "...good essay...helped me better understand my own feelings on nostalgia and skilled work. This quote from 1877 really good: "Like all fruitful growth, it grew into decay; like all decay of what was once fruitful, it will grow into something new."

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Brian at Hickory Nut Gap @bchunter.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

"Love has never been a popular movement. The world is held together by the love and the passion of a very few people." James Baldwin daily

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