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living in a Time of Lies. Twin Cities senior, after years on the East Coast.

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billkittle.bsky.social @billkittle.bsky.social · 23h
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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 2h
MIT Media Lab’s Kevin Esvalt: “Russia's five-hospital quarantine, FSB involvement, and…hazmat use in response to the death of a single researcher at a weapons-lineage Irkutsk lab are inconsistent with a lab-acquired plague infection, which would have been treated with prophylactic antibiotics.
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Oliver @oliver48.bsky.social · 2h
via Meg Graham
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sending good wishes for you, for her, for everyone in her circle of care
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America Is Divided @petrep.bsky.social · 23h
OH BOY! Pentagon launches Office of Religious Affairs, will report directly to Hegseth. www.navytimes.com/news/pentago...
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Pentagon launches Office of Religious Affairs, will report directly to Hegseth
The Pentagon intends to address what Hegseth calls a loss of religious community within the military after an era of “political correctness.”
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conifergirl.bsky.social @conifergirl.bsky.social · 2h
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conifergirl.bsky.social @conifergirl.bsky.social · 2h
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Steve Marmel @marmel.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Or as they say in Russia “Fell out of a window and/or was hit by a random air conditioner.”
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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 17h
ICE is now separating children from their parents in the nation’s interior and deeming them “unaccompanied.” www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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“You kidnapped my son”
ICE is now separating children from their parents and deeming them “unaccompanied.”
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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 18h
This is a really good piece by @natashakorecki.bsky.social at NBC News: "Many Latinos were better versed in the details of Salgado Araujo’s shooting death than in the names and backgrounds of those running for some of the highest-profile offices in their state..." www.nbcnews.com/politics/202...
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How the shooting death of a Houston father is igniting Latino politics in Texas
Lorenzo Salgado Araujo was shot and killed on his way to work by ICE agents, who said he used his vehicle as a weapon. An outraged community is demanding justice — and change.
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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 18h
"Driver-volunteers go to homes to drop off diapers, baby formula, toilet paper, groceries... "Drivers switch routes and cars, write addresses on paper, and carry a water bottle so they can drop the paper in water and obscure the addresses if stopped... kansasreflector.com/2026/10/02/t...
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Trump's immigration sweeps leave southwest Kansas communities looking for way forward • Kansas Reflector
DODGE CITY — Southwest Kansas communities reeling from President Donald Trump’s immigration crackdown — which included random stops to check status — are looking for ways to recover as fear continues ...
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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 18h
"I take Utahns’ voting rights very, very seriously. They are sacred, and they ought to be protected, and they ought to be preserved, and they shouldn’t be mucked around with for political purposes.” www.newsfromthestates.com/article/utah...
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Utah’s top election chief says Trump admin’s ‘gamesmanship’ with voting keeps her up at night
Editor’s note: This story is part of We Vote Utah, a partnership between KUER, PBS Utah and Utah News Dispatch to cover Utah’s 2026 elections.The top election official in the red state of Utah has bee...
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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 19h
“We’re not going to just put our hands up and say, ‘Oh well, we tried.' When it opens, it’ll be even more important to pressure to close it. At that point, people are being harmed. We’re just going to keep making a stink of it. "We'll never go away until it’s closed." www.nola.com/gambit/news/...
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‘Shrouded in secrecy’: Louisiana's new ICE facility raises more questions than answers
Under the Trump administration's deportation blitz, ICE's new 'staging center' in Alexandria, Louisiana is run by the operators of Lasalle Corrections, a private, for-profit company with a history of ...
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Von Hitchofen ™⍼☈♅ 🛩👹😬 @vonhitchofen.bsky.social · 2h
Former Chicago businessman Alphonse Capone, who rose to the top of the beverage importation industry, and was later jailed for violating tax laws, has died. See also: perjuring liar and failed politician #JefferyArcher.
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Former Speaker of the House Dennis Hastert, who represented llinois for two decades in Congress and was later jailed for violating banking laws, has died. cbsn.ws/4zgDMOI
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William Gibson @greatdismal.bsky.social · 14h
Don’t know who to credit this to, but it cheers me up!
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Poseidon baiano, consorte de Yemanjá @evandrofisi.co · 2h
We are on the far side of the continent but it hasn't stopped them from interfering in our current elections here in Brazil, dude. No one is safe from them and has never been.
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Mark Hebden @unionlib.bsky.social · 2h
I'm not interested in the theoretical debate about whether Zionism is inherently racist, I'm more concerned with reality and that the actual Israeli STATE is extremely racist and currently engaged in a well documented genocide against the Palestinian people.
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Jenny Cohn @jennycohn.bsky.social · 8h
👀 In Aug, Fernando Cerimedo—a far right Latin American troll farm operator & ally of Brad Parscale & Roger Stone—was arrested in Bolivia for attempted femicide. But in Sept, the Trump admin accused the *prosecutor* of bribery, triggering his arrest in Bolivia in what some call US interference. 1/
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Bolivia jails prosecutor investigating Trump operative Cerimedo on Washington’s orders
Bolivia arrested its attorney general two days after US sanctions, removing the prosecutor whose case against Fernando Cerimedo threatened to expose the criminal connections behind Trump’s “Shield of ...
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assigned cromulent at birth @cleanwindows.bsky.social · 3h
The fundamental skill of the scientist is to understand the instrument and the phenomenon well enough to distinguish signal from noise. "ai" obscures both the instrument and the phenomenon
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 05/10/2026
what an asshole
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Joe Walsh @walshfreedom.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Trumpism, in a nutshell.👇
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Anti-Reform @antireform.bsky.social · 3h
"Advice for men who are afraid of being falsely accused " via The UK Against Hate
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KJ Charles @kjcharleswriter.com · 4h
If you think I would pass up this opportunity, you don't know me.
Japanese road sign offering "Tomb of Christ" above a Coke vending machine
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Dan Kaszeta FRHistS @dankaszeta.bsky.social · 2h
Welding gloves do not typically provide enough protection to pick up a burning tear gas grenade and will provide no significant protection against a delayed/malfunctioning flashbang if you pick it up.
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conifergirl.bsky.social @conifergirl.bsky.social · 2h
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Saul Staniforth @saulstaniforth.bsky.social · 2h
In France teachers are out on the streets standing with their students, amplifying their protests & protecting them from police violence.
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conifergirl.bsky.social @conifergirl.bsky.social · 2h
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Mairead D @maireadd100.bsky.social · 2h
#Photography #ECK #ColorADay #BlueTue #TextureTuesday #Macro #Bugsky #Butterfly #BlueTansy
A Clouded Sulphur Butterfly drinks nectar from the small, bright flowers of a Blue Tansy plant. The flowers feature multiple protruding, whiskery stamens.
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Mel Buer @melbuer.bsky.social · 19h
Please don't pick up canisters shot at you by police. Even if you can differentiate between tear gas and stun grenades, both of those canisters burn hot or explode and can seriously injure you Throwing it back at the cops might be rad, but the mvmt also needs you with all of your limbs intact
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Michael Froomkin @mfroomkin.bsky.social · 20h
Relative got a $500 check from US Treasury and a shocking letter full of lies signed by Trump and ending with "May God bless you". Basically a pre-electoral bribe. News reports say they're sending almost a million of these. Full text in alt below. (I told him to cash it quick before it bounces.)
Dear [name],

For years, the Biden Administration overcharged you to fund the operation of HealthCare.gov. That money belongs to hard-working Americans, not the Government, and now, I am returning it to you!

With this Historic Action, my Administration is taking the surplus funds that accumulated from the Obamacare ''Premium Tax" and issuing a one-time $500 REFUND to Americans who use the HealthCare.gov platform to purchase their health insurance, but who do not receive Taxpayer Subsidies to help pay for their Coverage. You have paid into this flawed System, and now you are finally getting something back.

Healthcare Dollars should benefit Patients, not Insurance Companies or Government Bureaucrats. Since returning to office, I have fought to lower Healthcare Costs, increase Accountability, and Put Patients First. Through TrumpRx, we are delivering massive discounts on Household Prescription Drugs, and my Most-Favored-Nation Pricing Agreements have already saved Americans more than 1 Billion Dollars on much-needed Medications. We also secured an unprecedented 50 Billion Dollar investment to transform Rural Healthcare, expanded access to Health Saving Accounts for millions of people on Obamacare, and restored Pnce Transparency, all while roofing out the Waste, Fraud, and abuse across our Healthcare System.

I am proud to return your money to you, and I will never stop fighting to put the American People FIRST, restore Affordability, protect your hard-earned money, and lower the Cost of Healthcare.

May God bless you, and may He continue to bless the United States of America!

Sincerely,

[signed] 

DONALD J. TRUMP
PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
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Russ @pappyparki.bsky.social · 13h
A dementia addled doddering failure announces to the world that his "big brain" with its "highest IQ" has discovered super secret double hidden tarriffs that no one knew about until he found them that Canada has been charging US for years. Vote in Nov. This must stop www.mediaite.com/politics/tru...
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Trump Claims Canada Has Been Imposing Secret Tariffs on the US: ‘Nobody Knew’ Except Me
President Donald Trump insisted that Canada has been secretly imposing tariffs on the United States, boasting that “nobody knew” about them except him.
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ЗИТА. @zinoky.bsky.social · 8h
The trees, until recently green and austere, now look festive and somewhat majestic. Each leaf is like a small work of art, unique in shape and color.
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Steve the Dog🐾 @stevethedogcivics.bsky.social · 15h
She's not wrong. ⁣ From "What the Heck Just Happened", 10.4.26, with @hcrichardson.bsky.social and @jbf1755.bsky.social ⁣⁣ 🐾⁣⁣ Steve⁣⁣ ⁣⁣ #protectdemocracy 15s
quote from the october 4 2026 episode of "what the heck just happened" with Heather & Joanne. Slide reads "Trump is not even just destroying the constitution; he's acting as if it never existed."
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RFK Brain Worm Jr. @planetofdinosaurs.bsky.social · 16h
Hear me out. All police misconduct cases paid out of police pension funds. Because as a citizen I'm really sick of public funds being used to pay these AND having to worry about a cop doing something shitty to me because they have no accountability.
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Felix Sylvestris @felixsylvestris.bsky.social · 18h
What's worse? A woman choosing to cover up her face, or a political party choosing to cover up it's corruption, criminality and foreign mega donors? Who is most likely to cause harm in your life?
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Jason Karsh @jkarsh.bsky.social · 10h
This is an important statement people, and especially elected Dems need to really understand. The current Republican project is one of destruction, by design. Yes, they have other goals, in RFK’s case he’s objectively pro-disease, but their primary metric of success is breaking government.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 17h
In Austin, a 9-year-old watched ICE detain and drive away with his mother, leaving community members to scramble to find him care. Senate Republicans just blocked a bill that would bar ICE from making arrests at school bus stops. Their cruelty is endless.
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'It Has to Stop': Community Members Condemn ICE Arrests at Bus Stops After GOP Blocks Bill to Protect Kids | Common Dreams
Republicans in the US Senate blocked a bill to protect school bus stops from ICE arrests, leading to outrage in Pennsylv
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 16h
El-Sayed on Fox: "There is this argument you try to make often is that the best way to take this problem on is more war. How has that worked out for us? The war in Iraq which this channel spent years and years pressing -- has that made us safer? Are we more safe because of the war in Iran?"
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 16h
Q: Your approval rating with Latino voters has dropped down to 27% TRUMP: You're fake news. You're CNN. My poll numbers are great. All you have to do is look at the crowds we're drawing.
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 16h
“.. The announcement comes as the US is grappling with one of the worst measles outbreaks in decades.” @bloomberg.com www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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Jon Seidel @jonseidel.bsky.social · 16h
NEW: Marimar Martinez of Chicago has officially filed her lawsuit against the federal government over her shooting by Border Patrol agent Charles Exum. Read the complaint here: cst.brightspotcdn.com/3e/79/71b60d...
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Kyle Cheney @kyledcheney.bsky.social · 17h
Judge Stadtmueller, a Reagan appointee in Wisconsin, orders the release of an ICE detainee in part because of the "systemic rigging of bond hearings against detainees." storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
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Go Green @ecowarriorss.bsky.social · 11h
Scientists just found a new way to make hydrogen from water,without requiring an additional expensive metal catalyst, offering a potentially cleaner way to convert solar energy into fuel. www.sciencedaily.com/releases/202...
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Scientists just found a new way to make hydrogen from water
A new light-activated material can efficiently produce hydrogen from water without requiring an additional expensive metal catalyst. Researchers say its unusual sulfur-based chemistry could point towa...
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Jason Karsh @jkarsh.bsky.social · 10h
I promise you, there are Democrats in congress right now who still believe it is possible to go back to before Trump. It is not. Republicans are spending Trump’s term as Vought intended. They are intentionally breaking government in as many places as they can to make going back impossible.
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Jeff Sharlet @jeffsharlet.bsky.social · 22h
The clearest and most succinct expression I've read of how, beyond the clear fascist rhetoric, the Prairieland prosecutions have terrifyingly expanded federal legal power, beyond the point many feds even wanted to go.
For other activists on the left — and on the right — the Prairieland case has set a dangerous precedent. Cadeddu, the federal defense attorney, told me that the most worrying of all the “terrorist acts” was vandalism. There is no dollar amount set on what sort of damage might qualify as an act of terror. Even throwing a snowball at an ICE vehicle during a protest and scratching the paint or damaging a taillight might qualify. “In theory, if you happen to be on a Signal chat with some people planning a protest, and one of the people at that protest — you don’t even have to know them — throws that snowball, you could be implicated in material support for terrorism, simply for helping to organize,” she says. “That’s the meaning of the case.”
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Fathel @fath0039.bsky.social · 2h
This is a great book on Greek nationalism. There is an interesting point about how Ottoman church policies of subordinating the Arab Melkite Church to Istanbul would feed into Greek Christian nationalism. The book makes a strong case about the anti Muslim and Jewish roots of Greek nationalism.
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Steven Greenhouse @greenhousenyt.bsky.social · 18h
@hcrichardson.bsky.social Voters should realize that Trump—with his failure to grasp basic economics—is a danger to our economy. He has brought us higher prices, trade tensions, slower GDP growth & huge economic uncertainty Voters should remember this in November www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Trump’s recent statements on the economy are even more bonkers than usual | Steven Greenhouse
Our ‘genius’ president is revealing his ignorance of economics, fueling concerns about the threat he poses to the world
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neil guthrie @nguthrie.bsky.social · 2h
Teapot (Wedgwood, c1770), at Bonhams, NYC (est. US$2,00-3,000) #c18 #c18th #18thc
Catalogue description: 

Attributed to the Rhodes Workshop, the globular shape perfectly suited for a concentric 'target' pattern painted in chestnut-red and centred on each side with a five-pointed pinwheel floret in black and chestnut, the leaf molded spout and scroll handle mottled in a similar palette, 5 1/2 in. (14cm) high, both cover and base marked with numeral '4' in red
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