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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 3h
Christa Pike was first sexually abused when she was just two years old. www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...
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Patrick Skinner @pmskinner.bsky.social · 20h
The remains of beauty are still beauty
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Scott MacFarlane @macfarlanenews.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
"To say that we're gob smacked is an understatement" Cultural Landscape Foundation blisters Team Trump for shutting down public comment on Trump Monumental Arch Group says Trump Admin has deemed 1000's of public concerns about Arch to be "meaningless, unimportant & of no value whatsoever"
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Matthew Eadie @mattheweadie.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Video of the end of this incident as agents drove off near Dodge and Howard, posted on Facebook:
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Britbox Watcher @billie-e.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
I would too. No doubt about it. Who wouldn’t?!
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The Associated Press @apnews.com · 18/09/2026
Inadvertently killing endangered animals while logging a forest or building a dam would no longer be considered illegal under a new interpretation of the Endangered Species Act.
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Trump administration allows inadvertent killing of endangered species
Inadvertently killing endangered animals while logging a forest or building a dam would no longer be considered illegal under a new interpretation of the Endangered Species Act.
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Andrea Pitzer @andreapitzer.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
I talked to Gillian Brockell about the DHS Inspector General’s report on the use of “the box” at Alligator Alcatraz, why detainees’ descriptions of its size and use are likely more accurate than those in the report, and how “the box” has a long history in concentration camps around the world.
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Caroleeena @caroleeena.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Industrial krill fishing extracts hundreds of thousands of tons of krill from penguins', seals' and whales' primary feeding ground. Krill are a keystone species! These creatures may be tiny but they form the base of the ocean food web. Many depend on krill for nearly all of their daily energy!
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Caroleeena @caroleeena.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
Jenna, is a beautiful 20-year-old tortie who lost her person and her littermate recently. She has been living alone in her apartment where a kind friend visits each day to feed her in Arden, NC. She must leave that apt by Sept 14th! She is affectionate, playful and chatty. Vet covered for the foster
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Bunsen, Beaker, Bernoulli, & Brix @bunsenbernerbmd.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Can’t handle it. It’s too much. 🥹❤️ 🎥 Brix is wearing a hat and riding in the backpack.
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Max Kozlov @maxkozlov.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Under pressure, the DOD just released the text of its secret 10-year agreement with the NIH. Here are the biggest revelations from the document 🧵
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Dave Byrnes @djbyrnes1.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
The Bell Bowl Prairie - which is home to an endangered pollinator bee species - is being built over in order to expand cargo operations at the Chicago Rockford International Airport near the Illinois city of Rockford.
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Seventh Circuit clears way for destruction of endangered bumblebee habitat
A soon-to-be-paved prairie is home to the critically endangered rusty patched bumblebee.
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Steve Held @peoplesfabric.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Man what is wrong with people
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Ex-caregiver charged with sharing videos on Snapchat of nude residents at memory care home in South Barrington
A former caregiver took and shared photos of nude residents at Encore memory care facility in South Barrington.
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WJZ | CBS News Baltimore @cbsnewsbaltimore.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Historic Poe House faces new threat as West Baltimore redevelopment continues
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Historic Poe House faces new threat as West Baltimore redevelopment continues
The Edgar Allan Poe House and Museum, located in the 200 block of N. Amity Street, is where the famed writer began writing short stories and launched his literary career.
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Orkney Library & Archive @orkneylibrary.bsky.social · 28/08/2025
In one of our archive strong rooms there is a shelf. The shelf does not contain the most exciting or interesting item in the archive but it does contain something amazing. Read this short thread to find out more. 🧵👇
A row of Archive stacks with turning handles
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Elizabeth Cronise McLaughlin @ecmclaughlin.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
The issue with this ICE/Milo thing, beyond ABOLISH ICE, is that Laura Loomer apparently managed to get him detained by calling someone in Trump's orbit. And if you don't want someone detained through a well-placed phone call, it's probably wise to understand that this could happen to any of us.
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Shecky @shecky.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
IS EASILY MANAGED with a puppy-training pad. (We just ordered a low-front litterbox and will see if that eases this issue, so cross your fingers.) She's hissy/growly the first day or two in a new place, but she settles down and is perfectly affectionate after. (Don't be fooled by her face here!)
Torbie cat lying in windowsill, with deceptive grumpy face.
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Shecky @shecky.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
Y'all. I know you're tired of my running on about this, and I *want* to give you a break over the weekend, but I CAN'T fail these cats. They need a HOME. They're affectionate, relaxed and in decent health, and their issues are MINOR and EASILY MANAGEABLE. All we need is to find That Person.
Torbie cat standing on bed, looking up.Gray cat with white flash on throat, sitting on bed, looking up.
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JJ in DC @jjindc.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
🧊👶 SENDING BABIES TO HAITI ✈️
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Cori @bordkatze.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
🐈 Tortilla's momb just was let go from her job (not her fault, she was just the last to get hired and they are downsizing) which means that this GFM is more important than ever. Please donate if you can, if you can't, a repost is great help as well! TY 🌸 #MutualAid #Helpsky #CatsOnBluesky #CatSky
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Alex @alexanotherone.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
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Dolly Parton sent Three 6 Mafia a letter after they beat her at the Oscars
Late music icon Dolly Parton didn’t find it hard out here to root for Three 6 Mafia when they made Oscars history.
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AltYellostoneNatPar @altyellonatpark.org · 26/08/2026
These people don't need a hunting permit They need a psych eval. The psychology of a trophy hunter most closely resembles that of a serial killer. This is why we'd like to see a ban on all hunting within the entire Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem cowboystatedaily.com/2026/08/20/n...
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Nevada Hunter Vows To Kill Famous Yellowstone Mollie's Pack Wolf 1090F In Wyoming
A Nevada hunter and social media influencer is vowing to come to Wyoming to kill the leader of Yellowstone National Park's oldest wolf pack, the Mollie's.…
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Kenny Mayne @kennymayne.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
:23 break from it Then that’s it
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Christian Mitchell @cmitchellforlg.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
Change won't come from arguing online. It will come from getting out there and having real conversations with real people. I was fired up after meeting with Rock Island County Democrats.
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Britbox Watcher @billie-e.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
Drama … a thread 😼
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
There are going to be Democrats who say we shouldn’t rip it all out — it’s already built, we have other priorities — but removing the visible signs of Trumpism is absolutely necessary.
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Rightardia @rightardia.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
"The U.S. Forest Service is aiming to open more than 44 million acres of national-forest land to logging and road construction, a reversal of a policy that protected wildlife habitats for decades.” Source: Wall Street Journal
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Trump Moves to Open National Forest Acres to Logging
"The U.S. Forest Service is aiming to open more than 44 million acres of national-forest land to logging and road construction, a reversal of a policy that protected wildlife habitats for decades," th...
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Steven T. Dennis @steventdennis.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
$40T in debt, rising interest rates & an aging population while we’re kicking out millions of young workers who are paying into Social Security, increasing Defense spending to $1.5T and cutting taxes.
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Loudoun Cats @loudouncats.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
We are continuing to care for the community cats who were displaced due to the house fire. They need dry food only. Any donation at all will be greatly appreciated. 💓 www.chewy.com/g/loudoun-co... www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/...
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Shecky @shecky.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
FRIENDS IN THE NYC AREA: Okay, this is a tough one, but please bear with me. My wife's lifelong friend has stage 4 pancreatic cancer and is desperately seeking a home for his two cats when that time comes. The elder, Wally, is something like 13 years old and DELIGHTFULLY dim. The younger, Doris,
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Adam Bonica @adambonica.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
The fundraising texts you delete are working on someone. It’s infuriating and heartbreaking. An 85yo in Ohio gave more than double the value of his home. A 91yo in an Indianapolis senior facility gave 25K times. The DCCC/DSCC don’t just tolerate the spammers who exploit seniors. They take part.
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Hook and Squeeze
How Democratic consultants, committees, and party leaders built a fundraising spam pipeline that funnels money from a captive pool of elderly donors into their own operations.
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Asawin Suebsaeng @swin24.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
I am not the first to make this point but imagine a woman president obsessing constantly over her “ballroom” as the economy imploded and her war spun out of control
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CCR Feline Research Center @cowboycatranch.org · 12/08/2026
Have you recently done the #FVMA Cat Friendly Veterinarian, Professional or Advocate training? We would love to ask you some questions for a scientific study. Sharing would be so much appreciated! #FVMA #CatFriendly #CFP #cats
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Gillian Brockell @gillianbrockell.com · 13/08/2026
Is it tho?
“TIMES EXCLUSIVE” highlighted

Headline: Homeland Security Paid $464 Million for Airplanes. Then It Parked Them.

Blurb: The agency used a no-bid contract to buy 10 used jets, saying they were urgently needed for deportation flights. But the fleet has largely sat idle for months.
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Save Standard Time @savestandard.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
“Legislative sponsors aren’t reading the room. All they get right is that everyone hates changing clocks. ‘Lock the clock’ is a catchy slogan, but it’s being applied to the wrong solution.”
South Florida Sun Sentinel

See the light: Stop permanent daylight time

By Sun Sentinel Editorial Board

PUBLISHED: July 30, 2026 at 7:00 AM EDT

If tampering with nature to hurt human health were a high national priority, then seasonal daylight saving time is surely one way to accomplish it.

But what’s even worse is to make everyone observe DST year-round, as Congress witlessly voted to do, 308-117.

President Trump is encouraging this idiocy — another glaring conflict of interest for somebody who owns multiple golf courses. It’s embarrassing to see Florida politicians carrying his baggage.

Rep. Vern Buchanan, R-Sarasota, sponsored H.R. 139. All of Florida’s Republicans and three of the eight Democrats — Jared Moskowitz, Darren Soto, Frederica Wilson — also voted in favor. Two local Democrats, Debbie Wasserman Schultz and Lois Frankel, saw the light, voting no.

A Moskowitz spokesman said constituent mail ran strongly in support of the bill. He needs to hear from those who…
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Gillian Brockell @gillianbrockell.com · 11/08/2026
Doing the whole flight with no signal and/or no callsign was an option! That's what they did at earlier stages of the flight. Changing it to AF1 is using the crew, staff members and journalists as bait for the aggressor allegedly making the serious threat.
An ADSBx map showing the aircraft flying without a signal out of Ankara, and then turning on ABS-B Out with no callsign. It later falsely switched to AF1.
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Musicology Duck @musicologyduck.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
another day in DC
Special police, fbi, us marshals, transit police going up an escalator with exactly one person they have detained
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Natural Resources Committee Democrats @naturalresources.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
Any president sending bulldozers to rip through our national parks is committing an unforgivable crime against our country's heritage. Trump & his GOP enablers are perfectly happy to permanently destroy America’s pristine landscapes just to build monuments to their own hate & political theater.
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Britbox Watcher @billie-e.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
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Sarah Kendzior @sarahkendzior.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
We're near the ten-year anniversary of this interview, which was viewed as wildly controversial at the time. It led to hit pieces on me from liberal outlets like The New Republic as well as death threats. Now it's seen as conventional wisdom -- but it always was!
Sarah Kendzior making obvious points about authoritarian kleptocracy in the US under Trump on MSNBC in Nov 2016
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Rain's Cats @catssurname.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
Harpo picked this watermelon up a couple times, but clearly didn’t like it. But Suitcase loves it. #CatsOfBluesky
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Merrill Barr @merrillbarr.com · 31/07/2026
*standing up on the plane* FOR THE LOVE OF GOD JUST MAKE TWENTY-TWO EPISODE SEASON SHOWS THAT RELEASE WEEKLY ANS COME BACK AFTER A 6 MONTH BREAK.
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Stan Oklobdzija @stano.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
Warrantless surveillance on your phone because you criticized the president is dictator behavior. Either there are severe consequences for this or we just all need to accept that the United States is now a dictatorship.
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Matt Ortega @mattortega.com · 28/07/2026
Stephen Miller said just the other day that all asylum claims are "fake." A couple deported from the U.S. to Guatemala were gagged, bound, and shot dead. Their 14-month old found crying next to their mother's body. People like Miller don't care though because this is the point: ethnic cleansing.
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Overland couple shot dead in Guatemala after local ICE stop led to deportations
The couple’s 14-month-old daughter was found crying beside her mother’s body in a sugarcane field last week, according to Guatemalan authorities and media.
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Ryan Marino, MD @ryanmarino.bsky.social · 25/07/2026
Survivors of US boat strikes allege - with evidence - they were kidnapped and tortured for days by the US military. The prosecutor investigating the claims was just assassinated.
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Dave Vetter @davidrvetter.bsky.social · 25/07/2026
Everything is on fire, but I just saw one of these drinking from the pond. We cannot let the fascists destroy our world.
A tiny round Goldcrest (Regulus Regulus), with beige-grey-green plumage, black, yellow and white wings, and a bright yellow stripe on its head, bordered in black. Photo from Woodland Trust.
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Bunsen, Beaker, Bernoulli, & Brix @bunsenbernerbmd.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
Watching the big guy, a breed of dog that doesn’t typically dock dive, jump with joy, is a work of art. Enjoy. ❤️ 🎥 Bernoulli’s dock dive in slo motion.
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Monterey Bay Aquarium @montereybayaquarium.org · 11/07/2026
Today, the federal government finalized a major change to the Endangered Species Act (ESA) to remove vital habitat protections for endangered species.
Closeup of a snowy plover sitting in the sand
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