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Norm Eisen @normeisen.bsky.social · 15/10/2026
BREAKING: The FBI made a video trashing Democrats & hyping Kash Patel, then posted it during early voting Spending your tax dollars to campaign or to hype the director is illegal -- This video did BOTH We want watchdogs to find out who signed off Our @democracydefendersfund.org letter👇 -TN
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 22h
Republican farmer who voted for Trump twice: “I’ve hurt more under Trump than I have any other president… Trump promised to help the farmers. Instead fuel and beef prices are crushing us and he’s cutting our throat.”
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Russia Monitor @milonews.bsky.social · 16h
A reported drone strike caused a fire at a Gazprom plant over 2,000 kilometres from Ukraine. The local governor reported that the October 16 attack triggered dense black smoke at the facility, which produces winter diesel, TS-1 jet fuel and AI-95-K5 and AI-92-K5 gasoline. 1/5
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 16h
🤔 What the hell is wrong with Trump? 🤔 Trump gave a bonkers speech in Georgia that included Islamophobic bigotry, oddly sexual comments about men, crazed lies about teachers secretly trans-ing kids, and a variety of other insane rants Here's the lowlight reel:
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 18h
In case facts still matter…
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Senator Sheldon Whitehouse @whitehouse.senate.gov · 21h
As always in Trumpland: no conflict, no interest. The reek of corruption is gagging the American public, but elected Republicans don’t dare utter a squeak. www.reuters.com/business/med...
reuters.com
Trump donor leading Caucasus fund has major Armenia holdings, Russia business history
US President Donald Trump’s pick to lead a $201 million investment fund in the Caucasus holds major telecom and mining interests there and formerly ran a Russia-focused investment firm that touted clo...
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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 16/10/2026
Does arresting the wife of an enlisted man and mother of four US citizen children, a person who’s been here since she was 6 years old, make our country great again?
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 19h
TELEGRAPH: Trump & Musk conspired to throttle Starlink and make Ukraine more vulnerable to Russian attacks — then Musk tried to blame only Trump. Putin wins again, as usual. Russia was never a hoax. www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2...
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Russia Monitor @milonews.bsky.social · 20h
A Rosneft refinery supplying the Moscow region halted one processing unit after a reported drone-attack fire. Ryazan Region Governor Pavel Malkov reported a mass drone attack and refinery fire on Oct. 15; Reuters cited two industry sources for the suspension. 1/2
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Prof. Eliot Jacobson @climatecasino.net · 16/10/2026
The pre-industrial 1850-1900 baseline had 15.5°C as the average annual global maximum temperature. Times have changed. So far this year the planet has seen 160 days above 15.5°C, currently in a tie with 2024 for the most such days, followed by 2023 with 154 and 2025 with 152.
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Senator Sheldon Whitehouse @whitehouse.senate.gov · 18h
At last some attention to the looming Great Climate Insurance Collapse, and its cascade into mortgage, real estate and financial markets. www.forbes.com/sites/davidr...
forbes.com
Insiders Warn Insurers’ Climate Retreat Could Spark 2008-Style Crash
An anonymous memo from senior insurers warns climate risk could hit mortgages, pensions and the wider economy. Here's what it says, and what the evidence shows.
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Senator Sheldon Whitehouse @whitehouse.senate.gov · 21h
This is a big deal. No paths to climate safety remain, unless we end pollute-for-free. The only global price is EU CBAM carbon tariff — our last lifeboat. Australia, Canada, Mexico and others should negotiate admission. (California should get a waiver.) www.politico.eu/article/uk-e...
politico.eu
UK and EU reach Brexit agreement to link carbon emissions trading systems
The two sides are now just “tying a ribbon” on the agreement, according to one EU diplomat.
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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 16/10/2026
El-Sayed: JD Vance called me a little weasel today. No, what you’re talking about is a fucking wolverine.
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Catherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 19h
Donald Trump is robbing Americans blind, and even Republicans are starting to notice: New survey finds that a majority of Republicans now say that Trump is prioritizing his own personal business interests while in office. www.thebulwark.com/p/just-so-mu...
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Just. So. Much. Corruption.
On depravity and deprivation in Trump’s America.
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Prof. Eliot Jacobson @climatecasino.net · 16/10/2026
Your 'moment of doom' for Oct. 16, 2026 ~ Seneca cliff "In the face of ever more extreme and unpredictable climate risks, I am coming under pressure to cut my forecasts for the losses that disasters will cause in order to make insurance more affordable – and get my employer more business."
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I work for a major insurer. Much of my industry is fudging the numbers in the face of the climate crisis | Anonymous
Insurers are taking on more risk than they should. If – or when – a major disaster hits, the catastrophe will have far-reaching consequences, says an anonymous modeller and whistleblower
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Jeff Berardelli @weatherprof.bsky.social · 23h
New: 💦 One of the wettest Florida winter’s on record?! It appears likely! The Super Ensemble forecast shows rainfall 2-3X normal in South #Florida and around 2X over central /north Florida in over Dec, Jan, Feb. (232% =2.3X normal rain) Thanks, El Niño…
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 14/10/2026
Trump: "They want to cut your children. It's unbelievable what they do. Your son leaves as Jimmy and comes home in three days as Janet, and they don't even ask you. They can take your child out of school and do whatever the hell they want. Minnesota is one of those states."
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Climate News @climatenews.bsky.social · 15/10/2026
The energy imbalance in 2026 is 3x higher now than in 2001. Why will the rate of warming not be 3x higher once the deep ocean heat added in 2026 reaches the surface in 2035? Why are they so overly optimistic? If we don’t plan for the actual warming we will fool ourselves into self destruction.
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Jeff Berardelli @weatherprof.bsky.social · 15/10/2026
“Far faster than expected”… is not quite right… it’s within the range of expected outcomes, but we are reaching Paris milestone’s much earlier than than expected is the better way of communicating it.
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Jeff Berardelli @weatherprof.bsky.social · 15/10/2026
New paper by the World’s most prominent climate scientists shows rapid acceleration of human-caused warming, with a warming rate now that tracks to near 2.4°C by 2050, far faster than was expected, if it continues…
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Barry Butler Photography @barrybutler9.bsky.social · 15/10/2026
South Branch Reflections in Autumn. The Chicago River and Sears Tower this week 14 years ago.
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ptayloredwards.bsky.social @ptayloredwards.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
Musk knows if other customers (foreign militaries & intelligence agencies) believe he might capriciously cut them off if they say things he doesn't like, Starshield can't be depended upon. Ergo, they might look for alternatives and he could lose money or have SpaceX stock value dinged. Always abt $$
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 14/10/2026
This photo says everything about why Trump keeps hiring unqualified worshipful young women (who look like his daughter)
Pic of Trump boarding Marine One with Natalie and Katie absolutely beaming at him
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Mike Luckovich @mluckovich.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
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Djinn & Tonic @djinnandtonic.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
An unparalleled ability to stand on business, the best in the game today
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Khashoggi's Ghost @urocklive1.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
Is this legal? Also, she's wearing stupid shoes for this kind of activity.
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Senator Sheldon Whitehouse @whitehouse.senate.gov · 14/10/2026
Oops. Little problem for Republicans: what’s driving the expanding home insurance crisis is climate change creating uninsurable risks, and their big fossil fuel donors forbid them to talk about that.
nytimes.com
The New Affordability Fight in the Midterms: Home Insurance Prices
Extreme weather is driving up insurance rates, impacting races from California to the nation’s central Tornado Alley.
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Catherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
Billions of dollars’ worth of contracts predicting oil would fall and the S&P 500 would rise were placed about 15 minutes before Trump announced a U-turn on Iran in a post on Truth Social. CFTC staff began to investigate...then were told to lay off. www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...
bloomberg.com
CFTC Staff Were Told to Retract Analysis of Suspicious Oil Trades
Chairman’s adviser intervened to take over examination of lucrative bets that were made around Trump reversal on Iran power plant attack.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 14/10/2026
BUTTIGIEG: Inflation today is higher than it was on day one. They have done the exact opposite of what they promised MacCALLUM: Well, it was 9% in the Biden administration BUTTIGIEG: It was 3% on day one of this administration. Now it's higher under Trump
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Prof. Eliot Jacobson @climatecasino.net · 14/10/2026
The preliminary Niño 3.4 sea-surface temperature for October 13 just broke 30°C for the third time, and is now 3.3°C above the 1991-2020 baseline. This marks the 22nd consecutive daily temperature above the previous all-time record high of 29.815°C. set on Nov. 17, 2015.
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Prof. Eliot Jacobson @climatecasino.net · 14/10/2026
Your 'hope porn quote' for today: "Changing direction at this late hour is entirely possible, but only with a collective intent and optimism that is so robust, we jolt ourselves out of the currently established default path." www.thriftbooks.com/w/the-future...
thriftbooks.com
The Future We Choose: Surviving the... book by Christiana Figueres
Buy a cheap copy of The Future We Choose: Surviving the... book by Christiana Figueres. A cautionary but optimistic book about the world's changing climate and the fate of humanity, from two of the ar...
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Anthony's Spinning Circles here too! @circlesspinning.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
👊🏾❤️💯
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Barry Butler Photography @barrybutler9.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
Autumn Mood. Wednesday morning in Lincoln Park as fog travels over the Chicago skyline.
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Catherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
Reflecting Pool liner failed in 85 places after flawed renovation, inspection found wapo.st/4yZroCo
wapo.st
Reflecting Pool liner failed in 85 places after flawed renovation, inspection found
The damage identified by inspectors the contractor commissioned is far more extensive than has been previously reported, a document obtained by The Post shows.
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
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Judo Hip Toss Technique - Martial Arts Training
ALT: Judo Hip Toss Technique - Martial Arts Training
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Barry Butler Photography @barrybutler9.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
Soak It All In. Autumn in Chicago.
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Prof. Eliot Jacobson @climatecasino.net · 12/10/2026
Your 'bonus moment of doom' for today: "A major cyberattack targeting commercial refrigeration systems across France ... Rather than shutting systems off, the attackers remotely reprogrammed cooling regulators to force a continuous defrost cycle, driving internal temperatures up to 50C (122F)."
independent.co.uk
Hackers target fridges in French supermarkets in cyberattack to spoil food
Hackers target fridges across Intermarché, E.Leclerc, and Super U stores, reportedly causing millions of euros in food losses
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Catherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
A U.S. Air Force member jailed since August for publicly calling for President Donald Trump's impeachment is being held in solitary confinement 24 hours a day, according to his attorney. www.military.com/air-force-ma...
military.com
Air Force Maj. Jason Watson is in Solitary 24 Hours Daily After Publicly Calling For Trump’s Impeachment
Maj. Jason Watson has been jailed since August after publicly opining on the president and his administration, drawing a big legal battle.
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RNS @rns.org · 13/10/2026
(RNS) — ‘The public execution even of one who has done grave harm will only further undermine the moral fabric of our nation and be a blight on the conscience of its people,’ Archbishop Paul S. Coakley said in a statement.
religionnews.com
Catholic, evangelical leaders condemn public execution plan of Fort Hood gunman
(RNS) — ‘The public execution even of one who has done grave harm will only further undermine the moral fabric of our nation and be a blight on the conscience of its people,’ Archbishop Paul S. Coakley said in a statement.
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Josh Morsell @joshmorsell.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
“I don’t think any of us, in our wildest dreams, expected this many fish this quickly to repatriate that area,” said Keith Parker, a senior fisheries biologist and member of the Yurok Tribe, which led the decades-long campaign to have the dams removed. enewspaper.pressdemocrat.com/infinity/art...
enewspaper.pressdemocrat.com
Salmon thrive after Klamath dam removals
Salmon thrive after Klamath dam removals
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Justin Baragona @justinbaragona.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
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That's Not How It Works! That's Not How Any Of This Works!
ALT: That's Not How It Works! That's Not How Any Of This Works!
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Renee de St. Croix @reneedsc.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
“Dutch people cycle an average of 2.6km each per day. If this pattern was replicated worldwide, annual carbon emissions would drop by 686 million tonnes.” #Dutch
euronews.com
Cycling like the Dutch would slash the world’s carbon footprint
If everybody cycled like the Dutch, we could offset the UK or Australia’s entire carbon footprint.
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Kim Wexler's Ponytail 🐝💛🎗 @madisonkittay.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
MacKenzie Scott donated $7 billion in 2025 bringing her five-year total to $26.2 billion, even as she stays out of the spotlight. fortune.com/article/mack...
fortune.com
MacKenzie Scott alone accounted for one-third of America's $19.2 billion in megagifts last year | Fortune
MacKenzie Scott donated $7 billion in 2025—a third of all U.S. megagifts—bringing her five-year total to $26.2 billion, even as she stays out of the spotlight.
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Catherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
EV sales in the U.S. are down by half compared with last year. Meanwhile, charging companies in the U.S. are on track to install about as many public EV plugs this year as in 2025, the industry’s record high. www.wsj.com/business/aut...
wsj.com
America’s EV Downturn Hides a Silver Lining: Charging Is Quietly Getting Better
Public EV chargers continue to be installed at a steady clip, even as the industry faces a tough road to long-term profitability.
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Jeff Berardelli @weatherprof.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
“Here we analyze the latest observational temperature records through 2025 and identify a statistically significant doubling of the global warming rate during 2011–2025 (0.40 °C per decade) compared to 1971–2025 (0.20 °C per decade)…
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Senator Sheldon Whitehouse @whitehouse.senate.gov · 12/10/2026
Thank you, Admiral.
theatlantic.com
Admiral McRaven: Public Execution Is Shameless and Ignoble
A government livestream of Nidal Hasan’s killing would put America in extremely poor company.
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Morgan J Freeman @mjfree.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
Zelenskyy might be saving our democracy. The mad genius is bombing Russian data centers linked to FAKE NEWS bot farms. Without them, Putin’s midterm influence will accidentally fall from a 30th floor window. I 💙 Ukraine 🇺🇦
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Barry Butler Photography @barrybutler9.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
Orange You Glad It's Monday. Today's Sunrise in Chicago.
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Lakota Man 🪶 @lakotaman.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
So, a Trump supporter told me that, “nobody gives a sh*t” about Indigenous Peoples Day. Please, tell me, do you care about Indigenous Peoples Day?
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Sahil Kapur @sahilkapur.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
OOPS GOP ad buyer mixes up Portlands, spends money meant to help Maine Sen. Susan Collins in Oregon The PAC boosting Collins is "absolutely furious" at the "ridiculous error" made by the buyer, which takes blame and has refunded the money. www.nbcnews.com/politics/202...
nbcnews.com
GOP ad buyer mixes up Portlands, spends money meant to help Maine Sen. Susan Collins in Oregon
An outside group mistakenly spent nearly $25,000 to boost Collins in Portland, Oregon, rather than Portland, Maine. The buyer admitted to the error and refunded the PAC.
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