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Born to be a house hippo, forced to be outdoorsy. “You need to compliment the pretty ones even if they don’t do well.”

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Underbabied @birdpant.bsky.social · 8h
Part of me wonders how GenZ would handle something like this, but let's be honest all the olds would buy the tickets so they would be too expensive for dumb (complementary) 20 yr olds.
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K. A. “Kîck Åß” Pillë @keithpille.bsky.social · 9h
ok thinking back, the *funniest* bit was on the third night, when people were starting huge fires during a RHCP set and one of the people running the thing thought it would be useful to ask Anthony Kiedis to talk to the crowd about being responsible
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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
NEW on MS NOW: The FBI plans to offer the UFC an exclusive one-year contract to train its special agents in hand-to-hand combat. UFC chief executive Dana White has long been a Trump ally. "This is just Patel giving his friend Dana White a lucrative contract."
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Patel’s FBI wants to give UFC exclusive contract to train agents
CEO Dana White has long been an ally of President Donald Trump and his administration. Agents would be trained in hand-to-hand combat.
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Nicole Chung @nicolechung.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
she’s dreaming about greeting her friends aka everyone she has ever met
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Charles Ornstein @charlesornstein.bsky.social · 22h
Paxton Said in Deposition That Donor Gave Him Stocks to Please God
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Paxton Said in Deposition That Donor Gave Him Stocks to Please God
The leaked deposition from a fraud inquiry in 2014 provides insight into the Senate candidate’s investments and his tactics for defending himself.
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Amy Diehl, Ph.D. @amydiehl.bsky.social · 23h
Study finds women’s mental load was independent of whether they held traditional or egalitarian views on gender roles. Even women who actively reject conventional domestic roles can still end up carrying this invisible management burden. www.psypost.org/the-invisibl...
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The invisible chore that may matter more for women’s relationship happiness than housework
Both men and women agree that women carry more of a household’s mental load. A new study finds that women report greater satisfaction when it’s shared equally, while men report greater relationship sa...
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Andrea González-Ramírez @andreagonram.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
"My assailant was found responsible for my sexual assault ... His punishment? He received a 'written reprimand,' was ordered to write a 'reflection paper,' and was placed on behavioral probation until he graduated two months later." Must-read by a Cornell grad: www.thecut.com/article/i-wa...
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I’m Not the Only Cornell Student Title IX Failed
When I was raped in 2023, my attacker, too, only had to write an essay. Now, I see I’m not alone.
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Ian Shapiro @ianshapiro.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Race permeates talk about election fraud. The fraud narratives of 2020 brought that reality into sharp relief for us to document. Thanks to @psypost.bsky.social for featuring my @polbehavior.bsky.social article with @kevintmorris.bsky.social. www.psypost.org/which-cities...
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Which cities dominated 2020 voter fraud talk? A city’s Black population was the best predictor
After the 2020 election, online talk of voter fraud zeroed in on cities with large Black populations. A new study suggests these racialized claims found a particularly receptive audience among White A...
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MB @sugarcubedog.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
From what DC people are saying this is happening in multiple communities. If so please share so reporters can share.
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The City Reporter @thecityreporter.nyc · 09/10/2026
The feds aborted a possible deal when the NYPD would not immediately take the shooting victim into custody.
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In Call With Mamdani, White House Demanded NYPD Arrest Immigrant Shot by ICE Agents
The feds aborted a possible deal when the NYPD would not immediately take the shooting victim into custody.
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Dr. Kat Napaaqtuk❄️ @napaaqtuk.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
"There are nearly 26,000 students at Cornell but just 3 full-time investigators...~ 2,860 people are sexually assaulted each year. Even if only 10% of those victims reported, a single investigator would have a caseload of 95/year. For the same body of students, there is 1 full-time victim advocate."
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🎃Darin S Pumpkins🎃 @darinself.com · 09/10/2026
There are few things Trump is entirely consistent on -- one is pursuing Putin's interests.
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Underbabied @birdpant.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
I am unclear what this survey is looking to study/establish (Survey on Data Center development in Pima County, AZ)
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Helene von Bismarck @helenebismarck.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Since the Bayeux Tapestry exhibition is getting some bad press atm, here is a Report from that morning. We had the earliest time slot, 10 am, I was there half an hour in advance for the security queue. After that, it was totally fine, not too crowded, enough time to really look. Worth it.
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Ryan Goodman @rgoodlaw.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
JOINT STATEMENT OF THE FOREIGN MINISTERS OF CANADA, DENMARK, GERMANY, FRANCE, ITALY, JAPAN, THE NETHERLANDS, UNITED KINGDOM "As committed supporters of the ICC we regret and strongly disagree with the announcement of sanctions to be imposed upon the Court by the United States."
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Chris Warren @christian-s-warren.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
You can still read it (for now) on archive.org: h/t @doctecazoid.bsky.social Let's Streisand Effect this! bsky.app/profile/doct...
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Internet Archive: Digital Library of Free & Borrowable Texts, Movies, Music & Wayback Machine
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Justin Baragona @justinbaragona.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Status reports that ABC News deleted that explosive story about the Trump kids getting billions in federal contracts for their companies. ABC hasn't explained why they nuked the story, even as Trump has crowed about its deletion, sparking a firestorm behind scenes. www.status.news/p/david-elli...
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Ken Burnside @kenburnside.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
In other shocking news, Republicans commit Child Sexual Abuse 16× as often as Democrats, and have little regard for their constituents or the rule of law. Water may even be wet.
cnbc.com
Inflation on many everyday items was entirely due to tariffs, NY Fed says
Tariffs added 2.9 percentage points to inflation in 67 categories of goods by February 2026, researchers at the New York Federal Reserve found.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 09/10/2026
Troy Jackson: "The gentleman's name was Johan Sebastian Guerrero. He had a 3 year old daughter. The only mistake he made that morning was going to work. Because Sen. Collins is not willing to stand up to Donald Trump, he was murdered in the streets of Biddeford for doing nothing wrong."
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Thorpe Langton @mspdawg.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Just a reminder how much Tom Emmer has debased himself for power:
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Brandon Friedman @brandonfriedman.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
This is Nazi rhetoric, full stop. It's not only a call to instigate a race war in the United States, but it's reminiscent of historic European justifications used to incite pogroms against Jews. People who say things like this are incredibly dangerous, as there is nothing they won't eventually do.
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RappCatsAdopt @rappcats.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Seems like sometimes our tabbies fly under the radar with adopters but they shouldn't! Tabby cats are terrific! Lacey is a classic tabby: gorgeous eyes & markings and a sweet, gentle temperament. And she plays well with other cats! Let's share so she can find the right person!
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Underbabied @birdpant.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
The frequency with which Mike Collins suggests Ossoff is not really a Georgian seems like bald antisemitism.
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Asawin Suebsaeng @swin24.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
This is petty and least important aspect of this but: I reported on this years ago and the trump campaign falsely denied the reporting, and now via Hegseth they’re just doing it. Monstrous
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 09/10/2026
Ossoff says that Mike Collins has "hired half the Third Reich to staff your congressional office"
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Peter Sagal @petersagal.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
One of the first things Fidel Castro did upon taking power was televising live executions by firing squad.
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Jen Bendery @jbendery.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
NEW: A new attack ad by Rep. Brad Finstad (R-Minn.) uses a photo of MN small biz owner Beth Benike -- who says he's ignored her pleas for help with Trump's tariffs -- except he erased her + subbed in a fake image of Gov. Tim Walz. "You've got to be kidding me." www.huffpost.com/entry/gop-re...
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GOP Rep. Brad Finstad Runs Attack Ad That Erases Critical Voter From Photo
“What a poor decision,” Beth Benike said of her congressman altering her photo with Democrat Jake Johnson to make a fake image of Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz.
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Elizabeth Jacobs, PhD @elizabethjacobs.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
It’s simply unimaginable that CDC Director Dr. Erica Schwartz has just bowed to RFK Jr. and approved funding for an utterly unethical clinical trial that will withhold the birth dose of HepB vaccine in Guinea Bissau. It is to be conducted by researchers accused of academic misconduct.
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CDC Is Moving Forward With a Previously Shelved Controversial Hepatitis B Vaccine Study
“It’s a wholly unethical trial, and it shouldn’t be allowed,” says Dr. Paul Offit of Guinea-Bissau study
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Stephen Vaisey 🇺🇦 @stephenvaisey.com · 07/10/2026
BTW this means no funding for GSS, ANES, or PSID. GSS 2026 is in the field now, but then it looks like that's it. Devastating for social science.
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Daniel Knowles @dlknowles.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
A wild figure from the Kansas Senate campaign. In the last FEC reported donation cycle, Roger Marshall took contributions from 77 donors within the state of Kansas. Adam Hamilton took 3,000
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Gabe Ortíz @tusk81.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
ICYMI: TIME names Houston dad Lorenzo Salgado Araujo’s sons to Latino Leaders 2026 list. "Ronaldo and Lorenzo Jr. were born U.S. citizens, and feel a sense of responsibility to use their voices to call for change.” #HispanicHeritageMonth
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TIME Names Houston Dad Lorenzo Salgado Araujo’s Sons To Latino Leaders 2026 List
“Ronaldo and Lorenzo Jr. were born U.S. citizens, and feel a sense of responsibility to use their voices to call for change.”
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NPR @npr.org · 07/10/2026
Researchers uncovered the graves of more than 1,000 children next to juvenile detention facilities in 29 states. At one Maryland gravesite, 230 Black boys are buried. n.pr/4zauALa
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Over 1,000 children are buried at juvenile detention centers nationwide
Researchers uncovered the graves of more than 1,000 children next to juvenile detention facilities in 29 states. At one Maryland gravesite, 230 Black boys are buried.
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Taniel @taniel.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
*so important*: if you’re voting by mail, assume the USPS will delay because it’s its policy. You can: —put it in drop box —go to counter to watch them postmark in front of you —if you’re dropping it in a mailbox, do it VERY EARLY.
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Sara Luterman @slooterman.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
I threw together an explainer on what is happening with Olmstead rights (and what those are, for people unfamiliar). My latest @19thnews.org
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The federal government is backing away from a decades-old disability rights promise
Lois Curtis and Elaine Wilson won a victory that gave people with disabilities the freedom to choose where they live. That legacy is now under threat.
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Altogether Ooky Doktor Zoom @doktorzoom.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Attention media outlets: Jessica Hahn was raped by Jim Bakker. (Add "allegedly" to calm the lawyers). It wasn't an "affair," a "sexual encounter," a "dalliance," or any other synonym for consensual sex Rapey Televangelist Jim Bakker Kicks The Dehydrated Food Bucket www.wonkette.com/p/rapey-tele...
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Rapey Televangelist Jim Bakker Kicks The Dehydrated Food Bucket
Status upgrade: ‘Wait, that fucker's still alive?’ now ‘Wait, that fucker was still alive?’
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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
BREAKING: ICE over the past year investigated hundreds of nonprofits across the U.S. that help people register to vote. The internal documents, obtained by the Democracy Forward, showed that ICE's investigative arm also contemplated sending undercover agents to investigate the organizations.
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ICE  probed hundreds of voter registration groups across the U.S.
The agency also contemplated deploying undercover agents to "initiate prosecutions" against the groups and "dismantle" them.
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Alex Spahn 🌋🌪️☄️ @spahn711.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Do y'all have an obvious favorite photo of your dog? Because I sure do, and it will forever be this one of him photobombing Devil's Tower lol.
A photo of my dog photo-bombing Devil's Tower. My dog, a husky/malamute/wolf with black and tan fur is sitting in front of the towering rocky pillar with a large smile and tongue hanging out.
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Ira 'Bluebeard Homer' Goldman @kdbyproxy.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Even better, ask: If the Senate flips, and Thomas or Alito announce in Nov or Dec he'll be retiring, to let Trump put a replacement on the Court before Dems take over in January, will she let Trump rush through another anti-abortion justice.
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James Medlock @jdcmedlock.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
The GOP cut funding to the IRS because *audits work* and they fundamentally don't believe rich people should have to play by the rules.
Line chart titled "Revenue per audit," subtitled "In-person audits, 2010-2014." It plots average revenue and average cost per audit by taxpayer income percentile, poorer to richer, from the 0–5th percentile to the top 0.1%. Source: Boning et al. 2023, "A Welfare Analysis of Tax Audits Across the Income Distribution."

Across the bottom half of the income distribution, revenue and cost track closely, both around $3,000–$6,000 per audit. Above the median, revenue pulls ahead of cost: about $10,000 vs. $5,000 near the 90th percentile, and about $17,000 vs. $8,000 at the 95th–99th. At the top, revenue jumps to about $31,000 for the 99–99.9th percentile and about $90,000 for the top 0.1%.
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Grudgie the Wail @grudgie.bsky.social · 25/10/2025
I can’t get over a media that spent years dwelling on gaffes telling us which Presidential crimes aren’t a big deal
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Coach Finstock @coachfinstock.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
People forget that J6 was successful. Everyone who participated was let out of jail and the guy who perpetrated it is President again. There were no consequences. They have plenty of incentive to do a much bigger and worse version.
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Underbabied @birdpant.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
You know the internet has died when a photo like this is not followed by a story about how the ermagerd lady is all grown up and types Trumps racist tweets.
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Brandon Friedman @brandonfriedman.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Lafayette Square isn't "a historic protest site." It's a fucking park. And it's packed on nice days. Calling it a protest site is White House framing. They're closing a popular public park to create a presidential palace Saddam Hussein would love.
nytimes.com
Inside Trump's Plan to Fence Off a Historic Protest Site (Gift Article)
The president’s proposal to enclose a park in Washington could alter how the space has been used for generations.
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Garnet Henderson @garnethenderson.com · 06/10/2026
SCOOP: Nearly $9 million in federal family planning funds will go to organizations with anti-abortion ties. One org, which received almost $4.3 million, has never taken in more than $50k in a single year. Read more @autonomynews.co:
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Nearly $9 Million in HHS Grants Go to Groups With Anti-Abortion Ties
Millions in family planning funds are earmarked to create training centers, including one dedicated to infertility. The recipients have links to crisis pregnancy centers, the Heritage Foundation, and ...
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Underbabied @birdpant.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
I appreciate that the Trump folks would rather this is sexual v a crazy nanny situation but Trump being repellent to women does make this a challenge.
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Sherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
We can’t just move past what SCOTUS has permitted this Administration to do to people who have lived and worked in the U.S. for years and even decades.
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Hemry, Local Bartender @bartenderhemry.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
certainly a choice to make fun of people for liking lettuce right after presiding over a historic multistate outbreak of cyclosporiasis that sent a bunch of people to the hospital and killed a few
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Baltimore Banner @thebaltimorebanner.com · 06/10/2026
This mural in Mount Vernon that references Palestine and James Baldwin was nearly removed. Featuring @rondez.bsky.social
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Brian Finucane @bcfinucane.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Also worth recalling that as Secretary of State, Pompeo continued to sign off on arms sales to Saudi Arabia even after the RSAF attacked a school bus full of Yemeni kids using a U.S.-origin PGM.
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