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Tom Cox @dj-acid-reflux.bsky.social · 02/06/2025

Almost certainly the best photo I've ever taken of some ducks.

A marauding army of ducks in my parents' garden

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Tom Cox @dj-acid-reflux.bsky.social · 15h

Put on some nice clothes but then looked out the window and immediately felt like a man of slovenly appearance.

A male mandarin duck who gets off purely on being mean who saw that I had put on the one nice outfit I own for one of the most important evenings of my life and decided to sartorially annihilate me, even though, due to having no friends, it had planned to do nothing all evening but hang out on this shit rusty metal railing staring at its own reflection in a window. Incidentally, later this would become the cover shot for my unsuccessful rustic synth-based confessional 1983 solo LP 'Mandarin Duck Outside My Window'.

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Tom Cox @dj-acid-reflux.bsky.social · 21h

THREAD. Packing up in spring for our house move, I found this: it was my mum's first attempt at capturing my cat The Bear (RIP) via a quick chalk sketch. 2013, perhaps? So simple, but so great, and it proved to be the catalyst for what has been a huge amount of creativity in her retirement...

Two chalk versions of my late cat The Bear, by my mum, Jo.

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Tom Cox @dj-acid-reflux.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Hello new followers! I've removed the paywall from this piece, which is a chapter from my novel Villager, told entirely in the form of an online village message board. If you like it, you'll probably like the book. If you don't, you probably won't... www.tom-cox.com/the-village-...

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The Village Message Board

Its authenticity was discredited because of his reputation, but also because he was quick with gin at the time and wearing an item of knitwear back to front.

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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 5h

The Strait of Hormuz is spiraling. Russia is escalating. Gas and diesel prices are surging. And Trump is moving thousands more U.S. troops toward the Middle East. And now a whole lot of stories being pushed aren't adding up. Watch the MeidasTouch Podcast live at 8p ET:

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LIVE: MeidasTouch RESPONDS to MAJOR BREAKING NEWS - 10/1/26

YouTube video by MeidasTouch

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Democracy Dies in Cowardice @savedemocracy25.bsky.social · 4h

Great source of independent news now free thru the mid-terms….

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Rich Raho @richraho.bsky.social · 5h

The Keynote Speaker at the Annual National Catholic Prayer Breakfast in March, folks.

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Will Harris @willharrisinva.bsky.social · 4h

"Catch ya on the flip side, President T!"

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Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 4h

JUST IN: Governor Hochul Names Letitia James as Special Prosecutor in Cornell Case. Gift link. 👇 www.nytimes.com/2026/10/01/n...

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dls100.bsky.social @dls100.bsky.social · 5h

"No weirdos"

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@mrsbettybowers.bsky.social
If we are deporting all men who have extremist tattoos without hearings, this dude would be in El Salvador by now

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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 5h

Well, gee, this certainly makes $6 per gallon diesel worth it

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Abdul El-Sayed @abdulelsayed.bsky.social · 9h

AIPAC decided they were going to set a record on the amount of money they spent against me in the primary election. $70 million. Do you know what we could do with $70 million?

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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 4h

I don't take tips on virtue from a man who used a pic of his stillborn child for a GoFundMe campaign for his children's burial garden named "Lincoln’s Place" when the project was never built, and Ogles repeatedly refused to disclose what happened to the tens of thousands of dollars donated.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 6h

If you appreciate my coverage on big news days like today, please support what I do by taking advantage of our 5th anniversary special and signing up for Public Notice. As an independent journalist, my work can't happen without paid subscribers, and I think you'll enjoy PN. Thanks!

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Team Talarico @teamtalaricohq.bsky.social · 9h

New reporting reveals three more instances where Ken Paxton offered plea deals to people accused of sexual assault or trafficking.

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Joe Walsh @walshfreedom.bsky.social · 12h

Obscene public corruption. They don’t give a damn because they don’t think the American people give a damn.

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The Liberal BoJack @thelibbojack.bsky.social · 11h

Trump has now spent more in propaganda ads than he did destroying the Lincoln Memorial reflecting pool. For those keeping track, that's $36 million in taxpayer dollars and counting. "Waste. Fraud. And Abuse." Post Anything Here: InteractInk.com

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MS NOW @ms.now · 11h

As Trump stumps for midterms, it's hard not to notice a commonality among states he's visiting: they're friendly territory. Trump visiting a swing district would “be a net negative for the candidate there,” said a White House official granted anonymity. Read more from Jake Traylor and Soorin Kim:

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‘A net negative’: Why Trump’s midterm blitz is starting far from the battlegrounds

Trump wants MAGA rallies. Many Republicans in swing races want him to stay away. Both may get their wish.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 19/08/2024

New in PN: Trump's carny act isn't working anymore His Folgers Coffee™ Conference showed a candidate in decline

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Trump's carny act isn't working anymore

His Folgers Coffee™ Conference showed a candidate in decline.

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Gabrielle A. Perry, MPH @geauxgabrielle.blacksky.app · 15h

The same systemic violence that turned Christa into a murderer continued while she was inside and people are shocked she didnt revert into a well-adjusted person?

What kind of "inner work" are y'all expecting from women locked in cages all day, being raped and sexually harassed by male prison staff, being denied medical care, having to trade sex for menstrual products, only being allowed to bathe 1-3 times a week, being served rotten food, being denied mental health treatment, etc.

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Julia Carrie Wong @joolia.bsky.social · 16h

If you're just waking up to the news of Tennessee's botched attempt to execute Christa Pike, my colleague @edpilkington.bsky.social has done powerful reporting on the doctor involved, who also botched an execution in May

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The doctor who helps put prisoners to death

Podcast Episode · Stateside with Kai and Carter · August 12 · 43m · Video

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edpilkington.bsky.social @edpilkington.bsky.social · 10/02/2026

"Bezos became dazzled by one of the media industry’s biggest con artists: British newspaper buccaneer Will Lewis" – Tina Brown's brilliant takedown of the Bezos-Lewis alliance that ravaged @washingtonpost.com

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Bafflement with Bezos

The whole debacle of the Washington Post brand hara-kiri last week dispatched the myth that a tech billionaire could save serious journalism.

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Alex Wild @alexwild.bsky.social · 17h

This story is so very Republican. A barbaric government run by people too stupid to listen to experts, so they can’t even carry out their own murderous policies according to plan. Violence and idiocy.

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Brandon Friedman @brandonfriedman.bsky.social · 16h

This is horrific. Horrific for its barbarism, but also utterly unsurprising that a political party that can't win wars, can't control gas prices, can't bring down grocery prices and can't stop basic preventable diseases also can't kill prisoners correctly.

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Tennessee death row inmate Christa Pike still alive after failed state execution attempt, lawyers say | CNN

Tennessee officials were unable to put Christa Gail Pike to death Wednesday for a 1995 murder after administering two doses of a lethal drug. A death penalty expert said it was an unprecedented failur...

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Patrick Monahan @pattymo.com · 15h

Oh so an immensely powerful man isn’t allowed to enjoy carefree vacations, just because some of his neighbors notice that he has presided over a rollback of their rights and the destruction of the constitutional order? www.nytimes.com/2026/10/01/u...

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John Roberts Retreated to His Island. Supreme Court Critics Found Him. (Gift Article)

After decades of potlucks and paddle-boarding on Maine’s midcoast, rising anger and protests have left the Supreme Court’s chief justice more isolated than ever.

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Ian @511ian.bsky.social · 16h

Shocked were not calling the 3rd country deportations "Roberts Removals" at this point

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Kevin Gannon (now a Moo Deng fan account) @thetattooedprof.bsky.social · 16h

As is the case in higher ed, calls for civility are actually demands for docility.

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 16h

(watching as people complain that my friend has just set the social contract on fire and fostered the rise of a brutal fascist regime that has led to the deaths of millions) "Oh come on, now, be nice to your neighbor"

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Pollcast - Poll Tracker @pollcast.net · 17h

New Trump Approval poll: AP-NORC (Sep 28 - 2,140 A) 🔴 Disapprove 69 (+38) 🟢 Approve 31 View the average ->

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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

An investigation reveals 3 other cases in which Ken Paxton covertly interfered with criminal investigations and prosecutions to protect Republican men who were facing sexual abuse or rape charges or order to get charges dropped or downgraded. It's not just Hoffman in Waco, but a consistent pattern.

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Ken Paxton's office struck plea deals in three other sex abuse cases beyond one facing scrutiny

The revelation comes as the Texas Attorney General struggles to gain ground with voters in his U.S. Senate race.

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Hemry, Local Bartender @bartenderhemry.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

a hero who has etched her name alongside the members of the underground railroad and all who sacrifice themselves on behalf of the victims of oppression and tyranny

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 01/10/2026

Ossoff on Mike Collins: "This is a congressman who called for executing immigrants by throwing them out of helicopter. He is a fanatic and Trump puppet."

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California Dreamin’… 😎 @jerasikehorn.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

True story…👇 Unfortunately. 😎✨

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❀°。Der Siebenschläfer *.ﾟ✿ ⋆ @sababausa.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

How much more absurd could lethal injection protocols be than “at this juncture we aren’t sure whether we should kill the subject or get life-saving medical treatment for the subject”?

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Kashana @kashana.blacksky.app · 01/10/2026

I read a couple hundred death penalty cases for a case once and I think you’d all be shocked at how often this happens. The death penalty is one of the cruelest things in our system, an obvious violation of the 8th amendment cruel and unusual punishment clause, but we just love to kill.

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Mike Boylan-Kolchin @mbkplus.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Whatever one’s opinion of the death penalty in the abstract, the particulars of how it’s implemented and who it’s applied to in the US are moral abominations

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southpaw @nycsouthpaw.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Are there any old heads still working in news who can remember the firestorm a racist utterance in the WH like this would’ve kicked up.

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Team Talarico @teamtalaricohq.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

James Talarico walks out to a standing ovation from 50,000 Texans at the State Fair Classic.

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Paul Gundlach @paulsgundlach.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

For a TL cleanse, I tested my new iPhone 18 here (North Tower of our lighthouse) taking the 12 MP 8X optical zoom and digitally (hurts quality) tripling it right in camera to 24X! Yet it holds up reasonably well, even if you tap and pinch out. I hope you are having a great day!

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The Editorial Board @editorialboard.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

The more this debacle is reported out, the more it’s clear that the Republicans and the DOJ are doing what they accuse Biden and his DOJ of doing. And the more they chase after “evidence” to prove their fantasies, the more the rest of us are burning up economically under their incompetence.

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The Editorial Board @editorialboard.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Here is the definition of politicized law enforcement.

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