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Jonathan Slater @jonathanslater.bsky.social · 9h

Oh. It lasted

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Jonathan Slater @jonathanslater.bsky.social · 21h

So incredible

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Eddie Smith @eddsmitty.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

⚠️WOKE CONTENT⚠️™️ 🧵 Nov. 11, 1909, Cairo, Illinois was the site of one of the most violent lynchings in American history. A mob not only lynched William James—a White man was lynched as well. Yep. A double lynching. Pull up a seat🪑.(cont) #ProudBlue #ResistanceRoots #USDemocracy #Voices4Victory

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The Editorial Board @editorialboard.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

From J6 insurrection to Schmitt's humiliation, there is a straight line. The latter covered up the former to confuse understanding of Trump's treason. A THREAD.

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MeteorBlades @meteorblades.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

In 32 days, we’ll know whether the outcome of the midterm elections marks the beginning of the end for Trump. Hurrah if it does. But, while he is uniquely bad as president, it’s not just him we need to oust. The Project 2025ers won’t just disappear. Democratic norms won’t magically reappear.

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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

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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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 30/09/2026

I don’t like where this is headed. Hegseth thinks war is a fucking game.

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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 29/09/2026

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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 29/09/2026

THIS WAS MONEY FOR CHILDREN’S HEALTHCARE. A Florida grand jury found $10 MILLION meant to help provide health insurance for poor children was misappropriated for political purposes. Moody & DeSantis took money meant for kids. #GOPWarOnHealthcare

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Rob Bryn Taylor @robbryntaylor.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Ancient Yew Tree Somerset ✌️

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Nancy @plaintanjane.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Jack Smith‘a scheduled to testify before @judiciarydems.senate.gov tomorrow, Sept 29, 2026. Smith will make an ass out of Grassley as he outlines the complicity of Republican lawmakers in their attempt to help Trump thwart the will of American voters & overturn the results of the 2020 election.

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History and Heritage Yorkshire @handhyorkshire.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

🧵History tells that St Peter’s Howden began as an Anglo-Saxon foundation, later granted by William the Conqueror to Durham Priory. In 1267 it became a collegiate church, supported by six local parishes, and over the next century grew into one of Yorkshire’s finest buildings. (It has

The ruined east end of St Peter's church, looking through the great east window towards the central tower. The roof and upper walls of the choir collapsed in 1696 and were never rebuilt. Image: Howden Minster by Michael Garlick CC BY-SA 2.0

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Eddie Smith @eddsmitty.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

⚠️WOKE CONTENT⚠️™️ 🧵On Feb. 26, 1931, the INS under the orders of Herbert Hoover deported up to 1.8 million people to Mexico. An investigation in 2004 revealed 60% were U.S. citizens. Pull up a seat🪑. (cont) #ProudBlue #ResistanceRoots #USDemocracy #Voices4Victory www.history.com/articles/the...

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The Long History of Anti-Latino Discrimination in America | HISTORY

School segregation, lynchings and mass deportations of Spanish-speaking U.S. citizens are just some of the injustices...

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Brandi Buchman @brandibuchman.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Periodic reminder that Pamela Jo Bondi sits on the board. Along with Usha Vance. And Dan Scavino. You know, those cultural giants.

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ProPublica @propublica.org · 26/09/2026

Hey, ProPublica reporter Jake Pearson here. I’m taking over the account to tell you about my new story. For months, I posed as a problem gambler on DraftKings to test the company's "responsible gaming" safeguards. Spoiler alert: They made me a VIP — and I lost $10K. Here's how it all went down. 🧵

Selfie taken by ProPublica reporter Jake Pearson, a man wearing a backwards baseball cap and an orange T-shirt.

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Benjamin Netanyahu is a war criminal and his government has committed genocide in Gaza. The United States should stop all military assistance to Israel. Saying this is not antisemitic. (I’m Jewish, by the way.)

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History and Heritage Yorkshire @handhyorkshire.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

There is a tendency to talk about people who receive support from the state as though they are somehow a completely different group from the rest of us: ‘taxpayers’ over here and ‘benefit claimants’ over there. My piece for @yorkshirebylines.co.uk yorkshirebylines.co.uk/politics/non...

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None of us knows what is around the corner

A personal testimonial of the life-saving benefits of a social security system that supports the people, and the dangers of villainising those who find need of it

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History and Heritage Yorkshire @handhyorkshire.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

🧵A fascinating character: The Reverend William Scoresby (1789–1857), Vicar of St Peter’s Church, was one of the most energetic and controversial Anglican clergyman in 19th-century Bradford. The son of whaling captain, William Scoresby, he first sailed to the Arctic aged ten and later

The Rev. William Scoresby’s time as Vicar of Bradford (1839–1847) was defined by a fierce commitment to the poor, which alienated the city’s industrial elite. Arriving during of a period severe economic problems, Scoresby championed the working class and built Bradford's first church day schools to educate children trapped in gruelling factory labour. His critiques of harsh factory conditions and relentless advocacy directly challenged the profits of local business owners. Wealthy industrialists viewed his reforms as a threat to their economic control. Facing bitter opposition, a frustrated Scoresby eventually resigned, leaving a legacy that prioritised human dignity over industrial profit.

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Nancy @plaintanjane.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

@ablinken.bsky.social has had it with the extremists on both sides of the Israel — Palestine conflict. #MAGA #DSA #Fauxgressives

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Jessica Ellis @baddestmamajama.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Oh, that’s just Stephen Speilberg in a respirator at the Lucas Museum opening during a Covid surge, like a BOSS.

Photo of a reporter talking to Stephen Speilberg, who is in a dark suit and black respirator mask on

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Again, it’s not just that this Tesla asshole killed a mother and her child with his recklessness. It’s that as his victims were dying, he did nothing to help them and instead sat scrolling through his phone.

Another family member noted that at the crash scene, “Chernicky stood idly by complaining of his knee and scrolling through his phone. He offered no assistance. He killed my family members. I believe he is a threat to this community, and deserves to remain in custody.”

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Nancy @plaintanjane.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

@kaitlynhennessy.bsky.social detail @nytimes.com report about new CA law👇🏽 Sept 19 California Cracks Down on Influencers’ Undisclosed Political Ads Under a new law, creators could face fines of $5,000 per post if they don’t disclose that they were paid to make political content.

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Kaitlyn Hennessy on Instagram

97 likes, 8 comments - kaitlyndoespolitics on September 20, 2026

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Tibor M. Kalman @kalmantibs.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

"These tears are of a different world." — Friedrich Schiller, Die Piccolomini, 1799 American conductor James Gaffigan, Orchestre national de France, and the Choeur de Radio France perform Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Lacrimosa, Requiem in D minor, composed in 1791. 🙏🏼🌍🕊️

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History and Heritage Yorkshire @handhyorkshire.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Eight Days in September 1066 - 2. The Battle of Fulford 🧵On 20 September 1066, Harald Hardrada’s Norwegian army met an English force led by the earls Edwin of Mercia and Morcar of Northumbria, south of York around the Germany Beck stream and Fulford Ings. The favoured site lay between the River

The arrival of King Harald of Norway and his defeat of the Northumbrians at Fulford, from 'The Life of King Edward the Confessor' by Matthew Paris. 13th century. The only copy of the illustrated Anglo-Norman verse it was probably written in 1230s or early 1240s and, as preserved in this manuscript, executed c. 1250-60.

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History and Heritage Yorkshire @handhyorkshire.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

🧵Battles tend to all come at once, especially in Yorkshire! The Battle of Myton, 20 September 1319, near Boroughbridge, took place during the First War of Scottish Independence. After Robert the Bruce’s victory at Bannockburn and the Scots’ capture of Berwick-upon-Tweed, Edward II laid siege to the

The image shows an informational plaque titled "Red Blood, White Battle" detailing the Battle of Myton fought on 20 September 1319. It is known as the white battle due to the number of clergy involved. Image: Red Blood, White Battle, The Battle of Myton by Ian S, CC BY-SA 2.0

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Shooti @bambooshooti.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

#ResistanceRoots Pablita Velarde was born on this day in 1918 in Santa Clara Pueblo, N.M. She pursued painting at a time when it was not acceptable for Pueblo women. Her “memory paintings” document the traditions, culture and history of her community layered with subtle, indomitable feminism. /1

Pablita Velarde. By defying strict centuries-old traditions that reserved two-dimensional painting for men, Velarde claimed a permanent seat for women in the modern Native art market. She also transformed the act of painting into a weapon of survival against cultural erasure. Through her meticulous “memory paintings,” she created a visual archive of Pueblo ceremonies, architecture and daily domestic life that honors her people’s history as they lived it. Her innovative return to the land — physically grinding desert minerals, clays and rocks on a stone metate to build her layered, sculptural earth paintings — pioneered a new aesthetic. She proved that modern Native art did not have to rely on commercial Western materials to be considered fine art, grounding her canvas in the soil of her ancestors. Ultimately, she passed the torch down to later generations of world-class artists, ensuring that the Native female voice would never be silenced in the history of art.

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america.is.not.free @antifapatriot.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

¡ THIS ¡ is The Kennedy Center! 💥💯 ❤️‍🔥👑🥲😍🤩😘 #KennedyCenter

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Pete Buttigieg @petebuttigieg.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

If I said we have a broken political system, it'd be the least memorable thing I said all day. We all know it. We all say it. The question is: Why do we act like it isn't? It can't go on like this.

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Shooti @bambooshooti.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

#ResistanceEarth We've all heard that "an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure." Now environmental researchers have put numbers to it. It's more cost-effective, and better for the climate and biodiversity, to protect tropical rainforests than to restore them. www.sei.org/publications...

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Protecting tropical forests is more cost-effective for biodiversity and climate than restoration

This research compares the biodiversity, carbon and cost-effectiveness of forest protection, disturbance avoidance and restoration in the Brazilian Amazon.

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Shooti @bambooshooti.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

#ResistanceRoots Today in history, 1925: Frida Kahlo forgets her umbrella. That simple, everyday annoyance turned out to be a life-changing event that put her on a trajectory to become a world-renowned artist. She became a sharp social critic who used her art as the canvas for political dissent. /1

Frida Kahlo paints a portrait of Jean Wight, the wife of artist Clifford Wight, who assisted Diego Rivera, Kahlo’s husband, when he was painting murals throughout the U.S., 1931. After she was critically injured in an accident on Sept. 17, 1925, Kahlo abandoned her planned career in medicine to become an artist. Operating within the realms of surrealism and magical realism, her work explored themes of identity, the human body, gender and death. Today, she is celebrated worldwide for her uncompromising, brilliantly colored self-portraits. She is also a global icon for feminism, LGBTQ+ communities and Mexican indigenous heritage. Though overshadowed by Rivera during her lifetime, her status surged posthumously into global “Fridamania.” Her childhood home in Coyoacán, La Casa Azul (The Blue House), is now one of the most visited museums in Mexico City. Photo credit: Bettmann / Getty Images.

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Nancy @plaintanjane.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Sept 17, 2020 WASHINGTON — Fertility tracking app Glow will pay a $250,000 civil penalty and adjust its privacy and security practices under a settlement announced Thursday by California Attorney General Xavier Becerra.

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California Settles with Glow App Over Alleged Privacy and Security Violations

In September, the California Attorney General reached a settlement with Glow, Inc., a technology company responsible for an ovulation and fertility-tracking mobile application called the Glow app.

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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 18/09/2026

My parents thought I had Polio. I got the vaccine and it turned out I didn’t. Anyone who does anything to make parents like mine worry about this is a god damned bastard. Fuck these people.

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elia ayoub @ayoub.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Friend shared this video of a man unveiling the library he hid when he fled Damascus in 2011. It’s incredible

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Melissa Jo Peltier @melissjpeltier.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Jefferson was a Deist. Adams re-iterated the Religious tolerance doctrine while in office. That’s the first 3 dudes proving that they didn’t found America on a religious commitment.

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Tibor M. Kalman @kalmantibs.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

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Melissa Jo Peltier @melissjpeltier.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Cannot begin to express how red hot furious this makes me.

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Pete Buttigieg @petebuttigieg.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

I’ve said it before, and I’ll say it again: Not every “Secretary Pete” is the same.

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Nancy @plaintanjane.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Sept 16, 2026 Independence-minded South Carolina has an alternative to Darline Graham Democrat Annie Andrews provides a ballot alternative to a Republican who'll cater to Trump's whims. 👀 —> George F. Will <—- 👀

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Opinion | Independence-minded South Carolina has an alternative to Darline Graham

Democrat Annie Andrews provides a ballot alternative to a Republican who'll cater to Trump's whims.

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Steven Beschloss @stevenbeschloss.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Mike Johnson sending the House home to avoid a vote on Pete Hegseth’s impeachment is a cowardly disgrace…and another reminder why these anti-democratic, pro-war, pro-Trump, Epstein file coverup enablers and Republican failures need to be sent home permanently.

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Once again, this was how the Economist characterized the American economy on Election Day in 2024. We had a country on the brink of stunning success, but the Republicans knee-capped it with trade wars and real wars of their own choosing.

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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

I am a one-issue voter: Get Republicans out of office.

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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

When they eventually make a movie about this time, please don't put the male politicians in good suits. IMO, the ugly, low rent tailoring should be part of the story.

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Dr. Alexandria Brangwin 🇦🇺 @alexbrangwin.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Because it's not a real person, just a wall of phones in a warehouse somewhere with a laptop controlling them all.

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Hassinator @hassinator.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

a great letter in the times today. perhaps worth sharing in these troubled times. #RNLI #heroes

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s. e. smith @sesmith.lol · 13/09/2026

Incredible Sunday Longreads feature on a family secret, and story, that emerged alongside her grandmother's Alzheimer's.

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The Mother Tongue of All Secrets - The Sunday Long Read

For six decades, in four languages, my grandmother kept a secret. Who was she hiding, and why?

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Shooti @bambooshooti.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

#ResistanceRoots Today in history, 1964: MLK visits West Berlin to deliver a message of unity and human rights to a massive crowd. He then broke protocol and passed through the Berlin Wall to speak in East Germany. His message proved that the struggle against oppression is the same everywhere. /1

MLK speaks to some 20,000 West Berliners at the Waldbühne, Sept. 13, 1964. When MLK stood before an enormous, emotionally charged crowd at the outdoor Waldbühne amphitheater, his sermon served as a sweeping philosophical indictment of the Berlin Wall. He condemned it as a “symbol of the divisions of mankind on the face of the Earth.” During his sermon, MLK drew parallels between the segregation struggles in the U.S. and the geopolitical divisions in Germany. He declared: “For here on either side of the wall are God’s children, and no manmade barrier can obliterate that fact.” Photo credit: Ullstein bild – dpa.

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