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Patrick Wyman @patrickwyman.bsky.social · 15h
There is absolutely no viable path forward for this country that doesn’t hinge on extreme accountability for everyone involved in this administration. They’re going to whine about politicization and credulous media types will echo them, but the thing is, they’ve committed tons of obvious crimes!
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Ilhan Omar @ilhanmn.bsky.social · 12h
I’m ok. Make no mistake: this is an attempt to target political enemies and weaponize federal law enforcement. For ten years, Trump has targeted me with baseless lies and smear campaigns. This is just the latest escalation in his campaign of political intimidation. I will not be silenced.
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Margot Finn @eicathomefinn.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
'HESA data published in early 2026 found that of the 26,110 academic staff employed at professor level across UK higher education in 2024/25, only 270 are Black. That’s 1.03 per cent of the professoriate....the difference...shows no clear sign of closing.'
wonkhe.com
Why universities keep forgetting their anti-racism commitments
Dami Folayan argues that anti-racism pledges fade because universities don’t build them into governance, systems, and budgets
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Wear The Peace @wearthepeace.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Hundreds of thousands of pro-Palestinian protesters took the streets yesterday, October 7th, to stand with Gaza. Free Palestine 🇵🇸
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Kashana @kashana.blacksky.app · 08/10/2026
Excited to see that we’re replacing new housing with chatbots that tell you to kill yourself
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Maximillian Alvarez @maximillianalvarez.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
New from me & @julestaylor.bsky.social. We speak w/ a lot of pissed-off Texans from Big Bend about Trump dolling out $ billions to flood border towns w/ troops & feds—& to pay contractors w/ ties to Trump to build a wall they say no one needs or wants @therealnews.com therealnews.com/trump-messed...
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Trump messed with Texas. Now an army of pissed-off Texans are fighting his border wall
“I think everyone in America should be upset about what they're doing to abuse this power to take advantage of American citizens and Texans. It's not right.”
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Democracy Now! @democracynow.org · 08/10/2026
Maricarmen, the 87-year-old pensioner in Spain whose eviction from her lifelong home sparked nationwide protests, died on Wednesday. “She literally put her body on the line for seven years, which is how long she fought this eviction for,” says Spanish journalist Maria Carrion.
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Dr. Lucky Tran @luckytran.com · 08/10/2026
This picture will always be iconic. RIP Margaret Hamilton who wrote the software that successfully guided NASA’s Apollo missions through the moon.
Margaret Hamilton with printed computer code in 1969. Credit: NASA/Alamy
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The New Lede @thenewlede.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
A worthless plan: “We found that there were only about 120 watersheds out of over 11,000 that would actually see a reduction in atrazine below … the level EPA has identified would harm aquatic ecosystems,” Nathan Donley of @biologicaldiversity.org said. www.thenewlede.org/2026/10/epa-...
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EPA’s atrazine clean up plan is “utterly worthless,” study finds
A US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) plan to reduce the amount of atrazine running off into US rivers, lakes and streams would leave 99% of watersheds contaminated at levels that exceed the agen...
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A. Marmot 🌱 @aminus.bsky.social · 14/10/2024
CELESTIAL for day 11 of Skeleween 2024
a skeleton walking through the night, perspective from below, illuminated in bright blue and part cast in shadow, stars and blue and purple strands of nebulae shining brightly above him
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Tim White @twmcltd.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
I see reports that the former British banker, and whistleblower, Simon Andriesz, 57, has "committed suicide." Andriesz, 57, exposed U.S. Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick’s past links to Jeffrey Epstein, including emails in 2018 about a start-up business they planned.
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Jen Sorensen @jensorensen.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
This week's comic on the pleasures of grocery shopping in 2026
Mr. Mrs. Perkins go grocery shopping 2026


Wasn’t that lettuce recalled for gut-exploding bacteria?

They said it might be OK in this state…

And look, it’s on sale!

Bags of lettuce from Grody farms 25% off



My, things have gotten expensive. Mr. P looks at Tariff Cheese priced $79 per pound

Looks like we can only afford the industrial poultry. Mrs. P looks at the Sad chicken section where

Thighs of Despair are offered at $3.99 per pound



This breakfast cereal used to be $4.50 for a large box. Now it’s $9 for this. Mr. P is holding a tiny box of Honey Chomps


This one is now priced by the flake. Mrs. P is holding a bag of cereal that costs 10¢ per wheat unit


Both look at hot dogs of dubious origin

Cheap

You’d never know the stock markets at an all-time high.

Yeah, it seems the supermarket has hit an all-time low.
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Shellraiser B Woke - Living Saint of Purity🏳️‍⚧️🖤💜🤍 💛 @shelleybwoke.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Where one story survives, many more lie buried.
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Truthout @truthout.org · 30/09/2026
A new report details the widespread damage to civilian infrastructure in Iran amid the U.S.-Israeli war, adding to war crimes allegations as the U.S. openly targets civilian sites and threatens genocide against the country’s 92 million residents.
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Report: Nearly 1,300 Schools, 210 Health Centers Damaged in Iran Amid US Assault
The war has knocked out six hospitals, including a children’s cancer hospital that was temporarily rendered inoperable.
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KB @bkeithb.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
The government is using its so-called war on illegal immigration to normalize something far more dangerous: a system in which due process can be bypassed, people can be detained and moved beyond easy public scrutiny. Read More: thefreethoughtproject.com/the-state/fi... #TheFreeThoughtProject
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First Them, Then Us: America’s Shift from Police State to Prison State
The government is using its so-called war on illegal immigration to normalize something far more dangerous: a system in which due process can be bypassed, people can be detained and moved beyond easy ...
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KB @bkeithb.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Via @thecradlemedia.bsky.social thecradle.co/articles/sau...
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Saudi strikes hit Yemen’s civilian infrastructure
The latest attacks by the Saudi-led coalition in Yemen have targeted schools and civilian telecommunication infrastructure
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Audrey Dutton @audreydutton.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Emma Joyce was sick and vomiting for days when she died. The next summer, Ava Joan got sick: wouldn't eat or drink, rapid breathing, and her vomit was black. It was untreated diabetes. The girls' toddler brother was next to die. Years later, another brother. www.propublica.org/article/idah...
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Four Kids in One Faith-Healing Family Died. Authorities Could Do Nothing.
An exemption in Idaho law shields faith-healing parents from criminal prosecution for conduct that otherwise would be charged as neglect. It also keeps police and social workers from stepping in to pr...
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Spencer Ackerman @attackerman.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Ha ha that’s gross and should make everyone uncomfortable, anyway, Rahm presided over a Chicago police black site, lied about what it was and then I sued the Chicago police for its records that proved it:
theguardian.com
Homan Square revealed: how Chicago police 'disappeared' 7,000 people
Exclusive: Lawsuit exposes scale of detention at off-the-books interrogation warehouse while attorneys describe find-your-client chase ‘from a Bond movie’
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SoCal Leslie @socalleslie.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Sea otter awareness week is winding down. Here are two adults with their pups. 🦦🦑
Two adult sea otters with their pups.
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KB @bkeithb.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
#WestBankUnderAttack Via @presstv.bsky.social www.presstv.co.uk/Detail/2026/...
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Israeli forces demolish homes in West Bank, displacing 176 Palestinians
Israeli forces have demolished dozens of homes and other structures in the Palestinian village of Janba in the southern occupied West Bank.
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Blake Patterson @blakespot.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Gary Numan is 13 days older than Gary Oldman.
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Ed Zitron @edzitron.com · 25/09/2026
Walked by here and they had saved some of you a table
Loser's Eating House
4.2 女文女女大 (114)•田39 min
Bakery • $10-20
Closed • Opens 8:30 AM Fri
Saved in Nyc
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The Real News Network @therealnews.com · 22/09/2026
The settlement will place CNN and CBS News under control of a group chosen by the conglomerate’s board of directors.
therealnews.com
Democratic states cave on Paramount merger lawsuit in win for billionaire owners
The settlement will place CNN and CBS News under control of a group chosen by the conglomerate’s board of directors.
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 22/09/2026
NEW: In late 2024, FBI investigators had enough evidence to launch a sweeping bribery probe that could ensnare top lawmakers, including Sen. Susan Collins. Then Trump was reelected and eviscerated the FBI and DOJ teams handling public corruption probes.
propublica.org
The FBI Anti-Corruption Squad Was Circling Susan Collins — Until Trump Got in the Way
After the FBI caught a defense contractor’s CEO making illegal campaign contributions, it sought to launch a sweeping political bribery probe involving Collins and others. Then the second Trump admini...
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Fathel @fath0039.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
This book was excellent. It successfully makes us reasses the role of international law as a tool for Euro-American imperial management and the setting up of indirect colonialism in places like Lebanon or Kuwait decades before the former was colonized directly by France.
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Joe Flynn @chinajoeflynn.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
No amnesty @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social
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Candice Bernd @candicequestions.com · 21/09/2026
NOW: Just arrived at the intersection of Research Blvd and Anderson Lane—near where ICE shot & wounded 29-yr-old Wilber Rafael Garces Perez earlier today. Between 300-500 people still holding intersection here. ICE is reportedly not letting Garces Perez’s family access him at the hospital.
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Laura Jedeed @laurajedeed.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
How much influence is end times prophecy exerting over American policy right now? The short answer: more than one might like My latest for The New Republic
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We Need to Talk About the Apocalypse
End-times prophecy, pro-war prayer circles, Democrats as demons: Christian dominionism’s influence is everywhere in the second Trump administration—and increasingly, within America itself. Can democra...
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Michael Dunn @michaeldunnauthor.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Today in #LaborHistory 9/20/1878: #workingclass #writer #UptonSinclair was born. The Jungle; King Coal; Oil. #socialism. #pulitzerprize. His politics influence the #NewDeal. His books inspired 1906 Pure Food and Drug Act
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◉●○•° @cosmoecology.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
NASA-led modeling projects an 80% chance of a "megadrought" (lasting 30+ years) in the Southwest and Great Plains between 2050 and 2100, worse than any drought in the past 1,000 years.
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Courtney Milan @courtneymilan.com · 19/09/2026
The AI industry wants you to say "the AI just did that thing on its own!" Like, United Health's AI that's denying a shitload of claims with a 90% error rate? They wanted you to think it's just the AI.
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micchiato 🎋 @micchiato.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
When we discuss the damage Reagan did to collective bargaining rights, I rarely see references to the organized outcry mobilizing in 1981. An important memory we got to keep alive. #otd #history
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Andrew Lawrence @ndrew.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
msnow is currently doing a segment about hasan piker being a problem for dems
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Paul F. Tompkins @pftompkins.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
It’s very simple and it’s been said over and over but I guess it needs saying continuously: if you deem one group too small to have equal rights you are enabling fascism, not fighting it. The people saying Dems are GREAT on trans rights are not paying attention and/or saying stuff like this.
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The Democrats defend the Kennedy Center but not trans people.
A building.

@treewarrior.bsky....
maybe because defending everything about a super small minority of the population is not worth losing to fascists
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micchiato 🎋 @micchiato.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
“after Patrice Lumumba was overthrown in Congo, meeting minutes on [ #otd ] in 1960 record Pres. Dwight Eisenhower & UK Foreign Secretary Alec Douglas-Home (and PM Harold MacMillan) agreeing Lumumba should ‘fall into a river full of crocodiles’ for seeking freedom.” #history
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Liam O'Mara IV, PhD (@LiamOMaraIV@mastodon.social)
Attached: 1 image Soon after #PatriceLumumba was overthrown in #Congo, meeting minutes on #ThisDayInHistory in 1960 record Pres. #DwightEisenhower & UK Foreign Secretary #AlecDouglasHome (and PM #Har...
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Bunkunin @bunkunin.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Strait of Hormuz attacks spill oil into Persian Gulf www.dw.com/en/iran-war-... War is war against nature.
dw.com
Strait of Hormuz attacks spill oil into Persian Gulf
As war disrupts one of the world's busiest shipping lanes, satellite images reveal that oil is spreading toward protected coral reefs and mangrove forests.
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KB @bkeithb.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
As the US-Israeli war on West Asia continues to reshape geopolitics, Ansar Allah’s emergence as a regional force has placed Yemen at the center of a struggle that may define the future of West Asia. Via @btnewsroom.bsky.social breakthroughnews.org/2026/09/17/o...
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Over a decade of war in Yemen and the rise of Ansar Allah - BT News
Despite over a decade of war and blockade by the Saudi-led coalition aimed at dismantling it, the Yemeni resistance movement has emerged stronger.
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Screamer Jim @screamerjim.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
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Jane @jane.meangirls.online · 17/09/2026
this is probably the worst language i've seen a democrat use. saying "transgender ideology" is straight out of the right wing playbook. this is looking more and more like Labour, so I don't want to hear any more shit about how even the transphobic democrats broadly support our rights.
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Wilderness Watch @wildernesswatch.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
"The dream of a fully and permanently protected Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness, begun over a century ago...remains within our grasp. Let’s work to make that dream a reality." – Kevin Proescholdt, Wilderness Watch www.startribune.com/walz-bwca-mi...
startribune.com
Opinion | A century later, there’s more to protect the Boundary Waters from than mining
From addressing motorboat traffic to visitation levels and motorized portages, there is more we can do to fulfill the dream of fully protected BWCA, Kevin Proescholdt writes.
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George Tsakraklides @tsakraklides.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
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KB @bkeithb.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
The Epstein Class billionaire who canceled Macklemore Robert Kraft has played a central role in recruiting athletes, entertainers and influencers as assets for Israel He’s also a high-level member of the Epstein class implicated in sex crimes Max Blumenthal via TheGrayzone.com
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KB @bkeithb.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Many of the 20 officials identified by the organizers secured lucrative roles in elite spaces. Some landed gigs associated with liberal politics, despite 77% of Democratic voters believing Israel has committed genocide in Gaza, and 74% opposing additional... israelpalestinenews.org/bidens-genoc...
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Biden’s Genocide Accomplices Targeted by Accountability Campaign
Many of the 20 officials identified secured lucrative roles in elite spaces. Some landed gigs associated with liberal politics despite their complicity
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Claire, Boo Haver @progesteronipizza.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
the mistake of the modern liberal is viewing trans individuals not voting as a threat when it's consistent with what we've always said. equal rights for all. we can all drown together or we can rise together. but we will not sacrifice our rights for your comfort by voting for our own oppression.
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Aurelien Mondon @aurelmondon.com · 17/09/2026
It was confirmed yesterday that the centre left coalition won the election in Sweden As predicted, with the far right performing poorly, coverage has almost entirely vanished from international media
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Democracy Now! @democracynow.org · 17/09/2026
President Trump last month authorized the duty-free importation of 660 million pounds of cheap beef trimmings that will get mixed in with other cuts to make ground beef. “This meat is some of the meat most likely to be contaminated,” says Eric Schlosser, author of Fast Food Nation.
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Wilderness Watch @wildernesswatch.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Some good news for the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness and its watershed! The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources has canceled a mineral lease that was held by the mining company Twin Metals. www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...
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Minnesota DNR ends Twin Metals lease for land near Boundary Waters
James Coleman, a University of Minnesota professor with expertise in energy law, explains the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources decision to cancel a Twin Metals mineral lease for a site locate...
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Nick Benson @ottergoose.net · 16/09/2026
MSP’s airport authority, the MAC, who’ll have members appointed by @amyklobuchar.com after she’s elected, has dropped the ball repeatedly with respect to ICE, and continues to work against the interests of our community. Kudos to the workers, but fuck MSP’s spineless leadership.
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Democracy Now! @democracynow.org · 16/09/2026
“For too long, Israel’s policies in the West Bank have been treated or looked at as isolated events,” says Ori Givati, director of international relations at B’Tselem. “We actually find that there is one very coherent logic behind all of them, and this is the logic of elimination."
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“The Elimination Project”: Israel's Systematic Dismantling of Palestinian Life in West Bank: B'Tselem
A major new report by the Israeli human rights group B'Tselem titled “The Elimination Project” accuses Israel of “dramatically intensifying its attacks on every aspect of Palestinian life in the West Bank.” “For too long, Israel's policies in the West B...
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