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Persimmon

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kindness makes me cry @cpep@mstdn.science (mastodon) She/Her or They/Them My fuking choice.

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Thor Benson @thorbenson.bsky.social · 47m
Hmmm... [cleaning glasses with cloth]... I think these people might be horrible
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Thor Benson @thorbenson.bsky.social · 50m
Let's check in on the vice president's intellectual hero
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Sanho Tree @sanho.bsky.social · 47m
“DCA is already stretched to its limit. We do not need an obstacle taking up space in our flight path,” Sarah Nelson said. “Nor should commercial aviation have to dodge military drones, missiles or snipers while attempting to take off or land at Washington National Airport. Safety first always.”
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Flight attendants' union shares safety concerns over Trump's DC arch
President Trump’s proposed triumphal arch would be on final approach to Reagan National Airport.
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Sanho Tree @sanho.bsky.social · 23/05/2026
The positioning of Trump’s self-aggrandizing arch is so much worse than I imagined.
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Renderings show arch obstructing view of Arlington National Cemetery
YouTube video by CNN
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Dan Froomkin/Press Watch/Heads Up News @froomkin.bsky.social · 53m
And now the Arizona Star reports: "Judge orders Arizona man returned from Africa after 'unlawful' deportation." The judge, a Trump appointee, cited news reports in his order. Journalism FTW! tucson.com/news/local/b...
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Judge orders Arizona man returned from Africa after 'unlawful' deportation
A federal judge has ordered the U.S. government to facilitate the return of a Phoenix man who the judge determined was "unlawfully" deported to Equatorial Guinea in April and has
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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 59m
WHOA. This is big news. Mr. Soliman is a 31-year-old gay man from Egypt who came here at 3 with a green card. He lost his green card after a conviction, but an immigration judge found that he would be persecuted in Egypt and barred sending him there. He's locked in a hotel in Equatorial Guinea now.
A federal judge has ordered the Department of Homeland Security to return Ahmed Soliman to the United States, five months after he was expelled to Equatorial Guinea, a country where he has no ties, in a decision that could have far-reaching implications for thousands of others subjected to the Trump administration’s third-country removal scheme.

Arizona District Court Judge John C. Hinderaker, a Trump appointee, ruled that DHS violated the Due Process Clause of the Fifth Amendment and “must facilitate Plaintiff’s release from custody in Equatorial Guinea and return to the United States and must ensure his case is handled as it would have been had he not been improperly sent to Equatorial Guinea.”
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Ken Klippenstein @kenklippenstein.bsky.social · 1h
Diplomatic cable leaked to me shows Marco Rubio order embassies to bar people from the US for speech-related reasons. Hours later, Rubio gave a speech at the Acropolis celebrating "free debate and public discussion": www.kenklippenstein.com/p/the-speech...
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The Speech That Gets You Banned From America
Leaked Rubio cable details “far-left” speech that bars people from entering the U.S.
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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 1h
Not beating the eugenics accusations
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Le Monde in English @english.lemonde.fr · 1h
'Russian journalist Anna Politkovskaya believed that a society that accepts lies ends up accepting violence as well'
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'Russian journalist Anna Politkovskaya believed that a society that accepts lies ends up accepting violence as well'
Twenty years ago, the journalist was murdered at the instigation of Russian security services. Documentary filmmaker Eric Bergkraut, who knew her well, recalls in an opinion piece for Le Monde her fight for truth and against Kremlin propaganda – a struggle that is more necessary than ever as Vladimir Putin continues to kill.
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John Skiles Skinner @skiles.blue · 1h
Yet another reminder that the world's richest man and GOP's largest funder still controls federal computer systems
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Noelle Cook @noellecook.com · 1h
The companion feature documentary offers another way into the world of The Conspiracists, following Yvonne and other women connected to Jan. 6 as their beliefs continue to evolve. It’s streaming on The Roku Channel in the U.S., or available to rent or buy at theconspiracistsfilm.com
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The Conspiracists | A Documentary
A ‘Jan 6’ insurrectionist takes a British filmmaker and an American researcher on a road trip and attempts to convert them to her world of conspiracy theories.
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Noelle Cook @noellecook.com · 1h
If this @thedailyshow.com segment has you curious about Yvonne St. Cyr, I spent years tracing her road to Jan. 6 in my book The Conspiracists. It didn’t begin with QAnon. It ran through the Marines, evangelical Christianity, New Age wellness, and eventually conspirituality. 1/2
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Jordan Klepper Sits Down with a January 6er Who Wants a Refund | The Daily Show
YouTube video by The Daily Show
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NBC4 Washington @nbcwashington.com · 3h
Maryland lawmakers asked for $11 million to respond to a number of recent deaths by suicide at Fort Meade. Matti Gellman reported the story for The Banner.
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Concern at Fort Meade after recent cluster of suicides
Maryland lawmakers asked for $11 million to respond to a number of recent deaths by suicide at Fort Meade. Matti Gellman reported the story for The Banner.
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Sanho Tree @sanho.bsky.social · 1h
All clustered in NSA/Cyber Command.🤔
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Le Monde in English @english.lemonde.fr · 6h
Thousands march ahead of Brazil election runoff: 'Never Again Bolsonaro'
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Thousands march ahead of Brazil election runoff: 'Never Again Bolsonaro'
Students spilled into downtown Rio de Janeiro on Wednesday, calling for votes for incumbent leftist president Lula.
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Rabbi Danya Ruttenberg @theradr.bsky.social · 2h
what if -- check me here -- the State didn't have the right to take people's lives
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Transgender World @transgenderreport.com · 2h
Elliot Page calls on New York hospitals to restore trans youth healthcare www.scenemag.co.uk/e... #transgender #trans #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA
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Elliot Page calls on New York hospitals to restore trans youth healthcare
Actor and LGBTQ+ campaigner Elliot Page has called on several New York hospital systems to resume gender-affirming care for trans young people, accusing them of bowing to political pressure from the Trump administration.  The Umbrella Academy star joined protesters outside NYU Langone Health in New York City on 23
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Get To Know Nature @gettoknownature.bsky.social · 3h
This tree is very tall, very old and has clearly Seen Some Things. Also possibly Done Some Things #SpookyNature 🌿
A black and white photo of a big bare tree on a foggy day. It has irregularly shaped and angled branches and is much larger than the trees around it. It looks like it could be some kind of forest spirit.
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Michael "Fallen Coffee Pot of Shadows" Senters the Sigillite:ABD @mikesenters.bsky.social · 2h
Suboptimal that this guy is the Vice President’s favorite “intellectual”
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Persimmon @cpep.bsky.social · 2h
Thx 🌿
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Yashar Ali 🐘 @yasharali.bsky.social · 2h
People saying the gift link isn’t work in my post below, does this work? www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
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Exclusive | ‘Honey Please’: Kimberly Guilfoyle Pushed Donor to Wire $100,000 to Her Amex Account
Text messages with a MAGA ally show Guilfoyle seeking funds and offering access to top administration officials before becoming ambassador to Greece.
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bag of moons 🏳️‍🌈 @bagofmoons.bsky.social · 2h
it isnt going to fix anything by itself, but if you print this out and put it in the back window of your car, i can attest that you will get a lot of compliments bsky.app/profile/doug...
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bag of moons 🏳️‍🌈 @bagofmoons.bsky.social · 2h
i don't know how much white people are tracking this but y'all: the degree to which your somali neighbors are scared and hurting right now, and degree to which right wing politicians are going after them in the media and the media is falling for it cannot be overstated
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David Burbach 🇺🇸 @dburbach.bsky.social · 2h
Yarvin is basically one hop from the tech billionaires shaping US policy, and has been praised by VP Vance
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NetBlocks @netblocks.org · 2h
⚠️ Confirmed: Metrics show a significant disruption to the network of Russian internet and cloud giant Yandex. Reports indicate a major fire at one of the company's data centers in Sasovo, Ryazan Oblast, #Russia, after a Ukrainian drone attack campaign.
Graph from NetBlocks showing network connectivity by provider in Russia from October 1, 2026, to October 8, 2026. The y-axis represents normalized connectivity from 0% to 100%, and the x-axis represents dates and times. A green line represents Russian tech giant Yandex.Cloud LLC's (AS200350) connectivity remaining stable throughout most of the period, before dropping on the early morning of October 8 (Russia time). The disruption corresponds to a power outage following Ukranian drone attacks targeting datacenters.The chart has a dark background with a red circle highlighting the decline at the end of the period, and includes the NetBlocks logo in the lower left corner with the Mapping Internet Freedom slogan. Yandex.Cloud LLC, AS200350 (71% / 71%)
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Brian Beutler @brianbeutler.bsky.social · 2h
Oh. newrepublic.com/post/216331/...
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USPS Hires Security Service With History of Human Rights Abuse
Almost 1,000 armed security officers have been sent to at least 55 post office facilities.
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Idaho Capital Sun @idahocapitalsun.com · 2h
Between 2015 and 2025, water bills increased by 62% on average among the nation’s 500 largest community water providers.
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Americans’ water bills are growing faster than groceries, overall inflation • Idaho Capital Sun
Between 2015 and 2025, water bills increased by 62% on average across the nation’s 500 largest community water providers, the data shows.
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Sheryl Gay Stolberg @sherylnyt.bsky.social · 3h
NEW: RFK is planning a major vaccine injury initiative, including more research, a clinic at NIH, and a new billing code so doctors can be reimbursed for filing reports of side effects. Experts say more research is needed. But they're wary. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/07/u...
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RFK Jr. Plans Vaccine Injury Initiative, Drawing Wary Eye From Experts (Gift Article)
Vaccine safety experts say more research into the side effects would be welcome yet question whether the health secretary’s effort will be grounded in science.
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Roger Sollenberger @sollenbergerrc.bsky.social · 2h
If Deters didn’t make the payment to cover Kim Guilfoyle’s $100,000 AmEx debt ahead of her ambassador confirmation, then who paid it? Her ethics disclosure doesn’t list any credit card debt
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Brian Finucane @bcfinucane.bsky.social · 3h
Update on US-Ecuadorian maritime ops: "An Ecuadorian judge declared 32 crew members of two vessels that were intercepted and bombed by the United States in Pacific waters innocent on Wednesday." efe.com/mundo/declar...
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Social Media Lab @socialmedialab.ca · 2h
There’s something wonderfully Northern European about the humour here: brutally direct, biting even and delivered with the cheerful air of someone pointing out that, yes, the emperor really is naked. Say hello to “The Orange Plague”
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‘King of Injustice’: Golden naked Trump statue installed at European Parliament
Inside the European Parliament, politicians are now confronted with a grotesque vision of American power: a 2.6-metre-tall statue of U.S. President Donald Trump, naked but for a thin layer of 23-karat...
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Richard Waite @waiterich.bsky.social · 3h
Re-wetting drained peatlands is a powerful and underappreciated climate solution.
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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 4h
me, an immigrant, watching people who said immigrants are corrupting america engage in actual corrupt behavior
An Asian man looks out the window with binoculars. An Asian man smiling at the camera.
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Christopher Farnsworth @chrisfarnsworth.bsky.social · 3h
Gift link: www.nytimes.com/2026/10/07/u...
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Leon Botstein, Former Bard President With Epstein Ties, Resigns From College Positions (Gift Article)
Leon Botstein had already retired from the presidency of the liberal arts college this spring, after emails showed he had maintained a longtime friendship with Jeffrey Epstein.
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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 5h
Haha wow is this comically corrupt. /he didn't end up paying her the money because he said he'd get in trouble with his wife.
By 
Dana Mattioli
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Drew Hinshaw
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Rebecca Ballhaus
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Joe Parkinson
Oct. 7, 2026 4:53 pm ET

Kimberly Guilfoyle was preparing for her congressional hearing to become U.S. ambassador to Greece when she reached out to a Trump donor with an urgent request: She needed $100,000 that she said she owed American Express—in a way that wouldn’t leave a paper trail. 

“It won’t show up anywhere if you wire money to American Express,” she wrote on Signal, according to messages reviewed by The Wall Street Journal. “Please.”

Underneath is a screenshot of a text. First text is a link to an American Express instructions PDF. Next text says: "You can just send it here. It won't show up anywhere if you wire money to American Express that's all that will show." Final text: "Please."
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Sahoni, Official Re(a)d Wolf @sahoni.bsky.social · 6h
When colonization came to call in the US, many folks wrote about america as a pristine Eden whose forest were filled with delights and bounty. This was because indigenous folk (Like mine) built up food forest. Things that were razed and destroyed as a part of racist violence. Colonization is ongoing
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bryan newbold @bnewbold.net · 6h
ah damn, RIP Margaret Hamilton. she took safety-critical software engineering seriously, and got people to the moon and back. news.mit.edu/2026/margare...
old photos of a woman (Margaret Hamilton) standing next to a tall stack of books (printouts of Apollo space mission software source code)
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AFP News Agency @en.afp.com · 6h
🇧🇷 Thousands of people join a student march in downtown Rio de Janeiro to protest against election favorite Flavio Bolsonaro and the prospect of the far-right's return to power in Brazil, as the campaign for a presidential runoff swings into action u.afp.com/SCZC
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Melissa Gira Grant @melissagiragrant.com · 8h
reading this, recalling how quickly the killing of Minnesota Rep. Melissa Hortman slipped out of the news
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Congressional candidate is raped while repairing her campaign signs
Embarrassed, she initially didn’t want to report attack. Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office's investigation is ongoing.
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Joey Politano🏳️‍🌈 @josephpolitano.bsky.social · 8h
Musk advocating for Quebec separatism then following it up by saying Alberta & Saskatchewan should leave too gives away this is just about dissolving Canada for being lib, but I'm glad he's too dumb to realize it undermines separatists' chances by further associating them with right-wing Americanism
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Brian Finucane @bcfinucane.bsky.social · 9h
"I can do whatever I want, if I want." Today is the 10th anniversary of the public revelation of Trump's 'Access Hollywood' comments.
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Rosamundi @rosamundi.bsky.social · 12h
Oh, the Archdiocese of St Louis is *mad*, mad, I see. www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
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Archdiocese sues US government over denied Catholic sacraments for ICE detainees
According to the website of Immigration and Customs Enforcement, religious figures may visit detainees at any time after giving notice to the sheriff’s office. The lawsuit contends that ICE is failing...
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Claire Willett @clairewillett.bsky.social · 8h
white evangelical Republicans whose experience of Catholicism is limited to people like JD Vance assumed that their allies on abortion would be their allies on everything and miscalculated so badly here. even the most conservative US bishops cannot function without their immigrant parishioners!
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Thiago Carvalho @cyrilpedia.bsky.social · 9h
'Any concealment by the lab technician may have delayed lifesaving countermeasures. “If you work on plague and you have an accident, normally you go to the doctor of your institute and you’re put immediately on antibiotics” to prevent infection' www.science.org/content/arti...
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Possible plague death at a Siberian lab baffles scientists
Much is unclear about the tragedy, but plague researchers say there is “zero” chance of an epidemic
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Thiago Carvalho @cyrilpedia.bsky.social · 9h
Looks like Vlad sent his talking points
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Garrett M. Graff @vermontgmg.bsky.social · 10h
The funniest thing about Hegseth’s maniacal misguided focus on military fitness is how every time he works out with the troops, it demonstrates he’s actually bad at it.
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NetBlocks @netblocks.org · 10h
⚠️ Confirmed: Network data show a decline in internet connectivity in parts of Kyiv, #Ukraine, after a series of Russian drone attacks targeting energy infrastructure, followed by emergency power shutdowns 🔌 📉
Graph from NetBlocks showing network connectivity by region in Ukraine from October 1, 2026, to October 7, 2026. The y-axis represents normalized connectivity from 0% to 100%, and the x-axis represents dates. The graph indicates connectivity disruptions in Kyiv City starting on the afternoon of October 7 (Ukraine time). The disruptions correspond to power outages following Russian drone attacks. The minimum and current connectivity levels are shown as 84% and 84%, respectively. The chart has a dark background with a red circle highlighting the decline at the end of the period, and includes the NetBlocks logo in the lower left corner with the Mapping Internet Freedom slogan.
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I Scare You Like Sound Dog @chadstanton.blacksky.app · 11h
Cannot emphasize enough that the morass we find ourselves in everywhere is a result of this commitment to white supremacy. The eugenic health policy, the belief and desire for US autarky, meddling & murder in Latin America, the half-cocked belief that the US could bully Iran- it really is.
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The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 11h
Israel’s military campaign in Gaza has killed 74,245 Palestinians in three years, Gaza’s health ministry says. “There is a ceasefire in name only,” said a senior policy fellow with the European Council on Foreign Relations.
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Three years after Oct. 7, Israeli strikes in Gaza grind on and deaths climb
Almost a year has passed since President Donald Trump declared the fighting over and “peace in the Middle East” achieved.
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