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Cranky redhead. Sprog and Dog wrangler. Cat wrangles herself. The horrors persist, but so do I. (Yes, I have the t-shirt.)

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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 19h
"Driver-volunteers go to homes to drop off diapers, baby formula, toilet paper, groceries... "Drivers switch routes and cars, write addresses on paper, and carry a water bottle so they can drop the paper in water and obscure the addresses if stopped... kansasreflector.com/2026/10/02/t...
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Trump's immigration sweeps leave southwest Kansas communities looking for way forward • Kansas Reflector
DODGE CITY — Southwest Kansas communities reeling from President Donald Trump’s immigration crackdown — which included random stops to check status — are looking for ways to recover as fear continues ...
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Marty Lederman @martylederman.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Samuel Alito: We won't overturn Obergefell because it's engendered reliance interests. Jan Crawford: Well, many people had organized their lives around Roe v. Wade. Alito: No, they didn't. Women merely had an "abstract" interest in "ideas about the kind of society that they were going to live in."
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The Alito Court: A rare interview with the influential Supreme Court justice
Justice Samuel Alito discussed his opinion in the Dobbs decision overturning Roe v. Wade, the leaked draft and its aftermath, same-sex marriage rights and why he's not retiring yet.
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Kate Starbird @katestarbird.bsky.social · 16h
Interesting trend from our election rumor monitoring... over on X, there's lots of discussion about early mail-in ballots and mail-in ballot requests pointing to lower-than-expected turnout for Dems. That's alongside allegations that the current polls are juiced for Dems.
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Center for Biological Diversity @biologicaldiversity.org · 02/10/2026
More than 1,700 species are protected under the #EndangeredSpeciesAct — with many more awaiting protections. The Act has saved 99% of species under its care, yet Congress is once again trying to weaken this lifesaving law — this time under the guise of helping renewable energy. Take action 🔗⬇️
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Speak out against massive attack on Endangered Species Act
A cynical deal in the U.S. Senate could gut the world’s strongest conservation law. This is a staggering betrayal of the Endangered Species Act and the more than 1,700 animals and plants it protects. ...
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Chise @sailorrooscout.bsky.social · 21h
WELL NOW, would you look at that? A massive, 4-YEAR-LONG study of NEARLY 30 MILLION people in France found that individuals who received a COVID-19 mRNA vaccine had a 74% LOWER risk of death from severe COVID-19 compared to unvaccinated individuals and ZERO increased risk of all-cause mortality.
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Xenta @xenta.bsky.social · 20h
Friends, help someone my son cares about His commander Yaroslav's mother, Vira, is 67, fighting cancer since 2024 She's had 3 surgeries, now in remission, but needs more chemotherapy It costs about $360, a lot for a simple family from Poltava My son asked me to help her DM me if you can help❤️🙏
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Dinosaur Comics! @qwantz.com · 05/10/2026
t-rex in: getting in SHAPE www.qwantz.com/index.php?co...
T-Rex: God, how many shapes are there?
God: UH SPOILERS

T-Rex: Excuse me? How is THAT a spoiler?T-Rex: I just wanted to know how many shapes there are, because I could think of circle, square, triangle, and probably a few others if I really tried - stop sign shape - but surely there's a limit, yes?
Utahraptor: If there is, we haven't found it yet!
T-Rex: WHAT?!

Utahraptor: There's new shapes being discovered all the time! Or did you miss the news about NOPERTHEDRON, a chubby almost-vase with the unprecedented property that no hole can be drilled into it such that an identical shape could pass through??
T-Rex: ...I did miss that, yes.Narrator: LIVE FOOTAGE OF THE MOMENT THE NOPERTHEDRON WAS DISCOVERED (IT WAS HAPPENING ELSEWHERE AT THE TIME):
T-Rex: (thinks) If tacos are a sandwich, how would they taste made with bread? I bet not very good.
T-Rex: (thinks) Ooh, but what about raisin bread??
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Jen Mercieca @jenmercieca.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Billionaires ain’t broke, but they’re broken.
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wishda @wishda.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
When I checked this week, my registration was gone. Durham County, NC voter in good standing for many years, and I was no longer a registered voter.
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Asha Rangappa @asharangappa.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
The petty-ass bullshit this administration inflicts on people just trying to live their livea is truly something to behold
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Honee Vaughn-Valchez @honeewoozle.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
I don't share a lot of stuff like this, but this is a friend of mine! She is legit and needs help for getting her kitty medical attention so any shares would be appreciated. <3 www.supportnow.org/biopsy-proce...
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Support biopsy proceedure for kiara the cat
Hello family and friends! Kiara the cat needs help. She has a big tumor in her mouth and she needs a biopsy. Her owner loves her very much but is on a fixed income due to a disability and can't afford...
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Dev Petty @devpetty.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
A plea to all you wonderful folks who are thinking to adopt (not buy) a dog or cat… The shelters are FILLED with animals who’ve been surrendered. Yesterday they had a bed and a family and now they are confused and terrified through no fault of their own. Consider giving them a next chapter.
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poorly drawn cats @poorlycatdraw.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
remember that if you like my work you can always support me at ko-fi.com/poorlycatdraw
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Buy poorly drawn cats a Coffee
it's me poorly drawn cats
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Senator Sheldon Whitehouse @whitehouse.senate.gov · 02/10/2026
First the wedding, now the ballroom — “Trump/Russia” gets smellier and smellier.
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A Wealthy Russian Businessman Is Helping Fund Trump’s Stupid Ballroom. Nothing Sketchy About That, Right?
Surely, our president will face consequences for this insanity.
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Chise @sailorrooscout.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
GOOD NEWS! A new cancer treatment has demonstrated unprecedented results in a large trial for cancer patients whose disease has become resistant to chemotherapy AND immunotherapy. Tumors shrank in OVER a third of participants, with 15 patients experiencing COMPLETE eradication of their tumors.
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Karen Attiah @karenattiah.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Today, 8 years ago, my friend, Saudi Journalist and Washington Post columnist Jamal Khashoggi was murdered.
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Lili Saintcrow @lilithsaintcrow.com · 02/10/2026
"Most of Woolrich’s arguments boil down to “this isn’t a mystery, it’s a shitty double standard,” but he also touches upon what we would now call invisible labor..."
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“The Mystery of Woman”: Cornell Woolrich as a proto-feminist author.
I take the viewpoint that women have been labeled mysterious simply because they so often fail to conform to the pattern of behavior that men have set for them.  She just did something he didn’t li…
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Cat Cosplay @catcosplay.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
We Rise... #Cats #Halloween #SpookySeason
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Louis @louisevans.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Skipped the Nazis, huh.
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Zack Whittaker @zackwhittaker.com · 30/09/2026
The Pentagon is notifying millions of current and former U.S. military servicemembers and staff that hackers stole their *unencrypted* personal information during a months-long data breach. The agency that had the breach also handles ID and login/credential access to U.S. military systems and bases.
techcrunch.com
Hackers stole millions of US military personnel records during months-long data breach | TechCrunch
The Department of Defense notified millions of current and former U.S. military personnel that their personal information had been stolen in a months-long breach.
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Maladroithe @maladroithe.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
The data leak affects millions and went undetected for EIGHT MONTHS from October 2025 to this past July, which begs the question why on earth this wasn’t caught sooner
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Pé 🍺🧿 @forevernever.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
It's weird how the federal government is constantly being hacked after DOGE gutted the government's cybersecurity agencies.
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Professa Murray @kalimurray.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Autowarcom, the Autozone of American Command.
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Hagen Patrick @hagen-patrick.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
"Today, at my direction, we are creating Skynet."
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Barred and Boujee aka Madiba Dennie @audrelawdamercy.blacksky.app · 30/09/2026
"the code is more what you'd call 'guidelines' than actual rules"-ass Justice Department ballsandstrikes.org/law-politics...
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The Trump White House Keeps Treating the First Amendment as More of a Suggestion
Where normal people see “rights,” the White House sees privileges that the president may grant or withhold as he sees fit.
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Kathleen Bachynski @bachynski.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
“We’re at a period where our molecular understanding is unprecedented,” said Dr. Paul Mischel, a physician scientist at Stanford. “But the infrastructure is really falling apart.” “It’s a problem — it’s a big, big problem,” he added. “People should be really angry.”
nytimes.com
New Cancer Drugs Are Revolutionary. Why Don’t More Patients Get Them?
Targeted gene therapies are highly effective at stopping cancers, but the very abundance of the treatments, plus cost and sluggish change, are hindering access.
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Mark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
It's inconceivable to me how someone who lost in a free & fair election can incite an angry mob to attack his own government, (the very definition of treason) & be allowed to run for any office ever again.
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Kaitlin Kal Lee @kaitlinkallee.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
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Crits For Cats, Inc. Cat Rescue @crits4cats.org · 30/09/2026
I have a Big Ask from our community. Many of you will remember our graduates Pikachu and Eevee, who were adopted together. Eevee had dealt with some very challenging chronic diarrhea while she was a kitten, but before adoption, we figured out a food that worked for her & she was all better (thread)
Eevee, a soft dilute torbie cat, hunched over looking uncomfortable and thin.Eevee, a soft dilute torbie catEevee, a soft dilute torbie catEevee, a soft dilute torbie kitten.
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M Meerkat @kackbro.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Go For It Ladies.......
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Justin Wolfers @justinwolfers.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
And if reading's more your jam, I have a (brief-ish) summary, here (minus the zingers): newsletter.platypuseconomics.com/p/most-peopl...
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Most People Aren’t Washing Their Financial Hands
Everyone trusts that germs exist. So why don’t people trust economists about money?
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Cricket48750 @cricket48750.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Trump Banned $1 Billion in Canadian Goods Yesterday. Half of It Doesn't Exist. The Other Half Doesn’t Matter. deanblundell.substack.com/p/trump-bann...
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Trump Banned $1 Billion in Canadian Goods Yesterday. Half of It Doesn't Exist. The Other Half Doesn’t Matter.
He banned Canadian tequila, sake and Scotch. Canada makes none of them. Americans pay for all of it.
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Ohio Capital Journal @ohiocapitaljournal.com · 30/09/2026
President Donald Trump is tapping $20 million in Homeland Security funding to pay for TV ads that heavily feature him ahead of the midterm elections, Democrats said Tuesday as the promos critics call propaganda come under bipartisan attack. ohiocapitaljournal.com/2026/09/29/r...
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Trump TV ads paid for with $20M in Homeland Security funds, Dems find • Ohio Capital Journal
President Donald Trump is tapping $20 million in Homeland Security funding to pay for TV ads that heavily feature him ahead of the midterm elections, Democrats said Tuesday as the promos critics call…
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Scott MacFarlane @macfarlanenews.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Jack Smith: “We had proof beyond a reasonable doubt that President Trump committed serious crimes”
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Karen (Harris/Walz Alaskan Democrat) @danceswithseagulls.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Here is a gift link for those who need it. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/25/w...
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A Russian Software Company Duped the Secret Service, U.S. Prosecutors Say (Gift Article)
Executives from a Russian-owned company are accused of misrepresentation in order to secure U.S. government contracts.
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Sherrod Brown @sherrodbrownoh.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
NEW AD: Listen to this sh*t.
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Chise @sailorrooscout.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
GOOD NEWS! Researchers have discovered a new antibiotic, known as manikomycin, that may be a bulwark in the fight against drug-resistant superbugs. By attacking the ribosome in a never-before-seen way, manikomycin can evade the existing mechanisms pathogens have developed to resist antibiotics.
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Spokane Rising @spokanerising.com · 29/09/2026
Send Stephen Miller to The Hague.
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Fr Chase 🦁🦁🦁🦁🦁🦁🦁🦁🦁🦁🦁🦁🦁🦁 @kalanthropos.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
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Khashoggi's Ghost @urocklive1.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Unbelievable. Apparently at the same time Trump is withholding a $14 billion arms package to Taiwan approved by Congress, he offered to sell arms to Xi Jinping, despite the fact that China is aiding Iran and Russia. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/27/u...
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Trump Offered to Sell Arms to China, U.S. Ambassador Says (Gift Article)
President Trump made the offer to Xi Jinping, China’s leader, said David Perdue, the ambassador to China. The White House later said the U.S. had no plans for such a sale.
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Ed Zitron @edzitron.com · 29/09/2026
Reuters got some of the IPO docs. Anthropic is a total dog of a company. Spent $12.6bn to make $4.6bn in revenue in 2025, $7.33bn of which was compute costs. Operating loss of $8bn. Losses getting worse year over year. Amazing stuff www.reuters.com/business/fin...
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Companies
• Anthropic IPO could value the company at more than $2
trillion
• Anthropic lost $42 billion in 2025
• Al lab spent $7.33 billion on compute and infrastructure last year
• Operating loss widened to $8.06 billion in 2025 from $2.98 billion in 2024
• Execs, industry analysts have expressed concerns over harms of Al tech
Sept 28 (Reuters) - Anthropic is making a massive bet that Al will transform the global economy more profoundly than industrialization, electricity and the internet, according to its IPO prospectus seen by Reuters.
But the cost to get there will be staggering. Anthropic reported a net loss of $42 billion in 2025, and plans to spend $518 billion on cloud, computing and infrastructure obligations in coming year, according to the
prospectus.
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Khashoggi's Ghost @urocklive1.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Trump's new student loans rule sets new standards for federal student loan eligibility: namely, by denying loans to students pursuing degrees that lead to careers that “don’t make enough money,” with programs for art, music and social work being “hit the hardest.” www.rawstory.com/trump-educat...
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'I'm speechless, my God!' Dismay as Trump admin rolls out 'worthy' student rule
The Trump administration issued updated guidance on the rollout of a new rule that could shape the future of higher education in the United States — leaving critics dismayed about the potential ramifi...
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rclement.bsky.social @rclement.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Do not go to the administration…
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Gwen Snyder is uncivil @gwensnyder.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Oh so they made woman/femme participation in tech culture contingent on attending rape parties, cute
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JoJoFromJerz @jojofromjerz.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
I never thought in a million years that the president and First Lady of the United States would be targeting me personally and trying to hurt me and my kids. jojofromjerz.substack.com/p/be-best-be...
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Be Best. Be Quiet. Or Be Bankrupted.
Melania Trump is selling a story about lifting women up. I’m the mother of two she tried to frighten into submission.
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Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
"But now Billy was dead, and the state of Connecticut said he owed $232,733 for room and board during his earlier prison stay. Selling the house where DeSenti now lived alone would help satisfy that debt." ctmirror.org/2026/09/27/t...
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They served their time in prison. Then the bills arrived.
Hundreds of CT residents have had money seized through a law that allows the state to charge a fee for every day a person spends in prison.
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Rebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Campus rape is really widespread; statistics suggest a significant percent of women who go to college will be raped there; feminism opened up a good conversation about it around 2012-13; it's weird when people treated Cornell like an isolated rather than dramatic example of a pervasive problem.
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Rebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
"It may surprise some sexual assault survivors to learn that universities do not have a responsibility to report instances of assault to law enforcement authorities. In general, that benefits universities, not survivors."
shubinlaw.com
Who Does My University Report My Sexual Assault To?
Colleges and universities don’t have to forward reports of sexual assault to the police. In fact, many schools choose to handle these situations internally.
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Angry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Way too close, but thankfully someone was paying attention and alerted the police before this got really bad. They reportedly tried to call RAF Fairford to report 3 suspicious vans, but couldn’t get an answer from the base.
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Philippe de Grosbois @metronomephil.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Sur l'usage de l'IA dans la guerre contre l'Iran (un autre cas invisibilisé par les craintes sur la « superintelligence » ...) 👇 (Source: “New Low in U.N. History”: Trita Parsi on Trump’s Threat to Annihilate Iran at General Assembly) www.democracynow.org/2026/9/23/tr...
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