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So what happened to human primates’ empathy circuits?

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Lady-Rain @lady-rain.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

I land on a flower Just to hear What color sounds like… #ButterflyFairytale #Butterfly #Art #photography #nature #ArtInNature

Between golden patterns and blue petals, the garden composes a tiny symphony.

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Megan Herbert @meganjherbert.bsky.social · 10h

The Nobel Prize I think we need:

A cartoon by Megan Herbert showing the announcement of the Nobel Peace Prize. A woman standing at a podium says, "And this year's Nobel Peace Prize goes to... the Jump to Recipe button."

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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Today we got access to a smoking gun document from ICE that shows how it is weaponized against progressive groups registering voters while building a voter suppression database.

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Diana V. DaPontes @dianaveradesigns.bsky.social · 10h

Firing squads. Heck. Why don't we just use our sports arenas for gladiator events & bring back man-eating lions whilst we're at it!? 🤬 Violence everywhere we turn, to desensitize us for more horrors to come. Erasing empathy & compassion to solidify their psychological techniques of persuasion.

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 16h

New research indicates Walmart is working to compile massive amounts of data on individual shoppers and potentially charge them different prices, despite the company’s denial. This shady tactic is called surveillance pricing, and Walmart isn’t the only corporation planning to use it. Watch.

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The Shady World of Surveillance Pricing (Ft. Lina Khan)

Should corporations be able to weaponize your personal data to rip you off?Well, they may already be doing that thanks t

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Diana V. DaPontes @dianaveradesigns.bsky.social · 14h

Don't know what to say!? Assuming everyone listening an idiot!? That's JD, making things up, as usual. I don't see American citizens rushing to do the brutal manual labour that bonafied immigrants have been doing for decades. As for boys in girl's sports, perpetuating a myth serves the GOP agenda.

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 14h

The 400 richest Americans are now worth a record $8 trillion. The entire bottom 50% of American households is worth just $4.27 trillion. Read that back. When 400 people control more wealth than half a country’s population, we have a very serious problem.

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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 14h

Imagine being Blake Johnson, an Iowa father of 3, discovering your water has 3X the legal nitrate limit. He goes to Washington for answers, and Rep. Ashley Hinson, who takes agribusiness money, reportedly RUNS AWAY and hides behind a locked door. #CostOfTrumpsCorruption

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Crisp @crisp91.bsky.social · 14h

James Webb Space Telescope helps detect the most distant Fast Radio Burst ever seen — and scientists are surprised by its source FRB 20240304B traveled more than 10 billion years to reach Earth. JWST discovered it came from a little tiny star forming dwarf galaxy, unexpected for this cosmic signal

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James Webb Space Telescope helps detect the most distant Fast Radio Burst ever seen — and scientists are surprised by its source

"This is an extraordinary glimpse into the distant universe."

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The Kimono Gallery @roger1952.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Modoribashi temari balls. Photography by ぼむにー@skmvoya

Resting upon a dark, reflective glass surface, a rich constellation of hand-embroidered temari balls captures the eye with geometric precision and vibrant textile artistry. In the foreground, delicately mirrored upon the glass, two pale temari spheres embroidered with soft ivory, pastel yellow, and leafy green threads blossom into intricate chrysanthemums and starburst motifs. Flanking them, vivid spheres woven in brilliant crimson, deep cobalt, rich gold, and emerald silk showcase complex lattice, diamond, and floral geometric patterns, while a shallow depth-of-field dissolves the background into a warm, golden bokeh of shimmering spheres. The photograph evokes an intimate, tactile sensory atmosphere: the smooth, cool touch of polished glass reflecting lustrous silk, the soft friction of tightly wrapped threads, the quiet warmth of low ambient light, and the breathless enchantment of discovering a hidden haven of traditional craftsmanship.

Captured at Modoribashi—a famed Kyoto antique enclave celebrated for its vast trove of vintage kimonos and traditional textile arts—these embroidered spheres embody the centuries-old tradition of temari (literally "hand-ball"). Originally introduced from China during the Heian period as deerskin playthings for the courtly elite, temari evolved during the Edo period into a revered folk art as mothers and grandmothers constructed them using leftover silk scraps and threads salvaged from worn kimono. Carefully wound around a compressed core, these balls were traditionally gifted to children on New Year's Day as physical tokens of maternal affection, good fortune, and wishes for a harmonious life, often concealing a small bell or a written wish sealed within their centers.

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Alliance for Retired Americans @retiredams.bsky.social · 18h

Ken Paxton was caught on tape saying we need "reasonable cuts" to Social Security and Medicare and "we have to suck it up." No Ken, we do not. Americans spent a lifetime earning those benefits. TX needs a senator who will protect them, not cut them. Read TARA President Lantz's statement:

Press release from Texas Alliance for Retired Americans condemning Ken Paxton's support for Social Security and Medicare cuts.

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The Kimono Gallery @roger1952.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

In an intimate, ghostly macro portrait titled Who Weeps for Me?, photographer Alan D. Newton captures a moment of unbearable, quiet grief suspended between the mortal world and the spirit realm, drawing directly upon the ancient, exalted theatrical traditions of Japanese Noh (Nōgaku),.

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European Space Agency @esa.int · 18h

Welcome home Crew-12!

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Diana V. DaPontes @dianaveradesigns.bsky.social · 18h

Landlord unmitigated greed is everywhere! PROTESTER: [translated] Maricarmen has died. But she didn’t just die. She was killed. The state killed her. The companies killed her. And she has been our inspiration. She’s pushed us even more to mobilize, to organize, to fight against those in power.

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Diana V. DaPontes @dianaveradesigns.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

This profile. ✨️ Effin' brilliant! 🪿

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Ben Adida @benadida.com · 28/09/2026

Had a conversation this weekend with 17yo son about how one day his morals will be tested, peer pressured. He'll be asked to just look away. It may be a friend he trusts. What you do when your morals are tested is who you are. Have the conversation with your sons. It's the least each of us can do.

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Diana V. DaPontes @dianaveradesigns.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

A short, powerful letter today. Take heed of the tone. Also: Read the comments, many of which are also enlightening.

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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 08/10/2026

Wow. We can’t believe this 🥹. Barnes & Noble just put WTF America?! on their Most Anticipated Nonfiction list. We wrote this for this community, and you're the reason it's having this moment before it's even out. Thank you, truly. If you haven't preordered, the link's here 👉 bit.ly/wtf-america-...

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Donna Stern @dvsmemphis.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Please share widely! We all need to know our rights! #momsky#sheshed

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

25 years ago today, the U.S. launched its war in Afghanistan. Weeks earlier, Barbara Lee was the only member of Congress to vote against the 2001 Authorization of Military Force, warning it would be a blank check for forever wars. History has proven her lonely and courageous vote right.

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

If you'd like to read it, today would be a good time to buy my latest memoir COMING UP SHORT on paperback from @bookshop.org. Support independent booksellers and avoid funding Jeff Bezos's next yacht. bookshop.org/p/books/comi...

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Diana V. DaPontes @dianaveradesigns.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

This is 90% of 💯 % of a dangerous problem!

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Wall Street profits and bonuses are poised to hit a record high. CEO pay is up. Corporate profits are skyrocketing. U.S. billionaire wealth is up 30% in a year. Meanwhile, inflation eats up the paychecks of working people as the social safety net is cut out from underneath them. Trumponomics.

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Wall Street Eyes Record Bonuses as Profit Heads Past $90 Billion

A blockbuster year for New York’s trading and investment-banking firms is poised to deliver record earnings for the industry, with profit on pace to exceed $90 billion, and bonuses expected to reach a...

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Diana V. DaPontes @dianaveradesigns.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Seems so. All started by you know who . . .

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Diana V. DaPontes @dianaveradesigns.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Pick a lane Kenny. How about "blatant idiocy"!? 🙏

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Heather Cox Richardson (TDPR) @hcrichardson.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

"We can't eat road salt." What more needs to be said? Thank you @troyjackson207.bsky.social

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Diana V. DaPontes @dianaveradesigns.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

An imperative read in full. Professor Heather's last paragraph⚠️ is extra alarming! Via a comment frm. Bruce Chanen: “He who will do anything to avoid failure will almost certainly do something worthy of a failure. The origin of failure is lacking principles.” -Ryan Holiday, Ego is the Enemy (2016)

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Don't forget that nearly all Republicans in Congress stood by and supported Trump's... -Tax cuts for the rich -Cuts to the social safety net -Iran War -ICE abductions & National Guard deployments -Inflationary tariffs -Blatant corruption His unpopularity is theirs too — and the midterms are here.

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Diana V. DaPontes @dianaveradesigns.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Every single day without fail . . . Bad things 😒

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Hypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · 06/10/2026

Launched in May, “the page uses data from customers’ activity to generate details about them in categories like Product Preferences, Interests & Hobbies, and Home & Family, which Amazon then uses to personalize users’ product experiences.”

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'Has flat buttocks,' 'cusses when scared': Amazon keeps shockingly specific customer profiles. Here's how to find yours

Amazon's new 'About you' page lists many assumptions about shoppers—like their favorite brands, their hobbies, and the shape of their bodies.

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

More than 500 U.S. citizens have been detained by ICE, according to ProPublica. 70% of ICE detainees have no criminal conviction. Trump’s promise to go after the “worst of the worst” was always a lie. It was always a pretext to terrorize Black and brown communities. Remember this.

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More Than 500 U.S. Citizens Have Been Detained, Including Handcuffed or Held at Gunpoint, in Trump’s Immigration Crackdown — ProPublica

The government doesn’t track how often immigration officers detain U.S. citizens. So ProPublica did. We’ve found more th

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Remember: Wealth cannot be separated from power. We're seeing in real time how the extreme concentration of wealth is distorting our politics, rigging markets, and granting unprecedented power to a handful of people. Taxing the rich isn't just an economic issue, it's a defense of our democracy.

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Center on Budget and Policy Priorities @centeronbudget.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Our Quick Guide to SNAP Eligibility and Benefits is now updated for fiscal year 2027, including the latest eligibility rules, benefit amounts, and recent changes to the program: www.cbpp.org/research/foo...

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A Quick Guide to SNAP Eligibility and Benefits

A summary of SNAP eligibility and benefit calculation rules that are in effect for federal fiscal year 2026, which began in October 2025.

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Mr Natural @neilmatheson66.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Eliot Hodgkin (1905-1987) October, 1935. Oil on canvas.

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ACLU of North Carolina @aclunc.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

It's game day for democracy, and we need you off the bench 🏀. Drop in anytime between 5 and 7 tonight at E.O.'s Athletic Club. Every postcard helps someone show up to vote!

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Woke|Blue Heart|Unfiltered AF @portuguesegirl77.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Tim Walz: free school meals, paid family leave, a major child tax credit, tuition-free college for qualifying families, stronger worker protections, infrastructure investment, reproductive rights, voting access, and clean energy. Yeah, absolutely terrible. Imagine a governor actually governing.

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Diana V. DaPontes @dianaveradesigns.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

My fellow citizens and Independents, WAKE UP! The stage is being set up for a major implosion. Prepare! Vote! 💙🗳🌊

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Diana V. DaPontes @dianaveradesigns.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

The unthinkable has transpired! A call by the POTUS for the annihilation of major U.S. cities has been declared. Please. 🗳 💙 N.B. "If California were an independent nation, it would rank as the 4th or 5th largest economy in the world, sitting right alongside global giants like Germany and Japan."

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 06/10/2026

Trump calls Natalie on stage, checks out her legs, calls her "perfect," then floats creating a reality show w/ her -- & other lowlights from his rally tonight in Nebraska (Including Trump saying of Iran, "Let them take out Los Angeles, let them take out San Diego. This is very small price to pay")

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cmk1859.bsky.social @cmk1859.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Umm San Diego is a HUGE military town. Calling for our troops to be attacked by an enemy is treasonous. Does our military support this???

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

DHS reportedly collected data about anti-ICE protestors in Maine, uploading their photos and license plate numbers into a database. That database was built by Palantir — which may be the most dangerous corporation in America. Watch.

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The Most Dangerous Corporation in America?

The AI surveillance state is real — and it's being built by Palantir.

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