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Walker Bragman @walkerbragman.bsky.social · 31/10/2025

Sad day for the folks who staked their reputations on lab leak conspiracy theories. www.telegraph.co.uk/global-healt...

The Telegraph Headline: New Covid virus found in wild Brazilian bats

Subhed: The discovery of a ‘furin cleavage site’ suggests the mutation which helps the virus adapt to humans is naturally occurring

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 31/10/2025

Adelita Grijalva now holds the record for longest delay between winng a special Congressional election and being sworn into office. Why the delay from Mike Johnson? Perhaps it's because Grijalva would cast the final vote needed to release the Epstein files.

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M Meerkat @kackbro.bsky.social · 31/10/2025

And The Crowd Cheered For Jasmine Crockett,Knowing That She's Correct ! 👏🏻👏🏻

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KNinja @khrisnin.bsky.social · 31/10/2025

I love how Rep. Joe Neguse reframed this question.

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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 31/10/2025

A fun and safe Halloween evening to everyone, especially the kids.

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David Beard @dabeard.bsky.social · 30/10/2025

Ahead of the 1st shutdown of US food aid to hungry Americans in 60 years, some of the 200,000 Little Free Library locations are converting into food pantries. Thanks @littlefreelibrary.bsky.social

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Menotti Minutillo @menotti.bsky.social · 30/10/2025

ladies and gentlemen...we got him

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Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 30/10/2025

Stopped by a canvass in Bed-Stuy tonight. I’m truly in awe of the determination and joy our volunteers bring to this campaign, every single day. Join us: zohranfornyc.com/gotv

Group photo of Zohran and canvassers in a park in the evening.

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Bookshop.org @bookshop.org · 30/10/2025

Amazon is helping fund a $300 million build of a ballroom for the White House. Independent bookstores are donating to food banks and organizations that help with food insecurity. They are not the same.

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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 31/10/2025

Survivors — and family of survivors — of Epstein and Maxwell's abuse are urging Mike Johnson to swear-in Adelita Grijalva: "Every day you stall is another day survivors are denied justice, and the American people are denied the truth. Swear in Representative Grijalva and let democracy speak."

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emily north @north0fnorth.tgirl.gay · 30/10/2025

lmao david byrne showed the video of the ice agents tripping over themselves while trying to run after a biker on wacker drive during the “life during wartime” segment of his chicago show tonight

the video being projected behind all the performers on stage

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 29/10/2025

Never in the history of the US has any president openly and repeatedly called for the investigation, arrest & prosecution of his political opponents. While many continue to shrug these things off and normalize them, I will never stop pointing out that this is what autocrats do.

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Jack Jenkins @jackjenkins.me · 29/10/2025

Note: This is me — I asked this question. You’ll hear me say “yes you have” here — because Johnson was already *directly asked* about one of these instances (when the Presbyterian minister was shot in the head with a pepper ball) in one of earlier shutdown press conferences.

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Zito @zeets.bsky.social · 29/10/2025

Zohran Mamdani caught lying that he understood Plato’s allegory of the cave, yet when asked to explain it, he seemed to instead explain Baudrillard’s theory of Simulacra and Simulation where reality has been replaced by symbols and signs, which seems similar to Plato’s theory but is not the same

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 29/10/2025

The federal criminal justice system is being systematically dismantled and destroyed piece by piece and turned into a mob boss’s network of corrupt consiglieres and thugs, where good people simply doing their jobs are rooted out and eradicated.

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Chris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social · 29/10/2025

I’ve been thinking a lot about a new kind of polling I’d like to see. We have polling that measures public opinion, which is obviously important, but I’d love to see a little more empirical work on public knowledge: what do voters know about politics and policy?

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 29/10/2025

Remember: The richest 1% evade over $160 billion in taxes every year. That amount would fund SNAP for a year with money to spare. Ask yourself who the real freeloaders are.

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WeRateDogs @weratedogs.com · 29/10/2025

A pregnant woman was shocked to realize her sonogram resembled her dog's face. Inês Egner went in for her 20-week anatomy scan and left with a photo that looked exactly like her dog, Goulash. She said, "In truth, we do like to jokingly refer to the dog as our son." 14/10 (TT: inesverse)

a black and white sonogram of a human baby at 20 weeks. it looks oddly like a dog with two black eyes, a snoot, and a little grin.

a close up of a tan dog with a black snoot and golden brown eyes. he's so close we can see the whiskers on his lip and the grooves in his nose. he looks above the camera with a slightly bewildered expression. the resemblance to the sonogram truly is uncanny.

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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 29/10/2025

Mockler: I’m 23 years old, and Gen Zers have spent all of our formative years living in a political system that’s purely dysfunctional. People in my generation see the president posting memes online rather than actually negotiating with the other side.

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 29/10/2025

Amazon just announced 14,000 layoffs. Its CEO made over $40M last year. UPS announced 48,000 layoffs. Its CEO made over $24M last year. Intel announced 20,000 layoffs. Its new CEO's pay package is valued at nearly $69M. This is what I mean when I say the system is rigged.

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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 27/10/2025

This is amazing. And it’s truly the stuff of nightmares.

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Save Standard Time @savestandard.bsky.social · 27/10/2025

DST is why most Americans wake by alarm in darkness. Permanent Standard Time would let us sleep longer and awaken naturally to sunlight, for health!

Photos comparing 6:30am in Boston on October 26 per Daylight Saving Time (pitch black) versus Standard Time (bright sky).

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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 27/10/2025

I see that the United States' peculiar brand of Christian Nationalism includes judging the poor for needing SNAP benefits (judging is something Jesus said *not to* do) but not helping the poor with SNAP benefits (helping the poor is something Jesus told them *to* do).

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Kelly @broadwaybabyto.bsky.social · 27/10/2025

The Walton family (who own Walmart) are worth over $400 billion, yet many of their employees are on SNAP. Bezos is worth over $400 billion, many Amazon employees require SNAP. The people who need help are not the problem. It’s corporate greed. It’s an unwillingness to pay a living wage.

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sher12.bsky.social @sher12.bsky.social · 26/10/2025

GOP’s refusal to swear in Rep-elect Adelita Grijalva is a continuation of Jan. 6 and GOP’s rejection of democracy open.substack.com/pub/deanobei...

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GOP’s refusal to swear in Rep-elect Adelita Grijalva is a continuation of Jan. 6 and GOP’s rejection of democracy

The GOP is anti-democracy party

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 26/10/2025

Once again, the main day of Tea Party protests had about 300,000 nationwide, but saw endless coverage. The No Kings protests had about 7,000,000 nationwide, and many media outlets reacted with a yawn. No Kings was nearly 25x as big as the Tea Party but the Tea Party got 25x the attention.

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lauren e💙 @learls.bsky.social · 23/10/2025

In the west the sky unfolds Its canvas brushed with pinks and golds Furrowed rows lie beneath Once golden spires of summer An emptiness, a sacred pause Where autumn’s breath In silence waits A moment bound by Nature’s laws Soon the frost will take its place —le #ColorADay #YellowThu #photography

The photo is of Golden hour skies over a cornfield in Dundee, Michigan. The sky is dark blue-gray at the top. Wispy almost fuchsia clouds can be seen against the darker clouds. Below these are lighter blue, yellow, and white clouds above the sun, which is just below the horizon. In the foreground are empty cornstalks; several tall ones reach to the top of the photo. There is a dirt path running between rows on the left and right.

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Mike Masnick @masnick.com · 21/10/2025

You simply cannot be a political journalist today if you don't know the deep ins-and-outs of the nonsense conspiracy theories. Because people will just constantly say stuff that is blatantly false and you NEED to be ready to call it out with receipts.

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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 22/10/2025

If I were ever elected president, the first thing I’d do is take a sledgehammer to that ballroom.

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Mari Paige @mari-paige.bsky.social · 13/10/2025

For Indigenous People’s Day, I’d like to infodump about the Cahokia mound. Built near present day St. Louis around 1000 CE, it was a vast trade hub with a population of about 20,000. This made it the largest city north of Mexico on the continent, bigger than London and Paris at the time!

The Cahokia mound, located outside modern day St. Louis, Missouri. It is a large hill which is now covered in grass, under a clear blue sky.

Image source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cahokia

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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 13/10/2025

Someone in or close to the White House is making a killing with inside information on what Trump will threaten next before chickening out.

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PIK_climate @pik-potsdam.bsky.social · 13/10/2025

Bleaching, Melting, Slowing: New Global Tipping Points report tracks growing risks of Earth system tipping points. It highlights mounting risks, from melting glaciers, ice fields to slowing ocean currents, ice sheets & rainforests under pressure. www.pik-potsdam.de/en/news/late...

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Mike Masnick @masnick.com · 13/10/2025

I'm not exactly sure Elon is the guy I'd want to take advice from regarding "the war on drugs" in San Francisco.

On the Campaign Trail, Elon Musk Juggled Drugs and Family Drama
As Mr. Musk entered President Trump’s orbit, his private life grew increasingly tumultuous and his drug use was more intense than previously known.

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Doug @dougoswald.bsky.social · 14/10/2025

Happy Indigenous Peoples Day! Go support some streamers, content creators, artists, podcasters, story tellers, writers. There's all kinds of Indigenous excellence to celebrate.

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The Onion @theonion.com · 13/10/2025

Judge Orders Columbus Statue Removed And Melted Down Into Pinkie Rings For Local Italians theonion.com/judge-orders-columbus-…

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Bluesky @bsky.app · 13/10/2025

Quick Tip: Don’t want people getting pinged when you post or reply? You can turn that off by heading to: Settings → Privacy and Security → Allow others to be notified of your posts and toggling it off.

A screenshot of “Allow others to be notified of your posts” with “No one” selected

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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 13/10/2025

He would have turned in the family hiding Anne Frank.

A tweet by Bill Melugin reads: “Regardless of how one feels about immigration policy, according to U.S. law, this is a felony. Harboring of aliens. 8 USC 1324.”

A tweet from Laura N. Rodríguez Presa reads: “During a military-style raid on a building in Chicago’s South Shore, one resident heard a knock on his door. It wasn’t the feds — it was a mom and her 7-year-old daughter, pleading for help. He let them hide in his unit for the next 3 days.”

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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 13/10/2025

Just voted YES on PROP 50!! Make sure to vote early! THIS IS WHAT DEMOCRACY LOOKS LIKE!

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