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Roger ZenAF 🖕🐸🖕 @rogerzenaf.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Guess where we spent Sunday! Here's Long's Peak in Rocky Mountain National Park. 🙂

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GoBlue @blu2b4u.bsky.social · 15h

How strange it is when tech companies tout their AI capabilities as a selling point? I’m kinda like: That thing that could eventually kill us all is your marketing strategy? We are in a bizarre time right now.

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Charlie Warzel @cwarzel.bsky.social · 23h

There is a moment at the very very end of Abdul El-Sayed's podcast with Ezra Klein (book recommendation section) where he talks about the idea of "speaking truth to pain" and this will be staying with me for an extremely long time. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/25/o...

But there’s also something about truth to pain. We talk a lot about truth to power, but I think it’s actually a lot harder to speak truth to pain. I say that as someone who went to medical school, realizing that in a lot of our politics right now, we’ve got to get a lot better at speaking truth to pain if we’re going to get through some of these challenges that we have.

What does “truth to pain” mean?

It’s one thing to look power in the eye and say: You’re wrong about this. But there’s a way in which pain is very difficult to reason with. Because when somebody is in their pain, they’re in their trauma. They see that pain, and they may not see what’s causing it.

I remember just very explicitly being in a trauma ward with a gunshot wound patient and watching this big guy with his hand on his gunshot wound. All the folks are trying to pull his hand off his pain, that point of his gunshot wound, this clear vulnerability.

And this emergency room doctor had the presence of mind to be like: Everyone, stop. And she looks him in the eyes, and she’s like: I get that really hurts, and I’m so sorry that you’re here. You don’t want to be here. We don’t want you to be here. But if you don’t let us fix this, you could die. So I’m going to take your hand, and I’m going to move it off, OK? Because I need to get there so that you can live.

She was speaking truth to pain. He understands he’s at the hospital, he needs care, but he also doesn’t want anybody to touch the wound. Which is a natural thing. And I think it is a really great metaphor for how we think about a lot of these challenges we talked about today.

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conifergirl.bsky.social @conifergirl.bsky.social · 22h

In sum, litigation has been a necessary defensive strategy to prevent any further erosion of voting rights, which is the cornerstone of our democracy. However, it is not a sufficient approach to fortifying our democracy. For that, we need

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The Mouthy Renegade Writer @mouthyrenegade.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

So Jimmy Kimmel had his wife parody Natalie Harp on his show. She played his unhinged assistant. It was as ridiculously funny as you might imagine.😅

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

I know Rahm Emanuel. I worked with him for years in the Clinton administration, and then when he was Obama’s chief of staff. Rahm Emanuel represents everything that’s been wrong about the Democratic Party for the last 30+ years. Be warned. robertreich.substack.com/p/the-rahm…

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Johnny 🫧 Cowlick @jefferycowlick.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Elect a convicted felon, you get a criminal government.

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ebisback.bsky.social @ebisback.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Wow! Can we clone this man? Asking for every American City! 😍

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Rima I Anabtawi @rimaanabtawi.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

“The Situation Room connected the call. Biden jumped in. “Bibi, man, what the fuck are you doing?” He gripped the phone tight. “You think I’m Santa Claus? No Santa in Israel, pal.” www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...

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How Biden Averted a War With Iran

In April 2024, the U.S. military helped avoid a wider conflict in the Middle East by working with Israel to defeat an Iranian missile attack.

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Dray Wharton @draywharton.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

This should horrify all of us. This was the game plan of post-Weimar Germany.

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Tristan Bouchard @tristanbouchard.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

A few people have proposed I put a tip jar link for my playing here, but that's not my motivation! I enjoy giving away these pieces freely, and tying them to money might somehow change how I craft them. I'm also fortunate to have a stable teaching job I love that gives me time to do all this.

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DaughterOfDefiance @z-buck.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

I really, really hate this timeline... Also, why the hell was this NOT reported on when it happened (Mar 2026)???

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Adam Kinzinger @adamkinzinger.substack.com · 27/09/2026

This admin has spent years going after science. It proposed the largest cut in NASA’s history, about a quarter of the agency and half of its science programs. But last month, a groundbreaking telescope left the launch pad anyway. And the story of how it got there is our good news this Sunday.

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ProPublica @propublica.org · 27/09/2026

“Judges simply don’t believe the representations that are being made by United States attorneys, assistant United States attorneys and the like,” a former federal judge said. “I don’t think...in the history of jurisprudence in the United States, we’ve ever seen anything close to this.” (Pub. July)

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Federal Judges Chastise Trump’s Justice Department for “Unlawful,” “Unethical” and “Unseemly” Conduct

ProPublica reviewed hundreds of cases in which judges criticized the actions of federal prosecutors. In many, judges expressed frustration that they can no longer take the government at its word.

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Jennifer 🪷 @calypsogirl.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

From my jaunt up to RMNP yesterday. The sun was shining late morning here. #rockymountainnationalpark #aspen #autumn #fallcolor #mountains #amateurphotography

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Build child care centers. Build health centers. Build community centers. Not data centers. And not ICE detention centers.

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

I was told by a guy on Truth Social who wears orange makeup that leaking to the press was treason and people should be prosecuted for it.

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Qasim Rashid, Esq. @qasimrashid.com · 23/09/2026

EIon Musk’s Wealth 2009: $.6B 2026: $984B Jeff Bezos’s Wealth 2009: $6B 2026: $370B Mark Zuckerberg’s Wealth 2009: $.6B 2026: $256B Federal Minimum Wage 2009: $7.25 2023: $7.25 Billionaire tax rate: 8.2% Worker tax rate: 13% Pay workers. Tax & Abolish Billionaires. Save our economy & country.

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Ross Murray @inlayterms.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Electric car sales are high, but only because gas is so expensive. If they find a way to artificially reduce the price of gas, people will say EVs aren't necessary. But EVs are necessary to protect us from wildly fluxuating gas prices.

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EV Sales Are Booming in Europe With Gasoline at $10 a Gallon

After years of broadly unsuccessful efforts to wean drivers off combustion engines, sales of electric vehicles are surging in Europe thanks to the jump in fuel prices stoked by geopolitical upheaval.

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conifergirl.bsky.social @conifergirl.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

“Corruption of the highest order,” as Susan Collins’ opponent for the Senate Troy Jackson calls it. Collins is facing a recent and career-ending scandal full of corruption and public malfeasance.

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Angry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

This is an absolute disaster from a national security perspective. Obviously, a lot on F-35s is classified, but a weapons-bay door and a canopy with radar-absorbing material are some of the most sensitive. Hard to describe how bad this is.

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Elizabeth Warren @warren.senate.gov · 22/09/2026

NEW: Donald Trump made 1,156 personal financial trades in July. It should be illegal for the president to trade individual stocks - period.

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Patricia @powermacuser1.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Trump’s final appeal in his rape case was denied. He is the first President in US history who’s been found guilty of sexual assault in a federal civil court. Felon!

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PEIPolitical 🇨🇦 @peipolitical.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Emmanuel Macron: "We've heard a number of speeches from this rostrum about the state of the world. Every speaker has described the return of imperialism, of arrogance, the return of unrestrained force which knows no rules." #cdnpoli

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Jacob Soboroff @jacobsoboroff.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

thanks for sending me these everybody, keep 'em coming. @connectwithjacob.bsky.social still going strong at Rick's. feeling the love. and thanks for tuning in for a weekend of breaking news. 💙

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Miaganga @miaganga.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

🥹😍🤩✊🏽👏🏽👏🏽👀🗣️🫦✌🏽🔥💟💙💟💙💟💙

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 23/09/2026

Melania Trump: "We have a direct channel with Russia"

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 23/09/2026

oh my goodness -- I had no idea Mike Collins's hit ads on Jon Ossoff are *this* bad. Truly abysmal stuff.

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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 23/09/2026

The challenges facing our cities may span borders, but so do the ideas that can solve them.

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Dray Wharton @draywharton.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

The man just gets things done. We need more people who understand the assignment.

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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

We just wanted to say thank you to everyone for all the compliments on our tumblers! 💚 We also want to apologize for how long they’ve taken to get out. This is the first time we’ve ever done something like this, and it ended up taking a little longer than we expected.

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PEIPolitical 🇨🇦 @peipolitical.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Lula: "In Cuba, the world watches in horror as collective punishment is imposed on ten million people by an illegal economic and energy embargo." #cdnpoli

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MAinNC @martyd409.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

The GOP needs to get serious. His family needs to get serious. This is not something that a stable mind puts out.

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The New Republic @newrepublic.com · 23/09/2026

The Brazilian president addressed the United Nations right before Trump—and used the opportunity to call out the United States. trib.al/Exb1ljt

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Brazil’s President Warns United Nations About U.S. and Israel

The Brazilian president addressed the United Nations right before Trump—and used the opportunity to call out the United States.

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conifergirl.bsky.social @conifergirl.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Complaining about the dismal situation we are in isn't going to change a thing so get up off your butt and VOTE!

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Dray Wharton @draywharton.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Can’t emphasize this enough. Go to your state’s official site!

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Raywat Deonandan 🍁🇨🇦 @deonandan.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Posted this morning by my good friend and celebrated writer Allan Stratton.

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Prof. Eliot Jacobson @climatecasino.net · 22/09/2026

Your 'moment of doom' for Sept. 22, 2026~Uncharted bananas. "The current El Niño is likely to be the largest in at least 1,000 years and will pile extra heat into an atmosphere in which temperatures are already rising rapidly due to human-caused global heating." www.theguardian.com/environment/...

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‘Jaw-dropping’ El Niño bursts through temperature record months before peak

‘Godzilla-level’ phenomenon is supercharging the climate crisis and will have a huge impact on communities across the world

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