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NE Ohio Regional Sewer District @neorsd.org · 11h
ok leaving this up on the conference room whiteboard
“they don’t know” meme but the man wears a NEORSD hat and stands waist deep in water with otters swimming around him. he says “they don’t know this river burned 13 times”
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Amy Hoy @amyhoy.bsky.social · 11h
how can you make a documentary about electronic music and call wendy carlos DERIVATIVE?????????
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 11h
A policy expert described Education Secretary Linda McMahon’s push in favor of private schools as a “great American heist,” funneling money from public schools: “It’s a strategic theft of the future of our country, our kids and our democracy.” (Published Oct. 2025)
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These Activists Want to Dismantle Public Schools. Now They Run the Education Department.
Under Trump, the Department of Education has been bringing in activists hostile to public schools. It could mean a new era of private and religious schools boosted by tax dollars — and the end of publ...
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sam @samthielman.com · 11h
"To staff our military, we turn now to the schools where rich christians send their gay kids as punishment"
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e.w. niedermeyer @niedermeyer.online · 11h
foh with this "tacit loyalty" crap
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World Bollard Association™️ @worldbollardassoc.bsky.social · 11h
Listen to that CRUNCH. Absolutely delicious. #WorldBollardAssociation
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Streetsblog NYC @nyc.streetsblog.org · 11h
"We are getting the word out ... that there are real problems for the MTA if this bill becomes permanent," MTA Chairman and CEO Janno Lieber told reporters. buff.ly/WRJzhcu
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MTA Boss Warns GOP Bill Will Blow A Hole In Transit Budget - Streetsblog New York City
The Republican-controlled Congress's proposed federal surface transportation bill would cut a quarter billion dollars per year from the MTA.
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geoffrey @parsnip.bsky.social · 12h
pete hegseth is going to become the first secretary of defense to be impeached since the 1870s — incidentally, back when the title actually was "secretary of war"
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The City Reporter @thecityreporter.nyc · 13h
NEW: MTA officials warned that “high and unpredictable” tariffs brought on by the Trump administration could jack up the cost of new trains and buses by $1 billion by 2030.
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Trump Tariffs to Add $1B to Cost of New Trains and Buses in NYC: MTA
The transit agency says thousands of parts are sourced from all over the world.
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magic school bus dropout @followthatband.bsky.social · 16h
i hope she adds X to the list of defendants and good ole Mike who refused to be a man and believe a woman
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 16h
RFK Jr. has been transforming a government that long championed vaccines into one that questions their safety. This is what could happen over the next 25 years if shots are unavailable even to the people who want them. (Published March)
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The Horrors That Could Lie Ahead if Vaccines Vanish
Researchers at Stanford University modeled how many people could die or be disabled in 25 years if vaccines for polio, measles, rubella or diphtheria were no longer available.
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Eric Topol @erictopol.bsky.social · 16h
Why do our cells age? It's not just wear and tear, accumulated damage. Loss of cell identity takes center stage. A new Nature paper and connection with prior work that substantially advances the science of aging. In the new Ground Truths. erictopol.substack.com/p/loss-of-ce...
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Loss of Cell Identity Drives Human Aging
That’s What Biological (Epigenetic) Aging Clocks Are Measuring
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Shiv Ramdas Mens Rice Activist @nameshiv.bsky.social · 20h
I'm kinda fully over that "the British conquered the world for spices and don't use any of them" joke because for one, you cannot recycle material for 5 straight generations and get a laugh worth a damn but also because in order to make it you have to agree with Tommy Robinson about who is British
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Shiv Ramdas Mens Rice Activist @nameshiv.bsky.social · 20h
I much prefer the historically accurate version where the British conquered the world for spices and still couldnt use any of them until the people they stole the spices from went there to show them how to use pepper
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anissa @anissaannalise.bsky.social · 19h
and the other article for those who wish to read 🎁: www.wsj.com/economy/the-...
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The Gap Between the Rich and the Very, Very Rich Is Getting Wider
The 0.1% are worth $28 trillion, or about 15% of the nation’s total wealth. The average wealth for a household in this group is over $200 million.
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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 21h
No, our @davidcorn.bsky.social did not say, “Apparently, there’s a fissure somewhere in the US that leads straight to hell." Fake Russian bot accounts impersonating him did. Here's how David got dragged into a Putin disinformation op:
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How I got dragged into a Putin disinformation op
This just confirms the warning in my new book.
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🗽LOLGOP🗽 @lolgop.bsky.social · 20h
RELATED: New idea on People v. Musk: write a letter to the editor expressing your disgust at Elon buying another election. Not many local papers left, but the people who read them are almost all voters.
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It's US v. Musk
My vote isn't for sale. Make your sign.
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 20h
“.. Mr. Paxton responds: ‘So to be honest with you, the numbers — when we did that convention — it dropped our numbers. Everybody’s numbers dropped. Right now, yeah, not good.’” @nytimes.com #TXsen www.nytimes.com/2026/09/30/u...
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🗽LOLGOP🗽 @lolgop.bsky.social · 20h
"This was elder care masquerading as world-saving policy, stringing together some of Trump’s favorite activities — proximity to power, document signings, and arbitrary renamings — for an entire day."
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Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 20h
Something remarkable is happening: James Talarico is running an expansively pro-immigrant campaign in Texas, a state Trump won by 14 points, speaking in Biblical terms about our duty to "the stranger." And it's resonating. That's seismic. 1/ (new piece) newrepublic.com/article/2160...
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In Texas, Something Seismic Is Happening—and It’s All Trump’s Fault
Thanks to the economy and ICE, Trump has lost Texas Latinos. And James Talarico is developing a humane pro-immigrant message that’s resonating—even in this ultra-Trumpy state.
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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 20h
In a past life I wrote docs to help corporations (often, oil refineries) comply with regulations put in place after and responding to the Bhopal disaster. This has Bhopal written all over it, but on a much bigger scale.
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David W (aka Flex NP) @rnflex.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Full Retatrutide phase 3 obesity data published today. It's gonna take a minute to fill dissect this. The appendix alone has 70 pages of data. Long story short we created a drug that's almost too good. Huge chunks of people stopped or reduced doses from excess weight reductions.
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Retatrutide, a Triple Hormone Receptor Agonist, for Treatment of Obesity | NEJM
Retatrutide is a triple-receptor agonist of glucose-dependent insulinotropic polypeptide, glucagon-like peptide-1, and glucagon receptors. In this phase 3, randomized, double-blind trial, we assign...
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Rob Pegoraro @robpegoraro.com · 29/09/2026
Seeing who is seated closer to or farther from Trump is the 2020s version of seeing who had a spot closer to or farther from Brezhnev on the reviewing stand for military parades in Red Square.
Screengrab of a screengrab of a Truth Social post, shared by the @RapidResponse47 X account, from @realDonaldTrump showing the seating chart for today's Oval Office meeting. The four closest tech figures: to his left, Elon Musk and then Sundar Pichai; to his right, Jensen Huang and then Mark Zuckerberg

Original post on X: https://x.com/RapidResponse47/status/2104963292678803924
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Nigella Lawson @nigella.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Thank YOU. I believe profoundly that the only correct response to pleasure is gratitude rather than guilt
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Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
1 - You have got to be fucking kidding me. 2 - I’ll take it. A win’s a win.
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Egg Fuckup @lighter.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Okay im gonna do real talk here on the food quality The chicken is okay but literally everything else is sub-mid Those are the shitty buns your bad family gets for the cookout cause they needed to buy them in bulk and they didn't care about the quality of the bread, they just needed buns.
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Ward Q. Normal (he/him) @wardqnormal.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Great thread. Revive the OTA! This is also why I do not support term limits in Congress (at least not until other issues are fixed), because they would increase the churn and lead to even more reliance on lobbyists to explain complex issues.
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Matthew Gertz @mattgertz.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
I was skeptical of this take but making up some bullshit to accuse someone of a crime in defense of Trump only for it to completely fall apart, then acting outraged and refusing to apologize for any of it really does sound like Vance VP material.
AXios screengrab
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
They're arguing that the Trump name is so valuable it alone will pull the Kennedy Center back to financial success and (gestures broadly) what the fuck are you talking about?
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Your Internet Friend Tom Tomorrow @tomtomorrow.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
where will land after she falls upward this time? radaronline.com/p/bari-weiss...
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EXCLUSIVE: Bari Weiss 'Likely Out' at CBS After Paramount/Warner Bros. Merger as 'Anti-Woke' Editor Blamed for Torpedoing '60 Minutes'
Bari Weiss has been blamed for 60 Minutes' slide in viewership this season after making sweeping changes to the news network.
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Charles Gaba ✡️ @charlesgaba.com · 29/09/2026
PLEASE tell me this will run on network TV without being bleeped (I think political ads have a FCC exception for that?)
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cait (and adonis) @cait.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
this is the rape culture btw. the one women have been warning you about, and were told we were hysterical and over-sensitive and couldn't take a joke, and that rape allegations ruin men's lives, and now we live in a meritocracy where the only "merit" is who has hurt the most women
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Barred and Boujee aka Madiba Dennie @audrelawdamercy.blacksky.app · 29/09/2026
anyway basically everyone except Ken Paxton hates how the Supreme Court has allowed big money to distort democracy--and states are trying to do something about it! ballsandstrikes.org/law-politics...
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How States Are Pushing Back Against the Supreme Court’s Citizens United Decision
As it turns out, normal people do not like political corruption as much as the conservative legal movement does.
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Judd Legum @juddlegum.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
1. How has MAGA Inc. raised an unprecedented amount of money? Let’s review:
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ryan cooper @ryanlcooper.com · 28/09/2026
only in America lol
From multiple points to the northeast and northwest of the substation, it was easy to see the transformers lined up inside, about 150 yards away. I parked and climbed a hill, and the only thing slowing me down was thistle. I had brought my binoculars; I trained them on an area inside the wall. I had an unobstructed view of the bushings sticking out of the transformers like lightning-struck hair, the vulnerable cooling fins jutting out of their side bulk.

Incredibly, there are five gun ranges in the hills around the substation, including a 200-yard range meant for high-powered rifles. As I scanned the facility with my binoculars, I could hear them all. From a pistol range I heard an announcement, “OK, shooters, we’re in a safe-fire zone,” followed by a flurry of two-beat reports. It was not difficult to imagine what the valley would have sounded like the night the snipers opened fire.
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Jake Grumbach @jakemgrumbach.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Whenever you see a pollster or consultant give a take like this, it’s always worth following the money. In this case, Emanuel has paid Anzalone’s firm nearly $300k (maybe more but that’s what I found so far). A consultant class is devouring the Dem Party www.elections.il.gov/CampaignDisc...
John Anzalone &
@JohnAnzo
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Underestimate @RahmEmanuel at your own risk.
He knows how to win. He knows how to fight.
And he knows how to message.
And no one will out work him. Regardless of whether he wins the Democratic nomination in 2028 he will make an impact on the race. You can be sure of that. Don't take your eyes off of him. At the minimum, learn from him.
Rahm Emanuel Makes His 2026 Play
Rahm Emanuel Makes His 2026 Play
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6:47 AM • 9/26/26 • 274K Views
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John Rogers @johnrogers.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Gift link: www.nytimes.com/2026/08/18/m...
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What if America Went Completely Dark? (Gift Article)
The power grid relies on thousands of aging, hand-built transformers. If enough fail, the blackout could last years.
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Marcia Parks @mzparks.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
I think I ought to share something that is good news. We knew this--"an apple a day keeps the doctor away," but here's the science. (YAY, science!) www.nytimes.com/2024/09/23/w...
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How Healthy Are Apples? (Gift Article)
They’re America’s most popular fruit. Here’s why that’s a great thing.
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BanmarNJ @banmarnj.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Fire, Smoke and Desperation After a Strike in the Heart of Kyiv A Russian jet-powered drone hit Ukraine’s National Academy of Sciences, the source of almost all of the country’s major scientific discoveries.
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Fire, Smoke and Desperation After a Strike in the Heart of Kyiv (Gift Article)
A Russian jet-powered drone hit Ukraine’s National Academy of Sciences, the source of almost all of the country’s major scientific discoveries.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
The horror!
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Brian Beutler @brianbeutler.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Thesis: www.offmessage.net/p/donald-tru...
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David Corn @davidcorn.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Had a great chat with @mehdirhasan.bsky.social about my new book, "How Russia Won: Donald Trump, Vladimir Putin, and the Fight for America." We agree: The Trump-Russia scandal is no hoax. Check it out. Learn more about the book (or order it) at HowRussiaWon.com
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Trump Called Russia a Hoax. David Corn Says Putin Won
YouTube video by Zeteo
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JoJoFromJerz @jojofromjerz.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
When that orange asshole finally leaves the WH, and he WILL be leaving, the American people need to sue him and the rest of his criminal syndicate of a so-called family, for every fucking dime they stole from us. Every. Fucking. Dime.
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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 28/09/2026
Love Daniel Dale & his work, but this piece is very frustrating. There's nothing in here about *why* Trump behaves the way he does, what it says about his psyche or his personality, how it ought to inform the way reporters or voters should deal with him. It's just, "gosh, he lies a lot!"
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I started fact-checking Trump 10 years ago. Here are 15 things I’ve learned | CNN Politics
Ten years ago this month, in my old job as Washington correspondent for the Toronto Star, I started what I believed would be a quick little side project: fact-checking underdog presidential candidate ...
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Matthew Gertz @mattgertz.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Trump starts the day posting about what he sees on his TV. Left, Fox Business, 7:09 a.m. "TRUMP: US HAS BEST EMPLOYMENT NUMBERS IN HISTORY" Right, Trump, 7:38 a.m. "'The United States has the BEST Employment Numbers in HISTORY.' FoxNews. The Fake News Media REFUSES to report this..."
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sam @samthielman.com · 28/09/2026
Obligatory
Mary Poppins about to fuck up the Antichrist in The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen
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Oliver Willis @owillis.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
This. Bush thought his 2.4% win vs Kerry was a mandate to privatize social security and maintain the war and he got fucking destroyed over it.
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Jaz @jaz.sh · 27/09/2026
Okay so I've built a new Atlas, this time it lets you explore the conversations on Bluesky over the past 7 days graphically. It should update every ~6 hours and help you navigate the information environment that exists on here. I've learned a LOT about what people do here today... atlas.jazco.dev
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Atlas
A living map of what Bluesky is talking about: the past week's conversations, grouped into topics and regions and rebuilt every six hours.
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Jeff Berardelli @weatherprof.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
JUST IN: Today El Niño Broke its Record Hottest Temperature Ever! 🥵 Today the El Niño region surpassed 2015 for the highest temp ever measured in the El Niño (3.4) region. It comes 2 months earlier than typical peak (late Nov/ Dec)…
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Joshua Basseches @joshuabasseches.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
An important state enforcement action in NJ, where dozens of unpermitted gas generators were found at the site of a data center. Intrepid investigative reporting alerted the state to the problem: www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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New Jersey datacenter fined $1.1m after visual investigation showed dozens of unpermitted generators
State regulator’s record fine for DataOne facility in Vineland follows Floodlight investigation with the Guardian
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