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Orangutan Land Trust @orangutanlandtrust.bsky.social · 1h

A long read, but an important one: "In Indonesia, fires are burning in rainforests that contain 13 of the 20 largest remaining populations of Bornean orangutan." Please support our Emergency Fire Fund: donate.orangutanlandtrust.com news.mongabay.com/2026/10/ther...

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‘There could be local extinction’: The fight to protect Indonesia’s orangutans as El Niño fuels fires

JAKARTA — Fires burning within rainforests that contain more than half of the world’s critically endangered Bornean orangutan population have prompted scientists and experts to call for urgent action ...

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Leah McElrath @leahmcelrath.bsky.social · 13h

⚠️ Some voices I respect are voicing serious concerns about the “plague” in Russia. There are apparently indications it might be an engineered pathogen. (I hadn’t been worried before, other than in a joking way.)

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Kevin co-chairs our scientific advisory board
Kevin is at @MIT and one of the smartest people in the world on issues of engineered pathogens
Kevin's tweets are worth your time

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Russia's five-hospital quarantine, FSB involvement, and reported hazmat use in response to the death of a single researcher at a weapons-lineage Irkutsk lab are inconsistent with a lab-acquire...

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Russia's five-hospital quarantine, FSB involvement, and reported hazmat use in response to the death of a single researcher at a weapons-lineage Irkutsk lab are inconsistent with a lab-acquired plague infection, which would have been treated with prophylactic antibiotics.
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Russian authorities have surely sequenced the Irkutsk pathogen, but refuse to identify it.
Physical lockdown indicates it cannot be controlled with
prophylactic antibiotics, implying engineered pan-resistance or that it isn't plague at all.

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None of this means the Irkutsk pathogen will cause a pandemic.
But the response clearly indicates that Russia believes an epidemic is possible - and that the responsible agent is likely a pandemic weapon or otherwise embarrassing for the government.
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Vaccines will be ineffective against competently designed pandemic weapons. Russia may not be competent yet, but future Al will democratize competence.
We should stockpile pandemic-proof PPE and install germicidal far-UV and glycol misters in public spaces.
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Transgender World @transgenderreport.com · 3h

LGBTQ+ movement leaders warn that anti-trans ballot measures in five states could become a testing ground for a broader political strategy in the 2028 presidential election. www.advocate.com/opi... #transgender #trans #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA

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Anti-trans ballot measures are a political test run for the 2028 presidential election

LGBTQ+ movement leaders warn that anti-trans ballot measures in five states could become a testing ground for a broader political strategy in the 2028 presidential election.

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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 9h

Resistors report arrests and injuries, including being pushed into barbed wire. CBP confirmed that all four cottonwoods marked for removal there are now gone. Centuries of life destroyed for two parallel walls cutting through the borderlands. We’re heartbroken and we’re angry!

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Joe Mama @honnastjohn.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Everything is alright. The White House is monitoring the situation. Nothing bad will happen as long as ... RFK jr...? is our Secretary of Health??? Oh shit shit shit! We're f*cked! apple.news/AmMJ9JesjRBm...

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Scoop: White House monitors suspected plague outbreak in Russia — Axios

The White House is monitoring reports of a suspected plague case and a related quarantines in Russia, a Trump administration official told Axios on Sunday.

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❀𝕀𝕣𝕞𝕒𝕊𝕡𝕚𝕜𝕖𝕪𝕞𝕒𝕞𝕒❀ @irmaspikeymama.bsky.social · 10h

The coordinates for Mar-a-Lago are approximately 26.67694° N, 80.03694° W

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Pé 🍺🧿 @forevernever.bsky.social · 23h

This man is a ghoul.

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Eloise Powers @elnopower.bsky.social · 20h

If they allegedly can’t even remember which victim Jane Doe was, that raises a horrifying question: How many victims were there? HOW. MANY. WERE. THERE? Every survivor deserves to be heard, believed, and protected not identified, hara$sed, or doxxed.

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DL JD’88 @devonl88.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

#AI

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pax-nw.bsky.social @pax-nw.bsky.social · 20h

👇In a nutshell.

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Democracy Labs @demlabs.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Map of 23 suspicious deaths and suicides linked to the Epstein files after Simon Andriesz, a whistleblower tied to Howard Lutnick is found dead. Follow the connections. Search visually, name or by category bottom left "Dead". embed.kumu.io/7c3609c5e4eb... @gailwaldby.bsky.social #epsteinfiles

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Cris Seda Chabrier @cseda.bsky.social · 16h

For nearly two months, I’ve been speaking to three trans women detained at a notorious immigration facility in Louisiana. They were incredibly brave to talk to me abt what they’ve endured. veritenews.org/2026/10/05/t...

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Trans detainees allege abuse at Jena ICE facility

Three trans women have been held in solitary confinement for months allege that they are facing abuse at the Central Louisiana ICE Processing Center.

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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 15h

Trump's people are using blue curtains to hide empty seats at this evening's rally in Grand Island, Nebraska. Those accurate reports of poor turnout in Ohio and Alabama *really* got under his skin.

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Mike Nellis @mikenellis.bsky.social · 19h

We cannot allow a handful of tech oligarchs to control the future when they think it’s essentially okay for humans to be killed or displaced in order to advance AI. That’s basically what Sam Altman is advocating for here. Regulate the shit out of them. NOW.

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Social Security Works @socialsecurityworks.org · 15h

We cannot let the wealthy elite manipulate us into letting them use Social Security as their personal piggy bank. Vote for candidates who want to protect and expand Social Security by making the ultra-rich pay their fair share!

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American Oversight @americanoversight.org · 15h

We obtained a memo from DHS explaining how National Guard deployments could be used for immigration enforcement in states. The memo offered a way for officials to evade laws that ban military involvement in civilian law enforcement. americanoversight.org/national-gua...

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Bombshell: DHS Memo Lays Out Dubious Legal Roadmap for Sidestepping Posse Comitatus Act to Deploy National Guard - American Oversight

Records we obtained raise alarm as consequential midterm election approaches.

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DBeach @beachnic.bsky.social · 15h

A study of 9,000+ Americans found Trump supporters scored higher on psychopathy, narcissism and manipulativeness. They also reported less concern for others’ suffering and more enjoyment of it. www.psypost.org/trump-suppor...

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Trump supporters report higher levels of psychopathy, manipulativeness, callousness, and narcissism

Support for Donald Trump is linked to darker personality traits, including increased psychopathy and decreased empathy, new research finds. The study also connects conservative political beliefs to lo...

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 18h

Why is 🇺🇸 media not reporting on this 128 day Albanian protest of Kushner and Ivanka’s insane corruption?

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Charles Keener @charleskeener.bsky.social · 16h

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Nancy Levine Stearns @nancylevinestearns.bsky.social · 15h

Kids at a new ICE facility set to open at an airport in Louisiana “will be in ICE custody. Unaccompanied minors held at or deported from the Alexandria ICE facility will not be in ORR [Office of Refugee Resettlement] custody, according to a highly placed source” www.thequeenzone.com/new-ice-faci...

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New ICE Facility for Migrant Children Raises Alarm Over Trafficking Risks

A new ICE (U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement) facility for unaccompanied children, families, and single women is set to...

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Stan Oklobdzija @stano.bsky.social · 15h

We're all so happy to stay in our safe ideological bubble, rather than reach across the divide and talk rape.

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Mark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

And yet, he'll continue to be platformed by Tapper, the other Sunday shows, & other major media outlets. The consequence for this needs to be de-platforming. The continued approach of treating this lying as an acceptable part of "normal politics" is broken & incompatible with defending democracy.

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whykiki.bsky.social @whykiki.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Sometimes I think about how the last 10 years started in the 1980s as part of a new long-term KGB strategy to fuck the West. www.politico.com/magazine/sto...

politico.com

The Hidden History of Trump’s First Trip to Moscow

In 1987, a young real estate developer traveled to the Soviet Union. The KGB almost certainly made the trip happen.

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Andrea Devon @andreadevon.sheshed.rocks · 04/10/2026

Make it FABULOUS, Texas!! Register by tomorrow 10/5 and VOTE BLUE! 💙🗳️ #SheShed

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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Will Bunch: The facts are shocking enough, but the bigger reason that the Cornell gang-rape case has broken through is that everyday Americans are sick of the rich and powerful and their sons getting away with it. And everyone knows this fish stinks from the head. www.inquirer.com/opinion/corn...

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For a fed-up America, the elite impunity of the Cornell rape case is the last straw | Will Bunch

A nation’s frustration with rich and powerful men boils over after a stunning rape allegation at an Ivy League college.

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Princess Vimentin PhD | Cancer Biologist @princess-vimentin.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

RFK Jr wants to convince patients that AI can free patients from "medical tyranny". AI is garbage without the knowledge of experts. Yes, we are the enemy, who's work fuels the information that AI gives its users. More reason to vote blue in November. 🧪 www.fiercehealthcare.com/ai-and-machi...

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RFK Jr.'s AI claims spark physician backlash as debate over medical AI intensifies

Robert F. | Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services, said on Tuesday that artificial intelligence can provide patients a second opinion that is "much better...

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𝕊𝕦𝕟𝕕𝕒𝕖 𝔾𝕦𝕣𝕝 @sundaedivine.lol · 04/10/2026

The White House org chart has a dotted line marked “It’s complicated.”

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Khashoggi's Ghost @urocklive1.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

One user on X asked Grok to identify the “biggest threat to Western civilization.” It responded that the greatest threat was “misinformation and disinformation.” Elon had a fit, declared it a stupid response, and demanded changes. The next day Grok said the biggest threat was low fertility rates.

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Carolyn Urban @carolynurban.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

WHAT THE FUCK

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Joe Walsh @walshfreedom.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 04/10/2026

🚨 EXCLUSIVE: Allison Gill has obtained descriptions of NINE FBI training videos showing agents were instructed to flag Epstein documents containing Donald Trump’s name for supervisory review. The DOJ is still refusing to release the actual videos. 👉 www.youtube.com/live/dYiQOhP...

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Mr. Dan Zak @mrdanzak.com · 04/10/2026

A Haitian man legally immigrated to Ohio, then was given an ankle monitor bc Trump withdrew his status. He threw himself in front of truck. The trucker, who voted for Trump, is haunted. “Pierre was doing what he was supposed to do. We did not do right by him.” www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...

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A Reckoning in Springfield

A truck driver out on his route confronts what the country has become.

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American Library Association @amlibraryassoc.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Let books be. Today kicks off #BannedBooksWeek, an annual observation started more than 40 years ago in response to a sudden surge in attempts to censor or remove books in libraries, schools, and bookstores. Sound familiar? Find ways to get involved and spread the word: bit.ly/4yvixbB.

LET BOOKS BE. Various line drawings related to libraries and books, including a hand holding a sign made of an open book that reads "Freed for ALL to Read," a tote bag that reads "Totes Resist" carrying a book, a full book cart with the head and tale of a horse with text that reads "A Wild Ride," and a closeup of two feet standing on a stack of books that say "A Soap Box" on their spines. Text at bottom reads "Protect the freedom to read. Banned Books Week, October 4-10, 2026." American Library Association. ala.org/bbooks

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Nancy Levine Stearns @nancylevinestearns.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

“We’ve got a president who’s no stranger to the Epstein files leading a Gestapo campaign to round up our most vulnerable population of children, driving profits off their lives. It’s human trafficking.” - Founder of group protesting new ICE facility in Louisiana www.thequeenzone.com/new-ice-faci...

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New ICE Facility for Migrant Children Raises Alarm Over Trafficking Risks

A new ICE (U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement) facility for unaccompanied children, families, and single women is set to...

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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Angie Nixon wants to know which eyeliner Vice President J.D. Vance uses: “His eyes look so beautiful. They pop.”

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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

trump's pentagon: www.wired.com/story/a-pent...

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Lupita Nihongo @otsumamiboy.blacksky.app · 04/10/2026

Bold stance from the crown prince of people who don’t believe they should accept being forced to hoard even a single dollar less of their stolen gains for the benefits of humanity

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Charlie Dog! @charlietotherescue.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Shelter favorite Elsa Ice is dog friendly, cat friendly and child friendly. She is easy to walk on leash and would make a great addition to any family. cttr.substack.com/p/shelter-fa...

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Shelter favorite Elsa Ice is dog friendly, cat friendly and child friendly. She is easy to walk on leash and would make a great addition to any family.

Meet Elsa Ice a sweet little 1 year old girl who is a volunteer favorite.

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Democracy Now! @democracynow.org · 04/10/2026

Researcher @timnitgebru.blacksky.app says Silicon Valley discourse about the supposed "existential risks" of artificial intelligence is part of a ploy to avoid regulation of the industry. www.democracynow.org/2026/10/1/ti...

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Khashoggi's Ghost @urocklive1.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Simon Andriesz, British banker and whistleblower who exposed Howard Lutnick's many ties to Jeffrey Epstein, was found dead last week of an apparent suicide, raising many suspicions, especially due to his last social media post. www.rawstory.com/howard-lutni...

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Horror as final post of banker who outed Howard Lutnick’s ties to Epstein resurfaces

The final online post of a British banker who reportedly died by suicide shortly after outing Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick’s business ties to Jeffrey Epstein left several critics speechless on Su...

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