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Angie Nixon @angieforfl.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
It’s all gas, no brakes for our people-powered campaign! Right after our State of Education press conference at Cafe Resistance in Jacksonville yesterday, folks grabbed their phones and got to work phone banking. Join our crew at AngieNixon.com/Volunteer! #AngieForFlorida
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FluffCopter @fluffcopter.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
IQ is great because it's terrible at measuring intelligence itself but its use as a metric is one of the top warning signs that you're about to read the dumbest argument ever concieved
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Rightardia @rightardia.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Democratic Underground cartoon
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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 05/10/2026
ICE is now separating children from their parents in the nation’s interior and deeming them “unaccompanied.” "We’re talking about kids who have a mom, a dad, and siblings who want them to be living with them."
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“You kidnapped my son”
ICE is now separating children from their parents and deeming them “unaccompanied.”
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Jessica Pishko @jesspish.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Sorry this is just wrong and is the logic of Jim Crow. Do we disenfranchise people in abusive relationships? What about old people in a nursing home? People getting mental health treatment? People serving in the military?
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Jennifer C. Martin @notreallyjcm.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Extremely grateful for these two grocery store ladies recreating Prodigy’s Firestarter
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The Answer-Man (Thaddeus Howze) @ebonstorm.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
The complaint is: “Working from home lowers productivity.” Good. Productivity should be lower. Productivity has grown 80% since 1980. Wages have grown 7%. Until wages catch productivity, productivity should go down. It seems organizations are taking the worker's share of their productivity.
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Feena van @feenavan2099.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
"Before Stonehenge was raised, before Egypts first pyramid broke ground,before the Nazca people drew their famous lines across the Peruvian desert,someone in what is now southern Arizona shaped a 272-foot fish into the earth On April 23,2026,"a border-wall contractor drove heavy equipment across it"
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Trump's Border Wall Construction Destroys 6,500-Year-Old Arizona Geoglyph – Older Than Stonehenge
Arizona's 6,500-year-old Las Playas Intaglio, the oldest dated geoglyph in the Americas, was irreparably damaged by border wall construction in April 2026.
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Moby Dick @mobydickatsea.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
But let us to the story.
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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Neiman Marcus closed its downtown Dallas flagship on Wednesday. The store played a notable role in the history of desegregation in Dallas. Previously, Black shoppers across the US could enter department stores, but they weren't allowed to try on clothes without adhering to certain conditions. 🧵
A notice about the Neiman Marcus store opening in downtown Dallas.An old photo of the Dallas flagship.
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Gillian Brockell @gillianbrockell.com · 29/09/2026
SCOTUS’s shadow docket strikes again. Third-country removals are back on, using a policy that two federal courts have now ruled is unlawful.
CORDER LIST: 609 U.S.)
TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 29, 2026
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(26A406)
CERTIORARI GRANTED
DEPT. OF HOMELAND SEC., ET AL. V. D.V.D., ET AL.
The application for stay presented to Justice Jackson and
by her referred to the Court is granted. The February 25, 2026 order and judgment of the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts, case No. 1:25-cv-10676, are stayed.
The application is also treated as a petition for a writ of certiorari, and the petition is granted. The parties are directed to brief and argue the following questions: (1) Whether the district court had jurisdiction over Respondents' claims.
(2) Whether the
district court had
authority to enter classwide
declaratory
relief
and APA vacatur under 8 U. S. C. §1252 (f) (1).
(3) Whether the Government's Guidance on third-country removals
is unlawful under 8 U. S. C. §1231(b), the Due Process Clause, or
FARRA/CAT and its
implementing regulations. (4) Such other
questions that the Government determines are appropriate for the
proper disposition of the case. The Clerk is directed to
establish a briefing schedule that will allow the case to be
argued in the December 2026 argument session. The stay shall
terminate upon the sending down of the judgment of this Court.
Justice Sotomayor, Justice Kagan, and Justice Jackson would
deny the application for stay.
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Eric @ericlerdal.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
This article will be the only required reading in future American Historiography courses. www.ms.now/news/trump-f...
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Trump aides explore attaching president’s name to Ford’s Theatre
The playhouse where Abraham Lincoln was assassinated has been mentioned among federal properties that could carry the president’s name, people familiar with the effort told MS NOW.
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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Both WaPo and @oliverdarcy.bsky.social are reporting that one of the stories the WH claims they banned Politico for was based off a background briefing (that is, they're complaining Politico reported what WH told them to). Darcy makes it clear JD was the background briefer in this case.
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Michael Warburton @michaelwarburton.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
It should never be forgotten MEL BROOKS had the World Premiere of BLAZING SADDLES (1974) at the Pickwick Drive-In Theater in Burbank, Los Angeles for 250 invited guests — ALL ON HORSEBACK.
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Gabe Ortíz @tusk81.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
#HispanicHeritageMonth: Sylvia Mendez, retired nurse and civil rights pioneer. When she was eight, she was barred from a “whites” only school and ordered to a “Mexican school” next to a cow pasture. Her parents sued. That lawsuit helped bring about the end of school segregation in California.
Black and white photo of Ms Mendez as a child Photo of Ms Mendez sitting in a chair
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Claire Willett @clairewillett.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
every day of my life I think about the people using “she” to describe this computer program who still need to be convinced to use it for trans women
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Moby Dick @mobydickatsea.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
the scaramouch in question had gained a wonderful ascendency over almost everybody
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dusty dirty @upfromsumdirt.blacksky.app · 18/09/2026
keith haring, grace jones, fela kuti, and jean-michel basquiat photographed by andy warhol. at mr. chow, nyc (june 1986)
a white man, a jamaican woman, an african man, and a black man walk into a restaurant....
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Garth Marenghi's Catbus @catbus.phd · 17/09/2026
'Bladerunner 2049' (2017) dir: Denis Villeneuve 📽️
real cat watching Disney's 'The Aristocats' on teevee, Dutchess is saying "you look lonely"close up of cat in bisexual lighting with a bandage on its nose looking forelorn
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Feral Maui Hermit @mauigreg.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Before COVID, the grab-and-go deli sandwiches at my local market cost $4.99 each. From 2020 to 2025, they stayed around $7.99-$8.99. Now they are $12.99-$14.99. It's all airport pricing now. It's "They're trapped here. They'll pay whatever we want," except for the entire country.
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Alex Winter @alexwinter.com · 16/09/2026
True story.
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Ian Miles Schlong @tedcruznipples.com · 10/09/2026
Some of those that work forces Are the same that fuck horses
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Musicology Duck @musicologyduck.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
but yeah…the Mitch is back
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Eric @ericlerdal.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
I’ve been following Erin in the Morning quite awhile because she has been one of the only journalists available that actually reports on transgender issues truthfully rather than reporting only on the manufactured controversies like this one. Unsurprisingly she continues to do this now.
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Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 14/09/2026
I get that Talarico is a more likeable candidate, and therefore maybe they're harping on him. I want to note that I've never even said for readers not to vote for Talarico (or the others, for that matter, only that the worst anti-trans offenders may go without a vote from us trans people.)
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Moss Elixir @sorryforlaughing.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
“I saw it in the window & just had to have it.”
Carol Burnett & Harvey Korman in the Carol Burnett Show parody “Went With the Wind,” Burnett wearing the Mackie-designed literal  curtain dress. Supposedly her entry wearing it caused such a huge live-audience laugh they had to temporarily pause filming.
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Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 13/09/2026
Seems like a good time to re-up this post. It is a list of 26 Dems at the statewide/national level that have made anti-trans statements or voted anti-trans policies. I do not advocate for abstaining from all of the ones on this list, but if the worst offenders who call us “biological men,” I do.
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The Guide To Anti-Trans Democrats In The 2026 Elections, By State
These are the Democrats that LGBTQ+ people may wish to avoid this election cycle.
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Greg Jericho @grogsgamut.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
The latest @fionakatauskas.bsky.social cartoon for @thepointau.bsky.social thepoint.com.au/opinions/260...
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NY Times Pitchbot @nytpitchbot.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
As a seasoned DC reporter, I know Donald Trump can't change the name of New Mexico with a post on Truth Social. I'm waiting until he makes it official by posting it on X.
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Matt Negrin still host of Hardball on MSNBC @mattnegrin.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
if you're the abc news editor who wrote that the nyc mayor attending the 9/11 ceremony is attracting "growing criticism" solely because he's a muslim then you are the criticism you're writing about
ABC:
Mayor Mamdani says he'll attend 9/11 ceremony despite growing criticism
Mayor Mamdani says he will attend New York City's annual remembrance ceremony.
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JRho @jrho.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
The most absolutely massive flex from the state fair exhibit. This quilt is made of 40 years of prize ribbons from various categories at the New Mexico State Fair won by Carol St. Clair Johnson. She also won a prize for this quilt.
Massive quilt made of prize ribbons in blue, red, yellow, and whiteCenter square of quilt made of yellow and red ribbons and yellow rosettesBlock of quilt made of blue, yellow, red, and white ribbons. Ribbons state the year. Some have the prize winning object written on in markerCarol St. Clair Johnson
born 1954; resides Albuquerque, NM

O Fair New Mexico-41 Fair Years
2023
satin ribbons

After unexpectedly winning her first blue ribbon for a sewn cape in 1981, Carol St. Clair Johnson developed an enduring love for the New Mexico State Fair. The quilt Fair New Mexico-41 Fair Years incorporates more than six hundred of the ribbons she won at the fair every subsequent year except 2020 (when the fair was canceled because of the COVID-19 pandemic). Johnson earned ribbons for needlework, knitting, crochet, pies, cookies, cakes, canning, jewelry, flowers, vegetables, and potted plants. The title of the quilt is a reference to the state song, and the design places the state's Zia sun symbol at the center. The quilt earned Johnson yet another ribbon: Best in Category (miscellaneous quilt) at the 2023 New Mexico State Fair.

Courtesy of Carol St. Clair Johnson
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Iron Spike @ironspike.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Since it's the anniversary of the debut of "Batman the Animated Series," feeling compelled to share this art by Bruce Timm of all the things they weren't allowed to show in the cartoon. Can you guess them all? Answers in the next skeet down.
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They Might Be Giants @tmbg.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
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✨John Carpenter’s BOObies✨ @ourflagmeansbeth.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
You really got cling to those small moments of happiness because they are precious - more precious than anything else in the symphony of grief, heartache, and pain that is the human experience.
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Joohn Choe @joohnchoe.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
I think there's ~65% probability that Abdul El-Sayed wins the Michigan Senate race. Most of the ~35% risk that he doesn't win lives in the disinformation risk.
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Michigan Senate readout | Joohn Choe
Abdul El-Sayed is positioned right now to probably win Michigan’s Senate race. Why do I think that? It’s nothing secret or technical: I thin
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Haus of Decline @hausofdecline.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
To promote record, I offer you a Slavic Country version of Fugazi's Waiting Room
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Julia Is Waving, Not Drowning @booktweeting.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
do not into that good night be gently guided--
a sign on a green metal door reading "Refuse to be stored in black plastic sacks and placed in the containers provided"
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Juan Cole @jricole.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Shanghai Cooperation Org. Roundly Condemns War on Iran www.juancole.com/2026/09/shan...
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Shanghai Cooperation Org. Roundly Condemns War on Iran
Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) - The Shanghai Cooperation Organization wrapped up its summit in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, on September 1. Its members include Russia, China, India, Pakistan, Iran, Belarus...
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Stellbound: Stellraiser II @antlervel.vet · 03/09/2026
Just got outta the TERMINATOR 2: JUDGEMENT DAY 35th anniversary rerelease and Jesus Christ, man. What a movie. They had to do all that shit for real. They had to fly that helicopter under an overpass. They had to blow up that building. They had to find an actor who could turn into liquid metal.
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Eric @ericlerdal.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
In local hospital and feel American healthcare has gone far beyond being a dystopian parody of itself.
Poster with man in shirt and tie washing his hands with cuffs buttoned and down grimacing at the viewer with the caption “Remember to wash hands; So easy, a CEO can do it!”
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Bill MAR 🦈 @cane.rocks · 02/09/2026
@heinrich.senate.gov there's your buddy again!
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RoseMarie @rosesbloom24.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
A 76-year-old man holding permanent US residency and grappling with stage four prostate cancer is reportedly being held in Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detention in Tacoma, Washington. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
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ICE holds man with stage 4 cancer in detention despite permanent US residency
ICE spokesperson says Loreto Javar failed to disclose criminal conviction in Philippines when he applied for visa
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Andrea Orzoff @arorzoff.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
The petty vindictiveness is… astonishing? Not surprising at all? Exhausting? Infuriating?
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Ida B Wells' Winchester Rifle @dytsras.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
😳😳 you're absolutely right!! How could I forget??!! August 28, 2014 The worst presidential scandal in American history took place. 6 years to the day after accepting the Democratic nomination for president, he committed the unpardonable sin
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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
The situation in Haiti is terrifying. On Sunday, 150 gunmen swept down on a town to kill, rape, loot, and burn. 22 people were executed in a churchyard. 52 were taken hostage. Stephen Miller mockingly says Haiti is safe and ICE just sent its second deportation flight this month; with kids on board.
They arrived in silence, under cover of darkness, heavily armed as they surrounded the town and moved through Kenscoff’s rugged terrain and towering forests in the mountains above the Haitian capital. Numbering around 150, the gunmen swept through several locations as they made their way toward the center of the town, opening fire on resident who tried to flee. At least 13 people were shot and killed as the gunmen ran through downtown, according to an account by the United Nations human rights office. As more than 50 others sought refuge in L’Arche de la Nouvelle Alliance, a Protestant church that had been sheltering people already displaced by the violence, the gunmen pursued them. When they arrive, they forced residents from the church and executed 22 of them in its courtyard. A dozen others were killed behind the sanctuary. The attackers didn’t just stop there. Before withdrawing from downtown, an area encompassing City Hall and a Haiti National Police substation, they abducted at least 52 people, including a mother and her five children, as well as another mother and her infant. Children and elderly who could not run were killed inside their homes. Others were burned alive after gunmen set at least a dozen houses on fire, witnesses told the National Human Rights Defense Network. The attackers also shot horses and other livestock inside the rural enclave.
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Naomi Elizabeth @naomielizabeth.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
Q: What is more scary? A:
Walking skulls are are more scary
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Ida B Wells' Winchester Rifle @dytsras.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
August 28th is one of the pivotal days in Black history that one can miss in a climate of erasure.... But im here to offer a few examples on the significance of this date. So let's get to it 🧵
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Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
"That makes you sound insanely racist, Doug Wilson." I confronted Christian nationalist pastor and Pete Hegseth ally Doug Wilson on his praise for slavery and the Confederacy, and his claim he'd have fought for the South in the Civil War. Full interview: zeteo.com/p/christian-...
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Quantian @quantian.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Is Social Security a Ponzi scheme? Sure, I guess. But so is my ability to buy groceries with money I don’t have via easy consumer credit through a massively complex global supply chain hedged with oil derivatives from farmers propped up by government ag subsidies. We live in a society, waow.
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Ron Hogan @ronhogan.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Tropical Storm Dolly has the opportunity to do the funniest thing.
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