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Kathleen Bachynski @bachynski.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
“It’s this kind of scenario… that several physicians told me ranks among their most troubling cases. Each told me a version of the same haunting story: A patient with a treatable cancer delays standard care for an unproven alternative, only to return once the disease has metastasized.”
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Dying Patients Are Inundated by Misinformation. My Dad Was One of Them.
Cancer patients are being persuaded to spend tens of thousands on unproven treatments by alternative-medicine clinics.
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Laurie! Live! @laurie-merrell.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
free mayoral campaign platform plank: more specific, differentiated festivals
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Kate Hagen's House of Horrors 👻 @thathagengrrl.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
"Meanwhile, Jane Doe dropped out of Cornell and was denied her request to get her tuition refunded so that she could transfer to a different college. She hence faced more severe consequences than most of the men who she alleges gang-raped her." www.thecut.com/article/what...
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What It Feels Like at Cornell Right Now
As a professor at the Ivy League school, Kate Manne has known many, many victims. There’s a palpable feeling on campus, she writes, that this is big.
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Heather Cherone @heathercherone.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
FULL STORY: A Chicago police officer who investigators say raped and beat his then 19-year-old girlfriend more than seven years ago should be fired, the agency tasked with investigating police misconduct and former Chicago Police Supt. Larry Snelling agreed, records show. @wttw.bsky.social
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Top Cop Agrees to Fire Officer Who Investigators Say Raped, Beat Teen Girlfriend: Records
The Civilian Office of Police Accountability determined that not only did Officer Alberto Rodriguez assault his 19-year-old girlfriend but he also held her against her will, conclusions endorsed by fo...
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 26/09/2026
4/ But over the next 10 weeks, I’d mimic the patterns of a problem gambler with the help of a panel of gambling experts and learn just how much DraftKings would encourage my recklessness — and just how little pushback I’d get as I spiraled downward.
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I Deliberately Bet Like a Problem Gambler. DraftKings Made Me a VIP.
Amid growing public health concerns, operators like DraftKings have touted “responsible gaming” tools and prompts. But as I went off the deep end, I found they were no match for the incentives and pro...
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 26/09/2026
Hey, ProPublica reporter Jake Pearson here. I’m taking over the account to tell you about my new story. For months, I posed as a problem gambler on DraftKings to test the company's "responsible gaming" safeguards. Spoiler alert: They made me a VIP — and I lost $10K. Here's how it all went down. 🧵
Selfie taken by ProPublica reporter Jake Pearson, a man wearing a backwards baseball cap and an orange T-shirt.
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Lena G R @lenagr.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Director Alvarez asks what you'd do if you could do something bold to improve transit? CTA answers dedicated bus lanes, we're way behind our peer municipalities. A bold goal of 100-150 miles of dedicated lanes would be transformative. Ridership #s showing people want to ride the bus! 🚌👏
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Aaron Cynic @aaroncynic.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Incredible headline here (among other things)
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Texas police department ordered closed for failing to provide any benefit to community
Disbanding of department in Trinidad comes after arrest of a resident for posting about issues with local water supply
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 15/09/2026
“trump will destroy everything he cannot own in perpetuity” is one reason i am filled with dread over 2028
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whet moser @whetmoser.com · 14/09/2026
“It’s not mean or troubled guys doing it, or guys who need validation. It’s guys with wealthy families and support systems and college educations.”
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Ej Dickson @ejdickson.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
There is a corner of the internet I had never heard of before I started reporting this story. It’s called the “burnerverse”: a network of anon burner accounts ostensibly discussing college sports. But they have another goal: destroying young girls’ lives.🧵: www.wired.com/story/burner...
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A College Girl Was Exploited on Camera. A Network of Anonymous Men Got to Work
Maddie Kowalski is one of countless young women who’ve had their lives destroyed by the burnerverse, a loosely connected online community of sports fans. Now she’s fighting back.
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Jessica Valenti @jessicavalenti.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Horrific though unsurprising report from @propublica.org: Ectopic pregnancy deaths have basically doubled since the end of Roe
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Ectopic Pregnancy Deaths Have Nearly Doubled. It’s Worse in States With Abortion Bans.
With prompt and appropriate medical care, experts say, people shouldn’t die from an ectopic pregnancy. Women in Texas and Oklahoma have sued over delays in care, which, coupled with our new analysis, ...
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Micah @rincewind.run · 07/09/2026
the whole idea behind MAHA and the griftosphere more generally is that there is One Neat Trick and that is why they fundamentally do not and can never have a point even if there are small benefits to some particular thing there is no One Neat Trick and never will be
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Natalie V. @nvbinder.io · 07/09/2026
This is another version of the "People are MAGA because of their economic problems" argument when they are often wealthy.
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Bo Thompson @gaudipern.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
(3/3) Dolly called and asked if there was any way to help with this tragedy. Abumrad replied she was on a vaccine research team but it was expensive and they were still seeking grants. When Dolly heard this she replied "Well I have money" and donated $1m. Abumrad's team produced the Moderna vaccine.
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Mo Ryan @moryan.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
every billionaire & tech mogul, they all want to be adored & celebrated without doing the things Dolly did with a fraction of the power & money. What she had, she gave away. I'm sure she was comfortable (& that's good!). But she just relentlessly helped. It's not that difficult. Love. Care. Help. 💚🌸
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Malice Walker @humblecore.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
immediately had to search for the video of Dolly and Patti singing Shortnin’ Bread while keeping the rhythm with their acrylic nails youtu.be/AOxsQNVOhro
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Dolly Parton & Patti LaBelle play 'Shortnin' Bread' on their Acrylic Nails
YouTube video by Happy Mag
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Rodger Sherman @rodger.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
She wrote a handful of the greatest songs ever written, and the first thing so many people think of is not those towering achievements, but how good a person she was and how many people’s lives she improved
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Josh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
Trump-Aligned America First Policy Institute Backing Ex-NBA Player Tossed from WNBA Game talkingpointsmemo.com/news/trump-a...
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Trump-Aligned America First Policy Institute Backing Ex-NBA Player Tossed from WNBA Game
An organization closely tied to the Trump administration seems to be collaborating...
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Michael McLean @michaelmclean.me · 24/08/2026
These two buses likely have more passengers than all cars in this video. CDOT could put paint down and create bus lanes in a few weeks of work. The lack of urgency to make transit faster is just infuriating. Vote for transit riders in the upcoming election!
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Adam Rutherford @adamrutherford.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
I had not some across this before, but if you want an example Nathan Cofnas’ scholarship, this is a doozy. Again I say, being sacked is not the problem; being recruited in the first place is what deserves scrutiny.
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Alex Ip 葉清霖 @alexip718.com · 07/08/2026
DOWN GOES ANDY OGLES
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shawn @mulchy.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
welp, it turns out cook county sheriff tom dart was actually the one asking the general assembly to lower the minimum age for prison/jail guards in illinois from 21 to 18. here's his exchange with commissioner tara stamps during a recent midyear budget hearing:
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Mark Joseph Stern @mjsdc.bsky.social · 26/07/2026
DoorDash, in damage control mode, now claims it supports D.C. home rule and denies lobbying against it. Here’s the letter their lobbyist wrote to Rep. Comer supporting his bill to ban D.C. from ever imposing or increasing a tax or fee without congressional approval. hillheat.com/files/492/DD...
Re: DoorDash Support for H.R. 9720, the "D.C. Taxing Authority Review Act"
Dear Chairman Comer and members of the committee:
On behalf of DoorDash, I write to express our support for H.R. 9720, the "D.C. Taxing Authority Review Act," which would require congressional approval before the District of Columbia can impose or increase a tax or fee. We believe this is a reasonable check against the hastily enacted local taxes and fees that fall hardest on small businesses and the residents who depend on them.
DoorDash's marketplace in the District is built overwhelmingly on small, independent merchants: Roughly 80% of DC merchants that were active on our platform as of December 2025 had 3 or fewer storefronts on the platform. These are the businesses least able to absorb new taxes and fees or the administrative burden of complying with them, from costly point-of-sale upgrades to added compliance overhead.
The District's recently passed delivery tax illustrates the risk: a tax on virtually every delivery, with proceeds designated for a myriad of projects and the District's general fund, passed without a single public hearing and, consequently, without input from the residents and small businesses it will most heavily impact. Based on our internal data, a tax like this would mean millions of dollars a year in added costs for D.C. residents and lost revenue for local merchants, and that burden grows quickly as the rate is increased, as authorized by the Budget Support Act. Research on comparable taxes bears this out: an economic analysis of Colorado's retail delivery fee found it raised takeout prices by nearly 1%; cut delivery orders by more than 400,000 a year; cost the restaurant sector over $12 million in revenue; and resulted in a loss of roughly 234 jobs across restaurant and delivery workers.
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☀️ Starshine @starshine.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
its not the illegal and without notice part, its the part where they intended it to kill people it’s killing
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Gravel Influencer @gravelinfluencer.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
This video of a woman telling an anti-abortion asshole to, "Shut the fuck up" is exactly what I needed to see on a Monday morning
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Regime Accountant, CPA ☠️🎢 @regimecpa.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
They’re spending a lot of money to rip out the lead water pipes on my very street right now
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Stephanie Kollmann @slkollmann.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
this is all SO foul and speaks to a larger, continuing problem in capitol culture
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Brandon @bedubble.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
I watched a bus full of #8 halsted bus riders forced to get off in the middle of a street last night because our mayor’s motorcade was parked in a bus stop while he was inside talking about how much he cares about transportation being important for equality.
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David Zipper @davidzipper.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
Take note, urban dwellers: San Francisco has more robotaxi experience than any city in the country, and its mayor—a tech booster!— is warning that AVs make the transportation network vulnerable to collapse.
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Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
"According to Ashley Brouillette, he once threw boiling water at her while she was holding their child — an incident her mother Avis Collins also recounted."
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Randall Munroe @xkcd.com · 16/07/2026
Time Change xkcd.com/3272/
3-panel comic. (1) PERSON 1 behind podium on stage: We all hate springing forward. But we love falling back. (2) [Audience pictured listening] PERSON 1: Therefore, we are abolishing the *spring* time change *only*. We’ll gain an hour every year, but never lose one. (3) PERSON OFF-PANEL: Won’t that cause the clocks to spiral out of sync with the sun? PERSON 1 holding up a fist: *Then we will meet the chaos clear-eyed and well-rested!*
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Jay Willis @jaywillis.net · 13/07/2026
I rewatched Lindsey Graham's screaming meltdown during the Brett Kavanaugh hearings for this, and man, there's no way to overstate how vile Kavanaugh is throughout. Sneering, combative, contemptuous of the idea that anyone would hold him accountable. A Republican hack to his core.
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The Supreme Court That Lindsey Graham Built
The Supreme Court’s six-justice conservative supermajority probably does not exist without Graham, who would do anything for an attaboy tweet from the president.
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ex-Lethality Jane @lethalityjane.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
I've talked on here before about how I've seen more and more people advocate against RhoGAM, which is a life saving injection for pregnant mothers and has saved millions of babies' lives since its invention in the 1960s.
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Adam Keiper @adamkeiper.com · 08/07/2026
NEW: He was picking up a work crew to take them to construction site at 6 a.m. on Tuesday morning. ICE showed up. And now this small business owner, the father of three American citizens, is dead. www.thebulwark.com/p/he-lived-h...
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He Lived Here for 35 Years. Put Three Kids in College. ICE Killed Him.
Lorenzo Salgado Araujo was picking up a crew for a construction project when ICE shot him. It now claims he was the aggressor.
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Julia Carrie Wong @joolia.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
continue to think that planter’s support with the lib/left male pundit class was not *in spite of* his various transgressions, but because of them, a frankly pathetic attempt to reassert dem masculinity through a man whose violent career they believed represented working class authenticity
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Mina Bloom @minabloom.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
The hearing push is a direct response to Block Club’s investigation published in June that revealed failures by the Chicago Police Department’s Office of Victim Services. @blockclubchi.bsky.social blockclubchicago.org/2026/06/30/a...
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Alderpeople Call For Hearing On Domestic Violence Program After Block Club Investigation
Even after a $4 million boost, the Police Department program has struggled, Block Club found. Now alderpeople led by Nicole Lee want police leaders to answer questions.
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Gregory Pratt @royalpratt.bsky.social · 28/06/2026
Despite Mayor Brandon Johnson campaign promise, 911 mental health response team flounders. Great accountability reporting from @aliceyin.bsky.social www.chicagotribune.com/2026/06/28/c...
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Despite Mayor Brandon Johnson campaign promise, 911 mental health response team flounders
Throughout his 2023 mayoral campaign, Brandon Johnson championed a progressive vision of sending teams of mental health clinicians instead of police officers to help people suffering from psychiatric ...
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Zito @zeets.bsky.social · 27/06/2026
So Argentina’s football structure is built on the abuse and molestation of young boys and no one hardly gets punished for it. www.espn.com/soccer/story...
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andy™ @andylevy.net · 26/06/2026
a giraffe disappears and tom kean jr shows up and we’re supposed to pretend these are two separate stories. wake up sheeple
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lauren @lauren.rotatingsandwiches.com · 26/06/2026
little Goebbels everywhere for those with eyes to see
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Casey Toner @ctoner.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
illinoisanswers.org/2026/06/24/w... "They’ll give you tickets to the Cubs game just to go in their little suite area, but I know it’s just like they lure you in so that you just spend a lot more and more and more."
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What Compulsive Gamblers Know
The hopes, dreams and tragedies of people who can't stop betting
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rev. howard arson @theophite.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
i don't really know how "the government is sending deportees to dangerous countries on purpose to imprison or kill them" is not a bigger story
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Vituperative Erb @vituperativeerb.bsky.social · 14/06/2026
It is my position that Wemby is entitled to having a bad day!
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David Powe @davidpowe.bsky.social · 06/06/2026
CDOT lost the best of our team yesterday. We're heartbroken. In memory of Riley O'Neil, please refer to these bike racks as "Riley Racks". He led Chicago's bike parking program for several years. Our hearts are broken, but we want to make sure his legacy lives on 💙🚲 Please spread the word
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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 25/05/2026
“Helsinki hasn’t registered a single traffic-related fatality in the past year…Citing data that shows the risk of pedestrian fatality is cut in half by reducing a car’s speed from 40 to 30km/hr, city officials imposed the lower limit in most of Helsinki’s residential areas and city center in 2021.”
politico.eu
Helsinki just went a full year without a single traffic death
The capital city is Finnish’ed with car-related fatalities.
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Baseball Enthusiast @iluvbaseball.bsky.social · 06/06/2026
We are just way to willing to accept pointless deaths
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35-year-old man struck and killed while biking in Chicago, authorities say
A man was struck and killed while biking in Chicago on Friday, authorities said.
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Better Streets Chicago @betterstreetschicago.org · 02/06/2026
Like we said a long time ago: Fund transit, not stadiums.
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Transportation advocates urge Mayor Brandon Johnson to invest public dollars in transit, not stadiums — Better Streets Chicago
Like many Chicagoans, the recent unveiling of the Chicago Bears’ controversial plan for a new lakefront stadium has left transportation advocates with far more questions than answers. With a projected...
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