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Linguaphile from the US who also cares about current events. Learning Polish, also dabbling in Persian, Thai, French, Japanese, Greek, and other languages here and there. E pluribus unum.

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More Perfect University @mpuniversity.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
@aoc.bsky.social: We must abolish ICE. "These black box detention centers are for-profit institutions... that's why they're going after every man, woman and child that is engaging in productive activity... because the CEOs of GEO Group & CoreCivic have profits to post."
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Piotr Gąsiorowski @piotrgasiorowski.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Dicranum polysetum (EN rugose forkmoss, PL widłoząb kędzierzawy). Wronczyn, Zielonka Forest, Wielkopolska (western Poland). #mosses #mchy #Bryophyta #bryophytes #mszaki #bryology #mossfriends
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I 💙 Dogs @dogs100.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Caturday OMG….
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Jill Lawrence @jilldlawrence.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Unnerving @washingtonpost.com exclusive: US and Russia worked in secret to remove "a range of provisions designed to safeguard the use of artificial intelligence in weapons." For instance, leave targeting to AI, no human review required. Gift link 🎁 wapo.st/4yWadkR
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U.S., Russia stripped human oversight from global AI weapons pact
The two nations weakened a range of safeguards in a landmark U.N. effort to try to regulate the use of lethal autonomous weaponry. The global negotiations earlier this month marked the furthest progre...
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Piotr Gąsiorowski @piotrgasiorowski.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Porozmawiajmy w języku praprzodków sprzed siedmiu tysięcy lat.
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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
This serves as advertisement for Alex Gibney’s documentary, Musk, opening October 9. Pass it on.
hollywoodreporter.com
The Major Social Media Platforms Are All Rejecting Paid Ads for Alex Gibney’s ‘Musk’ (Exclusive)
YouTube, TikTok and Meta have all turned down the trailer for the Oct. 9 doc, citing “political” content. X won't even take Bleecker Street's calls. The distributor is appealing.
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Senator Chris Van Hollen @vanhollen.senate.gov · 26/09/2026
The president who called American soldiers that died in war “suckers” and “losers,” is now hiding the number of service members killed & injured in his war of choice. Absolutely disgraceful.
washingtonpost.com
More U.S. troops have died amid Iran war than Pentagon has disclosed publicly
Officials who spoke with The Post expressed frustration that the additional loss of life in the Middle East is not reflected in the Defense Department’s casualty database.
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Oregon 🕎🎲 @oregonthedm.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Most riveting thing I've seen all week
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Jason Rosenbaum @jasonrosenbaum.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
BREAKING: THE SUPREME COURT SAYS MISSOURI MUST USE THE 2022 MAP IN THE NOV. 3 ELECTION.
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womensartbluesky.bsky.social @womensartbluesky.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Rowan MacGregor, UK based artist making delicate copper sculptures #WomensArt
Flat copper artwork featuring a central tree with birds and a human figure either side of the trunk
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Médecins Sans Frontières @msf.org · 24/09/2026
🔴 West Bank: On 23 September, Israeli forces demolished the homes of 91 people in Jinba, Masafer Yatta, Palestine. They destroyed 12 homes, including one belonging to an MSF community health worker, plus water tanks and animal shelters. This is the third mass demolition in Masafer Yatta this month.
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Kyle Cheney @kyledcheney.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
JUST IN: A federal judge has issued a permanent injunction upbraiding ICE for mass arrests that have strained detention facilities and forced detainees all over the country into "overcrowded, squalid, and degrading rooms for excessive periods of time" www.nysd.uscourts.gov/sites/defaul...
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Médecins Sans Frontières @msf.org · 24/09/2026
“We all felt scared when we heard the sound of explosions, we all have families who live close to the site of the explosion, and we were worried about them. But as a medical team, the patient comes first and we provided the best care for all cases.
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VoteVets @votevets.org · 24/09/2026
Elon Musk's DOGE is gone, but the wreckage it left behind at the VA is still being felt. A new VA Inspector General report found that DOGE, alongside Trump's VA appointees, terminated 435 contracts worth a total of $1.1 billion. www.stripes.com/veterans/202...
stripes.com
$1 billion in VA contracts terminated following requests from DOGE, senior officials
Most of the terminated contracts were for consulting services, which included administrative and program management as well as communications.
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arcadus @birdapp.rip · 24/09/2026
10/10 banger 🥭 🍍 🍌 🍉
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Piotr Gąsiorowski @piotrgasiorowski.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Przyszła jesień, nie ma na to rady. Z tej okazji przypominam wpis o pochodzeniu nazwy jesieni i jej różnych nawiązaniach etymologicznych. eksperymentmyslowy.pl/2025/09/15/e...
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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Useful reporting but would be worth more firmly stressing Hegseth’s achievement in overseeing a calamitous decline in US power and prestige, which was absolutely predictable and was presumably always the point. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/14/u...
nytimes.com
In Hegseth’s Pentagon, Top Leaders Battle Turmoil
Persistent distractions are feeding a climate of mistrust as the U.S. military faces a series of wartime issues, including shortfalls of missile interceptors.
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Congressman Greg Casar @repcasar.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
ICE has a bigger budget than the Marine Corps & still conned Congress out of $20M more for bodycams. Swore every agent would wear one by August. It’s September and ICE shot an Austinite in the back. They say there was no camera. They’re liars with masks and a blank check from Trump.
theatlantic.com
The ICE Officer in Austin Wasn’t Wearing a Body Cam
The officer who shot a Venezuelan man was hired last year from another federal law-enforcement agency.
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Indivisible ❌👑 @indivisible.org · 18/09/2026
With just under one month to go until the next No Kings, there are already more than 1,000 events on the map. That means October 17 will be the largest early vote activation in American history. Please join us: www.nokings.org?SQF_SOURCE=i...
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ButterflyGuy99 @butterflyguy99.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
An amazing Buckeye butterfly on a pink zinnia for #ColorfulMonday #Photography99 📷 #GardenStrolling 🌱 #BloomScrolling 🌻 #Butterflies 🦋
Medium-sized brown butterfly with brilliant orange markings and six eyespots, atop a large pink flower.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Wilber Rafael Garces Perez, the man ICE shot on Sunday, was sent to a detention center *with a bullet still in his back.* He was reportedly given no pain medication and only sent to a hospital after losing feeling in the left side of his body. ICE’s cruelty knows no bounds.
nbcnews.com
Venezuelan man shot by ICE in Texas says he’s in pain and still has bullet in his back
Wilber Rafael Garcés Pérez spoke from detention as lawmakers and advocates said he’s the victim of an ICE shooting and i
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Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Aside from the naked imperialism here, and cash grab, he admits it’s a war. A war without UN or congressional approval. A war which Rubio denied was a war and claimed was a law enforcement action. Trump as ever undermines his own people’s claims. It was a war. An illegal imperial one.
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Respect MO Voters @respectmovoters.org · 21/09/2026
We're getting a break from super high temperatures this week! Which means it's a great time to sign up for canvassing shifts! respectMOvoters.org/a6canvass
respectmovoters.org
Volunteer Opportunities, Events, and Petitions Near Me · Respect MO Voters Campaign on Mobilize
Find events, petitions, volunteer opportunities, fundraisers and more with Respect MO Voters Campaign.
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Jonathan Ladd @jonathanmladd.com · 21/09/2026
The government moving or hiding jailed people to avoid review by courts isn't some loophole in our habeas corpus rights. This government behavior has been considered a violation of the people's habeas corpus rights since at least the Habeas Corpus Act of 1679. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Habeas_...
Jailors were forbidden to move prisoners from one prison to another or out of the country to evade the writ. In case of disobedience jailers would be punished with severe fines which had to be paid to the prisoner.[5][6]
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Art & Nature @capecodfairytales.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
#Poetryb#Painting #Autumn Grief is as long and wide as life. Watch the autumn river. Listen to it flow. Li Shang-yin (813-858) 🎨 Xuan Loc Xuan
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Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Abolish ICE
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Äpplesche 💚 @aepplesche.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Für Bastler.. The flying Bat 😁
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SARS‑CoV‑2 (COVID-19) @covid19disease.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
🚨 BREAKTHROUGH: Australian Plastic Surgeon Fiona Wood AO Wins Royal Medal for Pioneering “Spray-On Skin” That Has Transformed Burn Care Worldwide
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ButterflyGuy99 @butterflyguy99.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Happy Friday! A beautiful female Eastern Tiger Swallowtail (Black form) on a pink zinnia. #Photography99 📷 #GardenStrolling 🌱 #BloomScrolling 🌻 #Butterflies 🦋 #Swallowtails #FlowersOnFriday
Giant black butterfly with orange and blue markings on a pink flower.
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Tobias Wilson-Bates @phdhurtbrain.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Enough grumpy posting. Please accept this fragment of William Morris 1896 ‘Compton’ wallpaper designed JH Dearle
Compton was originally designed as wallpaper by J.H. Dearle in 1895 for Compton Hall in Wolverhampton the country home of Laurence Hodson. It bears all the hallmarks of a classic Dearle pattern and the two colourways hark back to the original.
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Piotr Gąsiorowski @piotrgasiorowski.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Cladonia foliacea with Cetraria aculeata, Cladonia arbuscula, Cetraria islandica, and Peltigera didactyla. Kicin, Wielkopolska (western Poland). #lichens #porosty #fungi #grzyby #lichenology #mycology #lichenfriends
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Heartland Signal @heartlandsignal.com · 19/09/2026
"He asked our governor... to help him out and getting one more seat out of the state of Missouri, and our governor called a special session... with the hope of doing that." MO State Rep. Mark Boyko (D) on how Trump pressured Missouri leadership to redraw maps mid-cycle
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Jess Piper @piperformissouri.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Republicans want to talk about “men in women’s sports” because they can’t talk about gas or groceries or healthcare or housing or childcare or education or roads or the war or the Epstein files… Force them to address the real issues.
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MO Jobs with Justice Voter Action @mojwjva.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
THIS IS YOUR SIGN! Comment "JOIN" for organizing opportunities near you!
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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 18/09/2026
Illinois will not look away and stay silent — we must remain vigilant and prepared. What happened here during Operation Midway Blitz cannot simply disappear from the public record.
blockclubchicago.org
ICE Says It Can't Find Its Own Records Of Teargassing And Arresting Broadview Protesters
ICE's own rules require reports every time an agent uses force. But the agency says it can't find any from its attacks on protesters on Sept. 19, 2025.
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
leave in 2025, with about $6.7 billion tied to the DOGE-era deferred resignation program. Call it “efficiency” if you want. The only result was fewer federal employees and a federal workforce dramatically reshaped by a corrupt administration.
gao.gov
U.S. GAO - Federal Workforce: Deferred Resignation Program Largely Responsible for Sixfold Increase in Paid Administrative Leave Salary Costs
Federal agencies can use paid administrative leave (excused absence with pay) for workforce flexibility. Agencies spent $9.5 billion on salary costs...
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VoteVets @votevets.org · 16/09/2026
It doesn't matter how long you've worn the uniform for, or how much you've sacrificed for this country, in Donald Trump's America service will not save you from ICE. We must hold them accountable for their lawless behavior. @GunnySpeaksOut
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Maanvi Singh @maanvisingh.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
NEW: ICE is arresting and detaining a record number of pregnant women and teens. At the same time, it has lost count of how many had miscarriages, according to a Guardian review of internal ICE documents. w/ @amyqin.bsky.social, @wcraft.bsky.social and Flávio Pessoa
theguardian.com
Revealed: ICE lost count of miscarriages, while detaining a record number of pregnant women
ICE says it has no updated information on the number of miscarriages after 3 October 2025. Lawmakers, advocates and immigration attorneys have raised alarms that pregnant detainees are not receiving b...
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
I don’t believe the U.S. taxpayer should continue to arm Netanyahu’s government with deadly military equipment. I believe Netanyahu is a war criminal and that his government has committed genocide in Gaza. This doesn't make me antisemitic. (I’m Jewish, by the way.)
washingtonpost.com
Trump’s planned sale of controversial bombs to Israel is largest in years
The pending transfer of the 2,000-pound munition, involved in scores of incidents resulting in civilian casualties, sets
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NPR @npr.org · 16/09/2026
ICE agents turned up at David Streever's home over a harsh email he sent to an ICE official. Now a court order prevents the federal government from making additional threats against him. n.pr/4irNxUL
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Judge blocks DHS from acting against a man over a harsh email to an ICE official
ICE agents turned up at David Streever's home over a harsh email he sent to an ICE official. Now a court order prevents the federal government from making additional threats against him.
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Senator Chris Van Hollen @vanhollen.senate.gov · 14/09/2026
The Trump admin has now ILLEGALLY deported over 170 people. That's 170 times they've broken the law &, in some cases, sent people back into harm's way.   The Constitution guarantees due process to ALL — Trump & Miller don't get to pick & choose. Everyone involved must be held accountable.
politico.com
Illegal deportations spike under Trump's ICE push
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
now-shuttered Florida facility were confined in outdoor cages only slightly larger than telephone booths. This is the first time a federal government watchdog has officially confirmed the existence of those cramped cages.
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
The truth is finally coming out. This is exactly what we were warning about while “Alligator Alcatraz” was still open and MAGA dismissed it. A new report from the Department of Homeland Security’s inspector general confirms that immigrants detained at the
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Doctors Without Borders @doctorswithoutborders.org · 14/09/2026
A Doctors Without Borders bus carrying 10 humanitarian staff was damaged on September 13 when an Israeli airstrike targeted a nearby vehicle in Gaza City. One MSF staff member was injured in the strike. The bus was clearly identified as an MSF vehicle, with a large sticker visible on its roof.
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VoteVets @votevets.org · 14/09/2026
After months of denial about the impact of Iran’s strikes on our troops, and saying Iran's capabilities were "totally obliterated," Pete Hegseth's own Navy Secretary finally lets the truth out about one of our most important bases in the region. taskandpurpose.com/news/navy-ba...
taskandpurpose.com
Iran ‘blew the hell out of’ base in Bahrain, acting Navy Secretary admits
The base, home to the Navy’s 5th Fleet and a major logistics hub, was targeted repeatedly at the start of the war.
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Seth Abramson @sethabramson.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Who knew that defacing the building, tearing up its trees, removing its sculptures, replacing the Board with political cronies, giving the finger to every performer who isn’t a Trump voter, and talking down its facilities daily would cause a revenue drop?
washingtonpost.com
Kennedy Center could close as early as Tuesday, warns of bankruptcy, documents show
Officials said the center is facing “certain fiscal collapse” within weeks, insist that adding President Donald Trump’s name may be the only way to avoid bankruptcy.
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Digital Brain @yourdigitalbrain.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
A man rapped with his dog at the Apollo, the stage famous for booing acts off before their first verse, and the crowd went wild for both of them.
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Kay on the Prairie @kayontheprairie.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
A tattered Common Buckeye nectaring on Smooth Blue Aster in the prairie garden 💚 #nativeplants #butterflies #gardening
An orange and brown common buckeye butterfly with tattered and faded wings drinks nectar from a pale purple flower
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Senator Chris Van Hollen @vanhollen.senate.gov · 12/09/2026
Judge Berner's decision is a sobering read. Trump's mass detention agenda "harkens back to some of the darkest moments in our country’s history," including the internment of Japanese people during WWII. 
9 Appellate Courts have now shot down this lawless policy. SCOTUS should too.
politico.com
Appeals court rejects ICE detention policy, setting stage for SCOTUS
The 4th Circuit Court of Appeals compared ICE’s policy to Japanese internment.
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Eksperyment Myślowy @eksperymentmyslowy.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
🦅 UWAGA! NOWY WPIS 🦁 Piotr Gąsiorowski o zawiłej ewolucji języka polskiego. Jak się mówi: lwu czy lwowi? orłu czy orłowi? Dlaczego w ogóle miewamy takie wątpliwości? A jak mówili nasi przodkowie? eksperymentmyslowy.pl/2026/09/11/w...
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