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Deborah Lynn @mrsdeborahlynn.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
www.dailymail.com/news/article... Three Russian hospitals and hundreds of people have been placed under quarantine following a fatal pneumonic plague outbreak, amid claims of a government cover-up. Pneumonic plague has a near-100 per cent death rate if left untreated.
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Russian hospitals and residents quarantined amid plague outbreak
Darya Shipilova, pictured, was working at the Irkutsk Anti-Plague Institute in Siberia when she was exposed to the pathogen. She was admitted to hospital on September 29 but died two days later.
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(((Tendar))) @tendar.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Following a bio lab accident in Russia, which caused the breakout of the plague pathogen (pestis bacteria) and the death of at least one lab technician, 5 hospitals in the Irkutsk region have been put under strict quarantine. The quarantine is not voluntary.
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Kelly @broadwaybabyto.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
There are eerie parallels between what’s happening in Irkutsk and what happened in Wuhan in early 2020. Doctors claiming the government was hiding the extent of the spread. Masks being mandated. Schools being closed. Pay attention. Listen to independent journalists & locals:
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Researcher at Russian plague laboratory dies of ‘unknown’ infection | CNN
Russian authorities are responding to an incident in which a dangerous infection was released as a result of a laboratory accident in Siberia and a researcher died.
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Michael Mechanic @michaelmechanic.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
This is all hands on deck! Pneumatic plague is airborne and nearly always fatal if untreated. Wiped out 150 million, half of Europe, way back when. Treatable with antibiotics, but we don't have enough antibiotics. Also from a lab in Russia, where they still have weaponized plague. Total nightmare.
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Reports of a plague outbreak in Russia follow the death of a researcher
Several hospitals in the Irkutsk region have been shut down and up to 200 workers have been quarantined.
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Paul Marvin @paulmarvin.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
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MPeas @mrspeas2112pkn.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
This regime is a blatantly corrupt criminal syndicate.
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Paul Marvin @paulmarvin.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
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Common Dreams @commondreams.org · 04/10/2026
This calls for shifting away from Trump, the insufferable person, and focusing on Trump-World’s devastating attack on the welfare state, neofascist battle against civil liberties, cultural parochialism, and xenophobic-imperialist foreign policy.
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Can America Recover From Trump-World?
For a forest to recover from a fire takes more than planting a few new trees. Rolling back what amounts to a domestic counterrevolution is a daunting task, and it is easy to be misled.
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Joyce White Vance @joycewhitevance.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Trump is getting pushback, even in Alabama joycevance.substack.com/p/florida-me...
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Florida Men
This Friday, Donald Trump will be in Mobile, Alabama, the place where his first campaign really started to gain traction after then-Alabama Senator Jefferson Beauregard Sessions III threw his support ...
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Paul Marvin @paulmarvin.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
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Jennifer Shin - WTAF @jennifershin.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
It's too bad that Pennsylvania is stuck with this scumbag traitor until 2028. "After Democratic fundraising firm MissionWired ended its work with Fetterman in June, his operation turned to a firm with MAGA-world ties, the report said."
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Outrage after Fetterman’s MAGA-linked fundraising deals exposed: ‘He betrays the people'
Sen. John Fetterman’s political operation is offering conservative groups a hefty cut of donations to recruit new donors, according to an exclusive new report in The Atlantic that is drawing sharp cri...
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Sam Furgiuele @furgiuele.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Great interview on the Majority Report (beginning 23 minutes in). And doesn’t your thesis explain Trump’s fever to build his ballroom/bunker? podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...
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2730 - What it Takes To Fight Our Fascist Era w/ Naomi Klein & Astra Taylor
Podcast Episode · The Majority Report with Sam Seder · September 14 · 1h 23m
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Tim Schofield 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🇬🇧🇪🇺🌍 @chiefoldmist.eurosky.social · 15/09/2026
Got my copy in the post this morning, from @bookshop.org here in the UK. Looking forward to it.
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Naomi Klein @naomiaklein.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Even if you think you won’t have time to read it right away, the first week (days!) of sales determine if we make the bestseller lists, which sadly determines a whole lot else about the fate of any book. Grab your copy now. naomiklein.org/end-times-fa... @astra.bsky.social
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End Times Fascism – Naomi Klein
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M Meerkat @kackbro.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Go For It Ladies.......
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Charles Keener @charleskeener.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
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Stephanie! 💜✌🏻 @craniatology.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Everyone pleass say hi to my new friend Bonita. 😌 🐶🐾
Bonita the pit sitting in her yard. I am lifting up her chin with my hand.
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Every single one of these people view their government appointments as an opportunity to promote themselves and make money grifting while we pay them to do it.
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 26/09/2026
This is an entirely new phenomenon because before the vaccine, most women who survived measles were immune because they had it when they were young. But now, idiots who refuse to get vaccinated are giving birth to babies with measles. Two babies have died. www.nbcnews.com/health/healt...
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America had wiped out measles. Now babies are infected at birth.
Congenital measles has rarely been seen in the U.S. That’s changing as vaccination declines and more pregnant women become infected.
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Elias Law Group is currently litigating 85 voting and election cases in 41 states.
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I Love Animals @petsanimals.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
The first few seconds are all hesitation. The last few are all affection. Somewhere in between, a frightened little dog decided to take a chance on someone.
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
The controversial plan to gerrymander Missouri’s congressional map to help Republicans has finally been squashed by the U.S. Supreme Court (SCOTUS), which on Friday ruled against it. It was the Court’s third time rejecting it in two weeks. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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SCOTUS Missouri gerrymander ruling praised by pro-voter groups, attacked by GOP officials
“People, not politicians, will be the final deciders on this DC power grab," says group opposing Missouri Republican gerrymander.
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Pablo Torre @pablo.show · 27/09/2026
Shoutout to @bostonglobe.com for following up on our Life Surge reporting with this news about Boston Celtics coach Joe Mazzulla: www.bostonglobe.com/2026/09/26/s...
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
On this day in 1994, the Clinton administration's heathcare reform plan was declared "dead" by Congress. Over 30 years later, the US is still the only industrialized country without universal healthcare. This should be a national outrage.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
The amount of Amazon workers relying on SNAP and Medicaid has nearly tripled since 2020 — while Amazon’s annual profits soared by over 550%. It’s the same story everywhere: corporate profits are at record highs, while workers’ share of the economy is at a record low. We must unrig the system.
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Steven Beschloss @stevenbeschloss.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Seriously. That’s no cartoon.
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Lee K @bselected.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Heard one of his baby mama's outs him in the documentary and brings the receipts to prove Musk rigged the 2024 election. No wonder he doesn't want anyone to watch it.
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Worst Movies Ever @worstmovies.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
No point driving traffic to YouTube. Here’s the MUSK trailer without boosting YouTube.
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MarkIraKaufman @markirakaufman.com · 26/09/2026
IMO Musk is the most dangerous person in the world.
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Abdohassan @abdohassan.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Major platforms—Facebook, YouTube, and X—are refusing to show the promotional trailer for an upcoming documentary that criticizes Israel.Here is the trailer for Naza, the award winning documentary that details the system’s behind Israel’s mass killings in Gaza 👇
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
The major platforms—Facebook, YouTube, and X—are all refusing to show the trailer for the upcoming documentary that eviscerates the ridiculous pest Elon Musk. So I guess we have to do our part to make sure it is seen. www.youtube.com/watch?v=eY_8...
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Musk | Official Trailer | Bleecker Street
YouTube video by Musk
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Ricky Davila @therickydavila.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
NYC Mayor Zohran Mamdani is planning to turn an outdated skyscraper building in the city into 4,000 units of affordable housing. Instead of creating destructive data centers that destroy lives as well as the ecosystem for dark profit, this leader chooses to help people instead. More of this please.
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Gil Durán @gilduran.com · 26/09/2026
"Mr. Vice President: Peter Thiel played a decisive role in your life. Recently, he suggested that evil is good and called the Pope a 'useful idiot.' How do you respond to these extreme statements from your benefactor? Do you agree with him?" —Question a DC reporter should ask (but likely won't)
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friedajparkin.bsky.social @friedajparkin.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
#phillies feel for the young players like hill and Crawford who gave it their best this season. And Marsh
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Abdul El-Sayed @abdulelsayed.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Here's how we get Medicare for All done: Make Medicare whole (no one can keep all the parts straight!) Include vision, dental, and hearing. Begin extending to more people, starting with children. We arrive at Medicare for All, which means great Medicare for everyone.
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Scott Hammond @srhammond.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
They will stop at nothing to steal this election because they know if they lose it, they are in big trouble.
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
The system combines citizenship information with Americans’ Social Security data, and eligible voters (including naturalized citizens) have already been wrongly flagged as noncitizens. With the midterms just weeks away, the consequences of this are huge.
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
This is a big deal and it will affect eligible voters! The Supreme Court ruled 6–3 to allow the Trump administration to resume using its expanded SAVE database to check voter rolls, reversing lower-court orders that had blocked it over privacy and accuracy concerns.
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Kelly Goes Abroad @marmaladesweets.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
And celebrities too…. Im looking at you Timothy. And that is all Kalshi is… gambling, with insider trading of course.
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Paul Atreides in Dune
ALT: Paul Atreides in Dune
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Carmelo Star @carmelostar.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
This book was an eye opener. Glad I never downloaded a gambling app.
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desserts2diefor.bsky.social @desserts2diefor.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
As a recovering gambling addict with 25+years gambling free, this country has no idea of the carnage that’s is coming, possibly worse than the opioid crisis, mark my words.
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Wajahat Ali @wajali.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
All these athletes getting paid to be the faces of gambling sites should be ashamed of themselves. This will be a terrible look in a year or two, as Americans, especially young people, waste what little money they have on these sites that make the rich richer and everyone poorer.
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Bloomberg reports that officials directly involved in an internal Pentagon investigation found that Peter Thiel’s Palantir Maven Smart System played a significant role in the February 28 U.S. strike on the Shajareh Tayyebeh Elementary School in Minab, Iran.
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American Constitution Society @acslaw.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
The President's action barring CNN and MSNow journalists from the WH is a clear violation of the First Amendment. This unconstitutional act must be condemned and immediately reversed. It has no place in our American democracy. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/19/b...
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CNN and MS NOW Reporters Barred From White House After Trump Announces Ban
The prohibition on certain journalists was a stark escalation in President Trump’s war on the media, and will probably face a legal challenge.
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Mona Burns @monaburns.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Jim Acosta to Ali Velshi on MSNOW last night: "The major networks and newspapers need to tell Trump they will pull their teams out of the WH if this ban happens. There should be no pool coverage, starting at the UN this week. No WH Correspondents Dinner. Cancel that. Band together and hang tough."
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NanaSassafrass @nanasass.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
This is awesome! Exactly what I told my husband I wanted to do, but can't get there from Minneapolis right now. But all of you amazing people need to fire up your Signal chats & get organized! Think long term, folks - you know one day won't be long enough to stop the orange fuckwit's evil plan! 🤬✊️🤬
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Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
A massive group of demonstrators is currently forming a human chain around the Kennedy Center following Trump’s threats against it
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