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it’s become so normal for people to disclose their rapes to appeal to people’s humanity around rape cases that we don’t think about how disgusting the need to do that is put the worst moment of your life out for public consumption, so that half the comments can call you a liar.

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NY Times Pitchbot @nytpitchbot.bsky.social · 4h

As a transphobic male senator, there is nothing more important to me than protecting women's sports. Here's why it never occurred to me that Jack Smith, a man, would choose to attend a women's college basketball game. by Sen. Eric Schmitt (R-MO)

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Soulshine07631 @soulshine01801.bsky.social · 4h

The obvious problem with capitulating to bullies is that eventually it's never enough. As long as they believe they can force you to do what they want, you'll always be a prisoner.

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Lauren @tinylongwing.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

The charismatic Coppersmith Barbet for datubooty on tumblr! Thank you for the donation! 🎨🪶 #SciArt #BirdArt The #Waymakers Challenge raises funds for @theyoungcenter.bsky.social to help immigrant kids in the US! Donate by Sept. 30 - only a few days left! youngcenter.donordrive.com/campaigns/Bi...

Illustration of a Coppersmith Barbet, a large-headed, large-billed bird with a clown-like face pattern of red, black, and yellow. The bird otherwise is mostly green with spots of turquoise on the nape and wings. It is perched with its back to us on the branch of a fig tree, and has a piece of fig fruit in its beak - likely torn from the broken fruit on the top of a cluster to the bird's right.

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public health guy @publichealthguy1.bsky.social · 5h

no kidding

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 6h

John Roberts' friend and defender is quoted in the piece, saying they shouldn't be shaming Roberts for the wreckage and ruin he's brought to this country because of "civility." The bullies always cry "civility" when the victims push back in the slightest.

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Dr. Samantha Hancox-Li @sjshancoxli.liberalcurrents.com · 6h

i also just have to say that pointing at a falling down barn while bragging about how fewer people are coming to america is about the perfect encapsulation of how MAGA believes in making america smaller and weaker

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Matthew Gertz @mattgertz.bsky.social · 5h

Endless Fox News segments trying to make Piker the face of the Democratic Party, all for naught.

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Mary (geographile) @geographile.bsky.social · 5h

"Texas law gives Paxton the power to probe and prosecute alleged election crimes, as well as to seek a court order letting him seize ballots. And nothing in state law appears to require his recusal from investigations touching on his own political interests."

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Liliana Segura @lilianasegura.bsky.social · 14h

I am not in TN tonight. I am in Oklahoma, where we stood outside the prison in 2015 while they almost killed Richard Glossip with the wrong drug. He did not go through the ordeal Christa Pike suffered tonight. But others have. It makes me so angry to see this cruelty repeated again and again.

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AFP News Agency @en.afp.com · 5h

🇫🇷 🪧 A high school entrance hall caught fire in one French city and teenage protesters blocked trams in another on Thursday, as secondary pupils upped their strike over what they denounce as poor learning conditions ➡️ u.afp.com/S96v

Firefighters assess the damaged entrance hall at Nelson Mandela High School in Nantes, western France on October 1, 2026 after a 'deliberately set fire' engulfed the lobby of the school which was under blockade by students

A protesting student pushes a bin into a burning barrier during a blockade outside a secondary school Le Corbusier, in Aubervilliers, northern Paris on October 1, 2026

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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 8h

You can see the genocide from space. Yet still it is widely denied.

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Tim Carmody @tcarmody.bsky.social · 5h

The problem (one problem) is that almost all politicians and perhaps especially all media outlets do not count each person/voter individually but weigh them by how much money they have to spend

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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 6h

Wow! Schmitt didn’t just get it wrong, his team was warned the texts were unvetted, but he used them anyway. Not only that, Chuck Grassley’s Judiciary staff left the texts out of its own hearing memo. Schmitt’s team went digging for them, then used them to accuse Jack Smith of perjury.

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Call me Ishmabill @billjank.bsky.social · 15h

G’night y’all. May tomorrow bring fewer terrors than today. Enjoy the thought that we can bring otters back to a river that caught fire 13 times. Let’s lick ‘em tomorrow.

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Mary (geographile) @geographile.bsky.social · 14h

The first rescue in this episode shows what the RNLI in the UK/Ireland do is why they are being so heavily protested, dangerously doxxed, to the point of one station having to close. They are saving lives, and in one corner of England, some of those lives are of migrants. youtu.be/Y8pMh1C-PAc?...

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That Other Dude @theotherdude.bsky.social · 17h

Banning alcohol in Greek houses would go a long way in reducing rapes on campus. All sororities are dry, and have sober monitors to watch out for sisters at frat parties, because they know that's where the danger lies. It's time to take the booze out of the frat houses, and all Greek events.

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c0nc0rdance @c0nc0rdance.bsky.social · 17h

The smallest bat in North America is the canyon bat (Parastrellus hesperus), also called the western pipistrelle or American parastrelle. They weigh about 3–6 grams, the weight of a US penny, sheet of paper, or teaspoon of sugar. In flight, they're sometimes confused for moths or butterflies.

A tiny smoke-grey furry bat with darker face, ears and wings. The big story is the tiny size. The entire bat fits on a portion of a human's thumb, a tee-weeny tiny little guy.

This is a viral photo that's circulated for years, but I found it on r/BatFacts posted by u/Pardusco.

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Rebecca Fachner @rebeccafachner.bsky.social · 17h

Delicious on many levels, but one of them is: there isn’t a Democrat running for senate in Idaho

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Elizabeth Picciuto @epicciuto.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

At no point while reading this sentence did I correctly predict what was coming next.

Twitter screenshot: New: Kyrsten Sinema's ex-boyfriend and former bodyguard said he threw her paintings into her swimming pool in part because he felt disillusioned by her relationship with a major
U.S. Artificial Intelligence software developer amid the war in Gaza

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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 19h

Chuck Grassley also did not share the texts with Democratic senators before the hearing, breaking protocol.

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Get To Know Nature @gettoknownature.bsky.social · 23h

Top tv shows but make it about birds: #1 Beaking Bad (Black Skimmers) #birds 🌿

Three black and white birds stand on a sandy beach. Two face each other and look like they’re having an argument. One’s beak is wide open and the other has its beak up in the air defiantly.

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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 20h

I’m confused. Trump lies about Democrats being communists because commies are bad. But he likes North Korea’s Kim Jong Un, a murderous communist dictator, and calls him a “friend.” Make it make sense.

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Chris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social · 21h

Pretty clear to me there’s a very good case against this man for mass murder, and I’m saying that in as measured a fashion as I can. He’s order the killing of 234 people under no plausible war or legal justification. I am skeptical he will ever face legal accountability for til his but he should.

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Daniel Sugarman @danielsugarman.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

As part of the "Zionism is Racism" motion which the Green party will be voting on at conference, there is a specific section which says that members of the Green Party who are members of 'Zionist Synagogues' should be kicked out. Efforts to amend this language were rejected at a "party workshop".

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Daniel Sugarman @danielsugarman.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

I need to write a thread about this. If you don't like it, feel free to block me. But I hope at least some of you will listen. www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...

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Jewish Greens face sanctions for belonging to ‘Zionist’ synagogues

The Green Party rejected an amendment to protect Jewish members attending self-declared ‘Zionist’ organisations from reports of racism

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Sarah Everett @goddammitsarah.bsky.social · 23h

something I really want people to understand is that women can be abusers too

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strea3m.bsky.social @strea3m.bsky.social · 23h

“No Kings” means more than a slogan. It means voting before the lines get long, bringing your friends, & refusing to hand over your power. Remind every politician who they work for: us October 17, find an event near you & boost voting early. social.demcast.com/s/fomBMMlt

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Find An Event Near You

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I Travel Like Sound Dog @chadstanton.blacksky.app · 23h

They have medical stores where you can go buy medical supplies too.

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Social Security Works @socialsecurityworks.org · 23h

Social Security is a sacred trust. Using our private data to undermine our democracy is UNAMERICAN. @jonbowzerbauman.bsky.social

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MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology @mrclmb.ac.uk · 30/09/2026

How does neurodegeneration spread across the brain? 🧠 @sjorsscheres.bsky.social, Michel Goedert & Masata Hasegawa’s groups have demonstrated that human misfolded tau filaments act as a molecular template for prion-like propagation in the mouse brain. mrclmb.ac.uk/news-events/... #LMBResearch 🧪

Alzheimer's and corticobasal degeneration tau filaments induce distinct pathologies in mouse brains, with corresponding cryo-EM images and structural models.

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Mary (geographile) @geographile.bsky.social · 23h

I adore this woman. She is so cool.

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Mary (geographile) @geographile.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

I like to learn about American politics from networks in other countries, especially Canada right now. youtu.be/pKzcuHFcH_8?...

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Will the Democrats sweep the U.S. midterms?

YouTube video by CBC News

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Steve Benen @stevebenen.com · 30/09/2026

Sept 29, 2015: Then-Rep. Jason Chaffetz hatches a “gotcha” plot against then-Planned Parenthood President Cecile Richards, humiliates himself, quickly moves on Sept 29, 2026: Eric Schmitt hatches a “gotcha” plot against Jack Smith, humiliates himself, and doubles down www.ms.now/rachel-maddo...

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GOP’s Eric Schmitt keeps digging after falling into a ditch of his own making

There was a time when a senator in this situation would simply fess up and express some regret. The Missouri Republican chose a different path.

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Jacquelyn Gill @jacquelyngill.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Our first was Warm Regards, on climate change. The last season was our strongest (the theme was "data," but it ended up being about the power of stories!). I'm currently recording a new show: www.makeaplanetpod.earth

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Jax and Phoebe Make a Planet

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Jean-Marc Liotier @liotier.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Do I care about what an advertisement feels when I add a DOM rule to my uBlock Origin adblock filters ?

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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Ex-WV police chief violently attacked a woman over an expired registration. Though innocent, she spent five days in jail before the charge was dismissed. He resigned and was decertified.

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Justin Ling @justinling.ca · 30/09/2026

From the team that brought you AI John Cena Who Sexts Your Kids comes a profoundly bad new way to hoover up your data.

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Dan Jagger @auditorynerves.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

New study in Nature magazine: Butterfly wing patterns in flight create powerful illusory motion cues. 🧪🦋 "Our results show that butterfly wing patterns & flight dynamics create powerful illusory motion effects... visual defence strategies in moving animals." www.nature.com/articles/s41...

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Butterfly wing patterns in flight create powerful illusory motion cues - Nature

Butterfly wing patterns and flight dynamics work in tandem to create powerful visual illusions that confuse predators, potentially representing one of the most successful visual defence strategies in ...

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🗽LOLGOP🗽 @lolgop.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Before this interview, I was proud that we would have the heir to Bernie Sanders' vision in the Senate from Michigan. And now, I'm very glad that person is Abdul El-Sayed.

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molly conger @socialistdogmom.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

don’t turn my mailman into a cop, that sucks

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

“A.I. has to work for the warfighter, and enterprises.”🤔 Yikes— frantic, all over the place Palantir CEO Alex Karp lashes out at reporters over their “stupid” Q’s about A.I. + makes it clear war & enriching themselves are their prioroties (Our Q: “will you pee in this cup?”😬)

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Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 30/09/2026

A new poll from The 19th News shows faltering Republican support for gender-affirming care bans for trans youth. It also shows that anti-trans ads might be backfiring, with respondents increasingly saying Republicans are talking about trans people too much. Subscribe to support our journalism.

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New Poll From The 19th News Shows Public Turning Against Republican Anti-Trans Healthcare Bans

The poll even shows faltering Republican support for such bans.

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Justin Hendrix @justinhendrix.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Meta is tapping "into a tax credit intended for research and experimentation. It’s an aggressive interpretation of the tax break, which Meta embraced to claim billions of dollars in tax credits for data center expansion."

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How Meta Uses A.I. Data Centers to Avoid Billions in Federal Taxes

Meta is exploiting a lucrative tax break intended to support research and experimentation. Its own accountants say the gambit is risky.

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19thnews @19thnews.org · 30/09/2026

4/ We added questions about trans athletes in sports that we hadn’t asked before. We also asked about issues like surrogacy, feminism and what the government should do about childcare to try to capture where the country is on issues that are shaping the midterms and beyond.

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How The 19th/YouGov poll works

We asked about attitudes toward reproductive issues, trans issues and gender roles and what Americans are worried about.

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Mary (geographile) @geographile.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

I am currently using ecosia because duckduckgo relied a lot on Bing and at least used to have privacy concerns. Now I'm finding out ecosia is not much better. Can you recommend a good option with reasons? youtu.be/z1AVgbI_1r0?...

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Is Ecosia legit?

YouTube video by Our Changing Climate

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