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Digital Brain @yourdigitalbrain.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

16 days of rice germination squeezed into under a minute, from hard seed to leafy seedling ready for the flooded field.

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DaughterOfDefiance @z-buck.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

I really, really hate this timeline... Also, why the hell was this NOT reported on when it happened (Mar 2026)???

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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Incredible. First Secretary Mullin claimed that DHS had identified 15,903 noncitizens on Nevada’s voter roll. Then DHS officials told a skeptical Nevada, no no no, that’s just people we flagged. Here are the names of 185 people we KNOW aren’t citizens. All 185 were citizens. DHS got 100% wrong.

When the Department of Homeland Security sent Nevada a list of 185 names last month that it claimed identified noncitizens who had been improperly allowed to register to vote, state election officials got to work.
On Tuesday, the state sent a strongly worded rebuke to the federal government: Every single person on the list was a lawful citizen.
"As for the 185 individuals, our records indicate that they were citizens," Greg D. Ott, a deputy attorney general in Nevada, wrote, according to a copy of a letter sent to Department of Homeland Security officials obtained through open records requests.
"You have provided nothing of substance to suggest otherwise."

Following the meeting, Ms. Vogt sent a clarifying email to Nevada officials. "I also wanted to be sure I clarified that we did not reduce the 15,903 to 185," she wrote. "We've manually reviewed some of the 15,903 and confirmed 185 are not U.S. Citizens."
Now, Nevada officials are saying even that 185 number is wrong. They also took issue with a letter D.H.S. sent them in early September, in which the agency reiterated its initial claims about nearly 16,000 noncitizens on the rolls and pressured state officials to review each case in a letter to Nevada officials in early September.

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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 24/09/2026

Never been to the opera before? Now’s your chance. We’re giving away 70,000 free tickets to the @metopera at the iconic Lincoln Center. Go to on.nyc.gov/opera to enter the lottery. There’s not a bad seat in the house.

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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

NYT has now independently corroborated all the major allegations against Susan Collins in the ProPublica report, including that investigators were prepared to move against her and then Trump intervened to shut it down. This put Trump in a position of exceptional and extortionate leverage over her.

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F.B.I. Shut Down Inquiry Into Top Ally of Senator Susan Collins

The inquiry was closed last year because senior bureau officials questioned the veracity of a campaign donor’s account, according to current and former officials.

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Digital Brain @yourdigitalbrain.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

This mans' imagination is next level

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

When Elon Musk's groups spent $20M+ on Wisconsin's 2025 Supreme Court race, his involvement backfired and his candidate lost by 10 points. Now his super PAC has quietly spent $14M+ on key midterm races, including the Texas Senate race. Would be a shame if people found out.

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Elon Musk is flying under the radar in the Texas Senate race. Republicans want to keep it that way.

One Republican involved in the Texas Senate contest called Musk’s in-your-face campaigning in Wisconsin last year “a mis

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Harry Truman once said, “Socialism is their name for almost anything that helps all the people.” He was right then, and Republicans are proving him right today. Watch.

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pmamtraveller.bsky.social @pmamtraveller.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Moby Dick by French artist Gérard DuBois,

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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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Katie Phang @katiephang.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Allegations against Lauren Boebert include sexual relations with Congressional employees, hush money payments, and thousands of dollars in misused official and campaign funds. Here's the redacted complaint: media.coloradotimesrecorder.com/wp-content/u...

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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Honestly, we never thought we’d feel bad for Mitch McConnell, but after seeing all the videos, it’s getting hard not to wonder if what we’re watching crosses a line into elder abuse.

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Gerri Brightwell @gerribrightwell.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

We all knew that ICE's detention facilities AKA concentration camps had appalling conditions--we just didn't know that detainees were being tortured by being held in phone booth-sized cells.

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Alligator Alcatraz put detainees in cramped cages to ‘manage their emotions’

DHS Inspector General discovers bug-infested showers, cramped conditions and lack of clean water and safe food

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Jeff Rudd 🇮🇪 🇨🇦 🇵🇸 @jeffrudd.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

10,000+ took to Ireland's capital street yesterday, to tell an oval office rapist that he wasn't welcome to Ireland.

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thatgirlinsb @34thparallel.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Protesters at the Irish Open. shitler’s international golf links and hotel Doonbeg, Ireland. Thank you, Doonbeg!

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Ting Barrow @tingb.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

The whole #Trumpstein administration has to GO!

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Ima Cygnenoir @ima-cygnenoir52.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

remember the *GOP* death panels accusations? Well here they are

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Jay Troyer @gr8flbluejay.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Criselda Vasquez, American, The New American Gothic, 2017, oil on canvas, 72 x 48 in, private collection The artist's father, portrayed in the painting, was kidnapped by ICE on 31 March 2026

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Miaganga @miaganga.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

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𝕯𝖆𝖓🍂🎃🕸️ @arepublic86.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

🇹🇭Nene Royal🇹🇭 doing Metallica's Master of Puppets. She's pretty damn good. Only 16 but you'd think she's a seasoned rock goddess with how confident she blasts through it. 🤘🤘🎸

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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

Here’s the best shirt for Halloween. 🎃

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Massimo (mirror) @rainmaker1973-m.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

Anthony Howe is a kinetic sculptor who creates wind-driven sculptures resembling pulsing, alien creatures and vortices. This one is in downtown Montreal. Original post

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Peter Morley ♿️ @petermorley.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

I'm going to KEEP talking about how Senator Rick Scott, the RICHEST man in all of Congress, DEFRAUDED Medicare & is trying to CUT Social Security. Will you join me?🤚

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Hari Kunzru @harikunzru.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

Given that we’re currently in a situation where any use of AI in published writing workflow risks severe reputational damage (inadvertent plagiarism is more or less baked in) this seems, uh, not well thought through.

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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

LOL the community note

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fravery.bsky.social @fravery.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

“It is easier to experience something terrible than to imagine it and wait for it endlessly.” (Jorge Luis Borges, Alef) Thierry Lechanteur artwork

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mweinstock.bsky.social @mweinstock.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

British editorial cartoonist David Parkins illustrates the bottom line.

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Adam Kinzinger @adamkinzinger.substack.com · 31/08/2026

A fuel supplier says $4M in gas vanished from its reserves, unpaid. Some allegedly ended up at "Freedom Fuel" stations Trump pitched as cheap gas amid his Iran conflict spiking oil prices. Sound familiar? I fought against Trump's lies when he turned them against our democracy. (Link in reply)

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Miaganga @miaganga.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

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Katie Phang @katiephang.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

Where's Mitch?

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Michelle @michelleroy78.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

A much-needed break from anything serious. 🥰

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Joyce White Vance @joycewhitevance.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

Gotta pay the piper for that inauguration invite…

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Michael Warburton @michaelwarburton.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

RICK RUBIN on why Hollywood keeps making soulless movies: "So many big movies are just not good because they're being made by people trying to make something they think someone else is going to like. That's not how art works. That's commerce."

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Madhu Pai, MD, PhD @madhupai.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

👏🏽👏🏽 Thanks to vaccines, Australia is on track to become the first country to eliminate cervical cancer by 2035 news.uq.edu.au/2026-08-20-y...

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20 years. Millions of lives saved. One revolutionary vaccine

Gardasil 20-year anniversary story.

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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

Google Maps has officially caved and changed the map.

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David W. Pippy @davidwilliampippy.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

Good morning! On a Halifax Pier photographed in Nova Scotia by Shane Paris.

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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

Ron and Cassie DeSantis: These two crooks stole $10 million from a settlement with a charity, wired it to Cassie’s fake “charity,” laundered it through two puppet organizations, and then used it for political ads in an election year. They should be in jail.

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Ryan Goodman @rgoodlaw.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

Extraordinary, powerful and heart-wrenching. Active duty Marine Colonel Zach Schmidt, speaking in his personal capacity, about Khalil, an Afghan national whose family helped U.S. forces in Afghanistan. Khalil was deported by the U.S. on Friday to a conflict zone.

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🇨🇦JOY 🇨🇦 @joycomes.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

Shoebill stork 110-140 cm tall prehistoric-looking bird native to dense marshes of tropical East and Central Africa., Parents take turns staying for 40 days in the scorching heat scooping up water in their massive bills pour it over usually 1 egg, and then the hatched chick to keep it cool.

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I 💙 Dogs @dogs100.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

Oh oh, what is the horse doing….

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