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“Sing like no one is listening, love like you've never been hurt, dance like no one is watching, and live like it is heaven on earth.” ~ Mark Twain

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Luca @lucagalletti.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Recorded on October 6, 2026, in Sochi, Russia. A street musician continues to play music on the waterfront while an oil tanker burns offshore in the background. Poor Mother Earth 😔 www.reddit.com/r/interestin...
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Luca @lucagalletti.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Don't pull the beads too fast. 😉 IG: @Igart45 youtube.com/shorts/dgI0i...
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Miss Aja @brat2381.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
www.cnbc.com/amp/2026/10/...
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Inflation on many everyday items was entirely due to tariffs, NY Fed says
Tariffs added 2.9 percentage points to inflation in 67 categories of goods by February 2026, researchers at the New York Federal Reserve found.
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Elizabeth Jacobs, PhD @elizabethjacobs.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
It’s hard to believe that CDC Director Dr. Erica Schwartz hasn’t had extensive training in research ethics. That means she’s intentionally going to let babies in Guinea-Bissau be infected with Hepatitis B by withholding vaccine when they have vaccine available.
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Elizabeth Jacobs, PhD @elizabethjacobs.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
The damage done to US research by this one act on her part will undermine trust in scientists for decades. This is just intolerable.
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Gleeful Elf @gleefulelf.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Click on the 1st picture to listen to the actual story. Idaho is being invaded by Maga and are taking over the state.
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Dr. S.A. Applin @anthropunk.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
www.nytimes.com/2026/10/07/o...
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Opinion | ‘The Twilight Zone’ Created a Blueprint for Surviving Our Surreal Moment (Gift Article)
With “The Twilight Zone,” Rod Serling created a durable blueprint for understanding our surreal reality.
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Jessica Gallegos @jessicagallegos.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
The mainstream press is doing a disservice to everyone. Why refuse to reports the statistics of the Iranian war? This is a must read. . . . . Free article, no paywall. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/07/u...
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From Iran to the U.K., Trump Is Being Forced Into Retreat (Gift Article)
A war that was intended to demonstrate the reach of American power has now done the opposite. It is a lesson in unintended consequences.
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Mike 🇺🇦🕯️ @mike-teevee-1971.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
It doesn’t surprise me, because they will do anything to boost support, even momentarily. But this one could seriously backfire. You could send fuel prices even higher. Worse yet, you could get a bunch of servicemembers killed in a retaliatory strike. www.theatlantic.com/national-sec...
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Trump Is Considering a Plan to Strike Iran Before the Midterms
Pentagon planners are weighing options though no final decision has been made.
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Susan Rinkunas @susanrinkunas.com · 07/10/2026
New lawsuits and reporting underscore that the GOP rallying cry that ending Roe would “send abortion back to the states" came with a huge hidden asterisk—that posture was temporary. It’s only a matter of time until Trump’s nominees make it even harder to get an abortion nationwide. Me in @ms.now
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Opinion | Todd Blanche’s marching orders on abortion restrictions couldn’t be clearer
Republicans’ claim that overturning Roe v. Wade would “send abortion back to the states” came with a hidden asterisk.
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Susan Rinkunas @susanrinkunas.com · 07/10/2026
Abortion opponents are pushing AG Todd Blanche, the FDA, and federal judges to end telehealth access to mifepristone not just across state lines but also within state borders. FBI Director Kash Patel has expressed openness to federal probes. After the midterms, all bets are off
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Opinion | Todd Blanche’s marching orders on abortion restrictions couldn’t be clearer
Republicans’ claim that overturning Roe v. Wade would “send abortion back to the states” came with a hidden asterisk.
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Betty C. Jung @bettycjung.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Study suggests sugar-rich foods amplify antibiotic disruption of the gut microbiome www.cidrap.umn.edu/antimicrobia...
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Study suggests sugar-rich foods amplify antibiotic disruption of the gut microbiome
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Garnet Henderson @garnethenderson.com · 06/10/2026
SCOOP: Nearly $9 million in federal family planning funds will go to organizations with anti-abortion ties. One org, which received almost $4.3 million, has never taken in more than $50k in a single year. Read more @autonomynews.co:
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Nearly $9 Million in HHS Grants Go to Groups With Anti-Abortion Ties
Millions in family planning funds are earmarked to create training centers, including one dedicated to infertility. The recipients have links to crisis pregnancy centers, the Heritage Foundation, and ...
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litzz11 @litzz11.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Just learned that Michael Lewis has a new book out about the civil servants who fought DOGE. I LOVE this new genre of non-fiction: the brave people who stood up to MAGA. slate.com/culture/2026...
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The Guy Behind The Big Short and Moneyball Is Back to Take On Elon Musk and DOGE. It’s a Roller Coaster.
Michael Lewis’ Blockers tells the stories of good public servants driven away by the Trump administration.
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 06/10/2026
New Jersey congresswoman LaMonica McIver faces legal deadline after giving birth to second child
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New Jersey congresswoman LaMonica McIver faces legal deadline after giving birth to second child
She must decide by the end of the week whether to seek further review of federal charges over a confrontation with ICE agents at Delaney Hall
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Dean Baker @deanbaker13.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
In the housing bubble, the financing got crazier as the end drew near. We might be seeing the same with the AI bubble deanbaker22.substack.com/p/an-ai-bubb...
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An AI Bubble Death Watch: When the Financing Gets Crazy, the End Could be Getting Near
Healthy companies don’t get into exotic finance
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
How is it not news when the president nods off in public meetings and press conferences dozens of times? If you follow independent media, you see it and know about it. But why hasn’t CBS, NBC or ABC showed a montage of it on their evening news? They simply refuse to ever show it.
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Jane Fonda Climate PAC (JanePAC) @janeclimatepac.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Want to help protect our democracy and save our planet? We have climate candidates all over the country who need texters, phone bankers, door knockers, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘦. Sign up to volunteer and we’ll make sure you know 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘯 and 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 your time is most needed. Let’s get this done 👉 JanePAC.com/volunteer
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Meta Resistance @metaresistance.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
🚨🚨🚨 Jane Fonda just dropped a surprise bombshell on Trump!🚨🚨🚨
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WuTangIsForTheChildren @wutangforchildren.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Jack Smith….man of the people at the Power to the People concert hanging out on the lawn….no fancy pavilion seats or backstage laminate pass
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Jared Yates Sexton @jysexton.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
So, just to review. In roughly seven months the US has had to abandon all bases in the Middle East, flee from a British base, the petrodollar system that is the foundation for hegemony has collapsed, and we’re facing historical energy and food crises. Great work. www.cnn.com/2026/10/04/p...
cnn.com
US removes all Air Force bombers from UK base following new threat | CNN Politics
The United States has moved long-range bombers back to their American home stations after an unspecified new threat, according to a person familiar, days after the British government arrested a number...
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Gleeful Elf @gleefulelf.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Amazing that this guy is running for reelection and this post is the only thing I can find about it. Nothing on Bluesky, and no news stories when I Google. I can't even find poll numbers on him. The MSM discusses every other race ad nauseum, why no stories about him?
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That Preppy Black Girl @tmwillia828.blacksky.app · 01/10/2026
#AMomentofJoy No explanation, just watch the genius. Too fabulous! @sedjroxx.bsky.social
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Renée in L.A. 🐦‍⬛ @reneepatrice.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Reminder that this young man didn't drown. And after he died, someone deleted things from his phone before authorities arrived. My instincts tell me to look hard at the boy whose mom is a judge. This isn't right and everyone knows it. www.live5news.com/2026/09/24/n...
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Nolan Wells’ autopsy found no water in lungs; data was deleted from his phone the day he disappeared, experts say
Shocking new details were revealed during a press conference sharing the results of the state’s autopsy and findings from Nolan Wells’ cellphone.
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SpryOldLorax @spryoldlorax.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
GREAT NEWS !! Thanks to SCIENCE — specifically, Dr. Fauci — a Minnesota summer camp for kids with HIV will not reopen in 2027… because there aren’t any HIV infected kids to attend anymore! More of the story in the Alt-Text:
Thanks to rock-bottom rates of HIV infection among babies in the state, One Heartland, one of the nation's largest summer campgrounds for HIV-positive kids, is no longer needed.

Perinatal transmission of HIV, when children contract the virus while in the womb or breastfeeding, has fallen to below 1% in HIV-positive mothers in the United States thanks to antiretroviral medications.
Globally, new HIV infections among children up to age 14 have declined by 38% since 2015.

And this is all thanks to Dr. Fauci!

Appointed NIAID director in 1984, Fauci oversaw large-scale clinical trials networks that helped transform HIV from a fatal diagnosis into a manageable chronic condition
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That Preppy Black Girl @tmwillia828.blacksky.app · 03/10/2026
This doesn’t have nearly enough views!! Your skyline is not my skyline—if you agree, repost! Let’s get this information out there!
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Connect with Jacob Soboroff @connectwithjacob.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
A historic 96-mile pilgrimage is underway in Southern California in support of ICE detainees. “They’re isolated from their family members, but they are not isolated from their human community.” —Rev. Jennifer Gutierrez, one of the faith leaders leading the march.
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Faith leaders make HISTORIC 96-mile pilgrimage to protest ‘EXTREME CONDITIONS’ in ICE detention
A historic 96-mile march is underway, as faith leaders make the multi-day journey from the Adelanto ICE Processing Center in the Mojave Desert, to the Metropolitan Detention Center in downtown Los Ang...
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Connect with Jacob Soboroff @connectwithjacob.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
A group of interfaith leaders in California is marching 96 miles from an ICE processing center in the Mojave Desert to Downtown L.A. to protest ICE and demand a shutdown of “all detention centers.” @jacobsoboroff.bsky.social
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Scott Dworkin @dworkin.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Clarence Thomas took years of luxury trips from a billionaire and didn't report them. The Senate asked John Roberts to come explain. He said no. He answers to nobody. Tell Congress to impeach him: actionnetwork.org/letters/tell...
actionnetwork.org
Tell Congress: Impeach Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts
Contact Congress today!
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Ambassador Ken Fairfax (ret) @portlandken.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
There are currently 94 nuclear reactors operating at nuclear power plants in the United States. Just company wants to build 456 new reactors on a parcel of public land to power a single monster data center. That's a 450%+ percent increase in nukes for just a single data center. Let that sink in.
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A startup wants to build a massive nuclear-powered data center on public land in Utah
Valar Atomics wants to place over 450 reactors on more than 9,500 acres in Utah to power a huge data center project.
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Ambassador Ken Fairfax (ret) @portlandken.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Just a reminder that the few remaining experts at the CDC's food-borne illness division identified Taylor Farms as the source of the cyclospora outbreak very early on, but because the owner of Taylor Farms is a big Trump donor, he was able to prevent a recall for weeks as thousands fell ill.
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Cyclospora found at Mexican farm linked to lettuce outbreak, FDA says
Announcement from US officials comes after CDC declared end to outbreak that infected nearly 13,000 people
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Ambassador Ken Fairfax (ret) @portlandken.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
By focusing on "core" inflation, which exludes food and energy, the Trump Admin and most media are ignoring the fact that the top drivers of economic distress for average Americans are food and energy prices. Including food and gas, inflation in Sept was 3.6% -- much higher than wage growth.
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Ambassador Ken Fairfax (ret) @portlandken.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Just FYI: Inflation did NOT decline last month. Instead, the Trump Administration adopted a new method of calculating inflation to make it look lower. Americans know what they are paying. They know that prices are rising faster than wages. Trump expects his base to believe his lies.
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Timothy McBride @mcbridetd.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Doctors and hospitals to see lower Medicaid payments in three dozen states missouriindependent.com/2026/09/25/r...
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Doctors and hospitals to see lower Medicaid payments in three dozen states • Missouri Independent
New federal rules likely will force three dozen states to reduce their annual Medicaid payments to doctors and hospitals by a total of more than $50 billion — potentially shrinking the number of provi...
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Gil Durán @gilduran.com · 03/10/2026
Jared Kushner is key to understanding the Trump regime’s global scale of corruption. No talent, no morals—just bottomless greed, access to power. @cjcmichel.bsky.social exposes him in a new book, “United States of Oligarchy.” Here’s our talk (get him on your show!) youtu.be/8LDhLXOwjcI?...
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Elon Musk, Jared Kushner, & Dark Money: Exposing the Global Oligarchy | Casey Michel
YouTube video by The Nerd Reich with Gil Duran
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Citizens' Impeachment @citizensimpeachment.com · 27/08/2026
Repetition is Good. Repetition is how you make your point. Repetition is how you reach the vast majority of the population that doesn't follow politics closely. Impeach Now. Impeach Often. Impeach Relentlessly.
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Citizens' Impeachment @citizensimpeachment.com · 01/08/2026
Let me start this long and tedious thread by saying that voting is important. It is especially important if you live in a swing district or have competitive local races. As citizens of a democracy we should all inform ourselves about the relevant issues and candidates and always vote. 1/x
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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Pretty clear, I think.
Chart: Monthly job creation in the U.S.
January 2022-September 2026
September's 29,000 net jobs created missed expectations, and estimates for July and August were revised down by 60,000 combined.
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jpstardust.bsky.social @jpstardust.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Don't just get angry. Don't just rage comment. Take action. There is an alternative for every bad company. Look up @purchase-w-purpose.bsky.social and @cutoffthespigot.bsky.social for good alternatives. www.boycottcitizens.org/ice
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ICE Boycott List 2026: Companies to Avoid That Support ICE
Updated 2026 list of companies supporting ICE. Interactive map + sources included. Learn how these banks, tech companies, and other corporations are backing ICE.
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Just My Opinion👵🏻 @justmyopinionok.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Why does the media keep saying we’re concerned about his health? I don’t know a single person who has spent even one second worrying about trumps health. 'Can't walk in a straight line': Fresh concerns about Trump's health after tech meeting
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'Can't walk in a straight line': Fresh concerns about Trump's health after tech meeting
President Donald Trump's gait and stance during his high-profile appearance with tech industry titans drew raised eyebrows late Tuesday.The 80-year-old president spoke with reporters after a luncheon ...
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mtsw @mtsw.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
The Plot to Enslave America
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TrumpsTaxes @trumpstaxes.com · 27/09/2026
I missed this in the now officially-competitive #MO02 House race. A GOP firm (no clue on how reliable they are) found an essentially tied race. How delicious would it be if Missouri wound up with a 5-3 map after aiming for a 7-1 map? @fpwellman.bsky.social www.firstalert4.com/2026/09/26/p...
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Poll shows Wagner in statistical tie with Democratic challenger
As absentee voting gets underway for November’s midterm election, new polling indicates a tight race for Republicans in the state’s 2nd Congressional District
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Brad Lander @bradlander.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
You might not have MO-2 on your congressional district radar screen. But you should! (even if you weren’t born there ;-)
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Brad Lander @bradlander.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
MAGA Republicans tried to gerrymander the maps to steal two seats in Missouri. But their efforts were so blatantly illegal that even SCOTUS stopped them (three times … and yesterday for good).
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Brad Lander @bradlander.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Now, my friend @fpwellman.bsky.social – a 22-year veteran, with a life of service that includes setting up a Covid field hospital here in NYC – has a real chance to win a midwestern district that’s been in GOP control for decades.
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Brad Lander @bradlander.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
A new poll just dropped showing the race is TIED! Fred can win – but he’s being badly outspent. Even a little will go a long way:
secure.actblue.com
Donate to Fred Wellman
Show your support with a contribution.
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Brad Lander @bradlander.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Yehonatan Ovadia – a Hasidic Jew and Israeli citizen who has lived in the U.S. on a visa since 2022 – is being held at the Metropolitan Detention Center (a notorious federal prison) and facing deportation … for his criticism of Israel on religious grounds.
nytimes.com
A Hasidic Jew Protested Against an Israeli Flag. He May Be Deported.
Yehonatan Ovadia, who opposed the mounting of the flag in a small New York town, belongs to a Hasidic branch that is anti-Zionist. He is now in ICE custody.
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evacide @evacide.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Android has rolled out some new features for Advanced Protection, including intrusion logging, which is especially useful for survivors because nearly all commercially-available Android stalkerware is installed by a person with physical access logging in: blog.google/security/and...
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6 ways Advanced Protection on Android keeps you safe
Discover new Advanced Protection features on Android designed to defend against sophisticated threats and keep your data safe.
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Author Myron J. Clifton @deardean22.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Nobody I know would have added me to that group chat…
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tbeaumont.bsky.social @tbeaumont.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
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