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Bookshop.org @bookshop.org · 3h
Anti-Prime Day starts…NOW! 🥳 Today through midnight on 10/7, enjoy free shipping site-wide, all while supporting local, independent bookstores.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 46m
The amount of Amazon workers relying on SNAP and Medicaid has nearly TRIPLED since 2020. Meanwhile, Amazon's profits have soared by 550% in the same time frame. Watch this before you shop for Prime Day.
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Philip Bump @pbump.com · 6h
ICE has detained more than 500 U.S. citizens.
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More Than 500 U.S. Citizens Have Been Detained, Including Handcuffed or Held at Gunpoint, in Trump’s Immigration Crackdown — ProPublica
The government doesn’t track how often immigration officers detain U.S. citizens. So ProPublica did. We’ve found more than 500 Americans who were held against their will during this Trump administrati...
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Bandcamp @bandcamp.com · 02/10/2026
Today is Bandcamp Friday! For 24 hours, we waive our revenue share, so even more of every purchase goes to the artists and labels behind the music. Go forth. The music is waiting: bit.ly/4hW8Snx
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Adam McKay @ghostpanther.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
A car marked "New York Times" turning hard to the right off a highway labeled "Reality" to an exit named "Bedtime Stories for White Centrists""
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Internet Archive @archive.org · 01/10/2026
The Wayback Machine lets you travel through more than a trillion saved web pages. 🏛️ ‣ Find an old website. ‣ See how a familiar site changed. ‣ Recover something that's disappeared. ‣ Check what a page looked like years ago. The web has a history. Go explore it. web.archive.org #ToolsYouCanUse
Four "Tools You Can Use" Wayback Machine campaign tiles arranged in a 2x2 grid. Top left, a cream and blue tile with a folder icon reading "Wayback Machine" and "Explore more than 1 trillion web pages saved over time." Top right, a cream tile with bold black text: "Explore more than 1 trillion web pages saved over 30 years." Bottom left, a cream tile with a screenshot of the Internet Archive Wayback Machine homepage, with its search field circled in red. Bottom right, a cream tile with bold black text, "See how the web has changed over time," and a small multicolor line-art icon of the Internet Archive's columned building.
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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
abolish the death penalty
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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 01/10/2026
Promises that the Iran war would end quickly sound an awful lot like what we heard in 2002 about the Iraq war. Anyways, the last US soldiers officially left Iraq on Wednesday...23 years later.
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The war in Iraq is finally over
The last of the Pentagon's "military advisers" left Wednesday, ending a 23-year presence.
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Forever Louise Brooks @foreverlouiseb1.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
British fashion model Andrea Mijinska by Bassano, 1930.
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Sebas @ohlookbirdies.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Absolutely wild to hear "is computer human" from dickheads who treat large groups of people as if they're not
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𝔇𝔢𝔢𝔭 𝔇𝔢𝔩𝔳𝔢𝔯 ☽⛤☾ ℌ𝔬𝔴𝔩 𝔚𝔦𝔱𝔥 𝔐𝔢 @therunepony.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
So this game called "Dverghold" came across my Steam homepage. Interesting retro vibes, apparently collabing with a dungeon synth artist for the OST. The art was kinda tickling my AI-dar though, so I scrolled down to look for any disclaimers.
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Disc-Connected: Your trusted news source in physical media @disc-connected.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
***ANNOUNCEMENT*** Coming on December 6th in the UK and December 7th in North America on separate #4K and Blu-ray releases from @arrowvideo.bsky.social: #Bullitt (1968)! THERE ARE BAD COPS AND THERE ARE GOOD COPS - AND THEN THERE'S BULLITT. It’s a mood, it’s a look, it’s the roar of an engine and
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Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
"In 2020, there were only six programs in the U.S. that sent unarmed responders, such as mental health clinicians, to certain 911 calls instead of police officers. Now, these programs — sometimes called alternative or community response — are in nearly 100 cities." www.npr.org/2026/09/22/n...
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How unarmed 911 teams are reshaping public safety in nearly 100 cities
Alternative response programs, where mental health clinicians respond to 911 calls instead of police, have proliferated since George Floyd's murder. What does it take to do this work well?
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Dr. Mar @boldnewme.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Warrior Princess ⬇️
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Patrick Klepek @patrickklepek.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Normal Golf Game, the most unconventional take on hitting a golf ball since Wii Sports, is a beautifully weird triumph and a GOTY candidate. It was a pleasure talking to its designer about making such a chaotic experiment remapradio.com/articles/the-most-no…
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The Most Normal Golf Game Ever Made
A conversation with the designer behind one of 2026's most pleasant surprises, and arguably the most unconventional take on hitting a golf ball since Wii Sports.
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US Open Cup News @thecup.us · 23/09/2026
Help us cover 2027 US Open Cup Qualifying next weekend out west, its easy and paid (small). Sat, Oct. 3 * Napa, CA * San Francisco, CA (x2) * San Ramon, CA * Laguna Niguel, CA * Livermore, CA * Antioch, CA * Las Vegas, NV * San Clemente, CA * San Diego, CA #USOC2027
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Matty Matheson: Someone Help Me!
ALT: Matty Matheson: Someone Help Me!
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Chiitan🌈ちぃたん☆ @chiitan.love · 23/09/2026
Chiitan job is to fart in the locker. 忙しい忙しいっ☆ 妖精としてのお仕事が忙しいですっ☆
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Clara Jeffery @clarajeffery.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
@ariberman.bsky.social and @pemalevy.bsky.social have a damning new story about how the Roberts Court is reviving Jim Crow, relying on the same legal tactics used to undermine the Reconstruction. A must read to understand the stakes of this election. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
Cover of Mother Jones issue on the new Jim Crow
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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 23/09/2026
Congratulations to @1199seiu.org and the nearly 70,000 CDPAP care workers who filed for the largest union election in American history. These workers make it possible for New Yorkers to live safely and independently at home. I’m proud to stand with them in the fight for a union.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
By moving to the “center,” Democrats have failed to fight the forces that led us to Donald Trump: widening inequality, economic insecurity, and the unchecked political power of corporations and the rich. Political centrism is nonsense. There is no middle ground between democracy and oligarchy.
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Working Class History @workingclasshistory.com · 19/09/2026
#OtD 19 Sep 1952 musician, producer and former Black Panther, Nile Rodgers, was born in NYC. He said: "being a Panther was making breakfast, fixing people’s houses, washing the streets. That's what we really did" stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/1249...
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Nora Benavidez @attorneynora.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
I just learned that reporter Luis Galeano has been detained in Miami by ICE. This is part of wider trend by the US govt to target immigrant reporters, violating core US press freedom principles. Galeano is from Nicaragua & is believed to have a pending asylum case in the US. I will report more ASAP.
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The Onion @theonion.com · 18/09/2026
Trans Teen Hatches Nefarious Plot To Undergo Years Of Medical Treatments And Counseling To Win At Swimming theonion.com/trans-teen-hatches-nef…
Trans Teen Hatches Nefarious Plot To Undergo Years Of Medical Treatments And Counseling To Win At Swimming
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Puff the Magic Hater @mskellymhayes.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
ICE activity has been picking up again in Chicago A LOT. If you were previously involved with ICE watch efforts, now is a good time to reengage. I’m going to start wearing a whistle again.
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Gatsby @thegraygatsby.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
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Karl Bode @karlbode.com · 17/09/2026
I'm enjoying these cultural touchstones where "I'm not political" is clearly demonstrated as both political and feckless important for this country to get past the "no politics at the dinner table" or my "favorite celebrity shouldn't 'get political'" bullshit if we're to behead some oligarchs
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Ed Sheeran wants to stay out of politics. By quitting his tour, his support acts have exposed the hollowness of neutrality
By standing behind support act Macklemore, who was removed from the tour for his vocal support of Palestine, these artists are demonstrating the self-sacrifice necessary to stand against those crushin...
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Criterion Channel 24/7 Bot @unoff-criterion-ch.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
FYI - I'm aware that the bot has started posting duplicates for some films. I may not be able to investigate until this weekend. Until then, if the bot posts it twice, you have to watch it twice, or find a friend to watch it with you. I don't make the rules...
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Shefali Luthra @shefali.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Big news: The family of Tierra Walker, who died after she couldn't get an abortion, is suing a slate of Texas actors in state court, including AG Ken Paxton. They say the state ban is unconstitutional. This is the first suit of its kind. 19thnews.org/2026/09/texa...
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Tierra Walker died after she couldn’t get an abortion. Her family is suing Ken Paxton
The case, filed Tuesday, argues that Texas’ near-total abortion ban violates the state and U.S. Constitutions, which “prohibit state actors from killing their citizens.”
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Patrick Klepek @patrickklepek.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Lanterns remains one of the best shows on TV, and I *love* an episode in the middle of a season that feels like a finale, leaving to you wonder what the hell is gonna happen next. We discuss this and more on Decoding TV podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/decod…
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Ep. 128 - Breaking Down the 2026 Emmy Awards with Myles McNutt (Plus: Reviews of ‘Lanterns’ Ep 5 and ‘Dark Matter’ S2E03)
Podcast Episode · Decoding TV · September 15 · 1h 42m
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Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 16/09/2026
It's important to remind readers that while there are a few anti-trans dems, many are doing great work. Spanberger in VA did not flinch at anti-trans attacks. Now, she just ended Governor Youngkin's infamous rule that would ban trans students from bathrooms. Subscribe to support our journalism.
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VA Gov. Spanberger Kills Youngkin-Era Rule That Would Have Banned Trans Students From Bathrooms
“Spanberger showed how Democrats win amidst Republican attacks.”
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Haymarket Books @haymarketbooks.org · 15/09/2026
Why the artist must take sides @saulwilliams.bsky.social
“Some artists believe they have no place discussing politics, or, at least, politics beyond their scope. 

Yet a live-streamed genocide should bring everything into question. A question that becomes: What role can you play? What is within your power to help bring it to an end?”
Saul Williams, Songs My Mother Taught Me: Why The Artist Must Take Sides
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Brian Kibler @bmkibler.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Your "I am not complicit" shirt has people asking a lot of questions.
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Tom Reagan’s Witch’s Hat @rufustsuperfly.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Die Phantomzone have dropped out of Ed Sheeran’s tour
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Caræsten 🇵🇸 @cara.city · 13/09/2026
for two months, I've been flying drones over Flock cameras to situation them in space and geography; I even got my commercial drone license in order to do it. I'd like to share this project with you all: it's called Records Of Enemy Surveillance: recordsofenemysurveillance.com
image of a residential intersection with one red car driving across it and a baseball field in the backgroundblack and white dithered image of two red squares around the flock cameras in the previous image, on either side of the intersection
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Joshua Eaton @joshuaeaton.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
EXCLUSIVE: When elected officials and advocates in Danbury, Connecticut, said ICE arrested a parent at a school bus stop Aug. 26, federal officials denied their accounts. I got video that appears to show such an arrest. My latest at @ctinsider.bsky.social — www.ctinsider.com/news/article...
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Video appears to show ICE arrest near CT school bus stop, despite federal denials
ICE has denied it made an arrest at a school bus stop, but confirmed it made 118 arrests in Connecticut that week.
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unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 14/09/2026
New: Before Renée and Alex, ICE fatally shot Mexican immigrant Silverio Villegas González last fall outside Chicago in suburban Franklin Park. One year later, @domguan.bsky.social spent some time with the group of local women tending to his memorial. His family is still demanding answers:
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Growing Where He Died: Silverio Villegas González, One Year Later
One year on from the killing of Silverio Villegas González, a community of Franklin Park women continue the fight to keep his memory alive–through art, flowers, and “a culture of celebrating life.”
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skáld @danglinghemmie.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
talarico reminds me of how democrats spent years trying to "moderate" on immigration and getting nothing in return and now we have the best funded paramilitary force on the planet disappearing people across the country while running a system of concentration camps with no oversight
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Erin Fogg says Free Link @criminalerin.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
No I know the people saying genAI will kill us all are the ones making it! The rest of us are just saying it currently is constantly killing teenagers!!!
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The Doom That Came to Aram @rawfishandbeer.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Kraft is the villain here but Ed Sheeran is still a little bitch. What's the point of having a squillion dollars if you are still too much of a coward to tell some dork ass landlord to eat shit?
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US Open Cup News @thecup.us · 14/09/2026
Over the weekend, the path to the 2027 Lamar Hunt US Open Cup began. 26 games (+1 postponement) saw amateur teams battle in the @opencup.ussoccer.com First Qualifying Round across the country. Two shootouts, plenty of close calls, & some blowouts. #USOC2027 ROUND RECAP: thecup.us/2026/09/14/2...
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2027 US Open Cup Qualifying Round 1 Review: Path to 112th tournament begins
The First Round of the Open Division Local Qualifying tournament for the 2027 US Open Cup is complete.
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Grayson @wildrumpus.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
opening up commissions slots to raise funds cover my rent! really struggling to find work. DM me if you are interested! PLEASE SHARE! 50$ USD: chibi model / colour background 100$ USD: model / custom background 150$ USD: model / custom background + 3D printable file #blender3d #b3d #gamedev
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Bill Corbett @billcorbett.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
In my opinion Democrats get nothing nothing NOTHING by betraying trans people. They hurt themselves with a good deal of their committed voter base, and still don’t get the Republican votes they are so fucking obsessed with winning over. Lose-lose! People hate voting for squishy moral cowards!!
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Jared Yates Sexton @jysexton.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
There are already articles circulating trying to rewrite history and say America was great after 9/11 and united and thoughtful and just a reminder that that period was marked by intense and insanely racist hatred, paranoia, and a frothing desire for unhinged violence and oppression.
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Woodstock Farm Sanctuary @woodstocksanctuary.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Summer isn’t over yet, but here at Woodstock Sanctuary we’re starting to prep for cooler temps! We’re hoping to raise enough $$ to cover 100 bags of bedding to keep everyone warm & comfy!! 🐷 Give directly: tinyurl.com/26sujbyf 🌱 Venmo: Woodstock-Sanctuary 🐐 Paypaldonation@woodstocksanctuary.org
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Pallonate in Faccia @pallonateinfaccia.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
🇩🇪 The German Football Association (DFB) has opened an investigation into St. Pauli after ultras chanted "Nazi pigs" during the German Cup match against Rot-Weiss Essen on August 23. Rot-Weiss Essen's fanbase is known to be far-right. #antifascism @fcstpauli.com 👇
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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 08/09/2026
Pesticide use has continued to grow steadily. A new study found that nearly half the world’s farmers are poisoned by them every single year.
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Study: Almost half the world’s farmers are poisoned by pesticides each year
Some 11,000 die, with India accounting for nearly 60 percent of the fatalities.
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Bandcamp @bandcamp.com · 08/09/2026
No-Neck Blues Band are back. Ahead of their first performance in years, trace the New York collective’s unpredictable path through noise, psychedelia, free improvisation, and the outer reaches of experimental music.
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Cicada Hum: No-Neck Blues Band Returns
Like a troupe of no-wave hippies, the New York group sowed chaos while inspiring much creativity.
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Kait Richardson 🥔 @thryse.com · 08/09/2026
Update: I have about $130 to my name, the hotel rate is about $65 for the next week, and tonight is my last night reserved right now. I need to buy some supplies and food too - I’m not starving but I’m down to dry cereal.
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FairSquare @fairsqprojects.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
More than 100k people have signed our complaint against Gianni Infantino, stating he has “at a minimum, abused his power, violated his duty of political neutrality, and violated his duty of loyalty” through his dealings with Trump. Via @theguardian.com www.theguardian.com/football/202...
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More than 100,000 people add names to complaint against Gianni Infantino
The letter alleges the Fifa president ‘has, at a minimum, abused his power, violated his duty of political neutrality, and violated his duty of loyalty in his efforts to ingratiate himself’ with Donal...
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