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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

“For $45 you can start a school and charge $7000 per student — no background checks, they weren’t teachers — and taxpayers foot the bill… SCHOOL VOUCHERS ARE A SCAM.” @GovBillLee (H/T @piper_for_missouri) Pro Publica’s expose: www.propublica.org/article/prop...

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ContempraInn 🌹 @contemprainn.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Adorable 🥰 Gorilla 🦍 Family

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Rich Raho @richraho.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

The Keynote Speaker at the Annual National Catholic Prayer Breakfast in March, folks.

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Jules⚖️📨 @northjules.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Authoritarianism rarely arrives announcing itself. It advances through normalized abuses, weakened institutions, manufactured enemies, and public exhaustion. Pay attention while the warning signs are still warnings.

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Charlie Warzel @cwarzel.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

There is a moment at the very very end of Abdul El-Sayed's podcast with Ezra Klein (book recommendation section) where he talks about the idea of "speaking truth to pain" and this will be staying with me for an extremely long time. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/25/o...

But there’s also something about truth to pain. We talk a lot about truth to power, but I think it’s actually a lot harder to speak truth to pain. I say that as someone who went to medical school, realizing that in a lot of our politics right now, we’ve got to get a lot better at speaking truth to pain if we’re going to get through some of these challenges that we have.

What does “truth to pain” mean?

It’s one thing to look power in the eye and say: You’re wrong about this. But there’s a way in which pain is very difficult to reason with. Because when somebody is in their pain, they’re in their trauma. They see that pain, and they may not see what’s causing it.

I remember just very explicitly being in a trauma ward with a gunshot wound patient and watching this big guy with his hand on his gunshot wound. All the folks are trying to pull his hand off his pain, that point of his gunshot wound, this clear vulnerability.

And this emergency room doctor had the presence of mind to be like: Everyone, stop. And she looks him in the eyes, and she’s like: I get that really hurts, and I’m so sorry that you’re here. You don’t want to be here. We don’t want you to be here. But if you don’t let us fix this, you could die. So I’m going to take your hand, and I’m going to move it off, OK? Because I need to get there so that you can live.

She was speaking truth to pain. He understands he’s at the hospital, he needs care, but he also doesn’t want anybody to touch the wound. Which is a natural thing. And I think it is a really great metaphor for how we think about a lot of these challenges we talked about today.

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Miaganga @miaganga.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

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Donna Stern @dvsmemphis.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Please share widely! We all need to know our rights! #momsky#sheshed

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Emily Gorcenski @emily.gorcen.ski · 28/09/2026

Here’s the most incredible story you’ll read today. A small plane with four people aboard crashes in a field. Another pilot witnesses it. That pilot happens to be flying a bunch of skydivers. They offer to jump to assist, are given permission. The skydivers happen to be EMTs. Everyone survives.

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Skydivers alert emergency crews, assist after plane crashes near East Troy airport

Four people were aboard the single-engine plane when it went down in a cornfield near Carvers School Road in East Troy at about 1:30 p.m.

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Steven Beschloss @stevenbeschloss.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Can we underscore that diversity is America’s strength, indeed it makes America stronger?

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Mindcite💥 @mindcite.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

The most patriotic wisdom in America's 250 year history from founding father, first president and military legend George Washington: “No punishment, in my opinion, is too great for the man who can build his greatness upon his country’s ruin." 🦅 🇺🇸

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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Lmaooo💤💤💤

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Crazy Septuagenarian Canadian Creative! @rickbeneteau.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Been preaching the same. This is pretty old...

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William Shakespeare @shakespeare.lol · 28/09/2026

The sheep for fodder follow the shepherd, the shepherd for food follows not the sheep; thou for wages followest thy master, thy master for wages follows not thee: therefore thou art a sheep.

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G.Brian Kurtz - healer, teacher, speaker, author. @accesstherealyou.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Never forget what happened in '24. WE ARE ALL RESPONSIBLE FOR THE GOVERNMENT WE GET.

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Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Sen. John Fetterman says he's a "lifelong Republican" before Major Garrett has to correct him

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Kelly @broadwaybabyto.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

People aren’t faking their disabilities, they’re faking being well. We know society hates us. We know we will be judged for using assistive devices. Many of us take years to get the courage to lean in to accommodations. Stop judging. Help us build a more inclusive world.

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SirNYC @sirnyc.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Dear Texans: Here's an election pro tip. If a candidate won't debate You don't vote for them. Period. It's that simple. By not debating they're saying you're concerns are not a priority. Vote for those who will debate. They have plans and value your concerns. Vote Talarico! Vote Hinojosa!

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 26/09/2026

New in PN — The view from Canada: Make America Think Again "Canadians marvel that Americans were foolish enough to put Trump in office a second time. There is zero trust they will choose to do the right thing in 2028, or risk themselves to fix their mistakes and rein in a madman."

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The view from Canada: Make America Think Again

Rebuilding trust will take generations.

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c0nc0rdance @c0nc0rdance.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Bless the memory of Stanislav Yevgrafovich, the Man Who Saved the World. At a moment when it mattered, he chose humanity.

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manita @manita41176347.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

according to plan..

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Abdul El-Sayed @abdulelsayed.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

If a politician takes money from weapons manufacturers, don't be surprised when they back weapons contracts. If a politician takes money from Big Pharma, don't be surprised when they try to stop guaranteed healthcare. That's why I don't take ANY corporate money. None.

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Brant Reeves @bireeves95.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

This is a good description of the Disorders we are dealing with and I would add Evil…..

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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 21/09/2026

28 years ago.

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Short Stack Fella 🇨🇦🇺🇦 @shortstackfella.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Our view from Canada: bsky.app/profile/shor...

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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

And a malignant narcissist is a narcissist who ends up trying to destroy everything he hasn’t contributed to and isn’t entitled to. ht: @narceducator.bsky.social

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 18/09/2026

New in PN: Totalitarian art "Trump’s taste, such as it is, doesn’t come out of nowhere. Wittingly or not, he has joined a long tradition of fascists imposing a grinding totalitarian aesthetic on the populace."

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Totalitarian art

The Hitler comparisons are sometimes overdone. But not here.

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Adam Cohen (My Personal Views Only) @axidentaliberal.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Are we angry enough yet? I don’t think so. But we damned well should be #StopTrumpCorruption

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TommasinaResist⚜️🦋🐈‍⬛ @tommasinaresist.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

He F'd everything up. America, it's up to you. Un-F it. VOTE! Sound up! 🤣🤣 #USDemocracy #Voices4Victory

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 18/09/2026

Gina Hinojosa: "The fight of 2026 is to decide is this going to be a Texas and America that is by and for the people, or is this the billionaires' world and we just live here. That's the fight."

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Ali Velshi @velshi.com · 17/09/2026

In the new book “End Times Fascism,” co-author Naomi Klein argues that a far-right coalition of tech billionaires, Christian extremists, and ethno-nationalists are hastening and profiting from global catastrophe. “They’re not just building their own arks, they're also causing the floods.”

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Headquarters @headquartersnews.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Ron White to Joe Rogan: Talarico didn't cost this state $6 million in fines and lawsuits, and that happened with Ken Paxton. Guess who paid that $6 million? You and me paid the $6 million for his bribery. His own party impeached him. He's a criminal. He's a piece of shit.

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Texas Paul @realtexaspaul.com · 16/09/2026

Oil for my wife's car is now rationed. The reality of Trump's Iran failure are hitting home.

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😱 Spooky SpectreKILLoquy 🔪 🩸 @caulimovirus.bsky.social · 30/11/2023

“No, he was very clear on this. Dad would never want to keep living if it meant having to rely on a continual intake of nutrients to sustain an internal environment within a range of acceptable homeostatic parameters. He’d rather be left alone and allow his gradients to dissolve into equilibrium.”

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James "likely unlawful" Dominguez @jamesjdominguez.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

I can't believe people aren't vaccinating their dogs because they think they'll get autism. That's so silly. Everyone knows that dogs have ADHD. It's the cats who are autistic.

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Brant Reeves @bireeves95.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

This is an admission of Cheating….

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Matt Seybold @mattseybold.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

=Q
THE CHRONICLE OF HIGHER EDUCATION
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There is no more "state of the humanities" as such. There is no condition in which the humanities are under attack in which the whole university is not under attack. There is no condition in which the university is under attack that the whole of educational
infrastructure, public and private, from pre-K up, is not under attack. And there is no condition in which education is under attack
in which civil society can remain unimperiled. There is no sense calling for independent or solitary action by something called "the humanities" when that category has been so thoroughly absorbed by concerted attacks on democratic governance, due process of law, rights to privacy, security, assembly, and expression.
We are all humanists now.

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Dave Itzkoff @ditzkoff.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

RIP Bob Mackie. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/14/s...

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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

NEW: DHS's Inspector General releases a scathing report about the Everglades detention camp known as "Alligator Alcatraz." The OIG finds that the now-closed camp, violated multiple ICE standards. The OIG also confirms detainees were punished with placement in a metal cage in the Florida heat.🧵

OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL
U.S. Department of Homeland Security
Staff also reported that time spent in the small metal enclosures is closely monitored, and
detainees are not locked in, even though we observed locking mechanisms on the enclosures.
Figures 11 and 12. Small Metal Enclosures; Observed January 21, 2026

Underneath is a picture of a metal cage that is 4 feet 3 inches wide by 4 feet 3 inches long, and 7 feet 9 inches high. The cage itself is placed on a tiny spot of fake turf, and then surrounded by another chainlink fence with razor wire on top. The cage is covered by a roof, but it's entirely exposed to the outside otherwise, meaning mosquitos and no air conditioning.

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Indivisible ❌👑 @indivisible.org · 12/09/2026

“I know with your help, we’ll make our community grow and we’ll take back our country.” Robert De Niro wants you to vote early and join your local No Kings event on October 17: www.nokings.org?SQF_SOURCE=i...

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Acid Rain @bearysweet.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

More Dogs love Cats. 🐕🩵😸 Some you've seen before, some not. Just the thing to help brighten up the start to your weekend. Peace to everyone 💖 This comes with the infectious and cheerful BGM, "Yume o Kanaete Doraemon", from the Doraemon anime. #dogs #cats #caturday #webringlovetotheworld

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Judd Legum @juddlegum.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

🚨 BEWARE of VoteSafe.org 🚨 While it bills itself as a “safe” way to register to vote, it is actually a digital surveillance machine created by Elon Musk’s super PAC.

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Sardonicus @sardonicus.eu · 05/09/2026

The Peace of Wild Things
Wendell Berry
When despair for the world grows in me and I wake in the night at the least sound in fear of what my life and my children's lives may be, I go and lie down where the wood drake rests in his beauty on the water, and the great heron feeds. I come into the peace of wild things who do not tax their lives with forethought of grief. I come into the presence of still water. And I feel above me the day-blind stars waiting with their light. For a time I rest in the grace of the world, and am free.
from Openings: Poems (1968)

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