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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 01/11/2025
Congratulations to Brett Kavanaugh, who now has Joe Arpaio convinced you've rewritten the Constitution to support his tastes. [This isn't the full tweet. It just goes on and on and on.]
I have been vindicated by the US Supreme Court! 

A recent U.S. Supreme Court decision in Noem v. Vasquez Perdomo has vindicated me, affirming that law-enforcement officers may lawfully consider factors such as language, type of work, and ethnicity during immigration enforcement.

The ruling validates the very methods that led to my wrongful contempt conviction, confirming that my crime-fighting actions were legal, constitutional, and grounded in common sense.

My career spans more than six decades of service, from US Army veteran, to Drug Enforcement Administration regional director, to my 24-year tenure as Sheriff of Maricopa County, one of the nation’s largest jurisdictions.

After taking office, President Donald Trump has made fighting illegal immigration and the drug problem a top priority, with tremendous results. I predicted that one day the courts would confirm President Trump’s and Arpaio’s lawful actions. Today, that day has arrived.
 
The deck was stacked against me from the beginning. In 2009, when Obama and Biden took office, they made me a prime target in their "First 100 Days" report. It should be noted that in subsequent years, Obama and I have had a unique adversarial relationship. Let’s just say I don’t expect to ever receive a Christmas card from him!
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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 31/10/2025
something under discussed is the fact that white house renovations are currently being spearheaded by someone with famously bad interior design taste
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Mark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 01/11/2025
Best treat of the night. #HappierHAMILLWEEN 🎃 😋
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Gail Simone @gailsimone.bsky.social · 31/10/2025
I'm the best there is at what I do. But what I do isn't clearly defined and also it leads to befuddlement and really being good at it has proven to be a double-edged sword that often alienates the very people I most enjoy being around. --Confused Logan
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Shadow @shadow298.bsky.social · 01/11/2025
Headline: Old Man Logan yells at clouds.
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Jeffrey R. Villines @jeffinthebowtie.bsky.social · 01/11/2025
I used to be with ‘it’, but then they changed what ‘it’ was. Now what I’m with isn’t ‘it’ anymore and what’s ‘it’ seems weird and scary. It’ll happen to *me*! —Confused Logan
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 01/11/2025
Britain one of least ‘nature-connected’ nations in world – with Nepal the most
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Britain one of least ‘nature-connected’ nations in world – with Nepal the most
Others languishing near bottom of 61-country study include Canada, Germany, Israel, Japan and Spain Britain is one of the least “nature connected” nations in the world, according to the first ever global study of how people relate to the natural world. Britain ranks 55th out of 61 countries in the study of 57,000 people, which looks at how attitudes towards nature are shaped by social, economic, geographical and cultural factors. Continue reading...
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Sarah Szalavitz💡 @dearsarah.bsky.social · 01/11/2025
👏👏Government Ordered to Pay Food Stamp Benefits During Shutdown www.nytimes.com/live/2025/10...
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Government Ordered to Pay Food Stamp Benefits During Shutdown
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Jack McGovan @jackmcgovan.bsky.social · 30/10/2025
A charity is gaining momentum pushing for state-subsidised diners to be reintroduced across the UK to improve access to affordable, healthy, and climate-friendly food. Not everyone is convinced, however, that there's a chance in the current political climate. My latest for Sower ⬇️
sower.world
What if dinner was public infrastructure?
A Scottish charity wants to reintroduce state-subsidised diners for all—potentially a big ask in the current political climate.
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 01/11/2025
Luxury cruise cancelled after 80-year-old left behind on Lizard Island dies alone
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Luxury cruise cancelled after 80-year-old left behind on Lizard Island dies alone
The Coral Adventurer will return to Cairns, as investigations into Suzanne Rees’ death continue * Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast The luxury Coral Adventurer cruise has been cancelled in the wake of the death of passenger Suzanne Rees, who was left on the Great Barrier Reef’s Lizard Island and wasn’t found until the next day. It will now return to Cairns, as investigations into Rees’ death continue. Continue reading...
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 01/11/2025
‘It is the scariest of times’: Margaret Atwood on defying Trump, banned books – and her score-settling memoir
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‘It is the scariest of times’: Margaret Atwood on defying Trump, banned books – and her score-settling memoir
At 86, she’s a literary seer and saint – and queen of the Canadian resistance. So what does the writer make of our dystopian world?
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amanda moore 🐢 @noturtlesoup17.bsky.social · 01/11/2025
If you meet someone that has one of these robots, you should bully them for being poor.
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amanda moore 🐢 @noturtlesoup17.bsky.social · 01/11/2025
It must be really embarrassing to be the poorest rich person in your friend group. You know, the one that has to use this garbage instead of just having live in staff. You probably have the smallest private jet, too. Or use a jet share service.
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LittleKuriboh @littlekuriboh.bsky.social · 01/11/2025
The existence of Mary Elizabeth Winstead implies the existence of Mary Elizabeth Wadditionally
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The Independent @the-independent.com · 01/11/2025
Prince Andrew latest: Epstein emails released after Andrew stripped of titles by King
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Prince Andrew latest: Epstein emails released after Andrew stripped of titles by King
Prince Andrew latest: Epstein emails released after Andrew stripped of titles by King
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Naomi O'Leary @naomiohreally.bsky.social · 01/11/2025
The Dutch radical right maintained its vote share this election. One election pledge was to deport the “children and grandchildren” of migrants. No amount of integration will ever be enough for some, because their policies are just a thin veil for bigotry My piece www.irishtimes.com/world/europe...
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Geert Wilders didn’t lose the Dutch election - he had already won
Dutch politics has been transformed by 20 years of hateful speech about foreigners
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 01/11/2025
Canada says “elbows up.” I say for America, “cameras out.” Film every last one of these brutal criminals. We will need the evidence for their trials.
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 01/11/2025
Who did this?
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 01/11/2025
“This language from the Vice President betrays so much of the promise we have as a nation.”
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Charlotte Clymer @charlotteclymer.bsky.social · 01/11/2025
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Peter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 01/11/2025
Reform councillor defects to Tories after becoming 'uncomfortable' with party news.sky.com/story/reform...
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Reform councillor defects to Tories after becoming 'uncomfortable' with party
James Buchan said he wanted to be able to "look my family in the eye and say, 'that's not who I am'" after his former party announced plans to scrap indefinite leave to remain.
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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 01/11/2025
Gatsby was a gangster.
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Chris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 01/11/2025
The way he rubs his inhumanity in Americans” face never ceases to stun me. He’s illegally refusing to pay food stamp benefits… …while he throws a ridiculously over the top Gatsby party for his right wing millionaire and corporate friends.
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Tate Collection @tate.bsky.social · 01/11/2025
David Leach, 2 Standard Ware Mead Cups, 1945 botfrens.com/collections/14375/cont…
Accepted by HM Government in lieu of inheritance tax and allocated to Tate 2005
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Ricky Davila @therickydavila.bsky.social · 01/11/2025
A MAGA lunatic who uses SNAP benefits went viral on Facebook after ranting about her mother-in-law refusing to lend her money for groceries since she voted for the orange felon who is destroying SNAP and is responsible for the govt shutdown. Oh well, enjoy your fucking vote.
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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 01/11/2025
Thorough piece on Farage’s close colleague and friend Nathan Gill and the Kremlin cash he took www.theguardian.com/news/ng-inte...
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Reform UK, the Russian spy and rolls of Kremlin cash: the inside story of Nathan Gill
How did a former Mormon bishop end up pleading guilty to taking bribes to make statements in favour of Russia in the European parliament?
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TizzyWoman @tizzywoman.bsky.social · 31/10/2025
#Truthbomb “Well, maybe the children will have two dolls instead of 30 dolls, you know? And maybe the two dolls will cost a couple of bucks more than they would normally.” DT
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ACW1234 @acw1234.bsky.social · 01/11/2025
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Tom Nichols @radiofreetom.bsky.social · 01/11/2025
People can't seem to grasp that difference, which is in part how the left started to lose the public (who to this day don't see Reagan the same way they do). "Reagan is the same as Trump" is like a free ad for Trump.
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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 01/11/2025
Here are two of the potential pokey little houses that Andrew will now be forced to live in... some commentators are suggesting that he might have to toast his own bread and choose his own outfits for the day...
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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 01/11/2025
The Andrew, formerly known as Prince, will only have his dogs, horses, domestic staff, the local gulf club, and the vast Sandringham estate to keep him company. Pray for him. www.telegraph.co.uk/royal-family...
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What life will be like for Andrew as a commoner
Former Duke of York will only have his dogs, household staff and the whistling of the wind to keep him company
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Ellen Braaten @ellenbraaten.bsky.social · 01/11/2025
This is where psychology is so very important. Simply put, one man is a sociopath and one man is not. I am not saying this to be cute. It is a fact. Donald Trump’s behavior is consistent with sociopathy. There was nothing about Reagan that was sociopathic. Hard stop.
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Lee Hurley @hleehurley.com · 01/11/2025
"Sir Keir Starmer paid to keep a silver necklace he received from Donald Trump during the US president’s state visit, it has emerged, but did not fork out for a football shirt gifted by former Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger earlier this year." [The Independent]
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Senthorun S. Raj @senthorun.bsky.social · 17/10/2025
13 years ago… I spoke to an Australian newspaper about why schools need policies that affirm sexual and gender diversity. As politicians target LGBT folk, it’s vital we resist the closering of our lives. We’re not “ideologies.” We’re people. And we deserve to thrive everywhere, including in schools.
Screenshot of newspaper clipping with a big photo of the poster sitting down on a university campus.
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Get To Know Nature @gettoknownature.bsky.social · 21/10/2025
I love finding fun new hashtags. It’s #TitmouseTuesday! #birds 🌿
A small gray and white bird stands on a branch with its beak open, looking adorable.
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AvianWI @avianwi13.bsky.social · 21/10/2025
This juvenile Turkey Vulture seemed unsure how to coordinate his awkwardly gigantic feet and wings while preening. Being a teenager is rough for both humans and #birds!
A huge black bird with a bare, gray head perches on a dead branch. One of its feet is curled into a fist, and one of its wings is extended down below the branch.
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Lily Lachance 🏳️‍⚧️🚀✍️ @lilylachance.com · 21/10/2025
Behold this cool airport poem! 🤣
A printed sign at an airport. It says:
PLEASE DO NOT SIT
OR
LEAN OR PUT
LUGGAGE
ON COUNTER TOP
THANKS THE
COUNTER
IS VERY
FRAGILE!!
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Oracle @oracle1978.bsky.social · 20/10/2025
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Mike Melton @mikemelton.bsky.social · 21/10/2025
#Singing #BirdoftheDay It's common to hear the song of the Thicket Antpitta, but getting it to sing to you in the open is a whole different challenge. At @tapirvalley.bsky.social #CostaRica #birds #nature
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Athanaca @athanaca.bsky.social · 11/10/2025
Iridescent black🖤 #bird #raven #birdart #animalart #digitalart #illustration #birdwatching #crow #original #colorful #avian #feather
A raven with colorful reflections on its feathers
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erika @yeeeerika.bsky.social · 23/10/2025
this headline hums with ancient autumnal dread
atlantic article screenshot 
headline: no one knows how big pumpkins can get
sub head: a decade ago, the worlds heaviest pumpkin weighed 2,000 pounds. now the 3,000 pound mark is within sight 
by yasmin tayag
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Disco Barrington 🏳️‍⚧️ Author @discobooks.bsky.social · 01/10/2025
I had 5 minutes before my train to gawk at Edinburgh castle (I’ve seen it before, but years ago). Here is the obligatory moody, Scottish, slightly blurry photo.
A dark castle on a hill under a cloudy sky
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Deanna Raybourn @deannaraybourn.bsky.social · 24/09/2025
“This one has everything—war, pestilence, famine, and jorts.”
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Alariko @alariko.bsky.social · 06/10/2025
Citadel and storm
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Jaime Hylton, orophile and librocubicularist @jaimehylton.bsky.social · 10/10/2025
#Wordlove52
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Janet Hill @saskajanet.bsky.social · 14/10/2025
Glamorous garden visitor, the Black-Billed Magpie. This is one of a local family that nested nearby #birds
Large bird with black head and back, white front and iridescent green/blue wings and tail is perched on the edge of a concrete bird bath in left profile. Its tail is as long as the rest of its body and extends right to the bottom of the frame.
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Bruce Coville @brucecoville.bsky.social · 14/10/2025
#Portland #Kermit #Colbert A minute and a half of joy as Kermit the Frog weighs in on the situation in Portland . . . www.youtube.com/watch?v=bw5z...
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A Message From The Frog Resistance
YouTube video by The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
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Senthorun S. Raj @senthorun.bsky.social · 14/10/2025
“She affirmed that our lives hold meaning and that we stand on the shoulders of giants like her, whose courageous love and relentless fight assured our right to live with dignity.” RIP, Miss Major.
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Miss Major Griffin-Gracy, activist since Stonewall, has died
The LGBTQ+ community — and particularly the transgender community — has lost an iconic activist.
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Emily Hare @emilyhare.com · 16/09/2025
I used to have a border x with an aussie cattle dog. A LOT of brains! Such wonderful doggos.
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