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The state of Utah just banned seven more books from all schools statewide, bringing the total number of banned titles to 44. We thought we’d take a minute to tell you about the seven new additions. 🧵

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Utah just banned 7 new books — at once — from all public schools in the state. Here’s what the novels are about.

The additions bring the total number of books now prohibited in Utah public schools to 44.

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James Who Lives in Queens @jamesfromqueensny.bsky.social · 7h

More looting by tRump of our American history and heritage. This is outrageous.

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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 13h

NEW: As diesel prices hit record highs, Georgia GOP gubernatorial nominee Rick Jackson admitted in court that the “America First Refining” oil refinery he co-owns with MAGA figures including Donald Trump Jr. is set to send its fuel to India, per AJC.

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Angie Nixon @angieforfl.bsky.social · 11h

I don't wanna COUCH my words here: I know JD Vance, his eyeliner, and absent Ashley Moody are used to running away from people when things get tough because they care more about themselves and their billionaire buddies than the people they represent. But this is my home. /1

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Michael Warburton @michaelwarburton.bsky.social · 12h

One of the most fascinating & moving moments on INSIDE THE ACTORS STUDIO came in 2001 when GENE HACKMAN sat in the chair opposite James Lipton.

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James Who Lives in Queens @jamesfromqueensny.bsky.social · 11h

Dumb people like this block comments bc they know they are stupid. Let’s hope no one clones her. There is enough subpar dna in the world. Barbra gives plenty to charity, which probably includes the animals. What has this girl done in her life?

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James Who Lives in Queens @jamesfromqueensny.bsky.social · 11h

Can we please get these morons out of the White House. They are too dum(b) for us to survive much longer.

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Angry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 13h

You really can’t make this shit up.

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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 13h

Want to learn about the history of our city? Well you’re in luck. This month, we’re hosting a massive scavenger hunt across the city — all about the history of organizing in NYC. Sign up at organize.nyc.gov and come see the city through the eyes of the people who built it.

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Laura Helmuth @laurahelmuth.bsky.social · 12h

However complicated you think the immune system is, it's more complicated than that. A whole new branch seems to be responsible for inflammation related to insect stings, poison ivy, and other skin conditions. Huh! www.science.org/content/arti...

science.org

Little-known arm of immune system could be key to better vaccines, cancer therapies

The CD1 system responds to lipids, not proteins, driving reactions to bee stings, bacteria, and possibly poison ivy

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Chicago Sun-Times @chicago.suntimes.com · 12h

The sale of the 8-by-11-inch work, titled “Alderman Merriam’s Shells” (1951), topped $1 million on Thursday, setting a record for the individualist painter's prices at market.

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A $30 Gertrude Abercrombie estate sale find sets record at New York art auction

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jondmaas.bsky.social @jondmaas.bsky.social · 22h

I have so many questions...

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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 15h

This is the 59th death in ICE detention since Trump took office.

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James Who Lives in Queens @jamesfromqueensny.bsky.social · 15h

Hey, @kirstengillibrand.bsky.social and @schumer.senate.gov You two enthusiastically confirmed this stupid orc as Secretary of State. Can you understand why your voters think you suck, that you’re corrupt and compromised, and we all question why we have two dull, useless senators for NY.

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ProPublica @propublica.org · 18h

NEW: Emma Joyce died at 3 years old. The next year, her sister Ava Joan died. Then their brother died from the same complication of untreated diabetes that killed Ava Joan. Later, a fourth sibling died. Their parents believed in prayer, not medicine.

propublica.org

Four Kids in One Faith-Healing Family Died. Authorities Could Do Nothing.

An exemption in Idaho law shields faith-healing parents from criminal prosecution for conduct that otherwise would be charged as neglect. It also keeps police and social workers from stepping in to pr...

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Seth Cotlar @sethcotlar.bsky.social · 21h

When the US State Department is doing such great work to project a friendly American face to the world, it’s a total mystery why fewer people are choosing to visit.

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This and 250,000 visa revocations.
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Jesspooka Kant 🎃 @jessdkant.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

If we’re all going to have to make choices like this eventually, and we all will, each of us should hope to one day find out we have this kind of moral clarity.

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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Ex-WV police chief violently attacked a woman over an expired registration. Though innocent, she spent five days in jail before the charge was dismissed. He resigned and was decertified.

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DC🕊🌍🔥🌱 @dcminx.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

The simplest, most effective help is water that doesn’t freeze. A heated birdbath, or a shallow dish refilled with fresh water every morning High-energy food: black-oil sunflower seed, suet & unsalted peanuts. Shelter: leave nest boxes up over winter. Empty boxes become roosts on freezing nights.

thecoolist.com

Every winter, chickadees die of cold: here's how to protect them with one simple gesture

A bird the weight of two quarters has to survive freezing nights. Cold is rarely what kills it, and one gesture started now helps.

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The Capybaron @thecapybaron.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Again, much of Pete Hegseth’s deal is the only skill his job demanded for a long time was keeping a trim figure to be conventionally pretty for stay-at-home moms watching daytime tv. His job was “be pretty,” but he knows that’s a girl job, so he’s deeply insecure and is trying to make it a boy job.

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Maggie Astor @maggieastor.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

The 988 suicide prevention hotline's Press 3 option — which provides specialized services to LGBTQ callers — has been restored more than a year after the Trump administration shut it down. Confirmed by HHS and the office of Senator Tammy Baldwin, who led on legislation that forced its restoration

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James Who Lives in Queens @jamesfromqueensny.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Lutnick is the smallest of men, a complete loss, someone to be pitied and laughed at.

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James Who Lives in Queens @jamesfromqueensny.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

So here is what you do: Call Hegseth’s office and bitch them out at 703-692-7100. I just did. I was not coherent. Sounded stupid. But I also sounded, I hope, deeply concerned about what this idiot is doing to our military. Yelled for two minutes. And the person listened and was very respectful.

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James Who Lives in Queens @jamesfromqueensny.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Hegseth is such a dum(b), polluted orc, a stupid boy playing GI Joe, and I hope our adversaries have plans for him. He does not work for America. Plus he’s an idiot.

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James Who Lives in Queens @jamesfromqueensny.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

I will say it, too: Donald tRump is a criminal and a traitor to the United States of America.

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

🔥JACK SMITH: "Trump engaged in serious crimes against 🇺🇸- a criminal scheme to prevent a lawful transfer of power... the rule of law faces challenges unlike any we've experienced. I won't be silenced by threats of prosecution. While fear may be contagious, courage is as well."

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James Who Lives in Queens @jamesfromqueensny.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

So if someone beats the shit out of Todd Blanche on the street on a Sunday morning, they didn’t punch out the AG, it was just some guy? I call bullshit.

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Jacob Öberg @profjacob.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

🚨🚨 @coe.int of Europe said yesterday that the #US formally notified it that it would leave the Group of States against Corruption, or #GRECO. Only two other countries have left GRECO before — #Russia and #Belarus. The fall of the #US on the world scene is striking. apnews.com/article/trum...

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US withdraws from European anti-corruption panel in latest shift away from global groups

The Trump administration has withdrawn the United States from a top European anti-corruption watchdog.

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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 30/09/2026

Douglas Carter was convicted in 1985 of murdering a 57-year-old woman. But new DNA testing led a judge to free him on Monday.

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After 37 Years on Death Row, Man Is Freed From Utah Jail

Douglas Carter was convicted in 1985 of murdering a 57-year-old woman. But new DNA testing led a judge to free him on Monday.

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Pam Herd @pamherd.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

America.gov launched today--a DOGE initiative to use AI to deliver public services. Child lying facedown on a frozen lake as the image accompanying the question: "How can I invest in my child's future" is just incredible. Way to go AI

Image of a child lying facedown on a froze lake. above is the portal where you ask AI questions about government services. the question matching this image is: "How can I invest in my child's future?"

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Historical Marker Ahead @historicalmarker.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

“Stumbling stones” in Arlington, Va., show the names of enslaved people on the sidewalks in front of where they were enslaved. The idea came from a similar project in Germany where small plaques were placed in front of the homes of those murdered in the Holocaust enslavedarl.org/s/memorializ...

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Bo_oooo_Ø_____o_👻 @notiapetus.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

I've said it before, I'll say it again: Prosecute the ones who pulled the trigger. Prosecute the ones who gave the orders. Prosecute those who cover for the above. ABOLISH ICE

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Ian Boudreau @ianboudreau.com · 29/09/2026

I think it's pretty neat that one of the legit breakout indie success stories this year is a game about painstakingly designing and sewing opulent ballgowns store.steampowered.com/app/4019220/...

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Dressmaker on Steam

Become a dressmaker! Choose fabric, cut out patterns, and sew them all together to satisfy (or sabotage!) townsfolk in this cozy crafting game inspired by real dressmaking.

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Donald Trump, Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner think the way to negotiate with these barbarians is to offer them business deals.

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Bill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Cardinal Robert McElroy, archbishop of Washington: We have failed to live up to the command in Deuteronomy, “you shall not violate the rights of the alien or the orphan,” and to the words on the Statue of Liberty. And so “we are losing our soul as a nation.” www.thebulwark.com/p/we-are-los...

thebulwark.com

‘We Are Losing Our Soul as a Nation’

What we saw in Springfield, Ohio.

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ProPublica @propublica.org · 29/09/2026

An Oklahoma family was forced to abandon their home after it filled with slick, black goo, reaching gas concentrations at explosive levels. Despite ample evidence of oil and gas pollution, state regulators say they cannot help. (Published May)

propublica.org

Oily Sludge Is Flooding Their Dream Home. Oklahoma Regulators Say They Can’t Help.

The Merediths were forced to abandon their house after it filled with black goo, reaching gas concentrations at explosive levels. Despite evidence of oil and gas pollution, the state “wanted to act li...

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James Who Lives in Queens @jamesfromqueensny.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

It is time to publicly burn the American flag. When they scream and call us communists who hate America, just show them the piece about the 13-year-old boy and call them un-American. They are ripping this country apart.This is shameful. What the hell are we doing here, folks?

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Doug Mack @douglasmack.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Salted Nut Rolls are delicious but also have an interesting story to tell, and same goes for lots of other Minnesota snacks. A pleasure to contribute some thoughts and history to this excellent piece by @stribrooks.bsky.social Gift link! 🍫 🍬

startribune.com

Unwrapping Minnesota’s greatest contributions to the candy aisle

As the Pearson’s plant in St. Paul produces its last Salted Nut Roll, a look back at some sweet Minnesota history.

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Spokane Rising @spokanerising.com · 29/09/2026

Send Stephen Miller to The Hague.

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Adam Keiper @adamkeiper.com · 29/09/2026

A #BlueskyLullaby for tonight: Burt Bacharach and Hal David wrote this song for the 1964 movie 'A House Is Not a Home.' This instrumental recording by the Bill Evans Trio—on an album that won a Grammy five months after Evans's September 1980 death—is so sad and filled with yearning. See you around.

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Bill Evans Trio - A House Is Not A Home (Official Audio)

YouTube video by Bill Evans

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Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

The Pope can’t resist his pizza.

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

I know Rahm Emanuel. I worked with him for years in the Clinton administration, and then when he was Obama’s chief of staff. Rahm Emanuel represents everything that’s been wrong about the Democratic Party for the last 30+ years. Be warned. robertreich.substack.com/p/the-rahm…

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James Who Lives in Queens @jamesfromqueensny.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

WTF is our president saying? Baiting adversaries to nuke an American city? WE NEED THE 25th AMENDMENT ENACTED NOW.

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James Who Lives in Queens @jamesfromqueensny.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

People, we need to remove tRump from the White House. This cannot continue. The country is breaking, sobbing, pleading for us to do something.

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James Who Lives in Queens @jamesfromqueensny.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Democrats should counter with an offer to send every American $10K once we investigate, prosecute, and imprison every person in the tRump White House and the Republican Party who looted the Treasury, used inside information to buy stocks, crypto schemes, etc, just say “We are taking it all back.”

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James Who Lives in Queens @jamesfromqueensny.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Remove the children from the tRump households. They are being abused. Then deport those parents, and I don’t give a fuck where you put them, just not anywhere near me.

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