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AnObserver @watchingeurasia.bsky.social · 2h

‘No presidential candidate since Brazil’s redemocratization in the 1980s has won a runoff election after losing in the first round.’ Candidates who placed 3rd, 4th, & 5th were right wing. Their supporters will probably vote for Bolsonaro as well. GIFT LINK foreignpolicy.com/2026/10/09/b...

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Brazil’s Far-Right Resurgence

The Bolsonaro family looks likely to retake the presidency.

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Soraya Nadia McDonald @soraya.press · 23h

The machine did not "go rogue." The machine belongs to and is the responsibility of the people who own it. Hold those people accountable for their goddamn machine.

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Hunter @hunterub.bsky.social · 6h

The fascists being made fun of will not change their behavior, but to communities, knowing there are other people out there who hate Thiel or Musk or Trump's guts is _hugely_ important. It gives them permission to show their own contempt, and it swells from there.

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Maggie McNeill @maggiemcneill.bsky.social · 8h

The term everyone is dancing around is "secret police", a hallmark of totalitarian regimes.

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Amber @risettemd.bsky.social · 14h

I think it's cool that we have a POTUS so sociopathic and immoral that he'd literally fund Russia against Ukraine just to briefly lower gas prices before the election, and that our media is entirely owned by like-minded sociopaths.

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Louisa @louisathelast.bsky.social · 13h

Appalling. Where are the “free speech on campus” complainers when academics are being actively censored?

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Artologica aka Michele Banks @artologica.net · 11h

At Washington Circle this morning 😠

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Yael Schacher @yaelschacher.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

I am in Cap Haitien interviewing people deported from the United States. I have been doing this kind of work for almost a decade and it literally does not get more dire than this. People have lost everything they built in the U.S. and are terrified and have no place to go or way to live.

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Banned Books Week @bannedbooksweek.bsky.social · 12h

Today is Let Freedom Read Day. It's also the last day of Banned Books Week. We know books bans won't miraculously stop today. Whether you have 5 minutes or an hour, do one small thing today to fight book bans! bit.ly/LetFreedomReadDay #BannedBooksWeek #LetBooksBe #LetFreedomReadDay

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NPR @npr.org · 13h

It has been one year since Hamas released the remaining Israeli hostages and President Trump promised an end to the war, but Palestinians say the past 12 months have been a ceasefire in name only. n.pr/47hkjkD

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A year of ceasefire in Gaza through the lens of NPR's reporter

It has been one year since Hamas released the remaining Israeli hostages and President Trump promised an end to the war, but Palestinians say the past 12 months have been a ceasefire in name only.

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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

My man ended USAID, condemning millions to death

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Mia Farrow @miafarrow.bsky.social · 12h

“Let me dedicate this award to all of the survivors of international crimes as well as to practitioners and defenders of international justice whose passion and courage continue to ensure that impunity will not be allowed to reign.” Navi Pillay, 2026 Nobel Peace Prize

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Mid-Atlantic Weather @dmvweather.bsky.social · 13h

Slight risk of severe weather tomorrow afternoon/evening, given wind shear from the remnants of Hurricane Isaias which could produce storms with damaging winds and isolated tornadoes; highest risk is south of Fredericksburg and includes #RVA and Virginia Beach, west to South Hill, Farmville. #VAwx

This severe weather outlook map shows two distinct risk areas across the Mid-Atlantic region. A slight risk area, highlighted in yellow, covers much of central and eastern Virginia, including Richmond, Virginia Beach, and Newport News, extending south into parts of North Carolina. Surrounding this is a marginal risk area in green, which includes Washington D.C., Baltimore, and parts of western Virginia and Maryland.
Key Areas Affected
SLIGHT RISK (YELLOW)
This area typically indicates that scattered severe storms are possible. Cities in this zone include:
Virginia: Richmond, Virginia Beach, Newport News, Petersburg, and Williamsburg.
North Carolina: Elizabeth City and Henderson.
MARGINAL RISK (GREEN)
This area suggests that isolated severe storms are possible. Cities in this zone include:
Washington D.C.
Maryland: Baltimore, Annapolis, and Salisbury.
Virginia: Charlottesville, Lynchburg, and Harrisonburg.

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Shantha Mohan, Ph.D., DTM @shlead.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

“Compassion is not a virtue—it is a commitment. It’s not something we have or don’t have—it’s something we choose to practice." - Brené Brown Wishing you a lovely evening and a compassionate weekend! 💜 #FlowersOnFriday #PurpleFriday #FloralFriday #dailyflowers 🌱 #flowerreport #bloomscrolling

CU of a purple dahlia and green foliage.
September 2026. Gamble Garden.
Camera: Apple iPhone 15 Pro.

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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 13h

It’s wild Johnson thinks traveling the country & campaigning frees him of responsibility for the ass-whooping Republicans are about to get in November. Mike, we haven’t forgotten about the Big Beautiful Bill that gave billionaires a tax cut and is causing millions of Americans to lose healthcare.

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DaemonSky @dsky.bsky.social · 13h

This is now just Anthropic proving they are too irresponsible to run a company. It's code. They have the option to contain it and are instead choosing to let it make chaos so they can pretend they've built God. And yes, they should be responsible for crimes it commits cause we're there.

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Badger State Breakdown @badgerstatebreakdown.substack.com · 13h

24 days. 📆 If Election Day voting doesn’t work well for you, absentee voting is an option. Registered Wisconsin voters do not need to provide a reason for requesting an absentee ballot. #Wisconsin #VoteBlue

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The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 12h

More than 850,000 people were without power across Florida, Alabama and Georgia Saturday after Isaias made landfall. Isaias slammed into Florida as high-end Category 2 hurricane late Friday and was downgraded to a post-tropical cyclone by early Saturday.

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Hundreds of thousands without power after Isaias makes landfall in Florida

Storm surge warnings have ended, the National Hurricane Center said Saturday, though flash flooding risks remained as the storm moves across Alabama.

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Democracy and trains @wingedisis.bsky.social · 13h

I don’t know any parent who’s gonna react to an attempted carjacking with their kid in the car in any other way.

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Alondra Nelson @alondra.bsky.social · 12h

A must read. "Then, overnight, she became one of the more than 95,000 Black women who were fired or laid off from the federal government as result of massive job cuts implemented by Elon Musk and the Department of Government Efficiency"

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Chokely Carmichael🥋 @stewartcoles.bsky.social · 14h

This is one reason why you shouldn’t upload work into LLMs during the peer review and grading processes. That work is confidential, and you have no right to share it without permission. You are taking someone’s intellectual property and giving it to the entire world without their consent.

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Kyle Cheney @kyledcheney.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

A federal judge has sanctioned a DOJ attorney for accusing an ICE detainee's attorney of misconduct without any evidence. The punishment: Two hours of legal training about the "special role of US attorneys" and the need to support claims with evidence. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

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Catherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Trump announces that the U.S. will buy Russian oil. This is just a few weeks after Trump signed the Lindsey Graham Russia Sanctions bill, which authorized him to place 100% tariffs on countries that are the biggest importers of Russian oil/gas. Are we going to tariff ourselves now?

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DC Council @councilofdc.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

This is clearly not acceptable

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Tess Bridgeman @tessbridgeman.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

What can state and local governments do to fight back against authoritarianism? How can they enforce the law when the federal gov't won't? What tools do they have to check federal overreach? @rgoodlaw.bsky.social & I talked about these Qs and more with leading minds Erwin Chemerinsky and Aziz Huq:

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How State and Local Governments Can Fight Back Against Authoritarianism

Erwin Chemerinsky and Aziz Huq discuss the powers that state and local governments can use to serve as a check against federal overreach.

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Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

I like it and I'd like more of it

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The 51st @51st.news · 09/10/2026

On Nov. 7, the beloved Dukem Ethiopian Restaurant will open their doors to patrons for the last time. “Some restaurants are more than just a place to eat,” one customer wrote. “They become part of the fabric of a city. Dukem will never be forgotten.” 51st.news/dukem-ethiop...

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Dukem Ethiopian Restaurant closes after a nearly 30 year run

As the iconic U Street Ethiopian restaurant prepares to close, thousands on social media shared their praise and memories

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Gawain @niawag.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Trump and Putin both got themselves into wars they can't get out of and are losing badly. They have no vision, creativity, or inspiration. They love each other and deserve each other.

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Capital Weather @capitalweather.com · 09/10/2026

We're on the northern edge of high clouds streaming in ahead of Isaias into evening. Could help produce a pretty sunset. Be on the lookout -- DC sundown is around 6:40 pm. Perhaps an even better chance for fiery skies Saturday morning! (Tonight's sunset forecast via sunsetwx.com)

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ACLU @aclu.org · 09/10/2026

Secretary Hegseth announced that the Pentagon plans to livestream the military's first execution in more than six decades, carried out by firing squad. Turning an execution into a public spectacle only exposes how cruel, barbaric, and immoral the death penalty is. We must end the death penalty.

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Martin Austermuhle @maustermuhle.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

The D.C. Board of Elections says it’s asking the National Guard to avoid standing near D.C.’s ballot drop boxes, which opened today, in the wake of video footage showing them near a box in Foggy Bottom this week: www.washingtonsun.com/metro/nation...

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D.C. Elections Board Asks National Guard to Stay Away From Ballot Drop Boxes

Guard members were seen standing next to a drop box in Foggy Bottom this week.

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Justin Levitt @justinlevitt.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

This is a big deal. DC fed judge says that DOJ's pursuit (and use) of the state voter files is unlawful, on a bunch of different grounds. And effectively confirms that for the 18 states that submitted files willingly, whoever collected the files at DOJ Civil Rights committed federal crimes.

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Memorandum & Opinion – #51 in COMMON CAUSE v. U.S. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE (D.D.C., 1:26-cv-01352) – CourtListener.com

MEMORANDUM OPINION re the 29 Motion for Partial Summary Judgment and the 32 Motion to Dismiss, or in the Alternative, for Summary Judgment. See the attached document for details. Signed by Judge Spark...

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Kathryn Brightbill ✒️ @kebrightbill.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Waffle House locations in the panhandle are closed, I repeat, Waffle House locations in the panhandle are closed, this is not a drill. #Isaias

Screenshot of a FB post by meteorologist Greg Dee showing Waffle House locations closed in the panhandle

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Stephen West @stephenwest.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

The suit by Arlington County says the National Park Service completed only a “cursory” review of Trump's Arch project in violation of a law that requires federal agencies to carefully review the impacts of major projects and consider reasonable alternatives.

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Northern Virginia county sues to block Trump from building his arch

Arlington County’s all-Democratic board argues that the planned 250-foot-tall arch needs more review.

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Capital Weather @capitalweather.com · 08/10/2026

Isaias became the first hurricane in the Atlantic this season overnight. Now up to 80 mph sustained wind. It'll throw our region a wet Sunday, and perhaps a severe weather threat. Recon is in there now checking out the storm. Track it here: www.capitalweather.com/tracking-isa...

Satellite image of Isaias in the Gulf of Mexico with recon overlay.

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Stephen Schwartz @atomicanalyst.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

A reminder as fall approaches (in the northern hemisphere) that leaf blowers (particularly gas-powered ones) are not only extremely noisy and polluting but also harm the habitats of many animal species and remove leaves that help protect plant roots and keep the soil healthy. Leave Leaves Alone!

A color graphic topped with the words "THESE ANIMALS ARE MADE POSSIBLE BY FALLEN LEAVES" and showing at center a color close-up photograph of a person's finger, on which is perched a tiny frog. Additional surrounding photographs show a small Ring Neck snake in someone's hand, an American Bumble Bee on a purple flower, a large green Luna Moth, a small brown and yellow Spotted Salamander, and a Fritillary or Checkerspot butterfly on a cone flower.

Text at the bottom reads, "LEAVE LEAVES ALONE. Don't blow! Leave the leaves in your planting beds and mow-mulch your leaves into the lawn. Use an electric blower if you must. www.healthyyards.org.

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Jason Dogwood 💙 🏳️‍🌈 🌱 @jasondogwood.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Matthew Shepard was twenty-one years old. He was gentle and kind. On this night in 1998, he lay tied to a wooden fence for eighteen hours under the bright Wyoming stars. Not for any crime he committed. He lay there, alone and cold, simply for existing as a gay man.

The fence where Matthew Shepard was found and a small picture of Matthew

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Stand Up for Yale @standupforyale.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

Tell Yale: Don't Cave! Join 4,000+ Yale alums urging President McGinnis and the Yale trustees to stand up to demands from the Trump administration that would compromise academic freedom and admissions standards. actionnetwork.org/petitions/te...

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Tell Yale: Don’t cave to Trump Administration demands

On Friday, the New York Times broke the news that Yale is in the midst of settlement negotiations with the Trump administration over an investigation into its admissions policies at the college, law s...

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Greg Pak @gregpak.net · 07/10/2026

If you're a Yale alum and want to get involved with @standupforyale.bsky.social's efforts to fight for freedom of speech at Yale and against McInnis's capitulation to Trump, please do sign the petition and join the mailing list! linktr.ee/standupforyale

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standupforyale Official: Instagram | Linktree

Yale alums defending academic freedom in higher education.

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Sean Marotta @smmarotta.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

DOJ had only two applicants for each filled career vacancy in the Civil Rights Division?! Jeez. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/06/u...

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Quinta Jurecic @qjurecic.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

I had a conversation with someone recently who was saying that the job market for lawyers right now is so tough that some people they knew were even applying for positions as ... AUSAs

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Taniel @taniel.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

*so important*: if you’re voting by mail, assume the USPS will delay because it’s its policy. You can: —put it in drop box —go to counter to watch them postmark in front of you —if you’re dropping it in a mailbox, do it VERY EARLY.

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Abilu Tangwa. @abilutangwa.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

50% of modern medicines come from plants. 70% of cancer treatments come from nature. The Amazon holds 10% of all life on Earth. We've studied <1% of it for medicine. We are cutting down cures faster than we can discover them. Every forest cleared = A cure lost.

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MaryVarshini108 🐕🛷 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🇺🇦😷 @maryvarshini108.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Important thread for everyone, especially Californians. If you able to prep for torrential rain and flooding now's the time. On the farm we've been doing as much as possible to prepare.

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Rude Law Dog @esghound.com · 06/10/2026

Early voting turnout in Virginia is jaw dropping stuff among Latino voters. Across all other demographics, numbers are well ahead of 2022 at the same point but Hispanic/Latino turnout is 50% higher than it was in 2024-- a presidential election year!

Race, 2022 Count (Share), 2024 Count (Share), 2026 Count (Share)
Asian or Pacific Islander, 7,293 (3.61%), 19,832 (3.43%), 15,827 (4.59%)
Black, 27,395 (13.54%), 85,589 (14.82%), 56,985 (16.53%)
Hispanic or Latino, 4,260 (2.11%), 14,508 (2.51%), 21,577 (6.26%)
Native American, 71 (0.04%), 285 (0.05%), 509 (0.15%)
Uncoded, 818 (0.4%), 1,512 (0.26%), 87 (0.03%)
White, 161,779 (79.99%), 455,802 (78.9%), 249,021 (72.22%)
Unknown, 639 (0.32%), 169 (0.03%), 820 (0.24%)
Total, 202,255, 577,697, 344,826

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Just Security @justsecurity.org · 06/10/2026

President Donald Trump's promise to give out $5,000 "dividend" payments if Republicans retain control of Congress in the midterms could violate multiple federal criminal statutes that criminalize buying or coercing votes, write Bruce Swartz, Harry Seavey and Cara Barazia.

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Auctioning Democracy: Trump’s Promise of a $5,000 “Dividend”

Trump's pledge to pay $5,000 to every adult U.S. citizen if Republicans retain control of Congress could violate federal criminal law.

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