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Kate

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Be kind. Make good choices. Librarian between Virginia and Geneva. Mass transit fan. Exhausted by home ownership. Vote vote vote at every opportunity. Love snail mail and PostCrossing. Cosy and Smooch’s human

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Stephanie Lamy @stephlamy.bsky.social · 7h
For my ENG speaking followers Unprecedented High School blockades began in the outskirts of Paris in Créteil on the 21st of Sept. National mobilisations followed on the 29th of September, the 1st and the 6th of October. The movement is ongoing and has spread both in scope and scale. #tippingpoint
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 7h
At least 11 dead, 34 injured after ‘vile’ attack on Ukraine on Putin’s birthday, Zelenskyy says – Europe live
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At least 11 dead, 34 injured after ‘vile’ attack on Ukraine on Putin’s birthday, Zelenskyy says – Europe live
Ukraine president confirms series of attacks on Pryluky, Dnipro, Kremenchik, Zaporizhzhia and Kyiv In another update, Zelenskyy said Ukraine carries out “just responses to all Russian strikes against our people,” with Ukrainian forces hitting two Russian oil facilities, among other targets. “Over the past day, our warriors struck four targets that help Russia finance and wage its brutal war – two oil facilities and a training ground in the Perm, Samara, and Astrakhan regions. There was also a response in the Black Sea.” Continue reading...
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geoffrey @parsnip.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
very tired of being told it is the responsibility of urban democratic voters never to risk possibly maybe by chance seeming less than respectful of rural red state life and then watching thousands in nebraska cheer on the president joking about a nuclear strike on me and millions of my neighbors
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Action News 5 @actionnews5.com · 06/10/2026
President Donald Trump has approved the execution by firing squad of Army Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan for the 2009 shooting rampage at Fort Hood, Texas. t.ly/xCFfk 
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Brandon Friedman @brandonfriedman.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
U.S. forces are retreating. That's what this means. "Pulled out and returned to their home stations in the U.S. as potential Iranian threats raise base security concerns" is a fancy way of saying the Iranian military has the U.S. military in retreat. This is unbelievably embarrassing.
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mtsw @mtsw.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
all the "RESPECT THE TROOPS HONOR THE TROOPS STAND FOR THEM AND SUPPORT THE TROOPS" stuff the media pushed since 9/11 was a joke. A laugh to them. Every time it collided with whatever it was that Republicans want to do, the troops lose. Trump goes to soldiers' graves and laughs at them!
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See Through Canoe @seethroughcanoe.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
A huge school of rays circling off the coast of Florida. 24 foot boat for scale. These are Cownose Rays. I've been filming & documenting these large gatherings for well over a decade. This is one of the largest groups of rays ever filmed. #nature #animals #wildlife #florida #naturephotography
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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Three U.S. citizens arrested and detained by immigration agents are the first Californians to sue federal officers under the No Kings Act, hours after it was signed by Gov. Newsom last week.
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Chise @sailorrooscout.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
WELL NOW, would you look at that? A massive, 4-YEAR-LONG study of NEARLY 30 MILLION people in France found that individuals who received a COVID-19 mRNA vaccine had a 74% LOWER risk of death from severe COVID-19 compared to unvaccinated individuals and ZERO increased risk of all-cause mortality.
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
And now we find that Russia is cultivating pneumonic plague in test tubes.
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Putin warns West that Russia is ready to use every weapon to protect Kaliningrad
The Russian leader insists Moscow is "not threatening anyone" and is merely responding to statements by Western leaders.
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Witchy Annie 🏳️‍⚧️ 🔞 @possmom.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
"JK Rowling is already a billionaire and everyone already knows about Harry Potter, what's the point of boycotting?" Nobody thinks boycotting will bankrupt her. We know she's gonna die rich. We're just asking you to show a shred of solidarity with trans folk. Absolute low bar bare minimum shit.
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Joanne Freeman @jbf1755.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Hi folks: Today's the deadline for public comments on the proposed removal of federal protection for nat'l forests Hundreds of endangered species will be affected Here's info from the American Bird Conservancy, & the link for comments: abcbirds.org/news/roadles... www.fs.usda.gov/managing-lan...
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Roadless Areas | US Forest Service
What's NewOn Aug. 18, 2026, U.S. Department of Agriculture Secretary Brook L. Rollins announced that the proposed rule and draft environmental impact statement that recommends removing the 2001 Roadle...
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Courtney Milan @courtneymilan.com · 05/10/2026
Sorry I’m not gonna do idea landlords discourse today. You want authors to not get paid? Cool go totally rework society so that we also don’t have to pay for things.
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Democracy Now! @democracynow.org · 05/10/2026
“They took me and they threw me [like] a sheep to the back of a military Hummer. After, they made their dog attack me and bite me, and they hit me,” says Palestinian human rights defender Issa Amro, who was detained at a military base by Israeli soldiers for seven hours on Friday.
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Taniel @taniel.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Arguably the biggest democracy referendum next month: Virginia is one of only three states where the state constitution says people should lose their right to vote FOR THEIR ENTIRE LIFE if they are convicted of any felony. This measure would allow anyone to vote after prison.
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“It’s Time”: Virginians Will Decide Whether to Repeal Jim Crow-Era Lifetime Ban on Voting - Bolts
Voters will decide this year whether to end Virginia’s uniquely harsh felony disenfranchisement rules. They'll also vote on abortion, gay marriage, and redistricting.
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Adam Keiper @adamkeiper.com · 05/10/2026
"The man who alerted Congress to Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick’s ties to child sex predator Jeffrey Epstein has...died by suicide at 57." www.thedailybeast.com/whistleblowe...
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Whistleblower Who Exposed Trump Goon’s Ties to Epstein Found Dead
A former employee of Howard Lutnick has died months after tipping off Congress on the commerce secretary’s Epstein ties.
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Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
We murdered four more people in a boat today
U.S. southern Command: On October 4, under the direction of #SOUTHCOM, Joint Task Force Western Hemisphere executed a lethal, kinetic strike on a go-fast vessel operating along established narco-trafficking routes in the Caribbean. Confirmed intelligence revealed the vessel's active involvement in narco-trafficking. The operation killed four narco-terrorists. @DeptofWar
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Jessica Price @delafina777.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
These boys should lose their fucking futures, the same way they would if they were caught planning to murder someone, which they may have been MAKE BOYS AFRAID OF BEING RAPISTS amp.idahostatesman.com/news/local/c...
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Boise police investigate alleged violent group chat at Timberline High
The Boise School District and Boise police are investigating a group chat in which students allegedly expressed a desire to take violent actions toward a female student.
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Jessica Price @delafina777.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
This should be so obvious that it doesn’t need to be said, but given what kind of weekend it’s been on here, apparently it does: If you don’t want old rapists running the world, in office, in the board room, making decisions for all of us get comfortable with “ruining” young rapists’ lives
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Anna Lind-Guzik @alindguzik.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Hard to think of anything less abstract and more materially consequential than being pregnant
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Steffani Cameron 🇨🇦 @snarkysteff.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
MEANWHILE, in Canada, meet Brady Rogers, the reluctant politician who's fed up and thinks he can do better. His sign says "I barely want to do this." His website says, "I guess I'm running for Kelowna city council." His business? Recycling plastic into cool things.
lawn sign with a grumpy man in a "DADLIFE" sweatshirt and the sign says "I barely want to do this" with his name and campaignHi, I’m Brady.
Do I enjoy politics? No.

Do I know what I’m doing? No.

But am I qualified? Also no. 

I was born in Williams Lake and raised in Kelowna since I was 10. These are the streets I biked every day, the cars I threw crab apples at (sorry), and the parks I played in. Seeing this city grow has been cool, but with growth has come a whole new spectrum of challenges. Running for council is the last thing I saw myself doing this year. I don’t like meetings, I don’t like having to be certain places at certain times, and I’m allergic to stuffy offices. But unfortunately, I happen to like Kelowna, and think I can help do some good.I guess I’m running for Kelowna city council.
Support the campaignI graduated from UBCO in 2015ish (long story) and worked for 4 years as a robotic automation engineer. As cool as the job was, it was soulless, and I wanted to use my abilities for more than just helping huge companies save money. 

Since 2019, I’ve been building The Rogerie.
Starting as a farmers market booth beside the mall, my wife and I began turning plastic waste into new products in our laundry room. Seven painful years later, and we have a pretty awesome shop downtown by Sprout (come check it out!) where you’ll find me just about every day.
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Mark Histed @markhisted.org · 04/10/2026
Hi government employee here, who has visibility into how things worked before 2025 and since: This is correct. Rebuild government, prosecute DOGE and Trump officials, and think about contracting reform later.
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Mad Dr. Jimbosaur, Espooky. @jimbosaur.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
screenshot from I Think You Should Leave of a guy in a hot dog costume standing in a clothing store surrounded by suspicious shoppers, who is loudly saying "we're all trying to find the guy who did this [drove the hot dog car into the store]" but his face has been replaced by Karl Rove
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Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley @pressley.house.gov · 03/10/2026
Shameful. USPS' closure of the Allston office was also "temporary" and now they want to close it permanently. We can't let USPS continue to degrade services and leave folks in Fields Corner and across the #MA7 without this vital resource. They must keep this branch open.
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USPS says Fields Corner branch will 'temporarily' close Oct. 26 - Dorchester Reporter
The Fields Corner Post Office will close effective Mon., Oct. 26, according to a notice issued by USPS on Wednesday.
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United Farm Workers @ufw.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
"María" is harvesting sweet potatoes. "I work 8 hours a day and earn CA minimum wage of $16.90/hr. The hardest part for me is having to get up at 2:00am to pack my lunch, wait for my ride and drive to the site. My shift runs from 4am. to 12:30 pm." #WeFeedYou
Freshly harvested sweet potatoes
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Digital Brain @yourdigitalbrain.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
In the rainforest of Cameroon, a chimpanzee asked French photographer JC Pieri for his hands to help it drink water and, in gratitude, washed them afterward
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Jacqueline Antonovich @jackiantonovich.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
In 1974, Cornell lecturer Lin Farley began recognizing a pattern in the experiences women shared in her Women and Work course: women were being pushed out of jobs by men’s sexual behavior. Farley coined the term, “sexual harassment.”
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Jonathan Slater @jonathanslater.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Oh. It lasted
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Billy, Garry, Orville @billythecat.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
A Comfortable Man!!
Billy the brown tabby cat is asleep on his back on the top shelf in the wardrobe. Only his tail and his back legs can be seen, with his pink and black beans high in the air.
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Kate @kc74.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
I have friends who love the carry-on only life. I don’t really get the appeal 😉 This is hard to maneuver.
Overladen, blue, roll-aboard suitcase with an overflowing, dark turquoise shoulder tote strapped to it. Multiple magazines, water bottles, shawl, Starbucks paper bag full of snacks piled on top. Not visible: more magazines, novel, weighted eye mask, saltwater taffy, Skittles, donettes, and other treats. Traveling with me is like traveling with a toddler; snacks and entertainment for any and every mood must be accounted for.
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Mike Hixenbaugh @mikehixenbaugh.com · 02/10/2026
Scoop: At a secret meeting this summer, an aide to Stephen Miller laid out Trump administration's plan to make it easier for states to round up and institutionalize mentally ill homeless people — by pushing a drastic policy change that would weaken the rights of millions of disabled Americans.
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How Trump’s homelessness crackdown became a sweeping retreat from disability rights
After issuing a memo making it easier to institutionalize homeless people, the Justice Department began abandoning cases protecting disabled people’s right to live in the community.
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Kyiv Post @kyivpost.com · 03/10/2026
Russian forces struck a civilian cargo vessel flying the flag of Liberia in an Odesa region port, killing one crew member and injuring three others, the Ukrainian Sea Ports Authority reported. Thirteen crew members were evacuated from the ship. www.kyivpost.com/post/86032
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If you can’t be brave, be kind 🚵🏽‍♀️☕️ 📸 🐕🐾🥋⚔️☯️👩🏼‍🎨🖋️✏️ @takemusu.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Check your registration, make a voting plan to vote ASAP, be a multiplier, bring 3+ friends with. Be a poll worker or campaign volunteer. Virginia, Minnesota, Mississippi & Michigan are voting NOW. As of today, minus your earliest voting day ...
midterms in 31 days

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Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
A plague case has been linked to a lab worker’s death in Siberia. Nearly 200 people are now under observation after the lab worker died from plague. Because apparently “deadly plague at a Russian lab” wasn’t ominous enough. www.themoscowtimes.com/2026/10/02/n...
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Nearly 200 People Under Observation After Irkutsk Lab Worker Dies From Plague - The Moscow Times
Health authorities in Siberia’s Irkutsk region have placed nearly 200 people under medical observation after a laboratory worker died from plague, according to media reports and a statement by a regio...
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 03/10/2026
Manchester City whistleblower ready to help UK authorities in return for protection
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Manchester City whistleblower ready to help UK authorities in return for protection
* Rui Pinto faces loss of witness safeguarding in Portugal * More documents over City affairs may be made available Rui Pinto, whose leaks helped to trigger the Premier League’s investigation into Manchester City’s financial affairs, is prepared to help authorities in the UK with their legal case in exchange for protection from threats, the Guardian understands. Despite the crowdfunding campaign launched on Friday to fund a new life after leaving the protection of the Portuguese police, the whistleblower’s priority remains to cooperate, provided adequate security arrangements are in place. Continue reading...
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Andy @nafoengineer.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Anyone hating on my hero Kasparov …this is all you need to know..Russia wants him dead
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FactsVsFake @factsvsfake.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Nenko Gantchev, 56, a Chicago business owner, died in GEO Group's ICE detention center in Michigan. Ten weeks later, GEO's PAC sent a check to Mike Rogers for Senate. www.dworkinsubstack.com/p/trump-fill...
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Trump Fills The ICE Prisons. The Prison Companies Fund Nine GOP Senate Candidates.
Every name, from the filings nobody added up. Also: Georgia’s voters, Jerome Powell, and 30,000 prison workers all beat Trump this week.
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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
WASHINGTON (AP) — Court prohibits Trump administration from building border wall in Texas’ Big Bend region, for now.
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Kate @kc74.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
At West Point for my uncle’s funeral. I’m appreciating the people stopping to salute the procession. My uncle (‘62) was such a lovely, lovely man and I miss him very much.
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CoCo ✌🏼💛🕊️ @coco.sheshed.rocks · 02/10/2026
Amanda Nguyễn’s story matters because what she faced at #Harvard was not simply one woman’s fight. More than a decade later, the #Cornell case raises similar questions about institutional accountability. Amanda showed how one survivor can turn injustice into lasting reform.
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CORNELL A DECADE APART, THE SAME SYSTEMIC FAILURES
The systemic vulnerabilities exposed at Harvard University in 2013 and Cornell University in 2024 highlight a long-standing, parallel pattern of how elite institutions handle sexual violence.
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Harvard University
Cornell University
Dimension
(Amanda Nguyen Case)
("Jane Doe" Case)
The Incident
Context
Assaulted in 2015 durint her senior year. Faced immediate feelings of severe isolation within her campus housing
Assaulted in October 2024 at the Chi Phi fraternity house. Faced victim-blaming in Greek life circles, ultimately leading her to drop out.
Evidence & Investigation
Hurdles
Discovered that while the statute of limitations for rape was 15 years, the state could destroy her untested forensic rape kit after just 6 months unless she manually filed extensions.
Faced New York's "voluntary intoxication loophole," where prosecutors initially declined to charge because state law requires proof of force unless a victim was drugged without consent.
Institutional
Sanctions
Navigated a labyrinthine bureaucratic process that forced her to repeatedly advocate for her basic rights against a ticking clock.
Adjudicated under a complex,
5-month Title IX framework that
and expulsions-but also allegedly permitted some members to write
essays as a discio inary measure
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Legal
Backlash
Spurred Nguyen to draft the federal Sexual Assault Survivors' Bill of Rights to protect evidence from arbitrary destruction.
Prompted New York Governor Kathy Hochul to order an independent outside investigation and New York
Attorney ocho di Letita ames to act
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Culture"
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Ine connection oetween tnese two senools extends ogyone administrative technicalities. When the Cornell civil lawsuit details went public, community advocates and kegal observers Immediately crew com ainsons to Nguven's time aurarare
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Nashville Scene @nashvillescene.com · 25/09/2026
Former Rutherford County Library director Dr. Luanne James has filed a federal lawsuit against the library system and board alleging First Amendment violations and discrimination and retaliation.
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Former Rutherford County Library Director Files Federal Lawsuit
Former Rutherford County Library director Dr. Luanne James has filed a federal lawsuit against the library system and board alleging First Amendment violations and discrimination and retaliation. Jame...
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Karen K. Ho @karenho.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
I see people victim-blame and try to logic-out the Cornell 7 rape case. "Why would she go into the frat house? Why would she drink?" etc. It's easier than thinking about how many men have done similar things to women, and whether men *they personally know* have harassed or assaulted women.
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The Jewker @thejewker.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
It's finally October
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Magic Trick Behind the Scenes with Dog
ALT: Magic Trick Behind the Scenes with Dog
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Brian Finucane @bcfinucane.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Per declaration from the Pentagon's General Counsel, the OLC boat strike memo is TS/SCI, exists in hard copy only, there are only four hard copies, and DoD's sole copy is secured in his safe. Umm, ok This is not some sort of super secret squirrel CA program www.nytimes.com/2026/09/30/u...
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Judge Questions Secrecy Around Trump Administration’s Memo on Boat Strikes
The judge also ordered the Justice Department to privately show the court the contested document, which blesses the disputed killings at sea.
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Rude Law Dog @esghound.com · 01/10/2026
the thing i can't get over is that geller had to have known this would get out. he could have had a normal life after dodging this bullet, but instead decided to become an influencer in left/lib spaces where he must've known discovery of this was death of his career. psychotic
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 01/10/2026
Q: You're going to Texas, Oklahoma, Ohio, Alabama, and Nebraska. Why such Republican states if you're so confident your party is gonna do alright? TRUMP: I won all of them by a lot. I'm going just to make sure
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A.R. Moxon @juliusgoat.bsky.social · 05/03/2026
Women: We live in a constant state of vigilance because men pose a constant threat to us, here are literally millions of corroborating stories. Men: What a scary time for men this is.
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 01/10/2026
Margot Robbie changing her name to her husband’s hurts my beautiful lesbian brain. Here's why | Rebecca Shaw
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Margot Robbie changing her name to her husband’s hurts my beautiful lesbian brain. Here's why | Rebecca Shaw
I don’t flip a table every time this happens – but I actually do mind when it’s the default decision with no discussion
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James Fallows @jfallows.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Somehow not everyone is aware of fact alluded to below. So one more time: John Roberts, Brett Kavanaugh, Amy Coney Barrett were all on GWBush 2000 'Florida Recount' team. (Which made GWB first prez in 112 yrs to 'win' after losing popular vote. Now they 'impartially' rule on our future.)
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