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Jerome Alexander Horne @jahorne.bsky.social · 7h

@bikemore.net is hiring a new Executive Director to lead street safety, coalition building, and transit advocacy across Baltimore! 🚲🚊 -$110k–$125k -Apply by Oct 23, 2026 -5+ years in nonprofit management, urban planning, or organizing -Read the full description and apply at bikemore.net/jobs

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Jobs — Bikemore

WE ARE GREATER BALTIMORE Bikemore represents the thousands of people who ride bicycles every day, for transportation and recreation, throughout the Greater Baltimore urbanized region.

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Kirby @kirbytheawsum.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

When I see these stories I flash back to the time my mother grounded me from the library & from a friend for reading a palm reading & tarot book. And the time I discovered "Forever" by Judy Blume & hid in the stacks everyday to read it, terrified I'd be discovered. Just let kids read.

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Andrew Whitehead @andrew-whitehead.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

***NEW REPORT*** Using a large (23,000 people) national survey collected in 2026 by @kettering.org & @gallup.com, I wrote this expansive report on Christian nationalism and Americans' views of democracy. As we head toward Nov., this report shows us what is at stake. kettering.org/christian-na...

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Christian Nationalism and the State of American Democracy in 2026

What do Christian nationalists mean by "democracy"? New Democracy for All Project survey data reveals competing visions of power, citizenship, and democratic values.

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Sarah J. Jackson @sjjphd.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Incarcerated women report rampant sexual abuse by guards and the guards retaliate by spraying them with chemical agents and sending them to the hospital as a warning. Rape culture and brazen misogyny from the highest institution to the lowest.

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Tressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

some descriptive statistics here on the civility industrial complex on college campuses that I haven’t seen analyzed before www.uncivilcollective.org/resources

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France Culture @franceculture.fr · 02/10/2026

Depuis les premiers pompiers, leur équipement n’a cessé d’évoluer pour mieux les protéger du feu. Mais si les moyens ont changé, les risques, eux, sont toujours là : fumées toxiques, cancers, épuisement et traumatismes peuvent marquer durablement leur santé. ➡️ l.franceculture.fr/ga9

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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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Olga Nesterova @onestpress.onestnetwork.com · 28/09/2026

Also worth watching Monday: an $810M White House “pocket rescission” - freezing congressionally approved funds close enough to 9/30 deadline that they could expire without Congress voting to cancel them. GAO says that maneuver is unlawful. Unsure if this is related to the announcement

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Tim Gaedke @timgaedke.com · 26/09/2026

talent is a lie

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Project Salt Box @projectsaltbox.com · 26/09/2026

ICE’s response to GAO is so ludicrous and can best be summed up as: “Thanks for noticing that we are ICE. We pinky promise to come up with a plan to do detention less wastefully by the end of next year.”

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U.S. GAO - Immigration Detention: Urgent Planning Needed to Avoid Further Waste of Taxpayer Dollars

Since January 2025, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement has invested billions to expand detention capacity through six initiatives—including one...

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Kirby @kirbytheawsum.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Polyglots, help a gal out. I keep rewatching the series Maximillian & Marie de Bourgogne & the movie Frantz because I love how scenes go back & forth between French & German. What other media is out there in multiple languages? I need more of this!

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Kirby @kirbytheawsum.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

absolutely roaring with laughter.

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Tressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

I’ve floated, “GET YOUR HAND OUT MY POCKET, FOOL” for this purpose. So far no takers.

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Miranda Yaver @mirandayaver.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

My latest @msnowreports.bsky.social piece on Vance/Oz’s claim of widespread fraudulent marketplace enrollment. Some brokers are to blame but regulation not disenrollment is the cure, and using absence of filed claims as evidence of fraud shows no understanding of insurance www.ms.now/opinion/vanc...

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Opinion | You should be skeptical of JD Vance’s claims about Obamacare fraud

The vice president's anti-fraud task force may strip health coverage from people who did nothing wrong.

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Brian Goldstone @brian-goldstone.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

There is something so unbelievably bleak about an article that calmly walks readers through how to navigate being laid off after 50, losing your health insurance, and somehow surviving the years until Medicare. What a broken country.

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Laid Off After 50, and No Health Insurance? Here’s What to Consider. (Gift Article)

At best, older workers will struggle to find health insurance that bridges the years before they qualify for Medicare at age 65.

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Kirby @kirbytheawsum.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

A guy came to my door selling home security camera and services. When I told him I wasn't interested he asked if I believed in God. When I said no, he said I must if I'm risking not having these services. Like... what? gtfo. I choose bear.

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Taniel @taniel.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

In Maryland, just fifty miles from DC, a sheriff has targeted and attacked local immigrants for over twenty years. The harm to those communities is breathtaking. a NEW must-read, just weeks from his latest reelection race... (in a county that Harris won over Trump).

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“We're Afraid on a Daily Basis”: How a Maryland Sheriff Targeted Immigrants Long Before ICE Raids Spiked - Bolts

Frederick County’s sheriff turned his office into a force multiplier for ICE before such collaboration became commonplace. As he again faces voters this year, the harm to immigrant communities is impo...

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Sarah McAnulty, Ph.D. @sarahmackattack.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

We have *six days* left until the Academy of Natural Sciences, North America's oldest Natural History museum, is scheduled to close it's doors. Here are *six reasons* why we cannot - and will not- let that happen.

a slide that says 6 days until the doors close -- 6 reasons we can keep them open, save-the-academy.org @savetheacademy

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Chris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

If executive branch creates a system so that people under government control can be located and then just stops listing some people in that system — despite their still being under government control — that should be a five-alarm fire for the other branches, the states, and the public.

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Barred and Boujee aka Madiba Dennie @audrelawdamercy.blacksky.app · 21/09/2026

ngl I was stunned by this article's cite to a study showing that 5.4 million children & teens in the US have family caregiving responsibilities @jessicacalarco.com has done lotsa interesting work on how the US uses women in lieu of a social safety net but I had no idea how much labor falls on..kids

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Jess Calarco @jessicacalarco.com · 21/09/2026

My colleagues and I have actually done some work on kids' caregiving responsibilities, too. During Covid school closures, we found that families relied heavily on older kids to help with younger ones, and that support helped moms to keep working for pay. journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1...

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Sage Journals: Discover world-class research

Subscription and open access journals from Sage, the world's leading independent academic publisher.

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Kirby @kirbytheawsum.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

I'd argue this sexy apocalypse concept is related to the persecution complex & crosses denominational lines (though is interpreted a little differently across them). A book recommendation by @chelseaebin.bsky.social to understand US Catholic/ Protestant overlap. bookshop.org/p/books/the-...

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The Radical Mind: The Origins of Right-Wing Catholic and Protestant Coalition Building

The Radical Mind is a groundbreaking analysis of the origins of the Christian Right, whose political victories are radically reshaping the landscape of American society. Scholars and the public alike ...

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Jack Jenkins @jackjenkins.me · 20/09/2026

You, a fall person: Ohmygosh I love fall!! Pumpkins! Cozy sweaters! Hot tea and cider! Pumpkins! Pumpkin Spice Lattes! The changing colors of leaves!!!! Me, a spring and summer person: :: pulls hoddie tight over head :: beware: the time of darkness, cold, decay, and death is nigh

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Kirby @kirbytheawsum.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

I have a print of this piece Peter Max did for the U.S. Peace Corps in the 60s. Its so vibrant I've yet to figure out where to hang it.

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University and College Union (UCU) @ucu.org.uk · 16/09/2026

Union rights are not optional. Yesterday, TUC delegates joined UCU members at our University of Brighton rally to oppose management’s plans to rip up the recognition agreement. We negotiate to protect workers’ rights. We stand together to defend them.

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Bucks County Beacon @buckscountybeacon.com · 16/09/2026

“Their plan — in my opinion — long term is to divide, defund and ultimately destroy public education and then replace it with a semblance of what they already have going on, which is a private Christian organization,” said Secular Education Association Co-founder Molly Gaines.

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Jenna Norton @jenna-m-norton.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

The cuts in staff across federal health agencies are staggering. Great analysis from @ourpublicservice.bsky.social. 1 in 5 people gone from NIH. More than 1 in 4 gone from CDC. Nearly 7 in 10 gone from AHRQ. ourpublicservice.org/resource/the...

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The Cost of Cutting American Science: How Federal Cuts Diminish Public Health Capacity

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rePROs Fight Back @reprosfightback.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

This week on rePROs Fight Back, we talk with @kateclancy.bsky.social, feminist science professor, labor organizer, and author of PREGNANCY INTERRUPTED: The Science & Stories of How Pregnancies Really End—her new book that offers a compassionate, evidence-based look at pregnancy loss.

A square graphic with a light tan background. Black text in the center reads: "Kate Clancy on Her New Book: Pregnancy Interrupted: The Science and Stories of How Pregnancies Really End." There are gray and pink paper scraps at the top and bottom, and a cut-out of the book's title.

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Kirby @kirbytheawsum.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

With some elderly politicians, I think there is an elder abuse argument to be made. Their health & well-being clearly isn't being prioritized. I'm all for people working for as long as they wish, and with accommodations, but this seems harmful and manipulative. It's actually uncomfortable to watch.

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Kirby @kirbytheawsum.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

I'd like to invest in a home microscope. I like to do spore prints & would love to look at those. But it would be fun to swab/ grow things & maybe get closer looks at bugs/ plants from my garden. What microscope should I get? What are some of your favorite intro level activities/ experiments?

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Kirby @kirbytheawsum.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Been singing this nonstop for about an hour now.

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Project Salt Box @projectsaltbox.com · 13/09/2026

On the 25th anniversary of 9/11, DHS posted a contract notice most people will never see. ERO ONE would give ICE the military intelligence apparatus that ran the war on terror, aimed at people in the U.S. I did this job for 20 years. Here's why it could be the next chapter of the deportation engine.

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OP-ED: The $100 Million Hole in ICE's Deportation Machine

A procurement notice describes the one capability ICE doesn't have yet: a standing near-real-time intelligence enterprise to turn its surveillance into target lists.

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Kate Elliott @kateelliottsff.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

I am not first and will be far from the last to say this: I have purchased so many books because I saw them recommended or publicized here on bsky. I cannot urge you all enough to KEEP TALKING ABOUT BOOKS. I know it's easier to talk up someone else's book, but this also means you, the shy author.

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Greg Folkers @gregfolkers.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Inside Medicine: I emailed my HHS contacts. 35% bounced. Labor day post by Jeremy Faust @jeremyfaust.bsky.social bit.ly/3SBX15n

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Gillian Brockell @gillianbrockell.com · 11/09/2026

AN URGENT EXCLUSIVE: Ahmed Soliman, the 30-year-old gay man ICE expelled in April to Equatorial Guinea, a country he has no ties to, was arrested this morning and cannot be located, his attorneys say. They fear he may be in one of EG's torture prisons. prospect.org/2026/09/11/i...

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Immigrant Trump Sent to African Hotel Prison Arrested After Speaking With Media, Lawyers Say - The American Prospect

Ahmed Soliman’s attorneys fear he may have been sent to one of Equatorial Guinea’s notorious torture prisons.

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Alyssa S. @drsepinwall.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

NYC teachers, drop your wishlist for Flavor Flav!

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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Have you recently gone to a Job Center in a red state where you went through an ID verification to file for unemployment insurance? I want to talk to you. Signal: marisakabas.04 Email: marisa@thehandbasket.co

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FCC Commissioner Anna Gomez @agomezfcc.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

This is now the second time in a matter of months that a late-night host has disclosed they had to bury an interview because of FCC intimidation. No host, local affiliate, or network should have to weigh federal retaliation before booking a guest for a newsworthy interview 🧵

Text of Gomez statement on Kimmel interview and FCC intimidation campaign

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Martin Austermuhle @maustermuhle.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

NEWS, as they say: @notus.com is no longer; say hello to The Washington Sun! 🌞 Oh, and: We’ve struck a deal to carry daily weather reports from @capitalweather.com! www.nytimes.com/2026/09/08/b...

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Politics News Site NOTUS Rebrands as The Washington Sun

A trademark dispute scuttled its plans to relaunch as The Washington Star, so the site chose a different name.

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Kirby @kirbytheawsum.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

I would think France's constitutional value of laïcité would make this illegal. US folks, laïcité is how France separates church & state in their constitution. Sort of the inverse of the US method, but like our method, it is imperfect & creates from really interesting cultural & legal challenges.

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Kirby @kirbytheawsum.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Oui, célébrons ceux qui n'célèbrent pas Encore une fois, j'aimerais lever mon verre à ceux qui n'en ont pas... www.youtube.com/watch?v=P3QS...

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Stromae - Santé (Official Video)

YouTube video by StromaeVEVO

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Sarah McAnulty, Ph.D. @sarahmackattack.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

Posters ready Speakers lined up See you at the rally on Tuesday at 10am in front of the academy of natural sciences. We’re asking Drexel, the Academy Board, and the city to find a way to keep the museum open to the public. RSVP luma.com/1qwnrqz2

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A triceratops says “save the frills”
“Defund science you’re history”
“Don’t let us disappear again” with dinosaurs
“Save our dairy”
Tell Fred save y. Rex”
“Ouch: closing in the middle of an indigenous exhibit”
“This is not the time to defund science
“Closing the academy is a bone headed move”

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