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I'm tired. Proud CUNY undergrad alum 🍎 I've never turned down a glass of 🥂 Agnostic non-authoritarian Miss me with your Maga bs With fear for our democracy, I dissent ~Justice Sotomayor

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Department of English at Arizona State University @asuenglish.bsky.social · 10h
In a record year for ASU Fulbrights, English professor Claudia Sadowski-Smith was awarded a Fulbright to teach and research migration literature at the University of Vienna, Austria. Learn more: ow.ly/siQw50ZVaQn #ASUHumanities
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Record year for ASU faculty Fulbrights | ASU News
Arizona State University has had a record year for faculty Fulbright awards, with 15 receiving awards for 2026–27 from the U.S. Department of State and the Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board — the most ASU has ever received in a competition year.
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longislandtonv.bsky.social @longislandtonv.bsky.social · 9h
This might be the single dumbest @nytimes.com piece I've ever read & that's saying something. Are babies conscious? Seriously?? As a mother of 2, I can tell you unequivocally the answer is, YES & DUH! Gift Link because I read this and want you to share my migraine. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/05/s...
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Are Babies Conscious? (Gift Article)
By pinpointing when it begins in young humans, scientists hope to better understand what consciousness is, and how it arises, in all of us.
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The Nevada Independent @thenvindy.com · 06/10/2026
Content creators are partnering with Attorney General Aaron Ford’s campaign for Nevada governor as he seeks to brand himself as accessible to voters.
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The Nevada Independent @thenvindy.com · 06/10/2026
Media experts say it’s a smart ploy in a news environment where many voters only want to hear from sources they already trust: buff.ly/bWR7t1c
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Aaron Ford's secret weapon in Nevada's governor's race? Influencers. - The Nevada Independent
The Democratic candidate for governor has launched "Creators for Aaron," a program connecting him with social media influencers. His campaign says he's meeting voters where they are: online.
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Department of English at Arizona State University @asuenglish.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
The Department of English at ASU is hiring an Assistant Professor of Indigenous Studies, with a focus to include teaching, research and scholarship in Indigenous literature, media, language or related fields. Apply by Oct. 30. Learn more/apply: ow.ly/KqhL50ZULKU #ASUHumanities
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The Nevada Independent @thenvindy.com · 06/10/2026
Calling all political junkies, statistics nerds and fans of democracy: The Indy's Early Voting Blog is live! Our fearless CEO and in-house pundit Jon Ralston covers the latest results on the races that matter to Nevada and the nation. buff.ly/CjqicxW
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The early voting blog, 2026 general - The Nevada Independent
Using actual date from those who vote early, we track November's marquee races, including those for Nevada's governor, congressional seats and state Legislature.
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The Nevada Independent @thenvindy.com · 06/10/2026
Clark County school police will not pursue a contract with Flock Safety's license plate reader system after community members raised safety and privacy concerns. buff.ly/MlifFS8
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Clark County school police say it won't pursue contract with Flock - The Nevada Independent
The announcement comes after community members raised concerns about the district's school police previous use of the controversial license plate readers.
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longislandtonv.bsky.social @longislandtonv.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Best article you'll read today, especially if you need a timeline cleanse. Gift Link. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/04/u...
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Tight Competition: The Contest to Name Philly’s Best Parallel Parker (Gift Article)
Out of more than 900 applicants, 15 were chosen to compete in three rounds, including “Tight Squeeze” and “Under Duress.”
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longislandtonv.bsky.social @longislandtonv.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
We really should stop calling ourselves a civilized society. Some people have genuinely wandered off into the sunset. Gift Link. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/03/w...
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American High School Students Are Selling Guns Bound for Cartels (Gift Article)
Drawn by money and status, teenagers in Arizona are buying, stealing and selling weapons destined for criminal groups in Mexico.
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Adam Keiper @adamkeiper.com · 06/10/2026
If Nidal Hasan is executed by firing squad, as the Pentagon spokesman says Hegseth and Trump have decided, it will be the first death sentence carried out by the U.S. military since 1961, and the first by firing squad since 1945. www.militarytimes.com/news/your-mi...
Screenshot of a tweet from @SeanParnellASW dated 5 Oct 2026, reading as follows:

Secretary of War Pete Hegseth has recommended — and President Donald J. Trump has approved — death by U.S. Army firing squad for convicted terrorist Nidal Malik Hasan, the jihadist who opened fire on unarmed American soldiers at Fort Hood in 2009. He killed 13 people and wounded 32 others while shouting “Allahu Akbar” during the attack. 

The Secretary of the Army will set the time and place of the execution. Judgement day for Hasan has finally come.
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Timothy McBride @mcbridetd.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Trump Approves Plan to Put Fort Hood Shooter to Death by Firing Squad www.wsj.com/us-news/trum...
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Trump Approves Plan to Put Fort Hood Shooter to Death by Firing Squad
Nidal Hasan was sentenced to death in 2013 by a jury of fellow officers at the Texas Army base.
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leajacobsen.bsky.social @leajacobsen.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
This is why we MUST PASS QUESTION 6 and enshrine a Woman's Right to make Medical Decisions about HER HEALTHCARE in the #Nevada #Constitution. It is unconscionable that Women are being imprisoned for a Miscarriage or Abortion in the United States of America!
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AskHistorians @askhistorians.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Don't miss this fantastic #AMA! #Skystorians can ask all kinds of questions to learn more!
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ElieNYC @elienyc.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Today is the first day of the Supreme Court's term. My yearly print preview of all the things the Republicans will take away from us this time, is now avaialble on Al Gore's Internet in @thenation.com www.thenation.com/article/soci...
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The People vs. the Supreme Court
This term the Supreme Court has plans to trampleeven more of our rights. But we, the people, are not powerlessin the face of their power grab.
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m fox @mehconomics.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
“Fall from grace” is a weird spelling of ”child predator”
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Jonah Blank @jonahblank.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Correct. ♦️Denny Hastert's "tie" to a child sex abuse scandal was that he sexually abused multiple children.
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Anne Teefa @izabella2001.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
At his sentencing the judge called Hastert “a serial child molester” and that’s a helluva thing to gloss over
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longislandtonv.bsky.social @longislandtonv.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
This was my initial thought as soon as I read the AP report this morning!
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Kai Ryssdal @kairyssdal.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
If your newscast says Hastert was 'tied to' a child sex abuse scandal, you're failing your listeners.
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Brian Stelter @brianstelter.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Scoop: The White House is refusing to allow Politico on Air Force One today, which means the news outlet cannot fulfill its pool responsibilities. There's another show of solidarity in the works >>> www.cnn.com/2026/10/05/m...
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White House blocks Politico from Air Force One amid press access lawsuit | CNN Business
The White House is refusing to allow Politico on Air Force One on Monday, which means the news organization cannot fulfill its press corps pool responsibilities.
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Kai Ryssdal @kairyssdal.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Hey WHCA -- u up?
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longislandtonv.bsky.social @longislandtonv.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Seriously, not enough people understand what is truly happening. They think we're being hyperbolic when we say this. No, kids. We're not freaking kidding.
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Janet Reitman @janetreitman.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Launching a book whilst closing a @nytmag.bsky.social piece is about as daunting as it gets, but the strange, terrible story of the #Prairieland defendants took a while… this is the chilling, long term impact of the 25-yr #waronterror. Gift link below: www.nytimes.com/2026/10/05/m...
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Inside the Group of Texans Accused of Being Antifa Terrorists (Gift Article)
The strange story behind the first federal terrorism prosecution of American protesters.
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Jeff Sharlet @jeffsharlet.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
The clearest and most succinct expression I've read of how, beyond the clear fascist rhetoric, the Prairieland prosecutions have terrifyingly expanded federal legal power, beyond the point many feds even wanted to go.
For other activists on the left — and on the right — the Prairieland case has set a dangerous precedent. Cadeddu, the federal defense attorney, told me that the most worrying of all the “terrorist acts” was vandalism. There is no dollar amount set on what sort of damage might qualify as an act of terror. Even throwing a snowball at an ICE vehicle during a protest and scratching the paint or damaging a taillight might qualify. “In theory, if you happen to be on a Signal chat with some people planning a protest, and one of the people at that protest — you don’t even have to know them — throws that snowball, you could be implicated in material support for terrorism, simply for helping to organize,” she says. “That’s the meaning of the case.”
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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
This is the third of the ten video meditations I recorded in Kharkiv, Ukraine, close to the Russian border. The first couple were about courage and cowardice, which led me to the importance of moral categories in general. snyder.substack.com/p/moral-lang...
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Moral Language (Kharkiv Meditations, 3/10)
Kharkiv Meditations, 3/10
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Will Bunch @willbunch.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
This is happening all over rural America. We need to wake up, people. There's no Greg Bovino in his Nazi coat to blow whistles it. It's daily Gestapo-type terror, aided by the banality of evil local cops www.sltrib.com/news/2026/10...
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ICE enforcement in a small Utah town sent a community into fear. Local police played a key role.
ICE enforcement in a small central Utah town has residents afraid to leave home, avoiding main roads and keeping their children home from school, one resident said.
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Will Bunch @willbunch.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
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One Season of Firefly @murdochargh.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
What rights are we losing today?
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ElieNYC @elienyc.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Environmental
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ElieNYC @elienyc.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Holy shit, ten minutes in and the Supreme Court appears to be doing... law. Not politics. They're actually trying to figure out laws instead of which side of the culture war to bang on. I don't know how long it's going to last but it's pretty neat. New term smell, yo.
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Ari Berman @ariberman.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Very important - today 10/5 is the last day to register to vote if you live in Arizona, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Indiana, Kentucky, Mississippi, Ohio, Tennessee, Texas
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longislandtonv.bsky.social @longislandtonv.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
OH MY EFFING G-D. What is wrong with these people? It's like they've never heard this or any of these techbros speak. They all are full of sh*t and sound like it, too. *Flush*
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ElieNYC @elienyc.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
“Snap back to reality, oops, there goes gravity” Supreme Court term about to start
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The Nevada Independent @thenvindy.com · 04/10/2026
A stronghold for sage-grouse. Springs that are home to threatened Lahontan cutthroat trout. Hillsides where rare native wildflowers grow. What happens to them when the Trump administration expands its critical minerals agenda and opens once preserved areas to mining?
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Ari Berman @ariberman.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
🚨🚨Attention - if you live in Alaska, Rhode Island or South Carolina today 10/4 is the last day to register to vote
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longislandtonv.bsky.social @longislandtonv.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Sh*t gets curiouser and curiouser.
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Seth Abramson @sethabramson.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
What booming economy? Is everyone at FT on hallucinogens? The best time to delete this was before it went up, and the second-best time is right now. Like right this very second. This is *humiliating* for FT—to confuse the AI stock bubble with a whole fucking economy. A whole-of-institution fail.
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Oliver Darcy @oliverdarcy.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Don’t miss this week’s Power Lines, where we discussed our reporting about David Ellison’s offer to keep CNN chief Mark Thompson in place (for now) and went over what it all means for the embattled Bari Weiss. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/p...
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longislandtonv.bsky.social @longislandtonv.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Finally! I don't know why anyone thought it was a good idea to stuff beers full of awful hops, or do outlandish flavor profiles to beer. I just stuck to tried and true European brews to save my taste buds from overly bitter regrets. www.npr.org/2026/10/01/n...
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Breweries adapt as tastes in beer change
The craft beer market is saturated and tastes are changing. Brewers are coming with innovative ways to attract customers.
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Pablo Torre @pablo.show · 27/09/2026
Shoutout to @bostonglobe.com for following up on our Life Surge reporting with this news about Boston Celtics coach Joe Mazzulla: www.bostonglobe.com/2026/09/26/s...
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Pablo Torre @pablo.show · 02/10/2026
Our Life Surge coverage continues. New PTFO x @rooster.info: youtu.be/NV7tvC-lPqQ?...
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From Tim Tebow to Urban Meyer: Backstage at Ohio State for Life Surge | PTFO
YouTube video by PABLO TORRE FINDS OUT
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longislandtonv.bsky.social @longislandtonv.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
I'm watching this on YouTube rn and had to take a break because of how annoyed I was at all the people who peddle this crap and the folks buying into it. I swear to G-d, Americans are willing to be scammed out of money instead of agreeing to be taxed to fund benefits for all.
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The Nevada Independent @thenvindy.com · 03/10/2026
The Trump administration is supercharging an already powerful mining industry as it expands its critical minerals agenda. What will happen to vulnerable plants and animals? Shared from Inside Climate News: buff.ly/LytEkIU
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The Trump administration's critical minerals agenda comes for America's 'Forgotten Wildlife Corridor' - The Nevada Independent
By 2030, at least six new mining projects are predicted to be extracting lithium from American soil and another 13 will soon follow, according to a database compiled by Columbia Journalism…
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longislandtonv.bsky.social @longislandtonv.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
This would be a cool idea for a kid/tween birthday party. Just doing an old fashioned snail mail to someone the kid knows, even if it's just a parent in the same household. Have them come to the party armed with an address & start writing! Of course you should provide the stamps. 🥳✍️📝🖊️ Gift Link.
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The Very Online Push for Snail Mail
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Gurl You In Danger💙 @altermann99.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
You know if someone you know has a PhD and all the research money is gone and private companies can't do it alone. It's a travesty and one that will follow this generation and the next. We will all suffer with less research.
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Grudgie the Wail @grudgie.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
This one deal represents more corruption than every other Presidential Administration combined.
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Eric Lipton NYT @ericlipton.nytimes.com · 03/10/2026
JUST POSTED: Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff have pushed a multibillion oil deal with Russia as part of peace talks that will bring profits to their family business partners. A new front for Trump-era conflicts of interest. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/03/u...
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U.S.-Russia Talks on Ukraine Now Involve an Oil Deal Tied to Trump Allies (Gift Article)
President Vladimir V. Putin brought up a sale of Russian energy assets with President Trump’s envoys, Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff, pushing a deal that raises new questions about conflicts of inter...
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Eric Lipton NYT @ericlipton.nytimes.com · 03/10/2026
The pending oil deal involves Russian Lukoil international assets (now sanctioned by the US) that would be acquired at a big discount by a Trump campaign donor, a UAE-based investor in Trump/Witkoff family crypto company, and Kushner/Ivanka's Qatari-based real estate partners.
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Eric Lipton NYT @ericlipton.nytimes.com · 03/10/2026
Witkoff and Kushner discussed the deal last month during a meeting at the Kremlin with Putin. Here is a shorter overview of our investigation. With my NYT Washington Bureau colleague Anton Troianovski www.nytimes.com/2026/10/03/u...
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Trump, Putin, Ukraine and an Oil Deal: 5 Takeaways (Gift Article)
A proposal to bolster relations with the Kremlin through the purchase of Russian energy assets is striking even for an administration that regularly mixes personal business interests with foreign poli...
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Eric Lipton NYT @ericlipton.nytimes.com · 03/10/2026
This Lukoil pending deal has a tie-in to the billionaire Syrian-born Qatari brothers that I wrote about earlier this year-- who have teamed up with Ivanka and Jared on a real estate project in Albania. Yes, it's an intricate web. www.nytimes.com/2026/04/19/u...
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Syrian Billionaires Needed a Favor in Washington. They Invoked the Trump Name. (Gift Article)
The attempt by the Khayyats to influence foreign policy while discussions are underway about potential Trump family deals is an increasingly common feature of the president’s second term.
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