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Tom Murlowski @murl56.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

The Government of the United States of America is not, in any sense, founded on the Christian religion." -- the Treaty of Tripoli, initiated by George Washington

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maura quint @mauraquint.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Yes every woman has been harassed, many assaulted. But every woman has also experienced invisible loss from moments she avoided harassment. She felt a space becoming unsafe, so she left, while men stayed on. And in leaving, she lost: opportunities, experiences, learning, promotions, even simply fun.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 30/09/2026

I for one think it’s bad that the president can just say crazy stuff all day every day and 99% of it doesn’t make the news because we’ve normalized having an insane president

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Jane Voter @janevoter2018.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Senate Dems blocked 2 bills today. The Stop Insider Trading Act didn’t actually ban stock trading, & included a VOTER ID provision. The 2nd bill was toothless & optional. States could easily ignore locals’ need for data centers to pay their own energy costs & pass those costs on to residents.

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Manuel Royal @manuel-royal.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

When Amazon asks you to snitch to them if you see a lower price -- please don't ever do that. Their contracts require every price on Amazon be the *lowest* price for that item. The vendor isn't allowed to have a lower price anywhere, in a store or on a website. Amazon drives up prices worldwide.

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Acid Rain @bearysweet.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

"Reading literature enables you to enter the depths of another human being." Han Kang recd. the Nobel Prize in Literature in 2024 for her "intense poetic prose that confronts historical traumas and exposes the fragility of human life." 1st Asian woman to win this prestigious literary award. #books

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Ben Franklin’s ghost @ben-franklin-ghost.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

They (GOP) know this to be true and it will always be true.

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Alt CDC (they/them) @altcdc.altgov.info · 30/09/2026

Proud of the CDCers who fought to get this vital info out! 30% of our workforce is gone. Heartbroken by the loss of brilliant scientists, institutional knowledge, & frankly my friends, colleagues, & mentors. An understaffed CDC harms the public & leaves the US vulnerable. Rebuilding will take years

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‘Zombified’ C.D.C., Hobbled by Cuts, Struggles to Fulfill Scientific Mission (Gift Article)

The agency has lost its independence and nearly a third of its staff, as Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and associates have tightened control.

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Manuel Royal @manuel-royal.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

I love that in "The Three Musketeers" (at least, the first half of the novel, which is as much plot as most movie versions cover) we cheer our heroes as they ... help Queen Anne get away with her adulterous affair! (It's French.)

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Manuel Royal @manuel-royal.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Why is all the mustard at my supermarket now in squeeze bottles? What's wrong with a jar? Good mustard is too thick to work well in a squeeze bottle; you'll never get it all out.

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Manuel Royal @manuel-royal.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

"Hypocrisy" is really an inadequate word for dirtbag Eric Schmitt straight-facedly accusing Jack Smith of "weaponizing the DoJ to a degree this country has never seen before". (Too tired to hear the exact quote again, but that's very close.)

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Manuel Royal @manuel-royal.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Eric Schmitt. What's the word ... oh, yeah. What a fucking dirtbag.

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Frank Conniff @frankconniff.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Brutal! The Cornell rapists had to write those essays in longhand while still recovering from a slap on the wrist.

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

Tomorrow I’ll be joined by Professor Timothy Snyder for a Substack Live. I've been an admirer of Prof. Snyder's lessons on tyranny and how we fight back against authoritarian governments. It will be an interesting conversation. Here's the link: open.substack.com/live-stream/368678

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Gillian Martin @gillmartin.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

94 year old Jewish human rights barrister, Margaret Owen arrested under the Terrorism Act outside andy burnham's Labour Party conference. UK taxpayers are funding these arrests while masked men terrorise the streets in coastal towns. Lift The Ban on Palestine Action.

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Manuel Royal @manuel-royal.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

36 days. I'll be early-voting in October; check on advance voting in your area. (No telling how Donald's narcissistic-injury panic will rise as Election Day approaches.)

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Manuel Royal @manuel-royal.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Hotel in Cookeville, TN. In the lobby, the tv is on Newsmax. JFC, that stuff is vile.

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Manuel Royal @manuel-royal.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Dreamed about an alluring older woman. In her 40s, perhaps. When I woke, I realized she'd be young enough to be my daughter. I guess I'm about 25 in my dreams.

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TommasinaResist⚜️🦋🐈‍⬛ @tommasinaresist.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

This sums it up. MAGA, are you still proud to oppose American values? We are a nation of immigrants. You scream that YOUR ancestors came here "legally", but in reality, most of you have no idea how they got here. You presume. Find out. And be ashamed. #USDemocracy #Voices4Victory

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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Room empties out at the UN as Netanyahu begins his speech.

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Manuel Royal @manuel-royal.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

The BP pumps have speakers you can't shut off. Was real tempted to use my lockback knife.

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Abdul El-Sayed @abdulelsayed.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

A teacher should be able to afford a home in the richest, most powerful country in the world.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 23/09/2026

oh my goodness -- I had no idea Mike Collins's hit ads on Jon Ossoff are *this* bad. Truly abysmal stuff.

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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

FOX: We’re active with Iran—how do you get out? El-Sayed: You don’t get in in the first place. We had an agreement that had contained nuclear weapons. We did not need to do this, so the first time the dunce got elected he pulled back on the agreement.

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Congressman Eugene Vindman @repvindman.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

My family came to this country from Soviet Ukraine as refugees. Salvadorans deserve the same opportunity to pursue the American Dream. That’s why I introduced legislation to extend TPS for Salvadorans for 18 months. America has long been a place of opportunity. We should keep that promise.

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Manuel Royal @manuel-royal.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

"Bestiality" is pronounced the way it's spelled. Best-iality. Should be easy for Kash Patel to remember.

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Ricky Davila @therickydavila.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

It only took 10 years for the American state media to finally stand up for one another as well as democracy now that they are being banned from the bulldozed White House by the same fascist criminal monstrosity they helped to create by normalizing him and capitulating to his every demand.

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The Wolfpack @wolfpack11720.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

"Freedom of the Press, if it means anything at all, means the freedom to criticize and oppose" ~ George Orwell

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Manuel Royal @manuel-royal.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

About once a week, I have an idea and think, "A better writer should have this idea." Of course, better writers than I have all the ideas they need; ideas are cheap.

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Fay Thompson, Author/Artist @faythompsonauthor.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Knowing you will be expected to assist in marketing any book you produce be it traditional or self-published, you need to look at where that money will come from. With a two year window I encourage you to save $100+ per week and check on it on Mondays. #writingcommunity #booksky #money #marketing

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Elias Eells- Bar Cart Bookshelf @eliaseells.bsky.social · 29/09/2023

NEW VIDEO ALERT! Today on Bar Cart Bookshelf we're talking about KNIGHT'S WYRD by Debra Doyle and James D. Macdonald. A medieval fantasy first published in 1992, this short novel has an antique gravity and properly medieval mindset. Our drink, Dragon’s Blood, is stirred and supple. LINK BELOW!

[Image desc: A gold rimmed old fashioned glass with a purplish red cocktail is flanked by a copy of the Tor Essentials edition of KNIGHT’S WYRD by Debra Doyle and James D. Macdonald and a vase with running horses.]

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TommyBoy @tampatom69.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Remember when Boebert said: “Go to church. Find Jesus. Why is everyone so horny here?" So…What’s the word I’m looking for? “Skanctimonious”

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Carole with an e @crwright.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Having lived through those years, I remember the fear many reporters faced but carried on despite all. Thank you.

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Anna Holmes @annabookwriter.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Holy shit I just saw a post about a company that is making washers and dryers with knobs and buttons. No screens, no shitzillion settings, no annoying little electronic song when it’s done. Could it be? They’re realizing we don’t need our laundry machines to post to Twitter or send faxes?

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Manuel Royal @manuel-royal.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Walking in Midtown Atlanta. 50 years ago, if an empty robot car had driven past me, and then a robotic delivery cart had gone around me on the sidewalk, they would've been amazing visions from the sf I was always reading. Yet today, in 2026, as realities, they're just annoying.

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Dr. Arnold T. Blumberg @doctorofthedead.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

While I appreciate Terry Matalas saying genAI wasn't used on his Vision show (assuming we believe him), I do NOT like the framing. "There hasn't really been a need." There is and will NEVER be a fucking "need" for that world-destroying theft machine, Terry. Don't leave the door open even a crack.

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Manuel Royal @manuel-royal.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

For years I've been daydreaming of a trial and imprisonment. But it's feeling more and more like the only way to really provide a future deterrent is for him to end like Ceaușescu.

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Steve Marmel @marmel.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Alan Ritchson is the best.

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Manuel Royal @manuel-royal.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

R.I.P. Gerrit Graham. (Apparently he died Tuesday, but I didn't see a notice until now.)

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Manuel Royal @manuel-royal.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Got careless; ate some sugar-free treats with sugar alcohols. Canceling my evening plans.

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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Kaepernick says Trump tried to get him to the White House after publicly attacking him. “What was relayed to me was the outreach that came from Van Jones… it was immediately rejected. Again, this is after him going out publicly and trying to target me and my employment.“

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Manuel Royal @manuel-royal.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Does anybody know what grocery store Tom Emmer shops at? Apparently ground beef is two bucks a pound there, so I'd love the address.

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Manuel Royal @manuel-royal.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

"Of." Two-letter preposition; doesn't take much effort. "Because of ...." Goddamn, do I hate the formation "Because [noun]".

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Manuel Royal @manuel-royal.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

If Kash Patel thinks the *victim* of bestiality is the human -- does he think Trump is a rape victim?

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NY Times Pitchbot @nytpitchbot.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

The FBI’s new recruits are practicing bestiality the right way. by Ezra Klein

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Manuel Royal @manuel-royal.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Apparently I need to learn to say "no" when the guy asks me if I want my falafel "spicy". Things are a problem at 65 that were not a problem 20 years ago.

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