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Naa Marteki Reed 💃🏾 💖 @marteki.blacksky.app · 5h

14 days without a fix, after uninstalls & reinstalls & data wipes. Solution which I’d been planning to do for a while: delete the bsky app, migrate to blacksky.community, & download the #Blacksky app. UI problem disappeared. Better experience for multiple reasons so far.

blacksky.community

Blacksky

Decentralized social media built for community power, culture, and collective freedom.

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Naa Marteki Reed 💃🏾 💖 @marteki.blacksky.app · 13/10/2026

Wait, does he need to have the Secret Service staff labeled now, so he can tell who they are and why they’re telling him to do things? In all my past years as a federal employee, I’ve never ever seen the Secret Service wearing explanatory t-shirts announcing themselves to the world. Until now.

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Naa Marteki Reed 💃🏾 💖 @marteki.blacksky.app · 10/10/2026

I paused the video to double-check: yes, you saw correctly, she’s wearing a Primus shirt.

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Naa Marteki Reed 💃🏾 💖 @marteki.blacksky.app · 05/10/2026

Heading off now to the IHSA girls’ flag football regional semifinals with my older child’s varsity team playing! Send good vibes or prayers to her team, especially the defense. (She’s plays safety or defensive back.) 🎗️🎗️🏈🏃🏽‍♀️ First college visits are later this month!

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Naa Marteki Reed 💃🏾 💖 @marteki.blacksky.app · 05/10/2026

Is anyone else’s Bluesky Home page not loading anymore? All other parts of the app work now on the official iOS app or on Mac OS Chrome, but not the Home screen. Is @support.bsky.team still a thing, or do we still have to tag @pfrazee.com directly for UI problems? (Or UX problems…)

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hammancheez but spooky @hammancheez.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Yall wanna see a 2 hour old highland cow

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Zeta Cross @zetazc.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Council voted unanimously to make Philadelphia one of the first cities to explicitly endorse a nationwide boycott of Starbucks amid a unionization drive, and to pledge not to use city funds at the coffee chain until it reaches a contract agreement with its workers. www.inquirer.com/politics/phi...

inquirer.com

Philly is one of the first cities in the country to formally support boycotting Starbucks | Council roundup

Also during Council’s session on Thursday: City Councilmember Jamie Gauthier introduced controversial legislation to approve a contract with a trash incinerator that she doesn’t support.

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ArtButMakeItSports @artbutmakeitsports.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Circus Performers, by Walt Kuhn, 1978, 📸 via @marisakabas.bsky.social

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Naa Marteki Reed 💃🏾 💖 @marteki.blacksky.app · 29/09/2026

Today’s clown show at the Senate keeps going more ridiculous. The breaking point for me was when I was reminded that the committee chair (Grassley) is from Iowa, and learned that Schmitt went to university (Truman State) just around 30 miles from the border with Iowa!

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John Scalzi @scalzi.com · 29/09/2026

In which Eric Schmitt, rumored candidate for VP in an (ugh) JD Vance 2028 presidential run, pre-emptively loses 22 electoral votes in Georgia and Iowa

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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 27/09/2026

Talking about my struggles with being overweight still makes me uncomfortable, since weight can carry moral judgment in ways that other health challenges don't. But that fear stops too many struggling from getting treatment that could extend their lives.

people.com

Gov. JB Pritzker Reveals He’s Lost 80 Lbs. with GLP-1 After Type 2 Diabetes Diagnosis (Exclusive)

Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker tells PEOPLE that a GLP-1 has contributed to his 80-Lb. weight loss, but that he initially started taking it after being diagnosed with type 2 diabetes.

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James O’Loughlin @jamesoloughlin.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

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Naa Marteki Reed 💃🏾 💖 @marteki.blacksky.app · 28/09/2026

Wait a sec Did the regime just decide to pick a fight with Philly? And with the fans of B Dawkins???? That is the sound of multiple people opening their doors, taking off their earrings, cracking knuckles, and getting ready to take those folks down to the fucking ground.

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Emily Gorcenski @emily.gorcen.ski · 28/09/2026

Here’s the most incredible story you’ll read today. A small plane with four people aboard crashes in a field. Another pilot witnesses it. That pilot happens to be flying a bunch of skydivers. They offer to jump to assist, are given permission. The skydivers happen to be EMTs. Everyone survives.

wisn.com

Skydivers alert emergency crews, assist after plane crashes near East Troy airport

Four people were aboard the single-engine plane when it went down in a cornfield near Carvers School Road in East Troy at about 1:30 p.m.

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🎃 Mac O'Lantern 🎃 @jacmacandsneeze.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

hi chicago

A view of chicago before sunrise from the air facing south. You can see Lake Michigan due to negative space, the city is a lit grid

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Sanho Tree @sanho.bsky.social · 16/03/2026

This 80 second clip of Justice Robert Jackson’s opening statement will send shivers down your spine. Commit it to memory like the Gettysberg address. It’s even more important than Lincoln’s speech because we forgot his words the first time. We can’t promise “never again” if we don’t remember.

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CZEdwards @czedwards.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Re This case: Most media are focusing on their own states, but this was a multi-state trip. The person took the whole route of the Southwest Chief, so Illinois through the midwest, then across S. Colorado, New Mexico, and Arizona before LA. Then up the coast, and back across on California Zephyr.

yahoo.com

Person with measles rode Amtrak trains and buses across CA, health officials say

The California Department of Public Health said the unvaccinated passenger stopped at six California stations, including downtown Sacramento.

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Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

A Philadelphia family just bought their first home with a $10,000 first-time homebuyer grant funded by a group of Quakers It’s part of the congregation’s racial justice plan to redistribute wealth to Black residents in the Germantown area as a form of reparations

inquirer.com

A Philly family bought their first home thanks to reparations from Quakers in Germantown

Green Street Friends Meeting, a Quaker congregation in Germantown, pledged to spend $50,000 a year for 10 years as part of its reparations work. It’s helping Black Philadelphians become homeowners.

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Jamie Dupree @jamiedupree.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

House GOP leaders cancel votes on Thursday - sending lawmakers home later today until after the elections. That means the House can avoid a vote on the Hegseth impeachment plan from Rep. Thomas Massie R-KY.

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Mrs. Detective PikaBOO, Esq. @clapifyoulikeme.favrd.social · 15/09/2026

This is one of the funniest threads I’ve read in ages. At no point does OP break, and the landlords, well, www.reddit.com/r/Landlord/c...

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Musicology Duck @musicologyduck.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

he’s in a wheelchair but alive

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the Mountain Goats @themountaingoats.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Yo. This is the union calling for a boycott. Here in America people like to say "Well I was already boycotting Starbucks!" No you were not. You were just choosing not to buy their stuff. That is not a boycott. A boycott is an organized, collective activity. "I" don't boycott: we do.

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JazzReads📚🏀 @jazzreads.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

700,000 Black women because this administration was mad at us.. the sadness I feel for my sisters… the rage

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hammancheez but spooky @hammancheez.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

So is openai not doing an ipo because cortana is going to launch a nuke or because the financial disclosures of an ipo would reveal some deeply disturbing things about their business model Who can say

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

Why do you appreciate unions? I’ll start: Weekends off Paid vacations Work breaks Sick leave Paid holidays No child labor Safer working conditions Health care and retirement benefits

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Gautham Rao (pronounced: Knicks in 5) @gauthamrao.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

Here’s my op-ed on Chief Justice John Roberts whitewashed history of President and Chief Justice William Howard Taft. Roberts adoration of Taft’s “restraint” conveniently omits Taft’s racism, refusal to condemn lynching, and embrace of Lost Causism. That’s no accident. share.inquirer.com/IcPlmx

share.inquirer.com

Will the real William Howard Taft please stand up?

Chief Justice John Roberts penned an incomplete, but revealing, tribute to former President and Chief Justice William Howard Taft.

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Molly White @molly.wiki · 05/09/2026

Huge congratulations to the US-based Wikimedia Foundation employees who voted with 92% support in favor of unionizing, and shoutout to the tireless work of the organizers.

wikiworkersunited.org

Wikimedia Foundation Workers Overwhelmingly Vote to Form Union with CWA

U.S. workers form first recognized unit as global union movement builds across Wikimedia Foundation

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WuTangIsForTheChildren @wutangforchildren.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

Just when you think you couldn’t love David Byrne more he goes to the Hollywood Bowl playing "Life During Wartime" projecting ICE raids 🔥

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John Hudson @johnphudson.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

Video: The Turkish catering truck nonchalantly moving from Air Force One to the other plane

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Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

The National Association of Black Journalists gives Stephen A. Smith the “Thumbs Down” award for his “recurring public pattern of disparaging public commentary directed at prominent Black women across politics, sports and media.”

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JD Simkins @jdsimkins.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

Families of sailors aboard the aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln spoke to Military Times about multiple incidents in which sailors have attempted to go overboard amid the ship's extended deployment in support of combat operations in the Middle East

militarytimes.com

Multiple USS Abraham Lincoln sailors have tried to go overboard amid extended deployment, families say

Multiple sailors aboard the USS Abraham Lincoln have attempted to go overboard as the carrier's deployment stretches into its ninth month.

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Michael Clemens @mclem.org · 12/08/2026

Incredible. When E—n M—k & his crew obliterated USAID in a weekend, they deleted a vast trove of publicly-funded knowledge: the Development Experience Clearinghouse. A Canadian high school student (!) happened to have downloaded the entire thing for a project. AidData has now posted it for all.

aiddata.org

Before reimagining development data, remember what we’ve learned

Why we’re publishing a free, searchable, and ungated archive featuring a quarter-century of USAID evaluation reports.

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Andy Craig @andycraig.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

What actually happened is a judge tossed his petition to be on the ballot in New York because it was obvious the address he listed in New York wasn't his real place of residence, as opposed to in California. It didn't affect his voter registration and he can still vote wherever he lives.

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Your Local Epidemiologist @ylepidemiologist.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

10/ So if you're a parent wondering, "What am I supposed to do right now?" here's my answer: nothing has changed about your ability to vaccinate your child today. You can still follow the existing schedule; your doctor can still provide those vaccines, and they remain free.

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Old Lady Screaming into the Void @oldladyscreaming.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

You can't put enough Measles antigen alone in a vaccine to generate cellular immunity without causing massive vaccine reactions. By adding in the Mumps and Rubella antigens, you decrease the reactive amount needed to generate a positive response. The combo vaccine makes it safer. This is SO STUPID!

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Faine Greenwood @faineg.com · 10/08/2026

oh thank god (seriously, this will save me some money on importing the Good Sunscreen)

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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 09/08/2026

AOC: Millennials are not punk kids anymore. We're grown adults with mortgages and kids, and that generation is starting to be decisive at the polls. And there is anger at being ignored, having our economic futures mortgaged by the generations that came before us and we're taking the reins

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Joshua Rogers @jr73.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

Really interesting piece that starts out about that “new green” that made the rounds a while back but then goes to some fascinating places about color theory and perception largely tangential to it.

apple.news

What Would It Mean to See a New Color? — The New Yorker

Olo can be described as the “greenest green,” though it can never be captured by a camera. But its development tells us a lot about our color vision.

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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

🚨BREAKING: Federal Court DISMISSES Department of Justice lawsuit to compel Illinois to provide its complete statewide voter registration database. Another big victory for Elias Law Group and its clients. DOJ is now 0-19 in these cases. ELG remains undefeated. www.democracydocket.com/cases/illino...

democracydocket.com

🚨 United States of America v. Matthews

Learn more.

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Bill Grueskin @bgrueskin.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

Running out of body bags, using forklifts to transfer corpses into makeshift morgues, a mortician conducting 200 funerals in a month when he usually does 30, crematories running at double capacity… And these senators just want to memory-hole it all www.nytimes.com/2020/04/30/n...

nytimes.com

‘We Ran Out of Space’: Bodies Pile Up as N.Y. Struggles to Bury Its Dead (Gift Article)

The coronavirus crisis is overwhelming New York’s system for burying the dead.

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Karen K. Ho @karenho.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

I stand by everything I said previously. At least with a major bank I know there is oversight, deposit insurance, and regulation for things like anti-money laundering.

Tweets from Karen K. Ho (@karenkho) on Nov 9, 2022.
1. "I don't report on finance anymore, but please do not connect your bank account to Twitter"

2. "there is no such thing as a guaranteed high yield, this transaction with Elon Musk will be incredibly risky and not insured by the FDIC or CDIC, and there are many reasons why financial accounts and traditional investments are closely regulated"

3. "I used to be a literal bank teller for several years and my parents both worked for major banks for two decades. If you feel like goofing around with money, buy a raffle ticket from a local charity.

Do not give a social media company your bank information."

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Naa Marteki Reed 💃🏾 💖 @marteki.blacksky.app · 21/07/2026

That’s right, and more people should just own it. Love my birthplace, love my college town, love my Gritty. 😘🥰

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Spooky Back From The Dead Lazarus @jlazarus.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

You might get sick of hearing this but if he keeps doing it I'm gonna keep saying it: this is an unconstitutional impoundment, violating both Congress' Article I spending authority and the 1974 Impoundment Control act, and immediately impeachable.

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Naa Marteki Reed 💃🏾 💖 @marteki.blacksky.app · 20/07/2026

Like the OP, same. Like the OP, I also mean it literally. Verified by… *checks notes* multiple people literally telling me that they couldn’t imagine dealing with stuff that’s happened in my life or has involved my body or has involved my mind.

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

Bust up big corporations and tackle Wall Street’s greed. Get big money out of politics. Strengthen unions and boost wages. Pass Medicare for all, paid leave, universal childcare, and so much more... This is the agenda Democrats need to fight for. It's not enough to simply be anti-Trump.

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