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Soy Miguel aka Mike. Retired Episcopal Priest. Sarcasm is my birthright. Quantum Field Theory answers most questions. I grew up in Tennessee so “bless your heart” cuts like a knife. I write — dazzlingdarkness.ghost.io

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The Best Words @thebestwords.bsky.social · 3h
l.smartnews.com/p-8BmdRn7W/x.... Look at Trump selling Kennedy Center treasures out of the back of a truck! What a criminal!
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Kennedy Center moves to sell all of its Steinway pianos (AlterNet)
Photos show piano movers rolling massive Steinway grand pianos through the red-carpeted halls of the Kennedy Center this week, and British music journalist N...
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Chris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 18h
Here's the @nashvillebanner.bsky.social report —>
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Adam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 2h
“Between the Christianity of this land and the Christianity of Christ, I recognize the widest possible difference.” — Frederick Douglass bsky.app/profile/atru...
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Julian Sanchez @normative.bsky.social · 9h
Though in this case the rationale for not advertising the contents of an envelope containing an extremely sensitive identity document ought to be pretty screamingly obvious.
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🇨🇦DUNK🇨🇦 (Proud Part owner of Canada) @noofieninja.bsky.social · 9h
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NY Times Pitchbot @nytpitchbot.bsky.social · 9h
As a transphobic male senator, there is nothing more important to me than protecting women's sports. Here's why it never occurred to me that Jack Smith, a man, would choose to attend a women's college basketball game. by Sen. Eric Schmitt (R-MO)
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 9h
I absolutely love my nieces and nephews, but if any of them ever pointed to my profession as proof that they themselves are super geniuses, I -- and the rest of my family -- would never stop mocking them for it.
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socalbookish.bsky.social @socalbookish.bsky.social · 19h
This👇👇👇👇👇👇
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United Farm Workers @ufw.bsky.social · 9h
It was 96° at 11:00 a.m. in Lamont, CA. Farm workers were bent over harvesting Asian leafy greens. "Erik" shares, "Our work is being done in direct sunlight and requires being bent over for hours at a time. By the end of the day our back hips and knees hurt." #WeFeedYou
Workers in a field bent over harvesting Asian leafy greens
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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 10h
This will be one of the most important immigration cases in a generation. The Trump admin claims that a 1996 law mandates the detention of millions of people without any right to a bond hearing; every person who entered illegally, no matter how long in the past. If they win, it's a nightmare.
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Craig Johnson @cajohnson-craig.bsky.social · 9h
after Trump there will be a wave of grifter seeking to keep his base - some will tack hard right along with the fascists, and others hope to keep the fascists as an appendix while seeming like moderates. Gov. Cox is one of those.
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Scott MacFarlane @macfarlanenews.bsky.social · 10h
The White House continues to decline to answer these questions about Trump's taxpayer-funded TV commercials
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Nick Turse @nickturse.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
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Little Cowboy Boy Dancing in a Barn
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Bradley P. Moss @bradmossesq.bsky.social · 11h
They only want the “right” Jews here.
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Mad_as_hell (Maddie) @maddie-says.bsky.social · 21h
MAHA will kill us all. Apparently, “make America healthy again” now means forgetting centuries of food-safety science and hoping the bacteria cooperate. #DemVoice1 #ProudBlue #Pinks www.propublica.org/article/cali...
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A Girl Nearly Died After Drinking Raw Milk. The State Did Little to Punish the Unlicensed Farmer Who Sold It.
California is teeming with black-market dairies, propped up by consumer demand fueled by misinformation. With evidence against one raw goat milk farm, regulators could have sought punitive action. But...
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"Mooch" Calucci 🤞 @moochcalucci.bsky.social · 9h
Fucking fascists. bsky.app/profile/mooc...
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Maria Bustillos @mariabustillos.com · 8h
He gave up on 'civility' himself, and any claim to it from anyone else ever, when he created the imperial presidency for Donald freaking Trump
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Southern Poverty Law Center @splcenter.org · 9h
This #HateCrimesAwarenessMonth, the SPLC is calling for better hate crime reporting to prevent bigotry and violence – before they take root. For 50+ years, we've stood against hate and extremism. Join us as we commit to honest conversations, learning and collective action to #StopHate 🤝.
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Karl Bode @karlbode.com · 9h
This week's announcement of an "AI accord" was lazy extraction class performance art, designed to pretend corporate oversight still exists in a country increasingly too corrupt to function
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Trump’s ‘Morally Binding’ New AI Guardrails Are Meaningless Pudding
Corporations have long enjoyed creating toothless "self-regulatory" regimes that exist primarily to pre-empt real government oversight. While the quality of these orgs can vary somewhat, generally they're just a toothless pantomime designed to pretend that corporate power can effectively police itself for ethical and competitive breaches. U.S. history has a thing or two to say...
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Karl Bode @karlbode.com · 9h
totally normal to use $20 million in taxpayer dollars to air black and white Trump midterm propaganda on all the major broadcast networks definitely no red flags
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NEW POPULAR FRONT Survivor❤️‍🩹 Ally🏳️‍🌈 Ukraine Must Win🇺🇦 @ouaisouaisdubuffet.bsky.social · 9h
From Financial Times today. #WeMustEndThem #Midterms #VoteEarly
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Julia Carrie Wong @joolia.bsky.social · 10h
If you're just waking up to the news of Tennessee's botched attempt to execute Christa Pike, my colleague @edpilkington.bsky.social has done powerful reporting on the doctor involved, who also botched an execution in May
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The doctor who helps put prisoners to death
Podcast Episode · Stateside with Kai and Carter · August 12 · 43m · Video
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Todd Kolod💙 @toddkolod.bsky.social · 9h
This reminds me of the Warsaw Ghetto. 100,000 died of starvation under Nazi occupation. Meanwhile Donald Trump sides with Vladimir Putin. Vote Republicans out.
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My Zero Carbon #ClimateAction @myzerocarbon.org · 27/09/2026
. Big Lake project shows promise of mixing farming, solar power We need to take urgent #ClimateAction right now to avoid the worst of Climate Change! Read on: sahanjournal.com/climate-en... .
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Big Lake agrivoltaics project shows promise of mixing farming, solar power
The Trump administration has slashed federal funding aimed at helping farmers of color access land. A partnership between a Big Lake solar garden and a nonprofit supporting immigrant farmers is moving forward.
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Kevin Gannon (now a Moo Deng fan account) @thetattooedprof.bsky.social · 11h
I think we have enough data to show if you're arresting elderly human rights lawyers you are not the good guys in this story.
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Gregory D @keepitreal1967.bsky.social · 8h
It's like a massive criminal conspiracy through Judge Cannon
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Debrianna Mansini-I’m Spartacus @dmansini.bsky.social · 9h
We are an absolutely insane country. Fuck this MAGA COURT- PLEASE #voteblue When you don’t we get what we have
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404 Media @404media.co · 10h
USPS says the cameras, put on USPS truck dashboards, will scan roads, signs, and more. @evystadium.bsky.social has more. Story by @josephcox.bsky.social here: www.404media.co/usps-to-put-...
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Digital Warrior - Combat Disinfo @digitalwarrior.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
1/ Montana just flipped switch to start kicking ppl off benefits. Starting Oct 1, the state can deny or cut Medicaid for about 70,000 adults who can't prove 80 hours a month of work, school, or volunteering. The One Big Beautiful Bill Act is now real. 🧵 #DV1 #ProudBlue #Voices4Victory #USDemocracy
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Scott Dworkin @dworkin.bsky.social · 9h
Trump's Energy Secretary wrote a check to help elect Trump's Senate pick. Under "employer," the filing says "US Dept of Energy." They didn't even bother to hide it. www.dworkinsubstack.com/p/trumps-sen...
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Bob Ballentine @raballentine.bsky.social · 13h
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Lawprofblawg @lawprofblawg.bsky.social · 9h
And they used the euphemism "passes away."
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Clay Copper @claycopper.bsky.social · 9h
Get in losers we're facilitating identify theft
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Josep Goded (Backup Account But Still Active) @josepgoded2.bsky.social · 9h
Mashhour Yassin, 51, killed in an Israeli settler attack on Yassuf, east of Salfit.
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Jon Martin Kitchen @kitchen5203.bsky.social · 9h
This! Jeff always sums things up "nicely"...Spot On!
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 9h
I recommend people read this to get a sense of the president's grave cognitive impairment. Trump is either unwilling or unable (or maybe both) to answer the questions he's actually asked, so he just rants and raves while the interviewers do their best to provide structure to his random brain firings
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Read TIME’s ‘What Trump Has Built’ Interview Transcript
The U.S. President discussed the war in Iran, press freedom, AI, and more ahead of the midterm elections.
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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 10h
Very weird goings on in Bolivia this morning, as local press says the Trump administration is reaching to extreme measures to shut down the criminal probe into Fernando Cerimedo and Brad Parscale and their operation MAGA SUR. No press coverage of any of this in US corporate media, of course.
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 10h
John Roberts' friend and defender is quoted in the piece, saying they shouldn't be shaming Roberts for the wreckage and ruin he's brought to this country because of "civility." The bullies always cry "civility" when the victims push back in the slightest.
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Don Dechert @dondechert.bsky.social · 8h
Skynet will try harder next time.
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Rep. Aftyn Behn @aftynbehn.bsky.social · 9h
Tennessee is buying its lethal injection drugs on the “gray market” as companies have stopped selling it to states. Governor Lee came out and said he would halt the remaining executions this year, but where does Marsha stand on the independent review requested by Republican legislators?
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Anton Gerashchenko @antongerashchenko.bsky.social · 8h
He is failing on the battlefield, and he is failing to intimidate us." Comment from me: Russia is indeed paying a huge price for Putin's war. However, Ukraine, as the victim of Russian aggression and daily Russian terror, is suffering considerably more.
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gamera obscura @ohrobin.bsky.social · 8h
I’m a Pilot. Landing Isn’t as Important as We Think. I’m a Structural Engineer. We’ve Become Too Focused on Whether Buildings Stay Up. I’m a Lifeguard. There’s More to Swimming Than Surviving It. I’m a Historian. The Past is Yesterday’s News.
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Norm Eisen @normeisen.bsky.social · 9h
BREAKING: Davey Hearn reflecting pool prosecution dismissed WITH PREJUDICE That means the case cannot be brought again  Huge victory for Davey, for us at @democracydefendersfund.org & our legal team colleagues Washington Litigation Group and Steptoe--& for rule of law More to follow!
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Ruth Delgado @heylookitsruth.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
“To the ICE agent who took away my mother: I hope it was worth it,” wrote Samuel Gonzalez Terrones before taking his own life. This is the reality of what mass deportation looks like. Not only impacting those who are detained but also leaving a path of destruction for the family they leave behind.
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His mom was detained by ICE. Two months later, he died by suicide
Samuel Gonzalez Terrones, 21, struggled with depression and schizophrenia. His mom's arrest by ICE became too much to bear.
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Julian Sanchez @normative.bsky.social · 8h
Was in Spain last spring and it really cannot be exaggerated how pissed Europeans are that their economies have been thoroughly fucked by the erratic whims of a maniac none of them voted for.
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Nicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 9h
Hey you, Europe, You know how we started a war without telling you, failed badly, and hurt all our economies? No, after we tariffed you, lectured you that Russia isn’t a threat, and demanded territory. Okay. So. Weaken yourself to rescue us or we’ll hurt our own economy more and you’ll be sorry.
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darth™️ @darthbluesky.bsky.social · 9h
my god
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 9h
TRUMP: Did you see the story about my uncle? TIME: The one who taught at MIT? TRUMP: I have the highest of IQs. I have the highest.
Do you trust Sam Altman?

I like him. Do I trust him? Who do I trust? I like Sam Altman. Smart. Dario's smart. They're all smart. We're dealing with a very high level of IQ. Very very high level. That's a good thing. I like that. I like it. Did you see the story about my uncle?

The one who taught at MIT?

I have the highest of IQs. I have the highest. I'm fine, and I understand that stuff. You know, my uncle was at MIT for 41 years, and you know, I'm a—I believe in genetics, frankly, and I understand. I understand it much more than I think any president would, because I do have an ability on this. I have an ability on those things that were the new frontiers. 

What I've done is I've created, for instance, these massive plants have no—We have no electricity in our grid. These massive plants now are allowed to make their own electric—
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Sapphic Spock @sapphicspock.bsky.social · 8h
Like let's be so for real here - the final polling option should say "but would you give all that up for white male supremacy?"
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Anthony McPartlin on BGT: 'That's The One!'
ALT: Anthony McPartlin on BGT: 'That's The One!'
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Yonette Joseph @sugarcane99.bsky.social · 13h
Neighbors have taken to the water to protest him. Calling themselves “kayak-tivists,” they form flotillas facing his island home, holding waterproof signs conveying their disappointment. A local newspaper columnist recommended that people in town give him the finger.
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