Reposted by Valerie SteelRon Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 17hTomorrow Eric Schmitt will present proof that Trump never met Jeffrey Epstein. 731880255
Reposted by Valerie SteelJosh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 23hHoly shit, this ad! I cannot imagine the impetus for pardoning this guy. But I’m not even sure it matters. Kind of along the lines of that Roger Marshall ad. If you’re explaining you’re losing. 341739543
Reposted by Valerie SteelOlga Nesterova @onestpress.onestnetwork.com · 21hBureau of the Assembly of States Parties to Rome Statute of the ICC decided that 25th session of the Assembly, scheduled to take place at UN HQ in NYC, will be relocated to The Hague. ..in light of concerns related to elected officials of the Court subject to US sanctions & visa restrictions 32405170
Reposted by Valerie SteelWild West🦬 @jb360.bsky.social · 21hMichael Boren tech mega millionaire #Trump appointee oversees the U.S.Forest Service,ownership stake in the Josephine Creek Ranch, The ranch is managed by his brother, Steve Boren,who started illegal fire in 20 locations on #Idaho state lands #HighCountryNews #wildfirehcn.orgRanch manager tied to top Trump appointee started 5,600-acre Idaho wildfire - High Country NewsA state investigation shines light on the unpermitted fire, which cost nearly $950,000 to contain. 134
Reposted by Valerie SteelThe Canadian Border 🇨🇦 @canadianborder.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Canadian automakers have developed an EV car that can travel 500+ km on a single charge, shows snow covered lane lines on your windshield on snowy highways, and heatmaps animals on the side of the road so you have a warning about deer and moose at night. This is for us. BRING IT TO MARKET!! 😍❤️🍁 23145561231
Reposted by Valerie SteelMary Geddry @magixarc.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Trump declared big government dead, then unveiled a federal AI chatbot powered in part by Grok. British investigators are refusing to say what Washington had already announced. #uspolitics open.substack.com/pub/marygedd...open.substack.comTrust Us, Says the PresidentFairford, America.gov, and the widening gap between what Washington asserts and what the evidence supports. 056
Reposted by Valerie SteelAnton Gerashchenko @antongerashchenko.bsky.social · 29/09/2026A former Wagner fighter, now in Ukrainian captivity, said Russian mercenaries in Mali used captured Africans as live subjects for brutal "tactical medicine training." In 2023-2024, Russian instructors deliberately maimed African prisoners, after which the mercenaries practiced stopping bleeding. 23313167
Reposted by Valerie SteelHelen Kennedy @helenkennedy.com · 29/09/2026Trump’s new AI website is kinda fun, it turns out. 5440681098
Reposted by Valerie SteelStrictlyChristo 🇺🇦🌻 @strictlychristo.bsky.social · 29/09/2026You have to drive slow in the school zone. 🐟 68220
Reposted by Valerie SteelThe Guardian @theguardian.com · 29/09/2026‘You can taste the land’: the Somerset farmer bringing wildflowers back to cheddartheguardian.com‘You can taste the land’: the Somerset farmer bringing wildflowers back to cheddarTom Calver has sacrificed milk yields to give his cows a more varied diet of plants and believes the result is better cheese and richer farmland 19015
Reposted by Valerie Steel𝙽𝚊𝚜𝚑 𝙸𝚜 𝙷𝚎𝚛𝚎 𝙵𝚘𝚛 𝙸𝚝 @nashishereforit.bsky.social · 29/09/2026“I want to talk to the Cornell 8th” 67523
Reposted by Valerie SteelBock Sam @bocksam.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Wow!!! What a full house in Maine! Thanks to @hcrichardson.bsky.social for promoting Troy Jackson. Maine peeps, it is time to vote for someone who cares for you! 4512110
Reposted by Valerie Steeltaber @kvetch.gay · 28/09/2026Here's a map of how iron ore mined in Minnesota moves (the red lines). Note the markers for where steel facilities are located, they're where they are because you have to move the stuff on ships. There are no steel mills in Iowa of any size because you can't get the fucking stuff it's made of there 72564215
Reposted by Valerie SteelDan Diamond @ddiamond.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Russell Brand, who's awaiting trial in London next month on rape and sexual assault charges, will moderate a panel at DC's MAHA summit tomorrow on reforming a U.S. health agency 22425861057
Reposted by Valerie Steeljamelle @jamellebouie.net · 28/09/2026this is the fridge of a person who doesn’t prepare a single meal 3514920269
Reposted by Valerie SteelPaul Peters @pdbqp.eurosky.social · 28/09/2026"... Everybody complains about politicians. Everybody says they suck. Well, where do people think these politicians come from? They don't fall out of the sky. They don't pass through a membrane from another reality..." - George Carlin 011
Reposted by Valerie SteelJohn Q. Barrett @johnqbarrett.bsky.social · 28/09/2026President Trump is a massive liar. It’s why he’s unfit for office, and for every other decent person role. Thank you for this essay and for all of your work, Daniel Dale. @ddale8.bsky.social www.cnn.com/2026/09/27/p...cnn.comI started fact-checking Trump 10 years ago. Here are 15 things I’ve learned | CNN PoliticsTen years ago this month, in my old job as Washington correspondent for the Toronto Star, I started what I believed would be a quick little side project: fact-checking underdog presidential candidate ... 614547
Reposted by Valerie SteelGovernor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 27/09/2026Talking 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.comGov. 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. 48594991245
Reposted by Valerie SteelAlondra Nelson @alondra.bsky.social · 27/09/2026The idea that people want AI oversight to happen "all of a sudden" ignores years of research, warnings, and policy efforts. The delay hasn’t been a lack of awareness; it’s been because of years of industry lobbying against regulation, political resistance, and inaction. 37931243
Reposted by Valerie SteelHoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Tommy Tuberville, we found the furries, they’re at Mar-a-Lago. 73871742232
Reposted by Valerie SteelMike Masnick @masnick.com · 24/09/2026I do not think the world's supply of cringe could adequately cover how cringe this is. 2239945
Reposted by Valerie SteelStrictlyChristo 🇺🇦🌻 @strictlychristo.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Hurricane Polo is now the second-strongest hurricane ever recorded in the Eastern Pacific With a central pressure of 892 mbar (26.34 inHg), it is the second-most intense Pacific hurricane by central pressure ever recorded, behind only Hurricane Patricia. 610645
Reposted by Valerie SteelShooti @bambooshooti.bsky.social · 27/09/2026#ResistanceRoots Johnny Appleseed was born on this day in 1774 in Leominster, Province of Massachusetts Bay. He was a real person, and he planted a lot of apple trees, but he mainly sold them to make hard cider. He was also a pacifist, altruistic, revered nature and respected Indigenous tribes. /1 31791266
Reposted by Valerie SteelJoyce White Vance @joycewhitevance.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Tonight, pictures of chickens. It’s been a long week. We deserve some down time. joycevance.substack.com/p/some-chick...joycevance.substack.comSome ChickensIt’s very good to be a chicken. 52141595
Reposted by Valerie SteelKOJAMF🤘🖤🤘 @kojamf.bsky.social · 27/09/2026DR P3 "Congratulations, Mr. Trump, on your brand new 75-year-old deal! HUGE!" 57032
Reposted by Valerie SteelStrictlyChristo 🇺🇦🌻 @strictlychristo.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Miss Nayarit contestant Miss Nayarit is a state-level contest in the state of Nayarit, Mexico, which selects the state representative for the national contest Miss México, thus aspiring to represent the country internationally. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miss_Na... 56714
Reposted by Valerie SteelTomás Murray @tomasjmurray.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Today is T. S. Eliot’s birthday. From ‘Preludes’: “One thinks of all the hands That are raising dingy shades In a thousand furnished rooms.” 1152
Reposted by Valerie SteelAnne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 26/09/2026Incredible: another Ukrainian famine is unfolding, this time in Russian-occupied Oleshky. The remaining inhabitants of what used to be a thriving small city, now down to about 6000 people, are blockaded by Russian forces and cut off from food and water. www.bbc.com/news/article...bbc.comOleshky: Eating garden weeds to survive in Russian-occupied city cut off from food and waterThe BBC has spoken to residents in the Russian-occupied Ukrainian town of Oleshky who say they are being "constantly shelled". 7418861162
Reposted by Valerie SteelProPublica @propublica.org · 26/09/2026NEW: ProPublica’s Jake Pearson lost $10,000 mimicking the betting patterns of a problem gambler on DraftKings to test the company’s “responsible gaming” safeguards. One week in, he was invited to become a VIP — and faced little pushback as he spiraled.propublica.orgI Deliberately Bet Like a Problem Gambler. DraftKings Made Me a VIP.Amid growing public health concerns, operators like DraftKings have touted “responsible gaming” tools and prompts. But as I went off the deep end, I found they were no match for the incentives and pro... 11838861489
Reposted by Valerie SteelChristopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 26/09/2026This is actually hell, right? 200867172299
Reposted by Valerie SteelScott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 26/09/2026As a jury in New Mexico awards $219 billion in damages against Zuckerberg for practices that harm and exploit children, NYT runs a special PR makeover edition designed to present him as a humane wonderful person, not the monster that he is. 2212761
Reposted by Valerie SteelAnonymous @youranoncentral.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Melania Trump refused to shake President Xi's hand, meanwhile Trump repeatdly touched him and invaded his personal space through out the day. 58393112
Reposted by Valerie SteelAllison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 25/09/2026My weird phobia’s and rituals. I line my French fries up by size and eat them two at a time, shortest to longest. If I don’t do this, something terrible will happen. 1/ 4332057134
Reposted by Valerie Steelbubbie50.bsky.social @bubbie50.bsky.social · 25/09/2026"Additionally, the mosquito can carry yellow fever virus, Ross River virus, Barmah Forest virus, Japanese encephalitis virus, and Rift Valley fever virus—none of which have been found in the United States. It is also the primary transmitter of dog heartworm in Australia." 011
Reposted by Valerie SteelSteve Vladeck @stevevladeck.bsky.social · 25/09/2026This was the 28th time #SCOTUS has granted emergency relief to the Trump administration since 1/20/25. That matches the total number of grants during the entirety of the first Trump administration. And both of those totals dwarf the *four* grants of relief (two each) during the Bush & Obama admins. 791623693
Reposted by Valerie SteelBladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Just want to point out Vladimir Putin can't go to the UN because he is a War Criminal. But Netanyahu can go to the UN even though he is a War Criminal. Because EVERYBODY is on Israel's payroll. 41617223
Reposted by Valerie SteelJames Fallows @jfallows.bsky.social · 25/09/2026My dad was a small-town doctor who made late-night house calls on most nights I can remember growing up—and to my personal knowledge forgave (or delayed) payments from people who were on hard times. This story makes me want to move to Kansas and spend next 5+ weeks canvassing. 371137257
Reposted by Valerie Steel🌬Breeze @cool-summer-breeze.bsky.social · 24/09/2026This is the Stolen Neighbors Quilt. Each of the 11,000 squares represents a person taken by ICE in Minnesota. 121121585144
Reposted by Valerie SteelScott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 25/09/2026On the eve of the elections in Brazil, Zuckerberg suspends and shuts down President Lula's social media accounts in a move that appears to have been coordinated with Trump advisors who are guiding the campaign of Lula's opponent, the fascist candidate Flávio Bolsonaro.metropoles.comMeta restringe anúncios de Lula a 10 dias do 1º turno; campanha recorreColigação pede restabelecimento da conta usada para realizar os anúncios oficiais da campanha em até 6 horas 76554
Reposted by Valerie SteelRyan Goodman @rgoodlaw.bsky.social · 25/09/2026President Trump-Rubio are reportedly preparing to unleash sweeping sanctions to cripple International Criminal Court. One potential consequence: The release of some of the world's worst criminals held by the Court. Case 1: Philippines' Duterte held for crimes against humanityjustsecurity.orgProposed U.S. Sanctions Against the ICC Could Lead to Detainees’ ReleaseA list of individuals currently in ICC custody awaiting trial or judgment, who could be released if U.S. sanctions dismantle the Court. 70669361
Reposted by Valerie SteelTomás Murray @tomasjmurray.bsky.social · 25/09/2026William Faulkner, Writer, #BornOnThisDay in 1897, in New Albany, Mississippi “Memory believes before knowing remembers. Believes longer than recollects, longer than knowing even wonders.” (‘Light in August’) 📸 Henri Cartier-Bresson (1947) 0102
Valerie Steel @pagev2.bsky.social · 24/09/2026www.theguardian.com/business/202... To dedicated fans, it wasn’t just a fabric store. A vital hub for small businesses–wedding dress makers, upholsters, milliners & rug repairers & taught generations to make, fix &. craft. A visit sparked new ideas in a way that shopping online just can’t replicate.theguardian.comJoAnn Fabrics fans seek to stitch void left by private equity with crafts co-opUS crafters are looking to build a communal network to replace the company after it was bankrupted by private equity investors in 2025 010
Reposted by Valerie SteelSuperMarina @supermarina.bsky.social · 24/09/2026When Anal Retentive and Obsessive Compulsive have a baby and he grows up and buys a crow bar! 041
