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still in Pittsburgh @pdpittsburgh.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
this keeps me up at night!!!!
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Taniel @taniel.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
The DA who targeted Flowers for decades got to walk into the sunset via an easy retirement having faced no discipline, as we wrote about a few years ago. boltsmag.org/mississippi-...
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Mississippi DA, Exposed for Striking Black Jurors, Leaves His Office On His Own Terms - Bolts
Doug Evans, the district attorney best known for his tireless crusade against Curtis Flowers, a Black Mississippian whom Evans tried an extraordinary six times for the same crime, is leaving... Read M...
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Charles Gaba ✡️ @charlesgaba.com · 07/10/2026
IN SHORT: The $500 "rebate" scheme... --is almost exclusively going to red & swing states; --is selecting recipients via sloppy, arbitrary means; --only cancels out a small fraction of the economic damage caused by Trump to begin with; and... --is likely illegal anyway.
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Truthout @truthout.org · 07/10/2026
A group of House Democrats has called for Israel to release hundreds of health care workers, including physicians like Hussam Abu Safiya, from detention as Israel’s genocide in Gaza reaches into its fourth year.
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Tlaib, Democrats Call for Israel to Release Palestinian Doctors From Detention
Israel has killed over 1,700 Palestinian health care workers in three years of genocide in Gaza.
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Gillian Brockell @gillianbrockell.com · 07/10/2026
Phone Chomsavanh was born in a refugee camp in Thailand and lived in the US for four decades. He'd never been to Laos, but that was the "home" country he thought he'd be deported to when ICE grabbed him at his place in Florida in June 2025. That is not what happened. prospect.org/2026/10/07/t...
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Third-Country National Stuck in Airport for Days After Release From African Prison - The American Prospect
Finally out of the prison Trump expelled him to, Phone Chomsavanh’s fight for freedom hit one more snag.
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still in Pittsburgh @pdpittsburgh.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
its the everyday kindness that always startles me
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Truthout @truthout.org · 07/10/2026
The top Democrat on the powerful House Oversight Committee has opened a probe into Jared Kushner and his private equity firm’s stake in Israeli military suppliers, raising concerns over “significant conflicts of interest”as Kushner serves as a top Middle East negotiator for the Trump administration.
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Democrat Opens Probe Into Kushner’s Firm’s Stake in Israeli Military
Kushner’s role as a “special envoy” allows him to dodge financial reporting requirements, the Democrat pointed out.
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Reuters @reuters.com · 07/10/2026
French mayor caught in viral video clash says student protesters 'could be my children' reut.rs/4dsSsBD
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French mayor caught in viral video clash says student protesters 'could be my children'
In a video that has gone viral on social media, Bally Bagayoko, the mayor of ‌the French town of Saint-Denis, stands facing police at a march in Paris on Tuesday, shielding young protesters and shouting "stop."
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Reuters @reuters.com · 07/10/2026
US seizes $3 million in fuel shipments to Cuba as crackdown continues reut.rs/4hOoPvG
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US seizes $3 million in fuel shipments to Cuba as crackdown continues
The US said on Wednesday it had seized 90 separate shipments of biodiesel bound for Cuba worth nearly $3 million, the second time ​in a week US authorities have announced the seizure of "illegal" fuel ‌en route to the island nation.
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Truthout @truthout.org · 07/10/2026
White House staffers indicated on Tuesday that President Donald Trump will not be reimbursing the government for the millions of dollars in taxpayer funds he has used to produce promotional TV ads ahead of this year’s midterm elections.
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Trump Won’t Reimburse Taxpayers for Ads Promoting Himself Paid for by Government
Trump has spent at least $10 million in taxpayer funds on TV ads ahead of the midterm elections.
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Truthout @truthout.org · 07/10/2026
Thousands of Cornell University students protested on campus on Monday, demanding accountability for the mishandling of the 2024 rape case that has come under national spotlight. According to a 2025 survey, 35% of undergraduate women at Cornell reported experiencing sexual assault at the university.
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Thousands of Cornell Students Protest for Accountability in Rape Case
In a 2025 survey, 35 percent of undergraduate women reported experiencing sexual assault during their time at Cornell.
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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Horrifying: Arizona Democratic congressional candidate Bernadette Greene-Placentia was raped by a man after he knocked her out. Another man approached her to do the same. “She began swinging her foot at him. ‘Not even worth it,’ she heard the man say as he moved away.”
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Congressional candidate is raped while repairing her campaign signs
Embarrassed, she initially didn’t want to report attack. Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office's investigation is ongoing.
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still in Pittsburgh @pdpittsburgh.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
here's a closer look at amazon bsky.app/profile/pdpi...
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Ordinary Notes @hystericalblkns.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
www.theguardian.com/world/2026/a...
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‘Racist ideology lodges itself amid austerity politics’: newly elected French mayor on tackling far right
Bally Bagayoko, who was targeted by racist abuse after winning Saint-Denis mayorship, vows to tackle inequality to stem deepening divisions
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Erica Ifill @wickdchiq.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
The mayor of Saint-Denis, Bally Bagayoko, literally used himself as a human shield to protect students from police violence
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Faisal فيصل @faisalhamadah.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Case in point
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Phoenix New Times @phoenixnewtimes.com · 07/10/2026
Embarrassed, she initially didn’t want to report attack. Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office's investigation is ongoing. www.phoenixnewtimes.com/news/congre…
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still in Pittsburgh @pdpittsburgh.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
they exploit their workers to an extraordinary degree www.makerstations.io/amazon-emplo...
a graph comparing revenue and profit per employee - and pay. e.g., in 2025 revenue per employee was $454,900.  Net income per employee was $49,280.
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still in Pittsburgh @pdpittsburgh.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
if you have options, please cancel amazon. too much harm to too many people
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Laura @tutusntinyhats.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Nothing feels like enough in the face of such overwhelming horrors, but if you want to materially support Palestinians in Gaza, I highly recommend The Sameer Project, which is doing incredible, life-saving mutual aid work on the ground: thesameerproject.org
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The Sameer Project – Palestinian-led mutual aid group working towards liberation
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still in Pittsburgh @pdpittsburgh.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
it's always been racialized. whiteness all the way through and down (I grew up in it)
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still in Pittsburgh @pdpittsburgh.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Bally Bagayoko, mayor of Saint-Denis. someone to pay attention to bsky.app/profile/wick...
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rax ‘levon honkers’ king @raxkingisdead.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
a little louder for the cheap seats in the back
One of the biggest myths is that men rape by mistake. Like, "Oh, they need consent training." But research is very clear: Sexual violence is not a mistake. It is an intentionally made decision by people who know they don't have consent. They just don't prioritize consent over things like status, power, domination, and sexual gratification.
For my research, I got a certificate of confidentiality from the National Institutes of Health, so my notes couldn't be subpoenaed. One of the reasons I call them perpetrators in my work is because every single person I interviewed confessed in that context. The first question I would ask them was, "When you received that email from Title IX that you were under investigation, did you know what it was about?" Every perpetrator I interviewed said "yes." If sexual assault were a miscommunication, you would be wondering, What have I possibly done wrong? That is not the way that any of them reacted because they knew.
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
“.. defense companies backed by the president's sons, including Anduril, have now raked in more than $6 billion dollars in active or promised government contracts since those investments were made, according to the government's official contract reporting. abcnews.com/Politics/tru...
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Cornbread Countess @breadbae.blacksky.app · 06/10/2026
I know everybody is outraged about the Cornell case, but this rape at LSU isn’t getting the same attention it deserves. And the school did find the student guilty of forcible rape. youtu.be/SI35s6GKbL0?...
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EXCLUSIVE: LSU student says university failed her after Title IX finding in alleged sexual assaul...
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Truthout @truthout.org · 06/10/2026
The U.S. joins only Russia and Belarus in rejecting the OSCE’s election monitoring, and comes as the Trump administration is seeking to deploy 1,000 "monitors" of their own to poll sites this election cycle.
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Truthout @truthout.org · 06/10/2026
For the first time in more than two decades, the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe will not conduct oversight of the upcoming midterm elections after the Trump administration effectively blocked them from doing so.
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Trump Blocks International Board From Conducting Oversight of Midterm Elections
This is the first time in over two decades that the US has rejected OSCE participation in a federal election.
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Gillian Brockell @gillianbrockell.com · 06/10/2026
I LOVE how @propublica.org dealt with official comment here, editorially and stylistically.
The Trump administration says none of this is happening. 

"DHS is NOT arresting U.S. citizens by mistake." "There are no 'indiscriminate' stops." Allegations of "racial profiling are disgusting, reckless and categorically FALSE." "The pattern is NOT of law enforcement using force." "ICE does not zip tie or restrain children." 

But that is precisely what is happening, and at a far larger scale than previously reported.
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still in Pittsburgh @pdpittsburgh.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
heads up Western PA! www.publicsource.org/elizabeth-to...
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Records reveal sprawling data center and power plant plans for Elizabeth Township
Emails obtained by Pittsburgh's Public Source show a developer's plan for a 3.7 million-square-foot data center campus and gas plant in Elizabeth Township.
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Grant Stern @grantstern.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Why are Americans turning against data centers? SLAPP suits like THIS: www.ozarksfirst.com/news/develop...
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Developer sues election candidate in Webster County over data center comments
WEBSTER COUNTY, Mo. — The developer of an ongoing data center in Webster County is now suing a candidate in this November’s election in response to comments made on the project. On Monday, Tr…
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Noah Berlatsky @nberlat.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
cas part of the revealer's special issue on religion and democracy, I wrote about the myth of meritocracy. Meritocracy is often thought of as a core democratic goal. But in fact its corrosive of democracy because it rationalizes and justifies existing hierarchies. therevealer.org/the-myth-of-...
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Skeptic's Corner: The Myth of Meritocracy Is a Dagger in the Heart of Democracy — The Revealer
The secular faith in meritocracy, our democratic religion, is an acid eating through our democratic institutions
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Project Salt Box @projectsaltbox.com · 06/10/2026
Add the Tremont, Penn. warehouse to that list, as well. disposal.gsa.gov/s/property/a...
A property description for an ICE warehouse in Tremont, Pennsylvania.
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Gillian Brockell @gillianbrockell.com · 06/10/2026
"[W]hen a majority of the justices on our highest court show themselves to be consistently indifferent to the growing chasm between law and justice, it is not 'public rhetoric' that causes Americans to distrust the Court. It is the Court that surrenders its own legitimacy in the eyes of the public."
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still in Pittsburgh @pdpittsburgh.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
great essay Noah. thank you! I'm going to share the link with my students
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
“.. The catch? Children and their parents can’t pick the stocks or reject donated shares, and they can’t sell for five years.” @wsj.com www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
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still in Pittsburgh @pdpittsburgh.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
heads-up Western PA! www.publicsource.org/elizabeth-to...
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Records reveal sprawling data center and power plant plans for Elizabeth Township
Emails obtained by Pittsburgh's Public Source show a developer's plan for a 3.7 million-square-foot data center campus and gas plant in Elizabeth Township.
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Amanda Katz @katzish.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
It's been such a long few years, I'd forgotten this particular rape accusation against Hegseth. The woman told police she may have been drugged. Hegseth, who was married to one woman and had just had a baby with another, said it was consensual but paid her $50k to settle. He was confirmed anyway.
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UAINE @mahtowin1.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
GOOD NEWS: Today the US Supreme Court declined to hear a challenge involving the Indian Child Welfare Act, upholding protections for Native children and Tribal sovereignty. #ICWA narf.org/supreme-cour...
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Supreme Court Rejects Challenge to Indian Child Welfare Act - Native American Rights Fund
On October 5, 2026, the United States Supreme Court declined to take up a challenge to the constitutionality of the Indian Child Welfare Act (ICWA), denying certiorari in N.R. v. Ellison, a case where...
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Breathe Project @breathe-project.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Five ways to get involved this month: from rallies in Harrisburg to public meetings on the Springdale data center and the Edgar Thomson air permit. Decisions about our health gets made in these rooms. More info: breatheproject.org/events
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Jacquelyn Gill @jacquelyngill.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
This is gutting. Sternberg is one of the most important paleontology museums in the country. MUSEUMS SHOULD BE LAST ON THE LIST TO CLOSE, NOT FIRST. What kind of world do we want to live in? Because running the country -- and universities -- like businesses and not a public good is what got us here.
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Tao Neuendorffer @taonf.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Nobody made it clearer than Albert Einstein himself that they collaborated on special relativity when he wrote to Mileva on 27 March 1901: “How happy and proud I will be when the two of us together will have brought our work on relative motion to a victorious conclusion.”
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The Overlooked Genius of Mileva Marić, Einstein’s First Wife
Mileva Marić was a brilliant physicist—and there is evidence that she contributed significantly to her husband’s groundbreaking science
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🏳️‍⚧️ Ciara RayneCloud 🏳️‍⚧️ @ciararaynecloud.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Hi everyone, as you saw already, I departed the Pride Caucus. (After only six to seven days in it sadly.) My friend Arienne Childrey, now follows me in departing. She has officially resigned and left the cacus as well. If anyone wants to poke the bigger accounts, please do.
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The NewsGuild-CWA @newsguild.org · 05/10/2026
Fantastic news!!! The Supreme Court declined to hear the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette’s appeal of a ruling requiring the company to pay back its workers for the cuts to pay, illegally implemented increases in health care costs & more. When we fight, we win!!! ✊✊✊
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still in Pittsburgh @pdpittsburgh.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
www.wesanews.org/health-scien...
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Pa. health officials face multiple fronts as measles outbreak overlaps with respiratory virus season
As Pennsylvania's statewide measles outbreak overlaps with the start of the respiratory virus season, health officials are facing several fronts. And it appears despite a recent rift with the Trump ad...
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Truthout @truthout.org · 05/10/2026
ICE is arresting a record number of pregnant women and teenagers who cannot access the medical care they need, according to the reporting. At the same time, the agency appears to have lost count of how many people had miscarriages after October 2025.
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ICE Jail Policies for Pregnant People Built on Legacy of Eugenics, Critics Say
A record number of pregnant women and teenagers have been arrested by ICE. They cannot access medical care they need.
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Miaganga @miaganga.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
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still in Pittsburgh @pdpittsburgh.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
in PA took it's bad www.wesanews.org/health-scien...
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Allegheny County confirms measles case as Pennsylvania outbreak surpasses 1,000 infections
The patient visited the Target at 9805 McKnight Road on Thursday Oct. 1, according to county officials. Anyone who visited the store between 3:45 p.m. and 5:45 p.m. Thursday may have been exposed to t...
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Crits For Cats, Inc. Cat Rescue @crits4cats.org · 05/10/2026
Our dear dear friend Haley at @friendsofbear.bsky.social has a very sick, sweet geriatric kitty who is in the hospital dealing with some stuff. She posted on her IG that all she’d like for her birthday today is some donations for his care: linktr.ee/friendsofbear
An orange tabby cat who is a bit old and scrungly sleeping inside a cubby bed.An old orange tabby cat who is a bit disheveled and scrungly, looking quite under the weather with an IV catheter in one leg and a kind hand scritching his cheek gently.friendsofbearcatrescue one of my favorite little FoB sanctuary buddies Mr. Peaches is currently in the hospital
no pressure but it's my birthday today
and I would love nothing more than if you could donate toward his hospital bill so we can give him the best chance
our donation links are in our bio!
Peaches came to us at the end of May after 13 hard years on the street. His time outside definitely showed, he was in horrendous shape and weighed 5
Ibs of mostly fleas. Since then, we have been managing his various conditions. He's dealt with anemia, congestion, gastric ulcers, kidney disease, horrible dental disease... the list goes on. We've been slowly chipping away at these issues and he was actually starting to feel pretty good! A couple weeks ago, he started backsliding and I've been trying to figure him out. This weekend, it became clear he was declining and what I was doing at home wasn't enough, so I had to admit him to the hospital.
Peaches is dealing with an infection, dehydration, another gastric ulcer, pretty awful congestion and a mild hit to his kidneys. Thankfully, after 24 hrs of fluids, he's showing improvement. Through all of this, he continues to have the loudest purr and best headbutts for everyone who helps him
I feel hopeful that we can get Peaches back on track and give him more time to feel loved and cherished, something he missed out on for his first 13 years of life. If you're able to pitch in $1 or $5 toward his care, we would all appreciate it more than you know.
Everyone who has met this little guy knows how special he is and how much he wants to stick around
thank you all as always for the ongoing support for these gross cats, they are my heart and soul and your donations and kind comments mean the world to me
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PennFuture @pennfuture.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Renewable energy news!
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