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Laura S

@pickersnext.bsky.social
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Film lover, avid reader, recovered baker, your permanent "phone a friend" for trivia

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Codify Baseball @codifybaseball.bsky.social · 13h
Payton Tolle is the youngest Boston Red Sox pitcher to start Game 1 of a postseason series since Babe Ruth in the 1918 World Series.
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Robert Evans (the Only Robert Evans) @iwriteok.bsky.social · 19h
yes when i think of the people in my life I've watched weep in despair for lack of affordable childcare options i think "urban, affluent voters"
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 9h
Babies who don’t get the vitamin K shot are 81 times more likely to develop severe bleeding. In many cases, oxygen can’t reach their brains and blood pools around their skulls. Yet driven by misinformation, more parents are refusing the injection. (Published May)
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Babies Are Bleeding to Death as Parents Reject a Vitamin Shot Given at Birth
A lifesaving injection given at birth to prevent severe bleeding has become collateral damage of the anti-vaccine movement.
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Brooke Harrington @ebharrington.bsky.social · 8h
One of the things to come from GamerGate was the gamification of torturing real, live women...hounding them out of their homes, making them look over their shoulders for years. It was treated as a joke, nbd, the work of a few bad apples--as all terrorism against women is--& that failure leads here.
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Colin M. Henry @henryhenryhenry.com · 11h
this is specifically what Twitter was re-engineered to do, btw. it exists almost solely to threaten anyone at the flashpoint of a nascent social movement.
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 17h
Oz: Russell Brand was backstage hugging the Secretary of Agriculture Brand: She initiated that contact. Oz: Ha!
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Kate Manne @katemanne.bsky.social · 13h
I wrote for @thecut.com about the Cornell case and what it says that, at my institution and many others like it, protesters are often punished more harshly than sexual assailants www.thecut.com/article/what...
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What It Feels Like at Cornell Right Now
As a professor at the Ivy League school, Kate Manne has known many, many victims. There’s a palpable feeling on campus, she writes, that this is big.
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Kristina Killgrove @killgrove.bsky.social · 9h
I was not prepared for how much of adulting is trying to figure out what That Smell is. Not the trash can. Not the other trash can. (Took them out.) Not the garbage disposal, the dishes, or the cat box. (Cleaned them all.) Aha, it’s a rogue potato that decided to liquefy itself in the cabinet! 🥔
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billkittle.bsky.social @billkittle.bsky.social · 13h
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Greg Jenner (Historian) @gregjenner.bsky.social · 3h
Thank you! If you’re a writer, sign up — you may be due royalties on your work 👇
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Polling USA @usapolling.bsky.social · 17h
Jesus Christ dude
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Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan @london.gov.uk · 20h
Access to culture is a right, not a privilege. Keeping museums free means millions can continue to explore, learn and be inspired, regardless of their background or income. That's good for London, and good for ensuring cost is never a barrier to discovery.
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Culture secretary confirms free admission for all at England’s national museums will remain
The announcement by Lisa Nandy, the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, came after recent discussions of introducing admission fees for overseas visitors
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Kat Abughazaleh @katmabu.bsky.social · 16h
WE LOVE STUDENT JOURNALISTS IN THIS HOUSE
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Laura S @pickersnext.bsky.social · 13h
This is this but dumber:
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Simpsons Sideshow Bob
Alt: Simpsons Sideshow Bob and lots of rakes
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The Onion @theonion.com · 13h
"Everyone knows Frodo’s the hero of Lord Of The Rings, but he’s not in this case, which—I mean, evil is a form of innovation, right?” — Peter Thiel
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Creatively Tapped-Out Peter Thiel Launches Startup Called ‘Frodo, But Evil’
BUENOS AIRES—After exhausting a significant amount of his intellectual energy in a series of company launches, a creatively tapped-out Peter Thiel announced Tuesday a new startup called “Frodo, But Ev...
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Roy Wood Jr- Ex Jedi @roywoodjr.bsky.social · 16h
Just got word from @Cubs that i did NOT make their playoff roster. It was clearly a tough decision by the club but I support them none the less. best of luck to them in October.
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Clare Blackwood @clareblackwood.bsky.social · 16h
Genuinely excited to watch a stress-free playoffs this year. My team shitting the bed in ways no one could have predicted had its advantages after all!
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Robert Evans (the Only Robert Evans) @iwriteok.bsky.social · 14h
Last week the Portland Police made a huge deal about a K9 killed in the line of duty apprehending a dangerous suspect. Turns out that K9 was shot and killed by...the Portland Police www.kgw.com/article/news...
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Janel Comeau 🍁 @verybadllama.bsky.social · 17h
chips: we put more air in the bag cookies: we put fewer cookies in the box fruit cups: we have bent the laws of time and space to fit 4 litres of juice in this 250ml cup. God himself told us "stop, that's too much juice" and then we flipped him off and added more juice.
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The Beaverton @thebeaverton.com · 20h
Child's imaginary restaurant acquired, shuttered by private equity
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Child's imaginary restaurant acquired, shuttered by private equity
BRANDON, MB - 4-year-old Mikaela Hermer's imaginary restaurant, in which she served invisible hot dogs and ice cream to her parents and friends, has filed for bankruptcy after being acquired by Hedges...
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Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan @london.gov.uk · 28/09/2026
The countdown is on for a traffic-free Oxford Street. Monday 26 October marks a new chapter for the nation’s high street as it becomes pedestrianised.
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Anonymous @youranoncentral.bsky.social · 22h
Israel has left Gaza devastated: 134K+ buildings destroyed, 74,000+ Palestinians killed and mass displacement. In the West Bank, Israeli settlement expansion and settler attacks are accelerating as Palestinians are expelled from their homes and land. It is genocide. Survivors ask: "Where do we go?"
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'Systematically erased' by Israel: 74,000 dead, 82 per cent of Gaza in ruins and the West Bank burning
An investigation into death, destruction, hunger, genocide findings, settler violence and annexation across Gaza, the West Bank and East Jerusalem, October 2023 to September 2026.
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Qasim Rashid, Esq. @qasimrashid.com · 28/09/2026
Men—we need to talk: •Timothy Hudson raped & killed his stepsister—he got pretrial release •7 men at Cornell drugged, trafficked, & raped a woman—they faced no consequences •An American man annihilates his entire family—every 5 days Women are not safe around men www.qasimrashid.com/p/women-are-...
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Women Are Not Safe Around Men
This is a fact. The data is unambiguous and the solutions exist. The only thing missing is the will to act.
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 23h
This is not something you say if you actually like education or children
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Papa Woof und Krampus und Bleaken @papawoof.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
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Cult MTL @cultmtl.com · 28/09/2026
CBC’s iconic Hockey Night in Canada returns in new partnership with PWHL
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CBC's iconic Hockey Night in Canada returns in new partnership with PWHL
CBC's iconic Hockey Night in Canada is returning this season in a new historic partnership with the PWHL.
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Greg Jenner (Historian) @gregjenner.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Hello, VERY exciting news!!! -- We are doing a You're Dead To Me... Live special about Beethoven, with the BBC Concert Orchestra, on Nov 13th at London's Southbank Centre!!! Tickets (£26) go on sale to the public on Thursday, but tomorrow for members www.southbankcentre.co.uk/whats-on/bbc...
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BBC's You're Dead To Me Live: Ludwig van Beethoven | Southbank Centre
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The Serfs (youtube.com/theserfstv) @theserfstv.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Michael Tracey is actively attempting to dox Jane Doe in the Cornell 7 rape case
Michael Tracey : If you happen to know who this Cornell "Jane Doe" is, get in touch and I would be happy to publish her name and identifying information. And yes -- this is 100% permitted under the First Amendment, whatever threats or emotional blackmail people might want to deploy"Report" me for what, exactly? Save your breath, scumbag. Sorry you hate the First Amendment so much. Her identity is obviously newsworthy at this point, and I will take extreme pleasure in reporting it. (Not "doxing" -- that's a total canard)
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Kat Abughazaleh @katmabu.bsky.social · 22h
I literally don’t know a single woman who hasn’t been raped, stalked, groped, harassed, or sexually violated in some way at some point in their life. If you choose to doubt and dox survivors, just know every woman in your life is disgusted by you.
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 23h
"Fuck that." "I'm Sherrod Brown and I approve of this message."
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Sherrod Brown @sherrodbrownoh.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
NEW AD: Listen to this sh*t.
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Jessica Valenti @jessicavalenti.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Please don't give the DA reopening the Cornell case any cookies. District Attorney Matthew Van Houten all but called Jane Doe a liar today. He said that in Doe's initial statement, she described "her participation in drug use and sexual conduct as voluntary, conscious, and consensual.” CONSENSUAL
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Clare Blackwood @clareblackwood.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Our premier is such a piece of shit.
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StrictlyChristo 🇺🇦🌻 @strictlychristo.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
This also sums up the American healthcare experience pretty well. American healthcare is a travesty. This is the bad place.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
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The Volatile Mermaid @ohnoshetwitnt.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Men, stop telling women you denounce sexual assault and start telling your male friends.
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Jasmine @feistybunnygirl.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Remember when they kicked an entire girl’s softball team out of the championship game because a player posted a private Snapchat where she was flipping off the camera? It’s funny how they never worry about ruining girl’s futures.
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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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Anonymous @youranoncentral.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
According to unnamed Arab officials, Egypt repeatedly warned Israel that an attack from Gaza was coming, while UAE reportedly warned Netanyahu directly that Hamas was planning major action weeks before the Oct. 7 attack. Netanyahu denies receiving them.
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Egypt's spy chief reportedly warned Netanyahu multiple times before 7 October massacre
Netanyahu secretly met UAE President Mohamed bin Zayed on 27 September amid reports he sought a denial of a pre-Oct. 7 warning. Hours later, new claims emerged that Egypt had also warned Israel. Netan...
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EnchanTRIS✨✨✨ @myobsexssions.blacksky.app · 29/09/2026
Just applied to be a poll worker for Election Day. I know they’re planning to invalidate votes. And threaten ppl. Gonna put my Spanish skills to use and try to help the elderly. Just doing my part to try to help keep this damn country from eating itself alive.
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Private Eye Magazine @privateeyenews.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Once upon a time, before Hugo Chávez came to power in 1999, Venezuela was a serious oil power, pumping more than 3m barrels a day and on track for 5m. A quarter century of corruption, negligence and incompetence later, it barely manages a million.
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🍁🇨🇦Team Canada Forever🇨🇦🍁 @teamcanadaforever.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
🚨👇🏽THIS THIS THIS👇🏽🚨 Exactly 💯💯💯
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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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Bill @bill-of-lefts.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
texans, you are going to see this clip once a week and twice on sundays until the election
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 28/09/2026
yeah i am reasonably sure that i have a better chance of winning the democratic primary for president than rahm emmanuel
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Dan Szymborski @dszymborski.fangraphs.com · 28/09/2026
If Max Scherzer showed up at a playoff game and walked onto the mound and just started pitching for one of the teams, would anyone really dare to stop him?
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The Volatile Mermaid @ohnoshetwitnt.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
They tell us a million bullshit things we can do to avoid being raped without telling predators to just not rape us.
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Qasim Rashid, Esq. @qasimrashid.com · 28/09/2026
What my DMs look like right now. Why? Because a woman is suing the 7 men at Cornell who drugged, trafficked, and raped her—and I wrote an article addressing all men and condemning rapists. And predictably—weak men are offended. Here’s my article upsetting them: www.qasimrashid.com/p/cornell-un...
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Clare Blackwood @clareblackwood.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
This was the most fun game of the year. I genuinely forgot what team we were playing because it didn't matter - Scherzer was going to take them down anyway. 114 pitches on three days' rest. What a guy. Anyway, now I'm crying again thanks Blue Jays
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The Beaverton @thebeaverton.com · 28/09/2026
Alberta Separatists unveil development slogan: “Come Invest in our unstable breakaway republic!”
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Alberta Separatists unveil development slogan “Come Invest in our unstable breakaway republic!”
CALGARY - With the Alberta Separatism referendum fast approaching, pro-separatist groups have launched a new campaign to entice investment dollars to their chaotic barely-planned idea for a country.
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