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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 17h
Black text on a white page that reads as follows: 

Too often, homeless New Yorkers cycle from our hospitals to our streets — making it harder to continue treatment and find long-term stability. 

The City's Bridge to Home program in Manhattan ends the cycle by providing a safe place for New Yorkers to live while they receive medical care, apply to jobs, and find an apartment. The program has been a massive success.

Today, we’re expanding Bridge to Home to Brooklyn and Queens, so more New Yorkers get the help they need.
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Faine Greenwood @faineg.com · 16h
GOAT OR BIRD????
This is even better than the
"what color is this dress" dress.
Goat?
or Bird?
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Lindsey Boylan @lindseyboylan.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
This man is a monster. He seeks out women survivors because he hates them. And he hates them because he hates himself. He has harassed me and other women survivors many times over the years. It must end. He should never have a job anywhere.
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Kat Abughazaleh @katmabu.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
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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Kat Abughazaleh @katmabu.bsky.social · 21h
A man replied to this saying in earnest that women need to get organized and fight for our rights and men will follow. We did that. We do that. We mobilized the largest single day protest in global history on every continent and yet I have fewer rights than my mom did at my age.
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Quirken @quirken.dev · 17h
@following-classic.ripperoni.com is this feed permadead or only temporary?
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Ars Technica @arstechnica.com · 17/09/2026
The breach provides an unprecedented look inside a system that Flock has described as protected by on-device encryption.
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Hackers reveal how Flock cameras really track cars and people
One hacked camera captured 1.6 million images and could detect people as well as cars.
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Jeff VanderMeer @jeffvandermeer.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
Honestly, I don't want to hear about how near-future novels are too pessimistic or without hope. Look at the goddamn world around you. This is peak dystopia.
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Polyarc Games @polyarcgames.com · 12/06/2026
🎉 GIVEAWAY 🎉 Moss: The Forgotten Relic demo is LIVE ahead of #SteamNextFest, and we're giving away 3 launch keys! To enter: 💚Like + Repost 🐭Follow us 💬Reply with your favorite screenshot or moment from the demo 3x winners announced 6/22
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John Scalzi @scalzi.com · 03/11/2025
1. Campaign on big issues that are directly relevant to your voters 2. Don't get distracted from point one 3. Present as a decent human with manageable baggage 4. Don't be old as fuck. Go forth and do likewise
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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 28/10/2025
Put a quack in charge, expect to be royally ducked.
Screenshot of a tweet by Senator Ed Markey that says, “Measles was declared eliminated in the United States in 2000. RFK Jr. must resign.” Below is an NBC News screenshot with the headline “Measles spreading beyond the center of the Utah-Arizona outbreak.” Two news anchors appear on screen.
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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 24/10/2025
They're not even trying to hide it anymore.
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Steve Bannon Just Assured People That Trump Has A 'Plan' To Stay In Office In 2028 In Alarming New Interview
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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 02/10/2025
History has many painful lessons.
A screenshot of an X post by Q. Anthony Ali (@NobleQAli
, 12h ago) featuring a black-and-white historical image of a person lying on the ground while others, including a woman kneeling and several standing figures, are around them in what appears to be a park or open area. Below this, a reply by Antonio Benetto (@Tony_Benetto
, 1d ago) to @drmistercody
 states: "I don't believe US troops will fire on American citizens."
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Pathfinder: Abomination Vaults @pathfinder-av.bsky.social · 02/10/2025
🎉 Giveaway Time! 🥳 Enter now to explore dungeons, battle monsters, and uncover epic treasure on your very own Steam Deck. 🔗 Spread word of Pathfinder: Abomination Vaults for a chance to win: bit.ly/PAVSteamDeck ⏳ Competition ends 31st October!
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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 26/09/2025
Wounded Knee is a dark stain upon our nation’s history. We must remember it for what it truly was, not for what white nationalists would have it be.
A screenshot of two X posts. The first post is from Tom Morello (@tmorello), timestamped 7 hours ago, with a profile picture showing a person in a colorful outfit. The text reads: "What the f*ck is wrong with these people. Wounded Knee was a bloodthirsty massacre of Lakota Sioux, including dozens of women and children." The second post is from Secretary of War Pete (@username), timestamped 9 hours ago, with a profile picture of a man in a suit. The text reads: "Under my direction, the soldiers who fought at the Battle of Wounded Knee will keep their medals. This decision is final. Their place in history is settled." The second post includes an image of a man in a suit standing in front of an American flag and an official seal, appearing to give a formal statement.
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NPR @npr.org · 16/09/2025
The report issued Tuesday by experts commissioned by the United Nations' Human Rights Council calls on the international community to end the genocide and take steps to punish those responsible.
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A UN inquiry accuses Israel of genocide in Gaza, joining a rising chorus
The report issued Tuesday by experts commissioned by the United Nations' Human Rights Council calls on the international community to end the genocide and take steps to punish those responsible.
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BDS movement @bdsmovement.bsky.social · 03/07/2025
These are the #BDS consumer boycott targets named in the ground breaking report "From economy of occupation to economy of genocide" by the UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Palestinian territories occupied since 1967. Read more: bdsmovement.net/news/naming-...
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NPR @npr.org · 01/08/2025
The former rabbi of Washington, D.C.'s largest synagogue denounces starvation in Gaza, joining more than 1,000 rabbis and Jewish leaders from across the world petitioning Israel.
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More than 1,000 rabbis and Jewish leaders denounce starvation in Gaza
The former rabbi of Washington, D.C.'s largest synagogue denounces starvation in Gaza, joining more than 1,000 rabbis and Jewish leaders from across the world petitioning Israel.
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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 05/07/2025
This is where the Trump regime sent people innocent of any crime.
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The New Yorker @newyorker.com · 30/06/2025
Zohran Mamdani has come under fire for what his critics perceive as unrealistic policies. But one progressive economist regards him as a model for any politician seeking to counter the rise of right-wing populists. nyer.cm/e5hb6ZP
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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 30/06/2025
If you think ICE is bad now, just wait till they hire 10,000 more agents and open more concentration camps.
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Engadget @engadget.com · 30/06/2025
dlvr.it
Anthropic's Claude stocked a fridge with metal cubes when it was put in charge of a snacks business
The AI also tried to fire its human workers before realizing it wasn't corporeal.
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OPB @opb.org · 27/06/2025
Most people are familiar with the green, spicy paste served next to sushi or sashimi, but the vast majority of folks in the U.S. have been eating dyed-green horseradish.
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Fresh wasabi is hard to get in the US — unless you live in Oregon
Jennifer Bloeser and Markus Mead of Oregon Coast Wasabi started growing wasabi in the backyard as a shade plant. Now they're one of just four wasabi growers in North America. Says Mead: “Wasabi is light phobic, so it loves the fog in the summer, it loves the rain in the winter, so the Oregon Coast is fairly perfect.”
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OPB @opb.org · 25/06/2025
Oregon Gov. Tina Kotek has signed into law a bill that provides unemployment benefits to striking workers. The measure makes Oregon the first state to provide such pay for picketing public employees, who aren't allowed to strike in most states.
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Oregon governor signs bill providing unemployment pay for striking workers
Oregon’s measure makes it the first state to provide pay for picketing public employees — who aren’t allowed to strike in most states, let alone receive benefits for it. It makes striking workers eligible to collect unemployment benefits after two weeks, with benefits capped at 10 weeks.
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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 24/06/2025
They’re planning on building a detention center for migrants in the middle of the fetid swamps of Florida. If you think this is something new, the first internment camp they sent me and my family to in 1942 was a barbed wire prison called Rohwer. It was located in the swamps of Arkansas.
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The Oregonian @oregonian.com · 12/06/2025
Oregon State University and the University of Oregon this week joined 22 higher education institutions seeking to support Harvard University in its lawsuit against the Trump administration over funding cuts and freezes.
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2 Oregon universities back up Harvard in lawsuit against the Trump administration
The two schools join 22 research institutions backing Harvard in its legal battle.
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NPR @npr.org · 12/06/2025
Performers who do stunt and voice work for video games went on strike in July after reaching a stalemate in negotiations over how companies can use A.I. in game development.
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Performers and video game companies reach deal that ends nearly year-long strike
Performers who do stunt and voice work for video games went on strike in July after reaching a stalemate in negotiations over how companies can use A.I. in game development.
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The Onion @theonion.com · 27/04/2025
2-Year-Old Unaware He’s Basis For 6 Couples’ Decisions Not To Have Kids theonion.com/2-year-...
2-Year-Old Unaware He’s Basis For 6 Couples’ Decisions Not To Have Kids
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John Scalzi @scalzi.com · 14/04/2025
As it's come up a couple of times recently: The concept of "Trump's Razor" ("With Donald Trump, the correct answer for why he's done something is usually the stupidest") was proposed years ago by @joshtpm.bsky.social, and I was the one to give it a title. Josh was the inventor, I was the marketing.
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NPR @npr.org · 15/04/2025
The Trump administration has drafted a memo to Congress outlining its intent to end nearly all federal funding for public media, which includes NPR and PBS, according to a White House official who spoke to NPR.
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Trump plans order to cut funding for NPR and PBS
President Trump and GOP members of Congress have accused the public broadcasters of biased and "woke" programming. The president plans a rescission, which would give Congress 45 days to approve the di...
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Paul Jessup @pauljessup.com · 18/02/2024
Le Guin was 100% right when she called Harry Potter "ethically mean spirited". People focus on her critique of the prose of the book, or the style, or the fact it's bland. But, I think, Le Guin saw Rowling for who she really was, and wouldn't be surprised at the terf Rowling is now
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John Scalzi @scalzi.com · 14/04/2025
I've seen some people saying how "AI"-generated text is now as good as certain published authors, and honestly I think it's really brave for these folks to admit in public how poor their reading comprehension has to be
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The Oregonian @oregonian.com · 12/04/2025
Last week’s ouster of the Waldport mayor split the 2,200-resident town, as many of the most vocal residents side with her.
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Things get ugly as mayor of Oregon coast town arrested amid tempest at city council meeting
Last week’s ouster of the Waldport mayor split the 2,200-resident town, as many of the most vocal residents side with her.
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Randall Munroe @xkcd.com · 27/03/2025
Video of a student in my town who wrote a political op-ed being grabbed off the street by government agents bsky.app/profile/pale...
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Janel Comeau 🍁 @verybadllama.bsky.social · 03/04/2025
I have tariffed the penguins that are on Heard Island and which you were probably assuming did not export goods forgive me they were taking advantage of us so cunning and so cold
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NPR @npr.org · 18/03/2025
Israel says it ended the two-month ceasefire when it launched Tuesday's airstrikes in Gaza which killed more than 400 people and injured hundreds more.
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Israel declares ceasefire 'over' as it launches airstrikes in Gaza killing hundreds
Israel says it ended the two-month ceasefire when it launched Tuesday's airstrikes in Gaza which killed more than 400 people and injured hundreds more.
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The Onion @theonion.com · 14/03/2025
Democrats Vow Not To Give Up Hopelessness
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Democrats Vow Not To Give Up Hopelessness
WASHINGTON, DC—In a press conference on the steps of the Capitol Monday, Congressional Democrats announced that, despite the scandals plaguing the Republican Party and widespread calls for change in W...
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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 14/03/2025
Collaborators with the fascists.
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The Onion @theonion.com · 12/03/2025
Democrats Sick Of Being Blamed For Cowardice On Issues They Actually Just Don’t Care About
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Democrats Sick Of Being Blamed For Cowardice On Issues They Actually Just Don’t Care About
WASHINGTON—Having thus far caved on eliminating the filibuster, advancing an adequate climate change agenda, and protecting voting rights, congressional Democrats told reporters Wednesday they were si...
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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 09/03/2025
What a different world we could have.
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Remember the LMAO @ass.golf · 05/03/2025
cool how the best the "opposition party" can think to do is hold up little signs saying "liar." Great job guys. You're definitely gonna win this one
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Gizmodo @gizmodo.com · 05/03/2025
Florida Opens Criminal Investigation Into Andrew Tate and His Brother gizmodo.com/florida-opens-criminal-…
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Florida Opens Criminal Investigation Into Andrew Tate and His Brother
"These guys have themselves publicly admitted to participating in what very much appears to be soliciting, trafficking, preying upon women around the world."
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NPR @npr.org · 05/03/2025
The Texas Democrat stood, shouting, as the president addressed a joint session of Congress. After refusing to retake his seat, Speaker Mike Johnson ordered Rep. Green removed from the chamber.
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Rep. Al Green shouts Trump has 'no mandate' before being removed from House chamber
The Texas Democrat stood, shouting, as the president addressed a joint session of Congress. After refusing to retake his seat, Speaker Mike Johnson ordered Rep. Green removed from the chamber.
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Moira Donegan @moiradonegan.bsky.social · 28/02/2025
Every mainstream attempt to grapple with the rise of Tate and other misogynist ideologues have posed them as a product of men’s despair. Few have posited them as an assault on women’s safety and dignity.
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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 28/02/2025
Living through corrupt kakistocracy
A tweet from Tom Malinowski with a verified badge reads:
"Whoops, I accidentally cancelled Ebola prevention!

Doh, I fired the the bird flu experts!

Oops-a-daisy, I stopped the Lutheran Charities foster care and adoption services!

My bad, I sacked the nuclear weapons workers!

Now can I have access to your tax returns?"
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The New Yorker @newyorker.com · 28/02/2025
The strategist James Carville recently suggested that Democrats “roll over and play dead.” His “call for ‘strategic political retreat’ sure seems like something a lot closer to unilateral disarmament,” @sbg1.bsky.social writes. nyer.cm/kkejiXY
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Hollandspiele @hollandspiele.bsky.social · 27/02/2025
I think a lot of us are secret kids.
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Matthew Cortland (they) @matthewcort.land · 25/02/2025
Cutting Medicare and Medicaid is wildly unpopular. That's why they're trying to jam these draconian cuts through right out of the starting blocks, before the American people tune into what's happening. We need to buy time.
Bar chart of polling data from Data For Progress.
Title: Voters Want Greater Funding for Social Safety Net and Less Funding for Tax Breaks for the Wealthy.
Description: Lawmakers in Congress are considering funding levels for each of the following. For each, please say if you think we should increase or decrease its federal funding, or if the current funding levels are right.

A: We should increase federal funding for this
B: We should keep funding at current levels
C: We should decrease federal funding for this

Social Security — A.: 70%, B.: 24%, C.: 2%, Don't know: 3%
Medicare — A.: 60%, B.: 30%, C.: 4%, Don't know: 6%
Medicaid — A.: 46%, B.: 41%, C.: 7%, Don't know: 7%
Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) — A.: 45%, B.: 36%, C.: 12%, Don't know: 7%
Federal housing programs — A.: 44%, B.: 35%, C.: 12%, Don't know: 8%

Full crosstabs: https://www.filesforprogress.org/datasets/2025/2/dfp_gwc_sbpc_reconciliation_tabs.pdf
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The Onion @theonion.com · 24/02/2025
Democratic Leaders Stand Real Still In Hopes No One Notices Them
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Democratic Leaders Stand Real Still In Hopes No One Notices Them
WASHINGTON—With the elected officials trying their hardest not to move a muscle, reports confirmed Monday that top Democratic leaders in Congress were standing real still in hopes that the American pe...
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