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@ritaswartz.bsky.social
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Writer (fiction, nonfiction, poetry); lover of compassion, justice, truth, and freedom.

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Bruno J. Navarro @brunojnavarro.bsky.social · 8h
A hospital giant and radiology network turned to Palantir to streamline scheduling, but nurses and other staff say the new software is causing errors, burnout, and frustration.
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Health Care Workers Are Tired of Cleaning Up Palantir’s Mess
A hospital giant and radiology network turned to Palantir to streamline scheduling, but nurses and other staff say the new software is causing errors, burnout, and frustration.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 2h
Americans are relearning the lesson we learned during the Gilded Age of the late 1890s, when robber barons ran the government and the economy for their own benefit: Oligarchy is incompatible with the common good. I'm hopeful we'll respond with a new progressive movement.
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penboyasgod.bsky.social @penboyasgod.bsky.social · 5h
This is the GOP response to being utterly humiliated in Congress.
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Le Monde in English @english.lemonde.fr · 3h
New York governor vows to close legal loophole after Cornell gang rape allegations
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New York governor vows to close legal loophole after Cornell gang rape allegations
Following public outcry over an alleged gang rape at Cornell University in 2024, New York Governor Kathy Hochul called for closing a loophole in state law that allows offenders to avoid rape charges if their victims were willingly intoxicated.
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Paul Marvin @paulmarvin.bsky.social · 3h
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Abe El-Raheb / Editor & Writer @eldashraheb.bsky.social · 2h
Here in Los Angeles, the government just spits on you and tells you to learn to code
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andrew.ottawa 🇨🇦 @ottawandrew.bsky.social · 3h
London School of Economics graduate Neil Saravanamuttoo: "When I go around the city and I talk to voters, they ask me why can we not decrease property taxes? And I say that's a completely fair question," he said. This isn’t a mayoral race, it’s a clown show. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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What's your number? Mayoral candidates pressed on tax pledges | CBC News
Mayoral candidates Alex Lawson, Mark Sutcliffe, Jeff Leiper and Neil Saravanamuttoo faced off Thursday at a debate hosted by the Ottawa Board of Trade, where deep divisions emerged over their plans fo...
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haversack @hsack121.bsky.social · 5h
There's no hate like Christian love.. Texas Faith Fest attendees reveal how they plan to make life as 'uncomfortable' as possible for Muslims living in Lone Star State www.houstonchronicle.com/politics/tex...
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Texas Faith Fest speakers propose plans to make Muslims ‘more uncomfortable’
At Texas Faith Fest this year, speakers suggested policies that would limit Muslim religious practices and reshape the government's relationship with religion.
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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 4h
Eight years ago, Illinois faced the nation's biggest fiscal challenge — budget turmoil, unpaid debt, and a credit rating downgraded 24 times. Now, we're in the strongest financial position in decades — 8 balanced budgets, 12 credit-rating upgrades, and no overdue bill backlog.
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Cats Are Better Than Men Because @catsbetterthanmen.bsky.social · 3h
Not to mention DESTROYING OLD AND RARE BOOKS so that no one can have access to them any more.
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Mrs Jaypher @mrsjaypher.bsky.social · 4h
OT, but is anything happening with the accusations of abuse leveled at Altman by his sister? Because abuse, exploitation and gaslighting are kind of a theme in AI corporate behavior as well.
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CAKE @thebandcake.bsky.social · 8h
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Harrison Lee @harrisoncklee.bsky.social · 4h
Very fun to imagine Leo zoning out and thinking about the Bears while the most uncharismatic men alive insist their plagiarism machine is smarter than SkyNet
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Thomas A. Hammer @thomasahammer.bsky.social · 6h
Political cartoon by Michael de Adder.
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Yaroslava @strategywoman.bsky.social · 6h
russians cannot take this from me. Kyiv, near the Dnipro River. Today.
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 6h
The White House is coordinating with the Justice Department to hide its abortion agenda from voters until after they've voted in order to try to influence the results of the election.
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Fietser @americanfietser.bsky.social · 8h
Cars completely dominate and define our urban spaces. Bikes just weave into the fabric of the environment, asking for very little space while offering a massive return in mobility.
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M Meerkat @kackbro.bsky.social · 9h
Naomi Klein Is Spot On.......
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Raelle @jazchaz.bsky.social · 21h
🚨POST CARD PEEPS Activate America just launched three new postcard campaigns for three highly flippable races. #NE-2 for Denise Powell #NY-17 for Cait Conley #NJ-7 for Rebecca Bennett To sign up, get you address list and get started 👇🏻 Home stretch folks....LET'S DO THIS #SheShed
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Postcards — Activate America
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Jennifer Shin - WTAF @jennifershin.bsky.social · 9h
They only leave when it directly affects them. The pedophilia, rape, racism and fascism are perks for them.
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bob-saccamano.bsky.social @bob-saccamano.bsky.social · 11h
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Reuters @reuters.com · 3h
A US government effort spanning intelligence agencies, the FBI and the Justice Department sought proof that voting machines were used to rig the 2020 election. It ultimately found no evidence votes were altered reut.rs/4hHBkcA
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Katie Phang @katiephang.bsky.social · 2h
UPDATE: Despite being ordered by Judge Sullivan to produce a certified list of the contents of the Administrative Record by Oct. 1st, Todd Blanche once again has decided he doesn't want to comply. I explain why Blanche would want to avoid producing this court-ordered info: youtu.be/junhrisxRlg?...
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🚨AG Blanche IGNORES JUDGE'S ORDERS And TRIES To DELAY MY Epstein LAWSUIT!!
YouTube video by Katie Phang
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BYTESEU @byteseu.bsky.social · 12h
Protesters in Denmark rally against last EU shipyard servicing Russia-linked tankers www.byteseu.com/2416465 A coalition of civil society organizations protested against Danish shipyard Fayard’s continued servicing of vessels transporting Russian liquefied natural gas (LNG), at a rally …
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Protesters in Denmark rally against last EU shipyard servicing Russia-linked tankers - Bytes Europe
A coalition of civil society organizations protested against Danish shipyard Fayard's continued servicing of vessels transporting Russian liquefied natural
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Donna Stern @dvsmemphis.bsky.social · 4h
Rep Hannah Pingree: "This is why we need women in charge!" Pingree is a lifelong Mainer, leader who knows how to get things done. She served as Maine’s House Speaker and directed the Gov’s Office of Policy Innovation and the Future. Hannah delivers real results for Maine families #momsky#sheshed
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WatchYourRepsTN&SC @watchyourrepssc.bsky.social · 4h
Guidance received from an email from @justinjpearson.bsky.social If you don't want more of the same in District 9, I need you to do two things for me as Monday's deadline to register to vote approaches:
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:: Tennessee Election Division ::
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Jennifer C @thejenniwren.teamlh.social · 5h
Trump & Republicans inherited an improving economy and drove it straight into a ditch. September: 29,000 jobs instead of the expected 90,000. Another 60,000 jobs vanished in revisions. Wages rose 0.1%; the worst in 5 years. They broke it. Make them own every ugly number at the ballot box.
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Andrea Devon @andreadevon.sheshed.rocks · 6h
“Girls don’t need curfews. Rapists need consequences.” Women in India are taking their rage over violence against women to the streets. 🔥 #SheShed #VivaHerAlliance
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Katie Phang @katiephang.bsky.social · 6h
"Employers added 29,000 jobs last month and the unemployment rate rose to 4.2%, slower than expected growth...Growth in average hourly earnings fell to 3% on an annual basis in September, well below the current rate of inflation." www.nytimes.com/live/2026/10...
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Jobs Report Live Updates: Growth Cools and Unemployment Rises to 4.2%
U.S. employers added 29,000 jobs in September and the unemployment rate rose to 4.2 percent, as inflation has maintained pressure on markets and raised costs.
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CorrinaLeeB 🇨🇦 @corrina.sheshed.rocks · 6h
🚨TRIGGER WARNING🚨 Discussion of rape/sexual violence & strong language. ☑️ Bear ☐ Man This spoken word poem stopped me in my tracks The bear was never really the point. The point is why so many women understood the answer immediately Listen to her words. They matter. —Claire Donohoe🐻💜 #SheShed
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Rep. Summer Lee @repsummerlee.bsky.social · 2h
The workers who keep Western PA powered deserve more than our gratitude. They deserve a voice at work. Nearly 1,000 Duquesne Light workers with IBEW Local 29 are on strike, fighting for safety, job security, and a fair contract. I stand with working people.
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Nearly 1,000 Duquesne Light workers are on strike
The utility says service will continue, while the union warns outages could last longer.
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Miaganga @miaganga.bsky.social · 4h
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"Mooch" Calucci 🤞 @moochcalucci.bsky.social · 6h
apnews.com/article/rene... U.S. NEWS Renee Good’s family sues US government and immigration officials over her killing in Minneapolis By TIM SULLIVAN, KATHY McCORMACK and MARK VANCLEAVE Updated 4:43 PM EDT, October 1, 2026
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Renee Good's family sues US government and immigration officials over her killing in Minneapolis
Renee Good’s family has sued the U.S. government and several immigration officials, alleging wrongful death, conspiracy and other violations in the 37-year-old woman’s killing by an immigration office...
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AFT @aft.org · 9h
AFT President @rweingarten.bsky.social is with several AFT Vice Presidents in Hungary this week and speaking at the Budapest Forum. Hungary voted for its aspirations this year and we’re here to discuss and learn about how they defeated an authoritarian.
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Reuters @reuters.com · 10h
An analysis of voting equipment in Puerto Rico grew into a US federal effort spanning multiple agencies to find proof voting machines were manipulated to flip votes in the 2020 election, Reuters found. The probe ultimately found found no evidence votes were manipulated reut.rs/4hHBkcA
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Edward Xie @edwardxie.bsky.social · 18h
In ERs, we see the impact of unsafe roads regularly. Cities with good bike infrastructure have fewer deaths and greater safety for all, regardless of whether they’re walking, cycling or driving. Ontario gov should reconsider how to spend $48 mil Improve lives - not put them at risk #bikeTO #onpoli
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Why hundreds of doctors are fighting Ford’s removal of Toronto bike lanes
YouTube video by CBC News Toronto
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Jessica Valenti @jessicavalenti.bsky.social · 5h
Let’s be clear: this is *the* fight.
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EXPLAINER: Shield Laws Under Siege
Everything you need to know about the two new lawsuits targeting abortion providers & pro-choice states
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The Watchdog Coalition @thewatchdogco.bsky.social · 4h
Nine GOP Senate candidates took money from the companies ICE pays to lock people up. Sullivan. Hinson. Moody. Husted. Ricketts. Whatley. Paxton. Collins. Rogers. Thirty-two days.
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Trump Fills The ICE Prisons. The Prison Companies Fund Nine GOP Senate Candidates.
Every name, from the filings nobody added up. Also: Georgia’s voters, Jerome Powell, and 30,000 prison workers all beat Trump this week.
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FED UP! @val.sheshed.rocks · 12h
Say the limp d*ck drunk who can’t even do a single push up…but go off, “sir”! #ImpeachPeteHegseth #Pinks #SheShed
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Jen Rubin @jenrubin.bsky.social · 7h
In response to the mad, boorish, wanna-be king, repeated, public displays of affection for the Kennedy Center have erupted.
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Undaunted Arts in D.C.
🚨32 Days to the Midterms🚨
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 6h
🚨 The last jobs report before the midterms is a disaster. Just 29,000 jobs added in September. Unemployment rose to 4.2%. July was revised down to a LOSS of 10,000 jobs, while August was revised down by 29,000 jobs, from 162,000 to 133,000. 1/
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Donna Stern @dvsmemphis.bsky.social · 4h
Your eyes are not a place for “lack of assurance of sterility.” Yet nine eye-drop and ointment products, including Walgreens Lubricant Eye Drops and Major LubriFresh P.M., were recalled nationwide for exactly that. Check the bottle, carton, lot number, and expiration date now. #sheshed#momsky
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Heidi Kuhn for Congress (TN-8 Democrat) @kuhnforcongress.com · 7h
Videos - Almost TEN YEARS of David Kustoff, only 5 bills passed into law. Time for a CHANGE!
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Kuhn Conversations - Kuhn for Congress
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 8h
NEW: We’re reporters, not teachers. We have no business running a private school. But to show you just how easy it is to start one, we decided to test the process ourselves.
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Almost Anyone Can Start a Private School. We Put This to the Test.
Our reporting has shown how easily people — some with questionable backgrounds — have founded their own private schools in barns, strip malls and other places. That led us to an experiment: If the hur...
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Sam Bellamy @sambdesk.bsky.social · 8h
From the story: "A federal judge has ordered the Justice Department to fast-track requests for Jeffrey Epstein investigative records that mention President Donald Trump or Mar-a-Lago, along with communications showing how senior DOJ and FBI officials handled the files."
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Judge Orders DOJ to Fast-Track Epstein Files Mentioning Trump and Mar-a-Lago | Law Commentary
A federal judge has ordered the Justice Department to fast-track requests for Jeffrey Epstein investigative records that mention President Donald Trump or Mar-a-Lago, along with communications showing...
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Peggy Stuart @peggystuart.bsky.social · 3h
Ignore the elite noise. Wealth and fame are weak compared to the raw power of your ballot. One vote flips seats, clears rooms, and guts the status quo. It is the ultimate weapon to choose who rules. Stop playing small. Stop being a spectator. Register right now. 🗳️ #LetsGetVoteReady
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Ken Bazinet @kenbazinet.bsky.social · 6h
“We have incredibly wealthy, powerful companies coming into these rural communities in South Carolina, dangling a few carrots, and then the communities are getting steamrolled,” said South Carolina Democratic Senate candidate Annie Andrews, backing a two-year ban, WRDW/WAGT reported. #DataCenters
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S.C. Senate candidate Dr. Annie Andrews calls for moratorium on data centers
South Carolina Democratic Senate candidate Dr. Annie Andrews is calling for a two-year moratorium on new data center projects in the state.
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Newshound411 @newshound411.bsky.social · 5h
It’s corruption on steroids in plain sight. He doesn’t even try to hide that he’s looting US and cashing in on insider trading. He’s the most corrupt president in American history.
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Peggy Stuart @peggystuart.bsky.social · 4h
Top Texas election denier Ken Paxton could cause chaos if he loses his Senate race. Here's why, from @democracydocket.com ⬇️ www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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Why top Texas election denier Ken Paxton could cause chaos if he loses his Senate race
Ken Paxton has election interference tools and he’s proven his willingness to use them. But legal experts are confident that courts are up to the task of protecting the will of the voters.
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 7h
NEW: Oregon’s top housing official failed to report her husband’s involvement with projects that her agency funds. She disclosed this only after we asked. “In a perfect world, we wouldn’t need ProPublica for this kind of thing,” a former official said.
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Oregon Housing Director Failed to Report Husband’s Related Business Interests
Andrea Bell, executive director of Oregon Housing and Community Services, filed amended state ethics paperwork after ProPublica asked about her husband’s work at a firm that’s consulted on projects re...
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