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DevinCow @devincow.bsky.social · 23m

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rahaeli @rahaeli.bsky.social · 16m

"Why is your head wet" and other questions I have asked my cat today that I do not actually want an answer for

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Elf M. Sternberg @elfsternberg.bsky.social · 1h

If you want to know why so many kids are refusing to give positive answers to questions about queer identity, consider that in half the states their teachers are terrified of the mob that will come for them if they say supportive things about LGBTQ students: www.lgbtqnation.com/2026/09/teac...

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Teachers in red states are terrified to stand up for LGBTQ+ students - LGBTQ Nation

Teachers in red states that witness anti-LGBTQ+ bullying say they risk disciplinary action & community backlash for intervening.

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ed-never-forget.bsky.social @ed-never-forget.bsky.social · 2h

My wife was date raped at 16, stalked at 26 as an employee (engineer) by a male employee; she had to go to HR to resolve. Harassed at 28 by law school professor who failed her final exam & insisted he’d resolve if visit his office She refused, got a D final - still graduated magna cum laude

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Deb Courtney @debcourtney.bsky.social · 2h

An acquaintance once doubted repentance statistics and said that unreported rapes weren't rapes/didn't happen. In front of a whole bunch of people I gave him stats and again he denied. I asked him if anyone he knew has ever been rapes or se uslly assaulted. He scoffed at me. So he git to hear 1/2

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Siobhan Thompson @vornietom.bsky.social · 1h

Have any of you taken any classes on paranormal investigation? It’s for something I’m writing, please help me productively procrastinate

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Nicole Bedera @nbedera.bsky.social · 3h

I spoke to @usatoday.com about data on sexual violence at Cornell. Victimization rates are increasing and reporting rates are falling. “Together… those two trendlines tell me that all students, including victims and perpetrators, believe that there is impunity for sexual assault at Cornell.”

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Cornell rarely expels students in sex assault cases | Exclusive

A third of undergraduate women say they've been sexually assaulted. But on average, Cornell reported expelling just one attacker per year.

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michaeledward @michaeledward.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

I-5 in Seattle

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Dave Levitan @davelevitan.bsky.social · 7h

A fuckup so dumb even NYT homepage/headline writers have no choice but to describe it accurately

As Jack Smith Testifies, a Senator’s Accusation of Perjury Falters

A Republican eager to prove the former special counsel was dishonest appeared to instead demonstrate his own confusion over basic facts.

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Ale @alepresser.com · 28/09/2026

Technically tomorrow is the day Tapas will drop a public statement about shutting down, and BOY, do I want them to have changed their minds due to backlash. Or that it was a hoax. ANYTHING that would keep it up.

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Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 6h

Riley Gaines, famous for turning her 5th place tie with transgender swimmer Lia Thomas into a far-right career agianst transgender people, has officially had her lawsuit against the NCAA thrown out by a judge today. The judge found no evidence for her claims. Subscribe to support our journalism.

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Riley Gaines' Title IX Lawsuit Against The NCAA Struck Down After Judge Finds "No Evidence" Of Funding Claims

Gaines’ attorneys argued her civil rights were violated because she competed against a transgender athlete.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 15h

Jack Smith: "History teaches that the rule of law is rarely destroyed all at once. It's often weakened by attacks on the institutions and the public servants sworn to uphold it. Since January 2025, we have witnessed precisely such an effort."

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John Scalzi @scalzi.com · 10h

Ice Cream is absolutely lunch, it gives the body essential carrageenans and guar gums

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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 10h

Incredible. The 11th Circuit, in a 3-0 opinion (two Obama appointees and one Trump 1.0 appointee), agrees that Trump and his lawyers have failed to rebut the judge's finding that the entire IRS settlement was collusive, highlighting that no other explanation for their conduct was even offered.

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The appellants mount two main attacks on the district
court’s speech-related sanction. First, they argue that the court
lacked a sufficient basis to find that the lawsuit and the settlement
were collusive and that Messrs. Brito and Epstein acted in bad faith.
Second, they contend that the sanction is a broad and impermissible gag order which constitutes a prior restraint and violates the
First Amendment. We conclude that the appellants have not made
a strong showing that they will succeed on either of these grounds.

The appellants did not submit or offer any evidence to explain their litigation conduct or demonstrate that the lawsuit and the settlement were not collusive. Given the record before us, the
appellants have not made a strong showing that the district court
committed clear error in its collusion and bad faith findings

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Zoe Tillman @zoetillman.bsky.social · 10h

NEW: A US appeals court has refused to halt a Florida federal judge’s decision to penalize President Trump and his lawyers for “bad faith” conduct in pursuing a $10 billion lawsuit against the IRS and reaching a deal to end it buff.ly/OXdHNe2 Order: buff.ly/tgeDcj4

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Kingfisher & Wombat @tkingfisher.com · 10h

It’s Launch Day, darling! This one is not cozy or for the faint of heart, please note the warnings, but it’s here at last! And while you should read in the way you like the best—dude, Neil Newbon’s narration knocks it out of the PARK. www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/813073...

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Baldur's Gate 3: Astarion by T. Kingfisher: 9798217298594 | PenguinRandomHouse.com: Books

The roguish charlatan Astarion will free himself from a centuries-long fate of servitude or die (a second time) trying—in this decadently dark fantasy adventure by award-winning author T. Kingfisher.....

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David Rothkopf @djrothkopf.bsky.social · 11h

Jack Smith made it crystal clear that his investigation was sound and lawful, that the president had committed crimes and that the GOP attacks on him were the actual weaponization of our justice system. He showed courage and moral clarity and continues to be one of the heroes of this moment.

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Catbus @catbus.phd · 20h

clicking on a muted reply

DEAD DOVE do not eat meme
Jason Bateman opens the bag and goes
I don't know what I expected

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Micah @rincewind.run · 11h

I think the entire right wing media ecosystem was primed to make this a huge deal, they all had their talking points ready to go and this was going to be THE big gotcha that brought down Jack Smith and they are just scrambling because it turns out the whole thing was an embarrassing mistake

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Chris Coleman @chriscoleman.name · 11h

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Kingfisher & Wombat @tkingfisher.com · 11h

I am SO GLAD that somebody was HERE for Yousen. This is a lovely thread.

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Jen Bendery @jbendery.bsky.social · 11h

Ken Paxton keeps dodging James Talarico's requests to debate him, so Talarico last week offered to debate him on Fox News and went viral over it: "I'll go into the lion's den." Now neither Paxton nor Fox News are responding to Talarico's request. www.huffpost.com/entry/james-...

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James Talarico Challenged Ken Paxton To A Debate On Fox News. Neither Will Respond.

The Texas Democratic Senate nominee hasn’t gotten “any update” from the conservative news network about hosting a debate before November.

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Garrett Fitzgerald @sarekofvulcan.bsky.social · 11h

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sarekofvulcan scored 889 on Outlier Trivia · Day 1

9/10 right. Ten questions, fifteen seconds each, same ten for everyone. Can you beat it?

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 12h

wow -- Darline Graham cuts off Jack Smith just as Smith start explaining how her brother Lindsey in fact denounced Trump's lies about the 2020 election on the Senate floor

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Dave Weigel @daveweigel.bsky.social · 12h

Aaron is not underrating this. It's cinema. The sly smirk when Schmitt thinks he's gotten Smith to perjure himself. The hasty vanishing of the sign. Klobuchar getting Kennedy to hold it up. Schmitt getting LOUD and ANGRY when Klobuchar points out he mixed up the Hawks and Hawkeyes.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 15h

Jack Smith: "Our investigation developed proof beyond a reasonable doubt that President Trump engaged in serious crimes against our nation ... rather than accept his defeat in the 2020 election, he engaged in a criminal scheme to overturn the results and prevent the lawful transfer of power"

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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 14h

Jack Smith: Donald Trump preyed on party loyalty and fear. One of the reasons he [failed] is bc Republicans stood up. I personally find it hard to understand how our investigation could be viewed as partisan when our strongest witnesses were Republicans. [Names Rusty Bowers and Mike Pence.]

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Elf Herself @elfherself.bsky.social · 14h

This is *fascinating.* Q: Is it possible to [take the actions they took] based on [the only orders they had at the time] without being in contempt? A: Um, well, ah, look, we got further instructions later, and they believed that, um, there would be options, or something, but then, um, later, ahhh…

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Chris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 15h

NOW: DC Circuit en banc aguments over Judge Boasberg’s contempt proceedings have now begun at the DC Circuit. Brett Shumate is now arguing for DOJ. www.youtube.com/live/4A1BwFh...

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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 14h

Jack Smith: "I will not be silenced by the continued threats of prosecution from the President or others."

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K.B. Spangler @kbspangler.com · 14h

"I'm just so incredibly pathetically straight." "Except for Gillian Anderson." "I mean, obvs."

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Jay Willis @jaywillis.net · 14h

Wrote about the decline and fall of SCOTUSblog, which used to be the single best resource for Supreme Court stuff, and (thanks to some intervening crimes committed by its co-founder) is now a weird platform for conservative pundits to talk about what a good job the conservative justices are doing

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It Was the Essential Home of Supreme Court News. Now It’s a Joke. What Happened?

How high-stakes poker brought down a pillar of Supreme Court coverage.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 14h

Sen. Eric Schmitt asks Jack Smith to tell him what he's writing down in his notes, but then even he realizes he went too far and says, "never mind"

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D. A. Hosek @dahosek.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

“Do you believe in the overthrow of the U.S. government by force or subversion?” “I’ll take subversion,” Kapoor replied. I think I’m in love.

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Kingfisher & Wombat @tkingfisher.com · 29/09/2026

ME: I’m writing about faith and somebody just reminded me it exists, so we need to rewatch DOGMA. KEVIN: Hell yeah! ME: …oh god, I forgot it was in the Diablo font. KEVIN: Yeah. *credits roll* ME: Ok, how about a double feature? KEVIN: What’s the second? ME: Name of the Rose. KEVIN: HELL YEAH

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Emma Evans @trance.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Also reminder the best help for food pantries, or people struggling or any 'need' is cold hard cash. Always. Always always always. Food pantries can make that money stretch MUCH BETTER THAN YOU CAN, and it'll go to their most urgent needs. I mean, the other stuff is great too but cash is king

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The New Republic @newrepublic.com · 27/09/2026

Trump is banning students majoring in degrees that don’t make enough money from taking out college loans. Degrees for social work, art, religious studies, teaching aides, and music will be hit the hardest. trib.al/kQdKbY1

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Trump Moves to Cut Off Student Loans for Tons of Degrees

Under a new rule, if your degree doesn’t make enough money, you won’t be able to get a student loan.

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Bree (half of Kit Rocha) @mostlybree.kitrocha.com · 29/09/2026

I think the thing I resent most about what the tech overlords have done to the internet is that I planted a fucking garden. you literally made the internet so stressful I went outside and touched grass. i will never forgive you

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Gregory Maupin @gjmaupin.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

(I often think the audiobook should be recorded as part of final proofing, because we will absolutely find that typo/weird broken phrase that made it all the way through.)

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Mike Sowden @mikeachim.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

I know there is a hell of a lot going on right now. But not all of it is bad. Some is astonishingly good - like the results of this study from June. Cervical cancer is a terribly cruel thing. This might, at long last, be the beginning of the end of it. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

BBC News headline "Young women now have 'close to zero' risk of cervical cancer death after HPV jab"

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Congresswoman Chellie Pingree @pingree.house.gov · 28/09/2026

Let’s be clear: It is ILLEGAL to pay for campaign ads with taxpayer money. There's a whole bunch of federal laws specifically designed to prevent this! The seething, sinister vibes are just as alarming. He really does see himself as above silly things like “the law” and “campaign ethics.”

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Ian Bassin @ianbassin.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

BREAKING: Federal Court blocks Trump Admin attempt to misuse homeland security funds to force states to bend to its efforts to interfere in local election processes. Big win for our clients, partners, and American voters. @protectdemocracy.org

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Virginia Scharff @vscharff.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

They committed crimes and were held accountable. That's what happens in a country with the rule of law. May we act as a nation of citizens in November to restore our democracy.

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Luca Migo @victinibcn.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Every stitch tells a story of love, community, and remembrance. Volunteers across MN created the "Stolen Neighbors Quilt" with 11,000 squares to honor Minnesotans detained by ICE. Each fabric square represents a neighbor, a family member, and a life impacted by deportation. We stand for Justice!

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NPR @npr.org · 28/09/2026

The Trump administration says easing these standards will make cars more affordable. Critics say it's not so simple and could be costly for the environment. n.pr/4xNaqpG

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The Trump administration weakens fuel efficiency standards for new cars

The Trump administration says easing these standards will make cars more affordable. Critics say it's not so simple and could be costly for the environment.

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