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Eric Columbus @ericcolumbus.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
KIDS RIDE FREE
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Faine Greenwood @faineg.com · 07/08/2026
The fact that US laobr force participation rate has dropped to the lowest level in 50 years - which most seem to attribute to “people giving up on getting another job” - may also help explain why so many people feel bad about the economy.
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Job seekers giving up: Labor force participation rate falls to lowest in 50 years, outside of Covid era
A drop in the unemployment rate helped provide some upside to what was an otherwise downbeat jobs report — but it was for all the wrong reasons.
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World Bollard Association™️ @worldbollardassoc.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
Only bollards can deliver this much happiness. #WorldBollardAssociation
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Malaclypse the Middle @malaclypse.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
A couple of weeks ago I rode to Newburyport MA and saw this COVID memorial and realized this is the only one I have ever seen anywhere. And the fact that I nearly broke down seeing it is something I still think about.
For those who died and those who survived and all we list during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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EMILY WILSON @emilyrcwilson.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
No professional accomplishment has ever made me happier than this. theonion.com/translator-o...
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Translator Of Original ‘Minions’ Epic Poem Slams ‘Sexless, Bloodless’ Film Adaptation
PHILADELPHIA—In a 4,500-word essay published in Harper’s Magazine, Emily Wilson, known for her popular translation of the Minions epic poem, blasted the latest film Thursday as a “sexless, bloodless” ...
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David Zipper @davidzipper.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
New GAO report examines how driver blind spots endanger pedestrians and cyclists—and asks why USDOT has done nothing about it. www.gao.gov/products/gao...
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Angus Johnston @angus.bsky.social · 25/07/2026
"Do the thing you can do instead of beating yourself up over not doing the thing you're not doing" is honestly life-changing, even life-saving, advice.
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Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
I am always saying this.
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Julian Sanchez @normative.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
Beyond being terrible guidance to give people on the specific issue… this is not how science works. A mountain of studies have failed to detect any link. That’s all the “ruling out the possibility” science can do.
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The Volatile Mermaid @ohnoshetwitnt.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
I’m sorry what
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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
This is a good example of the fear that ICE has engendered in so many. A man here completely legally with nothing (on paper) to fear from ICE took off running when they showed up at a gas station and was struck by a passing truck. Awful.
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Jonathan Cohn @jonathancohn.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
Next Friday will mark *17* years since the last increase in the federal minimum wage.
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Dylan Wignall @dylanwignall.bsky.social · 04/07/2026
Larry is not "finding dirt", he is finding the joy of companionship, the rigour of exercise, the wonder of adventure
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Mark Joseph Stern @mjsdc.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
The Supreme Court strikes down Trump's attack on birthright citizenship. By a 5–4 vote, it holds that the 14th Amendment guarantees citizenship to children born of unauthorized and temporary immigrants. Roberts and Barrett join the three liberals. www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/25p...
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Mark Joseph Stern @mjsdc.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
Tomorrow at SCOTUS is gonna be like: a. Trans athletes get screwed b. Another campaign finance law is gutted c. Birthright citizenship is upheld ... and we're all supposed to focus on (c) and forget about all the atrocious decisions that preceded it. Let's not, please!
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Mark Joseph Stern @mjsdc.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
Slaughter is an earthquake: SCOTUS has overturned a 90-year-old precedent that facilitated much of modern governance by granting many agencies meaningful independence from the president. Now SCOTUS crushes that independence ... for seemingly every agency except the Federal Reserve.
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s. e. smith @sesmith.lol · 18/06/2026
I’m really enjoying the charming and genuinely heartfelt World Cup-related cultural exchange I see all over my FYP. I know FIFA is a corrupt nightmare and the USA fucking sucks but regular people having a fun time despite these two things is really heartening.
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Jessica Ellis @baddestmamajama.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
Sherwood Forest really has changed
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John Muller @johnspacemuller.com · 30/05/2026
The World Cup is about celebrating exotic host nation cultures
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lauren @lauren.rotatingsandwiches.com · 29/05/2026
have we considered that flo rida and vanilla ice might be locked in a deadly game of chicken where both performers have their entire net worth tied up in elaborate parallel kalshi bets that they will be the last act to drop out? I am asking us to consider it
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Ed BooOOooOOmila @edburmila.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
Hacking canvas? What do they think this is, the Isabella Stewart Gardner museum in 1990.
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Jonathan Berk 🏠 @berkie1.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
On its third attempt tonight, Marblehead Town Meeting approved an “MBTA Communities–compliant” district largely centered on the 125-year-old Tedesco Country Club, meeting 3A requirements on paper while all but assuring no new housing would be built. This comment says it all.
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Sarah Milov @allofmilov.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
Hate to brag but my intelligence also suggested that.
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Brian Tyler Cohen @briantylercohen.bsky.social · 22/04/2026
A reminder while Republicans bitch about Dems finishing the redistricting fight they started: they have full control of gov’t— they can pass a law banning gerrymandering any time they want. They won’t. Republicans aren’t mad gerrymandering exists; they’re mad that they’re not the only ones using it.
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AL @jebushchrist.bsky.social · 20/04/2026
Someday, with luck and hard work, she will have a name too.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 07/04/2026
I feel sick to my stomach waiting around to see what atrocity Trump has in mind for the people of Iran this evening. It's hard to fathom our other elected leaders aren't able to check him in any meaningful way. It's an indictment not just of voters but of our whole system. We're ruled by a mad king.
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Chanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 @chanda.blacksky.app · 01/04/2026
If all goes according to plan, in a few hours, a crew of astronauts will begin a journey that will take them on a loop around the moon. Here's a video that NASA put together to help people visualize the journey through space, first orbiting the earth before looping around the moon and flying home 🔭
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David Waldman @kagrox.bsky.social · 31/03/2026
I am a little surprised that Trump ended up fighting for congestion pricing for the Strait of Hormuz.
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The Athletic @theathletic.com · 18/03/2026
VENEZUELA DEFEATS THE UNITED STATES TO TAKE HOME THEIR FIRST WORLD BASEBALL CLASSIC CHAMPIONSHIP 🇻🇪🏆
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Lizzie O'Leary @lizzieohreally.bsky.social · 06/03/2026
If you thought you should stan an AI company as a bastion of societal liberties, you might want to listen to this.
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Micah @rincewind.run · 01/03/2026
the incentives here are so obscenely terrible that the entire thing should be illegal by default “I am sabotaging negotiations because I stand to make piles of money on Polymarket” is absolutely in play, what a horrifying clusterfuck
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Bright D Limm 임대중 @bdlimm.myatproto.social · 19/02/2026
Proposed cuts to libraries, parks, CUNY, housing + health, while keeping NYPD + Corrections intact; proposed real property tax increases disproportionately affecting Black owners + most tenants; homeless encampment sweeps. Why is Z proposing these regressive measures, and how best can we respond? 🧵
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Bolts @boltsmag.org · 19/02/2026
Massachusetts Governor Maura Healey, a Democrat, has defended her state’s enrollment in ICE’s 287(g) program, even as she otherwise seeks to limit ICE activity in the state. In 2023 and 2024, Massachusetts prisons facilitated at least 164 transfers to ICE.
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Inside ICE’s Only Contract with a Blue State
As part of a 287(g) contract between state officials and ICE, Massachusetts continues to release prisoners into deportation—even as state lawmakers look to ban other forms of ICE collaboration.
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WeRateDogs @weratedogs.com · 18/02/2026
This local Wolfdog joined an Olympic ski event and triggered the finish-line camera. This is Nazgul. He snuck into a cross-country skiing sprint this morning and raced the homestretch with some competitors before being escorted home. 14/10 someone get him a medal
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Julian Sanchez @normative.bsky.social · 17/02/2026
Papers don’t quote ANYONE like this. Normal human speech is LOUSY with ums, uhs, and doubling short words (a, I, the). You clean that up as a matter of course.
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ceej @ceej.online · 11/02/2026
having your city noticed by the president is now a natural disaster on par with a hurricane or major flood
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Bolts @boltsmag.org · 12/02/2026
Massachusetts Governor Maura Healey has supported immigration enforcement against people with criminal records and defended an agreement her state has with ICE. “I’m all for getting the bad guys,” she told Boston’s CBS affiliate.
boltsmag.org
Inside ICE’s Only Contract with a Blue State
As part of a 287(g) contract between state officials and ICE, Massachusetts continues to release prisoners into deportation—even as state lawmakers look to ban other forms of ICE collaboration.
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Kate McKean @katemckean.bsky.social · 11/02/2026
Over on threads someone just use ai;dr and we all need to adopt that right quick
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WeRateDogs @weratedogs.com · 10/02/2026
we need to talk about that Ring Super Bowl ad
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Sharon 🪳🌹 @sharonk.bsky.social · 10/02/2026
FYI Americans: if you had Canadian grandparents/parents: you may be Canadian
What does the new law say?
Bill C-3, which came into force on December 15, 2025, reinstates citizenship by descent beyond the first generation. In 2009, the Conservative government had restricted access to citizenship. Canadians born abroad could therefore only pass on their Canadian citizenship if their child was born in Canada. The law was ruled unconstitutional by the Ontario Superior Court of Justice.

Now, to be eligible for Canadian citizenship by descent, a person born abroad before the coming into force of Bill C-3 must have an ancestor who became a Canadian citizen on or after January 1, 1947  (the date the status of Canadian citizenship was created).

The new law also specifies that a person can become a citizen if one of their deceased parents or grandparents had obtained citizenship status upon the law's entry into force.
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MPR News @mprnews.org · 06/02/2026
BREAKING: The federal government has filed a motion seeking to end asylum claims for the family of Liam Conejo Ramos, according to the lawyer representing the family.
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DHS has requested expedited deportation proceedings against family of Liam Conejo Ramos
The federal government has filed a motion seeking to end asylum claims for the family of Liam Conejo Ramos, according to the lawyer representing the family.
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southpaw @nycsouthpaw.bsky.social · 01/02/2026
Federal paramilitaries running up on the rooftops to fire irritants and flash bangs down into a peaceable assembly full of little kids
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Minnesota Star Tribune @startribune.com · 30/01/2026
Thousands of people filled the streets of downtown Minneapolis in protest of federal immigration enforcement for the second consecutive Friday. 📷️: Aaron Lavinsky
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Andrea Kaston Tange @aktange.bsky.social · 25/01/2026
The people driving their neighbors' kids to school, showing up to take a turn patrolling, spreading info quietly on chats about where agents are lurking, stocking toy stores with free whistles, texting neighbors to check on them. BEING COMMUNITY. Which you can't pay for because we care for free.
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Ken Tremendous @kentremendous.bsky.social · 24/01/2026
Do it. I beg you. This madness ends a lot faster if billionaires lose money.
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Michael Caley @michaelcaley.bsky.social · 02/01/2026
get in loser we're doing day one permitting reform
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HELL Kennedy @helenkennedy.com · 31/12/2025
One of my favorite little books is Paris versus NY - a clever set of graphics by Vahram Muratyan juxtaposing two cities I love. RIP to this one, as both the paper Metro ticket and the plastic Metrocard die for good tomorrow.
A graphic representation of a Paris metro ticket and a NYC MetroCard.
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James P Bennett @akjpb.bsky.social · 21/11/2025
A reporter at Alaska Public Media wants to do a story on road safety in Anchorage, those that don't get reported amid all the pedestrian fatalities. If you've been hit or injured by a driver while out biking & you'd like to share your story, please reach out to Hannah Flor, hflor@alaskapublic.org
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