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Selekta

@selekta312.bsky.social
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Appreciator of black cats, rare soul & reggae 45’s, suede Adidas, and beer gardens. Oakland➡️Chicago➡️Vallejo

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Eric Columbus @ericcolumbus.bsky.social · 14h
Conservative columnist @jeffjacoby.bsky.social on Christopher Columbus: jeffjacoby.com/27260/i-used...
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I used to defend Columbus as 'magnificent.' I don't anymore.
IN 1997 I wrote a column for Columbus Day weekend that opened on a smart-alecky note: "Say," I asked, "is it OK to admire Christopher Columbus again?" Ever since the quincentennial of Columbus's first...
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The Serfs (youtube.com/theserfstv) @theserfstv.bsky.social · 14h
Fuck Christopher Columbus
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Selekta @selekta312.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
City gonna get off with a minor pts deduction à la “too big to fail” bullshit argument. What a joke
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Selekta @selekta312.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
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Andrew Couts @couts.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
NEW: A major joint investigation by the Palestine Reporting Lab, Arab Reporters for Investigative Journalism, @lighthousereports.com, and @wired.com mapped all 925 checkpoints that are effectively shutting down life for Palestinians in the West Bank: www.wired.com/story/how-is...
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How Israeli Checkpoints Choke Palestinian Life in the Occupied West Bank
Lost time. Lost jobs. Lost friends. Lost family. Lost lives. Our joint investigation reveals the system that has divided the West Bank and measures what it cost people to move through it.
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ArtButMakeItSports @artbutmakeitsports.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Circus Performers, by Walt Kuhn, 1978, 📸 via @marisakabas.bsky.social
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Bill Grueskin @bgrueskin.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
You know that scene in The Godfather where Michael goes to the trattoria bathroom, retrieves a pistol, and shoots those 2 guys in the head? This is 100X better. Maybe more.
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Bill Grueskin @bgrueskin.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
The bros in the back don’t seem to understand what is going on. Sen. Britt does, however.
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Guardian US @us.theguardian.com · 29/09/2026
During the 29 September US Senate judiciary committee hearing, the Republican senator Eric Schmitt accused Jack Smith, the former special counsel, of attending an Atlanta Hawks basketball game in Atlanta.
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Republican senator appears to mix up basketball teams during heated attack
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Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Gobsmacked by the elite levels of not knowing ball in the Senate today, thinking an NBA team is called the Hawkeyes then, refusing to Google it, then accusing a guy of treason because you didn’t know the Iowa Lady Hawkeyes aren’t in the NBA. Somehow I don’t trust these people to Save Girls Sports.
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Senator Amy Klobuchar @klobuchar.senate.gov · 29/09/2026
Before calling someone a “dirtbag,” the Senator should have had his facts straight. An apology is in order. Glad one of us knew the difference between the Atlanta Hawks and the Iowa Hawkeyes!
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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
renaissance painting when the renaissance is really fucking stupid
senator schmitt and his two idiot staffers after making a generational fuck up
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 29/09/2026
this gaffe should follow Eric Schmitt around for the rest of his political life (Jack Smith was actually in Maryland at a HAWKEYES game, not in Atlanta colluding with Fani Willis as Schmitt alleged) (Win McNamee/Getty)
photo of Schmitt's team holding up a poster board that made false claims about Jack Smith's whereabouts in February 2024
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Raw Story @rawstory.com · 29/09/2026
A Republican senator's big "gotcha" moment instantly fell apart in a hearing with former special counsel Jack Smith Tuesday.
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GOP senator buried in scorn as Jack Smith gotcha moment instantly falls apart
A Republican senator's big "gotcha" moment instantly fell apart in a hearing with former special counsel Jack Smith Tuesday.Sen. Eric Schmitt (R-MO) asked the former prosecutor whether he had attended an Atlanta Hawks-Golden State Warriors game in Georgia the day after an affair was revealed between...
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Selekta @selekta312.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Str8 up nerd convention
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McSweeney's @mcsweeneys.net · 25/09/2026
"In my younger and more vulnerable years, my father gave me some advice. 'Whenever you feel like criticizing someone,' he told me, 'just remember that not everyone had the advantages you’ve had. Some people have never even eaten at Culver’s.'" (Happy birthday, Fitz!) buff.ly/5Pt4hve
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The Great Lakes Gatsby
“In my younger and more vulnerable years, my father gave me some advice. ‘Whenever you feel like criticizing someone,’ he told me, ‘just remember that not ev...
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Premier League ⚽ 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🇬🇧🦁 @lapremierleague.com · 24/09/2026
Premier League Leads FIFA Reform Call: Top Leagues Unite Against Infantino Nothing says "urgent reform" like the four richest leagues suddenly discovering a conscience. Wonder what sparked that. #PremierLeague #FIFA #Infantino #Football #EPL
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Premier League Leads FIFA Reform Call: Top Leagues Unite Against Infantino
The Premier League, Bundesliga, La Liga and Serie A issue a joint call for urgent FIFA governance reform amid the crisis engulfing president Gianni Infantino.
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Selekta @selekta312.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
There was a time not too long ago when I actually gave a shit
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The Onion @theonion.com · 18/09/2026
Trans Teen Hatches Nefarious Plot To Undergo Years Of Medical Treatments And Counseling To Win At Swimming theonion.com/trans-teen-hatches-nef…
Trans Teen Hatches Nefarious Plot To Undergo Years Of Medical Treatments And Counseling To Win At Swimming
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sephirAmy @sephiramy.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
there is indeed a short video of him if you wanna scoot over to the National Geographic article, btw www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/arti...
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Meet the First New Cat Species Discovered in 100 Years
A small, spotted tiger cat from Bolivia may just be the beginning of a wave of new small cat species.
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Chris Kluwe, adjudicated poaster @chriswarcraft.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
As a professional punter, I’m in absolute awe at the masterclass put on by this Congress. Just punt after punt after punt, it’s like rewatching the 0-16 Lions.
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onion person @junlper.beer · 09/09/2026
people have been running scam coins like this for like 7 years now, they've only ever been scams, not once has it not been a scam, and everytime someone launches a new one they pretend its not a scam, but it always is a scam. its incredible
hunter biden laptop coin scam crashed immediately
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Selekta @selekta312.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
0/20 😭😭
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Shooti @bambooshooti.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
#ResistanceRoots Lewis Howard Latimer was born on this day in 1848 in Chelsea, Mass. The next time you switch on a lamp, thank Latimer. He was an inventor and engineer who made electric light practical. He was also a master draftsman, writer, composer, musician, artist and civil rights activist. /1
Lewis Howard Latimer in 1882. Latimer was the master engineer who turned the fragile concept of electric light into a durable, affordable and global utility. He was the rare polymath who bridged the gap between imagination and execution. He was also a true Renaissance man who wrote poetry and plays, painted vivid portraits, composed music, and played violin and flute. He used his prestige to fight for equal opportunities for Black citizens and volunteered his time to teach newly arrived immigrants. It is a profound historic injustice that Lewis Latimer is not a household name alongside Thomas Edison. Edison may have captured the spark that created the electric age, but Lewis Latimer built the engine that distributed that light to the entire world.
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Chicago Sun-Times @chicago.suntimes.com · 03/09/2026
Angela Sedeño, Cindy Eigler and Vero Ortiz help provide mental health services for immigrants. They talk about how President Donald Trump’s mass-deportation campaign changed them and how they cope now.
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3 leaders who work with Chicago's immigrant communities reflect on the toll of Operation Midway Blitz
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Selekta @selekta312.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Who is Mitch McConnell? Dude I swear that name sounds familiar…
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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 30/08/2026
It's so absurd how this dementia addled rapist can alter reality for everyone and the tech companies just follow along with it.
A Google Maps screenshot showing a search for "Lake Ontario" at the top search bar, while the map overlay erroneously labels the water body as "Lake America," with the US–Canada border cutting through it. The bottom info card also displays "Lake America" with a 4.6-star rating and standard navigation buttons.
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WIRED @wired.com · 30/08/2026
The discovery redefines how large atoms need to be to produce the extreme state of matter found in the early universe. www.wired.com/story/scient...
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Scientists Create the Littlest Big Bang to Study the Universe's Origins
The discovery redefines how large atoms need to be to produce the extreme state of matter found in the early universe.
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Selekta @selekta312.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
oh man this headline killin me rn shit hella made me laugh out loud
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Selekta @selekta312.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
lmfaooo who gives a fuck about a buc-ees get a life people
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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
The most racist, bigoted person you've seen on your timeline who regularly calls for the government to slash funding for charitable causes: "Genuine tears for Dolly Parton passing. She stood for so much."
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Sitcom People @sitcompeople.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Dolly Parton 1946-2026 RIP
Dolly in unreleased sitcom Heavens to Betsy (1995)
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ashley fairbanks @ziibiing.com · 25/08/2026
dolly’s wings are going to be 97% rhinestone. matching halo.
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Shiv Ramdas Mens Rice Activist @nameshiv.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
well you wanted to go back to the old days and now you got bugs in the food and people dying of measles so congrats, I guess?
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Max P III @blackballer.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
What the fuck?
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The Onion @theonion.com · 17/08/2026
White House Taps Mean Teen In Zara Fitting Room As New Press Secretary theonion.com/white-house-taps-mean-…
White House Taps Mean Teen In Zara Fitting Room As New Press Secretary
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The Intercept @theintercept.com · 16/08/2026
Somewhere in a sweltering desert, cockroaches scurry around the cell of Carlitos Ricardo Parias. He holds up a plastic bottle, gazing at the worm-like creatures swimming in his water. His other arm is turning purple from a gunshot wound for which he says he hasn’t received proper medical care.
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 15/08/2026
On Alaska’s Adak Island, it costs more than $340,000 per year to provide internet service to hundreds of buildings — all but a few of them empty. The money being wasted is yours: propub.li/4zrY1cT with @adn.com
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Selekta @selekta312.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
A newborn deer has a more graceful walk
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Selekta @selekta312.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
He definitely got bars
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Selekta @selekta312.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
bet anyone dollars to donuts they’ll absolutely do this
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John Garrison Marks @johngmarks.com · 10/08/2026
On my blog, I wrote about how America's museums are falling apart. The US has 20k+ museums, and most have historic buildings with leaky roofs, failing HVAC units, and flooding basements. What they don't have is money for repairs. Please read/share! 🧵 johngmarks.beehiiv.com/p/america-s-...
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America's Museums are Falling Apart
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KEW @kidadaewilliams.com · 05/08/2026
Chairteenth 🪑
Screenshot showcasing the Montgomery Brawl. August 5 2023.
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Democracy Now! @democracynow.org · 04/08/2026
Sports reporter Dave Zirin on the scandal engulfing FIFA, soccer's world governing body.
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Dave Zirin on FIFA Corruption, Visiting Mumia Abu-Jamal & the Lasting Legacy of Historian Howard Zinn
Part 2 of our conversation with Dave Zirin, author of the new book The People’s Historian: The Outsized Life of Howard Zinn.
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 04/08/2026
After a college student finally found a treatment that worked for his ulcerative colitis, UnitedHealthcare decided it wouldn’t pay for the costly drugs. His fight to get coverage exposed the insurer’s hidden procedures for rejecting claims. (Published Feb. 2023)
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UnitedHealthcare Tried to Deny Coverage to a Chronically Ill Patient. He Fought Back, Exposing the Insurer’s Inner Workings.
After a college student finally found a treatment that worked, the insurance giant decided it wouldn’t pay for the costly drugs. His fight to get coverage exposed the insurer’s hidden procedures for r...
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Selekta @selekta312.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
oh yeah now I remember why I stopped following this guy…
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Selekta @selekta312.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
So what’s preventing these vets from going to Swift ,JB Hunt or ABF and applying for a job right now?
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Headquarters @headquartersnews.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
Chicago teen shares his experience in ICE detention centers: I am 18 years old and I just graduated from high school in Chicago. I was in ICE detention for 2 months and 10 days. They kept me in solitary for 2 days for no reason, alone in a room with just a toilet. They never let us go outside.
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God @thegodshow.com · 30/07/2026
You ever just feel like you hate almost everyone? The USA is a dystopian torture chamber for people with fully functional brains.
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