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Angelica Shalagina Official🇺🇦 @angel-shalagina.bsky.social · 23h
🚨 BREAKING: Elon Musk personally proposed slowing down Ukraine’s Starlink access, and Trump agreed, The Telegraph reports, citing four sources. Musk reportedly later feared backlash from European customers and publicly denied responsibility, blaming the White House instead.
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Mel Buer @melbuer.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
Dark(er) times ahead, folks.
"It looks dangerously like the construction of an internal spying agency," said Jay Stanley, senior policy analyst with the American Civil Liberties Union's Speech, Privacy, and Technology Project, who has written extensively, on immigration agencies' mass surveillance. "It's a nightmare in the making."
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Jesi🃏♠️🔥 @luciferjesit.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
This was such a great answer from Abdul El-Sayed about his previous criticisms of President Obama.
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Zoe Williams @zoesqwilliams.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
I got bolt of shame from this piece, with charity shop staff saying 'try every now and then giving us something nice: don't put *everything* nice on Vinted' www.theguardian.com/fashion/2026...
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‘People sell their best stuff on Vinted’ – how charity shops became a dumping ground for unsellable clothes
Swamped with ‘daily avalanches’ of soiled items and poor-quality fast fashion, secondhand stores are in crisis. What went wrong with people’s good intentions? And is it possible to donate more effecti...
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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 13/10/2026
Drone strikes didn’t take out a Russian bot farm, but we were primed to believe it.
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Drone strikes didn't take out a Russian bot farm, but we were primed to believe it
A viral rumor illustrates people’s hunger to make sense of the division we see online.
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Greenb3ar @greenb3ar.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
Okay the best political ad of the year is here from LA-DSA
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Maggie McNeill @maggiemcneill.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
The term everyone is dancing around is "secret police", a hallmark of totalitarian regimes.
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Daniel Radosh @radosh.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
My kid has started a Letterboxd list called Killer Sweaters for films where the killer wears a great sweater and they've asked me to throw it out to Bluesky for more because "that's the kind of thing those weirdos like to do"
Chris Pratt: Knives OutBetsy Palmer: Friday the 13thMatthew Lillard: ScreamMasato Hagiwara: Cure
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Jacob T. Levy @jacobtlevy.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
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✊🏼Indigiqueer Hummingbird @riotousmuse.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
Good #wnba article to read this Indigenous People's Day
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‘I will not be moving on’: sale of WNBA’s Connecticut Sun leaves Native fans facing cultural loss
The Mohegan Tribe made the Sun the first Native-owned franchise in pro sports. Fans say the team’s move echoes centuries of erasure and displacement
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Barred and Boujee aka Madiba Dennie @audrelawdamercy.blacksky.app · 10/10/2026
My cousin organized a series of masked concerts in NYC so immunocompromised and other covid-conscious folks can still enjoy live music events, and is raising funds so he can keep doing so! Love and appreciation to anyone able to chip in 🙏🏾♥️ www.kickstarter.com/projects/pos...
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Positive Deviance NYC: Building Clean Air Culture
Back our next three clean-air NYC music events in 2027 and join a growing community building a more accessible cultural life.
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Mei 🪽 @meidotwav.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
treat your body like a data center. consume as much water, art and literature as possible. upset local municipalities with your existence.
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Sky Marchini @sky.skymarchini.net · 10/10/2026
The “lisan al-gaib” meme except is says “Evelyn normielib”
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Gabe Ortíz @tusk81.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
“Lawyers for a 21-year-old Bronx man claim that during his arrest in October last year, Cuni tripped him hard enough to break a tooth, then shocked him with a Taser about six times while he was handcuffed on the ground, and later called him a ‘maldito Mexicano’—damned Mexican.”
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Andrew Couts @couts.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
The man shot by ICE in NYC yesterday has disappeared after he was admitted to the hospital, and his lawyer reportedly doesn’t know where he is. www.courthousenews.com/ice-shot-a-m...
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ICE shot a man in New York City; his lawyers can’t find him
The agency claims Oscar Belgal "weaponized his vehicle” against agents in the Bronx, prompting them to fire seven shots at his car.
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Dhruv Mehrotra @dmehro.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
NEW: Footage from Thursdays shooting shows an ICE agent in a construction vest brandishing a rifle. His name is Brenden Cuni. Federal judges have found multiple arrests involving Cuni unlawful. He has been accused of repeatedly Tasing a handcuffed man and tackling a pregnant woman in Minneapolis.
wired.com
ICE Agent at NYC Shooting Has History of Alleged Violence and Illegal Arrests
Brenden Cuni, an ICE supervisor, has been accused of excessive force and tackling a pregnant woman to the ground. Several of his arrests were later found to be unlawful in federal court.
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smilingrain.bsky.social @smilingrain.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
... what the fuck
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Nicole Foy @nicolefoy.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Our new investigation into 500+ U.S. citizens held by immigration agents also features a searchable database for incidents involving minors, tear gas & Americans held 24 hours + My main takeaway? This is only the tip of the iceberg projects.propublica.org/american-cit...
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More Than 500 U.S. Citizens Have Been Detained, Including Handcuffed or Held at Gunpoint, in Trump’s Immigration Crackdown — ProPublica
The government doesn’t track how often immigration officers detain U.S. citizens. So ProPublica did. We’ve found more than 500 Americans who were held against their will during this Trump administrati...
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smilingrain.bsky.social @smilingrain.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Real uptick in violence against our population at home in response to the upcoming midterms.
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Katherine Alejandra Cross @quinnae.com · 08/10/2026
This is a moral atrocity and it needs to be loudly condemned as such. There is a reason that democracies *don't* do publicly televised executions (and why many don't execute people at all): it inculcates and rewards bloodthirst, which corrupts the spirit and corrodes the foundation of the polity.
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smilingrain.bsky.social @smilingrain.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
SIX!!!
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Elizabeth Anne, PhD @lacksauthority.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
never the wrong time for this classic
Screenshot of a tweet by @RobbtKraft reading “scientist: "does everyone here know what Watson and Crick discovered?" 
me from back of room: "Rosalind Franklin's notes"”
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CrimethInc. Ex-Workers' Collective @crimethinc.com · 06/10/2026
People in Ithaca sent a message to those who would normalize sexual assault on campus, paying a visit to Cornell’s main administrative building, Day Hall, which houses the office of the university president. If graffiti didn't change anything, it would be legal. crimethinc.com/KillPower
Day Hall at Cornell University vandalized early Monday morning, October 5, 2026, with graffiti reading "Smash the patriarchy" and "At Cornell, rapists are protected, protestors are expelled."
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smilingrain.bsky.social @smilingrain.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
THIS YOU MOTHERFUCKERS, THIS!!!
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ceej @ceej.online · 05/10/2026
we don't have time for another plague apocalypse. we already did that. we're on to robot apocalypse now, try to catch up. next in line is fungal apocalypse. please consult the schedule
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Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
“Former British banker and whistleblower Simon Andriesz, who outed Howard Lutnick’s links to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, has died by suicide.”
thebanker.com
Whistleblower who flagged Lutnick’s links to Epstein dies
The former British banker who spent more than 35 years working in financial markets has died by suicide
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Kat Abughazaleh @katmabu.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
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Dr. Wendy Bohon @drwendyrocks.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Do you know what to do if you feel earthquake shaking? If you live in North America and the ground starts to shake the recommended action is to “drop, cover, and hold on”.
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Ian Danskin @innuendostudios.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
a *moderate* treatment for ideological bias is to clean a river with someone, or another shared point of interest to focus on, and demystify how your differing beliefs could bring you to this shared interest but the *best* cure is to storm Normandy Beach
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HOPE not hate @hopenothate.org.uk · 04/10/2026
That is the lesson of Cable Street. Beating the far right means exposing them and organising against them. You have to do both. hopenothate.org.uk/the-battle-o...
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The Battle of Cable Street 1936 - Learn the history and its legacy
Learn about the history and the legacy of the anti-fascist struggle at the Battle of Cable Street which took place on 4 October 1936.
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Karen Attiah @karenattiah.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Today, 8 years ago, my friend, Saudi Journalist and Washington Post columnist Jamal Khashoggi was murdered.
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Aaron Huertas @aaronhuertas.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
As with Mamdani, you simply can not make someone with this much kindness-coded rizz look menacing.
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Matt McMuscles @mattmcmuscles.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
We actually don't hate this administration enough
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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 27/09/2026
Google finally updated some of its satellite images of Gaza and my god, it's horrific. The entirety of Rafah has been demolished. The majority of Khan Younis is in ruins. Entire towns completely leveled and erased of the map.
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Nathan Kalman-Lamb @nkalamb.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
ICE has abducted Senegalese WBB player Aminata Seck and won't release her. DHS 'policy' is to provide medical care to prisoners at intake, yet they admit to denying her care for an ACL injury for 1.5 months. The NCAA is letting it happen, despite its predatory recruitment of ICAs. We explain.
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ICE has abducted a college athlete. What are the NCAA and universities going to do about it?
Aminata Seck’s detention shows the bargain facing international college athletes: universities eagerly recruit them, but support can disappear when their immigration status becomes precarious.
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Finally, segregationists have achieved their dream of capturing the Civil Rights Division and turning it to their own ends
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Truthout @truthout.org · 23/09/2026
Heat from this year’s super El Niño could cause 451,000 extra deaths through February 2027, a University of Chicago report projects, bringing temperatures expected from climate change 20 years from now and hitting the Global South hardest.
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Report Warns Heat May Kill 451,000 People in First 9 Months of Super El Niño
The event “is bringing temperatures climate change is projected to deliver 20 years in the future.”…
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Maggie McNeill @maggiemcneill.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Quote of the Week: “We kill people based on metadata.” - General Michael Hayden reason.com/2026/09/16/a...
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AI is already killing people—and governments are to blame
Military AI working as intended can also create a terrifying world, if its users are tasking AI to carry out malicious purposes.
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Montana Free Press @montanafreepress.org · 22/09/2026
A federal judge ordered the release of 24 immigration detainees late last week, and more are expected to be released soon as the case continues.
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Dozens of warrantless arrests deemed wrongful in class-action immigration case
Upper Seven Law announced that 24 "unlawfully detained individuals" had been released from the Cascade County Detention Center. More are expected to be released as the court considers further petition...
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Christopher Hale @christopherjhale.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
“Jesus doesn’t hear the prayers of those who wage war.” — Pope Leo XIV
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Spencer Ackerman @attackerman.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
This is a really important story. You know how over reliance on AI makes you lazy and stupid? This shows how that’s happening within the military — a military, it cannot be pointed out often enough, that’s growing ever more reliant on AI. The children of Shajarah Tayyebah Elementary paid the price
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Texas Observer @texasobserver.org · 15/09/2026
In our magazine: Milkweed explodes the hillside with white bursts, the Alabama air is still sweet, not yet touched with mildew. Early summer’s lovely day, right for opening the country graveyard’s earth; perfect for standing in the shade, singing Amazing Grace one more time.
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Poem: Beware the Perfect Day
Now is a perfect day, good and fresh, clear and bright...
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 15/09/2026
All supporting acts withdraw from Ed Sheeran’s tour in solidarity with Macklemore
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All supporting acts withdraw from Ed Sheeran’s tour in solidarity with Macklemore
Three openers and live band for Sheeran’s tour depart after removal of Macklemore over ‘free Palestine’ comments All four supporting acts for upcoming dates of Ed Sheeran’s Loop tour have withdrawn in solidarity with fellow opening act Macklemore, as backlash grows to his removal from the tour over onstage comments in support of Palestine. Finneas, the singer who was scheduled to open for Sheeran on six South American dates in November, withdrew from the tour on Tuesday afternoon, hours after Sheeran posted his own lengthy statement to Instagram explaining pressure from venue owners to remove Macklemore for pro-Palestine comments made during two shows at New Jersey’s MetLife Stadium. Continue reading...
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Brett "Solidarity 2026" Banditelli @banditelli.org · 15/09/2026
Given all the *flails hands* you all deserve one of the most adorable pictures I took of Baby Bird Season 2026. A snowy ploverlet peeking through a little sand shrub. Perhaps a once in a lifetime shot. 🪶 🐣
a tiny snowy plover chick, about 2 inches tall, looks through a shrub as if theyr hiding, on a beach
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Unicorn Riot @unicornriot.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
NEW: On August 26, 2026, the U.S. Departments of State and the Treasury designated a volunteer tech collective behind a popular activist blogging platform a terrorist organization. unicornriot.ninja/2026/activis...
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Activist Blogging Platform Shuts Down After Terrorism Designation - UNICORN RIOT
Washington D.C. — On August 26, 2026, the U.S. Departments of State and the Treasury designated a volunteer tech collective behind a popular activist blogging platform a terrorist organization.  Autis...
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Simon Rosenberg @simonwdc.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
EPA no longer tracking pollution but will track....checks notes..."America's drinking water for abortion medication & birth control"!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Zahra Hirji @zhirji.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Scoop: The EPA is expected to formally rescind carbon pollution standards for fossil fuel-fired power plants as soon as Monday, according to people familiar with the matter. Tag team with @bloomberg.com’s Ari Natter and Jen Dlouhy. Gift link: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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EPA Poised to Repeal Carbon Standards for Coal, Gas Power Plants
The US Environmental Protection Agency is expected to formally rescind carbon pollution standards for fossil fuel-fired power plants as soon as Monday, according to people familiar with the matter.
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