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Chris Becke (aka BeckePhysics) @chrisbecke.bsky.social · 20h

Wow. You can see the cloud bands of Jupiter as it is covered by the moon! #jupiter #moon #occultation

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GOLIKEHELLMACHINE @golikehellmachine.com · 12h

i don’t really give a shit about straining to interpret trump’s meandering, word salad horseshit, he’s the president of the united states, if he’s being misinterpreted, that’s his problem

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Bookshop.org @bookshop.org · 15h

Anti-Prime Day starts…NOW! 🥳 Today through midnight on 10/7, enjoy free shipping site-wide, all while supporting local, independent bookstores.

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Chuck Tingle @chucktingle.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

i would rather remove my eyeballs than witness an AI tingler cover

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Steel Rat Gamer @steelrat.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

It should never be "Do they deserve to die?" instead it should be "Why are we allowing them to kill people?" it goes beyond prisons, but to law enforcement, military, and even corporations

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Charlie Warzel @cwarzel.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

There is a moment at the very very end of Abdul El-Sayed's podcast with Ezra Klein (book recommendation section) where he talks about the idea of "speaking truth to pain" and this will be staying with me for an extremely long time. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/25/o...

But there’s also something about truth to pain. We talk a lot about truth to power, but I think it’s actually a lot harder to speak truth to pain. I say that as someone who went to medical school, realizing that in a lot of our politics right now, we’ve got to get a lot better at speaking truth to pain if we’re going to get through some of these challenges that we have.

What does “truth to pain” mean?

It’s one thing to look power in the eye and say: You’re wrong about this. But there’s a way in which pain is very difficult to reason with. Because when somebody is in their pain, they’re in their trauma. They see that pain, and they may not see what’s causing it.

I remember just very explicitly being in a trauma ward with a gunshot wound patient and watching this big guy with his hand on his gunshot wound. All the folks are trying to pull his hand off his pain, that point of his gunshot wound, this clear vulnerability.

And this emergency room doctor had the presence of mind to be like: Everyone, stop. And she looks him in the eyes, and she’s like: I get that really hurts, and I’m so sorry that you’re here. You don’t want to be here. We don’t want you to be here. But if you don’t let us fix this, you could die. So I’m going to take your hand, and I’m going to move it off, OK? Because I need to get there so that you can live.

She was speaking truth to pain. He understands he’s at the hospital, he needs care, but he also doesn’t want anybody to touch the wound. Which is a natural thing. And I think it is a really great metaphor for how we think about a lot of these challenges we talked about today.

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Andi Zeisler @andizeisler.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

A woman was drugged, raped, and sexually trafficked to members of a fraternity. Two of the men involved were expelled. Five were given the opportunity to mitigate suspension by *writing an essay.* The dozens of other men who knew this was happening and said nothing? You already know the answer.

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EDITORIAL | Cornell Won’t, We Will

The Editorial Board demands that Cornell stops protecting the alleged Chi Phi rapists through the University's opaque sexual assault policies.

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Sophia Yen MD MPH @drsophiayen.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

#cornell7 from Chi Phi fraternity Matthew Ingalls Jonathan Newell Winston Lee Gillio Lopes Diego Sarabia Scott Norris Scott Kretzschmar read sorayachemaly.substack.com/p/10b245c7-5...

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Alice Campos @ok-sure.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

I bought two books based on BlueSky recommendations in the last month alone. Definitely, authors & readers, keep talking up the books!

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Steel Rat Gamer @steelrat.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Why is "AI just" just Mechanical turks?

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Roger Parloff @rparloff.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

To be clear, Mr. Attorney General, the 1st Cir struck down your policy after full adversary briefing on 9/18. Rather than seek clarification on whether it took effect immediately, you tried to fly still more people to 3d countries so it would be too late for them. On 9/23 it found out & stopped you.

Without even allowing the government a chance to respond, and in the dark of night, a federal appeals court blocked us from conducting all third-country removals of illegal aliens, an entirely legal and invaluable tool to stem the tide of illegal immigration. We will immediately seek relief from the Supreme Court, which previously granted a stay in this very same case.

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Muskrat 8647 @muskratjohn.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

It's a recalled DORK TOWER THURSDAY! Concerned new strip up now, at the Mothership! www.dorktower.com/2026/09/24/a... Repost/Reblog/Repeat, thanks so much!

Matt, looking at his phone, says "ANOTHER 167,000
POUNDS OF MEATS HAVE JUST BEEN RECALLED, DUE TO MORE SAFETY CONCERNS."

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The Onion @theonion.com · 24/09/2026

Dog Can’t Believe Guy She Hooked Up With 10 Years Ago Now Head Of FBI theonion.com/dog-cant-believe-guy-s…

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sarah jeong @sarahjeong.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

lol my flight got diverted because of a medical emergency and they landed us in reykjavik in the middle of the night and deplaned us and sent us through passport control and then the crew vanished and then british airways sent us links to book an overnight hotel room but for a hotel at heathrow

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 21/09/2026

LOL -- Fox News cuts away from Vance's speech and a host says, "we will bring you back to this rally if he starts to make news"

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Caroleeena @caroleeena.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

🧵Lauren Boebert had sex with three of her staffers. Two of them were women. Her sex partners were Clarisse Navarro, Jeffrey Small and Raven Finnegan. Navarro's husband Jace Ratzlaff: "I assumed this would eventually surface. I’ll have no further comment on this topic.”

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Norm Eisen @normeisen.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

BREAKING: We won! And we get discovery into this crazy demolition threat to boot. Kudos to our wonderful client @repbeatty.bsky.social and to my colleagues at DDF and WLG. Formal statement to follow.

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Steel Rat Gamer @steelrat.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

🎉 Here ye Here ye. On this day, the 15th of September, in the year 2026, let us celebrate the 18th birthday anniversary of Crown Prince TENJIN slayer of bunnies, demander of treats, feline overlord of his human @steelrat.bsky.social and master of naps. 🐈 #cats #cat

A proof of age post, once of my favorites. A smol grey tabby kitten not more than a few months old, almost in a rampant pose as he looks at the ANCIENT tube TV of President Barack Obama being sworn in to office in 2009 with the closed captioning reading "In his oath" as you see President Obama with his hand raised, He looks young and vibrant with a big bright smile on his face, wearing a dark suit white shirt and red tie. Oh what a wonderful image this is of better times

elderly gray tabby laying sphinxlike on a chair and beige brick wall behind him. Both front laws outstretched. His eyes are half closed due to the flash and green light is reflected in his eyes, ears are slightly lower and he has a nice Origami Crown with Red hearts on his head. But he has a look of "I will kill you later for this"

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Steel Rat Gamer @steelrat.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

The Soggy Bottom Boys will no longer be opening for Ed Sheeran

Delmar (Tim Blake Neslon) Ulysses Everett McGill (George Clooney), and Pete (John Turturro) are part of The band "soggy bottom boys singing to a can at WEZY radio station, their song "Man of Constant Sorrow" became a big hit in the movie "O brother where art tho" (200) where they are part of an escaped chain gang

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kate bush’s husband @airbagged.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

He cooked Ed Sheeran on IG

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Ed was in a fucked up position. He knew it. His typical apolitical stance was being challenged in a way it never had been before. He told me that the words
"Free Palestine" and the image of the Palestinian flag were hurtful to a lot of people he spoke with. I told him that if those words were more offensive than tens of thousands of Palestinian children being killed by Israel, then there was a fundamental disconnect between where those people stood and where I stood. But he couldn't get past his public facing, "I don't take sides."

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Howard Sherman @hesherman.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Farewell to costume designer Bob Mackie, a designer of spectacular gowns for great divas, but also the creator of perhaps the greatest costume sight gag in history.

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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 11/09/2026

What I took from that era is that there is nothing the Republican Party can do that's awful enough, disastrous enough, to bring it any real accountability, because the whole system is wired to defend & excuse it. The Trump Era has only made that more nakedly obvious.

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Spooky Back From The Dead Lazarus @jlazarus.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

18 U.S.C. § 597 Whoever makes or offers to make an expenditure to any person, either to vote or withhold his vote, or to vote for or against any candidate; and Whoever solicits, accepts, or receives any such expenditure in consideration of his vote or the withholding of his vote—

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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Sixty years ago today, the starship Enterprise launched and with it, a vision of the future where humanity had moved beyond its divisions. I was there at the beginning, and I can tell you...

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Andy “voice of Brak” Merrill. 🎅🏻🤡🐒💩 @amerrill2.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

I was told last year at a con that I should do more Space Ghost Coast to Coast episodes. I said that it would be impossible seeing that I was the only voice actor left alive. He suggested that I just use ai. I answered him a little loudly, “Oh, so I should just shit on my friends’ memories?”

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Virgil Abt @abtnatural.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

S.D.Tex. grants ICE agent Christian Jeremiah Castro release on bail, with GPS monitoring. I just RECAPped the order. No court date yet set for him to appear in Minnesota. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

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#10 in United States v. Castro (S.D. Tex., 7:26-mj-03103) – CourtListener.com

ORDER Setting Conditions of Release as to Christian Jeremiah Castro. Christian Jeremiah Castro (1) $75,000 Unsecured Bond (Signed by Magistrate Judge Juan F Alanis) Parties notified. (nc7) (Entered: 0...

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Virgil Abt @abtnatural.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

Sorry, Castro's first appearance in Minnesota has been set for 09/18/2026 at 1 :30 PM CDT before Magistrate Judge John T. Huse (as written on the release order in TX, but not yet entered on the docket back in MN).

AO 199A (Rev. 12/11) Order Setting Conditions of Release
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
United States of America
V.
Christian Jeremiah Castro
Defendant
Southern District of Texas
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Case No.
7:26-mj-03103-1
ORDER SETTING CONDITIONS OF RELEASE
IT IS ORDERED that the defendant's release is subject to these conditions:
( 1) The defendant must not violate federal, state, or local law while on release.
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(2) The defendant must cooperate in the collection of a DNA sample if it is authorized by 42 U.S.C. § 14135a.
(3) The defendant must advise the court or the pretrial services office or supervising officer in writing before
making any change of residence or telephone number.
( 4) The defendant must appear in court as required and, if convicted, must surrender as directed to serve any
sentence that the court may impose.
The defendant must appear
at:
United States District Court
300 South Fourth Street Minneapolis, MN 55415 (Courtroom 9W)
on 09/18/2026 at 1 :30 PM before Magistrate Judge John T. Huse_b_y __

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Jay Willis @jaywillis.net · 01/09/2026

For me, the biggest takeaway from Sophie Cunningham’s hard launch into the right-wing culture wars is how *lucrative* bigotry is now. There’s an entire conservative media ecosystem that will turn anyone willing to make transphobia their personal brand into a well-compensated star.

fastcompany.com

Sophie Cunningham and the cynical economics of the anti-trans athlete

The conservative media machine is turning WNBA athletes into well-compensated culture-war assets.

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ESA Exploration @exploration.esa.int · 01/09/2026

✨ Today's EVA is the sixth all-female spacewalk in history and the first to include a non-American astronaut. 👩‍🚀👩‍🚀🚀

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Susan Rinkunas @susanrinkunas.com · 29/08/2026

never in a million years would you guess how this video opens www.tiktok.com/t/ZTD7fUef3/

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Steel Rat Gamer @steelrat.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

This guy once commented about wanting to masturbate while watching an ICE raid

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MapQuest @mapquest.com · 27/08/2026

We’re not changing it.

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Steel Rat Gamer @steelrat.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

He going to change the name of the Atlantic next?

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Digital Warrior - Combat Disinfo @digitalwarrior.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

8/ Fact checking a clip after it spreads does not stop it. Research on the backfire effect shows repeating a lie to correct it plants it deeper in people's minds. By the time you argue the details, the fear it was built to cause has already done its job

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Jonathan M. Katz @katz.theracket.news · 27/08/2026

“… valid criticisms against the state committing these atrocities and tying it back to Judaism as a cynical ploy to stop all matter of of conversation is truly terrifying. And I think it directly causes antisemitism to fester.” — Hasan Piker, Oxford Union, May 2025 youtube.com/shorts/qB49i...

youtube.com

Hasan Piker's Antisemitism Speech Is Going Viral Again

YouTube video by Novara Media

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Gwen Snyder is uncivil @gwensnyder.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

Nazis ruin shit, it's what they do. If racists and eugenicists are laying claim to the word "clanker"-- if they even APPEAR to be, which is where we are now-- they have effectively ruined it. And you can't unruin it, that's just how it goes.

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Steel Rat Gamer @steelrat.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

Good. I rather just have a Challenge contest where players can show off their skills and have fun.

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Steel Rat Gamer @steelrat.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

let me get this straight The Federal government can send red assassins to blue states and "Reassign" them to red states to avoid any accountability like some sort of Fugitive act dealing with slaves? why would any Blue state allow federal agents to enter thier state now?

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Karen Attiah @karenattiah.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

More thoughts from me--- and a breakdown of the arbitrator's decision. The Washington Post Fired Me. I Fought—and Won My Job Back. karenattiah.substack.com/p/the-washin...

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The Washington Post Fired Me. I Fought—and Won My Job Back.

Nearly a year after being wrongfully fired for my comments on race, gender and violence, an arbitrator has ordered my immediate reinstatement.

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roterote @roterote.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

Here is the full suspension letter from UGent that was sent to Nathan Cofnas, it shows ample reason for his suspension and potential termination. Including breach of contract, using the University of Ghent’s name and legitimacy to promote his racial supremacist views and causing reputational damage.

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Steel Rat Gamer @steelrat.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

Patron saint of "spreadsheet people"

Cover for early 2000 teaching program "Joe spreads cheeks" I mean "Joe spread sheets" which shoes a swol man behind a desk. Glasses and tom selleck mustache wearing a tie and blue shirt with rolled up sleeves showing his ripped forarms

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