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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 4h
The election interference starts.
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Justice Dept. sues California, asks court to force state to stop counting 20,000 ballots — Los Angeles Times
The Trump administration asked a federal court to bar California from counting ballots from about 20,000 voters it suspects aren't U.S. citizens. State officials blasted the lawsuit.
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The Kimono Gallery @roger1952.bsky.social · 4h
Shiofune Kannon-ji Temple, Ome, Japan
This panoramic elevated view showcases the bowl-shaped hillside of Shiofune Kannon-ji in Ōme, Tokyo, during its famed spring azalea festival (tsutsuji matsuri). Thousands of meticulously pruned, spherical azalea bushes cascade down the natural amphitheater in a sea of vivid color, blending vibrant shades of crimson, magenta, coral, blush pink, and pristine white. Tall, ancient Japanese red pines (akamatsu) rise above the colorful floral tapestry, their dark trunks providing vertical structure against the rounded mounds. At the base of the hollow lies a serene green lawn featuring a small stone-lined pond, flanked by temple buildings and winding pedestrian paths that trace the natural contours of the valley.
Shiofune Kannon-ji is an ancient Buddhist temple of the Shingon sect, reportedly founded in the Taika era (645–650) by the legendary priest Bikuni. The temple derives its name (shiofune, meaning "tide ship") from its unique topography: a bowl-shaped valley surrounded by hills that resembles a ship floating on ocean waves.

The temple's extensive azalea gardens feature approximately 20,000 bushes across roughly 20 distinct varieties that bloom in succession from mid-April through early May. This integration of living horticulture into sacred temple grounds represents a magnificent tradition of monozukuri (master craftsmanship in garden design and horticultural stewardship), where centuries of careful pruning and landscape cultivation enhance the spiritual atmosphere of the sacred precinct.
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Canadian Paintings @canadianpaintings.bsky.social · 4h
Autumn Baroque Isabel McLaughlin 1961
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Tom Cox @dj-acid-reflux.bsky.social · 5h
Mid-October. Or, as fly agaric mushrooms prefer to call it, “party season”.
A fly agaric mushroom and its son, in the woods near the River Bovey, Devon, this afternoon.
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womensartbluesky.bsky.social @womensartbluesky.bsky.social · 5h
Karen Pleass textile artist from County Kerry, Ireland who uses repurposed fabrics, Irish tweeds, and everyday materials to create her work #Womensart
Pictorial textile artwork featuring a cottage in a hilly landscape
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 4h
Campaign for Accountability, a watchdog organization, filed a complaint with the State Bar of California seeking an investigation into whether Katie Zacharia violated state law by presenting herself as a lawyer without a California law license.
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CfA - CA Bar - Katie Zacharia
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pmamtraveller.bsky.social @pmamtraveller.bsky.social · 3h
"Meeting at Night" by artist Cécile Berrubé.
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Rachel Deering @racheldeering.bsky.social · 3h
Goodnight. 🖼️ Woggle of Witches, Adrienne Adams.
An illustration from the children's book A Woggle of Witches by Adrienne Adams. It depicts a group of witches gathered around a long table in a dark forest at night. The witches, all wearing black robes and pointed hats, are shown in various poses, some standing on the table while others are seated. The scene is illuminated by torches, casting a yellow glow on the figures and the surrounding trees. A small bat is also visible flying near the table.
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Rachel Deering @racheldeering.bsky.social · 3h
Bonus Book Cover of the Day:
MASTERPIECES OF TERROR AND
THE
SUPERNATURAL
A Treasury of Spellbinding Tales Old & New
Selected by Marvin Kaye
Des. Ed Gorey
Illustration of floating/ flying skeleton like figures, bats, trees, a ruin.
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pmamtraveller.bsky.social @pmamtraveller.bsky.social · 3h
Antique Victorian Memento Mori Skull Ring, Gilt Silver and Enamel, c. 1880’s.
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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 5h
The next development in this story is going to be Katie Zacharia claiming she passed the bar in a dream.
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Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 6h
🥴🥴🥴 Gift link👇 www.nytimes.com/2026/10/14/u...
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Katie Phang @katiephang.bsky.social · 10h
My shocked face 😑 www.wsj.com/business/med...
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Exclusive | White House Press Secretary Katie Zacharia Didn’t Pass Bar Exam
Zacharia has previously referred to herself as a lawyer in public appearances.
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Judd Legum @juddlegum.bsky.social · 4h
BREAKING: In an interview w/Pizzagate conspiracy theorist Jack Posobiec, White House Press Secretary Katie Zacharia admits that despite describing herself repeatedly as a lawyer and working as General Counsel for a non-profit she has never been licensed to practice law and failed the California bar.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 4h
Katie Zacharia on failing the bar exam: "We just said, 'I'll take the bar and see what happens.' The results are somewhat inconsequential because I knew I wouldn't need the bar in China." (She spent years lying that she's an attorney!)
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Brett "Solidarity 2026" Banditelli @banditelli.org · 8h
Public libraries are becoming so popular even the bears have started trying to get cards. www.instagram.com/reel/DeftV9x...
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public health guy @publichealthguy1.bsky.social · 8h
all of us just watched these university admins wield enormous power against palestinian student orgs, including unaffiliated ones, so these excuses land flatter than ever
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Center for Reproductive Rights @reprorights.org · 7h
EXPOSED: Our lawyers sued the Trump admin under FOIA, and got papers showing the White House’s fingerprints all over FDA’s scientifically unjustified re-review of safe, effective abortion pills. Political interference with medical safeguards should outrage every American—because it endangers us all.
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evacide @evacide.bsky.social · 9h
This is absolutely 100% going to be used for harassment.
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Gabe Ortíz @tusk81.bsky.social · 7h
“Prosecutors have charged the agent with assault, elder abuse and other crimes." "Fresno City Councilmember Miguel Arias said the enforcement operations led to a drop in school attendance and sparked student protests Friday. ”
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James Dyke @jamesgdyke.info · 7h
Do not eat farmed fish. That's a very good rule of thumb. And you should avoid most caught fish because of by-catch and other unsustainable practices. Generally try & eat less fish, meat & diary.
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darren32359.bsky.social @darren32359.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
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Edmonds Scanner @edmondsscanner.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
Remember to remind yourself that you are strong, you are loved, and that when the world is a messy place, you have the right to be even messier.
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miezikatze 2 @miezi-katze.bsky.social · 8h
"Niemand hat Anzeige erstattet, die Polizei ermittelt von sich aus." Es gibt Dinge, die lassen auch mich denken, im falschen Film zu sein. Mal eine Frage am Rande: Hat das irgendjemand gehört (ausser Tillschneider) + wird das jemand bezeugen? 😜 Aussage steht gegen Aussage! taz.de/Tillschneide...
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Eklat am Gedenktag: Die Polizei Halle ermittelt gegen Demonstrierende
Die Blockade der jüdischen Studierendenunion in Halle hat ein Nachspiel: Die Polizei ermittelt, weil Landtagsvize Tillschneider (AfD) als „Nazi“ beschimpft worden sei.
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Puff the Magic Hater @mskellymhayes.bsky.social · 8h
The "is AI slavery" discourse is exactly what the tech bros want. It doesn't end with fancy autocompletes having human rights. Its logic ends with you having fewer rights. If you believe AI is sentient (it's not) & are down with enslaving it (it's not slavery), then why do human labor rights matter?
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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 8h
Donors of $333 million to the ballroom include "contributors who have benefited from regulatory decisions, government contracts and, in one case, a pardon for a family member." From @washingtonpost.com wapo.st/4yiUDPx
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Secret documents reveal donors behind $330 million for Trump’s ballroom
The records offer a panoramic view of a fundraising campaign that is extraordinary for its size and opacity.
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 7h
Mary Peltola on Trump and JD Vance rushing to Alaska to campaign for her Republican opponent. “You can't help but be a little bit flattered ... it just means that we're a threat.”
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Karl Bode @karlbode.com · 7h
prominent tech pundits could help journalists build alternative communications platforms free of fascist-coddling billionaire algorithmic influence but they might miss out on lazy boosterism by people completely disinterested in having honest conversations about the real-world impact of AI
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Gabriela Greilinger @gabrielagreilinger.com · 8h
Im österreichischen Parlament gibt es keine Ordnungsrufe, wenn man rechtsextremes Vokabular ("Remigration") verwendet. Aber es gibt Ordnungsrufe vom Zweiten Nationalratspräsidenten, der der Volkspartei angehört, wenn man die FPÖ als rechtsextrem bezeichnet. Auch ein Statement.
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Innsmouth Looksmaxxing @gonebabygone.bsky.social · 10h
Obviously they're targeting Omar for being Somali and Muslim but she's pretty clearly also meant to be revenge by proxy for Minneapolis humiliating them
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Xela Hart @xelahart.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
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ReneBerg56g @reneberg.bsky.social · 8h
Ökonomen fordern Ende von Erbschaftsteuerprivilegien für Unternehmer Kommende Woche verhandelt das Bundesverfassungsgericht über die Erbschaftsteuer. Bislang werden Firmenerben hier bevorzugt. Führende Ökonomen lehnen diese Privilegien ab. www.zeit.de/wirtschaft/u...
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Erbschaftsteuer: Ökonomen fordern Ende von Erbschaftsteuerprivilegien für Unternehmer
Kommende Woche verhandelt das Bundesverfassungsgericht über die Erbschaftsteuer. Bislang werden Firmenerben hier bevorzugt. Führende Ökonomen lehnen diese Privilegien ab.
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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 7h
The Trump administration has desperately searched for evidence that Rep. Ilhan Omar committed fraud. This is happening just three weeks before the November midterms, in which Omar is favored to win reelection.
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Inside the latest pursuit of Ilhan Omar
The latest probe alleges the Minnesota lawmaker committed fraud on her citizenship application as a teenager.
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Naomi Klein @naomiaklein.bsky.social · 7h
Whether it was the insistence that Thiel is just trolling, or the incredulity that Trump would actually interfere in elections, or the apparent ignorance that fascism is a *right-wing* project, this interview was a trip. As comedy, it's gold. www.bbc.com/audio/play/m...
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BBC Audio | Radical with Gabriel Gatehouse | End Times Capitalism: How Much Wealth Is Too Much Wealth? (Activist Naomi Klein)
The author and activist on her career and fears about the end of the world
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Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 8h
The Washington Post obtained the list of donors funding Trump’s ballroom, that includes Apple ($25m), the Adelsons ($25m) and the Winklevoss twins ($5m). Not on the list: Trump, who said the ballroom would be paid “100% by me and some friends of mine”. Gift link.👇 wapo.st/4yiUDPx
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Secret documents reveal donors behind $330 million for Trump’s ballroom
The records offer a panoramic view of a fundraising campaign that is extraordinary for its size and opacity.
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Sam “The Great Pumpkin” Thielman @samthielman.com · 7h
I think it is interesting how concerned AI people are with the potential rights of chatbots designed specifically to flatter them, and probably a notable indicator of a broader attitude toward personhood in these social strata.
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Christian Stöcker @christianstoecker.de · 10h
Einfache Regel: Wer der Union, insbesondere Katherina Reiche und Markus Söder, in Fragen von Energie und Mobilität vertraut, wird es teuer bezahlen (u.U. auch bald alle anderen). Weil sie die Nebelkerzen und Propaganda-Talking-Points der Öl- und Gasindustrie als Fakten ausgeben.
Reiche legt Plan vor
Privathaushalte sollen grüne Gase allein bezahlen

Von 
Amy Walker
Aktualisiert am 15.10.2026 - 03:32 Uhr
Lesedauer: 3 Min.
imago images 0869030387Vergrößern des Bildes
Katherina Reiche, Bundesministerin für Wirtschaft und Energie (CDU): Ab 2028 müssen Gasheizungsbesitzer mit steigenden Anteilen grüner Brennstoffe rechnen. (Quelle: IMAGO/dts Nachrichtenagentur/imago)
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Rabih Alameddine @rabihalameddine.bsky.social · 24/05/2026
Ustad Mansur, Mughal India, 17th century
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womensartbluesky.bsky.social @womensartbluesky.bsky.social · 8h
Japanese installation artist Chiharu Shiota, “During Sleep”, 2002 #womensart
Installation featuring a room fullof hospital styke beds with figures sleeping undervwhite covers. The room also has a web of black yarn which spans the space
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The Fake History Hunter @fakehistoryhunter.net · 8h
Looks like someone forgot to tell these folks they were living in the "dark ages" ;) www.labrujulaverde.com/en/2026/10/a...
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A Large Palace has been Discovered Atop a Hill in France, where a Senatorial Family Continued to Live “in the Roman Style” in the Early Middle Ages
When people picture Gaul between the fifth and seventh centuries, they tend to think of invading tribes, shrinking towns and Merovingian kings so passive that later historians nicknamed them the “do-n...
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Stiftung Preußischer Kulturbesitz @kulturspk.bsky.social · 8h
Dunkel war's... die Museumsinsel schien helle!🎉 Die Museumsinsel ist beim Festival of Lights dabei: Diese Woche erstrahlen das Pergamonmuseum und die historischen Kolonnaden an der Alten Nationalgalerie in besonderem Licht. Noch bis diesen Sonntag, 18. Oktober!
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Museumsinsel Berlin erstrahlt im Oktober 2026 zum Festival of Lights
Die Museumsinsel Berlin ist vom 9. bis 18. Oktober 2026 nach langer Pause wieder beim Festival of Lights dabei.
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Jan de Laat @jandl.eurosky.social · 8h
#windwerk Sean Layh - Waterwall - Revisited Tinted charcoal, conte and pastel (2020)
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womensartbluesky.bsky.social @womensartbluesky.bsky.social · 8h
Greenham Common, 1980s UK, 1st peace camp, women-only, active for 19 yrs protesting nuclear weapons. Embrace the Base event-30,000 women held hands around the US airbase fence housing Cruise Missiles, a 14-mile human chain #WomensArt
Monochrome photo featuring a line of women holding hands in silhouette along the outside of a tall wire fence
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El Eremita @dinamitteros.bsky.social · 8h
Chica de ojos marrones en un paisaje otoñal. Década de 1920. Masa Feszty. Húngaro, 1895-1979. Óleo sobre cartón.
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El Eremita @dinamitteros.bsky.social · 8h
Howard Pyle. Estadounidense, 1853-1911. La casa embrujada. Catherine Duke aceleró el paso. 1904 Óleo sobre lienzo. Museo de Arte Brandywine.
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Richard Morris @ahistoryinart.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
Thomas Cooper Gotch painted many pictures of children holding lanterns through the 1920s and was often concerned with themes of childhood and adolescence. This evening parade seems not quite of this world; the faceless girls in white dresses leading seem somehow symbolic.
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The Fake History Hunter @fakehistoryhunter.net · 8h
It wouldn't be nice to go around during Halloween, asking people with bird beak masks what their outfit is and when they mention middle ages or black death hand them this meme... You could even laminate it ;)
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Michael Warburton @michaelwarburton.bsky.social · 8h
Chaplin’s masterpiece was released 86yrs ago today. THE GREAT DICTATOR (1940)
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André Derain @aderain.bsky.social · 8h
Ominous Landscape www.wikiart.org/en/andre-derain/omi…
Ominous Landscape
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Jay Troyer @gr8flbluejay.bsky.social · 7h
René Magritte, Belgian (1898-1967), Le pays des miracles, 1964, oil on canvas
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