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Michelle says: Be kind. Always. ❤️ @snarkysillysad.bsky.social · 13h

Burrowing owl on a car hood: #AGoodPlace Source: www.reddit.com/r/NatureIsFu...

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Abraham Cupeiro plays a Roman cornu, a 3-meter curved brass horn used by Roman cornicines to relay military signals, in a duet with Sabela Caamaño on pipe organ inside Galicia's Catedral de Mondoñedo. IG: @abrahamcupeiro ~ Spain instagram.com/abrahamcupei...

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swirlOsquirrel @swirlosquirrel.bsky.social · 4h

He’s beating those cans like they owe him money. 😄🥁💸

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swirlOsquirrel @swirlosquirrel.bsky.social · 4h

It’s like they forget video recording is a thing.

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Luca @lucagalletti.bsky.social · 10h

Lying is a a virtue for republicans Republican gubernatorial candidate Bruce Blakeman said he would "cut Medicaid in half" in a Fox interview June 2026.

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Digital Brain @yourdigitalbrain.bsky.social · 14h

Circular wrapping turns awkward bottles and cylinders into clean gifts: rotate the object as you fold, and the tension stays even with less tape and less wasted paper.

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swirlOsquirrel @swirlosquirrel.bsky.social · 5h

Just keep doing the work. You’re at least doing SOMETHING, unlike the dumb-dumb Do-Nothing Republicans. Stay strong in the light.

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Michael Jay McClure @mjmimages.bsky.social · 6h

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Michael Jay McClure @mjmimages.bsky.social · 6h

Furious that I’ve been seduced by a novel. Thought how I couldn’t wait until lunch to read a bit more. Moreover, learned a new word from this book. Disgusting.

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swirlOsquirrel @swirlosquirrel.bsky.social · 5h

This is why you don’t fuck around with letting some toddler who can barely even define the three branches of government, cut the CDC or USAID. Americans are the ones who typically stop shit like this BEFORE it gets out of hand. Once again, Donald is FAILING miserably on this front.

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swirlOsquirrel @swirlosquirrel.bsky.social · 5h

This is why I keep what I like to call “Reality Notes.” To remind myself well down the road, of what experts highlighted as problematic AT THE TIME, before the political spin meisters can get ahold of people’s brain pans, & try to make it seem like it’s not as bad as it actually IS.

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swirlOsquirrel @swirlosquirrel.bsky.social · 5h

And most ironic: • Ended the USAID Screening Program that worked with the Mexican government which was used to identify illicit drugs like fentanyl being smuggled in at the US border.

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swirlOsquirrel @swirlosquirrel.bsky.social · 5h

• Eliminated over 1,000 food kitchens in Sudan, a country with 25 million people experiencing acute food insecurity and starvation • Ended funding for the Elizabeth Glaser AIDS Foundation which serves 350,000 with HIV treatment, including nearly 10,000 kids, & more than 10,000 HIV+ pregnant women

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swirlOsquirrel @swirlosquirrel.bsky.social · 5h

• Terminated all quick-ready, internationally deployable U.S. teams for earthquake rescue assistance • Terminated all U.S.-backed maternal & child health services (including girls education in Afghanistan) were which has been estimated to have caused >1,200 maternal deaths by the end of the year

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swirlOsquirrel @swirlosquirrel.bsky.social · 5h

• Destroyed all RUFT supplies of US-made emergency food packets for starving children on the brink of death • Eliminated international contracts supporting deadly outbreak disease prevention, detection, and response, including Ebola and Bird Flu, in 50 countries

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swirlOsquirrel @swirlosquirrel.bsky.social · 5h

#Reminder: OOGE toddlers eliminated 5,800 #USAID programs including: • All #Malaria prevention supplies protecting 53 million people (mostly children), including bed nets, diagnostics, preventive drugs & treatments • All #Tuberculosis (TB) mitigation programs, including the Global TB Drug Facility

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swirlOsquirrel @swirlosquirrel.bsky.social · 7h

Frankly, I think they know they cannot count on at least 2 studios (Paramount & WB, of course) to actually employ artists worth a crap, due to their corporate raiding debt load, so they’re pulling an end run around them to get access to the distribution side of things more directly, which is smart.

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swirlOsquirrel @swirlosquirrel.bsky.social · 7h

Hollywood talent agencies CAA, UTA, & WME have formed a lobbying group called the American Entertainment Alliance. They’re advocating for legislation to be passed that forces streamers like Netflix, Prime, HBO, & Disney+ to spend at least 50% of their budgets on independent, non-studio productions.

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CAA, WME and UTA Lead Coalition Pushing for Law to Force Streamers to Spend Half Their Content Budgets on Indie Productions

CAA, UTA and WME have joined forces as founding members of the American Entertainment Alliance -- which among other things wants U.S. legislation to force streaming providers like Netflix, Prime Video...

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glastomichelle.bsky.social @glastomichelle.bsky.social · 16h

Stormy start to the day here in Glastonbury with some fire in the sky to add a bit of drama.

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Michael Warburton @michaelwarburton.bsky.social · 14h

The Whisky a Go Go — Sunset Strip (1964)

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swirlOsquirrel @swirlosquirrel.bsky.social · 8h

#MomentOfBeauty: “Stairway to Heaven” photo shot by Julie Looten for NASA. Captures an amazing synchronicity between the position of an arm of the Milky Way Galaxy, the star Spica, & the Small Magellanic Cloud Galaxy rising behind an abandoned indigenous stairway in the Atacama Desert of Chile.

Left to right, you can see the beginning of the Andes Mountains, the Licancabur volcano, and the city lights of San Pedro de Atacama.

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swirlOsquirrel @swirlosquirrel.bsky.social · 8h

#ObjectsOfTheDay: Tiny Dragons. Lladro's white porcelain figurine is an endearing portrayal of the Chinese zodiac character, meant to embody the characteristics of imagination, kindness, vitality, and energy of those born under the Dragon sign.

Miniature animal highlighted by intricate sculptural details that meticulously replicate the Chinese Dragon's scales and morphology.

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swirlOsquirrel @swirlosquirrel.bsky.social · 8h

People also forget that while Trump largely benefited from riding the positive economic wave Obama created during his 8 years in office, in 2019, the year BEFORE the disease popped off, Trump was already creating upward inflationary pressures with his tax cuts for the uber-wealthy.

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swirlOsquirrel @swirlosquirrel.bsky.social · 8h

Meanwhile, Biden & the Democratic Congress did more with the Infrastructure Bill (bringing inflation down from 9.1% to 3%) in 2 years to pull us outta the COVID economic train wreck Trump got us into, than Donald has done in 2 illegitimate terms squatting in the Oval (inflation is at 3.7% now, BTW).

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swirlOsquirrel @swirlosquirrel.bsky.social · 8h

This is exactly like Donald’s “Infrastructure” promises that were always 2 weeks away. Whole lotta lip-flapping at his Neo-Nazi Bund rallies, but no actual *policies* materializing, to make average people’s lives better in REALITY.

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swirlOsquirrel @swirlosquirrel.bsky.social · 8h

#MyPresident @hillaryclinton.bsky.social talking about #TraitorTrump’s supposed “Healthcare Plan” that’s always 2 weeks away… Hillary: “It’s like that neon sign in the bar that says, ‘Free Beer Tomorrow.’ So you go in the next day to get your free beer, & the bartender goes, ‘It says TOMORROW.’”🍺🤣

Hillary bringing the funny on Kara Swisher’s show. 🤘🏻😄 🇺🇸

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Norm Eisen @normeisen.bsky.social · 13/10/2026

BREAKING: @democracydefendersfund.org & partners just sued ICE over a nasty catch-22 ICE detains people, takes their IDs & work papers, releases them, keeps the papers. Now they can't work & risk getting picked up again for having no ID We're going to court to get it ALL back -TN

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Valerie Bertinelli @wolfiesmom.bsky.social · 13/10/2026

Yeah, I know it’s childish, but I do feel the tiniest bit better.

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Luca @lucagalletti.bsky.social · 14/10/2026

Conservatives are a plague no matter which country they're in.

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Michelle says: Be kind. Always. ❤️ @snarkysillysad.bsky.social · 14/10/2026

Wednesday morning calisthenics: 🔊 #AGoodPlace Source: www.reddit.com/r/oddlysatis...

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 14/10/2026

Netflix is laying off 1,000 workers — its largest layoff ever. In 2025, Netflix had a net income of $11 billion (up 26%). Its CEO was paid $53M (255x more than the median employee). And it just raised prices for the second time in just over a year. Corporate greed in a nutshell.

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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 21h

"I don't like bigotry. I don't like the Klan. I don't like neo-Nazis," Sen. Jon Ossoff says on his Republican opponent Mike Collins.

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Kristina Killgrove @killgrove.bsky.social · 14/10/2026

A new documentary on the archaeology of Great Zimbabwe airs tonight on PBS. I interviewed the lead archaeologist, Shadreck Chirikure, and if you click through, you can watch an exclusive clip showing the team's discovery of Longquan celadon from eastern China. 🧪🏺

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Chinese pottery discovered in Great Zimbabwe reveals medieval African empire's vast connections spanning thousands of miles

Archaeologists excavating a medieval African kingdom have discovered pottery from eastern China, revealing connections across continents.

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ToonHive @toonhive.bsky.social · 14/10/2026

100 years ago today, the first Winnie-the-Pooh book was released. The book was later adapted by Disney in 1966, where the animated franchise and the character would become a cultural phenomenon.

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Admirable Women @admirablewomen.bsky.social · 14/10/2026

#OTD in 2019, Dr. Esther Duflo was awarded the Nobel Prize in economics (along with two colleagues) for their "experimental approach to alleviating global poverty.” She is the youngest person and the second woman to win the award. #WomenInSTEM #economics

Nobel laureate Dr. Esther Duflo (born 1972) standing outdoors with a confident and serene demeanor. The French-American economist, celebrated for her historic 2019 Nobel Prize win in Economic Sciences for her experimental approach to alleviating global poverty, stands in the foreground just off center to the left. She is composed with her arms folded across her chest, looking directly into the camera with a gentle, assured smile. Her short, dark brown hair is styled in a neat bob that frames her face. She wears a simple, long-sleeved blue tunic shirt featuring an unstructured mandarin collar with subtle grey-and-white striped detailing along the trim. The setting appears to be a courtyard or walkway adjacent to a multi-story red brick building, visible on the left. In the soft-focused background, lush green trees and a dark metal railing line the pathway, casting a natural, warm light over the scene.

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James Talarico @jamestalarico.bsky.social · 21h

I’m tired of being divided into teams. Do you want a safe neighborhood? Do you want a good job with good benefits? Do you want a high quality, well funded public school? So do I. We’re far more the same than we are different. As one team, we’re unstoppable.

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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 14/10/2026

🚨BREAKING: With the threat of federal election interference looming large over the midterms, Senate Democrats plan to send more than 100 congressional staff to observe voting sites in nine states — the first program of its kind for the upper chamber. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

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Senate Dems will send over 100 election observers to nine states for midterms

Observers will be on the ground to document voter interference efforts, along with threats against election workers, disinformation tactics and any other attempts to meddle with voting.

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Los Angeles Dodgers @dodgersbot.bsky.social · 21h

WILL SMITH, CAPTAIN CLUTCH!

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Speckled jim @speckledjimreborn.bsky.social · 22h

Dumb, dumber and dumberer. chatgpt.com/share/6ad024... For those in the white house press corps who might want to mull over Zachaliars list of trumps achievements

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Check out this chat

Here's a chat someone thought you'd want to see.

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swirlOsquirrel @swirlosquirrel.bsky.social · 20h

The creepy Ivanka clone effect, is especially creepy. The mentally ill, blowing the mentally ill. Also, for the love of Christ, just #ReleaseTheEpsteinFiles

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