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Tim Watts

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Bicycling for joy; gardener; chickeneer; left of center-left Democrat; recovering programmer. Hemlock's caretaker. He/him.

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Joanne Freeman @jbf1755.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
They voted in a secret ballot to stop memorials to slaughtered Jews. Because of course they did. Why stop? People will step on them, they claimed. That’s the point; the stones are in the course of everyday life. Gift article. German Town Votes to Stop Adding Memorials Outside Homes of Slain Jews
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German Town Votes to Stop Adding Memorials Outside Homes of Slain Jews (Gift Article)
Councilors in an eastern German town voted to stop installing memorial plaques outside homes of Holocaust victims, saying they would instead build a memorial at a cemetery.
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Matt McMuscles @mattmcmuscles.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
We actually don't hate this administration enough
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Senator Ed Markey @markey.senate.gov · 28/09/2026
Trump is selling nuclear tech to Saudi Arabia despite reported US intelligence that the Saudis still want a bomb—while the Trumps have taken billions in bribes from the Saudis. This is Trump corruption at the expense of US national security. Stop the deal.
Saudi Arabia Open to Possibly Developing Nuclear Weapons
An intelligence assessment examined Saudi Arabia’s military ambitions as Congress reviews a new civilian nuclear deal between the U.S. and the kingdom
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
When they get back in power, Democrats need to go all-in on higher education. We need a campaign of reinvestment in public universities across the country that makes the Morrill Land-Grant Act look like nothing by comparison *and* a GI Bill of Rights-style program of tuition grants.
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 29/09/2026
DraftKings has argued that its ‘responsible gaming’ system provides adequate safeguards to protect customers from spiraling out of control. So I decided to find out: If I bet like a compulsive gambler, would DraftKings stop me? by Jake Pearson
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I Deliberately Bet Like a Problem Gambler. DraftKings Made Me a VIP.
Amid growing public health concerns, operators like DraftKings have touted “responsible gaming” tools and prompts. But as I went off the deep end, I found they were no match for the incentives and pro...
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Troy Jackson @troyjackson207.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Happy to be speaking with @hcrichardson.bsky.social tonight!
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Bock Sam @bocksam.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Wow!!! What a full house in Maine! Thanks to @hcrichardson.bsky.social for promoting Troy Jackson. Maine peeps, it is time to vote for someone who cares for you!
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Julian Sanchez @normative.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Rufo routinely boasts on main about the disingenuous tactics he plans to use to manipulate public opinion & the idiot press… and somehow it often works anyway. He’s not subtle about it!
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gamera obscura @ohrobin.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Google earth has updated its satellite images of Gaza. The destruction is almost incomprehensible.
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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 29/09/2026
Trump aims to open nearly all national forest trails to dirt bikes and ATVs. “It’s going to create a lot of conflict and confusion and animosity.”
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Trump aims to open nearly all national forest trails to dirt bikes and ATVs
"It’s going to create a lot of conflict and confusion and animosity."
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Greg Shill @gregshill.com · 28/09/2026
Notably, travel times also did not increase outside the congestion zone. This mirrors what we have seen in other aggregate congestion pricing impacts. For example, it was predicted that drivers would change their routes to avoid the zone, creating new congestion; this, too, did not happen.
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Aviel Roshwald @avielroshwald.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Why would an aspiring autocrat want to support the cultivation of critical thinking?
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Steve Vladeck @stevevladeck.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Here's a graphic that does a better job of conveying the point than my original post: even by the (insane) standards of the first Trump administration, #SCOTUS is receiving—and granting—a truly unprecedented number of applications for emergency relief from the federal government:
A chart that shows the number of emergency applications filed and granted by the Supreme Court during each presidency dating back to George W. Bush, with the data annualized to show the far-higher frequencies since 2017, but especially during the Trump I and Trump II administrations.
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AnneA @annenc.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
#WeekLforLookingIn #AlphabetChallenge Looking into an okra flower 🌱🐝
The burgundy center of a yellow okra flower with a black and tan bumblebee covered in pollen
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The Editorial Board @editorialboard.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
What is amazing is that it's becoming conventional wisdom AMONG REPUBLICANS that the war is going to lead to an epic wipeout yet Senate Republicans, including those in big midwestern farm states, where diesel is killing farmers, will not stand up to Trump. www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
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Senate rejects measure to block Trump from ordering more strikes on Iran
The administration ignored passage of a similar resolution in June, arguing that it lacks the force of law.
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Oliver Willis @owillis.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
wow. weird. you mean making republicans vote on things, even when the good side loses, generates news coverage and frames the story in the way that democrats want? wow. weird. obviously better to say "the votes aren't there" and never try, right? yep. yep. yep. yep.
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🌬Breeze @cool-summer-breeze.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
This is the Stolen Neighbors Quilt. Each of the 11,000 squares represents a person taken by ICE in Minnesota.
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 23/09/2026
NEW: ProPublica revealed that the FBI was circling Sen. Collins over a defense contractor’s donations — until Trump gutted the unit in charge. Collins has since mustered a defense with a series of incorrect and misleading claims.
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ProPublica Debunks Susan Collins’ Claims About FBI Anti-Corruption Probe
ProPublica revealed that the FBI was circling Sen. Collins over a defense contractor’s donations — until President Trump gutted the unit in charge. Collins has since mustered a defense with a series o...
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Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Raskin made a holy shit observation on MS Now this afternoon: Since taking office, Trump has made a million dollars per hour for himself. Every hour, he has made more than twice the president’s annual salary.
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Robin Marty @robinmarty.com · 24/09/2026
I haven't come here for fundraising in a while but our trans health program needs $$ for adult patient surgery letters. We can't write, but refer& fund, and are trying to help people as fast as possible. We had more than 400 visits since Jan, and many of them are hoping to take this next step. TY!
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Help us support our trans patients
Gender affirming care is more than just appointments Obtaining affirming care when you are trans is not easy in Alabama. Hormones are banned until a person is 19 years of age, there are very few provi...
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Solomon @solomonrmissouri.com · 24/09/2026
lol lol lol lol lol lol lol
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Brett "Solidarity 2026" Banditelli @banditelli.org · 24/09/2026
GREBELINGS ON TIMELINE 🪶 🐣
A western grebe with 3 babies on their back
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Jesse Felder @jessefelder.com · 24/09/2026
“That’s the danger, where it’s bots fighting bots, agents fighting agents, a horrible dystopic future nobody wants to live in.” www.nytimes.com/2026/09/24/b...
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Battle of Hospital A.I. vs. Insurer A.I. Is Pushing Medical Costs Higher
The use of artificial intelligence by hospitals and health insurers is escalating their longstanding feud over paying for medical care.
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LA Blue Dot in GA 🌊🐸 @namwella1961.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Raw Story: RFK Jr's security costs were partly covered by money to fight Black infant deaths by shifting about $12 million from the Office of Minority Health to help pay for Kennedy's protection. Nothing says pro-life quite like stealing from helpless black babies. #ProudBlue #Pinks #SheShed
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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Incredible. First Secretary Mullin claimed that DHS had identified 15,903 noncitizens on Nevada’s voter roll. Then DHS officials told a skeptical Nevada, no no no, that’s just people we flagged. Here are the names of 185 people we KNOW aren’t citizens. All 185 were citizens. DHS got 100% wrong.
When the Department of Homeland Security sent Nevada a list of 185 names last month that it claimed identified noncitizens who had been improperly allowed to register to vote, state election officials got to work.
On Tuesday, the state sent a strongly worded rebuke to the federal government: Every single person on the list was a lawful citizen.
"As for the 185 individuals, our records indicate that they were citizens," Greg D. Ott, a deputy attorney general in Nevada, wrote, according to a copy of a letter sent to Department of Homeland Security officials obtained through open records requests.
"You have provided nothing of substance to suggest otherwise."Following the meeting, Ms. Vogt sent a clarifying email to Nevada officials. "I also wanted to be sure I clarified that we did not reduce the 15,903 to 185," she wrote. "We've manually reviewed some of the 15,903 and confirmed 185 are not U.S. Citizens."
Now, Nevada officials are saying even that 185 number is wrong. They also took issue with a letter D.H.S. sent them in early September, in which the agency reiterated its initial claims about nearly 16,000 noncitizens on the rolls and pressured state officials to review each case in a letter to Nevada officials in early September.
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Karly Kingsley @karlykingsley.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
When you told your kid you’d go to dinner wherever he wants, but then he picks Applebees again
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Michael E. Mann @michaelemann.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
GOP strategists are finally realizing that the American people are a lot more scared about the influence of a few white male billionaires than a whole bunch of people with darker skin.
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Meredith Shiner @meredithshiner.com · 23/09/2026
I had not seen this clip where Tammy Duckworth advises Democrats to "not impeach anybody," "get back to work" and "allow" Donald Trump to "save face" and I would just like to remind the senator from IL that the federal government took 4,000 Chicagoans and murdered a 38-year-old father last fall.
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Mark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
We simply are not going to get out of this by just winning the next election & going back to governing. We can't keep doing this total failure of elite accountability. We've been doing it since Iran-Contra, & really since 1865. And we keep not fixing our broken anti-democratic institutions. Enough.
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Tim Watts @timwatts.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
From @pkrugman.bsky.social "And it will take a single-minded, fearless and incorruptible new generation of Democrats to defeat this many-headed hydra." "He won’t feel that he has failed America, he will believe that America has failed him and try to punish the nation accordingly."
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It’s “Underwear on the Outside” Time
Trump’s continuing downward spiral into sundowning
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post malone ergo propter malone @proptermalone.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
where are my diner safaris now, in the hour of their despair
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Carl T. Bergstrom @carlbergstrom.com · 19/09/2026
When we talk about the costs that LLMs impose on society we should not forget the fact that nothing works anymore because everyone is so scared of getting their shit scraped. I can't even use google scholar from my university or starlink because they send too much traffic.
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Mark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Susan Collins is a crook. Trump covered up for her. ProPublica has the story.
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The FBI Anti-Corruption Squad Was Circling Susan Collins — Until Trump Got in the Way
After the FBI caught a defense contractor’s CEO making illegal campaign contributions, it sought to launch a sweeping political bribery probe involving Collins and others. Then the second Trump admini...
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Khashoggi's Ghost @urocklive1.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
I really can't recall any politician who's as sleazy as this guy is. No core beliefs or principles. No attempt to operate in good faith. Just a ongoing avalanche of unabashed sewage trying to drown reality. Just ick.
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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
In sworn testimony, the Treasury Department says it hasn't seen the money from Venezuela, and doesn't know where it's gone. Time to figure out who's pocketing it. In an overall kleptocracy, this may well be the most brazen act of embezzlement so far. www.ft.com/content/0588...
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US state department under pressure to disclose Venezuelan oil takings
Trump administration holds back from revealing how much money it has collected and how much it has sent back to Caracas
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Wilber’s attorney: “Wilber has a bullet lodged near his spine and is losing feeling on the left side of his body.” #AbolishICE @DoorDash
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Seth Masket @smotus.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
New at the Smotus Report: Since Trump’s GOP midterm convention, his approval rating has stayed the same, while his party’s candidates are doing worse — he made himself the issue
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And that’s why you never do a midterm convention
Trump wants people to vote as if he’s on the ballot. They’re listening.
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Tom Nichols @radiofreetom.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Trump’s obsession with these vulgar memorials to his own vanity is a reminder of the darkness around him, of his hostility to democracy, his loathing of honor, and his disordered mind. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
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Trump’s Monumental Obsession
The president fantasizes about a capital city full of memorials—to himself.
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Rick Caruso’s Private Fire Crew @amandasmith.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
I just think it’s strange that all the gambling companies have ads with athletes and celebrities instead of featuring all their users who have become millionaires betting, very strange indeed
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Field Marshall Windbag @marshallwindbag.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Huber Heights Buc-ee’s
A sticker with Trump pointing at you that reads “IRAN YOUR GAS PRICES UP!”  Attached to a gas pump
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Katie Clark Gray @katiecgray.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
I can't imagine how terrifying this must be for the people inside. They're told nothing about where they're going, much less why they might be turning back. In addition to the sheer physical discomfort of these flights, so much of the demoralization comes from Kafkaesque opacity.
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Catherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
It really is striking how many authoritarian states have ended up in this exact same place, where the leader seizes control of scientific inquiry. Lysenkoism in the Soviet Union, Aryan Physics in the Third Reich, Great Leap Forward (also related to Lysenko) in China.
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John R. Bennett @johnreidbennett.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
I frequently see this e-bike at my neighborhood's little grocery store. Can we all agree it's totally rad? 🚲✨
A photograph of an e-bike festooned with hundreds of stickers in front of an ice machine at Jones Red and White Market in Savannah Georgia's Habersham Village shopping center.
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The Associated Press @apnews.com · 20/09/2026
BREAKING: An ICE agent shoots and wounds a man in Austin, Texas, officials say.
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ICE agent shoots and wounds man in Austin, Texas, officials say
A local official says a federal immigration agent has shot and wounded a man in Austin, Texas. City Councilmember Mike Siegel says the Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer rammed the man’s car then got out of his federal vehicle and opened fire at least five times.
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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Entirely predictable that the Trump admin would use the SCOTUS decision on independent agency heads in order to justify their political purges of other civil servants
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
This is what a rigged economy looks like.
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✊🏾 Progressive J @jerrelxl.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
It’s a great day to donate to Keshia Lance Bottoms gubernatorial campaign!! Georgia is the lone state to not redraw their maps as of yet. Gov Kemp has passed that off to the next Governor. Rick Jackson has campaigned on being trumps favorite governor so we know what that means. Donate today!
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Ryan Moulton @moultano.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
This is insane.
Under a new interpretation of the law’s language outlined in the memo, the accidental killing or injury of an animal would no longer be considered illegal; only actions specifically intending to target an animal would.

The change would be transformative because, in the United States, the killing of endangered animals almost always happens incidentally, in the course of economic activity. Until now, industries and individuals could be held accountable for those foreseeable deaths and, as a result, they have been incentivized to avoid them.
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Ann Telnaes @anntelnaes.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
"Trump ally Stephen Miller leads sweeping push to accelerate removal of migrant children" www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026... (cartoon from the archives)
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
“.. While some oil tankers have been shuttling in and out of the strait under US air cover, other shipping traffic has fallen to minimal levels, in part because the rates those vessels can earn — compared with much higher rates for tankers — make it not worth the risk.” www.ft.com/content/c9d1...
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