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Wes Siler @wessiler.bsky.social · 2h
Trump has ordered creation of a SHARK FORCE to kill sharks and seals to benefit the success rates of recreational fishing. It's part of a raft of insane measures intended to convince hunters and anglers to vote Republican: wessiler.substack.com/p/a-cynical-...
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A Cynical Reading Of Trump’s Big Hunting And Fishing Access Orders
Let’s rank the realistic possibility of any of this, including the new SHARK FORCE, actually happening
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John Robinson @jrobin.bsky.social · 1h
Always good to remind voters that NC GOP candidate Michael Whatley supported Trump’s pardons of the Jan. 6 insurrectionists, including those with prior convictions or pending charges for rape and sexual abuse of minors. He also supports the slush fund.
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Ars Technica @arstechnica.com · 1h
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Hackers obtain counterfeit TLS certificates for Google and other large services
Compromise of 3 domain registries allows hackers to walk off with unauthorized certs.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 1h
Still telling the “vandalism” lie not a single soul believes 🤥
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Cladrite Radio @cladriteradio.bsky.social · 3h
Here are 10 things you should know about Carole Lombard, born 118 years ago today. Her life and career were cut short, but her legacy endures. #oldmovies
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 2h
Yes, Pete Hegseth is so incompetent that our troops go without necessary medical care, but at least they are called "warriors" now while they go untreated. So it all evens out . . .
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Soldiers seriously wounded in Iranian drone strike tell AP the military's medical system failed them
Some U.S. soldiers gravely wounded in the deadliest Iran strike on American troops say the military medical system failed them.
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Norm Eisen @normeisen.bsky.social · 2h
Nat. Guard stopped Davey Hearn at the Reflecting Pool & told him he wasn't free to leave No rights read, no phone call, no charges explained until that night ... For touching peeling paint! @democracydefendersfund.org, Steptoe & WLG want the IGs to ask why👇 -TN
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Inspectors general should probe Reflecting Pool case, ex-Olympian’s attorneys say
Attorneys for David Hearn say they want inspectors general to investigate alleged misconduct by the Departments of Interior and Justice in the handling of the since-dismissed case.
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paulpro @mariopro.bsky.social · 2h
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Michael Mechanic @michaelmechanic.bsky.social · 2h
Shocking: Trump officials are offering $2,500 or more to detained teens as young as 14 if they agree to leave the US. Kids also get a memo threatening long detention, and prosecution of noncitizen parents, if they press their legal case: “You will be detained for a prolonged period of time.”
motherjones.com
“You kidnapped my son”
ICE is now separating children from their parents and deeming them “unaccompanied.”
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The Associated Press @apnews.com · 2h
BREAKING: Former Deputy AG Sally Yates will lead a review of Cornell's handling of sexual assault and harassment reports, the university said.
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Cornell brings in ex-Justice official Sally Yates to review school’s handling of sex assault claims
Cornell University trustees have announced that former Deputy Attorney General Sally Yates will review how the university handles sexual misconduct complaints.
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Documented @documented.org · 2h
NEW from Documented and @us.theguardian.com: Some of the biggest names in US food and agriculture are funding a campaign that pays social media influencers to push back on RFK Jr.'s MAHA agenda.
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A ‘freaked out’ US food industry is hitting back at Maha – with social media influencers
Cross-partisan support in Washington on issues like pesticides and food additives pose a threat to the industry’s bottom line
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Le Monde in English @english.lemonde.fr · 3h
Finland orders halt to work on Google data centers over environmental concerns
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Finland orders halt to work on Google data centers over environmental concerns
Regulators have ordered the company representing the US web giant in Finland to stop building data centers until it can demonstrate compliance with environmental laws. Officials are investigating whether trees and soil were cleared before the company carried out an impact study.
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88.5 WFDD @885wfdd.bsky.social · 2h
Wildlife Services will distribute about 600,000 oral rabies vaccine baits to raccoons across western North Carolina, including Watauga and Ashe counties. #WFDD #RabiesPrevention #Wildlife
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Wildlife Services to distribute oral rabies vaccines for raccoons in western NC
Starting this month, Wildlife Services will drop about 600,000 baits containing oral rabies vaccines to raccoons across western North Carolina, including Watauga and Ashe counties.
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Mark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 2h
Dictator Move of the Day.
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Inside Trump's Plan to Fence Off a Historic Protest Site (Gift Article)
The president’s proposal to enclose a park in Washington could alter how the space has been used for generations.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 6h
"Whatever conclusions reached by the commission of an octogenarian crank and two billionaires, they'll be handed off to Hegseth, who believes wars are won by whichever side can do the most pushups, and whose obsession with creating an all-white, all-male military is dragging DoD down by the day."
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“Project Meridian” is the stuff of satire
Elon Musk, Newt Gingrich, and Palmer Luckey walk into a bar ... and are given the keys to the DoD.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 2h
The richest man owns X. The second richest man owns The Washington Post. The third and fifth richest men control Google. The sixth richest man owns Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp. And the eighth richest man now owns both Paramount and Warner Bros. See the problem here?
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Paramount takes over Warner Bros in $110bn Hollywood merger
The merger of two of Hollywood's biggest movie studios comes after months of legal disputes and concern over competition
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Wilson @wc-thats-me.bsky.social · 1h
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Jan Brady's Sarcastic 'Sure, Jan' Moment
Alt: Jan Brady's Sarcastic 'Sure, Jan' Moment
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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 2h
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 1h
🔥 @katiephang.bsky.social (With Deniro behind her): “I’m suing A.G. Todd Blanche — Trump’s cosplaying personal lawyer — for the unredacted Epstein files… as an independent journo 🗣️ I don’t have a corporate oligarch telling me what to say… Trump has been violating federal law every day.”
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 5h
Maybe if Trump could speak coherently and stop trying to justify his Iran War that raised prices on thousands of things for Americans with apocalyptic fear mongering and garbled syntax he wouldn’t have to worry about being misinterpreted or taken out of context.
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Fix the Court @fixthecourt.com · 5h
Did we ever figure out the extent to which judges’ lives were endangered when the Marshals Services moved resources away from its primary mission (protecting judges) to running security for cabinet secretaries?
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R.L. Bynum @rl-bynum.bsky.social · 5h
Tom Hart, Roddy Jones and Quint Kessenich will be on the ESPN call of the noon Saturday #UNC at Pittsburgh game.
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The Handsome Hobo🇨🇦 @thehobo.bsky.social · 5h
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NC Stories @ncstories.bsky.social · 6h
Autumn starting to show up at the Linn Cove viaduct, one of North Carolina's spectacular vistas... Photo by Chad Joyce.
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The Lincoln Project @lincolnproject.us · 6h
The President of the United States just offered to sacrifice American lives.
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Our Common Defense @ourcommondefense.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Inflation doesn't randomly happen Republicans printed dollars, ran up the debt, borrowed billions for billionaire and corporate giveaways, then went to war it was summoned
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Classic Movie Hub @classicmoviehub.bsky.social · 6h
Celebrating Carole Lombard, born Oct 6, in 1908. Over 75 film roles including My Man Godfrey, Nothing Sacred, To Be or Not to Be, Mr. & Mrs. Smith, In Name Only, Twentieth Century and No Man of Her Own! #botd www.classicmoviehub.com/bio/carole-…
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The Public Domain Review @publicdomainrev.bsky.social · 6h
Structure of the universe according to Tycho Brahe — Moon orbits Earth, the planets orbit Sun, but Sun still orbits Earth. One of 29 celestial charts from Andreas Cellarius' Harmonia Macrocosmica (1660) —https://publicdomainreview.org/collection/the-celestial-atlas-of-andreas-cellarius-1660
Hand-coloured engraving from Andreas Cellarius's Harmonia Macrocosmica (1660) depicting Tycho Brahe's model of the universe, in which the Sun and Moon orbit a stationary Earth while the other planets orbit the Sun. Concentric planetary rings in red, blue and grey radiate from the centre, encircled by a band of zodiac signs. Cherubs in the upper corners hold back green drapes bearing the Latin title, and in the lower corners groups of astronomers gather with globes and instruments, Tycho himself seated at right in a ruff and red-lined cloak.
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Bloomberg News @bloomberg.com · 6h
Paramount closed its $110 billion acquisition of Warner Bros. on Tuesday, completing one of the biggest media mergers of all time.
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Paramount Closes Warner Bros. Merger in Historic Hollywood Deal
Paramount Skydance Corp. closed its $110 billion acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery Inc. on Tuesday, completing one of the biggest media mergers of all time after engaging in a bruising battle for control with Netflix Inc. and fending off antitrust lawsuits.
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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 6h
“The facility is designed to torture people and push them to their breaking point." Out of sight in North Florida: Life inside Deportation Depot
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Out of Sight in North Florida: Life inside Deportation Depot
Advocates say conditions at the former state prison mirror Alligator Alcatraz's worst.
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The Contrarian @contrariannews.org · 6h
This is not a speech. Last night in Nebraska, Trump said that a potential attack on Los Angeles or San Diego would be a “small price to pay”. This is a full blown psychological breakdown.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 8h
First Lady Natalie Harp sits next to her man in Marine One as they return to the White House last night, then reenters the building after another day of traveling together #TravelWithNatalie (Tasos Katopodis/Getty)
pic of Harp and Trump on the chopperpic of Harp walking back to the White House
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NC Stories @ncstories.bsky.social · 7h
The Blue Ridge Parkway now just 11 miles shy of being fully reopened after Helene wlos.com/news/local/b...
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Blue Ridge Parkway now just 11 miles shy of being fully reopened after Helene
As the region enters its peak fall tourism season, more sections of the Blue Ridge Parkway that were damaged by Helene two years ago are reopening.
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The Contrarian @contrariannews.org · 7h
Donald Trump’s political toxicity, rampant illegality, and utter incompetence should not obscure a bigger worry: namely, that he is stone-cold nuts.
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Erik Loomis @erikloomis.bsky.social · 7h
Here's my obituary of Jim Bakker, religious grifter scumbag. Let me provide a few highlights too. www.lawyersgunsmoneyblog.com/2026/10/a-ca...
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A Cancer on the Body of Christ: The Ballad of Jim Bakker - Lawyers, Guns & Money
Jim Bakker is dead, at the age of 86.   Among the grosser religious grifters of American history, Bakker was a pure thief, someone who may or may not have really believed in his version of far-right C...
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Covie @covie93.bsky.social · 17h
Never thought i'd see the day when a US president called for a foreign nation to destroy two major American cities and people cheered.
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𝕊𝕦𝕟𝕕𝕒𝕖 𝔾𝕦𝕣𝕝 @sundaedivine.lol · 17h
“The great privilege of America does not consist in their being more enlightened than other nations, but in their ability to correct the mistakes they may commit.” - Alexis de Tocqueville, 1830 The correction begin in 28 days.
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Buitengebieden @buitengebieden.bsky.social · 14h
Not a single care.. 😊
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Richard Morris @ahistoryinart.bsky.social · 13h
John Lavery's painting of Chiswick lido (c1929) is an early depiction of the new wave of swimming pools that emerged in London at the turn of the 20thC. They coincided with a relaxing of social formalities, it was a place to show off and even enjoy a smoke by the poolside.
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The Wolfpack @wolfpack11720.bsky.social · 19h
"Sometimes the idiots outvote the sensible people." ~ H. L. Mencken ##SteveBenson
Steve Benson
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StanleysMom ❌👑💙🇺🇦🇨🇦 @whenpigsfly12215.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
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Prof Frank McDonough @fxmc1957.bsky.social · 12h
6 October 1889. Moulin Rouge opened in Paris at the bottom of a hill in the Montmartre neighborhood. It put on cabaret entertainment focused on its female dancers who popularised the modern Can-Can dance. It remains a popular Paris tourist attraction.
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Jenn @jennburrill.bsky.social · 12h
“Until more people belong to organizations they help govern, Brazil’s civic terrain will remain fertile ground for authoritarian politicians of any ideological stripe, no matter who wins this election.”
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Opinion | Brazil’s Problem Is Bigger Than Bolsonaro (Gift Article)
Brazil is fertile ground for authoritarian politics, no matter who wins this election.
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Leah-Bug @leah-bug.bsky.social · 20h
How does Russia take out 20% of the United States’ most senior military leadership without firing a shot? By turning to the same man who is responsible for the destruction dozens of bases in the Middle East, the depletion of our arsenal, and hiding it all from the American people, Petrov Hegseth.
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conifergirl.bsky.social @conifergirl.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
From Robin Rouby-Progressive Cartoons
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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 19h
Three elected Alabama public officials, all Republicans, were running a human trafficking ring. They were arrested and booked this weekend. weartv.com/news/local/a...
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Three Alabama officials among 17 arrested in Atmore undercover prostitution sting
ESCAMBIA COUNTY, Ala. -- Three public officials in Alabama were among the 17 people arrested Friday in a multi-day undercover prostitution sting in Escambia Cou
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paulpro @mariopro.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Karoline Leavitt, Trump’s ‘Machine Gun’ Has a New Gig at Fox News, the second of Trump’s former press secretaries to join the Fox nytimes.com/2026/10/05/business/media/fox-news-karoline-leavitt.html?smid=tw-share @anntelnaes.bsky.social (archives 2/9/26)
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Prof Frank McDonough @fxmc1957.bsky.social · 12h
6 October 1958. Britain’s most popular children’s TV programme ,Blue Peter, was 1st broadcast on BBC TV. Its initial presenters were Christopher Trace, a relatively unknown actor and model Leila Williams who was best known for winning the 1957 Miss Great Britain contest.
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Wilson @wc-thats-me.bsky.social · 7h
@honudan.bsky.social So, Betty or Veronica?
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Prof Frank McDonough @fxmc1957.bsky.social · 12h
6 October 1969. Something, composed by George Harrison, was released as a single in the UK and the USA. It was the 1st Beatles A side or double A side single that featured a song not composed by Lennon & McCartney.
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