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daryl herzmann @akrherz.bsky.social · 13h

RRFS/REFS moved back to 3 Nov now. The NAM still can be saved if Mike Pence has the courage... mesonet.agron.iastate.edu/wx/afos/p.ph...

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NPR @npr.org · 9h

Florida is updating its science standards with evolution and climate change almost entirely absent from a new proposal. The state will now seek public input on the revision. (via @cfpublicmedia.bsky.social) n.pr/4iW2Kh4

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Florida’s proposed science standards sideline evolution and climate change

The Florida Department of Education released its first comprehensive rewrite of science learning standards in nearly two decades, with the last one adopted in 2008.

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CNN @cnn.com · 8h

The Trump administration has created at least 13 campaign-style ads as part of its controversial taxpayer-funded, multi-million-dollar effort to promote President Donald Trump and his policies. cnn.it/4ecAfIC

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Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 10h

Everyone involved in this process — including the Palantir employees — have to be investigated and probably go to jail.

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CNN @cnn.com · 8h

A CNN investigation has found that while Jared Kushner acted as a key Middle East peace negotiator, his private equity firm held the largest stake in an Israeli company backing businesses tied to Israel’s military campaign in Gaza, including its largest arms manufacturer. cnn.it/4AIwBQs

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Razzball @razzball.bsky.social · 16h

Announcing the merger with Titanic footage is an incredible bit

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What once was the peak, is now just the beginning.
Paramount and Warner Bros. shaped over a century of culture. By combining them, we aren't rewriting history — we're equipping these iconic studios with a more powerful engine. Together, we are Skydance: a creative-first ho Show

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JoGo @mywitsend.bsky.social · 14h

Eight years ago today the Saudi government murdered WaPo columnist Jamaal Khashoggi. Today they own 49.5% of the biggest media/news company in America.

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Paul Kingsley @paulkingsley7.bsky.social · 8h

🧪 “The National Science Foundation, one of the biggest sources of federal research funding, withheld $1.4 billion that Congress had intended for research over the course of the past year, according to internal data reviewed by The New York Times.” www.nytimes.com/2026/10/02/u...

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National Science Foundation Diverted $1.4 Billion in Science Funds Mandated by Congress (Gift Article)

The move, affecting about one-fifth of the National Science Foundation’s primary research budget, is the latest sign of how the White House is asserting more control over grants.

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Cyan Worlds @cyan.com · 7h

Our entire catalog is on sale for the Steam Autumn Sale—from 40-70% off! If you haven't picked up one of our games yet (SPELUNX, anyone?), now's the perfect time to start. store.steampowered.com/developer/cyan

Steam Autumn Sale - Myst 40% off, Riven 40% off

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404 Media @404media.co · 7h

help jason pls

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Musicology Duck @musicologyduck.bsky.social · 10h

have now heard or seen from multiple reliable people that this was leased pianos being returned and not the KC liquidating anything not that this will convince anyone but a few of you who follow me basically for dc debunking

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Benjamin Root @weathergod.bsky.social · 8h

dinner conversation with kids today devolved into talking about a bare bear bear bare bear arms.

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Bill Corbett @billcorbett.bsky.social · 10h

The BEST thing that true believers in AI could do is stop evangelizing to people, like me, who think it sucks. Do the hard, years-long work of detaching your beloved technology from the worst people in the world right now: shameless fascists driven by greed and domination. They’re YOUR partners.

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CNN @cnn.com · 10h

The pilot suspected of having attacked another pilot aboard a Tel Aviv-bound Flydubai flight on Wednesday was removed from a previous job at Oman's national airline last year following concerns about his extremist views, sources familiar with the matter told CNN.

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The Flydubai attack suspect was removed by another airline over concerns about his extremist views, sources say

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Kyle Clark @kylec.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

NEW: GOP Gov nominee Victor Marx says he'll respond today to domestic violence allegations - video/audio where he describes slamming his wife into a door and throwing his toddler across a room. Voters/reporters new to Marx may not realize he has a long history of justifying violence.

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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 13h

A $250,000 donation to a pro-Ken Paxton super PAC came from a businessman whose dad got pardoned by Trump — and who used a fake name and rented mailbox on the donation record.

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Who was behind a $250K mystery donation to super PAC backing Ken Paxton?

The Texas Senate hopeful has ties to the donor’s family going back decades.

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Jared Holt @jaredlholt.bsky.social · 14h

Michael Tracey published what he said was the ID of the "Jane Doe" in the Cornell case. Then he took it down, claiming he just wanted to make a point and didn't want to see harm to the person he named. What he hasn't admitted is that he mistook info on a sketchy site for official NY court records.

An archived copy of Michael Tracey's original Substack post includes a screenshot from "eCourt Records" and the commentary: "It's [name redacted]. Don't blame me -- the New York Court System just posted it. Seemingly inadvertently. Oh well."

Screenshot of Michael Tracey's post on Substack titled "Note on Jane Doe." It reads: "After identifying Jane Doe earlier tonight, I have now removed the information I published. Why? Because the principle has been served: to underscore that permanently anonymizing litigants who make sensational, spectacular, reputation-destroying claims about others — so long as they can self-declare some form of victimization — cannot be countenanced.

It’s destructive, and an egregious abuse of the legal system by huckster plaintiff’s lawyers. This practice has to end. Lawyers who seek to monetize this sleazy tactic should have to think A LOT HARDER about the claims they’re willing to throw out into the public domain, using impressionable clients who may not even know what they’re getting themselves into.

So why have I now removed her information?

Because I don’t believe she’s the main “villain” here. I primarily blame the bottom-feeding, media-manipulating, sleazebag lawyers who’ve made a whole cash-grab industry out of this racket.

Thomas Giuffra in particular has a lot to answer for. He’s the central reason for the current debacle.

Given the intense nationwide and global interest in this case, I don’t want to bring any further negative attention to this woman. I don’t believe she ought to be punished or subjected to any retribution or humiliation. I believe a RATIONAL solution is necessary here. Not more character assassination — of her, the seven young men, or anyone else. Truly, that is my genuine view."

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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 13h

BREAKING MS NOW: Kash Patel has commissioned a classified report examining purported past FBI shortcomings — including in the Russia and special counsel probes — in what current and former officials see as the Trump admin's latest effort to rewrite history in Trump's favor.

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Kash Patel commissions classified, internal FBI report to examine department ‘failures’

Sources tell MS NOW the ‘Patel Report’ may be the latest effort to re-write history in President Trump’s favor.

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illumi @yallchemist.bsky.social · 15h

lol one of our website designers used our organization's entire monthly claude credits yesterday and now half the company doesn't know how to do their jobs. it's october 2nd.

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Kyle Clark @kylec.bsky.social · 13h

In response to being caught taking illegal donations, Marx announced the launch of an "unlimited" purchase online merch store selling $1300 meetings with him. Marx still refuses to say where that money is going. That's the subject of a separate complaint. www.9news.com/article/news...

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Kyle Clark @kylec.bsky.social · 13h

NEW: GOP Gov nominee Victor Marx has been fined $57,647 for campaign finance violations, the largest such fine in state history. A hearing officer ruled that the Marx campaign intentionally took illegal contributions, writing: "the scale of the violations are without precedent."

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Comfortably Numb @numb.comfortab.ly · 12h

Can't believe he is back on his bullshit lol bsky.app/profile/mger...

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Benjamin Root @weathergod.bsky.social · 11h

Uhm... getting good at what? Definitely not impeach. So, maybe prosecute? But so far, all of his political prosecutions have fallen apart, so wtf?

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Electronic Frontier Foundation @eff.org · 12h

Opting out of all the ways that the major tech companies can infiltrate our lives is difficult, but not impossible. Let us know where you’re starting from today, and take the month to seek more privacy from the tools you use. www.eff.org/pages/welco...

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Welcome to Opt Out October. Let’s Take Control of Our Data and Our

Big tech companies are hell-bent on taking away our agency and forcing us to use their surveillance-based services, apps, and devices. It’s hard to fight against, and it often feels much easier to

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Benjamin Root @weathergod.bsky.social · 11h

"Double it up" -- He is talking about tariffs again, isn't he?

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Brad Johnson @climatebrad.hillheat.com · 13h

...back to the real world

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🅱️oofessor Killosk 👻🔪 @professorkiosk.wtf · 30/09/2026

now that’s what I call an abomination

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 12h

Trump on Letitia James being special prosecutor for the Cornell rape case: "I feel badly for whoever she's looking at, because they won't get a fair shake"

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Nahel Belgherze @wxnb.bsky.social · 22h

France’s ongoing drought has once again pushed soil moisture further below historical levels than any previously recorded drought. Uncharted territory.

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Tim Carmody @tcarmody.bsky.social · 17h

This is the funniest thing I've seen today, possibly ever

A tweet by SarahStarberry that says "oh god read the vertical axis" on top of a chart measuring AI models' release dates and model numbers rather than any real capabilities

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Brad Johnson @climatebrad.hillheat.com · 17h

And, for your information, you Lorax, I'm figgering on biggering and Biggering and BIGGERING and BIGGERING!! Turning MORE Truffula Trees into Thneeds, which everyone, EVERYONE, EVERYONE needs! ... And at that very moment, we heard a loud whack.

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Elizabeth Warren @warren.senate.gov · 17h

Americans have never felt worse as they’re getting squeezed at the gas pump and grocery store. Donald Trump and the Republicans own this.

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Dreamweasel @dreamweasel.bsky.social · 18h

The problem with focusing on Trump’s current incoherence is that it implies that his supporters were previously drawn to his razor-sharp insight, his subject-matter expertise and his canny political wisdom. Those of us with long memories know that none of that is fucking true.

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Karen Attiah @karenattiah.bsky.social · 17h

Today, 8 years ago, my friend, Saudi Journalist and Washington Post columnist Jamal Khashoggi was murdered.

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John Scalzi @scalzi.com · 18h

The rush to accuse, without anything approaching due diligence, artists of using "AI," should be treated with contempt. An artist gets their work *ripped off* to train a plagiarism machine, which then shits out inferior versions of that work, so then you accuse the artist of using "AI"? Fuck you.

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Angie Nixon @angieforfl.bsky.social · 17h

If you’re not registered to vote already, what are you doing!? Folks have got 4 days (including today) left to get registered. Visit angienixon.com/vote for more information on how to get registered! Change can’t wait for working families in Florida. #AngieForFlorida

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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 16h

Two people detained outside a Chicago-area immigration detention center last year are suing right-wing podcaster Benny Johnson for defamation, saying he falsely portrayed them as violent extremists who assaulted federal officers.

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MAGA podcaster Benny Johnson sued for defamation over ICE ride-along videos calling protesters ‘terrorists’

Johnson accompanied top DHS officials last year to an ICE protest, where he pointed out “left-wing terrorists” for his millions of followers across social media.

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The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 16h

Sens. Bernie Sanders (I-Vermont) and Jeff Merkley (D-Oregon) and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-New York) are debuting legislation that would crack down on Flock license-plate-reader cameras.

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Sanders, Ocasio-Cortez debut bill to crack down on Flock cameras

The legislation is part of a bipartisan backlash against a technology that has been abused by law enforcement.

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Effin' Birds @effinbirds.com · 16h

If you can’t make it out to see me, you can preorder these magnificent postcards, plus my 2027 calendars and my upcoming sticker book and affirmation deck at your favourite local book store, or online at eatf.art

A display of Effin’ Birds postcards and the open box

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Michael Lowry @michaelrlowry.bsky.social · 16h

Although we've not officially had a hurricane (yet) in the Atlantic, we'll see what NHC says about Fay (4 mph shy of a hurricane operationally) in their post season analysis. A September 20th SAR pass suggests hurricane winds which seems to be corroborated by ASCAT UHR estimates.

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CNN @cnn.com · 19h

South Korea has pushed back against a $54 billion investment announced by the Trump administration, turning a struggling project to export natural gas from Alaska into another potential sticking point in the allies’ long-running negotiations over trade. cnn.it/4j072Ef

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Mike Hixenbaugh @mikehixenbaugh.com · 20h

We’ve got the inside story of how Trump’s displeasure with seeing homeless people in D.C. became the first domino in a series of actions that culminated in the administration’s stunning decision to weaken the rights of millions of disabled Americans to live in their homes and communities.

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How Trump’s homelessness crackdown became a sweeping retreat from disability rights

After issuing a memo making it easier to institutionalize homeless people, the Justice Department began abandoning cases protecting disabled people’s right to live in the community.

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Abandoned America @abandonedamerica.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

In 2012, a fire that was ruled arson devastated the Hotel Do De in Bellefonte, PA. The resulting damage also led to the destruction of the adjoining Garman Opera House, a beloved community theater. Both were deemed irreparable and demolished in 2014. More at www.abandonedamerica.us/garman-theater

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