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Chris Sommerfeldt @c-sommerfeldt.bsky.social · 13/10/2026

New: Mayor Zohran Mamdani and City Council Speaker Julie Menin have reached a deal to abolish NYC's horse carriage industry — a critical breakthrough in a decadeslong, politically fraught effort to ban the tourist attraction. www.politico.com/news/2026/10...

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Mamdani and City Council strike deal to ban NYC horse carriage industry

The deal marks a major breakthrough in a long-running effort to outlaw the industry. It is also likely to inflame Mamdani’s relationship with a powerful local union.

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Andrew D Thaler @drandrewthaler.bsky.social · 14/10/2026

It's almost a joke at this point, but the entire story of Mamdani's mayorship really has been "it turns out we can just turn off the orphan grinding machine, the switch was right there the whole time."

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Scott Colom @scolom.bsky.social · 14/10/2026

She done lost her damn mind.

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Rep. Zooey Zephyr @zoandbehold.bsky.social · 13/10/2026

Let's go, Sam Forstag! That's how you stand up for trans people on the national stage. If congressional candidates in western Montana—one of the most competitive House races in the entire country—can stand up for trans folks in every aspect of our lives, democrats everywhere should take note.

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Oliver Willis @owillis.bsky.social · 20h

dude is a natural

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 23h

RFK Jr announces a new initiative to kick people off their healthcare coverage but insists it's no big deal because "they don't even know they were enrolled in anything. They never make a claim."

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100 years ago news @100yearsagonews.bsky.social · 14/10/2026

Oct. 14, 1926: A.A. Milne’s “Winnie-the-Pooh” is published in Britain and the U.S. The episodic book about the honey-loving “bear of very little brain,” his animal friends and Christopher Robin is a best-seller and quickly recognized as a classic of children literature.

Pooh at his hollow, marked by the name of previous occupant “Mr. Sanders”

A.A. and Christopher Milne and a teddy bear

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Oliver Willis @owillis.bsky.social · 14/10/2026

Harris is the only elected federal Republican in Maryland and he is having a great time

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J.C. Bradbury @jcbradbury.com · 14/10/2026

Reporters: DO NOT DO THIS. Pitting a random guy versus an entire body of scholarly research. And then highlighting the non-expert's pure conjecture as the lede. This is like interviewing a Reddit anti-vaxxer with the qualification that doctors are "dubious." #bothsidesism

Some economic and policy analysts who study stadium deals are dubious about these types of funding plans, often arguing that existing spending is merely shifted around from one area to another and that the economic benefits do not justify public costs. Given the prominence of professional sports, Grunauer sees the stadium project being an “important catalyst” for the urban core. As the neighborhood works on issues and has seen progress, he sees much of them as downstream of economic activity and notes aligned interests with the Royals. “They want to protect their investment and want to have a safe, nice, attractive neighborhood to protect their investment,” he said. “That’s what we as business owners also want too, and residents.” Royals stadium as catalyst Grunauer sees the potential for the Royals project as a tool to spark more development in the area, including projects that may have been on the back burner, which would bring even more people, more businesses, more pedestrian activity, more workers and more activity into the neighborhood.

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The Rude Pundit @rudepundit.bsky.social · 13/10/2026

The rule cuts back the number of scenarios under which you can get help, such as "unscheduled maintenance, including in response to an airworthiness directive...that cannot be deferred or must be addressed before flight." So if your plane isn't airworthy, it's not the airlines' fault now.

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The Rude Pundit @rudepundit.bsky.social · 13/10/2026

Here's the list of 10 scenarios now cut from the list of ones where feeding and housing passengers is required. www.regulations.gov/document/DOT...

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 13/10/2026

Jon Gruden is on stage in Ohio kissing Trump's ass

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Oliver Willis @owillis.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

Political violence is a serious issue. But it’s not a “both sides” issue. The leaders of the Democratic Party do not call for violence, do not elevate violent supporters, do not pardon violent thugs who attack our seat of government and our elections. America is under threat from the right.

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Mark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

Congrats again to the Harvard economists & co. who told us that Scott Bessent was a "credible Treasury Secretary" bc he went to the right schools & cocktail parties & bc it is a Big Club. It might be nice for Furman & company to speak up now & correct the record. The silence really is deafening.

Jason Furman 2025 FT quote: Bessen as "credible Treasury Secretary"

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Jared Yates Sexton @jysexton.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

One of the last remaining shoes to drop, and one that isn't likely to come down, is institutional faith that people who gained reputable certification aren't capable of engaging in widespread fraud, abuses, and conspire with fascistic capture as many institutions are in denial about their role.

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David Gura @davidgura.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

A letter from Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent to Sen. Elizabeth Warren, who is the ranking Democrat on the Senate Banking Committee, and a member of the Senate Finance Committee:

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Auschwitz Memorial @auschwitzmemorial.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

10 October 1933 | Dutch Jew, Isaäc Hartog, was born in Amsterdam. He was deported to #Auschwitz from #Westerbork in September 1943. He was murdered in a gas chamber after the arrival selection. --- Video about the history of Auschwitz: youtu.be/Fxnl5HTygrs

Black and white portrait of a young boy wearing a white shirt and dark tie.

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Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Funny how Marco Rubio tries to differentiate himself from all the other children of recent immigrants who are now getting removed from the country by the master he now serves. Rubio, you see, is a descendent of *the West*

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The Rude Pundit @rudepundit.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

It is a hell of a lot easier to do a general strike and shut a country down if you have guaranteed health care whether or not you have a job or can afford it. I think one reason they deny Medicare for All so much is that the GOP knows fear of loss of health care keeps people from rising up.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 09/10/2026

Ossoff: "If John Lewis were marching today from Selma to Montgomery, Mike Collins would be grabbing a billy club"

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 09/10/2026

Ossoff: "They've unleashed federal agents to kill Americans on the streets of our cities with impunity. That's Mike Collins's immigration policy. And that's what you'd expect from the bigot congressman who called for executed immigrants by throwing to their deaths out of helicopters."

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darth™️ @darthbluesky.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

wat

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Jess Calarco @jessicacalarco.com · 08/10/2026

So, historically, men have used the privilege afforded to them by patriarchy to push the "unprofitable" work of care onto women, making it easier for them to hoard the more profitable (and thus higher-status) work for themselves. And companies encouraged this, because it meant more profits for them.

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darth™️ @darthbluesky.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

i would think the secretary of state might be a little more informed about possible corruption with the us ambassador to greece or at least a little curious

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Tom Gauld @tomgauld.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

My latest books cartoon for @theguardian.com www.theguardian.com/books/pictur...

Title: Methods for Encouraging a Reluctant Young Reader

Panel 1
Caption: Read Together
Image: A small child sits on a sofa, face buried in a book, between two adults doing the same.

Panel 2
Caption: Bribery
Image: The small child sits on a treasure chest wearing a crown, face buried in a book, in a room full of coins, jewels and precious items.

Panel 3
Caption: Element of danger
Image: The small child sits, face buried in a book, precariously balanced on a thin branch in a tall tree.

Panel 4
Caption: Reverse Psychology
Image: The small child sits, face buried in a book, beside a huge bookshelf and a sign that reads “Adults Only”

Panel 5
Caption: Pulleys and Pistons
Image: The small child sits, face buried in a book, amidst a complicated mechanism that provides endless new books.

Panel 6
Caption: Rituals and Incantations
Image: The small child sits, face buried in a book, in a circle of candles amidst clouds of smoke and mysterious phrases.

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Tom Gauld @tomgauld.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

My latest books cartoon for @theguardian.com

Hercule Poirot dressed all in black speaks to Captain Hastings in a grand hallway “Please ask the suspects to gather in the library, Hastings: I wish to reveal that our births are random, our lives meaningless, and our deaths absurd.”

Caption “Having investigated so many awful murders over the years, it was perhaps unsurprising that Hercule Poirot turned to Existentialism”

p.s. Poirot had presumably been reading a lot of Sartre recently…

"It is meaningless that we live and it is meaningless that we die," Jean-Paul Sartre, Being and Nothingness (L'Être et le Néant)

“Every existing thing is born without reason, prolongs itself out of weakness, and dies by chance.” Jean-Paul Sartre, Nausea (La Nausée)

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100 years ago news @100yearsagonews.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Oct. 8, 1926: Three Black siblings are lynched in South Carolina after a legal case against them in a sheriff’s murder falls apart. The Lowmans—Clarence, 14, Demon, 21, and Bertha Lowman, 27—are dragged from jail in Aiken and shot in front of a mob. The new sheriff personally kills Bertha.

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Timothy Burke @bubbaprog.xyz · 08/10/2026

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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

To make up for the loss of oil from the Gulf, the world drained its reserves

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James Downie @jamescdownie.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Every GOP lawmaker believes this, by the way. It's just that most aren't dumb enough to say it where it could get leaked in an election year.

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Columbia Journalism Review @columjournreview.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Alison Gerber, a longtime editor at the Chattanooga Times Free Press, on discovering the paper was being sold. Listen to The Kicker with host @greenwell.bsky.social. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/a...

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Casey Drottar @caseydrottar.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Just Tom DeLonge soaking it in as all of Petco Park loudly sings along to one of his songs

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paulpro @mariopro.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

The U.S. Senate voted to confirm Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court 8 years ago on October 6, 2018. @bagleycartoons.bsky.social

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 06/10/2026

my friend @juddlegum.bsky.social has put together a cool new tool that allows you to photograph political mail and immediately learn who paid for it. Check it out here:

paidforby.info

Who paid for this?

Find out who really paid for political mailers and TV ads.

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Oliver Willis @owillis.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

We need a left wing tabloid for stories just like this

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Openly Gay Animals 🌈 @openlygayanimals.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Border Collies vs. Huskies in a nutshell 😂

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J.C. Bradbury @jcbradbury.com · 05/10/2026

While we're discussing how much influence academic economics research has on policy, 100+ studies have found sports venues are bad public investments. These findings aren't just ignored by policymakers, they are openly rebuffed with great hostility.

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Auschwitz Memorial @auschwitzmemorial.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

5 October 1886 | A German Jewish woman, Betty Spiegel, was born in Hainsfarth. In 1940 she was incarcerated in Gurs and in September 1942 she was deported to #Auschwitz and murdered in a gas chamber. --- Development of the mass murder infrastructure at Auschwitz: youtu.be/tRwZ49q-9e0

Vintage portrait of a woman wearing a dark hat and a light-colored blouse with a dark jacket, accessorized with a pearl necklace.

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Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

We murdered four more people in a boat today

U.S. southern Command: On October 4, under the direction of #SOUTHCOM, Joint Task Force Western Hemisphere executed a lethal, kinetic strike on a go-fast vessel operating along established narco-trafficking routes in the Caribbean. Confirmed intelligence revealed the vessel's active involvement in narco-trafficking. The operation killed four narco-terrorists. @DeptofWar

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Yashar Ali 🐘 @yasharali.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

1. Tonight at Gillette Stadium, Zach Bryan, one of the biggest country music artists in the world, wore a Free Palestine shirt onstage. Gillette Stadium is owned by Robert Kraft, who pushed Ed Sheeran and his promoter to drop Macklemore from his tour. Bryan isn’t just a major country artist.

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Jacqueline Antonovich @jackiantonovich.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

BUT, Wood’s experience helped inspire Working Women United, a public speak-out on workplace harassment, and a new language for identifying a problem women had long experienced but struggled to name. Anyhoo, this is why Women’s and Gender Studies is important. Talking to you, Cornell.

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Jacqueline Antonovich @jackiantonovich.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

In 1975, Cornell employee Carmita Wood resigned after persistent unwanted sexual advances from a professor. When she applied for unemployment benefits, her claim was denied on the grounds that she had left for “personal non-compelling reasons.” She appealed and was denied.

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Jacqueline Antonovich @jackiantonovich.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

In 1974, Cornell lecturer Lin Farley began recognizing a pattern in the experiences women shared in her Women and Work course: women were being pushed out of jobs by men’s sexual behavior. Farley coined the term, “sexual harassment.”

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The Intercept @theintercept.com · 02/10/2026

How much does it cost to get more information about a cop who punched someone in the face? If you guessed anything lower than $2.5 million, you’d be wrong — at least according to the city of Eugene, Oregon. buff.ly/AlxYU8S

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Ryan Haas @ryanjhaas.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

And here I thought our $4000 was ridiculous! Oregon records law needs more guardrails to prevent public officials who are simply bad actors.

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Senator Ron Wyden @wyden.senate.gov · 03/10/2026

My investigators have confirmed the Trump administration is hiding interview documents it conducted with some of Epstein’s banks, and there could be more. There’s no limit to how far Scott Bessent, Kash Patel and Todd Blanche will go to continue this cover up.

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In Otter News @in-otter-news.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Well, if it's Steve, he's likely just going to 'guide' you to the pub...

Description: A realistic photo of Steve the otter standing upright on a patch of grass, holding a small stick like a walking staff.
Text in image: “how come this otter looks like he’s about to guide me on a quest”

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