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Maggie Black

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Jill Hasday @jillhasday.bsky.social · 41m
On this day in 1917, Fannie Lou Hamer was born. She became a civil rights crusader who risked her life in mobilizing to make the right to vote a practical reality for people of color. She asked: “Is this America, the land of the free and the home of the brave?” #WeTheMen
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Political Poll Bot @pollresults.org · 41m
New Mexico US Senate Sep 25 - 30, 2026 Ben Ray Luján (D) 54% (+18.0%) Larry Marker (R) 36% Don't know 10% SurveyUSA (A) 567 LV Sponsor: KOB-TV (Albuquerque) View Poll
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Kansas Reflector @kansasreflector.com · 41m
Kansas agriculture and rural communities need immigrants, but system has failed them | via @crazeywriter.bsky.social #ksleg
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Kansas agriculture and rural communities need immigrants, but system has failed them • Kansas Reflector
Blame for the lack of immigration reform to meet the needs of workers and the agriculture industry lies squarely with the federal government, and change must happen, one farmer said in response to Sep...
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Bylines Network @bylinesnetwork.co.uk · 21h
A free press matters. So does an accountable one. Join Nafeez Ahmed, Lexie Kirkconnell-Kawana and Priyamvada Gopal, chaired by Mike Galsworthy, to ask what a better British media could look like. 📅 21 Oct, 7pm 🎟️ bit.ly/bettermedia
A free press matters. So does an accountable one.

Join Nafeez Ahmed, Lexie Kirkconnell-Kawana and Priyamvada Gopal, chaired by Mike Galsworthy, to ask what a better British media could look like.
📅 21 Oct, 7pm
🎟️ bit.ly/bettermedia
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The National @scotnational.bsky.social · 40m
EXCLUSIVE: A council decision to waive affordable housing requirements for private new-build developments in Glasgow has been branded 'shameful' by a tenants' union👇 👉 www.thenational.scot/news/2...
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WBUR @wbur.org · 40m
Once constructed in the coming years, city officials said the White Pine Gathering Place will be the first permanent monument in Boston dedicated to an Indigenous community.
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First indigenous monument in Boston planned for Franklin Park
Scarboro Hill in Franklin Park, a local haven for hiking and bird watching, is expected to become home to a new monument designed by and for the Wampanoag people. Once constructed in the coming years, city officials said the White Pine Gathering Place will be the first permanent monument in Boston dedicated to an Indigenous community.
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Bill Scher @billscher.bsky.social · 2h
“The Republican Plan to Buy the Election Got Too Expensive” — my @washingtonmonthly.bsky.social latest on how Republican ad dollars aren’t going as far Democratic dollars because they’re too reliant on super PACs washingtonmonthly.com/2026/10/06/t...
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The Republican Plan to Buy the Election Got Too Expensive
New data shows the GOP’s money advantage has narrowed because it relies too heavily on super PACs, which pay more for broadcast ads.
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Biofuelwatch @biofuelwatch.bsky.social · 39m
Drax datacentre could create nearly twice the yearly emissions of all Gatwick flights. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
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Rick Perlstein @rickperlstein.bsky.social · 14h
A Democrat got drunk once. A Republican made his fortune swindling sick people. We report, you decide. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/05/u...
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The Campaign for Ohio’s Next Governor May Be the Ugliest in the Country
The candidates for Ohio governor have significant policy differences, but the campaign ads have been strikingly personal, with exaggerated portrayals of one candidate as a con artist and the other as ...
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Timothy McBride @mcbridetd.bsky.social · 38m
Wagner touts funding for MoDOT that she voted against www.stlmag.com/news/wagner-...
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Wagner touts funding for MoDOT that she voted against
Last week, U.S. Rep. Ann Wagner boasted about her work securing funds for the Missouri Department of Transportation. She posted a photo on Facebook of her visit with MoDOT’s St. Louis district enginee...
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Barchart @barchart.com · 03/10/2026
U.S. Debt now exceeds 100% of GDP for the first time since World War 2 🤯👀
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Tim White @twmcltd.bsky.social · 6h
Imagine staying in your job when you're 1,683 days late in delivering results! Then imagine doing that while also killing 600,000 of your own citizens (or foreign recruits) and permanently injuring a million more. Welcome to the world of Putin. Here's the daily🧵for Day 1686
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MoveOn @moveon.org · 38m
Turns out it was really nice having people who made sure our water was drinkable, our food was edible, and our air was breathable.
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jon christian @jonchristian.net · 38m
what is Meta even doing futurism.com/artificial-i...
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Meta Is Kicking Gay Bars Off Its Apps While Allowing Videos of Graphic Child Abuse
Meta censored the Instagram and Facebook accounts of two gay bars in Austin, Texas, without giving any explanation.
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FRANCE 24 English @en.france24.com · 38m
🇫🇷 🪧 #France braced on Tuesday for a day of nationwide high-school ​blockades and trade union-led street #protests in support of #students demanding that President Emmanuel #Macron's cash-strapped government tackle the issue of understaffed and dilapidated schools.
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Raw Story @rawstory.com · 38m
OPINION: "Blanche might someday realize that in the entirety of this corrupt administration, he is actually ground zero as to criminal and ethical investigations, perhaps finding himself impeached prior to Hegseth. And he may lose a lot more than his law license." bit.ly/4hEjbME
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Maggie Chapman (she/her) @maggiechapman.bsky.social · 38m
I’ve lodged this motion in Parliament in solidarity with UCU members at Dundee University. I’m clear that compulsory redundancies are not the answer. Staff shouldn’t be expected to pay the price for financial failures at their university by losing their jobs. 1/2
Maggie Chapman MSP’s motion lodged in the Scottish Parliament expressing solidarity with UCU members at the University of Dundee, supporting their strike action and opposition to compulsory redundancies, and calling for secure jobs, fair working conditions and a strong workers’ voice.
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Al Jazeera English @aljazeera.com · 38m
Green Party leader Zack Polanski hopes to shake Labour, which has held Holborn since the seat was created in 1983.
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Pro-Palestine Greens challenge Labour's grip on Starmer's former seat
Green Party leader Zack Polanski hopes to shake Labour, which has held Holborn since the seat was created in 1983.
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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 38m
“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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Joshua Failé @joshuafaile.bsky.social · 15h
We completed our yearly Autumn pilgrimage to Cadillac Mountain in #AcadiaNationalPark this weekend. My son—as is his current custom—had a field day running literally every inch of the summit. As @altacadia.bsky.social often points out, we must protect our national parks for future generations!
A photo take from the summit of Cadillac Mountain in Acadia National Park:

A young boy in a rust coloured Henley, cross-stitched dark green hooded vest, grey jeans, and brown chukkas, runs atop rough white and grey rock, casting a long shadow in golden early Autumn midday light, with low orange brush and  green trees in the foreground, and the sparkling blue Atlantic Ocean in the far distance.
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Garrett M. Graff @vermontgmg.bsky.social · 37m
The bigger scandal behind Kash Patel juicing the FBI's Ten Most Wanted stats: www.doomsdayscenario.co/p/a-thirsty-...
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A thirsty Patel juices FBI stats — and DOJ gets Watergate wrong
It's not as funny as it sounds.
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The Local France @thelocalfrance.bsky.social · 37m
Americans in France: Deadlines for voting in the US midterms
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Americans in France: Deadlines for voting in the US midterms
The US midterms take place on November 3rd 2026, and Americans in France can still vote - but for some states, time is running out. Here's who can vote, how to request and return a ballot, and what to do if yours hasn't arrived.
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Amy Diehl, Ph.D. @amydiehl.bsky.social · 37m
Urvashi Batra, co-founder & CEO of Prioriwise, an AI platform for IT providers found people take her less seriously than her male co-founder. When pitching investors, they have learned that they are more likely to get an investment if he does the pitching. www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
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The AI industry is booming. Women are getting left behind
Women hold just a fraction of new AI jobs but are overrepresented in roles with high risk of AI disruption
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 6h
BT to buy the broadband supplier TalkTalk in a £400m deal. BT is already the biggest provider with 30% of the market. If the deal is approved by the competition regulator, it would be bad news for customers. Less competition, less choice, higher prices.
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BT to buy broadband supplier TalkTalk in £400m rescue deal, saving 900 jobs
Virgin Media O2 complains of ‘stitch-up’ over rival provider, which has 1.5m customers
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The Baffler @thebaffler.com · 37m
AIG played a prominent role in triggering the 2008 financial crisis—and received a massive bailout for its troubles. But the firm—indeed, the insurance industry as a whole—never received proper scrutiny for pushing the system to collapse. thebaffler.com/salvos/i-mig...
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I Might Need Security | Madeleine Baker
Capitalism transforms the quest to control risk into the most reckless gambling—just look to the insurance industry.
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Philip Eil @phileil.bsky.social · 40m
ICYMI: Over the summer, a Rhode Island news site began publishing stories by AI reporters with human-sounding names, human-looking faces, and vaguely human-sounding bios. I shared some thoughts on Uprise RI's venture into LLM-driven journalism in an op-ed for @rhodeislandcurrent.com.
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Commentary: Can AI agents produce real news reporting in Rhode Island? A human journalist has some thoughts. • Rhode Island Current
A human journalist shares thoughts about Uprise RI’s use of AI-generated “LLM reporters,” which raise broader questions about transparency, trust and what it means when machines begin reporting the ne...
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c0nc0rdance @c0nc0rdance.bsky.social · 51m
From Bat Conservation International: a moment of Zen with the white-lined broad-nosed bat (Platyrrhinus lineatus) a fruit-eating bat native to South America. We think the 'racing stripes' are camouflage, breaking up the bat's outline to avoid predators. Let's talk about the fruit-bat /lifestyle/.
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Megan Piontkowski Illustration @meganpiont.bsky.social · 36m
What can I do to make sure my vote is counted?! Plenty! From checking (and rechecking) your registration, to signing up to be a poll monitor or to cure ballots, there is so much we can do. Print out an "Election 101" zine for yourself and a few friends! cryptpad.fr/file/#/2/fil...
Black and white illustrated zine cover that looks like a composition notebook with stickers on it. Title is "Election Protection 101."
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404 Media @404media.co · 38m
Senator Bernie Sanders, Representative Ocasio-Cortez, and Senator Jeff Merkley introduced the Ban Flock Act on Friday, which would stop federal agencies from using automatic license plate readers.
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Lawmakers Introduce Multiple Laws to Curb Flock After 404 Media Coverage
Senator Bernie Sanders, Representative Ocasio-Cortez, and Senator Jeff Merkley introduced the Ban Flock Act on Friday, which would stop federal agencies from using automatic license plate readers.
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Mike Hixenbaugh @mikehixenbaugh.com · 54m
Terrific story here about one of the major forces tearing America apart: Buc-ee’s.
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Their town was ‘Almost Heaven.’ Residents say a proposed Buc-ee’s tore it apart.
A plan for a Buc-ee’s gas station made their Colorado town the poster child of the nation’s fracturing civil discourse. Some residents are trying to get the charm back.
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Maggie Black @witchofscots.eurosky.social · 38m
The President of the United States is a serial liar.
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AW Sylwester @aw-sylwester.bsky.social · 9h
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Justin Mikulka @justinmikulka.bsky.social · 50m
"Over time, solar and batteries 'are likely to dominate new capacity additions, gradually reducing the market share and operating hours of fossil fuel plants' in the Philippines, said Alnie Demoral, a Manila-based energy analyst at Ember." Solar dominates in Pakistan. Philippines want in on that.
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China’s Coal Past and Solar Present Are Colliding in Pakistan
A wave of clean technology imports is challenging a power sector that owes billions to Beijing, exposing snarls in the No. 2 economy’s drive to dominate the global energy transition.
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The Irish Times @irishtimes.com · 49m
Russia tells WHO there are no plague cases in Siberian city
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Russia tells WHO there are no plague cases in Siberian city
Laboratory worker at plague research institute died last week
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Rachel Vorona Cote @rvoronacote.bsky.social · 48m
Master class in headline writing:
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Hope For Ukraine @hfu.org · 1h
Another internally displaced family received solar energy resilience kit 🇺🇦🔋 Keep the light alive. Support solar energy for Ukraine today: donate.hfu.org/campaign/708...
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Noah Berlatsky @nberlat.bsky.social · 54m
cas part of the revealer's special issue on religion and democracy, I wrote about the myth of meritocracy. Meritocracy is often thought of as a core democratic goal. But in fact its corrosive of democracy because it rationalizes and justifies existing hierarchies. therevealer.org/the-myth-of-...
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Skeptic's Corner: The Myth of Meritocracy Is a Dagger in the Heart of Democracy — The Revealer
The secular faith in meritocracy, our democratic religion, is an acid eating through our democratic institutions
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Cult MTL @cultmtl.com · 16h
The City of Montreal’s controversial ban on insulting police and city officials is already facing legal challenges. Two civil rights organizations say the bylaw is unconstitutional, violating freedom of expression under the Canadian and Quebec charters. #polmtl
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Montreal's 'unconstitutional' anti-insult bylaw is an attack on free speech and must be suspended immediately
The bylaw banning insults towards Montreal police and city officials is facing legal challenges for being unconstitutional.
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Taniel @taniel.bsky.social · 9h
Marist polls Maine: —Troy Jackson leads Susan Collins 51/47 —Hannah Pingree leads Bobby Charles 52/40, with 6% to an independent. —Generic ballot is 54/45 (Jackson actually has 52% of indies, to Pingree's 51%.)
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Missouri Workers Center @moworkers.org · 15h
3/3 And it's still happening here: Hillsdale police, working under an agreement with ICE, showed up at Ritenour Middle School asking about students. How we treat the most vulnerable measures all of us. Sign the petition to end local police collaborating with ICE. Sign Here: buff.ly/Qx1pKTg
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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 19h
ICE is now separating children from their parents in the nation’s interior and deeming them “unaccompanied.” www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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“You kidnapped my son”
ICE is now separating children from their parents and deeming them “unaccompanied.”
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wilksofficial @wilksofficial.bsky.social · 23h
If you live in Georgia, Florida, Kentucky, Mississippi, Tennessee, Ohio, Indiana, Arkansas, Texas, or Arizona, Today is THE LAST DAY to register to vote in the 2026 Midterm Election!!! Pls check your voter registration @iwillvote.com
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Luke LeBrun @lukelebrun.ca · 12h
Canada’s first-past-the-post electoral system at it again: Québec’s incumbent CAQ party is on track to be wiped off the map despite getting 14% of the vote Québec Solidaire on track to win 11 seats with 11% of the vote
Seat standings
Popular vote
Votes and share don't show who won the election; the number of MNAs determines who wins.

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28
60
636,700
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36
514,839
23.3%
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20
473,490
21.4%
I QS
2
9
11
244,125
11%
CAQ



313,870
14.2%
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Rep. Melanie Stansbury (NM-01) @repstansbury.bsky.social · 12h
New Mexico—it’s time!!! In about 12 hours, early voting begins across the state at your county clerk and other locations. I’m here at the Bernalillo County Clerk’s Annex, which opens tomorrow in downtown ABQ to remind you to vote! 🇺🇸🗳️❤️
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Kristian G. Andersen @kgandersen.bsky.social · 20h
Just a friendly reminder that plague is prevalent, including in the western United States (see, prairie dogs), with multiple cases annually. It is also highly treatable and, yes, lab acquired infections (incl. fatal cases) have happened over the years, including e.g., UChicago.
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Maggie Black @witchofscots.eurosky.social · 12h
The Far Right here there and fucking everywhere.
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David Kaye @davidakaye.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
ICYMI, the GWB administration's torture of detainees continues to reverberate in the 9/11 case. between that & indefinite detention & black sites & military tribunals, it's just a total failure of justice for everyone.
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Anna Gifty @itsafronomics.blacksky.app · 13h
QTNA: How many more foods need to be recalled before RFK Jr. is removed?
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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 05/10/2026
Last week, I was invited into the homes of Jewish New Yorkers across the city to celebrate the holiday of Sukkot.
Mayor Mamdani stands in a sukkah with Brad Landwr under warm lights and strings of pomegranates. Mayor Mamdani and Asm Claire Valdez and Sen Jabari Brisport join New Yorkers for Sukkot.Mayor Mamdani visits New Yorkers for Sukkot.Mayor Mamdani sits in a sukkah with New Yorkers.
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