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Maggie Black

@witchofscots.eurosky.social
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A Meatwad on Elm Street @wrenispinkle.bsky.social · 2h
On Musk: I think everyone should go see it. It’s pretty instructive on what we are going to have to do to permanently decapitate the oligarchy, Musk first Also, Biden and his top cabinet members come off looking incredibly prescient about this shitbird. Obama? Not so much…
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Ken Burnside @kenburnside.bsky.social · 4h
"Do you disavow the Associated Fraternal Orders of Police, whose members kill over 1000 Americans every year, and whose stranglehold on American civic funding starves schools and libraries of needed building upgrades and school lunch money?"
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Ruth Zakarin @ruthz.bsky.social · 3h
On November 3rd, Massachusetts voters will have the chance to stand up for gun violence prevention. Voting YES on question 9 protects our strong gun laws, our communities, and our children. We will not let the gun lobby take us backwards. Vote YES on 9 for a Safe MA!
A picture of the Yes on 9 lawn signA group of peole surrounding MA Governor Healey and holding Yes on 9 signs
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Garrett M. Graff @vermontgmg.bsky.social · 13h
This week a white nationalist tried to assassinate a member of Congress and you probably didn’t even hear about it—and a reminder that being an elementary school student in the US is more deadly than being an ICE officer: www.doomsdayscenario.co/p/three-shoo...
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Three Shootings in America
A week of our entirely-ordinary *extraordinary* violence
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Anchorage Daily News @adn.com · 3h
Ashleigh and Jose Valcarcel's lived experience shapes how they run Northern Alliance Reentry, an Anchorage-based nonprofit that operates a series of transitional living homes for men exiting incarceration and in recovery. www.adn.com/alaska-news/...
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Anchorage couple gives formerly incarcerated Alaskans a chance to start over
The growing nonprofit Northern Alliance Reentry offers 80 beds across six transitional sober living homes for men exiting incarceration and in recovery.
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Greg Jericho @grogsgamut.bsky.social · 3h
Isabella Weber is THE economist to be listening to right now “Fascism is rising from frustration, born out of a crisis of livelihoods,” says Weber. “So, we need to reclaim these essentials now.” www.theguardian.com/business/202...
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‘People’s dignity, and democracy, is at stake’: meet the economist ditching ideology for reality
Exclusive: Isabella Weber prescribes a common-sense solution to poverty, inequality and fascism – making life’s essentials affordable for all
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Negin Owliaei @neginowl.bsky.social · 18/10/2026
As a Muslim who has been accused of dual loyalty and asked to denounce everything from ISIS to the Iranian state, I breathed a sigh of relief that I think I’d been holding in for like two decades watching this.
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ashley fairbanks @ziibiing.com · 3h
join me for a secret sunday soft launch of my new website. i would love to get your feedback. www.wecanbeavillage.com
no one is coming to save us. voting is just the first step.
Know your neighbors. Join a group that will still be fighting next year. wecanbeavillage.org
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Cheryl Rofer @cherylrofer.bsky.social · 8h
Like the group of HBCU students who marched to the polls in, I think, South Carolina, this is a way to protect each other against those who might interfere with voting.
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Michael Kruse @michaelkruse.bsky.social · 3h
“Now, Ashley Moody thinks these basic and common sense things are extreme, radical, socialist, because it’s easier to call me names than to explain why she keeps voting to make life harder for working people.”
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Bernie Sanders and Angie Nixon draw more than 2,000 to Tampa rally
The progressive heavyweight came to Florida in support of state Rep. Angie Nixon, the Democratic U.S. Senate candidate.
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Asheesh Kapur Siddique @asheeshks.org · 11h
Fantastic piece on the need to shut down business schools. Replace them with schools of political economy. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/18/o...
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Opinion | I Teach at a Business School. It’s Time to Shut Them Down. (Gift Article)
Students come in with noble intentions and leave with flawed expertise.
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Maggie Black @witchofscots.eurosky.social · 3h
Transformed! Isn't this just spread-betting. In the UK we have sites like Betfair.
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Greg Pak @gregpak.net · 3h
that's murder
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Ryan Goodman @rgoodlaw.bsky.social · 3h
60 Minutes: "It's a kind of interference Utah Lt. Gov...a Republican in a deeply red state, said she's never seen before. 'In the past two elections that I oversaw as lieutenant governor, the threats were all external...But now we also have threats coming from within our own government.' she said."
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Investigations into voting system expand weeks ahead of midterms
With early voting for the midterms underway, federal investigations into the U.S. voting system are expanding. Election officials explain their response, and the Justice Department says "there should ...
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PBS News @pbsnews.org · 9h
The Washington Post photographer who was attacked by Jewish settlers in the occupied West Bank so badly that several vertebrae were broken said Sunday she was increasingly angry that Israel's military seems to protect settlers more than the Palestinians they threaten. to.pbs.org/4i4PggV
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Photographer attacked by settlers in the West Bank feels insulted by Netanyahu
The attack on Heidi Levine and Palestinians during the sensitive olive harvest again highlights the rampant settler violence that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has blamed on a small number of trou...
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Robert Downen @robertdownen.bsky.social · 6h
A 56-year-old Mexican man held at a federal immigration facility in Laredo was found dead in his cell Saturday morning. His family says the center would not give him medicine for diabetes, high blood pressure and a heart condition. He is the 7th person to die in ICE custody in Texas this year.
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Migrant found dead at Laredo Processing Center run by ICE
The death was confirmed by U.S. Rep. Henry Cuellar, who said the 56-year-old Mexican national was found unresponsive in his cell. He’s the seventh person to die while detained by ICE this year.
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AIPAC Tracker @trackaipac.com · 3h
Rep. Rashida Tlaib has been leading the fight in Congress to stop arming Israel and end the genocide in Gaza. Vote to re-elect Rashida Tlaib in #MI12!
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Institute for the Study of War @thestudyofwar.bsky.social · 3h
NEW: Ukraine’s ability to use SpaceX’s low-earth orbit satellite communication technology (Starlink and Starshield) to intercept Russian jet-powered drones remains unclear as of October 18. (1/7) Read more: isw.pub/UkrWar101826
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CNN @cnn.com · 3h
In a city best known for its movie stars, one of Los Angeles’ most beloved residents always stood out among the rest: he strutted through the streets in a tawny-colored coat, walked on all four paws and had a habit of wandering alone at night.
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How a celebrity cat inspired the construction of the world’s largest wildlife corridor | CNN
A new wildlife crossing is about to open in Los Angeles — inspired by P-22, the famous mountain lion who captured the city’s heart. In their new book, “Big Cats,” National Geographic Explorers Steve W...
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Lady Pitre @ladypitre428.bsky.social · 4h
@danabash.bsky.social I don’t recall you questioning the corrupt Orange man if he regrets telling a reporter if she had her period or calling Hilary ‘nasty’! I think @troyjackson207.bsky.social did what we all wish can tell Collins after voting against women’s rights or for corrupt supreme justices.
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Canary Media Inc. @canarymedia.com · 3h
It’s a pretty great time to have an electric vehicle — and more Americans are catching on.
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US EV sales are rising again. Here’s why the recovery is set to last.
Even though sales tanked last year after the end of federal incentives, the American EV sector is on the mend as drivers face sky-high gasoline prices.
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Marc Murphy @murphycartoons.bsky.social · 4h
Racism takes many forms. Sometimes it’s a policeman’s knee on your neck. Other times it’s a city allowing your neighborhoods to be poisoned for generations. For the Louisville Courier Journal as reported by the Louisville Courier Journal
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Scott Colom @scolom.bsky.social · 4h
Mississippi, we can do it.
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Preeti Chhibber @runwithskizzers.bsky.social · 4h
I see this account pop up through reposts on my feed all the time. Sounds like it needs to be blocked. (Read Greg's whole thread, but the short version is deliberate disinfo + ai slop, all for hashtag-resistance clicks and views.)
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Greg Pak @gregpak.net · 12h
None of the images or videos on @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social's timeline are credited or sourced. I recommend unfollowing them to avoid the possibility of spreading disinfo.
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Lauren Dobson-Hughes @ldobsonhughes.bsky.social · 4h
Scathing and not entirely inaccurate take on the World Health Summit. Glossy, sanitized and full of private backrooms where high-level figures discuss poor people's right to heath "Where policy elites aura farm each other" www.internationalhealthpolicies.org/blogs/world-...
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World Health $ummit: The Necessary Evil of Capitalist Global Health?
The World Health Summit (WHS) is a bizarre animal of global health dichotomies. Public sessions full of prepared remarks and platitudes, some bordering on the advertorial. Splashy evening sessions whe...
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Irish Independent @independent.ie · 4h
Jeremy Godfrey, the executive chairperson of Coimisiún na Meán, said 'we should treat the services like you treat toys. There’s a set of standards that a toy must meet before you can put it on the market'
independent.ie
Social media platforms can be blocked if they don’t act to protect children, regulator warns
As EU considers Kids Act, Coimisiún na Meán seeks strengthened powers of enforcement
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Julia Rose Kraut @juliarosekraut.bsky.social · 16/10/2026
Sidewalk Reflection - New York City #FridayPhoto 🗃️📷📸
Sidewalk puddle reflection of tree branches
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Brooke Harrington @ebharrington.bsky.social · 3h
The internet was built as a public good--like a public library, using taxpayer $...including the NSF grant that went to grad students Page & Brin in the 90s, giving them the means to build Google. Then guys like them privatized public goods--stole what we paid for & made themselves billionaires.
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California Federation of Labor Unions @californialabor.bsky.social · 16/10/2026
$1 million a day. That's how much the billionaires are spending to try and defeat Prop 40. Still think they can't afford to pay their fair share to keep California hospitals open and union healthcare workers on the job? Vote YES on Prop 40 and vote NO on Prop 41 and Prop 42!
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The ultra-rich are spending one million dollars a day fighting California’s proposed billionaire tax
Tech billionaires have raised more than $340m to defeat Prop 40, a one-time 5% wealth tax that will fund healthcare and education
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Professor Euan Ritchie FAMS @euanritchie.bsky.social · 16/10/2026
Yuck www.abc.net.au/news/2026-10...
abc.net.au
Reserve Bank governor paid $1.2 million as RBA workers fight real wage cuts
RBA governor Michele Bullock received total remuneration of $1.22 million in 2025-26.
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Professor Euan Ritchie FAMS @euanritchie.bsky.social · 17/10/2026
Here we go again, the Spring Carnival of state-sanctioned and taxpayer-supported horse abuse www.abc.net.au/news/2026-10...
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Breaking: Melbourne Cup winner Half Yours suffers nasty fall in Caulfield Cup
Last year's Melbourne Cup winner, Half Yours, has gone down in a nasty fall late in the Caulfield Cup.
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Unicorn Riot @unicornriot.bsky.social · 18/10/2026
Scenes from Paris, France on October 17, as nationwide protests brought together masses of people protesting rising fuel prices, in solidarity with the student mobilizations, and opposition to nearly a decade of Macronism. 🧵
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MisterJayEm @misterjayem.bsky.social · 15/10/2026
Think about how little your representatives have said or done to defend their colleague Ilhan Omar. Now try to imagine how little they will do when it's our turn.
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Steve Peers @stevepeers.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
Deloitte helped falsify documents to aid tax evasion by Abramovich, claims BBC www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Deloitte helped in falsifying documents to evade tax on Abramovich’s wealth, BBC finds
Backdated paperwork also made the Russian oligarch’s yachts and mansions disappear from accounts, investigation finds.
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Go Green @ecowarriorss.bsky.social · 18/10/2026
Great news Deforestation in Brazilian Amazon falls to the lowest level in nearly 40 years Forest clearance has dropped by 42% in a year Under Bolso an area the size of Denmark was burnt down Brazil do not make same mistake again Vote Lula www.thejournal.ie/brazil-amazo...
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Deforestation in Brazilian Amazon falls to the lowest level in nearly 40 years
Forest clearance has dropped by 42% in a year, with the figures providing a boost for President Lula ahead of a tightly contested election run-off.
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Dr. Jack Brown @drjackbrown.bsky.social · 17/10/2026
The Billionaires are trying to drown out our voices. They think you or your children don't matter. They think they own us. They're trying to cull us. They think we're NPCs in their game of life. Always speak truth to power. Vote. Your life depends on it.
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Jen McGowan @iamjenmcg.bsky.social · 18/10/2026
Posting again for any Californian needing help with this year’s monster ballot bluevoterguide.org/state/CA
bluevoterguide.org
California Democratic Voting Guide with Endorsements for Voters
California State Ballot Guide 2026
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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 19h
SCOOP: 'Tommy' from the now-viral exchange with Abdul El-Sayed is Thomas Teepell, a former staffer for Republican Senator Josh Hawley with close ties to Christian Nationalist Sean Feucht. He's the son of a former Bobby Jindal staffer whose consultant work was instrumental in getting Hawley elected.
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'Tommy' from viral El-Sayed video is former Sen. Hawley staffer with Christian nationalist ties
Thomas Teepell is the son of a former long-time Bobby Jindal staffer who's close to Sean Feucht.
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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 17/10/2026
"The US conservative movement is engaged in a nationwide effort to reverse child-labor laws and reinstitute child labor" sounds like a crazy leftie conspiracy theory, but ... yeah. It's real.
nybooks.com
The Return of Child Labor | Alice Driver
For years I have been haunted by a grainy video I saw in 2023, when I was interviewing poultry processing workers in Green Forest, Arkansas. In those
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Gertjan @daktari.bsky.social · 19h
Projection it is.
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Conservative PAC offering College Republicans $200 to heckle at Abdul El-Sayed rally, group chat messages seem to show
Students affiliated with the College Republicans at the University of Michigan are being offered $200 each to travel to an Abdul El-Sayed town hall in Flint Saturday and target the Democratic U.S. Sen...
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Stacey Burns @wentrogue.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
Pop-up locations for early voting this month in Minneapolis* — includes the Minneapolis Institute of Art, which is always free and where you can still see several crop art pieces from this year’s State Fair vote.minneapolismn.gov/voters/vote-... *for Minneapolis residents
List of places in Minneapolis where you can vote early in person, from Oct 19-30 (they are listed in a table on the website linked in this post) Crop art piece: a striped cat sitting like a loaf, with its tail stretched out behind or over it

It’s by artist Kaela Reinardy, and titled “Tiger Cat.” It’s made of black and white lentils, black beans, wild rice, and white poppy seeds
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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 14/10/2026
Since 2020, electricity bills have risen 34% for customers of investor-owned utilities, but only 19% for customers of publicly owned utilities. Nuking the IOU model & making all distribution utilities publicly owned: people are saying.
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One Home’s Power Bill Is $500. A Half-Mile Away, It’s 70% Lower
The stark difference reflects a growing national divide between investor-owned utilities and public power providers
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Maggie Black @witchofscots.eurosky.social · 18/10/2026
He's a bit good El Sayed isn't he.
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Abdul El-Sayed @abdulelsayed.bsky.social · 18/10/2026
This is Tommy. Tommy had a question about my allegiances. Listen to the end to hear about his.
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 18/10/2026
A decade ago, Florida stripped a teacher of her license for sexually abusing a 16-year-old. Last year, she opened a private school there with ease. As private schools fueled by taxpayer dollars proliferate, states are choosing not to closely regulate who runs them or what they teach. (Pub. July)
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Barns, Go-Karts and Strip Malls: The Wild West of Private Schools That Collect Taxpayer Dollars
As private schools proliferate, states are choosing a hands-off approach to regulating them. The backgrounds of school founders — sometimes with criminal histories — often don’t matter
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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 18/10/2026
If the Democrats were actually serious, Chuck Schumer and Hakeem Jeffries would be putting out statements that they intend to subpoena mark Zuckerberg personally to appear before congress over its censorship of No Kings today and Lula in Brazil. Instead, silence. They aren't fit for this moment.
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Myriam Gurba (Serrano through my mom) @lesbrains.bsky.social · 17/10/2026
Women go through a midlife crisis called menopause and overwhelmingly tend not to perpetrate family annihilation. All these killer men are high on a drug called patriarchy.
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Bill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 18/10/2026
Time for an era of tech trust-busting?
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