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This is Denni. She took an unexpected babysitting shift when she found a baby koala in her yard. She cheerfully delivered the joey to her human, who put them back in the tree to be reunited with their mom. 14/10 (FB: Steve Lamplough)
October 2, 2025 at 11:24 PM
This is Denni. She took an unexpected babysitting shift when she found a baby koala in her yard. She cheerfully delivered the joey to her human, who put them back in the tree to be reunited with their mom. 14/10 (FB: Steve Lamplough)
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Vought is gleeful at the prospect of shutting down the government. He has been doing it since the beginning of the year.
It's clear that Republicans are the ones who *want* a shutdown.
www.huffpost.com/entry/russ-v...
It's clear that Republicans are the ones who *want* a shutdown.
www.huffpost.com/entry/russ-v...
The Guy Firing Federal Workers Has Dreamed Of This Moment 'Since Puberty'
White House budget director Russ Vought is the powerful, behind-the-scenes Trump official dishing out payback against blue states.
www.huffpost.com
October 3, 2025 at 3:47 AM
Vought is gleeful at the prospect of shutting down the government. He has been doing it since the beginning of the year.
It's clear that Republicans are the ones who *want* a shutdown.
www.huffpost.com/entry/russ-v...
It's clear that Republicans are the ones who *want* a shutdown.
www.huffpost.com/entry/russ-v...
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October 3, 2025 at 6:29 AM
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Here are the Top 5 Dogs of the week!
October 3, 2025 at 2:23 PM
Here are the Top 5 Dogs of the week!
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BREAKING: SCOTUS (again) allows Sec. Noem to proceed with ending Temporary Protect Status for more than 600,000 Venezuelans, over the objection of the three Democratic appointees.
![SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES
No. 25A326
KRISTI NOEM, SECRETARY, DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY, ET AL. v. NATIONAL TPS ALLIANCE, ET AL.
ON APPLICATION FOR A STAY
[October 3, 2025]
In March of this year, the United States District Court for the Northern District of California entered a preliminary order postponing the effective date of the Secretary of Homeland Security's decision to remove "temporary protected status" (TPS) from Venezuelan nationals living in the United States. See 8 U.S. C. §1254a; 5 U.S. C. §705.
In May, this Court stayed that order while the Government appealed. The United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit ultimately affirmed the District Court's preliminary order. Last month, the District Court entered final judgment in respondents' favor, holding unlawful and setting aside the Secretary's actions effectuating her decision— namely, her vacatur of a pending extension of TPS for Venezuelan nationals, and her termination of that status itself.
See 5 U. S. C. §706(2). (The District Court also concluded that the Secretary unlawfully vacated a TPS extension for Haitian nationals. The Government now seeks to stay the portions of the District Court's judgment pertaining to Ven-ezuela, but not Haiti. See Application 7, n. 6.)
The application for stay presented to JUSTICE KAGAN and by her referred to the Court is granted. Although the posture of the case has changed, the parties' legal arguments and relative harms generally have not. The same result that we reached in May is appropriate here.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:36eqtmzysqf7wsslczw4uxcd/bafkreifwdli7xxfny6ivyfuusq7lptvsyntu7ypokqdyrgpoxlyw4dmokq@jpeg)
October 3, 2025 at 8:37 PM
BREAKING: SCOTUS (again) allows Sec. Noem to proceed with ending Temporary Protect Status for more than 600,000 Venezuelans, over the objection of the three Democratic appointees.
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OK, I'm supposed to wake up early tomorrow. We'll see if that happens. ... Night, all, and let us try to be good to one another — and ourselves.
September 16, 2025 at 5:37 AM
OK, I'm supposed to wake up early tomorrow. We'll see if that happens. ... Night, all, and let us try to be good to one another — and ourselves.
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#ThickTrunkTuesday
River North Tyne, near Chesters Roman Fort, Northumberland (August 2025)
A large weathered tree trunk on the riverbank.
#nature #trees #rivers #tyne #northumberland #photography #eastcoastkin
River North Tyne, near Chesters Roman Fort, Northumberland (August 2025)
A large weathered tree trunk on the riverbank.
#nature #trees #rivers #tyne #northumberland #photography #eastcoastkin
September 16, 2025 at 10:30 AM
#ThickTrunkTuesday
River North Tyne, near Chesters Roman Fort, Northumberland (August 2025)
A large weathered tree trunk on the riverbank.
#nature #trees #rivers #tyne #northumberland #photography #eastcoastkin
River North Tyne, near Chesters Roman Fort, Northumberland (August 2025)
A large weathered tree trunk on the riverbank.
#nature #trees #rivers #tyne #northumberland #photography #eastcoastkin
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I loved the lighting in this photo of the Big Guy and Pepper, relaxing during shepherd time 🥰 #GermanShepherdsofBluesky #ApolloTheGSD #PepperTheGSD
September 17, 2025 at 12:11 AM
I loved the lighting in this photo of the Big Guy and Pepper, relaxing during shepherd time 🥰 #GermanShepherdsofBluesky #ApolloTheGSD #PepperTheGSD
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To Republicans, everything is like slavery except actual slavery, which was fine.
September 16, 2025 at 9:26 PM
To Republicans, everything is like slavery except actual slavery, which was fine.
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September 16, 2025 at 11:21 PM
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Suddenly, *everything* comes with "hot honey". This is the phase of food trends that I loathe.
Can someone invent the fermented beetroot, Dubai chocolate, and hot honey mac'n'cheese uzu and avocado oil cupcronutcake, so we all move one? Ta.
Can someone invent the fermented beetroot, Dubai chocolate, and hot honey mac'n'cheese uzu and avocado oil cupcronutcake, so we all move one? Ta.
September 16, 2025 at 10:58 PM
Suddenly, *everything* comes with "hot honey". This is the phase of food trends that I loathe.
Can someone invent the fermented beetroot, Dubai chocolate, and hot honey mac'n'cheese uzu and avocado oil cupcronutcake, so we all move one? Ta.
Can someone invent the fermented beetroot, Dubai chocolate, and hot honey mac'n'cheese uzu and avocado oil cupcronutcake, so we all move one? Ta.
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A sliver of silver beneath the setting sun this evening…
The ‘Water of Tulla’ as it flows along its meandering path towards Loch Tulla 🏴
The ‘Water of Tulla’ as it flows along its meandering path towards Loch Tulla 🏴
September 16, 2025 at 7:38 PM
A sliver of silver beneath the setting sun this evening…
The ‘Water of Tulla’ as it flows along its meandering path towards Loch Tulla 🏴
The ‘Water of Tulla’ as it flows along its meandering path towards Loch Tulla 🏴
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This dog led an officer to his leash while being rescued from his burning home. 14/10 for all (IG: aurorapoliceil)
September 16, 2025 at 11:17 PM
This dog led an officer to his leash while being rescued from his burning home. 14/10 for all (IG: aurorapoliceil)
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"But Thiel’s Antichrist checklist—a paranoid obsession with apocalypse, control, and surveillance—describes Thiel himself." newrepublic.com/article/2004...
What’s Up With Peter Thiel’s Obsession With the Antichrist?
The tech mogul is amping up his apocalyptic rhetoric—and adding a dangerous dose of extremism into the already-fraught culture war.
newrepublic.com
September 16, 2025 at 11:55 AM
"But Thiel’s Antichrist checklist—a paranoid obsession with apocalypse, control, and surveillance—describes Thiel himself." newrepublic.com/article/2004...
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they’re trying to break @jaywillis.net
September 16, 2025 at 11:20 PM
they’re trying to break @jaywillis.net
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Tim Walz: "I'll tell you what doesn't make people feel safe -- a tank next to Chipotle. It's stupid and it's for the cameras ... where are the 'don't tread on me' people?"
September 17, 2025 at 1:26 AM
Tim Walz: "I'll tell you what doesn't make people feel safe -- a tank next to Chipotle. It's stupid and it's for the cameras ... where are the 'don't tread on me' people?"
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8 Democrats just joined Republicans in voting to enable 14-year-olds in DC to be tried as adults:
Cuellar
Davis (NC)
Gillen
Golden
Lee (NV)
Min
Perez
Vindman
Harmful, heinous, counterproductive, and deeply racist
clerk.house.gov/evs/2025/rol...
Cuellar
Davis (NC)
Gillen
Golden
Lee (NV)
Min
Perez
Vindman
Harmful, heinous, counterproductive, and deeply racist
clerk.house.gov/evs/2025/rol...
September 17, 2025 at 12:42 AM
8 Democrats just joined Republicans in voting to enable 14-year-olds in DC to be tried as adults:
Cuellar
Davis (NC)
Gillen
Golden
Lee (NV)
Min
Perez
Vindman
Harmful, heinous, counterproductive, and deeply racist
clerk.house.gov/evs/2025/rol...
Cuellar
Davis (NC)
Gillen
Golden
Lee (NV)
Min
Perez
Vindman
Harmful, heinous, counterproductive, and deeply racist
clerk.house.gov/evs/2025/rol...
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Dad carefully rotates the eggs before settling down to commence his shift on brooding duty this morning. #367CollinsSt #PeregrineFalcons
September 17, 2025 at 1:22 AM
Dad carefully rotates the eggs before settling down to commence his shift on brooding duty this morning. #367CollinsSt #PeregrineFalcons
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I will never get why people will bring their Bluetooth speakers on the train and blast their music.
Why invest in a speaker and not earbuds, cause I don’t want hear blow the whistle right now bitch
Why invest in a speaker and not earbuds, cause I don’t want hear blow the whistle right now bitch
September 16, 2025 at 4:43 AM
I will never get why people will bring their Bluetooth speakers on the train and blast their music.
Why invest in a speaker and not earbuds, cause I don’t want hear blow the whistle right now bitch
Why invest in a speaker and not earbuds, cause I don’t want hear blow the whistle right now bitch
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Reed O'Connor strikes again: This time, (again) denying venue transfer in the X v. Media Matters case.
The Fifth Circuit — a panel with Clement and Willett and in an opinion by Graves — said, "Why don't you try again?"
O'Connor does, and reaches the same conclusion.
Back to the Fifth Circuit.
The Fifth Circuit — a panel with Clement and Willett and in an opinion by Graves — said, "Why don't you try again?"
O'Connor does, and reaches the same conclusion.
Back to the Fifth Circuit.
September 17, 2025 at 12:50 AM
Reed O'Connor strikes again: This time, (again) denying venue transfer in the X v. Media Matters case.
The Fifth Circuit — a panel with Clement and Willett and in an opinion by Graves — said, "Why don't you try again?"
O'Connor does, and reaches the same conclusion.
Back to the Fifth Circuit.
The Fifth Circuit — a panel with Clement and Willett and in an opinion by Graves — said, "Why don't you try again?"
O'Connor does, and reaches the same conclusion.
Back to the Fifth Circuit.