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Y’ALL! Scientists at Schmidt Ocean just captured this rare video of an open-ocean squid caring for its young. That pearl-packed black bag between its tentacles is a brood pouch, each pearl is a developing baby squid (you can see a few hatch out at the end).

Nature is so cool. 🧵

🪼🦑🐙🌿🧪
October 28, 2024 at 5:26 PM
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For those who say this doesn't matter: even racists don't identify as racist. Americans who enjoy racism don't like being called racists. This is why the GOP has (successfully) relied on dog whistles for decades
Tomorrow’s P1.
October 28, 2024 at 5:03 AM
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AOC: "I do not want to do four more years of resistance nonsense under Donald Trump, OK? Like, good God. Like, do we remember what it was like waking up every day and there was *some shit* going on?" (via Armand Domalewski)
October 28, 2024 at 4:58 AM
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I talked to an Ohio voter who was quite upset: He says he was tricked by the ballot language & cast a vote opposing redistricting reform, when he intended to back it. The GOP-crafted summary tripped him up.

He's not alone: OH groups are sounding the alarm.

NEW: boltsmag.org/ohio-issue-1...
Anti-Gerrymandering Groups Warn That Ohio’s Ballot Language Is Misleading Voters
If “yes” on Issue 1 wins, it
boltsmag.org
October 28, 2024 at 5:24 PM
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Current scenes on the Mall, where the overflow crowd for the Harris rally has been directed to. The Harris campaign reporting numbers now around 75,000.

(📽️Credit: BenjAlvarez1 via X)
October 29, 2024 at 11:23 PM
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"Bezos and Soon-Shiong don’t care if they debase themselves. In fact, debasing themselves is the point. They have decided to lick Trump’s boots. If Trump is happy with the shine, why should they worry about what anyone else thinks?"
Billionaire media bootlickers obey in advance
The owners of the LA Times and Washington Post give the finger to their readers and democracy.
www.publicnotice.co
October 28, 2024 at 4:35 PM
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Arnold Schwarzenegger, the actor and former Republican governor of California, said on X that he will for vote the Democratic ticket despite disagreeing with many of Vice President Kamala Harris’s policies.
Arnold Schwarzenegger says he’ll reluctantly vote for Kamala Harris
The actor and former Republican governor of California said on X that he will vote for the Democratic ticket despite disagreeing with many of Harris’s policies.
www.washingtonpost.com
October 30, 2024 at 4:28 PM
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An 81-year-old Georgia woman voted for the first time in her life yesterday.

She said she had never voted before because her husband did not think she should. He died last year

www.wsbtv.com/news/local/n...
October 17, 2024 at 12:56 PM
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This is utterly insane behavior
October 30, 2024 at 12:28 AM
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If mehdi hadnt been probably the best debater alive and immediately pushed back and escalated and created a situation where he put CNN itself on the spot on live TV, convinced they'd have tried to just pass it off as "different views"
October 29, 2024 at 1:26 PM
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they made a whole city dedicated to Balatro
October 27, 2024 at 2:56 PM
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this post brought to you by Big Boops
October 28, 2024 at 1:49 PM
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Wishing you all a good week, Bluesky. I hope you can find some moments of peace and beauty somewhere.

🌿 #SkySky
October 28, 2024 at 2:39 PM
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Check out this great Philadelphia-specific Harris ad, slotted to air during the Eagles game
October 27, 2024 at 4:34 PM