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JCSouperstar 🌱
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Gardener, homeschool mom, erstwhile poet, lapsed UU.
Selling tropical (mostly) edible plants & seeds from Southwest Florida.
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JCSouperstar 🌱 @storyheadjill.bsky.social · Sep 23
Hey, all! Check out my son's second fishing video he just put up on YouTube where you get to see a close up of a super cute manatee. 😍
Be sure to like and subscribe, of course. 😊

youtu.be/7HpTDmc1jPc?...
Crazy TOPWATER Action | Fishing For Jack Crevalle In Biscayne Bay
YouTube video by RiverAlwaysFishing
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storyheadjill.bsky.social
Wish my little seedlings luck tonight!
Temps are going down to the low 40s and not everything can fit in the greenhouse.

Keep each other warm and stay cozy under your blankets, little planties! 🌱
November 11, 2025 at 3:15 AM
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dcombes.bsky.social
📢‼️🇺🇸Veterans Day🇺🇸 Nov.11th TOMORROW

💥NO WAR ON OUR CITIES💥

Veteran-led protests in many cities,
Trump has threatened with military occupation.

🇺🇸STAND UP FOR DEMOCRACY, OUR RIGHTS, AND EACH OTHER.
#Pinks

Info:
www.vetssayno.org
November 10, 2025 at 10:22 PM
storyheadjill.bsky.social
Okay, a little good news to share and then I'm off to engage in some fiction because I just can't do this anymore tonight.

⤵️💚⤵️✊️⤵️
For the first time, Catholic sisters return land to Ojibwe Nation share.google/iAmENzERxNfv...
For the first time, Catholic sisters return land to a Tribal nation
"This return represents more than the restoration of land — it is the restoration of balance, dignity, and our sacred connection to the places our ancestors once walked."
share.google
November 11, 2025 at 1:21 AM
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kevinmkruse.bsky.social
Working up a graphic on how many Nazis were offed on the watch of Great American President Franklin Roosevelt to see if I can taunt Trump into doubling that
internethippo.bsky.social Better Things Are Possible @internethippo.bsky.social · 9h
You can prevent this kind of thing by having a president who isn't an idiot child
November 11, 2025 at 1:18 AM
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lataco.bsky.social
A high school student and budding mariachi recounts the damage done to his family by two separate immigration raids, four months apart, detailing the lasting trauma federal enforcement is leaving on brown youth across the U.S.

The full story: lataco.com/oxnard-ice-r...

By Izzy Ramirez
November 11, 2025 at 12:36 AM
storyheadjill.bsky.social
Wtf. Can it get any worse?
November 11, 2025 at 1:13 AM
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normornstein.bsky.social
One word: discovery
November 11, 2025 at 12:41 AM
storyheadjill.bsky.social
Hey, DeSantis,
Do private equity firms count as homeowners who will benefit from low/no property taxes?
November 11, 2025 at 1:09 AM
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chicago.suntimes.com
Three masked agents questioned an Illinois Department of Transportation employee about his immigration status — and if he had traveled to New York and was “aware” of the mayor-elect in New York City, the governor’s office said.
Indian IDOT employee stopped by ICE agents, questioned if he was 'aware' of NYC Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani
chicago.suntimes.com
November 8, 2025 at 2:44 AM
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brendannyhan.bsky.social
An U.S. citizen of Indian descent being questioned about Zohran Mamdani (as if there is something wrong with knowing who the mayor-elect of NYC is) by masked men.
chicago.suntimes.com Chicago Sun-Times @chicago.suntimes.com · 3d
Three masked agents questioned an Illinois Department of Transportation employee about his immigration status — and if he had traveled to New York and was “aware” of the mayor-elect in New York City, the governor’s office said.
Indian IDOT employee stopped by ICE agents, questioned if he was 'aware' of NYC Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani
chicago.suntimes.com
November 8, 2025 at 5:38 PM
storyheadjill.bsky.social
It's Fuck You Kim Davis Day over on threads and everyone's posting their wedding photos.
Lol I love it! 😍🥳
November 11, 2025 at 12:19 AM
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eliothiggins.bsky.social
Lessons from Building an Online Toolkit to Aid Open-Source Investigations niemanreports.org/osint-open-s...
Lessons from Building an Online Toolkit to Aid Open-Source Investigations - Nieman Reports
Publicly available sources can be a tool for all journalists, writes Johanna Wild, an open source researcher for Bellingcat.
niemanreports.org
November 10, 2025 at 8:53 PM
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newslit.org
🧠 How can AI + social media affect how we focus, think & learn? The era of brain rot is one of the main topics in this week's edition of The Sift.

🔗 For discussion questions, Daily Do Now activity slides & much more, check out the newsletter: go.newslit.org/Sift10Nov2025

#TheSift #BrainRot
A stylized brain with icons like stars and lightning is surrounded by bold text: "The Era of Brain Rot." Subtext asks about social media's impact on the brain. A note mentions classroom tips from The Sift newsletter. The tone is thought-provoking.
November 10, 2025 at 9:01 PM
storyheadjill.bsky.social
I don't know why, but there's something so funny about hearing Nick Offerman say, "When we're in need of extra chuckles... Brass knuckles." 🤣

#DeathByLightning
November 10, 2025 at 11:57 PM
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darinself.com
Step 1: Make things more expensive by taxing them

Step 2: Realize you're unpopular because of Step 1

Step 3: Use finances (illegally) obtained via taxes to buy support

Step 4: Drive up prices because you've subsidized taxed consumption
atrupar.com Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 11h
Trump: "We're gonna issue a dividend to our middle income people and lower income people of about $2,000, and we're gonna use the remaining tariffs to lower our debt."
November 10, 2025 at 9:05 PM
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newslit.org
Three red flags that heath info might be faulty:
🚩 Questionable sources
🚩 Shaky evidence, such as personal anecdotes
🚩 One-off, outlier studies

🔗 Help boost students' resilience to health & science misinformation: newslit.org/wellness

#HealthWellness #HealthLiteracy #MediaLiteracy
Illustration of a computer window with a red warning triangle. Text below reads "3 Health Misinformation Red Flags" on a purple background. 1 QUESTIONABLE SOURCES Before you believe a health claim, consider what makes a good source: up to date transparent about where and how they obtained information states the size of the study and makes fair comparisons discloses conflicts of interest 2 SHAKY EVIDENCE Neither personal anecdotes nor sensationalized language determine whether a medical treatment, cure or other approach is beneficial or safe. Be wary of claims without evidence. Look for research and testing. ONE-OFF STUDIES An individual study can be an outlier and misrepresent what the larger scientific community agrees on. ask: Have this study's findings been replicated? What's the scientific consensus?
November 10, 2025 at 5:29 PM
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annabower.bsky.social
News coverage of this has focused on the pardon of those involved in the fake electors plot.

But the pardon also extends to key figures who participated in the unauthorized breach of voting systems in Coffee County, Georgia

My reporting on the breach: www.lawfaremedia.org/article/what...
What the Heck Happened in Coffee County, Georgia? Anna Bower Tuesday, August 15, 2023, 2:21 PM Share On: f X in $ ₴ A detailed look back at the computer intrusion that features prominently in Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis's election interference indictment
November 10, 2025 at 6:02 PM
storyheadjill.bsky.social
Also, if you believe that homeowners who rent their houses are suddenly going to lower the rent they charge, then, congratulations, you just earned yourself another Trickle Down Never Works badge.
browardpolitics.bsky.social Anthony Man @browardpolitics.bsky.social · 15h
With momentum for the idea of drastically reducing property taxes in Florida seemingly unstoppable, city, town, village and county officials warn that the local government services people rely on for their safety and quality of life are in jeopardy.
#Florida #politics
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Broward local leaders sound alarm about potential property tax cuts
With strong momentum for the idea of drastically reducing property taxes in Florida, local elected officials are warning that government services people rely on to keep them safe and maintain quali…
www.sun-sentinel.com
November 10, 2025 at 5:52 PM
storyheadjill.bsky.social
I'm adding a link to that NH Libertarian town that FAFO'd, just in case Floridians are leaning toward disaster just because they love the radicals in charge of the state.

www.vox.com/policy-and-p...
November 10, 2025 at 5:48 PM
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pyronsanity.bsky.social
They call us all strong and radical because of last Tuesday’s results, but last night is why they brush us off as weak.

Yes, I fucking mad that they M. Night Shamala’d the fuck out of us last night.
November 10, 2025 at 1:14 PM
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mjsdc.bsky.social
New: The Supreme Court DENIES Kim Davis' request to overturn Obergefell, the marriage equality decision. No noted dissents. www.supremecourt.gov/orders/court...
DAVIS, KIM V. ERMOLD, DAVID, ET AL. The motion of Foundation for Moral Law for leave to file a brief as amicus curiae out of time is denied. The petition for a writ of certiorari is denied.
November 10, 2025 at 2:31 PM
storyheadjill.bsky.social
If you're an investigative journalist, we need for you to get numbers from every Democrat senator of messages they received for and against extending the shutdown, broken down into constituents and those from across the country.
We need to see something.
Please, Please, PLEASE!
And thank you.
November 10, 2025 at 2:34 PM
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bgrueskin.bsky.social
Kyle Kingsbury is not a journalist. He is not an op-ed writer.

He is a computer safety researcher.

And he has written one of the most compelling, comprehensive accounts of the ongoing hell in Chicago that you could possibly imagine.

In under 1600 words.

aphyr.com/posts/397-i-...
I Want You to Understand Chicago Politics Chicago 2025-11-08 I want you to understand what it is like to live in Chicago during this time. Every day my phone buzzes. It is a neighborhood group: four people were kidnapped at the corner drugstore. A friend a mile away sends a Slack message: she was at the scene when masked men assaulted and abducted two people on the street. A plumber working on my pipes is distraught, and I find out that two of his employees were kidnapped that morning. A week later it happens again. An email arrives. Agents with guns have chased a teacher into the school where she works. They did not have a warrant. They dragged her away, ignoring her and her colleagues’ pleas to show proof of her documentation. That evening I stand a few feet from the parents of Rayito de Sol and listen to them describe, with anguish, how good Ms. Diana was to their children. What it is like to have strangers with guns traumatize your kids. For a teacher to hide a three-year-old child for fear they might be killed. How their relatives will no longer leave the house. I hear the pain and fury in their voices, and I wonder who will be next. Understand what it is to pray in Chicago. On September 19th, Reverend David Black, lead pastor at First Presbyterian Church of Chicago, was praying outside the ICE detention center in Broadview when a DHS agent shot him in the head with pepper balls. Pepper balls are never supposed to be fired at the head because they can seriously injure, or even kill. “We could hear them laughing as they were shooting us from the roof,” Black recalled. He is not the only member of the clergy ICE has assaulted. Methodist pastor Hannah Kardon was violently arrested on October 17th, and Baptist pastor Michael Woolf was shot with pepper balls on November 1st. Understand what it is to sleep in Chicago. On the night of September 30th, federal agents rappelled from a Black Hawk helicopter to execute a raid on an apartment building on the South Sho…
November 9, 2025 at 8:49 PM
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jeffsharlet.bsky.social
I want to read this but I'm in UK right now and when I click on link it says "Unavailable due to UK online safety act." Is that safety from fascism? From knowing *about* fascism?
bgrueskin.bsky.social Bill Grueskin @bgrueskin.bsky.social · 1d
Kyle Kingsbury is not a journalist. He is not an op-ed writer.

He is a computer safety researcher.

And he has written one of the most compelling, comprehensive accounts of the ongoing hell in Chicago that you could possibly imagine.

In under 1600 words.

aphyr.com/posts/397-i-...
I Want You to Understand Chicago Politics Chicago 2025-11-08 I want you to understand what it is like to live in Chicago during this time. Every day my phone buzzes. It is a neighborhood group: four people were kidnapped at the corner drugstore. A friend a mile away sends a Slack message: she was at the scene when masked men assaulted and abducted two people on the street. A plumber working on my pipes is distraught, and I find out that two of his employees were kidnapped that morning. A week later it happens again. An email arrives. Agents with guns have chased a teacher into the school where she works. They did not have a warrant. They dragged her away, ignoring her and her colleagues’ pleas to show proof of her documentation. That evening I stand a few feet from the parents of Rayito de Sol and listen to them describe, with anguish, how good Ms. Diana was to their children. What it is like to have strangers with guns traumatize your kids. For a teacher to hide a three-year-old child for fear they might be killed. How their relatives will no longer leave the house. I hear the pain and fury in their voices, and I wonder who will be next. Understand what it is to pray in Chicago. On September 19th, Reverend David Black, lead pastor at First Presbyterian Church of Chicago, was praying outside the ICE detention center in Broadview when a DHS agent shot him in the head with pepper balls. Pepper balls are never supposed to be fired at the head because they can seriously injure, or even kill. “We could hear them laughing as they were shooting us from the roof,” Black recalled. He is not the only member of the clergy ICE has assaulted. Methodist pastor Hannah Kardon was violently arrested on October 17th, and Baptist pastor Michael Woolf was shot with pepper balls on November 1st. Understand what it is to sleep in Chicago. On the night of September 30th, federal agents rappelled from a Black Hawk helicopter to execute a raid on an apartment building on the South Sho…
November 10, 2025 at 2:14 PM
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paprikapink.bsky.social
With increasingly giddy delight and toxic positivity bordering on hysteria, Jack Jenkins takes us with him on his too familiar tale of travel troubles, only backwards.
jackjenkins.me Jack Jenkins @jackjenkins.me · 1d
Anyway, I’m just gonna belt Mr. Brightside the entire way home
jackjenkins.me Jack Jenkins @jackjenkins.me · 1d
The flight is, in fact, canceled — which just means we get to have another adventure soon!!!

Yayyyyyyy travel!!!!
November 10, 2025 at 7:00 AM