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More cuts at the Pentagon Pete Hegseth

More cuts at the Pentagon, by @deAdder open.substack.com/pub/deadder/...

From @deadder.bsky.social #Trump #Gaza

The world will try to convince you that art is a luxury. It is not. Art is medicine. It heals in ways that cannot be measured or explained. It reaches places therapy cannot touch. What you do is not optional. It is essential.

Antifa is an anti-fascist and anti-racist political movement to stand against fascist ideology, neo-Nazis and white supremacists thru nonviolent methods- poster campaigns, mutual aid, speeches, protest marches, and community organizing.
I guess it used to be called ‘American’🇺🇸

Syria’s New President in Moscow to Raise Assad Extradition and Russian Military Presence Syria’s Ahmed al-Sharaa visits Moscow to discuss Assad's extradition and future Russian military presence as relations evolve after a leadership change.

⚡️ Syria’s new president heads to Moscow to demand Russia hand over Bashar al-Assad and discuss pulling back Russian forces from his country.

Long story, but this morning's conversational peeve. Why isn't the long hand the hour hand, because hours are bigger than minutes? And don't say it's because the minute markers are smaller.

Nearly all the staff in the Office of Special Education have been fired as part of Trump’s sweeping layoffs.

These are the people responsible for protecting the civil rights of students with disabilities and ensuring they receive an equal education.

More needless cruelty on display.

41.29 corny Canadians can concur!

I know! It's completely unreasonable. Think it's the thing of not worrying about putting on weight. Zero guilt for the potential crime, but self-body shaming guilt galore!

Thinking about this, as I eat my breakfast. No meal beats breakfast. No fine dining experience beats an eggie breakfast.

I regularly consider my death row meal, as if it's something to which I would look forward. Then I remember the prerequisites. Biscuits and ice cream, by the way.

Cartoon by @edwexler.bsky.social.

Veterinary services for household pets The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) is conducting a market investigation into veterinary services for household pets.

The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) is conducting a market investigation into veterinary services for household pets.

www.gov.uk/cma-cases/ve...

#r4today

The Kildalton Cross. The image shows part of a ruined church on the left of the frame and a graveyard occupying much of the lower part of the frame with trees behind it. There are only a few scattered graves while, in the centre foreground and occupying the whole central strip of the frame is a large greenish-grey decorated stone cross with arcs connecting its arms to the upper and lower parts. The scene is in sunlight.

The magnificent Kildalton Cross in the south-eastern corner of Islay: Scotland's finest intact early Christian high cross. Beautifully preserved and standing 2.65m high by 1.32m wide, it was carved towards the end of the 700s. More pics and images: www.undiscoveredscot...

#Scotland #Islay

UK faces highest inflation in G7 this year and next, IMF warns According to fund’s World Economic Outlook, Britain is on course to average 3.4% this year and 2.5% in 2026

UK faces highest inflation in G7 this year and next, IMF warns.

Biggest cause is profiteering led by energy, water and food businesses. No govt checks it.

Real average wage stuck at 2008 level. 1% have more wealth than 70% of the population combined. Govts needs to remove cash from the rich.

That's twenty-seven flat-out murders. That's twenty-seven lives taken without even a semblance of a legal justification under domestic or international law.
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/14/u...

Stephen Miller’s pogroms.

POLITICO: “.. They referred to Black people as monkeys and ‘the watermelon people’ and mused about putting their political opponents in gas chambers. They talked about raping their enemies .. and lauded Republicans who they believed support slavery.

@politico.com
www.politico.com/news/2025/10...

This isn’t a peace plan. It’s a ceasefire. Why is the media calling it a peace plan?

How MAGA sees things.

‘Buy local’: Neil Young says he will remove his music from Amazon’s streaming service Neil Young says he plans to pull his music off Amazon’s streaming service as he urges fans to stop supporting the corporate giant.

‘Buy local’: Neil Young says he will remove his music from Amazon’s streaming service

www.ctvnews.ca/winnipeg/art...

Holy Crap!. This is amazing! Newsom certainly has a great social media game.

Leaked messages from leaders of Young Republican groups obtained by Politico:

They referred to Black people as monkeys and "the watermelon people" and mused about putting their political opponents in gas chambers.
www.politico.com/news/2025/10...

For most national protest events, I usually have to choose between Boston or Providence

#NoKings October 18 isn’t just more protests than usual - it’s **10 times** more

www.nokings.org#map

This is not legal advice, just one person's opinion. But a #NoKings rally is not the kind of action where people typically are getting arrested. These tend to be rallies/marches with local electeds that are among the safest kinds of protests to attend. No guarantee of perfect safety ever, of course.

October 18 will be the biggest day of nonviolent protest in US history — with over 2,500 protests planned.

With one week to go, please share #NoKings Day opportunities on all your social media platforms.