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What we know, 10:20pm

—VA Dems flip Gov, LG, *and* AG
—BIG Dem gains in VA House
—Dems win NJ-Gov
—Mamdani wins
—Dems keep PA supreme court
—Larry Krasner & Bragg win
— GA Dems flip 2 statewide offices
—JD Vance’s half-brother loses Cincy
—Dems sweep Orlando council
—ME anti-mail vote measure loses

BREAKING: Zohran Mamdani wins the New York City mayoral race, NBC News projects. nbcnews.to/4nIzNUC

Some links to support people in Jamaica (from someone in JA). please boost

1. www.foodforthepoorja.org

2. theafj.org

3. (if you want to give to the govt) supportjamaica.gov.jm?fbclid=PAdGR...

What gets me in this video is that people are skeptical: "Is this for real? Is there a catch? Are you rich? Why are you doing this?"

And more than anything, this tells you as much about where US society is than anything else...

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“I never thought I'd see anything like that, in the United States of America in 2025.”

Watch as Illinois State Rep. Hoan Huynh, once a refugee from Vietnam, describes the chilling parallels between authoritarian tactics he fled, and ICE’s new operation “Midway Blitz.”

After a breast cancer scare last year, Charity Herndon decided to pursue her dream of opening a bookshop. The result is a Jane Austen-themed mobile bookstore called Austen’s Shelf.

🔗 www.inquirer.com/news/jane-au...

This is what democracy looks like. #NoKings

BANNED BOOKS WEEK Oct. 5-11, 2025. Censorship is so 1984 - Read for Your Rights. ala.org/bbooks. American Library Association

Censorship is so 1984. Read for your rights.

Today kicks off #BannedBooksWeek, and this year's theme reminds us that the right to read belongs to all of us, that censorship has no place in contemporary society, and that we must defend our rights.

https://www.ala.org/bbooks.

Jane Goodall, the celebrated primatologist and conservationist, has died Jane Goodall, the conservationist renowned for her groundbreaking chimpanzee field research and globe-spanning environmental advocacy, has died. She was 91.

There are a few people that are inspirations to almost all scientists that I know, and Jane Goodall was one of them. RIP. 😢

The Explorer is live. It’s free. And it’s built to help anyone — from investors to practitioners to community leaders — focus on the solutions that matter most.

👉 Explore today: www.drawdown.org/explorer

@globalecoguy.bsky.social

#DrawdownExplorer #ClimateSolutions #ProjectDrawdown

It’s Decorative Gourd Season, Motherfuckers First published on October 9, 2009, this classic by Colin Nissan is our most-read article of all time. We’re celebrating the 16th anniversary of th...

IT IS TIME.

Gen Z and Millennials Prefer Socialism To Capitalism, New Poll Says “Young progressive voters are stepping into their full economic and political power."

A new poll from Data for Progress found that “voters of all parties” are open to leftist policies, and that a majority of Democratic voters polled preferred democratic socialism to capitalism “when written definitions of each are read aloud to them.”

Read more: www.teenvogue.com/story/gen-z-...

Rooting for you, Missourians fighting gerryamndering!

I quit the post a few years ago, but now I regret that I ever gave them a dime.

Nemik was right about everything

Can't blame them.

UPDATED MAP: The Board of Pharmacy in NV made a statement making vaccines available with a prescription. The Board of Pharmacy in OR downgraded their access to needing a prescription (a very strange decision)

In one of world’s most climate-vulnerable countries, architects prepare for the worst | CNN In Vietnam, architects are turning to local materials and time-honored building techniques as enduring tools of climate resilience.

Enjoyed this piece by Faye Bradley about regionally relevant, #climateadaptive, #resilient, #lowimpact, #futureforward building designs from Vietnamese firms Tropical Space, H&P Arch, VTN Arch. Bamboo, rice husk insulation, permeable walls, floatable. #vietnam

www.cnn.com/2025/08/28/s...

So glad to hear that Gen Z believes in the continued life and evolution of libraries, especially @freelibrary.bsky.social in #Philly. Nice write up, @phillymag.com
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#Library #community

This "blood-soaked dystopia" citizen appreciates your work helping urban forests!

Canonically, everyone on bluesky is a depressed 38 year old liberal becoming more leftist by the day who is on a first name basis with the people who work at their poll site

Good morning. Immigrants are #HereToStay.

Your Prime Day reminder that half of Amazon warehouse workers struggle with food & housing costs.

A third have had to rely on government assistance like SNAP — which is about to get cut.

If Bezos can spend $50M on a wedding, Amazon can afford to treat its workers with dignity.

GOOD FUCKING RIDDANCE, ANDREW CUOMO

Just finished #JinwooChong 's "I Leave it Up to You" A man wakes up after being in a coma for 2 yrs. He moves in with his Korean American family to piece his life back together, & he must face his past and why he left them in the 1st place. Super relatable, also he happens to be gay. #asianauthor

So proud of Philly #nokings

Thank you @inquirer.com Nate File, Jadon George for writing about Save the Cecil B. Moore Library Coalition. Councilperon Jeffrey Young needs to stop ignoring the community's clear demands & release the funds for renovations. @freelibrary.bsky.social provides an important community center.

Yay Daniel Dae Kim!

I’m an Israeli professor. Why is my work in Harvard’s antisemitism report? | Harvard is conflating Jewish identity with political loyalty to Israel. That’s a dangerous mistake

I’m an Israeli professor. Why is my work in Harvard’s antisemitism report? |

A Chicago Pope implies the existence of an MLA Pope and APA Pope