ChibiPooky
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The adornment adds color and life to otherwise drab bus shelters, and officials say the plants can absorb 16 gallons of rainwater to reduce flooding during heavy rainstorms: gothamist.visitlink.me/yT5-yr
September 16, 2026 at 11:15 PM
The adornment adds color and life to otherwise drab bus shelters, and officials say the plants can absorb 16 gallons of rainwater to reduce flooding during heavy rainstorms: gothamist.visitlink.me/yT5-yr
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“Langston Hughes’ literary estate now belongs to International Literary Properties, which says a Harlem Renaissance licensing program is next on its list.”
Private Equity Is Coming for Authors, Dead or Alive - The Ankler
Like music catalogs, literary estates are now targeted by investment firms and changing how Hollywood will deal with IP
theankler.com
September 16, 2026 at 9:13 PM
“Langston Hughes’ literary estate now belongs to International Literary Properties, which says a Harlem Renaissance licensing program is next on its list.”
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New — I wrote about this weird thing where people within the Republican party keep being exposed as Nazis and the party then tries to claim each one is an aberration. The facts, as I lay out here, indicate otherwise:
Republicans don’t have a Nazi problem—they are the Nazi problem
A spate of recent revelations have shown the ideologies and their adherents are one and the same.
www.thehandbasket.co
September 16, 2026 at 11:26 PM
New — I wrote about this weird thing where people within the Republican party keep being exposed as Nazis and the party then tries to claim each one is an aberration. The facts, as I lay out here, indicate otherwise:
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the people crave bluesky social credit scores
September 16, 2026 at 10:26 PM
the people crave bluesky social credit scores
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@rikiwilchins.bsky.social 2026 Sep
Thomas More Society sends letter to Wake County NC school system demanding Middle Creek Elementary Christian kids be allowed to out of a trans music teacher’s class and requirement that use their correct pronouns.
Thomas More Society sends letter to Wake County NC school system demanding Middle Creek Elementary Christian kids be allowed to out of a trans music teacher’s class and requirement that use their correct pronouns.
Parents threaten lawsuit unless Wake lets them opt out of trans teacher’s class
The conservative law firm representing the parents is giving Wake 15 days to respond or face legal action.
www.newsobserver.com
September 16, 2026 at 10:53 PM
@rikiwilchins.bsky.social 2026 Sep
Thomas More Society sends letter to Wake County NC school system demanding Middle Creek Elementary Christian kids be allowed to out of a trans music teacher’s class and requirement that use their correct pronouns.
Thomas More Society sends letter to Wake County NC school system demanding Middle Creek Elementary Christian kids be allowed to out of a trans music teacher’s class and requirement that use their correct pronouns.
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The NYPD has long been on notice that its Community Response Teams are responsible for disturbing levels of unlawful policing.
As those warnings have mounted, the NYPD Commissioner Jessica Tisch has continued to assign cops with troubling histories to the units.
hellgatenyc.com/jessica-tisc...
As those warnings have mounted, the NYPD Commissioner Jessica Tisch has continued to assign cops with troubling histories to the units.
hellgatenyc.com/jessica-tisc...
September 16, 2026 at 6:25 PM
The NYPD has long been on notice that its Community Response Teams are responsible for disturbing levels of unlawful policing.
As those warnings have mounted, the NYPD Commissioner Jessica Tisch has continued to assign cops with troubling histories to the units.
hellgatenyc.com/jessica-tisc...
As those warnings have mounted, the NYPD Commissioner Jessica Tisch has continued to assign cops with troubling histories to the units.
hellgatenyc.com/jessica-tisc...
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Rising Fuel Prices Trigger Protests, Shortages Across Several Countries
easternherald.com/market/fuel-...
easternherald.com/market/fuel-...
Fuel Price Protests Mount as Oil Surges Above $100
Fuel shortages, rising energy costs and protests are hitting several countries as oil prices climb above $100 a barrel.
easternherald.com
September 16, 2026 at 8:27 PM
Rising Fuel Prices Trigger Protests, Shortages Across Several Countries
easternherald.com/market/fuel-...
easternherald.com/market/fuel-...
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Union members: This one’s for you. Sign up for 10 free issues of In These Times and get independent reporting on politics, labor and the movement for workers’ rights.
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September 16, 2026 at 10:30 PM
Union members: This one’s for you. Sign up for 10 free issues of In These Times and get independent reporting on politics, labor and the movement for workers’ rights.
No credit card required: inthesetimes.com/union
No credit card required: inthesetimes.com/union
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Lewiston protesters decry ICE tactics following arrest on Lisbon Street
Lewiston protesters decry ICE tactics following arrest on Lisbon Street
Protesters say the detention on Tuesday, the 4th at the property, may have violated a new state law regarding housing and immigration enforcement.
www.pressherald.com
September 16, 2026 at 9:35 PM
Lewiston protesters decry ICE tactics following arrest on Lisbon Street
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“The rank-and-file pushed their leadership because this was a thing that made sense to them.”
Ahead of Occupy Wall Street’s 15th anniversary tomorrow, revisit @mgouldwartofsky.bsky.social’s 2015 account of how labor linked arms with Occupy.
Ahead of Occupy Wall Street’s 15th anniversary tomorrow, revisit @mgouldwartofsky.bsky.social’s 2015 account of how labor linked arms with Occupy.
The Untold Story of When Labor Linked Arms With Occupy Wall Street
Investigative reporting about corporate malfeasance and government wrongdoing, analysis of national and world affairs, and cultural criticism that matters.
inthesetimes.com
September 16, 2026 at 9:30 PM
“The rank-and-file pushed their leadership because this was a thing that made sense to them.”
Ahead of Occupy Wall Street’s 15th anniversary tomorrow, revisit @mgouldwartofsky.bsky.social’s 2015 account of how labor linked arms with Occupy.
Ahead of Occupy Wall Street’s 15th anniversary tomorrow, revisit @mgouldwartofsky.bsky.social’s 2015 account of how labor linked arms with Occupy.
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The only prediction about the AI crisis I feel confident making is that the crisis will involve the one thing that every American crisis involves: oligarchs and politicians attempting to rob the poor, while corporate media depicts that as the only prudent course of action.
September 16, 2026 at 9:09 PM
The only prediction about the AI crisis I feel confident making is that the crisis will involve the one thing that every American crisis involves: oligarchs and politicians attempting to rob the poor, while corporate media depicts that as the only prudent course of action.
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NEW: A nonpartisan government watchdog argued USPS is violating open records laws by refusing to provide information on its plans to screen mail ballots.
Despite SCOTUS blocking the plan for the midterms, the group warned the risk for future elections remains "uncertain and opaque."
Despite SCOTUS blocking the plan for the midterms, the group warned the risk for future elections remains "uncertain and opaque."
Watchdog sues USPS over records from plan to restrict mail ballots
USPS is violating open records laws by refusing to provide documents on its plan to screen mail ballots as part of Trump’s anti-voting executive order, a nonpartisan government watchdog alleged in a n...
www.democracydocket.com
September 16, 2026 at 9:15 PM
NEW: A nonpartisan government watchdog argued USPS is violating open records laws by refusing to provide information on its plans to screen mail ballots.
Despite SCOTUS blocking the plan for the midterms, the group warned the risk for future elections remains "uncertain and opaque."
Despite SCOTUS blocking the plan for the midterms, the group warned the risk for future elections remains "uncertain and opaque."
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‘We need to be very clear about how dangerous a precedent this is,’ AOC said.
"When you see what Robert Kraft did to line up all of the stadiums to censor speech in that one specific way,” Ocasio-Cortez said Tuesday. | Carsen Holaday
www.the-independent.com/arts-enterta... #BlackskyNews
"When you see what Robert Kraft did to line up all of the stadiums to censor speech in that one specific way,” Ocasio-Cortez said Tuesday. | Carsen Holaday
www.the-independent.com/arts-enterta... #BlackskyNews
AOC deletes Ed Sheeran from her playlist amid Macklemore controversy
‘We need to be very clear about how dangerous a precedent this is,’ the congresswoman said about Robert Kraft’s decision to drop the rapper from the US tour
www.the-independent.com
September 16, 2026 at 9:08 PM
‘We need to be very clear about how dangerous a precedent this is,’ AOC said.
"When you see what Robert Kraft did to line up all of the stadiums to censor speech in that one specific way,” Ocasio-Cortez said Tuesday. | Carsen Holaday
www.the-independent.com/arts-enterta... #BlackskyNews
"When you see what Robert Kraft did to line up all of the stadiums to censor speech in that one specific way,” Ocasio-Cortez said Tuesday. | Carsen Holaday
www.the-independent.com/arts-enterta... #BlackskyNews
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NEW: A set of arrests stemming from the ongoing U.S.-Mexico border wall blockade in southeastern Arizona saw three protesters jailed overnight. The arrests mark the first charges in the now months-long struggle against construction of a double border wall along the international border in Arizona.
Three Arrested and Charged for Disrupting Border Wall Construction - UNICORN RIOT
Cochise County, AZ — On Monday a set of arrests stemming from the ongoing U.S.-Mexico border wall blockade in southeastern Arizona saw three protesters jailed overnight. The arrests mark the first cha...
unicornriot.ninja
September 16, 2026 at 9:08 PM
NEW: A set of arrests stemming from the ongoing U.S.-Mexico border wall blockade in southeastern Arizona saw three protesters jailed overnight. The arrests mark the first charges in the now months-long struggle against construction of a double border wall along the international border in Arizona.
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Chipotle is now working with Palantir.
The chain is working with the company founded by Peter Theil and Alex Karp to track employee illnesses, Health Department scores, food safety issues and more.
It’s not clear how long the partnership has been going on or how widespread it is.
The chain is working with the company founded by Peter Theil and Alex Karp to track employee illnesses, Health Department scores, food safety issues and more.
It’s not clear how long the partnership has been going on or how widespread it is.
Texts Reveal Kash Patel Ordering Staff to Fight “Ifindretards” Account
The FBI director is hounding his staff to hunt down mean social media posts.
newrepublic.com
September 16, 2026 at 8:48 PM
Chipotle is now working with Palantir.
The chain is working with the company founded by Peter Theil and Alex Karp to track employee illnesses, Health Department scores, food safety issues and more.
It’s not clear how long the partnership has been going on or how widespread it is.
The chain is working with the company founded by Peter Theil and Alex Karp to track employee illnesses, Health Department scores, food safety issues and more.
It’s not clear how long the partnership has been going on or how widespread it is.
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Macklemore just announced he’s donating the $1 million he made from Sheeran’s tour to 6 organizations to support Palestinians and he’s asking Robert Kraft to match it. This is just the first part announcing it.
September 16, 2026 at 8:13 PM
Macklemore just announced he’s donating the $1 million he made from Sheeran’s tour to 6 organizations to support Palestinians and he’s asking Robert Kraft to match it. This is just the first part announcing it.
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New Hampshire Public Radio reports on the resignation of New Hampshire’s chief supreme court justice as he faced an ethics probe:
NH Chief Justice MacDonald announces resignation; ethics probe loomed
Gordon MacDonald, the state's top judge, announced his sudden resignation on Tuesday. He was facing potential discipline for his role in a unique personnel maneuver that benefited a top ally.
www.nhpr.org
September 16, 2026 at 8:32 PM
New Hampshire Public Radio reports on the resignation of New Hampshire’s chief supreme court justice as he faced an ethics probe:
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A Philadelphia family just bought their first home with a $10,000 first-time homebuyer grant funded by a group of Quakers
It’s part of the congregation’s racial justice plan to redistribute wealth to Black residents in the Germantown area as a form of reparations
It’s part of the congregation’s racial justice plan to redistribute wealth to Black residents in the Germantown area as a form of reparations
A Philly family bought their first home thanks to reparations from Quakers in Germantown
Green Street Friends Meeting, a Quaker congregation in Germantown, pledged to spend $50,000 a year for 10 years as part of its reparations work. It’s helping Black Philadelphians become homeowners.
www.inquirer.com
September 16, 2026 at 5:38 PM
A Philadelphia family just bought their first home with a $10,000 first-time homebuyer grant funded by a group of Quakers
It’s part of the congregation’s racial justice plan to redistribute wealth to Black residents in the Germantown area as a form of reparations
It’s part of the congregation’s racial justice plan to redistribute wealth to Black residents in the Germantown area as a form of reparations
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Fall of Freedom is a nationwide festival convoking artists to stand up against authoritarian assaults on free thinking, free expression,+creative making.
Find events all over here: www.falloffreedom.com/fall-of-free...
and join us in Chicago for a packed weekend of ART IN THESE TIMES
#falloffreedom
Find events all over here: www.falloffreedom.com/fall-of-free...
and join us in Chicago for a packed weekend of ART IN THESE TIMES
#falloffreedom
Fall of Freedom
Fall of Freedom is an urgent call to the arts community to unite in defiance of authoritarian forces sweeping the nation.
www.falloffreedom.com
September 14, 2026 at 9:06 PM
Fall of Freedom is a nationwide festival convoking artists to stand up against authoritarian assaults on free thinking, free expression,+creative making.
Find events all over here: www.falloffreedom.com/fall-of-free...
and join us in Chicago for a packed weekend of ART IN THESE TIMES
#falloffreedom
Find events all over here: www.falloffreedom.com/fall-of-free...
and join us in Chicago for a packed weekend of ART IN THESE TIMES
#falloffreedom
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BREAKING: The House of Representatives has voted to hold billionaire and former Apollo Global Management CEO Leon Black in contempt of Congress for refusing to comply with subpoenas issued by a committee investigating convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.
September 16, 2026 at 8:19 PM
BREAKING: The House of Representatives has voted to hold billionaire and former Apollo Global Management CEO Leon Black in contempt of Congress for refusing to comply with subpoenas issued by a committee investigating convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.
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Online leftism is a powerful system of self-surveillance that effectively captures & counters righteous anger. People who want to fight fascism have to actually fight it & not be consumed by timeline wars, leftist influencer rage bait & manipulation by outside forces, warns @williamcson.bsky.social.
Another way out: Those who won't fight power will fight each other
People who want to fight fascism have to actually fight it and not be consumed by timeline wars and leftist influencer rage bait
prismreports.org
September 16, 2026 at 7:14 PM
Online leftism is a powerful system of self-surveillance that effectively captures & counters righteous anger. People who want to fight fascism have to actually fight it & not be consumed by timeline wars, leftist influencer rage bait & manipulation by outside forces, warns @williamcson.bsky.social.
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The head of the US Postal Service told confidants that he is deeply discouraged by his job and wants to resign, according to four sources, as the agency comes under scrutiny over financial losses and Trump's effort to tighten rules on mail-in voting reut.rs/3VyFkEB
September 16, 2026 at 8:01 PM
The head of the US Postal Service told confidants that he is deeply discouraged by his job and wants to resign, according to four sources, as the agency comes under scrutiny over financial losses and Trump's effort to tighten rules on mail-in voting reut.rs/3VyFkEB
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Noura Erakat says a Florida mayor shortened speaking time and banned discussion of investment in Israeli bonds
Palestinian American activist arrested and ‘charged for trespassing at a public hearing’
www.theguardian.com
September 16, 2026 at 8:05 PM
Noura Erakat says a Florida mayor shortened speaking time and banned discussion of investment in Israeli bonds
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“The worst place ever I’ve been in my life," Sakariye Abdi Mohamed, a Somali asylum seeker, told me over the phone from Guantanamo Bay last week.
Sakariye is one of 7 or 8 Somalis who are being held at Gitmo. They say guards tell them the order to keep Somalis at the facility comes from DC.
Sakariye is one of 7 or 8 Somalis who are being held at Gitmo. They say guards tell them the order to keep Somalis at the facility comes from DC.
The Trump administration is imprisoning Somali immigrants in Gitmo
“Nobody tell us that we’re going to Guantanamo Bay.”
www.motherjones.com
September 16, 2026 at 5:37 PM
“The worst place ever I’ve been in my life," Sakariye Abdi Mohamed, a Somali asylum seeker, told me over the phone from Guantanamo Bay last week.
Sakariye is one of 7 or 8 Somalis who are being held at Gitmo. They say guards tell them the order to keep Somalis at the facility comes from DC.
Sakariye is one of 7 or 8 Somalis who are being held at Gitmo. They say guards tell them the order to keep Somalis at the facility comes from DC.