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My heart is heavy. Walter Koenig, our Ensign Pavel Chekov, passed away early today. Walter and I met on the bridge of the Enterprise in the 1960s, and we stayed friends for nearly six decades. When Brad and I married in 2008, Walter stood beside us as our best man.

Rebel Without A Cause was released #OTD 1955. Director: Nicholas Ray. #FilmSky

podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/p... “Elon Musk is a traitor to the West … who sleeps with a loaded gun next to his bed and is addicted to ketamine.” Scott Galloway on the signal award-winning best economic podcast Prof G markets

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The Pennsylvania Health Department on Monday reported 1,360 measles cases in the state, up 22 cases from its previous update.

If I were you, Alaskans, this would piss me off.

French president criticises comments by 'foreign leaders' trying to exploit disorder for their own political agenda https://aje.news/m192yr

With pivotal midterm elections two weeks away, Supreme Court Justice Elena Kagan said the high court’s recent decisions on voting and campaign finance have damaged the nation’s democracy.

Yeah, Jesus was famous for hating empathy.

Republicans are all about appearance and entertainment. It’s why we have G. I. Joke.

U.S. Citizen Hospitalized After Being Detained by ICE, His Family Says www.nytimes.com/2026/10/19/u... About time they started reporting on the terror being unleashed on our streets

What is happening in each one of these images represents events singular to each society and people The results or what follows these manifestations remains deeply uncertain What does seem certain: such scenes are the wet dream of tRump and Co … this is what they want from us

"A world in which the White House is allied to the Kremlin was, until now, the stuff of paranoid fiction. Manchurian candidates and red presidents were fantasies, dark tales Americans told themselves like ghost stories... "But this alliance now exists." www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/1...

Today, October 19th, is the last day you can register to vote online or by mail! After today, in order to register you must go in person to your local city or township clerk's office. Check your registration status: abdulforsenate.com/vote

Ten years ago today. In just the last few days: Trump made a deal for the U.S. to buy Russian diesel, an economic lifeline for Putin; he and Elon Musk blamed each other for an order that slowed down Starlink satellite connectivity over Ukraine...

We’ve compiled the endorsements of 13 different progressive organizations, including advocacy groups, local media outlets, progressive politicians, and unions, in one interactive page to help you decide who to vote for. Link: lataco.com/a-completely...

The messages focuses on how systemic racism and racial profiling can turn deadly in an instant.

CBS News honcho Bari Weiss is apparently aligned with Hegseth. His 2020 book:

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ICE kidnapped a man in front of a High School in Moreno Valley California this morning. Multiple video recordings from community members show the masked goons pulling the man from his vehicle in front of families and children while parents were taking their kids to school.

Turns out deliberately dimming the sun might have some downsides.

When you put your bestie down as a work reference

Odysse-sus has entered the chat

Everyone needs a good bullshit detector

‘Despite his own use of the system, Trump constantly calls postal votes “inherently corrupt”. He has also claimed that banning it would “guarantee the midterms” for his own party.’ Aziz Huq on electoral chicanery. www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...

EU to propose import curbs on other Chinese sectors, says EU chief reut.rs/4yiZaBv

AI robots are roaming L.A. grocery aisles. Shoppers and workers worry about what comes next Sorry I can’t post the Los Angeles Times article on BlueSky but is it possible to get ahead of corporate dumping of unwanted technologies/robots into shared human spaces?

www.usfca.edu/event/you-sh... #coritakent #SanFrancisco For those you in San Francisco, this documentary is free on Thursday the 15th. Corita Kent was an amazing artist who started her career as Sister Corita at the Immaculate Heart College - Art Department.

The San Fran Walk • San Francisco, California, USA Rolleiflex 3.5 E2 • Kodak Tri-X 400 • 2026 #FilmPhotography #Kodak #TriX #Camera #Film #Photography #MediumFormat #Rolleiflex #BWfilm #Monochrome #SF #SanFrancisco #California #People #Walking #Steep #Street #Angle #October_9_2026

HALLOWEEN (1978) review updated and expanded! I first reviewed John Carpenter's classic for Hysteria Lives in 1999. More than 25 years later, I've returned to Haddonfield for a major rewrite and reassessment of the slasher that changed everything. Read now: www.hysteria-lives.co.uk/Halloween-19...

I wasn't sure what to expect from a Clausewitzian account of Court reform but glad I read this. Not sure I agree but it asks all the right questions and names the liberal-democratic predicament perfectly.

Public executions are what dictators do.

I keep reading that there have been no public executions in the United States for decades. Not true.

New Yorkers march to the hospital where the man who ICE shot was taken to demanding: WE WANT ICE OFF OUR STREETS NOW!