After years of championing "free speech," Texas lawmakers have enabled a dramatic rise of censorship in Texas universities, banning concepts, canceling courses and closing departments seen as "woke," and even using AI bots as censors. All in the name of freedom. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/1...
President Trump mused that he could rebrand either the Atlantic or Pacific Ocean, following his efforts to change the names of the Gulf of Mexico and Lake Ontario. “We call it ‘Trump Ocean’ or, or, ‘Ocean of the Americas,’ something like that,” Trump said.
Trump suggests ‘Ocean of Americas’ as new name for Atlantic or Pacific
The president also floated the idea of naming an ocean after himself.
washingtonpost.com
Trump: We're thinking about renaming the Hormuz Strait as the Trump Strait
AAA's Your Driving Costs 2026 report came out last month. Unsurprisingly, the researchers found that the average cost of owning and operating a new vehicle has shot up—it's now estimated at $12,863/yr or $1,072/mo. newsroom.aaa.com/2026/09/aaa-...
AAA: New Vehicle Ownership Costs Hit $12,863 Annually – AAA Newsroom
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We built. We painted. We sat. We put out two benches in the community thanks to the generous support of the @rrfmlakeview.bsky.social!!
Trump has been hiding his Russian diesel deal for over a month: the deal was announced yesterday, but it was likely agreed when Witkoff and Kushner visited the Kremlin on 5th September. While Trump was signing the Lindsey Graham Sanctioning Russia and Iran Act of 2026 on 18th September,…
Katie Zacharia posted about vaccine conspiracy theories, the upending of constitutional norms, and the president seeking a third term—much of which she appears to have tried to expunge from the record before taking the job. NEW from Brendan Hartnett: lnk.thebulwark.com/3VIrwHQ
The Deleted Tweets of the New White House Press Secretary
Katie Zacharia is ready to defend Trump. The Constitution? Less so.
lnk.thebulwark.com
“Zelenskyy could’ve stopped this war many times, and he chose not to … he better damn well stop” — Trump is no longer trying to conceal that he’s fully on Putin’s side
I continue to hate attaching saddles to seatposts. 🤦🏻♂️🤷🏻🛌
Balu Puppy@balupuppy.bsky.social · 5mo agoI hate installing seatpost clamps to saddle railings: fuk u 2-bolt micro adjust with stanchions.
The START of this clip made me do a double take: new White House press secretary Katie Zacharia sits on the board of White Rose Resistance, an organization that wants to *prosecute abortion patients for homicide* www.ms.now/opinion/abor...
FactPost@factpostnews.bsky.social · 2d agoWH Press Sec Katie Zacharia: The abortion pill has the same chemicals that they used in the extermination camps in Nazi Germany
BREAKING: Trump says Ukraine should get a new president as he blames Zelenskyy for U.S. diesel prices.
Trump says Ukraine should get a new president as he blames Zelenskyy for US diesel prices
Former President Donald Trump says Ukraine needs a new leader, suggesting President Volodymyr Zelenskyy hasn't done enough to end the war with Russia.
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The Chicago Bench Collective@chicagobenchcollective.org · 4d agoWe're teaming up with @rrfmlakeview.bsky.social to put on a bench building workshop! This Saturday, October 10th at 11am at the AIDS Garden. Come ask us questions, build with us, sit on a bench, and check out the Really REALLY Free Market.
White House Press Secretary Katie Zacharia nods along on Fox & Friends as Rachel Campos-Duffy blasts that "ingrate Zelenskyy who keeps blowing up refineries and making things more complicated for the president ahead of the midterms"
Far too many people simply hate children for existing
Wow. More like only 10% of my students were familiar with the song. 🤷🏻
Balu Puppy@balupuppy.bsky.social · 5d agoThe instagrams are inundating me with yung lean and dancers performance at the VMAs. I’d imagine (wager🤔), 90-ish % of my students have heard “storm 2.” Going to ask who hasn’t heard this song before. youtu.be/kPnN4IE_a98?...
ICYMI: Latino early voting is currently outpacing where it was at the same time in 2024 in RAW VOTE TOTALS, a new study finds. That's astounding. Turnout is usually much higher in presidential years. This election will bury the Myth of Multiracial MAGA. New from me: newrepublic.com/article/2164...
If Dems Win, Inscribe This Chart on Trump-MAGA’s Political Gravestone
A new analysis by a Democratic data firm shows that Latino turnout in early voting is outpacing 2024—a presidential year. That could be a big problem for Trump and the GOP.
newrepublic.com
good lord how can anyone be this whiny; are you not ashamed
I really love it when the divvy drivers park in the bike lane. @divvybikes.bsky.social @granvillebikelane.bsky.social
This is absurd. The US just lifted sanctions to import diesel from a country that: (1) bans its own diesel exports, (2) is rationing fuel domestically, (3) is bombing #Ukraine energy infrastructure. This is subsidizing Putin's war chest for fuel he can't even reliably deliver. Who does this serve?
Trump Says He Will Import Russian Diesel Fuel Amid High Prices
President Trump said Russia had agreed to ship potentially millions of tons of diesel fuel in the coming months. But Russia has an ongoing ban on exporting diesel.
nytimes.com
Not “scientific” yet since I’m counting in my head and much of the time on @granvillebikelane.bsky.social I need to pay attention to homicidal and hostile drivers driving in the 💩 advisory lanes. @leniann.bsky.social portion: 👍 @andrefor40th.bsky.social portion: room for improvement
Balu Puppy@balupuppy.bsky.social · 3d ago@granvillebikelane.bsky.social needs more speed limit signs.
