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PMC Vanguardist @tylerboschert.bsky.social · 1h

we tried Woke Détente and it failed, we tried Woke Containment and it failed

it is time for Woke Rollback and the Thiels and Yarvins and Orbáns of the world are not ready for it

Dr. Samantha Hancox-Li @sjshancoxli.liberalcurrents.com · 3h

we have to be willing to just fuck with foreign governments in order to promote pro-democracy forces and harm pro-authoritarian forces in those countries

*that's* our actual interest, not whatever faff natsec heads preach about "the rules based order"

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Emissary Of Night | ليلى @diplomatofnight.com · 1h

Van Hollen

KPD Max von Sydnow 🇨🇦🇵🇸🇹🇼🇺🇦🇬🇱 @mpdeejay.bsky.social · 1h

The Dems who have been the best on Palestine have also been the most aggressive on confronting Trump, and like you said, that's not a coincidence.

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🌸MurmurLilies🌸 @murmurlilies.bsky.social · 2h

been over a year and this hot rat lady's still got me in a choke hold 🔥

artwork of the character Jane Doe from the video game Zenless Zone Zero. she leans forward with a smug facial expression, pointing at the viewer with her right hand while her left is held behind her back. her tail curls around the backs of her legs, the tip moving upwards to hover near her right hand.

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Faith ➡️ Lightbox Expo AA506 @faithschaffer.bsky.social · 4h

weird painting to test out my new inking pen ☀️

watercolor painting- a woman kneels behind a bush, carrying an approximation of an antique musket/rifle (I did not look at reference for this one so the shape is a bit off lol sorry everybody!). She is wearing a wildly impractical but fun outfit- a high cut onepiece with baggy ankle boots, a helmet and a big swan hat/cape.

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Micah @rincewind.run · 4h

a foundational belief of the modern right is that there is no such thing as organic disagreement with their policies, it’s all directed from the top down

they just can’t conceive that ordinary people find them horrifying

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 6h

Sean Duffy: "The No Kings protest, Maria, really frustrating. This is part of antifa, paid protesters. It begs the question who's funding it."

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Ambrox @ambrox.bsky.social · 14h

A mischievous archaeopteryx has appeared!

An abstract looking archaeopteryx on a plain green background

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Clayton Oppenhuizen @csoppenhuizen.bsky.social · 14h

Behold the epitome of stupid, great, and fun.

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Nicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 6h

Police officers who publicly declare that they’ll quit if a mayoral candidate they dislike wins the election are (1) usually bluffing—sure buddy, toss away that paycheck and pension—and (2) exactly the sort of cops cities would be better off without, ones who don’t see themselves as public servants.

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 19h

federal agents stealing children and sending them south. where have i heard about that before?

Caitlin G. DeAngelis @caitlindeangelis.bsky.social · 21h

ICE kidnapped a 7th-grader with a pending asylum claim and spirited him out of state without notifying his parents, seemingly with the cooperation of the local police in Everett, MA.

www.bostonglobe.com/2025/10/12/m...

Everett 13-year-old arrested by ICE and sent to Virginia detention facility
By Marcela Rodrigues Globe Staff,Updated October 12, 2025, 44 minutes ago

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A 13-year-old boy was arrested by ICE in Everett and sent to a juvenile detention facility in Virginia.
A 13-year-old boy was arrested by ICE in Everett and sent to a juvenile detention facility in Virginia.
A 13-year-old boy was arrested by Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents in Everett after an interaction with members of the Everett Police Department and sent to a juvenile detention facility in Virginia, according to his mother and immigration lawyer Andrew Lattarulo.

The boy’s mother, Josiele Berto, was called to pick her son up from the Everett Police Department on Thursday, the day he was arrested. After waiting for about an hour and a half, she was told her son was taken by ICE, Berto told the Globe in a phone interview.

“My world collapsed,” Berto said in Portuguese.

From the police department, the boy was taken to ICE’s holding facility in Burlington on Thursday evening, where he spent a night before being transferred by car to the Northwestern Regional Juvenile Detention Center in Winchester, Va., on Friday morning, his mother said. The juvenile facility is more than 500 miles away from Everett.

The boy is a 7th-grader at Albert N. Parlin School in Everett, his mother said. The teen and his family, who are Brazilian nationals, have a pending asylum case and are authorized to work legally in the United States, Lattarulo said.

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Doc Revan @docrevan.bsky.social · 21h

In Turkey you’d have knife fights between the junior officers on who gets to do the coup

Alexander Clarkson @aphclarkson.bsky.social · 22h

If this was any other country you would have analysts and journalists discussing potential for state failure

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foxglove @schellergheist.bsky.social · 21h

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maewix @maewix.bsky.social · 1d

Zeno Drake

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Graham Platner for Senate @grahamformaine.bsky.social · 1d

We have armed secret police kidnapping people off the street based on the color of their skin.

When we win: we will haul them before a Senate committee. The masks will come off. There will be consequences.

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Bill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 1d

“I’m anti-Trump, but…”

Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 1d

In honor of spooky month, share a 4 word horror story that only someone in your profession would understand:

Archives banned making copies.

Natasha Simonova @philistella.bsky.social · 1d

In honor of spooky month, share a 4 word horror story that only someone in your profession would understand:

New library catalogue website.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Pritzker: "If the Constitution means anything -- and I guess we all are questioning that right now -- the Insurrection Act cannot be invoked ... they just want troops on the ground because they want to militarize especially blue cities in blue states."

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Ollie Grimwood @gr1mmas.bsky.social · 1d

Boss for upcoming event. Will be using Corpseripper Vulture rules.

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Able @ablearcher.bsky.social · 1d

the theory that having billions of dollars does the same thing to you as being repeatedly kicked in the head by a horse is a theory I have yet to see proven false.

jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 1d

oh this guy is delusional delusional

Sharon @sharonk.bsky.social · 1d

thiel, man, what the fuck are you talking about

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Pritzker: "You just heard a tidal wave of lies from the VP. It's a bit shocking. And you heard over & over him just making things up. There's a reason why the judge here in federal court said that they admin lacks credibility and why even the Nobel committee chair said the admin lacks integrity."

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Jay 🌲➡️ Howloween 2025 @telekitnetic.bsky.social · 27d

🏞️🪶 Raven Immemorial 🪶🏞️ #formline #telekitneticart
#paleoart

A print illustration with a limited green, cream, and dark blue palette. The poster is divided into six rectangular sections. The top left shows a formline design of a raven in flight. The top right shows an illustration of Hornby Island Azhdarchids. The middle left shows a cliff overlooking the ocean, with bird-like silhouettes flying above. The middle right shows a shoreline of the ocean, with bird-like tracks in the sand. The bottom left shows an illustration of a raven. The bottom right shows a formline illustration of a Hornby Island Azhdarchid in flight.

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henken @henkensecond.bsky.social · 3d

きら〜ん(∩´･ω<`)∩✨

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Spy @spyhedg.bsky.social · 1d

[ #$ ] Velvet Crowe for @metalwavez.bsky.social

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Able @ablearcher.bsky.social · 1d

Meet the guy who's going to look funny swinging from a gallows in 2029

The Wall Street Journal @wsj.com · 1d

Greg Bovino has vaulted from chief of one of the Border Patrol’s quietest sectors to tactical commander of the immigration operations in Los Angeles and Chicago.

Meet the Border Patrol Chief Leading Trump’s Chicago Crackdown

Greg Bovino has vaulted from chief of one of the Border Patrol’s quietest sectors to tactical commander of the immigration operations in Los Angeles and Chicago.

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Rich Raho @richraho.bsky.social · 1d

Chicago priest Fr. Larry Dowling describes procession to ICE facility: “No one had the courage to speak directly to us. No one from Homeland Security could stand in the presence of the Monstrance holding the Blessed Sacrament. No wonder. Evil is repelled, recoils in the presence of Christ.”

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Mike Black @mikeblack114.bsky.social · 2d

I understand the optics here but this is also literally why Charles met his end in Whitehall, either Article I means what it says or it doesn't and the Constitution is dissolved

Mike Black @mikeblack114.bsky.social · 2d

So the Dems need to be clear again that any FMer carrying out direction to implement mil paychecks in the absence of appropriations will be subject to anti-deficiency act criminal penalties, because to be clear even with the reconciliation slush fund BS there is no way to legally so this, period

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SPiNDLE @aidenr0.bsky.social · 1d

Therese but with her natural hair colour

An artwork by Spindle of the character Therese, a trans elf woman with black hair (in this particular art, she usually has dyed cyan hair), holding it with both her hands, looking at the viewer/camera and smiling. She's wearing a yellow v-neck top with rolled up sleeves, brown belt with a gold accent, and black pants also with a golden accent

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