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Hillary Monahan @hillarymonahan.bsky.social · 2h

Everything you know about Paul Revere is probably wrong.

There were over forty riders, for one. Revere never even FINISHED his ride; he was caught by the British AND SANG LIKE A CANARY. The Brits decided the rebels weren't a threat and marched right into the first battle of the Revolutionary War.

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it's Candy Love @candylovely.bsky.social · 12m

MASKED Hamas supporters Disrupt memorial hosted by Claremont Hillel Pomona Colleges.

These people are the worst!

#Hamasniks

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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 1h

There are no kings in America, and I don’t intend to bend the knee to one.

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The Resister Linda Cardwell 🦋💙 @cardwell4u.bsky.social · 11m

Shared by Marlene Robertson!

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♿ hiding from plagues - Always masked - N95 or bust @smollestbunny2.bsky.social · 18m

*speaks eugenicsly*

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midnightsun49.bsky.social @midnightsun49.bsky.social · 2h

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blenderbanana @blenderbanana.bsky.social · 16m

Righteous.

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The Resister Linda Cardwell 🦋💙 @cardwell4u.bsky.social · 2h

Mike Johnson lied when he called this a “Hate America Rally.” I’m in my red, white and blue representing my country because I love it enough to fight for democracy, to fight for justice and to fight against “No Kings.”

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Les femmes ont besoin de 4 petits amis @neau.blacksky.app · 18m

Ohhh homemade beef bacon

www.instagram.com/reel/DPY8ujm...

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blenderbanana @blenderbanana.bsky.social · 37m

🫤. Thank You for informing me.

I will be more careful in my assertions.

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J. Offir, PhD @joffirphd.bsky.social · 1h

2/ since then. (Some sources: Pew; USA Facts.)

Second, per the AARP, Harris & Trump were tied at 49% each, among seniors, in 2024. (It's the 50-somethings who voted for him more - esp. men.) That makes senior voters slightly less offensive than American voters overall. But even with more of them...

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Stephen Moran. @moranstephen1000.bsky.social · 21h

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blenderbanana @blenderbanana.bsky.social · 2h

I bet only one in three of them vote in midterms, and two of the three voted for or shrugged for Trump.

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J. Offir, PhD @joffirphd.bsky.social · 2h

Americans often use Canada as their backup plan, whether in theory or in practice - for vaccines, Rx medications, or a safer place to live. But it's not always a possiblity to dodge American problems with a Canadian save. Here's a case in point:

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Many seniors get cheaper medicine from Canada. That might become harder.

Shifting U.S. trade policy has created uncertainty and led to higher prices for Americans who fill their prescriptions abroad.

www.washingtonpost.com

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blenderbanana @blenderbanana.bsky.social · 2h

Imagine, an island of Bretons, Welsh, Guidales, Belgai, Romans, Anglos, Saxons, Danes, Normans,

Deciding that their suddenly "pure" and "above flavours".

These troglodytes are ignorant freaks.

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💀 The Haunted Typewriter 💀 @hauntedtypewriter.bsky.social · 17h

I don't understand bragging about refusing to try types of food. Are you okay? Is your self-identity that fragile? Do you need to start taking a blanket with you at all times for comfort?

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Thomas Edwards @mpeg2tom.bsky.social · 10h

Most “Chinese” food an American would eat was created in America. “American Chinese cuisine can be traced back to the California Gold Rush (1848–1855) when Chinese immigrants came in search for work“ en.wikipedia.org/wiki/America...

American Chinese cuisine - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

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blenderbanana @blenderbanana.bsky.social · 2h

I like your cut. Please keep doing that

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Samuel Thomson @samuelthomson.bsky.social · 11h

Fascinating. Apparently the use of "cury" in this text comes from Old French "queuerie" (cookery). There's another derivation via Tamil for "Curry" that emerged after Bell Pepper entered Indian cuisine. I wonder if "Curry" entered Tamil from European traders...any Tamil speakers wanna weigh in?

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Oliver White @oliverdwwhite.bsky.social · 17h

Also, calling others snowflakes when you are kind of admitting that you don't like spicier food...

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🪱𝔼𝕟𝕠𝕔𝕙🪱 -COMMISSIONS OPEN- @oddoblivion.bsky.social · 14h

These people go to GREAT LENGTHS to deny themselves pleasure.

Hughster @hughster.bsky.social · 18h

The British Right are just in total freefall into savagery at this point

Jess Gill
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I've never had curry or a kabab and don't intend to.
British food is the best. English breakfasts, Sunday roasts, fish and chips, pies, pasties, scones.
Also, our national dish isn't a chicken tikka masala we only think that because a Labour MP said it decades ago to push multiculturalism.
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Frettie Fingers @frettie.bsky.social · 6h

#nokings
Portland frog brigade

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Jack Cousteau ⚓️ @angrywaterman.bsky.social · 5h

Seattle No Kings from the monorail

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John McIntyre @johnemcintyre.bsky.social · 13h

Stepping up.

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 5h

The 400 richest Americans are now worth a record $6.6 trillion, after getting $1.2 trillion richer over the past year alone.

Meanwhile, the rest of the country is getting squeezed by tariffs and high prices for groceries, utilities, and health care.

The system is broken.

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