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J H @jpjh88.bsky.social · 5h

So the funders of terrorism, funded me, so I no longer care about them!🤷‍♂️

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NFL Daily News @fantasynflnews.bsky.social · 3h

Dan Campbell said what Brian Branch did after the game was inexcusable and unacceptable; apologized to Chiefs, via Tim Twentyman.

NFL Daily News @fantasynflnews.bsky.social · 3h

Patrick Mahomes on postgame scuffle:

"We play the game in between the whistles ... we'll keep this momentum going moving forward."

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George Conway 👊🇺🇸🔥 @gtconway.bsky.social · 3h

There is absolutely zero chance that a man who took $50,000 in cash in a paper bag from an FBI agent on camera would have been appointed to any position by any other president.

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Dad Jokes @dadsaysjokes.com · 9h

I went for a job interview at UPS.

I said, "Sorry I'm late, I went to the wrong address" - and they made me regional manager.

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Wil Wheaton @wilwheaton.net · 7h

"To be a Republican in 2025 represents a clear public confession that you either don't know the difference between good and evil and you're so morally empty that you can't be bothered to begin to try, or that you do know the difference, and you prefer evil." Great essay from @juliusgoat.bsky.social

The Crime of Human Virtue

Sometimes it really is as simple as good vs. evil. This is one of those times. Human virtue is our great crime against the fascist project; it's also our great weapon against it.

www.the-reframe.com

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Reconstructionist @unavaleable.bsky.social · 5h

oh things must be bad bad

Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 7h

Crazy week.

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🎃scarecrowcialism👻 @swolecialism.bsky.social · 3h

Seeing dudes try to step to the menswear guy makes me understand better the mentality of the regular Street Punks who keep hassling Kiryu in Act 3 of every Yakuza game when hes got all the abilities unlocked

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amanda moore 🐢 @noturtlesoup17.bsky.social · 3h

You can just share my video from me instead of sharing a screen recording of my video from a content farm account that isn’t on the scene btw.

amanda moore 🐢 @noturtlesoup17.bsky.social · 14h

The inflatables have made it to Broadview.

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Cam Banks 🇳🇿 ❌👑 @rustysellsword.com · 3h

I am absolutely gutted to hear of the death of Rob Wieland, literally one of the greatest tabletop reviewers and commentators we had. Tirelessly tracked industry news, omnipresent in our collective circles and communities. I am so sad for his young family. These are dark days, friends.

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Luigi de Guzman @ouij.bsky.social · 3h

The fact that protests now feature people who don’t normally have to worry about what might happen to them in an adverse encounter with security forces is a HUGE DEAL.

It means that the “real” victims don’t have to suffer alone. It means that some people care about something more than themselves

Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 6h

Someone in my mentions is upset because these people haven’t suffered the worst at ICE’s hands and therefore they shouldn’t be praised for being out on the streets?

Yeah, no. To push back on these people we need everyone — especially those with relative privilege — to get up and get involved.

Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 9h

Portland, you magnificent weirdos

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Julie DiCaro @juliedicaro.bsky.social · 10h

So Kilmer Abrego-Garcia will not challenge a deportation to Costa Rica, who has agreed to for him residency, but DHS won’t agree to send him there because it’s not cruel enough.

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/10/u...

For weeks, Mr. Abrego Garcia, a Salvadoran national who is married to a U.S. citizen, has made clear that he would not challenge his deportation if he were sent to Costa Rica, which has promised him legal residency and guaranteed that he would not be sent back to El Salvador.

But the Trump administration has refused to deport him to Costa Rica, and in an earlier hearing this week, Judge Xinis pressed the administration to consider the option or clarify why it was unacceptable.

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CZEdwards @czedwards.bsky.social · 3h

Signing on to this idea, and advocating for it most emphatically.

rahaeli @rahaeli.bsky.social · 1d

like seriously team, I know y'all are working on both improving Discover and on better reply sentiment filtering and all, but it's going to take a while to tune it properly and a "never show my post on Discover" setting would be a 10 minute fix that would get 65% of why people want private accounts

Leah 🐸 McElrath @leahmcelrath.bsky.social · 2d

I had a post reach the Discover feed today and was once again reminded of how many people on this site are not house trained.

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Asawin Suebsaeng @swin24.bsky.social · 4h

The idea that world events and life-or-death political decisions should turn on what one elderly US citizen sees on a TV sounds like the premise for a 1970s dystopian satire written by the most hysterical Marxist novelist seeking to magnify the moral rot and decadence of a declining American empire…

Asawin Suebsaeng @swin24.bsky.social · 4h

“One former senior Trump administration official from the first term tells Zeteo that…when Trump was publicly dangling the idea of attacking Iranian cultural sites…the president indeed… asked…aides what they thought of striking the specific targets offered up by the likes of Hegseth &…Sean Hannity.”

Asawin Suebsaeng @swin24.bsky.social · 11h

For my piece today at @zeteo.com i wanted to truly underscore how punishingly stupid american fascism is now. Like, my original proposed headline for this was:

Our Democracy Is Imperiled Because One Old Man Won’t Stop ‘Yelling’ At His TV. zeteo.com/p/trump-addi...

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Dr Audrey Glover @draudreyglover.bsky.social · 5h

The fact that he is talking about “acceptance into Heaven” feels like he’s been told some “less that great” medical news

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High Priestess, Low Patience @cheriepriest.com · 6h

PALATE CLEANSER

Fluffy gray tabby perched on the back of the couch, watching the rain through a window.

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Regime Accountant, CPA ☠️🎢 @regimecpa.bsky.social · 15h

Hard to believe the people who told me “have fun being poor” would make such bad risk management decisions.

warrior cop @wyattprivilege.bsky.social · 15h

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Dean Preston @deanpreston.bsky.social · 4h

From his private jet this billionaire wants Trump to come kidnap immigrants and abuse protesters on the streets of San Francisco.

These tech billionaires are truly the worst people on earth.

Salesforce CEO says National Guard should patrol San Francisco -- stunning his own PR team | TechCrunch

Though Benioff's shift mirrors Silicon Valley's broader accommodation of Trump, the exchange offered a rare glimpse of just how far that repositioning can go. The question now: will other Bay Area tec...

techcrunch.com

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Barred and Boujee aka Madiba Dennie @audrelawdamercy.bsky.social · 5h

I was just curious how old Zohran is and googled and apparently his birthday is a month after mine to the day and The Husband goes 'you're gonna be older than the mayor of New York' and now I'm just....staring off into the distance. I've always been young! This hasn't happened to me yet! I'm shook!

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Brian, the Rude Mechanical @brian456.bsky.social · 5h

Time for them to stop accepting travelers from the US.

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Stephen Moran. @moranstephen1000.bsky.social · 1d

Flying off the shelves.....your ideal resist costume

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Jim Teeth @drjamesjteeth.bsky.social · 6h

This guy is so very much suffering a chronic fatal disorder.

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Brian, the Rude Mechanical @brian456.bsky.social · 7h

I'm having a really hard time feeling sympathy for the "have fun being poor" crowd.

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A Screaming Wyvern @screamingwyvern.com · 7h

I love being a #ttrpg #gamemaster because I can look my social anxiety in the eye and say, "They come back every session, I am doing a good job."

Also, I've had an anxiety attack for the past six hours that they were going to just ghost me, WHICH INCLUDES THE THREE HOURS OF THE GAME.

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Ed Burmila @edburmila.bsky.social · 8h

Sure, I can’t talk or think and parts of me turn purple and sometimes half my face is 2” lower than the other half and I talk about heaven regularly at inappropriate times but don’t let that fool you I’m as healthy as a horse.

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Brian, the Rude Mechanical @brian456.bsky.social · 7h

It may come to that.

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