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Nakho Kim @capcold.bsky.social · 1h

Gee... if only we had a specific word for such a society You just described. could start with “fasc-" something.

Nakho Kim @capcold.bsky.social · 16h

Tired: Pepe the frog as alt-right symbol
Wired: Oregon resistance frogs

Grudgie the Whale @grudgie.bsky.social · 17h

Honestly think these need to be the symbol of resistance to fascism

Adam Selzer @adamchicago.bsky.social · 19h

The frogs have landed in Chicago!

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Prem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · 19h

Update: Bari Weiss’s first pitch at CBS — a roundtable with Antony Blinken, Mike Pompeo, and Hillary Clinton that ended up being a virtual interview with Clinton & Condoleezza Rice — has about 150 viewers on YouTube.

Added with the 24/7 CBS stream, it’s just over 1200 viewers.

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Nakho Kim @capcold.bsky.social · 18h

The ceremony will take place at Four Seasons landscaping, I presume

Nakho Kim @capcold.bsky.social · 21h

But in 63.2% seriousness, I think the Nobel committee could simply start a new category, give it to Trump, make him happy, and save the world from the dehumanizing whims of the most powerful twelve-year old. Nobel Piece Prize.

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Nakho Kim @capcold.bsky.social · 22h

Lesson learned: one cannot win the Nobel "Peace" Prize for supporting a nation to continue a genocide, then pressure them to stop only after the said nation bombed one's business partners.

www.independent.co.uk/voices/trump...

How will Donald Trump react to not winning the Nobel Peace Prize?

For a man who believes every accolade is his by right, the 47th President seeing the humanitarian accolade go to someone else will sting, says Sean O’Grady

www.independent.co.uk

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The A.V. Club @avclub.com · 1d

After doing a brief theatrical tour, The Onion's very funny 20-minute send-up of true crime tropes is watchable online.
www.avclub.com/onion-jeffre...

The Onion's Jeffrey Epstein: Bad Pedophile is now available online

www.avclub.com

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Nakho Kim @capcold.bsky.social · 1d

So, beating them up and stealing their land, instead of shooting them down and destroying their land. Got it.

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Nakho Kim @capcold.bsky.social · 1d

One Clinton, two Trump judges. Should have been a part of the article.

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에스텔 뉴스계정 @transborder.bsky.social · 2d

가자구호선단 탄 한국인, 사막 감옥 구금…이 대통령 “외교역량 최대 투입”
이스라엘, 활동가 ‘해초’ 등 145명 체포·구금

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가자구호선단 탄 한국인, 사막 감옥 구금…이 대통령 “외교역량 최대 투입”

가자구호선단에 참여했다 체포된 한국인 활동가가 이스라엘 사막에 있는 감옥에 구금됐다. 이재명 대통령은 신속한 석방을 위해 “국가 외교 역량을 최대한 투입하라”고 지시했다. 자유선단연합(FFC)은 8일(현지시각) “아달라 변호사들이 ‘가자로 가는 천개의 마들린호’(천개의

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Nakho Kim @capcold.bsky.social · 1d

...and those people are still staying Republican despite all of it.

Or maybe precisely because of it.

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Nakho Kim @capcold.bsky.social · 2d

Funny how the “mix of emotions” described in the article are all just negative emotions. Rightfully so.
www.theguardian.com/media/2025/o...

CBS News staffers react to Bari Weiss being named editor-in-chief: ‘It’s utterly depressing’

Six network employees expressed a mix of emotions over the appointment in conversations with the Guardian

www.theguardian.com

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NPR @npr.org · 2d

Hungarian writer László Krasznahorkai won the 2025 Nobel Prize in Literature. He joins the ranks of Ernest Hemingway, John Steinbeck and Toni Morrison.

László Krasznahorkai wins 2025 Nobel Prize in literature

Hungarian writer László Krasznahorkai has won the 2025 Nobel Prize in Literature. He joins the ranks of Ernest Hemingway, John Steinbeck and Toni Morrison.

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Nakho Kim @capcold.bsky.social · 2d

Some first thoughts, focusing on this century: 여고괴담, 알포인트, 부산행, 곡성, 장화홍련, 악마를 보았다, 쓰리 몬스터, 검은 사제들, 괴물.

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Nakho Kim @capcold.bsky.social · 2d

I hope mainstream news outlets will grow some journalistic spine and not sanewash this sentence, and maybe evven opt to quote directly. My hopes have rarely been realized.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2d

Trump: "We took the freedom of speech away because that's been through the courts and the courts said you have freedom of speech, but what has happened is when they burn a flag it agitates and irritates crowds."

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Nakho Kim @capcold.bsky.social · 2d

Once upon a time, right-wing hacks at least TRIED to sound less obviously racist.

billboard @billboard.com · 2d

House Speaker Mike Johnson Calls Bad Bunny Super Bowl Slot a ‘Terrible Decision,’ Offers 82-Year-Old 1980s Country Star As Better Option

House Speaker Mike Johnson calls Bad Bunny Super Bowl halftime booking a 'terrible decision,' suggesting an 82-Year-Old 1980s country act instead.

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슈마리집사 @anari.lostineconomics.com · 3d

빤쭈 벗;은 일등 신문. 화이팅!

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yami @koalkoal.bsky.social · 4d

글쎄 제사준비를 남녀노소가 다같이 한들 제사가 즐겁지는 않을것. 제사 행위 자체가 이미 유통기한이 끝났음. 원래도 일부만 하던 거고.

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Nakho Kim @capcold.bsky.social · 3d

"Not a both sides thing"... because rightwing violence is far more prevalent and deadly, and the pattern makes sense?

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The Verge @theverge.com · 4d

"You have elected to take a job where the primary purpose is for you to eat shit and own the death of broadcast TV news, a thing that is going to die no matter what you do. Nice work!"

Read more from @lopatto.bsky.social: www.theverge.com/business/793...

A photo of Bari Weiss over a headline: "Memo to Bari Weiss Re: CBS News: You're doomed"

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laura olin @lauraolin.bsky.social · 4d

NPR could easily fill a desperately needed public service for trustworthy legacy media, and likely easily meet its own small dollar fundraising goals after having its federal funding pulled, by simply describing things as they are. But instead they choose to do whatever this is.

NPR @npr.org · 4d

President Trump is bucking tradition and legal precedent in pushing to deploy the National Guard to Democratic-led cities like Portland, Oregon, and Chicago due to what he says is rampant crime and to support his crackdown on illegal immigration.

Trump's power to deploy National Guard, explained

President Trump is bucking tradition and legal precedent in pushing to deploy the National Guard to Democratic-led cities like Portland, Oregon, and Chicago due to what he says is rampant crime and to support his crackdown on illegal immigration.

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Nakho Kim @capcold.bsky.social · 4d

매년 할로윈과 크리스마스마다 자기 집 외벽에 엄청난 라이트쇼를 (근처에 라디오로 BGM도 송출) 만드는 한 양덕, 올해 할로윈은 #케데헌 테마로 장식.
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K-Pop Demon Hunter Halloween Projection Mapping Show 2025 | House Light Show Mashup

YouTube video by Jingles On Juniper

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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 4d

Disappearing people, disappearing morals – how two years has changed Gaza and Israel | Orly Noy

There can be no healing until the world stares into and acknowledges the void torn open by this conflict, says Israeli journalist Orly Noy

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Gillian Brockell @gbrockell.bsky.social · 4d

Claim: 10 cars rammed ICE
Truth: No cars rammed ICE

Claim: She boxed ICE in
Truth: ICE boxed her in

Claim: She shot a rifle at ICE
Truth: She did not have a rifle

Claim: ICE returned fire
Truth: Only ICE fired

Claim: She drove herself to the hospital
Truth: Paramedics found her

Chicago Sun-Times @chicago.suntimes.com · 4d

Body-camera video appears to contradict the government’s claim that Marimar Martinez, 30, drove toward officers before one of them opened fire at her late Saturday morning in Brighton Park, her attorney claimed.
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Attorney for woman shot by Border Patrol claims officer said 'Do something b-----' before shooting

Body-camera video appears to contradict the government's claim that Marimar Martinez, 30, drove toward officers before one of them opened fire at her late Saturday morning in Brighton Park, her attorney claimed. A judge ordered Martinez and a co-defendant released pending trial.

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Nakho Kim @capcold.bsky.social · 4d

Rightwing political violence, incited from the very top. Do not let it be framed otherwise.

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House of South Carolina Judge Criticized by Trump Administration Burns Down

Authorities are investigating a fire at the home of a South Carolina judge who had reportedly received death threats in what could be the latest incident of political violence across the country.

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