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Matthew @dlthings.bsky.social · 2h

I KNEW IT

kermit the frog is dancing in a room in front of a door .

ALT: kermit the frog is dancing in a room in front of a door .

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Matthew @dlthings.bsky.social · 2h

I'm obsessed with its smoothness!

Matthew @dlthings.bsky.social · 3h

It’s about time we reclaimed the frog 🐸

Inflatable frog costume “arriving Saturday.” Frog army assemble!

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Matthew @dlthings.bsky.social · 4h

IT'S NOT EASY BEIN GREEN

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Matthew @dlthings.bsky.social · 4h

I'm so tempted help

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Matthew @dlthings.bsky.social · 4h

omg PLEASE talk me out of showing up to the NO KINGS rally on 10/18 in an inflatable frog costume with a sign that reads HAS HE CROAKED YET?

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The Oregonian @oregonian.com · 5h

Things are happening at Portland's ICE facility tonight.

Read more of our protest coverage here: www.oregonlive.com/crime/2025/1...

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Matthew @dlthings.bsky.social · 5h

Portland Frog Brigade 💀🐸

Nathan Williams @nathanmwilliams.bsky.social · 6h

The frogs are multiplying

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Matthew @dlthings.bsky.social · 5h

As we get closer to Halloween more and more folks are going to show up in their costumes and I'm loving every minute of it.

Nathan Williams @nathanmwilliams.bsky.social · 5h

Portland you are something else

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Matthew @dlthings.bsky.social · 5h

I'm really proud of how my city is handling the situation so far. It's endearing weird against oh-my-god-what-is-THIS weird.

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Ghostly Bree @mostlybree.kitrocha.com · 7h

it really has been amazing how much one person in a frog suit destroyed their fantasy visuals over the past week. this wouldn't work everywhere but Portland, you are doing amazing sweetie

Adam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 7h

www.wweek.com/culture/2025...

Can you put into words what that purpose is? You and the frog have really become icons of this protest.

There’s been a nice overall whimsy that has shown up. The frog is amazing. We had a bunch of other inflatable people here last night, too. I saw people playing Twister the other day.

What they rely on is fear. So by coming out in an absurdist manner, it speaks to them, to some extent, that we’re actually not that afraid.

It also dismantles their narrative a little bit. When they try to describe this situation as “war-torn,” it becomes much harder to take them seriously when they have to post a video saying [U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security] Kristi Noem is up on the balcony staring over the Antifa Army and it’s, like, eight journalists and five protesters and one of them is in a chicken suit.

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Matthew @dlthings.bsky.social · 10h

Oh puh-lease.

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Matthew @dlthings.bsky.social · 12h

it's overt classism at this point. And we all know rising prices haven't meaningfully reduced crowds. Year after year the parks get more expensive, and somehow they seem busier than ever!

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Matthew @dlthings.bsky.social · 13h

Person, Woman, Man, Camera, Release the Epstein Files

Matthew @dlthings.bsky.social · 13h

this really happens, except my number disappears into the ether, never to be seen again

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Matthew @dlthings.bsky.social · 13h

called it

Matthew @dlthings.bsky.social · 2d

It’s the nothingest of nothingburgers, but I’m sure Noem came to town wearing her anti-reality War Zone glasses so it won’t matter.

Alex Baumhardt @alexbaumhardt.bsky.social · 2d

Scene outside ICE facility in Portland where DHS Sec. Noem is expected to visit today. Sound on for one protestor’s soundtrack.

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Matthew @dlthings.bsky.social · 13h

Is this reverse psychology? Cuz if so, it's working

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Matthew @dlthings.bsky.social · 13h

I'm not leaving until AA Ramsey calls me an idiot sandwich between slices of wonder bread

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Matthew @dlthings.bsky.social · 14h

I don't think this lady is anti-Trump or even anti-GOP as long as they get what they want. It's similar to releasing the Epstein files; we may want the same thing, but for wildly different reasons. That we're united on this specific issue doesn't mean their worldview has meaningfully changed

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Matthew @dlthings.bsky.social · 14h

big "leopards weren't supposed to eat MY face!" energy here. Republicans don't care about human cruelty until it happens to them personally.

The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 17h

VIRGINIA CALLER: “As a Republican, I'm very disappointed in my party, and I'm very disappointed in you… I am begging you to pass this legislation. My kids could die... the audacity of someone who makes 6 figures a year to do this to military families is insane.” #TrumpShutdown

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Matthew @dlthings.bsky.social · 16h

Couch

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Merriam-Webster @merriam-webster.com · 1d

What’s the word where you’re from that, when pronounced exactly as it looks, identifies a tourist immediately?

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Matthew @dlthings.bsky.social · 18h

I’m so glad you recognized that early. You deserve safety and healthy boundaries in your intimate relationships 💜

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Matthew @dlthings.bsky.social · 1d

Fascinating article. My aphantasia means I've never had access to my mind's eye. I wonder what mental imagery would be like and if I would want it. Would it make my mental health better, or worse? Helpful tool to conceptualize and plan for the future, or too distracting, distressing, intrusive?

The potential risks of opening the mind’s eye with psychedelic therapies

Psychedelic therapy is on the rise, as its legalisation is ongoing in multiple countries. Here, we write a note of warning regarding recent reports th…

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Matthew @dlthings.bsky.social · 1d

on the mend, ty, but we're definitely going to hang that art somewhere else.

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Matthew @dlthings.bsky.social · 1d

🥰

senior chihuahua Jem on my lap, licking the air

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