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DrakenKnight

@drakenknight.bsky.social

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Xennial cat dad, Critter, gardener, fantasy & sci-fi nerd, former chef now living the administrative office cubicle life. TTRPG enthusiast. Don't mistake my kindness for weakness. My pronouns are Punch/Nazis #Antifa

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DrakenKnight @drakenknight.bsky.social · Jan 30

Hi, I'm Draken! If you like occasional food posts, cute cats, memes and such, welcome!

If you tolerate, rationalize, or turn a blind eye to fascism and bigotry, fuck off.

Thank you for coming to my TED talk.

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Chris Kluwe @chriswarcraft.bsky.social · 9h

I am honestly unsure at this point if the government will ever open back up in its previous form. The RIFs coupled with what will likely be massive nationwide protests on the 18th is, I think, going to push Miller and co. into trying to create an alternate structure to consolidate more power.

Sara Partridge, Ph.D. @sarapartridge.bsky.social · 9h

There are reports that the *entire* office of special education at the US Dept of Education has been cut. These hardworking folks ensure kids with disabilities get equal access to a quality education.

America’s children deserve better than this.

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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 11h

New — Video shared with me shows ICE officers in DC detaining a man on Friday.

Bystander filming asks man for his name. ICE agent lies and says he’s not allowed to speak to him “by law” and another says “We’ve arrested American citizens for being too close…If he gets any closer, put him in cuffs.”

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Alt Acadia National Park @altacadia.bsky.social · 13h

We 💯 support Amphifa! Give me ribbety, or give me death. 🐸

A poster for "Amphifa: amphibians against fascism" showing a black and green flag with a green frog

Three protestors dressed in inflatable frog costumes holding a sign that says "Portland frog brigade"

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DrakenKnight @drakenknight.bsky.social · 11h

@evystadium.bsky.social Amphifa 🐸

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Lynn Stahl @msbtterswrth.altgov.info · 13h

GIVE ME RIBBERTY OR GIVE ME DEATH.

Alt Acadia National Park @altacadia.bsky.social · 13h

We 💯 support Amphifa! Give me ribbety, or give me death. 🐸

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DrakenKnight @drakenknight.bsky.social · 11h

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Dan McCrum @mccrum.bsky.social · 12h

This isn’t funny. Judges only speak to the press when they’re in extreme distress

Leah Litman @leahlitman.bsky.social · 15h

More judges speak to the press (the NYT) about what a disaster the Supreme Court (specifically the shadow docket) has been - “incredibly demoralizing & troubling”; a “judicial crisis”; a “slap in the face to district courts.” www.nytimes.com/2025/10/11/u...

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Preorder Read This When Things Fall Apart @mskellymhayes.bsky.social · 12h

I know not everyone is who they thought they would be under a fascist, authoritarian regime. That's okay. But it's time to do more than react and post about it. It's time to get organized—including mapping or creating lines of support and defense in your community.

Mapping Community Defense and Care in Our Neighborhoods

This worksheet can help us prepare for Trump's military interventions at the neighborhood level.

organizingmythoughts.org

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Sheryl Gay Stolberg @sherylnyt.bsky.social · 1d

BREAKING: Friday night massacre underway at CDC. Doznes of "disease detectives," high-level scientists, entire Washington staff and editors of the MMWR (Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report) have all been RIFed and received the following notice:

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Gillian Brockell @gbrockell.bsky.social · 1d

NEW: The private jet that flew 10 shackled migrants to an Eswatini prison last weekend is owned by Israeli-American billionaires with close ties to Trump.

It’s oligarchs all the way down.

My first for @zeteo.com:

zeteo.com/p/this-famil...

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Tim Onion @bencollins.bsky.social · 1d

This man is being Gorilla Channel'd with a rotating selection of AI slop riot porn by several known white supremacists who are secretly running the government.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Trump: "Portland, I mean -- every time I look at that place it's burning down. There are fires all over the place. When a store -- there are very few of them left -- but when a store owner rebuilds a store they build it out of plywood. They don't put up storefronts anymore. They just put wood up."

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DrakenKnight @drakenknight.bsky.social · 1d

History doesn't always repeat, but it sure as fuck rhymes

mariena91.bsky.social @mariena91.bsky.social · 1d

DrakenKnight @drakenknight.bsky.social · 1d

Stay weird, Portland
#WarRavagedPortland

Bradley P. Moss @bradmossesq.bsky.social · 1d

I love this image.

DrakenKnight @drakenknight.bsky.social · 1d

Definitely burning down.. /s

Bradley P. Moss @bradmossesq.bsky.social · 1d

I love this image.

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Bradley P. Moss @bradmossesq.bsky.social · 1d

I love this image.

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Adam Selzer @adamchicago.bsky.social · 1d

The frogs have landed in Chicago!

Protestor in a frog suit and an anti-Ice sign with what I believe to be a Pokémon character on a street corner in Rogers Park.

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mariena91.bsky.social @mariena91.bsky.social · 1d

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altNOAA 🇺🇸 @altnoaa.bsky.social · 1d

I want to see Congress flipped and even if we don't get the necessary votes in the Senate to convict... I want to see daily impeachments. Because damn, there are daily impeachable acts.

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DrakenKnight @drakenknight.bsky.social · 1d

Frog's Theme

YouTube video by Moyra Rodriguez :3

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I can hear the music from Chrono Trigger in my head

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Get Out The Mid Term Vote @gotmtv.bsky.social · 1d

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Wil Wheaton @wilwheaton.net · 1d

A gentle reminder for whoever needs it: you don't have to make yourself small for anyone. You are perfect, exactly the way you are.

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Jen Bendery @jbendery.bsky.social · 1d

The organizers behind the No Kings Day of Action on October 18 -- the event Johnson called a "hate America rally" -- have this to say in response.

"After a few moments of laughter, the No Kings coalition issued the following statement"

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