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Claire Huxtable’s Thoughts 🇹🇹 ♑️ @pagesandbeats.blacksky.app · 58m

Last night went out for a bit in GA. Just randomly talking to a group of guys. One asks if I’m local?

Me: no.
Him: oh I don’t do long distance.
Me: 🤨 baby you don’t even qualify for a handshake…. Are you okay?

And this will be why I’m getting a dog.

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svart flagg @svartflagg.bsky.social · 1h

Today in Portland, a fed shooting pepper balls from the roof of the ICE facility was so eager to aim for people’s heads, that after shooting one photographer in the head and another in the upper arm, they accidentally shot a DHS agent in the head. This photo shows the moment of impact;

Riot cops standing a street with less-lethal weapons, and one in a gas mask has a cloud of pepper dust around his helmet.

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Phoenix Calida @phoenixcalida.bsky.social · 5h

Nothing is wrong in this post

I would only also add a significant part of the pseudoscience was directly created to absolve white men of sex crimes

"It's not his fault, he has an addiction!"

Said by the same people who think you can beat heterosexuality and good manners into children

⟢ Avilone ‹𝟹 ₊˚.⋆ @faeriegasm.bsky.social · 6h

This will be the hill I die on, “porn addiction” is not real, that phrase specifically is used as a dog whistle and is backed only by pseudoscience which has been created by right wing fascist organisations with the intention to demonise minorities. It is not real, actual science proves it isn’t.

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privateideation.bsky.social @privateideation.bsky.social · 1h

Not really? Compulsive behaviors are definitely a thing (see problem gambling) but they're pretty different from addiction and "sex addiction," like "porn addiction," has a lot more to do with repressive cultural messages and political moralizing than it does even with compulsion.

Brian Box Brown @boxbrown.bsky.social · 2h

but sex addiction is a thing

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Sean Padilla says #ProtectJhordin @seanpadilla.blacksky.app · 1h

This is why Trump knows he isn't going to Heaven

NPR @npr.org · 5h

A Cornell University researcher has been developing an artificial heart for children for more than 20 years. Now, his research is on hold and his lab is shut down.

This 4-year-old's heart is failing. A federal grant that might help him was canceled

A Cornell University researcher has been developing an artificial heart for children for more than 20 years. Now, his research is on hold and his lab is shut down.

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Democracy Now! @democracynow.org · 1h

Who is María Corina Machado, the Venezuelan opposition leader who won the Nobel Peace Prize? Historian Greg Grandin calls her a "shocking choice" who is "completely aligned with the most militarist and darkest face of U.S. imperialism."

2025 Nobel Peace Prize for Anti-Maduro Leader María Corina Machado “Opposite of Peace”: Greg Grandin

The Norwegian Nobel Committee has awarded the 2025 Nobel Peace Prize to María Corina Machado, a leading Venezuelan opposition figure. Machado was set to run for president last year, but she was disqua...

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VaJenell Hugh-Briss @finalgirlboss.bsky.social · 1h

And it was all practical! It’s a masterpiece!

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malcoholic @lepetitereboot.bsky.social · 1h

strikingly beautiful.
production design?
costuming?
makeup effects?
score??

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VaJenell Hugh-Briss @finalgirlboss.bsky.social · 1h

We need to have the conversation tho. Ppl are refusing to exit dead relationships cuz they view breakups as failures. Incompatibility isn’t a factor when the alternative (being single) is considered worse.

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VaJenell Hugh-Briss @finalgirlboss.bsky.social · 1h

Trump does not pay his bills unless a judge makes him. All of NYC and Atlantic City know this cuz it’s not new behavior.

ProPublica @propublica.org · 2h

Trump promised free plane tickets and $1,000 “exit bonuses” to immigrants who opted to self-deport.

ProPublica spoke to a dozen Venezuelan immigrants who said they followed the president’s instructions, yet never received the promised assistance.

“I Don’t Want to Be Here Anymore”: They Tried to Self-Deport, Then Got Stranded in Trump’s America

Venezuelan immigrants signed up for a Trump-promoted app called CBP Home, which promised a safe and easy way to leave the country, and prepared to leave on their given departure dates. Those dates hav...

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ProPublica @propublica.org · 2h

Trump promised free plane tickets and $1,000 “exit bonuses” to immigrants who opted to self-deport.

ProPublica spoke to a dozen Venezuelan immigrants who said they followed the president’s instructions, yet never received the promised assistance.

“I Don’t Want to Be Here Anymore”: They Tried to Self-Deport, Then Got Stranded in Trump’s America

Venezuelan immigrants signed up for a Trump-promoted app called CBP Home, which promised a safe and easy way to leave the country, and prepared to leave on their given departure dates. Those dates hav...

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THEE Leftist NP @theeblackleftie.bsky.social · 2h

In non shitty music news, they really snapped on the K pop demon hunters soundtrack. Those are some cute and catchy songs

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 2h

and it looks phenomenal. they have basically outlawed this amount of color in movies these days.

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 2h

you can clearly see the influence of burton’s batman on the film (to say nothing of the elfman score). and i’ll say, in relation to the franchise dreck that passes for blockbuster films these days, DICK TRACY at least makes *choices*. it has a *vision*.

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Scott Santens @scottsantens.com · 2h

Another example of what we'd see more of with universal basic income.

NPR @npr.org · 3h

Craig Clark, 79, calls himself the "Tech Fairy." Clark spends his time refurbishing old laptops and giving them away for free to people who need them.

Need a laptop? This retiree refurbishes laptops, gives them away to those in need

Craig Clark, 79, calls himself the "Tech Fairy." Clark spends his time refurbishing old laptops and giving them away for free to people who need them.

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VaJenell Hugh-Briss @finalgirlboss.bsky.social · 2h

That statement absolutely deserves a “she’s not gonna fuck you bro”

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K.B. Spangler @kbspangler.com · 2h

You know, I hadn't made the jump that his obsessing over the Peace Prize was because he thought it was literally his way to get into heaven.

Redshift @redshiftsinger.bsky.social · 3h

Also he really thought winning a peace prize was his last chance to get in.

In other words, he knows he’s done great evil, even if he lacks adequate capacity for self-reflection to figure out what kind of real amends might start to rebalance the scales in his favor.

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Mel @thegatesofmel.blacksky.app · 2h

That I carry the good stuff with me. My relationships are phenomenal and loving because I bring that energy, so the last time won’t be the last time.

Maybe:…… @getthebagcoach.bsky.social · 3h

What’s your biggest lesson from heartbreak??

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VaJenell Hugh-Briss @finalgirlboss.bsky.social · 2h

“The mother says she dropped her daughter off Sept. 13 at a family member’s home in Cleveland. Somehow, the 5-year-old walked out the front door and was allegedly badly beaten by a group of kids.”

FAMILY let this happen????

Kindra Cotton @kindracotton.com · 2h

5-year-old girl unrecognizable after beating by group of kids: www.kptv.com/2025/10/12/5...

5-year-old girl ‘unrecognizable’ after alleged beating by group of kids, mother says

Police say the suspects are under the age of 10.

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Dr. Frisky Whisky McThicky, Ball Knower @professorpash.bsky.social · 3h

Move on quickly, quietly, calmly. You don’t get that time back. And the longer you give that damage power, the more damage it does.

Maybe:…… @getthebagcoach.bsky.social · 3h

What’s your biggest lesson from heartbreak??

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VaJenell Hugh-Briss @finalgirlboss.bsky.social · 2h

You got some ‘splaining to do lol

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🎃 Trick or Pete 🎃 Lucier @peterlucier.bsky.social · 4h

After commenters deriding the appearance of TX NG troops made photos of their deployment to Chicago go viral, the Texas Military Department quietly recalled and replaced them

For their appearance.

They didn’t send the Guard to serve.
They sent them to be seen.

taskandpurpose.com/news/texas-n...

Some Texas National Guard troops replaced in Illinois after failing to meet standards

An unspecified amount of Texas National Guard troops were replaced in Chicago, shortly after photos of their appearance were mocked.

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VaJenell Hugh-Briss @finalgirlboss.bsky.social · 3h

It didn’t occur to me that he might’ve thought a NPP would be his Get Out of Hell Free card. That’s pure delusion, and not the fun kind.

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VaJenell Hugh-Briss @finalgirlboss.bsky.social · 3h

End lifetime appointments. The problem with American government is how difficult it is to make ppl leave once they’ve been put in office. Public office should not make them rich & they should have to hold another job both before & after their terms.

jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 3h

if we are going to have a supreme court that is as powerful as it is, i basically think justices should be forbidden from public comment on their work as well as any supplemental source of income while they are on the bench. (they should also ride circuit again but that's a bit separate.)

Andy Craig @andycraig.bsky.social · 10h

The substance of what she's saying is bad and unconvincing, but more fundamentally, I really don't think Supreme Court justices should be going on book tours where they publicly comment on their work and respond to criticism of it. Either put it in a written opinion or hold your peace.

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 3h

if we are going to have a supreme court that is as powerful as it is, i basically think justices should be forbidden from public comment on their work as well as any supplemental source of income while they are on the bench. (they should also ride circuit again but that's a bit separate.)

Andy Craig @andycraig.bsky.social · 10h

The substance of what she's saying is bad and unconvincing, but more fundamentally, I really don't think Supreme Court justices should be going on book tours where they publicly comment on their work and respond to criticism of it. Either put it in a written opinion or hold your peace.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 11h

Amy Coney Barrett defends heavy use of the shadow docket: "If we wrote a long opinion, it might give the impression that we have finally resolved the issue, and in none of these cases have we finally resolved the issue."

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