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Frep @freppo.bsky.social · 1d

Ahh damn that’s true didn’t think about that.

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More Perfect Union @moreperfectunion.bsky.social · 1d

The Trump administration has fired over 4,000 federal workers since the government shutdown began — firings that are likely illegal.

www.reuters.com/world/trump-...

Trump administration says 4,108 workers have been fired since shutdown began

The number of U.S. federal worker layoffs as a result of the government shutdown was revised downward on Tuesday, suggesting the administration's initial statement about sweeping job cuts was too ambitious.

www.reuters.com

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Frep @freppo.bsky.social · 1d

From what I’ve seen the remaster ain’t worth it. The Blu-ray is fine.

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Anti-Fascist Collective… @wtafc.bsky.social · 1d

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The New Yorker @newyorker.com · 1d

“People talk about trying to change society,” a young Bob Dylan said, in 1964. “All I know is that so long as people stay so concerned about protecting their status and protecting what they have, ain’t nothing going to be done.”

What Bob Dylan Wanted at Twenty-three

From 1964: A portrait of the artist trying to move past “finger-pointing” songs, and finding a new voice in the process.

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The Associated Press @apnews.com · 1d

Fox News, the former employer of Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, has joined a near-unanimous outpouring of news organizations rejecting new rules for journalists based in the Pentagon.

News organizations, including Hegseth's former employer Fox, reject new Pentagon reporting rules

Fox News, the former employer of Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, has joined a near-unanimous outpouring of news organizations rejecting new rules for journalists based in the Pentagon.

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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 2d

Inside the hell of Alligator Alcatraz

Despite shocking conditions and rampant “psychological warfare,” copycats are popping up around the country.

www.motherjones.com

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Caitlin G. DeAngelis @caitlindeangelis.bsky.social · 4d

ICE kidnapped a 7th-grader with a pending asylum claim and spirited him out of state without notifying his parents, seemingly with the cooperation of the local police in Everett, MA.

www.bostonglobe.com/2025/10/12/m...

Everett 13-year-old arrested by ICE and sent to Virginia detention facility
By Marcela Rodrigues Globe Staff,Updated October 12, 2025, 44 minutes ago

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A 13-year-old boy was arrested by ICE in Everett and sent to a juvenile detention facility in Virginia.
A 13-year-old boy was arrested by ICE in Everett and sent to a juvenile detention facility in Virginia.
A 13-year-old boy was arrested by Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents in Everett after an interaction with members of the Everett Police Department and sent to a juvenile detention facility in Virginia, according to his mother and immigration lawyer Andrew Lattarulo.

The boy’s mother, Josiele Berto, was called to pick her son up from the Everett Police Department on Thursday, the day he was arrested. After waiting for about an hour and a half, she was told her son was taken by ICE, Berto told the Globe in a phone interview.

“My world collapsed,” Berto said in Portuguese.

From the police department, the boy was taken to ICE’s holding facility in Burlington on Thursday evening, where he spent a night before being transferred by car to the Northwestern Regional Juvenile Detention Center in Winchester, Va., on Friday morning, his mother said. The juvenile facility is more than 500 miles away from Everett.

The boy is a 7th-grader at Albert N. Parlin School in Everett, his mother said. The teen and his family, who are Brazilian nationals, have a pending asylum case and are authorized to work legally in the United States, Lattarulo said.

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Blue Heron Farm @blueheronfarm.bsky.social · 3d

On the one hand I feel really bad for the people who were mocked for their appearance. They don't deserve that. On the other hand I am very happy for them that they got to go back home, because they also don't deserve being deployed to fucking Chicago.

🎃 Trick or Pete 🎃 Lucier @peterlucier.bsky.social · 3d

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.

taskandpurpose.com

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Frep @freppo.bsky.social · 3d

What leaf mod doe

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PlayStation Polygons @pspolygons.bsky.social · 3d

A single screenshot like this could keep Silent Hill 2 theorists talking for 8 hours straight.

A dimly lit image from Silent Hill 2 that asks, "Will you go down?" The player can answer yes or no.

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onion person @junlper.beer · 4d

we need to abolish this shit

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Brendan Nyhan @brendannyhan.bsky.social · 4d

"Look at the picture... One of these is a member of a private militia that supports the President and was involved in a violent effort to overturn the election, the other is an agent of the state. Can you tell the difference?" donmoynihan.substack.com/p/purge-merg...

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Evangelion Screenshots @ngescreenshot.bsky.social · 4d

Neon Genesis Evangelion
Episode 2
Unfamiliar Ceilings
The Beast

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Frep @freppo.bsky.social · 4d

This is April news.

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Catherine Zoltan @catherinezoltan.bsky.social · 4d

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Nurse RoRo @nurseroro.bsky.social · 5d

Dear WH Press Corp
You should be ashamed of yourself.
Start demanding answers. Portland isn’t on fire. Chicago isn’t at war. Seattle isn’t thanking him.
ANTIFA isn’t assaulting ICE agents
Hold him accountable for the lies.
Refuse to ask anything else until he answers these.
Demand the proof

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𝕯𝖚𝖓𝖌𝖊𝖔𝖓𝖑𝖚𝖘𝖙.˚⊹.🎃₊˚𖦹⋆ @dungeonlust.com · 5d

Art by • Adrian Smith

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Prem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · 5d

Huh: TikTok took down my 8-second video featuring this image of Debbie Brockman — the news producer just detained by Trump’s CBP agents — saying it violates the “joy of TikTok”

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LorennaCleary.bsky.social @lorennacleary.bsky.social · 5d

The museums are being shutdown.
Are we great yet?
Everyone’s being fired.
Are we great yet?
Food is rotting in our fields.
Are we great yet?
The market’s crashing greatly.
Diseases are now running rampant.
At what point aren’t we great?
Our military’s in line at food banks.
So super great.

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Evangelion Screenshots @ngescreenshot.bsky.social · 5d

Neon Genesis Evangelion
Episode 2
Unfamiliar Ceilings
The Beast

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Peter @notalawyer.bsky.social · 5d

the idea that freedom is in our DNA is just a misinterpretation of the fact that we’re a nation of finicky whiners who don’t like to be personally inconvenienced

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Metal Gear Solid Image Bot @randommetalgear.bsky.social · 5d

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Evangelion Screenshots @ngescreenshot.bsky.social · 5d

Neon Genesis Evangelion
Episode 2
Unfamiliar Ceilings
The Beast

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Frog and Toad Bot @frogandtoadbot.bsky.social · 5d

Then Toad fell asleep.

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