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Fight @ifight4them.bsky.social · 10h

Frog has 3 eyes.

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Matthew @dlthings.bsky.social · 1d

I have a note: Please don’t make AI slop versions of actual signs ppl made by hand.

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Fight @ifight4them.bsky.social · 10h

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Mychal Threets @mychal3ts.bsky.social · 1d

The first two episodes of the revival of Reading Rainbow have nearly 500,000 views each 🤯

Do you know how cool that is for literacy, for book joy?! We are all worthy of reading, we are all readers 💚

And NOW episode three is out! Take a look, it’s in a book 📚🌈🦋

youtu.be/e4VIV48ZB0M?feature=shared

YouTube KidZuko clips of the first two episodes of the revival of Reading Rainbow. Both of the clips have over 400,000 views each

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The Red-Headed Strangler @emmaberquist.bsky.social · 2d

respect

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Fight @ifight4them.bsky.social · 10h

I feel ya. Gout. Fucking Oktoberfest.

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The Onion @theonion.com · 1d

Home Depot Introduces New 12-Foot-Tall Willem Dafoe https://theonion.com/home-depot-introduces-new-12-foot-tall-willem-dafoe/

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Ashwin Rodrigues @ashwinrodrigues.com · 20h

centrist: Where do we go from here? We have to find common ground. We can't just call the other group "Nazis." At the end of the day, we're all just rich white men with podcasts.

Republican lawmaker: Welcome to Hitler Chat. I'm Hitler

Republican lawmaker 2: Hello. I am Hitler as well.

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Brendel @brendelbored.bsky.social · 13h

I think the only time anyone really shuts something down is when Geordi and Barclay are doing incel shit making holograms of their coworkers and that’s basically what is happening now

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Tyler, from the Internet @tylerfromtheinternet.com · 12h

John Paul Larkin, known professionally under the alias Scatman John

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Sean Beckner-Carmitchel @acatwithnews.bsky.social · 12h

Going to be honest, it’s been really really rough this month and I have about $60 in my bank account. If you like me, now is a very very good time to donate.

venmo.com/u/ACatWithNews

Also as a reminder, there’s links to subscribe for free or to pay. There’s no paywall.

Venmo | Sean Beckner-Carmitchel

Venmo is a digital wallet that lets you make and share payments with friends. You can easily split the bill, cab fare, or much more. Download the iOS or Android app or sign up on Venmo.com today.

venmo.com

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NorCal Resist @norcalresist.bsky.social · 13h

Support a migra observer whose vehicle was rammed by ICE for literally no reason. There’s video showing how malicious this was.

www.gofundme.com/f/support-le...

Donate to Help Leo Replace Truck and Cover Medical Bills, organized by Leo Martinez

On 10/16 while legally observing Ice agents, a volunteer of VcDefensa, Leo… Leo Martinez needs your support for Help Leo Replace Truck and Cover Medical Bills

www.gofundme.com

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maple cocaine @maplecocaine.bsky.social · 4d

Why would you tell the newspaper that your wife left you because you bought a cybertruck? And why are we not getting articles from her perspective instead. I bet she's doing great now!

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Jenny Cohn @jennycohn.bsky.social · 1d

The Tony Blair Institute is heavily backed by Larry Ellison & was “involved in plans to create a new ‘Trump Riviera.’” That vision “envisages creating a ‘blockchain registry for land’ to underpin the construction of up to 8 ‘AI-powered, smart planned cities on the inner side of the Gaza Ring.“ …1/

Pro-Trump Tech Billionaires Are Poised to Cash In on Gaza's 'Peace' Deal

Documents show Tony Blair’s Ellison-funded institute designed Gaza’s recovery plan on data-driven lines echoing Oracle-Palantir war systems.

bylinetimes.com

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🎃 public HELLth guy 🎃 @publichealthguy1.bsky.social · 1d

it’s a pretty good newsletter so far, even if i do need eye bleach after reading it

≥ What's the Tea?
Trump kept trying to get his 'Project 2025' architect laid!
Over the weekend, Zeteo's newest political reporter, Swin Suebsaeng, sent me the latest scoop he's got from inside the weird Trump administration and, well, wait for it:
By mid-2024, Donald Trump and Project 2025 architect Russell Vought were talking on the phone fairly regularly. But it often wasn't about policy. Trump - when he had downtime from campaigning and plotting his fascist presidency - appeared preoccupied with getting the recently divorced Vought laid, two knowledgeable sources tell me. Trump spoke to Vought, a self-described Christian nationalist who's now one of the
president's most hardline enforcers, about the
"gorgeous" and "beautiful ladies" who roam
Trump's club, Mar-a-Lago, so often that it
"weirded out" some of his advisers, in one source's words. Trump offered to be Vought's wingman. And Trump spoke crudely of all the
"pussy" that Vought would surely get as the president's favorite "bachelor."
OK, now I need to go take a shower. Ugh!

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Eric Umansky @ericumansky.bsky.social · 21h

A Border Patrol official just told a federal judge that no agents have been disciplined for their conduct in Chicago.

Heather Cherone @heathercherone.bsky.social · 22h

Ellis: Have any Border Patrol agents been disciplined in connection with a use of force?

Harvick: Not that I know of, your honor.

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Patrick Doyle 🇨🇦 @patrick.doyle.lol · 19h

Sorta.
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DouglasGEck @douglasgeck.bsky.social · 20h

This picture is 8 months old...
www.reddit.com/r/LeopardsAt...

From the LeopardsAteMyFace community on Reddit: A handful of protestors were out today, some with megaphones, coming to terms with their choices

Explore this post and more from the LeopardsAteMyFace community

www.reddit.com

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Alien Super Show @aliensupershow.bsky.social · 21h

40 is the new 14 if you’re a “Young Republican”…
Ft: Congressional Candidate IL-09 @katmabu.bsky.social

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Lynda Lopez @lyndab08.bsky.social · 20h

ICE is once again targeting rideshare divers at O’hare parking lots. The Illinois Coalition for Immigrant and Refugee Rights says that multiple people have been detained. This is at least the third incident in the last few weeks involving ICE and rideshare drivers at O’hare.

ICIRR alert in which they describe ICE arrests of rideshare drivers at an O’hare lot.

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Sanho Tree @sanho.bsky.social · 16h

“Ingraham and Donald Trump Jr. are among the directors of “Colombier Acquisition Corp. III,” a special-purpose acquisition company which is seeking to raise $260 million in an initial public offering in order to acquire another company, according to a registration statement filed with the SEC”

Media Matters for America @mmfa.bsky.social · 22h

Fox News star Laura Ingraham spent years railing against the purported corruption caused by Hunter Biden's business interests. Now she’s going into business with Donald Trump Jr.

Star Fox host Laura Ingraham is now in business with the president’s son

www.mediamatters.org

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Roger Parloff @rparloff.bsky.social · 15h

Dissenting Judge Graber, on 9th Cir, calls on public to "retain faith in judicial system" while she begs full court to overturn the panel ruling permitting federalization of National Guard in Portland. Full court asks for briefs on whether to rehear case en banc by Wed midnight

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Soraya Nadia McDonald @sorayanadiamcdonald.com · 19h

"ICE has also purchased spyware in recent weeks that enables it to remotely hack into smartphones and extract data, even if the phones are locked or communication is over encrypted apps."

ICE amps up its surveillance powers, targeting immigrants and antifa

Iris scanners, facial recognition apps, phone-hacking software and cellphone location data are among the agency’s recent technological purchases.

www.washingtonpost.com

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Kat Abughazaleh @katmabu.bsky.social · 13h

This was originally found and reported on by @mattheweadie.bsky.social:

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Matthew Eadie @mattheweadie.bsky.social · 14h

NEW: I've obtained TWO emails sent directly from AIPAC on Aug. 21 and Sept. 15 fundraising for State Sen. Laura Fine in IL-09

Both emails include links to a hidden webpage called "pro-Israel Network" with live (and hidden) donation pages. But the homepage to the site is dead

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Kat Abughazaleh @katmabu.bsky.social · 13h

Yes, AIPAC. I do support human rights. Thanks for noticing!

A fundraising email sent by AIPAC that says:

Dear [REDACTED],
Congresswoman Jan Schakowsky has announced her retirement, and Illinois' 9th District will have an open primary for the first time in decades. Wasting no time to enter the race is anti-Israel detractor Kat Abughazaleh, a 25-year-old "social media influencer". Kat does not mince words when it comes to her thoughts on Israel and the bond between our two nations. Her radical foreign policy agenda includes:
• Calls for unilateral recognition of a Palestinian state and labels Israel's presence in the West Bank as an "illegal occupation".
• Baselessly blames Israel for the deaths of "tens of thousands" of Palestinians, without recognizing Hamas' initiation of the conflict on 10/7/23.
• Promotes the International Criminal Court, a biased, antisemitic institution targeting Israel under the false guise of justice.
And she's not just loud, she's well-funded - Abughazaleh has already raised nearly $1,000,000, positioning her as the financial frontrunner in the early stages of this race. If we don't act now, she could win.
She poses a direct threat to our mission and the future of Israel's security.
Fortunately, we have a fighter of our own: Illinois State Senator Laura Fine.

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Matthew Eadie @mattheweadie.bsky.social · 14h

NEW: I've obtained TWO emails sent directly from AIPAC on Aug. 21 and Sept. 15 fundraising for State Sen. Laura Fine in IL-09

Both emails include links to a hidden webpage called "pro-Israel Network" with live (and hidden) donation pages. But the homepage to the site is dead

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