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Jim - go birds @jimj.bsky.social · 1h

Maybe Trump is betting heavily on Venezuelan fishing industry futures...

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 3h

Q: Why did you authorize the CIA to go into Venezuela?

TRUMP: They have emptied their prisons into the US. Prisoners from mental institutions, insane asylums ...

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AFL-CIO @aflcio.org · 2h

1 in 5 workers in America is an immigrant. When you rip 2 million people from our communities and workplaces, the whole economy suffers.

This is the reality of the Trump administration’s mass deportation agenda. An attack on immigrant workers is an attack on ALL workers.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 10h

EISEN: What do you think is driving the slowdown in job growth?

BESSENT: Between deportations and voluntarily deportations we've seen 2 million people leave the workforce

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Jim - go birds @jimj.bsky.social · 2h

Weird way to announce Kirk fathered illegitimate children by raping his slaves, but I can totally see it.

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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 2h

This entire thread explains why Trump's money laundering to pay the troops is a crime.

Here's the key bit.

Bobby Kogan @bbkogan.bsky.social · 4h

But here's the problem: if you tried to transfer that money into the military personnel accounts (milpers), it would immediately transform into money whose period of availability ended on September 30, 2025 - and thus not be usable anymore, despite the money existing.

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Jim - go birds @jimj.bsky.social · 2h

Violence is the language of the oppressed.

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Jim - go birds @jimj.bsky.social · 2h

What is the effective range of a laser pointer, insofar as one being able to interfere with a pilot?

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Jess Calarco @jessicacalarco.com · 3h

UPDATE: Following the firing of the director of the student newspaper, Indiana University has now cut the print edition of the newspaper entirely.

www.idsnews.com/article/2025...

Indiana University cuts IDS print entirely, hours after firing student media director
By IDS staff
Oct 15, 2025 1:23 pm · Updated Oct 15, 2025 1:23 pm

IU previously directed the Indiana Daily Student to stop printing news coverage in our newspaper. Upon pushback, the university fully cut print, including our special editions. The IDS was not involved in the decision.

Media School Dean David Tolchinsky sent the order to IDS leadership in an email responding to its appeal that the school not censor the newspaper. And the dean attributed the decision to “the campus.” He has not yet responded to a message for clarification.

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Luke Plunkett @lukeplunkett.com · 16h

kids teacher just sent this home as part of an assignment he's doing and i want to smash every computer at the school

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Jim - go birds @jimj.bsky.social · 10h

I didn't know The Crypt Keeper was Mormon.

Jim - go birds @jimj.bsky.social · 10h

Dead girls don't say no.

Jim - go birds @jimj.bsky.social · 10h

a man wearing sunglasses and a leather jacket is talking about scientists .

Alt: Your scientists were so preoccupied with whether or not they could that they didn't stop to think if they should.

media.tenor.com

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Jim - go birds @jimj.bsky.social · 11h

They like how the cognitive dissonance feels. The frustration their sophistry causes others amuses them. They mock reason to cause upset. Upset people don't think clearly and are easier to manipulate and escalate to rage.

Jim - go birds @jimj.bsky.social · 11h

Just "locker room humor" again?

Brandi Buchman @brandibuchman.bsky.social · 11h

www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-...

'Pearl-Clutching': JD Vance Waves Off Outcry Over Young Republicans' Racist Group Chats

www.huffpost.com

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Faine Greenwood @faineg.bsky.social · 1d

I repeat: these Meta Ray-Ban perverts should be mercilessly and ruthlessly bullied and excluded from society.

Brianna Chesser @chessercat.bsky.social · 1d

Actual safety notice from my alma mater:

Ray-Ban Meta sunglasses being used exactly as everyone expected

The techbros are not okay (it’s a completely open campus…not all the buildings, obviously)

UNIVERSITY OF SAN FRANCISCO
Office of Public Safety

Crime Safety Advisory:
Suspicious Occurrence Reported

Dear USF Community,

We want to make you aware of recent reports of a suspicious occurrence on and around campus. Multiple community members have reported contact from an individual, described as male and wearing Ray-Ban Meta sunglasses, who has approached women with unwanted comments and inappropriate dating questions. Reports indicate that this individual may be attempting to post these interactions online under the account name "pickuplines.pov" on TikTok, Instagram, and possibly other social media platforms.

While no threats or acts of violence have been reported, we want our community to stay informed and take steps to support one another.
If you encounter this individual or any suspicious activity:

Take immediate action to report the incident at the time it occurs by calling Public Safety Dispatch.
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darth™️ @darthbluesky.bsky.social · 1d

"verified adults"

The Verge @theverge.com · 1d

Sam Altman says ChatGPT will soon sext with verified adults

ChatGPT is about to get flirty.

buff.ly

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Karl Bode @karlbode.com · 1d

super smart to share your sexual fantasies with technofascists in a country too corrupt to pass a baseline internet privacy law

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Jim - go birds @jimj.bsky.social · 1d

Yes, but... When you try to wrestle a pig it drags you into the mud and beats you with experience, all the while enjoying it.

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Chris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 1d

BREAKING: Marco Rubio's State Department announces publicly that it is exercising unconstitutional viewpoint discrimination in revoking people's visas based on comments about the killing of Charlie Kirk.

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The United States has no obligation to host foreigners who wish death on Americans.
The State Department continues to identify visa holders who celebrated the heinous assassination of Charlie Kirk. Here are just a few examples of aliens who are no longer welcome in the U.S.:
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Trump ignores a question from a woman reporter but says, "I just like to watch her talk. Good job. Thank you darling."

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Jim - go birds @jimj.bsky.social · 1d

Our problem isn't that people are willing to follow inhumane orders, it's that they're eager to do so.

Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 1d

A press conference with the Mayor Everett, Mass. about the ICE abduction of a 13-year-old boy is about to begin. You can watch here: www.facebook.com/cityofeveret...

Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 2d

This is the response I received from ICE when I inquired about the 13-year-old they abducted from Everett, Mass. on Friday:

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they/them might be giants ☭ @babadookspinoza.bsky.social · 1d

“Israeli” ceasefires only ever apply to the other party. They’ll continue to kill whomever they want, whenever they want until they are stopped. They see themselves as occupying an altogether different moral plane than their enemies, like any colonizer.

Tweet from Quds News Network @QudsNen
BREAKING: Three Palestinians were killed after Israeli quadcopter drones opened fire on residents inspecting their homes in the Shujaiyya neighborhood, east of Gaza City.

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Jim - go birds @jimj.bsky.social · 1d

Who violated the ceasefire, by firing on civilians?

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Tim Dickinson @timdickinson.bsky.social · 1d

The Portland ICE protest camp literally has a rack full of inflatable costumes for demonstrators who want to try one on...

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Jim - go birds @jimj.bsky.social · 1d

share.google/QsTKXyRjmwxT...

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Jim - go birds @jimj.bsky.social · 1d

These COPS clips are no different than Islamists extremist video diatribes.

Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 1d

You need to see this:

“The show of force is the point. They want these images to be out…The Department of Homeland Security is walking around Chicago with a film crew.” @jacobsoboroff.bsky.social