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Leah Millis @leahmillis.bsky.social · 7h

The @chicago.suntimes.com photographer who risked their personal health and safety to take this photograph is Anthony Vazquez. Please credit photographers and media outlets. In this age of misinformation, a photo with no context could be anything at all.

50501: The People’s Movement ❌👑 @50501movement.bsky.social · 7h

Please remind us who the domestic terrorists are again.

Photo from Chicago: DHS militarized agent holding a gun up directly in someone’s face as the victim has their hands up, pleading for them not to shoot.

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Sister Jennifer of the Little Flowers of Perpetual Annoyance @kizukishi.bsky.social · 6h

They're detachable

Vintage photo of a circus performer said to have a vestigial twin growing from his abdomen

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Sister Jennifer of the Little Flowers of Perpetual Annoyance @kizukishi.bsky.social · 9h

Fuck Manny, Marry Moe, Kill Jack--prove me wrong

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Sister Jennifer of the Little Flowers of Perpetual Annoyance @kizukishi.bsky.social · 12h

How kinetic can you get against an unmoving object?

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TransLash Media @translash.org · 1d

We honor the legacy of Miss Major Griffin-Gracy, a fierce protector of our collective freedom. Our hearts are with her loved ones and all who carry her vision forward.

"We will honor Miss Major forever." - @imarajones.bsky.social

An illustration of Miss Major surrounded by candles with blue background and a famous quote of hers written in gold. The quote reads“I don’t need their permission to exist; I exist in spite of them. I want you to train and teach and love on and create families within my community and gender non-conforming people, so that we can understand that we have a culture, we have a history, we have a reason to be here. We have a purpose. We’re entitled to be loved, and seek happiness, and share that with the people that we care about.” -Miss Major Griffin-Gracy

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Faine Greenwood @faineg.bsky.social · 2d

remember when

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Maggie Westrum @maggiewestrum.bsky.social · 2d

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Sister Jennifer of the Little Flowers of Perpetual Annoyance @kizukishi.bsky.social · 3d

He let me rummage around his workshop, looking at all the weird old postcards and matchbooks and worn detritus of the city that he used for his art. He was an amazing utter asshole (complimentary)

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Sister Jennifer of the Little Flowers of Perpetual Annoyance @kizukishi.bsky.social · 3d

I don't have smallpox and this is not my dog

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Sister Jennifer of the Little Flowers of Perpetual Annoyance @kizukishi.bsky.social · 3d

They’re calling it the “Llama Look” at the clubs. It’s mostly just a fad, but some kid in alpaca gear showed up the other night and we had to hustle him out the back. It coulda been a bloodbath

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Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 3d

UNTIL IT’S DONE, Ep. 4: Sylvia Rivera

In the 1970s, queer New Yorkers had been pushed to the margins of NYC. Our trans neighbors faced immense cruelty. But in Sylvia Rivera, they found a champion.

As we combat Trump’s politics of darkness, her legacy can light the path forward.

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Sister Jennifer of the Little Flowers of Perpetual Annoyance @kizukishi.bsky.social · 4d

I've come to toke with you again

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Sister Jennifer of the Little Flowers of Perpetual Annoyance @kizukishi.bsky.social · 4d

Jason Stackhouse, and I cannot emphasize this enough, was gang raped by werepanthers. That sure was something.

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Sister Jennifer of the Little Flowers of Perpetual Annoyance @kizukishi.bsky.social · 4d

From NIPAS website: The NIPAS Mobile Field Force was created in the Spring of 1994 to maximized the effectiveness of initial response efforts by police when a major civil disturbance occurs. Civil disturbances, union conflicts, public demonstrations, and other events involving large or disorderly crowds require skillful response by police agencies.

Identical to the Emergency Services Team, the Mobile Field Force follows the original principles of NIPAS… agencies pooling their resources to provide the best service possible for their communities, the retention of local control, and cost savings through the sharing of specialized equipment. Member agencies participate in the Mobile Field Force voluntarily. However, if they choose not to supply resources to the team, they may not request its services.

The social, economic, and political mood of our country, as well as other countries, raised the speculation that the 1990s and beyond may be trying times, and civil unrest could occur. To effectively deal with events such as labor-related conflicts, as well as social and political demonstrations, NIPAS adopted the Mobile Field Force concept. The Mobile Field Force program is designed to provide rapid, organized, and disciplined response to civil disorder, crowd control, or other tactical situations.

The NIPAS Mobile Field Force provides its member agencies with a planned, organized, and rapid response to:

control unruly crowds (either hostile or passive);
seal off problem areas, regardless of size;
rescue citizens or officers from crowds;
clear an area of hostile individuals by use of proactive tactics; and
apprehend multiple offenders, if required.
The team provides professional, efficient, and cost effective response for its member agencies.

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Sister Jennifer of the Little Flowers of Perpetual Annoyance @kizukishi.bsky.social · 4d

Mesmerizing. Crab picking on an industrial scale.

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The Kimono Gallery @roger1952.bsky.social · 5d

Title: Sword-Hilt Collar and Pommel (Fuchigashira)

Date: ca. 1615–1868

Culture: Japanese

Medium: Copper-gold alloy (shakudō), gold

Credit Line: Gift of Herman A. E. and Paul C. Jaehne, 1943

Metropolitan Museum of Art (MET)

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Sister Jennifer of the Little Flowers of Perpetual Annoyance @kizukishi.bsky.social · 5d

Your reply was spot on and I'm glad you left it up so I could block them. Thank you for your service to fashion!

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Michael Jay McClure @mjmimages.bsky.social · 5d

I have a great idea for someone who can win the Nobel Peace Prize: Andry José Hernández Romero, the gay Venezuelan asylum seeker sent by the United States to an El Salvadoran torture prison for 125 days, with no due process, & who, afterwards, epitomized grace.

english.elpais.com/internationa...

Andry Hernández’s life after leaving Bukele’s terror prison: ‘Our bodies are free, but our minds are still there’

The Venezuelan stylist, one of the 252 men deported by the United States to a third nation for the first time, is trying to rebuild his life after four months of detention

english.elpais.com

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Sister Jennifer of the Little Flowers of Perpetual Annoyance @kizukishi.bsky.social · 5d

That would be a butt-baby, which is a different thing and not germane to this discussion. You only get butt-babies with NyQuil.

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Sister Jennifer of the Little Flowers of Perpetual Annoyance @kizukishi.bsky.social · 5d

Grown fucking men [laudatory]

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Prune60 @prune602.bsky.social · 7d

Dear Serhii Marchenko,

Can I PLEASE be the mascot for the Ukrainian Ministry of Finance?

🥹

(Somebody please show this to him since it doesn’t look like he has an account here)

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Yashar Ali 🐘 @yasharali.bsky.social · 7d

Dolly Parton’s sister, Freida Parton, is asking for people to pray for her sister’s health.

Verified Facebook post by Freida Parton. The caption reads:

“Last night, I was up all night praying for my sister, Dolly. Many of you know she hasn’t been feeling her best lately. I truly believe in the power of prayer, and I have been lead to ask all of the world that loves her to be prayer warriors and pray with me. She’s strong, she’s loved, and with all the prayers being lifted for her, I know in my heart she’s going to be just fine. Godspeed, my sissy Dolly. We all love you! ❤️”

Below the caption is a photo of Dolly Parton standing outdoors in front of lush green ivy, hands clasped in prayer, wearing a shiny silver outfit with lace-trimmed sleeves, her signature blonde hair styled in soft curls, looking upward serenely.

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Sister Jennifer of the Little Flowers of Perpetual Annoyance @kizukishi.bsky.social · 8d

Oooh, that's some egg white on your face!

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-𝚖𝚘𝚡 ❆ ☃︎︎ ❆ @moxiest.art · 8d

fix it.

A typewritten note that reads:

Link is, literally, the reason we sell our art.
He talked us into it and insisted on showing us financial support.

In 25 years of being active online, we've never encountered a better voice.

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Working Class History @workingclasshistory.com · 8d

#OTD 6 Oct 1917 civil rights and women's rights activist Fannie Lou Hamer was born in Mississippi. She defied arrests, white supremacists, and police to vote, then organised to register thousands of other Black people to vote across the South stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/1066...

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