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@liprap.bsky.social

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Sky's the limit over here. Rockin' the greater Houston area 'burbs…exiled from New Orleans, but not in the Napoleonic sense. Trans-Sabine Texmudgeon. Also found on 🧵 as liprap3. https://liprapslament-theline.blogspot.com

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Blake Leyh @earlofedgecombe.bsky.social · 1h

If you think you know why US newspapers died, this feature documentary now streaming for free on PBS might surprise you. It wasn't the Internet. Newspapers were specifically targeted by vulture capitalists.

I composed the score for the film, which features electric cello & Crowfoot guitars.

Stripped for Parts: American Journalism on the Brink

A handful of journalists rebel against a hedge fund that is gutting newspapers nationwide.

www.pbs.org

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liprap @liprap.bsky.social · 24m

We can't cancel. It's for my grandma's birthday. We'll have to take our chances.

liprap @liprap.bsky.social · 26m

One more color to go on this one from @finefrogstitching.com.
#xstitch

A whale in warm colors cross-stitched on sage-colored cloth with the words "whale, shit" emerging beneath its image. One more color to stitch to complete.

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drew xolaya costley (they/she) @drewcostley.bsky.social · 3h

Hello, New Orleans!

@veritenews.org has a live blog for Election Day in the city that we'll be updating throughout the day. Tap in with us for updates on all of the races, voices from polling places and watch parties, and whatever else goes down.

veritenews.org/2025/10/11/l...

Live election updates: New Orleans voters head to the polls

Follow along as the Verite News team provides live updates on the 2025 New Orleans election day.

veritenews.org

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Reconstructed exPat @panarmstrong.bsky.social · 2h

The agents had a map of the building, marked doorways with stickers, and even knew in advance which units had firearms.

Let's talk about that last part.

Neighbor shielded 7-year-old during South Shore federal raid: ‘I didn’t want them to take her’

During the Sept. 30 raid, one tenant protected a terrified girl and her mom. Remnants at the complex, including a detailed map of all the units, offer clues to what authorities may have known before t...

chicago.suntimes.com

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liprap @liprap.bsky.social · 2h

I actually feel for 'em, having to hear Noem's garbage like that.
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Jeff Abbott-oir 🎃 @jeffabbott.bsky.social · 2h

TSA agents working there all day, unpaid, and having to listen to that drivel on repeat

liprap @liprap.bsky.social · 2h

Just awful and cruel to everybody.

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The Rude Pundit @rudepundit.bsky.social · 2h

This is how you do it, Democrats. You don’t turn against those who need your support. You do everything you can to help them. Also, extra props for not hiding the dark parts of NYC’s history. Goddamn, Mamdani is so good at this.

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

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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liprap @liprap.bsky.social · 2h

Oh hell no. I go through a few airports next week. Last thing anybody needs is any government official on an airport teevee blaming any one political party for things like ATCs not showing up because they're not getting paid. The ones on the teevee dealt that one, kids.

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Thor Benson @thorbenson.bsky.social · 6h

More posts like this from politicians please

Senator Ron Wyden @wyden.senate.gov · 1d

Thoughts and prayers to Cosplay Cop Kristi who had to brave the dogs, farmer’s markets, capybaras, and marathon runners of Portland this week.

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Scott MacFarlane @macfarlanenews.bsky.social · 14h

For everyone who is grinding through each day .,.

CBS Mornings captures the joy of the relentless 24/7 news cycle

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liprap @liprap.bsky.social · 13h

All this cardiac age business is absolutely worthless, especially when applying it to someone who clearly does not have a heart.

liprap @liprap.bsky.social · 13h

Oh, I don't have a chance. I love me a toasted garlic bagel with butter.

Erin Biba @erinbiba.bsky.social · 20h

Tell me your bagel order and I will tell you *based on NYC cultural expectations* if you have won or lost your election for political office in NYC.

Erin Biba @erinbiba.bsky.social · 20h

One of my favorite things about NYC is whenever anyone runs for office here they are required to disclose their bagel order.

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bring on the headless horses @ihavethatonvinyl.com · 14h

hi. sorry to do this again but life sucks

it’s almost the middle of the month which means it is that time when i am broke. after mortgage, bills, paying out IHTOV writers, etc. i am absolutely tapped and still need to put gas in my car, pay the heating bill, and get some food. things should clear up by december; i have some money coming my way. but for now i am struggling thanks to unexpected repairs and emergencies. i hate this, but here i am. if you like my posts and appreciate IHTOV and want to throw me a buck or two, i appreciate all the help i get here. don’t know where i’d be without it. venmo is michele-catalano2659, paypal is michele.catalano at gmail. thank you

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liprap @liprap.bsky.social · 14h

Yup.

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Brett Nicholson @aggiebrett.bsky.social · 14h

I support this idea.

Cynthia 🐈 @cynthia.dev · 16d

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liprap @liprap.bsky.social · 14h

GEAUXJIRA

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liprap @liprap.bsky.social · 14h

Someone's already gathering a frog dancing krewe even as we speak, I bet.

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Bryan Edward Stone (שָׁלוֹם) @bestonetx.bsky.social · 16h

Encouraged by the example of MIT, I wrote today to the new president of UT-Austin, my alma mater, to ask him to reject Trump's foolish and authoritarian "compact."

For other UT alums, Jim Davis's e-mail is [email protected].

Email to president@utexas.edu. Subject: President Trump's Compact.

Dear President Davis,

Good morning. I'm a two-time graduate of UT-Austin (BA English 1989, PhD American Studies 2003). My parents are both UT grads. I've been a visiting professor at the Schusterman Center for Jewish Studies, and I'm a Life Member of the Texas Exes. I'm a proud, multigenerational Longhorn.

I'd like to ask you urgently to reject President Trump's harmful and illegal "Compact for Academic Excellence in Higher Education."

As I'm sure you know, MIT has already rejected the compact, and no doubt many other respected institutions will do so soon.

Free inquiry and academic freedom are critical to the success and proper functioning of any university, and it would be tragic if UT-Austin were to sacrifice its long tradition of academic excellence by submitting to an unconstitutional and autocratic demand from the White House. It is simply not the president's right or role to dictate to any university what its faculty can teach, say, or research. He must be resisted.

The UT community, and you as its leader, should stand firm against the president's direct challenge to the integrity of the University and to the prestige of the degrees we earned there.

Please reject this outrageous assault on academic freedom and the University's most deeply held values.

Thank you.

Respectfully,

Bryan Edward Stone, Ph.D.

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The Big Bad Wolf @tbbw1.bsky.social · 17h

"When you strike The Frog with pepper balls, it [splits into a swarm of frogs or calls up all the other frogs in the land]."

There's some debate over the text. 🤣🐺

The Portland frog standing defiant against tyranny.

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Loglady Marmalade (Coleen) @coldbean.bsky.social · 19h

Ten years ago at a Nowruz party, Mr. Al came up to me and said, “My sister, I see you everywhere, what is your name?”
An awesome organizer and charming gentleman. I’m so glad to see his name lifted.

The Lens Nola @thelensnola.bsky.social · 22h

#TheLensNola🔍 Marshall is one of the main forces behind the Oct. 11 charter amendment that would amend the New Orleans Bill of Rights to add “conviction history” alongside race, religion, disability, and gender.

✍ Katie Sikora for ANTIGRAVITY Magazine

Full Story 🔗: buff.ly/2PTOggA

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liprap @liprap.bsky.social · 19h

I'd take that home anyway.

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liprap @liprap.bsky.social · 19h

It's the burbs, for crying out loud. There's loads of parking there. They SHOULD stay open 'til 9 pm. This used to be a proper country, indeed.

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liprap @liprap.bsky.social · 19h

The mall itself is open early for people to walk around in it, but the shops themselves? Not until 11, most of 'em. Just strange.

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Ryan Cordell @ryancordell.org · 23h

Experimenting with a new concept using @queermedieval.bsky.social’s Portland Frog woodcut. Embracing goofiness as protest.

A poster in green ink on off white paper. In the center is a woodcut style illustration of a protester wearing an inflatable frog costume standing up against two ICE agents. The text above and below reads:

VIVE LA
RIBBITSTANCE

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