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Frostburg State University Alumni • ΠΛΦ • Olivia 1938-2020 • Baltimore • Ravens pfp: OP sitting in a hollowed out tree trunk header: The Baltimore skyline seen from Harborview. The sky is pink and orange, and contrasts with the blue and purple landscape

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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 3h

"Without a Face" (1996) is literally about the hardships undocumented immigrants go through, so it's not surprising Morello is against sending federal troops to protect ICE and deport immigrants.

The first lyric: "Got no card so I got no soul."

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Tube Amps for Justice @curiousaudio.us · 2h

IT HAS EMERGED

The National @scotnational.bsky.social · 15h

Tony Blair met with the convicted child sex offender Jeffrey Epstein in London during his time as prime minister, it has emerged

Tony Blair met Jeffrey Epstein while prime minister

www.thenational.scot

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CJ Fogler @cjzero.bsky.social · 1d

Mina and Pablo tried smelling salts on PTFO and I'm a little concerned about the gas station product with the ripoff monster energy logo they tried but this is must see TV (since @pablo.show hasn't posted it yet)

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chrismorgan @fakeaccount.com · 3h

If you can resist the counter samosas at Punjab Grocery then I dunno, you have a superpower I am not sure I'd want

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merriam 🇰🇳 @merriam.blacksky.app · 2h

Idk why they keep hiring this freak, he hasn’t been good since Blade Runner: 2049

Culture Crave 🍿 @culturecrave.co · 6h

‘Tron: Ares’ grossed $14.3M in the film’s domestic opening day

That’s less than ‘Morbius’

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Diasporic Minnesotan @diasporaminnesotan.bsky.social · 8h

A protester in an inflatable frog costume with a blue cape standing in front of a line of armed police officers with shields. The caption says "I have frogs everywhere"

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Alexander Clarkson @aphclarkson.bsky.social · 6h

If this was happening in any other country you'd have journalists and analysts discussing risks of state failure

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The Birds The Turtles and The Beast @turtlebee.bsky.social · 1d

The Frog Costume has gone from $25 to almost $40 on amazon over the last week. There's an army brewing.

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Stephen West @stephenwest.bsky.social · 1d

Counterpoint:

You absolutely do not have to hand it to enslavers

Wilson: Now, one of the things I want to do is say: I’m really glad that slavery’s gone, and good riddance. And I want to say that the Southern slave owner, who read the books of Ephesians and Colossians and 1 Timothy and treated his slaves decently, remembering that he had a master in heaven who he studiously tried to obey — what Paul said slave owners were supposed to do — I would say he was not an orc, and he is part of the reason why slavery ended. In other words, I would say he’s a good guy.

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merriam 🇰🇳 @merriam.blacksky.app · 1d

Lmao what? A Qatari Emery airbase? Did he consult with the local fauna? Last I heard they didn’t take too kindly to anyone darker than eggshell, I’m sure they’re going to love this

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Hegseth: "I'm also proud that today we're signing a letter of acceptance to build a Qatari Emeri air force facility at the Mountain Home Airbase in Idaho."

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onion person @junlper.beer · 2d

i’ll never get over this

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lastpositivist.bsky.social @lastpositivist.bsky.social · 1d

you know what fair

Bootleggirl on twitter writes: "I still dislike the Star Wars sequels but I can't no longer fault them for running with the premise of "20 years after fascism, same fascism again, but stupider" bc I just lived through that.

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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 1d

a friend of mine in antifa told me that antifa's headquarters is SHEIN and if the company fell the whole network would fall

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jeff com-BOO-ters @helldude.bsky.social · 1d

you have to at least entertain the thesis that bari weiss has been propped up and sustained by moneyed elite interests with an agenda, and that there is no organic market for her zionist flattery out in the border mass market

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jeff com-BOO-ters @helldude.bsky.social · 1d

trying everything i can to tamp down my sneaking suspicion that "they're running out of sauce"

Prem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · 1d

Update: Bari Weiss’s first pitch at CBS — a roundtable with Antony Blinken, Mike Pompeo, and Hillary Clinton that ended up being a virtual interview with Clinton & Condoleezza Rice — has about 150 viewers on YouTube.

Added with the 24/7 CBS stream, it’s just over 1200 viewers.

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Coach Finstock @coachfinstock.bsky.social · 1d

I worry the reason the Dems focus on Healthcare premiums and don't focus on the kidnapping and beatings is because they're not completely opposed to what ICE is doing. Or more to the point, whom ICE is doing it to

bort @crushbort.bsky.social · 1d

is it not weird that every day there’s a new video of anonymous masked men having the time of their lives beating/shooting/disappearing people and the dem response from the top down is “republicans want to double your health insurance premiums”

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jeff com-BOO-ters @helldude.bsky.social · 1d

these people are stealing from you and laughing at you

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Unusual Whales @unusualwhales.bsky.social · 1d

BREAKING: Norway is bracing for Trump's reaction if he does not win Nobel peace prize, stating that "US president may impose tariffs, demand higher Nato contributions or even declare Norway an enemy," per the Guardian

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spooky mental haunted house @jesseltaylor.bsky.social · 1d

donning the armor of god to face the forces of hell

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Tsi'ya•Ꮵꮿ @ironriverotter.bsky.social · 2d

Columbitch stole 14 Taino child to take back to Europe as party (and sexual) favors after his first landing in the Caribbean

We don't even know their real names and you want me to acknowledge this man

www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...

Columbus Day, 2025

BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA A PROCLAMATION Today our Nation honors the legendary Christopher Columbus -- the original American hero,

www.whitehouse.gov

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FKA Harlo 🏳️‍🌈 @semisweetasylum.blacksky.app · 2d

Horrible person. Amazing rapper.

Gravy Crockett @bostonjerry.bsky.social · 2d

Doja Cat is such a good rapper it’s crazy

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Prism @prismreports.org · 2d

Jennyfer, a restaurant worker in FL, reported to police that her manager sexually assaulted her. Within weeks, she was charged with a DUI & deported to Nicaragua. The criminal legal system, in tandem with immigration enforcement, is built to disappear vulnerable people, @alexmar.bsky.social reports.

Deported after reporting sexual assault: A worker’s fight for justice

Jennyfer told police that her manager assaulted her. Within weeks of reporting, she was charged with a DUI and deported to Nicaragua

prismreports.org

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spooky boolantro @rickycilantro.bsky.social · 2d

I’m sorry but if you’re a stock analyst or economist working for a RIA and you think families will choose starvation over paying health insurance premiums I have not very pleasant things to say about your analytical framework

cc: @machete.gay

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Chantal James @chantalalive.blacksky.app · 2d

A whole lot of people were down & out while they were touting Bidenomics.

🇬🇾🗽Sydette The Dreaded Gorgon🗽🇬🇾 @blackamazon.bsky.social · 2d

A whole bunch of democrats watched their base get financially eviscerated while saying NOTHING

and didn’t even notice

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merriam 🇰🇳 @merriam.blacksky.app · 2d

Alright, I’ll give him credit just this one time. He’s still lame as fuck though

Juno Rylee Schultz @junoryleejournalism.com · 2d

David Simon, creator of ‘The Wire’, being interviewed by Ari Shapiro (NPR)

SHAPIRO: OK, so you've spent your career creating television without Al, and I could imagine today you thinking, boy, I wish I had had that tool to solve those thorny problems...
SIMON: What?
SHAPIRO: ...Or saying...
SIMON: You imagine that?
SHAPIRO: ...Boy, if that had existed, it would have screwed me over.
SIMON: I don't think Al can remotely challenge what writers do at a fundamentally creative level.
SHAPIRO: But if you're trying to transition from scene five to scene six, and you're stuck with that transition, you could imagine plugging that portion of the script into an Al and say, give me 10 ideas for how to transition this.
SIMON: I'd rather put a gun in my mouth.