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Maggie Tokuda-Hall @maggietokudahall.bsky.social · 19h

Feeling the need to remind myself of this Ursula K LeGuin quote today:

"We live in capitalism. Its power seems inescapable. So did the divine right of kings."

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Chris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social · 17h

Unless and until some kind of compelling legal and moral argument is presented as to why this is a legitimate use of deadly force, this is just…mass murder.

Amarnath Amarasingam @amaramarasingam.bsky.social · 17h

The military has now killed 27 people as if they were enemy soldiers in a war zone and not criminal suspects. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/14/u...

U.S. Military Kills Another 6 People in 5th Caribbean Strike, Trump Says

www.nytimes.com

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Miss Scarlet Tanager @missscarlettanager.bsky.social · 10h

As an author... this makes me giggle.

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Zeteo @zeteo.com · 14h

“When it comes to the almost 2,000 Palestinians who were released by Israel as part of the deal… there has been silence from much of our mainstream media.”

Read five stories about Palestinian hostages released from Israeli detention following the Gaza ceasefire agreement: zeteo.com/p/five-pales...

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Miss Scarlet Tanager @missscarlettanager.bsky.social · 21h

Query letter has been drafted. Now just got a hear back from writer friends about it. #amwriting #amquerying

a woman is covering her mouth with a paper bag and saying me .

ALT: a woman is covering her mouth with a paper bag and saying me .

media.tenor.com

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Dean Craddock @dean5150.bsky.social · 1d

More of the magnificence, that is the Portland protesters.

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Herre Mörker @herrem.bsky.social · 1d

What's hot: The Portland Frog
What's not: Pepe the Frog

50501: The People’s Movement ❌👑 @50501movement.bsky.social · 1d

The Portland Frog army has now infiltrated Tulsa, OK and they’ve made an unlikely alliance with the T-Rex infantry and Sharks on Hoverboards mercenary forces.

This is truly terrifying.

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Miss Scarlet Tanager @missscarlettanager.bsky.social · 1d

I love my city.

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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javier grillo-marxuach @okbjgm.bsky.social · 1d

the degree to which i feel like i am living in the pre-title montage of a post-apocalyptic movie cannot be overstated.

Eric Reinhart @eric-reinhart.com · 1d

This is an alarming compression of the planetary destruction timeline: with the massive growth of the AI bubble, data centers are expected to consume up to 12% of total US electricity by 2028, up from 4.4% in 2023.
www.cnn.com/2025/10/13/t...

Sora 2 and ChatGPT are consuming so much power that OpenAI just did another 10 gigawatt deal | CNN Business

OpenAI is partnering with Broadcom to design and develop 10 gigawatts of custom AI chips and systems, a massive amount of power that will use as much electricity as a large city. The move further high...

www.cnn.com

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Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 1d

The Regime's goal is to grind everyone down. Plain & simple. Our goal is to refuse this by taking turns to fight where and how we can. When one group needs to bow out, then another group needs to step in and so on. We don't all have to do everything. We can all do something though. Stay in the fight

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Miss Scarlet Tanager @missscarlettanager.bsky.social · 1d

Stop reminding me I still need to go watch DS9.

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Chris Kluwe @chriswarcraft.bsky.social · 1d

Honestly, it needs to go further than this.

We need to confront the fact that democracy and wealth hoarding cannot coexist. Allowing people to amass the resources of a small state/country allows them to act as such, which is inimical to a shared society of “one person, one vote.”

John Rogers @johnrogers.bsky.social · 1d

“No Kings” is great , but we really don't get a functioning democracy back until we internalize, bone deep, the instinctive response to this and every other statement like it: “I don’t care what that rich guy thinks.”

Make it your morning affirmation. Say it ten times at the top of every hour.

The Independent @the-independent.com · 1d

Elon Musk calls for US troops to be sent to San Francisco for war on drugs: ‘It’s the only solution’

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the double bi @ladysummoner.bsky.social · 2d

Happy Indigenous People's Day!

And remember:

A picture of a Native woman smiling and holding up a middle finger to the camera. The caption reads: 'Fuck Christopher Columbus.'

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George Conway 🇺🇸🚫👑🐸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 1d

Thugs. And we're paying for them.

Nick Kristof @nickkristof.bsky.social · 1d

In Portland, an ambulance was summoned to the ICE office to treat an injured protester (not clear how he was injured). But when the patient was loaded inside, ICE officers refused to let the ambulance leave and threatened to shoot the ambulance driver: www.wweek.com/news/2025/10...

Documents Allege a Federal Agent at Portland ICE Threatened to Shoot an Ambulance Driver

Feds delayed medics who had come to pick up an injured protester. Then, according to confidential incident reports, the agents became aggressive.

www.wweek.com

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Portland Mercury @portlandmercury.com · 1d

Photos from Portland's Emergency World Naked Bike Ride: Hundreds held a die-in on the Burnside Bridge before continuing to the ICE facility in South Portland.

Photos: Portland Emergency World Naked Bike Ride Die-in on Burnside Bridge

Elayna Yussen and Suzette Smith

www.portlandmercury.com

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Joaquín Baldwin @joabaldwin.com · 1d

What the actual fuck, YouTube.
It decided to automatically replace my own voice with AI bot voice, without my consent. What is the point of this shit.
Turn the volume on 🔈

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Portland Mercury @portlandmercury.com · 2d

POV: You’re at the Emergency World Naked Bike Ride in Portland, OR.

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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 2d

The only violence I’ve been seeing in Portland is from the so-called Feds!!!

Keep sharing these videos; it’s evidence.

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Jeff The Emotional Support Human ✝️🇺🇸🇺🇦🙏🖖💙 @jeff-esh.bsky.social · 2d

And this is why we love Portland!

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The Oregonian @oregonian.com · 3d

Portland's famous Unipiper was spotted at the Portland ICE protest where he played his bagpipes in front of Santa, Mr. Potato Head, Garfield and more -- all while surrounded by bubbles.

More on how the tone of Portland's protests has shifted: www.oregonlive.com/crime/2025/1...

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Luca Migo ❌👑 @victinibcn.bsky.social · 3d

Portland councilwoman: You know I never thought that renown puppy killer Kristi Noem would be so afraid of protesters wearing frog costumes and chicken costumes but here we are…

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Miss Scarlet Tanager @missscarlettanager.bsky.social · 3d

And then, of course, there's the fascists invading Portland cause they jelly of how cool we are.

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Miss Scarlet Tanager @missscarlettanager.bsky.social · 3d

Some more pics taken from the warzone of Portland. How devastating. What horror. What violence.

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Miss Scarlet Tanager @missscarlettanager.bsky.social · 3d

The Unipiper showed up. Portland classic. #portlandprotests #portland #showmeyourhellhole

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Miss Scarlet Tanager @missscarlettanager.bsky.social · 3d

And now, the Portland protest... Has drag shows. #FuckIce #IceoutofPortland #showmeyourhellhole

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