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Pihko Misit @smokepaw.bsky.social · 2h

Pihko Misit @smokepaw.bsky.social · 14h

I think I am at the stage where the expert guidance of someone who is a professional dietitian is needed to get past my current plateau.

The workouts alone aren’t cutting it.

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John Pfaff @johnpfaff.bsky.social · 17h

To be clear:

LA County has declared a state of emergency BECAUSE OF the federal government.

The Feds, LA County is (correctly) saying, have CAUSED the emergency.

This is a striking political moment of internal collapse. Local govts feeling compelled to protect their ppl from … their own govt.

Los Angeles County declares state of emergency over immigration raids

Los Angeles County officials voted on Tuesday to declare a state of emergency over ongoing federal immigration raids.

abcnews.go.com

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Dicefunctional | TTRPG Nerds, Actual Plays, and Streamers | 🦀 @dicefunctional.bsky.social · 6d

This is a great time to remind everyone that you should in fact, still be calling MasterCard, Visa, Stripe, and other payment processors to annoy the shit out of them.

Because I'll tell you right now, that shitheel? Not gonna have to worry about them accepting payment.

*Artists will.*

Phone Numbers
• Stripe (California): +1 888 926 2289 (Say you're based in California before continuing.)
• Stripe (Headquarters): +1 (888) 963-8955
• Stripe (US): +1 (877) 887-7815
• Stripe (France): +33 805-11-19-67
Mastercard (Headquarters): +1 914-249-2000 • Mastercard (US): +1 (800)-627-8372
Mastercard (US): +1 (800)-307-7309
• Mastercard (Int.): +1 (636)-722-7111
• Mastercard (AUS): +61 1800 120 113
• Mastercard (UK): 0-800-96-4767
All region numbers for Mastercard Visa (Headquarters): +1 (650)-432-3200
• Visa (US+ Can): +1 (800)-847-2911
• Visa (AUS): +61 1800 125 440 All region numbers for Visa
• PayPal (US): +1 (888)-221-1161
• PayPal (UK): +44 (0203)-901-7000
PayPal Customer Service: +1 (877)-569-1116

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Chise @sailorrooscout.bsky.social · 1d

Well now, would you look at that?

A massive study of NEARLY 300,000 people in the United States found that receiving an updated 2024-2025 mRNA COVID-19 vaccine REDUCED people’s risk of severe disease AND death in ALL age groups, REGARDLESS of immunity from prior infection or vaccination.

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the Mountain Goats @themountaingoats.bsky.social · 1d

Please be conscious if you protest this weekend that there are feds at the protest. They look like you and they sound like you, not like Steve Buscemi in that one clip with the skateboard. Thinking you can spot them is self delusion. Nobody you haven’t met needs to know your last name.

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Andrew D Thaler @drandrewthaler.bsky.social · 2d

You don't have to judge Columbus by the standards of today. His tenure as governor of Hispaniola was so horrific that he was dragged back to Spain in chains to answer for his many crimes.

Plus he never set foot on any land that would ever be a part of the United States of America.

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Pihko Misit @smokepaw.bsky.social · 2d

It’s Indigenous Peoples Day, yo!

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beajea.bsky.social @beajea.bsky.social · 2d

Wanted to take a moment to say thanks for posting the lists you have been and to say I’ve been sharing the info and redirecting my spending because of it. If a lot of us alter our spending behavior, it’s gonna be felt and acknowledged. Big time. But meanwhile, it’s just the right thing to do.

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Pihko Misit @smokepaw.bsky.social · 3d

Few things kill the urge to work with an artist quicker than a sudden maze of requirements and restrictions, laid bare after the initial response to an advertisement.

*sign*

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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 3d

👇👇

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Iridium Wolf @iridiumwolf.bsky.social · 3d

The idea of Robo-Iridium came up, and I mentioned @strype.bsky.social's done that for me a couple times. n.n

Wolf Combat Sapper (Engineer) Synth on the left, Tiger Synth on the right.

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Pihko Misit @smokepaw.bsky.social · 3d

Ah, glad you reposted these after the discussion. Gotta say, the tiger really hits!

Would absolutely love to ask to get a piece together with either form if the opportunity ever came up. :)

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Pihko Misit @smokepaw.bsky.social · 5d

Ok, who is the coyote fur pool guy in Temecula?

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Sophie Labelle @assignedmale.bsky.social · 6d

What is "plenary authority" and why is it a big deal that Miller said that Trump has it over the national guard?

4 frame comic where Miller slowly blinks. Text reads. A few hours ago, speaking on cnn about Trump's plan to send the national guard into us cities, Miller said : under title 10 of the us code, the president has plenary authority, has... He then fully stopped talking and just blinked at the camera, as if he realized that he said the quiet part out loud. "Plenary authority" means "complete power over a particular area with no limitayions". It is equivalent to ruling by decree, which us how Mussolini, Stalin or Hitler governed. Having "plenary authority" over the military would mean that Trump can just use the national guard as he pleases, no matter what the courts say. It's a power grab.

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Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 7d

JB Pritzker and Gavin Newsom are doing something new and important: They understand Stephen Miller's theory of fascist power politics, and they've developed a theory on how to combat it. More Dems need to reckon with Miller's understanding of the moment.

New from me:
newrepublic.com/article/2014...

Inside Stephen Miller’s Secret Plan to Normalize Trump’s Dictator Rule

He wants to supercharge searing civil tensions to get low-information voters to embrace their inner authoritarian. Exactly two Democrats appear to fully grasp this.

newrepublic.com

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Ben Hart, Gender Archivist @pavlovforgoths.com · 7d

Telegram reveals that the communications platform has fulfilled 900 U.S. government requests, sharing [information about] 2,253 users with law enforcement.

Previously, Telegram ... had only fulfilled 14 requests affecting 108 users until September 30, 2024.

Telegram hands over data on thousands of users to US law enforcement

Telegram reveals that the communications platform has fulfilled 900 U.S. government requests, sharing the phone number or IP address information of 2,253 users with law enforcement.

www.bleepingcomputer.com

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Pihko Misit @smokepaw.bsky.social · 8d

The Regime literally trying anything to incite violence. They’re counting on a Federal employee to “go postal” as a tool to declare insurrection.

FinTwitter @fintwitter.bsky.social · 8d

US House Speaker Johnson: Some legal analysts don't believe in shutdown backpay.

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Tyler King @tyleraking.com · 8d

This is how propaganda works. They slapped an image on this from Los Angeles in 1992 during Rodney King riots.

Winchell's
Donut Hors
Open
Winchell's
Donut House
Two National guardsmen stand guard outside a burning donut shop in Los Angeles on April 30, 1992.
The National Guard was called in to aid police during the second day of rioting in the city. (Mark
Elias/AP)

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C. L. Polk @clpolk.blacksky.app · 9d

wake up, hosers

new petition just dropped

e-6818 is calling to strengthen the Canada Health Act to stop provinces from privatizing health care and to force provinces to account for how and where they used health transfer money

Sign this Petition - Petitions

www.ourcommons.ca

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 9d

Sounds like Republicans ought to get all the Republicans who form the Republican majorities in the Republican-led House and the Republican-led Senate together to pass the budget that Republicans wrote with the Republican White House and that Republicans now insist absolutely must be passed.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 9d

Sean Duffy says the safety of the air traffic control system will start being impacted next Sunday if the shutdown continues

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Dan of the Year @downwithdan.bsky.social · 9d

LOL THEY’VE USED HIM BEFORE

FOX
NEWS®
LIVE
FORMER ANTIFA MEMBER SPEAKS OUT
FOX
• RAMON "MUNDO" MENDOZA | "MEXIC
MAFIA ENCYCLOPEDIA" AUTHOR
Ex-gang member says Chauvin attacker's story doesn't add up
AlphaNews.org

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Amras, A Werewolf Story θ∆ @amras.me · 9d

It should be illegal as fuck to lie to the American people like this.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 9d

Mike Johnson: "Let me look right into the camera and tell you very clearly: Republicans are the ones concerned about healthcare. Republicans are the party working around the clock everyday to fix healthcare. This is not talking points for us: we've done it."

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SANTA CLAUS @santaclausalaska.bsky.social · 16d

“Should any political party attempt to abolish Social Security, unemployment insurance & eliminate labor laws & farm programs, you would not hear of that party again. There is a tiny splinter group that believes you can do these things…Their number is negligible & they are stupid.”
~ Eisenhower 1954

A black and white photo of President Eisenhower, standing behind a lectern and microphone and in front of an American flag and dark curtains, wearing a light-colored suit jacket, tie, and his glasses:
“Should any political party attempt to abolish Social Security, unemployment insurance, and eliminate labor laws and farm programs, you would not hear of that party again. There is a tiny splinter group, of course, that believes you can do these things…Their number is negligible and they are stupid.”
~ Dwingt Eisenhower, 1954

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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 10d

I understand this. Please tell me you do, too.

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