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Sophie Mac @sophiemac.bsky.social · 2h

Back then it didn't mean he wasn't gay

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David Hearn @daveyph.bsky.social · 5h

This chap is a memory from my childhood - such a pleasant softly spoken man. He gave birth to Morph the animated plasticine character.

Bernard Rose Photography @brpimages.bsky.social · 5h

Bit of nostagia, Tony Hart the artist famous for TV program Vision On would of been 100 today, he died 2009. I photographed a promotional shoot of him during 1992 for Birkenhead wall paper design business Frieze Frame @yoliverpool.bsky.social @daveyph.bsky.social #TonyHart #VisionOn

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Holly Anderson 🍇 @hollyanderson.bsky.social · 4h

you fucked around and now the Episcopalians are doing memes. are you happy now. are you

Screenshot of a Facebook post featuring three of the Portland protesters wearing inflatable frog costumes with the following text:

Episcopalians on Facebook
Elizabeth Rose Elrod • 22h •
Exodus 8:2-6
"But if you refuse to let them go, I will plague your whole country with frogs...
The frogs shall come up on you and on your people and on all your officials."

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GHOULLIKEHELLMACHINE @golikehellmachine.com · 3h

i have to be honest, gang, i have some questions about this republican strategy of telling everyone to tune in and pay attention to what’s likely to be one of the largest days of political protest in american history directed at the republican party

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 5h

Johnson: "We call it the Hate America Rally that will happen Saturday. Let's see who shows up for that. I bet you you'll see Hamas supporters, I bet you'll see antifa types, I bet you'll see Marxists on full display, people who don't want to stand and defend the foundational truths of this republic"

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Anonymous @youranoncentral.bsky.social · 2h

Trump regime forces brutally beat Americans in the streets of Chicago for witnessing their neighbours be kidnapped and disappeared in broad daylight. Concerned citizens stood up for themselves as the regime continues to expand its fascist terror campaign.

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Seismological Society of America @seismosocam.bsky.social · 2h

SSA is in the news! Here's the opinion in #SRL as well as the @latimes.com article. ⚒️

pubs.geoscienceworld.org/ssa/srl/arti...

www.latimes.com/california/s...

Dangerous 'supershear' earthquakes pose risk to California, new research suggests

Supershear earthquakes are more common than previously believed, some scientists say — carrying potentially profound risk for communities across California.

www.latimes.com

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Sophie Mac @sophiemac.bsky.social · 2h

You're really making me think you're a super-rich person. No empathy for the super-rich here

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Sophie Mac @sophiemac.bsky.social · 2h

The rich *used* to be taxed more. Please look at some numbers on this. The UK tax system is taxing the higher bracket less than it ever has

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Sophie Mac @sophiemac.bsky.social · 3h

It was pretty widespread within the Leave campaign. It's why they all went for it. For example, Johnson was always pro-EU until he realised he could make some cash

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Sophie Mac @sophiemac.bsky.social · 3h

No, people like Farage bet against the pound at the time and made a shitload of money

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Sophie Mac @sophiemac.bsky.social · 3h

Discuss is better than sweet fuck all

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Sophie Mac @sophiemac.bsky.social · 14h

The EU has consistently said it's willing to discuss our re-entry whenever we like. Now it'll take some time until we meet all the criteria again. But Starmer et al could start the process

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Dr. Jen M @awesomebiota.bsky.social · 1d

I teach all of my classes in an N95 because my gift from having COVID (pre-vaccine) is an autoimmune disease that destroys my kidney function. COVID gave me kidney failure, which will require a kidney transplant. What's the #1 cause of death (aside from CKD) in patients waiting for dialysis? COVID.

jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 1d

(and i think it is a demand that stems from fear more than a rational assessment of the threat environment)

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Schooley @schooley.bsky.social · 21h

Democrats need to put the same extended media consuming outrage into the Young Republican Nazi chats as Republicans mustered for Biden going for ice cream.

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News Eye @newseye.bsky.social · 14h

NEW: Southeast Chicago, Tuesday October 14, 2025.

Welcome to Donald Trump’s America. If there isn’t a domestic warzone, manufacture one.

Fascism.

📸 Credit to local Chicago freelance photographer Matthew Kaplan for all these images.

A masked armed agent points a pepper gun at protestors. Photo credit to Matthew Kaplan

A fed Pokice officer wearing a gas masks is surrounded by smoke and it’ll about to throw a tear gas cannister. Photo credit to Matthew Kaplan

Around 20 masked armed agents are seen with guns drawn, surrounded by smoke, about to advance on local residents. Photo credit to Matthew Kaplan

A local resident is seen being knelt on and cuffed in the background as two armed Police with automatic weapons are seen standing in the foreground. Photo credit to Matthew Kaplan

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Sophie Mac @sophiemac.bsky.social · 14h

And we know what comes next because Bannon has been talking about it for years. I know it seems a crappy thing to say, but if you can leave the US, do

John Pfaff @johnpfaff.bsky.social · 18h

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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Michael Burns @michaelburns.bsky.social · 22h

"sorry kids we can't drink water because dad and his friends spent 10 years sexting with Carmen Electra on ChatGPT and we accidentally drained the great lakes"

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 22h

“What’s the benefit for 🇺🇸 in sending $20 BILLION to Argentina?”🤔

Trump says he just really likes their philosophy and will only send the $20 Billion if his pal Milei wins.

Imagine not being able to see this blatant corruption for what it is. (While our farmers struggle)

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LorennaCleary.bsky.social @lorennacleary.bsky.social · 1d

Chopper coverage: ABC, Chicago.

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Sophie Mac @sophiemac.bsky.social · 22h

Not for me

Jemma Forte @jemmaforte.bsky.social · 1d

1970's: CEOs earn 20 x more than average worker
2025: CEOs earn 122 x more than average worker
The richest 1% own 50% of entire country's wealth.

Obscene inequality has been normalised.

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Ireland against Fascism @irlagainstfascism.bsky.social · 1d

www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...

Alex Jones loses Supreme Court bid to avoid paying $1.4B to Sandy Hook families

Lawyers for conspiracy theorist loser warned his website and assets will end up in the hands of his ‘nemesis’ and be ‘destroyed’ unless the justices get involved

www.independent.co.uk

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Anonymous ⩜ @youranona.bsky.social · 22h

Supreme Court spurns Alex Jones' pathetic plea, cementing his $1.4B tab for peddling Sandy Hook hoax bile that tormented grieving families. Bankruptcy be damned, the grifter's empire crumbles. #AlexJones

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Seema Syeda @seemasyeda.bsky.social · 1d

Watch all the way to the end.

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Alex A. Pagliuca @alexpagliuca.bsky.social · 1d

I remember during Occupy Wall Street, there was a guy who was at the majority of the marches with a sign that said, “Shit is fucked up and bullshit,” and I might need to get a shirt made because sometimes, that’s all there is to really say.

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Emma Payne @fedbybirds.bsky.social · 1d

Just saw a pigeon walk in to a pet shop. Not sure if it was giving itself up or shopping or what

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