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M. Belanger @sethanikeem.bsky.social · 16h

Because it needs to be said:

The Salvation Army does not exist to save you

The Salvation Army exists to convert you

And if they cannot convert you, they will not lift a finger to save you

Do not support those whose “charity“ comes with conditions

unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 20h

It’s dinner time for the police. Appears to be pizza from a Salvation Army van.

Broadview’s “free speech” curfew starts soon, at 6pm.

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Middle East Eye (Unofficial) @middleeasteye-rss.bsky.social · 9h

Israeli authorities threaten Palestinian prisoner families, troops raid their homes - https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/israeli-authorities-threaten-palestinian-prisoner-families-troops-raid

Israeli authorities threaten Palestinian prisoner families, troops raid their homes

<article data-history-node-id="430025" about="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/israeli-authorities-threaten-palestinian-prisoner-families-troops-raid" class="live-blog-update default clearfix"> <h2> <a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/israeli-authorities-threaten-palestinian-prisoner-families-troops-raid" rel="bookmark"> <span class="field field-title">Israeli authorities threaten Palestinian prisoner families, troops raid their homes</span> </a> </h2> <div class="content"> <div class="field field-field-text"><p>Israeli authorities have threatened the families of Palestinian prisoners slated for release on Monday, raiding their homes and warning them not to celebrate their return.</p> <p>Israel is set to release 2,000 Palestinian prisoners, including 250 serving life sentences and hundreds of men, women and children seized from Gaza and held without charge. In exchange, Hamas will release the estimated 20 Israeli living captives as well as several bodies of dead Israelis held in Gaza, believed to be 28 others.</p> <p>On Friday, Israel's interior ministry published the names of 250 Palestinian captives slated for release.</p> <p>Several high profile Palestinians have been excluded, including Marwan Barghouti- whose name was <a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/marwan-barghouti-will-not-be-released-gaza-deal-says-israeli-spokesperson">unilaterally removed</a> from the prisoner exchange list by the Netanyahu's office. On Saturday, a Hamas official told CNN that two detained Palestinian doctors, including paediatrician Hussam Abu Safiya, will not be released.</p> <p>Israeli troops raided the homes of the families of prisoners set to be released in the occupied West Bank, Wafa news agency is reporting, citing local sources. According to reports, troops raided homes in multiple neighbourhoods in Nablus, Balata and Askar Al-Jadid refugee camps, as well as the towns of Salem to the east, and Aqraba and Zeita Jamma’in to the south.</p> <p>Israeli forces also raided homes in Hebron and Deir Samet.</p> <p>Meanwhile, preparations in Israel are under way for the release of the captives held in Gaza. They  will be received by members of the International Committee of the Red Cross and then handed over to the army. Medical staff will then give them a checkup and transport them to israel.</p> <p>US President Donald Trump is set to arrive in Israel on Monday and will meet with captives' families.</p> </div> </div> </article>

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Christina, mother of spiders @aikiwomannc.bsky.social · Dec 4

Me: *excited as bird flies up to me* Aw a bird friend, hey little bird!

Bird: Sorry, I thought you were someone else.

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The Ferret @theferret.scot · 9h

🔴 NEW: Lochs in Orkney, the Highlands and the Outer Hebrides are among waters containing high levels of toxic pollutants with health risks known as ‘forever chemicals’.

Our latest investigation: theferret.scot/orkne...

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Raccoons Hourly @raccoonhourly.bsky.social · 9h

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Hourly Cosmos @hourlycosmos.bsky.social · 9h

The Silmaril - From Bill (ridingrobots.bsky.social) - https://flic.kr/p/2j2KVce

No digital effects, just Sam, a glow-in-the-dark glass marble, and a crystal clear sky.

White Rocks, Skull Valley, Utah
May 16, 2020

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Sunny Moraine @dynamicsymmetry.bsky.social · 1d

I’m so glad Portland is doing this, it’s genius, and also I desperately want it to stop being just a Portland thing, this needs to be a national tactic

Ryan J. Reilly “paints a vivid and urgent portrait of… disarray” @ryanjreilly.com · 1d

PORTLAND, Ore. — A small group of federal agents in camouflage and face masks watched from atop the immigration processing center Thursday night as a unicorn, peacock, dinosaur and raccoon danced to Cher’s “If I Could Turn Back Time.” www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...

Costumed protesters in Portland defy description of the city as a 'war zone'

Dancing frogs, peacocks and unicorns outside the federal immigration building present a joyful contrast to the Trump administration's portrait of the Oregon city, they say.

www.nbcnews.com

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Greg the Miller @gregthemiller.bsky.social · 1d

the worst part of people moving to mastodon is that now i have to post to both platforms and do math to know if it was a banger

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hotelalhamra.bsky.social @hotelalhamra.bsky.social · 18h

Nextdoor will make you question democracy, trial by jury and anything else that requires wisdom and judgment from average Joe’s and Jill’s.

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Joyce Park @troutgirl.bsky.social · 11h

Plus if you get sick, how will you get healthcare? I spent several years working for health insurance while dealing with blood pressure in the 220/154 range, so I could afford the surgery to remove the tumor that was killing me.

NightMar on Hicks Street, Part 4: The Rabbit’s Revenge @histoftech.bsky.social · 7d

happy sunday, remember that you are completely expendable to your employer and that when you die they will forget you ever existed within weeks and easily replace you

Work really hard and one day this can be you (followed by graffiti of a headstone that says “RIP worked really hard” on it

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NightMar on Hicks Street, Part 4: The Rabbit’s Revenge @histoftech.bsky.social · 7d

happy sunday, remember that you are completely expendable to your employer and that when you die they will forget you ever existed within weeks and easily replace you

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Blake Leyh @earlofedgecombe.bsky.social · 1d

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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Movie Magic Liker @latexmorbidity.bsky.social · 3d

In Prince of Darkness (1987), John Carpenter predicted that pure evil would take the form of slop

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Critical Hauntology @highway62.bsky.social · 12h

Maybe authors need to disappear again. Maybe working the room isn't a skill that's needed. Vanishing but for words.

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The Dead And The Decaying @soundmirrors.bsky.social · 12h

One of the great things about typewriters back in the day is that no matter how bad your writing was, at least it didn't get uploaded onto the Internet.

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Greeneville Zoo @greenevillezoo.bsky.social · 1d

Our macaws are good talkers, but more importantly they're great listeners.

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LadyDEADtera32 🍁😷🌈💀 @ladylettera32.bsky.social · 3d

PSA to check your child’s candy this Halloween. There might be raisins in there and no one deserves that.

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Woodrow Peel 🆗🆒 @woodyluvscoffee.bsky.social · 1d

There was an 8th dwarf. His name was Snitchey.

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Mark Histed @markhisted.org · 19h

Seeing a lot of celebration of this as a win.

But at NIH we have seen this exact play before.

It looks like it is the Vought strategy -and to stop the lawless firings we have to see the bigger picture.
A 🧵:

Trump Administration Will Rehire Scores of Experts Fired in Error

www.nytimes.com

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disc horse bot @horsedisc.bsky.social · 1d

Sexless gamers in hentai have ruined us.

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Joshua Erlich @joshuaerlich.bsky.social · 15h

people in Portland are taking down ICE with what looks like a party from Chrono Trigger

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Gilgamesh Bot @gilgameshbot.bsky.social · 12h

Adad, God of storms made him the guardian of Uruk-the-drum, to vanquish the cedars that throng inside the east there. Who would venture there, where the horse and the donkey dare not praise Ea?

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The Dead And The Decaying @soundmirrors.bsky.social · 12h

If the Age of Scorpius was adapted it'd be compared to Fellini's Satyricon, but not as a compliment, it's too Cliche YA Dystopia to be remotely weird and strange enough

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Stars and Stripes @starsandstripes.bsky.social · 13h

The Air Force has launched a massive investigation into cancer cases and the environment at three intercontinental ballistic missile bases and a California launch facility. The goal is to complete the research by the end of 2025.

Nuclear missile workers are contracting cancer. They blame the bases

www.stripes.com

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Microplastics Spookmelier @leastactionhero.bsky.social · 16h

today in "predicted by 30 Rock"

Edie Falco on 30 Rock:
I MISSED THE VOTE ON A BILL TO LEGALIZE RECREATIONAL WHALE TORTURE.

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