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David @sparkydjm1.bsky.social · 46m

The world seems to be going through a 'Nazi phase' right now, apparently.

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Courtney Milan @courtneymilan.com · 15h

Graham Platner doing the "oh my milkshake duck is a secret communist" to "hey this is my SS tattoo" completely reaffirms my politician trust issues.

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David @sparkydjm1.bsky.social · 15h

I believe this is what is referred to as the 'Nazi phase' that all young men go through, apparently.

Which is news to me because I didn't have a phase like that - I was too busy watching bad horror remakes and 00s X-Men/Spiderman movies

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Lee Hurley @hleehurley.com · 15h

Boy forced into girl's sports because someone wasn't paying attention when they did his birth certificate.

Birth certificate trumps everything no matter what. Just what they wanted, right?

Dr Matt Lodder @mattlodder.com · 15h

Incredible scenes.

www.wdbj7.com/2025/10/19/t...

Teen removed from boys basketball tryouts, told to join girls team over birth certificate error

The boy's parents say a mix-up at the hospital led to him being mistakenly listed as female on his birth certificate.

www.wdbj7.com

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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 18h

Bluesky today.

The image shows a scene from the television show peacemaker featuring peacemaker and Harcourt in an office. Peacemaker wearing a red and blue superhero costume and Harcourt with long blonde hair in a green jacket — are looking toward the background, where a shirtless man is digitally inserted, striking a dramatic pose with a totenkapf tattoo on his chest. Behind them is a painted mural depicting the U.S. Capitol building and a flag with a swastika symbol. Subtitles at the bottom read, “Oh, fuck. How’d I miss that?”

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David @sparkydjm1.bsky.social · 19h

I clicked to see if there was any context to this sentence.

If anything, I'm even more confused.

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David @sparkydjm1.bsky.social · 20h

You see this especially in the Drum Island Arc when Luffy presents the Jolly Roger and says, 'See? It's unbreakable!'

Because when people are inspired to believe in a better world and fight tyranny and oppression, the hope they carry is just that - unbreakable.

Daniel Dockery @dandock.bsky.social · 20h

A big reason why One Piece has become such a popular symbol of modern protest and resistance isn't just because Luffy topples dictators and rancid monarchies, but due to the way he effectively rallies the collective hope of the downtrodden. It's not only a story about him. It's a story about YOU.

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Ashley Lynch ✂️🎞️ @ashleylynch.bsky.social · 1d

Been seeing people ask what the No Kings protest fundamentally accomplished.

I dunno, 2 million more people showed up to this one than the last protest. That's 2m more people convinced they need to be active.That's 7m people motivated to leave their house instead of doomscroll.

Seems significant.

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Rebecca C. @scifiheroine.bsky.social · 1d

I updated my Patreon tiers!

Now "Stars and Sips Society" can join monthly writers' rooms calls on Discord, to get story advice and brainstorming help from me and other creators.

In the last one we discussed one member's short stories, another member's comic, and my own plot problem in Chapter 5.

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Dr. Damien P. Williams Wants A Better Sociotechnical Paradigm @wolvendamien.bsky.social · 1d

It's funny, the no kings protests could be the best chace to normalize the idea of nationwide strikes in the US, if the organizers are serious. They do maybe 2 more on weekends to really lock them into people's practice, then say, "hey, let's show them we really mean business & do it on a Wednesday"

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David @sparkydjm1.bsky.social · 1d

Social media companies: "We have to get NSFW artists off our platform because they might end up distressing our sharehold- ummm, we mean, kids"

*AI hentai ad promoting roofing companies drops*

Social media companies: *crickets*

Romeo Dandy, #1 Monster Mash Stan @sleepydawgs.bsky.social · 4d

I got a third one so I recorded it this time.

David @sparkydjm1.bsky.social · 1d

Who could possibly have predicted that the violent Maccabi Tel Aviv fans who are linked to violent far-right groups and hooligans would be so...violent?

Another stunning own-goal for Keir Starmer and his advisers. Great work, team! /s

Post on Bluseky from James Ball:
I still have no idea what Number 10 was thinking intervening over policing. If they ‘win’ the standoff, Keir Starmer personally owns any incident that happens around the match. And he’s broken the precedent of interfering in operational matters, and so will be asked to do so relentlessly.

Next post reads:
If Number 10 ‘loses’ and the ban on away fans holds, the PM has been made to look completely ineffectual, in office but not in power.

Did anyone stop to game out even a single move ahead here? Or did they just shoot from the lip?

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Iron Spike @ironspike.bsky.social · Aug 3

This is your occasional reminder that Rose O'Neill, creator of the Kewpies, first published female cartoonist in the United States, and among the first cartoonists to build a merchandising empire on their work, turned out some absolutely baller, romantic-feeling size-difference monster art.

A Rose O'Neill pen and ink drawing, featuring a giant humanoid embracing a smaller one. It is captioned "Man and the Earth."

A Rose O'Neill pen and ink drawing, featuring a giant female satyr embracing a small human male. She appears to be nuzzling him.

A Rose O'Neill pen and ink drawing, featuring a giant female humanoid nuzzling a tiny male humanoid. It is titled "Besieging the lips of the Earth."

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David @sparkydjm1.bsky.social · 2d

"Harry Potter: The Keir Starmer of fantasy literature" is probably the most devastating insult I've ever heard.

Alasdair Beckett-King @misterabk.bsky.social · 2d

Listen to me relentlessly bullying @eleanormorton.bsky.social in this month's episode of Eleanor & Alasdair Read That. We're doing Jill Murphy's The Worst Witch (1974). And we're not doing Harry Potter, the Keir Starmer of fantasy literature.

linktr.ee/readthat

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SpiffySmallSound @doublecollusion.bsky.social · 3d

Guys new scamming method on bluesky. Please share this around. Dont fall for this stuff

Block, move on.

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Marie Le Conte @youngvulgarian.marieleconte.com · 3d

roughly a million years ago during the student protests in London, some friends and I set up a Missed Connections Twitter account so people could try and meet up with the hot protesters they'd seen on marches, offering the No Kings people this piece of information for free

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James Chalmers @jameschalmers.bsky.social · 3d

A lot that could be said about this but if you look on Twitter it’s noticeable that the replies and quote tweets are *overwhelmingly* telling him he shouldn’t have apologised and even attacking him for doing so. That’s the feedback loop certain users are plugged into now, and it has consequences.

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I wish to apologise to Zarah Sultana MP for my inappropriate response to a message on X. It was wrong of me to do so and I am sorry.

Taking a break from X to prioritise my mental health.

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David @sparkydjm1.bsky.social · 3d

For completeness's sake, I should finish the rest of the conversation

'But doing the wrong thing is worse than nothing.'
'Doing anything is worse than doing nothing'

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David @sparkydjm1.bsky.social · 3d

It feels like the classic Yes Minister line on politicians' logic;

Something must be done.
This is something.
Therefore, we must do it.

In other news, my dog is a cat because all cats have four legs, and so does my dog.

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David @sparkydjm1.bsky.social · 3d

Bluesky is basically that scene in "12 Angry Men" when Juror 10 goes on a tirade about people from slums being violent, drunken animals and the other jurors get up and turn their backs on him without engaging him or arguing with him.

Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 4d

MAGA folks don’t understand that the culture of Bluesky involves everyone just blocking people they don’t like without any engagement.

They think they’re “shadowbanned” by some unseen force from above.

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Every single government agencies all joined at once tonight.
Including the White House!
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What are they losing it over?!!!
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Cynthia Holt • @Ghostofcynthia • 4h
Every single government agency joined BlueSky all at once tonight. Including the White House.
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I'm shadowbanned on bluesky. As soon as you say anything remotely conservative, you get shadowbanned and no one can see your posts there. I can't even make fun of these folks there.
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David @sparkydjm1.bsky.social · 4d

The only surprise is that anyone is even remotely surprised at this conclusion.

Melanie Richter-Montpetit @mellimo.bsky.social · 4d

German study shows how far right sets agenda thanks to mainstream parties reshaping their communications to respond to what are initially fringe issues, boosting the spread of these ideas and signalling to voters that these ideas and stances were legitimate

shorturl.at/OFfig

German far right setting agenda as opponents amplify its ideas, study finds

Normalisation of far-right stances likely to affect success of such parties at ballot boxes across Europe, say researchers

www.theguardian.com

David @sparkydjm1.bsky.social · 4d

The sad part is, none of this surprises me. We've all stood by and watched the 'debate' around immigration sink lower and lower, the language getting harsher, more dehumanising.

To torture a writing phrase, some see this as a pivotal moment. For others, it's just another day at the office

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David @sparkydjm1.bsky.social · 4d

Honestly, it feels - rather depressingly - like the natural consequence of Twitter's lack of moderation, the increasingly radicalised nature of the platform, and the coarse nature of political discourse, especially around immigration.

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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 4d

Don't engage. Just block. They want to push their rage bait on here. Don't give them the satisfaction.

bsky.app/profile/did:...

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