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gamera obscura @ohrobin.bsky.social · 17h

Happy Anita Bryant Humiliation Day

A four-panel image of Anita Bryant being pied in her sanctimonious face by gay rights activist Thom Higgins, 1977.

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Kayleigh McKee, Cheerer for the Dolls ⏬️ AnimeUSA! @ghaspey.bsky.social · 1d

I'll say it: I think its rly annoying and frankly amateurish that writers are constantly told their villains must be understandable or have sympathetic motivation to be interesting or realistic when all our big villains irl are in fact rich, stupid, selfish, trickster dillweeds and always have been

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Ricky Davila @therickydavila.bsky.social · 5d

You know what fascism looks like? Attorney General Letitia James getting criminally indicted on literal trumped-up charges by the criminal who she fought to hold accountable for the actual crimes he committed and is now using the full power of the US govt to seek vengeance.

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Shubbabang @shubbabang.bsky.social · 6d

The image is a six panel black and white comic

Panel 1- A small child is being told "You'll want kids when you're older!" The child responds with "I don't think so..."

Panel 2- The same child, now a teenager, is being told, "You'll change your mind when you're older." To which the teen responds, "I doubt that"

Panel 3- Now an adult, someone off screen asks them, "Aren't you thinking of having kids?" To which they respond, "Nope"

Panel 4- The same person, an older adult now, is being told, "better have kids soon, or it'll be too late!" to which they respond, "That's fine"

Panel 5- Now elderly, they are once again asked "Don't you feel like you missed out?" to which they say, "Still nope."

Panel 6- They are now in their death bed, clearly close to death. The nurse says, "Shame you didn't have kids, don't you regret it?" To which the person says "You know what just kill me already"

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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 6d

It's now considered controversial to fight the KKK in a video game.

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onion person @junlper.beer · 6d

this is an explicitely nazi administration and anyone who still supports them should be viewed as such

Justin Baragona @justinbaragona.bsky.social · 6d

Incredible.

Jack Posobiec references the earliest version of antifa -- the anti-fascists in the Weimar Republic who were opposed to the Nazi Party -- as the bad guys.

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Patrick Cosmos @veryimportant.lawyer · Sep 8

working on a new unified theory of american reality i'm calling "everyone is twelve now"

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Calvinboo Congress @emericanjezebel.bsky.social · 8d

first of all, fuck gandhi. But secondly.

WE SPENT MONTHS IN 2020 WATCHING COPS BEAT AND SHOOT AND RUN OVER AND EVEN KILL PROTESTERS, AND THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY GAVE THEM $100 MILLION AFTER ALL THAT

Asha Rangappa @asharangappa.bsky.social · 8d

We’re in a moment now where it would be worth people taking three hours to watch Gandhi, particularly the scene of the salt march. There is value to making the brutality of your opponent so plain as day that no one can argue with it. The clarity of that brought down an empire

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cait (and adonis) @cait.bsky.social · 8d

I think it should be socially and legally acceptable to smack these clean off somebody's face if they're filming you against your will

Gizmodo @gizmodo.com · 8d

Buckle Up, the Smart Glasses Backlash Is Coming https://gizmodo.com/buckle-up-the-smart-glasses-backlash-is-coming-2000668213

Buckle Up, the Smart Glasses Backlash Is Coming

Is this #glassholes 2.0?

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Gillian Brockell @gbrockell.bsky.social · 8d

Claim: 10 cars rammed ICE
Truth: No cars rammed ICE

Claim: She boxed ICE in
Truth: ICE boxed her in

Claim: She shot a rifle at ICE
Truth: She did not have a rifle

Claim: ICE returned fire
Truth: Only ICE fired

Claim: She drove herself to the hospital
Truth: Paramedics found her

Chicago Sun-Times @chicago.suntimes.com · 8d

Body-camera video appears to contradict the government’s claim that Marimar Martinez, 30, drove toward officers before one of them opened fire at her late Saturday morning in Brighton Park, her attorney claimed.
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Attorney for woman shot by Border Patrol claims officer said 'Do something b-----' before shooting

Body-camera video appears to contradict the government's claim that Marimar Martinez, 30, drove toward officers before one of them opened fire at her late Saturday morning in Brighton Park, her attorney claimed. A judge ordered Martinez and a co-defendant released pending trial.

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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 8d

This has always been a extremely tiny screeching minority demanding that their bigotry dictate that no one else's children can learn of the existence of LGBTQ people.

Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 8d

1. 4 months ago, The Supreme Court gave families a right to opt out of LGBTQ+ education in schools.

Now, in Montgomery County, Maryland, where the case originated, the results are in.

Only 43 families out of 160,000 students have exercised that new right.

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Only 0.03% Opt Out Of LGBTQ+ Education In Maryland After SCOTUS Gives Them A Right To

After SCOTUS gave families a right to opt out of LGBTQ+ education, Montgomery County, Maryland is reporting only 43 families took them up on it.

www.erininthemorning.com

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Nicholas Slayton @nslayton.bsky.social · 9d

They're teargassing people on the streets and shooting them, Chuck.

Ken Klippenstein @kenklippenstein.bsky.social · 10d

CHUCK SCHUMER: "New data came out today from KFF - and that is not Kentucky Fried French Fries ... the Kaiser Family Foundation"

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cait (and adonis) @cait.bsky.social · 9d

very literally yes. is this your first day on earth

Shawn McCullough @shawnmcc.bsky.social · 10d

So I guess the US was also a fascist country when FDR was putting Japanese Americans in internment camps, right?

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The Louvre of Bluesky @thelouvreof.bsky.social · 10d

i think it’s actually completely okay to say an algorithm is not a real person

hailey @hailey.at
if you're writing a sentence that sounds like eugenics but you go "oh that's fine to say because it's not a real person" (whatever that means) you may want to consider what made you okay with saying that

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Haus of Decline @hausofdecline.bsky.social · 11d

The CEO of Bluesky is craven and evil. The only people that build these platforms are infected with the self-reproducing moral rot of capitalism. They have no sense of duty or stewardship. They see their monetary reward as a cleansing justification for their actions.

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Haus of Decline @hausofdecline.bsky.social · 9d

They brought the post back lol. Finish the job. Ban Singal. Rescue your platform.

Haus of Decline @hausofdecline.bsky.social · 9d

Bluesky deleted my post complaining about the CEO lol. I did not delete it myself! Full on Lowtaxing from Jay here.

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Haus of Decline @hausofdecline.bsky.social · 9d

Bluesky deleted my post complaining about the CEO lol. I did not delete it myself! Full on Lowtaxing from Jay here.

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onion person @junlper.beer · 9d

look ai is completely destroying the world with massive pollution and is using up water at a concerning rate but at least you get to use technology that lies to you and is the primary propaganda mechanism by fascists

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Brendel @brendelbored.bsky.social · 10d

These people were enslaved as laborers for a call center soliciting church donations in case you’re wondering the exact level of where we went wrong as a human species

Sherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 10d

amp.miamiherald.com/news/nation-...

Raid of church leader’s Florida mansion reveals 57 forced laborers, feds say

The victims, called “armor bearers” by the church, are threatened with damnation if they fail to meet their quotas, federal officials say.

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onion person @junlper.beer · 10d

i just can’t get over ICE going into the streets of the city i live in, throwing gas at citizens, invading people who live here. this is state sponsored terrorism being enacted on americans

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onion person @junlper.beer · 10d

there’s no other way to put this other than full military invasion into america

Daniel Connerton @lordnad.bsky.social · 10d

@govpritzker.illinois.gov

37 and Kedzie, East Garfield, Illinois.

This is assault.

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Dieselbrain @dieselbrain.bsky.social · 11d

I'm serious email your representatives and link this article RIGHT NOW

tell them this shit sucks and is going to put everyone's ID/data at risk to hackers online. the proof is right here

US- www.congress.gov/members/find...
EU- www.europarl.europa.eu/meps/en/home
CA- www.ourcommons.ca/members/en

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Keith Stack @keithstack.com · 12d

An MS-Paint doodle of Jay Bluesky saying, "Here at Bluesky, we're making social media WITHOUT the toxicity!" next to a Bluesky Employee of the Month plaque featuring a barrel of toxic waste.

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tr0idz @tr0idz.bsky.social · 12d

Alex Ross Amazing Fantasy
#spiderman

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cait (and adonis) @cait.bsky.social · 16d

"out of the three mass shootings today,"

Our Earth Affairs @ourearthaffairs.bsky.social · 16d

Iraq War veteran Thomas Sanford has been identified as the gunman who attacked Grand Blanc Mormon church, killing 2 people and setting it ablaze. Out of the three mass shootings today, two of them have been carried out by Iraq war veterans.

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