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👁🌻🦊⚙️⚓ Bob, Engineer, Pusher of Paper @navmecheng.bsky.social · 19h

> It is 2025 BC. I am a soldier from one of the outlying provinces called to defend the pyramid in Memphis

> It is 2025 AD. I am a soldier from one of the outlying provinces called to defend the pyramid in Memphis

Soldiers at the Bass Pro Shops pyramid in Memphis, TN.

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Travis @unraptured.bsky.social · 1h

bugs bunny and daffy duck are dancing on stage

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Travis @unraptured.bsky.social · 2h

fascinating, now let's compare those payrolls

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Dmitry Grozoubinski @explaintrade.com · 4h

This is an exact encapsulation of why I moved to Bluesky.

No amount of handwringing in the Atlantic about how I owe some eternal Promethean suffering to the discourse is going to make me stay on a site I hate, that stopped doing anything for me professionally years ago.

Well – no. Bluesky may or may not be, as one centre-right friend who felt unwelcome put it, “self-righteous island”. But the idea that’s why we went is nonsense. That I’ve largely stopped posting on a site that’s done more to shape my career and social circle than the rest of the internet combined is less about avoiding rival opinions (I love arguing with people who are wrong!) than with the fact the site simply became unusable. It stopped generating the things (good jokes, interesting debate, clicks) I wanted; it became extremely good at generating the things (racists, pornbots, racist pornbots) I did not.

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Sophie Labelle @assignedmale.bsky.social · 19h

How the media are gaslighting trans people

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Travis @unraptured.bsky.social · 16h

a man in a white shirt says heavy sigh in front of a group of people

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Travis @unraptured.bsky.social · 1d

a man in a suit and white shirt is sitting in a chair and saying `` let 's do this ! ''

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Travis @unraptured.bsky.social · 1d

it's even funnier when you know that he puts on a fake British accent and always sounds like he's in the middle of fainting

Michael Edison Hayden @michaelehayden.bsky.social · 3d

I love when Andy Ngo does one of his David Attenborough-style posts about Antifa and highlights some kid who took a bong rip and waddled into the protest dressed like a giant muppet.

My favorite flavor of his commentary by far.

Andy Ngo wants to draw your attention to Barney the dinosaur

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hannah gais @hannahgais.bsky.social · 1d

Those are three people in inflatable frog suits.

@MrAndyNgo
Now that the local and national press have started to cover the Portland ICE area round-the-clock in reaction to the President, Antifa have devised a plan where they are encouraging one another to come in animal costumes.

The costumes serve the function of masking the violent extremism to make the direct action appear like a family-friendly gathering on camera, and to whitewash the past ultraviolence.

In 2019, Antifa devised a similar plot by giving out free "milkshakes" at a protest. But they couldn't contain their bloodthirst and nearly killed me when they saw me. In 2020, they mobilized a fake "Wall of Moms" where female Antifa supporters and members wore yellow shirts to act as human body shields while violent rioters behind them hurled projectile weapons.

photo of three people in inflatable frog costumes

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Travis @unraptured.bsky.social · 1d

Bialy with butter

Erin Biba @erinbiba.bsky.social · 1d

Tell me your bagel order and I will tell you *based on NYC cultural expectations* if you have won or lost your election for political office in NYC.

Erin Biba @erinbiba.bsky.social · 1d

One of my favorite things about NYC is whenever anyone runs for office here they are required to disclose their bagel order.

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Seth Rudy @sethrudy.bsky.social · 1d

Meanwhile in #Portland

Kermit faces off with Hopper in The Muppet Movie

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Nathan Kalman-Lamb @nkalamb.bsky.social · 1d

is this what people on the right side of history say

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Travis @unraptured.bsky.social · 1d

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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 1d

UPS says it is destroying parcels sent to US customers because the Trump administration is failing to process or clear the parcels through customs. In essence, no one can figure out what the applicable tariff rules are and how they are to be applied—amidst a deluge of contradictory tweets from Trump

UPS Admits ‘Disposing’ of Parcels as Trump Chaos Creates Backlog

The president’s tariff policy has seen countless packages getting lost in customs.

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DOKI DOKI CRT PANIC @crtpixel.bsky.social · 1d

WWF SUPER WRESTLEMANIA
SCULPTURED SOFT/ACCLAIM 1992
SNES

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Travis @unraptured.bsky.social · 1d

Julia Hart as well

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Travis @unraptured.bsky.social · 1d

yeah it's like those people who are like "just install Linux"

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Travis @unraptured.bsky.social · 1d

did they fix the UI so I don't have to join like five instances to see any posts

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Rodger Sherman @rodger.bsky.social · 1d

Lisa wheeling in a lifeless Bart saying MOM, DAD, BART’S DEAD!

BART popping to life and saying DEAD SERIOUS ABOUT GOING TO ITCHY AND SCRATCHYLAND

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Truther_Dare @truther-dare.bsky.social · 1d

Fuck the fascist fed.

Cultaholic Wrestling @cultaholic.bsky.social · 1d

WWE & AEW Rumours: Concern Over Triple H's Political Priorities, Donald Trump At Saturday Night's Main Event

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WWE & AEW Rumours: Concern Over Triple H's Political Priorities, Donald Trump At Saturday Night's Main Event

Triple H has made several appearances at the White House in 2025, standing alongside President Donald Trump for announcements, while the WWE Chief Content Officer also met with Robert F. Kennedy Jr.…

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Parker Molloy @parkermolloy.com · 1d

Caitlin Flanagan
@CaitlinPacific
I’ve missed hearing Woody Allen’s voice - I’d been so rattled this week and there he was, his full self.

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@bariweiss
⁩ is the perfect interviewer. She seemed almost like a daughter to him - in a way she is. We all are.

Order Life with Baum!

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Mr Halloween @jarjarfan69.bsky.social · 1d

I think it should be a bigger story that the administration is very publicly expressing their desire for officers to shoot Americans in the streets

Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 1d

EXCLUSIVE — DHS Acting General Counsel sent out a memo Wednesday to all Federal Protective Service staff (the sub-agency that guards federal buildings) letting officers know they could take any action necessary "in the vicinity" federal property to protect themselves.

The Handbasket reports:

DHS top lawyer says 'no legal barrier' to actions officers can take to defend federal property

In a memo obtained exclusively by The Handbasket, Federal Protective Service (FPS) officers were given free rein.

www.thehandbasket.co

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Travis @unraptured.bsky.social · 1d

reading the news, every day

a close up of a person 's face with the words i feel nothing on it

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