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Sakara, Stone Age Fox 🏳️‍🌈 @sakarafox.bsky.social · 1d

Post a Mage!

Or the closest you'll get to a mage in my setting. Sanakunta, the relatively young but skilled shaman of the Lentavohi, and Kuveli who is about to peek beyond the veil and glimpse what he's capable of.

Still love this piece by @katevenom.bsky.social

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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 19h

Can you think of a single movie in which there is a video from the government denouncing its political opponents playing on a loop in public spaces in which that government was the good guy?

Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 19h

A new Noem video is being played at airports trashing Democrats.

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Sam @samd.bsky.social · 19h

gotta say it’s just fascinating how normie libs have reacted to Trump with “this man is destroying the very fabric of our nation; we will need to pack the courts and hold truth and reconciliation commissions”

while billionaire libs have been like “ya know what this guy actually seems cool”

Heather Knight @heatherknightsf.bsky.social · 20h

For years, San Franciscans considered him the rare big-hearted billionaire. But days before his Dreamforce conference begins, Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff said he would support President Trump sending the National Guard to SF and that Trump is doing “a great job.”

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/10/u...

Marc Benioff Says Trump Should Send Guard Troops to San Francisco

www.nytimes.com

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Lauren Walsh @laurenwalshart.bsky.social · 1d

Meet Harriette Flittertail, a Harengon Druid.

A commission for @howlinggnome.bsky.social ‘s wife!

[ #art #dnd #ttrpg ]

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Roger ZenAF @rogerzenaf.bsky.social · 19h

Argentina gets $20 billion. Qatar gets an air base on US soil. Dipshit gets nearly $1 billion to retrofit his flying bribe. ICE gets $11.25 billion added to their annual detention budget.

But our enlisted personnel are currently hitting up food banks to fucking eat because they aren't getting paid.

Ghoul Patrick @gpatrick.bsky.social · 20h

Soldiers lined up at the food bank.

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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 19h

Incredible Congressional hearing opportunity here which is to ask Oz if he knows how numbers work.
Like, Katie Porter whiteboard stuff: "Ok, if the drug was $100 per month, and it was reduced by 650%, what would the price be?"
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 22h

Dr Oz: "Drugs for lung diseases are discounted massively. The president highlighted 650%. Significant discounts ... "

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GHOULLIKEHELLMACHINE @golikehellmachine.com · 1d

people who think this will not have an effect on employer-provided health care rates and premiums are walking into a buzzsaw

Charles Ghoul-ba ✡️ @charlesgaba.com · 1d

HOO BOY. I just acquired the FINAL, approved 2026 #ACA rate filings for #ARIZONA and it's not pretty at all.

Premiums are going up 46.3% on average...and that's for full price enrollees.

acasignups.net/rate_changes...

2026 Final Gross Rate Changes - Arizona: +46.3% (updated)

Originally posted 8/7/25 Overall preliminary rate changes via federal Rate Review database. Antidote Health Plan of AZ: (Unfortunately, no rate justification summary is available, and the full actuari...

acasignups.net

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Iron Spike @ironspike.bsky.social · 1d

Oh those NYC buses crammed to the gills with Rockefellers, their diamond stickpins poking one another, their monocles tangled

Nick @sregorn.bsky.social · 1d

great post sir, keep saying shit like this

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Django Wexler @djangowexler.bsky.social · 1d

My boss: so how's our fourth quarter looking?

Me, the sales manager at the company that makes inflatable frog suits: well, you're never going to believe this, but

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GHOULLIKEHELLMACHINE @golikehellmachine.com · 1d

also we gave argentina $20B for no clear purpose

James @gravitysra1nbow.bsky.social · 1d

“We refuse to pay the troops and also we’re doing indiscriminate firings of people for no reason”

I’ve never seen an administration so faithfully committed to self-immolation in my entire life

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Ian Boudreau @ianboudreau.com · 1d

I like how it looks like a bunch of happy cartoon animals have chased the goons up a tree

Jason❌ @gizmosspace.bsky.social · 1d

This is awesome.

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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 1d

Along with the Antifa nonsense, the goal here is to reclassify any dissent as dangerous. Which is not something elected officials in a democracy do.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Emmer: "This is about one thing and one thing alone -- to score political points with the terrorist wing of their party, which is set to hold a hate America rally in DC next week."

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Andy Craig @andycraig.bsky.social · 1d

Might feel like an inversion of the Civil War, but less than you might think. The federal government was thoroughly in the hands of the Slave Power in the 1850s. States resisted the Fugitive Slave Act; Dred Scott was SCOTUS. Secession happened b/c they wouldn't accept losing that control in 1860.

Nick Turse @nickturse.bsky.social · 1d

Republican Governors Eagerly Join Trump’s Military Campaign Against Blue Cities
theintercept.com/2025/10/09/r...

Republican Governors Eagerly Join Trump’s Military Campaign Against Blue Cities

An Intercept analysis finds nearly every Republican governor has deployed National Guard members to aid Trump’s domestic military agenda.

theintercept.com

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Deanna Kreisel 🌱 @doctorwaffle.substack.com · 9d

In honor of National Poetry Day, the greatest parody rewrite of all time:

Screen cap of parodic version of William Blake's "The Tyger" that begins:
Tyger! Tyger! Burning bright
(Not sure if I spelled that right)
What immortal hand or eye
Could fashion such a stripy guy?
What the hammer that hath hewn it
Into such a chonky unit?
Did who made the lamb make thee,
Or an external franchisee?

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BeijingPalmer @beijingpalmer.bsky.social · 21h

this man's name is written in the book of life

Sophie Sherry @sophiesherry.bsky.social · 1d

During a military-style raid on a building in Chicago’s South Shore, one resident heard a knock on his door.   It wasn’t the feds — it was a mom and her 7-year-old daughter, pleading for help.

He let them hide in his unit for the next 3 days.

chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...

Neighbor shielded 7-year-old during South Shore federal raid: ‘I didn’t want them to take her’

During the Sept. 30 raid one tenant protected a terrified girl and her mom. Remnants at the complex, including a detailed map of all the units, offer clues to what authorities may have known before th...

chicago.suntimes.com

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Coffeemancer Vanvidum @vanvidum.bsky.social · 21h

The picture painted here is pretty brutal, especially because the Baltics are not going to stop fighting even if they're overrun. They know surrendering wouldn't mean the end of Russian violence.

Igor Sushko @igorsushko.bsky.social · 22h

“We may see a powerful army along the borders of the Baltic states, with the obvious aim of capturing all three countries within a period of three days to a week”
Unlike Ukraine, the Baltics only have 6 million people situated on much smaller territory.
mezha.net/eng/bukvy/ba...

Baltic States Prepare Coordinated Evacuation Plans Amid Russian Threats | Ukraine news - #Mezha

Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania develop coordinated evacuation plans amid rising security threats from Russia, focusing on rapid mobilization and logistics management to protect citizens.

mezha.net

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Coffeemancer Vanvidum @vanvidum.bsky.social · 21h

This makes for some grim reading, but the Baltic states really don't have any other choice but to prepare for the worst. And we all know what 'the worst' would be like after seeing what Russia planned and actually has been doing in Ukraine.

Igor Sushko @igorsushko.bsky.social · 22h

🚨 Baltic NATO states - Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania plan for mass evacuation to relocate over 1 million civilians when Russia invades - one out of every six people.

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Rigorous, Fred-based Reporting @thefred.bsky.social · 21h

It would be good to know how many military orders Stephen Miller has forged.

The New Republic @newrepublic.com · 22h

His slip of the tongue reveals who’s really in charge. trib.al/mIvP0yE

“Illinois governor says we’re provoking actions that are unlawful,” Miller said on CNN. “If I put federal law enforcement and National Guard into a nice sleepy Southern town, is anyone gonna riot?”

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Grudgie the Whale @grudgie.bsky.social · 22h

My god why won’t anyone ask how that’s possible

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 22h

Dr Oz: "Drugs for lung diseases are discounted massively. The president highlighted 650%. Significant discounts ... "

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Sharon @sharonk.bsky.social · 22h

I wonder how Chairman Xi nukes the American economy this time. He's already nuked soybean farmers: what other goods?

Regime Accountant, CPA ☠️🎢 @regimecpa.bsky.social · 22h

I like how we’ve already done this and the Chinese export controls won last time and will again this time.

Sharon @sharonk.bsky.social · 22h

oh no

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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 2d

Shapiro: I filed that amicus brief last night to make it very clear that the Pennsylvania National Guard is under my command.

The way the President has chosen to deploy the Guard in other states—and, in at least one case, deploy the Guard from one state into another—is extremely dangerous.

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Coffeemancer Vanvidum @vanvidum.bsky.social · 21h

Wishing everyone in the crypto space a very happy catastrophic bankruptcy.

Conor Sen @conorsen.bsky.social · 22h

Need @ivanthek.bsky.social to work overtime:

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Lowering the Bar @loweringthebar.bsky.social · 1d

Planning to triumph over what? Democracy?

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

it's giving Germania

"On Trump’s desk in the Oval Office today was a plan for a triumphal arch on the other side of the river from the Lincoln Memorial"

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Flying Mezerkis @bananapantz.bsky.social · 1d

In the next few years truth will be up for grabs and adjudicated by whomever controls the AI machine. I’m seriously concerned about that world.

But it’s possible our president is already living in it.

NY Times Pitchbot @nytpitchbot.bsky.social · 1d

News footage from Portland shows a calm, tranquil city. But an AI video that Stephen Miller texted to Donald Trump shows the city as a burning hellhole. The truth may lie somewhere in between.

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Coffeemancer Vanvidum @vanvidum.bsky.social · 22h

FYI the market is very stupid.

CavsKermit @cavskermit.bsky.social · 23h

The market anticipated a trade deal between China and the U.S. Now it appears that China may be the impetus behind the upcoming AI implosion.

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