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Kaz @kazlefay.bsky.social · 6h

ICE is randomly targeting peaceful protesters because the point is to terrorize the public into accepting martial law.

Indiscriminate attacks send the message that there’s nothing you can do to stay safe.

The regime wants you to cower at home and cede the streets of your city to their control.

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Vap / Katie Emma @trulyavaporeon.bsky.social · 1d

Glaceon & Leafeon ❄️🍃

A watercolor painting of the Pokemon Glaceon and Leafeon. Glaceon is on the left side of the painting, walking toward the edge but looking back towards Leafeon. It is standing in front of a cold sunrise with pink and orange clouds, and flurries of snow are falling around it. Leafeon is on the right side of the painting, leaping towards the edge but looking back at Glaceon with a smile. The foreground is a field of spring dandelions.

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JayIsPainting 🍁 @jayispainting.earthskyart.ca · 13h

#PortfolioDay

JayIsPainting 🍁 @jayispainting.earthskyart.ca · Oct 15

I'm an Alberta based artist who has a thing for storms & space.

I do commissions & have originals & 50 different canvas & paper prints available earthskyart.ca/shop

#art #painting

Painting of a badlands valley with winding river at the bottom & swirling blue clouds on an orange background sky

Painting of a mother ship storm cloud lit from below with swirling clouds above over a butte.

Painting of a nebula that looks like a hand with orange yellow clouds and lots of stars on a blue black field

Painting of a spiral galaxy with swirls of blue white and red orange arms with clusters of stars and a area of stars in the center

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Block Club Chicago @blockclubchi.bsky.social · 4h

400 Rogers Park neighbors rallied after ICE arrested 4 people, including a tamale vendor. Neighbors lined Clark Street on Saturday as a show of support.

“We’ve seen that when we have large numbers of volunteers out here, they target us less." blockclubchi.co/4haiWbC

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50501: The People’s Movement ❌👑 @50501movement.bsky.social · 6h

For the love of America, NoKings.org.

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oligarchssuck.bsky.social @oligarchssuck.bsky.social · 1d

Republicans are embracing a dictatorship.

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Phil 🇺🇦🇸🇪🇬🇧🇺🇸 @justnormalphil.bsky.social · 13h

Never go back to AT&T for this reason. “Reuters revealed that AT&T played a pivotal role in creating OAN and has paid tens of millions of dollars to carry the network on DirecTV”https://www.reuters.com/investigates/special-report/usa-oneamerica-att

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Andrea @the1andonlyd-r-e.bsky.social · 1d

Another relevant Franklin quote:

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elijahplovejoy.bsky.social @elijahplovejoy.bsky.social · 1d

Ben saying that.

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Vermont Public @vermontpublic.org · 7h

On Tuesday evening, Gov. Phil Scott called on Sen. Samuel Douglass to resign after a leaked group chat showed Douglass and his wife using racist and antisemitic language with fellow young Republicans from across the country.

Republican state senator faces calls to resign after posting racist messages in group chat

A first-term Republican state senator from Orleans County is facing pressure from members of his own party to resign after a story published by Politico Tuesday detailed his involvement in a racist te...

www.vermontpublic.org

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OPB @opb.org · 6h

Sen. Mark Meek, D-Gladstone, was removed from a legislative committee last week. Meek made headlines in June when he bucked his party’s efforts to pass a road funding bill as the Oregon Department of Transportation faced what it said was a budget crisis.

Oregon Democrat who criticized Senate president removed from legislative committee

State Sen. Mark Meek pushed back against the transportation bill and called for the ouster of the Senate president. He was removed from his role on a legislative committee.

www.opb.org

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Guilherme Nunes - Commissions Open!! @guilhernunes.bsky.social · 5h

puppy summoning anubis to bring his owner back

painting of a puppy in a cemetery invoking Anubis by reading words in a book in front of a magical sigil next to candles and a zombie hand comes out of the tomb

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Ed Zitron @edzitron.com · 7h

There's one person who pays them $250 a month who cost Augment $15,000. Amazing stuff. Can only imagine how bad things are for Cursor or Replit
www.augmentcode.com/blog/augment...

The user message model also isn’t sustainable for Augment Code as a business. For example, over the last 30 days, a user on our $250 Max plan has issued 335 requests per hour, every hour, for 30 days, and is approaching $15,000 per month in cost to Augment Code. This sort of use isn’t inherently bad, but as a business, we have to price our service in accordance with our costs.

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Indivisible Guilford NC ❌️ 👑 @indivisiblegconc.bsky.social · 5h

GREAT READY! Here are some ideas for signs! HAVE IT, CREATIVE GREENSBORO!

#nokingsgreensboro #NoKings

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Hope! 🦄 🩷 💛 💙 @opossumcorn.bsky.social · 7h

Honestly, same. Draw your blorbos forever because I love them and I want to look at them always 🩷

myuki ☢🔪 @aferalbastard.bsky.social · 5d

i love ocs. i love my ocs. i love my friends' ocs. i love my mutuals' ocs. i've surrounded myself with people whose ocs i love and it brings me unimaginable amounts of joy.

never stop making silly little guys. please keep sharing them. if they mean nothing to anyone else, they mean the world to me.

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Chris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 6h

If you know of any litigation resulting from/related to this, please reach out. Email and Signal are in my bio.

Chris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 8h

BREAKING: Marco Rubio's State Department announces publicly that it is exercising unconstitutional viewpoint discrimination in revoking people's visas based on comments about the killing of Charlie Kirk.

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The United States has no obligation to host foreigners who wish death on Americans.
The State Department continues to identify visa holders who celebrated the heinous assassination of Charlie Kirk. Here are just a few examples of aliens who are no longer welcome in the U.S.:
5:55 PM • Oct 14, 2025 • 34.1K Views

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Washington County Democrats @washcodems.bsky.social · 6h

IMPORTANT! A FEW DAYS LEFT TO COMMENT!

Stephen Miller's right-wing America First Legal Foundaton is trying to make changes that will make registering to vote more difficult.

Background: buff.ly/LtydXiu

Comment submission: buff.ly/eCvR59T

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Washington County Democrats @washcodems.bsky.social · 6h

Indivisible and other groups are offering de-escalation training sessions for those who will be hosting protests.

Here is a good video summarizing the techniques.

Watch "6 Key Strategies for De-escalating at Protests and Beyond " on YouTube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=XsRQ...

6 Key Strategies for De-escalating at Protests and Beyond

Please follow me on Blue Sky, my handle is [email protected] For more info: ResistanceBootcamp.us Six D's of De-escalation Direct…

www.youtube.com

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Ron Pluth @ronpluth.bsky.social · 7h

It's almost like they'll try anything, even things they can't get away with, and claim victory in the interim it takes for courts to intervene. It's exhausting.

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Chris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 7h

Recall Judge William Young’s decision regarding the First Amendment challenge to the student visa revocation efforts: www.lawdork.com/p/judge-will...

Ultimately, Young ruled that the administration's actions violate the First Amendment, as well as
- on related grounds - the Administrative Procedure Act. In summing up part of the constitutional ruling, Young wrote:

“[T]his Court rules that here the Plaintiffs have shown that Secretaries Noem and Rubio are engaged in a mode of enforcement leading to detaining, deporting, and revoking noncitizens' visas solely on the basis of political speech, and with the intent of chilling such speech and that of others similarly situated. Such conduct is not only unconstitutional, but a thing virtually unknown to our constitutional tradition.”

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Chris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 7h

These issues have been a part of litigation already this year — over the student visa revocation efforts.

This statement essentially admits that the State Department is engaging viewpoint discrimination in revoking these visas.

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An Argentine national said that Kirk "devoted his entire life spreading racist, xenophobic, misogynistic rhetoric" and deserves to burn in hell.
Visa revoked.

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just came on here to say charlie kirk can rest in f|
piss and yet again if you have any
empathy at all for people like this you can ahead and remove yourself as my friend. i do not give a f about the death of a person who devoted his entire life spreading racist, xenophobic, misogynistic rhetoric. it's hot as fut where this man currently is and it's deserved

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A South African national mocked Americans grieving the loss of Kirk, saying
"they're hurt that the racist rally ended in attempted martyrdom" and alleging "he was used to astroturf a movement of white nationalist trailer trash."
Visa revoked.
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Neanderthals can't have their cake & eat it... This weekend they went openly anti-black racist & now they're hurt that the racist rally ended in attempted martyrdom? Charlie Kirk won't be remembered as a hero. He was used to astroturf a movement of white nationalist trailer trash!
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A Mexican national said that Kirk "died being a racist, he died being a misogynist" and stated that "there are people who deserve to die. There are people who would make the world better off dead."
Visa revoked.
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A Brazilian national charged that "Charlie Kirk was the reason for a Nazi rally where they marched in homage to him" and that Kirk "DIED TOO LATE."
Visa revoked.
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A German national celebrated Kirk's death and attempted to justify his murder, writing "when fascists die, democrats don't complain."
Visa revoked.
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Wenn Faschisten sterben, jammern
Demokraten nicht.

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A Paraguayan national charged that "Charlie Kirk was a son of a b**** and he died by his own rules."
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•@POTUS and @SecRubio will defend our borders, our culture, and our citizens by enforcing our immigration laws.
Aliens who take advantage of America's hospitality while celebrating the assassination of our citizens will be removed.

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Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 7h

There is simply no equivalent, not even close, of this anywhere on the center or far left. There is no ‘both sides’ here, media.

Murshed Zaheed @murshedz.bsky.social · 12h

"Together, the messages reveal a culture where racist, antisemitic and violent rhetoric circulate freely — and where the Trump-era loosening of political norms has made such talk feel less taboo among those positioning themselves as the party’s next leaders."

Can't call them fascists?

‘I love Hitler’: Leaked messages expose Young Republicans’ racist chat

Thousands of private messages reveal young GOP leaders joking about gas chambers, slavery and rape.

www.politico.com

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Wajahat Ali @wajali.bsky.social · 6h

Have Trump, JD Vance, Mike Johnson, and the entirety of the GOP and right-wing media own and embrace these vile and bigoted Telegram messages written by Young Republicans.

They will because they see apology as "weakness."

Tie it around them.

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 7h

I’m pretty sure they don’t even let you *run* for Congress as a Republican unless you’ve got at least one (1) restraining order from a former girlfriend half your age.

Prem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · 7h

Republican Rep. Cory Mills allegedly threatened to release nude images of a 26-year-old woman and to harm her future boyfriends after she ended their relationship.

Now, a judge just ordered Mills, 45, not to come within 500 feet of the defendant & ruled that she is “a victim of dating violence.”

Judge grants ex-girlfriend restraining order against Rep. Cory Mills

A Florida judge said Rep. Cory Mills had cyberstalked an ex-girlfriend and barred the lawmaker from going near her residence or workplace or referencing her on social media.

www.orlandosentinel.com

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More Perfect Union @moreperfectunion.bsky.social · 14h

California just banned employers from forcing workers to pay a debt, fee, or penalty to leave their job.

Bosses have increasingly been trapping workers with debts incurred in training and other exploitative fees.

Now that's illegal in the nation's biggest state.

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