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X-Wings & History @xwnhist.bsky.social · 14h

I've been saying since the start of the Sequels that publishing would go back and fill in all the background and in-between moments that never fit in a film (though honestly this one seemed like the kind of thing we should have seen on screen instead of a quest for a magical knife).

The Star Wars Splash Page Podcast @starwarssplashpage.com · 15h

Soule says #StarWars #LegacyofVader #10 (out Nov. 5) is a payoff of Luke's #TheLastJedi line "See ya around kid." Luke is in the issue. Adds that what Luke and Kylo do when they meet again is something he's quite proud, excited.
#StarWarsComics #KyloRen #LukeSkywaker

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X-Wings & History @xwnhist.bsky.social · 15h

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X-Wings & History @xwnhist.bsky.social · Jun 18

What an asshole.

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X-Wings & History @xwnhist.bsky.social · 15h

1) there's not a lot of Star Wars actors I'd want writing for their characters, but Best has more than earned it.

2) this has to be how Kelleran Beq had access to a Naboo yacht to escape in, right?

Jay @admiraljello.bsky.social · 15h

Look who’s writing it and co-starring! Ahmed Best himself! Comic’s plot derives from Jar Jar investing Palpatine with emergency powers AND with Jar Jar’s role developing the Rebel Alliance 👀

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X-Wings & History @xwnhist.bsky.social · 1d

Also Democrats have done their best to defeat candidates who successfully organize and engage new voters. Obama, Bernie, and Zohran enjoyed success in spite of the Democratic Party machine, not because of it.

Matthew Sheffield @matthew.flux.community · 1d

Charlie Kirk was a terrible person, but his prowess at organizing was astonishing.

Democrats, progressive and moderate, are using tactics from the 1970s.

Republicans spend hundreds of millions on networking, jobs, and outreach every year. Democrats waste their money on obsolete stuff.

flux.community @flux.community · 1d

Charlie Kirk was a religious extremist and an advocate for mass censorship of academics he hated.

But as a political organizer and creator of opportunities for his comrades, there's much that can be learned from what he did. @matthewboedy.bsky.social discusses on the latest Theory of Change

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mbbendt @bendts2cents.bsky.social · 1d

Pretty sure that when you have giant frogs everywhere, God is very disappointed in how you are treating immigrants.

The Oregonian @oregonian.com · 2d

Things are happening at Portland's ICE facility tonight.

Read more of our protest coverage here: www.oregonlive.com/crime/2025/1...

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X-Wings & History @xwnhist.bsky.social · 1d

Need this with the "oppression is the mask of fear" quote over it.

Jason❌ @gizmosspace.bsky.social · 1d

This is awesome.

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X-Wings & History @xwnhist.bsky.social · 2d

To all those Hispanic Trump voters:

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X-Wings & History @xwnhist.bsky.social · 3d

The surest way to get to an eternal Trump presidency is to keep the current pack of idiots leading the Democratic Party comfortably in leadership. I don't understand looking at that video of Schumer and seeing someone that can fight his Republican opponents and attract voters outside of safe blues.

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Popehat Agitates And Irritates @kenwhite.bsky.social · 3d

Mike Johnson’s position is young pregnant American women shouldn’t have to wait before being turned away to die in the parking lot from an ectopic pregnancy the hospital is afraid to treat

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 3d

Mike Johnson: "If you're a young, pregnant American citizen women who shows up in an ER and you get treated and they pay the hospital less for treating you than some illegal rabble rouser who came in from some South American country to do us harm, that is wrong."

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Erin Fogg says Free Link @criminalerin.bsky.social · 3d

The New York Times, seeing increasing numbers of youth-led national revolutions happening: Not very orderly stuff going on here, quite distasteful if you ask me

The New York Damn Times, 2 hours ago: how Nepal's Gen z revolution spiraled out of control

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Kai Ryssdal @kairyssdal.bsky.social · 3d

Fail

Jon Passantino @passantino.bsky.social · 3d

CNN is now using the Trump preferred “Department of War” name in its official statements

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X-Wings & History @xwnhist.bsky.social · 3d

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X-Wings & History @xwnhist.bsky.social · 4d

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X-Wings & History @xwnhist.bsky.social · 4d

Milady de Winter walked so Cersei Lannister could become a household name.

X-Wings & History @xwnhist.bsky.social · 6d

After spending two thirds of the novel drinking, gambling, dueling, and helping D'Artagnan with one (1) mission, the four musketeers receive orders to deploy. This means spending some money to equip themselves.

D'Artagnan carries the main plot, while the others respectively:

X-Wings & History @xwnhist.bsky.social · 8d

I'm reading (listening to) The Three Musketeers for the first time as an adult and I'm absolutely delighted to the extent it's 17th-century Generation Kill.

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X-Wings & History @xwnhist.bsky.social · 4d

Yes, because popularity is certainly the only factor when trying to unseat the head of a huge, ancient, deeply entrenched, ludicrously well-founded political machine.

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X-Wings & History @xwnhist.bsky.social · 4d

Lincoln fired a bunch of generals before getting Grant in the right spot. It's okay to toss out leaders that aren't right for the moment/fight.

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Angus Johnston @angus.bsky.social · 4d

You could at least have the decency to endorse Mamdani before you swipe his schtick.

Chuck Schumer @schumer.senate.gov · 4d

The government is shut down because Trump and the Republicans are hellbent on taking health care away from you.

And they won’t even come to the table to talk to us about it.

This is not about politics. It's about people.

Let’s break it down:

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Reacher from the Jack Lagoon @daltondeschain.com · 4d

It's not that I won't vote for Gavin Newsom if he's the presidential candidate. It's that if the Democratic Party chooses him, then they are communicating to me that they actively do not want my vote, and believe they don't need it. I will simply honor their wishes

LGBTQ Nation @lgbtqnation.com · 4d

Gavin Newsom vetoes gender education bill, declines to sign other trans protections - buff.ly/MTUAV85

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Olivia Messer @oliviamesser.bsky.social · 5d

I kind of can’t believe this Bari Weiss quote is even real, and yet www.nytimes.com/2025/10/06/b...

“I know that there are some people in this room who don’t believe that my marriage should have been legal … and that’s ok. Because we’re all Americans who want lower taxes.”

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Grudgie the Whale @grudgie.bsky.social · 6d

Look. Invading our own country is about as straightforward a case as you can have for impeachment. The GOP abandoning the Constitution is kind of the only story there is and it gets no coverage.

Seth Cotlar @sethcotlar.bsky.social · 6d

Guys. I just had a crazy idea. What if the President DIDN’T deploy troops in American cities. Just a thought. Have we tried that before?

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X-Wings & History @xwnhist.bsky.social · 5d

The diplomatic plotline that's normally Leia's is for this issue carried on by Luke's sidekick and a guy I thought got killed three issues ago. It looks like this. Hope you've got a knack for names!

X-Wings & History @xwnhist.bsky.social · 5d

And then we get this, which feels like a profane misreading of the original scene.

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X-Wings & History @xwnhist.bsky.social · 5d

Anyone who sees Bad Bunny as apolitical is illiterate in two languages.

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X-Wings & History @xwnhist.bsky.social · 5d

So, alright, we're doing the OT people with PT trappings (again). Sure. Maybe this could be an excuse to get Luke to mix Jedi robes and plastoid armor, like Obi-Wan.

Instead we just get Luke in clone gear, minus helmet. Boring.

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