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Chanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 @chanda.blacksky.app · 5h

Marjorie Taylor Green is literally the Jewish space lasers lady

She’s an anti-semite!

That’s why she opposes Israel, not because she supports human rights

Do not fucking circulate her saying “oh she’s being reasonable” jfc

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timothy faust @tbone.malware-virus.biz · 1d

There are ten times as many home health aides in the US as there are miners

jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 1d

right. given the numbers, “how to win back the working class” should be as much about care and service workers as hard hats. and yet.

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Stephanie Kollmann @slkollmann.bsky.social · 1d

I haven't seen people here mention this letter from the mayor of Illinois' 2nd-largest city (Aurora, 40+% Latino)

to the Aurora Police

following egregious attacks by immigration in Aurora and related protests

So here it is!

Hello Chief and APD Leadership,

I just wanted to jot a quick thank you note for those who participated in this meeting with the Latino community about ICE in our neighborhoods.

Sadly, this problem is not going away anytime soon. Historically, the police have been on the wrong side of history during the civil rights movement and the labor movement - defending capital. The pivotal points in American history are when police realized that their solidarity should be with labor; not capital.

Labor vs. police: Learning from working-class history Workers World

In this current struggle, I believe that we are 2-3 years away from a moment where we see the shift in solidarity.

I would like to see Aurora lead, and show something different. It will create discomfort during the transformation. I noticed during the march towards Blue Kangaroo, when the police escort disappeared, that activists I didn't know used their vehicles to block the intersections and protect the marchers.

All living things have the capacity to evolve and grow. Government is about to go through a huge evolutionary period and shed that which is not necessary, and re-focus on what is important.

As government continues to disintegrate from the top down, we have an opportunity to re-invent the ways we find food, water, shelter and protection.

We would like the Aurora Police Department to play a historic role in defending the United States of America, and our city against fascism. We have a unique opportunity to do something different, leave our mark in the history books, and make a difference. I'm excited about the opportunity and look forward to discussing it further.

Respectfully, John Laesch Mayor, City of Aurora laesch@aurora.il.us

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Aaron @dcdoubleaa.bsky.social · 24d

I really miss our annual Mike Flanagan horror TV series.

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Patrick Fenelon @patrickfenelon.bsky.social · 5d

This feels a little too on the nose, frankly

Hunter Walker @hunterw.bsky.social · 5d

I see we've reached the *literally demolishing the White House* phase of the second Trump presidency.

A bulldozer like actually just ripping into the White House and demolishing it.

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Chanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 @chanda.blacksky.app · 6d

I can't really explain fully why this is the thing of all things that got my jaw on the floor but I guess it's such a literal symbol and also such a jaw dropping amount of money while small businesses are struggling to survive the tariffs

Such a visible "go fuck yourself"

Jonathan Edwards @jonathanreports.bsky.social · 6d

Scoop: Trump has started demolishing the White House's East Wing facade to build his ballroom. The president had claimed construction of the $250 million building wouldn’t ‘interfere’ with the existing White House structure. /W @ddiamond.bsky.social wapo.st/4hqBNiU

White House begins demolishing East Wing facade to build Trump’s ballroom

The president had claimed construction of the $250 million ballroom wouldn’t ‘interfere’ with the existing White House structure.

wapo.st

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ariel @aritalks.bsky.social · 7d

it's just so effective at establishing characters/stakes. 33 (also perfect) is the show's first episode but the miniseries is the pilot, and it's one of the best I've ever seen

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ariel @aritalks.bsky.social · 7d

(yes Charlie Baker is now an anti-trans NCAA mouthpiece but the point is you CAN and SHOULD bully politicians into representing what the majority of their constituents want! do not voluntarily cede ground to losers and weirdos!)

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ariel @aritalks.bsky.social · 7d

I was expecting to feel more critical of it & i'm sure the show's politics will become grating to me at some point but these 3 hours are... perfect??

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ariel @aritalks.bsky.social · 7d

I'm old enough to remember republican massachusetts governor Charlie Baker signing trans rights protections into law because his constituents demanded it, but y'all think democrats should abandon trans people because of a loser minority. fools.

Liz Saila @lizsaila.bsky.social · 8d

Senator Ed Markey (D-MA) at the Boston No Kings rally today, wore the trans pride flag like a scarf draped over his shoulders and included in his speech. "Because here in Massachusetts, we stand for what is right. We stand with trans people because trans rights are human rights."

Sen. Ed Markey, a white man with white hair, standing at a lectern with a dark background, and Sen Elizabeth Warren to camera right, in a black top with a red blazer. Markey wears a trans pride flag draped over his shoulders. The closed caption reads "trans people because trans righs are human rights. We" The chiron underneath reads "No Kings Rally Underway In Boston"

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ariel @aritalks.bsky.social · 7d

I've seen the San Junipero episode of Black Mirror so I think I can confidently say: queer ladies uploaded to the cloud are perfect and beautiful, basically human, incorruptible; anyone else idk I wouldn't trust it

Michael Hobbes @michaelhobbes.bsky.social · 8d

I, too, smoked a lot of weed in my dorm room sophomore year

suppose you could back up your brain to a portable hard drive and then run it on your laptop. Would your laptop be able to think and feel just like a Sapiens?

ariel @aritalks.bsky.social · 7d

I'm rewatching the Battlestar Galactica miniseries for the first time in probably 10 years and it's incredible 1) how emotional I am (I have teared up multiple times? things are bad!! I relate to things being bad!) 2) how compelling the space battles are/how good they look 22 (!) years later

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ariel @aritalks.bsky.social · 7d

it’s the off-season, this is like half the population of the island!!!

Isabel Santos @isabelsantos.bsky.social · 7d

No Kings 10/18/2025

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Tim Onion @bencollins.bsky.social · 7d

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evil lesbian john williams @micropolyphonia.bsky.social · 8d

"no kings" does not include a queen who is beautiful and terrible as the dawn, tempestuous as the sea, and stronger than the foundations of the earth, btw

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Maddy "Boo!" Hare @mbhare.bsky.social · 13d

Battlestar Galactica is so messed up. This lady is Number Eight? and this one is Six?

if you ask me...they're all Tens. 😔

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🇲🇽 🌻 SamⒶntha 🌻 🏳️‍⚧️ @samanthak.bsky.social · 19d

I am now on Tubu. I've moved to Heebee. I signed up for Poodee with invite codes. I'm literally on Dippy. You can find me on Weeno. Dude, I just moved to Gumpy. I'm a Pheebo girl. I'm on Poob. at me on Poob. You can Poob me.

Autumnal Ryan Boyd @ryanboyd.bsky.social · 20d

Leave Twitter for Bluesky. Leave Bluesky for Mastodon. Leave Mastodon for Klerb. Leave Klerb for Chunk. Leave Chunk for Goobus. Leave Goobus f

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Doug Mack @douglasmack.bsky.social · 10d

doing journalism

me emailing Tori Amos to ask if she invented the pumpkin spice latte

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ariel @aritalks.bsky.social · 10d

met a couple of folks at Lynx games rocking Casey Bannerman jerseys, can’t wait to replicate at Wolves games with a few of yours!

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ariel @aritalks.bsky.social · 10d

Plus the wolves jerseys minus the throwbacks/purple rain have been largely horrendous, we need you

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ariel @aritalks.bsky.social · 10d

As a Celtics fan/Minnesota transplant, I approve this message

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ariel @aritalks.bsky.social · 11d

I just can’t get over how STUPID the fascists are. The fact that our lives and government are being upended by the most unfathomably moronic people in history is so America. Like, of course this is how it happens. And yet. They are such idiots. They are so embarrassing. It’s unreal.

ariel @aritalks.bsky.social · 12d

The feminine urge to order candles while I’m curled up on the couch with debilitating period cramps might in fact be my most feminine urge

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karl rove knausgård @uhactually.bsky.social · 12d

You might think Ryan is exaggerating but I used to go to a regular dinner that gradually got taken over by young Republican staffers and I promise you he is not.

ryan cooper @ryanlcooper.com · 12d

every young Republican staffer is a Nazi, it's that simple www.politico.com/news/2025/10...

‘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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ariel @aritalks.bsky.social · 12d

I’m so neutral about her music but good lord, she’s grifting

TresTiffany 🎃 @trestiffany.bsky.social · 12d

This is inherently unserious and completely shameless

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