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AI6YR Ben @ai6yr.m.ai6yr.org.ap.brid.gy · 3h

Geolocated this photo (to make sure it was real, not AI), someone reposting this today on socials.

Original post was September 2017

Local media coverage:

KOLD: Photo of Tucson skating rink goes viral

"...Skate Country in Tucson has always been known for its […]

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Kid drinking from a water fountain, which unfortunately has superman painted holding the water fountain at exactly the wrong height.

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awp_1337_5k337 @awp1337sk337.bsky.social · 2h

Up there with the Dunkin's spiked coffees

paul johnson @rhetoricpj.bsky.social · 3h

Lmao we're so cooked

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T. Greg "Antifa General Counsel (Retired)" Doucette @gregdoucette.bsky.social · 11h

Can't wait until the Magic Cheeseburger visits. Don't know if it will happen during his term, but I will have a bottle of champagne ready

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Thomas Zimmer @thomaszimmer.bsky.social · 18h

The regime gets more deranged every day. A rightwing conspiracy theorist assassinated a Democratic lawmaker - which the attorney general presents as an example of leftwing political violence in order to justify an authoritarian crackdown on the opposition…

We’re in incredibly dangerous territory.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2d

Bondi: "We've been living through a horrific cycle of political violence in this country ... night after night antifa wrecks havoc on the streets of our cities. In Minnesota, a gunman murdered a state lawmaker and her husband."

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Bom Tellino @bomtellino.bsky.social · 7h

It’s been said but it bears repeating: in addition to the people being abducted, all Chicagoans are being psychologically terrorized. Seeing feds driving/walking around and videos of violent attacks in places you know and love will fuck you up. Get ready, it’s coming to all of America soon.

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awp_1337_5k337 @awp1337sk337.bsky.social · 13h

LOLOLOL the man that's going to surveil us all into oblivion is an anime lover. Fucks sake

Sharon @sharonk.bsky.social · 14h

thiel, man, what the fuck are you talking about

He describes the plot of Watchmen, a 1986 graphic novel involving superheroes grappling with moral questions about humanity against the backdrop of impending nuclear war:

The antihero Ozymandias, the antichrist-type figure, is sort of an early-modern person. He believes this will be a timeless and eternal solution – eternal world peace. Moore is sort of a late-modern. In early modernity, you have ideal solutions, ‘perfect’ solutions to calculus. In late modernity, things are sort of probabilistic. And at some point, he asks Dr Manhattan whether the world government is going to last. And he says that ‘nothing lasts forever.’ So you embrace the antichrist and it still doesn’t work.

Thiel later finds biblical meaning in the manga One Piece, discussing how he believes it represents a future where an antichrist-like one-world government has repressed science. He believes that the hero, Monkey D Luffy, represents a Christlike figure.

In One Piece, you are set in a fantasy world, again sort of an alternate earth, but it’s 800 years into the reign of this one-world state. Which, as the story unfolds, gradually gets darker and darker. You sort of realize, in my interpretation, who runs the world and it’s something like the antichrist. There’s Luffy, a pirate who wears a red straw hat, sort of like Christ’s crown of thorns. And then towards the end of the story, transforms into a figure who resembles Christ in Revelation.

Thiel, along with a researcher and writer at Thiel Capital, explored these ideas at greater length in an essay for the religious journal First Things earlier this month.

awp_1337_5k337 @awp1337sk337.bsky.social · 13h

makes sense given they're all freaks

awp_1337_5k337 @awp1337sk337.bsky.social · 23h

I think I'm ready to die

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JB stan account @johnbrownstan.bsky.social · 1d

Sorry to say, increasingly unlikely that this will be solvable without doing a lot of things many of you feel very uncomfortable with

Sky Marchini @sky.skymarchini.net · 1d

So dominion voting got sold, look at this fascinating statement from their new owner (not to doom but this is, uh, suboptimal). www.dominionvoting.com

(Dominion voting website now redirecting to libertyvote.com with the following statement:)

Our Promise.
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My Fellow Americans,
Today, I am proud to announce Liberty Vote - a 100% American-owned election technology company dedicated to restoring trust in our elections. Our mission is clear: every vote must be secure, fair, and verifiable.
I have spent my life working to strengthen America's elections. That commitment began years ago, in the aftermath of the 2000 election, when I worked for the Missouri Secretary of State. Later, as Election Director in St. Louis, I led the effort to modernize outdated systems and rebuild public trust. Eventually, I founded an election technology company that today serves nearly one in four voters nationwide.
With Liberty Vote, we are building on that legacy. We are turning the page and beginning the vital work of restoring faith in American elections. While these changes will not happen overnight, Liberty Vote's mission is rooted in American values and committed to transparency, independent audits, and verifiable paper records.
Our purpose is simple: to ensure that America's elections are secure, fair, and honest.
Scott Leiendecker
Founder and Chairman, Liberty Vote

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awp_1337_5k337 @awp1337sk337.bsky.social · 1d

he's so uncomfortable, it almost feels like a Tim and Eric skit

unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 1d

"Temu Charlie Kirk" aka Cam Higby (TPUSA) is back again, awkwardly filming protesters.

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awp_1337_5k337 @awp1337sk337.bsky.social · 2d

jesus christ

Sophie Sherry @sophiesherry.bsky.social · 2d

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...

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awp_1337_5k337 @awp1337sk337.bsky.social · 2d

Honestly, at this rate, I wouldn't be surprised if Starbucks baristas could take ICE single handedly given ICE's incompetence. The amount of shit they have to put up with on a daily basis just to make a living....

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awp_1337_5k337 @awp1337sk337.bsky.social · 2d

Militia time

Jo @service-worker.bsky.social · 2d

Blatant incompetence all around

The man who was already detained in the van did not identify himself, Thomas said.
Once Brockman was handcuffed and placed in the van, the agents pulled out, clipping the rear bumper off of a stopped car partially blocking their path and speeding away past an approaching elongated CTA bus and through the busy intersection.

awp_1337_5k337 @awp1337sk337.bsky.social · 2d

If Goodwill sold air fresheners resembling the smell of their stores, I would buy them in a heartbeat.

awp_1337_5k337 @awp1337sk337.bsky.social · 2d

HAHAHAHA

FinTwitter @fintwitter.bsky.social · 2d

Trump: Impose a tariff of 100% on China - Truth Social

awp_1337_5k337 @awp1337sk337.bsky.social · 2d

LOL

shawn @mulchy.bsky.social · 2d

reinforcements from the county’s facilities management department came and verified the scissor lift does in fact work.

turns out cops just couldn’t figure it out.

awp_1337_5k337 @awp1337sk337.bsky.social · 2d

I wish I could also get paid by taxpayers to stand around and not do shit (when not harassing peaceful protestors obviously)

shawn @mulchy.bsky.social · 2d

it looks like every state trooper in illinois is hanging out in the parking lot across from protesters.

a mix of regular troopers, riot cops, and swat officers, in addition to cook county sheriff’s police and local cops.

a group of cops stand in the street. behind them, dozens more cops and vehicles are in a lot.

awp_1337_5k337 @awp1337sk337.bsky.social · 2d

I once had an ISP trooper shake me down in the middle of nowhere Galena for 175 bucks (pay or you're going to jail now and losing your license) and ever since it's been fuck the police for me.

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Ken Klippenstein @kenklippenstein.bsky.social · 7d

look at my opposition party dawg

Ken Klippenstein @kenklippenstein.bsky.social · 7d

CHUCK SCHUMER: "New data came out today from KFF - and that is not Kentucky Fried French Fries ... the Kaiser Family Foundation"

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awp_1337_5k337 @awp1337sk337.bsky.social · 3d

It's crazy how much the "deal guy" looks like my 9 year old nephew

awp_1337_5k337 @awp1337sk337.bsky.social · 3d

Jordan Peterson turning out to be insane due to mold is more believable than anything he has ever said

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unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 3d

Please note: as of 11:30AM today, agents have restrictions on chemical weapons / "less lethal" munitions they are *supposed* to follow (🫠). This isn't limited to preplanned protests, it also applies to neighbors and rapid responders. If you see pepper balls fired...note it

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awp_1337_5k337 @awp1337sk337.bsky.social · 3d

original error from Jewel Osco's website

awp_1337_5k337 @awp1337sk337.bsky.social · 3d

bluesky showing Jewel Osco how to handle errors visually

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